Tuesday, May 16, 1938
Between
the Lions
with
The Sports Editor
There we were sitting peacefully at
our bridge game and being set three
no trump when someone breathlessly
elbowed• into the room and announced
that Nate had resigned as track coach.
We felt as.though someone had bean
ed us with a sledge -hammer. The
think seemed unbelievable. Surely,.
not Nate!
Well, we thought about it for a
while and then decided to investigate. I
Something was wrong somewhere.
First, we read the story in the Pitts
kurgh papers. "Recognized as orie of I
the most efficient tutors in the coun
try" was the way the Press eulogized
him. Since we, along with hosts of
other students, were ready to add
hearty affirmations to that statement
we decided to go further. We wanted
to find out, ,if possible, just what was
the trouble. If even the press con
siders Nate as valuable a coach as
students themselves, why in thunder
was Penn State relinquishing such a
man? We were determined to know
and so we started the rounds of all
those whom we thought might have ,I
had a hand in the pie.
• It took a long while to burrow down
deep enough in the •red tape to dis
cover. the real reasons. When we
finally did reach the core of the mat
ter we found that Nate had not-lived
up to the terms of his contract. And
that, is something to . College officials
who maintain that it is only a matter
of good business ethics to oust a man
for such action.
BUT, what does this mean to the
average student who is interested in
the Lion track team, Coach CartmelPs
national reputation, and Penn State
athletics in general. It means NOTH
ING. If it is the policy of the College
to "can" ,a valuable coach simply be
cause of some minor business tech
nicality or some petty personal: feud,
then, to the student, that policy is
wrong. And this student viewpoint
cannot be ignored!' How can student
ideas be shoved aside when Penn
State's entire athletic program is by
the student, for the student, and of
the student?
Well, after lengthy deliberation on
the matter we finally decided that
this was the "snake in the grass";
Any system 'which seeks to make men
Of Mr. Cartmell's calibre conform to
administrative physical education
rules and at the same time entrusts
tile destinies of varsity sports to phy
sical education instructors is not the
best system which could be evolved.
For instance, is there a sane mind in
the College that could Possibly evolve,
any legitimate reason why Nate
should have to "work-out" with Phys
ed classes in a fast game 'of Badmin-.
ton or volley ball? Such a• situation
is laughable simply because there
should be other more suitable duties
for Penn State's track coach.
Years back when Penn State turn
ed "lily white" so far as athletics are
concerned plate is and Was all for
it) it was cited that a high calibre
coaching staff would be maintained to
Compensate, for scholarships. Now
then, can. ; !l ; student body which will
ingly sacrificed the greater part of its
athletic prestige in the battle against
athletic Subsidilation be blamed if if
demands that the material that does
represent the Nittany Lion be given
the best'cciaching available? Al
though good' in theory, any system
which does not allow coaches to do
their best with the material at hand
cannot be justified.
It is true that in our investigations
we uncovered arguments both for and
against the recommendation of the
Athletic Board of Control. In other
words, legitimate reasons may be cit
ed for the action of the Board. .But
will these . reasons successfully Wen
'Utilize all the 'student sentiment
which. has crystallized in CartmelPs
favor? Will these same , reasons suc
cessfully knock down the student .ar
guments fora good coach, and a coach
in, which they can place their whole
hearted trust and confidence?
These are the questions which the
'Board of Trustees must consider be
'Sore they accept' Nate's resignation.
• After all, the voice of the 'student
must be considered!
CA RTMELL RESIGNS ,
COACHING POSITION
(Continued from page one)
of his resignation as released to Pitts
burgh newspapermen:
"My resignation from the position
of assrstant professor of physical ed
ucation at Penn State was tendered
President lletzela the last of March.'
It now remains for the trustees to
either accept my resignation or give
the circumstances leading to my ac
tion thorough consideration.
Claims Violated Confidence
"These facts were to have been a
secret until July 1, giving the Col
lege and myself an even opportunity
to readjust ourselves, if necessary. It
is known now that Hugo Bezdek, di
rector of athletics, having learned of
the resignation, has violated a con
fidence by writing to close friends of
mine in such a manner as to force me
to assume a compromising position.
"I, therefore, wish to inform my
friends, associates and followers that
unless the trustees make a thorough
investigation of. the circumstances
leading to my resignation, I shall not
be affiliated with Penn State in eith
er the summer school of 1933 or dur
ing the collegiate year of 1933-34."
While student sentiment ran strong-
Letters Show Student Indignation.
To the Editor:
Cartmell has resigned. • The man!
who developed Cox and Moore, Barth-i
olomew, Rekers and Offenhauser,
Bates, Detwiler, Meisinger and Dun
away has decided to leave State at
last; not to go to another school for
a better contract that he can easily
obtain, but because he can "no longer
keep his job and maintain his self
respect."
For the last several years the Bez
dek-Cartmell feud has been a subject
of common discussion among under
graduates. It is Cartmell's convic
tion that the program of building up
the Physical Education• School by em
phasizing intramural athletics and de
emphasizing major sports is, to put it
bluntly, tripe; and that this system is
"capitalizing and sucking the very
heart out of real. athletics." His con
tempt for '.'Sears : Roebuck", coaches .
has been great;•and freely and openly'
expressed. • .
