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emand Continues Great or Engineering Grads

Kiiyineers graduat ing wi th in the nex£ few years should have .asy t ime in securing well paying posit ions immedia te ly after

[aduation, according to a s u r v e y conducted by the City College lacement Bureau . The s u r v e y , •

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•vering 185 engineers who were aduated last J a nua ry and J u n e , sclosed t h a t s tar t ing salaries .nged from $320 to $410 a month v those employed by pr iva te in-.istry and from S285 to $340 for |vil service positions. The four year Scholastic aver­se is approximate ly the same, e report brought out, for a l l gineering degrees with : t h e

ectrical engineers having a ightly h igher mean average , of .08 as compared to the m e a n 'erage of 79.63 for the rest. The

nrvoy also' disclosed tha t t he pper q u a r t e r of graduates re­ived an average of 14 to 17 dol­ts more pe r month than t h e west quar te r . The sa lary scale as also somewhat lower for

livil engineers than for the o ther ree b ranches of engineering. Comment ing on the survey, ean Wil l iam Allen (Technology) lid, "In general the oppor tuni -is for engineers a r e very great , owever, rea l . industry is a w a y

rom the metropol i tan area and n this way .employment for en-sneers depends on localities."

such words as 'depression' , and He dec lared tha t engineers

should have "no worr ies about

Teaehers... Students who plan to matri­

culate in Education are urged to file applications in Rnu 112 Main, before April 5, 1954.

Applications will be accepted from Upper Freshman, Sopho­mores and Juniors. Lower Freshmen are not required to file applications. For additional information see Professor Ar­thur Mallon, Chairman of the Advisory Committee.

William Allan Opportunities Are Great

' recesssion' because our economy always has these cyclical t rends and it affects the eng inneer very l i t t le because of his product ive impor tance ."

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Knti-M'Carthy larch Is Set

The S t u d e n t Union F inance Commit tee a t a meet ing yes te rday sftemoon called for the ins t i tu t ion of a Board of Governors to be n charge of all funds collected for t h e S tuden t Union Building.

^•According to I ra Kiosk and David Landsman , co-chai rman of the commit tee , t h e Board of Govern­ors would consist of six s tudents and three faculty members .

• • — — j The n e w board would deter-I An " 'anti-McCarthyism" m a r c h ! mine the genera l policy of the

on City Hall, sponsored by the [ proposed S tuden t Union and Student .Counci l Civil L ibe r t i e s ]wou ld have full responsibil i ty for Committee, Has been scheduled j its operat ion and maintenance ,

conclude Academic F reedom I The proposed board would also v.cek, w h i c h is scheduled for J de termine , upon recommendat ion April 5 to 9. The week, dedicated j from the budge t commit tee , the to opposing infringements of aca- j wage scale for those employed by domic freedom and breaches of \ t he Union and the fee t o . b e c:vil l iberties, was suggested by | charged for membersh ip . the US Nat ional Student Associa- '• The inst i tut ion of a budget

ori- '• commit tee w a s also proposed at Students from every college in \ yes terday 's meet ing. This com- :

the N e w York area were said to | mi t tee would p repare and sub-co par t ic ipat ing in the m a r c h . ' mit to the Board of Governors the •Speakers a t City Hall will be pa r t budge t for the following sem-"' the demonst ra t ion . ester. The budget commit tee

Last Sa tu rday , under the aus-1 would consider all proposals for P-ces of the Intercollegiate Com- new expendi tu res and make its '^Tttee on Academic Freedom, a ( lu'erence was held at the E th -( a! Cu l tu re Society. Over 150 plan said, " In order to have dem-

•"udente from collegps in t h e o c r a c y , we mus t have the slu-"C\v York region a t tended the dents manage their own m o n e y / ' •'••'nfercnee. including A n n e t t e Kiosk said the proposal was made ? shbein. Lar ry Gorkin, Martin because, " I t is vital tha t the funds ^.uber.:*. Har ry Pollak and J u d - 'of the S tuden t Union be handled >'-'n y a l k u t of CCNY. : p r imar i ly by students . ' '

SC Asks Fee Plan Changes

Open meetings of the Student Facul ty Fee Commit tee were re­ques ted 'Monday in a resolution approved by the S tuden t Council School Affairs Commit tee . The resolution will be considered by SC itself at its meet ing this afternoon.

