University of Arizona - Desert Yearbook (Tucson, AZ)

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H -I U Q .,,U..... . ..,,. .... .. , .. , ...... .... .... T., ....... A W. 9 W . A A Q Me nifee X 'M W,-L 0 .. . .-,. . . . f M-ameopa and Other Dorms 1 . .. 'xl 'flumpin' Jehosopliatlu .A H 'i ' i' L, The lean, sineway form of 'Q 2 Cactus Joe, the old cowboy X I 3 1' ' gave a sudden sidewise X x - '-, ' lurch as a motor roared by, Y x , 3' almost brushing him with X X '-, - the back fender. This , :- campus ain't safe any more -. fer an innercent pedes- .- trian! Blamed if I hadn't I ruther dodge bullets like in :. the old days than these -,' If 3 'Q Q I.: . S? fe -fi . if A . G i ii? tgtlgs 6:11:51 ct-rg? L '. cgi.. consarned pnFfin', snortin' autos. And there was plen- ty of bullets, too. Ile gave a reminiscent chuckle. I recerllect when the boys used ter live in this here Music I-Iall-it was a dor- mitory-like then. 'I' h e i 1' fav'rite afternoon sport was to set up thar in thet round window with their rifles, an' shoot at Herring Hall, till they got the front plumb peppered with bul- let holes. And the gals--I hear they're all fixed fine now in Maricopa Hall. I was lookin' at that place jest this mornin': it's a right pretty buildin', and they do say the livin' quarters are nigh onto perfect as sech. Mrs. Ellis, she's the house- mother, and 'pears to me she'd have her hands full with sech a big family o' gals, but they all say every- thin' runs smooth as clock- work, and they all have a grand time together. I'vc heerd about the swell go- ings-on thar-they have lots o' teas an' dances where everybody injoys theirselves. There was plenty goin' on in the old days. too, when all the gals lived in two cottages. 'I'het's when my Bessie went ter school. She lived in XVest College, where they put the queeners , as I reckon you'd call 'em now-a- days. The ones thet was more inclined to studyin' was in East Cottage. They led ex- citin' lives in them days. At night the boys X used ter turn the fire-hose in on the gals in the sleeping porch, and many's the time my Bes- sie's been soakin' wet. The gals made life mis- er'hle fer their housemother. llessie told me 0' tyin' alarm clocks beneath the bed-springs, or wirin' up the bed with 'lectric wires. Another fav'rite was to blow out the 'lectric light fuse, and half the gals 'nd slip out before 'twas fixed again. I don't guess the Maricopa gals do that-although gals is purty much the same. ' I l 96 i' . ' -- . g Sri O 5 NS Q Q Q E E 23 all ,r l lil 'lr ll: ll,-5 .M kg l i ea -I t- ttsf - rr as -s -g . - if

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V o 'u'n,i iiiisl o Vogt, V 4 ' Y . ,gi : f Agriculture Builchng . 'fAnd this is 'thx Aggie i I Buildinl, ma am.' lhe old- I l -x Q timer was showing people f 1 Q 'round the campus, and ' ' had stopped in front of the Q , big, red brick structure. lt's the head-quarters fer the College o' .-Xgriculture, ' an' temp'rary offices fer th ' .fXdministration, too. l re- '-, member the time they had ' , startin' the Aggie Colllige '-, 1' i' here. lt was when t ey L A was a-buildin' of Old 6 Main, that the llloard o' ' 'ff Regents found out that xx . the U. S. government made h . an animal appropriation of 1-,I Q' ?:l5,00Q to Agricultural 3. i fxpernnent stations, per- .-, .5 vidin' they was estahli?ed 9 1. under a state Aggie ol- ,i I. . lege. XVell, that money , 3. sure looked good to them, ,, J and an Experiment Station too, but they hed no idea o' how to get either one. ' To get the money we hed ' r to prove that we hed a ' State College .of .iXgricul- - ture at the University with i a perfessor at the head, 5 1 and in good runnin' order. . .-Xnd we didn't have nothin' Q like that at Arizona! But the Regents couldn't stand by an' miss a chance like Q V that one, so they up and finished ofic one room in , Old Main and put a desk I and chairs inlit, and put ' : Mr. Selim franklin, a 5' , E member of the Board of ' ' ' 5 .' Regents, in as Perfessor QQ, ' of Agriculture, and christened it the College of 'llhis was in l888 or thereabouts. By then the ' I Q- Aggriculturel Mr. Franklin told 'em privately State had give 'em some money too, and they f'F.i that he didn't know anythin' about agriculture: could hire two more perfessors- Dr. Forbes if-3553 he said th' only thing he could raise was a and Dr. Tounney for chemistry and botany, word that wasn't quite proper to say. But it who hev since both become famous men in Aff-5 don't do ter stand on ceremony in sech cases, their own line 0' work. iv- and we got the money. Till then they was no .f'Xnd now wc've got this Fine .Xgriculture QT organization at all, Init after they got some buildin' that was put up in 1917. lt's jest cash they could hire a real Aggie perfessor- about the middle o' things on the campus- fi 5? Mr. Gulley was his name if l recerllect right. most o' the business o' the school goes on here. 4 il? fp -il ' :i YA .ul lfauc 11 A xii C in gr wx. C -- O 'ii l'qil 3 ll' .. it ' Q? I E T, a ', H at :sz isr L- X 'r Ja s: :s W ' ' - ... A ..uIli..ii....i .... lh.. xqmi 'oj c . gg V:

