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Coach Rip Engle's :vastly improved Nittany Lions will be
unveiled bffore more than 20,000 spectators today when they
skirmish a slightly underdog Syracuse eleven at Beaver Field
to inaugurate Penn State's four-game home stand. Kickoff
time is set for 2 p.m.
Only because the Nittany Lions are playing at home are
they given a slight edge in .they
pre-game predictions. Penn State
is well-known for its outstanding
performances on its home field.
In fact, ,during its entire gridiron
history Penn - State has dropped
Only 28 games at Beaver Field. It
has won 217 and tied 12. •
In the scoring department Lion
gridders have tallied 7009 points
to their opponents 1204 points.
Engle's football eleven, which
was victorious for the first time
this season last week when it
downed Boston U., and the upset
minded Orangemen go into the
game with several records' at
stake. They are:
1. Syracuse is unbeaten in its
last 12 games against Eastern riv
als. (Penn State handed Syracuse
its last defeat in 1951. The Lions
won, 32-13.)
2. Syracuse is undefeated in
seven regularly scheduled games.
(Not since 1931, when Syracuse
won the first seven games of that
season, has an Orange team ac
complished this.
3. Penn State has. not lost to
Syracuse at Beaver Field since
1934.
Baton Champ
Will Perform
At Half-time
Alta Burg, head drum majorette
for the Syracuse University band,
will perform during halftime
ceremonies at today's football
game on Beaver Field.
Penn State's Nittany l Lion will
wear his new suit for the first
time at a home game.
Gerald Goldman, seventh se
mester animal husbandry major,
will perform with the Lion and
The weatherman calls for
sunny and mild for today's foot
ball game with Syracuse Uni
versity. Temper4fures are ex
pected to be six degrees above
normal for most of the week
end with cooler weather expect-.
ed for Sunday night and Mon
day.
Frothy. He will ride a rodeo horse
before the game and during the
halftime program.
Miss Burg, freshman liberal arts
major from Red Lion, holds an
international title for twirling in
the United States and Canada.
She has 'appeared. at Chicago
Musicland and on the television
program "Band of America."
• Following its halftime routine,
the Penn State Blue Band will ac - -
company Miss Burg in her per
formance. The Syracuse Univer
sity band will not be here for the
game. ,
The new lion suit, designed by
Chenko Studios, New York cos
tumers, was purchased last spring
for $5OO. A total of $599.25 was
collected for the new suit in a
fund drive initiated by Alex Gre
gal, who portrays the Lion. -
The Lion appeared in his new
suit for the first time at the Penn
State-Army wrestling match in
March. He wore the suit for the
first . time this fall at the Penn
State-University of Pennsylvania
football game Oct. 3.
Lion Party to Meet
The Lion Party will meet at 7
p.m. tomorrow in 121 Sparks,
Thomas Kidd, announced yester
day.
Frosh Customs to End Today
By PEGGY McCLAIN
Frosh may say farewell to
dinks today when freshman cus
toms end during half-time of the
Penn State-Syracuse foo t b all
,game.
The Freshman Joint Customs
Board announced the official end
to this year's custom period at a
meeting Thursday ',night, Th e
three-week program went into ef
fect Sept. 21.
Freshmen must wear clinks' to
the game, the board said. Blue
Key, junior men's hat society,
will check frosh at the gates to
Beaver Field.
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Tilt. Today
By SAM PROCOPIO
4. Penn State has never lost to
Syracuse two years in a row
since 1935.
(Continued on page six)
Jordan Attack
Rouses Britain .
Against Israel
LONDON, Oct. 16 (IP)—Britain
accused Israel today of endanger
ing Middle Eastern peace, by an
' "apparently calculated attack" on
three Jordan villageS that cost 56
lives. She demanded that Israel'
punish those responsible and com
pensate the Jordanians.
