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VOL. 46—No. 50
Commerce Club
Banquet Plans Set
The program for the Commerce
Club's testimonial dinner for
Penn State's football team was
drawn up at a committee meeting
last night.
John Henry Frizzell was chos
en to give the invocation to open
the affair in Recreation Hall
Monday at 6 p.m.
Guy Woods of the College will
provide an organ interlude and
Frank Gullo, also of the College
staff, will lead singing of Penn
State songs.
Following the dinner. Chester
L. "Chet" Smith of the Pitts
burgh Press will take over as
toastmaster.
The "Inside of Sports" program
dedicated to Penn State by Bill
Brandt and talks by Dick Harlow
of Harvard, Steve Owen of the
New York Giants, Bob Higgins
and Matty Bell of Southern
Methodist will follow.
In between the speeches, pre
sentations by various groups will
be made.
College students will be admit
ted to the dinner at the start of
the speaking program.
One addition to the program
may be made, it was announced
by E. J. Reilly, committee chair
man.
Reports were received on tic
kets, decorations, and food from
members of the committee.
Late AP News
Courtesu Radio Station W MAJ
Duff Names Fred Waring
New College Trustee
HARRISBURG Governor
James Duff today named the
noted band leader, Fred War
ing, ac a trustee of Pennsylva
nia State College. Waring, a
former student at Penn State,
was appointed to succeed Mrs.
Clara Phillips of Washington.
Pa., whose term has expired.
At the same time Duff named
Frank Denton of Pittsburgh a
member of the College board,
succeeding Harry Moses. also
of Pittsburgh. who resigned.
'State of the Union'
WASHINGTON—President Tru
man last night put the finishing
touches on his "state of the
union message" which he will de
liver in person this afternoon to
a joint session of Congress. The
President called a special meeting
of his Cabinet yesterday and
White House sources say the Pres
ident's message lq going to hit
congressional Republicans right
between the eyes.
Lion Fans Select Top Ranking Back,
Today students of the College
as well as Centre Countians will
have their chance to select their
favorite lineman and back on
Penn State's 1947 undefeated
grid juggernaut.
Ballot will be printed in to
day's Daily Collegian and the
Centre Daily Times and only
votes cast on these official bal
lots can be counted to determ
ine these two players.
The contest which originally
was scheduled for the last week
in November but was postponed
when the all-victorious Higgins
men received an invitation to the
Cotton Bowl classic so that no
dissension or jealousy would
arise within the team over the
winners of these awards.
Deadline Saturday
The balloting was actually
started when both the Daily Col
legian and the Centre Daiy Times
published ballots after the Pitt
game. All of these votes which
were then cast have been tabu
lated and saved and will be add
ed to the votes cast this week.
WEDNESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 7, 194&-STATE (:=LM3UIE, PZNNA.
Fifteen Letter Error
Makes 'Red' Roth
Very Red
It was only the 15-letter dif
ference between an "a" and a
"p" but it disrupted a class and
raised one of the reddest blu.3hes
of the season on Wilbur Roth.
Roth had received a post-card
telling him to report in 304 Sparks
at 9 o'clock for an English Usage
test. So at 9 a.m. he showed up in
304 Sparks where Prof J. Paul
Selsam was lecturing on Euro
pean history.
Several curious stares followed
him as he sought a comtfortaible
seat in the rear of the room. Then
slightly bewildered by references
from the lectern to an "Intellec
tual •revolution" he approached
Profesor Selsam and proffered a
post-card.
A blush that put Roth's flaming
hair to shame greeted the an
nouncement by the professor that
the card said 9 p.m. not 9 a.m.
As he departed from the room
abashedly the remark was heard
that though there were no more
freshmen to provide humor, the
sophs were doing a Pretty good
job of taking their place.
$5,000 Goal Set for
Hetzel Memorial
All-College Cabinet, sponsor of
the Hetzel Memorial Fund, to
day begins a two-week drive for
funds to establish a memorial li
brary in tribute to the College's
late president, Dr. Ralph Dorn
Hetzel.
