oris 30,000 Expected Unbeaten Elevens Penn State’s unbeaten but once-tied grid team stakes the reblossoming reputation of'Eastern football against. rugged, undefeated Nebraska today on Beaver Field. The kickoff is set for 1:30 p.m. . - An expected Homecomin Trustees To Review SU Bids Plans and specifications for the proposed Student Union Building are in the process of be ing put out for bids to be review ed by the executive committee of the Board of Trustees Dec. 5, Wilmer E. Kenworthy, director of student affairs, said yester day. Sealed bids will be opened and analyzed before Dec. 5. In a statement released Oct. 2, President Milton S. Eisenhower said: “It is not possible to say ex actly when construction can be started, but it should be _ soon after the contract is let. It is es timated that it will take _lB months to construct the build- South of Osmond The contract will be let if bids come within the amount of money- allocated, the announce ment saidr Estimated cost of the new Student Union Building is $2,000,000. As of last semester $276,922.50 had been collected for the project, according to the College accounting office. The building, to be constructed south of Osmond Laboratory, will include a large ballroom, lecture hall, music room for re hearsals, library, coffee, shop; soda bar, meeting rooms, offices for student organizations,. four lounges, and game areas for table tennis, pool, and billiards. The move for a Student Union Building started about 15 years ago. Two years later 89' per cent of 800 students questioned favor ed a Student Union Building and 84 per cent was willing to pay for it. At the present time students are paying $7.50 a semester toward the project. TUB Built in 1948 Agitation for the building in creased until in 1946 2700 stu dents signed a petition agreeing to add $5 to studeiit fees to pay for the building. In April,' 1947, the Board of Trustees received a letter from All-College Cabinet urging a fee to finance the build ing. A committee was named by the trustees to study the matter. The Temporary Union Build ing, a surplus army building, was r erected in 1948. By February 1950, the cost of the building was cut from. $4,- 500,000 to its present $2,000,000 figure. This amount is expected to cover the first unit of the building. Additions will be built later. Three months later, the $7.50 student fee to pay for the ! « building was approved by All- College Cabinet. Cabinet also approved raising the fee to $lO a semester after the first semester. * The fee has not been raised. Doubt was raised last year as to whether the National Produc- tion Authority would approve the 'use of critical materials for a building of this type. However, the authority has approved the ,use of critical materials but has hot fixed the date of shipmerit, according to Samuel K. Hostet ter, comptroller. ( By JAKE HIGHTON Day throng of 30,000 will be on hand to watch the Lions battle for their fourth win of the season against a Comhusker eleven which should provide State its se verest test since, the last Mid western invader, Purdue. A. free-wheeling, high-scoring tussle—the theme of all Beaver Field games so far —can be ex pected' when these two offensive clubs hook up. Nebraska is 13th in total offense in the nation and a lofty second in the ..ground gaining department. On the other hand, State has been potent through the airways enroute to averaging better than 26 points per game. Four Easy Wins The weather, predicted cloudy and cold, will definitely be in the Nittany favor so long as it doesn’t rain. The Huskers’ tough ground attack will not be hurt nearly so much by rain as the Lions’ will. Although not to be discounted on the ground to date. State has been consistently best through the air. Third ranked behind Okla homa and Kansas in the strong Missouri Valley Conference, Ne braska has raced through four straight games with ease.. The Huskers bowled over South Da kota, 46-0, dropped Oregon, 28-13, blanked lowa State, 16-0, and had their toughest game of the season before beating Kansas State, 27-14. Only Slight Relief The Kansas State victory, how ever, was so costly that Ne braska will be