TUEBDAY, AILY 23, 1046
epsic Signs
With Dodgers
Coach Bob Higgins lost one of
his best prospects for all-Amer
ican 'honors on his 1946 edition
wf the Nittany Lion grid team
hen Joe Tepsic recently gave
Up his college career to sign with
the National League -leading
Brooklyn Dodgers.
TeVisic was tendered a $17,000
bonti.s when he signed with the
Dodgers, after turning down sev
eral tither major league offers.
Higgins had expected the Guad
alccitiral hero to blossom into one
of the nation's foremost backs
this fall, and had already laid
plans for offensive thrusts es
pecially suited to the Sloven
gpeedboy.
Last fall, in his first year col
lege football, Tepsic ran wild
against Colgate, Temple, Syra-
Fuse and Pitt and was the unani-
Ina's choice of these teams for
all-opponent honors.- He also led
the college scorers of the State,
and at season's end was named
to the Associated Press' all-
Pennsylvania eleven.
Tepsic,spent most of the spring
semester holding down the left
field spot on Coach Joe Bedenk's
once abeaten varsity baseball team.
Although not a consistent hitter,
he was a hearvy slugger and a
dangerous man at the •plate. As a
Lion 'this year, his batting aver
pge 'was only 250 although he
had many extra base hits.
, SPted , ..ls the major 'forte of
Tepsic, according to Bedenk who
thinks that he is as fast afoot as
any , player now in the major
leagues. He is especially adept
rt. stretching hitsiinto extra-base
hits and pulling down long flies
in the outfield.
The new Dodger was in the
Marines before returning to the
campus in time for last fall's
football season and saw service
in 'the Southwest Pacific, includ-
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with Dr. Tschan, he says,,but is a
necessity.
For 30 or 40 years, Dr. Tschan
has been writing short musical
skits and poems. They have been
used for Red Cross activities,
birthday parties, and other spe
cial events. He was the author of
the peace ode that was used by
the College for the V-E Day pro
gram. IHe 'also plays the organ
but denies that he is a skilled or
.
ganist.
Dr. Tschan, wrote the constitu
tion for the • local Fraternity
Counselors and the Association
of University Professors chapter,
wrote a ritual for the Newman
Clufb, an organization of Cath
olic students, a ind . wrote the Phi
.Eta Sigma national ritual. He
has served on the national coun
cil of Phi Eta Sigma since 1937
and was instrumental in estab
lishing a chapter at Penn State.
Dr. Tschan, is a member of
Theta Kappa Phi fraternity, hav
ing served for many years as
faculty adviser; Pi Gamma Mu,
soci,Fl science recognition society;
Pi Lanilbda Sigma, pre-legal-fra
ternity; and Phi Kappa Phi, scho
lastic society; as well as Phi
Eta Sigma.
• He served from 1 , 3.29 to 193:1
as president of the local chapter
of the Ameriosn Association . of
University Professors and from
1932 to 1935 on the national
council.. Since 1935 he has been
chairman of the National Com
mittee on chapters. He also is a
Member of the American Histor
it a 1 Association, Medieval
Academy of AmeriCa, and in. 1030
served as president of the Ameri
can,. Cathelic HistoriCal Assotia
tion..,
. .
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ing the battles at Guadalcartail:
He has already joined the fast
stepping Dodgers and has served
as a pinch-hitter in several
games. „
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THE SUMMER • COLLEGIAN
Between
the
Lions
with BEN FRENCH
Penn State !athletes are Making
quite a name for :themselves this
summer. Over in Zurich, Switzer-.
lend, Barney Ewell, probably the
greatest sprinter ever to wear the
Blue and White for Coach Chick
Werner, won the MK) and 2100-
meter dashes in '10.5 and. 12'1.6 re
spectively in an international in
vitation track meet last week.
Elwell was running under the col
ors of the Shanahan C. C. of Phil
adelphia.
Over in the baseball vein, Bob
Gehrett, Lion twirler with five
wins against no defeats this year,
is. now tossing them in for the
Standard Steel team over in Lew
istown. Teammate Ken Yount is
hurling for 'a strong amateur team
in the southern part of the state.
