\ ESAE SECTION ■EISPAPER 1 SAE STREET STATE816 SOCIETY HISTORICALSTATE Elliott, King in Rnn-off for SEC Presidential Posts Candidates Fail to Receive Majority in Friday Voting STEVE ELLIOTT and Ken King are battling each other today in a run-off election for the position of Vol. 82— No. 19 Lawrence College, Appleton, Wis. Sat., Feb. 23, 1963 SEC president. The two candidates topped the field in yesterday’s voting, although neither could muster a m ajority. Beaux Arts Trio to Appear Elliott garnered the most support in yesterday’s, balloting as he tallied 295 votes to King’s 188. Sandy For Chamber Music Series Ford followed with 109 and Dick Broeker, a write-in candidate, was next with 68. Other candidates picked NEXT ON THE Lawrence College Chamber Music up a total of four votes. Series is the Beaux Arts Trio of New York. Their Har­ The polls were open from 8 a.m. to 12 noon this per hall concert will be given at 8:15 p.m. on Thurs­ morning in Main hall and the conservatory, and will day, Feb. 28. Tickets for the performance are avail­ be open this afternoon from 1-4:30 p.m. in the Union. able at Belling Pharmacy. The 661 turn-out was high for a Lawrence election, .MENAHKM Pressler, pi­ ly resides in Bloomington’ although it fell short of the 712 who voted in last ano, Daniel Gulet, violin, and Indiana, where he is on the year’s presidential primary. Bernard Greenhouse, cello, university faculty. make up the trio. Daniel Guilet is well-known At Tanglewood and the in Europe and America as a Berkshire Music Festival soloist and chamber music­ they have made seven conse­ ian. Bom in France, he at­ Dr. W. Rogers, Foreign Students cutive appearances, and last tended the Conservatoire and summer, for the third conse­ studied with Thibaud and Fi.- To Come for International Weekend cutive season, they played at esco. the South Mountain Festival STEVE ELLIOTT After continental concert- WILLIAM C. ROGERS, professor of political sci­ in Pittsfield, Mass. They also ence at the University of Minnesota, will give the In­ conducted master classes and izing. he came to the U.S in played recitals at the Univer­ 1941 and in 1944 was chosen ternational Weekend keynote address at 10:40 a.m. sity of Indiana during the as a member of the NBC Saturday, March 2. The address will be followed by summer. Symphony. By 1951 he be­ two afternoon discussion sessions at which Dr. Rogers came its ccncertmaster, and will be present. national Dinner, and an in­ Overseas that same season remained in that position un­ TOPICS for the discussions ternational dance. The dance, they played recitals in Par­ til the death cf Maestro Tos­ include the relative import­ planned by Sally Steven, is, Cologne, Hamburg, Ber­ canini. lin, and at the Sehwetzingen ance of the UN to regional and Edinburgh festivals. In CELLIST Bernard Green­ organizations, ways a n d Israel, they played eight con­ house captured the music means of economic develop­ certs in two and a half weeks. world’s attention in a 194ti ment and who governs—the state or the masses? THE TRIO made its offi­ Towr Hall debut. After study Dr. Rogers, author of cial public debut at the Berk­ as a Fellowship student at “Community Education i n shire Festival in the summer Juilliard School of Music, he World Affairs,” published by of 1955 The next summer went to Europe as a pupil of the University of Minnesota they played at Chicago’s Ra- Casals for two years. Since Press in 195«, is currently vinia Festival. This led to a then he has appeared as a the director of the State Or­ second tour of 75 concerts soloist with the world’s maj- ganization service and World spanning 25 stales and Can- ti orchestras, and on numer- » us recording labels. Affairs center, general ex­ adr - 2 “id the beginning of tension division, and direc­ their international career. Guilet and Greenhouse play tor of the Program of In­ in the spring of 1958, at the Stradivarius instr u m e n t s dated 1712 and 1707. formation on World Affairs, invitation ot Pablo Casals, Minneapolis ’Star.” The concert is third in this KEN KIN G the trio appeared at his home Over 30 foreign students