FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 12. 1954
"Entrez-Nous"
Sam’s Song I
By SAM PROCOPIO
Collegian Sports Editor
That headlines, which attract the reader’s attention, are
often misleading. Without reading more than just the lead,
you may be holding false information . . . that the Philadel
phia Inquirer last year ran a two column .headline to a story
with more than 11 paragraphs which read: “EX-PENN
STARTERS PICK UP MORE GLORY IN AAU MEET.” In
the entire story the only reference made to a Penn athlete
were three lines in the fifth paragraph. The entire story was built
around Horace Aslienfelter, Curt Stone, and Vic Fritts, all ex-runners
at Penn State ... .
That Donald Bragg, last year as a high school senior, had a
lot to brag about when he pole vaulted 13 feet 5% inches; but
before his body cleared the horizontal bar, he was amid sideline
tutoring murmurs of "he's not running right, he's not lifting
right, etc."
That in 1918 the Lion grapplers walked off the wrestling mats
in the Eastern Intercollegiate wrestling tournament with six in
dividual champions. The EIWA only offered seven titles at the time.
It was the first year that Perm State entered the league . . . That
State’s 130-pound EIWA champion, Dick Lemyre, pinned Michigan
State’s Eddie Casalicchio in 49 seconds. Casalicchio boasted an 8-1
Big Ten record . . . that in 28 seasons under Coach Charlie Speidel,
Penn State wrestling teams have lost an average of only one dual
meet a year...
That Harry Papacharalambous, the little Nittany Lion boxer
with the long name, performed for Coach Eddie Sulkowski before
war service. He was a 130-pounder in 1950 . . . that Jesse Arnelle,
Lion center, is a cinch to own every major Penn State basketball
scoring record before he graduates in 1955 .. . that Adam Coffman.
Greensburg High School basketball player, tossed a 91-foot field
goal in a game against Farrell High this season but it didn t count.
The floor is only 90 feet long and Coffman was out of bounds. He
admitted he wasn't shooting at the basket, but was attempting a
long fast break pass after a Farrell score. ...
That in the last ten years Penn State played eight overtime
games in basketball and was never victorious until its recent win
against Pitt at Rec Hall. Four of them were against Colgate at
Hamilton. The others were against Syracuse, Temple, and Gettys
burg. The Lions went five, overtimes to defeat Temple, 63-60, a
National record . . . that North Carolina State’s newly-chosen foot
ball coach, Earle Edwards, formerly played and coached at Penn
State ...
That after football's 1953 Bowl games Mr. Duke Houlgate of
Los Angeles changed his poll ratings. Although he already had
Notre Dame first, he made no change for that spot. However, he
went on to list in order Oklahoma, Maryland, Michigan State,
Texas Tech, Illinois, Georgia Tech, Wisconsin, Army, and Rice.
West Virginia was 12th. Penn State and Ohio State were dead
locked'for 30ih. He landed Pitt and Clemson tied for the un
believable 73rd position—behind John Carroll and Western
Reserve.
Unbeaten Since '52
Penn State’s National Collegiate
gymnastics champions are unbeat
en in college competition since
1952.
Ollie Sax, Penn State’s indoor
sprint phenom, is looking forward
to a winning campaign on the
boards this winter.
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Defending Champs
Win IM Contests
Defending champions Phi Sigma Delta and the Sinkers kept
their unblemished IM basketball records intact Tuesday and Wed
nesday night and continued to lead their leagues. Phi Sigma Delta
needed an overtime before topping Kappa Delta Rho, 15-13, and the
Sinkers stopped the Falcons, 35-16.
Beta Theta Pi exhibited strong
defense, holding Alpha Epsilon Pi
to a lone goal in the second half,
and won out, 19-9. Sigma Phi Sig
ma held Alpha Zeta to 11 points
while it scored 25.
Tau Kappa Epsilon beat Tri
angle, 27-25, and Sigma Chi scored
over Alpha Sigma Phi, 25-20.