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3 . -- Al- - l-- -r - u V Ya N 0 Q. WW.: ...... ,,.1,... ..... la: ..... , ...... ,R ..... Tw, .0 my 1 2 0.0 .Qt 0. a a m - 'Ks -Q A M M mf. The New Gym SN, Q, Wild shouts mica the Q 'lu air, as a hurrying, jostling QQ , mob of students poured 1' Q ,f' - out the doors and down the K steps of the huffe red brick P . Q fs Q :- structure. 1 54 . Cactus joe stopped dead 5 6 .' in his tracks and stared. l K His hand shot out mechan- r 6 3. ,- ically to catch his pipe as ' 1- it dropped from his jaws. bg fallen open in blank amaze- Q . 4 ment. 5 VVell, l'll be-l lllamed QQ ,f' I didn't think I'd bust X E in on one o' the old-time Q2 lu., rough houses! Lordy, I ' useter see a gang like that Q .ffl tearin' 'round the campus. 'K V whoopin' and hollerin', ann ,fi b'lieve me, I moved out o' X O' their way! More'n likely , Q . .' frexy was in the midst of N Q lt, or they was half-mur- Q2 . derin' some pore scared N .- Q 5 freshman. I might a knowed it, ' , th o u g h-it's jest them U I. NVildcats hev won another i ' L game 0' basketball. That new Gym is shore great! A V ' - They tell me that buildin':s '- 4. . 1 . ,, Q' .1 X g-.- .-'.' abserlutely unrivalled in - fi ' ' --'l-'f'ffIQN-.'Tfl, 2,', 'lj pf. 'L 1 Q the Southwest, and mighty Ai 'QW' '.'ft ii S?fg5' few can equal it in the en- ' 'i 'f'2 'fi35 3 '43 ' '- - 1 x 'HQ 'lk' A T' 'E' if E 5 ' N3i3 y tire west. wen, its jest .V 1 ' ' ' W 5,f Q am1ther instance 0' the wav i ,. 1' this school's lookin' ahead , to the future, an' plannin' .fig '-. fer big things. Take the ' seatin' capacity o 'the new 1 V gym-Now the balconies U ' ' z --that was a purty clever ' ' ' ' ' ' i ' idee o' hanging 'em from Q above so's t' eliminate any supportin' pillars floor o' the front wing, and the ladies' and on the floor-they'll hold 6,000 people, an' the gents' cloak and dressin' rooms is on the sec- rlsgfff? student body now is only 1,600. An' the Floor ond lloor. f,,gLj.Sf3 itself is 200 feet long an' 120 wide, with room From now on they kin hold big basketball fernfour o them basketball courts. tournaments here-looks like that's what's go- Qfqc 9 K lhe gym IS all furnished complete, too. in' on now, 1 reckon. It's a fine big place fer ,hoglig ' 'Ihcres locker rooms, shower rooms, medical a dance, too, and everybody kin get in their ' and lounging Irooms, all in the big basement. athletics. 'Pears to me this modern dancin' is The athletic directors hev offices on the ground a good enough workout fer anybody ! Pake 18 . B Q g L. h r -'ln' xv .' . .vgul q'g--lqvlnuiv, 4.1 .. . . .. 'gig ln ' ,:s?'1'45ffEg ,hw ,fff 5: 1. .f jf' in ima. Me o w .. ...at , Www.