paying the price the rest of the season. For in rallying to defeat the Jayhawks, Nebraska lost its crack Touch down Kid, Bobby Reynolds. All- American in 1950 and scoring champ of the nation, Reynolds dislocated the same shoulder which hampered him all last year. . Although the loss of the stop and;go, broken field ballet dancer cannot help but cut down the efficiency of: the Cornhusk ers, it gives the Lions only slight relief. Statistically the Plains State huskies should be favored. In addition to owning a high-power ed offense, they have been so stingy with opposition points that they rank ninth in the nation in total defense, and an excellent fourth in, ground defense. In contrast to the. comparative ease of Nebraska victories, Penn State has had to fight back hard and often in every game. The Ni 11 an y come-from-behinders downed Temple, 20-13, tied mighty Purdue, 20-20, stopped William and Mary, 35-21, and licked West Virginia, 35-21. Independents Hold Open Ball Tonight ' Everyone returning alumni, independents, and fraternity men —is invited to the Autumn Ball to be held at 9 tonight in Recrea tion Hall, William Shifflett, presi dent of the Association of Inde pendent Men-, has announced. The ball is the first big inde pendent dance to be he'ld at the College, and the decorations will be unique, he said. Real autumn leaves will be used to ' decorate the Jjlue backdrop. Light will come from crepe paper columns hung, from an orange yellow ceiling. Cider and doughnuts will be served from real tree stumps. The cider was selected after several brands were sampled. Tickets for the dance, on sale at the Student Union desk, will be sold at the door tonight. Cost is $2 a ’couple.- AIM and Leonides, independent women’s organization,' are spon soring the dance. Music is by Jack ..Huber. Meet to See Play (Pj* Hatty © (EuUrgtan VOL. .53, NO. 28 STATE COLLEGE, PA„ SATURDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1952 FIVE CENTS Alumni to Attend Rec Hall Luncheon FOUR ALUMNI registering in Recreation Hall for Homecoming events, which include a luncheon at 11:30 a.m. in Rec Hall and a cider party at 8 p.m. in the West Dormitory lounge. The Navy- Penn State soccer-game will be held at 10 a.m. and the Nebraska- Pensi State football game at 1:30 p.m. on Beaver Field. ~~ 27 Groups to Vie In Motorcade Today Twenty-seven organizations will compete in the motorcade be fore the Homecoming football game today, and the flashcard section and Blue Band will devote their demonstrations to Pennsylvania Week to climax Pennsylvania Week activities on campus. ’ Floats, devoted to the Pennsylvania Week theme “Pennsylvania Defends Freedom,” will circle the Beaver Field track once, starting about 12:15 p.m., Fred M. Coombs, chairman of the Pennsylvania Week committee, has announced. In • case of rain before game time, floats will not be permitted on the track, Coombs said. They will then parade from the Hort Woods parking lot down Short lidge road to E. College avenue, to Burrowes road, and return to the_ Hort Woods parking lot Bell Formation Worked Out A gift certificate will be pre sented to the winning student or ganization, Coombs said. In case a- sorority and fraternity co operate, a gift certificate will be presented to each. These gift cer tificates will later be exchanged for a trophy, Coombs said. A special liberty bell and a “Welcome Alumni” formation have been worked out for the flashcard section, Alan McChes ney, head cheerleader, has an nounced. Groups Listed Joan Hunt e r, Homecoming Queen, will be featured on one of the motorcade floats. \ Other organizations that have entered are Sigma Alpha Epsilon- Chi Omega; Phi Kappa Psi-Alpha Chi Omega; Theta Chi; Phi Delta Theta-Delta Gamma; Kappa Al pha' Theta-Alpha Gamma Rho; Tau Kappa Epsilon; Alpha Tau Omega; Delta Upsilon-Gamma Phi Beta; Zeta Beta Tau-Phi Sigma Sigma; Phi Kappa Tau; Alpha Chi Rho-Phi Mu; Lambda Chi Alpha; Chi Phi-Kappa Kappa Gamma; Pi Kappa Phi; Sigma Phi Epsilon- Kappa Delta; Phi Gamma Delta- Delta Delta Delta; Quarterdeck Society, Pi Tau Pi Sigma; Kappa Sigma; Independent Men of Nit tany; Beta Theta Pi; Phi Sigma Kappa-Delta Zeta; Pi Kappa Al