Today's Weather: Clear and Mild VOL. 56. No. 23 Lion Ankle Injury eline To Si FB C prara FANUCCI . By FRAN f Collegian S The Nittany team, potentia best m the i ports Editor Lion footba. lly one of th> ast, opens it: at 1:30 p.m. vhen it meet: >re an expectei e annual alumn. ssic. home seasoj (EDT) today Holy Cross be! 26,000 fans in tt Homecoming cla This wili be 1 ing between the (he second mee two clubs. Lions romped iri • • their only other*, meeting 39-7 in 3954; if M Today -® Lions are 13- tit ■f'flMi 'j point favorites to ;■ • make it two in! ~-y \ a row over the * feSSS- / / Crusaders, but' . Coach Rip Engle i . W is expecting the , game to be clos- ABk'.-'- er than the ex- Maurice Schleicher perts anticipate. Both teams have identical 1-1 records. The Lions beat Penn in the season’s opener, 34-0, and lost to Army last week, 14-7; while Holy Cross was beaten by Dayton, 14-13, in its first game, and came back to beat Colgate, 20-6, last week.. The underdog Crusaders have a television winning streak of three straight wins, extending back to last season. In its three appearances before the cameras they have beat Dartmouth, Bos ton U., and Colgate. Today will be their! fourth TV appearance and The Lions will be without the services of its varsity fullback, Emil Caprara, who sprained his ankle in the Army contest. Replacing hi m will be Maurice' Schleicher, a 6-3,1 230 pound sopho more. Engle’s only otheT lineup change is at left end, where Paul North replaces Les Walters. J»ck F«ris Jack Farls will be-at rignt end and along with North and Schleicher will be the (Continued on page nine) Two Fraternities On Social Probation Social privileges have been withdrawn from Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity and restricted for Pi Lambda Phi fraternity for this semester because of low scholarship. The action, announced yesterday by Harold W. Perkins, assistant dean of men, becomes effective Monday. The mea sure was taken Thursday by dent Affairs, Kappa Alpha Psi, under the ruling, may hold no social func tions for the rest of the semester after Monday. Allowed on Saturdays Pi Lambda Phi will be allowed to hold social functions on Sat urdays only. The action was taken because both fraternities fell below a 2.0 group average for the second se mester last year. ; The less extensive action was granted Pi Lambda Phi, a-commit tee spokesman said, because the All-University group average of its present membership is 2.19. The present group average last semester was 2.35. Study Program Initialed Prior to the action, the frat ernity, with the aid of its adviser, initiated a program of limited so- iaily (Eoll STATE COLLEGE. PA., SATURDAY MORNING. OCTOBER 13. 1956 Point Favorites contest proclaims "To Serve Is Our Aim." The fraternity's entry lopped 36 other displays lo win the contest for the third con* secuiive year. Phi Kappa IPC Lawn Phi Kappa Tau last night won the alumni homecoming lawn display contest for the third consecutive time to gain permanent possession of the Alumni Association trophy. Kappa Delta Rho placed second and Phi Kappa Psi, third. Theta Xi, Delta Upsilon, and Lambda Chi Alpha received U.S.S. Pennsylvania Bell 'Erected at HUB Front The bell from the battleship U.S.S. Pennsylvania was installed in front of the Hetzel Union build ing yesterday by workmen from the Physical Plant. The bell, weighing about half a ton, has been “loaned” to the University by the Navy Depart ment. It will serve as a memorial to the battleship and will be here on a permanent basis. ;he Senate Committee on Stu- cial activity, regular checks, and discipline of the members whose average fell below a 2.2. The com mittee said this was also a factor in its decision. Last spring the committee set the precedent for this action by placing three fraternities on so cial probation because their house averages fell, below 2.0 for the fall semester. On PHO Last Year Pi Lambda Phi was one of the fraternities placed on probation last year. The other two were Delta Tau Delta and Pi Kappa Phi. . Delta Tau Delta and Pi Kappa. Phi have since gone off social pro bation, because these houses raised their group average to a 2.0 or above for the second se mester last year. . i FOR A BETTER PENN STATE Tau Tops Displays honorable mention. The theme of the contest, which 37 houses were scheduled to enter, was “The Fraternity System Serves the University.” The winning display, con structed of paper napkins, fea tures a blue and white University seal, with steps leading up to it from a gold and pink fraternity seal at one side. The steps are labeled “Greek Week,” "Hous ing,” “Spirit,” and “Scholarship.” 'To Serve Is Our Aim' A sign reading “To Serve Is Our Aim” is at the base of the display, and a water fountain stands at the top step. In the Kappa Delta Rho dis play, “Service for the Pennsyl vania State University Today and Tomorrow” is spelled out in blue across the top of. a large white backdrop between two col umns. “PSU” is emblazoned on a keystone supported by the Golden Greek, and the word “Service” stands in front of the display. Viking Boat Display Phi Kappa Psi’s viking boat dis play proclaims “A full sail with a- good crew keeps on keel the PSU.” A yellow and white sail rises above the viking shields as “water” glistens beneath the dis play. Phi Kappa Tau will receive five points toward the outstanding fraternity award for winnings the contest. Kappa Delta Rho will re ceive three points and Phi Kappa Psi will receive one. Four Judges