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Mabel R. Gillis, Librarian California State Library Sacramente 9, California rtterer" Away Ii St. men. Team Tells of oæ Fifth By NANCY LOUGHLI ns(J)KDOWNS With a 4000-mile round-trip to par elleitigti' s 40 A TO Members well-tanned San Jose State college football p a awoke this morn- ing and found themselves faced with the dismal task of resuming the 'Visit' Nevada daily ritual of classes while the rest of the Spartan peasantry con- sidered it just another Wednesday. Gaily bedecked with leis, the Unexpectedly SJS grid contingent arrived in A Levi-clad Californian is town yesterday, following its air safari to Honolulu, Hawaii, where trudging along the deserted Beck Receives the Spartans triumphed over Mon- country-side of Nevada today tana, 32 to 7, Friday night. and is probably cursing the Sports Plaque In the wake of the Spartans' five-day day he ever saw a pledge. visit, numerous favor- As a tribute .to their president, able comments about the team Bob Velladao, Alpha Tau Omega Harry Beck, the Pi Kappa Alphas reached San Jose. According to member, was taken late Tuesday have established a "Harry L. Beck Danny Hill, 5.15 athletic public- night by a band of 15 AT() pledges ity director, "The whole trip Athletic Award," a plaque to be to a desolate road on the Oakland made San Jose State even more given annually to the Pi Kappa popular in the islands than it highway. There he was held until Alpha who has proved himself had been in the past". the wee hours yesterday morning outstanding by combining inter- Of the game, the Honolulu Po- when he was returned to San Jose N collegiate athletics with fraternity lice department said, "It was the Municipal airport. activities. best football game ever played in Bob Pugh, pilot and pledge, with Honolulu." The Pi Kappa Alphas voted the aid of the other 14 neophytes, A Pan-American strato-cruiser shoved Velladao into a light plane Nov. 27 to honor Beck with this flew the team to its destination. and took off into the yonder blue award because of his outstanding The majority of the team members for Nevada. Around 8 o'clock yes- performances with the San Jose had never been to the islands be- terday morning the plane went in fore. State football team and as a lead- for a smooth landing on an old Harry Beck, star Spartan full- abandoned Army airport stuck er in his fraternity. back, described the reception about six miles out from the ghost Beck scored the first Spartan given the team by the Police de- Flower leis, typical gestures of Hawaiian hospitality, were pre- town of Genoa. in seven of the 10 partment, sponsors of the sented to the Misses Doris Barberez and Jackie Lee, Physical Edu- touchdown game. cation department secretaries, by Bruce Halladay, guard, and Harry Pugh, once again in the air, games and he now holds the San "We were met in typical Hawaiian Beck, fullback, when they returned from Honolulu yesterday morn- could see only a speck where stood Jose State rushing record. He has style. An orchestra wearing flow- ing. photo by Gilmore. Velladao, shrouded in bitterness. proved himself on the field as both ered shirts played "Aloha" while an excellent ball carrier and punt- several native girls danced the er. hula. We all were given leis." Beck, a transfer from the Uni- The team was given a police AWS Jinx versity of Southern California, escort to the Moana hotel which Spartan Daily came into the Delta Pi chapter of is located on Waikiki beach. The Pi Kappa Alpha soon after its next two days were spent work- its To Feature SAN JOSE STATE COLLEGE founding here and was elected ing out for the game. Coach Bob second president. Bronzan said, "The boys took Vol. XXXIX San Jose, Calif., Wednesday, Nov. 29, 1950 No. 43 practive seriously and put off all Traveliers forms of recreation until after the game." Elects The Traveliers, San Jose guar- Council Following the game Friday tette popular among San Jose Juniors,o Seniors to Present night, a dance was held in honor of State college students, are to be el 7 is . Lud Spolyar both teams at the Moana. I /0 1) Despite the fact that fists flew featured at the annual girls' ramatte A,ktts at mtxer during, the actual-game and It, was "Jinx" tomorrow night at 7 o'clock Ten dramatic skits, dancing, refreshments, and keen interclass Camp Leader played up by the newspapers, the in the ballroom of the Catholic competition will fill the four hours of the Junior-Senior Mixer to be dance was characterized by a re- Freshman Camp has a new di- laxed, friendly atmosphere among by the held Friday