Shippensburg University - Cumberland Yearbook (Shippensburg, PA)

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At Games 1957 Football Review Unless you consider the strong tendency to swing N. Y. A. jobs in Jthat direction, football at Shippensburg has wholesomely combined no .subsidization with excellent teams. Under the tutelage of coaches Gloomy Eddie Gulian and Vinton Rambo, the Red Raiders were able to merit a substantial share of head- Aine space through their enviable record of two ties, one loss, and five victories. Having built up a record with which to impress our grand- children and prospective students, we feel justified in allocating a consid- erable slice of the activities budget to our major sport. The crowd, having swung down the field, jostled into the stand, awaits patiently. Another game at Shippensburg is in the offing. At last the band manages to get assembled, and stamp into the field with the theme song bursting from their horns. This assui-es the crowds that something is going to happen. Rahs fill the air as the varsity sweep the field and toss and kick the pigskin just to be sure they remember how. With the band leading, the cheer leaders cavorting, and the stands rewarding each play with throaty approval, they see the Raiders ever on their devastat- ing march to the goal. Munching semi-cold hot dogs, and swallowing semi-hot cold pop, the onlookers get tense and relax as the football goes hither and von. ' r -fH: [ 23 ]

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4 yA txfmft .w i. M 1 - »-«. »» r% •»»•!» yl( PraA ,. .48 1 37 f 4 ,36f 3S§ 37 94| 3S, - QB 99 40 47 ,43, 97 44 93 95. ? 46 92 96 .. S ® ' .. «3 All right, two laps everybody, ring the crisp tones of our well-liked coach. With these commands from the short, husky man in the baseball cap, another football practice is under way. Calisthenics follow, and then rule practice. Rules are a necessity for the stands to argue over, to make the officials appear omniscient, and to require the players ' co-ordination of mind and muscle. Grueling hours of after class time melt away as the boys are shown how to block, tackle, side-step, pass, pivot, punt, etc. Then the boys can individualize some technicalities of their own. Brawn holds a premium. Since the coach can possibly use only eleven men, many mu.st be con- lent to sit, perhaps for four years without the glory of the real battle. For the :e, all recompenses. are not lost. What lovely lady does not wait for the semb ance of a .jersey, with the man power represented under it? But these boys still deserve some of the blare of the band, the cheer of the ex- pectant crowd, for building up the reserve, for being ready at any time to make a replacement. With two laps at the end, the players scramble for the shower rooms, clothe bodies in prosaic outfits, and come back to the menial, but semi- necessary work of chemistry, history, and English Literature. 22 J

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The Team ' s Moral Support The Band The S. S. T. C. Band is representative of the most active oiganizations of the school. The Band not only takes two trips a year to important football games, but also presents itself on the home field in all kinds of weather. The Band renders var- ious concerts and plays for any occasion asked, major or minor. If there is nothing ' else for a program, there is always this group of musicians to fill the bill. In addition to fame acquired by its aesthetic interpretation of marches, the Band has perhap.s carved for itself an even greater nook in our hall of fame and memory by its whole-hearted activities while in transit to the football games. Trips are the supreme test of hardihood for band members, — if they can survive them — black eyes and sliced scalps as minor casualties which a stoic of the band considers elementary — they are welcomed into the musical organization with open arms. Wilbur Warfel acts as pi-esident of the Band, and upon his shoulders the business transactions fall. Wilbur has a quiet manner on all the band trips, but one must not take this too seriously, for under this air of lassitude one can never tell what is about to spring from him next. George Bond is vice-president. As secretary, Franklin Seibert takes attendance and calls the roll. At this job, if he would have complied with Mr. Weaver ' s suggestion returning from Indiana, he would have been rather active. It was feared that a certain member of the Band had surely died. Mr. J. C. Weaver is the sponsor and it is his repeated efforts in having two hour rehearsals announced as fifteen minute rehearsals that have made the organization into the well drilled Band and given it the agility of playing that it now has. At Mr. Weaver ' s thoughtful capitulation, women students have been allowed to enter the Band. This increases the enrollment considerably, beside adding very necessary instruments. Last, but not least, that big man from the South comes to view. Milton Dennis, the Drum Major, twirls that .silver baton high in the air, and steps high to please the feminine eye.