SATURDAY, JANUARY 11, 1964
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A Plea for Sanity—
In ACADEMICS
In the 30 months since Penn State formally switched
from the semester to the term system, there has been
much said and little done about the relative advantages
and disadvantages of this (term) system.
There have been inquiries, committees and debates
_hut nothing has been done. And unless something is
done soon, we are likely to'witness the degeneration of
our athletic program to powder-puff Ivy League-type
schedules.
Penn State can not continue to play top-rated teams
In every sport and hope to be successful under the strain
of the term system. One need just look at the academic
probation list for the fall term to see that something is
inherently wrong with our academic structure when
almost 3,000 students fail to record even a minimal 1.70
average.
Our admission standards are among the highest at
any state university, so are tuition fees. But despite high
calibre students and high-paid instruction, these high
probation lists still exist.
"We are told to go out and get athletes," wrestling
coach Charlie Speidel recently said, "And then when we
get them:they can't get into school."
And he might well have added that once they get
here. it's a problem to keep them eligible.
Speidel's teams must annually face one of the
nation's most rugged schedules. This year's card includes
the defending champs of the East, the Big 10, the Atlantic
Coast Conference, the Ivy League and the Southern
Conference.
But they must go on every trip knowing that each ,
class missed is more than 3','/; of the term's work; that
they are starting out 18 classes behind in a course as
opposed to the 48-meetings in the semester system. And
yet they must play teams such as Maryland, a compar
able institution, yes; but not exactly the Princeton of the
South.
Rip Engle's footballers went through another of
their traditional meatgrinder schedules last fall but
every player who made trips missed nine days away
from campus. That's a good hit to miss in 10 weeks.
And Engle has two strikes to begin with only
about half the All-State "Big 33" could meet our require
ments, and far less than half will eventually show up
here.
Basketball coach John Egli lost three men to aca
demics over the term break. Though none of the losses
could be termed serious, the situation alone is enough
cause for alarm.
And at. Penn State when an athlete (or anyone, for
that matter) goes on academic probation, he is lost for',
the term,' not just for a week or a couple of weeks.
At Pitt for example, athletes bounce off eligibility lists!
like golf balls on cement. Yesterday, the Panthers lost
five wrestlers, two permanently. But the other three are
likely to return at any time. •
Syracuse also allows athletes to work off ineligibil
ity. Take the case of footballer Gerry Everling. He had
nine months to run on a disciplinary probation rap when
he was reinstated last fall.
These aren't exceptional cases. They, rather are
the rule. And there should be something done here to
allow our athletes (and their fellow students) to work
back into the good graces of the University.
We have agreements with Pitt, Syracuse and West
Virginia about such things as recruiting, red-shirting
and admissions but these are literally not worth the
paper they're printed on.
Syracuse, for example, recruited (if that's the proper
word; hijacked would be better) a halfback named Floyd
Little last fall. Anyway, the story surrounding him is
that he took the college boards so many times they
finally gave him a volume discount. Army and Notre
Dame also wanted him; the Irish even hid him out at
Bordentown Prep School for two years while he took
his College Board marathon.
Penn State coaches and athletes must work under
the highest of pressures; few schools require any coaches
to teach, here all coaches must teach courses—sometimes
even during their respective seasons.
Trips must be made with an eye toward saving
every possible moment—for every minute away from
campus is a valuable one. That's why incidents such as
last fall's at Syracuse—when the bus was delayed while
Tom Bedick retrieved a forgotten slide rule—can be
laughed off. Our athletes must be students first, even
on the road.
There was also the "amusing" incident at Syracuse
last year of Joe Vargo having to fly up late because
he couldn't get a test postponed.
There is a drastic need for overhauling of some of
our academic procedures --, and with all due haste.
Serious consideration should be given to changing proba
tion rules, lightening work loads of courses, and perhaps
even abandoning the term system.
College is a time of learning and growing up and
there is more to it than just studying books. Extra
curricular activities, especially intercollegiate athletics,,
have long been a cornerstone of our American univer
sity system and I would hate to see them destroyed by
an administration eager to push students through even
quicker than the IBM machines can count them.
It is never easy to admit mistakes; harder to admit
big ones. But the term system is one of the biggest our
University has ever made. And if it isn't realized soon,
those outsiders who sometimes confuse Penn State with
Penn may not be very far off, especially when it comes
to athletics.
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Control of Boards
May Decide Game
By JIM BUKATA, Sports Editor
It should be a titanic struggle at Fitzgerald Field
House tonight when Pitt and Penn State square off in the
first half of their home-and-home series. Game time is
8:15 p.m.