evening, according to Chuck Benson, junior mixer NVomen's Center, sponsored rector for the 1951 season with the members of both teams. A Associated Women Students. chairman. the appointment yesterday of Lud The Mixer will be held from 8 to 12 p.m. in the Student Union, one-word description of the post- Nancy Embshoff, Spolyar by the Student Council. game affairs by Harry Beck is According to *and is open to juniors, seniors and Spolyar was recommended by the "active". "Jinx" chairman, the Travellers their guests. Admission charge will Freshman Camp committee under Saturday both teams went on a are to be featured in an evening be 25 cents. The Weather the leadership of 1950's chairman, joint tour of Oahu. The sight- of entertainment which will include Five skits will be presented by Ron LaMar. seeing trip was highlighted with a A ditto of yesterday's weather fortune tellers, a pie-eating con- each of the two competing classes. The Council also granted the picnic. More parties followed that for today. test, relays, prizes, and refresh- These will be judged and awarded Freshman Camp committee evening while some fellows took a ments . all to the theme of Okay, so you forgot what yes- points according to originality and $161.47 to "bail them out of the midnight swim. "Birthdaze." There is to be a terday was like. The drudgeries presentation. Attendance figures red". The deficit occurred be- The players more or less split up ieading by Marilyn Russell, sing- of campus life do tend to crowd for each class will be the basis for cause of two reasons, declared La- Sunday and visited points of in- ing by Jean McPherson, and a out the lesser things from the col- awarding additional points. Total Mar. First the Korean war limited terest and friends. A great many drum solo by Joyce Malone. legiate noggin. For the less re- points accumulated will determine the number of men expected to of the players had close friends Pedal pushers and slacks are to tentive minds that are trying to the winning class and that class attend. Second the slash in en- there, according to Coach Bron- be the mode of dress. Admission get something out of this, we re- will be awarded a filing cabinet, rollment for San Jose State cut zan. will be nine cents. Tickets are peat: Fair today, with low-lying according to Benson. the attendance in half. One whole That night a luau thrown in being sold at the library arch, and fog in the early hours; little Dancing will be to records and camp at Asilornar had to be can- the best of Hawaiian tradition will be sold at the door the night change in temperature. Just why games planned by the joint -com- celled because of the drop in en- %Vas given in honor of the visit- of the affair. you're trying to get something out mittee of the two classes will be rollment. ing teams. They enjoyed such Miss Embshoff urges all SJS of this is beyond us; we sure don't those best suited for playing in The cancellation cost $90.00. An native delicacies as poi, raw sal- women to attend. put anything into it. the Student Union. additional $42.00 was spent for mon, and stuffed pig, on which color movies to be used for future they "gorged themselves". Chairmen of the Mixer, themed advertising. The Council request- It was at this affair that the UNITED PRESS ROUNDUP "Harvest Time," will be Donna ed that a breakdown on expenses "sensational team of Bondelie- Plan, senior, and Chuck Benson, be submitted by the Intramural Menges-Gallagher gave its version junior. Lud 9 Spolyar will be mas- Sports department before granting of the hula while the real devotees ter of ceremonies. Patrons are them their request of $250. of the art watched in bewilder- UN Fights 'New War Milton Lanyon, adviser to the The Salvation Army's Charity ment." Senior class council, and Donald football game in Spartan Stadium Wednesday, Nov. 29. for permission to bomb Manchur- Danny Hill said the feast was TOKYO, Sevrens, adviser to the Junior between the San Jose Packers and ian bases. keynoted when Menges suddenly United Nations forces in North- class council. The Seattle Ramblers on. Dec. 6 The spokesman said MacArthur appeared on the stage and cried west Korea fought an "entirely received a go-ahead signal by the was expected to make the request The Junior class council meets in Al Jolson's mammy style, "Aim Student Council. The council voted new war" today, retreating step- again in a bid to halt the Chinese this afternoon at 3:30 o'clock in thinks this is livin!" 5-4 to allow the Salvation Army by-step in desperate delaying ac- Communist offensive in North the Student Union.