Gator Bowl
state's chances for a bid `,.0 the Gator Bowl appeared
st night when the selections committee announced
[ pped Vanderbilt, Miami of Florida and Arkansas
l ist of candidates..
Penn
brighter I
it had cir ,
from the
The
ittany.Lions got on the Gator Bowl list as a result
14-10 victory over Holy Cross Saturday. The three 1
I .pped last night all lost Saturday. .
to.the list in addition to the Nittany Lions, accord-;
United Press, were West Virginia and Rice. The
ommittee also announced that Boston College may'
iresrif it turns in an impressive win against Holy,
'ek from Saturday.
football observers last night were inclined to see ,
.y Lions receiving the bowl bid if they gain an
e victory Over Pitt Saturday.
lased their reasoning on the- fact that the Lions
!Virginia and that Rice will probably go to either'
1
or the Sugar Bowls. ,
of their
teams dr
Added
ing to the
selections
be consid:
Cross a w.
Local
the !Nitta
impressi
They
beat West
the Cotto
Funeral services will be held this morning for John Drotar
Jr., graduate student in mineral preparation from Barnes
boro, who was fatally injured Saturday in an auto crash 15
miles west of Altoona.
State police said Drotar was driving home alone when his
car struck the rear of a tractor-trailer truck on a steep grade
on Cresson mountain. He died at!
5:05 in Mercy Hospital, Altoona,:Western Pennsylvania Coal Pro
of multiple injuries.
ducers.
Funeral services are ached- :
Charmbury said Drotar was
uled for 9 a.m. in the Mt. Car- working with a process to clean
mel Roman Catholic Church in fine coal with cyclones and spe
- Barnesboro. Members of the cial gravity belt equipment de-
Mineral Industries staff are , veloped at the University.
By VINCE CAROCCI planning to attend the services. 1 D rotar recently finished a sur-
Sports Editor Drotar, who planned to receive
of eight coal preparation
Dave Kasperian went home to Worcester, Mass., Satur-his master's degree in June, was vey
plants in the state to determine
tworking as a research assistant , in plants
amount of coal that theoreti
day afternoon and, in the process of visiting his parents and:mineral preparation. He was grad-
J une 'cally could be recovered from
renewing old friendships, sparked the Lions to an exciting' 1956.
from the University in
1956. ,
waste material discharged at 14-10 victory over a determined Holy Cross team. H. Beecher Charmbury, head
Kasperian, who makes up for his lack of pure football?
the Department of Mineral Pre-at•these plants.
1 Drotar was graduated from
paration. said Drotar was en- Barnesboro High School.
gaged in research on fine coal! Survivors include his parents,
[ behind suburb blocking just sec - Icleaning, sponsored jointly by the Mr. and Mrs. John Drotar. Barnes
lOnds after the Crusaders hadlState Department of Mineral Pre- boro RD 1, and five brothers and
iscored their only touchdown to: l paration and the Central and'sisters.
take an 8-0 lead.
•Stopped two Holy Cross Lion-HC Football Films ! Behind the ROTC Question
touchdowns -when he brilliantly „, BeSh own •
blocked Holy Cross quarterback 110 e Tonight
I Tom Greene's end zone pass t o t Films of the Holy Cross football
end Dick Beradino and made (game will Cam us issues Hits
eame will be shown to students,
last-ditch tackle with halfbackr- :
Jack Ringle, who looked as if he; at 8:30 tonight in 119 Osmond.
were in the clear after he pickedl - Students must present their • • •
IBabe Caprara's fum b 1 e out of . matriculation cards to be ad- yracuse i ohm , wisconsm
i (Continued on page seven) Imitted.
—Daily Collegian photo by George Ilarrkon
HALFBACK DAVE KASPERIAN is off on the last leg of his 67-
- :yard kickoff return in-the early minutes of the second half. Cru
z
sader quarterback Tom Greene (r) comes over to make the final
tackle on Kasgerian. Jack Ringel, obscured by Kasperian, made
the initial step.
Kasperian Sparks
Lions to 14-10 Win
skill with stout-hearted determi
nation,. ironically enough did not
score. But, his role in the victory
---a victory which puts the Lions
consideration for a Gator Bowl
-bid was nonetheless prominent.
Here are just a few of the things
be did:
•Led the Lion individual ball
carriers with 93 yards in 17 car
ries for a 5-5 average per carry.
