3 10 9760 https://caspercollege.cvlcollections.org/files/original/b3c45b579b55d203717e1af1a4659e1a.pdf c1854a81215735d3bcd0d7b6a5716110 PDF Text Text IT TAKES HEART Bill Bolles I could hear my assistants yelling their heads off. It was the eighth time in two months that I had been here sitting in the corner, on the floor, with my head bowed wondering where I had gone wrong. I was the head football coach at a new high school, and it half time in our game; we were losing 13-0. So far the team had a perfect record, no wins and eight de­ feats. We had come into the game, I felt, with a strong chance of winning, but mistakes, single little mistakes that we had made over and over, time and time again, had spelled defeat. Well, the team was trying very hard, but we were still making stupid little mistakes, and we were still losing. I got up from my lonely corner, where I had been feeling sorry for myself, and went back into the dressing room. “All right,” I quipped, “What’s wrong with you guys?” Quiet enveloped the room, everyone was hanging their heads for they couldn’t face me. “Are you gonna quit?” 1 got a little carried away and be­ gan to yell freely.” “You’re beatin’ yourselves kids, you guys have lost all your respect, half of you don’t belong in a football uniform, you get down and you quit!” The team still bowed their heads, they didn’t like to lose, but a loung team with no seniors, and the rest with little or no experience had a pretty tough fight to stay alive in this fast game of football. I was mad now, I couldn’t stand to see my ball club humiliated and pushed around; we were like ants, we got kicked, stepped on, and killed all at once. “When are you gonna start playin’ ball?” 1 asked. “Lay down and die, don’t fight back, but don’t ask me for sympathy after we lose again. What does it take, an­ other 38-0 stomping like last week? Think about it kids, if you’ve got any respect for yourselve, if you’ve got any guts, if you’re not afraid to go knock heads, go out there and tie that game up.” A few of the players looked up, but for the most part, they were all looking down as we took the field for the second half. For some reason I felt my little lecture might have done some good, but my hopes were soon destroyed, for no sooner had play resumed than we were down, 20-0. We began to rally back briefly, but we couldn’t keep pace, the opposing team hit the board again; we trailed 27-0. As the game ended, I was simply discouraged. I had given up a fine job as assistant in a school system that had been the home of the state football championship for three years. Sure I figured for the worse when I came here, but 1 didn’t expect to get slaughtered every time out. We had played eight games and only hit the scoring columns twice. We scored twice in one game, the rest of the time we had been shutout. We had played a couple of games good enough to win, but other times we played like a �■■■ w group of girls. I was completely down, I was ashamed of my team. I felt maybe they didn’t care anymore. I tried to ask myself where 1 had been wrong, why didn’t we win just a few times? I was beginning to feel that I hadn’t gained the confidence of my players, maybe I hadn’t done my job as a coach. Sitting in the corner at half time seemed to be the only thing to do, for if I had failed the team, I didn’t want to face them. Everyone was chanting win; the school, the team, the newspaper, but we still lost. Twelve boys quit for assorted reasons, mostly my strict train­ ing rules. My problems seemed to mount with each day; we were young, inexperienced. 1 had watched the guys make mistakes we should never have made, 1 corrected the mistake and watched them make another one or the same one over again. I was at the point 1 couldn’t sleep at night, 1 had lost my appetite; I soon discovered why some coaches get ulcers. The week passed quickly, soon the last game of the season would be here. People were asking me how 1 felt about losing and about the next game. The only thing I could say was that we were still trying, as long as we don’t quit, we have a chance to win. If we play good ball, we can win. Good ball, easier said than done, I thought to myself. So many things would have to go right for us to win, we can’t even get one thing for us consis­ tently. Friday night arrived and we took the field against our ‘cross town ri­ vals. No one felt we had a chance, and 1 prepared to resume my position at half time. I was discouraged before the game started, but for the first time, the team seemed to be fired up. The coaching staff, including me, was not ready to quit, we thought we could win. In the dressing room I gave a few words of encouragement before we took the field. “I’m going to leave you alone tonight, this one is up to you. If you want to win, go get it, if you don’t want to win, let’s just stay in here and save ourselves some work.” No one moved, then at the call from the field, we made our way out, full of chatter and spirit. The first half was a sight that I had seen over and over. The opposi­ tion hit pay dirt twice in the first six minutes of play. I kept getting angrier and angrier with each play and the team’s ego shot straight down. Trying to keep my head up with pride, I found that the team was ashamed of themeselves and I was ashamed of them, along with my ill fate. Each time we started to drive into enemy territory, something happened and we blew sky