VOL. 59, No. 39 STATE COLLEGE, PA., TUESDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 4, 1958 FIVE CENTS $lO For Million Available Construction Fund A branch o University for the Federal Housing Administration has made $lO million available to the onstruction of residence halls and dining halls. is A. Walker said yesterday the University would probably borrow from insure early construction of new men's and women's residence halls in Circle area. President E these funds t• the old Polloc The Polloc University's hist It will provide for more than There will be f project will be the first jointly financed construction of its kind in the accommodations 200 n students. iur 8-story halls two 8-story and; s for men. The dining-post offi- Ilding which will II ities for men of for women and one 6-story hal area,Nvill have al ce-recreation bu I also provide faci the Nittany area, For the additional $13,625,000 which is estimated to be needed for the project, Walker said the University will offer additional bonds for sale. He said the present interest rate set by the federal government is 2 7/8 per cent. A 3.68 per cent rate was required of the Univer sity in its most recent Series B bond issue for other construction work. Walker said: "Today the Uni versity has outstanding in the hands of the public $34.6 million fn first mortgage bonds. Upon completion of the presently au thorized construction of self-liqui dating projects in the fall of 1961, there'will be $56 million outstand ing." The University does its princi pal borrowing by selling these bonds to the public. They are ob tained by a first mortgage on certain properties, together with a pledge of the gross revenue of the mortgaged revenue-producing properties. The University is also financing other main projects on campus in cluding the 4-story Hammond En gineering Building going up a long College Avenue next to the Mall, the Home Economics South addition. North Residence Halls and the Petroleum Research Lab oratory, In front of Forestry Build ing. 28,000 Watch Lions Win, 36-0 • —Collegian photo by Bob Thompson MUSIC . High school bands file onto Beaver Field for Band Day ceremonies, taffed by 4500 players took part in the half-time activities. MUSIC, MUSIC In all, 56 bands By LOU Sports PRATO f ditor it power which lly grounded in ''all battles this ith devastating Field Saturday the Lions shot I. -0. That offensive had been practic.; Penn State's foo season erupted AI force at Beaver afternoon when down Furman, 3 The Nittany AI had been limitel per-game in six ashes, gained 15 the deterniined b k Corps, which '4 to 67.8 yards Iprevious skirm yards against , t shallow South Million Expected at Polls x...:,. * 43 * 4at ~ . .L - . ;c,,,...\,...e.7t, . .::,,i4; Co r tan ..,_ ......._ FOR A BETTER PENN STATE Coed, Alum Escape Injury in Car Crash A University coed and an alumnus escaped serious in jury at about 8:30 p.m. Saturday when their car collided headon with another auto six miles west of Washington, Pa. The death of a 10-month baby was involved in the crash. Although both cars were completely demolished, Bar bara Stone, junior in arts and let ters from Wheeling, W. Va., suf fered only a cut lip. The operator of the car she was riding in, Thomas Hollander, pres ident of the class of 1958 from' Monessen, suffered a cut leg which required 22 stitches. Hollander, who might possibly have a fractured right ankle, was retained in the Washington Hos pital. Miss Stone was released after treatment and observation. Of the three occupants in the other vehicle, Eugene Simpson, a 10-month old baby, was killed in, the crash. The childs's parents, Lucas Simpson, 23, and Fay Simp-1 son, 18, New Haven, Conn., re ceived cuts of the face and knee , and a bruised right shoulder re spectively. Mr. and Mrs. Simpson were taken to the - hospital at Washington.. The cars were both in the mid dle lane of a 3-lane highway when they collided. State police at Washington said they were unable to tell which driver was at fault. They added that it will be up to the coroner and courts to decide. PhysEd Letters Asked of Vets All-University President Jay Feldstein has asked freshman and sophomore veterans for support in his quest for veteran exemption from physical education. Feldstein urged veterans to sub mit letters giving their opinions and reasons supporting the opin ions to the Hetzel Union desk be fore Thursday. Feldstein said he wanted to use the opinions as ammunition when he goes before the University Sen ate Thursday. All-University Cabinet sent a recommendation to Senate last Spring for the exemption. But it was sent to a committee and has been floundering there until Cab inet brought up the issue again this fall. Carolina eleven. Only one aerial hit the touchdown target, but' eight others were completed at strategic times. Quarterback Richie Lucas was, the chief navigator-bombadier in the aerial raid witnessed by a 28,000 Band Day crowd. The flashy junior, who gained his wings last year when he com pleted 27 of 59 passes for 426 yards and four TDs, threw for 1 131 yards and one TD. He com pleted 8 of 15 attempts during the regular play and also hit on two of two conversion tries. Lucas' favorite target was an' infantry refugee who enlisted in the flyboy force last spring—l Maury Schleicher. Up until