March-April,
1936
T H E GEORGIA T E C H A L U M N U S
55
Red Barron Joins Regent Board
D. I. "Red' Barron being welcomed to his first Board meeting by Chancellor S. V. Sanford, left, and Secy. L. R. Seibert, former Tech professor.
On Saturday, February 29, Governor Talmadge appointed David I. "Red" Barron, 1922, to the Board of Regents of the University System of the State. He is the second Georgia Tech alumnus to serve on the board, having been preceded by W. Elliot Dunwoody, Jr., 1914, whose term of office expired a few months ago. David Irenus Barron is a conscientious Christian gentleman, a great athlete, a leader of men, and an outstanding educator and his appointment to the Board from the State-at-large comes in recognition of his fine achievements. Ed Miles, of the Atlanta Journal, wrote a very fine tribute to "Red," in commenting on the appointment, and we are taking the liberty of quoting in part from the article: "To his native intelligence Red Barron has added a varied and usually successful career as a student, athlete, baseball manager and educator. His experiences in the last named field will, of course, prove most valuable, but his activities as student, athlete, manager and coach have shown him to be possessed of fair-minded aggressiveness. His experience as president and organizer of the Georgia vocational and Trades School is unusual. Barron served as an instructor and coach at the then Monroe A. & M. School during the winter seasons of his baseball career and later was named president of t h a t institution. When the board of regents dissolved and combined the far-flung organization of state school auxiliaries, the Monroe plant was among those left without state
financial support and Barron among the educators left jobless. He leased the old Monroe A. & M. plant and organized the Georgia Vocational and Trades School. He traveled the southern states from border t o border, outlining his educational plans to parents and by the second year of its existence had established the school upon a paying basis. Tn starting his school with nothing except housing and classroom accommodations and fostering it to the marked success which has characterized its existence, Barron was forced to overcome many educational problems. He, therefore, brings to his new job a practical understanding. A brilliant football, track, and baseball career extending over five years at Georgia Tech, first brought him to public notice and established him among the athletic immortals of the institution."
Columbia, S. C. Organizes A letter was received from Mr. L. Carl Smith, M.E. 1931, by Mr. Jack Thiesen, Secretary of the Alumni Association, stating t h a t a group of Georgia Tech alumni had held a meeting in Columbia, S. C , and had organized an Alumni Club in t h a t city. During the meeting L. A. Emerson, 1907, was elected President, and L. Carl Smith, Secretary. Information concerning the requirements and constitutions for forming Georgia Tech clubs was sent to Mr. Smith, and also a list of all t h e Georgia Tech graduates living in South Carolina.