Cole, Homer G., Collection, 1943-1989

A collection of publications, maps, photographs, newspaper clipping and materials that were in relation to World War II collected by Homer G. Cole, of Pittsburg, Kansas. Homer G. Cole was born 1926 and raised in Carthage, Missouri until 1939, when he moved to Pittsburg, Kansas. He graduated from Pittsburg High School in May 1943 and enrolled at the Kansas State Teacher’s College (now Pittsburg State University) in the naval college training program that was known as the V-7 program. In September 1943, Cole was drafted into the U.S. Army Air Force, and trained in navigation and gunnery techniques. He then served in the Army Air Force as a tail gunner on a B-17 Flying Fortress with nineteen missions over Europe. He remained in the U.S. Army Air Force until 1945, and during his service was awarded the Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign Medal, World War II Victory Medal, Purple Heart, Air Combat Medal, European-African-Middle East Campaign Medal, and an Air Medal with Three Oakleaf Clusters. After Cole returned home, he completed his college education at Pittsburg State University. While a student he played basketball and set a school record for career basketball games played (110). After graduation, he coached at Goddard, Kansas for three years, served as the Parks and Recreation Director for Joplin, Missouri, and managed several bowling alleys. Cole also served on the Pittsburg City Commission from 1987 to 1991 and served one term as the Mayor of Pittsburg. The Pittsburg Community Center was constructed with help of Cole with Cole playing an active role in the promotion, the funding, and the development of the facility that now bears his name.https://digitalcommons.pittstate.edu/fa/1189/thumbnail.jp

Ursinus College Alumni Journal, February 1952

President\u27s page • Mr. Charles Lachman elected Vice-President • The Price of Freedom: Founders Day address • 693 students register at Ursinus for 1951-52 • Dr. George Pfahler honored • Christmas at Ursinus • All-Ursinus cast stars in TV program • Scholarships at Ursinus • Ursinus College featured in the Sunday Bulletin • Paul Wagner teaching on University of the Air • Dr. A. Lewis, Jr. named chief product engineer • A good time had by all on Old Timers\u27 Day • Alfred Gemmell appointed curator • Ursinus Women\u27s Club luncheon December 1st • G. B. Whistler Donahue in Port Lyautey • Air Force offers direct appointments • Alumni Memorial Scholarship Fund • Reginald H. Helfferich to survey relief needs on world tour • Reminiscence about early Ursinus professors • Sports review: Mr. Bailey elected conference president; Spangler to coach Ursinus basketball; Men\u27s basketball outlook; Wrestling prospects; 1951 football review; Soccer 1951; Women\u27s hockey team takes 7 placements on all-college teams • News about ourselves • Necrologyhttps://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/alumnijournal/1043/thumbnail.jp

Assessment of reliability in isokinetic testing among adolescent basketball players

Background. The reproducibility of day-to-day testing of isokinetic concentric and eccentric muscular actions among adolescent basketball players aged 14 to 16 years and relationships of mean within-subject variation in two isokinetic testing sessions with chronological age, biological maturation (estimated age at peak height velocity), training experience, body size, lower-body morphology, and initial strength performance were evaluated. Material and Methods. The sample included 27 basketball players who completed replicate test sessions of 5 repetitions of reciprocal concentric and eccentric knee extensions and flexions at 60 degrees s(-1). A randomly selected subsample of 8 players completed a third testing session to confirm reliability estimates. Results. Coefficients of variation (CV) between sessions 1 and 2 ranged from 8.1% to 17.4%, and intraclass coefficients (ICCs) ranged from 0.72 to 0.89. For sessions 1 and 3, CVs ranged from 3.9% to 6.0%, and ICCs ranged from 0.95 to 0.99. The initial level of strength of eccentric knee flexion (r=-0.43) and eccentric knee extension (r=-0.42) were correlated (P<0.05) with eccentric knee extension within-variation between two sessions. Training experience (r=-0.37, P<0.05) and initial values of concentric knee flexion (r=-0.62, P<0.01) were correlated with concentric knee flexion within-subject differences. Within-subject variation of eccentric knee extension was correlated (P<0.05) with chronologic age (r=0.41), estimated age at peak height velocity (r=-0.38), body size (r=0.41 to 0.47), and leg volume (r=0.39). Conclusions. Familiarization sessions may improve the reliability of concentric and eccentric knee isokinetic strength testing at 60 s(-1) in adolescent basketball players. Age, maturity status, and training experience of young athletes should be considered when testing knee isokinetic strength at 60 degrees s(-1)

