Lions Are Underdog for 3d WI State - TC,A May Attract O v itr Bailg 30,000 Fans By SAM PROCOPIO Penn State will be seeking its third successive triumph today as it battles a passing Texas Chris tian eleven before an expected 30,000 Homecoming crowd at Bea ver Field. There is a chance that the Lions will exceed a 'capacity crowd. Kickoff time is set for 2 pari. Although beaten thrice in a row, the Horned Frogs are given a slight edge because of their po tential passing attack and of, their strong game against unbeaten Michigan State. Indications show, however, that it may be a tossup before game time. No drastic lineup changes or shakeups are contemplated for the Nittany Lions or the Horned Frogs. "We'll just stick to our knit ting," said Coach Abe Martin 6f Tet. "We've got to keep our heads and keep going. We are well aware now of our weaknesses and our cue is to work hard to improve in those areas." Martin said: "I still think we'll win some games although the road is tough indeed. I guess we'll be up and ready for Penn State?' (Continued on page six) Advance Sales For Autumn Bail Top 350 Mark More than 350 tickets have been sold for this year's Autumn Ball, William Shifflett, decor ations co-chairman, "reported yes terday. According to this report, ticket sales are running ahead of last year, he said. The informal ball will be held from 9 to 12 tonight in Recreation Hall. Gerry Kehler's band from Williamsport and two vocalists will be featured at the dance. Sponsors of the ball are the Association of Independent Men and Leonides, independent wom en's organization. • ' Presentation of a 21-inch lov ing cup to the winner of the Penn State-Texas Christian game will take place during intermis sion time. The cup will have the names, dates and scores of the games played engraved on it. The presentation of the cup will begin a new tradition between the schools. - A surprise feature of this year's ball, Shifflett said, will be the "Tenth Wonder of the World," something never before used at a College dance. Tickets for the ball may be obtained at the entrance to Rec reation Hall, which will open at 8:45 tonight. The price is $2.50 per couple. Four Hat Societies To Form Game Cordon Parini Nous and Skull and Bones, senior men's hat socie ties, and Mo r tar Board and Scrolls, senior women's hat so cieties, will meet at, 1:45 p.m. today on the track at Beaver Field to form the cordon before the Penn State-Texas Christian football game. The senior men's hat societies will stand guard at the senior and and junior bleacher sec tions. at 1 p.m. to keep under classmen from sitting in sections reserved for upperclassmen. TODAY'S WEATHER CLOUDY COOLER VOL. 54, No. 28 Alumn MR. AND MRS. W. A. COURTENAY 111, King of Prussia, grad uates of the Class of 1935, register yesterday with Mrs. R. W. Henninger of the Alumni. office staff in Recreation Hall for the 1953 Alumni Homecoming. ,Approximately _ 30,000 alumni are expected to invade campus for a weekend of activities climaxed by the Texas Christian-Penn State fotball game at 2 p.m. today on Beaver Field. '53. 7 :54 Chest Dri v e WILL Be;gin Monday . The student solicitation campaign for the 1953-54 Campus Chest drive will begin Monday with a goal of 100 per cent participation. . The drive, conducted by student solicitors, will last until Wed nesday. Contributions may be made in cash only. Interfraternity Council representatives will solicit fraternities. Floor presidents will solicit men's dormitories and Alpha Phi Ome ga, national service fraternity, will solicit town men, Panhellenic Council representa tives will solicit sororities. Floor presidents and Leonides will soli cit independent women and Penn State Christian Association will solicit town women. Student contributors may des ignate the organizations included in the drive to which they wish their donations given. The groups included in the drive and the percentage of undes ignated funds they will receive are Penn State Christian Associa tion, 35; World University Ser vice, 20; Penn State Student Scholarship fund, 10; Women's Student Government Association Christmas fund, 4. State College Welfare fund, 1; The World at a U.S., India Conference Airs Red POW Crisis PANMUNJOM, Saturday, Oct. 24 (/P)—A mounting crisis in the Communist "explanation" pro gram to 22,400 anti-Communist war prisoners brought an urgent U.S.-India consultation yesterday and announcement of an "impor tant" statement to be issued by the five nation neutral repatria tion commission today. Lt. Gen. K. S. Thimayya, In dian chairman of the Neutral Na tion Repatriation Commission, told reporters he planned to issue the statement at the end of to day's NNRC meeting. A reliable - source said the an nouncement would "formally put on the record" the positions of op posing neutrals in the commission deadlock over using force to com pel rebellious North Koreans to attend interviews conducted by Red persuasion squads. STATE COLLEGE, PA., SATURDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 24, 1953 Return to Campus Football Tilt to Highlight Homecoming Activities American Heart Association,' Cer ebral Palsy of Pennsylvania, Sal vation Army and American Red Cross, 5; and the American Can cer Society and the Damon Run yon Cancer fund, 2.5. Trophies will be given to or ganizations having the highest percentage "of participation. A trophy will be presented to one of the following groups: Asso ciation of Independent Men, In terfraternity Council, Panhellenic Council and Leonides. One group within each of these organizations will also receive a trophy. In cases where two or more groups have equal percen tage of participation, the award will be made to the group which has the highest average contribu tion per person. (Continued on page eight) Jet Plane Production Halted by Plant Strike LOS ANGELES, Oct. 23 (JP)— Production of jet airplanes at two big North American Aviation