St. ,Clair to Join Grid Team •
Over on The ,football side of the
ledger, Cliff St. Clair, halfback for
the 1942 Lion' squad, 'has indicated
that he will be arounte'when pre
season practices begin August :W.
Bob Davis, end; and Mike Kerns,
tackle from the '4l-'42 teams,
have signed• to play this fall with
the Pittsburgh Steelers and Phila
delphia Eagles respectively. Kerns,
who graduated last month, is
keeping in shape wrestling in
Phillyntowin while Davis is in the
insurance business in Pittsburgh.
State College grid* fans will
have four chances to see 'the Lions
romp over New Beaver Field this
flail. The opening game with. Buck
nell !here Odtober '5 twill he the
highlight of Alumni weekend.
Other home games include Mich
.igan State, Oct. 19; Fordham, Nov.
2; and Tetntple, Nov. 9 (Soph Hbp
weekend): Syracuse, Co 1g at e,
Navy, Pitt and 'Miami are the.road
tritps for this year's squad.
Facts about Coaches Dept.
Leo Houck, boxing - coach, was
crowned light-heavyweight Ichamp
of Cuba in ':19412 and still holds the
title. There has never been an of
ficial Cuban, light-heavyweight
chamiption since then! Leo has
been coach at State since 1922
and has turned out such boxers
as Billy Soose, former Truiddle
weight title-halder; Steve Harnas
and Arlie Wolff. The "Good Doc
tor" will be in his glory this year
When he plays host to the Eastern
Intercol'iegiates.
CA to Sponsor Hike,
Cabin Party at Lodge
Penn State Christian As-
Sociation, as part of its
,summer program, is sponsoring a
calbin party for this weekend and
a talk by Dr. Clifford Adams on
Monday.
The group going to the cabin
party at Watts Lodge will leave
Saturday afternoon and hike to
the Lodge. Nature lore along the
trail will be given by Dr. Vinal.
Details and the "sign-up" sheet
are at 304 Old Main.
Grad School
Holds Dinner
Reviving an old custom, sus
pended during the war, the an
nual Graduate School Dinner will
'be held at the Centre Hills Coun
try Club at 6:30 o'clock tomor
row night. All students and
faculty of the Graduate School
of Education are invited.
President Hetzel, Dean Tra
hue, and Dean Kern have been
invited as guests of honor. A stu
dent program has been planned
for the evening including, "Po
etic Fantasies" by T. 0. Mc+.
Cracken, a humorous reading by
Paul Miller, and a vocal solo by
Betsy Lumley. Hummel Fishburn
end Frank Gullo will lead group
singing.
Committee for the dinner is:
Ruth Boswell, John Bowers, Al
ice Evans, John Frank, John M.
Lumley, Dorothea Ruth, and
John Taylor.
Application Blanks
. . . for the deferment of fees
for the first semester (1946-
1947) are ready at the office of
the Bursar. Applications may be
filed without fee up to and in
cluding August 20. Fees are to be
paid on October 18.
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National Alumni Board
Appoints Ridge. Riley
Ridge Riley, assistant alumni
secretary at the College, was
named to .the board of directors
of the American Alui - nni Council
at the 31st annual national con
ference of the Council held at
Amherst, Mass., recently. Riley
also was re-elected editor of the
American Alumni Council News,
a post he has held for the past
two years.
Nearly 400 institutions of high
er learning are represented on
the Council, which has a mem
bership of more than 500 alumni
officials. A record attendance of
more than 300 registered at the
Amherst conference. Joseph E.
Bell, of Lafayette, was elected
president.
Centers-
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also will accept these credits."
A minimum , of 35 students- will
be required before anyy center is
established. A fee of $l5O will be
dharged for 12 or ;more credits
given on a full-time basis. Part
time students will pay $12.5 1 0 per
credit.
Requests for establishment of
centers are being received at the
'central extension• office arid are
being handled in chronological
order insofar ats the survey is con
cerned, Mr, Keller explained.
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