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Photograph of Tucker Stadium at Tennessee Tech University.

Photographs of Tucker Stadium taken by freshman student Bryson Lee.

Photograph of soccer fields at Tennessee Tech University.

Photograph of soccer fields at Tennessee Tech University.

Photograph of an intramural softball field at Tennessee Tech University at the corner of North Willow Avenue and University Drive.

Volume 003, Description 02 of The Tech Oracle student newspaper. Transcript:  What Are YOU Doing for Tech? THE TECH ORACLE TECH DEFEATS CARDINALS 12-6 Ogden Game Played in the Mud At last the age old maxim that like breeds like has run true to form in Tech football history. Vanderbilt football teams are known the South over for their brainy playing for their smartness and alertness. Tech’s coaches are Vanderbilt products and have been doing their utmost to install that same spirit of alertness –of always following the ball—into Tech football teams. Friday, October 16th saw their efforts materialize when the Tech “Golden Eagle” journeyed over to Bowling Green, Ky., pounced upon the Ogden Cardinals when he was seemingly asleep and came home the victory 12 to 6. The game was played on a field ankle-deep in mud played on a field ankle-deep in mud and made anything but straight football out of the question. Determined to win and realizing that the team who cashed in on the breaks of the game would emerge the victor, Tech was not only waiting, watchful for anything that came her way, but by constant rushing of the punter, made a break, seized it, ran away with a touchdown and eventually the game. Tech kicked off to Ogden who was downed on their 25 yard line. On the very first play Ogden attempted to kick but the punt was blocked by Moss and Jobe grabbed the ball and was off for the first touchdown. Again Ogden received, and again were downed on their 25 yard line. Again they attempted to kick, but the kicker being greatly rushed and exceedingly nervous dropped the ball, whereupon, dapper Mr. Wilson pounced upon it as an eagle should and was away for touchdown number two and the last, but quite enough to come home the victor, for Ogden earned nothing () the remainder of the game. However, due to a slight misunderstanding as to when the game should end, after the last minute of play in the first quarter, Ogden bucked one over from Tech’s 3 yard line and therefore the Ogden six points. But if the old maxim that like produces like runs true to form another one known as old man. “Dope” received a rather rude jolt. In their first game of the season Ogden defeated Cumberland University 6 to 30, the next week G.P.I. defeated Tech 14 to 0; the next week Cumberland defeated G.P.I. defeated Tech 14 to 0; the next week Cumberland defeated G.P.I. 14 to 0; and the next week Tech defeated Ogden 12 to 6, all of which leads us to believe that on a dry field Tech would have beaten G.P.I. and thus removed what promises to be the only blemish on an other wise clean schedule. In the line Moss and Wilson were the outstanding stars, while Jobe played his usual great game in the backfield. The punting of Hughes was good enough to keep Ogden outside of scoring territory except in the last moments of the first quarter, when they advanced to our three yard line. The Tech line-up: Watson, L.E.; Brown, L.T.; Moss L. G.; Suggs, C.; Miller, R.G.; Wilson, R.T.; Cooper, R.E.; Hughes, Q.B.; Lewis, L.H.; Starnes, R.H.; Jobe, F.B. Ogden not available. SOME FACTS ABOUT MEMBERS OF ALUMNI ASSN. Total number of graduates from both Institute and High School, beginning with the first class of 1928, 313. Number of Institute graduates, 71 or 23%. Number of boys, 133 or 42%. Number of girls, 180 or 58%. (The following figures are only approximately since the address and occupation of all graduates are not available.) Number in school at present, 60 or 19%. Number teaching, 125 or 40%. Number married, 80 or 25%. Number dead, 4 or 1%. Number whose address in the same as when they graduated, 125 or 40%. COLLEGE STUDENTS FORM ORGANIZATION At noon Monday, October 19th, the students of the three College Classes met in the main auditorium and organized as a unit, electing officers for the college student body as follows: President Bryce D. Stone 1st V.-Pres. Hazel Wall 2nd V.-Pres. Harry Draper Sec’y.