WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 27. 1954
Live Lion Cub Gave Statue
Competition as Nittany Mascot
Ever wonder what it would be like if Penn State had a real, honest-to-goodness lion
for a mascot instead of an animated catskin?Well, once upon a time we did. But it didn’t
go over too well. Why? It’s like this.
During the wat in Nov'ember of 1943, a student group then known as the Independent
Women’s Association brought the popular radio program “Vox Pop” to campus for a coast
to coast hookup show. '
Parks Johnson and, Warren Hull conducted the hour long show interviewing campus
leaders and presenting each with gifts. The two were famous for appropriate selection of
Outing Club
Will Hear
Kepler Talk
Donald Kepler of . State College
will speak on game bird hunting
to the field and stream division of
the Pent} State Outing Club at
7:30 tonight in 317 Willard Hall.
Kepler will demonstrate turkey
calls, recommend stocked areas
for hunting, and answer questions
on hunting. The meeting will be
open to the public.
Harold B. White Jr., assistant
professor of physical education,
and Frank Gordon of the Housing
department will present an illus
trated talk, “Canoe Tripping in
Algonquin Natural Park,” at a
meeting of the cabin and trail di
vision of the Outing Club at 7:30
p.m. tomorrow in 121 Sparks
building.
Plans are being made by the
club to mark a series of trails
along Tussey Mountain by using
an official Penn State Outing Club
metal marker. The markers will
be made by the club members.
The club will hold, an outing
and Halloween party at the For
estry Cabin in Stone Valley Sun
day afternoon and evening' Stu
dents interested in attending will
meet at 2 p.m. in back of Old
Main. Supper will be furnished
at the cabin. The program will
include Halloween games, folk,
square, and round dancing, and
outdoor recreation.
One group of students will help
with cutting trees and clearing a
site for an Adirondack shelter at
Beaver' Darn Sunday afternoon.
This group will go to the Forestry
Cabin for supper with the rest of
the club.
WSGA, WRA
Finalists
Announced
Finalists in the Women’s Stu
dent Government Association and
Women’s Recreation Association
primary -elections were announced
last night.
WSGA finalists are Carol Bra
dy, Katherine Dickson, Patricia
Lehr, and Stephanie Sills.
WRA finalists are Joanne Be
denk, Barbara Drum, Marie Har
vey, and Elizabeth Savidge.
Final elections will be held
Thursday. Women living in
Thompson Hall will vote in their
dormitory. Women living in town,
Women’s building, and McAllister
hall will vote in Mac Allister hall.
Voting will take place from 10
a.m. to 7 p.m.
Women will vote for one candi
date in the final elections tomor
row.
Following the final election,
WSGA will appoint one freshman
senator.
Women's Club to Meet
The Campus Business Women’s
Club will hold its annual Hal
loween Party at 8 p.m. tomorrow
in the Temporary Union Building.
Square dancing, prizes, and en
tertainment will highlight the
evening.
The luncheon club will meet at
noon on the first Tuesday of each
month at the Allencrest tea room.
Linens, Glass, Pottery, Jewelry,
Stoles, Scarves,.. Ties, Bags
HAMDSCRAFTSHOP
2MS S. 16th Street, Phila.. Pa.
By AL KLIMCKE
gifts. And that night they were
in rare form.
Cenci Catches Cub
Near the end of the show the
Recreation Hall audience was
convulsed when a “live and
breathing” lion cub was carried
onto the stage. Lion met lion
when huge Aldo Cenci, football
quarterback and captain, was
called to accept the gift for the
College. The College was made a
nationwide center of attraction
When the Associated Press, wired
a photo of the cub in the enor
mous paws of the Nittany gridder
to all the AP affiliated papers.
The cub’s debut was immedi
ately a big hit with the student
body, but the “oohs” and, “ahs”
of the - Rec Hall audience were
not echoed by the faculty mem
bers who'had to care for the cub.
James F. Shigley, State College
veterinarian then in charge of
College, livestock, was appointed
custodian.
