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Daily News from New York, New York • 92

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ff II m. Ill lull Mb Tttaaio, me university or Minne- T.inicn are also games ill soon be coming back," he said. 'Most of them disappeared when the of Campus, Bowl' Also, Eggheads Are the New Idols Says Allen Ludden of 'College Kv BEX GKOSS sota regents voted a special citation to the members of its quia team. As Dean Buchta of that school said at the time: 'We're "You hear a lot about the beatniks and the juvenile delinquents. But let me tell ivm puwimy to Drama -11, on the campus instead of mere you something.

There are a hell of a lot more good kids today than bad. And this will muscles. The boys don't really like surprise you: they're far more puritanical than their elders, girls with too much rnakeuPj public doubled that they were legitimate. "But our show, 'The Bowl. hai an appeal that's entirely different from that of the big money question and answer sessions.

We don't feature people with a freak knowledge in one specific area. Instead, we present the brightest of college youngsters who have a surprising amount of broad general knowledge. And believe me, these kids have a range of information that is amazing politics, world nffairs, history, foreign film stars, etymology, rock roll, jazz or even Snenser's Faere "With what questions do these i "What has caused this sudden popularity of I asked. "Was it the sputnik?" "That had a great deal to do with it," Allen said, "but really it began some years before the Russians sent up their satellite. It started with the (II invasion and excessively revealing clothing." The fellow who made this tat nr.t Viaja-mir IfcH- I mr i BUIiriciib la aiw as i ing in an air-conditioned ivory tower, but Allen Ludden, modera Is of the colleges right after World War II.

These boys, who were 1 jryi 7 i I more mature, came there for one reason only to study. They made tor of the weekly intercollegiate question-and-answer game, "G.L College Bowl" (CBS-TV, Sundays learning socially acceptable on 5 to 5.30 Also the iu'i- the campus. students have the most difficulty?" Nursery Rhymes Tough Ludden pondered, "Oddly time program director of WCBS-j Radio, since 1948 he has worked i with teen-agers in broadcasting and is the author of two books 1 J- -xl -r enough, those dealing with nurs ery rhymes and poplar poets- "Also, these GIs proved that it's not a good idea for many boys to go directly from high school to college. It's much better if they get some seasoning be-; fore they 'start their higher education." "Do you think that the popularity of TV quit shows had anv- such as Kipling or Longfellow thing to do with making knowledge respectable?" I anted to v- if 1 ft 1 )0f Mlg, iHflllBl II il--Mi II aiMIH -t WW I lll-l ueaung wun me younger sei, -Plain Talk for Men Under 21" and "Plain Talk for Women Under 21." Don't Dote These Go's 'You see," he told me as we were dining at Twenty One, "my job on 'College Bowl' makes it necessary for me to visit colleges and universities throughout the country. So I know the young people.

"The ridiculous beatniks and the delinquents get the publicity; but they're just a flamboyant minority. I'm concerned with the healthy majority and they're a heartening experience. And I can tell you that in the schools today, the kids have a far more evere sense of moral values than their parents. "Despite all you hear about whom they snoot. But they're great on such poets as Shelley or Keats and they certainly know jazz.

"Do the boys or girls wbo make these 'Bowl' teams always qualify as the most brilliant students!" I inquired. "Not always," Ludden explained. "A man may be brilliant and jet not make a good contestant. What we are after is an educated man who also can stand up as a player of a game." "Tell me this: Which college quiz teams are the best those of the North, South, Eat or West?" I asked. "And who are better 'Bowl players men or women?" Ludden laughed.

"I refuse ta answer. You see, I didn't get this Phi Beta Kappa key for nothing. know. "Very definitely," Allen answered. "When 'The $64,000 Question was in its prime, a shoemaker, Gino Prato, helped to create a healthy respect for opera.

And that cop, Redmond O'Hanlon, certainly was responsible for lots of interest in Shakespeare among the collegians. So that today the mere 'personality guy without academic achievement is no longer the big man on the campus. It's a shame, by the way, that 'The Question' went off the air." "Do you think that the success of G. E. Bowl indicates the quiz shows will soon be returning?" Heritage White (r.) of championship Barnard College team, pins posie on TV host Allen Ludden.

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MinialHrra. I'iiriiMiii ago. If you made too many high marks, you were regarded as a i grind. And after I got my Phi Beta Kappa key, I was actually: so embarrassed that I wouldn't wear it." Allen Ludden, who was born 40 years ago in Mineral, Wise, and educated in the Lone Star State, has had ample opportunity to observe this new craze for learning. The teams of four students, who compete in the "Bowl" each week as representatives of their colleges, are chosen from many candidates after stiff elimination tests.

And, those who make the grade are as highly honored by their fellow students believe it or not as football or basketball players. "Just how seriously the students take their participation on our show -was demonstrated just a few weeks ago," he. told me. "The Georgetown squad of intellectuals had defeated the Northwestern University team. And do you know what happened? "The Northwestern students were so enraged by this defeat, that they actually strung up from a campus tree an effigy of the coach of their losing varsity quiz team! "And five years before this, wher 'College jSowl' was on NBC- 12:30 WRCA.

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