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VOL. 60. No.'-I
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Lois Piercy
is Among
10 Finalists
Miss Lois Janet Piercy, Miss
Centre County and Miss Penn
sylvania, was among the *lO
semi - finalists in the Miss
America pageant last night:
Linda Lee Mead, Miss Missis
sippi, won the Miss America title
the second girl m a- row from her
state to capture tne honor.
Miss Piercy, a 1959 University
graduate from Springfield, was a
preliminary talent winner Wed
nesday night but was not a
winner in the bathing suit com
petition Thursday night. She
competed in the evening gown
division Friday night but the re
sults were not announced.
Last night. Miss Piercy par
aded before the nation-wide
television audience as well as
the large crowd of 15,000 on
hand in Atlantic City's Conven
tion Hall as one of the 10 semi
finalists.
She first appeared in a full
blown white silk organza gown
with a round neckline, V-shaped
back and off the shoulder sleeves.
Next, she appeared in the bathing,
suit competition with a white
costume. •
As a .final part of her compe
tition, Miss Piercy presented her
talent act—consisting of an ori
ginal flute composition and the
presentation of her original paint
ing “Night Rain on the City.”
The 21-year-old University
graduate suceeded a sorority
sister at the University, Miss
Rosalie Skmley, as Miss Penn
sylvania in competition held
earlier this summer in West
Chester. Both are members of
Delia Gamma .sorority.
Miss Piercy won the Miss Cen
tre County title last May at Belle
fonte in .competition sponsored
by the Bellefonte Jay-Cee’s.
(Continued on page 20)
Lion Gridders Open With Missouri
Richie Lucas
' quarterback
—Colleirian Photo'by Bob Thompson
MISS LOIS JANET PIEHCY is crowned Miss Pennsylvania by
Miss Rosalie Samley also a University, coed, in state-wide com
petition earlier this summer. Miss Piercy was a semi-finalist in
last night’s Miss America pageant in Atlantic City.
House OK's Budget;
Sent To Senate
The House of Representatives has approved Gov. David
L. Lawrence’s recommendation for a $34.2 million appropri
ation for the University for the 1959-60 biennium.
The appropriation is $lO million short of the amount ori
ginally asked by President Eric A. Walker. The bill has been
sent to the Senate.
Walker notified the House
earlier last month that his or
iginal request 1 could be cut by
nearly $4 million due to the
increase in student fees.
The fee increase—s6s per se
mester for Pennsylvania residents
and $lO5 for out-of-state resi
dents makes the University
costs the third highest among
state-aided universities.
Sen. Jo Hays (D-Centre) said
'he saw an uncertain future for
, Rip Engle'
head coach
FOR A BETTER PENN STATE
STATE COLLEGE. PA.. SUNDAY MORNING. SEPTEMBER 13. 1959
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| the University’s appropriation in
Sthe Senate. “If we send an un
balanced budget to the Governor,
I’m not very hopeful about Penn
State’s chances for an increase
in that $34.2 million.” he added.
A more optomislic yiew of
the University's budget prob
lem wets held by Rep. Eugene
M. Fulmer. He said he would
stick by a month-old prediction
that the University would wind
(Continued on page 20)
Ranked -hign in pre-season
ratings by grid experts all
over the country, Penn State
Opens the 1959 football season
Saturday at Missouri.
Starting with Saturday’s open
er against the Tigers, Nittanies
■face a tough ten-game schedule
which boasts such powers as Sy
racuse (h), Pitt (a), Army (a), Il
linois (a), and tVest Virginia (a).
Games with Colgate (h), Boston
University (h), V.M.k (h). and
■Holy Cross (h) round out the
schedule.
Head coach Rip Engle, an ad
vocate of the wing-T, has plenty
of talent around this year but
he has his share of troubles, too.
Quarterback Richie Lucas
and captain Pat Botula, the
Lion fullback, head a list of
eighteen lettermen who return
for the ‘59 .campaign.
Lucas is regarded as the best
all-around college player in the
country by Engle and such a
statement coming from the taci
turn coach is a real tribute.
The senior from Glassport, Pa.,
has been a standout as a runner
Pat Bottil* anti Passer in the past but Engle’s
statement has him on the soot.
captain (Continued on page 21)
By SANDY PADWE
Sports Editor
fgtatt
Mentation
Varied Activities
Launch Class of '63
Some 4400 wide-eyed and wondering freshmen and trans
fer students will arrive on campus today to “find out what
it’s all about” during an activity packed Orientation Week.
Under the guidance of a committee composed of members
of student government and administration, a program of
counseling, tours, lectures and,
mixers has been set up to help[#« . m
incoming students get acquaintedr f |im|m j* M|.
with new faces and new sur- La Vl IB IW
roundings.