S F F C was also asked to gran t speak ing privileges a t its meet ­ings to members of i ts counter­part , the Student Council F e e Commit tee . All s tuden ts o ther than members a r e current ly ba r r ed from a t tend ing meet ings of SFFC, which is headed by Mr. Phi l ip H. Bruns te t t e r (S tudent Life) and adminis ters $15,000 in s t u d e n t activities fees each t e rm.

Ano the r proposal, t h a t minu tes of t h e Student Facu l ty Fee Com­mittee—b©-r; nwtde- puMie,—and placed in the Student Council files, was unan imous ly approved by SC last Wednesday . At t h e same t ime, a resolut ion reques t ­ing t h e SFFC not to pass regu la ­tions concerning t he dis t r ibut ion of fees unless such ru les w e r e first considered by SC's F e e Com­mit tee was also approved.

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Holiday To Conflict With Final Exams

By JACK LEVINE A religious holiday will conflict wi th final examina t ions this

semester, but provision has been made by College authori t ies for affected s tudents .

The last day of finals and t h c ^ — - • -first day of Shavuot , a J e w i s h ! holiday, both occur on J u n e 7th. i S tudents who would be prevent- ' ed by religious scruples from tak-1 ing examinat ions on tha t day will i be given special conflict exam-1 inat ions on another date. j

In formulat ing this y e a . r s ' j school calendar, Mr. Taylor con- j sui ted Dean Mor ton Got tschal l ! (Liberal Arts) and Rabbi A r t h u r I Z u c k e r m a n n of Hillel on the an- j t icipated conflict. He explained that , because of the Memorial Day recess - falling on Monday, J u n e 1, it was necessary to sched­ule examinat ions for the follow­ing Monday on J u n e 7, the holi­day. To have begun finals at a n ear l ie r da te would have caused a loss in reci tat ion hours . Hav ing I f inals s tar t la ter would have de- | layed gradua t ion and h inde red ! College s tudents seeking employ- ! men t . They would -compete with i g radua tes of o ther schools, who | would have finished earlier.

Rabbi Zucke rmann , comment ­ing on t h e s i tua t ion , said, "Sev­e r a l mouths ago, Mr: Rober t Tay ­lor, t he College Registrar , took u p w i t h m e the problem of final examina t ions scheduled on the hol iday of Shavuot . Mr. Taylor h a s assured m e tha t his office would give every considerat ion to observant s tuden t s so tha t they m a y be able to t ake thei r final

Rabbi Arthur Zuckermann Assiirect by 'Registrar

DebatingTeam Fifth in Meet

Samuel A. Blan Dies At 82 City Grad, Assistant To Edison

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recommendat ions to the Board. Landsman, comment ing on the

T ^ CoMge D e b a t i n g Team r a n k e d fifth a t t he H a r v a r d Uni­v e r s i t y Debate T o u r n a m e n t , he ld last F r i d a y and Sa tu rday .

Morton David, Melv in Dr im-mer , Al Green land and Gloria Kings ley represen ted t h e college a t t he tourney. Each two-man

examina t ions on a da te other t h a n • t e a m w a s required to deba te both t he hol iday." J s ides of the quest ion, "Resolved:

_ ! T h a t India 's Fore ign Policy Is j Pre judic ia l to the Cause of World j Peace . " ! Representa t ives from Columbia, {Middlebury, Nor theas te rn , The i Univers i ty of Pennsy lvan ia , Rad-; cliffe, Vassar, and Wellesley w e r e fin a t tendance . A l though a Har-j vard t eam made the h ighes t over-: all score winning five out of five

the cup wen t to Co-

; t an t to Thomas A. Edison and a mem t month . He was 82. ?"-icon's assistants dur ing his jun ior : debates ,

lumbia .

Dr. Samuel A. Blan Assisted EriiMon

year a t the College. After g radu - ;

ai:on he s tayed on, and at Mr.; Edison's suggestion la ter wen t to 1

Heidelberg and Munich to s tudyj chemis t ry and physics. '

After r e tu rn ing to America h e ;

held a n u m b e r of positions, p r i n - ' : :p3l ly with t he Nat iona l Ani l ine 1

Division of Research which is al- J hed wi th the Chemical and Dye Corporation. Dur ing the w a r ' years he worked on radar wi th : the Chemical Warfare Corps at the For t Monmouth laboratories.