In Washington, the U.S. State
Department was reported consid
ering a public denunciation of Is
rael. State Department officials
said they were "very much con
cerned" about the incident and
were following all developments
closely.
Lincoln White, State Depart
ment press officer, said Eric John
ston, President Eisenhower's spe
cial envoy to the Middle East now
en route there, "will do what he
can" to ease tension.
The British protest on behalf of
Jordan, Britain,'s closest ally in
the Middle East, was the strongest
London has delivered to any for
eign government in years.
The board lifted customs regu
lations on Wearing name cards
and bow ties, carrying student
handbooks, and conversation with
members of .the opposite sex, dur
the second week of the program.
Enforcement weakened on re
maining regulations on wearing
clinks, curtsying 2 an d doffing
dinks, and knowing school songs,
cheers and locations of campus
building upon request by upper-,
classmen, according to the board
and student opinion.
Temple Reynolds, seventh se
mester forestry student, said that
this was partly due to removing
four regulations midway through
the program and letting the re
maining regulations "ride." The
four requirements were lifted as
an experiment, the board said.
-Enthusiasm Becomes Weak
Spirit of both frosh and upper
classmen was high during the first
week of customs. Large groups of
freshmen sang and cheered fre
quently along the east side of the
Mall and in front of the Carnegie
bulletin board.
However, enthusiasm of frosh
and upperclassmen weakened in
the second week of the program,
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VOL. 54, No. 23 STATE COLLEGE, PA., SATURDAY MORNING, OCT. 17, 1953 FIVE CENTS
6 to Compete
Of 'Mr. State'
Syracuse Squeeze,
700 Join Funeral
For Orange Eleven
About 700 students gathered in front of Old Main last night to
take part in a mock funeral for the Orangemen of Syracuse,
The pep rally, sponsored by Skull and Bones, senior men's hat
society, was dedicated to the burial of the Syracuse football team in
Hort Woods planned for tonigh
Ag Photo Proofs Due
Agriculture seniors must return
LaVie picture proofs to the Penn
State
the
Shop today. Seniors
in
_the School of Chemistry and
Physics may have their pictures
taken until 4 p.m. Monday.
and. came almost to a standstill in
the final week. Two joint enforce
ment days, one during each of the
last two weeks, lifted spirit some
what, but the program never re
gained the support given during
the first' week.
Spirit Good at Pep Rallies
Despite th e board's requests
that upperclassmen, especially
sophomores, enforce customs, hat
societies, did the major part of en
forcement.
The board said that freshman
class spirit •in general was good
on such issues as attendance at
I pep rallies and mixers.
Tony Cline, third semester arts
arid letters student, voiced th e
only disagreement to this state
ment, and, said that frosh spirit
was poor at pep rallies, especial
ly the Boston game rally:
Thirty-three violation charges
against frosh women and about 30.
charges against freshman men
were handed in at the Student
Union desk during the thr e e
weeks. Seventy-five women and
approximately 60 men w ere
charged with violations during
dining hall raids by hatmen and
hatwomen.
FOR A BETTER PENN STATE
By MARCIE MacDONALD
Masters of ceremonies Donald
Herbein and Gordon Harrington,
clad in black, read an original,
cheerful poem concerning the fate
of the Orangemen today.
Songs and cheers were led by
the cheerleaders, with musical as
sistance from the double-timing
Penn State Blue Band. Although
Syracuse team members were not
present as expected, their drum
majorette, Alta Burg, and band
president Ray Austin were intro
duced by Blue Band director
James Dunlop.
Miss Burg and Austin addressed
the crowd briefly, after which the
cheerleaders, led by head cheer
leader Bruce Wagner, gave a
short yell Syracuse.
When Miss Burg expressed her
confidence in a Syracuse victory
today, Dunlop told her to "wait
and see," which brought the ibud
est and longest burst of applause
throughout the rally.
About 20,000 are expected to
watch the game this aftetnoon,
according to the Athletic Associ
ation. It will be broadcast over
WMAJ starting at game time,
2 p.m.
