G—The Daily Collegian Monday, Oct. 12, 1981
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Coming Home: Alums meet
at reception, Oktoberfest
By DIANE L. ROWELL
Daily Collegian Staff Writer
As students participated in the
various Homecoming events and the
usual Friday night activities,
returning alumni began to arrive on
campus to relive their past and to
have the University honor them as
one of the most important parts of
Homecoming.
A distinguished alumni reception
on Friday evening and the annual
Oktoberfest on Saturday afternoon
were held at the Nittany Lion Inn to
give returning alumni the
opportunity to meet once again,
remember old friendships and make
• new ones.
"Homecoming is the opportunity
to think about the things I thought
about 30 years ago," Ray Shibley,
class of '47, said at Friday's
reception. "Each one reminds me of
an event and a thought, and this is
the first time I got to shake hands
with the Nittany Lion."
Iry Segal, class of '56 and Alumni
Association representative from the
West coast, traveled from California
in order to be here for Homecoming
and to visit his family.
"It's great to be back," Segal said.
"I love this school. I'm just
delighted to be back."
Segal said he really enjoyed the
• parade and was very impressed by
• the imaginative floats. He said he
hopes to make it back every year for
Homecoming.
"I'm not ashamed to say that
when they play the alma mater
tomorrow, I will cry," Segal said.
Various alumni talked about the
" special affinity Penn State
graduates have and how it stays
with them wherever they go.
Monty and Marion Mitchell, class
of '49, came from Houston,'Texas,
for Homecoming but missed the
. parade.
"We never had a parade when we
were here," Marion Mitchell said.
She added that, "Homecoming is
the chance to see old and new friends
and to see how the school has
grown."
Herb Beckhard, class of '49, came
from New York, a trip he said.was
not that difficult anymore.
"I come up here a lot anyway,"
Beckhard said. "I love Penn State."
Beckhard played on the tennis
• team while he was attending the
University and now has a son who
also plays for, the team, he said.
"Penn State has gotten eight years
out of us," Beckhard said. "For me,
the education I received was
excellent. It's been a very positive
thing and I have such fond memories
of Penn State nice girls, good
games and great teachers. I enjoyed
everything I did here."
.A Penn State fan displays her Central Counties Bank buttons on her hat, above, while
tile Pi Kappa Alpha Dixieland band entry, below, won first place in the crazy band
:competition.
Joe Healey, Homecoming
chairman for alumni relations,
organized the alumni reception in
order to make the alumni feel at
home.
"It gives you a great feeling to
know they care about Penn State,"
Healey said.
State Rep. Roger Madigan, R
-110th district, a member of the
Board of Trustees and a '5l
graduate, said this Homecoming
was extra special for him because he
was invited to participate in the
parade.
"I enjoyed it immensely,"
Madigan said. "All of us had an
enjoyable time.
"Homecoming is an opportunity to
meet with old friends and
classmates and the chance to see the
excellent Penn State football team
perform."
Madigan reminisced about the
effect returning war veterans had on
the campus and the students years
ago.
"It gave us some maturity to
mingle with them," he said.
To prove that things have not
changed all that much, Madigan
confessed that even back then
students caused the same kind of
trouble that students do now.
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Madigan recalled one incident
involving a snowball fight in the
winter of 1950 that sent a whole
group of students to the police
station. The snow ball fight involved
many fraternities and turned into an
all-out fight in the middle of the
snow-covered streets.
On Saturday, alumni assembled
once again after the game at the
Oktoberfest, sponsored by the
Alumni Association.
Please see OKTOBERFEST, Page 18
Parade entertains all with
a variety of activities
By DIANE L. ROWELL
Daily Collegian Staff Writer
The invasion began Friday and
they came from all over returning
alumni, football fans and visitors
from Boston.
They descended on State College
with their Winnebagos and packed
trunks to participate in one of Penn
State's most traditional and favorite
events Homecoming.
"Homecoming '81: A Tradition"
was a popular and appropriate
theme as the University devoted its
entire weekend to the Penn State of
the past and future.
