Successor To The Free Lance, Established 1887 VOL: a—No. 17 2,000 Students, Alumni Attend Grid Pep Rally With their enthusiasm only slightly dampened by typical "Big Weekend" weather, over 2,000 students and alumni massed in Rec Hall last night to cheer Penn State's football fortunes into condition for the home' opener with Bucknell's Thundering Herd. "We'll be on the spot tomorrow afternoon," Coach Bob Higgins said, 'because Bucknell is tough er than last year. BUt, whatever happens,' I'll still say that -fin Krouse is the best captain I've ever had." Speaking in behalf of the foot ball souad, whiCh could not be present because oC previous train ing plans, Captain Len Krouse said, "One thing-is certain—We'll give back to you tomorrow every thing that you have given us to night." Another highlight of the rally was the appearance of Coach Bill Hollenbach and 15 members of his 1012 Lion grid team, which is now recognized as one of the best outfits in Penn State football his tory. Other speakerS included: William.F. Finn '42, football man ager; Earl E. Hewitt, president of the Alumni Association; and Lloyd, A. Dixon '42, newly-elected IM president, who awarded last year's intramural trophy to Alpha Chi Sigma. Gerald -. F. Doherty '42, All-Col lege president, was.master of cere monies. The rally was sponsored by the Alumni Association, the 'Athletic Assaiation, and "student government group..;. Davis Cites Opportunities for Journalism Students' .Four'out of five of the graduates of the journalism department find permanent careers' in news, edi torial,, advertising, and allied fields. • Speaking yesterday ,beTore the journalism section of the 'Western Pennsylvania Education Confer ence at Pittsburgh, Donald W. Davis, associate professor of jour nalism, pointed out this fact based on information contained in the new journalism alumni directory. He also explained that the ma jority of this group are in news and editorial work on newspapers, with, advertising second as a field of em ployment. 11111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111! late News 111111111111111111i11111111i1111110i0111111111111111111111111111111111 FOOTBALL SCORES Mississippi 7, Georgia 0, First Per- iod. ' Temple 17, Georgetown 7, Fourth Period. Moravian 32, Hartwick 0. Final. WASHINGTON The House Foreign Committee voted yesterday for quick passage of the President's bill to arm merchant ships. Despite opposition from isolationists, it was almost a certainty that the measure would become law in the next few days. SOMEWHERE IN EUROPE - Nazi troop concentrations were re ported last night in the vicinity of the Brenner Pass. The report prompted authorities to suspect that a new front may soon open uP. Rumors that Germany may soon take over Italy were numerous, and they were substantiated by re ports of strong anti-Nazi feeling in Italy. BERLIN The Germans claim- ed further gains in Russia yester ,. day • as . : the new ,offensive moved • • on.. The High command said that "the gates to Crimea" are now open as the result of their new advance. ori lv B at tu,. " Toll Millbrook• Boy Killed - • In Auto Accident Lions Favored Over Bucknell; I • - !Richard Hoy, 17, of Millbrook • was hit and instantly killed at 7:lsun. RBi ea d y F • D . o'clock last night by an automobile Al m or g ay driven by Miss 'Joyce Bloom, of ~ Bellefonte R. D. 1, while he was r•• :►r — . . walking along Benner a half mile brads F ace Full ..oup Bison Back Missing east of State College, to go roller . skating at the Coliseum Rink. ' Activity Schedule mop , From Today ' s Line-up The borough ambulance was immi:i• called and Dr. H. Thompson Dale, With between 200 and 300 alum- I;iie'• by-808 SCHOOLEX a State College physician, pro- ni already in town and many more 'oii:. Flurries of claws and hoofs will flounced the •boy dead. William expected to arrive before evening, 1::,:-i•i• mingle with the odor of seared hide White, 17, also of Millbrook, who,when the Nittany Lion elevens, fav was walking with the 'boy when Homecbming Weekend swings into fig tired over its opponents, stalks and the accident occurred, was tin- its second claywith a full slate of i tangleS with 'the Bucknell Bisons harmed. events scheduled for s the returning before an expected alumni home- Miss 'Bloom told State Patrolman "grads." coming crowd of 16,000 on New C. E. Smith, of the Pleasant Gap Featured activities today are theßeaver Field at 2p. in. today. Barracks, that she was blinded by Alumni Council fall meeting in 121 In this, the 31st