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VOL 60, No. 50 STATE COLLEGE, PA., MONDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 23, 1959 FIVE CENTS
Sunny Sky, Warm Weather Expected
To Provide Good Travel Conditions
Sunny skies and warm temperatures are expected to provide excellent traveling con
ditions throughout Pennsylvania today as thousands of University students leave for the
Thanksgiving Vacation.
A few light showers may occur in northern and western sections of the Common
wealth tonight and in the eastern two-thirds of the state tomorrow, but they should not
Hot Paraffin
Causes Fire
In Infirmary
Picture, Page 3
A smokey fire in the physi
cal therapy room of the Rite
nour Health Center caused an
estimated $30,000 worth of
damage early Saturday morn
ing,
The fire was caused by a faulty
thermostat control on a paraffin
v,ax bath, according to Alpha
fireman Hal Dillenback. A pan
1-foot deep, holding about five
gallons of melted paraffin, over
heated and spattered wax on the
curtains, setting them on fire.
According to Dr. Herbert Glenn,
University physician, smoke com
pletely ruined valuable machines
in the room.
The fire was discovered at 1:14
em, by James Neidhardt, fresh-,
man in engineer ing from Towan-1
da, who was walking toward Nit
tany residence halls.
Alpha firemen answered the
alarm soon after Neidhardt re
ported the fire to a night nurse
on duty in the health center.
The siren alarm system stuck
and blew continuously for 15
minutes, rousing University and
State College residents out of bed.
The fire, which' was confined
to the physical therapy room,
Was extinguished with water fog.
Although there was extensive
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No Budget Statement
Made by Walker
By NICKI
President Eric A. Walker will WOLFORD
make no statement con
cerning the low $34.2 million state appropriation because
there is "lots of work to be done to decide what to do," a
University spokesman said yesterday.
The appropriation bill was signed into law by Gov. David
L. Lawrence Saturday.
The President' "hasn't reached any formal conclusions
on what must be done or how
we'll live with it, but we must
live with it," James H. Coogan, di
rector of public information, said.
Anything the President could '
STI has already been said for
him and he cannot, at this time,
Predict the effect of the appro
priation on the University, was
t!, / e way Coogan described the
resident's attitude.
The Council of Deans has been
working or, budgetary matters
such as salary adjustments with
in the nine colleges for presenta
tion to Walker, according to Law
rence E. Dennis, vice president
for academic affairs and chair-1
Than of the council. '
The final approval of the budget
ended four month's of operation
° "zero budget." which rteces-
FOR A BETTER PENN STATE
By JOEL MYERS
have much effect on homebound
students.
Bright sunshine should boost
afternoon temperatures above the
50 degrees mark in all sections
of the state today.
Readings will range from the
50's in the extreme northeast
corner to the low or middle 60's
r in the Philadelphia and Pitts
burgh areas. Other sections
should be in - the middle or
upper 50's.
Slightly cooler weather is an
ticipated for tomorrow since
clouds will reduce the amount of
sunshine.
1 The forecast for the State Col
lege area is for mostly clear skies
and warm temperatures today
with a high of 57 degrees. To
night should be mostly cloudy
with a few light showers likely.
Over the last four Thanks
giving vacations, three students
have been killed and nine in
jured. All were involved in auto
accidents, while either going
home or returning to the Uni
versity.
DRIVE SAFELY!
The low will be about 40 degrees.
Mostly cloudy and slightly cooler
weather is expected tomorrow.
Thanksgiving day promises to
be one of the quietest days on
campus all year. Most students
will be enjoying a turkey din
ner at home and all University
offices, the Hetzel Union Build
ing and Pattee Library will be
closed.
Residence halls will close for
the Thanksgiving Vacation at
noon on Wednesday and re-open
at 1 p.m. Sunday.
The last meal in the residence
halls will be dinner tomorrow and
the first meal after the vacation
will be breakfast next Monday.
The Lions Den will close at
sitated using funds from fees,
board and room rent to, keep go
ing.
Since the University fiscal
year ended on June 30, no sal
ary adjustments have been
made and no projects were be
gun while officials waited for
the appropriation to move, on
a twisted path, through the
State Legislature.
This year's budget history is
unique both because of the time
it took to become law and because
President Walker made his re
quest for the University public on
January 26, the first time a Uni
versity president has ever made
a request public right from the
start.
(follgiatt
Tw© Students
In Accidents
James Vitale, junior in counsel
ing from Lancaster, was involved
in a four car accident at 3 p.m.,
yesterday five miles west of Mon
roeville on his way back from
Pittsburgh.
An auto driven by Thomas
IHaje, Monroeville, stopped sud
denly while driving east on Rt.
22. Vitale stopped in time to avoid
a collision but an auto driven by
Herman Alexander, Montours
ville, plowed into his car, forcing
him into the rear of Haje's car,
An auto driven by William
Schiffmacher, Forest Hills, Pa.,
crashed into Alexander's auto
forcing him forward into Vitale.
The front and rear of Vitale's
car was demolished. No one was
injured.
The accident tied up traffic on
Rt. 22, which is a four lane high
way, for approximately an hour
In another accident early Satur
day, Bruce Denning, a University
student, ran through the Centre
Furnace barricade on Benner Pike
at approximately 2:30 a.m.
Denning was admitted to the
University Hospital with a back
injury.
