Mississippi College - Tribesman Yearbook (Clinton, MS)

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ORGANIZATIONS FOREWORD The spirit which has motivated a year of glorious college life cannot be put into a book of a few hundred pages; the saga of noble friendships cannot be Written in so few lines; nor can the dignity of a school’s academic life be described in one book. These facts your staff has kept in mind, but We haVe tried to gather a part of these things together and to put them into a permanent record to which you may turn in the years to come for happy, pleasant recollections. s Cs c i ESPLAEf ATH@M ©F THEME In order tkat We majl renew Within your memories tke debt which We oWe tke past, tke 1932 Tribesman staff kas taken for its tkeme tke keroic struggle of ’ 60 . We kope tkat tkis book Will tkrill you to realize tkat you belong to a school by no means new or undiscernible in tke history of your state. We haVe tried to blend for you into one beautiful whole tke glory of tke past and tke ideals of tke present so tkat you shall be more determined to make a reality of our dreams of tke future. 6 In olden days, as legend would relate, The gods were made of men and men of stone, This race of toughest flesh and stillest bone Would be a pattern for a modern state. In years agone, when college life was young, The teacher strengthened hope with sacri- fice; He dies with honor who for progress dies; His praises are in silver voices sung. In loam like this, were sown, with greatest care, The seeds of truth that regulate life’s aims, Which give support and stay to man’s de- spair, No more in baleful war than peaceful claims: Their ways were crude, their thinking deep and clean. Strong personality, distinctive mien. — A. J. Aven. r To DR. A. J. AVEN The Staff of the 1932 Tribesman wishes to express its grati- tude for many helpful suggestions and for the poetry which he willingly contributed to the book. 25 Mississippi College Library John William Provinf, Ph.D., LL.D. Retiring President of Mississippi College Mississippi College students can never forget the part which Dr. Provine has played in the making of the Greater Mississippi College 26 Dotson McGinnis Nelson, Ph.D. President-Elect of Mississippi College 27 Faculty John William Provine, Ph.D., LL.D. PRESIDENT Professor of Organic Chemistry Arthur Eugene Wood, Ph.D. Professor of Inorganic Chemistry Algernon Jasper Aven, M.A., LL.D. Professor of Latin Michael O’Rourke Patterson, Th.D., D.D. Professor of Christianity J. T. Wallace, Ph.D. Professor of History Murray Latimer, M.A. Professor of Greek 28 Faculty Joel Reuben Hitt, B.S. Professor of Mathematics William Herbert Sumrall, Ph.D. Professor of Education Walter Fuller Taylor, Ph.D. Professor of English Ray Janney Nichols, A.B. Professor of Biology Jesse Franklin Evans, M.A. Professor of Economics and Sociology George Marion Rogers, B.S.C. Professor of Business Administration Richard Lee Stallings, M.S. Professor of Modern Languages Arthur Sullivan, B.A. Professor of Commercial Law t 29 Faculty Howard E. Spell. H.A. Professor of Spanish Lewis Wilson, H.A. Assistant Director of Physical Education Chestor Swor, H.A. Director of Student Activities Stanley L. Robinson, M.A, Director of Physical Education Joe Glenn Peeler, H.A. Assistant Director of Physical Education Frank Slater. B.M. Director of Glee Club George H. Mackie Director of Hand and Orchestra Faculty J. Thomas Ashley, B.A. Business Manager Mrs. Bessie Smith Cashier Miss Margaret Bennett Librarian Mrs. Hortense Vaughn Director of Public Speaking Mrs. Mary Merrill Gray Dietitian Mrs. A. J. Rowan Matron of Hospital I Mrs. Rosa Dykes Quisenberry Assistant Librarian Mrs. C. C. Johnson Matron of Chrestman Hall 3i Student Assistants and Fellows Biology Lindsey Rischer Roy Hood James Hamilton M. L. Flynt, Jr. Dan Fore, Jr. Sidney Da vis Chemistry Tom Safley Julian Drake Elon Mabry Charles Felix Story Physics Chastain Byron Green Ralph Reeves Leo Eddleman Spanish Walter Slay Tillman Bankston English Jimmie Carpenter Rupert Ringold Leo Green 32 SENIOR CLASS OFFICERS Tom Safley President Elon Mabry Vice-President Virgil Bigham . . . Secretary-Treasurer THE SENIORS 33 Freshman Football; Varsity Football, 3. 4; Annual Staff. 3; Median Council, 3. 4; Chairman Median Counc il, 3; Honor Council, 3, 4; Chairman Honor Court- ed. 4; Fellow in Chemistry, 4; Chemistry Club, 3, 4; President of Class, 3, 4; James Lennox Su llivan Candidate for B.A . CLINTON, MISSISSIPPI Secretary of Class, 1; Freshman Football; Varsity Foot ball, 2, 3, 4; Captain Football. 4; President of Class, 2; Honor Council. 2. 3, 4; Executive Council 2, 3. 4; Chairman Executive Counc il. 4; B. S. U. Council. 2, 3. 4; General Di rector B. Y. P. U.’s, 3, 4; Most Popular Student, 3. 4; Best All-Hound Student 3, 4; Most Courteous Student, 3; Most Influential Student. 4; Median Council 3; Athletic Council, 4; Secretary-Treasurer Student Body, 3; President Stu dent Body. 4; Y. M. C. A ; Philomathean ; Ministerial Association; “M’’ Club Distinc tion ; Miles Dampeer Memorial Scholarship. 4. Butler T. Moore Candidate for B.A. CARTHAGE, MISSISSIPPI Band, 2, 3; Glee Club. 2, 3; Vice-President of C ass, 2; Executive Council, 3; Manager Varsity Basketball. 4; Attorn; y Student Body, 4; M” Club. Harold Manford Schuh Candidate for B.A. BRUCE, MISSISSIPPI Freshman Football; Varsity Football, 2, 3, 4; Track, 2, 3; M ( lub. Wilburn Edward F jrniss Candidate for B.A. FRIAR’S POINT, MISSISSIPPI Freshman Football; Freshman Basketball; Varsity Football; Varsity Basket- • ball; ‘•M Club. Virgil Lee Bigham, Jr. Candidate for B.A. PONTOTOC, MISSISSIPPI Freshman Baseball; Varsity Baseball, 2. 3. 4; Secretary-Treasurer Class. 4; Athletic Council, 4; Executive Council. 4; Honor Council, 4; “’M” Club. William Loyd Simmons Candidate for B.A . TYLERTOWN, MISSISSIPPI “Collegian” Staff. 1. 2; Manager Freshman Baseball; Pre-Med Club, 1. 2, 3; Secretary-Treasurer Class, 3; Assistant Editor “Tribesman,” 3; Assistant Cheer Leader, 3; Head Cheer Leader. 4; Business Manager Dramatic Club. 4; “M Club, 4. Kfrmit Hudson Anderson Candidate for B.A, SUMRALL, MISSISSIPPI Thomas M artin Hederman, Jr. Candidate for B.A. JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI Vice-President Class. 1; Freshman Football; Football Squad, 2, 3; Varsity Football, 4; Track, 1, 2, 3; ‘M’’ Club. Lewis Isham Myers Candidate for B.A. NEW HEBRON, MISSISSIPPI Freshman Football. Basketball, and Baseball ; Track Squad. 1, 2,; Band. 2; Dramatic Flub. 2. 4; Vice- President Class. 3; 2. 4; Glee Club. Honor Council, 4; Jessee Crawford Llter, Jr. Candidate for BA. TYLERTOWN, MISSISSIPPI William Leon Burns Candidate for B.A. SCHLATER, MISSISSIPPI Freshman Football; Manager Freshman Basketball: Freshman Baseball; Varsity Football. 2. 3. 4; Track Squad. 2. 3. 37 The Tribesman Nineteen Thirty ' two s E N I O R C L n s s George Loyd Gill Candidate for B.A. MONROE, LOUISIANA Freshman Basketball; Freshman Baseball; Basketball. 2, 3. 4; Baseball. 2, 3. 4; -M” Club; President “M” Club, 4; Captain Basketball. 4; Track, 3.’ 4; Cross Country. 2. 3; Athletic Council, 4. John Hill Allgood Candidate for B.A . BROOKSVILLE, MISSISSIPPI ' reshman Baseball; Varsity Baseball, 2, 3. 4; M” Club; Secretary-Treasurer M” Club, 4; Executive Council, 3, 4; Vice-President Student Body, 4. Charles Glyn Bush Candidate for B.A . PINOLA, MISSISSIPPI Freshman Football; Dramatic Club, 2. 3; Manager Football, 4. 38 The Tribesman Roland Elon Mabry Candidate for B.A. CANTON, MISSISSIPPI Scrub Football, 2. 3, 4; Manager Baseball, 4; Fellow in Chemistry. 4; Chem- istry Club; Vice- President Senior Class, 4; Business Manager ’Tribesman, 4; ••M” Club. Sidney Dewitt Davis Candidate for B.A . MENDENHALL, MISSISSIPPI Chemistry Club, 3, 4; Secretary Chemistry Cluub. 4; Idterary Editor • Tribes- man,” 4; Fellow in Chemistry, 4. Carnie E. Smith Candidate for B.A. WESSON, MISSISSIPPI Glee Club and Quartette, 1; Freshman Football; Varsity Football Squad, 2, 3. 4; Freshman Basketball; Varsity Basketball. 2. 3, 4; Most Optimistic, 3; Big- gest Bull-Shooter, 4; President Chapel Club, 1, 2, 3, 4; ”M” Club. 39 Martin Luther Flynt, Jr. Candidate for B.A. NEWTON, MISSISSIPPI Pre-Mod Club, 2, 3; Fellow In Biology, 3; Distinction; Three- Year Club. Leighton Tillman Bankston Candidate for B.A. TALLULAH, LOUISIANA Dramatic Club, 2; Band, 3, 4; Instructor in Spanish, 4. Joseph Cro ssley Ware Candidate for B.A. JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI Millsaps Glee Club, ' 28, 30; Tulane Glee Club, 31; Mississippi College Glee Club. ' 32. 40 The Tribesman James A. Carpenter Candidate for B.A. CLEVELAND, MISSISSIPPI Farr Medal. 1; Pr sident � f Writers Cub 2; Secret ary Class. 2. Feature Editor of Collegian. ’ 2; Median Council. 3; aMaee Medal. 3: President of Dramatic Club, 4; Class Poet. 4; Editor-In-Chief • ' Tribesman, 4; Assistant George Craig Chapman Candidate for B.A . WAYNESBORO, MISSISSIPPI Dan Fore, Jr. Candidate for B.A. FLORA, MISSISSIPPI President of Writers Club 2; President of Pre-Med Club, 3; Fellow in Chem- istry, 4; Special Distinction. COCO Dl— ' O Worley Oscar Vaught, Jr. Candidate for B.A. ROSE HILL, MISSISSIPPI Band, 1. 2, 3, 4; Orchestra, 1, 2, 3, 4; Music Club. 2. 3, 4; Business Manager Band. 2; Debating Council. 4; Wallace Medal, 2; Fall Orator for Hermenians, 4; Hermenian Anniversary Staff, 4; Traek, 2, 3; B. S. U. Council, 2, 3, 4; President B. S. U. Council, 4; President State B. S. U., 4; Ministerial Associa- tion; Honor Council, 4. Arthur Tate Woodruff Candidate for B.A. BATESVILLE, MISSISSIPPI Glee Club, 1; Band, 2, 3, 4; Hermenian; Second Orator Hermenian, 4 ; B. S. U. Council, 2, 3, 4; Honor Council, 4; President Hermenian, 4; Debating Team. 4; Distinction. William Grady Smith Candidate for B.A . MERIDIAN, MISSISSIPPI Band, l, 2, 3, 4; Concert Orchestra, 1, 2, 3. 4; Music Club, 2, 3, 4; Revelers. 3. 4; Secretary Music Club, 4; Secretary B. S. LT. Council. 4; Associate Editor ‘•Collegian,’ ' 4; Tie for Most Intellectual Student, 4; Special Distinction. 