TUESDAY. MAY 1. 1956 '56 01 HERE ARE the six men who will represent the U.S. in the 1956 Olympics. From left to right, Jack Beckner, Karl Schwenzfeier, Dick Beckner, Abie Grossfeld, Joe Kotys, and Ar mando Vega. Wettstone, Schwenzfeier, Vega Cop Olympic Spots By VINCE CAROCCI Penn State figures to play a prominent part in the 1956 Olympic gymnastic competi tiori, sending Coach Gene Wett stone and gymnasts Karl Schwenzfeier an d Armando Vega to Melbourne as repre sentatives of the United States. Wettstone was named as coach of the U.S. entry at 4 a.m. Sunday after a meeting of the Olympic Committee fol lowing the presentation of the men and women's teams at Recreation Hall. This is his second Olympic coaching as signment. . Schwenzfeier and Vega, both proteges of the Nittany men tor,-earned berths on the squad by finishing second and sixth in the National AAU all-round competition. Makes Brilliant Comeback Schwenzfeier, after finishing sixth in the Friday night pre liminaries, made a brilliant comeback to finish second to the Los Angeles Turners' Jack Beckner, 105.9 to 102.4. Although he won only two medals—a fourth in the paral lel bars and a fourth tie in the McLANAHAN'S lons long horse vaulting—Schwenz feier hit with a great deal of consistency in the other corn pulsory events to jump to num ber two. Vega, on the other hand, just managed to edge William Tom, L. A. Turners, for the sixth— and final—spot on the starting squad by .05 of a point. H-Bar Saves the Day After winding up in the fifth spot ih the preliminary stand ings, Vega. scored a second on the still rings to retain his edge. However, it was an ade quate performance on the hori zontal bars, one of his weakest events, that saved the day for him. Beckner, his youngest bro ther Dick, Joe Kotys, and Abie Grossfeld round out the start ing squad with Tom, Charlie Simms and Jack Miles named as alternates. Sandra Rifddick, Anthen aeum Turners, held on to her first place lead in the women's preliminaries to walk off with the all-round title. Joyce Ra cek, Lincoln Turners, was sec ond. Wins 3 of 4 Firsts Mrs. Ruddick won three out Mon. through Sat. April 30, May 1,2, 3,4, 5 DRUG STORE THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA of four first places in the wo men's Olympic events, losing only to calisthenics to team mate Muriel Davis and Miss Racek who tied for first. Judy Hult HOwe and Doris Fuchs finished in a tie for third with Jackie Klein and the 15- year-old Miss Davis rounding out the starting squad. - Ingeborg Fuchs, Doris' sis ter, Mrs. Marie Hoesley, and Louise Wright were named as the women alternates. The Lions' Phil Mullen won a second place medal in the rope climb while teammate Dick Rehm was fourth. Mul len's time was :3.6, Rehm's 4.0. Other winners were: Men: long horse, Simms; cal isthenics, Chick Cicio; side horse, Kotys; trampoline, Ron Munn; still rings, Dick Beck ner; flying rings, Fred Hoer ner; parallel bars, Jack Beck ner; horizontal bars, Abie Grossfeld; tumbling, Jim Seb bo; rope climb, Bob Manning. Women: calisthenics, Davis and Racek (tie); balance beam, Ruddick; side horse vaulting, Ruddick; uneven parallel bars, Ruddick; tumbling, Barbara Galleher. 1G AYS ZTA Wins WRA V-801l Zeta Tau Alpha copped the coed Lfeated Leonides 40-29 to gain the intramural volleyball champion- chance to play in the finals. ship last week when it edged Kap-1 The coed intramural softball pa Delta in a 23-26 battle. Jean- league ended its first week of nette Kohl led the winning team' play with the following results: with 10 points. Jo Ann Fulton was, Leonides 16, Alpha Gamma Del high for KD with nine points. Ita 0; Kappa Kappa Gamma 9. Sig- Leonides beat Delta Zeta 40-29 i ma Sigma Sigma 4: Phi Mu 6, to notch the winner of the losers ; Thompson 111 4: Atherton 6. Delta title. Carol Bradt and Gerri Gross' Zeta 3: Chi Omega 17. Kappa Del were high scorers for Leonides! to 4; Beta Sigma Omicron 2, Delta with 15 and 13 points. Barb Par-'Delta Delta 1. nell and Barb Drum shared 121 The coed cantract bridge tour points for DZ., nament ended last week with