Arbutus . ittee on Johnston is fifty years old anda native of Illinois. He graduatedfrom the Illinois College at Jack-sonville, Illinois, and after occu-pying the chair of Latin there forfifteen years came to Indiana Uni-versity in 1895 as head of the De-partment of Latin here. For more than fourteen yearsDr. Johnston has been a memberof the Committee on Athletics inthe university. Athletics and ath-letes have never had a more loyalfriend than Prof. Johnston, fa-miliarly known as Doc. His tall,gaunt figure has featured scheduledand practice games of all sorts herefor years, and t
Arbutus . ittee on Johnston is fifty years old anda native of Illinois. He graduatedfrom the Illinois College at Jack-sonville, Illinois, and after occu-pying the chair of Latin there forfifteen years came to Indiana Uni-versity in 1895 as head of the De-partment of Latin here. For more than fourteen yearsDr. Johnston has been a memberof the Committee on Athletics inthe university. Athletics and ath-letes have never had a more loyalfriend than Prof. Johnston, fa-miliarly known as Doc. His tall,gaunt figure has featured scheduledand practice games of all sorts herefor years, and the trips to foreignfields for victory are few that havenot known Docs accompanimentof inimitable wit and peculiarly in-spiring words of encouragement. Indiana has a wide reputationfor the unquestioned personnel ofher teams. Dr. Johnston deservesthe major part of the credit forthis standing. Upon the groundsof scholarship and past record, hehas often applied the pruning knife and always with that firm kind-. ness that left no sting and maintained our high record for cleanathletics. May the varsities of many years to come, know I )r. Johnston. Athletic Committee Chairman and Group of Coaches Accompanying is a group of the coaches caught while directingtheir respective teams work on Jordan Field during the month ofMay, 1909, together with the chairman of the Committee on Ath-letics, Dr. Johnston. From left to right—Robinson, Barclay, Skel Roach. Dr. John-ston, Sheldon, Hill. During the month of May, Jordan Field is a busy spot athletic-ally speaking. Two baseball teams, a track squad, and the springfootball squad work out daily. Robinson has charge of the Fresh-man baseball team. Barclay is the varsity track coach. SkelRoach sends the varsity baseball team through their paces. DocJohnston smokes his never-failing pipe and enlivens the scene nowand then with bits of athletic histdry, wit and humor. Sheldondirects the work in general and with Ilill, labors with spring can-didates
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