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VOL. 56, No. 313 STATE COLLEGE. PA.. TUESDAY MORNING. NOVEMBER 8, 1955 FIVE CENTS
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Inspi red Team tttort Gives
Lions 21•-20 Win Over Orange
It may have been that they were making their second television appearance of the Cen
tennial season; it may have been that they • were spirited because of the gala Band Day
attraction; and it may have "been that they just wanted to beat Syracuse., return to the
winning side of the ledger for the season, and . 'preserve a long-standing record.
Ro, matter_ what the reason, thg „Penn State football team put forth a , tremendous
twilit effort Saturday at Beaver Field against: the' Orange and, for the first time this year,
looked better in the second half
than in the first. •
The Lions 'won their fourth
game of the season, in seven starts,'
and presented the Orange' with
'their third loss, 21,20, in one of
the most thrilling, crowd-pleasing
football contest's to take place on
Beaver Field in recent years.
And •in the midst of
.the Blue
and livirlige victory was the superb
running of Syracuse's Jimmy
Brown. :Rapidly emerging as a
prime prospect for •All-American
honors, Brown , by 'far put his'
teammates in the shadows with
his power-packed running, and
one-man scoring antitts. -
Although he chuggid along for
155 yards in 20 carries and. smgle
handidlY, accounted for' Syracuse's
20 points, he no `'doubt ' left' 'the
field with little• happiness : for it
was his second extra-point at
tempt that Lion end, Jack Faris,
dashed through the Orange block
ers to '!block the kick" and give
Penn State -its slimmest-of-mar
gins victory.
Although it -was truly a team
victory for the Nittanies, it would
be a simple matter for one , of
Saturday's sgectators to single
out any number of individual
stars. Three that would most like
ly. :appear •on everybody's list—
" Lenny Moore, Milt Plum, and Bill ,
Straub certainly well deserve(
any applause directed to them.
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71 Ag Students
Will Receive
Scholarships
Approximately $lO,OOO in schol
arships and awards Willbe pre
sented to - 71 undergraduate and
graduate students , of ' the college
of agriculture at the fifth annual
Ag Hill Party, to be held Satur
day in Recreatidn Hall. •
Tickets for the party will be
on sale today and tomorrow at a
desk inside the main' entrance of
the Ag Building. Tickets may also
be purchased from secretaries in
the 'offices of department heads
in 'the College of Agriculture and
from members of agriculture fra
ternities.
• • 1500 Tickets to Se Sold
Only 1500 ticked will be placed
on sale this year so the -foods
committee will be able, to provide
enough food for the affair.
Norman Schue, junior.in dairy
science from Hanover, will act as
master of ceremonies for the
party, which will begin-at.s p.m.
with a banquet dinner. Various
departments of the University
will. provide the food for the ban
quet.
EntEttidoraent to Be Provided
Group singing, free .B in go
games, and a recital , by the Fu
ture Farmers of America chorus,
will' entertain the guests after
dinner.
The privately endowed scholar
ships will be awarded by Russell
B. Dickerson, Associate Dean of
the School of Agriculture.
After the presentation of
awards, the guests will take part
in group square dancing.
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FOR A .BETTER PENN STATE
Supremecourt Ends Public Segregation
WASHINGTON, Nov. 7 (A)
Supreme Court today
seemingly sounded the death
knell for racial segregation in
all places supported by public
funds.
In separate, unanimous actions
the court affirmed a decision hold
ing racial segregation illegal in
public parks and playgrounds,
and. ordered „Negroes admitted to
public golf courses.
This, in effect, swept away
whatever remained of the historic
"separate but equal". doctrine as
applied to tax-supported facili-
ToUrgian
Hibbs Fund
To Purchase
Prayer Desk
The Cordelia Hibbs Memorial
Fund gift committee yesterday
voted to use the. fund to purchase
a prayer desk for - the meditation
chapel of the Helen Eaken Eisen
hower Memorial Chapel. •
. The gift will be given in mem
ory of Mrs. Cordelia L. Hibbs,
former assistant dean of women,,
who died Oct. 11, following a
year's illness.
-The prayer desk was chosen
from a list of seven suitable gift
needs suggested by , the Rev.
Luther H. Harshbarger, Univer
sity chaplain. The gift was chosen
for the smaller meditation chapel
as it 'will , be completed first and
gifts for the larger chapel aren't
being accepted yet, according to
Carolyn Cunningham, chairman
of the committee.
