Alumni Turnout To Break All-Time Record
Dinner, Football Game, Dance
Mark Homecoming Festivities
Thousands of Alumni will continue to pour into State College
today for the annual Homecoming Weekend, fulfilling, expectations
of the largest Alumni turnout in the history of the College.
Festivities, which began yes
terday at noon, were hampered
by an unexpected ,downpour of
rain in the afternoon and eve
ning. This forced postponement
of the Alumni Golf Tournament
and cancellation of the pep rally.
Highlights of today’s activities
Include the Alumni luncheon at
Rec Hall honoring the founders
of the Cadet Band, the football
game' with Nebraska at New
Beaver Field, and the Alumni
Dance in Recreation Hall,
. .A- complete schedule of the
day’s events released by Ridge
jßiley and Ross Lehman, of the
Alumni Association, is as follows:
SATURDAY ,
Morning Alumni registration
" continues at Alumni head
quarters in 'Recreation Hall.
Alumni Golf Tournament at'
the College golf course. Hori
Show open all day to visitors.
9:30-11:30 a.m. Home Econ
omics Alumni coffee_ hour in
Home Economics -Building.
11:00 a.m.—1:30 p.m. Alumni
luncheon at -Recreation Hall
honoring founders, of the Bugle
Corps. Cadet Band, and Blue
Band;'
2:00 p.m.—Football' game with
Nebraska at'Hew Beaver Field.
2:15 p.m. Cross-country meet
with New York University
", starting ai New Beaver Field.
.8:00 p.m.—Players present "Glass
..Menagerie" at Center Stage.
... Tickets are available at Stu
. dent Union Desk from 8:00
a.m. until noon.
• Thespians present All-Alumni
• showing of "Welcome' Willy."
Tickets are available at Rec
. Creation Hall from,8:00 a.m. un
til 1:30 p.m. and for one hour
after the ■ game. They, will also
» be on sale at the Student Union
' Desk from' 7:00 to 8:00 p.m.
' Cider party for Alumni at Rec
reation Hall; '
9:00 p.mi— Alumni Dance at Rec
reation, featuring- Gene
MagilTs orchestra. .. ...
. Shortage of housing facilities
has been a serious problem to the
Alumni; Association in. handling
the record-breaking crowds, Fra
ternity houses are utilizing every
inch of space to take cate of
Alumni guests and indications
are that all houses will be bulg
ing. . ,
The problem was somewhat-al
leviated by the spontaneous re
sponse of townspeople to an ap
peal by the Alumni Association
for rooms in private homes.
Alumni Honors Blue Band ,■
In celebration of the 50th anni
versary of the ■ Blue Band, four
members of the, original Bugle-
Corps and Cadet Band will : be
guests of the Alumni Association
at the Alumni luncheon in Rec
(Continued on page six)
Today ....
The Nittany Lion Roars
FOR Niltany cross-country
and track coach. Chick Werner.
_ Werner unveils his 1949 edi
tion of the Lion cross-country
team at New Beaver Field this
afternoon. If past records are
any indication of the Reason be
ginning today, this year's squad
will again be one .of the best in
the nation.
The towering track mentor is
noted for developing outstand-'
; ing.; distance runners like Curt
: Slone, Jerry Karver, and Horace
Ashenfelter, and lop teams like
- the cross-country squad which
:captured lhe NCAA, title two
years ago.' Many more years of
•n ... , • - , •
Voting Plan Changes
Rain Delays
Lawn Display
Appraisals
Judges To Rate Efforts
Of Greeks this Morning
Old Man Weather, determined
again this year that the judging
of .fraternity lawn dislays would
not be done under starry skies,
sent forth torrents of the univer
sal solvent last evening to drench
the tediously conceived - handi
work of nearly all the campus
fraternities. The judging as -a re
sult-' was postponed' until 10:00
o’clock this morning.
Hundreds of raincoated pledg
es and brothers, toiling with run
ning sign paint and shorted elec
trical connections strove valiant
ly to preserve their interpreta
tions of this year’s theme: “Beat
Nebraska—Welcome Alumni.”
Meanwhile, the judges, Prof.
Cuthbert F. 'Salmon of the archi
ture department, PrOf. John ’Y.
Roy of the art department, and
Ross Lehman of the Alumni Asso
ciation, are preparing to readjust
their critical talents for what is
hoped will be a sunny review of
the'traditional displays.
~ - -' - ' Results At Game
The fraternities will learn how
their efforts rated on.-originality,
appropriateness to theme/ and
general attention-getting appeal
during half-time at this - after
noon’s game.
' If the corn strewn about the
many lawns bearing displays is
any indication; a bumper crop can
be expected this year. Tractors,
corn pickers, costumed farmers,
and- many, variations of; our : own
Nittany Lion-bid welcome to the
record, number of alumni return
ing and are arranged in patterns
probably ,caiising a new high in
consternation among visiting
Nebraska fans. Competition for
the Alumni trophy, awarded each
year for the best display and now
in the hapds of Alpha’ Tau Ome
ga, .is keen.
Trustee Grpup
Holds Session
- Members of the executive com
mittee ;of. the .Board of, Trustees
of the College met late last night,
at the College. It was their regu
lar Fall, meeting. ' ,
.-Chairman of th e ■ executive
committee is James. Milhplland,
acting president of the College.
