1969_04 The Daily Collegian April 1969

              6     THE DAILY COLLEGIAN    Thuraday, April 10, 1969
Speech team wins
honors at tourney
'Waiting for Godot' opens
Tn Arena Theatre April 17
The Forensics Union speech
teams won honors in the National
PI Kappa Delta Honorary For¬
ensic Tournament at Arizona
State University and the Nevada
Great Western Championship
Tournament at the University of
Nevada   during Easter vacaUon.
At the PI Kappa Delta tour¬
ney, three Fresno State CoUege
students captured superior rat¬
ings In their events. They were
Brian WMte and Anita James
In oratory and Susan Jensen in
InterpretaUon.
Excellent ratings went to Ron
Capps In extemporaneous speak¬
ing and debate.   Miss Jensen In
discussion and White in debate.
FSC won superior and excellent
ratings in all five speech events
to be one of the 18 teams-out of
178 schools competing through¬
out the nation - to receive su¬
perior sweepstakes awards.
FSC placed seventh out of 20
schools  In sweepstakes compe-
Abrahs
Gerry Schwartz-Chuc
shl each complied 3-
ln competition. AH fou
competed In individual events
with Takahashl ranking third In
ley.
By Mark Bacon
shabby
dress lt Is obvious that they are
tramps. They have been sltUng
there for quite some time just
walUhg, waiting for Godot.
After a Ume a messenger from
Godot   arrives to tell them that
e will d
students
tramps decide to wait. Thus
they remain sitting under the tree
by the road.
The    two    tramps,   Estregon,
played by TerryBurnsand1
mlr played by Roger  Chr
sen will be   seen sitUng
their  tree  in  the  Drama    De-
Completely
jedona
rter.
partment's production of'Walt-
lng for Godot' which will begin
April 17.
"Samuel Beckett's absurd dra¬
ma contains many levels of
Interpretation," said Gaylord
Graham, associate professor of
speech, who Is directing the play.
God is the theme and His poslUon
with men or His very existence
is questioned by the play.
•Godot* was first produced
in 1953 In Paris and later lt
was on Broadway. It was one
of the first plays in the theatre
of the absurd to gain notrlety
said Graham.
AH of the cast of the play are
veterans of other Drama De¬
partment productions. Burns
and Chrlstensen are both junior
drama majors. They were both
In the first play this school
year, "The Doctor in Spite of
Himself.' Burns had the lead
in  that production.
Other members of the cast
Include Randy Roberts, a
junior   drama   major  as Lucky:
Hank Webb, a senior drama ma¬
jor   as  Pozzo and Joanne Day,-
a Junior drama   major as boy.
Graham   has   added   a   three
play. They are Annette Volpa,
Marsha Rogers and Erica Knob-
loch.
Pozzo, a fallen aristocrat and
his servant Lucky appear in both
acts. Lucky does the bidding of
Pozzo throughout the play and
acts almost as an animal. Their
appearance compUcates Ufe for
A tree and several large blocks
of wood will comprise most of
the scenery. Several other absurd
theater gimmicks will be added
to the scenery at several Umes
during the play. All the scenery
of a
Drama 134 shop class.
The play will show at8:15p.ro.
at each of the eight performances
April 17 through 19 and April 22
through 26.
FSC Alpha Phi Alphas
take two honors at confab
Four members of the FSC
chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha fra¬
ternity and their chapter sweet¬
heart attended a western region
convention of APA Chapters, April
Osby  Davis, senior engineer-
Council hopefuls
give FSC talk
Len Goldberg and Jorge Acuna,
both running for City Council
post number six, appeared before
the Student Committee on Local
Affairs yesterday morning. AH
six candidates for the post had
been asked to appear.
Acuna stressed the need for
community Involvement inde¬
cision making. He also criti¬
cised the poUce for falling to
communicate "   "
,  should  be  trained  in h
Goldberg said Industry is the
key to the problems of Jobs,
housing and education. New Jobs,
he said, would lower the tax base,
v leader¬
ship on the Ci
ncll.
candidates s
Fresno's high schools.
