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VOL. 37—No. 50
Lions Invade Panthers'
7,260 Enrollment Breaks
All-Time Col
New Figure Is 60
Over Last qear's Total
A new all-time record enroll
ment of 7,260 students was report
'ed yesterday by William S. Hoff- I
man, registrar.
The new record, surpassing the
previous high of 7,200 „set last year,
was achieved in spite of the dis
continuance of one of the five un
dergraduate centers maintained by'
the •College. The combined enroll
ment of the .remaining undergrad
uate centers at ~ A ltoona,' Dußois,
Hazleton, and. Pottsville is 481, as
compared to a total of 556 for five
centers last year.
With all but one class showing
an increase•over last year, the stu
dent body, exclusive of under
graduate centers, special studerits
and graduate students, totals 6,033
this fall. The graduate enrollment
is 550, a gain of 38.
The freshman class, numbering
1,965, is the biggest in Penn State
history and tops last year's by 64
students. The sophomore and jun
ior classes, numbering 1,862 and
1,314 respectively, likewise show
increases, while the senior class,
with 1,194 students, is 72 smaller
than last : year. . • '
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The total enrollment of women
students is 1,688, or slightly less
than one-fourth of the entire stu
dent body.
Detours Listed For Fans
Driving To Pitt Game
Lion football fans traveling to
Pittsburgh for the game tomorrow
are advised to avoid the William
Peon highway west of Bla,irsville
because of a number of strecthes
of one-way traffic.
Motorists can switch to the Lin
coln highway from the William
Penn by turning off at Armaugh,
Blairsville, or New Alexandria, or
can strike•the super-highway near
Bedford by leaving the William
Penn at Duncansville. Toll is 7"5 -
cents from Bedford to Irwin.
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CoMmitteemen Explain Series
Prior To Artists'
All campus fraternities, dormi
tories, and sororities have been
contacted by members of the Ar
tists' Course Committee or its re
presentatives to explain the ser
ies before the date of the student
ticket sale, Wednesday, Decem
ber 4.
Requests were sent to the com
mittee from the heads of the var
ious groups inviting them to ad
'dress the respective organizations.
In addition to the campus resi
dences the committee has also ap
proached town groups who have
made similar requests.
Purpose . of the talks - is to make
the students, conscious of the fact
that the series, is intended pri
marily for them. "We don't
want any person deliberately buy
ing student tickets for someone
who is not entitled to a student
seat. By so doing he deprives
some other student of his ticket,"
Dr. Carl E. Marquardt, chairman,
explained yesterday.
Tickets will be on sale at the
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Finnie To Speak Sunday
In Regular Chapel Service
Dr. George .. F. Finnie. of Nor
ristown, will speak at ,the Sun
day Chapel services, on Noyern-.,
ber, 24 as previously' 151;irilied.',.:
according to Chaplain-
Frizell. Professor 'Prix.ell:- urges
the students remaining in: State
College over the weekend, to
attend the services as Dr. Pin
riie has graciously shifted his
appointment to conform with
our Thanksgiving vacation.
Due. to the lateness of the de
cision as to the Pitt half holiday,
Dr. Fintiie was not asked to
cancel his visit. He will speak
in Schwab Auditorium at 11 a.
m. on the topic "An Old For
mula For New Days."
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Finance Confab
Convenes Today
More tharr2oo_assessors, tax col
lectors, treasurers and other
county and municipal officers
from all parts of Pennsylvania
will open their fifth annual meet
ing at the College today.
After a get-together luncheon at
12:30 p. m. and a general session
on tax delinquency problems at 2
p. m., the delegates will divide in
to three sections to consider ques
tions of interest to different
branches of local government. ,
A highlight of the evening se - s - - -
sion will be a speech by T. Cole
man Andrews, of the Municipal
Finance Officers Association of
the United States and Canada, on
the topic, "Finanbial Management
—the Key to Success for Demo;
cracy."
Tomorrow morning breakfast, to
be held in the Sandwich Shop, will
be served separately to the differ
ent groups of municipal officers
present.