Naturally, the Physical Education ,
School has become antagonistic., They;
couldn't fire Cartmell openlY without
raising a great cry' for justice among
alumni and ,undergraduates;but they
could make things exceedingly. diffi
cult and trying for him - in little, petty
ways—and they did. The. West Vir
'ginia incidet'lligt74 - `,461 ; in which
Cartmell incurred the.einnity.of the,
Faculty Board Of .Control is a fine ex-.
ample.
Now at last Nate has resigned.-The
resignation Will undoubtedly be ac
cepted with .alacrity, and with him
will go one; more: large piece from
State's sadly tattered, athletic banner.
He told his team ,before the Pitti
burgh met .on Saturday that he
thought as much' of them as of any'
of his former stars and that he had
no quarrel-with the non-subsidization
system, - but that the treatment he had •
been receiving was-unfair to the team
as well as himself. and there - was
nothing left for him.to do.
State has lost great coach and
what will they receive in return?
More talk of "Sport for. sport's sake
and not for the•sake.of victory"; more,
intramural competition in which
few fraternities enter untrained, un
conditioned teamn`for, the sake of, azi-;,
other cup as a rushing 'argament; and.
one more team fit to represent Penn
State, the Farmer's High School;
against Waynesburg, Dickinson, and
perhaps West Chester State Teachers'
College.
-Cartmell has resigned. Mr. Bezdek
is becoming a very fine dentist for
an .ageing Nittany Lion.
-W. V. K
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Conflict cards are available at the Office of the Registrar for those stu
dents who reported conflicts. The cards are permits to take the conflcit
examinations and should be presented to the instructor at the time of con
flict examinations.
Marion Ide iliammer Throw I The schedule of conflict examinations is_as slows:
Allan Helfrich Half Mile
"Crip" Moore 'High Hurdles
Bill Cox _,Two Mile
Al Bates___—_—_—Broad Jump
ly in favor of the retention of Cart
mell as a Lion coach, those faculty
members concerned with the matter
were inclined to make no statement.
Director Bezdek was the only mem
ber of the Athletic Board of Control
who cited reasons for the removal.
Sackett Refuses Comment
Dean Robert L. Sackett, chairman
of the Athletic Board of Control, said
he had no statement to make regard
ing the action, while Dr. R. Adams
Dutcher and Dean of Men Arthur R.
Warnock, also members of the Board,
said they had nothing to say for pub
lication in regard to'the recommenda
tion of the personnel committee.
Neil M. Fleming, graduate manager
of athletics, said, "I am a member of
the athletic organization, but my
hands are tied. Any statement re
garding the action must come from
President Hetzel or Director Bezdek."
To the editor of the COLLEGIAN
and the Students of Penn State:
We are faced with an occurrence
that is, and should be, unprecedented
in the annals of Penn State's athletic
history. Are we as lovers of the
sport of track to stand idly by, while
one of the leading, if not the best
track coach in the country, is forced
to leave, merely because he dared to
buck'what might be termed "misplac
ed authority"? Are we, to speak
frankly, to permit the ousting of a
man, who is honored and respected
any other coach to the traditions. of
State? Must we patiently watch a
man who is honored and respected
by student and faculty members alike,
leave the scene of . his successful en
deavors, while another who sits idly
by drawing a princely salary is al
lowed to remain?
. .
.The'Wliole College knows that from
the day Nate Cartinell took up his
dutiests track'coach there has been
.a bitter„enmity between his depart
mentlmethe head of the Phys. Ed.
,School. And now, Nate, the only
man whb ever'stood up for his rights,'
(if a• truck, coach has any) is forced
to resign::: -Others .'haye gone before
him -but :they went meekly, and offer
ed no ,criticism - though it was plain
tu'an'>`err"tlYtTVWliattlie!elnitierit
,Dcani, Bezdek •Wiintbd 'bins, riot , good
coaches; not , men who 'through their
efforts would brini honor to • reflect
on the school, no indeed. What Bez
dek wants 'is a crew of "yes" men.
Nate, .unfortunately' perhaps, was not
born to. bt a '"yes",man and in conse
quence Of r that, is leaving. the field to
anothir but certainly not, a worthier
opponent. ' •
You'all know th'elrecord Nate has
compiled since he took over the coach
ing position. For five years folloWing
his, advent here he placed teams, on
the field that went through the tough
est of seasons undefeated. A streak
of hard luck .pursued him then but
aren't all coaches troubled in like fash
ion at' soul/ time or other? In 1930
he again 'Sent an undefeated team
through an exceptionally gruelling
schedule and in the I. C. A. A. A.. A.
meet compiled ,a total, f twenty-seven
ppipt•al And yet this man, simply. be
.cau:Se he -will ,„not , kowtow.; to a man
who violated a confidence placed in
him, must leave a school that he has
literally, "put on the map" in respect
to the track world. Are we going to
be sMineless 'and' submit meekly to
this imposition made by the worthy
Deem Besdek? -
The situation is before you. How'
are you going to meet it? ,
-W. A. C. '35
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