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VOL. 58. No. 39 STATE COLLEGE. PA.. TUESDAY MORNING. NOVEMBER 5. 1957 FIVE CENTS
WEST VIRGINIA'S only extra-point attempt of
the day rwent wide of the goal post when the
ball went off the side of Whitey Mikanik's foot.
Lions Top Mountaineers,
With Best Performance to
Penn State's surprisingly-easy 27-6 victory over West Virginia Saturday afternoon
at Beaver Field put teeth into remarks made by Assistant Coach Joe Paterno to the press
in the Fenn State locker room following the Lions' loss to Vanderbilt two weeks ago.
Immediately after Vanderbilt's 32-20 victory over the L
this Penn State team was a much stronger team than it h.
date . .. that someday the squad would "jell" into the team
virtually kick the tar out of the
opposition
Well, Saltirday was the long
awaited day that the Lions did
jell and virtually did kick the tar
out of the Mountaineers.
Probably the most surprised
man in Beaver Field Saturday
afternoon was West Virginia
Coach Art "Popp" Lewis. In
the Mountaineer locker -room
after the game, the surprised
Lewis said he just didn't know
what happened .- . . this is one
game he thought his team could
win.
In contrast, however, the over
joyed Lion coaches walked about
Party Campaigns Begin
With Get-Out-Vote Drive
Concentrated drives to get out the student vote began
yesterday when the All-University
. Elections Committee,
Lion party and Campus party began distributing •an ava
lanche Of campaign literature.
lion and Campus parties are out to get the students' votes
for the party's candidates; Elections Committee is out to get
students to vote.
Posters with catchy slogans and
signs with names, photographs
and activities of candidates sud
denly ,appeared around campus
this morning.
In keeping with the increased
interest in student politics, Peter
Fishburn, Elections Committee
chairman, Gary Young, Campus
clique chairman, 'and William (Y-
Neill;
_Lion clique chairman, will
speak over radio stations WDFM
and WMAJ tonight.
They will appear on "Forum
of the Air." sponsored from
S:3O to 10p.m. by All-Univer
,sity Cabinet,• to discuss the
functions of student political
parties and, the Elections Corn
. mutes. Jay Feldstein be
master of ceremonies.
Fishbum said _at an Elections
Committee meeting Sunday night,
That the committee will dock votes
for any violations of the Elections
FOR A BITTER PENN STATE
—Dane Collegian photo by Joe Patton
Maurice Schleicher (32) and Paul North (82)
are the Lion defenders. Dave Rider (22) blocks
for the Mounties.
By VINCE CAROCCI
Sports Editor
the Penn State locker room with
an air that seemed to - say: we
knew they could do it; it was just
a matter of time.
This, obviously, was the game
the coaches and team had been
waiting for—not because of the
opposition, but from a perform
ance standpoint.
In reviewing the win. Coach
Rip Engle said that it certainly
was the team's best ball game
from an. all-round standpoint. He
said that the Lion defense reacted
much better than in previous
showings and that he was very
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Code occurring during the . fall
campaigning and elections.
The value of retaining the vote
docking clause permanently is be
ing studied by the committee.
When a code violation occurs.
the committee decides before
the ' ballots are counted how
many votes will be docked. The
penalization clause of the code
states:
"In the case of violations of this
code by an individual candidate
or group of candidates, the Elec
tions Committee may dock any
number of votes it sees fit from
each offending candidate. In the
case of a violation by an entire
clique, a fine of not more than $25
shall be imposed - on the offend
ing political patty. In addition to
the monetary fine, the Elections
Committee may, in extreme cases,
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TattegiattllFC-Panhel Ball,
Big Weekend'
May Be Canceled
ons, Paterno said in effect that
:d shown in its four games to
t had the potential to be and
iggins said the IFC came out
$lOO in the black on the 1956
,dance, although the ball the year
•before that lost $BOO.
i In other business, the coun
t cil voted unanimously to elimi-
Senior In • lured 1 nate rushing lists of freshmen,
which had been distributed to
houses during the fall semester
In 2-Car Crash }each year. Council members
said-the lists are not worth the
- t effort it takes to compile them.
, Discussion on the fraternity-in
:dependent rotation plan was post
* ver Weekend
noned until the IFC can study
A senior from Rochester, N.Y. the report on the plah to be
was hospitalized early Sunday made by the elections committee.
morning from injuries received.
in an auto crash on .Route 53 be- WSGA Judicial Board
tween -Pleasant Gap and Axe-! The Women's Student Govern
mann.
• ment Association Judicial 'Board
Michael Karp, senior in chemis- . will meet at 5 p.m. today in 214
try, underwent X-ray examina-,Hetzel Union.
tions of the skull- and knees yes
terday in Centre County Hospital,'
Bellefonte. A nurse said the X-ray R dAA
pictures examined so far show no
injury. Karp will remain at the e issile War Ability
hospital until further X-rays are
stUdied. - .
