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VOL. 52, No. 27
Pranksters
Are Issued
Warning
As a result of the investiga
tion of the Pollock Dorm l 2 fire
early Tuesday morning, .College
officials issued a stern warning
to pranksters who set off fire
alarms for no reason»at all;. .;.
When the fire alariff was sound
ed at approximately 4 a.m. less
than 12 residents left their beds.
Many of the students „said they
thought it. was just, another false
alarm.
The fire, though small, could
have been a disaster, College of
ficials said. The blaze was dis
covered by two students and ex
tinguished before the Alpha Fire
Co. arrived at the dormitory.
Investigating officials said that
any student caught tampering
with an alarm system would be
dealt with in the severest man
ner.
It also pointed out that such
an act violates not only College
rules but also the state criminal
code.
Officials are, still interviewing
Dorm 12 residents in an attempt
to learn the cause of the fire
and why students did not leave
the building.
The dormitory fire was dis
covered by Lawrence Cupka,
who, with the aid of his roona
'mate, Walter Keirsey, extin
guished the fire. They then call
ed the fire company as an added
protection.
Homecoming to Be
Greatest on Record
Nearly everything about Penn
State’s 31st Homecoming
Day will be the biggest yet.
Beaver Field will be bulging
with a sellout crowd of 30,000, the
largest in Nittany Lion history.
Uncounted in the total will be
the largest corps of reporters,
photographers, and radio stations
ever to cover a sporting event in
the Nittany Vale.
The spectacle of the Michigan
State Spartans, variously ranked
from first to 4hird football team
-in the nation, clashing with the
Penn State grid team has even
drawn Gov. John S. Fine who
will be personal guest of Presi
dent Milton S. Eisenhower.
Papers Represented
• Five radio station outlets, near
ly every paper in the state of
Michigan, United Press, Interna
tional News Service, Associated
Press, a television rebroadcast
team, numerous photographers
and reporters from Chicago, New
York, and Philadelphia will cover
the game.
Among the papers represented
are the Detroit Times;' Press, and
News; Grand Rapids, East Lan
sing, Flint, and the Detroit AP,
all from Michigan; the Chicago
Tribune, New York Herald Trib
une, Harrisburg Patriot, and the
Philadelphia-Evening Bulletin.
The .Columbia Broadcasting
Company and the Philadelphia
Inquirer, Pittsburgh Press, and
Sun-Telegraph telegraph services
will be used. Telephone and tele
graph will also be provided from
file Beaver Field press box for
both the UP and INS news serv
ices.
The 30,000 crowd which will
witness the Spartan-Lion football
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STATE COLLEGE, PA., FRIDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 19, 1951
Receives Apology
From AP Writer
rThe Penn State Froth, College
humor magazine, drew an inter
national apology from Associated
Press., columnist Hal Boyle yes
terday, for some unintentional
plagiarism. y
Boyle had used a humorous ar
ticle on ' military cliches in his
column last summer, crediting it
to an “Air Force officer in
Korea/? The, article had. original
ly. appeared in Froth for Octo
ber, 1950, written by Froth Edi
tor Ronald Bonn.
Yesterday, Boyle’s column, syn
dicated to thousands of news
papers throughout this country
and abroad, carried an apology
for the 1 accidental theft. The
Centre Daily Times carried the
story here. •
■ Boyle had. written Bonn earlier
explaining that he had received
the material through a columnist
friend, who in turn had gotten it
from a soldier in Korea. The Air
Force had put out the article as
a mimeographed release there.
Bonn said yesterday that the
piece had been reprinted, with
credit, in a number of other hum
or magazines, throughout the
country. Either a Froth or one of
these others apparently made its
■ .-ay to Korea, where the Air
Force public information ac
quired it.
In his letter, Boyle wrote, “Per
haps I should have realized that
a man with a sense of humor
wouldn’t be a major in public re
lations, but I didn’t.”
battle at 1:30 p.m. tomorrow will
top the greatest previous total,
recorded in 1948, for the Home
coming- game with the same
Spartan aggregation.
