FRIDAY, SEP rEAIBER 10, 1943
Lacrosse Practice
Features Four As
Team Nucleus
Team's ROTC Mainstays
To Coach New Candidates
Fall practice for Spring lacrosse
will begin September 13, with the
nucleus of this year's team con
tained in Bill Rogers, Pete John
son, Mike Milligan, and George
Raymond, Martie Sadock, lacrosse
manager, stated yesterday.
Bill Sussman, Bill Briner, Howie
Hausner, George Pittenger, Rocky
Kern, Luke Catanoso, and Dick
Ross, team mainstays,- who are in
school this semester with the ad
vanced ROTC, will not be able to
play in any of the lacrosse frays,
although they will be at practice
to lend aid to new candidates who
wish to make the team. Larry
Faries, another veteran lacrosse
boy, will graduate at the end of
this semester.
Coach Nick Thiel, stating that
no experience is necessary, urges
civilian and V-12 trainees to try
out for the team which, though
rather depleted by the Armed
Forces, has an experienced, ex
squad group of coaches.
/Bill .Bakin, another member of
the squad who will not be back
for next season, expects to be call
ed into the Navy before long. Bill
Piper's status is still uncertain. Al
though he was on the team last
semester; Piper did not return fof•
the summer.. Manager Sadock
doubts whether Piper will return
to school since the Army, Navy, or
Marines may have called him- to
active duty.,
`Finals' Plan - Receives
Overwhelming Approval
hi fir i Collegian. Poll
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of their teachers were the mineral
industries and agriculture stu
dens, with the chemistry and phys
ics, engineering, and education
students following in ,order.
In evaluating the caliber of
teaching within the individual de
partments, the survey sheets from
all but the Liberal Arts and Edu
cation Schools followed the pattern
of the as a whole.
Most marked of thesevaria
lions came - within. the 'Liberal
Arts S.cheol, where the major
ity of sociology and-psycho'-
ogy Students, rated the. teach
ing their.. owns depart
ments as "good" while, term
. ing the school's. standard • as
"fair...' The Liberal Arts
School's, department of - eco
nomics, meanwhile. •was• the •
only, department in , the Col
lege whose: students. rated it
"sub.-standard" in the poll. Of
the 19 economics department
students (mainly. commerce
and finance majors) inclUded
in the survey, four said the
teaching- was good; four. term
ed it average, and ten called it
"sub•-standard." •
"Too many of our good profs.
have been taken by the war," one
c-and-f student explained after
marking his sheet `sub-standard.'
"It isn't the economics professors
but Some of thoSe commerce profs,"
wrote . another. Evaluating ' the
Liberal Arts School teachers as• a
whole; 11 of the 'lB 'students had
called the teaching "fair," four said
it: was good, and only four had
called it sub-standard.
Variants in the School of Edu
cation were the home economics
students, who tended to rate. their
teachers somewhat below those ,o 1
the school in general, and the, psy
chology majors, who seemed in
clined to rate their professors
somewhat higher than the school's
average.
Throughout all Schools, upper
class students tended to be more
critical of their teachers than un
derclassmen.
It was in singling out good
and poor teachers, however.
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Penn State football rivals may look for troub . c from these fOur charging linemen when the Lions
usher in a new season September 25. Reading from left to right they are: Ed Czekaj, end; Red
Moore, tackle; Ted Hapanowicz, tackle; and Johnny Jaffurs, guard. Czekaj and Hapanowicz are for
mer George Washington gridders assigned to Penn State as Marine trainees, while Moore and Jaf
furs are Penn State products returned to their alma mater under the Navy and ROTC programs. The
CoedA Vie For Royalty
Navy-Marine Band, Queen
Will Highlight V-12 Formal
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accordingly. Plans originally call
ed for the displaying of both the
Navy and Marine flags, but neither
was available in the unit;
This will mark the second public
.appearince of the latest rhythmic
organization -cn th "canipti&--4he
V 42 Band. The service orchestra
is under the • directicli of Pvt.
