TUESDAY, MAY 8, 1956 THE MICHIGAN DAILY rAGE THREE ,. TUESDAY, MAY 8,1956 THE MICHIGAN DAILY PAGE THREE N DTESINTHE MARGINN ot e by alan eisenberg etters Daily Associate Sports Editor Top" Irish for 26th Stra ight 0 i.......... .. ... '*g'° ^{ g:::mJg#.wgr.' .},g7:.^gM"}7 The Final Notes IT IS LATE at night. Most of the lights lining Washtenaw Avenue have dimmed long ago. The cigarette in the ash tray withers away, smoke curling to the ceiling in tantalizing jerks. Frank Sinatra sings some sad song at 33 revolutions per minute. A small bulb throws a yellow light on my typewriter. I can see the sky through the paint- flecked window in my room. The moon and the stars are very bright against the background of black; there is an aura of eerie strange- ness. It is late at night and most everybody is asleep. The only sounds in the world are the faint rumbles of cars, the chattering of the type- writer keys, and of Sinatra's distinctly plaintive tone. It is the time of the morning when everything is fresh and new and to be alive can be very wonderful and very lonely. It is in the hours before dawn that now I think of Michigan. Four of my 21 years have been spent in Ann Arbor. I will be here only a few more weeks and the thought makes me feel a bit . . . oh, a bit unhappy. I guess I feel that way because Michigan has been good to me. This does not mean, however, that everything has been wonderful. Just like everybody else I have had my little share of sorrows and un- happy experiences. And there have been the days when the University was only an educational factory and Ann Arbor was a horrid little Midwestern town. But those bad days seem to fade for the moment- } f and maybe that's the way it should be. Trying to Explain .. . THE KEYS have stopped. The typewriter almost seems to leer as it waits for me to put on paper what has been growing inside of me the last fbur years. How do you' put it into words? How do you tell people who really do not care that despite the many absurdities you love this place? I have spent four years here and now I wonder what I will take with me. There are the tangible things-like a degree-that are really unimportant. It is the intangibles that are the most valuable-and the forces most difficult to weigh and to define. What have I really learn- ed? How much have I matured? How will I use my knowledge in the future? How much could Michigan have given me? And how little did I receive? Can I really think rationally-and come to a logical decision? Will my education stop now that the classroom door is clos- ing-or will I keep on trying to understand? In eight semesters I have taken a lot of courses, studied too many nights for examinations, written countless papers on all kinds of subjects. I've been in the Literary College the whole time, majoring in English literature, and hold the usual low opinion concerning the intel- lectual level of Business Administration and Engineering students. I lost count a long time ago as to the number of books I have used. But what did I learn? Did I obtain what people call without' knowing what it really is-a well rounded education? How many courses did I miss that I wanted to take? How many courses that I took were any good? And so I take away with me doubt as to what I accomplish .... The Initial View.. BUT ALONG with the somewhat painful introspection I will take with me some memories. I remember now how the Huron River looked when I first saw it through the window of a slow moving train. I remember, too, it was raining when I left the train; a prophetic symbol I think today.' I recall the strangeness I felt when I entered West Quadrangle. I remember getting lost and not wanting to ask for direction because then it would be obvious that I was a freshman. Football Saturdays will always be a pleasant thought. Most of the games themselves, the scores, the outstanding plays have already been forgotten. But the color, the excitement, the pride, the joy or sorrow have left an indelible mark. Even if you did not care you could always tell when it was Saturday. The weather was usually good but nobody, it seemed, ever got tired of saying with a smug look on their face that "Criser must have a direct connection with God." The cars filled up the streets quickly, the dormitories, fraternity and sorority houses attracted many visitors. I always felt a bit em- barrassed and a bit annoyed when I saw little ragged children selling parking places. I remember, too, following the crowd down State Street-holding the hand of a little girl with black hair and deep green. eyes-and getting more and more animated as we neared the Stadium. We always reached our seats early. I suspect that I enjoyed watch- ing the band more than seeing the game; it may be a blasphemous statement-especially from a sports reporter-but it is true. I do not think I shall forget how much I enjoyed the band prance. Bit the best was yet to come and I always became nervous as I waited for the moment. - Noise of a Great Silence ... THE BAND was always at the cente-of the field when they played the alma mater. The huge crowd reluctantly rose and began singing. There is a line in The Yellow and Blue which runs: "And yellow the moon on the harvest wain -Hail!" And there was the noise of a great silence. It was a quiet which sent shivers up my back six or seven times each season for four years. Almost 100,000 people were dead silent; they were paying homage, tribute - call it what you want. But it was that one second silence that I waited for every week and which I will not be able to forget. There are other memories