The prayer desk, also known
as a prie dieU, Is .a kneeling bench
usually constructed of wood: The
one to be purchm2d will be of
the 'double or wedding type. It
is used at •wedding services when
the couple kneel to receive the
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The major blow..to that doc
trine, of course, came in the
court's . unanimous decision in
May 1954 holding segregation in
public schools unconstitutional.
Until then ? the "separate but
equal" doctrine, originally laid
down in 1896, had largely gov
erned the legality of segregation
in lax-o upported : facilities. It
meant that segregation was per
missible when separate but equal
facilities, such as schools, were
provided for different races.
Using only 11 words, the high
court affirmed a decision by the
U.S. Court of Appeals in Rich
mond, Va., that segregation in
public parks and playgrounds Is
Borough to
On 'Movie'
A heavy flow of last minute appeals from both sides was
sent to borough voters 4,rho will vote on the Sunday movie
question today for the third time in eight years.
After a relatively quiet campaign, both sides came to life
over the weekend somewhat resembling the heavy campaign
ing in the past two elections.
The measure was defeated by
close margins in the two previous
elections.
The State College Council of
Churches, which represents many
of the Protestant churches, has
taken no official position in the
campaign. However, a spokesman
for the group said this did not
mean it favors Sunday movies.
Ministers Speak Against
In fact, some ministers have
spoken out individually against
the measure, citing it as "one
more threat to breaking the reli
gious significance of the day."
But while many ministers spoke
out against Sunday movies, two
churchmen said privately that
they felt the measure may pass
this election.
The churchmen said they be
lieved the younger voters have a
more liberal mind and might pos
sibly have the voting strength to
pass the measure.
5 Associated With University
Five of the eight candidates
running for the office of borough
council in today's election• are as
sociated with the University.
Four of them are Democratic
candidates, the fifth is a Repub
lican candidate.
The Democratic candidates are:
Mrs. Edith Anderson, secretary
for the division of intermediate
regisration; Dr. Pennoyer F. Eng
lish, professor of wildlife manage
ment; James F. Keim, associate
professor of agriculture exten
sion; and - Ralph W. McComb,
University librarian.
The Republican candidate is Dr.
Eric A. Walker, dean of the col
lege of engineering and architec
ture.
illegal. All the court said was:
"The motion to affirm is granted
and the judgment is affirmed."
The Richmond tribunal had said
the separate but equal doctrine
for white and Negroes was dead.
The Supreme Court took only
58 words to reverse decisions by
two lower courts upholding seg
regation in city-operated golf
courses in Atlanta, Ga.
The lower courts—U.S. District
Court in Atlanta and U.S. Circuit
Court in New Orleans—had taken
the view that the separate but
equal doctrine still could be ap
plied in public recreation.
In reversing the lower courts,
the Supreme Court directed that
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Editorial on page four
Christie. Will
Go Before
Grand Jury
Alexander Christie, freshman
in civil engineering from Phila
delphia, facing possible charges
of involuntary ma n slaughter,
waived a preliminary hearing last
Thursday.
Christie posted a $2OOO bail. His
case will come before the grand
jury on Nov. 28.
The charge was made against
Christie as a result of an automo
bile accident Oct. 22 in which Wil
liam McGarvey, freshman in
chemistry from Philadelphia, was
killed.
Christie was driving the car
that went out of control and
crashed on the Benner Pike about
four miles east of State College.
District Attorney John R. Mil
ler investigated the accident.
At the time Miller concluded
his investigation, Christie was
confined to the University infirm
ary.
He received head and body in
juries in the accident and was
admitted to the Centre County
hospital — Aid later released and
admitted to the infirmary.
Because of Christie's indisposi
tion, Miller decided not to hold
the preliminary hearing until
Christie was released.
Dean of Men. Frank J. Simes
has taken no action in the case
as yet. He advised Christie last
week to attend classes as usual
until after the hearing.
Should the grand jury return a
true bill against Christie, he will
face court action in December.
The maximum penalty for an
involuntary manslaughter charge
is three years imprisonment.
Pollock Council Meeting
Pollock Council will meet at
6:30 tonight in Nittany 20, ac
cording to Joseph Neville, council
secretar .
Football Movies
Androcles. junior men's hat
society. and th e College of
Physical Education, will show
movies of the Penn St ate-Syra
cuse football game at 7:30 to
night in Schwab Auditorium.
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