Southwestern College - Moundbuilder Yearbook (Winfield, KS)

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SPORTS By Rodney Johannsen 22 Above: SC on a fast break e W. R. Allam, with ball, looks to pass to a fellow teammate in the Tabor game, won by SC 69-58. Right: Southwestern center Cary Hammer starts to pass to another Builder under the basket as the Builderis bench looks on. u Basketball at Southwe College should be an e thing to watch this yea nine lettermen returning depth and experience av Die. the Builders hope to improve on last years record of 10-12. The Builders lost their first nine games last sea- son, but finished strong. Their 10-6 KCAC mark was good enough for third place in the conference. Coaches ior this year's team are head coach Bill Stephens and assistants Robert Karr and Larry Warner. This is Coach Stephens third year as head basketball coach for 80 Ste- phens is also 808 Athletic Director. Coach Karr is in his first year as assisting in bask j , ball at Southwestern. Howev'al. Karr has been 803 head cross country and track coach sinc the 1969-70 school year. W ' ner is the student assistant t - year, After playing for the Builders the last three years. Warner decided to help coach this year and is doing a very capablejob.

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.1- 'u-wm eLLLWKU-JLLIUf-t-LUV-O-iu-h-h fiET'fU-J'xilme-ILL E the Thetas originated in Hol- land Hall and the Betas in Reid ' Hall. Thetas, after being asked to leave Holland Hall because it was being condemned, migrated to Reid where they were again asked to leave because someone on the Hill decided Shriwise would be a nice place for one of the trats. So you see, the trats didn't plea or even ask for Shriwise, it was assigned to them. Besides, Beta Rho Mu tone halt ot the frat populationt has survived in Reid Hall all these years. Yes, Sue, we can boast that we are involved in more cam- pus activities because we are a frat, and living together as a frat does not isolate us from the tlgoings-onl' among other students, Due to the fact that my article must be written within certain space limitations, I can not even begin to list all the activities members of the frats are associated with. For the benefit of the skeptics I have prepared a list which any- one is invited to inspect. Again I will quote Sue, ttThe women's organizations on campus have accomplished just as much in the way of pro- jects as the fraternities. Well Sue, maybe that's because the women's groups are service organizations and the fraterni- ties are social organizations. 80 if you ask me if a service organization is doing only as much as the social organiza- tions in regards to campus pro- jects, maybe its the service organizations that need to be reevaluated. Again I quote, Men's honor housing, why is that such an anathema to the frat guysTl Who ever said anything about an anathema? I don't even know what it means. The rea- son that men's honor housing is a threat is because if we lose Shriwise we have nowhere to go. We could have just as eas- lly made our last stand at Reid Hall. It was the Hill that cram- med us up in Shriwise for the last hoorah. By the way, Theta Phi Delta still maintains the highest grade point average of any other organization on this campus. While were on the subject of honor housing, let me reiterate what Miss McGuire has stated. ttWomen's honor housing has been, for the most part, a large success, besides a slight motivation tor V some of us to work a little harder. Who are you kidding! They can't even fill the place. They have had problems almost every year of getting students to live there. Another Sunshine quotejll have it on good authority tfirst hand listening to members of Pi Delt and Theta?t that the main reason they pledged to their particular frat is not because they really groove on the fraternity concept, but because they wanted to live in Shriwise. Well Susie has done her homework this time. I wont deny it. I have never admitted that our way of pledging is a faultless. We pledge the guys we feel are the ones who will benefit and will be benefited from our respective fraternities. Often we are wrong. It is because of these members that our fraternities are in the posi- tion they are. It you can come up with a tool-proot method of pledging members, let me know, Sue. The trats would appreciate it. And I promise this is my last quote: llHow much interest would you get from prospective pledges it you lost your grip on those apartments? Ask Beta Rho. They lived in Reid Hall and yet have the highest mem- bership of any of the other fra- ternities. What's keeping our group identity novrf? Well, I'll tell you in two words a Fraternity spirit. Sincerely yours, General George Frat

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The nine returning lettermen are seniors Jeff Boone, Larry Ewart, Gregg Howell, and Rodney Johannsen; juniors W. R. Allam, Ed Behesh, Parke Biby, and Gary Hammer; and sophomore Terry Rhea. Ewart and Howell are this year's co- captains. Other returners from last years team are junior Max Ferguson and sophomores Andy Balerio, Allen Brennan, Craig Dewell, and Ken Goyen. This year's freshman crop are Hal Arikrom, Todd Dvorak, Randy Fisher, Gary McLaurin, Steve Nichols, Dennis Phelps, Willie Salters, Kent Seytried, and Bob Welsh. The Builders are KCAC contenders this year and hope to take the title. Southwestern last took the KCAC title ten years ago. during the 1962-63 season. To win the title this year, the Builders will have to rely on defense and the fast break. SC is hop- ing that the half court pressure defense will throw off the timing of the opponent's offense and produce turnovers. The fast break may be the key to victory. For the past two years, whenever SC has run the Builders have looked good. The fast. break, when done correctly, gets everybody moving and is exciting to watch. Depth should also play an important part this season, as the Builders are two deep in every position. This becomes important when injuries occur and in the latter part of a season. A great team always has a good bench. The Builders hope to have a lot of people watching them this year. The Builders had a seven game home winning streak before the sea- son started and hope to keep it going. Visiting teams donlt like to play in Stewart HThe Pit Field House, especially with a large, pro-SC crowd. it should be a most interesting year for SC basketball. With lettermen, depth, experience, defense, a fast break, and fans, the Builders hope to win the KCAC crown.