42 Wilson Arthur Hogan Candidate for B.A. HATTIESBURG, MISSISSIPPI Debating Team. 1 . 3; President of Hermenian Literary Society, 4; Secre- tary of Debating Council 3. 4: First Orator of Hermenian Literary Soociety, 4; Secretary of Ministerial Association, 4. Melva Darnell Morton Candidate for B.A. DEKALB, MISSISSIPPI President of Ministerial Association, 4. George Hamilton Gay Candidate for B.A. MERIDIAN, MISSISSIPPI Vice-President of Philomathean Society, 3; Vice-President of Ministerial As- sociation, 4; President of Philomathean Literary Society, 4. 43 James D. Taylor Candidate for B.A. FLORENCE, MISSISSIPPI James Joseph Luter Candidate for B.A. JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI Captain Baseball, 4 ; Varsity Football and Baseball. William A. Dunaway Candidate for B.A . MORGAN CITY, MISSISSIPPI Captain of Cross-Country, 4; “Collegian” Staff. 4. 44 Jimmie Olan Montague Candidate for B.A. VA1DRN, MISSISSIPPI Ernest Bryan Longmire Candidate for B.A. CLINTON, MISSISSIPPI Chastain Byron Green Candidate for B.A. CLINTON, MISSISSIPPI Football, 1; Basketball, 1; Fellow in Physics, 3. 45 Henry Wilbur McMillan Candidate for B.A. HICKORY, MISSISSIPPI Band. 1. 2, 3. 4; Corporal 155th Infantry Baud, 4; Glee Club, 1, 2. 3, 4; Presi- dent Glee Club, 4; Concert Orchestra, 1. 2. 3, 4; Member Music Club, 2, 3, 4; Director Revelers, 4. Malcolm Madison Flowers Candidate for B.A. SCHLATER, MISSISSIPPI Glee Club, 1, 2, 3, 4; Band, 1. 2, 3, 4; Vice-President of Band, 3; President of Band. 4; Music Club, 2, 3, 4. Hannon Lafayette Harper Candidate for B.A. SOSO, MISSISSIPPI Secretary Y. M. C. A., 3; President Y. M. C. A.. 4; Member B. S. U. Council, 4; Member Honor Council, 4. 4 6 =3 II I Evil- Vada Stringer Candidate for B.A . AGRICOLA, MISSISSIPPI Dramatic Club, 4; Ellisville Junior College, 2; M. S. C. 3; Throe- Year Club. Henry Leo Eddleman Candidate for B.A. CLINTON, MISSISSIPPI Track 1, 2- Band, 1, 2. 3; Glee Club, 1, 2; B. S. U. Council, 2. 3; Music Club. 1 , 2, 3; President Music Club, 4; Hermcnian; Ministerial Association; Varsity Debating Team, 1; Fellow in Physics; Three-Year Club. Martha Leake Johnston Candidate for B.A. VICKSBURG, MISSISSIPPI University of Mississippi, 1, 2; Dramatic Club, 4. i 47 James Monroe Hamilton, Jr. Candidate for B.A. PHILADELPHIA, MISSISSIPPI Fellow in Biology, 4; Distinction. Frederick Lindsey Rischer Candidate for B.A, LAUREL, MISSISSIPPI Jones County Junior College, 1, 2; Pre-Med Club, 3; Fellow in Biology, 4; Distinction. Julian D. Drake Candidate for B.A . CLINTON, MISSISSIPPI Vice-President Chemistry Club, 3; President Chemistry Club, 4; Chemistry Fellow, 4. 48 a c George Beasley Chapman Candidate for B.A, TERRY, MISSISSIPPI Marion Walter Perry Candidate for B.A, PHILADELPHIA, MISSISSIPPI Associate Editor “Collegian,” 2; Assistant Editor Collegian. 3; Editor-in- Chief •Collegian.” 4; President Writers’ Club, 3; Vice-President Hermenian Society: Hermenian Anniversarian ; Mississippi College M. C. A. Repre- sentative, 2; Vice-President Y. M. C. A.. 3; B. S. U. Council. 4; Director of Noon-Day Prayer Meeting, 4; Track. 1. 2; Applicant Rhodes Scholarship, 4; Distinction. Moreau Browne Congleton Chambers Candidate for B.A, CLINTON, MISSISSIPPI Writers’ Club, 1, 2, 3; Assistant in English Department, 2, 3; Special Distinction. 49 I te, Nineteen Th irty ' two aOEi s E N I O R C L n. s s Charles Alb hr r M artin Candidate for B.A. WESSON, MISSISSIPPI Ministerial Student; Hermenian; Treasurer of General B. Y. P. U. t 3. William Jeff Russell Candidate for B.A. DERMA, MISSISSIPPI Ministerial Student; Pliiloniathcan ; President Philomath an Society, 4; First Orator for Philomathean Anniversary Occasion, 4; Extension Director of Minis- isterial Association, 4. Walter Gordy Candidate for B.A. LAWRENCE, MISSISSIPPI Clarke College, 1, 2; Three-Year Club; Special Distinction. 50 Charles Felix Story Candidate for B.A . laurel, MISSISSIPPI Glee Club 2 3 Dramatic Club, 2, 3, 4; Music Club. 4; Chemistry Club, 3, 4; Scrub Faculty, 4; Thive-Year Club. James L. Watts Candidate for B.A. PELAHATCHIE, MISSISSIPPI Philomatht an, 1, 2; Y. M. C. A., 1. 2; ‘•Collegian” Staff. 1, 2. 3; Business Manager “Collegian,” 4. David Wallace Ratliff Candidate for B.A. SLIDELL, LOUISIANA Three-Year Club; Dramatic Club, 2, 4. 51 Lucille Miles Wallace Candidate for R.A. RAYMOND, MISSISSIPPI Kathryn Provine Candidate for R.A, BIG CREEK, MISSISSIPPI Grenada College, 1; Blue Mountain College, 2, 3; Distinction. Stella Doggett Candidate for R.A, SANDERSVILLE, MISSISSIPPI Woman ' s College, 1 ; M. S. C. W., 2, 3. 52 Helen Reynolds Harris Candidate for B.A , MADISON, INDIANA Art Editor “Tribesman,” 4. Marrietta Anderson Candidate for B.A . CLINTON, MISSISSIPPI Bonita Deitrick Thomas Candidate for B.A . EDWARDS, MISSISSIPPI Diploma in Primary Education, Iowa State Teachers’ College, ' 27; Bible Col- lege, Drake University, Summers, ’28, 31; Instructor in Primary Grades at Southern Christian Institute, ’27, ’31, 53 ! George Emerson Scott Candidate for j Bjl. HERNANDO, MISSISSIPPI Ernest Bryan Longmire Candidate for B.A . CLINTON, MISSISSIPPI Ray Frank Dykes Candidate for B.A. MAGNOLIA, MISSISSIPPI Glee Club, 1, 2. 3, 4; Music Club. 2, 3, 4; Fall Orator, 3; Debating Team. 3; B. S. U. Council, 3, 4; Debating Council. 4; College Quartet, 4; Philomathean. Ezra James Cockrell Candidate for B.A. MAGEE, MISSISSIPPI 54 A Senior of ’32 Addresses the Mississippi College Spirit I hare seen the moon rise over the chapel And shed its beams among the cedars. I hare heard them whispering as they played with the moonlight . . . In your halls I hare walked and looked in the eyes of the past great, Hanging on the walls . . . I hare seen your brares struggle in the contests That laurels might at your feet be laid . . . I hare seen the blood upon your banner, Used years ago in a Great Contest of Hate . . . Your record, written indelibly upon history, 1 hare read . . . All of these hare stirred me, and I hare lored you. But the dearest thing that you hare given me Is that indefinable something which has made me know that I hare walked among friends. — Carpenter , 32. 55 The Tnb esman (% Nineteen Thirty ' two a wci _ _ . Juniors The conflict calls from the college halls; A challenge fills these sacred walls. Along the field with firmer tread A silent power moves ahead To realms unknown and truths unread. The conflict calls from college halls; The dying comrade wounded falls. He lifts again his trembling frame; A torch he grasps with burning flame To carry high his “Maters” name. The conflict calls from college halls And happy thoughts to us recalls. A nd, may we fight with courage new As honest, as fair, as loyal, as true. As e’er we fought for the Gold and Blue. — GREEN, ’33. JUNIOR CLASS OFFICERS Charles Safley President Roy Hood Vice-President Pete Dennis . . . Secretary-Treasurer THE JUNIORS 57 Junior Class Charles Franklin Safly DREW, MISS. Howard Lee Cockeriiam GUNNISON, MISS. Qu intin Barber Hollowell YAZOO CITY, MISS. VV. T. Winston, Jr. CLEVELAND, MISS. Sidney Farrar Simmons BOGALUSA, LA. Elton Hobart Stowers SCH LATER, MISS. Raymond Percy Travis HEIDELBERG, MISS. Claude Johnson Lackey FOREST, MISS. Lewis Hunter Stowers SCHLATER, MISS. Jack Kennedy Wilson CLINTON, MISS. 58 The Tribesman Junior Class James Leo Green TUPELO, MISS. Frank McLaren Rlgg THRASHER, MISS. Walter Ergin Slay HAZLEHURST, MISS. John Garnett Syveatt WEST, MISS. Ralph Lenon Reeves SUMMIT, MISS. Mallie Roy Hood EUPORA, MISS. Jesse Seale Peeler SHANNON, MISS. Morgan Kirhy I yrone PRENTISS, MISS. James Edwin Hewlett GREENWOOD, MISS. Walter Harvey Hurt, Jr. WAYNESBORO, MISS. 59 Nineteen Thirty ' two -Junior Class Thomas Clay Hammack SCOOBA, MISS. Clifford James Smyly COLUMBIA, MISS. Wayne Collins Russell HAZLEHURST, MISS. Joseph Franklin Woodson GRENADA, MISS. Joseph Bruce Henson or MCCOMB, MISS. Carey Edward Cox MERIDIAN, MISS. Truman S. Wilcher CARTHAGE, MISS. Roscoe R. Wilcher CARTHAGE, MISS. Charles Thomas Wallace CARROLLTON, MISS. Lonnie Willard Knight CARROLLTON, MISS. 6o Junior Class James William Herod m’carley, miss. Rudolph Elroy Branch SUMMIT, MISS. Jessie Mae Carlisle JACKSON, MISS. Virginia Nicholoson SCOOBA, MISS. 6 Junior Class Thomas Edward James MONTROSE, MISS. Earl Stevens Land DEKALB, MISS. Mildred Elizabeth Herrington TERRY, MISS. Elizabeth Ereeman SANDERSVILLE, MISS. Otto Belton Reno HAZLE HURST, MISS. Luther Hess (Pete) Dennis TRENTON, TENN. John Eldren Stone NEWTON, MISS. Darden Ernest Reynolds CLINTON, MISS. 62 SOPHOMORE CLASS OFFICERS Rupert Ringold President W. K. Amacker .... Vice-President Edward L. Byrd . . Secretary-Treasurer THE SOPHOMORES 63 Sophomore Class Rupert Ringold OF WINONA, MISS. N. S. Waggoner OF HATTIRSBURC, MISS. D. J. VanLandingham OF WEST POINT, MISS. M. B. CjRUNDY OF JACKSON, MISS. B. F. Hand, Jr. OF WAYNESBORO, MISS. Luther Fuller OF WEST POINT, MISS. Carey T. Mayfield OF MCCOMB, MISS. W. K. Amacker OF KENTWOOD, LA. J. D. McDowell OF FLORA, MISS. John B. Riley OF FLORA, MISS. Hal Ellis OF HAZLEHURST MISS. 4 Sophomore Class Hillard Odom OF STAR, MISS. P. N. Lyle OF LENA, MISS. Dewey Myers OF NEWHEBRON, MISS. Di rward Prestridge OF PELA HATCH IE, MISS. E V ER ETT E D A UG H DR ILL OF LEAF, MISS. Charles Smith OF AMORV, MISS. Otho Cross OF WEBB, MISS. J. O. Burris OF SMITHDALE, MISS. Joe McMullan OF NEWTON, MISS. Cully Magee OF JACKTON, MISS. D. C. Jordon OF KOSCIUSKO, MISS. John Haley OF SHARON, MISS. 65 ■ Sophomore Class T. R. Murphree OF OKOLONA, MISS. W. W. Hewitt OF SUMMIT, MISS. F. L. Simpson OF SALLIS, MISS. Willis Puckett OF COLUMBUS, MISS. George VanDevender OF CHOLSON, MISS. Crawford Dennis OF TERRV, MISS. Isaac Brumfield OF TYLERTOVViV, MISS. David McMahon OF BATESVILLE, MISS. Jab us Pigott OF TYLERTOWN, MISS. 66 m Sophomore Class Hfnry Barksdale OF JACKSON, MISS. Bruce Hitt OF CLINTON, MISS. Maynard Craft OF JACKSON, MISS. Henry Kendall OF JACKSON, MISS. Tom Stewart OF MCCOMB, MISS. Jessie Johnson Stewart OF MCCOMB, MISS. Robert Johnston OF CLINTON, MISS. Clyde Merill OF ITTABENA Bob Davis OF BROOKHAVEN, MISS. James Downing OF RAYMOND, MISS. 67 Sophooiore Class S artis Bassett OF OAK GROVE, LA. Edward L. Byrd OF MOUNT OLIVE, MISS. Wilbur Cole OF PHILADELPHIA, MISS. James Berry OF NEWHEBRON, MISS. John A. Moore OF TUPELO, MISS. Joe Rod Triplett OF MASHULAVILLE, MISS. L. F. Provine OF GRANADA, MISS. R. F. Provine OF BIG CREEK, MISS. C. E. DeJean OF BILOXI, MISS. Jack Evans OF JACKSON, MISS. David Miller OF HAZLEHURST, MISS. James Dykes OF MAGNOLIA, MISS. I 68 The Tribesman Nineteen Thiity ' two Mile-Posts At the second mile-stone We have a great perspective; We can look back on what we’ve done And look forward expective. We see the mistakes of our first year, They’re plain as any letter, Then solemnly swear, Fervently, to do better. We look at the upper classmen And see their errors, too. And to the last man we Declare we ever will be true. To dear old Alma Mater And all her lofty plans We pledge oureslves and cater To Duty and her laws. J. J. Stewart, ’34. 