Millersville University - Touchstone Yearbook (Millersville, PA)

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CLliR Firs! row: Shreiner, Van Zandt, Long, Denlingcr, McGovern, Bailey. Second row: Adviser Dr. Dixon, Pindar, Zweier, Hagerty, Mumma, Wcnrich, Berkheimer. Earning a varsity letter makes any girl eligible for membership in the Women’s Varsity Club. After working on successful projects such as the volunteer help to the Boys' Club of Lancaster or sale of “Millersville” hats on our campus, any girl will tell you that her club membership was certainly worth counting the windows in Wickersham Hall. Ill U S WUS1TY President Irene Denlinger presides at a meeting of WVC as Joan Pindar, Adviser Dr. M. E. Dixon, and Lew Whitelock listen.

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MEN'S VARSITY CLIR I’he Men's Varsity Club is responsible for many activities at Millersville besides athletic events. They are sponsors of two of the biggest dances of the school year: the Varsity Drag and the Spring Hop. They arc also responsible for the refreshments and programs at the sporting events. The highlight of the year is the selection of the Varsity Sweetheart. The Queen is nominated and elected by the club members. This year’s choice to reign at the Homecoming festivities was Miss Barbara Brown of Highspire. Wally Evans, president of Men's Varsity Club presents the 1953 Varsity Queen, Miss Barbara Brown, to the audience at the Varsity Drag. First row: Flegal, Savastano, Evans, Resavy, Sax, Walbom, Wenrieh. Second row: Fisher, Friedbcrg, Frey, Herr, Caddcn, Werkiser, Bigler, Ortlip, Adviser Mr. Pucillo. Third row: Hall, Erisman, Fry, Podlesny, Verbos, Zagarino, Labatch, Schwarz, Paviglianiti.

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To$ft =4g 45 6 5i!®M£ ? 4 2 t ts t 391111 f Jr59i S' ' tL M First row: Santanicllo Jr., Putt, Savastano, Bailcs. Arena, Cadden, Riley, Rinker, Gerrick, Carver, Lebo, Santanicllo. Second row: Coaches Bedylon and Pucillo, Pefflcy, Goodwill, Hall, Schacbcrle, Fricdberg, Coyne, Clement, Jenkins, Berger, Vcrbos, Wenrich, Paviglianiti, Coach Santaniello. Third row: Coach Namit, Kane, Kline, Weaver, Labatch, Seyler, Adams, Miller, Groff, Schuler, Kambic, Kostclac, Haddad, Coach Wcnglass. Fourth row: Trs. Rank and Sax, Smeltz, Ciambrone, Licx, VanWyk, Schilling, Robinson, Mgrs. Hill, Wallace, Lclinski, Koble, Swartz, and Gulian. In the fall of the year all eyes turned to football. The season’s outlook was dim, for Coach Santaniello was forced to field a green team. Returning letterinen were few, as twenty-six men had been lost through graduation and military service. In the first game, the game in which teams are made or broken, the Marauders were broken by East Stroudsburg by a score of 31-0. Entertaining Lock Haven at home, the following Saturday, the Marauders were again blanked 24-0. At Kutztown, the team played good ball while going down in defeat 6-0, and in a hard fought game played on Parents’ Day, they lost out in the last period, again by the score of 6-0. Ship-pensburg pulled out all the stops and defeated MSTC 65-0. The West Chester game was cancelled due to 13 inches of snow. In the final game, the Santaniello men lost to Mansfield 26-7. The Millcrsvillc touchdown came in the final period with senior Bob Peffley going over for the score. Seniors on the squad are co-captains Bob Peffley and Juice” Savastano. Eddie Berger, Pete Cadden, Harold Gerrick, Tony Paviglianiti, and Max Riley. Vice Verhos, 63, carries the ball against Lock Haven. In the background for MSTC are Vernon Kline, left, and No. 42, Anies Haddad. Co-captain Robert Peffley, scorer of the MSTC touchdown of the season.