Cub Kept Infant's Hours
“I didn’t mind caring for him,”
Shigley once remembered nostal
gically, “but feeding him every
two hours night and day got to
be too much.”
The lovable cub of rather du
bious potentiality immediately
won the hearts of hundreds. of
Penn Staters,- and scores of ad
mirers treked up daily to the
Veterinary lab, . where he. was
taking up residence, to pay. their
respects. Coeds were heard to
“ooh” and whisper, “isn’t it cute?”
and even rugged athletes had to
wag their heads at the indiffer
ent bundle of fur.
Great Stone Face Objects
The lion cub was soon billed as
the chief rival for the affection
of the stone Nittany Lion in front
of Rec Hall, and Collegian report
ers who interviewed said ■ lion
for his comment on the subject
were greete'd with a stony silence
and the inevitable, “No com
ment.”
A few short days after the au
spicious appearance of “Leo,” as
the cub was dubbed, Collegian
reporter .Ted Rubin reported that
he was suffering from “the Fresh
man disease of homesickness,”
and said he finally had to be sent
back to his home in Central Park
Zoo, in New York City, And
along with “Leo” went scores of
hearts from the Nittany Vale.
Original plans had specified
that the cub was to be returned
to State College, but he grew so
rapidly that College and zoo of
ficials decided it would be better
to keep all four legged Nittany
Lions away frorrj State College.
But this was not the end of the
tale of Leo the Nittany Lion. For
some time after his departure
Collegian writers utilized the hu
man interest angle of Leo’s visit
for feature material, such as “Let
ters from (Leo” and others.
Leo was last heard from ’ in
February of 1947. At this time he
weighed 275 pounds and ate sev
en pounds of raw meat a day, al
though he was only four years
old. He was 30 inches high.
Leo’s visit .to Mount Nittany
While State makes football
magic at Penn ....
see our campus magic
Bet!, Book amt Candle
A Center Stage Production at the TUB
Friday nights thru Mot. 19
Tickets at Student Union or the Door
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA
13 Are Named
To RBL Group
By Eisenhower
A committee of 13 persons has
been named by President Miilton
S. Eisenhower to serve as a pro
gram planning group for Religion-
In-Life and centennial religious
programs and as a consulting
committee to the chaplain on the
religious aspects of the Univer
sity religious program.
The committee, which works
with Luther Harshbarger, Univer
sity chaplain,' includes representa
tives of all the religious faiths.
Members of the committee are
Russell Bond, Matthew Miller,
Paul Kennedy, Helen Sidman,
Grace Bassel, and Kay Kerr, stu
dents; Clifford A- Nelson, associ
ate professor of economics; John
/. Mourant, professor of philoso
phy; Harold K. Schilling, dean of
the Graduate School; Rabbi Ben
jamin M. Kahn; Father John C.
O’Leary; the Rev. John S. Duley;
and Harshbarger.
' The committee was set up to
coordinate the religious faiths in
planning and executing the re
ligious activities of the University,
such as the Religion-In-Life Week
observance and the University
Chapel.
Women May Work
On Leonides Booth
Independent women interested
in helping with the Leonides
Mardi Gras booth may contact
Barbara Blowers, 117 McElwain.
Mardi Gras will be held Nov. 12
in Recreation Hall.
Volunteers are needed for dec
oration, publicity, set-up, and
clean-up committees. Women will
also be needed to\ work at the
booth for one hour shifts during
the carnival.
Jourri Group to Meet
Theta Sigma Phi, women’s
journalism fraternity * will hold
pledging at 8:15 tonight in the
Beta Sigma Omicron suite, 129
McElwain. A business meeting
will follow.
was not a long time, but he did
make quite an impression. A Col
legian editorial shortly after Leo
left stated that he had lifted
school spirit to a high peak, per
haps the highest seen here for a
long time.
Oh, yes, at last reports the one
time big city rival of the Nittany
Lion was still living in New York
City. He doesn’t write much any
more, but there is reason to doubt
that he has forgotten his many
friends at State .College. After all,
he received quite a welcome. And,
who knows? Some day he may be
back for a visit. Purely a social
call, of course. Think you’d be
glad to see him?