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Man of the Year* at the Con¬
venUon. Elected to the office
of western regional assistant
vice-president was FritzAUen,
senior   social welfare   student.
The chapter sweetheart, Ml-
cheUne King, Junior math
student, was given a bouquet
of roses for being the only chap¬
ter sweetheart present.
Other chapter delegates were
Lloyd Madden and Sherman
Gibson.
The ConvenUon held In Las
Vegas dealt with the Increasing
meaning of APA on college cam¬
puses, black power and Its re¬
lation of coUege campuses, and
the value of education and eco-
monlc stability in society, said
Fritz Allen.
•Our chapter which had the
largest number of delegates,
played an active part In the con¬
vention Itself, taking part In com¬
mittees and bringing out con¬
structive ways of strengthen¬
ing APA on the coUege campus,*
said  Allen.
"During the convention our
chapter pointed out how we had
been working within the com¬
munity and on the coUege cam¬
pus in maintaining both civil
and human rights for all,* AUen
A total of 100 delegates rep¬
resenting chapters from 14 states
attended the c<
Seniors told of
graduation fees
also on sale In tl
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Thursday, April 10, 1969    THE DAILY COLLEGIAN    7
June  ■'   at   7  p.m.   In  the  Am-
nlng to   participate In tht .om-
be aware of the following Items.
The $4 rental fee for caps
and gowns Is now payable In the
college bookstore. The dead¬
line   for  this   fee Is  April  24.
Beginning April 28th, the $2
graduation activity fee may be
paid at the College Union in¬
formation booth. This fee covers
the senior breakfast and the "
senior gift. The senior break¬
fast wlU be held on Sunday, June
1st at 10 a.m. Additional Uckets
for this event are $1.50.
Pete Beiden-builder of champions
By Ji
sL. M
•Gawd dangl"
'Hey Albert!'
•He** a fine young lad.'
"You are kind of a marginal
Individual.'
•That   base 1* catawampusl'
•Hey duOopparl'
These are but a few of the
terms that waft through Varsity
Park during Fresno State base¬
ball drills, and they belong to
John Peter Beiden, FSC's version
of the immortal Casey Stengel.
Pete, as be 1* affectionately
known to all of those who have
played for him, worked for him,
laughed with him and loved him,
will reUre at the end ot thl*
season after 21 glorious years a*
baseball emperor at Fresno
State.
Each year Belden's teams play
the finest coUege and university
THE YOUNG COACH
division baseball teams in the
naUon. This season Is no excep¬
tion as the Bulldogs have played
defending national champion USC
three Umes and No. 1 ranked
Santa Clara. In addition, the BuU¬
dogs have met Stanford, Univer¬
sity of the Pacific, Oregon, Ore¬
gon State, Cal and UCLA.
Looking at thl* season, Beiden
says hla goal Is to have a good,
representative coUege team.
I'm not looking for any cham¬
pionships or records, but at the
same time a championship team
is always a possibility."
Now In his 21st season at FSC,
Beiden has an amazing record of
592 victories and 258 losses. His
record so far this campaign is
15-9. He la second only to USC's
Rod Dedeaux In the won-loss
column. Dedeaux ha* been at
Troy for 22 years and Is tbe only
college coach who has won more
than 600 ball games. Pete la a
cinch to top the 600 mark tola
season.
A man who ha* always loved
athletic competition, Pete waa a
playing manager for the Vlsalla
Cub* In to* old CaUfornla Stat*
League during the 1946 season.
He also managed and played for
to* Atwater Packer* from 1948
to 1953 and waa one of the main
driving forces to having coUege
ball player* compete in semi-
Veteran coach to retire this season
professional baseball In Canada have passed, I'm not really ln-
duiing tbe summer month*. terested in that anymore."