That year when the seating
capacity was only 14,000 —the
curve on the horseshow and addi
tional sections had not been
added to the sideline .grandstands
—a crowd of 24,579 were on hand
to watch the Lions battle the
Spartans to a 14-4 stalemate.
At present- the permanent seat
ing capacity is 28,500 but 2500
temporary bleacher seats have
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Thespians' Show 'Bottoms Up
' . >
Delights First Night Audience
By BUD FENTON
Homecoming weekend' got its
official sendoff-last night as Thes
pians opened, with “Bottoms Up”,
a musical revue that' skipped
through two hours ,to the delight
of a near-capacity audience.
Running the alcoholic gamut
from , the teetotalihg days of Rip
»Van- .-Winkle. - tojv the hungover ;
mprriirig hours of modern. Man-,
hattan, the Thespian-Masquerette
production showed its best Wares
With-a real flavor, while allowing
the less pleasing parts, to feel
their way out for post show
tightening.
The words and music by Frank
Lewis, and Dave Weiner filled
put the.'robust- skits arid bolstered
the weaker ones. A musical high
light was provided by 'Ray For
tunato who doubled as production
director. He. wrote'the . niusic to
“A Love Divine", which along
with Lewis arid Weiner’s song,
“Never Trust a.Maiden”, were so
well'thought of'-that, they were
used as the finale -numbers.
Easily the. best skit of the show
and a real stopper was the Angus
Brown and; Mr. Fljrnn number
done by Don Herbeiif arid Danny
Grove'-';.A-winner frorii the be-
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67 Per Gent of Women
Cost Ballots in Elections
Ray Evert
Elected Lion
Chairman
By ANDY McNEILLIE
Ray Evert, a senior, was un
animously elected All-C oil e g e
chairman of the Lion party last
night succeeding Milton Bernstein
who resigned his post as clique
chairman Tuesday.
In the reorganization of the
party, the clique chairman is
eliminated and an All-College
chairman, elected by party mem
bers, installed to act as party
leader.
Evert was elected after Bern
stein explained the > reorganiza
tion of the party to approximately
100 students who attended the
meeting. Bernstein said the new
system, “if started clean, will
stay clean.”
He especially urged freshmen
and sophomores to take an inter
est in campus politics, since the
fall elections will involve their
classes. After a student has at
tended two meetings, he is eli
gible to become a member of the
party.
• Bernstein, who acted as tem
porary chairman, called another
meeting for 7 p.m. Sunday in 121
Sparks. Evert will conduct the
meeting. Other party officers—
All-College vice chairman, All-
College secretary, and All-Col
lege financial chairman—will be
elected at that time.,.
The first draft of the party
constitution will be read Sunday
night for approval. Evert and
Clair George are preparing the
document, the first of its kind
for a Penn State political party.
Party reorganization will be
carried out for the freshman and
sophomore classes this fall, and
the junior and senior classes for
the spring elections. Evert will
appoint four juniors as represen
tatives until .the upperclassmen
are reorganized.
'You Did It Again*
, „_jg inc». iy ..trough -
snappy" You Went and Did If Again" number during last, night's
initial performance of the new Thespian - revue "Bottoms Up." The
shqwcohtinues tonight and tomorrow night in Schwab Auditorium.
♦ .. . . International
Carolyn Pelczar was elected treasurer of the Women’s Student
Government Association and Ann Cunningham became freshman
senator in the final elections of the WSGA and. Women’s Recreation
Association yesterday.
Also elected in the finals were Virginia
representative; and Marcia Ferguson and
representatives.
About 1,480 women cast ballots
in the elections-They represented
67 ; per cent of all women students
on campus.
Installation of the new WRA
officers will take place Tuesday
night in the WRA lounge in
White Hall. WSGA officers will
be installed later.