Karp vas the driver of an auto
which was struck at about mid- S aid Only 2 Years Away
night Saturday by a car driven
by Stanley Page, Oak Hall. State,_
Police said Page failed to nego-,- BUFFALO, N.Y., Nov. 4 M—One of wartime Germany's
tiate a curve.
top rocket experts said today the launching_ of Sputnik II
Total damage to both cars has
been estimated at about $6OO. proved that Russia was "within two years" of being able to
1
Klutz, Clouds . paunch a massive attack on the U.S. with intercontinental
ballistic missiles.
Disturb Lion Dr. Walter Dornberger, now a consultant to the Bell
'Aircraft Corp., said, "There cant
The Nittany Lion jumped from
be absolutely no doubt now that
his den this morning with amaz
ing agility fora cold, cloudy day.' the USSR has the means for send
" Victims of - Tyrrany Eunite! '; ing an atomic or hydrogen war
he shouted as he 5! head anywhere in the world."
headed for the ,e V.. *1 "If they can get a 1000-pound
office of Clyde !satellite up," he said, "they can
Klutz, renowned I put up another similar satellite
burgess of Uni- t
• with a television camera inside"
versitY Park, !capable of transmitting to Russia
He ran all the pictures of potential targets all
way to the office around the globe.
from which "From a military standpoint
Klutz _yesterday ' that would be a beautiful recon
distributed hi s naissance device," he said.
signs around He said, "The Russians now
campus, when he stand where Germany stood at
realized that the end of 1942 in relation to the
V.O.T.E. day is not until Nov. 13 1 development of the V-2."
and 14. The Lion's dejection wasi Dornberger noted that it took
even more severe when he had toGermany 23 months from the first
walk all the way home in today's' successful test of the V-2 rocket
predicted sprinkle of rain. i until the attacks on London be-
The University tvill lose a "big weekend" unless fraterni
ties agree to underwrite the IFC-Panhel Ball by buying one
ticket for every three house members.
The dance will be canceled unless fraternities will sup
port it, Stephen Higgins, Interfraternity-Council secretary
treasurer, said last night.
Higgins, who gave the ultima
tum at last night's IFC meeting,
said the council can not afford a
financial loss as heavy as resulted
from last year's IFC-Panhel Ball.
Cancellation of the dance
would mean elimination of "big
weekend - privileges such as im
port housing and extended
hours for coeds. according to 0.
Edward Pollock. assistant to
the dean of men.
The dance had been set for
March 21. with tickets priced at
S 5.
Fret ernity presidents will
take the ultimatum to their in
dividual fraternities. and will
vote on the question at the next
IFC meeting, in two weeks.
If the dance is cancelled, it
would leave only one "big week
end" in the S it i n g semester—
Spring Week.
: Last year's IFC-Panhel Ball lost
,5793.17. according to an Associ
ated Student Activities financial
report.
. In his report to the council.
;Higgins. said there will be about
;2200 men in fraternities in the
spring semester, and the dance
kill have to sell 733 tickets
'through fraternities to meet ex
penses.
27-6,
Date
He said the estimated total ex
pense of the dance is $4300: If
733 tickets were sold through
fraternities, Higgins said, 127
would have to be sold at the Het
zel Union desk.
All dance tickets had previous
ly been sold at the Hetzel Union
'desk.
Flu Vaccine
Available
For 2000
A total of 2000 units of Asiatic
flu, vaccine will be available at
the Health Center starting at 9
am. tomorrow.
Shots will be given until Friday
or until the supply is exhausted.
Shots will he given on a first
come basis. They will cost $l.
' Dr. Herbert R. Glenn. director
of Health Service. said most stu
'rlents will not have any reaction
from the shots except for a slight
, redness and soreness at the site
of the injection.
But some others may have a
"grippe-like response" with some
fever and headache lasting 24
to 48 hours.
Except for the vaccine, which
is 70 per cent effective, there is
no other effective treatment or
cure for the Asiatic flu. Anti
biotics are of no help and. once
contracted. bed rest is needed to
fight the virus.
Symptoms are a sore throat.
marked perspiration, fever, bode
aches and extreme prostration
which last four or five days, fol.
lowed by four or five days of con•
valescence.
Th e University's inoculation
program is part of a nationwide
effort to vaccinate before the flu
epidemic reaches the United
States. The University community
underwent a few weeks of a
wave of respiratory illnesses a
few weeks ago but it was not of
epidemic proportions. Glenn said.
The Asiatic flu epidemic, if
there is one, is expected to - reach
the United States in December or
January.
The University hospital has re
establirhed visiting hours which
were discontinued during the res
piratory illness wave.
Student Directory to Go
On Sale Today for 50c
The 1957-58 Student Directory
will go on sale for 50 cents today
lat the Book Exchange, downtown
book stores and the recorder's
,office in Willard Hall.
' Copies were distributed yester
day to campus offices.
gan on Sept. 8, 1944.
The new satellite, Dornberger
continued, required motors with
a thrust of at least 440,000 pounds.
twice the-thrust needed to push
Sputnik I into orbit.
"1 believe the Russians used a
single engine, powered with a
high-energy propellant. It must
have been a liquid fueL You could
never do it with solid propellant."
Dornberger said.
"The United States has clus
ters of engines capable of that
much thrust," he said, "but we
have no single engine that can
do it.
As a Nazi major-general, Dorn
berger commanded the German
rocket research center at Penner
monde. s .