WEDNESDAY, MARCH 31, 1943.
Snags Another One
' Bobby Davis, varsity end on last
season’s football edition, is noted
lor his pass snagging, but tomor
row he will be snagging the most
.important pass that he has ever
.taken as he exchanges marriage
[vows with Miss Jane Aubrey of
Monongahela. Bob claims that the
.fact that he is being married on
April "Fool’s Day will have no
"after-effects on his married life.
.Good luck, Bob!
LETTERS TO EDITOR
To the Editor of Collegian:
■ It has been rumored about cam
pus that All-College Cabinet has
-considered the suggestion that our
Easter vacation be cancelled and
the semester ended April 29. Is
this purely a rumor or has it been
considered by All-College Cabinet
and the administration?.
I 'think'it would be a good idea
because:
1. It would do away with a part
of the transportation prob
lem at Easter.
2. It seems foolish to come back
■to State for such a short
time- after the Easter vaca
tion
3
Final examinations could be
eliminated—a blessing to stu
dents, faculty, and schedul
ing officers.
Men who want to work on
farms could leave earlier.
. Students returning for the
summer semester could have
a longer vacation.
6. Students who want to work
during the summer could
start May 1 instead of in the
middle of the month.
7. Seniors from “the 24” frater
nities and boys going into the
service are anxious for the
present semester to end,
(Although some people might
disagree with the plan, I know we
all agree on elimination of exams.)
Actually what is the score?
Sincerely,
A Student.
P.S. —I would appreciate seeing
this letter in Collegian—plus* an
answer.
Axis Gets Plastered
Hitler, Hirohito, and Mussolini
are now having their faces'plas
tered with stamps. Bill Cissel’s
masterpiece, gracing, the lobby in
Old Main, will soon be displaying
1 943 Red Cross stamps, each one
representing one dollar. The drive
will continue until Saturday night,
when the 1 total amount collected
will be announced at Dry Dock.
The proceeds from Dry Dock will
go tp the Red Cross fund.
Penn State Class Rings
L. G. Balfour Co,.
■ 109 S. Allen Street in Charles Fellow Shop
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COLLEGIAN SPORTS
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War without horrors is not war. And one of the most dreaded of
all war horrors is Death. Death plays no favorites, whether it involves
i-he rich man, the poor man, the renown person or ihe lowly beggar.
And the Grim Reaper played no favorite when he reached out
onto the North African battlefront to pluck the life out of one of Penn
Slate's greatest athletes—Ll. Donald Megrail '4l.
“Scotty,’ as Megrail was known by his fellow students and team
mates died “in the line of duty” February 20. A graduate of Penn
State’s ROTC unit in 1941, Lieutenant Megrail moved overseas to
England last Fall and then to the Tunisian battlefield when the Ameri
can drive go! uned way.
Megrail was a member of Bill Jeffrey's famous soccer squad for
three successive seasons. He covered the center halfback spot for the
first two seasons, but during his final year in the booting sport, Jeffrey
shifted him to the center forward position where he increased his
scoring average.
Along with Bill McCune, Scotty and his brother held the Penn
Slate scoring record with a total of 46 goals during their soccer
careers. Bill Jeffrey, Megrail’s soccer coach, spoke of him as “an ex
cellent fellow and a splendid student, caapable of doing the finer
things in life.”
Scotty was an above average student in ROTC at College, and
during his senior year held the rank of Cadet Second Lieutenant.
Although a quiet and retiring fellow, Megrail's abilities were evident
on the battlefield.
Several weeks before his death, Scotty received a citation from
his Brigadier General for exceptional performance of duty. In two
hours he had found the positions of two company commanders, de
livered messages to both and reported back to his own headquarters
by telephone. Completion of this mission by Megrail contributed
greatly to the success garnered by American troops at Sened.
According to his commanding officer he had displayed initiative,
good judgment, energy and tenacity of "the highest order" in carry
ing out his mission—a compliment worthy of praise.
A few weeks after receiving the citation, Lieutenant Mergail was
dead.
Betas, Delta Chi Win in
Bowling; AGR Ties Beta Sigs
In interfraternity bowling con- +••
tests last night the boys from Beta
Theta Pi took Sigma Phi Epsilon
into camp, 8-0; Delta Chi swamp
ed Lambda Chi Alpha by the same
tally, and Alpha Gamma Rho end
ed their match with Beta Sigma
Rho with a draw
The high triple for the night
was turned in by Larry White,
Delta Chi, while the Beta’s Bill
Christy took high honors in sin
gles with a 232 score. White’s ‘total
was 573.
In the Beta contest with SPE,
the campus fraternity boys were
never in danger, winning each of
the three games by about 100
points to ‘take the contest with a
2441 count to the loser’s 2054.
%
The Delta Chi-Lambda Chi
match was somewhat closer in the
game score column but showed the
same count in the final figures. The
Delta Chi bowlers won by the total
score of 2490 to 2223 .for the de
feated Lambda Chis.
_ Although down 2-1 in the game
scores, the Alpha Gamma Rho boys
collected the two points needed to
tie their Beta Sigma Rho oppo
nents in the totals column.
The summaries follow:
Beta Sigma Rho—4
79 108 131— 318
177 127 126 430
103 127 126 356
Lyons .
