| Show College Spirit Is Lacking hacking At Utah That's What Rival Coaches Say Ails Us By W. W D. D B. B A clipping from a local paper 1 I haven't missed very many football games on Cummings field during the past twelve years but 1 have often wondered why our old Utah is not oftener represented by a real championship championship championship cham cham- team why team why the Rocky Hocky mountain mountain moun moun- tain title always goes to a Colorado school Occasionally in the past ten years Utah has come close but it has always always al ale al- al ways was fallen down when the crucial test came The state of Colorado Colo supports five university football teams and several of them are usually right on top when the final play off olf comes and one of or them always wins the Rocky y mountain championship Why is It Cant Can't this big state of Utah provide enough husky young manhood to form two university teams teams' During the past two weeks I have seen four of five workouts worl at the University University University Uni Uni- of Utah and each time wa actually surprised to note the lack of ot support accorded the new coach Nelson Nelson Nel Nel- son Norgren One evening this week I Norgren did not have more than enough men in suits to make one team On the way home that afternoon afternoon after after- noon I saw saw fully thirty well built bum likely looking ing fellows standing about the campus or out for a walk with jome so some fair co cooed At about that time I recalled what a a certain well-known well coach said to me meone meone one day after his team had given Utah a thorough trouncing Here i is what he lie said Dont tell me that the thet t C material is lacking in that big school Say I haven't half as many available Continued on page 3 1 COLLEGE SPIRIT IS LACKING AT UTAH Continued from Page 1 fellows The trouble with that schools school is s that its it's behind the times On Un the square they dont don't know they're alive They need something to stir them up I smiled and in my own mind doubted the mans man's line of talk It set me to thinking again though and just then I remembered what Earl Kistler Kistler Kis- Kis told me one day just before his aggregation of kids played Utah off its feet in a big game As nearly as asI I can remember It or In substance at least Kistler said I wish I had hada a big bunch of boys like Bennion hasto halto has hal hasto to pick from but 1 would have to havethe havethe have havethe the Colorado Mines college spirit behind behind behind be be- hind them The with Utah Is that it lacks s college spirit 1 I know schools in the middle west not hair as big as Utah that turn out victorious victori victori- victorious ous teams year after year because its fellows have the right kind of spirit How about it Is that what's ailing that big university university university sity of ours ours' If it is for the love of or Mike lets let's come cone out of it Its It's high time to act up to date at least For a number of years I have heard the wail We need a good coach coach- that's what we need Perhaps it isn't what we need Weve We've got a real coach now Perhaps it is up to us to prick ourselves ourselves ourselves our our- selves with a pin and come to life Perhaps we are behind the times and dont don't know it If it is true that we haven't the right kind of or spirit it Is time to come out of our slumbers Certainly Coach Norgren is not being being be be- ing supported as he should be Colorado Colorado Colo Colo- rado university had more than sev sev- five enty-five candidates out in its first week of practice Norgren started with about thirtY thirtY-i thirty ve Now he has about fifteen A fine state of affairs Its It's dollars to the office towel that the two coaches I quoted above have havethe havethe havethe the right dope on us We Ve haven't the right kind of spirit Coach Norgren hasn't received enough encouragement from the male student body to date to tomake tomake tomake make him feel like wanting to develop a successful football team and on top of that for him to see dozens of likely looking fellows oas ing around the campus with a let George do it expression on their faces is merely adding insult to In In- jury No wonder the good athletes are going going going go go- ing to Cornell to the Logan A. A C. C and other colleges where there Is a college spirit Are we behind the times athletically athletically speaking Fellows lets let's awaken en and snow those rival coaches that we we weare are not Lets Let's start IM Monday on day |