encounter of old • the lights of an oncoming car and Sparks at 9:30 this morning, the rivals, Penn State will be seeking was forced to swerve to the.side of second session of the Council in the victory No. 21. The Lions have l 10 scraps to the Thundering the road where Hoy was walking. same room at 11 o'clock in honor lost of "Daddy" Groff, the Bucknell Herd. Since 1887 When the rival football game on Beaver Field at ry first started, there has never 2 o'clock this afternoon, Players' been a tied game between the two production of "The Male Animal" BISON BUCKERBucknell's brill- elevens. in Schwab Auditorium at 7:30 iant sophomore "find" of the cur- The impact of the Herd hits the o'clock tonight. rent grid campaign is Jim 'Reich- Nittany Valley with loud thuds. ert, 197-pound husky from Wyo- Bucknell is always keyed up for "Big 'weekend" activities started night with .the Varsity . Clb last ming, who will be counted upon the Lion battle. To capture the Dinner at the Centre Country Cl u b This year for the first time the.to handle the line-plunging chores Lion hide means more to the Bi- Penn State Players will contribute for the Bisons against Penn State sons than a successful season. at 6:30 o'clock, followed by the to the Alumni Day program. by , today. "Bucknell is always ready to do .presenting their first production of student-alumni pep rally. , and the or die when they play us," Coach both held the season, "The Male Animal," in annual Collegian Dance, Bob Higgins said. . s "For that rea in Rec Hall. • son, we'll have a tough fight on * SChwab Auditorium at 7:30 o'clock etzel Will Speak tonight. 'Two more items. have been add- H our hands." Written by Elliott Nugent and ed to the list of "what to do." There Each year the Lions and Bisons James Thurber of "New Yorker" will be open air bus tours of the fought it out On fairly even terms, Al M ass fame, the play has been called by campus leaving every twenty min- Meeting neither team being slaughtered by New York critics a broad comedy utes from the north side of Schwab onslaughts of the other. Last year of college life, involving absent- Auditorium between 9:30 and noon President Ralph D. Hetzel will the Lions emerged from the roast minded professors and All-Ameri-- this morning. The Class of 1917 address the third mass meeting of ing pot, ahead 9-0. The Herd last can football players. Also involved will meet at the Nittany Lion Inn the freshman class in Schwab came up with a victory s in 1938 Auditorium at 7 p. m. next Tues- when'it knifed the Lions 14-0. For are professor? wives, coeds, trus_ et noon. day, it was announced last night. 25 years there has not been a top tees, and department heads. - Other events on the roster in- ~/ • Donald R.:Taylor •'42 and , Joanne- -elude a - golf tournament,-starting at Penn Palmer '43 will play the leading , 8 o'clock this morning on the Col- -"Penn State. freshmen for the: heavy score. In 1916 Penn State past 12 years have"listened to a devoured the Bisons, 50-7. roles of Professor Tommy Turner sympathetic talk by the `prexy' . So far this year the Herd has re-' and his wife Ellen. The part of the lege golf course, admittance to as the opening event on the fresh- • pained undefeated. 'They /whetted former football star, Joe Ferguson' which is gained by an alumni reg- man week program. This convo—their appetites with a 12-7 victory will be taken by Stanley Danowskir istration badge; meeting of fores- cation, had to be cancelled this over Lebanon Valley and then sank graduate student. • try alumni in the New Forestry year. To carry en the tradition their teeth into Muhlenburg, 12-0. Other members of the cast in- building 'at 9:45 a. m.; freshman the• class of 1945 should turn out 'Coach Higgins' charges stubborn elude Eleanor Friedman '44 as Cle-fbotball game with Bucknell on the 100 per cent next Tuesday night," ly challenged the power of Col ota, the colbred maid; Elinor. F. 