VOLUME 2, NUMBER 19 Hughes Resigns

VOLUME 2, NUMBER 19 UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI - ST. LOUIS FEBRUARY 23, 1968

Hughes Human Development Corp.

Resigns Will Recruit Feb. 26-March

UMSL students will be offered a chance to help st. Louis adults

Michael Hughes announced his reach their goal of a basic educationduringV.I.P. RECRUITING WEEK,

resignation from the Student As- February 26-March 1. The Voluntary Improvement Program of St.

sociation presidency at the Senate Louis, backed by the Human Development Corporation is enlisting the

meeting Tuesday, February 20. aid of undergraduate and gradu,ate students to tutor adults at the ele-

Hughes' res ignation, effective as mentary and high school grade levels.

of 3 p.m. February 21, came as De s igned to prepare the adults day.

a complete surprise to SA Vice- trapped in city ghettos for the Volunteer instructoTs
President Mary Killenberg. Miss Missouri High School Equivalency V.I.P. faculty devote 'fw~

Killenberg told Current reporters examination, the program has an a week to the program and

that Hughes did not advise her of enrollment of 2300 at its 20 centers no more than two students

his decision and that she did not Construction progresses on the new library, due for compl etion th is throughout the city. Sessions are time. There are no formal
hear about his resignation until conducted 2-4 p.m. on Sundays and However, a master teacher
some two hours after the Senate May. photo by Mike Olds 7-9 p.m. Monday through Thur s - profe ssional experience pro,
meeting.
teehilical support for the Vf
As vice-president, Miss Killen-
berg automatically assumes the Court Loses Powers or Does It?•• teers in choosing texts,
duties of the SA presidency. of presentation and testing.

Hughes threatened to resign at After volunteering, V.
the November 30 Senate meeting if
the Senators did not make a greater Disagreement exists within the by Ron Brown dent protest. structors receive initial
attempt to fulfill their role s as student government on whether or "If the college as the community tion plus monthly
student representatives. Asked if not recent decisions by the Board these powers to only a traffic court ing to help understand
this were still the reason behind his of Curators change the powers and established a new student dis- is the community of itself," he c ity environment and
resignation, Hughes replied that or'the UMSL student court. ciplinary committee, composed of said, "then let the community run needs of adult students.
the deciding factor was his belief administr ator s and facu lty, to itself. If education is to prepare may choose both the
that he could not be an effective The present stud ent court has judge student conduct. us for the outSide, then the idea subject and the grade
president under the present SA seven members, each ) omin:>ted of a committee does not contribute Wish to instruct.
ConstitutiQn. and elected by the senate fo.h .. But Dennis McCarthy, chief jus- to this idea."
tice of the court, sa id, "There is The program
_::\ change at all. If there ever is,"

year _term s . The. court hi ndle.s he ~!a4nee, "I~tl~lt:-m" - - - lvicearthy- 5'ays'i-i'ait-- ------a-:l,.s..-o·:=.:.:;:.:.;;~::.::.----;=-"~=

At the meeting at whic h Hughes tr affic violations, but also recom- of it. I would think I would know When the chief justice was first Jane.
announced his resignation he re- mends action on cases of student (of any c hange), soI can't saywhere contacted by a Current reporter, Most of the adult basic eduCl-
ceived a list of 560 student sig- conduct, such as academic dis- the rumor started." McCarthy said he preferred to wait
natures, collected within a 24-hour hone sty. The plaintiff may app: al and examine all possible informa- tion students have completed eight,
period, on a petition calling for either a traffic fine or a discip- Hughes Protests Change ton fir st. He said that he had read
constitutional revision. Hughes linary action to the Student Con- the UMSSA resolution, but had not
himself initiated this petition. Al- duct Committee and finally to the Hughes told the Current that he been informed officially of changes
though he owned himself en- Cha ncellor. had read the official s tatement in the court' s power.
couraged by this sign of student from the Board that set up the
support, Hughes said it could not Michael Hughes, president of committee. He said, "It is wrong In a later interview McCarthy
affect his decision to resign. the Student ASSOciation, said that for the Board of Curators to make said he had talked with Dean Har -
the Board of Curators reduced decisions without consulting the old Eickhoff, Dean of Student Af-
students. "