Neither team has set the world on fire, but before the
season is over, one of the two teams could very well earn
a berth in the NCAA playoffs. And a convincing win
never looks bad in the eyes of the tournament committee.
To go with his three big men, i boards.
Pitt coach Bob Timmons said J Pennol is history's only 17-foot pole vaulter and he
he would start Calvin Shef- will be out to demonstrate the -
field, the team's leading scorer
skills which won him the Sul- man who recently broke the in
and either Dave Roman or
door half-mile mark at San
r
Larry Szykowny at the guards. Ilivan Award as toP amateur
4 athlete of 1963. Francisco! with a 1:30.2 clock-
Bob Lovett, who scored 26 ; ing, is the class of the 1,000.
_......._ ...--- A He is pitted against four con
points in the Panthers' last win He could shatter his 2:08.6
over Dartmouth, and Daryle • TOM MALINCHAK BRIAN GENERALOVICH , sistent 16-foot vaulters in Dave.
.record here ifpushedsu 'ca
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Ruby will also probably sect fork, Rolando Cruz, John Be- iently by Ergas Leps of Toionto,
llitza and John Uelses, Garden
Car
plenty of action. ;John Dunkelberg of North
record holder at 16 2 / 4 . This ex.-
The Panthers' major prob- P- 1 111111119111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111I111111111111111111111111111111111111111181a'' - - olina. Dick Smith of Maryland,
lem will be to stop Penn State's :_-- .. al tra-ordinary field takes aim •
at , Arnie Cummings of Baltimore.
slick guard combination, Bob 'E . R i =the 15-6 Kof C mark.
= ITom Bauer from St. Johns of
Weiss and Bobby Donato. Dur-IE ues ,Group To Vote E O'Hara is the de c eptive tittle New York and Lowell Davidson
ing the past five contests, four B F-5, redhead with the unorthodox! of the Boston AA.
of which resulted in wins, it,_ =, style and sub four-minute
•John Thomas icturned to his
as been Weiss and Donato- E' cfockings who is rated with D -'
Y familiar heights with a 7-1 high
has
have carried the attack. E. - o n Free Substitution El rot Burleson as America's two •
, jump at San Francisco, H"I think we have two of the a B premier milers. half inch higher than his K of
one
point where their record is finest guards in the East, head E E O'Hara, edged by Burleson C record.
only 5-4. It must be remem-'coach John Egli said. "They E. FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (Wl—The Football Rules :==''-; outdoors in 3:56.9, ran 3:59.2
bered, though, that the team' definitely have a lot to do with E.- Committee of the National Collegiate Athletic Associa- F a when he pushed Jim Beatty to,
1 His con. petition is expected
principally from Theodore Pa
has been handicapped by a; how our team goes. Just look_ B the indoor record of 3:58.6 and'
lion meets today to consider once again the plea of ! lacious of Guatemala and Fin
series of injuries to center Paul' at our first road trip when Do- IS E won the Banker mile in Chica-
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the nation's coaches for a return to free, unlimited sub- E, go in 3:59.5. land's Henrik Hellen.
Krieger and forward Brian'nato was still a little rusty
Generalovich. Both will be in from lack of practice. We just a stitution. =' Former IC4A indoor Milel
,
the starting lineup tonight, couldn't get our attack mov-E A check of committee members indicated strong ;E. - champion Peter Close predicts' IM Bowling, Swimming
however. I ing." ;e•-• = O'Hara "should be our No.l The second half of the infra
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= sentiment for a more liberal substitution rule. Some = "should be fall.'
Close Game Predicted I Up front Egli said he will .
. E man n the Olympics next mural bowling season gets
"I look for it to be a real start sophomore Ray Saunders = even support the unlimited variety that prevailed be- El Vic Zwolak of Villanova, underway tomorrow night on
clase ballgame," Penn State i and Tom Malinchak at for- 'a fore 1952. E•I.IC4A and NCAA champion, a- the Rec Hall lanes, IM director
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coach Joe Tocci said. , wards and sophomore Carver l a
"Both teams have about the Clinton at center. "The chance is always present," said the commit- =long with Pat McNeal of Kan- Dutch Sykes said. yesterday.