Listed The judges' were George S. Zoretich, assistant professor of fine arts; S. H. Frost, instructor in fine arts; Captain Robert Id. Dwinell, assistant professor of military science and tactics; and Lawrence J. Perez, professor of civil engineering. Today 'Drop' Deadline Today is the last day students may drop courses. Students may obtain the drop forms from their advisors. egtatt Over Holy Cross Busy Homecoming Seen For Hundreds of Alumni A busy weekend of activities has been planned for the tundreds of University alumni who will return today for the innual Alumni Homecoming. From present indications, University tradition for rain n Homecoming Weekend wil' •eatherman forecasts sunny e weekend. Highlight of the alumni pro- 1 am will be the Penn State-Holy *oss football game at 1:30 today Beaver Field. Approximately i,OOO will attend the game, ac irding to Edward M. Czekaj, icket manager of the Athletic .ssociation. Registration for alumni will ien at 9 a.m. today in the lobby the Hetzel Union building. A golf tournament will begin at a.m. today. Those wishing to en ;r may sign up at the Caddy ,'ouse. The Alumni Council will meet 10 a.m. today in the auditorium the HUB, with Dr. Robert G. ernreuter. director of the Divi sion of Counseling, addressing the council. The College of Home Eco nomics has scheduled a coffee hour from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. today in the living center of the Home! Economics Building; the College of Physical Education and Ath letics will welcome alumni to a coffee hour from 10 a.m. to noon today in 239 Recreation. The annual Alumni Luncheon is scheduled from 11:30 a.m. "to Ip.m. today in the Hetzel Union ballroom. Tickets may be pur chased for $l.Bl at-each registra tion desk. Ann Lutz, junior in recreational education from Doylestown. will be presented, a cup for Home coming Queen at the luncheon program. She was crowned queen at the Thespian original musical revue, "Hal in the Ring" Thurs-I dav night. The .Alumni Association frat ernity lawn display trophy will also be awarded at the luncheon. The Thespian original musical revue, “Hat in the Ring” will be presented at 8 tonight in Schwab Auditorium. Tickets may be pur chased for $1.25 from 9 a.m. to noon today and at the door. Players will present “My 3 An gels" at 8 p.m. tonight at Center Stage. Tickets may be bought at (Continued on -page eleven) Blue Band to March At Halftime Today The Penn State Blue Band will present a half-time per formance at the football game today based on the numerous types of bands. After the fanfare, the band will march down the field playing “Nittany Lion” and then “Chu! Chu!,” a Holy Cross song. The band will then reform and go immediately into a large block S facing the west stands to play the Alma Mater. The first type of band to be presented will be the circus band. To depict this the band will go into a formation representing a circus ring with an entrance. Circus Band As" the entire band plays “Thunder and Blazes” a small group representing a circus band will march around the circus ring. The band will then play the original “Lion-Taming” music as the Lion comes into the ring with' his trainer and ultimately takes the training chair from his train-j jer~ -while chasing him from the ring. I “Aerial Act” will be played 1 be broken this year since the skies and warm breezes over ACE Urges Government Scholarships CHICAGO, Oct. 12 'VP) —A sub committee of the American Coun cil on Education today recom mended that the federal govern ment set up a program of college scholarships estimated to cost 200 million dollars a year. The proposed scholarship pay ments would go directly to stu dents. Still Under Consideration The recommendation, submitted iat the council’s annual meeting, :still must be considered by an other committee next month and then by the full council. The council’s meeting is being attended by approximately 600 representatives from its member ship of 972 colleges and univer sities and 140 organizations of higher education. A council official said opinion lat the meeting “had not crystal lized” enough to forecast final disposition of the subcommittee's recommendation. Council Reaffirms Stand The council also reaffirmed its stand of previous years in favor of an income tax credit for par ents paying their children’s way through school. Noting that each year some 100,000 of the nation’s ablest high school graduates are unable to go on to college because of financial reasons, the subcommittee re ported that grants "should not be limited by inequalities in the abilities of states to provide schol arship aid,” and the program I “must be begun soon” but should ,be “reviewed at regular inter , vals.” By GINNY PHILLIPS 'while the band watches imagi nary trapeze artists soaring through the air and ultimately tumbling to the ground. The Lion, with the addition of elephant ears and a trunk, will lumber into the circus, mount the training chair, and take a bow while the band plays “Elephant," The next presentation will be the revival hand playing “Halle jlujah” in a mug and beer bottle formation. I “Auch Du Lieber Augustine" i will be played during the Ger man band presentation and the | band members will take their | places for the children’s band. [ The band will give its interpre tation of a children’s band by [playing “London Bridge is Falling i (Continued on page Jive) Welcome Alums See Page 4 FIVE CENTS "Lion* to Perform
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