Sat urday, Schleicher had caught on ly two passes for 21 yards. But the behemouth senior -6-3, 230- pounds grabbed five of Lucas' pitches against Furman for 87 yards, and added another recep tion on a point-after-touchdown fling. (Continued on page nine) Democratic Victory Seen for Elections WASHINGTON (. I P)—The angry words - of a bitter cam paign faded last night and it was left up to the voters: will they gratify the sky high hopes of the Democrats, or surprise the experts with a Republican triumph? More than 76 million men and women are eligible to vote today and about 48 million are expected to. Their votes will decide wh for the next two years—and by the men who'll govern 32 stat Their votes may indicate, t 1960 presidential campaign. A 48-million vot e r turnout would be a record for a nonpresi dential election year. Good wea- 1 ther was forecast for most areas, but a surprise snowstorm hit, western New England and up state New York yesterday. The Democrats grew so con fident of sweeping gains that one of their top strategists, Sen. George Smathers of Florida, talked somberly of the duties that devolve on those in a place of great power. Republicans made no sweeping claims. They talked hopefully, though, of startling upsets they said were in the making, some thing like the upset former Pres ident Harry Truman administered to overconfident Republicans in 1948. In this 1958 campaign, Truman admonished his party not to grow too confident, but in the end he too threw restraint to the winds. He predicted the biggest Demo cratic landslide since 1932 when the Franklin D. Roosevelt years began. However, President Eisenhower got in some surprisingly hard blows himself. Eisenhower at one point fold the voters that: "Either we choose left - wing government, or sensible, forward looking government." He also repeat edly attacked what he called radicals influencing the oppo sition, provoking Democrat Ad lai Stevenson to charge that the Republicans were waging "a desperate, intolerable, dema goguery type of campaign." Truman:in one thrust at Eisen hower, declared: "He went to Ko- (Continued on page two) 7 of Parties' Candidates Opposed in Nominations Seven of 12 candidacies of Campus and University parties for freshman and sophomore class offices were contested at nomination meetings Sunday night. All six positions on the Campus ticket and one, that of freshman class president candidate, on University party's ticket were opposed. . Elections for freshman and sophomore class officers will be held Nov. 19 and 20. Donald Clagett, chemistry ma jor from State College, will run ; for sophomore class president I and Jay Kahle, arts and letters major from Rixford, will run for freshman class president on the University party ticket. Clagett's nomination Su n day night was unopposed. Kahle's nomination was contested by Lynn Christy, arts and letters major from State College. George Bentrem, pre - medical major from McDonald, was nomi nated for sophomore class vice president. Marilyn Barndt, educa tion major from Telford, will run for sophomore class secretary treasurer.' Eliott Fuhrman, in division- of counseling from Camden, N.J., was nominated for vice president of the freshman class. Marjorie Ganter, education major from Bethel Park, was nominated for freshman secretary-treasurer. The last four nominations were unopposed. -- ich party will control Congress how much—and they'll choose es. 00, how blow the winds for the Students To Be Excused For Voting Students still have a chance to vote in today's elections. Students may be legally ex cused from class today by obtain ing a special form at the dean of men's office and having it signed by the judge of elections at the student's polling place. WDFM will begin broadcast ing ejection results at 9:30 to- Dean of Men Frank J. Simes said the forms may be presented to professors as regular excuses. The polls are open ih the state until 8 tonight. Students wishing to go home to vote will find safe driving con ditions. State police from the Rockview Barracks reported high ways clear throughout the state despite yesterday morning's snow and sleet. Sunny aid pleasant weather is forecast for today. Polling experts are predicting a heavy off-year_ election vote with many "hot" races expected for senatorial and gubernatorial offices. Campus party clique members elected Herbert Goldstein, arts and letters major from Harris burg, as the party's nominee for freshman class president. Gold stein! defeated James Ter: y, !metallurgy major from Pitts burgh Keith Carlson, chemical engi neering major from Ridgewood, !N.J., was elected nominee for ,sophomore class president, de feating David Kiser. The nomination for candidate for freshman class vice president went to Terry, who defeated sePh Jo- e , K renick. Benjamin Free iman, business administration ma jorl from Strafford, will run for !the office of sophomore class vice president. He defeated Robert Toczek. Robin Brooks, education major from Erie, was elected to run for the position of freshman class secretary-treasurer. She defeated Cynthia Xanthopoulis. Rhoberta Engelbrink, arts and letters ma jor from Glenside, will run for secretary-treasurer of the sopho 'more class. She defeated Susan Dinsmore for the nomination.
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