Friday. January 2i, loss Simone To Quit Pioneer Coaching Staff; Compiled Impressive Record in I I Teams lrwin L. Simone, who has guid- ed Grillnell to seven Midwest Con- ference swimming titles in 16 sea. sons, has resigned eiiective at the end at the current academic year, President Glenn Leggett has an» liounced. Simone, who has served as a Pioneer coach since 1946 with the exception of three years when he was in Red Cross and physical therapy work, has also directed varsity teams in live other sports —tennis, golf, track, cross country, and soccer. He has a 179-72 record In all six sports, a 71 per cent winning figure. Best known for his success as a swimming mentor, Simone has compiled a 102—45 overall mark and a 67~Zl conference record in dual meet competition. Six of his outfits were undefeated in loop action and in one period of four years they won 25 meets in a row against conference foes. His championships came in skeins of Lhree and four, with the two streaks interrupted only by one second place linish. Simone also coached his swim- mels to a trio of second place fin- ishes and a like number of third places. only one or his 16 clubs failed to finish in the first division. His swimmers copped ll indivi- dual conierence championships and set upwards of 175 conierence, school, pool, and meet record Stan» dards. Fifty-two of the marks came in one season (195960), 11 of them at the conference meet as his crew ran away with nine individual crowns, Equally successiul in other sports Simone also directed Grinnell to conference titles in tennis and cross country. His tennis, cross country, golf, track, and soccer teams were 77-27 in dual meet competition and never placed low- er than fourth in conference meets. Simone also directed freshman teams in swimming, tennis, cross country, golf, track, and soccer, as well as football and basketball, and had outstanding success. His freshman swimmers were frequent conierence titlists and set numerous records. In addition, Simone taught physi- cal education and directed the col- He is the inventor of “The Rabr hit,” an electric pacer for swim- mers and trackmeni ”It is wiut great regret that we learned of lrv's decision to leave Grinnell College," said John A. Pfitsch, director of intercollegiate athletics. "Irv and I have worked together in the athletic department for 15 years and his contributions to Grinnell, both as a coach and as a teacher, have been outstanding. His unique talents wlll be extreme- ly hard to replace. We wish him the best of success in his future endeavors." Far Eastern Newsmen To Visit Next Week An outstanding opportunity will be available to Grinnell students Friday, January is, when l7 Far Eastern journalists from ll tor- eign countries will visit the cam- pus, The English-speaking journa- lists will be in Grinnell with three escorts as part of a national tour sponsored by the us. govern- ment. The Grinnell ROTC will sponsor a faculty luncheon in the college Forum with the foreigners as guests, then conduct them on an afternoon tour of the Campus and classes, From $5 pm, a coffee hour and student press conference will be held in the South Lounge under the joint sponsorship of the Sigma Delta Chi and Theta Sigma Phi, national journalistic societies. The visitors will eat dinner in the Cowles and Quadrangle dining rooms, where it will be possible for students to talk individually with them. All have outstanding backgrounds and good mastery of English. Interested persons should sign up next wcelt on the sheet to he delivered to their post office boxes. Art Display Twenty-tour paintings by James Lechay, professor of art at the University of Iowa, are now on exhibition in the Scheafiel‘ Gallery in the Fine Arts Center. The exhibition will through Feb. 2. continue SCARLET AND BLACK Grinnell Exchanges Mat-fest for Track The Midwest conierence wrest. ling meet, originally scheduled for Grinnell March 4.5, has been shiited to Beloit, Wis, John A. Pfitsch, director of intercollegiate athletics at Grinneli, has an- nounced. In return, Grinnell has been a- warded the conference track meet, which had originally been slated for Beloit. it will be May 2021. Scheduling difficulties led to the shifts, according to Ptitsch. Grinnell will also host the league gait and tennis meets May zen. The track and tennis competition will be held in Grinnell, with the golf meet scheduled for the 13» hole Gates Park course in Water loo. WRA News WRA is starting off this semes- ter's calendar with bowling intra- murals. The basketball interest group is also in action. with a playday at Marshalltown tomor- row. Plans for the basketball lM tournament are underway. Bowling participation may he re- ceived now. Bowling done over Christmas vacation also counts to- ward participation if reported to your hall recreation chairman. At the recent WRA board meet» ing, Ruth Schuri was elected vols leyhall sport head for next year. piers busy with a against the Wisconsin teams. it was the Iowa schools against the Wis- consin schools, and Lawrence e~ merged as the only team to sweep three victories. won its first meet against Ripon 40-0. Although Ripon pointsto Grinnell in forfeits, they were unable to win a single match in the other weights. in the second dual, Lawrence proved too tough, winning zels. Grinnell then came back and beat Beloit 1913. Prior to exams