TUESDAY. MAY 1. 1956
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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.
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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
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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,
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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.)
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