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?'
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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