Eickhoff Tells of Concern UMSL, noted the SA president, fairs, who agreed that no change nine or ten years of school but are
Over Student Government was the "only progressive school had occurred. Dean Eickhoff was currently reading at
in the state to allow student af- unavailable for comment. fifth or six grade level.
fairs to be handled by the stu- jority of students are
dents." McCarthy said that the court dis- are the heads of their
cussed two cases on academic dis-

Dr. Harold Eickhoff, Dean of However, the Dean did point out "The court let the student be honesty just before the end of the and most are employed
Student Affairs, expressed a great that " it takes a long time to judged by his own peers and was
deal of concern over reorganiza- explain these things in a short a means for student democracy," fall semester. paying jobs.
tion of student government when time, " suggesting that an im- he said.
he addressed the Senate at its mediate and sudden change would Evening College Students
weekly meeting February 15. "I create only confusion and, inef- In a meeting of the University
think its important," said the Dean, fic iency. of Missoury System Student As- Will Elect Represe
"that we get students interested, sociation at Rolla on January 29
In addition, Dr. Eickoff stated and 30, Hughes jOined the pre- Evening College students will ministration." .
involved and committed." that the Chancellor has become s idents of the other three campuses meet to elect representatives to
Dean Eickhoff told the Senate, dis illusioned with how many stu- in drafting a resolution that op- the Student Senate Thursday, Feb- The February 29 ses
dents want to get involved. "I poses the changes. ruary 29, at 9:35 p.m. in room 120
which is presently considering a think that the Chancellor will say of Benton Hall. Member s of the trial, said Ferguson.
plan of reorganization, what the to a reorganization program that In part it state s : "Reading the University administration will at-
Student Affairs Office has ac- students don't want to get involved proposal several questions came tend the meeting and entertain sug- attendaric.e is heavy and
cepted as objectives for any pro- and we should leave them alone." to mind. Is it possible for one to gestions and complaints.
gram it undertakes: extension of have a trial by his peers when none comments, suggestions and re ,
student responsibility, increase in The Dean told the senate he of his peers are hearing his case? Four Evening College students
student inVOlvement, and a com- was ready to suggest that the Can one man judge who is best will be elected to serve on the warrant regular meetings in the I
mitment to education and the Uni- univer sity establish a division of suited to sit on a discipline com- Student Senate at the meeting, in
versity. involvement. He proposed giving mittee? addition to spontaneous student- future." He noted that the agenda I
college credit to those who be- administration discussions.
Realizing that they have no came involved in student govern- "Are the students of a large was open to discussion of anything'
measures for the effectiveness of ment and other university activi- univers ity receiving the proper The meeting, open to all Evening
a program, the Dean and Chan- ties, then justified this position by training by having their views of College students, will mark an from social programming through
cellor James L. Bugg, Jr., have posing the question, "How many justice formed in a way contrary initial attempt to give the night
placed as top priority the acquisi- people would learn to read and to what they will experience in school a more vital role in all counselling and placement Ip..c""
tion- of a behaviorial scientist to later life? areas of the UMSL community. An
evaluate the effectivenes s of stu- Iwrite if we didn't force them to informal committee of six Evening riculum.
dent affairs. At present there is a "Obviously, the answer to all College students is spearheading
tentative agreement to this ap - learn?" these questions is no!" the gathering. They are M.i.lton There to participate in the dis-
"We've got to make them care,"
Campus Will Petition cussions from the University ad.

ministration will .be Dr. "Joy

Whitener, dean of the Evening

Collegej Donald O. BOWling, as-

proach. the Dean concluded. "Ithink some- Hughes warned that "the board Patterson, Peggy MOrI'issey, Rita sistant Evening College deanj and

When asked if there would be any how or other that the University would be reluctant to change," Swiener, Norella Hugins, Merle Dr. Harold Eickhoff, dean of stu-

objection by either the Chancellor has to sha ke off the cliches they but he promised to circulate a Heller and Maury Ferguson. Fer- dent affairs. Chancellor James T.

or himself on immediate SA re- (students) have wrapped them- petition on this campus to protest guson is acting as chairman of th.e Bugg, Jr. has' indicated thai; he

"organization, Dean Eickhoff ad - selves in and start something the deciSion. The petition, he con- group. will try to be present after an
rI t t· t rI n
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Page 2 UMSL CURRENT February 23, 1968

