Students To Honor Leo Houck
, Contribute
011ro Baitg Tottrgiatt H L e e : Goal
Toward Houck
VOL. 50 - NO. 66
Cabinet Allocates $367
For Soccer Team Awards
All-College Cabinet approved the expenditure of almost $6OO
Thursday night.
Awards for the soccer team, which swept through a 14-game
schedule undefeated and then went to the. Soccer Bowl in. St. Louis.
Mo., tying the University of San Francisco, were approved unani.
mously. Individual trophies will be awarded to 16 players, a man•
ager, and Coach. William Jeffrey
at an approximate cost of $367.
Approves Plague
Harry McMahon, chairman of
the committee to choose a mem
orial for the Ralph Dorn Hetzel
memorial room, showed sketches
of three plaques for considera
tion by Cabinet, and one costing
$220 was approved. Ted Allen,
all-college president, ha d an
nounced earlier that the student
government room will not be in
operation until next ' semester.
William Shade, chairman of
the elections committee, offered
reasons for not holding the
spring elections in more than
one place, as leaders in the Pol
lock and Nittany areas have•pro
posed. Cabinet took no action,
pending further investigation by
the committee. Francis Turk,
president of Nittany Council,
spoke in favor of placing ballot
boxes in the dormitory, area.
Cabinet, gave preliminary ap
proval for a $3OO loan to the
frishman class for a dance. Ad
mission is to be charged and the
loan repayed from the receipts
after the dance. The loan was
requP^,"ld by Marian Whitely,
class oresident.
Turn . Down Request
After an unfavorable report by
James MacCallum, all-college
secretary-treasurer, for the In
terclass Finance committee,
Cabinet turned down a Blue
Band' request for $144 to attend
the Intercollegiate Band festival
at Carnegie Institute of Technol
ogy. Only three membeTs dis
sented,
Allen Baker, chairman of the
service key committee, presented
a plan for the purchase and dis
tribution of the key's which
would be given to des e r v in g
members of Cabinet committees.
The expenditure would be more
than $lOO, so Cabinet must con
sider the plan a second time at
its next meeting.
Ban Schaffer was appointed
Cabinet representative to the
committee for Negro H i s t or y
week. William Norcross was add
ed to the meal ticket committee.
"FORA BETTER PENN STATE"
STATE COLLEGE, PA., SATURDAY MORNING, JANUARY 14, 1950
Collegian Makes
Four Promotions
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Four promotions from the Jun
ior board of the Collegian busi
ness staff 'were voted at a senior
board meeting Wednesday, Mar
lin Weaver, business manager,
announced yesterday. They will
go into effect next semester.
Those promoted are Roger
Bartles, assistant business mana
ger; Shirley Faller, classified ad
vertising manager; Ruth Phillips,
promotion co-manager; and Har
old Wollin, promotion co-mana
ger.
Additional Stands Ease
Rec Hall Overcrowcling
Six hundred seats will be added to the Recreation Hall capa
city for the wrestling-boxing meet to be held there tonight, Walter
R. Hosterman, Jr., assistant graduate manager of athletics, an
nounced yesterday.
Four temporary sections, each seating 150 students, will be
placed in the west end of the ground floor to accommodate the large
crowd expected.
The action was prompted by
the overflow turnout for the
sports program last Saturday.
Then, a number of students were
not admitted because of space
limitations.
Working together, the depart
ment of physical plant and the
Athletic association this week
laid Plans for the erection of
'Additional Stands. Fire regula
tions and requirements of the
zarious sports were considered.
The plans, Hosterman said,
all for use of only three of the
Aditional stands for future pro-
Occasional rain,
continued mild
Penn State Selected
Site of 13th Annual
NCAA Ring Tourney .
Penn State officially was named as site of "the 1950 National
Collegiate Athletic Association Boxing Tournament at a meeting of
the NCAA this week.
The tourney, to be held in Recreation Hall, is scheduled from
March 30 to April. 1.
According to Walter Hosterman, assistant graduate manager
of athletics, it was greatly due to
the efforts of Harold 'lke' Gil
bert, graduate manager of ath
letics, that the tournament was,
awarded 'to this college.
Earlier, when schedules were
made, the site of the NCAA's was
pending, and the dates then set
were April 8-10, but, since those
dates fall during Easter recess,
the tournament was moved up a
week.
NSA To Seek
Absentee Vote
The, College Chapter of the Na
tional Student Association is
planning to campaign for an ab
sentee voting law for students
from the Pennsylvania General
Assembly, according to Hugo
Mandes, -chairman of the NSA
committee in charge.
Since this would require a
'change in the state constitution,
the committee will study all
aspects of making such a change
and then submit a report to the
regional NSA convention next
June. The regional organization
in turn will take it before the
General Assembly in the Fall.
At the last regional- conven
tion held at Albright College
Dec. 16-18, representatives were
interested in student govern
ment organization at the College
and took information back to
their own school for the purpose
of making changes in their stu
dent governments.
Rabbi To Speak
Before Chapel
Speaking on the subject, "The
Judeo-Christian Ideals and the
World's Uncertainties," Rabbi
David H. Wide of the Congrega
tion Rodeph Shalom of Philadel
phia will be the guest at the
Chapel service in Schwab Aud
itorium at 11 o'clock tomorrow
morning.
