. - 011 r Ball VOL. 58. No. 33 STATE COLLEG Suspension Suggested For Soph A student who said he fell asleep while driving a car has been recommended for sus pension for the rest of the semester by Tribunal. John Roberts, sophomore in the division of counseling from King ston, was charged with "conduct detrimental to the University." Members of Tribunal also rec ommended that Norman Wein taub, senior in business admin istration from Philadelphia, be placed on disciplinary probation for the rest of the semester. Weintraub was charged with "conduct unbecoming a student of the University" after he was ar rested by borough police for dis orderly conduct. Both cases will rlie reviewed by the Senate Subcommittee on Dis ciplinary Action sometime next week. The charge was brought against Roberts after the car he was driv ing ran into a parked car about 4 a.m. Saturday on Burrowes Road near Beta Theta Pi. Roberts was treated at the Uni versity Hospital for cuts of the forehead which required several stitches. The force of the crash pushed the parked car, owned by Harry Gratz. Narbeth, over the curb and caused- damages estimated at. $750. Damages to Roberts' car were estimated at $6OO. - Rplietts- told members of Tri bunal he had gone to a fraternity party after 11 p.m. He said he brought with him and drank a container of alcoholic beverage, which he said was pur chased through a friend from the state store in Bellefonte. He re fused to disclose the name of the person who made the purchase for him. Roberts said he left the fra ternity house shortly before the accident. He said he felt quite capable of operating his. car. A misconduct cha rg e was brought against Weintraub after he was fined $75 plus $l5 cost by Guy B. Mills, justice of the peace, for disorderly conduct. Borough police - said they arrest ed Weintraub when they found him lying in the gutter along the 400 block of W. Beaver Ave. He was taken to the Borough Hall (Continued on page five). Greek Open Houses Set for Tomorrow • Fraternities will hold what willprobably be the last rushing open houses of the . semester from 2 to 5 p.m. to morrow. All fraternities will be open to rushees tomorrow after noon. .. Freshmen who are "at a ternity" should participate in the open house, Harry Jones, Intet _fraternity Council rushing chair man, said yesterday. Jones said freshmen should feel free to ask any of - the fra ternity members questions con- cerning house bills, pledging and other information which will "straighten them out" concerning fraternity life at the University. Freshmen should visit "as many fraternities- as possible" tomorrow', Jones said, in order to have a wider selection. This is the second series of open houses sponsored by IFC. Pre vious open houses were held dur ing the week, with fraternities divided into three sections and one night assigned to each sec tion. Jones said .that the open house program so far has•_been • a suc cess. He .said that all fraternities FOR A BETTER PENN STATE E. PA., SATURDAY MORNING. OCTOBER 26. 1957 FIVE CENTS UGLIEST OF THE UGLY, Paul Craska, is awarded the grand 'champion trophy in last night's Ugly Man finals by Wayne Lipp_- man, contest co-chairman. Nittany 43's Craska. Named Ugliest of All Straight from a Chinese theater, Paul Craska, Nittany 43's finalist for Ugly Man, was awarded the annual contest's grand champion trophy last night in Schwab Auditorium. Nittany 43, working with third-floor Thpmpson, present ed an "original Chinee play" to take top honors in the contest skits. Jack Halpern, Ugly Man from Phi Sigma Delta, won the first place trophy in the fraternity division by proving "w omen smart; Cuckoo Jack smarter" in a calypso scene. Nittany Grotto's "abominable cave man," William Bennett, won first place in the independent division. 'Spring Forward, Fall Back' Rule for Clocks "Spring forward, fall back" is; The gang-o-green from Sigma the new adage for the old prob-i Pi worked their way through lem of converting frorn - Daylighti a mock forest to find their Ugly to Standard Time and vice - versa.; Man king, John Whittle, and to According to the adage, quoted gain the second place plaque in in the Los Angeles Examiner, the fraternity division. clocks should be turned back one i A t* ather restless ldoking corpse, hour tonight unless a student is David Rush, filled the judges planning to enjoy the sunrise. 'with enough horror to be awardi Contrary to popular demand,; ed the independent second .place coeds may not turn the clock back; plaque for Nittany 28. before 1 a.m. for a longer Satur-1 Wayne Lippman and Frank day evening. Saurman, co-chairman of the con test, acted as emcees between the skits. Lippman presented the 32- inch grand champion trophy to Craska. Nittapy 43's play was adapted from the "Chinese version of the Siamese version gf Harriet Beech er Stowe's version of The Delape dated Shack of Her Mother's Brother Thomas." Far from being confusing, the skit told the story of innocent Eliza's flight from the ugly Si (Continued on page five) 1 interested in rushing a fra- 'reported-a representative number ,of freshmen visiting during the open houses. The number of freshmen vis iting. individual fr a i e r nities, however, seemed to depend on the location of the house, Jones added. Houses located on the "fringe" of the fraternity sections did not have as many freshman visitors as those close together and on campus, he explained. The IFC rushing program also included talks to freshmen by fraternity rushing chairmen in dormitory units, and distribution 'of the official IFC rushing maga zine, Penn State Fraternities, to all freshmen through dorm coun- The' rushing magazine- has a diagram of the location of each fraternity to aid freshmen. &Worn Syracuse Victory Called Necessary In Winning Year By LYNN WARD Lion Bedridden; Fails to Predict The Nittany Lion is in the..in firmary suffering from a nervous breakdown, and his condition has been described as "not mrmal for this time of year." The poor beast evidently o v e worked his MU( brain trying ti find a substitut for weather "Alas, alack, of me. oh my." hn exclaimed, “wea, ther is weather and it must a! ways be so." The lion's condition prevented him from making a forecast for, tomorrow. But the University weather station came through with this one: some sunshine, with a high of 44 to' 48 degrees. SYRACUSE, \.Y.