~A Worthwhile Project Attention: Seniors
There has been some controversy among members of the student As you may know the Graduation
government about whether to concentrate their efforts on noble, far- Committee has planned a class gift
flung projects, or to limit themselves to working on the many problems to be purchased from funds donated
pertaining to the UMSL campus. In most cases, we would tend to agree by class members. Cards were
with those who want to concentrate solely on campus is sues. However, sent out for pledges and as yet
we think the idea of having a so-called Vietnam week is a worthwhile not all of the cards have been re-
exception, because this is one problem, quite obviously, that applies to turned. It is also possible that all
everyone. And, unfortunately, it is also one problem about which many seniors did not receive cards. It is
people are exceedingly ignorant. imperative that these pledges and
the money be turned in as soon as
The situation in Vietnam is incredibly complex, and few people have possible. June is not that far away.
the background or the insight to make statements which can stand up to
intelligent scrutiny. On an issue as vital as this, it is difficult to re- So far consensus has been to
main rational, and seemingly impossible to remain detached and un- purchase a university seal for the
biased, that is, open to reasonable arguments from both sides. It is for new library. The e stimated cost
the reason that so many discussions of Vietnam deteriorate into heated of a bronze seal is $2000. If
arguments based on strong emotion, narrow-minded opinions, sweeping enough funds are not raised to pur-
chase the seal a substitute gift
generalizations, and time-worn cliches. Yet intellectual integrity demands
that this issue be approached from a reasonably logical stand-point: chosen at the discretion of the
Graduation Committee will be pur-
that both sides be considered or at least reviewed before one is con- chased.
demned. Members of an academic community should be especially con- The average pledge has been
cerned about making an effort to look long and hard at both sides --
whether they are already committed to one or the other, or not. about $6.00. They, however, range
from $3.00 to $20.00.
One of the greatest causes of unrest about this war is the difficulty
The Graduation Committee
in obtaining valid information -- about moral commitment, historical
involvement, purposes, goals, present operations, consequences, Would appreciate the return of the
pledges as soon as possible. Pay-
. _.•d pOlitical ramifications -- all facets. It is, therefore, the ment of the pledges may be made

/nsibility of each individual to take advantage of every opportunity at the Student Association Office
rjcome as well-informed as possible -- and this means more than
in the Administration Building. Look Grandpa, your report card finally came!
a g an argument to support a prejudice. Money may be given to Steve
. For these reasons, we applaud the goal of "Emphasis: Vietnam Schrier, Bill Zimbalist, Barry
King or Gail strong.
-- to present a framework for intellectual debate, and not a pro-

designed to feed the prejudices of one particular group by a series

Vietnam or anti-Vietnam harangues. The point of this program Dear Editor: Letters to the Editor
present both sides of the situation -- an effort has been made

qualified speakers representing different views - in a series

debates, and panel discussions. To the Editor: fore regular meetings would be

an individual has made an intelligent study of different, and The recent disclosure of four Last September I received a resumed after the holidays .
ideas about as many of the issues as possible that this war . basketball players ruled ineligible letter from the office of the Chan-
To date no such meetings have
then he is justified in taking whichever position appears to is a sorry revelation of UMSL' s cellor announcing my appointment been called. This distresses me
athletic immaturity. Players who on the Chancellor's Advisory for several reasons:
responsible, the most moral, the most valid.
hope that this project, somewhat hastily conceived, fail to represent themselve s in Council. (The Council consists of 1. The Council is supposed to be
c.w. the classroom are definitely unfit a select group of students chosen a major part of UMSL's student
to represent the student body. by the Chancellor to advise him
Reforms Needed If only one or two players were government; at times it even takes
as to tJ:1 W?;••~ and needs of the precedence over the Senate. It
involved it would be understand- would seem then, that a complete
~y.~r66 " :;.uden ). The letter also
But the number irx::~ infor-rned me of h~~s'p'onsib~}ti~ ~ _~a ilure in one such important of

concentrating its energies on a reorganization of student government cates Coac h Smith should share of the appointment and of the op- the S.A: would signal possible fa1'-

UMSL, and rightly so: the effectiveness of the Student Association some of the blame also. Apparent- portunity it would give me to be of licies in the other branches.