which I will take with me. I shall always think of Ann Arbor as it is in the Spring. I shall think of warm days, a slight wind, lush trees swaying, Good Humors on the steps of Angell Hall, a cigarette break on the diagonal, the cutting of afternoon classes to play a bad round of golf. Many of the memories are happy ones because I have shared them with friends. But the end of the road is not far away and I realize I will lose contact with too many of them too quickly. The thought makes me sad and I wonder how many I will know intimately in five years. There is Jordan, Hanley, and Shirlee, Ron, Herbie, and Sandy, and Carole. I hope I can hold on to a couple. I have been writing for a long time; dawn is not far away. The cigarette no longer tastes good and the Sinatra record has long since finished. I have said a lot-perhaps too much. I guess, too, that I have been pretty sentimental. Five years from now I may read this column and laugh-but this morning I sincerely mean what I have written. There is also much that I wanted to say and could not find the words; for this I am sorry. To those who have read this far I hope I have not bored you and I thank you for sticking with me, At any rate, it's time to go to bed. 'Everything Went Wrong' For Golfers By NELSON SHERBURNE "It was just one of those days when everything went wrong," re- flected golf Coach Bert Katzen- meyer about the Wolverines' dis- appointing performance in last Saturday's triangular meet at La- fayette, Ind. Michigan, which defeated both of these teams the previous week- end, dropped decisions to both Ohio State and Purdue. The links- men were trounced by the powerful Buckeyes, 23-11, and lost to the Boilermakers, who were paced by NCAA champion Joe Campbell's 149, by a narrow 23-10 count. First Loss in Six Meets Commenting about the loss, the first for the Wolverines in the last six meets, Katzenmeyer said, "It was a combination of things. You couldn't put your finger on a singly f actor." The Purdue course, with its somewhat steeper hills than tle Wolverine home grounds, is a very deceptive course to play. Judge- ment of distances is difficult be- cause of the situation of the greens on the rolling terrain. As a result, club selection is a problem on almost every shot and 'M' Club There will be a meeting of the "M" Club tonight at 7:30. the golfers found many of their second shots failing to hit or stick on the greens. Quadrangular Meet Here The linksmen will have the op- portunity to avenge their poor showing next weekend when they meet Purdue, Olio State and an improved North westernsquad on the Michigan course. It will be the year's first meeting between the Wolverines and the Wildcats from Evanston, Ill. [Whitewash Opponent, 9-0; Broncos Here Tomorrow 4, Special To The Daily SOUTH BEND, Ind.--Michigan's tennis team sparkled as it trounced Notre Dame, 9-0, for its 26th straight win here yesterday. The victory marked the 14th time in their 21-dual-match his- tory that the Wolverines have bested the Irish. The netters had a relatively e isy time of itcapturing each indi- vidual match without the loss of a set. Ace Barry MacKay was the only one to experience any difficulty as he downed Notre Dame's pantain, Harry Smith, 6L2, 8-6. It was only the third tilme that Smith has been beaten this season. Dick Potter captured the num- ber two singles match by defeating Chuck Vanoncini, 6-3, 6-1. Mark Jaffe, playing in the num- ber three position, easily over- whelmed Dean Richards. who is also a junior, 6'3, 6-0. John Harris, Michigan's promis- ing sophomore, continued the vic- tory pattern by drubbing Jim Rich, 6-2, 6-3. In the other singles matches Dale Jensen downed Bill O'Con- nor, 6-3, 6-1; and Larry Brown beat John Metz, 6-0, 6-3. MacKay and Potter teamed up in the number one doubles spot and gave Smith and Vanoncini their second defeat of the season, 6-3, 6-4. Jaffe and Harris set back Rich and Metz in straight sets, 6-3, 6-3. In the third doubles match, Jen- sen and Brown downed Tony Gon- zales and Duane Van Dyke, 6-0, 6-4. Michigan faces Western Michi- gan tomorrow at 2 p.m. in a match originally scheduled for May 2. The netters then compete with a tough Illini squad on Friday. Punished SAN FRANCISCO (A')-Fac- ulty athletic representatives of the Pacific Coast Conference Sunday placed the University of Washington on two years' pro- bation and slapped on other re- strictions which has the effect of assessing a $52,000 fine against the university. The action was taken as the result of investigations by Vic- .or 0. Schmidt, conference com- missioner of the Greater Wash- ington Advertising Fund, more commonly known as the "Torchy Torrance Slush Fund." COACH KATZENMEYER ... bemoans loss MARK JAFFE ... overwhelms foe SO DOES WILLIAMS: Gomberg, Reeves Win In I-M Softball Action A 11 By MIKE BERNSTEIN Williams House, Gomberg, and Reevs found themselves safely nestled in the residence halls first place playoffs after a total of eight contests were played yes- terday afternoon at Ferry Field. Williams gained a playoff berth by taking its fifth straight victory in routing Van Tyne, 16-2. Led by the strong hitting and pitching of Bob Lovell, Williams jumped off to a 4-0 lead in the second inning and was never headed. The Big Red of Gomberg, which had already clinched a playoff position, squeezed out a 10-8 win over Adams House in a game marred by some erratic pitching and sloppy fielding. Going into the final inning, the score was tied, 5-5. Gomberg then came up with five big runs and the outcome seemed certain. 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