The Homecoming parade, an
event filled with colorful crepe
paper and chicken wire, was worth
the delay as people gathered all
along the sidewalks from the
Intramural Building to College
Avenue to Rec Hall.
All afternoon the floats were being
brought to the IM building as people
put the finishing touches and stuck
that last bit of crepe paper on their
floats.
Creativity and hard work were
apparent in the floats, banners,
madhatters and crazy bands
participating in the parade. '
The parade started a bit late, so
anticipation was at its peak as the
Lion's Legion finally came into view
carrying hundreds of blue helium
balloons and leading the crowd with
cheers.
Grand Marshalls George Page,
launch director for the space shuttle,
and Mike Shine, 1976 Olympic silver
medalist, led the parade riding in
convertibles.
An antique steam engine carrying
the judges chugged along after
them, with the truck spewing out
steam and spraying the crowd with a
light mist.
State legislators from Harrisburg
traveled in a horse-drawn carriage
and waved to the crowd.
"Ah, Homecoming . . . it reminds
me of my yciuth," said State Rep.
Ben Wilson, R-Bucks County.
The Nittany Lion, Roy Scott,
jumped in and out of the parade
procession as spectators shouted,
"We want the lion!" .
More antique steam engines and
high-pitched horn-blowing followed
and then the floats began to appear.
Blinking lights, moving parts and
stereophonic sound were only part of
engineering ingenuity that went into
the many floats.
Pollock-Nittany Residence Hall
Association, the only dorm area to
enter a float, built a float to
represent a very popular and
traditional game on campus
quarters. A large hand moved up
and down as it motioned to flip a
quarter in a mug.
The Undergraduate Student
Government had a flatbed truck and
members dressed up as Arabs and
businessmen with money bulging
from their pockets and cigar smoke
coming from their mouths. The
interpretation of their theme was
left for the spectators' imagination.
There were floats representing
many of the Penn State traditions:
cramming, the dreaded "freshman
ten," climbing Mt. Nittany, sticky
buns at the old College diner, red
tape, Old. Main and even some Joe
Paterno look-a-likes wearing the
famous white socks.
.Over-all winner for greeks was
Phi Sigma Kapppa fraternity and
Sigma Delta Tau sorority. Second
Winning the first place award in the Homecoming float competition was this entry by
Phi Sigma Kappa fraternity and Sigma Delta Tau sorority.
place went to Acacia fraternity and
Kappa Delta sorority, and third
place went to Pi Kappa Phi
fraternity and Kappa Kappa
Gamma sorority. Over-all winners
were chosen on a point basis for
their float, bannner, madhatter and
crazy band.
Please see MARCHING, Page 18
Photo by Dan Dulnlkowski
Two groups of Nittany Lion fans enjoy the Homecoming weekend in different but
traditional ways.
All night long: Vigil protects
lion shrine from B.C. fans
By DIANE L. ROWELL temperature, they performed in
Daily Collegian Staff Writer uniforms of short-sleeved shirts for,
The time: 10:30 Friday night. The men and short skirts for the women.
place: the Nittany,Lion shrine. The . , "Cold? We're not cold," said one
scene: four avid University students Legion member.
arrive early to secure their positions "The enthusiasm of the crowd and
against the anticipated evil doings of the excitement of the people keeps
the Boston College Eagles. us warm," Legion member Brian
Maser (7th-health planning and
administration/landscape
architecture) said.
Ken Graham (7th-animal
bioscience), who came for a brief
stay in shorts, wet hair and a towel,
also seemed unaffected by the cold..
"I felt like going swimming,"
Graham said.
As the evening progressed,
several attempts from Boston
College were reported by the people
sitting on top cf the lion.
"They were real sneaky," a vigil
watcher said. "They came up from
behind, but we caught them in time.
We're holding them for
interrogation."
At that point it seemed as though,
no one was above suspicion and very
few were allowed near the lion.
It is questionable whether the lion
was even there because not one
corner of his concrete body could be
seen under the blanket of people.