high. Late in the second quarter we stopped a long drive by our rivals, only to fumble, lose the ball, and have another touchdown scored. The half ended, 1 slowly trudged to the locker area trailing 20-0. One of my players came up to me and asked, “What’s wrong with us coach?” “If I knew that, our problems would be solved. We’re not hitting, we have no guts, and no one cares,” I answered. —24— �“We can’t get going, coach,” came a reply. “Get goin’, you guys haven’t moved, this is the last game of the sea­ son and you havn’t showed me that you’re a ball team.” In the locker room, I sat down in the corner again, almost on the verge of tears. I had great respect for my ball team, and I just couldn’t stand see­ ing them beaten this way. It hurt me to see another ball club insult us this way. I sat there for about six minutes, although it seemed as if I had been there for an hour. I heard my staff going over the mistakes in the first half, I had heard the questions, in fact, I had heard all I could stand. I got to my feet and walked into the room. Everyone was quiet now, as they were wait­ ing for me to make my comments. Scratching my head I commented, “Okay, we’re down but not out, I challene you to show me that you are a football team. You can win it or you can lose it, it’s up to you.” The team fired up again as they left the room for the field. I had given up almost to where it didn’t matter anymore. It had been a long season, I wanted to get it over with. We took the opening kickoff, marching up field in four plays to score. I couldn’t believe it, we scored a touchdown. I almost came to life, but be­ fore I could get my bearings, we got the ball back and hit pay dirt again. Suddenly I became hyperactive, I started yelling, my head came up, I sensed something, we had jelled. The defenders couldn’t stop us in the third quarter, we were moving well, and for the third time in eight minutes, we took the pigskin into the end zone to score. The extra point was good, and for the first time in the history of the school, we were leading, 21-20. The third period ended; the hardest part of football was now upon us, we didn’t have the ball, we were in the lead, and we had to hold that lead, we had to stop them from scor­ ing. I found myself running incircles, shouting, “Get tough! Hustle, hustle! Hold tight boys, hold on!” Sweat poured from my head, I was actually excited. Eight minutes remained, they had the ball on their own thirty. First I was up, from one side of the bench to the other, then I squatted down, I could not take the suspense, I was up and pacing again. How much longer could they hold? The opposing forces took the ball to the midfield, seven minutes left. I was scared, we had to hold, we couldn’t let down. The time ticked away, oh, so slowly. I had never endured such a thing, I would never last the ball game; five minutes showed on the clock, my heart flut­ tered with every second of it. The crowd began to get restless, they could not take the actions eith­ er, they wanted someone to score again. I kept eyeing the clock; they start­ ed to move the ball well against my defense when I looked at the board, be—25— �fore I brought my eyes back to the scene of action, we had recovered a fumble. We had the ball! I was shouting to the players, “Sit on it, sit on it fellas, we’ve got to hold on to that football!” I was shaking in my shoes, we were so close to a victory, the first victory in the history of the school. Tick, tick tick, the clock moved on, slowly and surely. Two minutes to go, we still had the ball, then a fumble. Oh God, we had lost the danged thing again! My heart jumped and pounded furiously. This was no place for a weak heart. I watched, anticipating every move. 1 saw the pass from the opposi­ tion hit the air, I watched the receiver snatch the ball out of the air, and then I watched him carry it in for the winning score. But wait! A flag was down! A penalty, the ball was called back! I was jumping up and down, the clock ran out, we had won! I was so happy I could hardly stand it. One of my players, the same one I had chatted with the first half, came by, took one look, and chimed, “Coach, you’re crying.” I looked at him and smiled, “Yeah, I’m crying.” THE CREEPING JOHNNIES Here they come! Whispering, sighing, feeling Their way through the trees. Here they Come! Veiling, hiding, masking Everything in their way. It was warm before. Now they are here! Turning everything COLD, COLD, COLD, OH, SO COLD! My Singing Tree is silent Oh, so silent. Wrapped in a mantle of Wisping, clinging, grasping Creeping Johnnies. Ah! there they go! The sun is glinting through The Singing Tree, silent no more. Is happy that they are gone. —Carolyn Adams � Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document Print non-fiction story Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource "It Takes Heart" Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/">http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/</a> The Casper College Archives has archived this story to encourage the use of its Expression Literary Arts Magazines for digital humanities and other related educational uses. Date Created Date of creation of the resource. 1964 Description An account of the resource Non-fiction story published by football coach Bill Bolles in the fall 1964 Casper College Expression magazine. 