ns Favored by 20 Points 23 STATE COLLEGE. PA.. SATURDAY MORNING. OCTOBER 11. 1958 FIVE CENTS VOL. 59. No ket May Be Shot ard Moon Today Rocke 221,01 to Go 0 Miles 3TON (ff) The lay hurl a cosmic :s today in a shot WASHIN Air Force r forward pa for the moon. While you're eating breakfast today, a mighty Thor-Able rock et might we t be on its 2^-day fli;;!it loward the moon. Provided, that :s, all goes well—and the odds on even partial success are rated no better than one in 10. While there’s been no official announcement, reports are that the rocket with its unmanned sat ellite was to be launched before dawn from Cape Canaveral, Fla. The rocket will be aimed at a spot in space about 137,000 miles ahead of the moon’s position at the time of launching. The hope is that the moon and 1 the satel lite would rendezvous somewhere near each other two and one half days later, just as a quarter back hopes a sprinting halfback will rendezvous with a forward pass thrown ahead of him. But instead of yards, this cel estial forward pass must travel some 221,000 miles—the distance between the earth and the moon at this particular time. Project scientists say they will consider a moonshot a success if thev are able to shoot the rocket’s instrumented payload within 50,- 000 miles of the moon, even though it doesn’t go into orbit. They have said they will regard the venture a success if the rocket attains a speed of 24,000 miles an hour and escapes the earth’s gravitational pull. The scientists said all along that while one of their hopes is to put the satellite into an orbit around the moon, the chances of doing so in a pioneering venture are extremely slim. The launching rocket which re portedly is poised on its pad at Canaveral is an 88-foot, three stage affair. APhiDelta May Lose Social Privileges The Interfraternity Council Board of Control has recom mended the removal of social privileges for 4 weeks for Alpha Phi Delta fraternity. rd’s recommendation will be heard by the. sub n group discipline of the Senate committee on irs Tuesday. The boa committee < student affa Alpha Phi guilty of a cl University so cerning the e men guests w eronage, Sati aid Siders, chairman, sai Alpha Phi will be effec and will last said. After the 4 privileges, th placed on so four weeks d will be subjec iny. Delta was found ear violation of the :ial regulations con ltertainment of wo th inadequate chap irday, Oct, 4, Ron- Board of Control Delta’s social ban ;ive 8 a.m. Monday intil Nov.-10, Siders -week loss of social : fraternity will be cial probation for jring which time it t to close IFC scrut- Siders said bers made r other chapen social functk only one chap the fraternity mem o effort to secure mes or cancel the n when they had erone in attendance. Hatty FOR A BETTER PENN STATE —Collegian .Photo by George Layman KAPPA DELTA RHO's first place IFC-sponsored alumni home coming lawn display features a cheerleader and a movable cheer ing card section in the background. Fi Kappa Pin placed second and Sigma Alpha Epsilon third. (Story on Page 3) " Welcome Spirit Hits Campus Homecoming The contagious “welcome” spirit will sweep across cam pus today and tomorrow as thousands of alumni once again return. The weatherman seems to favor the return of alumni, too, with his prediction of a cool, windy day. A high of 55 degrees is expected. Kick-off time for the ma: festivities —the Penn State-Ma 1:30 p.m. A near-capacity crowd is expected to fill the Beaver Field stands. 1958 Homecoming Queen Jody University regulations stipulate that at a social function at least three adults or two couples must act as chaperones. One of the chaperones must be a woman if women guests are being enter tained. A housemother approved by the University is also consid ered a proper chaperone. The violation was serious in that women guests were being entertained .without a woman chaperone. Siders said. The’frat ernity was checked by an IFC Board of Control, member at 11:30 p.m. last Saturday. The fraternity may not have any social functions inside or out side the fraternity during the loss of the social privileges. The frat ernity will ‘also receive extra sur veillance during the 4-week so cial probation period, Siders said. (EnUMjtan in event of the Homecoming irquette football game—is Miller will be presented to alumni at the Alumni Luncheon at 11:30 a.m. in the Hetzel Union ball room. Miss Miller will be attended by the four Homecoming Queen finalists and will receive a silver cup. The luncheon program will also include the introduction of the donor of the millionth dollar to (Continued on page three) Review Players Produce 'Druid Circle' Hit By LYNN WARD Collegian Copy Editor Players gave a lot to a show that demanded much from them last night in the Center Stage opening of John Van Druten’s The Druid Circle to produce a hit. Special raves go to Floyd San toro, the embittered British col lege professor whose sole satis faction came from enforcing to its limit his seniority over his junior assistant, Maddox, played by D. Robert Shiarella, and