Spring Hill College - Torch Yearbook (Mobile, AL)

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l li Q WALTER T. G1BBoNs -'car' Nashville, Tennessee Candidate for B. S. C. Frosh Football Varsity Football, '29, 30 31 Frosh Baseball Varsity Baseball, '30, '31, '32 Frosh Basketball Varsity Basketball, '30, '32 Sergeant of Arms, Senior Class St. John Berchman Sanctuary Society, '32 Mu Nu It will be hard to realize that good old Gila will no longer trod our campus. Walter is the kind of fellow you like from the first time you meet him. Coming to the Hill in '28, Gila made himself quite at home. With his disposition it was not long before he had a host of friends, and few there were who did not know G'zTbby . Playing nearly every position on the football team, Gila ex- celled at the wing position. It was at this position that he gave all his unforunate opponents a merry time. So well did Walt play that he was placed on the mythical All-Dixie and All-S I. A. A. teams. It was through his uncanny ability to catch passes that many of the Hill's games were won. Gibbons was not satisfied with just football, so other fields found him worth their claiming. His reputation as a basketball player is of the highest note, he was probably the best center in Spring Hill court history. As a catcher for the Frosh Baseball team, he showed ability which gave him a call for the Varsity, where he was shifted to the outer gardens to check the long hitters to center field. Walt carried this never-say-die spirit with him wherever he went. Keeping up with the best in the scholastic way, Gio was a credit to his professors. p'i?Fe L?d 'ish you Godspeed, Gila , and feel confident that with your gu' 6 3' ready to defend the weak and support your Alma epennan o success, ,, h - by four years of Constant apleltclo difficult for you to overcome suc an unswerving course. 26

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'lady-Q-, . GRANVILLE W. FOSTER Stag ' ' Biloxi, Mississippi Candidate for B. S. C. Mississippi Club, '30, '31 Frosh Football Varsity Football, '29, '30, '31 Frosh Baseball Varsity Baseball, '30, '31, '32 Golf, '31 Treasurer, Freshman Class Secretary, Sophomore Class Treasurer, Senior Class Manager of Student Store, '31, '32 S Club, '30, '31, '32 Mu Nu One September morning back in '28 a big chap registered at Spring Hill under the name of Granville W. Foster. As the year pro- gressed that name soon disappeared and the more fitting name of Stag took its place. This name was given him not only for his size but also for his ability in every sport the school had. to offer. It was surprising how a boy could play all these sports and play them tio such perfection that he was more than outstanding. On the football field it was clearly seen that there would be no need of more than one right tackle. From his Freshman to his Senior year, Stag filled this position far above expectations. With the strength of a fabled giant and the speed of a frightened deer, Stag was seen in every play, though very few were attempted over his side of the line. But far better than football Stag loved baseball. In this game he displayed his rarest ability. Showing so much natural ability as a pitcher he soon attracted the attention of some of the leading scouts of th-e country, and had he not desired to finish his college career, Stag could have easily signed up with one of the major league teams. Not only on the gridiron and diamond did Stag stand out, bi' also in the classroom. He was a diligent, hard Working stud? many termined to succeed. I ' ' -..i school next year to All 1'6V011', FOSUSF, Hlld may V0.2 it him to live up to his repu- which characterized your Histor of medicine as he was of the blues. 29

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'if943L:.4 ff- FRANK T. GOUAUX, Jr. Lockport, Louisiana Candidate for A. B. Phi Omega, '29, '30, '31 32 Secretary, Phi Omega, '32 Springhillian Staff, '29, 30, '31 32 Corsair Staff, '29, '30, '31, '32 Portier Literary Academy '30 Mendel Biological Society, '29, '30, '31, Glee Club Poetry Society, '31 Short Story Society, '31 St. John Berchman Sanctuary Society '29, '30, '31, '32 Sodality of B. V. M., '29, '30, '31, '32 Frank hails from one of the villages along the lower Lafourche where small Frenchmen are in vogue. At Spring Hill by his easy disposition and his ability to make friends, he transferred his popu- larity from Thibodaux College, where he graduated in 1928, to our midst. While he failed to gain height physically, four years passed to find him at the top of the list in activities and good fellowship. We've heard much of Lockport, Raceland, Thibodaux and that sugar growing section where it is not so difficult for people to under- stand how Gouauza is pronounced Gu-o. The natives can be proud of the reputation he has left here. Not of a physical build to attain varsity athletic fame, he never- theless took active part in intramural sports. Guo caught for the Sophomore Greek team which excelled on the diamond in 1930 to win the Grecian baseball Championship. Golf was his other sport and there he achieved fame when in the 1931 tournament he Won four lballs for the highest score on number five Cthat's the long swamp oej. When Purple and White came into its own, Frank as a mem- ber of the Glee Club was often at W. O. D. X. to tell the world about the college on Mobile Bay where Kathryn stole his heart away-Oh,- wrong story! His list of organizations illustrates his participation in both scholastic and social endeavors but they cannot tell of his earnest- ness as a student nor of his genuine joviality that permeated the many gatherings in room 310. We hear Roxy is entering Tulane medical school next year to follow in his Dad's footsteps. We expect him to live up to his repu- tation and to be as good a doctor of medicine as he was of the blues. 29