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“We want football” rings again the
battle cry from undergrads at Illinois
Tech. That cry has resounded peri~
odically from our boys ever since the
game was abolished at Illinois Tech.

Once Techs did play the game. But
“enemies" ambushed our lads. From
cellar to roof of our buildings these
culprits poured in a relentless fire. Our
intrepid warriors fell right and left
under the barrage of incompletes, con»
ditions and flunks. It was alleged later
that ,unsympathetic followers of So»
crateér’and Euclid used “dum dum”
bullets. Our opponents, too, maimed
and hamstrung our “knights of the
pigskin" so that many were wounded.
Finally the game became more brutal
and one of our lads was killed. Then
our administration rushed into a meet-
ing room and “the huddle” was born.
Out rushed Dr. Gunsaulus, quarterback
for the administration. He called one
play. You guessed! He torpedoed foot-
ball. Thus he antedated about 35 years
Dr. Robert Hutchin’s famous quarter-
back play in 1939. Both men, in years
to come, may be remembered as presi-
dents that abolished football.

Football is a great exciting game. It
calls for both mental alertness and
physical courage on the part of the par-
ticipants. There are many lads that
like a hard, gruelling, tiring, body—
contact game. There is little wrong
with the rules or the manner in which
the game is played if the participants
are trained and physically built to
endure it. However, since the game is
supposed to be played under the rules
of amateurism in our American col—
leges, there has been much controversy
regarding just what American amateur—
ism means. The phrase is quite elastic
and has been stretched to the breaking
point many times. There has been much
quarreling, alleging, suspicion and
hypocritical attitude regarding the
methods used in attracting and keeping
excellent football players by the respec—
tive colleges of the U. S.

Much has been said about the abuse
of elastic scholastic requirements used
in many colleges. Some colleges have
developed departments of physical edu-
cation so that athletes may receive
credit for football, baseball, basketball
and many other types of games toward
a degree in physical education. There

is much money involved in “bigtime”
football. A winning team pays hand—k
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somcly; a losing team is a pain in the
neck. ,

Because the writer was to meet three
picked Illinois Tech students in a
debate in 1947 on the subject “We want
a football team” there were 114 ques—
tionnaires sent by the writer to the
respective engineering colleges in the
U. 8., 98 returned. . The questions were
framed, to find out how these enginecn
ing colleges found time to devote to
football; in glwhatf departments the
players were vlregistered; whether or
not the players were housed and fed
free of charge; the number of engi-
neers on the squad and on the team
etc. The answers received varied
widely. There were some squads and
teams composed entirely of engineers.

So the writer will attempt from his
experience and from the questionnaires
to Show why, under existing conditions
here at Tech, football should not be
attempted. '

Remember the football season is
one of the shortest of the competiu
tive sports in our American col-
leges. It is of about 3 months dura—
tion; therefore, it requires intensive
practice under adequate staff,
equipment, playing field, flood
lights and many other essentials.
Some colleges pursue a football pro-

gram for publicity values; some for
gate receipts; some for the educational
values—mental and physical; and some
try to combine all these features men-
tioned. Here at Tech a football pro—
gram should be pursued for the educa—
tional and recreational values. Remem-
ber, at an accredited engineering college
it must be done with due respect to
other educational courses in the curric—
ulum. Football should not be “the tail
that wags the dog.”

What are the conditions at our col-
lege that govern the time that would
have to be allotted to a successful
team? “Successful” does not mean we
must beat the top teams in the country
or even in our class of opponents.

To graduate as an engineer from
Illinois Tech there is required a mini-
mum of 144 semester hours of credit.
This is well above the average required
hours in many other engineering col—
leges and way above other colleges of
literature and art that require from
120 hours and up. Illinois Tech in its
literature and art courses requires 132
hours minimum for a 13.8. degree. So

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by Ed MIQWKlME

HUMOR NOTE: If you ever want to
take a quiz that has its share of humor,
try one of those offered by the Political
Science department in their American
Constitutional System course. (PS 420).
They use multiple choice examinations,
which to the uninitiated, are nerve“
wracking, glorified guessing games.

It relieves the pressure a bit in a
quiz to be able to chuckle when one
reads, as an alternative definition for
the Australian ballot, one used in a
“kangaroo court." A “long ballot”
might be guessed as being a “Tasmanian
dodge,” and the almost plausible mean—
ing of habeas corpus is that a person
cannot be convicted of murder unless
the prosecution can produce the victim’s
corpse.