Co. plants was halted today by a strike which a union official termed the beginning• of• an in dustry-wide struggle between unions and the aircraft industry. An estimated 32,000 production workers were idle. The walkout began last midnight at plants in the Los Angeles area and at Col umbus, 0. The main issue is a demand of the CIO United Auto Workers for a wage boost of 23.4 cents an hour. The company offers a 4 per cent general increase. As both sides dug in for what may be a long strike, Ray Ross, Springfield, 0., regional director of the UAW-CIO, told a Columbus mass meeting that this is the start of an industry-wide dispute. FOR A BETTER PENN STATE A capacity crowd is expected to attend the Penn State- Texas Christian University football game today at Beaver Field, as alumni invade State College for the annual Home coming festivities. Although cloudy, cool weather has been forecast, ticket sales have topped the 28,000 mark. Kickoff for the game, big event in today's program, is set for 2 p.m. During half-time, Joan Ziegler, Homecoming Queen, an d her court will be honored by a pa rade around Beaver Field track. Lettermen of 1903 and 1928 also will be honored. Alumni To Hold Luncheon Alumni may attend the fresh man football game between Penn State and Pittsburgh at 10 a.m. on the practice area of Beaver Field. Tickets will be sold at the gates. The annual alumni luncheon will be held at 11:30 a.m. in Rec reation Hall. Tickets, priced at $1.50, may be purchased at the registration desk in Rec Hall un til 11 a.m. The Homecoming Queen and her court, including Juliana Fee - s, Louise Justin, Nancy Hagy and Jane Mason, will be presented to alumni at the luncheon, along with Richard Lemyre, All-College president; Thomas. Schott.- Inter fraternity Cciuncil president; Joe Somers, president of the Associ ation of Independent Men, and Nancy D. White, president of the Women's Student Government Association. Other Events Scheduled The Autumn Ball, sponsored by F I AIM and - Leonides, independent women's organization, open to students and alumni, will be held from 9 to 12 p.m. in Rec Hall. Tickets are priced at $2.50 per couple. Other events scheduled for alumni include a golf tournament at 9 a.m. on the College golf course, the alumni cider party at 9 p.m. in the West Dorm lounge, and a meeting of the Alumni Council at 10 a.m. in 10 Sparks. Various schools also have sched uled coffee hours and fraternities will hold alumni dinners. Thespians will present its or iginal revue "Let's Face It" at 8 p.m. in Schwab Auditorium. Players will present "The Moon is Blue" at Center Stage. Horticulture students will pre sent their annual Hort Show from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. in the Stock Pa vilion. The theme of the show is "A Garden Center," portraying the four seasons of the year. Eisenhower, Benson Tackle Farm Problem WASHINGTON, Oct. 23 (W)— President Eisenhower and Secre tary of Agriculture Ezra T. Benson grappled with a growing farm problem at an hours-long confer ence in the White House today as Benson tried vainly to stop a car avan of cattlemen from descend ing on the capital. Confronted by mounting crop surpluses and reports of unrest among farmers throughout the country, Eisenhower and Benson presumably canvassed all angles of the farm policy they have prom ised to lay before Congress in January. . "We are not going to pull out I anything entirely new," Benson said after the meeting. "We are not planning to wreck the present program. "We are going to have some recommendations for improve- I ments in the present program." Glance Fraternity Cash Thefts Continue Two more borough fraternity houses have reported cash thefts to the Dean of Men's office, rais ing the total to three since the burglaries started. Tuesday. The latest houses to report thefts are Pi Kappa Alpha and Acacia. About $7l was reported missing from Pi Kappa Alpha last night and about $5O was reported missing from Acacia Tuesday. A third house, which refused to be named, reported a theft of over $lOO Tuesday. 0. Edward Pollock, assistant to the dean of men in charge of fra ternity affairs, said in each case money was taken from billfolds and nothing else. Pollock said everything points to the work of a professional thief or thieves who t are taking full advantage of the confusion of Homecoming Weekend. Pollock warned fraternities in the borough to use "extreme cau tion" during the weekend to pre vent further robberies. Many fraternities, Pollock said, do not lock their doors at night and during Homecoming Weekend many unidentified people will pass through fraternities. John R. Juba, chief of borough police, said this type of robbery happens year after year when the College has a big weekend. Dur ing last year's Homecoming Week end, Juba said, over $2OO was re ported missing from fraternities. Ag LaVie Proofs Due Agriculture seniors must return LaVie proofs to the Penn State Photo Shop by 5 p.m. Monday. Students not returning proofs by this time will have pictures se lected for LaVie by the staff, Herman GOlomb, editor, said. Chi Phi Display Wins Ist Place, Chi Phi , last night won the annual Homecoming fraternity lawn display contest. This marks the third year in a row that Chi Phi has placed in the contest. Last year the group won honorable mention and in 1951 it placed first in the contest. Lambda Chi Alpha and Phi Epsilon Pi won second and third prizes and Tau Kappa Epsilon, Beta Theta Pi and Theta Kappa Phi received hon orable mention- Harold E. Dickson, professor of fine arts and one of the contest judges, said that the Chi Phi entry was the most unified display in the opinion of the judges. The display fea tured a striking presentation of a helping hand extended to the community, Dickson said. The display also fitted in well with the overall design of the house, he said. FIVE CENTS
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