Holiday Classic 1967 Nevada Southern Rebels Arizona State University University of Pacific Loyola University

Dear NSU Sports Fan: Welcome to another, and we hope for all of us a successful, Nevada Southern University Intercollegiate Athletics sporting event. We sincerely hope you enjoy this major sports activity, as your attendance has indicated your continued enjoyment of games in past seasons. You are watching the NSU Rebels, one of the best teams in the country - a team ranked in the Top 10 in the nation in their division last year. We of the University are justly proud of our fine athletics, and the excellent job of coaching and program directing being done by Coach Rolland Todd and Athletic Director Michael Drakulich. We feel certain your support of all our teams, present and future, will by their showing of skill and sportsmanship in this game, be justified. We thank all our loyal fans for their support. A special Thank You must go to members of the Century Club, a part of the University Rebel Club, for their unequalled contributions to the NSU Athletic Program. Again, welcome - and thank you for coming. DR. DONALD C. MOYER Chancellor A Rebel Booste

Nevada Southern University Rebels vs. Northern Arizona University (Flagstaff)

Dear NSU Sports Fan: Welcome to another, and we hope for all of us a successful, Nevada Southern University Intercollegiate Athletics sporting event. We sincerely hope you enjoy this major sports activity, as your attendance has indicated your continued enjoyment of games in past seasons. You are watching the NSU Rebels, one of the best teams in the country - a team ranked in the Top 10 in the nation in their division last year. We of the University are justly proud of our fine athletics, and the excellent job of coaching and program directing being done by Coach Rolland Todd and Athletic Director Michael Drakulich. We feel certain your support of all our teams, present and future, will by their showing of skill and sportsmanship in this game, be justified. We thank all our loyal fans for their support. A special Thank You must go to members of the Century Club, a part of the University Rebel Club, for their unequalled contributions to the NSU Athletic Program. Again, welcome- and thank you for coming. DR. DONALD C. MOYER Chancellor A Rebel Booste

Scoring dynamics across professional team sports: tempo, balance and predictability

Despite growing interest in quantifying and modeling the scoring dynamics within professional sports games, relative little is known about what patterns or principles, if any, cut across different sports. Using a comprehensive data set of scoring events in nearly a dozen consecutive seasons of college and professional (American) football, professional hockey, and professional basketball, we identify several common patterns in scoring dynamics. Across these sports, scoring tempo---when scoring events occur---closely follows a common Poisson process, with a sport-specific rate. Similarly, scoring balance---how often a team wins an event---follows a common Bernoulli process, with a parameter that effectively varies with the size of the lead. Combining these processes within a generative model of gameplay, we find they both reproduce the observed dynamics in all four sports and accurately predict game outcomes. These results demonstrate common dynamical patterns underlying within-game scoring dynamics across professional team sports, and suggest specific mechanisms for driving them. We close with a brief discussion of the implications of our results for several popular hypotheses about sports dynamics.Comment: 18 pages, 8 figures, 4 tables, 2 appendice

Summer Camp as a Force for 21st Century Learning: Exploring Divergent Thinking and Activity Selection in a Residential Camp Setting

This study investigated change in divergent thinking (DT), an indicator of creative potential, at two gender-specific residential summer camps. Additionally, this study examined whether the change in DT varied by gender and by the type of activities campers self-select. Quantitative methods, using a quasi-experimental design was used in order to understand differences in camper scores. A total of 189 youth, 100 girls, 89 boys, between the ages of 9 and 14 years participated in the current study. Participants were administered a modified version of Guilford\u27s (1967) alternate uses task, a measure of DT, in which respondents were asked questions such as name all of the uses for a brick or name all of the uses for a plate before the camp session started, and then again at the end of the two-week session. Results indicate overall mean significant increases in DT across all scoring methods of fluency, flexibility, and originality. Participants who self-selected one or more artistic activities (e.g., drama, arts and crafts, dance) had significant increases on the tasks as opposed to participants who did not select any artistic activities (e.g., basketball, baseball, archery). Finally, girls significantly increased across all scoring methods, whereas boys slightly increased in fluency and flexibility but not in originality. These results indicate residential summer camp may provide a creativity benefit for youth in attendance, especially those who participate in certain activities. Practitioners should use this study to understand their own programming in terms of creativity, activity offerings, and camp cultur

The Cowl - v.25 - n.5 - Oct 24, 1962

The Cowl - student newspaper of Providence College. Volume 25, Number 5 - October 24, 1962. 10 pages