s been hampered greatly by its inefficiency; lines of authority are ly he failed to impress upon the real service to the Univer s ity. Nat- 2. The Council is, in my opinion,

defined; and far too much power, and a corresponding amount of boys that a four-year stint as a urally I was excited and honored for a very liberal institution. The S.A.

are concentrated in the office of the president. This is indeed the basketball player is secondary to who would deny a chance to be of boasts of this Counc il and other

to reorganize the Student Association. a four-year education. Or does the real service to his university! bodies such as the Student Court

The Senate, however, in all of its reorganizing fervor, has ap- coach share this view? Our first meeting was held soon as the "spirit" of UMSL. I see

overlooked one matter of importance -- election reform. Bill McShane after this announcement. The the killing of this council and

is particularly necessary to the improvement of the To the Editor: Chancellor seemed to be more than Student Court as a foreshadowing

. calibr of the Senate. How valuable is a highly-organized government On Friday, Februa ry 16, 1968, superficially interested in the de- of a tradition-bound institution.

when the officers of that government are not creative, responSible, or between 10:30 and 2:30 P.M. my sires ofthe students and plans were 3. I am forced to cite the Coun-

hard-working? How effective can even a highly-organized government be automobile was broken into and a laid out for future meetings. I can cil's inactivity as a sign of ad-

when it is continually plagued by resignations? stereo tape deck with an FM radio honestly say that all participants ministration's di sinterest in the

The Current believes thatthepresent requirements for senators are was stolen. My auto, a 1964 maroon were extremely pleased with this "student." I think all the Council

not stringent enough. Article nI, Section 11 of the Constitution of the Pontiac GTO was parked on the meeting and anxiously anticipating members would under stand why the
, UMSL !_';\t,udent Assoctia·IOn estab Iishets hese standards: "AlIIegI.SIators University lot nearest the new further similar meetings.
Chancellor would not have time to
te full-time students in good standing. Any student on academic science building. Any information Unfortunately this seems to have meet with us, but it would seem

probation is ineligible for membership." concerning this incident should been our first and last meeting. there is no excuse for our not

qualifications are far too lax. What, then, are proper be given to the campus pOlice. As Around Christmas time I went to being notified as such so we could

We think that all senators should be required to have at a student of this University, I the Dean of student Affair s because find other avenues of making our

a 2.25 cumulative average when elected. Class officers and memo know it would be most beneficial I was concerned with our lack of wants known to the administration.

of the Student Union Board should have a similar requirement. to remove any corrupt and debase action. I was told that the Chan- I take this opportunty to reluc-
'd ...,J • • elements that exist on campus. A cellor was too busy making plans tantly resign from the Council and
university should be a place for for the future of the University to apologize to the students for our
th7 mOJ;e demanding posts of Student ASSOCIatIOn presl ent, vlce- academic fellowship and not a call any meetings. At this time I failure.
6nt, secretary, and treasurer, and for the position of SUB presi- breeding ground for thieves. was assured though that the Chan-
cellor was deeply intere sted in re- Sincerely,
we propose a minimum average of 2.5. Name Withheld
We realize that the enactment of these proposals will not guarantee
election of creative, responsible, and hard-working officials; but cruiting student opinion and there-

ill increase that probability. And it will virtually eliminate one of the Kathy Tracy.
blems that has nearly hamstrung student government this year --
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February 23, 1968 UMSl CURRENT

Current Co-ed Pirandello Play Is Engrossing Theatre

By Sam Hack, Features Editor

The audience at the Loretto- real. The "characters" who pro- London as the Father who a ts as

Hilton Repertory Theatre's pro- fess to have the stable reality of spokesman for the "charactr rs."
duction of Pirandello' s Six Charac-
ters in Search of an Author is told art cannot agree as to what that They respond with the best per-
in the program that they are to
witness "A rehearsal of a play reality is. formances in the production.
by Pirandello at Loretto-Hilton
Center." This is the first step in Six Character s is much more London's perform-
successfully solving a paradoxical
staging problem Which has plagued than fascinating philosophizing. It ance stands out because he avoids
producers of this play. The play
Which deals in depth with the theme is powerful and engrossing theatre. the mistake of playing his "charac-
of illusion and reality requires a
production Which creates the il- The theatricality of the basic situa- ter" as a cardboard caricature.
lusion of not being a play at all.
tion is obvious, and Pirandello en- Pirandello intended for his "char-
Play Rehearsal
riches it with elements of emotion, acters" to be more real than the
A group of actor s and a director
are rehearsing a play when they suspense , and humor. The emotion director and the actors, so he gave
are interrupted by six mysterious
people (members of one family) and suspense are embroidered them mUlti-sided, believable per-
who claim to be "characters"
brought to life by a playwright who within the "Characters" tale and sonalities. London understands his

