Lions Host Owls by JAKE HIGHTON Undertaking its first 10 game schedule in 21 years, Penn State’s football team will kickoff its 66th intercollegiate grid campaign since 1887 against the Temple Owls at 2 p.m. today on Beaver Field. Coach Rip Engle will be starting the first/ leg of his third season at Penn State with an eye to improving his 5-4 record of last year. State, never having been beaten by Temple on Beaver Field, holds a decisive 8 and 3 edge in the series. This largely accounts for the 13 point favorites role in which State has been cast. Penn State supremacy in the series dates back to 1941 when the Andy Tomasic led Owls scored their last victory, 14-0 in Temple Sta dium. Since.ythen, the Templars not only have failed to win but went down without a score five times. Engle,''however, awafe that past performances mean nothing with the opening of a new season, figures the game to be “awfully tough” for the important reason that the Owls boast an array of “great backs.” As a matter of fact,- Temple has an outstanding corps of leather-luggers which few teams in the East would blush to own. As for his own team, Engle was greatly Freedom of Press See Page 4 Vol. 53, No. 8 Cannon to Nittany Lion The mighty roar of the Nittany Lion may highlight spirit boosting demonstrations at today’s game. Mario Todaro, College gymnast who competed in Olympic try outs last spring, has constructed a cannon firing a 10-guage blank shot. The cannon will be used at the game to symbolize the roar of the College’s traditional Nit tany Lion, Alan McChesney, head cheerleader, said yesterday. He said use of the cannon has been approved by Coach Rip En gle and Ernest B. McCoy, new dean of the School of Physical Education and Athletics. McChes ney added that all safety pre cautions have been taken con cerning firing of the cannon. Seats Reserved Freshmen Must Attend Owl Game All freshmen will be required to attend the football game today with Temple University, accord ing to Mary Petitgout, co-chair man of the Freshman Customs and Regulations Board. Customs must be worn to th 6 game, and al,l frosh will sit together en masse in sections NH, NJ, NK, and part of NG in the stadium at Beaver Field. Frosh will be expected to take an active part in singing the Al ma Mater before the game and cheering during the game. Miss Petitgout reminded freshmen that conduct in the stadium and en thusiasm displayed during the game will play a large part in determining the end of the- cus toms period. Dress customs may be removed following the game for the week-' end holiday prescribed by the board; however, dating customs will remain in effect. Full dress customs including namecards will go into their second week begin ning 8 a.m. Monday. Twenty customs violators, all men, had been reported to the Student Union desk in Old Main by 5 p.m. yesterday. Violators will be notified by mail to appear be fore the customs board for a hear ing Tuesday night. Freshman stu dents wishing to leave campus during the customs period may al so appeal to the board at that time. A freshmen rebellion was (Continued on page two) Hath} m (Eollwjtatt STATE COLLEGE, PA., SATURDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 20, 1952 Sound Roar McChesney reported that 46 seniors, 87 juniors, and 135 sopho mores have registered to date for participation in the newly-de veloped flashcard system which will be inaugurated at today’s game. He explained that the top 12 rows plus four seats in the "EH section of the stands will be re served until game time for those who have registered for the sys tem. Other seats may be filled in by seniors who will be asked to flash the cards at their seats. McChesney emphasized that those who have signed up for seats in the flashcard system should get there early. He request ed that hatmen not forming part of the guard of honor for the team aid in protecting the reserved seats. Experimental Proposition - McChesney said the flashcard system will be able to work the words: TEMPLE, PENN STATE, BEAT TEMPLE, and TEAM. The working of the system for this game will be an experimen tal proposition, he said, and pro cedures can be revised later if any difficulty arises. Horf Show Set For Homecoming The livestock pavilion of the School of Agriculture will be the scene of the 39th annual Hort Show to be held as a special fea ture of Homecoming Weekend Oct. 18-19. James D. Boodley, president of the Horticulture Club, will be manager. Helen Stender will as sist him. “A Parisian Market” will be the theme of this year’s displays. Fruits and vegetables from the College orchards and plots will be used in the displays, along with ornamental flowers grown espec ially for the show by the Horti culture Club, members. FOR A BETTER PENN STATE 3500 Cheer Lions At Rec