69 A Verdant Soliloquy Out of the winter’s distress and storm, Out of the midst of the tempest is born Spring. Her glory is Green. When from the work-a-day world and its woe, Man to refresh his worn spirit would go, He chooses communion with Nature. Her favorite dress is Green. Green serves to succor the languid soul, Green gives the lover a courage quite bold, Green sharpens wit of both youth and age, Green is Dame Nature’s select equipage. Was ever a color so marvelous seen”? The welkin reverberates, Naught save the Green ’ Through various moods, too many to name, Green comes at last in joy to attain A Brown maturity. AND SO May it be that the Papoose, so markedly Green, Though amusing just now ... so blank and serene, Shall come, ’ere his sojourn herein is complete, To Brown maturity at Big Chieftain’s feet. McPheeters, ’35. 70 T • A The Tnb esman =c=j % Nineteen T hirty ' two 0B te Fi FRESHMAN CLASS OFFICERS Zachary Hederman .... President Fred Jackson Vice-President Carl Steele . . . Secretary-Treasurer THE FRESHMEN The Tribesman Nineteen Thirty ' two Freshman Class Zachary Hederman H. F. Craft C. P. Blanks Howard Shari Chester Molpus Ervin McPheeters H. C. Patterson James Boteler Dot Nelson J. O. Massey Sam Peeples Woodrow Favre Paul Parker 72 H. H. Kelly I � I l ) I? l Freshman Class David Longino i I ERVIN Du N AWAY Dan Wilson Marlee Gordon Haskell Carter I. W. Nelson Leger Morg an E. T. Howell Buford Wilson Monroe Reeves Frank Sinclair T. M. Whitfield Dodd Fortenrerry Grover Boon 73 ► i Freshman Class Ray Hunt Alfred Habeeb Fred Jackson Loujs Ulmer Frank Yates Sam Martin Eugene May Paul Farr Edmund Magrudfr Duck Welch Carl Steele I I f t 7 + i I 1 I � l Freshman Class J. W. Mayfield, Jr. Frank Ellis Jackie Rogers Harold Boyd Tommie Lancaster Land Smith Wm. M. Foster Bud Clay George Walker Joe Morgan Russell Summers Charles Couch Toxey Hall Roland Hayes 75 m Freshman Class F. E. Randle Clinton Jones Max Mayfield Clarence Morris Odessa Cockerhan Jimmie McIntosh James Penny J. N. Holloway Charles Lewis Howard Eidson Rodney Inman Edward Yarbrough J. R. Henry r i l f I 76 Frank Thompson 1 i f I Freshman Class Albert Drury Virgil Smith Kermit Buckley Clovis Putman Lewis Burgh ard Bill Kyzer Wesley McDade W. R. Priester R. G. Bernreuter Edwin Knox Eddis Fancher Paul Warren John Henley Kermit Muse 77 I The Tnh esman Freshman Class H i nter Harmon Fred Vann Frank Gordon R. A. Eddleman Hugh Putman W. W. Griffith Mattie Nell Worthy Clifford McIntosh Robert Martin Oscar Carlisle Joy Morehead P. D. Davis 1 i 7 � t The soul, the essence of the art divine, Immortal is with yearnings after God, Whose breath set conscience in the fav- ored clod, With mind, the glory of the great design. So mind, distinctive feature of mankind, Releases thoughts compelling actions great; But thinking clear is done in this estate When health and truth with learning are combined. With body strong, the pattern of good health, With nimble limbs, the index of high speed, The youth directs his steps toward marts of wealth, With morals clean and safe from graft and greed: When soul and mind with healthful body meet, The perfect end-state forms the true ath- Iete - -A. J. Aven. 6 m The Tribesman %• 7 [ineteen Thirty ' two C C CM C x il on roorBALL , 3ASM ' £T8PU Peeler TfiRCK, Fees H MAH coach 83 Coach Robinson Dr. Woods ATHLETIC COUNCIL Dr. Summrall Coach Wilson Professor Hitt James Sullivan George Gill Virgil Bigham MANAGERS OF TEAMS 84 Charles Bush, Football Hot Moore, Basketball Elon Mabry, Baseball Owen Gregory, Track The Choctaw Spirit WHAT IS IT? “A constantly immediate, profoundly powerful, and positively irresistible urge to give all in the defense of the one-hundred-six-year-old traditions of Mississippi College.” And even when this is said, we still feel that the Choctaw Spirit is not fully defined. It cannot be “hemmed in” via definition because no barriers have yet been able to resist, restrain, or confine its irresistible exuberance. It is INDEFINABLE yet VERY REAL. HOW CAN SUCH BE? The Choctaw spirit of sacrificial loyalty arises from a deep fidelity to the ideals for which Mississippi College is noted. Chief among these ideals is the principle of good sportsmanship in all the intercollegiate activities in which the school participates. To this ideal our men are loyal to the point of rare sacrifice. The only possible consequence of such an attitude is the policy of perpetual support which Choctaw contestants receive from their fellows and the com- plete abstinence from the compromising policy of ill conduct toward officials and opponents in contests. so The Mississippi College spirit. What is it? One knows it when he has it, and yet he can’t explain it. A deep and moving passion, a bursting into action, a giving to the college ’till it “hurts.” They say, “He has the spirit.” AND HE HAS IT! L. Simmons, ’32. 85 George Gill Otto Reno . . . John Allgood M CL UK OFFICERS President . . . . Vice-President Secretary- T reasurer Members George Gill James Allen Sidney Simmons Claude Lackey Garnet Sweatt James Sullivan Pete Dennis Earnest Fortenberry Otto Reno Elon Mabry J. J. Luter Carnie Smith Y t ircil Bigham Bruce Hitt Hobert Stowers J. C. Hinton John Allgood Percy Travis W. A. Dunaway Tom Hederman W. E. Furniss Walter Slay Tom Safley Harold Schuh James Taylor Charles Bush Leon Burns Butler Moore Clinton Jones Harold Jackson Bull McRee Melvin Landrum Loyd Simmons 86 ■ The M Club 87 THE M CLUB ROOM The M Club Before and just after the World War there was no such organization on the Mississippi Col- lege campus as the M Club. The wearers of the M, those warriors who fight for the Choctaws cn the athletic fields, were not bound together in the compact union which is the M Club of today. With the coming of Coach Robinson to Mississippi College, things were changed. Coach Robinson, realizing the need of an organization to foster the development of higher and finer ideals of sportsmanship and fair play, organized the first M Club with Griff C. Lee, one of Mississippi’s greatest athletes, as president. For the next few r years the club underwent a period of development. It began to function properly by 1924. Until this time the club had had no initiations. The men wore their M sweaters, but were not initiated into the club by formal program. To build up interest and to fill a long-felt need, the first initiation was held in the chapel in 1924. Since that time initia- tions have been held triannually. In 1929 the M Club room was furnished, and thereby a place was provided for meetings of the club and for the many trophies that the Choctaw teams had won on the athletic fields. The M Club continued to grow steadily, and in 1931 a new and larger room was furnished in the Alumnae Building. At present the M Club is one of the most active and influential organizations on the campus. During its existence, short though it has been, the organization has already numbered among its members some of the greatest athletes of the South. Some of these members of the past are Goat Hale, Pat Anderson, Rat Stewart, Cy Parks, Watt Clark, Edwards, Huggins, Jenkins, Hitt, Peeler, Wilson, Griff, Sheriff and Percy Lee, Denton, Bennett, Red Chain, Blaine, and many others. Gill, President of M Club, ’32. 88 Football Resume of Football Season One week before school formally opened all the Choctaw warriors reported for the season’s preliminary training. Just before them lay a schedule which would have challenged a band of battlers from any tribe. On September 25th, the Choctaws proved themselves to be in fine shape by downing Louisiana College with a score of 36 to 6. The following week found the warriors in a life and death grapple with the vigorous Mississippi A. and M. Bulldogs — from which test the gold and blue clad Choctaws came victorious with a 6 to 2 score — the first time the Mississippi Braves had ever defeated the Aggies on their home gridiron. Our fir : t game in the wigwam found the Choctaws scalping State Teachers College with a 43 to 13 score. On the following week Birmingham-Southern Panthers clawed themselves a 7 to o victory at the expense of the local tribe. Two other defeats followed in weekly succession, the first at the hands of the powerful Loyola wolf-pack in a 13 to 4 score, the second in our second encounter with Colgate University in a 27 to o setback. Returning to their tepees with vengeance in their blood, our scalpers pre- pared splendidly for the Homecoming game with Southwestern Louisiana Institute, the fruit of their labors being a 54 to o victory for our Alma Mater. The quartette of defeats came at the hands of the Louisiana 1 ech Bulldog;, protoges of Coach George M. Bohler, former mentor of the Choctaw warriors. The score in the Tech fracas was 19 to 13. Thanksgiving was prefaced by an intensive period of additional training for annual “grudge- battle with the Millsaps Majors of Jackson. I he Choctaws broke into the scoring column when Bruce Hitt’s try for field goal sailed neatly over the bars. In the last few minutes of play Jimmie