—ln what could be termed the make-4)r break game of the Penn State football season, the Lions meet a tough Syracuse outfit this afternoon here at Archbold Sta dium. Kickoff time is slated f0r,1:30 p.m. Looking at the game from the Penn State angle, the outcome F could determine to a great extent u Th !tat the future of the Lion squad for the remainder of the 1951 season. A loss would set its record back; S een Ebbing The Lion-Syracuse game will be televised to an eastern-wide audience starting at 1:15 p.m. with a pregame show. Station , n Campus WMAJ will carry the audio ac count of the game starting at 1:15 p.m. to 2-3 and apply the ever threat ening pressure to a winning -sea son record which the Lions have ; maintained every year since 1939. Included in this skein are seven consecutive winning seasons un ,der the guidance of present head Coach Rip Engle. The two sea-1 sons that saw the streak come to .a near end under Engle's tute lage were in 1951 and 1955 when both squads posted 5-4 campaigns. And, for comparison's sake, this! 1957 contingent is following the ,exact pattern of the 1955 club in its first four games—winning the first, losing the second, etc. For the record, the 1955 squad lost its !fifth game. 21-7, to West Virginia. Engle and his staff are hoping that the similarity stops right where it is. IBut, the experts rate the Or ange of Coach Floyd (Ben) Schwaltzwalder a six-point favo rite at kickoff time. Add to this jthe fact that Syracuse will be out Ito retain its unbeaten status—the Orange are 3-0-1 at present—and !it can be readily said that the con :test should be a tough one for Penn State. Syracuse, for added incentive.will be also out to increase its position in the race for the Lambert Tro ,phy, customarily symbolic of east ern supremacy on the gridiron. ,The Orange won the title last sea son and a trip to the Cotton Bowl. Ironically enough. it was their 13-9 win over the Lions that prob- Syracuse Films at 8:30 Tuesday in 10 Sparks Football films will be shown to .the "S" Club at 8:30 p.m. Tues day in 10 Sparks instead of 7 p.m. as reported yesterday. Rocket Feeler Sent; Moon Trip Hinted WASHINGTON, Oct. 25 (PP)—Air Force scientists have put out a rocket feeler more than 4000 miles into space and today they said they see no technological reason why they can't touch the moon—if someone orders it done. Two Air Force colonels, who worked on Project Far Side in the Pacific Ocean, t..: , 1d news-, reach mon with a r :men some of the dramatic story! Irocket, ay y wi o thin a year?esearch 'of how, after four frustrations and:, 'Technologically. I don't see', ,one doubtful attempt, the scien-1 why it couldn't be done." said tists finally succeeded on their; LaVier to the fi rst part of the 'last try in sending a rocket up! question. from a balloon to the farthest-1 As to whether it could be done out point reached by a man-made within a year, his answer was that object. .the Far Side scientists weren't Cot. Eugene C. LaVier and working on the moon project. William H. Bowers still lacked Since the Far Side project is technical reports on the series : completed, is a second phase to of shots which began Sept. 25 :come, involving an even more at Eniwetok Atoll and ended ;far-reaching effort? with success on Oct. 22. They , That is not a decision for the were guarded in their answers j Far Side project people but for until data can be analyzed. higher authorities, like The sec- But LaVier, und c r prodding retary of the Air Farce, LaVier questions, finally agreed there; replied. :were adequate reasons to believe, A reporter noted that Russia . the Oct. 22 rocket passed the'apparently is getting ready for an ,4000-mile mark "by a few hun- attempt to rocket to the moon. 'dred miles." Has the Air Force been told to Then came the inevitable ques-:stay away from the moon? Won: If you can do this, can youl "No," said the coloneL , By VINCE CAROCCI Sports Ed:tor (Continued on page six) Flu and flu-like illnesses yester day appeared to be fading slowly from the campus scene. But respiratory diseases struck harder at the elementary grades. forcing the closing of at least one school in the area. Dr. Herbert R. Glenn, director of the University Health Service, yesterday noted "continued Un provement" in the campus situ ation. He said 63 students were in the University Hospifal yesterday morning, compared with 70 at the same time Thursday. He said the number of students visiting the Dispensary also is Only 20 students were reported eating meals in their rooms at breakfast yesterday. A total of 13 students were served dinners in their rooms Thursday night. The peak in meals served in the rooms w•as more than 700 at lunch, Oct. 17. Glenn again reminded students that dry clothing, sensible eating and adequate sleep are essential during the illness. St. John's Parochial School, Bellefonte. closed yesterday when 93 of its 242 pupils-39 per cent— were reported absent. School of ficials said they expect to reopen the institution Monday. A total of 969 students were re ported absent from State College schools yesterday. Total enroll ment at the schools is listed as 2802. Harvard Prof to Speak On Extension, Research John D. Black, professor'of ag ricultural economic:, at Harvard University, will speak on "Inte gration of Extension and Re search" at 9 a.m, today in 218 Hetzel Union. Graduate students in the Col leges of Business Administration ;may attend.
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