PEOPLE ARE GETTING WOthlED
about the apparent lack of financial
success of the numcr‘
ous all-school affairs
held this term. My
guess is that there 3;; m
were too many of them. v ' '
At one time, it was
thought by promoters “
of the various aflairs, .
Integral Ball, Autumn l,»
L e a v e s, I-Iallowe’en _,
Hop, Greetin’ Meetin’
and the more recent Homecoming, that
publicity was the key to gaining enthu~
siastic patrons.

 

Publicity, as you know, involves arti-
cles in the newspaper, posters in the
student unions, guessing contests, ticket
booths, and personal salesmanship. It
has been claimed in ITSA meetings that
publicity mediums were not being used
with the greatest effectiveness, a prop—
er claim, though it is not the only factor
involved in the success of a social event.

As far as Technology News, I think
that it is not to be criticized as to the
coverage given these events. There are
times when the publicity for some
events is cooked up right in the South
Union News office and put through to
the amazement of the officers involved
in the dance.

Getting back to the subject, I am
glad to see that many people are rec-
ognizing the most probable reason for
these dances falling short of expecta-
tions. Their opinion, like mine, is that
ITSA should not be so liberal in grant—
ing many and frequent social events
where considerable sums of money are
involved.

They are an unnecessary financial
risk, and their probable failures might
discourage social cntcrprisers. An en-
forced minimum of social events is bet-
ter for morale and pocketbooks.

 

 

 
 
     

praises
iootlight art

Wednesday night I saw the infamy of
December 7th practically wiped out.
From now on it will live in my mind;
not as the day of the attack on Pearl
Harbor, but as the day of “Oedipus
Players” first performance.

When I went to the play, I intended
to write a criticism in semindarkness
as the thing progressed, but, as luck
would have it, I was chosen for-the jury
and had to write this after hours. (It’s
hell writing this now, and using past
tense so it looks good for Friday’s
issue”)

i. had a good line of bull all set
up to tell everyone how bad a play
put on by an engineering school
can be, but I’ve changed my mind.

I went in expecting a performance of
amateurs too loaded with homework to
learn their lines in a short time, and
came out a man with a very different
opinion.

Here is a performance that would be
a credit to any producer. The lines are
pat. The dialogue’s clever. The casting
is superb. My only regret is that we
don’t have the facilities here at Tech to
do the cast justice in their performance.

l’ve been writing for this paperrfor
a long time now, and i hope that l en»
press the opinion of the student body in
general. I don’t think I’ve ever given
you a bum‘ steer (not intentionally,
anyway). If you want your money's
worth, see “The Night of January Six-
teenth” tonight. It’s well worth your
while.

Jim Gallney, ll'l‘SA Pres.

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lacking at Tech

To The Editor:

After having attended assemblies for
three years at Illinois Tech, I have
come to the discouraging conclusion
that engineers are ill—bred and badly
mannered. At the recent ASCE assem-
bly at which Mr. Sykes spoke, I had to
sit in silence as students sitting near
the speaker walked out in the middle of
his talk. The greatest shock, however,
was to see an instructor among them.
I will save him the embarrassment by
leaving him unnamed.

l have attended assemblies at other
colleges where there are no engineers
and have never witnessed people so im-
patient.

I am almost ashamed to ask a self-
respecting person to speak before a
group of Illinois Tech, engineers.

Ernest W. Nordqulst

 

 

‘Twas an early spring morning, and
a timberman wandered unknowingly
into the maple syrup district of Maine.
He noted a lot of buckets hanging on
the trees. “Gosh a' mighty,” he ex-
claimed, in astonishment, “they sure
have sanitary dogs around these parts.”

it 4% 4’:
Lois: Do you want to stop the
car and eat, sweetheart?
Bob: No, pct.
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Irv: May I take you home?

Enid: Sure, where do you live?

i drink to you when we’re together;

i drink to you when l’m alone;

i drink to your health so often

l’n‘a rapidly losing my own.

u- c— as

Someday they’ll unravel the mystery
of the sweater girl.

. as i— 'X'

Sad indeed was the plight of the in«
secticide salesman who returned home
one night and found a big louse in his
bed.

 

Dave: She seems to be a. good
sensible girl.

Larry: Yeah, she wouldn’t pay
any attention to me either.

Many girls have been taken in when
they thought they were going to be
taken out.

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Carbolic Gus

They were driving through the
woods along a lonely road when
suddenly the car sputtered and
stopped.

He: Out of gas, by gollyl

She: Yeah? (Pulls out bottle.)

He: Ah! And what do we have
here?

She: Gasoline.
“I played strip poker with a bunch

of chorus girls last night.”

“How was your luck?”

“The best I ever saw.”

Definition of an editor: A person
who can see three meanings in a
joke when there are only two.

By Cowbelic missile