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Newspaper
Hanover College Triangle
Location
Hanover, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1950
Page
4
Seniors and families are invited to purchase spring T shirts and baby Panther apparel at The College Store. The ad also touts a March sale on Rytex Spring Mill parchment stationery with personalized printing quantities, offering 200 sheets and 100 envelopes for $1.50.
Indiana State, after two finals losses, captures the NAIB tournament crown by defeating East Central Oklahoma State 61 57 in Kansas City. Little Central College tops University of Tampa 80 67 for third place. Sycamores earned the bid by beating Hanover and Evansville in district playoffs.
Hanover's tennis team resumes workouts ahead of the April 11 season opener at Earlham. The squad faces ten matches including a key test versus the University of Louisville. Athletic Director Dutch Struck hints at possible Little All State Play if Hoosier Conference results impress. Captain Bill Taylor, sophomore Tom Smith, and returning lettermen Campbell and Moore anchor a lineup with Wardell Hacker and other hopefuls vying for the six-man roster.
In the church column a candlelight communion service for young people is scheduled at 6 30 on Sunday.
The seven member intramural volleyball league opens with nine matches next week. B league play starts 6:30 nightly with three games at once, winner of two of three takes the match. Teams include Independents, Unorganized, and five fraternities with most fielding B squads.
Coach Ray Eddy resigns after eleven years guiding Madison High, aiming for Kokomo Indiana. He won ten sectional titles and reached the state final three times to claim the 1950 title. Rumors link Willard Kehrt as successor amid potential fan disappointment and a shaky next season. Off the field burglars stole about $3,000 during the celebration. Lennie Rzeszewski of Indiana State was named NAIB tournament MVP in Kansas City. Duane Kleuh previously earned 1948 NAIB MVP honors with Louisville.
Hoosier Conference coaches via the Indianapolis Star named the All Conference basketball team. Andy Taff of Hanover was the sole unanimous pick, joined by forward Dick Piper of Manchester and center Dwight Swails of Indiana Central. Guards Woody McBride of Indiana Central and Evan Fine of Canterbury also earned first team honors.
Lambda Chi Alpha captured the post season tournament with 2256 pins in three games, nine pins ahead of Sigma Chi. Dick Stockhouse led the Lambda Chis with a 539 series, while John Coons of Beta posted the top single-game score with 224.
A reflective line notes that real talks occur through mutual understanding rather than explicit words. It suggests that the absence of need to speak carries more meaning than spoken phrases in close friendships.
Senior track star Andy Hauck holds Morgan Field half mile record and starred on last season's mile relay. He completed the two lap dash in 2 05.4 in a triangular meet against Rose Poly and Centre.
Both Hanover baseball and track squads boast eleven veterans as practice starts despite poor weather. Baseball, led by Dutch Struck, opens with a Rose Poly and Eastern Illinois trip in three weeks, featuring returnees like Fry Mc Reynolds Friedersdorf Klein Roth Wood Selig Bolton and pitchers Taff Shepherd Meredith. Track also fields eleven lettermen led by Guthrie Strasenburgh Green Beardsley Williams Murphy Rogers Freeman Hauck Moorhead with fresh talent needed to defend the Hoosier Conference title.
In a school essay on "Parents" a young girl observes that parents grow old and resist change, noting it is hard to alter their habits. The piece captures a child’s candid view on aging and behavior within family dynamics.
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