last semester, the Grinnell wrestling team, crip- pled by injuries as well as the im— minent finals, wrestled to a sixth place tie at the Knox Invitational. Fourteen this tenth annual event. Mike Marv tinson, Bill Barnes, and Gary Wil- son were Grinnell‘s placewinners; each copped a third. teams participated in Finish 2-] Last Saturday kept the grap— triple duel Grinnell easily gave 25 Sharpe. Wilson Win Winning all three matches for Grinnell were John Sharpe and Gary Wilson ~ all by decisions. Mike Martinson also won three but ,Iast Page Eleven Wrestlers Take Sixth at Knox Despite Injuries. Final Exams pinned his third man in an exhi~ bitian bout. Louis Kelley won two and tied one, and Ken Slrubler pinned his Lawrence opponent and then won by decision in another exhibition match. Joel Richman split tor the day while winning his third by forfeit. Ray Mendel, Bob Geller, Dick Lamb, and Ken Au- gustine rounded out the team with Jeff Patterson wrestling exhibiv tion. Lamb and Augustine, both still inexperienced, filled the 191 and heavyweight positions left Va» cant last year and will help the team during the remainder oi the season. Full Team Grinneli may iinally field a lull team for tomorrow’s meet against a tough Luther squad. Co—captain Bill Barnes, unable to wrest]: Saturday because of n comprehensive conflict, will be back, but injuries still plague the team. Sharpe is o doubttul slarter and Fred Miller, although not I starter, suffered a severe clavtcle separation in practice. Luther sevv eral times conference champions in their league in the past tive years, will face Grinnell at 1 p.m. tomor- rowh After the varsity matches, the freshman squad will meet the Luther fl'osh in their first dual of the season. Kelsey Wins Conference Trophy, Named Top Midwest Scholar-Athlete John Kelsey, a senior football and track letterman at Grinnell, has been named 1965 winner of the Midwest Conference's Roy Lev Clere scholar-athlete trophy. The trophy is presented each winter to the conference senior who attained the highest grade point average during his junior year while lettering in two or more sports. A psychology major, Kelsey had a 3.75 grade point average during his junior year and has a cumulae tive 3.80 GPA for his tirst three years at Grinnell. He was elected to membership in Phi Beta Kappa in November, 1965, and plans graduate study in psychology next year. Kelsey has earned three iootball letters as a defensive back and two in track as a middle distance- mon and broad jumper. He will seek a third spring. track letter next t Iudwig’s Resigno lion Tri Meet Includes Grinnell Swim Team The Grinnell College swimming team, now down to seven men, will open a 3-week, 4-meet road string by matching stroltes with Luther and Wayne State in a tri- angular at Decorah Saturday. Lack of depth was graphically illustrated as the Pioneers came in third in a triangular with lili- nois State and Gustavus Adolphus here last weekend. Though they copped three firsts in the llrevent card. Grinnell swimmers were able to come up With more than on. point-getter in only one of the nine individual events. Ken Adelman, Bill Lontz, and Steve Hollze, were the Pioneer leaders in the meet, chalking up 29 of Grinneil’s 401/z points. Adelman won the buttel'flv, Holtze topped the field in the ba stroke and tied for second in till individual medley. and Lana placed second in the so freestyl- and shared the number two spot in the 100 freestyle. In additlon (Continued from Page 1) with a great diversity of things to do. I’ve found it very exciting and rewarding." He looks ahead with equal en» thuslasm. “The University or lo- wa is in for a period of very sub- stantlal growth,” he said, Ludwig spoke proudly of the great progress he has seen during his stuy at Grinueii. He spoke of former President Bowen as a “great genius,” Ludwig said that “though the buildings are the must tangible signs of change and pro~ gress here, the most significant filings that have happened here are the rise in the quality of stu» dents and faculty at Grmnell, In that period Gl'inrlell has achieved a national reputation as a quality Included in the exhibition are several portraits, a series of ca- thedral images from a recent per. rod in France. and a group of figure studies. Fourteen of the paintings are from Lechay's studio in lowa City. Ten have been sent from the art- ist’s representative in New York, the Kraushaar Gallely. lege’s recreation program, which has included such activities as sail- ing, water safety, and skiing. PAGLIAI’S PIZZA Now Under New Management FREE DELIVERY TO HALL LOUNGES ONLY Hours: 4-1 Mom-Sat. 4-11 Sun. Fhone 5-7205 of 6-533! 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Also picking up Pioneer points were Bill Batschelet, 200 and 500 treesryle, Bob Wells, breaststroke and medley relay team, and Rich Seifcrt, so tr-cestyle. “I thought we did fairly well considering that we only have sev- cn boys and aren't really in shape yet, mone slated, “\Ve’re mah— ing progress and should be in top shape in another couple oi works when we slurt conference action," “We‘ve got several good individ- uals and are hoping to develop their Skills so that we have a good shot at first place in every ind:— vidual swimming event," he ud- ded. ”If we can do this, we should be able to give a good account of ourselves in most meets,"