their individual responses to it. "character's" personality and

The humor, and there is a great brings him to life. Virginia Payne,

deal of it, lies in the lack of Joy Mills, and Robert Moberly act

understanding between the "real" well as the other "characters"

people and the "characters." It but fail to perceive their depth.

is this theatrical effectiveness that

Clyde Stars .Inis dependent upon the creation of

the illusion of reality.
Excellent Translation

refused to finish their play. They The Loretto-Hilton production,

BlackCare plagued by a desire to give ex- directed by J. Robert Deitz, suc-

pre ssion to their story and their ceeds with the help of Paul Avila
emotions and are "in search of an Mayer's excellent translation
author" to help them. They ask the Which achieves a modernization Jeremy Clyde (of
director to be their "author," and informality not found in other popular recording team of
and, fascinated, he accepts. As the translations. The action (the re- and Jeremy) heads the ca
play goes on, they reveal their hearsal) begins with the house- Black Comedy, Peter Shaffer's
This week's Current Cooed is Freshman Stephanie Hammett. A graduate horrendous tale of adultery, pros- lights still on and is so well'done roariously funny Broadway

of St. Charles High School, Steph is a member of the Student Union titution, incest, and death. Within and involving that the appearance coming to the American -

Board and the President's Advisory Council, and is a newly activated this outline; through a brilliantly of the "characters" interrupts for a one-week engagement

member of Angel Flight. She is majoring in secondary education and wrought complex of interactions of both the rehearsal and the audi- day, February 26 through

English. Photo by Mike Olds the actors and the director with ence's intere st in it. Interest March 2. Performances .

the "characters," the "charac- switches to the mysterious intrud- 8:30 p.m. and matinees
ters" with each other, and the ers and is held by Dietz's ingenious day and Saturday at 2
actors and director with each oth- staging and some fine ensemble Black Comedy was
written by Mr. Shaffer
er; Pirandello progressively ex- acting.
poses and then discusses his theme. Much of the acting responsibility thorization of Sir
IMPORTANT is in the hands of Bernie Passel- for London's Royal
SENIORS Illusion and Reality
He discusses the reality of an tiner as the director and Chet cessful on both sides
If you are planning to graduate this June U-U;;_...ll>aenat.ics,(llthle---pPla!ym----l~~
and haven't Vi etn-am-- Debindividual who has only one reality smash
on Broadway.
received written information pertaining to this, to liimselfbut many different reali-
Please Contact Shaffer's play, Black Come'
ties to the different people who Next year's varsity debate team, though performed throughout!
PAM JOHNSON know him. He discusses the reality the first one for the UMSL campus, brightly lighted stage--l'Clnl·lllH
Graduation Committee - leave message of the theatre Which presents an il- will put on an exhibition debate con- the hilarious confusion which
lusion of the reality of the play- cerning Vietnam on Thursday, Feb- occur if both host and gue
in Student Association Office wright's art. Art (the "charac- ruary 29 at 1:40 p.m. in Room 114 den1y find themselves in total
ters"), Pirandello seems to say, Benton Hall. ness, due to a blown fuse.
is more real than the material
world (the actors and director) The purpose of the debate is to As a companionpiece,precp
because while the reality of the shOW students what an academic Black Comedy, Peter Shaffe,.mc'l-
latter is constantly changing, art debate is like, and to find people contributed a brief and more eight,
has one constant reality. But if who may wish to become members ful play called White Lies. Hut are
art is as close to reality as one of the team. After the debate, the story of a sea-side fortune tOurth,
can come, it is still not perfectly audience will be invited to ask
questions of the panel and to make

