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.