pha; Theta Xi; Phi Sigma Delta- Alpha Epsilon Phi; Town Council; and College Co-operative Society. FOR A BETTER PENN STATE Ricker, Grafson Spark Rally, Praise Team Approximately 600 people re sponded to the spirited drum ming of the Blue Band at last night’s pep rally to hear Ralph ‘Dutch’ Ricker, alumni and as sistant dean of the Physical Edu cation school, declare, “We’ve got a team that works together to come together, to rally, and to score. They have whatever it is all great teams have. They haven’t let us down, and they -won’t— win, lose, or draw!” Joe Gratson, co-captain of the football team, promised a dif ferent brand of ball in today’s game, explaining that Nebraska uses both the T and spread for mations. He said, “We’re still going for broke, so come out and help us husk a little corn.” Bob Smith, senior football cen ter, told the crowd, “You just can’t match the spirit here at State.” Emcee Donald Herbein intro duced a comical note by posing as J.' Humphrey Sncwdecker, a local embalmer. He explained he does both ‘undercover’ and over cover’ .work for the team by spy ing bn their opponents before hand and burying said opponents in Hort woods after the game. Brandishing a shovel, ‘Snow decker’ asked the team not to be too hard on Nebraska, be cause “there’s only six plots left.” Head cheerleader Alan McChes ney, who described team members as rocks of granite, sparked the rally in front of Old Main with his squad and the Blue Band. ras Ashenfelters, Stone on Hand For Occasion Horace and Bill Ashenfelter and Curt Stone, all members of the 1952 Olympic track team and Penn State alumni, will be intro duced at the alumni luncheon at 11:30 a.m. today in Recreation Hall. At least 1000 alumni are ex pected at the buffet-style lunch eon, according to the Alumni As sociation. Track Coach Chick Wer ner, soccer coach Bill Jeffrey, and Kurt Klaus, captain of the soccer team, will also be introduced. Joan Hunter, Homecoming Queen, will be presented along with Homecoming finalists Phoe be Erickson, Betty Smucker, Nena Moses, and Marjorie Perry. 30,000 Expected The big event of the day is the Nebraska-Penn State football game scheduled for 1:30 p.m. on Beaver Field. At halftime the finals of the Army-Penn State cross country race will be seen. A capacity crowd of 30,000 is expected for the game. The Ath letic Association has ordered the erection of 1500 temporary seats under the score clock at Beaver Field to handle additional spec tators. At 10 a.m. today a soccer game between the middies of Navy and the Nittany Lions will be held on Beaver Field. Tickets will be sold at the gates. Taylor io Speak The annual alumni cider party will be held at 8 tonight in the West Dormitories lobby and lounge. A dance sponsored by the Association of Independent Men and Leonides, from 9 to midnight tonight, is also open to alumni. , Members of the Alumni Coun cil will hear Bernard P. Taylor, executive director of the Penn State Foundation and Ernest B. McCoy, new dean of the School of Physical Education and Ath letics, at a meeting at 10 a.m. to day. , Other alumni Homecoming events include a golf tournament for alumni ending this morning, a showing of the Thespian revue, (Continued on page eight) Alpha Zeta Wins Display Contest Alpha Zeta fraternity won the' Interfraternity Council lawn display competition last night and with it, the coveted Alumni cup which will be re tired this year. Sigma Nu and Delta Theta Sigma won second and third prizes while Kappa Delta Rho and Chi Phi won honorable mention. Chi Phi won the cup last year. The judges commended the display of Tau Kappa Epsilon but said that it was eliminated from the contest because it deviated from the theme, "Nit tany Lion Harvest Time." The Alpha Zeta display won because it was "stately and pro moted achievement," James Carrigan, IFC lawn display chairman said, speaking for the judges. The display showed steps of knowledge approach ing the Nittany Lion. The displays were judged on the theme appropriateness, or iginality, eyecatching ‘ appeal, the amount and quality of work involved, and the general ar tistic worth.
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