Shop comments about the debate itself. a supposed Baroness down ce ma-
The participants in the debate
luck, who accepts a bribe t6 most
Normandy will be: Karen Zell, Dennis Cur-
Shopping rans, Craig Zimerman, and Sam read her crystal ball.
Bammarito. Don Pace will mod- Black Comedy is a furthe}
erate the debate. AU interested
tion to Peter Shaffer's unl
string of hits, ranging fror
students and faculty are invited. Finger Excercise and The I
Center Ear and The Prqlic Eye,
Join the Voluntary Improve-
Stores First ment Program of Adult Educa- spectacular Royal Hunt of
The National Company
tion. Tutors needed in the
23 Stores To Serve You fields of Reading, Arithmetic, Comedy and White Lies was
Lucas Hunt English. Contact Ron Nichols rected by Randall Brooks,
scenery and costumes by Alan
And Natural Bridge JE 3-5226
and lighting by Jules Fisher.

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Page I ~ UMSL CURRENT February 23, 1968

--t NAIA Bid for UMSl? JV Suffers
14 by Marty Hendin, Sports Editor
First Loss
When it was announced that UMSL vermen.
The UMSL junior varsity suf-
had been accepted by the National The Rockhurst Hawks have a fered their first defeat of the
season at the hands of Boys' Club
Association of Intercollegiate Ath- national reputation as they were of St. Louis 114-92 on February
15. The junior Rivermen played
letics, the Current reported that NAIA national champions in 1964. Without Jim Goff and leading sco-
rer Verle Sutton, who were ele-
UMSL could possibly receive an The Bearcats of Southwest Bap- vated to the Varsity.

invitation to the NAIA national tist have already defeated UMSL John Pasternak tossed in 32
points to lead UMSL while Joe
tournament to be held in March (81-64 on January 29) and will Fagan tallied a season high of
24, and Loy Allen and newcomer
in Kansas City. play Rockhur st on February 24. Steve Meier each hit for 14.

The procedure for receiving an If the Bearcats defeat Rockhur st The game was a rematch of
the game played at Normandy Ju-
invitation to the tourney is as fol- they will have a good chance of re~ nior High on February 7. In that
game, Verle Sutton scored a UMSL
lows: The leading independent in pre senting the district. record of 42 points to lead the
Jayvees to a 99-89 victory. UMSL
NAIA District 16 (UMSL' s dis- When District 16 finally deter- trailed 46-42 at half-time but
caught up early in the second
trict) will play the winner of the mine s its representative, that team half. In addition to Sutton' s 42
pOints, Joe Fagan scored 23, and
Missouri College Athletic Union, will face Drury (18-3 on the sea- Loy Allen, John Pasternak, Jim
GOff, and Jim Holloway each scored
Drury College of Springfield, Mo. son and 12-0 in the MCAU) in 8.

The leading independent is chosen a two-of-three play-off at a neut- Verle Sutton currently leads
the junior RivermEln in scoring,
on the basis of won-lost record, ral site (probably Fayette or Col- UMSL's Terry Reiter (54) battles Southwestern's Ken Brooks ,for a re- averaging 25.9 pOints per con-
scores with common opponents, umbia, Mo.). The winner of that te st, while John Pasternak is av-
difficulty of schedule, and a na- play-off will represent District bound as Jim Goff (14) and Verle Sutton (12) and Jerry Bell (30) and eraging 18. Bill Davis is the lead-
tional ranking system. 16 in the NAIA national tourna- ing rebounder with an average of
ment in Ka~sas City. Jim Moss (51) watch . The action occurred during UMSL's victory over 15 per game.
As of this writing, the River-
the Lynx on February 13. Photo by Mike OIds Stenner .Needs

