The daily collegian. (University Park, Pa.) 1940-current, March 27, 1941, Image 2
PAGE TWO THE DAILY COLLEGIAN *'F«c A Better Penn State" 194- Successor to tne Por»n Stat** Colio.tias:, establish*?! 1004, and the Free Lance, established 188? Publishe-1 daily except Sunday and Monday during the regular College yeir by the students of The Pennsylvania Jjfcate College. Enteral as second-clas- matter July 5, 1934 >it the post-office •it State College, Pa., under the act of March S 1873 Editor Bus. and Adv. 'Mgr.. Adam Smysec ’4C. Lawrence Driever *4i .Editorial and Brjcuie.is Office 312 Old Main BUI:? Phan* TIL men’s Editor— L. ETemr* *4l; Mana'rine Editor r-:r*h»*rt I r . 'A i ; Sports Editor — Richard C- Peters •*4 • ; j-.jni.Ms Kdhar—Vv'jfljarn E. Fowler '4l: Feature Editor — Edward J. K. bicLorje Ml: Assistant Manantimr Editor —Bay- urd Bloom *4l; Women's Managin/r Editor—An'ta L. HcCfezun Ml; Women’s Feature Elitor—Edytho B. Rickel *4l. Credit Manager—John H. Thomas ',4lCirculation Man ner —Robert G. Robinson *4l; Servior Secretary*—Ruth Gold •A<»in '4l; Senior Secretary—Leslie H. Lewis '4l. Managing Editor This Issue George Scbenkein *4l Assistant Managing Editor This Issue -.Samuel L. Stroh M 3 New* Editor This Issue -__D*mald'W. Davis. Jr. M 3 Women's Editor This Issue - Vera L. Kemp Ml Assistant Women’s Editor Thiri Issue __ __ .Ruth Gerber MS Graduate Counselor _T Thursday Morning, March 27,-1941 Fifty per cent of the senior class wants Henry Vtimum Poor placed on the College faculty until he can complete his Old Main MuxaL nationals Turn Spotlight in Collegiate Boxing's Future With the greatest show in collegiate boxing be ing staged in Rec Hall this weekend, it seems to tie the proper moment to raise pertinent questions about the future of collegiate fisticuffs. Certain disturbing rumblings have been heard in the past year, which on the surface raise the query, “Is college boxing on the way out?” When we check up on the record, we find that last year seven colleges, including the University of Mississippi, Yale. Mississippi State, Tulane, Duke, and North Carolina State, dropped boxing as an intercollegiate sport, followed this year by Cornell’s announcement that it would confine it self to intramural boxing and Rutgers’ “investiga tion” of the sport. All of which seems to answer a loud “Yes,’ to the question posed above. But this is not the whole story. Perhaps the question would be bet ter phrased if we asked “Is college boxing knock ing itself out?” In our search for evidence, we find that colleg iate boxing eligibility rules apparently put a prem ium on inexperience. For they state that “Any one who has ever participated in a public boxing contest after reaching his sixteenth birthday . . . except one carried on between. colleges, prepara tory -schools, or high schools, shall be ineligible to participate in college boxing." The catch in this is the fact that comparatively few high schools or preparatory schools have ade quate facilities or proper supervision for training boxers. The majority of college boxers have had little opportunity to get ring experience outside of amateur bouts, as a result, and -such amateur ex perience is enough to outlaw the boxer from col lege competition as we at Penn State have learned. So we see college coaches faced with an almost unsurmountable task—that of training green men to collegiate standards. Unfortunately, the rules ore not consistent. This weekend, for instance, we will be treated to the spectacle of a former amateur boxer and Olympic titlist entering a ring from which, under the rules, other boxers with comparatively meager amateur experience are barred. ~ A Solution to boxing's woes may be presented in the high school clinic, held for both boxers and coaches, which Coach Johnny Walsh of Wisconsin has inaugurated at Madison, Wis. With proper coaching and protective equipment, the greatest threat to the high school boxer—in juries—can be reduced to a minimum where box ing is no more dangerous than any other sport. We can point, for example, to Uncle Sam’s Army, where physical fitness is of utmost import ance. Boxing, taught the Army way, and with the Army’s safety equipment, apparently constitutes no physical danger to Uncle Sam’s protectors. Collegiate boxing, then, is not without hope. We believes that with a proper education system by which high school and preparatory school coaches