University of Missouri - Savitar Yearbook (Columbia, MO)

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SAVITAR 1Q32 Rk ss: The Growlers Leading the Thundering Thousand LONG line of screaming freshmen held together by a group of sophomores marches out to the Stadium for every football game. It is called the Thunder- ing Thousand, and it exemplifies th e unity and team spirit . . . when it cheers for a Tiger victory . . . that every organization on the campus strives to attain. It is just such unity as this that makes for a smoothly functioning student body. I % K Page 176 mm ggillll gg, — , ; , . ;—;

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SAVITAR 1932f.: ::| r ifgy S.V. •fffff 5 i GYM CLUB IN THE history of the University there have been outstanding gymnasts and exhibitions given by one or two men on the trapeze bars and tumbling mats, but never before had there been an organization such as was started by Gus Coukoulis in September, 1929. In 1929 Gus Coukoulis came to Missouri University and, being interested in gym work, paired his ability with the great need for improvement in the department here, organizing what is now known as the M. U. Gym Club. His only compensation was the satisfaction that he gave hundreds of men the oppor- tunity of mastering the art of tumbling. Mr. Brewer, head of the athletic department, has always helped the Club when it has needed additional funds or equipment for an exhibition or trip. In January, 1932, Coukoulis left the University and is now again in St. Louis engaged in playground work, in which he was interested before coming to the University. Mr. Brewer has been fortunate in having as capable a man as Ben Schaberg, who was a gymnast at Beaumont High School in St. Louis, to carry on the activities of the Club. He has taken over the responsibility in fine fashion and has already given one exhibition during the basket ball season and another in conjunction with the Women ' s Gym Club for All Sports Night. Ben has a most capable assistant in Tom McKenzie of Green Bay, Wisconsin. Last year was the first year the Club had official recognition. About fifty emblems have been given to qualified members of the regular team to date. During the winter months members of the R. O. T. C. Unit of the University have received credit for work done in the Gym Club. The M. U. Gym Club is now a permanent organization in the athletic department of the University, and anyone really interested in gymnastics is eligible for membership in the organi- zation. Ben Schaberg I H m H 1 ' H wSrk 1 m] r Nfc. ' PL ■I H 1 f fl It ir ] it 1 K 1 H 1 B. Stevens O ' Neal Murratta Douthit Waterman Graff Roy Cummings Ray Cummings Streeter McKenzie Busick Schaberg Barrett Stone Bergschneider J. Stevens Hickman Zillgett Lowe Page 175

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