I aylor intercepted one of the Majors’ forward passes and stepped across the line to make the score 9 to o in favor of the Choctaws. The game ended only a few minutes later, giving the Choctaws another victory and bringing the total number of scalps for the 1931 season to five. The Choctaw battle ranks will lose through graduation Captain James Sullivan, Furniss, Taylor, Luter, Burns, Safley, Schuh, Hinton, Mabry, and Smith. JIMMIE SULLIVAN, Halfback , Captain one of the best Captain Sullivan proved to be football players Mississippi College lias I™ 11 He was noted for his good blocking as well as splend.d ability to carry the ball. Jimmie- was able leader, and to him we owe much of the ere lor our splendid 1932 season. an d it CLAUDE LACKEY, Tackle, Captain-e ' .ect ••Bus”, one of the mainstays of the Choctaws, ided a successful s« ason in a flourish, being elected iptain of the squad for the 1932 season. ‘Bus s hard fighter and a true friend to every one of his Hows. His past demonstrations on Provine Meld have given the players and students confidence in his ability as a football player of the first rank- There can be no doubt that next season will find him leading the Choctaws through a highly credit- able schedule. WILBUN FURNISS, Halfback “Passo” has played his third and last year of varsity football. His speed has enabled him to gain a tremendous amount of ground in the enemy’s territory in these three years. Many of his advances have carried the Choctaws to victory. Passo” was one of tin best punters we had this season. His graduation will leave a big task for some backfield player. 9 1 LEON BURNS, Guard Strength of a line is an essential element in the making of a good football team. The strength of the Choctaw line during the past season was due in large measure to “Bulldog’s” ability in blocking and tackling. Ye could depend upon “Bulldog” to nail the opponents in their tracks. The first games of next season will seem a hit unnatural with “Bulldog” missing in the lineup. TOM SAFLEY, Center Tom wore the Blue and Gold during the 1931 season for the last time. He wasn’t very large, but he was noted for his fighting spirit. He fought to the last whistle in every game. In losing Tom this year the team not only loses a strong player — it will lose in Tom ' s going, a valuable impetus to Choctaw fight. JAMES LUTER, Guard “Forky” started out at end this season, but because of his super-ability at blocking and tack- ling, C tach Robinson shifted him to the position of guard. At this position he proved to be a tower of strength for the Choctaw attack. His place will be hard to fill. 92 J. C. HINTON, Tackle Hinton played last season as a reserve tackle, in which capacity he learned much that he put into practice this season. He blocked hard on offense and tackled hard on defense. Very few yaids were made over him by any of the opponents. OTTO RENO, End Here Is the obstacle that was always in the op- ponents’ way when left end runs were attempted. He was also hard to handle on offense, because he was a mighty sure blocker. He is quickly down under a punt, receives passes with ease, and tackles like a marvel. Even though Tobe” made all S. I. A. A. end this season, we have no reason to think that he has reached his climax. We are expecting some big things of him during the 1 1 3 2 fight. HAROLD SCHUH, Guard “Hruce” was a member of the squad who could he depended upon to play his best every minute he was in the game. Weighing 185 pounds, he was one of the hardest obstacles in the enemy’s path toward the Choctaw goal stripe. He proved to be of great strength in the line — a strength which our 1932 Warriors will have to work hard to replace. 93 JIMMIE TAYLOR, End Jimmli showed marked improvement over last season in his work this year. He developed into one of the best defensive flankmen in Choctaw sports’ history. He was a hard fighter and could be depended upon to stop the plays coming around his post. He has fought well for the Choctaws, and next year his absence from the team will by no means go unnoticed. PERCY TRAVIS, Halfback After spending a large part of the season at guard, Percy developed into one of the most de- pendable backs available. He is particularly adept at blocking and tackling. We know that we are well within the bounds of truth when we say that Percy will be one of our strongest bulwarks during the 1932 schedule. GARNETT SWEATT, End Sweatt is a good example of that famou Choctaw spirit. He put out everything he had in every game. We owe much of the credit for the A. and M. victory to Sweatt. Before graduation he is expected to develop into one of the best ends in the S. I. A. A. WALTER SLAY, Tackle “Funny” is tin boy who uses a good brand of football and can give any size man plenty of punishment. His grit, fight, and determination make him hard to handle. He can open a hole in any line; his defense work is superb; as a tackier he is ultra-dependable. HOBERT STOWERS, Fullback This was “Cabbage’s” first year on the varsity, and he did well at his post of line slashing. It was discovered that he had both the weight and speed to make a good fullback, and he gave ample demonstration of that ability before the season was out. His aggressive spirit and strong defensive work will be a big asset to the team next year. BRUCE HITT, Quarter Much of the Choctaws’ suecess this year may be traced to the brainy generalship of “Dodger”. Al- though he is only a sophomore, he played the part of a veteran in every game in which he ran the team. He is a good passer, punter, and carrier. e are looking forward to his becoming as famous on the gridiron as was his brother “Dick”. 95 TOM HEDERMAN, Halfback Tom did not play in every game of the season, but when he did play he played with vim and fight that are characteristic of him. Tool-headed and clean playing, it was a genuine pleasure to see him in a game. NEVELL McREE, Fullback Again Mac” proved to be a great source of strength for the Choctaw offense. When a few yards were needed, Mac” could always be counted on to make them. He Is another of the many fine players whom we do not lose through graduation this year. We have every right to expect some stellar work from him next year. ELON MABRY, Tackle If loyalty to a cause were the standard by which men were given the coveted M”, Mabry would have been one of the first proud wearers of that emblem in his sophomore year. He was always regular in his practice and loyal in his support of the squad. His bulk in size does not outdo his loyalty to the Choctaw team. CARNIE SMITH, Guard Goosey” Is more noted on the campus as a songster than as a football player. Nevertheless, lie is the type that does not seek stardom. Because of his perseverance and interest in the team, he was given a letter— much to the delight of his fellow-students and fr iends. ♦ 96 � 4 t i The Scrub “Hack of the big and glamorous Sun, Back of the Moon with her silvery sheen, They glisten as if they were there alone— Those ‘scrubs ' of the Azure Team ” —And the Mississippi College scrubs have always been as faithful in service as the stars have been constant in shining. Always fighting as if a trip to Europe hinged on the fight, always smiling as if some scoring feat had been rung up, always hopeful for a precious hour of service on the “first string” squad. Our scrubs are this and more. The scrub is perhaps more exemplary of the fighting morale of Mississippi College students than any other donner of the togs. In the midst of the fray, knee-deep in the mud, no hope for “first-placing,” he never thinks of aught but fighting right on. No name in the papers, no trips to big cities, no letter awarded, and yet he fights — the Choctaw Scrub. SO “ Twinkle , twinkly, you big star, You ' d not carry that ball as far, ITere it not for the spunky ‘Scrub ' With his eyes and ears all full of mud. 97 l . a FRESHMAN FOOTBALL SQUAD Freshman Football The Freshmen had a big and husky bunch of Papooses out for football. Winning three out of five games, our first year men had a very successful season. They encountered Southwest Mississippi Junior College first, and in this fracas the local first yearlings got full revenge for the drubbing given them last year by the Pike collegians. The score was 7 to 6. In their most impressive game of the season our freshmen scalped the Louisiana Tech freshmen in a 46 to o affair. Their trio of victories was completed with a 7 to o win over the State Teachers first year team. The curtain was rung down in two defeats — first at the hands of the powerful Co-Lin wolves to the tune of 26 to o, second in the fray with their keenest rivals, Millsaps Minors, with a score of 38 to O. The Freshmen who made numerals are Putnam, Dunaway, Eddleman, Ulmer, Jackson, Gordon, Priester, Hunt, Yates, Steel, Parham, Peeples, Patterson, Davis, Miller, Craft, Martin, and “Jew” Burghard, Manager. Basketball The Tr ib esman Nineteen ThirtV ' two George Gill, Captain and Forward No small credit of the basketball season’s culmination in the glorious S. I. A. A. tournament was due to the cool-headed leadership of Captain Gill. It seems as if Monroe felt the temper of every man on the team and in the student body — a supreme desire for S. I. A. A. victory. No truer example of steady nerve, truer sportsmanship, or regular playing has ever captained a Choctaw basketball team than Gill. His winning personality and his ability to hit the basket from all directions will make him greatly missed on the team next year. Otto Reno, Captain-elect and Guard Tobe, playing his second year of varsity ball, showed the same dazzling speed and undying spirit as he did last season. His ability in seeming to be everywhere at once made him one of the hardest guards to get by in the confer- ence. He has one more year in which to perform on the hardwood, and if he does as well that year as he has done in the past, he will leave a most enviable rec- ord for future players to try to surpass. This year he was chosen all-S. I. A. A. and all-Dixie Conference guard, as