-Treas. Fred Terry This is a continuation of the organization which proved so effective last year in successfully executing a great many worthwhile movements for the betterment of Tech. prominent among the organization’s past accomplishments is the presentation of a Shakespearean Drama which was given as a part of the 1925 Commencement program. Plans are now being made to present another of Shakespeare’s plays, and every effort will be put forth to make it an even greater success than our previous performance. College spirit is emphasized and encouraged by the organization. We have the “pep,” a splendid staff of officers and plenty of room to work for we are starting just one to work for we are starting just one notch from the bottom, so lets cooperate in the efforts for improvement. Let every college student aim to do something beneficial for Tennessee Tech during the coming year. FOOTBALL SCHEDULE Oct. 23 –M.T.T.C. Here Oct. 30—Bethel Russellville. Nov. 6—Hiwassee Madisonville Nov. 13—Sewanee Freshmen Here Nov. 20—Cumberland Lebanon IMPROVEMENTS FOR OUR LIBRARY Old students and alumni who visit T.P.I. always express themselves as being highly pleased with the growth or the library. The library has been enlarged year by year until now it is a library of which any institution might well be proud. We now have a much larger reading room, more tables, a more convenient track with binders for periodicals, and a larger stacks room well filled with volumes that bear directly upon the courses offered at T.P.I. The president and the faculty are succeeding in their efforts to extend the library still further. Miss Ray, who last year was student librarian ahs been made regular librarian and is now in full charge of her department, Miss Ray is still doing the splendid work this year that she did last, and we are fortunate indeed to have her. Four hundred new books will be added to the three thousand that are already in the library. These books will deal chiefly with subjects related to English, Education, and English and American History. Next month one hundred regular library chairs will be placed in the reading room. With its many improvements, including the new card system which has been installed, our library is quite modern, and when the new library tables come next year it will compare favorably with the libraries of the largest institutions in the south. Every Tech student who has not already done so, should subscribe for The Oracle at once, and urge others to do so. It is your newspaper. TEACHERS ARE COMING FRIDAY A Good Game Expected. Tech Ready. On the afternoon of Friday, October 23rd, the Tech “Golden Eagles” will have as their opponents on the gridiron, the team from Middle Tennessee Teachers College (former M.T.N.) at Murfreesboro, Tennessee. The “Teachers” come in quest of revenge for a 6-0 defeated which was handed them last year when Tech’s warriors journeyed down to Murfreesboro. The Murfreesboro team is rated as stronger than that of last year and has been playing good football all season. A real struggle may be expected when the teams take the field next Friday. “EAGLES” EVEN OLD SCORE Beat “Heights” 54-0 Smarting under the defeat at the hands of Gallatin Private Institute a week before, the Tech “Golden Eagle,” on Friday October 9th, sunk his claws deep into the very marrow of the Castle Heights football team and tore it all to shreads. And thus was last year’s 20 to 0 defeat of Tech by Heights avenged and well done at that. The final count was 54 to 0 and would have been twice as much had the varsity team been used the entire game. The game had hardly started, however and Tech had scored her first touchdown when the reserves were sent in to show their ability. Only straight football was attempted, and that quite effectively. Runs by Jobe anywhere from fifteen to thirty yards were quite a common thing, and Dowell, Hughes, and Lewis likewise received their share. The game was such a runaway that instead of comparing the merits of the two teams we are compelled to substitute a comparison of our own squad. For the varsity, Jobe and Wilson had a slight edge over the others in individual playing, while the work of Dowell and Carr of the reserves looks very promising indeed. But after all has been said and done, the victory was an empty one at that, for Heights was only a shadow of her former self, and is () really not in Tech’s class. Her victory at Tech’s expense last year was mainly due to better physical condition and not to a better quality of playing material. For Heights, Captain Rochelle was all of the team, but as it takes eleven like him to make an efficient, smooth-running team, his efforts were useless. The line-up and summary: Tech Heights Watson L.E. Rice Brown L.T. Fletcher Moss L.G. Rochelle Clark C. Doval Miller R.G. Love Wilson R.T. Waldrum Cooper R.E. Rutledge Hughes Q.B. Sewall Starnes L.H. Barnette Lewis R.H. Morton Jobe F.B. Martin Score by quarters: 1Q 2Q 3Q 4Q Final Tech 13 6 14 21 54 Heights 0 0 0 0 0 Scoring touchdowns: hughes, Jobe 3, Carr, Cooper, Starnes. Points after Touchdowns: Wilson 4, Hughes 2. Substitutions: For Tech; most of the reserves; for Heights: McGregor for Rice, Sewall for Powell. Official: Referee Hughes (Nashville); Umpire, Carlen; Head Linesman, Bryant. THE RESERVES DEFEAT CLAY COUNTY HIGH It has been said, somewhere, that when hard luck comes it comes all at once, and the opposite should also be true –at least it was for Tech the week-end of October 10. After helping the varsity lick. Castle Heights 54 to 0 on Friday, October 9th, the resevres went over to Celina the next day and proceeded to give the Clay County High School a good