two students. Santoro, as Professor White, in volves himself in a love affair be tween the students, Tom Lloyd- Ellis played by Richard Mazza, and Megan Lewis, June Miller. He feels he must interfere in Smoli Crowd Seen For Today's Game There will be a slight Homecoming jinx lurking on the Beaver Field premises this afternoon when Penn State’s football team entertains Marquette. One of the smallest crowds in thejhistory of the 38-year Alum Day festivities—22,ooo—-is expected to witness the battle which will start at 1:30 p.m. The Lions are a 3-touch down favorite. Since Rip Engle took over the Penn State club in 1950, the Lions have won only three Homecoming scrapes, losing four and tying one. But three of those defeats have been in the last four campaigns —. causing some Alums to wonder if a super natural power exists on their i “special day.” i Michigan State was the first team to hand ' Nittany juggei ing, setback 1951, 32-21. T 1 previous seasi the . Lions hi deadlocked w r Temple, 7-7. Penn S l a won the 19: clash with N' braska, 10-0, a? followed that i with a 27-21 coi quest over TCL But rival West Virginia ended Kerr the “streak” with a 19-14 victory in 1954 and Navy blasted the home club, 34-14, in 1955 before the largest Homecoming throng in history. The Lions (and Engle) resumed their winning ways in 1956 by slaughtering Holy Cross, 43-0, be fore an Eastern television crowd. Skull and Bones, senior men's hal society, will present Presi dent Eric A. Walker with a hat at halftime of the game today. Ronald Kolb, president of Skull and Bones, will make the presentation to Walker who was initialed into the society Wednesday. But upstart Vanderbilt threw a flu-ridden Ni 11 an y team for a 32-20 loss last fall. Engle's current Nitiany array will not only try to break the Homecoming “jinx" this after noon but will also attempt to rebound from the 26-0 disaster at Army last week. The Lions demonstrated their ability to strike back earlier this fall when they battered Penn, 43- 0, after losing a heartbreaking season’s opener to “weak” Ne braska. However, the rebounding may be a little more difficult this time. Reason: the age old ath letic nemisis—the injury bug—has set in on the Lions, causing an almost complete revamping of Penn State’s starting array. Four starters in that Army tilt will be limited to reserve duty, (Continued on page eight) their lives because they have cap [tured something he was denied in his youth. Shiarella was slow in getting into the character of Tom, the middle man who resents the sen ior professor’s exertion of author ity yet knows he is called upon to advise the actions of the younger people. His wife, a Lon don actress, played well by Elaine Zeller, sees the resentment of the whole situation coming between them. But she is some what helpless as an onlooker. As usual Patricia Paladino, as Professor White’s mother, was excellent. Her audience was with her con stantly in relatively short appear ances. Her afternoon tea parties were- delightful satire's on the campus gossips, principle of whom was Miss Dagnall (Janice Cham pagne), a deliciously naive s]?in ster. i By LOU PRATO Sports Editor Picture no Page Eight PA System Will Report Penalties Penalties and scoring sum maries will be announced over the Beaver Field public address system at todav's football game in addition to the usual starting lineups and Blue Band 'introduc tion. All-University Cabinet recom mended Thursday that further use be made of the public ad dress system. Charles Welsh. Cabinet spokes man, said there is little chance that a play-by-play description will be carried over the address system for this year’s games but the information broadcast today will be broadcast at each of this year’s home games. Welsh told Cabinet Thurs day an objection to public ad dress system play-by-play ac counts was that they inlerefere somewhat with radio broad casting of the games. James H. Coogan, director of the Department of Public Infor mation, did not believe there was a need for play-by-play descrip tions of the games over the ad dress system, Welsh said. The forecast for today is fair with a high temperature of 56; tonight, increasing cold with a low of 33. The high Sunday will be about 55, continued fair and cold. The emotional young suitor, which Mazza played, could not reconcile the clash between his sincerity and the general condem nation of his relationship with Megan Lewis. His enthusiasm for living, handled well by Mazza, was resented by the stagnant pro fessors. The whole.cast used a delicate hint of a broad English accent —just enough to be realistic aryi not enough to be affected. The stage designs which were changed quickly for continuity were conservative, as the 1920 English setting dictated, yet re flected well the characters of their occupants. Another almosl-prop on the stage was Professor Parry-Phil lips (William Wells) who crept across the floor in a most English manner. His comments were few but most appropriate.
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