well as being elected captain of the 1933 s ua ' Wilburn Furniss, Forward Changing from football toggery to basketball regalia, Passo” also gave a creditable account of himself on the court. He was not used as a regular in many of the games, but he cashed in with several two-pointers that won several games; for example, the Louisiana Normal game at the S. I. A. A. tournament. His loss will be a severe blow to next season’s team. IOO Jimmie Taylor Forward Jimmie is one of the smallest men ever seen on a Choctaw five; how- ever, his uncanny ability at looping goals and his unrivaled floor work have won’ for him the respect of all who have seen him perform. Always will- ing, always ready, he was in the thick of every fight. The gap which he leaves through graduation will be hard to fill. James Allen Guard Stute” is one of the most dependable men on the squad. His level- headedness and his ability as a guard did much toward winning games for the Choctaws. Although Stute” very seldom tries for a basket, his work- ing a ball up the court is responsible for many scores. He has one more year on the varsity, from which much is expected of him. Harold Jackson Center A tall, rangy youth, Jackie was a great aid to the Choctaws this past season. He showed up much better than expected, and is being banked upon for much service the next two years. Throughout the season he was hardly out-jumped, and his rangy form assisted the Choctaws in their offensive efforts. He was one of the two sophomores to make his letter this year. IOI y cP Melvin Landrum Guard Cherub” held down the guard position in great style this year. Al- though he did not play as much as some of the others, he always delivered the goods when he was called upon. He is fast and is a hard fighter. He never lets up from the time the game starts to the final whistle, and in this way he won for himself a position on the varsity and a reputation as a good basketball player. Carnie Smith Guard and Forward This year marks the close of Goosie’s” career with the Choctaw quin- tette. In spite of the fact that Goosie” did not play in every game, his floor work and his eye for the basket are not forgotten. Not a star, he be- longed to that conservative element which goes a long way towards the making of a truly good team. Resume of Basketball Season The past season may be rightfully called a freak season when the games’ scores are studied. The Choctaws started off with a bang, bv doubling Howard’s score in two straight games. Then came with grim regularity bitter doses of defeat, defeat made bitterer by the fact that they were only of one point. The season’s highest point was reached with the remarkable S. I. A. A. Tournament. AND THE DEFEAT OF Mil LSAPS! . , . . , n . . r , The team lost to Chattanooga, the Dixie Champions, in the semi-finals of the Dixie Conference. Choctaws Choctaws Choctaws Choctaws Choctaws Choctaws Choctaws Choctaws Choctaws Choctaws Choctaws Choctaws Choctaws Choctaws Choctaws Choctaws Choctaws Choctaws Choctaws Choctaws Choctaws Choctaws Choctaws Choctaws Choctaws The Season’s Scores Are: . . 50 with Howard . . 56 with Howard . . . 38 with Millsaps . . 16 with Millsaps . . 25 with Southwestern . . 29 with Louisiana Normal . . 25 with Southwestern . . . 27 with Southwestern . . . 25 with Chattanooga • 35 with Georgetown . . . 44 with Seminary . . 37 with Western Kentucky Teachers . . . . 28 with Murry Teachers . . 67 with State Teachers . . . 43 with State Teachers . 48 with Louisiana College . . . . . . . . . 35 with L. P. I . 20 with Mississippi State . . . . 32 with Millsaps . . 23 with Millsaps . . . . 33 with Southwestern . . . . 33 with Chattanooga . . . 35 with University of Louisville . . . . . 40 with Louisiana Normal . 38 with Millsaps 24 25 40 57 9 30 38 25 28 4 1 3 33 29 26 24 30 34 25 27 29 29 37 19 39 33 103 The Trib esman Review of Freshman Basketball Season Again Coach Peeler turned out a winning Freshman team. With only two defeats to mar their record, the Freshmen made for themselves a most enviable showing. It is obvious that the material on this team makes good prospects for the varsity. Those who made numerals are Craft, Lee, McPhearson, Hunt, Martin, Kelly, Drury, Eubanks, Priester, and Manager McDade. Scores of the Season’s Games: Freshmen 34; Millsaps Freshmen 33 Freshmen 35; Raymond Junior College 32 Freshmen 30; Millsaps Freshmen 29 Freshmen 57; Pike Junior College 32 Freshmen 43; Pike Junior College 47 Freshmen 45; Raymond Junior College 22 Freshmen 43; Millsaps Freshmen 26 Freshmen 30; Millsaps Freshmen 25 Freshmen 18; Wesson 27 Freshmen 33; Wesson 17 freshmen 31 ; Raymond Junior College 27 Freshmen 46; Raymond Junior College 41 Freshmen ' . . 31 ; Pike Junior College 25 Freshmen 41 ; Pike Junior College 39 £ 5i3fS5 ' 6 Baseball Crick Hahn, Pitcher , Captain Hahn, a veteran of two seasons, led his team well. His pitching performances were rarely excelled. When Crick walked upon the mound, we could depend upon him to turn in a good game. We wish for Crick a great career in the field of professional baseball. James Luter, Outfield , Captain-elect “Forky” is one of the heaviest sluggers ever to wear the Choctaw uniform. When a hit was needed, Luter was the man to deliver the coveted biff. We are expecting Captain Luter to turn out a superior team this year. John Allgood, Catcher This was John’s first year on the team, but he proved that he was capable of holding down his position. Allgood, though not pre-eminent as a hitter, was well known for his rare ability at receiving. Curtis Clayborne, Infield Curtis was one of the brainiest infielders on the entire squad. He could be depended upon to deliver in the pinch, both on the plate and in the field. 106 Virgil Bigham, Pitcher Bigham, though not rated as a “speedy” ball pitcher, has been known for his control and headwork. Bigham worked like a veteran, and he could be depended upon to go nine innings or more at full speed. It seems that one score proved his jinx, because the only games he lost were lost by one score. Price Harlan, Outfield “Goat” was a natural ball hawk. Because of his strong arm, very few base runners dared to advance when the ball was hit in the direction of his territory. He was only switch hitter on the team. Pete Dennis, Infield Pete was one firey little shortstop. He adequately filled the shoes of our former captain, “Cripshot” Walker. Pete was noted for his timely hitting and his excellent base running. • George Gill, Pitcher “Monroe”, although he nursed a sore arm during the first part of the season, showed a fine brand of pitching in his shutting out Howard with two scratch singles. Gill gave the Millsaps series a good send-off by taking the first game of the series for the Choctaws. In addition to his excellent abilities as a pitcher, Gill was perhaps the best pinch-hitter on the team. Curtis Miller, Infield “Bin g was noted for his base running and hunting. He was the fastest player on the squad, and very few balls sifted through his territory in any game. Clinton Jones, Infield “Lefty” was a first year man, but he looked like a major leaguer from the begin- ning. His heavy hitting drove in many runs during the season. “Lefty” promises to show up with increasing brilliance this season. Jimmie Taylor, Outfield Jimmie played most of the season in the outfield, but he was equally at home behind the plate or in the infield. His quick-action abilities rendered him quite valuable to the squad. Hobert Stowers, Catcher Stowers, a sophomore of the ’ 30 -’ 3 i session, saw a great deal of service during last season. His work behind the plate was largely due to his strong arm and hard hitting. Stowers is in full sense a substantial player. Wilroy Sheppard, Outfield Wilroy, though not always on top notch as fielder, played regularly because of his superb hitting ability. We shall greatly miss “Shep’s” contribution to the team this year. 08 VARSITY SQUAD Resume The Choctaws got off to a good start by winning their first games, two from Birmingham- Southern and one from Howard. The Warriors returned to the campus to drop the next two games to A. and M. by rather unimpressive scores. After the Aggies had trounced the Braves, our men came back to the front by defeating Centenary in two straight games. The Tribesmen then journeyed to Starkville to attempt to avenge the early defeats, but in two tries in the Aggie lair the Braves were unsuccessful and deferred their vengeance to the 1932 season. On their return to the Wigwam the Choctaws captured the L. P. I. scalp in two games. On their return games with the Techsters in Ruston our men lost the second of the two games on foreign soil. Birmingham-Southern next made an appearance on Provine Field to take the Choctaws in tow. In the five-game series with Millsaps the Choctaws scored one victory and one tie, suffering three defeats at the hands of the Majors. By the strategic arm of Pitcher Gill, the Choc Battlers were able to administer a rather significant defeat to the Majors in the initial encounter. The third encounter was fought through twelve long innings, before the Majors broke loose in a scoring spurt which netted them a 7 to 6 victory. The second game was a heart-breaker, for the Choctaws with a 14 to o victory for the Majors. The fourth game was called at the end of the fifth inning, with the score 5-all. The next two games found the Choctaws struggling hard to even the reries, but the Majors blanked our men in their last two valiant attempts. Through graduation we lost C.aptain Hahn, Curtis Mil’er, Price Harlan, and Wilroy Shepherd. Birmingham-Southern . . Howard A. and M Centenary L. P. I Millsaps ... 3 , o, 9; . • • o, 3; • • 14. x 5 . 4 ‘, • • • 10, 3 ; • 5. x 4 x � 2; 3 , x 4 7 , 5 . 7 . 3 ; Mississippi College Mississippi College Mississippi College Mississippi College Mississippi College Mississippi College • • 5 , x 9 4 .... 7, 2 4 , 6, 4, 3 • • ■ x 4 . 