E sas State, Ray Stevens of Ne- He also announced that swim
same...a. tee chairman, Ivan Williamson, Wisconsin athletic di- ET • -
strong points and weak-' In reserve the Lions will .--..a;
nesses. Unless someone is real, have Ron Avillion, Jim Reed, rector, 1 braska, Jim Irons of Toronto ming entries would be accept
rector, "that free substitution will be voted back into =land Lary Rawson complete the ed at the IM office all next
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hot, it should be real nip and , Jerry Roseboro, Chuck Marin, e?, -- existence. If the coaches on the committee ever got = mile lineup. week. Competition begins Jan.
tuck." I Don Stepanausky, John Lud- la' together, they could swing it." g.! Crothers, the Toronto strong! 22.
Toed said neither team has wig and possibly Terry Hoover. E- Nine of the committee's 13 voting members are - 1 1 r
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the big man who can control Hoover Question Mark I a-.
the backboards. Yet, the Lion Hoover, the 6-8 forward from B coaches. Some, however, are from smaller schools which =I
assistant said the game will Monterrey, Ind., twisted his B find it difficult to finance the larger squads and coach- '...-
probably be won by the team' ankle during a work ou t E ing staffs required by platoon football.
that is able to score better I Wednesday evening and is still E
Jack Curtice, rules chairman of the American Foot
from inside. I not fully recovered. He also EE
"Both teams have good shoot- , missed last year's second game _,..': ball. Coaches Association, was on hand to present the
ing guards," Tocci continued. against Pitt due to a broken lEE argument of the coaches for a return to the days of
"If we expect to win we're nose suffered in the West Vir- FE offansive and defensive platooning and one-way spe
going to have to contra, i, ginia game. ' s- -. - cialists.
boards and that won't be an Timmons saw the Lions de-i_
easy thing to do because .K.rie- feat Syracuse earlier in the ' l = Almost every year since 1952, the substitution rules
ger, Generalovich and Dave season and came away from lai i:ave been liberalized, moving the game gradually back
Sauer are ,quick and agile in-'the game quite impressed. E. toward the old style. Last year, platooning was per-
side." "This is a much better squad a •
than State had last year," the'_ milted on second and third downs. .•
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veteran Pitt coach said. "Last E Curtice called this "a tremendous step in the right
year they relied on Earl Hoff- E direction" but he said it still failed to satisfy the de
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to do all.their scoring but t- mend for a free substitution rule that would be "easy F ,
now anyone can hurt y0u..7
We're going to have to be at E.,— to administer and understand." -a.
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our best to win the game." 'E . -' At last week's meeting at New York, 98 per cent a
During Timmons' ten years B of the coaches voted for a return to unlimited substi- .- 2
as head coach, his teams have
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beaten State 12 times and have a
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in the 1961-62 season, has Penn B development of the complete football player who can E
State been able to win both ,= go both ways. .g 4
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Last year the Panthers swept
both games and earned a bid
to the post season tournament.
However, this year, despite the
fact that only Ben Jinks grad
uated, Pitt has had trouble
keeping itself above .500.
The Panthers won their first
three games of the season but
have since floundered to the
Tonight's Pitt-Penn State
basketball game from Fitz
gerald Field House will be
broadcast by campus radio
station WDFM. Iry Eisner,
Bob Bosch and Walt Scott
will handle Ih e contest
scheduled to begin at 8:15
p.m.
Rifle Team
At Lehigh
In Opener
By 808 ZALZNECK
The Penn State rifle team
swings into action for the first,
time this season when it meets
Lehigh University today in,
Bethlehem. The first two
matches of the season, with Pitt
and Indiana State College, were
canceled.
The outlook is bright with eight
men returning from last year's
team, which had a creditable
6-4 record. The returnees are
'seniors Neil Anderson, Dave
Kline, Walt Estep, Richard Tay
lor and captain Charles Nagel,
and juniors Walt Morrow, Hiram ,
Wolf e and Mike Beckmeyer.
Making up the balance of the
team will be senior Tom Goff
and junior Wayne Dunlap.
Marine sar g e ant Carold
Waite is the new coach, replac
ing Army sargeant Joe Watson,
who has been sent to Korea.
The new assistant coach is Army
isargeant Rodney Washburn.
Sgt. Washburn said that this
year's team will be stronger than,
'last year's, due mainly to the
added experience.
Team captain Nagel said that;
he thought this year's team has
a good chance to win all its
matches,
The schedule finds the marks
men on the road two of their
next three matches, at Maryland
' and the Naval Academy, while
Army visits University Park in
between the two away meets.
They are then home for three
straight weeks, with Villanova,
Cornell and West Virginia, and
finish their regular season by,
travelling to Pittsburgh for a
match with Duquesne.
The Lions officially end their
season by participating in the'
Eastern Intercollegiate Rifle As
sociation match on March 27-28.
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