Ticket Sale
Athletic windows on the first floor
of Old Main. Seats may be se
cured at $5.00, $4.50, and $3.50
for the entire series.
"Recreation Hall has at various
times received the attention of
the committee as a prospective,
auditorium for the Course num
bers," said Dr.. Marquardt, "but
it is really impossible for us to
use that building in its present
/condition. In addition to the
acoustics problem there are many
other major objections. There is
an intimacy lacking in a big hall
like. that which is Very necessary
to the. successful performance of
an accomplished artist."
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"The committee is not un
conscious of •the inconveniences
imposed by the 'present method
of selling tickets," the chairman
stated. "The whole matter has
again received thorough discus
sion, and where methods promis
ing improvements have been sug
gested they have been speedily
adopted?'
OF THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE COLLEGE
FRIDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 22, 1940, STATE COLLEGE, PA
5,000 Cheer Lions
Al Gigantic Rally
Simultaneous with the signal of
the fire whistle to begin the pa
rade and pep rally last night was
the release of a stored-up enthu
siasm as oixer 5,000 milling, shout
ing students honored the Nittany
Lion football eleven, which leaves
for Pittsburgh today.
"I believe we can win," said
Coach Higgins when speaking be
-fOrosthe huge crowd, "but we'll
;:ha4 - ,ito play better football than
wellave played all season."
t • Led , by the Blue Band and cheer
. leaders, - the crowd paraded
through town, adding students to
its ranks along the way. At the
Jordan Fertility Plots, the huge
bonfire was lighted, and as, the
roaring flames sprang high into
the air enveloping the 15-foot Pitt
Panther effigy, a deafening cheer
arose from the ranks of the foot
ball-mad crowd.
Cheers led by the cheerleaders
and songs led by the Blue Band
assumed a tremendous volume as
evidence of the greatness of the
"Beat Pitt" feeling that prevails
throughout the community.
After the preliminary cheers and
songs, Bill Jeffrey, varsity soccer
coach, was introduced by George
L. Parrish '4l, master of ceremon
ies. Jeffrey expressed his genuine
entlitrsiasm /or. the - t e - . 311 and wish
ed them the best of luck.
Walt Hosterman, captain of the
varsity soccer team, wished the
f6otball eleven great 'success on
behalf of the •soccer eleven..
The crowd's attention was then
drawn to the infirmary, where,
leaning from a window and watch
ing the fire and rally, was Captain
Leon "Gates" Gajecki. A special
cheer and tribute was accorded
Gajecki as he waved from his
window.
A separate yell for each senior
on the Lion team was led by the
cheerleaders as a tribute and as
thanks for the honor they have
brought to Penn State.
Coach Higgins was then called
upon to speak. "Your being here,"
he said, "shows the confidence that
you have in the team. The Penn
State-Pitt game Saturday will be
one of the closest games in the
East. The boys will have to play
100 ner cent football to beat Pitt."
The students gave a special
cheer for President Ralph D.
Hetzel as appreciation for the half
holiday he has granted.
After the singing of the Alma
Mater, the huge and enthusiastic
crowd broke up into small con
tingents. One crowd attempted to
break into the infirmary to get
to Captain Gajecki, but to no avail.
'Massing again at Co-op Corner,
many of the students marched up
and down College Avenue. A huge
sign of whitewash letters appeared
high on the walls of the First Na
tional Bank on College Avenue.
The sign read: "Knock Hell Out
of Pitt."
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27 Shopping Days
'til Christmas
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rgian
Lair Tomorrow
Pitt Is Last Hurdle
For Unbeaten Gridclers
30,000 Will Witness
Remembers 1919
'Coaoh:Bob Higgins will lead
a band of:undefeated Penn State
football 'players to Pittsburgh to
morrow to seek their first victory
over Pitt in Pittsburgh since
1919..Zhat year, as Captain Bob,
he made an 85-yard run that
won the game.