drubbing to the tune of 21 of 0. The reserve team, during the afternoon frolic, completed three passes for a distance of 100 yards, two of them resulting in touchdowns. Matheny scored two touchdowns and Minor one. On the defense Bassett and Keene were exceptionally strong, but it was the good work of the whole team which made possible the well-deserved victory. PICTURE SHOW On Saturday evening, October 17, the Y.M.C.A. presented the picture “Top of the World” in the auditorium of the main building. The picture was splendid and was attended by quite a few of the students and faculty. All who like movies should attend these shows, for the pictures shown are first class in every particular, the proceeded go to the Y.M. and Y.W.C.A. which organizations purchased the screen upon which the pictures are shown, and the price of admission is small, being 10 cents each for students. Don’t miss the next picture. SOPHOMORE PEP The meetings of the Sophomore College Class are very enthusiastic and full of pep. Each member seems willing to do their part in making their class the best in school. Mr. Darwin has withdrawn from the office of secretary and Miss Bracey has been elected in his place. Plans have been made for some kind of class entertainment, to be decided on later, and the president. Mr. Miller, urged that every member be present and make it a full-fledged Class affair that will be enjoyed by all. TECH GIRL’S SOCIETIES HAVE JOINT PROGRAM The P.L.S. and B.L.S. started something new when both Societies voted one hundred per cent for a joint program. Almost every member of both Societies were present Monday afternoon, October 19th, in the auditorium. The following interesting program was given, by talent from both Societies; Devotional Beulah Clark (B.L.S.) Vocal Solo Emily Stanton (P.L.S.) Reading Edith Gentry (B.L.S.) Vocal Solo Mary E. Rash (P.L.S.) Piano Solo Mary B. Davis (P.L.S.) Jokes Lucille Lee (B.L.S.) President McKeel of the Palladian Society and President Quarles of the Belle Lettres Society, each made an interesting address. A large number of visitors were present. The sentiments of several Society members were given and it is believed that a practice has been started which will prove beneficial, as well as distribute a feeling of good spirit and fellow among the student and Society members, heretofore unknown. THE ENROLLMENT Tech now has an enrollment of 207 students. Of these 111 are high school students, and 96, or 47%, are students of College grade. While the total enrollment is less than that of last year, this is not especially discouraging since Tech trains most of the teachers for the grammar and high schools in this section of Tennessee. We anticipate the return of many of these teachers for the winter and spring terms at Tech. The percentage of college students is increasingly annually. Watch us grow into a four-year College. ANNUAL HALLOWEEN PARTY TO BE GIVEN On the evening of October 31st, the P.L.S. and U.C.L.S. will entertain the entire student body and faculty members with their annual Halloween party. Committees have been appointed including Invitations, Decorations, Entertainment and Refreshments, and elaborate plans are being made. Owing to past records of Tech Halloween parties, a large crowd will be in attendance and the social is sure to be a success. THE TECH ORACLE Official Publication of the Students of Tennessee Polytechnic Institute Printed by The Herald Publishing Co. Entered as Second Class matter at the Cookeville Postoffice, Cookeville, Tenn. EDITORIAL STAFF Editor-in-Chief Bryce D. Stone ‘26 Assistant Editor Edward McKay ‘27 ASSOCIATE EDITORS Athletics M. Douglas Robbins ‘27 Wit and Humor David Dow ‘29 Exchange Elizabeth Ensor ‘28 Classes Martha Sedivak ‘27 Society Shelia Officer ‘29 Alumni Hazel Wall ‘27 Faculty Advisor Thos. L. Passon BUSINESS Business Manager Lee S. Darwin ‘27 Assistant Bus. Mgr. J. Fred Terry ‘27 CIRCULATION Circulation Manager Otto Masters ‘28 Asst. Circ. Manager Nola Quarles ‘27 Subscription Rates $1.50 per year PUBLISHED SEMI-MONTHLY NEW ATHLETIC FIELD Our new Athletic Field is daily becoming more a reality and less a cherished dream. It is an addition to our school plant and will fulfil a long felt need. For several years we have been losing money at baseball and football games because we have had no adequate playing field. We may now expect our Athletic Association to be more prosperous in the future. The field will be ready for use during the next baseball season. TO WHOM PRAISE IS DUE To girls of the Y.W.C.A. are proving themselves about the peppiest crowd on the campus this year. They are holding regular services every morning, have taken two hikes into the country and are planning others, and are selling sandwiches and confections on the campus and at ball games. It takes real pluck for girls to brave wintry weather, such as we have had at ball games this year, in an attempt to better an organization. Let’s patronize them, fellows –they deserve it. THE NEWS REEL