- Collection:
- Georgia Tech Living History
- Title:
- Frank Player, CE 1929
- Creator:
- Georgia Tech Alumni Association. Living History Program.
- Date of Original:
- 1994-08-17
- Subject:
- Georgia Institute of Technology--History--20th century
Georgia Institute of Technology--Alumni and alumnae
Georgia Institute of Technology--History--Anecdotes
Atlanta (Ga.)--History--20th century
Atlanta (Ga.)--History--Anecdotes
Oral history--Georgia--Atlanta
Community and college--Georgia--Atlanta - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- oral histories (literary works)
- Type:
- Moving Image
- Format:
- video/mp4
- Description:
- This is a Living History interview with Frank Player conducted on August 17, 1994 by Steven Gaines in Mr. Player's home. Mr. Player begins by discussing the co-op program and his first co-op job. He talks about his shop classes and recounts a story told by Uncle Heine in woodshop. He then goes on to talk about a construction project in Florida that he participated in while a student at Georgia Tech. He mentions Bill Fincher, Tifton, Maddox, sleeping on a rope, a hurricane, and losing all of his money because the bank failed. Mr. Player then discusses some of the professors he knew at Tech. He talks about Dean Skiles and Pole Cat Fields. He talks about his experience with D.M. Smith tutoring him in Calculus. He also talks about receiving a loan from Dr. Brittain. He describes basketball facilities while he was at Tech and talks about Roy Mundorff. He also speaks of the traveling he did while playing basketball. He discusses scholarships. He discusses being a member of Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity. He talks about automobiles and their influence on fraternity social life. He discusses being a member of the Koseme and Student Council. He also talks about initiation into the Bulldog Club. Mr. Player talks about Frank Gordy. He talks about The Yellow Jacket, the forerunner of The Varsity, and gives a detailed description of The Varsity's beginnings. He gives a description of George Griffin. He talks about wearing Rat Caps and the franchise he set up selling them. He then talks about the Biltmore and the Georgian Terrace. He speaks about Garber Hall and the dances held there. He talks about its operator, Butch Bearden. Mr. Player talks about his first encounter with Tech while he was at Marist High School. Professor Campoamor, a teacher at Tech, also taught Spanish at Marist. Mr. Player describes driving Professor Campoamor back to Tech from Marist in the sidecar of his motorcycle. Mr. Player concludes with a story about his graduation at the Fox Theater.
- Local Identifier:
- 2009.062_0012
- Metadata URL:
- http://history.library.gatech.edu/items/show/3637
- Rights Holder:
- This item is the property of the Georgia Institute of Technology and may be protected under United States and international copyright law. Any user of the item is asked to cite the following: Item Title, Collection/Source Title, Georgia Institute of Technology Archives and Records Management. Permission to publish must be obtained from the Head of Archives and Records Management.
- Holding Institution:
- Georgia Institute of Technology. Library. Archives, Records Management and Digital Curation Department
- Rights:
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