9 6, 17, 4, 1 7, o, 6, 5, o, o Freshman Baseball The Freshmen had plenty of good material available for baseball during the 1931 season, hut for some reason the first yearlings could not get together success- fully. Consequently, only three of the eleven games were won by the Papooses. Southwest Junior College took three out of the four in the series, Hinds Junior College lost their one game to the Papooses, while Co-Lin took their one game. r he Haby Chocs lost the series to their keenest rivals, Millsaps Minors, taking only the last of the five-game series. Mississippi College Freshmen . Mississippi College Freshmen . Mississippi College Freshmen . Mississippi College Freshmen . Mississippi College Freshmen . Mississippi College Freshmen . Mississippi College Freshmen . Mississippi College Freshmen . Mississippi College Freshmen . Mississippi College Freshmen . Mississippi College Freshmen . • 6; Southwest Juniors . . 16 • 7; Southwest Juniors . . 18 • 4; Southwest Juniors . • 3 .11; Southwest Juniors . . 12 • 5; Hinds Juniors . . . • 3 . 2; Co-Lin Juniors . . . • 9 . 6; Minors . 8 • 5; Minors . 6 • 5; Minors . 1 1 • 7; Minors • 13 . 12; Minors • 3 1 10 I Track The Tnb esman Thomos P STANCE fiennett; W£ 6 Yn Track The Mississippi College track team had a very successful season. In their six meets of the season they met some of the strongest competition in the S. I. C. and the S. I. A. A. Conferences. Dunaway D STANC£ H L Gill H Gtt JUMP The Choctaws met L. S. U. in their first meet of the season. L. S. U. piled up a large score in the sprints and short distance races. The Choctaws made a clean sweep of the distance races. Thomas won the 880, Puckett the mile, and Nappie White the two mile. Captain Holmes scored a third in broad jump and in the 440. Dunnaway won second in the mile and Reno won second in the shot. Spen- cer won first in the ja velin. The second meet was with Mississippi A. M. The Choctaws made a very commendable showing against A. M. In this meet Puckett, White, and Spencer won first places. Those scoring second places were Simmons, Jones, Holmes, Fortenberry, Abernathy, and Dunnaway. In the next meet the Choctaws won nine out of fourteen places in a dual meet with Louisiana Col- lege with a total score of 70 to 42. Several new ? Q 9 § D iTANCe $p encer V£ Gttr Track men came through to score first places along with Puckett, who only missed the Mississippi College mile record of four minutes, forty and three-tenths seconds by one second. Other first place winners were White, two miles; Jones, 220; Abernathy, shot; Gill, high jump; Holmes, broad jump; Bennett, jave- lin; Simmons, 440; and Puckett, 880. Others who won places were Dunnaway, Fortenberry, Hederman, Thomas, Spencer, and Bishop. The fourth meet of the season was a triangular affair with Southwestern of Memphis, Union Uni- versity, and Mississippi College. The Choctaws were able to stack up four first places in the fray. Aber- nathy, Spencer, Puckett, and White won first places. Others scoring were Jones, Bennett, Dunnaway, Hew- litt, and Thomas. Another hard meet was the third district S. I. A. A. at Pineville, Louisiana. Puckett was easily the outstanding man in this meet. He set a new record in both the mile and the half mile. His time for the mile was four minutes and thirty seconds; for the half mile, one minute and fifty-nine seconds. His Track running mate, White, accounted for the other first place by winning the two mile. The final meet of the season was the annual S. I. A. A. track meet. The Choctaws fell just a little below par in this meet. Puckett came through with a wonderful mile in four minutes and thirty and six-tenths seconds for an easy victory. He also won second in the half mile and a relay. It was in this meet that White met his only defeat of the season, the two-mile race. His defeat was only of a few inches in a very close race. Bing” Miller turned in a good century, close third to Loppino’s 9.7 second run. Abernathy scored in shot. We regret very much to lose Thomas, Puckett, White, Bennett, Johnson, Abernathy, Holmes, Spencer, Jones, and others who were seniors. Puckett, White, and Abernathy were consistent scorers, ac- counting for a larger part of the score. However, we have some very good prospective men for the next season. 114 Cross Country -L Cross Country Team Led by Captain Dunaway, the Choctaw cross-country team proved to be the best in the state. Dunaway proved to he a splendid leader, and he had his team in fine shape all the time. Coach Peeler left most of their training up to Captain Dunaway, and he proved of excellent capability. Montague, one of the two men brought over from last season, proved to be a great strength to the team. Little “Mont” was noted for a “never give up” spirit. Fortenberry and Ringold were also valuable men. Although they were new men, they ran like veterans. The team discovered that Wilcher and James were very valuable men. Sidney Simmons, having made his letter in track last Spring, proved to be a great asset to the team. The team entered in the State A. A. U. meet in Jackson and ran away with the honors. The team took the beautiful trophy for first place. The members of this highly successful team are Dunaway, Foj-tenberry, Ringold, JVIontague, and Carlyle. These five were the first to cross the tape in the road race, each receiving attractive bronze medals. Dunaway, Fortenberry, and Ringold re- ceived beautiful medals in addition as a recognition of their being the first three to cross the tape. We are sure that every Tribesman will watch the progress of these men in Spring track. 1 1 6 Tennis m Tcinimis The 1931 tennis squad had one of the most successful seasons ever enjoyed by Choctaw wielders of the racquet. The schedule was the most extensive ever under- taken, and the team made a fine record against all opposition. The team was composed of Captain Bowen Morris, Manager Hawthorne Hunter, Eugene Patterson, Will J. Patterson, and A. Carrol Watkins, under the direction of Coach Tully McCrea. All the men, with the exception of Hunter, are from Clinton and had played together in high school and through college. This, of course, was an asset to them. The 1931 team was the unofficial collegiate champions of Mississippi. Millsaps was defeated and A. and M. was overwhelmed by the Choctaws. Since Ole Miss does not play intercollegiate tennis, the unofficial crown rests on the heads of our team. The most extensive intercollegiate schedule and rather unprecedented road trips were made possible through the hearty co-operation of Coach Robinson in. his attempt to make tennis more widely and skilfully participated in. Two road trips w T ere made in addition to the home games with Millsaps, A. and M., and University of Alabama. Ehe Choctaw netters defeated Millsaps twice, L. S. U., Loyola, Chattanooga, Vander- bilt, and Union once each. Defeats for our men came onlv from the teams of Tulane, University of Alabama, and Birmingham-Southern. In the S. I. A. A. tournament at Memphis, Eugene Patterson went to the semi- finals and Morris and Hunter were defeated only in the finals by Birmingham- Southern. The ability of the team as a whole is further evidenced in t eir winning letters — all of them — a recognition which comes only in the instance of the netmen’s winning a majority of their matches. Against the opposition which our mer en- countered, this distinction is by no means ignoble. 8 L. r f. m A thing of beauty is a joy forever” — ’Tis seen in sculpture trimmed from rug- ged stone, Tis seen in crowns of monarchs on the throne, Inherent in the soul, it ages never. The woman of the South in former days, Was beauty, goodness, virtue, love, and truth, True motherhood to rightly train the youth; She sought her pleasure in her children’s praise. This heritage is nation’s rich bequest; Her carnal life on death-bed did expire, Like sunset fading in the glowing west, But on the morn returns in roseate fire: Although her form asleep in dewy cold, Posterity her values will remold. — A. J. Aven. (V - urn 0 r c ih V ' SS y CJ X ii •vr • ' LOVE IS IMMORTAL: TN ' S BOULDER IS ERECTED. BY THE MlSSfSSjpj COLLEGE RIFLES CHAPTER U D.C. is GRATEFUL MEMORY OF THE 104 WEN WHO i OUT FROM THIS COLLEGE AS COMPANY E. MISSISSIPPI REGIMENT APRIL 23. 18CL J. ' -V WTLBORN,CAPT..CUDDtt THOMAS. |st LIE ' CiO i PH SUCKLES, 2 °LiEUT., J H. YORK i LIEIJili J FIELD THEIR BLOOD WAS SHED. MANASSAS. LEESBURG ! RICHMOND. MALVERN HILL. SEVEN PINES. CHICKAMAUGA I SMARPSBURG, THE WfCDEgNLSS. FREDRICKS DU RG. I IANCELLORSVILLE. TERRIBLE GETTYSBURG AND OTHEft IN APRIL I8G2.W H.L IS.OF Suftg||f WAS ELECTED CA| f OF niF MISSISSIPPI COlMBt, -RIFLES 3 ON THL 9T� 0F APRIITI65.WITH THE AKMYOF NORTHERN V V WHICH SUftRtiifDjfcED AT APPOMATTOX COURT HQUS WASTIIF Rf MNANTOriHE MlSSlSSIPPItOlUCE RIFLE OF THL 104 ME W HO ENLISTED, ONLY 8 RETURNED HOM THE WORLD SPEAKS OF AsHSl ST CAUSE; YET WH§5£ NAMES HA KY wearing a dl ATH LESS EA ■ 1926. ?i valiant men SOLDIERS OF A 1 GONE DOWN Mississippi College Rifles Company With deep emotion shook these youthful souls, H ho, April twelfth in eighteen-sixty-one, Heard Echo tell of scourging war begun, With brothers seeking brothers’ crimson tolls. 