Calling Spades The letter printed on this page demands com ment, out of the sheer forcefulness of its spade calling. The letter is based on a rumor that Freshman Coach Earl Bruce is about to be named head football coach at the College. TO straighten the record, we shall point out that neither Bruce's candidacy nor anyone else's has been officially announced by Dean Carl.. P. Schott. Nor have any coaches, including Mr. Bruce, publicly Stated that they have applied for the job. As a matter of record, Bruce has been referred to in the public prints as "satis fied with his freshman coaching position." If rumors are justifiable planks on which to tie a counter-barrage of rumors and drives-. and they often seem to be such when much is at stake, then the Skull and Bones executive committee is probably justified in voicing its feelings by throttling a few spades. However, at least on the surface of things, Mr. Bruce is not a candidate, and we feel free to report at this time that no meeting of the Ath letic Advisory Board—which will choose a coach—has been called for the immediate fu ture. As a Board member, we say this not as an attack on the Skull and Bones letter but as an indication that the coach will not be named shortly since the Board must meet before Joe Bedenk's successor is named. (Of -course, this involves no obligation on our part to spiel to the world when the Board does meet; for secur ty's sake, we shall not). BUT AT THIS JUNCTURE, let us''reiterate our contention made over a week ago in these columns. Penn State football fortunes have reached an impasse. We must either progress or regress. It is now that something must be done if the bounce and verve is again to be injected into Penn State's high school bush-beating—bounce and verve that for practical purposes vanished in 1946. And it is now that Penn Slate's coaching candidates must be thought of in terms of a coach who'll attract top-flight material through his own actions and dynamic person ality, and one who'll gain the tireless coopera tion of the alumni. Inducements to high school players and the proper "name" coach travel hand-in-hand in big-college football and combine to help each other. Thus, with the proper "name" coach in the Nittany driver's seat, other concomitants of "big-time football" would follow if through no other means than the coach's dynamics and resourcefulness. Gazette . . Sunday, April 2 AIM CONSTITUTIONAL Committee, 409 Old Main, 7:00 p.m. ALPHA RHO OMEGA, Russian Honorary, 304 Old Main, 7:00 p.m. • COLLEGE PLAGEMENT information concerning interviews and job place. manta eau be obtained is Ll 2 Old Main. Seniore who turned in preference sheets will be given priority in scheduling interviews for two days following the initial announcement of the visit of one of the com panies of their choice. Other students will be scheduled on the third and subsequent days. Westinghouse Corp. April 11, 12, 13. June grads in EE, ME, IE for openings in sales and a few manufacturing openings. -Also a few• jobs in highly technical engineering, requiring out standing analytical ability, for EE and ME. There are no openings in routine or service en gineering. Openings also in Metallurgy for ma terials, development and application. Philadelphia Electric Co., April 12. June grads and juniors in EE. . Marathon Corp.. April 12. June grads in IE for time and motion, and wage incentive work. General Electric Business Division, April 12. June grads in C&F for their training program. A great deal of accounting will be involved dur ing the first three years. Applicants must have an average of 2.0 or better. Kendall Refining Co.. April 13. B.S. and M.S. candidates in Chem. Applicants must have an average of 1.8 or better. Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co., April 13, 14. June grads in EE, ME and ChemE for their Akron manufacturing training program. Oppor tunities will be mainly in production manage ment, product and process development, re search, plant engineering and technical sales. STUDENT EMPLOYMENT Information concerning these positiOns can be obtained' at the Student Employment Office in Old Main. Substitute waiters and kitchen help in college dining commons leading to permanent positions in September. Summer camp and .resort jobs available to persons with various specialties. Dietitians for several camps. Hotel dining room managers and staff. Seats 150. May be operated under rental agreement. Sales personnel sought for both current and summer work. . Fuller Brush Co. Full time positions open for summer. Various counties in Pa. available. Monday, April 3 PSCA BIBLE STUDY, Group 1, 304 Old Main 4:10 p.m. AT THE MOVIES CATHAUM—MaIaya. STATE—Barricade. NYTTANY—Adam's Rib. ,d pl, g on to look this harp Of Fists, Shiners And Bloody Noses Two near fights occurred last Saturday night. As