The Lost Archives recovered, digitized and now online
Penn State Men's Volleyball Alum Don Weyel ('73), who served as the PSU VB Club's second Secretary-Treasurer, has digitized a 52 page scrapbook with details of the pioneers and early successes of Penn State Men in the sport also known as "Modern Power Volleyball."
The scrapbook is posted on the Penn State Men's Volleyball web with links from the History page in two parts: Part 1 (PDF 10.5mb) and Part 2 (PDF 16.5mb).
Weyel writes:
By any standard, the scrapbook is astounding. The first page is a letter from Harry E. Hill III, "Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, Undergraduate Student Government," indicating that the USG Supreme Court approved the charter of the PSU Volleyball Club. (I stopped breathing for a few seconds as I read Harry's title: "Chief Justice of the Supreme Court??!... of the Undergraduate Student Government. Ooooh.") What follows are fifty pages of George's (George Guch, the PSU VB Club's first Secretary-Treasurer 1969-72) meticulous notes, addresses, tourney schedules and results, newspaper clippings, and photos (the three we've all seen of the first OSU - PSU match in South Gym). Fittingly, on its last pages the scrapbook seques into the future with a few newspaper clippings in which the club's new coach, a fellow by the name of Tom Tait (you may have heard of him), discussed the 1973 team's chances, and, later, their performance in a few matches.Weyel suggests "you will want to pay particular attention to page 20, in which our super-secret court positions for offense, defense, and service reception are revealed for the first time. We crushed the competition with these! And, yes, (to current volleyball players and coaches) you're welcome!"
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