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THE UNIVERSITY SUFFERED a major loss yesterday when a beef cattle barn was destroyed
by fire. The Alpha Fire Company responded to the alarm about 2:30 p.m. Preliminary esti
mates placed the loss between $50,000 and $75,000.
New Stadium Officially Opens
For 1960 Starter Against B.U.
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See Stadium Seating Plan, Page 8
The largest all-steel football stadium in the country wll officially open here today
at 1:30 p.m.
That's when Penn State
at Beaver Stadium, the spank
Beaver Stadium has a
Dedication
To Include
1909 °Lions ,
Football fans at Beaver Sta
dium will witness the old and
the new this afternoon when
the University's 1909 football
team returns for the official
opening of the new stadium.
The oldsters will be welcomed
by President Walker and will
participate in special halftime degrees for the second 40.
ceremony in which they will be This type of construction makes
introduced individually by Deana more feasible to have flashcarcl
Ernest B. McCoy, dean of the cheering, which will be initiated
College of Physical Education andiin the stadium today by the
Athletics. iplock 'S' Club.
The Hat Societies and the, The University estimates that
cheerleaders will also have a part)the
whole job of constructing the
in the dedication and halftimei
:new stadium cost close to $1.6
ceremony.
In addition to the usual Honor The The scoreboard and press box
Lane formed before the begin-!also were transported from the
ning of each game, all hat society
members and cheerleaders w injold site and will be in use this
form a special Honor Lane for:year. However, the writers cov
the 1909 players. iering Penn State games won't
After the oldtimers participatOlave that long walk up to the
in the. halftime ceremony they anymore. From now on they'll
will be official guests at a-rece p _have elevator service.
lion and dinner. I Beaver Stadium, geared for the
.
Originally 13 pl a y ers were schedules of the future, is one of
scheduled to attend the reunion the most modern in every respect.
but Frank 0. Keller of Largo,! There are complete clubhouse
Fla. (originally of Philadelphia),facilities beneath the stands in
was detained by Hurricane Don-!addition to rest rooms, first aid
na and his_ presence is doubtful. ;rooms and refreshment stands.
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Students Ma Cl
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Bikes
y lanes rather than six, which
Anyone who has lost a bicycle: means that even the original
on the campus may claim it at! stands will be farther from the
the Spruce Cottage basement in: field than they were.
the Campus Patrol office. ) Another feature of the new sta-
Those persons wanting to claim dium are the box seats on both
their bicycles must be able to'sides of the field. These seats arc
describe them. (Continued on page fifteen)
FOR A BETTER PENN STATE
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and Boston University square off in the 1960 football opener
ng new home of the Nittany Lions.
,eating capacity of 44,000 compared wth only 30,000 at Beaver
Field.
Strange as it may sound,
Beaver Field is the main part of
the new stadium.
Following the Holy Cross game
last Nov. 14, workmen began dis
mantling Beaver Field which was
located near Recreation Hall and
the Nittany Lion Inn.
Beaver Field came apart like an
erector set and was transported
to the northeast end of campus in
700 pieces.
It was reassembled beneath the
new superstructure and now tow
ers 80 rows high on each side,
from goal line to goal line. Only
the closed end of the horseshoe
remains as it was.
The slope of the stands is
gradual about 20 degrees for
the first 40 rows and about 25
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Cloudy Skies,
Rain Predicted
Cloudy skies will provide the
weather background for the first
football game of the season today.
Rain will begin late in the day
as the remnants of hurricane
Ethel moves northward from the
Gulf states. The precipitation
should continue tonight and
much of tomorrow with the pos
sibility of the rain being heavy
at times.
Temperatures will remain rath- i
er mild today with a high of 721
degrees. Tonight's low will be
about 60. Somewhat cooler tein
peratures are predicted for to-i
morrow with an expected high of:
68 degrees. 1
Coed Fall Rush to Start Tomorrow
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, The fall semester informaDgroups which will visit the soror-lbe. rushing this seine Act:: Alpha
1 !ities for a period of 20 minutcsiXi Delta, Chi Omega, Delta Dc!-
rushing program will open to - leach. Each group will visit five;ta Delta, Delta Gamma, Kappa Al
morrow wth 15 sororities par- each day of open houses. pha Theta and Pi Beta Phi.
:suites on
One sorority woman will act as. Allp a Epsilon
Phi, Sigma
ticipating in open house rush-'
a guide for each -group of rushers., Delta Tau,• Phi Sigma Sigma
ing. . I No refre s hments wi l l be served : and Delta Phi Epsilon wilt rush
All women wishing to 1,101 this during open house rushing. i this semester but will not par
semester must register from, ti! A semi-strict silence will be oh-1 ticipate in open house rushing.