year’s four-program Cham­ in Puerto Rico, where they from six colleges have al­ ber Music Series. It will in­ performed lo r the cellist. ready accepted Lawrence’s clude M ozart’s ‘Trio No. 2 in Movement to Send Thi? was followed by an ap­ invitation to attend the week­ B flat major,” Ravel’s “Trio pearance at the Casals Festi­ end and participate in the val, and a European tour in in A minor,’ and Beethoven’s Books to Cuttington discussion sections. DR. WILLIAM ROGERS 1959. “Archduke Trio, in B flat President Christian E. Ba­ m ajo r.” A WELCOMING tea will Pressler, young Israeli ker of Cuttington college, Li­ be held for these students at president of the International pianist, fled his native Ger­ beria. West Africa, visited 8:30 p.m ., Friday, March 1, Club, and the SEC social many with H itler’s rise to Lawrence last January to or­ in the Hiverview lounge of committee, will follow inter­ pcwer. He won the interna­ 4 Win Selection ganize a cooperative aid pro­ the Union. national protocol, with no tional Debussey prize at 17, gram with the Associated Col­ The weekend will be high­ more than one dance with the and shortly thereafter em­ leges of the Midwest. Since lighted by the annual Inter­ same person. barked on an American tour As ‘Best-Loved’his visit, a committee headed that gained him five solo ap­ Cinny Liebich, Vicki Agee, by Anne Guilfoilc and Alice pearances in one season with Roxy Fuller and Joannie Darling has been formed un­ the Philadelphia Orchestra. Werness were selected by the der International club to work Dr. Sidney Hook to Speak HE WAS awarded an un­ sophomore, junior and senior on a cooperative book effort. precedented three-year con­ women as Best-Loved of 19G3. Because the Cuttington li­ brary needs books desperate­ tract with them for several The identity of the above At Thursday Convocation appearances each season. ly, each student and faculty Since then he has appeared was disclosed at the annual member will be contacted and DR. SIDNEY HOOK, professor of philosophy and with this countrys orchestras Best-Loved Banquet, Thurs­ asked to donate books. Stu­ chairman of the philosophy department at the New and conductors, and current- day, Feb. 21. dents will receive printed York University Graduate School of Arts and Sci­ forms from the committee ences, will speak at convocation at 10:45 a.m., Thurs­ next week asking if they would donate books, paper­ day, Feb. 28. His topic will be “What Means this Free­ backs or hardbound, to the dom ? ” college. DR. HOOK is one of the Fellow at the Center for Ad­ If they arc interested in the most renowned philosophers vanced Studies in the Behav­ effort and have books to offer, of modern times, having re­ ioral Sciences in Stanford they should then fill out the ceived many honors, among university. forms as to title, author, pub­ them three Guggenheim Fel­ Dr. Hook was one of the lisher and publishing date. lowships for research in phil­ chief organizers of the Con^ Mr. Brubaker will select from osophy. The first two were gress for Cultural Freedom, these used books the appro­ granted in 1928-29 and were Conference on Methods of priate ones for the Cuttington used to study philosophy in Science and Philosophy, and library. Germany and Russia, and the the New York University In­ The faculty has been asked third one was granted for re­ stitute of Philosophy. He has to leave books of their own search in Europe. written numerous books discretion in the faculty Also the Ford Foundation about education, philosophy, lounge of Main hall. Conkey’s Rave Professor Hook a Trav­ and political power. will also donate books for the eling Fellowship for studying He is presently a m em ber cause, and Mr. Thelan will Asian culture and philosophy help in the packing for ship­ of the American Philosophi­ in 1958. ping cal Association, the New Dr. Hook received his B.A. York Philosophy club, Inter­ from the City College of New national Committee for Aca­ Breathless, a New Wave York and his M.A. and Ph. demic Freedom, and the French film , will be shown D. from Columbia university. Eastern Division of the Amei in place of Devil in the At Columbia, he studied un­ iean Philosophical Assoeia Flesh at Sunday’s film der John Dewey and F. J. E. tion, of which he was presi­ classic program. The film, Wood bridge. He began teach­ starring Jean Seberg and dent for two years ing at NYU in 1927, and has Jean • Paul Belmondo and President Hook will deliver P. K. ALLEN and Virginia Allen are pictured above also taught at Columbia, directed by Jean-Luc God­ a Freshman Studies lecture in a scene from Sartre’s “The Flies,” directed by Dr. Harvard and the New School ard, will be shown at 1:30 at 9:20 a m Thursday, Feb. for Social Research. 