Western Michigan University - Brown and Gold Yearbook (Kalamazoo, MI)

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Western Normal — Physical Education 20 I am proud of the fact that I had an opportunity to be a member of the various athletic teams which represented the Brown and Gold. The kind of school you are, and the kind of backing you get stands out most prominently in the kind of a team that represents the school. In order to have a winner there must be in evidence plenty of co-operation. Western always was a winner. That one fact alone shows the spirit of faculty and student body. In reference to my work here in Mount Clemens there is not much to be said. I came to this town with an idea of working and I found that there was plenty of that to be done. I have met with the heartiest co-operation in everything. There had never been any work of much consequence done along the lines of Recreation, and that, which had been started had always been stopped for some unknown reason. However, we are past that condition now and are in a fair way to compare favorably with any city in the state. I have found in my work here that Service without a price tag attached to it is the only kind of service that will succeed. It is the only kind the people appreciate because it is genuine, and will stand the wear and tear. Whatever my success has been or .will be, I have but one source to thank — the faculty of Western Normal School. OLSEN. NOTE : Olsen has made a great success at Mount Clemens. The town thinks there is no one quite like him.