Wayne Chaffin, who has whipped
the organization into shape with
a minimum of rehearsals:The band
first appeared. at a USO dance at
the Armory several weeks ago.
The formal is limited to; all Vrl2
men and special invited guests of
the officers of the. unit.. The price
is $l, payable at the door.
Connnittees . .chosen foy the dance
that students of, every , school
let• loose. with a flood of very
definite answers. A- total of 98
teachers were singled out as
beings especially- good—includ
ing one psychology professor
Who is a. fifth semester coed's
"dream mans" Seventy-four
teachers , —listed under such
labials- as• "stinky.. ' "lousy."
and "very.< incapable"—were
included' among those consid
ered- especially► poor. In only,
seven cases, however, were
ptofessors cited , in both cate
gales, and in every school.
certain professors were un
•doubted. favorites.
Of the 6 teachers mentioned by
the. Chem-Phys School students as
being especially good included
Grover C. Chandlee, professor - of
chemistry; Albert H. Holtiinger,
assistant professor of chemistry;
Arnold J. Currier, associate pro
fessor of chemistry; Dean Whit
more; James - H. Olewine, professor
of organic chemistry; and Eugene
Von Arx, an undergraduate in
structor. Chief objection was to an
undergraduate teaching mathe
matics.
Favorites of the Engineering
School students included Theresa
Cohen, Holtzinger, all d :J o e . l
Crouch, professor 'of industrial en
gineering. A seventh semester in-.
dustrial engineer supplied the in
formation that `.`all engineering
professors are good."
Top Ag School students' choices ,
were William V; Dennis, professor
of' rural sociology; Olewine; and
Henry W. Popp, professor of bot
any. TWo of Popp's supporters,
however, qualified their choice
with "good but a little strict" and
"very good but goes a little too
fast." Their choice as worst
teacher was a zoology professor,
with several
THE COLLEGIAN
Lions play Bucknell in their opener.
include the following V-12 Tars
and Marines: entertainment com
mittee, A-S Arthur Miller, chair
man, James Shea, and Pvts. Welke
and Sturtiri; ticket committee,
Pvt. Parker, chairman, and P'vts.
Kipp and Robert Campbell; re
freshment committee, ,A-S Olin
Cramer, chairman, and A-S Carl
Gerlach; decorations committee,
A-S Tony .Hail, chairman, and A-S
William Baker; •and" invitations
committee, Pvt. Dowdy, chairman,
and A-S
According to advice from Mili
tary circles, if next week's dance
is'a - success; folloWed.by
others of the same nature.
Penn Slate Engineer
Sponsors 'Slide, Rule Ball'
For Alumni Weekend
Penn State Engineer will Spbn
sor the first "Slide Rule Ball"
during• Alumni Week-end in con
junction with the Colgate foot-.
ball gathe. The ball will be staged
iii Rec Hall October 9, Richard
Devaney and Walter R. Berg, co
chairmen for the event announ
ced.
Music will be furnished by the
Campus Owls from 9 to 12. Ad
mission will be $l.lO for civilians
and- $.77 for servicemen.
Additional information will be
released .as soon as final decisions
are made. Staff members have
hopes 'of making the dance an an
nual affair..
The • following students ,have
been hcosen for the committees:
publiity, Fred Mazzitelli and :Ed
Koval; tickets,.-Jim Bell; decora
lions, Ken Tompson; invitations,
Gene Von Arx and. Charles AM
merman; checking, Fred Boody;
and • refreshments, Albert Wilson.
IMA.IO Present' Grid
Motion Nitres Tuesday
Motion pictures of the most im
portant and interesting football
games of last year's season will be
shown in 121 Sparks at 7i30, p.m;
TueSday with the idea of instilling
into students a pre-season football
spirit. These, movies, which will be
presented by IMA, will include
games with Penn, Syracuse, Col
gate, and Pitt.