Financial transactions of
WSGA will be handled by Miss
Pelczar. She will also become a
member of the senate. The Big-
Little Sister Tea will be handled
by Miss Cunningham, who will
also be an ex-officio member of
the Freshman Council '
All three WRA representatives
will be members of the WRA ex
ecutive board, and will take
charge of the WRA cabin. Miss
Hinner will also be responsible
for obtaining timers and scorers
for all intramural sports events.
Mary Jane Woodrow, WSGA
president, said she was pleased
with the large turnout of women
voters this year. She said she
hoped that interest in women’s
activities would remain at a high
level throughout the year.
Marilyn Williams, WRA head,
and Joanne Williams, WSGA
elections chairman, said all can
didates may pick up pictures used
on posters from them.
Election returns may also be re
vealed by either of them to any
candidate desiring them.
The figures of women’s elec
tions are kept secret so that the
feelings of the candidates will hot
be hurt.
Tickets Available
For 'Bottoms Up'
A large number of tickets
are still available for Thes
pians’ original, student musical
revue “Bottoms Up” which
opened last night in Schwab
Auditorium.
'Tickets for the show at 8
tonight cost $1.20 and may be
purchased at the Student Un
ion desk in Old Main.
Homecoming Day’s perform
ance at 8 p.m.. tomorrow is
nearly a sellout but a few
seats remain.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
Hinner, sophomore WRA
Ellie Gwynn, freshman
Pep Rally
Scheduled
For Tonight
Penn St a t e’s pre-Michigan
State pep rally will begin at 7:30
tonight on the steps of Old Main
following a Blue Band-led par
ade through the borough and up
the Mall.
The parade will form*at. 7:15
on the corner of Fairmount ave
nue and Allen street.
Dr. Alfred H. Griess, team phy
sician, and Cross-County Coach
Chick Werner will be on hand to
speak to the Penn State support-
Band cheers for tomorrow's
game:
PENN STATE STOMP
Yeah team
Fight team
Go team
Win learn
Penn State—Penn Stale
Fight-Fight-Fight
JACK'S IDEA
Come on Penn State
We've got a goal line date
Let's keep movin'
The score's improvin'
BRAIN STORM
Penn State is on the march
The Nittany Lion will roar
Blue and White come on and
show your might
And fight team, fight, fight on
We want to win this ball game
ers, Thomas Hanna, head cheer
leader, said last night.
Werner plans to bring Bill Ash
enfelter and Dudley Foster, two
of his team members, to the rally.
Penn State’s undefeated harriers,
will meet Michigan State’s cross
country squad tomorrow.
Hanna also said Richard Martle,
who wil emcee the rally, plans
to introduce football players Len
Shephard, Art Betts, and Dick
Cripps. Coach Rip Engle will not
be able to attend.
Hanna said the- Blue Band and
cheerleaders will teach the stu
dents new band cheers he hopes
to use in tomorrow’s game with
Michigan State.
Druids, men’s hat society, will
present a skit during the rally.
Hanna asked all cheerleaders to
be at Fairmount avenue and Al
len street tonight at 7.
Two injured
In Auto Crash
Two women were injured last
night when their car hit a sign,
caromed off and hit a traffic
light standard at S. Atherton
street and W. College avenue.
The two, Margaret Logue, 26,
of Milesburg, and Joan Dudish,
of Clarence, are waitresses at the
Corner Room.
They were taken to Bellefonte
Hospital by the Alpha Fire Co.
ambulance. Hospital authorities
said Miss Logue received lacer
ations of the face, eye and a
mouth injury, while Miss Dudish
suffered lacerations of the face
and eye. Both of the women had
bruises of the body. Their con
dition was listed as fair.
Police estimated the damage-to
the car at $425.
Witnesses said the car moved
out of a filling station, turned
east on College avenue and
smashed into a road sign. The
car continued moving and hit the
traffic light standard in an is
land in the middle of the street.