In hi.- la ter years , Dr. Blan pursued his hobby of paint ing,

'of ten using his own luminous : pa in ts for special effects.

Ke died on Feb rua ry 17 after a

brief illness, at his home.

Tea A Student-Faculty Tea. spon­

sored by the Class of 1956 and the Student Council Social Functions Agency, will be held this Friday afternoon in Knit-tie Lounge.

The tea is the first in a se­ries of student-faculty get-to­gethers now being planned by SC. All upper sophs, lower juniors and faculty members are invited to attend Friday's affair, class president Mike Glazer announced.

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Mr. Basketball Today, on this page? we begin a biographical series on

Nat Holman in an effort to bring to the student body a greater understanding of this man who served City College so well for 34 years.

Nat Holman coached at City College when basketball was small-time. He coached here when basketball and City were big-time. After the deluge, he still coached here. His record of faithful service to this College is notable. He per­formed his assigned duties with dignity and devotion.

We believe that three and a half decades of such service cannot be rubbed out in four hours of discussion. We wish Nat Holman the best of luck in his projected appeal of the Board of Higher Education's outrageous decision.

An objective, unbiased examination of the case will un­doubtedly result in Nat Holman's reinstatement.

THIS IS NAT HOLMAN By JERRY STREAR

This is the story of Nat Holman, athlete and coaching perfectionist, regarded by m«_ as the greatest talent produced by the American game of basketball. I t is the story of man who grew up with the game, l>ecame one of professional basketbaU's greatest perl formers and who, at the peak^-of his career was named

Season's End With a resounding splash heard 'round collegiate circles,

the swimming team, holders of the Metropolitan Intercol­legiate Dual-Meet title, captured the Met team championship last Saturday and brought added glory to the College.

Last Saturday also marked the end of the 1953-54 bas­ketball season. The hoopsters, despite the loss of many close games, finished with a 10-8 record, which included a major upset over St. John's.

We salute the two teams and their coaches—Jack Rider and Dave Polansky—who have done City College proud.

Fast Shuffle The cards seem slightly stacked against progress lately. The recent decision of the Student-Faculty Committee

on Student Affairs to withhold recommendations on the Presidential Report for fear of influencing Pres. Gallagher appears increasingly irrational in retrospect. The fact is that an attempt to influence Dr. Gallagher has already been made —by the General Faculty Committee on Student Affairs.

The Presidential Report, which is a plan not a defense, has been submitted to Dr. Gallagher along with the GFCSA's recommendations, presenting as negative a viewpoint as can be found. The SFCSA would have done the student body a great service if it had presented the arguments of those who favor the new plan, even if they could not endorse these arguments. Dr. Gallagher would have a more balanced pic­ture before him if that had been done.

But instead of taking action of any sort SFCSA has voted to remain silent. It is our belief that in this case inac­tion is surely definite acton.

* * * We hope that in spite of this one-sided presentation Pres.

Gallagher will return from his brief vacation refreshed and raring to get things rolling in this very vital matter.

George W. Edwards The news of the passing of Professor George W.

Edwards is as tragic as it is unexpected. Dr. Edwards had been recovering steadily from his recent illness, and was looking forward eagerly to returning to the College by April 1 when, last Tuesday, he was again stricken by a heart attack.

A man who gave up a career as a bank official to become dean of the Commerce Center, and was ordained as an Episcopalian minister at the age of 52 after three years at a theological seminary, Dr. Edwards possessed exceptional intellect and vision. At the Col­lege, he initiated a seminar in integration of the human-ties and social studies, and pioneered in the effort to revise and make more meaningful our curriculum.

Professor Edwards was far more than ah employee, paid to impart instruction to students. He was an edu­cator who loved the College, and gave it the benefit of his experience and ideas. Students and faculty alike are the poorer at his loss.

coach of the year. This is the story of -'Mr. Basketball" and the history of the game itself.

The lower East Side of New York, although absent of wide free area for youngsters to play, nevertheless has produced some of the finest athletes of our tiifTe. Here Nat Holman learned the rudiments of basketball as a boy. He was one of thousands of youngsters who have developed their skills in the city's play­grounds, schoolyards and settle­ment houses. At first he was his own tutor: he watched older boys, emulated their shots and styles and practiced his own whenever he got the chcance.