While a student there, he was
elected to Phi Beta Kappa, Kap
pa Phi Kappa (education hono
rary), the Biological Society and
other honorary groups.
The Chapel Choir will present
a selection arranged by Wilous-
Icy, entitled "Heavenly Light."
grams which include basketball
games and wrestling matches,
since space must be provided for
storage of the boxing ring when
it is not in use. •
Hosterman requested that
students hold their coats and
refrain from saving seats in
order th p at all space can be
utilized.
Standing 'room again will be
orovided on the north and south
sides of the indoor track above
the balcony stands. However,
standing room will be eliminated
on the ground floor.
Prior to the addition' of the
west temporary stands, the seat
ing capacity was 5,500. The stu
dent body exceeded this number
by several hundred for last Sat
urday's program.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
Plan Four Sessions
The 13th NCAA tournament
is divided into four sessions—
Thursday afternoon, Thursday
evening, and Friday and Satur
day evenings.
Last year the tournament was
held at Michigan State College,
and L.S.U. copped the team ,title.
Penn State entered three men
but all failed to survive first
round battles.
The last time the boxing
NCAA's were held at Penn State
was in 1941. That year Paul Scal
ly copped the 175-pound title for
the Lions.
Had Five Champions
Altogether Penn State has had
five individual national champ
ions. In 1932 David Stoop won
118-pound honors. Al Lewis won
the title at 148 pounds the same
year. /
In 1936, Frank Goodman an
nexed the '135-pound crown, fol
lowed by Scally,in 1941.
Last Nittany titlist was 130-
pounder Glenn Hawthorne; he
garnered in his crown in 1947.
"It sure will be an honor for
us to act as host for the tourna
ment," said Acting Coach Ed
Sulkowski yesterday. "It appar
ently came to us as a reward for
the progress Penn State has made
in collegiate boxing under Leo
Houck."
Late AP News Courtesy WMAJ
Russia Loses
On China Bid
LAKE SUCCESS—The United
Nations Security Council yester
day turned down a Russian de
mand to oust its Chinese Nation
alist delegates.
Following the vote, with six
against the motion and three in
favor, Soviet Deputy Foreign
Minister Malik made a short
speech and the Russian delega
tion walked out of the session.
Significantly, India and Yugo
slavia voted 'with Russia. There
were two abstentions.
Meanwhile, Deputy Undersec
retary of State Dean Rusk pre_
dicted a future conflict between
China and Russia, declaring in a
Philadelphia speech that the Chi
nese revolution was not Russian
in essence.
Conflict Deadline
Students with conflicts in
their final examination sched
ules should file conflict cards
in 2 Willard Hall by noon to
day. said R. V. Watkins, Col
lege scheduling officer.
Seniors who have examina
tions scheduled after Febru
ary 2 should also file conflict
cards.
Of $5,000
Tonight is "L e o Houch
Night" in Recreation Hall.
Six thousand students all
the College will honor the
Penn State boxing coach what
—will be missing at tonight's
varsity boxing opener for Uw
first time in 28 seasons.
—initiated boxing as a varsilist
sport at Penn State.
—is, according to All-College
President Ted Allen who pro
claimed tonight as "Houck Nigkt,"
"a Penn State tradition of good
sportsmanship and clean play, in
and out of a sports arena."
—was a national boxing figure
while in his boxing prime.
—is reported near death at his
home in Lancaster.
Highlighting "Leo Houck
Night" will be a wrestling meet
with Cornell and a boxing meet
with Minnesota,
The "Night" will begin at 7
o'clock when Head Boxing Man
ager Fred Auch speaks. Praf.
George E. Ceiga of the music de
partment will play popular' and
college songs on a Hammond
organ before the mat meet, and
also between wrestling and box
ing.
Draz To Speak
Immediately after the -heavy
weight wrestling bout, Boxing
Captain Charles Drazenovich—
who won two Eastern champion
ships under Houck tutelage--will
speak. He will be introduced bar
William Shade, head boxing man
ager.
Students will be asked by Dra
zenovich to contribute to a. Leo
.Houck fund, purpose of which is
to raise $5,000 "to give Leo Houck
or his family a substantial fund
for their, future security." Houck
was stricken in mid-August, 1949,
while conducting a boxing clinic
on campus, and has been declin
ing in health ever since. His ill
ness has been diagnosed as cancer.
$2.000 Collected
The student collection will be
applied to a town and alumni
campaign entitled "Friends of
Leo Houck." Nearly $2OOO already
has poured in to College and town
Houck friends who began the
campaign. One of the top con
tributions was $lOO from Lew
Tendler, ex - outstanding boxer
and Houck friend now operating
a Philadelphia restaurant,
Student contributions to the
Houck fund will be collected by
members of Blue Key, Skull and
Bones, Parmi Nous and Druids—
men's hat societies. on campus.
Thomas Morgan, Hat s,ociety
Council president, last night
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The Nittany Lion Roars
FOR Leo Houck, a great guy.
and a real friend to all the
students.
Houck, now near death at his
Lancaster, Pa. home, started
intercollegiate boxing at Penn
State and was instrumental in
promoting the sport to its
present national stature.
The Lion today gives a solemn
roar for the ailing "Fred" who
will be honored with a "night"
at Roc Hall tonight, and expres
ses his hope that all students at
tonight's double-header will
contribute to swell the fund
designed to aid Leo's family.