have a record of 12-8 while 18 For Record

closest independent rivals, In tomorrow night's regular sea-
st College of Kansas City son finale, Jack stenner willprob-
ably establish a new UMSL record
Cagers Drop Two, Now 12-8Baptist of Bolivar, for most points in a season. Mo_
have records of 10-13 and Woods set the record last season,
scoring 437 points in 19 games
respectively. Coach Smith The Rivermen have certainly Although burdened by the loss University of Wisconsin for an average of 23 points per
that UMSL's inexperience in lived up to their name as the of four of their first six players, game. Going into tomorrow's
·ar-collegiate basketball will University of Missouri at St. Louis. the Rivermen defeated Southwest- The Rivermen missed their in- game, Stenner has scored 420
the Rivermen's chances in the ern College of Memphis 71-66 on eligible players on Saturday Feb- points in 19 games for a 22.1
UMSL's two losses on the road Tue sday, February 13, in their ruary 19 when they were defeated average, and he needs only 18
selection, because even last week-end gave them a 0-4 last st. Louis game of the season. by the University of Wisconsin at points to set the new record.
UMSL will probably finish record this season and a 1-10 Milwaukee.
a better record than either road mark in their two year his- Coach Chuck Smith started Ter- Stenner' s average would be even
tory. In St. Louis, the Rivermen ry Reiter at center , Ron Clark UMSL scored only 27 points higher if he had not been injured
or Southwest Baptist, a re 12-4 this season and 23-5 and .Jim Goff at forwards, and in the first half and trailed 48-27 in UMSL's first game of the sea-
sand Bearcast each have in two years. guards J ac k Stenner and Verle at half-time. The Rivermen got son. In that game, he scored six
Sutton. That line-up worked, as within six pOints midway through points before injuring his knee
advantage over the Ri- UMSL never trailed in the game. the second half, but could get no early in the game. He missed the
The Rivermen led 41-36 at half- closer and Wisconsin prevailed rest of that game and the entire
I your banking at Friendly, Courteous, Neighborly time , and held leads as high as 98-75. second game of the year. He scored
eleven points in the second half. only six points while playing a few
~ The Lynx closed the margin to Led by game-high scorer Dexter minutes in the third game before
trail only 65-62 with 2:55 left Rie sc h's 27 pOints, all five Wis- coming back to score 24 points
~~---- ---- in the game but Jack Stenner, consin starters scored in double in the next game to start him
Terr y-Reit~r_ and Verle Sut~~n figures. Jack Stenner scored 25 toward the record.
scored to put the game in the win ~oints to lead Rivermen scorer s.
column for UMSL. Ver:'€ Sutton tallied 17 POll1ts and Classified
Ron Clark hit his season high with
All five Rivermen starters play- 15. STUDENTS! Get your order s in
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time this season. Jack Stenner The Rivermen lost again on greatest st. Louis new spapers. The
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25 pOints. Junior Varsity high 19, when they were \!Iefeated by vailable at the regular price of
\Then scorer Verle "the Pearl" Sut- the University of IlUi,ois at Chi- $3.80 for the first 2 mos. and the
lard~tween homework and classes, there's little time left for leisure ; ton tallied 14 pOints, Ron Clark cago Circle 88-82. second 2 mos. are free. So you
\Then n't spend it running around to pay your bills or purchase hit for 13, Terry Reiter tossed The St. Louisans led 44-39 at get 4 mos. of delivery for the
in 12 and Jim Goff added 7. In half-time but could not hold the price of 2. This is 95~/mo. or 31/2~
the rebounds department, Terry lead in the second half. UICC's a day, Sunday paper excluded. The
Reiter grabbed 15 and Ron Clark 10. Rich Czyz was the game's high st. Louis Globe-Democrat is $2.50
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'bney orders. A mere 6¢ stamp will deliver your check . Your ECRIVANT WEST scorer with 32 pOints. Jack Sten- This offer is for 3 mos. and a
lot slcelled check is your receipt. Your check book will help you ner led UMSL scorers for the special reader's accident in-
JMSImage your money more wisely and help prepare you for busi- Resume'Specialist third consecutive game as he surance is 40~ a month, if de-
Professional Writing scored 24 points. Terry Reiter and sired. The Chicago Daily News
or homemaking in the near future. Jim Goff each hit UMSL new career is available for 46~/Wk. and the
by Professionals highs, Reiter with 18 pOints, and Sunday is included. It has a spe-
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scored in double figures with 14 to Herbert G. Schwartz, #3 Uni-
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points. 62901

Last Game Tomorrow

The Rivermen will travel to

Jacksonville, Illinois tomorrow to

take on the Blueboys of Illinois

College in their last regular season

.... game of 1967-68.
This will be the second meeting

between the two teams. UMSL de-

feated the Blueboys 96-67 last

season at Concordia. Leading sco-

rers for the Blueboys, who are

8-10 so far this season are Char-

le s Martin and John Mayer.

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