Th* husky coach, as far back Considered one of toe best
a* 1956 ba* requested a step fundamentalists In the baseball
down from hi* head coaching du- business by scout* and coaches,
ties and said that last Mason's Pete and hi* BuUdogs have cap-
disappointing record (20-23) had tured nine California CoUegiate
no bearing on hi* retirement. Athletic Association Champton-
1 enjoyed last season,' Pete ships, five bridesmaids' port-
said. 'For to* first time in my tiona, three third* and one fourth
career I had an adult (OdeU place finish. It should be noted
Youngblood) working with me. that for two yeare Beiden'* team
That was gr*at. Tb* kids were waa not In a confarence.
definitely Improving going down One cjuaUty that places him
to toe wire and that's what head and shoulders above other
coaches Is his rapport with' 1
His best record was;
36-4 In 1951 when tl
Clovis High School principal,
Frank 'Jake' Abbott was on* <
his top pitchers. Tbe 1951 team'
record was not Pete's moi
memorable moment; participat¬
ing in the CoUege World Serte*
at Omaha, Neb., was.
•You can coach a lifetime and
never go to Omaha, at least here
In California,' he said. "I think
we are the only state college that
has ever gone.*
words, except on one occasion,
according to Youngblood, a mem¬
ber of the 1959 squad who helped
Pete last year while completing
his master's degree. «We were at
an awards banquet during the
series and Pete was asked to say
a few words,* Youngblood said.
•He was so excited and happy
that he couldn't even say du-,
flopper right.*
The gray-haired Beiden, who
ha* the physique of a profession¬
al athlete, is looking forward to
his retirement. Athletic Director
Cecil Coleman Isn't, pete would
Uke to stay on at FSC as a
frosh coach, but his only alter¬
native is to retire.
What will he do after he re¬
Ure*? 1 don't know, but I am
not going to be a head coach
though. I'm tired. I've been
coaching 34 years and I'm not as
young as I used to be. It's time
for me to step down and let some
young man have toe head duties.
I would Uke to help coach young
athletes In high school or col¬
lege on a minimal basis.*
Balden Is elated that Bob Ben¬
nett, a former captain and aU-
conference catcher from 1951-54
la to* new FSC baseball coach.
1 didn't have anything to do
with to* picking of my succes¬
sor," ha said. 1 recommended
Bob and I am sure that be will do
an excellent Job.'
The channels to professional
baseball are now open to him for
the first Ume since he made lt
plain that he will not coach at
FSC. la Beiden Interested to be¬
ing a scout for an organization?
•When I waa younger I told my-
self I would, but now as the years
whopping     athletes  c
i be put* lt, 'toe
Tate give* you all he has and
expect* that much In return,'
aald a member of last year's
■quad. Ton have to respect Mm;
when Pet* 1* on to* field he Is
all business."
Jimmy Williams, a former
Beiden pupil, who was with toe
St. Louis Cardinal* and th* Cin¬
cinnati Red* and currently la
with the Montreal Expo's said,
'Pete la In a class all by him¬
self. He has that certain quaUty
to get the most out of td* players.
I knew several young players who
had trouble breaking into pro baU
because they didn't know tbe fun-
tad  vary Uttl*
trouble because of what I bad
learned from Pete, and I could
apply lt while I was playing In
rtxUl player Beiden
ha* developed. Several other* in¬
clude Vic Lombard! of to* old
Brooklyn Dodgers, former 20-
game winner Mike Garcia of toe
Cleveland Indiana; Tad WIU*, Jr.,
Boston Red Sox; Tax Clevenger,
New York Yankee, and Washing¬
ton Senators; Len Tucker, Wash¬
ington Senatora, and Buzz
Stephens of the newly formed
Seattle Pilots, and along with
these, many other* who have
played minor league basebaU.
Although Beiden la on* of the
moat respected coach** in the
gam*, he also 1* tongs to to*
classroom.   Pete   generates  a*
nous* a* he doe* on to* field.
A good example 1* hla Theory of
BasebaU das* that 1* required
of aU P.E. major*. For tin*
claaa Balden la at hla beat and
call* lt 'my baby.' If you haven't
taken lt, don't. Tbe course cer¬
tainly la not a 'aoft touch*. Even
Belden's ballplayers receive D'a
If their work is not up to par.
Belden's list of pupils now
coaching and/or having adminis¬
trative positions In schools and
coUeges 1* longer than the regis-
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