Unit hall meetings will be \k £ “jf* ft
held at 9:00. 9:15 and 10 to- WAV S fWklfl&f l
night for all new students liv- ;▼T VI V IVWU i VI
ing in residence halls. Orienta- ' *
lion Week will officially begin 1 k k 8 8 * ■
when President Eric A. Walker TvJOOIB fl If*
welcomes all new students at 1 ? I R ft ill
a convocation at 9 a.m. tomor- j Analmls on Pane 5
row in Recreation Hall. MfiQmw m 7.1 *
At 8 a.m. tomorrow students! MOSCOW (/P) A pendant
will meet with orientation coun- flying rocket hurtled on into
selors at places specified in the!„„ , . . . ,
Orientation Week booklet. These[ s P ace yesterday, aiming to put
counselors are made up of mem-,the hammer and sickle on the
bers of men’s and women’s hatl
societies, top scholastic students, 000-
[and members of college student! But one Soviet expert said the
[councils. These meetings will con-jball-shaped, 860-pound space cap
itinue throughout the week atisule might miss its target,
times and places specified in thej After the rocket was launched
booklet. ;Saturday, Soviet scientists said
Students will also meet, mem-.they expected its course would
■bers of their respective colleges atiput it on the moon at 12:05 a.m.
10 a.m, tomorrow. At various [Moscow time tomorrow,
imes during the week students That would be 4;05 p.m F.ST
will meet with their advisors andi today and less than 48 hours be
he deans of their colleges, receive [fore Soviet Premier Nikita Khru
shchev is due to arrive in the
United States for his momentous
meeting with President Eisen
hower.
Orientation Schedule ■
Today
Religious -mixer?, 7 to 9 p.m.
Protestant and Orthodox <U€A)—tfcdts
to faculty homes.
Jewish—mixer, HiUel Foundation,
224 Locust Lane.
Catholic—mixer. Our Lady of Victory
Church. W. Fairmnunt Ave.
Orientation Counselors Banquet, 6 p.m.
Hl'B ballroom.
Tomorrow
President’* convocation, 9 R.m.,
Recreation Hall.
Scheduled Orientation* events,
10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Campus tour, 6:45 p.m.
Faculty Variety Show, 7:45 p.m.,
Recreation Hall.
Residence Hall meetings,
9:39 to 11 p.m.
Tuesday
Scheduled Orientation events,
8 a.m. to a p.m,
IFC smokers, 7:43 to 9:30 p.m.
Residence Hall meetings,
9:30 to 11 p.m.
■physical education instruction,
tour the library and other sec
tions of campus and take physical
and scholastic tests.
' The individual colleges will
hold mixers. Religious affilia-
lion groups have also planned 'cfotier to Take Past
parlies. Orienlalion Week will * " , r ° , . rOSr
end with the Dink Debut sched- AS Acting PhySICS Head
uled lor 8:30 p.m. Friday in the j Dr. Richard G. Stoner, associate
Helzel Union ballroom and : professor of physics, will become
Class Night at 8 p.m. Saturday -temporary head of the Depart
in Recreation Hall. meat of Physics during the leave
On the cultural side of Orienta- of absence of Dr. John A. Sauer,
tion Week, new students will have head of the department,
the opportunity to attend various Dr. Stoner, who will hold his
lectures by outstanding members new post from Oct. 1 to July 31,
of the faculty. Discussion topics received his BA, MA and PhD de
wil range from “Fission in a grees in physics at Princeton Uni-
Swimming Pc'jl,” by Forrest J.jversity. Stoner has been a mem-
Remick, research associate, nu-jber of the University faculty since
clear reactor project, to “Paintingj 1948
as a Language,” by Harold E. |
Dickson, professor of history of
art and architecture. : |
The times and places of these
(Continued on page 20)
Journal Cites Williamson/
As 'Man of the Month' 1
Merritt A. Williamson, dean of 1
the College of Engineering and!
Architecture, has been named;
“Man of the Month” in the cur
rent issue of Industrial Labrator-!
ies magazine.
The article cites the dean’s ex- 1
perience in research management,!
teaching and supervisory work asi
evidence that he. knows what he!
is talking about in the classroom.
Wei come
Frosh
I Shortly before midnight Sat
| urday, however, a dispatch by
the science editor of the offi
cial news agency Tass said: "It
is difficult to forecast at pres
ent .whether it will touch the
surface cf ihe moon, become a
; satellite of the moo'h or become
i a new planet."
! Tass quoted that assessment by
! Yevgeny Bogoyavlensky, who also
.said the Soviet scientists might
I have used a new type of rocket
fuel to send the moon projectile
aloft.
| The science writer’s views were
echoed by a radio Moscow broad
cast.
It said: “The latest Soviet cos
mic rocket has been launched in
a dirr'dion considerably different
from .at of the first Soviet cos
mic rocket. It is to approach the
mc'jn in the last quarter of the
lunar month, when the moon is
| (Continued on page five) .
Dial Directions
Procedure for operating the
new dial telephone system in
the residence halls is as fol
lows:
Between residence hails
dial 5 and then the correct
four digits, as 5-2531.
. .From downtown to residence
halls dial ihe exchange UN
5, then the correct four digits,
as UN 5-2531.
These calls may be made at
any hour of the day as night.
Calls from residence halls to
downtown can be made only
from pay phones.
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