He entered Commerce High School, and under experienced coaching he began to polish his overall play. He became all-scholastic as the team took the PSAL title in 1912. "Kid" Hol­man caught the fancy of the sportswriters when he added to his prominence by making the all-city squads in soccer and football as well. Stories began to circulate about this "kid" called "Nootsie," and his amazing stam­ina. During one weekend, he played goalie in a soccer game on Friday afternoon^ scored a touch­down on a fifty-yard jaunt twenty-four hours later (both for Commerce High School), and participated in a basketball game for the Henry Street Settlement on Saturday evening.

Enter City College He graduated from the Savage

School of Physical Education in 1917 and was appointed soccer and junior varsity basketball coach at City College (a dual dis­tinction held by no other coach at the College until George Wolfe took the assignments in 1953). When the war intervened Holman served a bribef "hitch" in the Navy. He returned to the College in 1918 as head basket­ball coach.

While still mentor he joined the ranks of the professionals, and sports experts began to con­jecture how in the world could a guy, who was busy playing 120

|professional ''games a season, j coach a college team. But he sur-j prised them by producing one of I the standout college teams in the jEast, while he himself was be­coming professional basketball's

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MOMENT OF TRIUMPH—1950: Nat Holman (right) is sworn in as an honorary Commissioner of Public Works of the City of New York by the then Manhattan Boro President, Robert F. Wagner. Mr. Wagner holds the basketball which brought NCAA victory to CCNY's "Cinderella Five."

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The following is a statement prepared by Mr. Holman for presentation on Edward R. Murrow's CBS radio program "This I Believe." The responsibilities of any teacher are great. This is particular!;

true of a coach who spends more time with his pupils than any othe teacher. Not only does he spend more time but he is emotionally closer to them, seeing them and sustaining his students in theii moments of triumph as well as in-defeat.

Because he is so close to the members of his team in their most impressionable and formative years, the coach can exercise a great influence for good or bad on them. It is a grave responsi-bility and a challenge, and the coach, b^ the example of his own character and behavior, should set a standard of moral behavior.

I have a firm belief in the values of athletics, both physical and spiritual. I am particularly interested in basketball because of th. place it holds in the physical well being of the competitor. The sport, played by hundreds of thousands of young men and women, make for health..It promotes clean living since no man can expect to tur in a sound performance unless he is in top physical shape.

^ At the same time., we have to return to the ancient Greek idea of "mens sana in corpore sano"—a sound mind in a sound body. We must inculcate by our coaching an awareness of the good life, plantj the seeds of moral behavior.

Take the desire to win, fundamental with every athlete. This is my first desire, both as a player and coach. The individual who is neither elated by victory nor depressed by defeat has a fatal illness of the spirit. The competitive urge is a fine, a wholesome direction of energy.

But that desire to win must be wedded to an ideal, an eth­ical way of life. It must never become so strong that it dwarfs every other aspect of the game of life. Winning is not the only goal.

As a coach, I have always tried to emphasize that I would rather see my teams lose a game in which they played well than win with a sloppy performance that reflected no credit, except that it was sufficient to win. It is necessary therefore for us to try to develop a way of thinking that sees life and the things we do as a whole, with every act relating to another act so that we can maintain the proper perspective.

We must remember, too, thai in athletics the notoriety and adulation that comes to a successful athlete in his most forma­tive years is one of the gravest dangers to his proper maiuriiy. The coach must guard and warn his pupils against that danger.

We must impress upon our boys that the fame they suddenly - tc is ephemeral, their popularity is an accident—character alone

r a m s to sustain them.

Finally, there is a very real and personal satisfaction that comes .r: working with young people, providing leadership and friend-

•p m their formative years and watching them grow to maturity. >-jrely no more worthwhile activity could occupy my time. Edwin -larkham has summed it up more effectively:

"There is a destiny that makes us brothers. None goes his way alone.

All that we send into the lives of others. Comes back into our own."

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coustics Activate Hew ourse In Sound Waves An oscillator flashes, t un ing forks r ing, and sound waves bounce

jround, as some forty s tuden t s s i t fascinated by t h e science of acoustics. It's taught on the th i rd floor o f • f—

ilarl] othe: mally theii

ownsend Harr i s each Tuesday y Professor Norman P icker ing

usic) inventor , electr ical engi-eer, professional music ian , and vmphony orchestra conductor .

