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GEORGIA
TECH
ALUMNUS
L69
YELLOW JACKET CLUB'S "T"
JACKET CLUB FIGURES GAIN APPLAUSE The Turkey Hay exhibition of the Tech Student section has since been the subject of much comment around the campus. The Yellow Jacket Link's card section made a fine showing, and by its success a new feature has come into the realm of our cheering sections. A hearty applause from the west, stands as those Letters came out in white and gold fully repaid the club for many hours of diligent labor. Probably some of those in the Tech section are still wondering what it was all about; so here's what happened. The announcer called attention to the student section, then suddenly a large, gold " T " appeared on a white background. This was quickly followed by three other letters, and the crowd cheered "T-E-C-H." A minute later the section paid tribute to the visitors with "F-L-A." The cheerleader then called for "Z"; no one knew what the meaning was, but when the figure appeared, the whole west stands commented, "Look! How intricate, it's a checkerboard." The club wishes to congratulate those individuals in the section for their splendid cooperation; this is one way for us to show the public we're with our team win or lose— for the effect is very impressive. The idea of "card sections" is becoming a fad throughout the South. Vanderbilt, Tennessee, North Carolina and others are doing it this year. Reports have come in from these different places, but in spite of the fact that Tech is just beginning, none have approached our system in range of figures or effectiveness. The foregoing demonstrations were followed by even better ones during the Tech-Georgia game at which the student spirit did much to help the morale of the players on the field.
TECH FOOTBALL CALLED AN ATLANTA INDUSTRY The City Builder, organ of the Chamber of Commerce of Atlanta, has the following hit of incident in its current issue, illustrating what, it demonstrated: "Add important Atlanta'industries—football. We were in the office of a prominent Atlanta business man—old enough to forget trivalities—who had just made a longdistance telephone engagement to meet another captain of industry in New York. " 'Oh, gee,' he exclaimed to his secretary, 'cancel that date. Tech. plays at home Saturday. Fix it for a week-end when the team's out of town.' " To be sure, the Chamber of Commerce organ wishes to intimate that sports, football specifically, is a big item in the activity that is worth while in Atlanta, amounting to as much as a small industry or a reasonably sized flock of tourists. But there is a deeper revelation in the incident which bears the hall mark of truthfulness, such naturalness that it might apply to any cumber of Atlanta business men and about any number of things other than football in which the home team was interested directly. The great thing is the intense loyalty to Atlantians to anything Atlantian. Tech is in Atlanta; if Tech is playing hall at home, every Allanlian goes who can possibly get off to go, and roots for all he is worth. And in everything else pertaining to Atlanta, every citizen takes that enthusiastic and loyal position, aggressively expressively. Such spirit has made Atlanta.