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Fayette County Leader
November 28, 1929 Front Page
FIRST MEETING OF COMMUNITY CLUB
Banquet for College and High School Football Teams
Was Feature of November Session.
The first meeting of the Fayette Community Club
for the coming social season was held last Friday evening in the
Broad Room of the M. E. Church, nearly a hundred sitting at the
tables upon which was served an excellent dinner by the Women's
Auxiliary of the American Legion. The notable feature of the
occasion was the fact that the banquet was given for the college and
high school football teams and their coaches. appropriately, each
table bore in its center a miniature pair of goal posts with a
football balanced on the bar across the top. During the meal a
saxophone quartet from the college furnished music which was much
enjoyed.
At the close of the dinner, president Fox
introduced H. R. Young, cashier of the bank at Arlington, a former
football player and coach, who spoke about high school athletics and
the state high school athletic association and its purposes. One of
his points in favor of high school athletics was that if it keeps
even a few boys in school it is well worth while. In the "second
half" of his address, he talked to the boys somewhat in imitation of
the talks by football coaches to football players in the
intermission between halves, this part of his speech thus being in
the nature of counsel. He referred to the ideals of sportsmanship
which are many times received from college players, and here he
stressed the responsibility of the college men in their preps
unconscious role as models and exemplars. Football, baseball,
basketball-all are excellent preparation for the game on life's
gridiron. In these games the players are taught that it is teamwork
that counts, that they have to subordinate themselves to others to a
certain extent, and learn to give and take in the proper spirit.
The president next called upon "Doe" Dorman, coach
of the Upper Iowa Peacocks, to explain, "How he does it," the
reference being to his ability to produce quality teams with a
meager quantity of material. Dr. Dorman entertained the crowd with
interesting and humorous tales of football as played in days long
gone by, and praised the spirit and work of the 1929 Peacocks, who
had given the best that was in them during the whole season. He
expressed the hope that the future teams would receive the backing
of the community.
Alva Gray, coach of the high school team, paid a
tribute to Dorman as his mentor, and attributed part of the success
of his team this year to the fact that he had plenty of material for
two teams, thus having the advantage of this help with which to
develop the main squad. At present, also, he said, there are
sufficient boys available for basket ball to provide plenty of
healthy opposition.
Captain Summers of the college team and Captain
Paul of the high school team also made a few remarks when called
upon.
The ended the speaking program, which was followed
by a showing by Dr. John D. Clinton of the films exposed on the
campus at homecoming time.
A business session was held. O. W. Stevenson,
chairman of the committee on electric lights, made a report showing
that there is now little left to be done and the committee was
discharged. The committee on fire apparatus was also discharged
after a report by Allen Carter.
The subject of adequate fire protection at the
grad school building was introduced and a committee was appointed to
investigate. It consists of John D. Clinton, C. R. Carpenter and H.
W. Schrader.
A request was made that the club assist in
arranging for and constructing a skating pond, and a committee has
been appointed to meet with the town council on this proposition.
The committee was also given the duty of ascertaining what can be
done about setting aside a street in town upon which the children
may coast with safety. This committee is composed of R. K. McLeese,
R. A. Strayer, and Allen Carter.
A proposition now before the town council
regarding the opening of a pool hall in town was discussed at
length, with arguments presented on both sides. The club took no
action in the matter, it being merely an informal discussion of the
subject.
The next meeting of the club will be held at the
regular time in December when it is excepted that the speaker will
be Royal Holbrook. It is planning to have a fish dinner at the time.
there will be election of officers. Further announcement will be
made later.
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