1 he perfect pictures of young soldiers stood, Whom Honor cleaned and wiped of dastard fear, Keen with desire the victor’s song to hear. Or sacrifice their blood to Freedom s good. I he fires of youth incited Rifles proud To join the ranks of Lee’s high-minded men; They donned the Gray, both uniform and shroud. And bravely faced the foe, though two to ten: 7 he South s defense nas pledge on every breath, And all but eight their pledges paid with death! A. J. Aven. 140 ft |ISSISSIPPI COLLEGE students, descendants of the valiant sons of the South, can never forget the almost unbelievable deeds of the Southern soldier. Mississippi College, ancestral home of the courage, chivalry, and ideals of the old South, would fail to reach its highest standard if it neg- lected to recall the exploits of the noble-hearted men who fought for their kinsmen, their section, and their state. It is therefore fitting that briefly we com- memorate the history of the worn and weary columns of gray. What more fitting memorial can be given to our college, its traditions, its spirit, than to recount the sim- ple and pathetic story of the Mississippi College Rifles? What more splendid tribute can be paid to those heroes than to remember that they died not for themselves, hut for their posterity? What more magnificent monument can be erected to our dead than the eternal utterance, “Love is immortal”? In the crisp, cool air of an April morning Mississippi College sent forth its sons to battle for the land of its birth. Tearing themselves from the loving comforts of home, they boldly shouldered their muskets and voluntarily went forth to sacrifice their lives on the altars of their country. On April 23, 1861, one hundred and four men of the fairest flower of Mississippi’s youth went out from this college as Com- pany E, 1 8th Mississippi Regiment. The history of this regiment may be regarded as extending from one of the initial battles of the war, the first battle of Manassas, to the final surrender at Appomatox. Mrs. Howard J. Cabell, Clinton, tells us in her authentic history of Mississippi College Rifles that seventy-five out of one hundred and four men were actually stu- dents of the college. Three teachers were included in the list, Messrs. J. H. York, E. G. Ranks, and N. J. Thigpen. Other young men of the community joined to swell the ranks to one hundred and four. J. W. Welborn, college trustee, was elected cap- tain. Cuddie Thomas, Joseph Ruckles, and J. H. York were chosen as lieutenants. Other officers were: Mike Carney, orderly sergeant, and W. H. Lewis, second ser- geant. The beautiful flag for the departing company was fashioned by several patriotic women of Clinton: Mrs. J. R. Graves, Mrs. Patrick Lewis, Mrs. Jane Criddle, and Mrs. Lucy Banks. Elaborate ceremonies accompanied the presentation of the flag to the company by the beautiful Lizzie Harris. Amid the fragrant magnolia trees sur- rounding the old Meade plantation of “Greenwood,” Captain Welborn received from Mrs. Mary Meade the sword surrendered by Aaron Burr to General Meade in 1807. This famous weapon was stolen from Captain Welborn while he was in Virginia and has never been recovered. Many parties and festivities were held in honor of the Col- lege Rifles. A farewell entertainment was given on the evening of April 22. Mr. Moffet, whose sons were members of the company, flung open the doors of “Moss Hill,” the Moffet resident, in a characteristic gesture of Southern hospitality. Gay, reckless Peyton and steady, sober Tom Moffet little realized that they were spending their last night in the family home. On April 23rd the College Rifles took their departure from historic Clinton. The tuneful notes of “Dixie ’ and “ 1 he Bonnie Blue Flag” floated through the air, strik- ing the ears of those who were saying their last farewell to their beloved ones. “The Girl I Left Behind Me” rang out in the shrill notes of the fife as a train loaded with men dressed in handsome gray uniforms pulled out of the station. Having journeyed to Corinth, Mississippi, the College Rifles became Company E of the 1 8th Mississippi Regiment. Col. E. R. Burt was the commanding officer. The 1 8th Regiment was immediately sent to Manassas, where it received its baptism of fire. Later the regiment was transferred to Griffith’s Brigade. After gallant General Griffith fell at the head of his brigade in the Seven Days’ Fight near Richmond, the regiment became a part of Barkdale’s Brigade, and finally of Humphrey’s Brigade, the brilliant Barksdale having been cut down at Gettysburg. When Third Lieutenant ork was slain at Manassas, Sergeant Lewis was selected to fill the vacancy. U pon the resignation of First Lieutenant Thomas of the Rifles in November, 1861, Lewis became First Lieutenant. When Captain Welborn resigned in 1862, Lewis was unan- imously chosen Captain. T his position he filled very conspicuously and creditably until the surrender at Appomattox. As a result of his daring bravery, he received several wounds. He was wounded in the knee at Fredericksburg, severely shot under the arm at Gettysburg, and at Cedar Hill a Minnie ball found lodgment in his chest. When, in April, 1862, Lewis was elected Captain of the College Rifles, Second Lieutenant Buckles was made First Lieutenant. Lieutenant Buckles remained with the Rifles until the fatal day at Appomattox Courthouse, and when he returned to Mississippi he brought with him the once handsome, but now sadly tattered, flag of the College Rifles. This flag, now placed in the State Museum at Jackson, is em- blematic of the tragic scenes it has witnessed and of the glorious deeds of Southern bravery and chivalry. I he Mississippi College Rifles flaunted their colors at the ini- tial battle of Manassas, where the brave Lieutenant York fell. The flag flew at many a hard-fought battle — Manassas, Leesburg, Seven Days’ Fight around Richmond, and Seven Pines. On Malvern Hills it watched the sorrowful picture of Peyton Moffet, fatally wounded, and his brother Tom, close beside him, slowly sinking to his knees with a shot in his own heart. The blood-stained banner followed Longstreet into eastern Tennessee and beyond into Georgia to reinforce General Bragg. It left its slain followers on the bloody fields of Chickamauga and encouraged the desperate ef- forts at Knoxville. 1 he Rifle colors returned with Longstreet into Virginia and later crossed the Potomac with Lee. The banner waved undaunted above the smoke and fury of the battles of Sharpsburg, Fredericksburg, Spottsylvania, North Anna River, Cold Harbor, and other engagements. It was held high at Gettysburg, where 142 The Tribesman out of thirty men commanded by Captain Lewis eighteen were killed. The College Rifles rallied around their Hag at Chancellorsville, where Stonewall Jackson fell; they saw it Hotter in the gloom of the Wilderness, where eighty-five of the one hundred and fifty-three men of the 1 8th Mississippi Regiment were killed. On April 2, 1865, the faded Hag of the Mississippi College RiHes Haunted defiance for the last time. With the Army of Northern Virginia, which surrendered at Appomattox, was the Humphrey’s Brigade. With this brigade was the remnant of the Mississippi College RiHes. One hundred and four men enlisted at the beginning of the war; at its close only eight were there to he paroled. If we search through the pages of history, 1 doubt if we can find any volume more replete with bravery, love, loyalty, sacrifice, and patriotism than the simple annals of the Mississippi College RiHes. 1 he men of the Rifles have left to us, their successors in college, a heritage of ideals to be kept bright and unblemished. Seeking only to pursue their duty, they achieved the sublime. Dead, they are immortal. The faith of the College has been vindicated. In teaching men how to live, the College also taught them how to die. Ringold, ’33. 37 The Tribesman - m JP Ed. -hcwlitt 3 oce r Qo ll£ . 145 A light on a hill cannot be hid” “Upon the timbered ridge that lay Across the billowy hills away, There sprang a low academy So rude that no enthusiast ' s dream Could have foreshown the fame it rears Beneath its centuries ' weight of years.” In the early days of the nineteenth century there appeared on the crest of a hill a small academy, which was incorporated by the Mississippi Legislature as Hampstead Academy. In February, 1827, it was partially adopted by the state, and the name was changed to Mississippi Academy. At this time the Federal Government had granted Mississippi the “Seminary Lands” to be used in supporting a state school of learning. 1 he legislature revealed its purpose of making Mississippi Academy a state institution by assigning to it the rent from these lands and by changing the name to the Missis- sippi College. It escaped being a state school, however, because the site for the new university had already been chosen. Under Dwight’s administration the college came under the Presbyterian denomi- nation (1842) with a change of the school’s charter. Under the leadership of Rev. Alexander Cambell the school was led into an era of prosperity, closely followed by financial difficulties and dissentions among the Presbyterian folk. Then came another attempt to make it a state school (1848), an effort which failed because of the state committee’s report that the plant was “too expensive.” When it is considered that the whole plant two years later was only valued at $11,000.00, it is readily seen that Mississippi College was destined for a peculiar mission, not that of a state school. From behind the troubled scenes came the following prophetic strain from the “Clinton Gazette”: “Mississippi College is not in full operation. The known talents, acquire- ments, and literary standing of its president and professors must give it a reputation and influence, which is to be felt in all this southwestern country.” Mississippi College, left by the Presbyterians to struggle on, passed into the hands of the Baptists at the meeting of the annual convention, November 17, 1850. A new Board of Trustees was created; the Female Department was dropped; Prof. I. N. Turner was chosen president. What were the prospects of the times? “The college opened with one teacher and fourteen boys; they had not one dollar of endowment; there was not a Baptist church within miles of Clinton; there was not a single Bap- tist in the whole town; nay more, the efforts of other Baptists to build a college had failed.” However, the directors “determined that this college should be among the first or be nothing.” In 1853 four college classes were organized for the first time, granting one man a degree. In the wake of this era of prosperity came the destructive influence of the Civil War. When the smoke of the conflict had cleared away, “the campus was unfenced; buildings were left desolate hy the rough hand of the war, without a single room fit for use; no apparatus, no endowment, a debt of $8,000.00 ; no president, no professors, no students, few friends, many bitter foes.” Hard days of reconstruction and reorgani- zation followed under Rev. Walter Hillman and President Webb (1873). In 1879 Mississippi College became the Baptist school of Arkansas, Louisiana, and Mississippi. Soon, however, Arkansas and Louisiana were excluded. A trio of troubles fell into the camp during the administration of R. A. Vener- able and the year during which Dr. Provine was acting president: 1. “Hard times” — panic. 