Hal! Rally CMon! Let's Go! Macßae Dismissal Will Be Discussed The dismissal of Wendell -S. Ma.cßae by the College will be dis cussed at a meeting of College faculty and staff and other interested persons at 7:30 p.m. Monday in 110 Electrical Engineering, W. L. Werner, chairman of the group, has announced. Werner said that his commi analysis and commentary on President Milton S. Eisenhower’s statement on loyalty procedures. The analysis was delivered to Jhe President’s office Tuesday, he said, and will be the subject of discussion at the meeting. Included in the committee’s statement are the following points: 1. While the President’s state ment says that local department heads opposed the idea of certify ing the loyalty of their employees, the staff did not know that this procedure was being followed at Penn, Pitt, and Temple with satis factory results. As far as is known, even new employees at these schools are not confronted with oaths and questionaires. i 2. The committee objects to the I Irag" the frosh women out of Thompson Hall to take part in the uckoff' pep rally last night. littee has prepared a 3000 word repeated use of the word “tenta tive” applied to “the only pub lished regulations available to the staff and faculty from May 13 until Aug. 20.” The procedures issued on May 13 were labeled “Special Procedures” and the word “tentative” was never used in .title, text, or any references before Sept. 9, 3. The committee has found no evidence that department heads ■and other certifying officers knew or told their employees that these rules were tentative. 4. Both the old and the new rules state that the review board “shall make a thorough investi gation.” There was no evidence (Continued on page eight) Today pleased with the spirit, the “lot of go and the swiftness in getting off the marks which ha* been so characteristic of the 1952 team all dur ing fall practice. State’s sophomore studded football team, 24 of the 52 man squad are second year men, is neither too big nor too small this year- The offensive line will average about 202 pounds for today’s game. The defensive forward wall will weigh about the same thanks to two 230 pound giants, Co-Captain Stew Scheetz and Rosey Grier. The backfield offensively will be of the light destroyer type with an average weight of 173 pounds. However, only starting .wingback Bill Leonard weighs more than 170. Injuries have slowed down the Lions in the backfield with shifty lefthalf Buddy Rowell hospitalized, fullback Bob Pollard not quite ready for offense yet and quarterback Tony Rados hobbled with a bad knee. Pollard will definitely play on defense at righthalf back but Rados will probably sit out the game. Although Temple Coach A 1 Kawal suffered a loss with the injury this week of tackle Lou Grandizo, he still has a tremendous backfield which predicted clear sky and cool gir weather will do no harm. Duke Wuzzardo and Tex Robinson are the Temple merchants the Owls will be relying on but Ed Charters and Jack Ramsey are no one’s fools. (Continued on page six) Parade Starts -'Kickoff' Night; Dance Follows s About 3500 students jammed the grounds ar.ound Recrea tion Hall last night to cheer the football team on for its game with the Temple Owls today. The pep rally followed a parade of Blue Band men, cheerleaders, and hatmen, which began down town and wound its way around campus to Recreation Hall. Immediately after the rally about 800 crowded into Rec Hail for the Kickoff Dance which cli maxed the pre-Temple game fes tivities. President Milton S. Eisenhower was scheduled to speak at the rally, but was out of town and could not appear. Richard Neu weiler, seventh semester journal ism student, acted as master of ceremonies and introduced Ernest B. McCoy, dean of the School of Physical Education and Athletics. Co-capiains Introduced McCoy praised the team and said we should start out our foot ball schedule by “knocking the ears off that team from Philadel phia.” Neuweiler also introduced co captains Stewart Scheetz and Jos eph Gratson. Gratson told the crowd the boys were really ser ious this year and expected to “go for broke.” He said that un doubtedly there will be mistakes, but the best thing needed to help (Continued on page eight) Special Rules to Govern Game Traffic Today Special traffic regulations will be used in State College today for the opening of Penn State’s foot ball season. After the game, no eastbound traffic will be permitted-on Col lege avenue from Pugh street to Atherton street and only east bound traffic will be allowed on Beaver avenue from Atherton to Pugh. No parking will be allowed on North Atherton street from College avenue to the borough line-, Beat Temple! FIVE CENTS (Pictured on Page 2)
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