a Chat with the Coach By Thomas Hadley “Say Coach, have you got a minute? I would like to interview you for the school paper.” “I’m in the middle of a gym class here, but I’ll try to answer your questions. Just what are you trying to find out?” “Quite a few fellows have been griping about the tumbling we are doing, and I wanted to find out some of the facts behind why we do it.” “You have read the recent newspaper and magazine articles about the physical fitness of our youth, haven’t you? The young men of today are walking physi cal wrecks. What we are doing is to give them a safe way to— Gumbert, what are you trying to do? Plaster yourself all over the ceiling? Slow down on that tramp. —and build up their muscles and condition their reflexes. "Anyone who can’t do most of these exercises couldn’t make it up—You guys over there lighting weights, get off your backs and start working.—the stairs from the locker room. “I have a problem, Coach,- I can’t tumble with my glasses on, and I can’t see the small trampo line with them off. V I keep going through it instead of hitting the middle.” * SPORTSCOPE * By Jerry Sedney Grunts, groans, and occasional bangs hint that Coach Goodwin has started wrestling once again.. In a recent session “Killer” Curtis pinned the coach in the first period. George Guriel has started a bats and balls fund. Denny Ster ret is his business manager and inside contact to student council for the baseball team. George would deeply appreciate any old baseball bats that you might have lying around the house. FLASH: Bon Polak has been practicing before the intramural games in the lounge. I still can’t figure out why he practices with the lounge doors locked. How about it, Bon? BOYS BEWABE! The girls are coming Into the sophomore gym class for dancing classes. Let’s not have anyone cut ting class, fellows. Well, the girls are finally get ting a taste of tumbling. It seems that the “coach” has taken over the girls’ classes for a while, and “The tramp is whiter than the floor. Just watch for the white blur and jump in the middle of it. See how easy it is to solve your problem.” “I tried that trick yesterday. Coach, but it doesn’t work very well. If Onorato hadn’t moved as fast as he did', I would have been jumping on his stomach.” “Are the feats really as easy as you say to perform?” “All it takes to do—Dylewski, the idea is to do a forward roll over that mat, not just to run across the top of it.—these exer cises is a little timing and co-or dination. “Do the thing right at the right time—That high bar goes all the way up when you’re doing chin ups, Wood, not five feet off the ground.—and you can’t help but get all of these achievements.” “Is there anything you want to add to these statements?” “Just that I "can't see why any one would complain about this part of the course. I make them healthy and build them up, and all that these guys can do is— Doggone it, Persio, how many times do I have to tell you, when you’re doing the dismount from the parallel bars you make both feet come off the same side, not one on each side?” he is putting them through their paces. Take it easy, “Coach,” you got the boys crippled up, and now you are' trying to fix the girls. Don’t let him push too hard, girls. Council News By Dennis Sterrett Sammy Richards has been se lected to play for the Spring Prom, the date of which has been definitely set for Friday, May 15. Orders are now being placed for Prom invitations and favors. Plans are well underway for the presentation of two record hops. One will be held on Saturday, April 4th, in honor of a visiting group of students from New Ken sington. Another will be held on Friday, April 12. This dance will be highlighted by the appearance of a prominent local disc jockey, who will lead this evening’s activ ities. . The Student Council of the Behrend Campus has several an (Continued on Page 4) THE NITTANY CUB Friday, April 4th, the New Kensington Center’s basketball and bowling teams will come to Behrend. There will be a basket ball game and a bowling match followed by an informal record hop. ’’ Anyone interested in playing baseball this Spring? If so, Coach Goodwin would like to have some equipment donated. He specifically needs bats and balls. “Mike’s Marauders,” led by Ron Polak, Dave Prezinski, and Mike Maetz, have gone undefeated, to date, in the intramural basketball league. The “Marauders” have already clinched first place in the league. Behrend’s basketball team con cluded their basketball season Place Patter By George Place Abracadabra Foolish boy—the best way to make a bottle of Coke disappear is to drink it! Yes, swallow after swallow, that cold crisp taste is so deeply satisfying... and the lively lift is so bright and cheerful the whole day seems happier, just like magic. So open sesame! Just uncap the bottle and get ready for The Pause That Refreshes! BE BEA£LY REFRESHED... HAVE A COKE! Bottled under authority of The Coca-Cola Company by ERIE COCA-COLA BOTTLING COMPANY with a one point win over Edin boro. It took a twenty-five foot shot by Bob Gumbert just as the buzzer went off. The team ended the year with a 5-9 record. Ping-pong paddles are on sale at the bookstore. They sell for fifty-five cents plus two cents tax, or a grand total of fifty-seven cents. Compliments of RUSS' DINOR 2902 Boffalo Rd.
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