University of Arizona - Desert Yearbook (Tucson, AZ)

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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.

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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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ialone on the campus. lt got Presidents House The party of inspec- H tion was just linishingits tour of the campus, under the enthusiastic guidance of Cactus joe. Now, folks, here's yer last p'int of interest afore you leave the campus, he orated, with a grand ilo- quent gesture toward a cozy vine-covered dwelling. the home of .-Xrizona's presidents. Yes'm, l've watched thet dwellin' grow along with the rest o' the insti- tootion, from the day it was built along with East an' West Cottages. It warn't but a cottage itself. then, but dilternt l.'resi- dents has added to it, till it's a right good-sized place. Lands, the president useter lead a hard an' excitin' life in th' 'old daysl' There was a reg'lar gang o' roughnecks thet went to Prep school, an' they jest about ran things their own way down here. They tried to bully the presidents by scarin' em to death when- ever lhey ventured out so lzad finally that l'resi- dent lloward llillman got a Wfest l'oint man here to give militlry instruction. an' he put the dorms under i XVest l'oint rules and regu- lations. The men was al- lowed to visit the wimmin students once a week- can you 'magine that-there rule in force now? An' whenever there was a assembly or meetin' that the president hed to attend, he called out a reg'lar milit'ry guard to escort him to the place where it was held. lle was lit'rally risk- in' his neck every time he went out alone. One famous light between Prexy an' them rough- necks took place out near where the front gates is now, when Prexy got real fightin' mad, an' helped one young smart-Alec lose all his front teeth. T het kind o' quietecl things down fer awhile. l resident and Mrs. Marvin occupied the l'resident's House from 1923-26, and last year Little l'rexyl', as the students all called him, was the hrst baby born there. The boys an' girls perclaimed the day a holiday, and cele- brated from mornin' till late at night. At the present time it is the home o' President and Mrs. Byron Cummingsf, Page 14