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HERB GRAY, CLARK NEALON, MRS. HERB GRAY ,.. thanks to an All-American wifeAbe Martin Praises LonghornFootballers at Award BanquetBy NORMA MILLS“First I’d like to th;mk that fine football team of yours for giving us a chance to be Southwest Conference Champions.” said Abe Martin in beginning h;s address at the j Athletic Banquet Tuesday night.The TCU mentor praised the iUnion Retreat To Be at RanchRocky River Ranch in Wimber-ley will be the site of the between-gemester Union Retreat to be held January 29-30. Wayne Stark, director of the Student Memorial Union ^ at Texas UkM will be the mainIs the Purpose of a Union?’’ Mr. Stark is a graduate of the Untver-gity and former editor of the Cactus.The entire Union activities council and representatives from eighteen Union committees will be present at the retreat. Final plans for next semester’s Union program and the problems of Union expan-tion will be the main topics of discussion.Jitter Nolen, Union director, said that this will probably be one ofsportsmanship of the Texas team, saying Delano Womack came back 1 to the dressing room after the: Frogs had beat Texas and said, “You just keep your guys ready. I We’ll take care of the Aggies.” “When we won the conference,” ! he continued, “some of the boys on the team sang ‘The Eyes of Texas' in the dressing room.” j In concluding his speech, Martin] advised the athletes not to let a knockdown he a knockout and to remember that, if you work hard anything is worthwhile.In earlier ceremonies, Judge | Jack Roberts introduced the coaeh-I es of the varsity sports at Texas. The coaches then introduced the lettermen in their respective i sports. Special mention was made • of Clyde Littlefield’s 440-yard relay team which holds the World’s Rec-| ord.The D. H. Burton Scholarship award, donated by the Longhorn ! Band, was presented to Bob Tucker for “having the highest qualities of leadership on and off the field.” Wally Lawson presented the , sportsmanship award to Delano Womack for showing most sports-. manship on and off the field.Bo Sexton received the D. X. Bible “Team Spirit Aw'ard.”Both scholarship aw-ards went to Pat Tolar, pre-med student from San Antonio. Jimmy Clark presented him w’ith the Scholarship Award given to the senior football player who has maintained the j highest scholastic average at the ; University. He also received the Ex-Students’ aw ard for the senior athlete with the highest scholastic 1 average.t Sports Editor Clark Nealon pre- j sented Tha^ Houston Post’s award for oest SWC lineman of the year; to Herb Gray.The award was a lady’s wrist I watch, which Gray gave to his wife. Mr. Nealon explained that football players receive so many watches in special bowl games, etc., that they thought it would be appropriate to present a watch to the player’s wife.Entertainment was furnished by the Texas Union. Pud Payne sang ! “Hushabye” and “I’m a Cheer-leading Hero.” Pat Bailey sang “Cry Me a River.” Final act of | the night was the Giezenslaw Bro-' thers. who did their own renditions of “Night and Day.” and “Moments to Remember.”After a special tribute to Fd Price and the other varsity coaches, Jack Maguire, new executive secretary of the Ex-Students’ Association, w'as introduced.The banquet ended with the j guests singing “The Eyes of Texas” to John McCurdy, outgoing I secretary, and his w’ife.wiinvethlt;swvcFiFi0!Un: I the I 29.; ope Ij uaiI wil
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Austin Daily Texan
Austin, Texas, US
Wed, Jan 18, 1956
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