Monday, May 4, 1964
Sports by
1964 Behrend baseball, off to a somewhat less than bragable be
ginning, commenced with a:
CRUSHING OF THE CUBS
IT STARTED AS A CHERRY DAY
BUT SOON ALL HOPES WERE PUT AWAY.
ON THE FIELD THE CUBS DID GO,
BUT NARY AN INCH THEIR STATURE DID GROW.
HERBIE, COACH, AND THE GANG
ALL EXPERIENCED A WANTFUL PANG.
TO FEEL AS THIS WAS NOT A SIN
FOR THEIR DESIRE WAS BUT TO WIN.
THE TEAM WAS UP, ALTOONA WOULD CRAWL,
OR SO WE THOUGHT 'TIL WAS HEARD: "PLAY BALL!"
WHEN THE GAME BEGAN THE CUBS WERE TERRORS
BUT, OH, MY GOD, SUCH AN AVALANCHE OF ERRORS!
PITCHING WAS SUPREME, THAT CAN'T BE DOUBTED,
SAVE FOR THE NUMEROUS ONES THAT WERE CLOUTED
OVER THE ROAD AND INTO THE TREES.
NO QUICKER WAY TO BE BROUGHT TO YOUR KNEES!
BATS SPEAK LOUD. USUALLY QUITE ORAL,
BUT WE'D HAVE BEEN EMBARRASSED SAVE FOR STORLL.
THIS IS DISGUSTING, ONLY ONE HIT PER GAME,
AN ABSOLUTELY RIDICULOUS WAY TO GAIN FAME.
LYNN AND GREG AND A FEW OTHERS REMAINED
WITNESSES ALL TO A PRIDE SORELY STRAINED.
BUT IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN Dlio.totlßENT, GREATLY ALTERED,
HAD OFFENSE AND DEFENSE ENDURED, NOT FALTERED.
Although this may be a rather light-hearted treatment of events
transpired, the situation is a trifle more serious. The baseball team
is at present comprised of twelve players. It's pretty difficult to get
a lot done with only twelve guys of which only five have ever played
any organized baseball and half of whom must now play a position
that they have never previously played. It is certainly a shame that
such a condition exists, but what is even more pathetic is the atti
tude maintained by the people most capable of correcting such a
condition.
All that is ever heard from these people and for that matter
from this Campus in general is mockery of performance by our ath
letic teams or what a crummy job the coach is doing. Why don't
these guys so quick to bitch come out and help correct this situation
that they seem to find so ridiculous? Because you're not good enough?
How about letting the coach tell you that. There isn't a position on
the team that is sewed up. Because you haven't got the time? If you
examine your time allocations I'll bet you'll find that if you spent
half of the time studying that you do goofing off you'd have the
time. Or maybe the knot in the apron strings is still too tight. Think
about it and see if you can find a way to swing it. I realize that there
are exceptions to every rule, but if the shoe fits you should at least
try it on. There is no question but that you could strengthen the
team and you can probably use the exercise, besides that—you might
enjoy it.
THE NITTANY CUB
Zahniser
CANDIDATES SPEAK
As a public service The Nittany
Cub would like to offer the fol
lowing statements from your can
didates for the presidency of the
S.G.A. 1964-65:
Terry Totten, now in her third
term as an active representative
serving in the capacity as secre
tary, is seeking your vote for
president. This is what she had
to say:
The purpose of the Student
Government Association is to
promote the student welfare
and to coordinate activities
on campus. To accomplish
this effectively the S. G. A.
needs a president who is ex
. perienced and well-acquaint
ed with the inner workings
of the S. G. A. Having served
in several organizations as
president in High School. and
having served as secretary
this year, I feel that I can
fulfill these two qualifica
tions. Because I am exper
ienced and quite familiar
with the S.G.A. functions I
feel that I could do a good
job as president and would
try hard to bring more inter
esting and successful activ-
ities to our campus.
Bill Harding is another S. G. A.
member just elected to fill out
the remaining portion of the
Spring Term. Here is his state
ment:
As a presidential candidate for
the Student Government Assoc
iation of Behrend Campus, I will
not make any election promises
that can not be fulfilled, for this
would not benefit the Campus or
myself.
I can only say that if I am
elected, I will use honest and
sincere judgement in any matter
that is brought before the S. G. A.
while I am in office. I will use
the knowledge I have gained the
past Winter and Spring Terms,
while serving as a member for
to see that the entire student
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body is represented; to provide
over the council fairly; and to
stimulate interest in student ex
tracurricular activities.
Before a good student govern
ment can successfully represent
the student body, however, stu
dent interest on the campus, its
activities, organizations and pro
grams must increase. Leadership
alone can not build a better
campus atmosphere, the students
themselves must take an active
part in programs already estab
lished.
Tom Bundy, the present trea
surer. made the following state
ment:
As a candidate for the presi
dency of the Student Govern
ment Association of the Behrend
Campus. I believe that I could
serve in the best interests of you,
the students.
If elected. I would use my ex
perience and knowledge obtained
by serving in the capacity of
treasurer of the S.G.A., for the
past year to bring you more ac
tivities. which better utilize the
resources that are available to us
here at Behrend. I believe, that
of the candidates, I could serve
you best or I would not be run
ning, but it is up to you, the
voter, to gather information and
make your own decision. There
fore, I would be glad to discuss
with you any aspect of the S.G.A.
upon which you would like clar
ification or my point of view.
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