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Title A name given to the resource Charles "Chuck" Morrison WWII Photographs & Records Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/">http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/</a> Date Created Date of creation of the resource. CA 1943-1945 Description An account of the resource Photographs and records of Charles "Chuck" Morrison during his service in the army during WWII. These photographs and records appear to date between 1943 to 1945 and were added to this digital repository as an archival exhibition being planned for the 2025 Casper College Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museums exhibition in the Visual Arts Alumni Association Art Gallery. The photographs in this collection are in a specific order, starting off with records before being organized by place. The first five photos were taken on Omaha Beach. The next three photos were taken in France, followed by two photos taken in or related to Germany. 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Approx. 1943-1945 Description An account of the resource On the back of this photograph, Chuck Morrison writes: Climbing down the Jacobs ladder attempting not to fall in LCI in foreground Type The nature or genre of the resource Image Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Charles "Chuck" Morrison Is Part Of A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included. Charles "Chuck" Morrison Photographs and Papers, NCA 01.v.1998.01 WyCaC US. Casper College Archives and Special Collections. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context NCA 01.v.1998.01_WWIIPhotos_04 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource JPG https://caspercollege.cvlcollections.org/files/original/b01ee2768bbc15b949fe6a2258f7aca0.jpg 2bdab6c4c10c092baf9ef23d30904303 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource "LTHE : Learn - Teach - Help - Enjoy / FOSS" Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/">https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/</a> https://caspercollege.cvlcollections.org/files/original/14b509f07bf7caf64675c91a5758b257.png f7d40eded1f66a61475648cf601a0297 Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Digital Newspaper Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource "Mama Mia" Musical finds success Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <div class="element-text five columns omega"> <p><a href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/">http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/</a></p> </div> Date Created Date of creation of the resource. 2021-11-01 Type The nature or genre of the resource Text/Image Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Brendan Saunders Language A language of the resource ENG Is Part Of A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included. Chinook Student Newspaper, CCA 08.i.2023.01 WyCaC US. Casper College Archives and Special Collections. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Nov_MamaMia Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PNG Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Casper College https://caspercollege.cvlcollections.org/files/original/9835751b3d55970fdd3aa8dbbfc5dd29.pdf 695ed3f81a4a4e3f733deabe1448ea4d PDF Text Text been foreseen by the liberals. The common man’s desires far sur­ passed his abilities. No matter how much was taken from the uncommon man and given to him, he still wanted more. The politicians, wanting to please the majority, obliged. But soon big government was taking so much from the uncommon man, he himself chose to be common. He gave up. His incentive was gone, and now, like in Russia, everyone was equal. “Certainly there were those who had had the courage to point out the similarities between Communism, and the direction we were moving. But they, like me, were quickly branded extremists or crackpots, and were soon silenced.” And after all, hadn’t the majority wanted this? When our country was first formed, he recalled, it was realized that the majority was not al­ ways right, that a democracy would not work. And so a Constitution was written to safeguard the Republic against the will of the majority, so it could long endure. But later the philosophy of “the majority is always right” was adopted along with the concept that all men are equal. “And today, in 1994, man’s freedom is gone, his incentive, his dignity, and his individuality.” The old man looked at the red, white, and blue flag waiving in the breeze, thought of what it once stood for, and wept. ONE HAND CLAPPING A clairvoyant nonentity That unheard applause An unblusterous flush of air That resounds a million times over. A void and different insolence That lies unquenched in a gaping world. The monologue of a revolting and respondent searcher It is that unconsolable osmosis that no one hears And it feels for help in an obscene and noxious world. A blind nothingness flapping its wings toward escapism. That sound .... a discordance between insanity and extinction. A false hope in a world of revolving death and destruction Yet a lucidly painted portrait of a zenith of faith in the unknown. But a schizophrenic fissure of a lost mind somewhere In the vast perplexity and nonexistence of infinity. This is the sound of ONE .......... HAND of CLAPPING —Steve Halverson � Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. 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