Medina Sentences
Communist Leaders
Late AP News Courtesy WMAJ
WASHINGTON—EIeven top leaders of the Communist party
were found guilty yesterday of plotting to overthrow the govern
ment by force. The men face maximum penalties of 10 years" in
jail and $lO,OOO fines. Sentencing is scheduled for next Friday.
Immediately after the jury announced its verdict, federal judge
Harold Medina sentenced the five defense lawyers to jail for con
tempt. Judge Medina also jailed
Eugene Dennis, the top defend
ant, who had argued his own
case. Their terms vary from 30
days to six months. ■
Attorney ; General 'McG rath
called the - outcome, “gratifying”,
and' members of both major par
ties here ' applauded the Com
munist, conviction. Some called it
a credit to' the American jury
system; others hoped it would
start a ‘ crusade against -all • so
called subversive elements.
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VOL. 50 NO. 17
State Party to Permit Voters
To Cast Ballots in Lion Fashion
Aiming for a political comeback, representatives of the State party Wednesday night
announced that the clique has abandoned its policy of representative voting.
Robert Keller, last year’s candidate for Senior Class president, and Robert Gabriul,
defeated All-College presidential hopeful last spring, announced the decision at a meeting
before more than 250 freshmen women in Atherton lounge.
“There is no longer an apparent need for representative clique voting,” Keller said.
“After watching the Lion clique (which swept last spring’s All-College elections) in opera
tion, the State party feels that the danger that one or several groups may ‘pack’ a meet
ing is unfounded.” '
Keller added that present State
party policy in regard to eligi
bility of clique voters will, in
the future, be similar to that of
the opposing Lion clique.
Current Lion policy is to per
mit any student who has register
ed and appeared at two succes
sive meetings full voting privi
leges. The only difference in the
new State plan is that students
of the- various classes will be per
mitted to vote for clique officers
of their class. Lion party mem
bers are permitted to vote for
any clique candidate placed be
fore the floor, regardless of the
class in which they, are register
ed.
Players Open 30th Season
With Williams'/Menagerie'
” B7 ,T>^IL£ v< ''l>ETWEiti^iEi'’’ 1 "
’ Players opened their thirtieth season last night at Centre Stage
witK'’.“Glass"’Menagerie,” Tennessee Williams’ Critics’ Circle award
drama.
play is a. family portrait with tjie setting in an alley tene
the depression-dreary St. Louis of the 1930’5.
The
ment in
The
story is seen as the recollections of Tom Wingfield, whose
.mother, Amanda, clings to the
shreds of her happier days as a
Southern belle. Tom acts as nar
i&fo&for the play.
.As’the story begins, Amanda,
Tom-and Laura, Tom’s sister, are
Lewis Gives Plan
WEST VA— John L. Lewis in
troduced a plan for a 250 million 1
dollar a week pool to help the
CIO steel workers win their
strike, Lewis, whose miners are
striking, offered to contribute to
such- a pool, and he asked the
AFL ’to join in. However, there
has been no comment from fed
eration chief William Green or
CIO . steel leader Philip Murray.
(Continued, on page six)
BETTER PENN STATE'
STATE COLLEGE, FA., SATURDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 15, 1949
living .in poverty. Tom has be
come restless as a worker in a
warehouse, his real ambition be
ing to become a poet. He reacts
to the situation in none to pleas
ant ways, which his mother is
constantly bickering about.
Inferiority Complex
Laura, although it can be plain
ly.seen she does not wish to be,
is the reason for the trouble. She
is a crippled young woman who
has. drawn herself away from
the world due to an inferiority
complex.
Amanda believes Laura to be
a beautiful young woman as she
was in the old days in the South.
And from there she sets out to
make Laura a success.
She first tries to send Laura
to business school, but Laura
becomes “sick on her stomach”
the first day and gives up, with
drawing herself even further into
(Continued, on page’six) 1
Under the old plan of repre
sentative voting, no student was
admitted as a voting member of
the State .party unless he had
submitted a petition with 20 or
more names of other students he
intended to represent.
Explain .-Workings
Keller and Gabriel.. also ex
plained the workings of the party
tb the freshmen group. They ran
through its history, internal or
ganization, and its differences
from the campus’s second polit
ical group.
Besides the minor difference
in voting procedure, Keller also
stressed the number of vacancies
open in the organization to in
terested students.
“We are a party out of office,”
he said. “Therefore there is a
good possibility that ambitious
beginners will climb rapidly in
the organization.”
Lions Address Group
Rose Eifert, president' of
Leonides; John Erickson, junior
class vice-president; David Sch
muckler; and Huge Stevens ad
dressed the group as representa
tives of the Lion party.
They also gave a short outline
of the principles and history of
their group.
Following the meeting, and ex
pressing pleasure at the enthu
siasm of their listeners, repre
sentatives of both parties said, in
effect, “signs indicate a record
turn-out of freshmen at the
November elections.”
Section W
Open to Girls
Section “NF” in Beaver Field
Stadium today will be open to
freshmen and -sophomore girls
as well as sophomore men, Harold
R. Gilbert, graduate manager of
athletics, pointed out yesterday.
The section—in which flash
cijirds are displayed to add to the
color and spirit of the football
game—had been planned as a
no-girls-allowed section when the
flash-card system was being ar
ranged for this year.
However, student leaders de
cided after the first two games
to eliminate the ban on girls in
section “NF” when the distaff
cheerers made what was termed
“one of the best displays of Col
lege spirit seen here in years.”
I Ushers at today’s game will
I (Continued on page six}