Kappa Sigma topped Zeta Beta
Tau, 38-13. Phi Kappa Tau deci
sioned Phi Sigma Kappa, 23-17.
The highest scoring team of the
night was Nittany Co-op as it ac
cumulated sixty markers in beat
ing the Hornets, 60-23. Fink had
22 points for the Co-op. Beta Sig
ma Rho led all fraternity teams
in scoring as it beat Kappa Alpha
Psi, 45-26.
Led by Mila Rodick and Dick
Boggs, the Highlanders scored a
51-40 victory over the Sleepers.
The Mibs hgd a close call before
A CAMPUS
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The class reunion at his alma mater,
Swarthmore College, was an eye-opener
for Ed Mahler. The talk among the
Class of ’5O switched to jobs. Ed had
taken it for granted that everybody was
happy with his work.
Then he found that some of his class
mates had had two or three jobs since
leaving school. Others , had kept the
same one but weren’t, satisfied. By stick
ing with his first job and intending to
make it a lifetime career, Ed suddenly
discovered he had a head start.
After being graduated with a B.A. in
Economics, he went to work for Bell
Telephone Company of Pennsylvania in
1950. He reports he chose the Telephone
Company because it seemed .to offer the
best chance for a career.
After a year of training in which he
worked in each of the departments
installing telephones, handling business
contacts with customers —Ed felt he
had a good look at the entire company.
topping the Gophers, 24-23. Irvin
Hall stopped Dorm 2, 23-9.
A three-way tie developed in
League C when the Phantoms
topped the Wildcats. 33-25. Both
teams, along with the Emps, have
league records of five wins and
one loss. Don Fitz led the Phan
toms with 12 markers.
Lambda Chi Alpha scored an
easy win over Sigma Pi, 40-16,
and the Spartans clid likewise
over the Hawks, 42-21. Tanks
outscored the Dragons, 27-12.
The Epars continued unbeaten,
tagging the Dubs with its first
loss, 24-17.
Penn State Grad
North Carolina State’s newly
chosen football coach, Earle Ed
wards, formerly played and coach
ed at Penn State.
TO-CAREER C,
BELL TELEPHONE SYSTEM
Frosh Cagers
Await Finale
With Altoona
Penn State’s freshman basket
ball forces, possessors of a one
win, three loss mark, are currently
marking time until their next
and final tilt preceding the var
sity Gettysburg game Feb. 24.
The frosh will take on Altoona
Center that night.
One could almost say the Lion
cubs are literally marking tiipe.
With every indoor athletic team
using the Rec Hall boards during
the day, the frosh’s practice time
is limited. And with gym classes
lasting until five o’clock three
days a week, and. late ROTC
periods the other two days,
Coach John Egli’s cagers may be
limited to 35 minutes each ses
sion from here in.
The Lion’s lone win was scored
over the same Altoona Center in
a tilt before Christmas. The fresh
men have dropped two games to
the JV’s and succumbed to Buck
nell two weeks ago at Bucknell's
Davis Gym.
SE HISTORY
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It took a class reunion
to show Ed Mahler, ’5O,
that all first jobs are
not alike. He tells us why.
(Reading time: 33 seconds)
He was assigned to the Traffic Depart
ment, which has the responsibility for
seeing that customers’ calls are handled
efficiently. The. job included personnel
work in addition to developing better
operating methods and practices. He
was quickly put on his own.
Now Ed has been transferred to the
job of estimating the amount and type
of new equipment which will be needed
in central offices as their customers
increase.
Ed points out that projecting himself
into the future isn’t anything new. That’s
precisely what he attempted to do when
he chose his first—and only—job.
Ed Mahler’s job is with an operating com
pany of the Bell System. But there are
also jobs for engineers, arts and science
and business administration graduates with
Western Electric, Sandia Corporation, and
Bell Telephone Laboratories.
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