As something akin to higher education missionaries, they canvased the state, especially small towns, where they spoke about their own collegiate experiences. As John Lomax later remarked, “These men were carefully selected, and the hope of what they could accomplish lay in the fact that they ...
young mascot Billie Batts, son of law professor Robert Batts (Batts Hall’s namesake) seated just below, Coach Mike Kelly to the left of Parker wearing his green and white Dartmouth “D” letter sweater of his alma mater, and John Phillips, team manager, to the right wearing a coat. ...