learn correct boxing and coaching techniques, by which the need for using protective equipment is demonstrated, and by which the importance of the physical condition of boxers is stressed, will return collegiate boxing to its former pinnacle. Coach Walsh’s clinic is a step in the i"ight direc tion. Plans are being prepared for a similar clinic under Penn State’s Leo Houck here next year. With the spread of similar clinics for high school participants, the tide, especially evident in the East, may be turned. That collegiate boxing should decline while other boxing circles prosper indi cates that, it is tune for the colleges to stop knock- Downtown Offices 113-121 South Frasier Sc. Niitht Phono 4372 ...‘Louis H. Bell iiimimiiiiuiiiiiHiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiHiiiiiiiiiimiiimiiimiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiimniii THE CAMPUSEER (The opinions expressed in this column do not .necessarily re flect the editorial policy of The Daily Ollem’an. i Telling Them It was Saturday night in central Pennsylvania’s favorite Entertainment Palace, the Cathaum. Pres ident Roosevelt was speaking from the screen! amid hearty catcalls, boos, hisses, and assorted shrieks from disapproving collegiate spectators. Suddenly a terrific booming shout shook the building: “SHUT UP YOU MORONS!” Leslie Lewis had spoken. Shafted By A Siren “Hello —is this Miss L-l-lamarr? I’m calling from Pennsylvania State College in Pennsylvania. Could you come up for Junior Prom? Paul White- man is playing.” ... > • “I’m sorry—l’d like to but I really couldn’t on account of previous engagements.” ' ■ -Shaking like a leaf, Buzz Litman laid down the phone. His person-to-person call to the glamorous Hedy had yielded no Junior Prom date—only a bill for $3.90. And all because he went to see “Algiers.” * “Glee!” Club Wrecking crews were busy, this week repairing the Hotel New Yorker after the high-note boys went in for a little high-life in the big town last weekend. Notable among the merry-makers was one Les Hetenyi, who invested approximately $37 in cham -1 pagne. Also enjoying himself was one-Bill Lun delius, who found himself a super-super date for the dance in the New Yorker. But let Bill tell the story in his own words: “We were dancing—then the lights went out . . . so 1 asked her to Junior Prom.” Booster Golyum This week we should like to help along 'with an. enthusiastic hand ... • Winnie Bischoff, darling of KKG and columnist's dream, who, after a few tense moments, suc ceeded in attaching to her person jewelry of one Bill Christman last Monday night. Lieutenant Gilliard of the local military moguls, who has found the perfect remedy for the som nambulant tendencies of ROTC students. He ap points certain fellows to whistle at regular in tervals during class. Miss Charlotte Ray, who finally discovered that' the word “mixed” may apply to other things be sides the ingredients of certain beverages. • The boys of Kappa Sigma and their ;dates. who in dulged in all modern trends in collegiate amuse ments a la Pennsy State last weekend. Their diversions included roller-skating, jumping ‘Farmer-in-the-dell” and a good swift game of “Coffee pot and Charades.” Last year’s BMOC boys who are planning an OLD HOME WEEK here this weekend—Bus Ander son, Dave Pergrin, Bill Engel. George Schless, Wacky Newberry, Bill Stohldrier, etc. etc. etc. Hold onto your dates, boys—here they come! "There are in the United States far more uni versities, colleges and other operating institutions, and far more voluntary organizations for worthy purposes than the nation can possibly afford. In the years to come many of these are bound to dis appear." Dr. Frederick P. Keppel, president of the Carnegie Corporation of New York, predicts a weeding out of universities and philanthropies. THE DAILY COLLEGIAN J|g| Leo Houck, boxing coach, was middleweight'-division in the uncrowned champion of the 1910’s. ARROW SHIRTS ARROW TIES .ARROW HANKIES ' ARROW SHIRTS AND SHORTS Ctjarless jFeUotu HEADQUARTERS FOR ADAM HATS STATE COLLEGE Why is an Arroiv Shirt like apretty girl? ~ M / /' i ■ ' ■■■' "jX ■' ;4yr ■W-'t ;• •• v •■ ' "* Became they both bring your friends around. to keep the wolves from your girl, wear Arrow shirrs. Charaj her with one of those new multi-striped jobs that has the low slope, long-pointed Arrow Bruce col lar. 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