Today's Weafker — Fair And Cool VOL. 55. No. 24 West Virginia Pops Lion Bubble, If-14 A team of fired-up Mountaineer sharpshooters came out of the West Virginia Hills Saturday, took careful aim, and scored a direct hit on that big Penn State football bubble that had been expanding rapidly for three weeks. A record 32,221 homecoming University Enrollment Hits 14,271 A total of 14,271 students have been enrolled on the main cam pus and at University centers for the fall semester, C. O. Williams, dean of admissions and registrar, announced yesterday. The enrollment, which includes 12,003 students on the main cam pus, established a new record for campus enrollment while the total of 14,271 also is a new record, ex cept for the years of 1948 and 1949. In 1949 the total enrollment was 14,732, but this figure included 1269 freshmen ' enrolled at off campus points besides centers. In 1949 University freshmen were < nrolled at state teachers colleges and other Pennsylvania colleges. In addition to the main campus enrollment, 2268 students are at tending classes at off-campus centers and at the Mont Alto branch of the Pennsylvania State Forest School where 92 freshmen forestry students, are.registered. •=■ The campus total exceeds last year’s figure of 11,529 by nearly 500 and exceeds the previous rec ord for campus enrollment which was 11,553 in 1951. Included in the campus total are 8946 men and 3057 women stu dents. Another breakdown of campus population is 10,877 full time students and 1126 part-time students.-There are also 1334 grad ulate students and 247 special stu dents. Tlw off-campus total of 2268 students includes 1939 men and 329 women students. 10,000 Attend Horf Show The 41st annual Hort Show, held Saturday and Sunday in the Stock Judging Pavilion, had more than expected attendance in spite of Hurricane Hazel. Attendance surpassed the previous record of 10,000 visitors. Athletics to Stay In Philadelphia PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 18 (JP) —-The Philadelphia Athletics, start ing a- new era under syndicate control after 54 years of rule by. the Connie Mack family, played a waiting game tonight, with little to do but accept congratulations. The old owners asked the American League for approval of the new owners and until the league acts, there’s nothing for both sides to do but sit back—and iron out a thousand and one details. Among the felicitations were telephone calls from Arnold Johnson, the Chicago business man, who' sought to buy the fran tchise and transfer it to Kansas City. “I’ve talked with Roy and Earle Mack and extended my best wish es,” Johnson said. “But,” he con tinued, ‘Tm still puzzled about the whole thing.” His state of mind was under standable. Until late yesterday, the 47-year-old Chicagoan ap peared a shoo-in to be the next owner of the club. He had of fered close to $3,375,000 to take over the franchise, its debt's and assets and to move it to Kansas City. He had received American jLeague approval last Tuesday to buy the club. Wien, in fcusc doys a syndicate dlljr Baitg® ©oil By dick McDowell fans saw the Mountaineers come from behind with two fourth quarter touchdowns to stun the Lions, 19-14, snapping a six-game winning streak that began last season after the same West Vir ginia team beat them, 20-19. Basically, the Nittanies were beaten by the same weapons they had used so effectively against Illinois, Syracuse, and Virginia— a big, strong line and the split-T optional series. Seven Play 60 Minutes Six of Coach Art Lewis' start ing linemen and his quarterback, Freddie Wyant, played the entire 60 minutes Saturday and it was these seven who meant the dif ference. Wyant, operating the West Vir ginia offense for the third year, scored twice, and initiated the third touchdown oh the option play. And he had lots of working room behind a protective 210- pound line that opened holes of fensively and rushed Lion Quar terback Don Bailey everytime he attempted to pass. The Mountaineers, with two previous wins on their 1954 rec ord, had command of the game in every phase but the second quarter when the Lions ex ploded for two touchdowns after, falling" behind)' 6-0 in the first frame. By dividing the game into halves, however, you get a much clearer picture. The Mountain eers completely dominated play in the second half. They were an inspired team, coming from be hind* in a burst of power that bettered coach Rip Engle’s Lions both" on the ground and in the air.. The Lions were able to move the ball past the 50-yard line