Syracuse Game Films
To Be Shown Tuesday
Movies of today's Penn State-
Syracuse football game will be
shown at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday in
119 Osmond.
The movies, taken by Ray M.
Conger; associate professor of
physical education, are spon
sored by Androcles, junior
men's hat society, and th e
School of Physical Education
and. Athletics.
Totirgiati
in Finals
Contest
By ANN LEH
Six finalists in the Mr. Penn
State Contest, as announced
late yesterday afternoon, are
Robert Carruthers, Edgar Feh
nel, Phillip Greenberg, Rich
ard Lemyre, Gerald Maurey,
and Alan McChesney.
Mr. Penn State will be crowned
by Mrs. Milton S. Eisenhower at
the Belle-Hop Ball, from 9 to 12
tonight in Recreation Hall.
Six were named, because a tie
resulted in picking the fifth fin
alist, Harry Gilbert, president of
the Penn State Hotel Greeters
Association, said. The finalists
were chosen from a field of 22
contestants by a committee of 15
faculty and staff members. The
men were scored on character,
popularity, and service to the
College, on and off campus.
The winner will be chosen dur
ing intermission on the basis of
audience applause. Judges will be
Donald Myers, a graduate of the
College and manager of the Auto
port Restaurant; Richard M. Bow
er, professor of hotel administra
tion, and Robert Koser, assistant
to the registrar. Another judge,
Everett Allen, executive secre
tary of the state Hotelmen's As
sociation, will be unable to at
tend the dance, Gilbert said.
Carruthers, sponsored by Sigma
Alpha Epsilon, is a seventh sem
ester journalism major from Hav
ertown. He is a member of Alpha
Delta Sigma, advertising honor
ary, Androcles, Sigma Alpha Ep
silon, and is local advertising
manager of the Daily Collegian.
Greenberg, Phi Epsilon Pi nom
inee, is a member of the men's de - -
bate team, Pi Lambda Sigma, pre=
law honorary, Androcles, the Lion
party, Skull and Bones, and Hil
lel. He is president of the Business
School Council and a member of
All-College Cabinet. He is a sev
enth semester business major
from New Castle.
McChesney, a ninth semester
architecture major from Swarth
more, is - sponsored by Phi Kappa
Sigma. He is a member of Blue
Key and Parmi Nous, Thespians,
Chapel choir, and the men's de
bate team. Last year he served as
head cheerleader.
All-College President and for
mer junior class president Lem
yre was nominated by Sigma Chi.
He is a seventh semester metal
lurgy major from Merrick, N.Y.,
and a member of the wrestling
team. Lemyre is a member of
Druids, Androcles, Skull and
Bones, and Lion's Paw.
A seventh semester animal hus
bandry major from Nazareth,
Fehnel was named by Alpha Zeta.
This past summer he served as
chairman of the student encamp
ment at Mount Alto. He is a
member of the Coaly society, the
glee club, was co-chairman of
last year's harvest ball, master
of ceremonies for the Ag Hill
party, and a member of Lion's
Paw.
Maurey, Co-captain of the
wrestling team and president of
the Athletic AssoCiation, is spon
sored by Delta Upsilon. A sev
enth semester arts and letters ma
jor from Templeton, he is on All-
College Cabinet as president of
the Athletic Association, Skull
and Bones, Lion's Paw,' and is
vice president of Delta Upsilon.
Mr. Penn State will receive
gifts valued and $125 and the
fraternity sponsoring the winning
contestant will receive an en
graved trophy. Prizes will also be
awarded the four runners-up.
Lee Vincent and his orchestra
will play for the informal' dance,
sPonsored by the Greeters Club.
Congressman to Talk
James E. Van Zandt, Republi
can congressman from the 20th
district, will address the engineer
ing 2 lecture, 4:10 p.m. Monday,
in 110 Electrical Engineering.