Prof. Pickering,, inven tor of the )\v famous Picker ing phono-aph tone arm, and numerous

iher electrical devices, gives the coustics course for t h e Music epartment, in conjunct ion wi th

he Physics Depar tment . Pleased With Response

It involves the s tudy of the ature of sound waves , their

looks, behavior, and effects, es-ecially in relat ion to music . "I am very pleased w i t h the

esponse to ' this exper imen ta l ourse," said the former m e m b e r f the NBC Symphony orchestra . There are over forty s tuden t s in he class and they all d isplay a ligh degree of en thus isasm." Drof. P icker ing has done a grea t leal of research in t he f ield of nusical acoustics, and h a s been equally successful in electr ical mgineering. Serving in a civil ian opacity in the Air Force till .945, the Professor was one of he men who developed the p res­ent landing gear systems oh U.S. lirplanes.

The class he teaches has in it nusic majors, electrical engineer-ng and physics s tudents , and nany of the simply inquis i t ive. They ga ther each w e e k for a two and one half hour session as t he Professor makes e labora te dia­grams, demonst ra tes t h e w o r k ­ings of a h u m a n ear w i t h a la rge lifelike model, discusses t h e prob-ems of sound phenomena , and he scientific a t t r ibutes of. mu-;ical sound.

A g radua te of Boy's High in irooklyn, Ju i l l i a rd School of M u -ic, and N e w a r k College of En-ineering, Prof. P icker ing is now

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in charge of t he Audio Research Depa r tmen t for P icke r ing and Co., manufac tu re r s of high qua l ­ity electronic devices. T h e P r o ­fessor m e t Professor Fr i tz Ya-hoda (Music) t h rough Prof. Ya-hoda's s t r i ng q u a r t e t act ivi t ies and they became good friends. Both Prof. Yahoda and Professor Mark Brunswick (Chai rman, Music) approached the musician-inventor about a course such as Acoustics, f inding h im v e r y en­thusiast ic abou t the whole idea . The en t i re project is on an ex­per imenta l basis, and according to Prof. P icker ing , i t 's work ing out very wel l .

Prof. P icke r ing spends his t ime moving a r o u n d his office a t P ick­ering a n d Co. to Hunt ington , Long Is land, w h e r e he conducts the H u n t i n g t o n S y m p h o n y O r ­chestra a n d finally to t h e Col­lege. His s tudents , it is said, en­joy t he course thoroughly and look fo rward to the sessions each week. Smal l wonder , it 's obvious­ly a sound course.

Barbel l C l u b Will glvd a welghtlifting exhibition t&»

morrow between 11 AM and 4 PM in Room 12 Lewisohn. The club is still accepting applications for membership.

Biological Society Two films: " D r . Ehr l ich ' s Magic Bul­

l e t s " and "The Dodder" will be shown tomorrow at 12:30 PM In Room 319 Main.

Camera C lub Will have a print discussion a t Its meet­

ing tomorrow a t 12 :20 PM in Room 19 Main.

Cartoonists Gui ld All interested part ies a re requested,

asked, entreated, implored to at tend the meeting t o m w o w a t 1 2 : 1 5 P M in Room 108 Main.

Dramsoc Scenes from "The Ha i ry Ape" b y Eu­

gene Gladstone O'Neill will be presented tomorrow a t 1:00 PM in Room 308 Main. Everyone is invited to a t tend .

History Society Presents Professor Weiruszowski, speak­

ing on "Cosmopolitanism and Religious Toleration in the Middle A g e s " tomorrow a t 12 :30 PM in Room 128 Main.

Club Iberoamer icano Mr. Champion (Anthropology) will re­

late Mexican Indian tr ibe with the govern­ment and culture of tha t country, tomor­row a t 12 :30 PM in Room 201 Main.

In te r f ra te rn i ty Council Meeting tomorrow a t 12 :30 PM in Room

206 Har r i s . Russo-American Society

All those interested a r e invited to attend tomorrow's meeting in Room 302 Main a t 12:30 PM.

SAE-ASME Present a lecture oni "AJialysis of Poten­

tial Automat ic Transmiss ions" by Merrill C, Herine, consultant engineer of the Mack Truck Company, tomorrow a t 12 :30 PM in Room 209 Har r i s .