We appreciate the courtesy of the Strand Theatre management which permits us to enjoy the regular Pathe News Reel occasionally at Chapel hour. This picturization of the world’s current events is a worthwhile innovation to our daily routine and is enjoyed by all. “Why do they call the dental office a parlor?” “That’s just another name for drawing room.” “KEEPING FIT” By Ruth Van Hooser What is health? Health is that quality of life that renders the individual fit to “love most and serve best.” Health results from living in the proper way. It flows from life as a by-product of actions, responses or conditions that are wholesome. But in order for you to secure and maintain health you must know more than the mere meaning of the word. You must know the laws governing and the conditions influencing good health. Now, these leading conditions essential to health may be thus enumerated, discussing each in turn. 1st. A constant supply of pure air. Everyone knows that we must constantly be supplied with air –pure air, for if it be loaded with mixtures or it’s proportions deranged it cannot be breathed without producing injurious results. Various conditions such as improper temperature, improper humidity and lack of air movement tends to surround us with contaminated air must accordingly be guarded against. It is probably in bedrooms, theatres, churches, and schools that the most harm is done. 2nd. A sufficiency of nourishing food rightly taken. You should become acquainted with the process of nutrition in order to understand how to eat, what to eat, when to eat, and how to conduct yourself after eating. Mastication of food is thoroughly inductive to health, while fast eating is injurious and even dangerous. Farinaceous foods of all kinds are highly suitable to the human constitution, while beverages increase the wasting of the natural strength and their use is unwise. Water has a very important place in the diet, the individual requiring six to eight glasses per day. A variation in food is both useful and important. With regard to the number and time of meals nothing can be said with authority, but breakfast, dinner, and tea as a light meal may be considered as a safe if not very accurate prescription for the daily food of a health person. A short period of repose should be allowed before and after each meal and no exercise, either mental or bodily, should be taken directly after eating. 3rd. Cleanliness To keep the body in a cleanly condition is important, and the bath is the most important of all things as an aid to securing both cleanliness and beauty. The mind should likewise be kept clean, for an unclean mind retards growth in that id does not function as it should and lowers the vitality of the individual. The preservation of the teeth is also an important factor. 4th. A sufficiency of exercise to the various organs. The amount of bodily exercise taken should be adapted to age, sex, occupation, climate and the individual himself. The body must be in a state of sufficient health to endure the exertion, and the exercise must never be carried beyond what the parts are capable of bearing with ease. In activity there is an increase in the force and rate of the heart, the respirations are increased in depth and frequency, perspiration becomes more and more marked and more waste is eliminated. The brain should also be exercised for by disuse it will fall out of it’s proper state and create misery to its possessor, however, by over exertion the functions of the brain are liable to be deranged and destroyed without a due share of exercise to the whole of the mental faculties, there can be no soundness in any. 5th. A right body temperature. Theat degree of heat which the body finds agreeable when in a state of inactivity is sixty degrees Fahrenheit, and this temperature should never vary; and it cannot without producing injury. Proper clothing should be worn at all times and that worn in proportion to the temperature of the climate and the season of the year. Wet clothing should never be applied to any part of the body as it tends to reduce the temperature. At all periods of life it is desirable to avoid exposure to low temperatures. 6th. A sufficiency of cheerful and innocent enjoyment and exemption from harassing cares, for –“All work and no play will make you a dull person.” Now summing up we have— 1st a constant supply of pure air. 2nd a sufficiency of nourishing food rightly taken. 3rd cleanliness. 4th a sufficiency of exercise rightly taken. 5th a right body temperature. 