a matter of fact, they both started in the New College Diner -at 4:30 Sunday morning. We were standing in line for a booth with two of our friends, both of whom were carrying lighted candles. We asked them why, but they didn't seem to know except that ,they said it was lots of fun. We guess it was. They kept running at girls with the candles. The girls would scream and then they would get back in line and say, "Ha!" THE FIRST FIGHT occurred over a booth. Two large gentlemen got in quite a discussion over who had gotten there first, and they invited each other outside to settle' the argument. We got quite excited and started jumping up and down. We yelled,. "Hit him, hit him!" but by the time they had reached the door, they had forgotten about each' other. We were vastly disappointed,. but retained—the , ' presence of mind to grab the booth for our own party. The second. fight started outside the diner and we finished our snack just in time to see it. Both contestants seemed rather vague as to the origin of the quarrel, but they were both quite serious about carrying it to blows. Once again we grew enthusiastic and, jumping up and down, yelled, "Hit him, hit him!" We studied the would-be fighterS and were greatly impressed by their physical beings. One fellow was an unhappy looking scholar—obviously from the• Nittany-Pollock Area —while the other was a slight fellow attired in a dress and sailor hat. They shook their fists in each others faces, and asked for identi fication. * • * THIS PUZZLED US and we yelled, "Hit him, hit him," again.., Then the unhappy looking student turned and shook his fist4in ow face, so we retired to a safe distance and quieted down. "Where's your matriculation card?" screamed the man in the dress. "Where is yours?" the unhappy student yelled back. "I don't have one. I already graduated from here." he was answered. "Don't you have any identification, on you?" asked the unhappy boy. The man in the dress swished his'skirt angrily. "You don't expect me to carry my wallet in this, do you?" he answered. "How about your wallet?" "THERE ARE TOO many people around here," said the unhappy looking scholar, looking at us. "Let's go fight around the corner." The boy in the dress nodded. "If you'll sign a statement that I'm not responsible for any damages," he said, "I'll 'knock your teeth down your throat." We raised a faint hurrah and retreated again behind a parking meter, thinking how different college life is. At home, if a man wants to get in a fight, he walks cp'to someone and says, "I don't like your face." Then he slugs him. That's all there is to it. We were prepared to follow, the two around the corner and cheer ourselves hoarse, but just then, to our dismay, we noticed a policeman approaching. "What's the "trouble, boys," he asked. The two shook their heads. "Nothing is wrong officer. We were just talking," they said. He stood around and watched them. Presently the fellow in the dress turned and entered the diner. "What's wrong with him?" asked the policeman. "I don't know," said the unhappy looking scholar. "What would you say was his trouble." "Well," said the policeman. "For one thing, I'd say he needed a pair of pants." He turned and looked at us. We went home. —JACK GARRETSON-BUTT Church Williams Fellowship A Palm Sunday sunrise service will be held in 304 Old Main at 8:45 a.m., sponsored by the Rog er William's Fellowship of the University Baptist Church. The regular Roger William's Fellowship student supper ser vice will be held in• the church from 5:30 to '7:00 Sunday even ing. The theme of the discussion is "Palm Sunday". All students are invited to attend both ser vices. iving an awful rough 'quiz for crib notes." • . alendar Westminster Foundation A Palm Sunday Sunrise ser vice will be held in the Hort Woods chapel at 7:00 tomorrow morning. In case of bad weather, the service will be held in the Foundation at the Presbyterian Church. Breakfast• will be served in the Fireside room following the program, and there will be informal seminars prior to the morning service at 10:45. A program of Easter music win be held at 6:30 p.m. - • • Safety Valve:,.''' A Spade Is a Spade TO THE EDITOR, an open letter to the 'Ath letic Advisory Board and to Dr. Carl 1 1 !:.SClidtt, dean of the School of Physical Educatidit *ld Athletics: This is a plea for a big-time football Ever since the resignation of .Toe Bedefilr . , speculation has run high among the interested students and alumni. Pressure gr00.4,10r i3P-r -ticular candidates formed quickly; and alipl,ida tions reportedly have come' in for the joti•froin all over the country. In the meantime, 'a . tenta tive program for spring training Was' laithched by Dean Carl P. Schott by bringing ' , Freshman Coach Earl Bruce from California , State Teach ers College, ostensibly to temporarily• assume