only once during the second half of the contest. That was on. a pass play late in the fourth quarter that fizzled on a fumble—one of four that hurt the Nittanies in crucial moments throughout the entire game. In fact, only five plays were run from scrimmage in West Vir ginia. territory during the third and fourth periods. (Continued, on page six) was formed and it accomplished something that had not been done in four months. It bought 91-year old Connie Mack’s 302 shares for $604,000, Earle Mack, retiring general manager and executive vice president, was paid $450,000 for his 163 shares. Roy Mack was paid $200,000 and reinvested $250,000 in the new organization. He also received a one-year con tract as an executive with the club at $25,000 a year. Roy said today he had sent a telegram to American League president Will Harridge, asking for league approval of the new owners. In Chicago, Will Harridge, pres ident of the American League, said: “The American League will have no statement until 1 final papers have been drawn for the purchase of the Philadelphia Ath letics’ stock.” STATE COLLEGE. PA., TUESDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 19. 1954 Had Won Two FOR A BETTER PENN STATE Committee Elections The elections for class clique officers in the State and Lion parties Sunday night were declared 'illegal by the elections committee in conjunction with the party clique chairmen. The elections were._protested by Richard Favro, president of the Business Student Council. Favro said he disputed the election because he saw ballots being reproduced in the Lion Party meeting and extra ballots being made. State Party elections were also declared illegal after votes were turned in written on the back of examinations. Gordon Pogal, Lion Party clique chairman, said he thought the stuffing of the ballot boxes was “rotten to the core.” . The ballots distributed by the cliques were not uniform in size and the rooms in which the elec tions were held were overflowing. Approximately 450 students at tended the State Party meeting and about 550 were at the Lion Party meeting. The lack of uniformity in the size of the ballots and the crowded conditions made it very easy to duplicate the ballot. Donald Switzer, a member of elections committee, concurred with Favro in stating there were discrepancies in the balloting. He said he saw students duplicating ballots at the State Party meet ing. Lion Party Nominates 8 Candidates Five men were nominated for sophomore class president and three for freshman class president at the Lion Party meeting Sun day. The nominations were made af ter the discrepancies in the voting for clique officers was discovered. Attendance at that time had dwin dled from about 500 to approxi mately 75. The nominees for sophomore class president are Robert Gell man, John Kirsh, Augustus Mer curio, Adolph Seidensticker, and Samuel Wolcott. The freshman nominees for president John Robb, Robert Shannon, and George Wills. Mar tha Fleming and Anna Hoffman were nominated for sophomore class secretary-treasurer. These nominations are not final. The final nominations and elec tion of freshman and sophomore candidates will be made Sunday. There were no nominations for freshman class.vice-president and secretary-treasurer and sopho more class vice-president. Eight of Sunday’s elections for (Continued on page eight) Auto Accident Injures Four Pour- University students were injured in an accident near Pine Grove Mills Sunday afternoon. The car, driven by Charles F. Di- Roeco, third semester student in the Division of Intermediate Reg istration, failed to make a curve and hit a bridge. Damage to the car was $l5OO. Dißocco, James B. Dino, first semester business administration major, and Raymond Hamaker, fifth semester electrical engineer ing major, were admitted to Cen tre County Hospital at Bellefonte. The fourth student, Norman R. Kinsman, a petroleum engineer ing freshman, - was treated for bruises of the left leg at Pollpck Dorm Pour where the four men live. Dißocco was hospitalized by a dislocated 'left hip, a possible fracture of the skull . and jaw, multiple lacerations of the head and shock. Fractures of the left leg, and right knee, and cuts of the face were incurred by. Dino, while Ma maker received a fracture of the left leg-and multiple cuts. The hospital reported the con ditions of the three as satisfactory. West Virginia Movies To Be Shown Tonight Movies of Saturday’s Penn State-West Virginia football game will be shown at 7:30 to night in Schwab