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About The print. (Oregon City, Oregon) 1977-1989 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 18, 1978)
i bowl got off with an ic fizzle rather than a d bang when only three e entered for the initial on at the College. 10, sponsored by facul- jers, will complete a iin type competition to- itermine which of them in to regional finals in Wash. ling to Debbie Baker, ictivities director, the nout is the result of j the event fall term ig to get it started this year we're going to run ¡tournament during fall he said. "This will give time. Had we known it easier than anticipated ip we would have begun though the turnout was t was expected, the 11 audience cheered enthu- Joe McFeron top in concentration siastically as the team of their choice answered a particularly obscure question. The questions, which ranged from trivia—subjects like what was the name of Paul Bunyan's quadripedal companion—to serious subjects like what do music theor ists call the sixth tone of a major or minor chord? Participants were . asked ten point toss-up questions with the team that correctly answered the toss-up getting a chance for a bonus question worth a stated number of points, usually from 25 to 40. Vince Fitzgerald, college couns elor who moderated the compe tition, sounded as though he had just stepped off a television show circa 1959 in order to get things rolling for a new generation of College Bowl. Dick Andrews, English instruc tor who coached the winning team in Monday's competition, expressed his delight with his teams' style. "We may have weak buzzers but we sure have a powerful team," he said, referring to the meek beep of his team's buzzers in relation to the loud buzz of the competition's. Frank Harlow, speech instruct or, had two teams entered and although Mike McCarty's team provided little competition for Paul Jablonski's, neither team was a match for Andrew's team cap tained by Dale Beaty. The winning student team will face a faculty team for practice, captained by Doug Roberts, stu dent activity information director, on Thursday. The faculty member sponsoring the winning team will receive two free dinner tickets and will travel to Tacoma along with his team. Members of Dale Beaty's team engage in discuss- ion as moderator Vince Fitzgerald waits for answer. Photos by Lorraine Stratton \ Show that certain someone that you care. Tell them that you love them with a classified ad in The Print, and show everyone that you care, too. For every classified ad run in the Valentines issue of The Print, we will donate half that money to the Oregon Heart Association. So show that certain someone that you care. 18,1978 Page 3