Veterans C l u b All ve terans a t the College are invited

to a t tend the Club meeting tomorrow to be held a t 1 2 : 1 5 PM in Webs te r Hall (Room 5 0 2 M a i n ) .

Sugar, Spice And Everything Nice, Compose College Clubs

If var ie ty is the spice of life, t he City College s tudent has a ver ­i table pepper pot at his disposal . This condiment , in the form of a l ist of all the regis tered ex t ra -cur r i cu la r act ivi t ies a t t he College, m a y be had for the asking at the"^ • D e p a r t m e n t of S tuden t Life, Room 120 Main.

The list, eight pages long, con­tains the names and vi ta l s tat is­tics of the s ixty-seven clubs, twen ty - seven fraterni t ies , and nine publ icat ions regis tered wi th the Depa r tmen t of S tuden t Life. This adds up to a grand t o t a l of 108 different organizations.

Off the Beaten Track Th^ diversi ty of the groups is

enormous , ranging from social to pre-professional organizat ions, and encompass ing artistic, a th ­letic, political, religious, na t ional , scientific, and service societies, in addi t ion to clubs so off the bea ten t rack tha t any a t t emp t at classification is wel l n igh im­possible .

Since last t e rm a n u m b e r of

groups have d isappeared from

the officiaF roster . If the t r u a n t s

r ema in in l imbo by failing to reg­

ister aga in nex t semester , they

wi l l become officially defunct .

Tak ing the place of the i r mor i ­

bund bre th ren , s ix clubs h a v e come into exis tence this t e rm: the Square Dance Club* the Car ­toonists ' Guild, Webb Service Patrol , S tuden t s for Amer ican­ism, the Archi tect ' s Club, and the Scientific P h e n o m e n a Society, which main ta ins stoutly tha t fly­ing saucers exist .

If the most unusua l club w e r e

to be chosen from those past and

present , the Conscientious O b ­

jectors and Pacificts Society, n o w

defunct, would cer tainly be i n

the runn ing . P e r h a p s the College

had a bellicose outlook then—

this organizat ion boasted on ly

one member . T h e COPS folded,

natural ly , w h e n its m a n w a s

graduated—only to be drafted.

1 The Government an< J Law I Society Mourns the Pass-

1 >ng of Allen Smolin Class

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This Is Holman (Continued from Page Two) • -

He played for The Whirlwinds.: because thev have the greatest At that time, The Whirlwinds, j forward I have ever seen on .a and the original Celtics were r e - i c o ] | e g e team." garded as the best professional: ^ Won and Lost teams in the nation. When the I I n the period'from 1919-50, his two teams met for the "world's" | t e a m s w o n 3 6 8 g a m e s a n d l o s t championship Holman dunked j 9 . Four of his teams went 28 foul shots for the winners. For; through seasons with only one under the rules prevalent during | defeat. From 1931-4, the Holman this era of "cage" basketball, one | personnel won 43 out of 46 man did the foul shooting for t h e : g a r n e s

entire t e a m - ^ n d Holman was j His charges entered the Na-that man. ; t j o n a i invitation Tournament on

With Ihe Celtics j three occasions and the NCAA The Celtics immediately | once, compiling an overall record

signed him for the coming season. | of 3-5. Hilty Shapiro, Sonny Sparked by his expert set shoot- Jameson, Paul Schmones, Lionel

Fencers Lose To Princeton

! The Fencing Team finished the 'season losing to Princeton 19-8. !They finished the season with a j record of three wins, and five 'losses; defeating Fordham 20-7, : Brooklyn 14-13, and Yeshiva 15-12, and losing to Columbia 22-5, Yale

116-11, Army 15-11, N.Y.U. 14-13, and Princeton.

The improvement in the record over last season is much to the credit of Edward Lucia, who put in much of his own time to help improve the team, during this, his first year as coach of the fenc­ing team.

The most impressive individual record during the campaign was

SpertOPics By Herschel Nissenson

ing and adroit ball handling the Celts became the Harlem Globe Trotters of their day, touring the country from 1921-9, winning over ninety percent of their j games .and never losing a series, j picture in 1950. Nat Holman was The roster also listed immortals j coach—the third in the History of such as Joe Lapchick, Johnny] the Colleger He had learned his Beckman, Dutch Dehnert and | basketball in the playgrounds of

Malamed, Sid Trubowitz, Sam Winograd and Red Hoizman, are but a few who learned their bas­ketball under Holman.

