University of Utah - Utonian Yearbook (Salt Lake City, UT)

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cmm owacaai3HHncE» : ■ ' ££ . - ' ; ' - ? 3 s4r »-, sr- UTE CAMPING GROUNDS ASSUMING FORM ' The president of the Alumni Association appointed the following persons to arrange the program and this was done in perfect style: Frank Jonas, chairman, D. O. Woodruff. Theron S. Parmelee, Stanley Murphy. D. H. Lowry, and Herbert Maw. The dedication of Utah ' s new grid marked the conclusion of a swift and efficiently executed drive which had its inception a year ago last Home-Coming Day. The completion of Utah ' s new athletic stadium is a step forward in the progress of the University. These are the words of Presi- dent Thomas, and they characterized the spirit that has encompassed the campus of the Uni- versity of Utah. There is no more beautiful campus in the west and it would compare fav- orably with that of any in the entire country. Standing on the field in the south end of the stadium one is able to see the great monogram on the hill. It appears magnificent and almost immaculate against verdant back ground of the surrounding hillside. There is nothing ar- tificial about the beauty of that U which is representative of the best there is in Utah tra- ditions and ideals. r SOK9Ci

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sor Ketchum to be an improvement over the usual style of towers with circular stairs inside, as it offers a complete and unobstructed view over the stadium when the top is reached. The track contains a 220-yard straightway with a quarter mile loop. This is the first standard track at Utah and permits conference records in the 220-yard dash and the hurdles made on it to stand. The planting of the grass on the field was under the direction of Charles E. Forsberg, Superintendent of Buildings and Grounds of the University. Ten thousand seats can be added to the present capacity of 20.000 at any time at a cost of only $17,000. This would bring the total cost of the stadium to $160,000. Before a crowd of nearly IS, 000 students, alumni and other spectators and between the halves of a homecoming game worthy to dedi- cate any playing field, the University of Utah stadium, the new home of the Utes, was dedi- cated. The dedication ceremonies were digni- fied and entirely fitting for such an occasion. The opening was indeed auspicious for the Utes, who won a thrilling 20 to 13 victory from the University of Colorado, the second since leaving historic Cummings field. At the half the Utah pep unit of the R. O. T. C. band marched onto the field and formed into a large U. They were followed by girls of the order of the Spurs, national pep society, clad in white and wearing red and white caps, with strings of red ballons in their hands. The latter marched on around the band and up the center aisle to the President ' s box. Presi- dent George Thomas, Frank Jonas, presi- dent of the A. S. U. U., Theron Parmelee, secretary to the president, E. M. Ashton. president of the Chamber of Commerce, Jesse Thompson, in charge of the ticket selling committee of the Chamber of Commerce, Walter A. Kerr, chairman of the Athletic Coun- cil, Richard A. Hart, president of the Utah Alumni Association, Mayor C. Clarence Nes- len. Dr. Clarence Snow, chairman of the Board of Regents, and the Stadium Trust Commis- sion, composed of President Thomas, Charles R. Mabey, Ronald McGregor, John F. Fitz- patrick, Warren U. Wattis, W. W. Ray and Royal C. Barnes then walked down the crim- son lined aisle to the playing field. Dr. Snow picked up the microphone and, through the radio broadcasting equipment ar- ranged throughout the bowl, welcomed the crowd on behalf of the University and extend- ed his appreciation to those who had assisted in connection with the stadium. He then intro- duced Mr. Hart of the Alumni Association, who welcomed the crowd and began with the dedication exercises. The Utah stadium repre- sents the realization of dreams of the pioneers, who fondly predicted and foresaw the future rise and growth of the institution which they founded, pointed out Mr. Hart. As the climax of the program the stadium was. dedicated to the fostering of high ideals, to the development of fine voung manhood and to the perpetuation and glorification of clean sportsmanship. With the closing words, all the balloons were set loose by the Spur girls, floating, in a gesture of triumph and defiance, over the Colo- rado stands. MONSTER STEAM SHOVELS MIAPIM ' , ROW! Pa%e 173

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MAKING PREPARATIONS FOR THE FIRST GAME IN COMPLETED STRUCTURE Then as one slowly turns to the east there seems to be a running outline of distance peaks projecting over the long rows of even and grey seats of the stadium. To the northeast the great Wasatch range is covered with white snow — there is a sense of balance with the white U. There is a feeling of bigness and sincerity in those mountains, and this feeling is enjoyed in its fullness in that stadium. But there is more still — the west — the west is the direction in which one looks in pensive and happy reflection. The evening is grad- ually approaching and with it the setting of the sun — the redness and brilliance of the set- ting sun. The glorification of such a scene is made more complete when viewed from the south end of the long rows of seats in that massive structure. Everywhere there is nature radiating its influence and power — to the north and east the green mountain sides against which the solitude of the letter is firmly settled — to the east the snow-capped peaks and rugged hills — to the west the glory of the setting sun. There in that stadium there becomes ap- parent a sense of aloofness but it is accompa- nied by warmness and a pleasant satisfaction in being a Utah Man. That is the place of the University of Utah Stadium. SECTION ol ROOTERS IN STADILM DURING MINES-UTAH TUSSLE Page 175