Auditorium. Assistant Coach Sever Torelti will narrate the film, which will be sponsored by the Col lege of Physical Education and Athletics and by Androcles Hat Society. ?gtatt The elections committee met last night and decided that next week’s ballots- will be printed on a uniform ball and numbered. Students will be admitted to the meeting Sunday only if they bring ’ their matriculation cards and have already signed the clique membership lists. Ballots will be distributed at the entrance. The ballots for the class clique officers will be printed and the.names of the candidates will appear on it. Nominations have been closed for these posi tions. The ballots for. the freshman and sophomore class candidates will be numbered and blank be cause nominations are still open. In the voting for the class can didates a plurality vote for the first round will be used. The two candidates receiving the most amount of votes will then be voted on again and the candidate re ceiving the majority on the sec ond ballot will receive the nomi nation. Pogal and Rae DelleDonne, State Party clique chairman, also agreed last night that the candi dates for sophomore class vice chairman must be an independent. This has been-customary in the past but is not stipulated in the elections code. IFC Workshops To Meet Tonight Interfraternity Council workshops will begin at 5:45 tonight with exchange dinners in fraternity houses followed by workshop meet ings, John McMeekin, workshop publicity chairman, has announced. The workshops will be held at the fraternity houses of group discussion leaders, McMeekin said. House officers should attend the meeting which corresponds to their office, he stated. Wednesday evening has been left open for further discussion if so desired by the groups, Mc- Meekin said. The workshop banquet will be held at 5:45 p.m. Thursday in the Nittany Lion. Inn, Robert McMil lan, banquet chairman, said. Speaker at the banquet will be Dr. Fred Turner, dean of students at the University of Illinois. Brief reports will be given by discus sion leaders. Two representatives from each fraternity house are to attend. Fraternities are asked to pay the cost of the banquet, $5 for each house, to Allan Sehneirov, IFC treasurer, McMillan said. The workshop meetings, leaders and location are: president’s group, Earl Seely, chairman, at Tau Kappa Epsilon; rushing Vernon Sones, chair See Page 4 Rejects Cliques State Party NomsnateslT For Offices Seventeen candidates for fresh man and sophomore class officers were nominated by State Party at it - meeting Sunday night. The nominations were made with only a fraction of the orig inal crowd still present. When the meeting was called to order, over 400 students were jammed into 10 Sparks. However, by the time nominations for the class offices were made, no more than 100 remained. Sophomore class nominees in cluded president: Joseph Enyedy and Thomas Law; vice president: John Heinze; and secretary-treas urer: Suzanne-Scholl, Jane Wick izer, Kaye Buterbaugh and Jo Anne Fulton. There was some question over the legality of Heinze’s nomina tion. however, no decision was reached. Rae DelleDonne, State Party clique chairman, questioned whether he was independent or fraternity. When it was deter mined he was a fraternity man, Miss DelleDonne called the nom ination out of order. She said that by past precedent, it had been established that the president of the sophomore class should be a fraternity man and the vice president independent., The person who nominated Heinze appealed the decision to Ernest Famous, chairman of the elections committee, on grounds that the elections code contained no specific provision. While Fa mous was being summoned, Rich ard Favro, business council pres ident, interrupted the meeting to (Continued on page eight) man, at Acacia; social chairmen, Joseph Barnet, chairman, at Phi Delta Theta. Scholastic chairmen, Robert Cubinson, chairman, at Sigma Pi; public relations chairmen, Carl Sapterstein, chairman, at Sigma Alpha Mu; treasurers, William Reed, chairman,-at Theta Chi. Alumni relations chairmen, Thomas Brasher, chairman, at Phi Kappa Sigma; pledge masters, Alec Beliasov, chairman, at Phi Kappa Psi; and house managers, Jack Beiler, chairman, at Alpha Tau Omega. A workshop booklet, contain ing the reports and recommenda tions of each group, will be com piled when the discussions are completed. The booklets will be distributed to each fraternity house. Football Holiday FIVE CENTS
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