Those who wanted to see if the lion
really was there had to produce their
student ID card for scrutinization or
else sing the Penn State alma mater.
Anyone without an ID was in obvious
trouble.
"We've got some real sickies that
came this year," an unidentified and
slightly intimidated Boston College
student said.
Unknown to many, there were
several Boston College students and
fans on hand at the vigil who were
there out of curiosity and
amazement.
"What are they standing on
anyway? What's a Nittany?" said a
Boston. College student present at
the vigil.
Other curiosity seekers came
from as far as Maryland.
Several pledges from a fraternity
from the University of Maryland
traveled to Penn State as part of
pledge project. Three officers from
the pledge class were assigned to
"moon" the lion and take a polaroid
picture to immortalize the occasion.
"We didn't know this was going to
be going on," Nick Guiditta, a
Maryland student said. "It came as
a complete surprise to us, but
probably not to the guys who sent us
up here."
Crowd reaction to the Maryland
visitors was somewhat mixed.
"How sacrilegious," one girl said.
"I'm never surprised by what a
fraternity will do," another said.
While some people returned to the
comfort and warmth of home, others
stayed on throughout the night to see
the vigil through.
At 6:30 Saturday morning in the
lingering darkness, 28 vigil watchers
remained.
Once again, the vigil at the lion, a
longstanding tradition, was held
Friday night in order to protect the
lion from the possibility of wearing a
maroon and gold coat courtesy of
the Boston College Eagles and their
paint brushes.
The first four to arrive at the vigil,
Rick Penpeka (4th-administrative
justice), Paul Morett (7th
architecture), John Mong (Bth
community development) and Jeff
"Pudge" Figurski, a visitor from
Erie, came early to get the coveted
but cold position on top of the lion.
"Look at us, do you think they
have a chance?" one said.
In order to prepare for the vigil,
the quartet said they skipped
classes, brought plenty of provisions
and started "toasting the lion pretty
early."
When asked why they were there
before the official start of the vigil,
they said they had received an
anonymous tip that Boston College
would be coming early. Others said
they were there because it was a
tradition and they felt the lion was
an important University tradition.
"Look how cute he is," Morett
said. "We don't want it to get hurt."
As midnight approached, the
crowd increased and the music
began.
Mr. B's Traveling Disco and radio
station WQWK were there playing
music until 5:30 a.m. The music and
dancing were scheduled to end at 3
a.m., but crowd support and the
obvious fun everyone was having
kept participants there much longer.
The Lion's Legion was on hand to
lead cheers and promote crowd
spirit. Despite the frigid
Please see LION, Page 18
police log
• Cari McElwee, 413 West Drive, told
University Police Services yesterday
that her 1972 MGB was missing from
Parking Lot Red F.
The car is valued at about $1,900, police
said.
• Two windows were broken at Saint
Paul's United Methodist Church, 250 E.
College Ave., on Saturday, the State
College Police Department said.
The damage to the windows was esti
mated at $l,BOO, police said. ,
• Fred Burns, supervisor of presenta
tion services, told University police on
collegian notes
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The equipment was valued at about $l,-
400, police said.
• A vehicle driven by Kathy Vali, 1013
S. Allen St., went through a fence at the
intramural field on Park Avenue on
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Hall was taken to Ritenour Health
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Damage to Hall's car was estimated at
$750, police said.
• The Juggling Club will meet at 8:30
tonight in 106 White Building.
• The bicycle division of the Penn
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• Kelly White, 401 Hibbs, told Univer
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were missing from the lobby of Hibbs
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The cameras were valued at about $BO,
police said.
e Dennis Helsel, a member of the
Boston College football team, told Uni
versity police on Saturday that clothing
was missing from the visiting team lock
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The clothes were valued at about $6O,
police said.
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• Nancy Phillips, 1212 S. Pugh St., told
bicycle workshop at 7 tonight in 8 Intra- • The Archery Club will meet at 7
mural Building. A mechanic will be tonight in 10 IM Building.
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• Alpha Phi Omega service fraternity • The Kodokan Judo Club will prac
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