command of the training . while a suitable coach could be screened. , In the past year or so, great strides haVe. been made to put football at Penn State, alonW•with all other sports, on a, big-time scale. A ., coach, apropos with these plans, was the only logical conclusion, students thought. '• Then the rumors began to blOw. A, grolip from Charleroi and California, Pa., publicly announced its•candidate for the office air(Etirl Bruce. With banner headlines, the Centre Daily Times announced that Bruce was beitig , boosted, stating that Bruce was satisfied•with his job at CSTC, although the articles did not say that Bruce would not take the jolt 'a! Penn State. Was this the big-time coach that Penn' State should seek? When the last rumors—that Bruce had the "inside track" and that 'Dean SchOtt intended to appoint ,Bruce over Easter vacation —struck campuSi- interested students "took action. They still didn't know whom they wanted,fOr a big-time coach, but they did know that if they were to have a „"name" coach appropriate with the plan's for large-scale football, it should not be the freshman coach. :.This was a theme 'Of many organization meetings during ,the past week, for example, Skull and Bones, Druids, even All-College Cabinet. At no time, was a personal drive against Bruce contemplatedo,his„was„t9 be a sincere, earnest effort to prove that : the , ,students want a name that will draw, but in doing so, the immediate aim had to be to impress upon Dean Schott that Bruce, the freshman 'coach, was - probably not the "name!' --:t' This letter is intended - to call a spade a spade. It is' a reflection of the impetus that has sparked student concern this week. What more must ,the students say; must they have, a .mass meet ing at Bee Hall;to. air the problem to the count . less 'eyes focused , on the current NCAA's? If the rumor that Bruce has the "inside track" is true, against the will of such a prodigious number, of interested ; . students, what would be ,the,,guess as 'to student .football interest at the close Of 'the 1950 football' campaign, a. campaign that many have already. doomed as unsuccess ful? , These ,arecthe' students from whom the lege is keepnig,the_west:stands because paying west-stand seats mean big-time schedules; these are the students froth whom the College expects help in housing football. players; these are The students whb' are - ekpeeted to contribute to an 111-out drive' for support - , and enthtisiasm to nake the. Centennial year a suc'cess. We •do not believe • naming of .one of the staff of assistanti would be consistent with a seeiningAall-Ont:'dkive' fin big-time sports: • Perhaps if there were some logical reasoning .behind what appears to us as possible incen-• sistencies in different 'phases of football. policy, the ardor of the "stop Bruce" vim.' paigp would have waned. To reiterate in the interest of clarity, the•ini petus behind the student drive for a "big-time coach: for Penn State" was to head off the • rumored naming of Bruce to the job becatiSe, although his record is good, we do pot feet - that he fulfills the qualifications for the jc2b, s tihd'We feel his appointnient would be inconstitent.With apparent over-all plans, to have' P4gyStafe play—and defeat ..at times—teams lthe'lsliitte Dame, Purdue, 'Army, Navy, Penn and `Pit,{;:- • —Executive Coniiiiffee;,,, Skull. and' BeneiiT OIR Daily entlegiai SuCcessor to THE FREE LANCE. .toL'Plittrit:'!t' Published Tuesday through Saturday stri , Inn ,* elusive during the College year by the stateo l lin:The'ligliM 'Collegian of The Pennsylvania State Callei4', J:•1' Entered as second-oleos matter My 6, 1534. a6ittre,...Stetint College. Pa.. Peat erne* ruder Om net et ,:lAtirfk a. 104: Editor BusinesvManaget. • ..:Dg' 7 Tom Morgan Munn; A-Weairei Managing Ed., Wilbert Roth; News Ed. Jack, Reen; t Sports Ed., Krane; Edit Dir., Dottie' Werilnich; So ciety Ed., Commie Keller; Feature Ed., Bob Notsbatiert Asst. News Ed.,..jack Senior; Asst. Sports Ed.; - Ed Watsos; Asst. Society Ed.Aljarbara Brawn: Photo Senior Board: George Vaduz, Kermit Philttt- -- . - Asst. Business Mgr., Rodger Bartels; Atreertleing Dir.., Louis G. Gilbert; LoCal Adv. Mgr., Donald G... Baker; Ad. Mgr., Mark Arnold; Promotion .Ce-Mgr.. Darold Vital. lin, Ruthe Philips; Circulation Co-Mgrs., Bob Bergman 'f . ind Tom Karolcik; Classi fi ed Ad Mgr., Shirley Faller;'Person4 nel Mgr., Betty Jane Hower; Office Mgr Ann•Zelis l imiklukl i Secretary. Sue Stern. : • 4 , vc.t;itsl STAFF THIS ISSUE Night Editor Jariet.l347 . • News Editor Pat 'gist ley,' Copy Editor Ray'.Koe Assistants Bob Vosburg, Dot Bennett, Noriiia Zehner, Bill Reese Advertising Manager Lot etta .stempirdig Assistants --; Mary:Kauffman; Anita '• Ittt4go, Bob Lieyrnirn, KeightlY, Dick. Downer;) • 41P1111.,
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