a.m. to 12 noon today in the Pan-'
served by all sororities after the
, Sororities which wilt not he
hellenic Office, 129 Grange Hail.,start of open house rushing. ;rushing juniors arc Aloha Eosilan
As 2 fee will be required to cover] All second semester fresh- ',Phi, Alpha Gamma Delta Alpha
the- cost of registration and rush.-; man woman transfers from any Omicron Pi. Delta Zrta Kappa
ing. i of the commonwealth campuses Delta and Zeta Tau Alpha
A mass meeting, which is re-, having a 2.3 All-University av- 1 A student Panhellenic toomPl
quired for all rushers will be erage and all other upperclass i-ing program will b e a ..., 01 „ 10 ,, to
conducted at 12:30 p.m. today in transfer women from the cam- ;every rus h ee star ti ng the firstday
121 Sparks. At this time all the; puses having a 2.00 average are
rules for rushing and open houses eligible to rush. All other trans- 'of the informal chati,:r date,--„The
counselors are Greek women who
will be explained. fer women of a third semester
have yeilded their
Open houses will be held at or above ranking fro other i sorority itien
m
tity for the duration of the uti.•ll
1:30 to 3:30 p.m. tomorrow and ; schools are able to rush without
:period. These counsetori will be
will continue on Sept. 24 and 25 i
1 presenting their average 'from available in the P:inl)el REINA. eV
at the same times. 1 the other school. I ery evening until prefcrentials .
All rushers will be divided into} The following sororities will noChave been-signed.
Students Save 100 Cows,
Costs May Reach $75,000
A raging fire that was still burning at midnight com
pletely destroyed a beef cattle barn at the northeast . end of
campus yesterday.
The blaze which broke out about 2:30 p.m. was brought
under control about 6 p.m. by the Alpha Fire Co., whch
rushed to the scene with all units
at its disposal, but the fire still
smoldered long into the night.
About 106 head of cattle were
led to safety by five students who
were working near the barns
when- the fire started.
Dr. Rissell C. Miller, head of
the department of animal .hus
bandry, roughly estimated that
the damage may reach $50,000
to $75,000. The barns are covered
by insurance.
An open-pole shed where class
rooms and. show cows were kept
was razed, but the fire was con
tained. It spread was halted be
fore reaching the main beef cat
tle barn on Park Ave. and Short
lidge Rd. directly across the street
from North halls, men's residence
units.
Seventy-five tons of hay, valued
at over $2BOO, 60 tons of straw,
valued at over $lOOO, and $7OO
worth of grain concentrate were
also lost in thes blaze. There was
no equipment kept in the shed.
The origin of the fire was not
determined, but it was believed
to have started in the hayloft.
John Whiting of Lock Haven,
Don Kinman of Miami, Fla., Tom
Williams of Valencia, George
Wherey of Washington and Doug
Kent of Lititz discovered the blaze
when they noticed • billows of
smoke pouring from the hayloft.
They immediately raced to lead
the cattle out into nearby pas
tures.
The cattle had recently been
brought back from the Ohio State
Fair in Columbus where 16 were
judged champions and 19 won
blue ribbons.
Gail Long, instructor in ani
mal husbandry, said the cattle
will probably be moved to the
sheep barns and the old horse
barns. '
A crane was brought in by G.
M. McCrossin, Inc., Bellefonte
contractors, ' to aid in the fire
fighting at about 4:30 p.m. and a
bulldozer was brought in about
7 p.m. to knock down gutted por
tions of the building and prevent
further damage or spread of the
fire.
A few firemen were temporar
ily overcome by smoke while
fighting the blaze, according to
Alpha Co. Fire Chief George
Miley, but were quickly revived
by the administration of oxygen
at the scene.
Erection of new cattle barns at
another location had been under
consideration by the University
in its long-range expansion plans,
according to Miller.
A special Collegian sports
section can be found starting
on page 11.
The Collegian will begin
regular daily publication, Tues
day through Saturday, this
Tuesday.
By JOHN BLACK
Edifor
Communists
Forced Out
Of Congo
LEOPOLDVILLE, the Con
go (AP) Soviet.ied COMMU
'nists burned dOcuments and
packed up last night in prep
aration for a dismal getaway
from the Congo.
Their adventuring effort to ex
ploit a foothold in central Africa
appeared to be ending in failure:
Patrice Lumumba, the puppet'
they had been shaping up, had
vanished, and the facade of Soviet
Inver with him.
The Communists from Eastern
Europe started their preparations
to leave on renewed orders from
the new Congolese army strong
man, Col. Joseph Mobutu. He
said they must clear Out before
another nightfall.
Papers were burned in the
courtyard of the C2ech embas
sy. Workmen then nailed covers
on big wooden crates.
Three carloads of Soviet off i
!dials left the Soviet embassy.
Other cars- loaded with suitcases
;stood in the courtyard.
" Wel are all leaving tomorrow,"
!mid a correspondent for the So
viet news agency Tass.
The correspondent said the
Soviet embassy had received a
formal request to leave the
country from President Joseph
Kasavubu.
I Col. Mobutu announced
Wednesday he was giving the
'Communist bloc 48 hours to leave
the Congo. The first ,signs that
they would obey came last night.
The Russians and their Commu
nist allies had moved into the
Congo in a big way after inde
pendence June 30.
Roadwork to Slow
Curtin Rd. Traffic
Traffic on Curtin Rd. will be
somewhat curtailed on Monday
when, weather permitting, con
sruction work is expected to be
gin at Frazier Rd. •
Workmen will begin digging a
ditch across Curtin Rd. for in
stallation of an electrical conduit
after the heavy morning traffic
has leveled off.
One-lane traffic will be. main
tamed as much as possible. The
work is expected to be completed
by Monday noon.