The proposed library, for which
a goal of $5OOO has been set, will
contain books concerning a va
riety of subjects including ad
venture, philosophy and psy
chology.
The campaign will extend to
students, faculty. and alumni.
Each fraternity, sorority and
campus organization is asked to
contribute. The Alumni Associa
tion has contacted :7,000 grad
uates through the Cotton Bowl
edition of the News Letter, and
over 30,000 alumni will be noti
fied of the drive in the next is
sue of the alumni magazine. Pub
licity is being given the cam
paign by newspapers throughout
the state.
Individual contributions may
be placed in boxes at Student
Union, the Corner Room, Rath
skellar, diners, girls' dormitor
ies, and other places in town.
The library, which was insti
gated by Interfraternity Council,
is an attempt to express the
gratitude of t'. who realize the
heights to which "Prexy" raised
the College.
All the ballots must be turned
in by Saturday in order to have
them tabulated in time for the
testimonial dinner at Rec Hall on
Jan 12. Ballot boxes will be
DAILY COLLEGIAN
CENTRE DAILY TIMES
AWARDS TO THE OUTSTANDING PENN STATE
LINEMAN AND BACK
My choice for lineman is
My choice for back is
Ballots should be mailed or taken to CENTRE
DAILY TIMES, Box 89, State College, or COL
LEGIAN OFFICE, Carnegie Hall, Campus, or
dropped in any convenient ballot box in Bellefonte
or State College.
Higgins, Nolan Request
Of 'Dissension, Griping'
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808 HIGGINS
Let's Stop Talking • • .
And Look Ahead
(An open letter to the Daily
Collegian from Coach Bob Hig
gins and his staff and Co-Cap
tain Nolan and his teammates.)
To All Good Penn Staters:
• We know you've heard a lot
of talk about team dissension
since the Cotton Bowl game.
Some of what you've heard is
true. Most of it is not. We know
because we've heard a lot of it
bouncing back in completely
distorted form.
Let's just say that both of us
made mistakes—the coaches and
the team members. We're hu
man and we err; and we're be
ing honest about that.
But the important thing right
now is not the past it's the
future. Both of us agree that
there is absolutely nothing to be
gained by further spreading of
what happened in Texas. Thare
Slate Gels $66,453
From Cotton Bowl
DALLAS, Tex., Jan. 6—Penn
State's share of the largest mel
on in the 12-year history of the
Cotton Bowl was $66,453.59,
Game Director James V. Stew
art announced today.
Southern Methodist received
$61.453.59, since the first $5,000
of the home team's share auto
matically goes to the Southwest
Conference.
A sell-out crowd of 45,507, in
cluding 5,886 student tickets at
half price, paid a gross gate of
$189.388.53.
placed at the office of the Daily
Collegian, the office of the Cen
tre Daily Times and Student
Union.
The trophies which will be pre-
JOHN NOLAN
history, as far as we're con
cerned. We want to forget it,
and we'd appreciate it if every
body else would.
Remember there's a Commu
nity Banquet coming up in a
few days for the team. Towns
people and others have poured
plenty of time and money into
it. Let's not do anything to sour
it and to shake their confidence
in Penn State football.
Instead, why can't we make
the banquet a starting point for
an era of cooperation and good
fellowship? We had a wonderful
year, you must remember, and
have been talking about another
fine year in 1948.
So wen, shaking hands all
around. W. hopeand know—
that you'll get into the spirit of
the thing, too. Thanks a lot.
Very sincerely.
Bob Higgins,
(For the Coaching Staff.)
John Nolan, co-captain,
(For the ENTIRE team)
French Film Showing
Tonight al Atherton
Two , French films entitled "La
martine" and "Comedie Avant
Moliere" will be shown in the
northeast Atherton Hall lounge
at 7 o'clock tonight. The Office
of Cultural Relations, a French
government agency, has furn
ished the movies.