• Set up the Lions' first touch
down with a bruising 67-yard re
turn of the Holy Cross kickoff
i First of a Series
1 The question of compulsory ROTC, the hottest issue to
• - i - . - • . I hit campus this year, is not a problem unique to the Uni-
Girard s Sentence Suspended ,versity.
i 1 Polls, votes and surveys are being taken at several
The possibility of launching thelclear devices. campuses around the country, including Syracuse University,
first U.S. earth satellite in Jan-: President Eisenhower will meet, Ohio
State University and the University of Wisconsin.
uary was announced yesterday by with Secretary of Defense Neill
'the Navy. H. McElroy and assistant Secre-I The Student Senate at Wiscon-
A spokesman said if the Navy'tary of Defense Wilfred 3. Mc- . . ,of women students in a required
-
is successful with its 6.4-inch, 3 1 / 4 -INeil, Pentagon fiscal expert, at sin' comparable to All-University:
2-year course integrating civil
pound test satellite next month,ithe Augusta National Golf Club. Cabinet, on Oct. 22 voted 27-3 to
the 204.nch sphere carrying com-ito discuss how much defense) seek elimination of compulsory defense training into the pro
i gram.
plex instruments - might be fired:spending must be increased to:RC I TC• /
into orbit in January. Originallylmeet the Russian challenge in de-1 Letters to the editors of the The recommendation, whi c h
the launching was planned forlvelopment of space era weapons. Syracuse Orange have prompted was presented in a report by the
March. i Elsewhere on the national scenel the newspaper to begin a survey; Senate Committee on Educational
I Sen. Henry M. Jackson (D.-!the House Freedom of Informa- /of the question. At Ohio State, Policy, suggested the expanded
o rganized as a part
I Wash.), weapons subcommittee:tion investigators yes ter d a y'students are fighting the battles program b eof the Coll
Feld of the Senate-House Atomic charged that the Pentagon's use'of the podium and the paper to g e of the Liberal Arts.
Energy Committee, yesterday saidlof secret labels on basic research iresolve the question. - Justification for continuing the
it may be necessary to increase l projects is undermining the na- I The furor at the University program as compulsory was of
taxes to provide mon e y for altional defense. Defense Depart-; began with announcement of a . fered in an explanation: "Educa
greatly .increased miiltary Pro-Iment Witnesses who defended the .Senafe committee recomrnen. ,tional experience has shown that
( gram including missiles and nu-i (Continued on page four) 1 dation calling for the inclusion i (Continued on page eight) -
World At a Glance
From the Associated Press
GI Williain S. Girard was
convicted and given a three
year suspended sentence today
by a Japanese court for killing
a woman brass scavenger last
January.
- The suspension, providing for
!Our years' good behavior, per
mits- Gerard to return to the Uni
ted States if neither defense nor
prosecution appeals within 14
days.-Both sides seemed satisfied
with the ver. ict in the shooting
case that bro ght a crisis in the
U.S.-Japanese relations last-sum
mer.:
BULLETIN
Chances Brighten
Tip Bat 1404 Totirgiart
VOL. 58. No. 49 STATE COLLEGE. PA.. TUESDAY MORNING. NOVEMBER 19. 1957 FIVE CENTS
Fraternity Vote
Saves IFC Ball
The Interfraternity Council The motion as passed provides ~e cretary-troasuter. said IFC could
that each ire
,use shall be assessed not afford another loss as severe
last night saved IFC weekend on a "pro rated" basis. meaning as had resulted from last year's
by voting to cover, on a "per,each house will oay the same ball, and the dancewould be
amount, if there is a financial loss dropped if the fraternities did not
house" basis, any financiald -
on the dance. , agree to support it.
losses that may result from the' Although the motion had passed Higgins proposed the fraterni
- by a 30-21 vote, a later motion ties agree to underwrite the dance
IFC-Panhellenic Ball. _ ,to reconsider the accepted pro- by buying one dance ticket for
The vote to cover any losses on' posal met with a 24-24 deadlock, every three house members.
the dance came minutes after. and IFC President James Hart Dropping the dance would
the Council turned down a pro ruled that it failed- to pass be-. have restyled in Me loss of IFC
-'
posal to underwrite the ball;made
cause it - lacked a majority. , Weekend. one of the Univers
atThe motion to reconsider. ity's four "big weekends." This
the last meeting, and then re- made after the Council liad would_ have eliminated import
fused to drop the dancefrom the passed on to other business. was housing of women and special
IFC calendar. based on the grounds that each hours for coeds.
The vote to cover any losses
on the dance was approved by a
30-21 vote after the motion to
underwhite the ball, by making - ing each fraternity pay the The ball will be held as pre
each fraternity buy one ticket same amount for the loss. viously scheduled on March 21,
for every three house members, The controvert' . over covering with tickets priced at $5. The tick
was killed by a slim 27-25 mar- the financial losses of the dance et sale will he carried on through
gin. The refusal to drop the began at a Council meeting two the HUB desk as in previou3
dance was by voice vote. weeks ago when Stephen Higgins. years,
Grad Student Killed in Crash;
Funeral Rites Set for Today
FOR A BETTER PENN STATE
house should be assessed ac- The Council voted at the time
cording to the number of men to table the Motion until last
in the house, rather than hay- night's rneetrig.
John Drotar Jr.
won crash