WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 8
Gym
Of So
Optimism abounds '
far end of Recreation H,
the gymnasts prep fo , '
opening meet Saturday
the Temple Owls at Phi
phia's South Hall.
After working out for 01 1
months in preparation f
season opener, the 1958
is anxious for its first "o
test.
Up•to now, it has been •
-competition for the s
berths, but come Saturday,
Gene Wettstone's crew wi
out just how good their r
are.
"Fortunately, we meet
ple in the first meet,"
merited team captain 80.
with a confident smile
Dion Weissend, captain •
year's Eastern and N
champions, was a littl
optimistic over the L
chances.
"By getting too confide,
could be in for a big fal
Weissend.
Physically. the team is
shape, except-for a few mi
juries. Both of the Go
Twins have bad hands.
Jay Werner sprained his right
thumb at the Florida Tryouts,,
while Lee Cunningham has an
open cut on his right hand that
particularly hampers hid side
horse routine. The sophomore is
Overtime Wins
By DTD, PhiEp
Pace IM Action
Intramural basketball b'an
the new year with two exciting.
overtime games Monday night at
Recreation Hall.
Delta. Tau Delta defeated Chi
Phi, 28-25; and Phi Epsilon Pi
beat Omega Psi Phi, 13-11 in the
overtime encounters. Phi Epsilon
Pi's victory was its fourth and
put the team in a first place tie
with Phi Gamma Delta in Fra
ternity 'League A.
Alpha Chi Sigma edged Beta'
Sigma Rho, 23-22 in another close
tilt. Acacia won over Kappa Sig
ma, 30-25 and Theta Chi wallop
ed Phi Sigma Delta, 39-20 to re
main- in • the unbeaten column
with 4-0 records.
In 4other games Sigma Pi de
feated Delia - Theta Sigma, 31-16;
Beta Theta Pi beat Beaver House.
31-20; . Delta Upsilon^ walloped
Zeta Beta Tau, 51-20; and Phi Mu
Della - won over Alpha Gamma
Rho, 31-8.
In - the individual scoring. 13111 1
Mullin, Upsilon, and Bud
Hill, Theta Chi took top honors
with 13 points each. Other lead
ers were John Waugaman, Kappa
Sigma, (15); Sim Peckham, Chi
/Phi, (15); and Harry Height, Del
ta Upsilon, (14).
"There '1 was, dreaming ief
a juicy steak, when suddel
out pops thin"
For sirloin,' T-bone
any kind
Why dream! We're
so hard to find!
earn Confident
urday's Opener
the
with
adel-
•r two
r the
dition
tside"
1
•trictly
arcing
Coach
11 find
utines
I Te
n.
nat.
But
' i f last
• ;onal
ten
lions
t, -you
said
GOING NOWHERE .on this horse. Sophomore star Lee Cun
ningham prepares for the opening gymnastics meet Saturday with
Temple in Philadelphia.
good
4 Or in
d-dust
expected to be one of the best his leg last night, but doesn't ex
in the East on the horse. pect to.hamper one of Wettstone's
Tumbler Adie Stevens sprained best tumbling trios on Saturday.
"in a growing
"Here at General Electric," says Penn R. Post, 24-
year-Old marketing trainee; "you hear a lot of talk
about the future— even as far ahead as
_1978. In
fact; I've discovered that planning ahead for Amer
ica's needs - 10 and 20 years from now is characteristic
of the electrical industry. And, what's important to
me, General Electric's long-range planning takes my
future into account. rm now on my fourth assign
ment in the Company's Technical Marketing Program
—all planned steps in my development. -
"I'm pretty confident about the electrical future,':'`
too. For one thing, America's - use of electricity has
been doubling every ten years. And it will increase
even faster as our population grows another 65 mil
lion-by 1978 and as research and development lead
to new electrical products that help people live bet
ter. The way I look at it, the technical, manufactur
ing and marketing resources of large companies like
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN, STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA
* *
room for
Milers May Regain
To Indoor Billie
ng
After a two-year lay-off, the mile run may regain the
spotlight of the indoor track season this winter.
Since the suspension of former Kansas star Wes Santee,
there have been no strong indoor mile competitors for Vii
lanova's Ron Delanv—a 3.59 outdoor miler and 1956 Olympic
!gold medal winner for Ireland in the 1500-meter run.
Delany. a runner who does
not seem concerned with beat
ing the clock. had no opposition
capable of pushing him under
Gunnar Neilsen's world indoor
mile mark of 4:03.6. This year
several up - and - coming colle
giate stars may push the Wild
cat to a new world's indoor
mark.
New York University graduates Johns were standout performeno
Ike Matza and George King may in cross-country last fall.
.aloe give the Villanovan strong The leading Lion contender,
competition, along with 26-yew - Ed Moran, ran a 4:11.2 mils in
old Hungarian refugee Laszlo Ta ; a New York meet last summer.
'hurl. also a 3:59 outdoor miler Fred Kerr—the first runner to
Top collegiate mile contenders , be re-elected captain of a Nit
'are U.C.L.A.'s Bobby Seaman.l tang cross-country team in 30
U.S.C.'s Don Bowden, Maryland's; years—ran a 4:16 outdoor mile
Burr Grim and lowa's Charlie, last spring and has shown quite
:"Deacon" Jones: Grim has been; a bit of improvement since
'running sub-4:10 miles on the in-; then.
door circuit for the past tw King was just beginning to hit
years. Seaman and Jones had "off•his stride last spring when he
years" in 1957 after irnpressi,..Pnwon one of two mile qualifying
performances as sophomores heats in 4:18 in the IC4-A cham-
Bowden is the only United Statt...; pions - hips last spring. Last winter
citizen to break four minutes tniEngelbrink defeated Luist on the
the mile. , final leg of the IC4-A freshman
Among the promising milers •medlay relay with a 4:17.4 mile.
industry, there's
me to grow"
General Electric are important factors in the growth
of the electrical industry. And in a growing indus
try, there's room for me to grow."
Young people like Penn Post are an important
part of General Electric's plans to meet the_oppor
tunities and challenges of the electrical future. Each
of our 29,000 college-graduate employees is given
opportunities for_training and a climate for self-de
velopment that help him to achieve his fullest capa•
bilities. For General Electric believes that the prog
ress of any industry—and of the nation—depends
on the progress of the people in it.
73ngress parr Firmluct
GENERAL ELECTRIC
PAGE SEVEN
in the eastern universities are
Don Luisi of Fordham. Rod
Zwirner of Princeton. Bea
Johns of Syracuse and a quer
tet of Penn Staters—Ed Moran,
Fred Kerr. Dick Eng,'brink and
Chick King.
Luisi—a former national schol
astic indoor mile champion--and