M. Wein
Epstein
Klemow ...... 186 121 142 449
V. Wein . 123' 137 149 409
Totals 668 621 674—i963
Alpha Gamma Rho—4
Hasley 119 140 134 393
Pennington ... 118 141 113— ; 372
138 135
Kinney
145 164 i 111— 420
Torrey
138 164 179 481
Pringle
Coleman
Della Chi—B
Wetherill 148 158 157 463
Christman ... 144 174 131— 449
Bretherick ... 167 182 166 615
Li White 201 166 206 573
K. White .... 137 159 194 490
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN
By STEPHEN SINICHAK
Totals 797 839 854—2490
Lambda Chi. Alpha—o
Waples 171 174 158— 503
Dierolf 150 157 451
Maier 122 118 .. 240
Laurin 106 .. . 135 241
Eabian 200 152 142 494
Williams 122 172 294
Totals 749 723 751—2223
Baierl
Chi vers
Wintersteen .. 127 122 164 413
Bucher 102 79 121— 302
Reeder 158 180 150— 488
Totals 675,681 698—2054
Beta Theta Pi—B
Kerchner
Larson
Sutherland ... 164 178 171— 513
Stiner 187 132 139 458
Giles 133 152 157 442
Christy 232 193 425
Totals 758 831 852—2441
273
122 122
Sigma Phi Epsilon—o
139 169 130— 438
149 131 133 413
154 137 192 483
120 120
Draft T akesßaseball Regulars,
But New Team Looks Promising
Joe Remembers When!
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JOE BEDENK. the Nittany
mentor of baseball, really knows
that there is a war on when he
looks over last year’s lineup, and
remembers that all but one man
would have returned for the 1943
season if the draft had not inter
fered.
Air Corps-
(Continiced from Pace One)
types of the best food it can get.
All the chefs do is prepare it ac
cording to Air Corps tastes.
A' typical day’s menu:
Breakfast—Grapefruit, dry ce
real, fresh milk, creamed chipped
beef, toast, butter and coffee.
Dinner Soup, veal cutlets,
French-fried potatoes, peas, vege
table salad, bread, 'butter and
raisin turnovers.
’ Supper—Veal pot pie, broccoli,
biscuits, butter, pineapple upside
down cake, and coffee.
“All right men. Go in and se
lect your rooms and remain there.
Dinner will be served shortly.
Take good care of everything you
use because this is probably the
finest barracks you will ever see!”
These were the instructions given
to the pre-flighters as they pre
pared to enter the houses.
As they marched in columns of
two into barracks, one of the men
was heard to remark, “Heaven
must be like this!” Another sang
out, “Home sweet home!”
After all rooms were filled-, the
men were ordered into the dining
room where they found waiting
for them on the tables a supper
of tuna fish salad, peas, beets,
bread, butter, cookies and coffee.
PAGE THREE
Whifey Thomas Is Only
Starling Player Back
Coach Joe Bedenk is sure of one
thing—there is a war in progress.
Since his Lion baseballers hung
up their spikes last fall, all but
Captain Whitey Thomas have
either been drafted or enlisted for
voluntary duty with the Air Corps.
These men were all varsity play
ers last season, and would have
undoubtedly formed the nucleus
of this year’s nine.
Taking a look at the 1942 lineup,
the name of Jack Weber is seen at
first base—he is an air cadet in
Vermont. Warren Pyer, star hurler
on the Bedenk squad, was induct
ed along with George McWilliams,
first team receiver on the battery
duo. Holding down the hot comer
post at third base was Don San
dercook, a sure bet for the 1943
edition of the diamond team.
Second baseman Sidler, a regu
lar last season, would have again
seen action this year, but the draft
interfered. In left field was Ed
Tuleya, the man who doubled as a
pitcher in many games. He regis
tered in the accelerated course and
graduated in December instead of
the normal May date. Bob Peru
gini, varsity right fielder, gradu
ated from College in the same
speeded style as did teammate
Tyley.
From this aggregation of draf
tees, Bill Thomas stepped to the
captaincy of the new Bedenk'base
ball machine. Last year’s substi
tutes and letter winners have been
working at a rapid tempo up at
Beaver Field lor the past few
weeks, so prospects may take a
brighter glow after they meet
their first opponent at Annapolis
on April 12.
Chuck MacFarland, playing his
first season of ball for Penn State,
looms as choice for first base, but
is being pushed by sophomore nu
meral winner, Fred Shaw. At the
keystone sack is Eddie Sebastian
elli,- letter man from the Lion
Spring team last year.
Third base aspects are good,
with Gene Sutherland the major
contender for the starting nod. In
the outfield, freshman Jake Flow
ers looks like the most promising
man for the left field job, while
Dale Bower and Jack Burford line
up for the right and center held,
fly-catching chores.
Heavy competition is apparent
in the race for first string catch
ing duties. Oggie Martella, var
siteer in the Spring season last
year, may again gain the starting
sign, but must outplay Hen Lasch,
George Donovan, Joe Paparella,
Ed Holler, and Stan Leathers,
other varsity possibilities.
Moundsmen appear to have the
strongest department, with veter
ans Johnny Stover, Mike Wardrop,
Kenny Yount, Joe Gales, Sparky
Brown, and Matt McKinney re
turning until at least the end of
the summer. Wardrop is one of the
hardest sluggers on. the Bedenk
nine, and may be placed in the
outfield on several occasions.
Gamma Phi Beta Elects
Gamma Phi Beta will hold a
formal dinner-dance at the Nit
itany Lion Inn from 7 to 12 p.m.
Friday. George Earnshaw and the
Nittany Lions will play.
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