6th a sufficiency of cheerful and innocent enjoyment and exemption from harassing cares. You abide by these suggestions follow these instructions and maintain your health. Keep fit. Y.W.C.A. NOTES This year the Y.W.C.A. is a live, enthusiastic organization inspired by the many splendid new ideas gained at the Blue Ridge Conference last summer. The leaders are conducting the work in such a way as to make the strongest appeal possible to the vital interest of the members. A new conception of the meaning of the Y.W. organizations is being have been suspended by “discussion groups,” which gives an opportunity for intimate, comradely discussion of vital problems. FUN Wilson –Go to town Jimmie and get me an Arrow collar. Miller –How narrow? “Merrill,” said Dannie Wright, “will you love me when I grow old and ugly?” “Dearest,” he replied, “you may grow old, but you will never grow uglier.” “She was a fine girl, B.C.” “B.C.?” “Yes, Before College.” Mr. McClannahan –Stop arguing. You are as bad as the man who argued all day as to whether his grandfather was 97 or 98 when he died. Fred Terry –How old was he? Frosh –Ever home sick? Soph –Yes, that’s why I left. “Waiter,” said Winningham, “have you any shelled corn?” Waiter (Surprised) –“Yessir.” Winningham –“Well take this egg out and feed it.” R.E. Smith –The bath over at our hall hasn’t been working for a month. Moss –When did you find out? R.E.S. –This morning. She is only a farmer’s daughter, but she sure does know her oats. Elsie –What is your idea of a smart girl? L. Puckett –One that can make her complexion taste as good as it looks. Dean Smith –A burglar broke into my house last night. Mr. Kittrell –What did he get? D.S. –Practice! He –You look like Helen Brown. She –Thank you! I even look worse in white. Wilson –Boys, I just heard from my girl. Brown –Where’s she cooking now? Denny –What are you going to give your girl for Christmas? Luke – Nothing. Denny –Engagement broke? Luke –No—I am. “Ditty” Bruce –Are you the man who cut my hair last? Barber –No, I’ve only been here a year. McKay –What shall it profit a man that he earn ten bucks and yet lose his own soul? Jobe –Ten bucks. Frank Small (With changing voice) –(Fine) Let me in (Course) Let me in. Elise –Come in both of you. Amy S. –Oh, Aubrey, I’m so glad you’ve come back. I heard some silly man had toppled over the cliffs –and I was afraid it might be you! My bonnie was fond of jazz dancing had a partner –weight five hundred three. The floor was too slick and too slippery— O bring back my bonnie to me! JUST IMAGINE Brownie without a chew of “Star Navy.” James Miller with hair all wavy. Nola Quarles being a “gink.” Jellie Watson without a “kink.” Jack Morrison with a date. Mr. Passons being late. The Dean without “Teaberry.” A “special” not addressed to Fred Terry, The East Hall without a Wa-o-w! Robley Jobe not having a “row.” Mr. Barnes with a smile. Simon Suggs walking a mile. C.W. Davis teaching aesthetic dancing. Louise Woods without incessant prancing. Jesse Clarke in a “mad fury.” Lee Darwin in abject penury. Merrill without Danny Wright, Elizabeth Hargis doing something right. CUPID’S VICTIMS In the wake of an epidemic of marriage “it is” which struck Cookeville during the past summer, the ranks of the Tech “hobnobbing” society are sadly depleted. Many of the old familiar “pairs” recently trod the road to the domicile of the Justice of the Peace, via the County Clerk’s office, incidentally exploding the theory that the college “flame” of romance does not last. Four of the five couples, who are now so blissfully wedded, who are now so blissfully wedded, did their Romeo and Juliet-“ing” while in school at Tech. the victims of Cupid’s darts are: Ruby Barksdale and Hunter Hill, Lola Massa and Emmett Smartt, Wilsie McGee and James Bockman, Pearl Sadler and Lewis Loftis, Delia Gentry and Odessa Johnson. Adieu, enchanted ones. You have crossed the bar into those ethereal realms where each shall hold the key to his own and another’s happiness. We, who are left behind, salute thee, and solemnly resolve to cause Dean Smith to do Nick Carter’s daily dozen at least once each day and to require his strict attention to his duties as a sleuth, at the same time upholding our historic traditions as hobnobber of the first order. WHAT THE FRESHMAN ENGLISH CLASS IS DOING The members of the Freshman English class have been providing quite a bit of entertainment as well as improving their oratorical powers. The class is studying the foundations of speech-making. This course embodies a great deal of practical experience, since each student delivers two speeches before the class. The art of speech making is something that is sadly lacking to the average individual. The first year English course is doing much toward remedying these defects. While the freshies may not become as silvery tongued as Demosthenes, they are at least learning to express their thoughts and ideas better. The student body has had the treat of hearing some of the freshmen deliver their speeches. Four of the best orators were selected by the class and their speeches formed a very interesting part of the Chapel program. Those speaking were: Ruth Van Hooser—“How to Keep Fit.” Leslie Myers—“The important of Good Roads to the Farmer.” Amy Shipley –”Planning, Meals for Economy and Nutrition.” Charles Davis –“Effective Ways of Advertising a Certain Class of Good.” We are printing Miss Van Hooser’s speech in this Description of the Oracle.