28, on Fr' 'erick Engels’ So­ David Mayer and playing through tonight in Stans- p.m. and 7:30 p m cialism. bury theater. IN 1961-62, Dr. Hook was a The Lawrentian Hootenanny is published every week during the college year, except vaca­ By Dusty Rhoades tions, by the Lawrentian Board of Control of Lawrence College, Appleton, Wisconsin. .Second-class postage paid at Appleton, W is­ consin. Printed by the Timmers Printing Co., of Black C re e k , “In the United States,” Wisconsin. Subscription rate is $3.50 per year Telephone is RK writes Frederic Ramsey, Jr., 9-3611, extension 52. “ we had a giant of a man with us, a singer and adven­ E D IT O R ...... Hal Quinley turer whose exploits . . . BUSINESS M A N A G ER ...... Bob Dude might one day have been am­ MANi GING EDITOR Carol« Zinn plified into a sort of Paul Bunyon legend that could NEWS EDITOR ...... M.C. Vander Wal hardly have been more color­ SPORTS EDITOR ...... G ary Pines ful than the truth.” DESK EDITORS— Judy Wilmes, Dusty Rhoades, Judy Schine The object of Ramsey’s ad­ miration was Leadbelly, or PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR ...... Neil Friedman Hudie Leadbettcr, a powerful Negro who was born in the two exam weeks, and a week’s canebrakes and delta country Melting Pot vacation must be fitted into of Louisiana. Leadbelly was born into poverty in “about” the calendar. Because of sum­ TUNY VALUKUS and Judy Jacobs as co-chairmen mer jobs and travel abroad, 1882 and died in December of it is desirable for the college 1949 of amotrophic lateral for International Weekend make last minute arrange­ year to end early in June. sclerosis in New York’s Belle­ ments for the event which is scheduled for March 1-3. This winter term started on vue Hospital. Wednesday, Jan. 2. To in­ In the sixty-some years be­ clude 10 weeks and 2100 class tween, Hudie seems to have Classrooms Abroad to Send minutes per course, classes had two loves. His first was continue through Tuesday, his rough and tumble wild March 12 The third term be­ way of living; the second—his College Students to Europe gins on Monday, March 25, music and telling the story FOR THE 17th YEAR classrooms abroad will send and ends on Saturday, June of this life on his 12-string numerous groups of students to Europe this summer. World Supports 1. The last exam is June 6, guitar. and everyone is out early in Eleven groups, each containing twenty to thirty se­ Stories of Hudie’s adven­ Exam Schedule June. Any attempts to sched­ lected American college students, will form seminar« To the Editor: tures are almost legendary. in various European cities to study the language, cul­ ule a break between each He began playing his guitar at Recently in the Lawrentian ture and civilization of their term’s classes and finals Louisiana parties called suk- two students pointed out cer­ countries during a nine-week Each group will follow its would either shorten or elim­ cy jumps at the age of 15. tain difficulties in the upcom­ stay. seven-week stay in a city or inate spring vacation or else There, according to Ramsey, ing exam week scheduled. I town with an optional two- add another week or two onto “he got all he could drink, DESIGNED for the student would like to explain why the week tour of German, Span­ the time we leave in June. all the girls he could handle who does not plan to see all school calendar is arranged ish, French, or Italian areas. Some suggestions to stu­ and 50 cents for playing all cf Europe in a short summer. this year so that