Hospital officials refused last
night to give any information con
cerning Denning's condition.
WDFM to Present
Opera by Weisgall
A one-act opera, "The Tenor"
by Hugo Weisgall, distinguished
visiting professor of music, will
be presented over WDFM at 8
tonight.
Albert G. Tsugawa, instructor of
philosophy, will interview Weis
gall and discuss the opera, which
is based on "Der Kammersanger,"
a play written by Frank Wede
kind.
The opera was premiered in
1952 by the Peabody Opera Com
pany and was conducted by Weis
gall. WDFM will play the West
minster recording, conducted byl
Herbert Grossman.
--Collegian Photo by Marty Scharr
LOOSE BALL??—No, a fast lateral to Pitt halfback Fred Cox (out of picture to right) by quarter
back Ivan Toncic (14). State center Jay Huffman (51) tries in vain to block any action on the part
of Toncic. Cox gained seven yards.
'Three C's Ruin Lions
As 46,109 Watch Finale
By SANDY PADWE
Sports 'Editor
Fred Cox, Bob Clemens, and Jim Cunningham, better
known as the "three C's" are the latest rage in Pittsburgh.
And these guys don't even sing, dance, or play the electric
guitar, they just play a mean game of football. If you don't
believe it, just ask Rip Engle or any of his Penn _State foot
ball players.
Saturday, the "three C's" ran roughshod over the fifth
Action On
Bid Held
Off Again
Action on Penn State's Lib
erty Bowl invitation was held
off yesterday because some
officials involved in accepting
the bid had not yet been con
tacted.
James H. Coogan, director of
Public Information, said Presi
dent Eric A. Walker postponed
action on the bid until Walker,
spoke to all those involved in
making the decision.
According to Coogan, any mat
ter such as a bowl bid, must first
go through the Athletic Advisory
Board, the University Senate
Committee on Athletics and the
Board of Trustees.
Coogan said that a decision
might be reached later today or
maybe tomorrow. But he em
phasized that no announcement
would be made until the proper
channels were cleared.
It is also believed that the Uni
versity might still be waiting
until the Liberty Bowl announces
its visiting team.
In Philadelphia, George Kerri
gan, the co-promoter of the Lib
erty Bowl, said that despite Penn
State's 22-7 loss to Pittsburgh
Saturday, the Lions still were the
"number one team" for the Dec.
19 game.
However, the visiting team
berth resembled a jigsaw puzzle
and the Liberty Bowl promoters
were waiting for the pieces to
fall in place.
Kerrigan said that the top four
teams in line for the visiting team
bid now are Georgia, Georgia
Tech, Southern Methodist, and
Clemson.
Kerrigan said the decision on
the visiting team berth depends
on the outcome of the Georgia-
Georgia Tech, and the SMU-TCU
games this week.
TCU has accepted a bid to play
in the Blue Bonnet Bowl in Hous
ton and is out of the running for
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AAUP Elects Ferguson
Dr. John H. Ferguson, director
of the Institute of Public Admin
istration, has been elected pres
ident of the University chapter of
the American Association of Uni
versity Professors.
ranked Nittany Lions and handed
them a 22-7 shellacking in the fi
nal regular season game for both
squads.
The loss gave the Lions a final
record of 8-2 while Pitt finished
with a 6-4 mark.
It was the most important win
for the Panthers this year, for
nothing could be sweeter to them
than a win over Penn State, their
arch-rival for 59 years.
The performance of the C's not
only thrilled the huge throng of
46,109 in Pitt Stadium, but gave
Pitt fans plenty of hope for the
1960 season because halfbacks
Cox and Clemens are sophomores
and Cunningham, the fullback, is
a junior.
Betwen them the C's rushed
for 287 yards, more than Penn
State had in the air and on the
ground combined.
Cox led the way with 129 yards
in 12 carries, including an 86 yard
touchdown run in the third quar
ter that ruined any Penn State
comeback hopes.
"Cox's run was the key play
of the game," said Pitt coach John
Michelosen in the jubilant Pan
ther dressing room after the game.
Clemens 'had 101 .yards in 16
carries and Cunningham, the Pitt
workhorse, ground out 57 yards
in 20 carries.
A hard hitting Pitt line made it
possible for the C's to run wild.
From . the start they pounded Penn
States first and second unit and
opened wide holes in the Lion oe
fense for the-swift backs.
It was this aggressive line
play that gave the Panthers the
lead in the opening moments of
the game.
Just after Penn State stopped
Pitt on the Lion one, the Panthers
took their wrath out on Lion (lan
terback Richie Lucas and stopped
him behind the goal line on one
of his patented roll-outs. The
safety gave Pitt a 2-0 lead.
The Panthers made it 9-0 min
utes later when they marched 40
yards in nine plays. Cunningham
took Henry Opperman's kickoff
'on the Pitt 29 and returned 31
yards to the State 40.
From there the C's moved it
to the one where Pitt's quarter
back Ivan Toncic jumped over
left guard Bud Kohlhaas for the
score. Cox tacked on the extra
point.
Angered by Pitt's surge the
Lions fought hack and moved to
the Pitt 29 where the attack
bogged down.
Sam Stellatella came off the
bench for a field goal try, but it
was blocked by Pitt and Ron Del
fine and the Panthers had the
pigskin.
Pitt then went info high gear
and the C's took it down to the
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