It was a fine and brightening

Chris Leonard. Lapchick, now coach of the

New York Knickerbockers once remarked that "Nat. could pass the ball to you through a key­hole." It was with the Celts that Holman reached his greatest heights as a player. In 1931, he retired from professional basket­ball.

During this span Coach Hol­man, who was not much older than his City College players, would go onto the court during scrimmage and show them per­sonally what he expected of them. He wouldn't ask a man to do what he couldn't execute him­self.

Once a scout from an opposing college saw him working with the team in a scrimmage session. He was so awed by Holman's work that he wired the opposing coach: "City College will be very rough

the city, developed his finesse when he played with the profes­sionals and now he was success­fully imparting his knowledge of the game to his players.

He had molded a perennial Eastern standout, but never .a na­tional chcampion. But his "dream team" was coming. Friday: Championship, scandal

and aftermath.

Couneil... (Continued from Page One)

At tonight's meeting. Council is being asked to fill two seats on SFFC, now held by Interclass Council and the Club Senate. Since the above g r o u p s are branches of the student govern­ment, and have failed to elect any reps this term, Council will de­cide whether or not to fill the vacancies.

Edward Lucia Rough Season

turned in by Richard Susco of the Sabre team. He won 13 out of the last 14 bouts which in­cluded a skein of eleven straight victories. Also notable was Leo­nard Sugin, also of the Sabre team, who won consistently, and who beat Steve Sobel of Colum­bia, one of the best intercollegiate sabre fencers.

There are three top metropolitan teams that won't forget fact that they played City College this season for a long time.

One is Fordham. recipient of a bid to the National Collegw Athletic Association Tournament; another is Manhattan, one , the twelve teams that make up ihe National Invitation Tourn* ment field; the third is St. John's, a club that didn't make ant Tournaments this year but should have been the best team the city.

Fordham beat City by two points on a shoi with six sen remaining, Manhattan did it with seven seconds to go by one poy and the Lavender managed to down St. John's by four points, was the first time in three years that the College has beaten] major metropolitan rival.

This year's team won five of its ten games on the road; tl. more road games than had been won in the two previous seas combined.

In two years with Dave Polansky at the helm the Beavet have won twenty of thirty-four contests; that's a percentage _, .588. With any semblance of luck at all this year's record c©ul<j easily have been 13-5.

Dave Polansky has done a good job as basketball coach, made some mistakes; what coach hasn't? Everyone learns by takes, what or what not to do. Nat Holman made mistakes also;] was not until he switched Ed Warner into the pivot and shifted Roman to. the corner that the Grand Slam team began to moj

[P^ior to the shift, it. was just a. good team, the switch made it a gre [one. > '

At the Brooklyn game Saturday night Dave was merciful in holding the score down; the team could have rolled up at least! 120 points against a hopelessly oulmanned team from FlaibushJ After the game the Allagaroos were sounded for every memberl of the team as he stood on the steps of the Hygiene Building.) The biggest one was for the coach as he left the building with| Mrs. Polansky.

But the part about Saturday night that I remember was whj someone sitting at the press table reminded Dave that only two mil utes were left in the game and wondered when Jerry Domershitj would come out. (The five seniors.. Domershick, Gurkin, List, Row and Holmstrom had played most of the last quarter and Dave removed them one by one; now only Domershick was left.)

The coach turned around and said, "I'm still running the team] I never knew Nat Holman personally. I don't think he's guilj

and I hope he's acquitted. But I hope Dave Polansky's still runnin the team next year.

* * * The five Varsity seniors intend to follow different pursuit^

Jerry Domershick would like to play pro ball with "the team thsj pays the most money." Herb Holmstrom has a civil engineering jo with C. E. Youngdahl & Co., in Long Island City. Herb expects raise for mentioning his firm.

Whether he plans it or not coach Dave Polansky could stand a vacation.

Jane Greer soys : "I was a band singer when a picture magazine asked me to pose in the new WAC uniforms. Hollywood saw my picture, liked it and overnight I was in movies. From then on, it was hard work and perseverance."

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