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UNIVERSITY PRESS September 17,1982*4
Assistant housing director honored
Castete enters McNeese Hall of Fame
There was no union, no minimum salary
and rookies coming right out of college
didn’t become instant millionaires.
It was a league that was struggling to
gain a toe-hold against the nation's
favorite pasttime (baseball) and an up-
surging professional basketball league.
Into this league came Jesse Castete, the
first McNeese State football player ever to
be drafted. He went in the 15th round to
George Halas' Chicago Bears.
As a collegiate player in Lake Charles,
La., Castete, now assistant director of
housing at Lamar, had played just about
every position. He had been a running
back, a pass receiver, a punter, a defen-
sive back and a punt and kickoff returner.
It was as defensive back that he made
the roster at Chicago, a team that in 1956
was led by quarterback Ed Brown,
receiver Harlon Hill, running back Rick
Caesares and all-around talent J.C.
Caroline.
That year the Bears posted a 9-2-1
record, bowing to the New York Giants in
the playoff for the National Football
League championship. Castete played
both safety and comerback for the Bears.
The next season he was traded to Los
Angeles where he mingled with such Ram
standouts as Elroy Hirsch, Norm Van
Brocklin and Billy Wade. With the Rams,
Castete was a starter in the defensive
backfield.
But, even after two successful seasons in
the pros, Castete wasn’t entirely convinc-
ed that he wanted to make it his livelihood.
“They didn’t pay that good back then
and I decided after that year with the
Rams that I would go ahead and go into
coaching,” Castete said.
The first stop was Aurora, 111., where he
was the coach at East Aurora High. From
there he came back south to Vinton (La.)
High and then held other coaching jobs at
Stephen F. Austin High in Port Arthur and
Lamar. He retired from coaching four
years ago.
His football memories, however, are
numerous and some of his fondest are of
McNeese State where he still ranks as the
university’s sixth leading all-time rusher.
He had come out of Marion High as one
of the best athletes in the state, having
been a track, basketball and football stan-
dout. And, such schools as Tulane (New
Orleans), Georgia (Atlanta), Louisiana
Tech (Ruston) and McNeese were all in-
terested in his services.
In his first season with the Cowboys,
Castete made an impression on not only
head coach A.I. Ratcliff but also on then
standout running back Jules Derouen.
“Jesse pushed Jules into becoming the
running back he was that year,” Ratcliff
said. “Jules knew that if he ever once let
up, Jesse would move ahead of him. As it
was, I alternated the two throughout the
season.”
Derouen got most of the headlines that
year (1952) when he rushed for 1,313 yards
but Castete accumulated his share, roping
almost 400 yards on the ground.
“I particulary remember the first time I
ran with the football at McNeese,” Castete
said. “It was a trap play and I went 48
yards.”
He was to go on and take over the star-
ting role on the team next year and
become the dominant running back for the
Pokes in the mid-1950s, fininshing his
career with 1,939 yards rushing.
Castete, along with basketball coach
Ralph Ward and Derouen, were inducted
into the McNeese Hall of Fame during
half-time ceremonies in Cowboy Stadium
in the McNeese game against
Southeastern Louisiana (Hammond)
Saturday.
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Learning process improves studying
For all those students who wish they
could retain what they learned in class un-
til final exams: They can. Not by working
harder, but by working smarter.
It is a matter of using the learning pro-
cess and the laws of forgetting to our ad-
vantage, a report by College Studies of
Orangeburg, N.Y., says.
Just knowing what happens, and why,
can help students do things to retain the in-
formation received in class for an in-
definite time, certainly long enough to
pass exams.
For instance, for the student, the
average span of concentration on a single
subject is 50 minutes, which is why most
classes are scheduled for 50 minutes.
after learning. On the other hand, if steps
are taken to remember something the day
after it is learned, chances are it will
“stick,” the report says.
The continuous influx of new material
speeds up forgetting, so after several
hours of concentration on new material, a
student will forget most of what he has
learned during the first hour, the report
says. Study habits should be scheduled
with this thought in mind.
Most forgetting occurs immediately )
Realizing that the time-honored practice
of cramming before exams is nothing
more than re-learning material already
learned will help a student prepare a more
productive cram session.
Reviews, timing the reviews to offset the
curve of forgetting and consolidation of
material are some of the other keys irthp
process used to impress the mind with the
material learned and needed to retain.
If done properly, the report says, the
mind will retain the material—in some
cases, indefinitely. Knowledge of this pro-
cess can serve well in school and will be a
lifelong asset in other areas.
A copy of the complete report may be ob-
' cained by sending $2 and a self-addressed,
stamped business envelope to College
Studies, P. 0. Box 9, Orangeburg, N.Y.,
10962.
Placement office plans seminar
The Placement Office announced
plans to conduct a seminar on job
search techniques, Karen Morris,
spokesperson, said Wednesday.
The seminar is scheduled from 6
p.m. until 8:30 p.m., Thursday, in the
Landes Auditorium, Galloway
Business Building.
Jack T. Martin, director of place-
ment, has scheduled a two-and-one-
half hour instructional period on
various aspects of job search, ap-
plication and follow-up.
The program will be co-sponsored
by Jeanette Vaughn, assistant pro-
fessor of administrative services,
and Dr. Bob Wooten, associate pro-
fessor of management and coor-
dinator of management and finance
programs, along with Greg Upp of
Southwestern Bell Co.
Morris said the seminar will be
directed toward students who an-
ticipate a need for help in the follow-
ing phases:
—1. How to write a resume.
—2. How to find employment op-
portunities.
—3. How to prepare for and con-
clude a successful interview.
—4. The hiring process.
—5. How to fully utilize Placement
Office facilities.
—6. Question and answer.
There will be no cost and all in-
terested students and faculty are
asked to sign up in the Placement Of-
fice by Sept. 21.
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Capps heads club
for bald convention
MOREHEAD CITY, N.C. (UPI)-Members of the Bald
Headed Men of America gathered for their annual conven-
tion this weekend under the leadership of John T. Capps m,
who says he wants the hairless to enjoy life a little more.
Inspired by this year’s convention slogan—“More
Head—Less Hair”—members of the club were scheduled to
hold a brief business session today, then compete in several
contests to choose the Sexiest Bald Head, Best All Around
Bald Head, Prettiest Bald Head, Smoothest Bald Head and
the Most Kissable Bald Head.
Capps, who claims 9,500 members in 50 states and 20
countries, said Friday he expects this year’s attendance to
surpass the 200 of last year.
“I don’t have any idea how many will come,” he said.
“We grow because of lack of growth.”
The Bald Headed Men of America was founded by Capps
in 1973 to ‘ ‘eliminate the vanity associated with the loss of a
man’s hair and instill pride in having bald heads.”
“Back then everybody was frowning and serious and
nobody was having any fun,” said Capps, a printing shop
owner who claims his hair has been disappearing since he
was 15. “We decided we wanted to do something that would
put a smile on peoples’ faces. We wanted to try to make
people enjoy life a little bit more.”
The organization claims such famous members as actor
Telly Savalas, former President Gerald Ford and sport-
scaster Joe Garagiola.
A $5 fee gains membership into the club and a subscrip-
tion to the club’s newsletter “Chrome Dome.” The newslet-
ter contains retorts to be used when confronted with
criticism by the hairy.
The philosophy of Capps and his group is perhaps best
summed up by a passage printed in a club pamphlet:
“The Lord is just,
The Lord is fair, /
He gave some brains
And the others hair.”
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