Al. In the semi-playoffs. Zeta Tau!pha Kappa Alpha coming out on Alpha beat DZ 44-32 and KD de-I top of the standings. Oh eampuo mg, THE CARE AND FEEDING OF ROOM-MATES Today we take up room-mates, a delightful phenomenon of American college life. Having a room-mate is not only heaps of fun; it is also very educational, for the proper study of mankind is man, and there is no better way to learn the dreams and drives of another human being than to share a room with him. This being the case, it is wise not to keep the same room-mate too long, because the more room-mates you have, the more you will know about the dreams and drives of human beings. And that's what we're all after, isn't it? So try to change room-mates as often as you can. A recent study made by Sigafoos of Michigan State shows that the best interval for changing room-mates is every four hours. Now let us discuss how to go about choosing a room-mate. Most counselors agree that the most important thing to look for in room-mates is that they be people of regular habits. This, I say, is arrant nonsense. What if one of their regular habits happens to be beating a great gong from midnight to three a.m.? Or growing cultures in the tooth glass? Or reciting the Articles of War? Or peanut brittle? •Regular habits indeed! I say N 1 that beyond quibble, far and 1 , 7 away the most important qual ity in room-mates is that they be exactly your size. Otherwise you will have to have their clothes altered to fit you, which can be a considerable nuisance. In fact, it is sometimes flatly impossible. I recollect one time I roomed with a man named -,---.., V:..: 7te ~ \ , , 1 ,97e L . CiWife room- MeC5 COY. c.... „.....- • „:...- Tremblatt Osage who was just under seven feet tall and weighed nearly four hundred pounds. There wasn't a blessed thing I could use in his entire wardrobe— until one night when I was invited to a masquerade party. I cut one leg off a pair of Tremblatt's trousers, jumped into it, sewed up both ends and went to the party as a bolster. (Inci dentally, I took second prize. First prize went to a girl named Antenna Wilkins who poured molasses over her head and went as a candied apple.) But I digress. Let us get back to the qualities that make de sirable room-mates. Not the least of these is the cigarettes they smoke. When we borrow cigarettes, do we want them to be harsh, shoddy, and disdainful of our palates? Certainly not! What, then, do we want them to 'ice be? Why, we want them to be gentle, A , delicately:reared, and designed to suit the tempo of today's broader, easier t , life! And what cigarette is gentle, delicately-reared, and designed to suit the tempo of today's broader, easier life? Why, Philip Morris, of corris! - (I'll bet you knew it all the time!) To go on. In selecting a room-mate, take great pains to find someone who will wear well, whom you'd like to keep as a permanent friend. Many of his tory's great friendships first started in college. Are you aware, for example, of the remarkable fact that Johnson and Boswell were room-mates at Ox ford in 1712? What makes this fact so remarkable is that in 1712 Johnson was only three years old and Boswell had not been born yet. But, of course, children matured much earlier in those days. Take Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart who wrote his first symphony at the age of four. Or Titian, who painted his first masterpiece at five. Or Hans Otto McGrath, who was in many ways the most remark able of all; he was appointed chief of the Copenhagen police department at the age of six! (It must be admitted, however, that the appointment was less than a success. Criminals roamed the city, robbing and looting at will. They knew young McGrath would never pursue them; he was not allowed to cross the street.) ©Max Shulman. 1951 The makers of Philip Morris, who sponsor this column. cordiall y invite you and your room-mate to try today's new, gentle Philip Morri s. It's always welcome! (Author of — Barefoot Boy With Cheek:* etc.) PAGE NINE our hours
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