Coach Bob Higgins will be on
hand to explain the tactics used
by the Lion team and to comment
on different phases of the games.
No admission will be charged.
Positions Are Still Open
On Cross-Country Squad,
Says Coach Ray Conger
Coach Ray Conger stated today
that positions on' the cross-country
squad are still open to all studefits
and servicemen. Anyone interested
in trying out for the team should
report to the water tower at 4:30
rixn.'any day next week.
"Places on the squad are wait
ing fcr anyone who shows that he
has what it takes," added Coach
!Conger. "No one has yet estab
lished a clear claim to a position
on the squad, so don't be afraid to
come out," he said in an interview
yesterday.
The two outstanding men on the
Squad appear to be John Her
manies, a Marine, and Dennis
Crimmens, a Navy V-'l2 trainee.
Hermanies saw action with the
track team this summer, while
Crimmens ran for St. John's of
Brooklyn in the IC4-A meet last
year.
The reniainder of ;the candidates
show promise but do not have the
experience Hermanies and Crim
mens possess. They are William
Riess and Philip Jones of the Ma
rines, •and regular students John
Dibeler, Stu' Block, Mervin Alpert,
(Harold • 'Weidow, Perry Smith,
Stanley Saikin, and Cecil Dute.s
chle.
Muhlenberg and Colgate have
, been added to the cross-country
schedule, while Manhattan wad
dropped. The complete schedule
follows: Oct. 9, Muhlenberg; Oct.
16, Cornell at Ithaca; Oct. 30, Col
-gate. at Hamilton; and Nov. 15,
IC4-A meet at New York.
Lucille Ball and Red S
musical in glo
Higgins Reissues
Call For Civilian,
Service Grid Men
Stapel Is Casualty as
lions Sharpen Claws
Reluctant to pass over any grid
iron material which may be avail
•able, Coach Bob Higgins this week
issued a call for additional candi
dates. V-12 basic students who are
not eligible for varsity competi
tion until the completion of one
semester will be issued equipment
now and ,wll be coached by Marty
McAndrews and Chief Joe Vram.
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With the term ending October
22, basic squad members will be
ready for action with the varsity
for games scheduled after that
date. These include Maryland,
West Virginia, Cornell, Temple,
and Pittsburgh. Civilian students,
regardless of previous experience,
are also urged to try out.
Aware that the possibility of
eligibility restrictions because c 1
below grades may weaken the"
squad 'temporarily, especially in
the V-12 ranks, 'Higgins is looking
to the fresh turnout to fill any
gaps whch may occur with men
like Marino Marchi, Mike Slo
bodnjak, Al Olzewski, and Wally
Allwoerclen available for line duty.
- First serious setback from in
juries came in a scrimmage ses
sion this week when Charley.
Stapel, standout freshman :back
from Avalon High, pulled a leg
cartilage which may keep him out
of the opener with Bucknell two
weeks away.
Bright spot of the week's scrim
mages was the showing of 'Sparky
Brown, advanced ROTC private,
who 'approached his form of last
season as he romped quite effec
tively from his three back position
against the toughest opposition
Higgins could assemble.
Women Coaches Find
Students Apt Athletes
Martha Stringer Clauss, first
Penn State coed to coach boys'
athletic reams, today described her
brief coaching tenure at Franklin
Township High School as a "won
derful experience."
Mrs. Clauss coached the basket-.
ball and baseball teams at Frank
lin before resigning to join her
soldier-husband at his' station in
Hattiesburg, Miss.
In a letter to Lloyd M. Jones,
professor of physical education,
Mrs. Clauss said she found boys
easy to work with and eager to
learn.
Miss Pauline Rugh, although
preceded in the coaching field• by
Mrs. Clauss, has earned the dis
tinction of being the first woman
to coach football. '
Her team opens its season on
Saturday, September 14.
Kelton in a scene frpm "Dußarry Was a Lady," a
ions rechnicolor, costarring Gene Kelly.
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