Phi Kappa
New officers of Phi Kappa are
Joseph Mijares, president; Wil
liam Smith, vice president; John
Kunda, secretary; and George Eb
bert, treasurer. Leo -Tarkett is In
terfraternity Council representa
tive.
Members of the fall pledge class
are James Bizzack, William Gal
lager, Daniel Gildea, Walter Heil
er, Ignatius Hokaj,. Charles Hor
vat, William Kirsch, Richard Mc-
Cann, Douglas Millar, Joseph Mul
downey, John polliek, Donald Sa
von, Francis Walsh, Leonard Win
dish, Gene Zite, and Donald Zu
gates.
Gamma Phi Beta
Gamma Phi Beta recently initi
ated Aloyse Cokewell, Joan Lew
is, Mary Lou Rank, and Lynne
Slaboski. ■
The sorority recently entertain
ed Phi Kappa in the Grange rec
room.
Alpha Chi Sigma
Alpha Chi Sigma recently en
tertained Alpha Gam. Delta
with a dinner, followed by danc
ing and a skit presented by the
Alpha Chi Sigma pledges.
Rushing Correction
Delta Gamma is not partici
pating in informal rushing this
semester as was reported by
the Daily Collegian Oct. 22.
King Contest
Deadline Set
Women's groups participating
in Mardi Gras Nov. 12 may spon
sor one candidate for Mardi Gras
King.
The deadline for submitting 5
by 7 inch photographs of candi
dates at the Student Union desk
in Old Main is 5 p.m. Nov. 4, ra
ther than Nov. 5, as announced
in letters sent to each group in
vited -to participate by Mortar
Board, senior women’s hat so
ciety.
Each picture should include the
name of the candidate and the
sponsoring group. Three king fin
alists will be selected at Mardi
Gras according to the total money
votes collected. Each 'penny do
nated will constitute one vote.
The king will be chosen by aud
ience applause at the Mardi Ball,
to be sponsored by Chimes, junior
women’s hat society, Nov. 13 in
the Temporary Union Building.
CoXdiu
Phi Mu Delta
Leon Williams has been elected
vice president of Phi Mu Delta.
He replaces Wilbur Hofecker who
resigned.
Recent pledges are John Beam,
Gerald Beam, Barry Bowman,
Charles Thursam and Mark Brum
back.
Chi Omega
Newly-elected officers of the
pledge class of Chi Omega are
Susan Brainerd, president; Ro
berta Lerch, vice president; and
Virginia Leary, secretary-treasur
er.
Alpha Sigma Phi
Alpha Sigma Phi recently initi
ated John Freyler, Thomas O’-
Haren, Harry Mcßurney, Leßoy
Niki-scher, James McCloy, and
Frank Doherty.
New pledges are John Nute,
James Herlocher, and Donald
Fillman.
Delta Chi
Delta Chi recently" initiated
Robert Ott, Charles Teyssier, Wil
liam Walker, Roger Rue, John Ev
ans, Bert Welliver, and Jere Fri
dy.
Stockwell to Talk
On China Tonight .
The Rev. F. Olin Stockwell, one
of the last Christian missionaries
to leave Red China and author of
“With God in Red China,” will
speak on present China under
communist control at 7 tonight in
the Methodist Church.
The lecture, sponsored by Kap
pa Phi, national Methodist wo
men’s service club, is open to the
public and will be followed by a
forum period.
Stockwell will also be in charge
of a. devotional period at 7 a.m.
Thursday in the Wesley Founda
tion which will be followed by
breakfast.
UCA Will Sponsor
Recognition Service
The University Christian Asso
ciation will hold a recognition
service and chicken barbecue at
5 p.m. today in. Hort Woods.
All paid members may attend
the service and barbecue. In case
of rain, the group will meet in 100
Weaver.
The UCA Cabinet will conduct
the formal recognition service
which will include initiation of
new members, a pledge to the
UCA. and group singing.
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