2. In the convention of 1892 the Baptists brought up the question of dismiss- ing the college from the denomination. 3. In 1879 the yellow fever plague. In 1898 Dr. W. T. Lowrey became president. The college again went on the upward climb; the endowment increased and new buildings were erected. The college patrons were more loyal than in any other administration. In 1911 Dr. Provine entered the road to a long and illustrious service. The curriculum was broadened and modernized ; prep work was dropped; new departments were created. In 1922 Mississippi College became a full-fledged member of the Southern Association of Schools. No account of Mississippi College would be complete without the mentioning of several of her campus distinctions. For almost three-fourths of a century her two forensic societies have wielded a profound influence on the lives of students. The Philomathian Society was organized in October, 1846. In 1845 the Hermenian was formed. Their work has been almost continuous for these many years. The catalogue of 1870 reads: “Of the two literary societies, the Hermenian is in active operation and the Philomathian will be reorganized next session.” In 1870 these societies began a publication, “The Mississippi College Star,” under joint editorship. In 1883 “The Star,” which had ceased its shining in 1873, was replaced by “The Electric Light.” “The Mississippi College Magazine” came into existence in 1888. It was published monthly by the two societies. This magazine possessed all the merits of a literary work. The departments were: Literary, Editorial, Y. M. C. A., Theological, Ath- letic, and Local and Ludicrous. In 1916 this publication was superseded by “The Mississippi Collegian.” Mississippi College boasts a first-rate Glee Club, an excellent Dramatic Club, a Chemistry Club, a Writers’ Club, and one of the best bands in the South. The band has made fourteen annual tours and is the regimental band of the 155th Infantry. For years this college has sent out her men to champion the rights of humanity. In the centuries to come she will hold the torch even higher, a beacon-light of truth and virtue. Green, ’32. Snapshots i+8 Snapshots 150 3 SNAPSHOTS 152 Who reaches cross-roads in life’s history, Must grow a social realm, would he re- veal That need of others makes a strong ap- peal To love and touch with human sympathy. In years long past the clubs and social group Obeyed command and will of custom’s force, Disclosed in oratory and discourse, Where outer life to inner life would stoop. The inner spirit moral grandeur gave, To pride in arts, in how to think, in health, And greatest thought, the freedom of the slave, Whose fruitage is the nation’s greatest wealth. To solve hard problems civic was their aim, And write on Honor’s scroll their country’s name. — A . j. Av«n. “The Tribesman” Staff 157 Marion Perry E DITOR.-IN ■CH EF amej Wa tt f SUS NESS A ANAb£ Kirby Tyrone ASSISTANT BO TO A John Felix Arnold ASST. BtlS AI£ ( MAN AO £ A r H£ W££KL WE PAL D OF THE CN O C TAW ?£ John Moore LewK Myers 4 EE A TO A £ SPOATS NEWS ED TO A ED TO A NX . K. Am acker James Berry 1 C KCU -A7 CW 4« r. C K.CUI A T ON MANAGE A MANAGEA The Collegian Staff 158 Student Body Officers Jimmie Sullivan John Hill Allgood . . . . Frank Rucg .... Butler T. Moore President Vice-President Secretary- T reasurer . . Attorney VS9 k Executive Council Officers Jimmie Sullivan President Frank Rugc Secretary-Treasurer Members Percy Travis John Allgood Virgil Bigham Leo Green Rupert Ringold Zack Hederman i Go c: Honor Council Officers Tom Safley Chairman Charles Safley Secretary-Treasurer Members Jimmie Sullivan W. O. Vaught Lewis Myers Tate Woodruff Hannon Harper Virgil Bigham Ralph Reeves Roy Hood Rupert Ringold Zack Hederman 161 Band Officers Malcolm M. Flowers Frank Rugg William Harvey Hurt, Jr. President . . . . Vice-President Business Manager THE BAND 162 C 163 m Ecidlcman, Vauqh,t Van La n cl in q ham Henry Yarbrouqh Bens on Thompson Me intosh Blanks Ato ore Lonqmo Elhs Sm th Dannaway W w ,ila,a Band Members i 6+ % C Lancaster ByreL Ellis Walker Dykes Band Members 165 Glee Club Officers Wilbur McMillan . . John Felix Arnold . . . . Vice-President Edward Byrd .... D. J. VanLandingham . . Business Manager 1 66 % Nineteen T hirty ' two Way field •cs Van Landinqham Arnold P P P 1 Hcderman Fallas Thompson YarDrouqh May ( z Id B i AmockCK Foster Hollo wall Flowers Glee Club Members 167 Hurt Bankston . Flowers Benson Dykes Arnold. ElUs Dykes Dunnaway McMillan. Music Club 168 i 1 ttobecb Mi ' ) I er Dramatic Club 169 170 t Philomath e an Staff Ministerial Association Officers Melva D. Morton President Wilson A. IIocan . . . Secretary-Treasurer George H. Gay Vice-President Jeff Russei.i Extension Director Melva D. Morton President Wilson A. IIogan . . . Secretary-Treasurer George H. Gay Vice-President Jeff Russei.i Extension Director Chester Swor Religious Director MINI ST E R I A L A SS( )C I ATIOX V ’ = § ? 57 Nineteen T hirty ' two H. S. U. Council ftt A The Chemistry Club 17+ THAT S.I.A.A. TOURNAMENT m ■ I 175 The 1932 S. I. A. A, Basketball T ' ournament In the history of the S. I. A. A. there has never been a greater upset than the 1932 Basketball Tournament. The upset came because Mississippi College, doped not to win, came off with the 1932 CU P- The Mississippi College student body wanted that game. The Choctaw Basketball team wanted that game. They got that game. Need anyone he told that “that game” has reference to the final game of the tourna- ment, in which the Choctaws defeated the Millsaps Majors, 38-33, after two extra five-minute periods? There are those pessimists who have said that the old Choctaw spirit “weren’t what it used to be’’, hut on the night of the final game of the tournament not one of these fellows was to be found. The team felt the desire of the student body, which was present en masse, for that game. Never has the Jackson Auditorium trembled from its very foundations as it did from the yells of three hundred and fifty de- termined, fighting Choctaws. There are some who can tell stories of I)r. Patterson’s prayer, Dean Swor’s kisses to the co-ed next to him, of Dutchie’s frantic antics during the last few minutes; but of these I saw nothing. Of the last ten minutes of the game I can tell nothing except that they were tense, torturous minutes during which I felt that I was not alone when I was backing an ever-glorious Choctaw team to victory. It is history now; but the thrill of it, the glory of it, the fight of it will make the 1932 S. I. A. A. Tournament a permanent fixture in the memories of the Mississippi College men. 1 77 £2J Millsaps Bye Millsaps Eastern- Kentucky Bye Murray Teachers Bye Louisiana College Western Kentucky Louisiana Normal Bye Southwestern Memphis Bye Mississippi College Bye University Louisville Centenary 31-26 f} Millsaps Eastern Kentucky 46-32 Millsaps Murray Teachers 45-39 Murray Western Kentucky 40-27 l 53-29 Louisiana Normal Louisiana Normal Southwestern 47-37 Mississippi College Mississippi College 40-39 Mississippi College Louisville 35-29 Mississippi College Champion 9 :oo P. M. Friday 38-33 S. I. A. A. Basketball Tournament Chart Look for those Business Houses which helped make this book possible 1 79 RATLIFF MOTOR COMPANY Chevrolet Sales and Service STORAGE AND WRECKER SERVICE TEXACO PRODUCTS CLINTON, MISSISSIPPI DOWNING-LOCKE COMPANY Jackson ' s Shopping Center There are exceptional shopping opportunities for you at this store each day of the year. 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A diploma from Woman’s College will admit a graduate to any college in the United States where women are received. ❖ For information as to courses offered and the expenses of attend - ing Mississippi Woman 9 s College, write for catalogue . PRESIDENT HATTIESBURG, MISSISSIPPI 4 bright pages reflect those happy, carefree days has been our goa ± j . jl a COLLECT ANNUAL DIVI lON ♦ ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦•♦ ♦♦♦♦ ALABAMA ENCRAVINC COM PAis; BIRMINGHAM ♦ IN THE HEART OF THE SOUTH The WORLD ' S LARGEST PUBLISHERS OF COLLEGE ANNUALS COLLEGE ANNUAL HEADQUARTERS — ftp ' e no 7 (px entiiiia -fxtoiee, HHnni The Radiant Subj ect of This Splendid Volume is MISSISSIPPI COLLEGE The Magnolia State’s oldest and most colorful proponent of Lib- eral Arts Education in an atmosphere of rare Christian Fellowship . This college lives by giving — giving to the world a steady stream of well-prepared leadership for all outstanding fields of service to humanity ” A college strong with rare traditions of a century plus of ser vice, yet equipped with the finest offered in modern buildings and furnishings. Nationally recognized scholarship; superb faculty rating; incom- parable student spirit; new era of service dawning. Find the realization of the rarest college dreams in MISSISSIPPI COLLEGE CLINTON, MISSISSIPPI D. M. NELSON, Ph.D., President Iii Conclusion We, of the 1932 Tribesman Staff, wish to ex- press to everyone our sincere appreciation for the co-operation which we have received in the publi- cation of this book. Especial notice should be given to the assistance and contributions of Doc- tors Taylor and Aven; they have rendered invalu- able service and advice from time to time in the editing of the book. We sincerely hope that we have fulfilled our trust to you as a student body and the Class of ’32, so that this volume is a fit- ting memorial to the student year 1931-32 of this great institution of which we are rightfully proud. Jimmie Carpenter and Staff. ft c Autographs f 1 1 i THE END Mississippi Library