classes must Since most programs end in dents who expect to be in a night.” He was the father of Classrooms Abroad tries to be held on Monday and Tues­ m id - August, participants bind when this te rm ’s exam a child at age 16. give him a more profound ex­ day of exam week. (Mr. Vcn- week comes: Request that perience through a summer have a chance to remain in derbush is the source of this your teachers not demand any Much of his musical educa­ of living in one of the follow­ Europe for private travel af­ information.) work be turned in on Monday tion was gathered from the ing cities: Berlin, Munich, or ter the program. Under the old system we or Tuesday of exam week, equally famous Negro blues Tubingen in Germany; Vi­ Dr. Hirschbach, director of had 14 weeks each semester and that classes on Monday guitarist, Blind Lemon Jef­ enna, Austria: Beseancon, Classrooms Abroad and pro­ of 50-minute classes three and Tuesday be sum m ary lec­ ferson. According to Lead­ Grenoble, or Pau in France; fessor at the University of times a week (this is equal to tures of the whole term’s belly himself, “Blind Lemon Neuchatcl in Switzerland; Minnesota stated: ‘We have an’ I run together for about 2100 class minutes per course work. Madrid or Santander in found through many years of 18 years in Dallas.” per semester). Under the Also, if you are in advan­ Spain; and Florence, Italy. experience that it is quite present 3-3 system, we have ced courses (small classes) His violent ways often led Graded classes in sections possible, even if you don’t 10 weeks of 70-minute classes and have a bad exam sched­ to prison. He received senten­ of two to six students, each know a word of the language, three times a week (as be­ ule, you might ask your tea­ ces for murder, assault, and ti n d e r the supervision of to learn more than a year’s fore, there are 2100 class cher about taking the final on attacking a woman. His reck­ American and native profes­ worth of college German, minutes per course per term). a different day. less career subsided consid­ sors, will deal with the read­ French. Spanish or Italian in So much for that. JIM W ORLD erably with his marriage to ing of the classical and mod­ the course of a summer pro­ The terms have been ar­ * * * Martha Promise, who accom­ ern texts, the daily press, vided that we get serious and ranged so that Christmas and panied him on many of his contemporary problems, con­ mature students who are will­ spring vacations fall between As you are writing songs, and when he was par­ versation and composition, ing to mix business with terms. Since Christmas and The ink grows less doned from prison as a pronunciation and grammar. pleasure” . New Years fall on certain The sea increases. “charge” of John A. Lomax, Students will also hear lec­ THE FRENCH and Span­ fixed days of the year, Christ­ —George Seferis noted folklorist. tures on history and litera­ ish groups will be directed mas vacation can’t be chang­ The last years of Leadbel- ture and meet with outstand­ by John K. Simon and Rob­ ed around. Therefore, with ly’s life were spent with Mar­ ing personalities. They will ert E. Kelsey, members of Just Because Syncom just one ten-week term be­ tha, recalling through song, have full auditing privileges the Romance Languages De­ fore Christmas, we start late is Stationary, You his violent, wayward, lawless at the university in each of partment at Yale. The Ital­ m September and get out ear­ Don’t Have to Be— Visit life. When Leadbelly sang a the selected towns and cities ian group will be led by ly in December. song, he had experienced the and will participate in all Charles Affron of Brandeis After New Years and before MURPHY’S story he told. academic and social activi­ University. mid-June, two 10-week terms, ties with German. Austrian, Classrooms Abroad, now in His voice was harsh and French, Swiss, Spanish and its seventh year, has grown often incoherent. His guitar Italian students. from eleven students in 1956 playing was hard and strong. to an anticipated three hun­ Ix'adbelly had no desire to MEMBERS of Classrooms dred in 1963. Its former stu­ create a gentle, beautiful Abroad will live with private dents represent some two hun­ sound. Any beauty that was families in each city, eat dred American colleges. inherent in his singing was many of their meals with a by-product, not a goal. He their hosts and share the ac­ Full information can be ob­ had not led a gentle life, and tivities of their sons and tained by writing to Class­ saw no reason to sing about daughters. They will have rooms Abroad, Box 4171, Un­ iversity Station, Minneapolis one. ample opportunities to meet young people from student 14, Minnesota. Campus agent Yet, as Ramsey puts it, religious and political organ­ for the program is Miss Gene “there was rhythm in every izations. Regular attendance Redding, Sage Hall. syllable and conviction in ev­ at theatres, concerts and ery word.” Each Iicadbelly movies, as well as visits to song took the listener back museums, libraries, factor­ to the locale of the story. ies, youth organizations and For FAST Leadbelly’s records remain other points are included. today, as a great part of those Laundry Service few remnants of uncommer­ PINNINGS Contact cial folk song in the Jimmie Lisbeth Sanvig to Rolf Rodgers-Woody Guthrie tra­ Hoehn, Pi Kappa Tau. THE BEAUX ARTS Trio will entertain at 8:15 p.m. dition. The best buy and most Lynn Pechman, Delta Heller’s Thursday, Feb. 28, at Harper hall. Tickets for the per­ comprehensive sampling of Gamma, to Jack Smuck- Hudie IvCdbetter is offered on Launderette formance, brought to Lawrence under the Chamber ler. Delta Tau Delta. Folkways Records. The title Tallie Koehl, Alpha Chi Pickup and Delivery Music Series program, are available at Bolling Phar­ of the four-record set is Omega, to Hal Quinley, RE 4-5674 macy. “ Leadbelly's I^ast Sessions,” Delta Tau Delta. and includes 94 selections.

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B Treasure Box o o Gift Shop o 313 E. College Ave. v 3 We welcome you to come x in and browse O Campus Radio Station Entertains Mrs. Leitzke Wins Listeners Six Days Each Week Regional Contest Mary Ann Leitzke, contral­ By SANDY SPATER to, became one of three Met­ ropolitan Opera audition win­ ners in a regional contest held last Saturday in Milwau­ aboiit; the operation of the campus station, WLFM. kee. The station operates six Mrs. Leitzke, a teaching specialist in voice, was one days a week, Sunday through temporary music that strikes Friday, from 1:30-10 p.m. on of 30 contestants in the Upper his fancy. Elliott Bush on Midwest Regional audition Sunday and from 4:45-10 p.m. Tuesday, on the other hand, weekdays. contest. usually presents contempor­ She was chosen one of three At 1:30 p.m. on Sunday the ary classical music and com­ representatives to a regional station airs 15 minutes of ment. finals competition in Minne­ taped music produced by Wednesday evening’s apolis yesterday. members of the Lawrence “Something Different’’ is de­ Mrs. Leitzke was accom- college conservatory: Law­ voted entirely to jazz. J. D. panicd by Daniel Smith con­ rence college presents. Sun- Miller, who has replaced servatory lecturer in organ. d a y afternoon (1:45-5 00 Fritz Fett, presents this live­ Her selections included an p.m.) is devoted entirely to ly program. aria from Rossini’s “La Ccn- the world of opera and mu­ Bill Barton has now ac­ erentola.” Flora’s aria from sicals. The station has play­ quired a show during this t ‘‘The Medium,” by Mcnotti, ed works ranging from Leon­ hour on Thursday. He pre­ and “ Stride la vampa,” from ard Bernstein to Beethoven. sents his easy-going self and Verdi’s “ II Trovatore.” An hour of Mozart music is every once in a while fea­ In this area, Mrs. Leitzke heard from 5-6 p.m.; Dinner tures some top-notch con­ has appeared as a featured Musicale runs from 6-7 p.m. temporary (primarily jazz) soloist in a Ncenah “ Autumn This program includes both music and even more nearly Showcase.” and as contralto popular and semi-classical contemporary poetry. soloist with the Lawrence music. The groups presented Charlie Hoffman presents Choral Society’s “ Messiah.” DR. SPIEGELBURG, department of philosophy, over