Smoky City Ready
To Welcome Fans
Students following the unbeaten
State team to Pittsburgh and re
turning alumni will find plenty of
entertainment awaiting them in
the Smoky City over the weekend.
Opening the activities arranged
by the Pittsburgh alumni chapter
will be the pre-game smoker at
the Hotel Schenley at 8 p. m. to
day. The Blue Band wil furnish
the musical ammunition for to
night's round of festivities, ably
abetted by lavish entertainment,
refreshments, and speeches by
Head Coach Bob Higgins and his
staff. All who will attend the
game are planning to attend the
smoker.•
Radio listeners will have the op
portunity to hear Fred Waring and
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Late News Bulletins
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Athens The Greek army took
the city of Koritza late yesterday
afternoon according to reports
from Athens last night. The re
treat was called a complete rout
as the Italians carried out a gen
eral evacuation of the city. The
Greeks gained many war supplies
and it was reported that several
prisoners were taken. The Ital
ians were aided in their retreat
from th city by, a heavy mist and
fog which hindered the Grecian
air force from bombarding the
long trains of beaten fascits. Eng
land' aided Greece yesterday by
striking at fascist strongholds in
Albania. Several hangers were
torn to shreds and ships were des
troyed as 'they docked when the
RAF bombers struck at the stra
tegic positions.
Washington—Martin Dies, head
of the renown Dies Committee, in
troduced his "white paper" 'yes-
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Pitf-Stafe Battle
By PAT NAGELBERG
PITTSBURGH, Pa., Nov. 21
Smoky City, the most complacent
football spot in the east, has been
aroused out of its doldrums for the
first time since the mighty Panther
fell from the gridiron throne. As
rumor of the prowess of the unde
feated Nittany Lions began to per
meate the University of Pittsburgh
campus and wherever football fans
gathered, this town was rapidly
working itself agog over the 40th
traditional battle between those
two arch rivals, 'Penn State and
Pitt.
It will be an appreciative crowd
of over 30,000, therefore, that will
greet the roaring Lion team when
it charges into 'Pitt Stadium to
morrow afternoon ready to unleash
all the power and razzle-dazzle at
its command in an effort to keep
the 1940 record unblemished and
give the Blue and White its great
est season in two decades.
When Penn State's gallant cap
tain, Lepn .Gajecki, leads his team
in the titanic struggle, he will be
fighting a jinx of 20 years standing,
as well as one of the most under
rated elevens in the nation. Not
since 1919, the year Bob Higgins
won his niche in the Lion hall of
fame, have the Nittany gridders
vanquished the Pitt Panthers in
their own lair.
It is the same'Bob Higgins, more .
nervous over tomorrow's game
than any in which he starred as
an All-American, who has moulded
together the greatest fo o t b all
eleven to represent the Blue and
White since the Lions' golden era
in' 1919, 1920 and 1921. More than
any of his players, he knows just
how tough Pitt, is going to •be,
fighting with its back against the
wall to salvage the remains of a
disappointing season.
"State can win," said the veteran
Lion mentor today, "but the boys
will have to play football tomor
row as they did in the Pitt game
last year. Coach'Bowser has a great
team, one that will offer the Lions
the sternest competition of the sea
son."
No thought of losing this grand
finale to a perfect campaign has
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terday. The 500 page research
bulletin made charges against
groups .in the United States accus
ed of carrying on "unAmerican"
tactics. He stated that these
groups worked out of eight cties
throughout the naion and asked
for charges to be made. In a
statement to the press, Dies said,
"The G-Men are hopelessly behind
the times."
Rome British Air Vice-Mar
shall 0. T. Boyd., with six mem
bers of his crew were forced down
as their plane was accosted by
Italian chaser planes. over Sicily
yesterday afternon. Boyd, recent
ly,appointed head of the British
Air Forces in the Near East, was
on his way to take over command.
It was reported last night that
Boyd shot six times into the gas
tank of the large bombing plane
with his revolver and set it on fire
so important plans of attack would
not fall into the hands of the Nazi.