'Beaver Field practice gridiron at A. R. Warnock, dean of men, urg- gate's Red Raiders for •three guar- Herrman '42, as Patricia Stanley, 10 a. in.; varsity cross-country meet ed last night. ters, but were subdued, 7-0. When Ellen's sister; Harold Raab '42, will With Manhattan between halves of All- College President, Gerald F. the starting whistle blows this af play Wally Meyers, the present the varsity football game; and a Doherty '42, raid "The meeting ternoon, the Nittanymen will be football star; and Robert H. Herr- non-fraternity alumni dniner in the will be, by far, the most impor- seeking to remain undefeated on man '44, who was moved up' from Old Main Sandwich Shop at 6:30 tant of the year for the freshman their home field for the third con a bit part, will take the role of P• m• class. I hope all the freshmen secutive year. Dean Damon. . will take advantage of this op- Fred Fahringer, speedy Bison The part .of Mike Barnes, youngportunity to meet their 'prexy'." (Continued on Page Three) college editor, will be taken.by WPA Training School . The Blue Band, under the .di - William Reimer '45. Ed Keller, About 50 specialists in recreation rection of Frank Gullo, will be member of board of trustees, and on the WPA state staff will attend Present in their new uniforms to his wife Myrtle- will be played- by the WPA training school to be held participate in the program. Songs PSCA Sponsors • John S. Keck '43, and 'Ruth Wachs in White Hall and the Zoology and cheers will also be included. '44, Milton Dollinger '44, will take Building Monday and continuing F l On a On Brazil a . the role of bandleader "Nutsy" through . Friday, October 24, ac- Nine On Library Stan. . m Miller, and Leon Flook '43, has the cording to Scheduling Officer Ray part of a newspaper reporter. - V. Watkins. Julien Bryan, free-lance photo- Attending Convention grapher and reporter, will show I 4 a , e rn To following nine members of motion pictures of Brazil 'and lee av-i num Rhem To Represent College the College Library staff are at- ture in 'Schwab Auditorium, at 8 'tending the annual convention of P• .next Thursday under the a s- a • I Li . the Pennsylvania Library Associa- P 'ces of the PSCA: Over Radio At to Tomorrow Nig ht ton being held at .Bethlehem s H' ethlehem to- ? • documentary films are ex- At 10 o'clock tomorrow night ' day: Gladys R. Crammer, Evelyn petted to give new meaning to the , Penn State will be on the air „ensel, Elsie Kresge, Katharine M. ' . headlines from 'South America. Mr. ! H ' With a background of College Stokes, Crystal Bailey, 'Katherine 'Bryan, who photographed his songs, Miriam L. Rhein '43, who C. Dwyre Elizabeth Ulrich, Vera journey this summer, will speak on Moyer. and Lois Geywitz. • Brazil as a land of contrasts. • began singing to buy oats for her Miss Crammer will present a.re- College'S representative on the He traveled high into the south horse, will be introduced as the port on the Summer Library School ern upland region to record life on of 1941, and Miss Hensel will give a huge coffee and sugar fazenda, Hour of Charm program, a - paper on the "Divided Card Cat- revealing the semi feudal condi- Miss Rhein will sing "The slog at The Pennsylvania State tions on the large estates forming Things I Love" as she enters corn- College Library" the typical unit in Brazil's agrari a n . petition with coeds from nine economy. other colleges to vie for the semi- Modern industrial Brazil, as final prize of $1 000 for a second Hort Show Included . represented by such cities as Rio program appearance and final . De Janeiro, 'Santos, and Sao Paulo award of a $4,000 scholarship for In Weekend Program was also filmed. Steel mills, refin the winner's college. cries, and textile firttories which Both Miss . and her shap- i The 34th annual Penn State are often built by American money eron, Mrs. Robert G. Bernreuter„Horticultural Show is now being will indicate the economic situa left for New York yesterday to 'held in . the Stock Judging Pavilion lion. start a weekend of entertainment and will continue through sp. in. "Mr.' Bryan s informative pic climaxed by the radio - appearance Sunday as a feature of Alumni tures answer the questions Amer over the Red Netvfork of the NBC. Weekend. AdmissiOn will be free. ica is asking about Brazil today, For this trip, Miss Rhein has Sponsored by the departments of as its vital importance to hemb all expenses paid and receives horticulture, landscape , architec- phere defense is stressed in Wash sloo 'for her appearance and $25 tune, and• home economics, the ington's plans," Walter N. Sham extra, show will have exhibits in fields bach '42, PtSCA chairman of pub- The Sunday program is the ranging from highway planning to lie meetings committee, pointed out (Continued on Page Three) special nutrition. last night. Players' Show Tonight Al 1:30 'MIRIAM .L..RHEIN '43 OF THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE COLLEGE SATURDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 11, STATE COLLEGE, PA rgian WEATHER Fair and Cooler PRICE THREE CENTS
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