Dinner Musicale range his “ Dow n the Hoad" fo lk She was also seen last De­ and Mr. Cloak, theatre department, discuss Jean-Paul from the beats of Andre Pre­ music show on Friday. The cember in the Society’s Green Bay television presentation of Sartre’s “The Flies,” being presented by the Lawrence vin and the music of Percy calibre of this program is un­ the Handel work. College theatre through Saturday, Feb. 23. Faith to the Boston Pops Or­ usually good, as Lawrentian chestra. The sports editor folk music critic Dusty Rhoa­ Mrs. Leitzke has been a Larry Wilson presents five des stated in a few of his soloist member of the I>aw- minutes of Lawrence college weekly columns. renee Concert Choir, First sports at 6:55 p.m.; he sum­ The WLFM staff consists of Congregational Church, Ap­ marizes previous contests, script writers, operators, an­ pleton, and First Presbyter­ nouncers, and the traffic, previews what is to come, ian Church, Neenah. Tomor­ sports, promotions and pub­ and provides general com­ row she will be one of two licity and the news depart­ ments concerning the sports soloists in a performance of ments. The top positions are the Vivaldi “ Gloria” for solo scene. held by the program director voices, chorus, and orchestra From 7-8 p.m. is the “Law­ (Barry Collins), the assistant at the First Congregational / ' / ¡ ' / / r t f rence College Omnibus.” Tal­ manager (Kelly Ward) and church, Sheboygan. The per­ ented college or conservatory the manager (Dudley Owens). formance is being given by students perform during this Each of the 13 staff writers the church choir in coopera­ hour. takes charge of either the tion with the Lawrence Little Two hours of classical mu­ Sunday opera show or one of Symphony and conservatory sic ranging from the works the daily Dinner Musicale and soloists. of Palestrina to those of We­ Concert Hall programs. He Mrs. leitzke is a student of bern are heard from 8-10 p.m. must program the appropri­ Mari Taniguchi, assistant There is little difference ate music and write the professor of muisc. In the weekday programming. scripts. The station commences with The members of the traffic ‘ Lawrence College Presents” department accumulate the W RA to Sponsor at 4:45 p.m. Monday, Tues­ scripts and the promotions. day and Wednesday; the air All that is needed to put the Sports Tournaments force “ Guard Sessions” and station on the air is an oper­ ‘ ‘Reserved f o r You” pro­ ator and an announcer. The WRA is sponsoring a tour­ grams take up the first 15 operators, who usually work nament of interclass basket­ minutes of Thursday and Fri­ ball and badminton doubles in one and one half or two A MODERN CLASSIC SCULPTURED IN IS K A RAT GOLD day. on Saturday, March 2. hour shifts play the records BUDGET TERMS TOO. The station airs a fine set and tapes, turn the announc­ The tournament is open to of taped documentaries and er’s microphone on and con­ all girls. Sign up sheets will interviews from 5-5:30 p.m. trol the switchboard. The an­ be posted. every day except Sunday. nouncer, of course, reads the Monday’s discussion, ‘Geor­ scripts and public service an- getown Forum,” is conducted noucements. TWO h a m b u r g e r s : Roman J. Knight from the Georgetown univer­ All of these positions now and ONE MALT— 50c sity campus and, produced Gemologist — Diamond Setter and Watehmaker have openings. If anyone is at 216 E. Wisconsin Ave. Appleton—Northside by leading authorities. It intrested in applying for any concerns the significant ques­ of them, he should contact M U R P H Y ’S tions of the day. Barry Collins at the Sigma The music and composers Phi Epsilon fraternity house. rAVVWWVVW\\VW.W^ of contemporary Finland are featured Tuesday; L a t in American affairs are docu- Committee To Hold m e n t e d on “ Wednesday’s Searching World.” On Thurs­ day there is “ Debriefing,” a Variety Show Trials series of interviews with of­ Introductory meetings for ficials of the American gov­ those interested in participat­ ernment and the “ Special” of ing in the Lawrence College the week, a series of inter­ Variety Show, La-Ta-Va, will views with American