The film on Moliere deals with
the writer's ties with the past and
"Lamartine" depicts scenes famil
iar to Lamartine's life and in
cludes excerpts from his poetry.
Anyone interested is invited to
attend.
sented to winner of the polling
are now on display in the Ath
letic Store window. Each trophy
is a statue of a miniature football
player; the linesman trophy is
finished in silver while the tro
phy for the favorite back is of
copper. Both are mounted on a
mahogany base.
Every member of the Penn
State football team is eligible to
receive votes. In the votes already
received 18 players have been
mentioned. All students as well
as residents of Centre County are
eligible to cast ballots selecting
their favorite back and lineman.
It is expected that student vot
ing will be heavy because of the
tremendous interest shown
throughout the year at pep ral
lies and grid games. County vot
ing so far has been heavy too—
most of it being mailed to the
Centre Daily Times office.
The Centre Daily Times and
the Daily Collegian which are the
co-sponsors of the balloting and
the trophies are doing it solely
fur the purpose 01 giving added
FIVE CENTS
Stoppage
Rumor
By ALLAN W. OSTAR
Head coach Bob Higgins, rep
resenting the coaching staff, and
co-captain John Nolan, spokes
man for the Lion football squad,
last night signed an open letter
indicating their desire to bring
to a close discussion over team
coach dissension. Nolan signed
for the squad since the other co
captain, John Potsklan, has not
returned to campus from his
home.
The letter which is printed on
this page was submitted through
the efforts of the Daily Collegian
to clarify reports of dissension on
the Cotton Bowl trip. These re
ports have received widt pub
licity.
Nolan said last night that he was
"sorry the situation had gotten
so far out of hand. Everything is
too distorted for anyone to be
lieve anything."
Higgins said that statements
which had been attributed to him
by press associations and news
papers throughout the state were
entirely erroneous. Some• of these
statements quoted Higgins as in
dicting the whole squad for bick
ering and dissension. He denied
singling out wingback Jeff Dur
kota as a ringleader and trouble
maker.
"I realize that mistakes were
made both by myself and the
squad, but don't forget that we
were inexperienced in making
bowl trips. Things would be done
differently if we had to do it
over again," Higgins said.
The trouble arose over gripes
by team members over such
things as no laundry service after
it had been promised, poor food
which was served in the Dallas
Naval Air Station where the team
was quartered, the denial of suf
ficient privileges to permit the
players to visit Dallas, and the
lack of entertainment at the base.
As a result of these complaints
the players jumped the fence
surrounding the air station and
went into Dallas without per
mission.
As for Durkota being singled out
as the main troublemaker, Nolan
and other players stated that the
big wingback didn't do anything
that the other 39 members of the
squad didn't do.
Wally Triplett, Nolan, and
other players took exception with
the statement in yesterday's Cen
tre Daily Times which said that
a minority of Penn State football
players apparently were not will
ing to make sacrifices for their
Negro teammates. The players
stated that their rooms at the air
station were excellent, but that
they weren't given enough free
dom to visit Dallas.
Lineman
recognition to the Penn State
grid team and its players.
Coach Bob Higgins, who guid
ed the '47 grid combine to nine
straight victories and a 13-13 tic
against a favored SMU elever
in the Cotton Bown has en
dorsed the idea of the balloting
Says Higgins: "I thin:: it is a fin(
idea if it is handled right."
When voting for the players
students are asked to consider
outstanding play throughout thi
entire season and not just on(
or two games. 0,1. opinion:
should be expressed and not som(
newspaper columnist's.
The choice will be a hard on,
as Coach Higgins stated: "On m:
squad of 40 players, one felluv
performs just as well as the next
It is difficult to single out an:
stars on my squad."
Final results of the voting wil
be announced at the Commerc-.
Club-sponsored banquet at Hoc
Hall next Monday night and re
sults of the balloting will b
published in next Tuesday's Col.
legian as well as in the Ceittrs
Daily Times.