"OMDBER, 1969
1967 REVISITED
The year was 1967.
"'The place: Beaver SWAP= on a
brisk October day early in the foat
b•ll season.
- -:They were sophomores then un
tested sophomores for the most part,
like Steve Smear, Paul Johnson,
John Ebersole, Denny Onkotz, Jim
Kates and Neal Smith.
But this was to be their baptiim
of fire. Thrown into the line-up be
cause of injuries and on opening
day loss to Navy, this fledging band
of sophomores was about to face
the nation's number one quarter
back, from one of the nation's num
ber one teams, Gary Beban- of UCL
A.
"13elinn ancl company will main-
ate the sophomore studded lineup "I think this was the greatest de
af. Penn State," wrote one knowlede- fensive unit I've ever played a
able football prognosticator. gainst," said Anderson, who man-
Well, when the dust had settled, aged to complete just eight of 26
UCLA had won 17-15 squeaker by passes for 81 yards.
virtue of a blocked punt but Be- "Our coaches told me I would
ban, who Was to go on that year to have no more than three seconds
win
. the Reisman trophy gained only to set up and throw. After that I
one year net on the ground and was could expect Reid or Smear on my
held to just 100 in the , air. Time af- back. That Reid is something. He
ter time the band of sophomores nearly tore off my head once."
from Penn State threw Win for loss- "What makes Penn State's defense
es on his fabled roll-out passes. so tough is they are so strong all the
Today, these same , sophornores way down the line," Anderson went
arc!, seniors. They have not played in on. "The deployment of their line
a losing cause since that day back in backers bothered me. One of them
October of 1967. And over the past always seemed to be right in the
two years they've helped. Penn, Stat pass route. I've never had a day,
win 13 straight games for a new like this before."
school ncord. But history repeated . Then, almost as an afterthought,
itself Saturday for them. he added rather dejectedly: "How
For once again, the headlines told do I like playing against Penn State?
of a highly touted quarter-back corn- it's_pretty discouraging."
ing to town who would give the Penn
SHORTER SPORTS
University Park, Pa., Sept. --- An
e
'wide T. V. sports series featuring eight-team field has been announced
for the first annual Penn State
C,oaciElbl Paterno each Wednesday Swimming and Diving Relay cham-
Penn State has its first live State-
•
• pionships to be held here, Nov. 29.
night at 8 p.m. The program, called swimming p owers Villanova and
'LTV Quarterbacks," will originate Maryland head the list which inr
".' dudes LaSalle,,Bucknell. East Caro
,
le the University's educational sta- Tina, West Virginia, Bethany College
tion WPSX, University Park. Other and host Penn State
stations carrying the program are: Trials begin at 8:30 a. m. with the
WVIA, Scranton-Wilkes-Barre: WL finals scheduled far the afternoon.
VT, Allentown-Bethlehem; WHYY, The event is bing supervised by
Philadelphia; WITF Hershey; WQEX Lou Mac Neill, director of aquatice
Pittsburg; and WJLN, Erie. at Penn State.
State defense fits. In fact, some were
even talking about Goloirado's Bob
by Anderson as an All-American
quarterback of 1969.
But once again the dust has settl
ed, and once again that band of one
time sophomores turned seniors
joined by another guy named Mike
Reid who had to sit out the 1967
season because of an injury was
very impressive.
Penn State not only beat Colorado
274, but its dellerise completely
throttled Anderson, holding him to
just four yards on the ground and
intercepting three of his passes in
the first quartet-to destroy his pass
ing game before he even got it
started.
THE HIGHACRES COLLEGIAN
INTRA-BASKET SCHEDULE
The Intramural Basketball. League
began its fall term schedule October
Bth at the Jewish Community Cen
ter. Mr. Bobby, who was instrumen
tal in organizing the league, is to
be commended for the interest and
work that he has given to the athle
tic programs at the Hazleton Cam
pus.
2, Avengers
3. Party Boys
4. Six-Packs
5. Pussys
6. Winos
7. Phils
8. Hustlers
Tuesday, October 21:
(5:00) 2-5 (6:00) 3-4
The Delta Delta Tau Fraternity of
the Hazleton Campus was officially
organized on Oct. 6. Plans were
made to hold a "SPECIAL" business
meeting at the home of their advis
or, Mr. George Caliva .on Oct. 21.
For further details contact Don Jac
oby, acting president.
The Theta Sigma Pi sorority held
an organization meeting on Oct. 2.
The girls held their formal initiation
on Thursday, Oct. 9. Future plans
for sorority include a spaghetti sup
per, a pizza party, and a hay ride.
The Hazleton Campus History Club
held its organization meeting on Oct.
8. The officers were introduced to
the new members and future plans
(Cont'd From Page Two)
report of a year ago.
Male salaries also jumped, rang
ing from a low of $572-to-614 per
month in agriculture and. liberal
arts to a high of 812-to-835 engin
eering and earth and mineral scien
ces.
Last year the comparable average
monthly salaries ranged from $536
and $5BO in agriculture and liberal
arts to $747 in earth and mineral
science and $735 in engineering.
The number of both male and fe
males entering graduate, school up•
on completion of their baccalaureate
studies declined from 29 and 19 per
Teams
Schedule
CLUB
SURVEY
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Wednesday, October 22:
(5:00) 1-6 (6:00) 7-5
Tuesday, October 28:
(5:00) 8-4 (6:00) 2-3
Wednesday, October 29:
(5:00) 1-5 (6:00) 64
Tuesday, November 4:
(5:00) 7-3 (6:00) 8-2
Wednesday, November 5:
(5:00) 1-4 (6:00) 5-3
Tuesday, November 11:
(5:00) 6-2 (6:00) 7-8
Wednesday, November 12:
(5:00) 1-3 (6:00) 4-2
Tuesday, November 18:
(5:00) 5-8 (6:00) 6-7
Wednesday, November 19:
(5:00) 1-2 (6:00) 3-8
Tuesday, November 25:
(5:00) 4-7 -- (6:00) 5-6
NEWS
were explained. The topic of discus
sion - for the fall term will be the
City and Its Problems: Government,
Enviroment, Culture, and Human
Problems.
Membership in the Parnassus Hon
or Society, a branch of the Keystone
Honor Society, represents hard work
and determination,--That hard work
and determination is exemplified by
their sponsorship of All-University
Day. Rich Dina, President of the
Society, has organized the trip on
the Hazleton Campus. Representa
tives from the Hazleton Campus will
be going to a conference in Novem
ber. Further plans on this confer.:
ence are pending.
SHOWS
cent in 1968 to 27 and 16 per cent
in 1969
However, males entering such car
eers as the Peace Corps and VISTA
jumped from a meager 2 per cent
in 1968 to 6 per cent in 1969. Females
in that category, perhaps in rela
tion to the percentage not seeking
employment, fell from 12 per cent
last year to 9 per cent this year.
Only 13 per cent of of the male
graduates in '69 were still seeking
employment as of June compared to
37 percent of the ladies.