and for­ take place February 26, 27 eign government officials and and 28 in the Terrace room outstanding American citi­ of the Union. Tryouts for in­ zens is on Friday. dividual acts are scheduled Dinner Musicale runs for for 6:30 to 7:15 p.m., on any an hour and 25 minutes Mon- of the three days, while those day-Friday, 5:30-6:55 p. rn. interested in the chorus should Sports is presented for the report between 7:15 p.m. and next five minutes on Tues­ 8 p.m. day and Thursday. The Law­ Anyone else who wishes to serve on ticket, program, rence college news is heard publicity or backstage com­ from 6:55-7:00 p.m. Monday, mittees for the April 5-6 per­ Wednesday and Friday. formance should contact Judy The news staff previews Bezanson or Maries Noie at coming talks, concerts, plays, Sage hall. etc., in addition to informing the Lawrence public about ttttT + + f+ + + tttT T + ii important campus occurrcn- CCS If LO W E R S The highlight of the even­ ► ing’s programmings comes t with the post-dinner, 7-8 p.m. t The most favorable comments ► CHARLES concerning the station s act­ E the ivities usually evolve around ► this hour. Each show is P1"®" Î FLORIST grammed, written, produced I» GREAT BETWEEN COURSES! *• FOR ALL and aired by one student. #• Get that refreshing new feeling with Coke! Steve Mullen is at the mic­ OCCASIONS I- Bottled under authority of The Coca-Cola Company by LaSalle Bottling Co., Oshkosh, Wis. rophone from 7-8 p m. on Conway Hotel Building Monday. He features almost every kind of popular con­ I «W»! ; ' V

Page Four UM latocrntian Saturday, February 23, 1963 Wrestlers Lose Chico’s Corner » To Beloit, Knox By CARY PINES The Lawrence College Throughout the athletic year at Lawrence one con­ wrestling team won six matches arvd lost only one stantly reads and hears about the Midwest conference last week but still managed with its ten participating schools. But few really know to drop two meets. Mon­ the history of this great small college conference. mouth downed the matmen The Midwest Collegiate Athletic conference was or­ on Friday, 22-15 and Knox de­ ganized by a meeting of representatives of a group of feated them, 30-13 Saturday. liberal arts colleges on May 12, 1921, at Coe college in Bill Reeves and Tom Bar­ Cedar Rapids, Iowa. There were eight college repre­ ton led the contingent in the sentatives at this meeting, two each from Illinois, Monmouth meet by both reg­ Iowa, Minnesota and Wisconsin. From this came the istering pins. Reeves pinned Hanson in the first period; it six original members of the conference, which were took Barton 4:20 to flatten Beloit and Lawrence from Wisconsin, Carleton from Lafferty. Minnesota, Coe and Cornell from Iowa and Knox from Hap Sumner was the only Illinois. other Vike to win. The senior Track and field were the first sports in which the dynamo topped Monmouth’s whole conference participated. This meet was held at Reed, 5-2. Lubenow tied Bow­ Coe college in 1921. ers 3-3 to round out the scor­ Later in 1921 on December 19, Ham line university ing. from St. Paul, and Millikin university from Illinois Barton had another good day at Knox. He wrestled 7:20 joined the Midwest conference. Then with the en­ and then pinned Murdock, last trance of Ripon college and Monmouth college in 1924, year’s 191-pound conference the conference was built into a ten-team league. (A runner-up. Sumner shut out ruling was made at the* conference’s inception that no Siwasher Nelson, 3-0. more than three schools from each state may be in the Reeves was faced with a league.) But by 1931 Milliken and Hamline had drop­ 40-pound weight disadvantage ped out because of the cost of operating in the league. in Knox’s Reynolds. The jun­ By 1950, though, the MWC was back to its 10-team ior wrestler led his opponent set-up as Grinnell had joined in 1940 and St. Olaf was for almost eight minutes be­ fore his disadvantage was ap­ admitted in 1950. parent. He was pinned at the In the early 1920’S the conference got off to a shaky 7:50 mark. start, as the member teams appeared to be more obli­ Lawrence forfeited five gated to the other schools in its