Spring Hill College - Torch Yearbook (Mobile, AL)

Page 33 text:

'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

Page 32 text:

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

Page 34 text:

1 .W i- ,Y H w X gf HARRY L. HARGROVE Silk Hal Harry Mobile, Alabama Candidate for B. S. C. Porthole Club 2.3 30 .31 3 Mobile Club. '25, 30, 31, 32 D D Club, '29, '30, '31, '3 3-Y Og Phi Kappa As a day student, Harry had little opportunity to take mem- bership in college organizations, but he was ever ready to give his support to their activities. All scholastic and athletic functions found him an interested and supporting spectator. Harry is one of the many graduates of Mobile High who joined the Freshman class of 1929 and though several have dropped out in the progress of four years, he is still with us. Many claim it is im- possible for Mobile High graduates, because of their rivalry with Spring Hill Prep, to become real Springhillians, but this belief is either wrong or Silk Hat proved an exception, for he has certainly been a factor in Badger spirit. His membership in the Mobile Chapter of the Phi Kappa. fra- ternity and his attendance at all of the dances, along with his election to high offices in that organization, attest his social qualities and like- ableness, which, when combined with his helpfulness generally, will make us all greatly regret his leaving the campus. . As to whether Harry was a ladies' man or not We are unable to make a statement. He isn't the sort that lets others know much of his doings about'toWn . The Mobile boys certainly like the business World for most of them are going to try to lift the depression on Mobile's commercial life. With Harry and the rest of our 1932 contributions to this field, there should be some eruption along Dauphin street and the by-ways. 1 When Silk Hat dons his four cornered cap and puts on the rest of the regalia on May 28th, Spring Hill will be losing a worthy stu- dent. But being a local Springhillian, his support should be felt in future years when he is a part of Mobile's business World. 30