HomeMy WebLinkAboutCollege Station Days 010804-1940
home in How he got
and
November 13, 1922.
big argument lateron as to born
both
Minneapolis - rivals.
Broncos
the next
the
the two schools.
when I
the Bryan
outat
WORK
I sold Rival wall mounted
door. / at
-6 a
Colorado with my d .
I had my first summer jo ng cl cou king for Mr.
Fritz Hensel-/was 12 years old "1 think" - for 75 cents an hour -"1 think."
TROUBLE
I was bored one summer day and
the old Animal Husbandry Rodeo Arena. I
Sug'.s (I always got cau. gh.t!) I sPen~t a half day a week sweeping.out the
grandstand damage was worked out. in those daYs
elders and everyone knew everyone
home. Mother told the story
knew she couldn't hav about, that I
I got spanked.
;of
Williams,
Old Main building and
cornice ledge.
hang around
18" wide
skinny
clothing
enough to
We also tin can shi roller skates on the "Litt "
basketball court - another no-no.
I'm afraid onHalloween ig tipped over a privey or two.
Bill Hensel had a tree house we
tree. We used
Nehi
h in an old
10 cent hamburger and a 5 cent
Some of us would e family car on to Brenham or Navasota or
Calvert. ! woulddisconnect th meter and put in what/judged to be the right
amount of gas and reconnect it. This worked fine until the carbroke down and Bill
Hensel came to get me - I got home at dawn with my folks in the driveway!
While collecting coke bottles old Cedar Grove across the street on
Thanksgiving day r er the game with T.U., I got hit bya car and broke my leg.
It was a wild ride through postgame traffic tothe hospital. That Christmas we had
the biggest snow in memory, and I was in a cast!
We played Cowboys and/ndians ali the time. We also had inner tube rubber
gun fights. We climbed trees alot, and Ily madeour own nd fun.
Growing up asa child in College n was a wonderful experience. We
went to Sunday school nday. We had a neat life - no one was rich - no
one was poor- and everyone knew e.
We had superb teachers in school, as most of them were either faculty wives
CarolYn Mitchell, Mrs. C.C. (Henrietta) Doak, Walton, and
my Spanish teacher, Mrs. Spencer come to mind. They could all make You learn in
spite of yourself!
We walked to school and Came home for "dinner." We had "supper" at night.
The old grammar school was about 3 or 4 blocks away. For high school (we had no
middle school), we went to old Pfeiffer Hall,a condemned building on the campus -
just south of Old Main where Dad had his office.
Mr. F , the
trash cans
heard of).
did.
We started
annual_ We only had 11
1939.~ only had about 18 or niors.
No one had
I set with
Chicago - wonderful music.
Being "campus brats"we were iefans. Ithink
7-7 tie on Thanksgiving of 1928. First I
over to theAssembly Hall near Sibisa Hall to
events.
a6-6 or
broa of sports
cavalry -drawnartillery.
was the ultimate thrill for me. The band
"Auld Lang Syne"- a ime, as the C
was young, and we had both horse
and
orps in review.
In the , I berthe bugle call ran eve -Assembly
all the way to The Corps marched to SibisaHall for meals.
4
I don'tthink~ had
Morgan
then the
what is now the site of Cain Hall athl orm.
the
the on
The picture of my sister, Peg,
Lucky was a
rope and pull
We had noair
'3
Os. We
Actually, theice wasbro in and put in
thosedays_
their
when
Many of us
woman named
return
way it was in the '20s and
onour lots.
We had a
5
Leila had a temper. She Chased another woman
led and asked
gone 30
this woman was out there
so I chased her and cut her up. The children didn't even
know I was gone cause they wuz asleep.
I got my driver's license when I was
son
"Jean, dear, wouldn't you like to have one of these lovely
Jean's instant
Another
damned near twIsted h~s tad off.
"Well I
6
College had its characters,
eccen
the entire
cli
pOles and trellises - p 20 feet high.
his house.
Asbury, and
roses on tall
off campus
homes. It
- not nailed on!
moved
In
Dad were at the
inexpedence s
door where it burned.
We lived atthe nd Inn for I
family
later sold, remodeled, and ispresently occ .
house was
7
the Hensels was occupied byD. X. Bible, the
Jones lived. I couldn't pronounce "Js" when I was small, so it was "Donny DorieS" '
to me.
Brooks and I
Brooks was blonde and his hair
looked up at me and raised his eyebrows but said nothing. I said,
silly, doesn't it?" He looked me right eye and
The first time, and only time, I curse!
He
sure does!"
A bunch of us went toa
out to be
turned
As we were re was a
allowed to
my surprise, while/wasin the
SWC championship!
referee.
y"Red" ion, who was
toa
a famous NFL
Naming names is risky
perhaps than the
Cofer, David Wi
Winkler,
JackMiller and Bett Iton a
brats", were
Oth
were close.
clOser
Our Shelton
an( and I
home Mr. Hensel.
were used to
1946-1948 when ! came home
the name "Sunny" when I was4
to College Statio
friends still Jiving in Collegen. I sup it will ever stay that way, but
growing up in College Station was a wonderful experience.
C.
Tulane
for
h