state than with the matches while the Siwasher conference. Lawrence, for example, had built up ri­ forfeited one to Lubenow. valries with Carroll, Marquette, St. Norbert and Ste­ vens Point in previous years. Thus in the infant years of the MWC, teams were given one, two, three or four game schedules in foot­ QUAD ball and six game schedules in basketball. In the first football season in 1922 three teams shared first place with perfect records, (Lawrence 2-0-1, Coe 2-0-0 and SQUADS Milliken 1-0-0». But as no real champion could be se­ The Betas ran past the Phi lected in this manner, the schools in the early 1930’s Delts, 33 29 and the Sig Eps decided to make the MWC a real conference and have topped the Delts, 47-43 to pro­ the colleges play a minimum of games against each duce major upsets this week “MIXED’* volleyball is the sport being enjoyed other in the major sports (football and basketball). in the interfraternity basket­ here by two Lawrentians. The volleyball tournament Thus the first-place team would be the true champion ball league. is sponsored by the Women’s Recreation Association. of the league. A1 Bond led the Betas with With the conference being placed on a firmer basis 11 points, as the Beta defense almost shut out Tom Krone, more sports entered competition between the member while holding Tim Knabe to teams. The first conference cross-country meet was 11 points. The Sigs were pac­ The KARRAS RESTAURANT held in 1929. Swimming and wrestling championships ed by Bill Hoimann’s 18 coun­ were first vied for here at Lawrence in 1935 and 1938 ters in the Dolt game. and C A T ERIN G S E R V IC E respectively. Tennis became a MWC sport in 1931 The Phi Gam aggregate was Appleton’s Favorite Familv Restaurant while three years later golf competition was introduc­ the only one to win easily last Phone RE 9-1122 ed in the league. week. Gary Schutt and Guy Every school in the conference places scholarship Booth accounted for 37 points, be lore athletics, and the conference has other major as the Fijis smeared the Phi Taus, 54-37. John Hartshorne rulings that govern as stated below. No MWC athlete of the Taus, was high scorer APPLETON STATE BANK can receive an athletic scholarship. No student is el­ with 22 points. ^ The Fox Cities’ Leading Bank ^ igible to play for his school in the M W C until he has The Delts “ ponged" their attended it for at least one year. The conference also way past the Phi Delts and MEMBER of FDIC has rulings on scholarship eligibility of its athletes. the Sig Eps last week to win Now one can see that with the fine scheduling of the interfraternity table ten­ the football and basketball seasons and with the ex­ nis competition. The Phi Delts cellent organization of tin* conference meets in the finished seven points behind other sports, the MWC has evolved after 42 years into in second place after cream­ ing the Phi Taus, 4-0. W H O ’S DELECTABLE?— Your Date of Course one of the finest conferences in the nation. After the Fiiis demolished W HAT’S DELECTABLE?— The Food at • * * the Phi Taus and the Betas, St. Lawrence over Norwich by 3 (Oops, wrong Law­ they ended up in third place. rence) The Betas trounced the Sig Lawrence over Monmouth by I (No mercy by Vikes Eps, 3-1, to complete the week’s matches. Beloit over Coe by 7 (Playoff between Lawrence vic­ The Sig Ep handball team tors) continued to be unbeatable Bemidji St. over Michigan Tech by 10 Hometown fav­ for the third week in a row. orite) The Sigs shut out both the Houston over Loyola (Chgo) by 1 (Down and out!) Delts and the Phi Gams the Ilinou over Wisconsin by 7 (It can’t happen again!) last two weeks. NU over Minnesota by I (Still hoping The Betas still remained in Orange St. over Chapman by 15 Not a good Chapman contention by topping the Phi O v w report this week) Delts, 3-1, and by tying the Betas. 2-2. The Phi Taus Amherst over Tufts by 9 (Don’t be deceived by name) tied the Phi Gams and lost MOTOR HOTEL Sacramento St. over Chico St. bv 2 t No team is per­ to the Phi Delts in the only fect!) other reported matches.

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