Transcription: Enthusiasm Continues To Sweep Campus as Students Rehash Classic Game Play-by-Play
Plans To Hold Convocation Today Meet With Failure.
By Lloyd Wilkins
"Ole Jawn Purdue" sighed wearily last night, moaned and continued to spin in his Jordan field grave as, with only a slight abatement, still-frenzied University students continued to make the campus seethe with re-hashes of the 1934 Bucket classic.
Although enthusiasm continued to sweep the campus, indications that the joy of victory was less important than (?) the weary was evinced in a (?) effort made Monday afternoon to arrange a program for an all-University convocation, intended to cap one of the most hectic week-ends Bloomington has ever seen.
Late last night leaders of several campus organizations had not completed plans for a convocation, although President William Lowe Bryan earlier in the day favored a suggestion that one be held.
Beginning with the storming of the Student building late Saturday afternoon and concluding with private celebrations throughout Sunday and Monday, the holiday was filled with student activities.
Students Break Loose.
Within a few seconds after the time keeper’s gun had ended the game and certified Purdue’s defeat, hundreds of students burst from the doorways of houses an campus coke emporiums, making at top speed for the Student building with the intention of gaining admittance to the room holding the controls of the University clock.
Although dozens of students stormed the building while a rapidly swelling crowd jammed the walk across from the building, they were unable to gain admittance before the arrival of J.P. Foley, chimes ringer, who mounted the Student building steps within approximately eight minutes after the end of the game.
At 4:23 the first notes of the “Old Oaken Bucket” from the chimes were greeted by a roaring series of yells led by Mare Donnelly, ‘35.
Establish Guards
President Bryan and Dean C.E. Edmondson were supervising the establishment of a cordon of guards about Assembly hall when leaders of the rooters spied them and let the students in charge across the campus from the Student building to Owen hall, meanwhile shouting for a speech by President Bryan.
Sweeping straight down the street, the party joined a section arriving from the quadrangle and points farther from the campus. The entire group milled about Owen hall as President Bryan mounted the steps.
First paying tribute to Coach Bo McMillin and the team for what they had done for Indiana, President Bryan requested the student body to refrain form damaging University or city property in their enthusiasm. Cheers were led for President Bryan and Dean Edmonson when it was announced that school would be dismissed Monday.
Nearly every available student-owned car was commandeered by the rooters as they left the campus for the downtown district. Although the majority of the throng surged down Kirkwood on foot, dozens clambered aboard the running boards of cars in the parade. At every step the procession grew larger, until as it approached the downtown district it was estimated at nearly a thousand.
Merchants Prepare.
As the word flashed downtown that the parade had swung toward the business section, stores around the square took on the aspects of a military siege as merchants prepared for rioting. Fruit stand proprietors hurriedly swept oranges and apples into bushel baskets for safe keeping inside their stores. Bread boxes, signs and any moveable articles were conveyed to cellars. (?) were posted at all downtown (?) theatres.
Splitting (?) several sections at the square in (?) of lack of leadership, the (?) of (?) crashed two local theaters. (?) damage was done. Meanwhile, (?) other groups of students scoured alleys and store basements for wood and cardboard boxes to feed to a huge bonfire that had been started (?) the courthouse walk. City police, fearful that the heat from the fire would crack the cement, ordered students to move the fire to the courthouse lawn.
City officials co-operated in the celebration by dispatching a screaming fire truck, through the city streets and campus. Several University students swung from the back of the truck, while drivers of several cars followed the vehicle on its tour.
As it became clear that enthusiasm was going to run high throughout the evening, near-campus restaurants took precautions against rioting. Managers of one food shop had elaborate storm doors removed from their hinges and transferred to the inside of the establishment. In almost every coke emporium impromptu speeches were given to remind students to be on hand when the Monon special pulled in at 9:30 p.m.
Crowd Greets Train.
As the zero hour approached, students poured downtown again, to be met by a crowd of towns people and Saturday night buyers. Bombs, firecrackers and flares were set off as the victory train swung around a curve into sight of the massed rooters. Crys of "We want no" and "Where's the team?" drowned out the noise of the train as passengers answered the shouts of those lining the tracks.
Hundreds of rooters jammed the streets for blocks while Bloomington police fought to route traffic. In the confusion, McMillin and the team escaped the crowd.
Led by the University band, the students trooped to Jordan field, where a huge bonfire had been prepared earlier in the clay. Hundreds of students, however, remained in the downtown district, again crashing local theaters.
President Bryan, speaking from the hack of a truck pulled up to the roaring fire, again paid tribute to the team and its coach, McMillin was unable to attend the rally because of illness. After the pep session the remainder of the students thronged downtown where theaters were thrown open to them.
