Today's Weafker — Football Holiday Fair And Cool dlljr Baitg® ©oil?gtatt See Page 4 FOR A BETTER PENN STATE VOL. 55. No. 24 STATE COLLEGE. PA., TUESDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 19. 1954 FIVE CENTS West Virginia Pops Committee Rejects Lion Bubble, If-14 By dick McDowell A team of fired-up Mountaineer sharpshooters came out of the Elections Cliques West Virginia Hills Saturday, took careful aim, and scored a direct hit on that big Penn State football bubble that had been expanding The elections for class clique officers in the State and Lion parties Sunday night were rapidly for three weeks. declared'illegal by the elections committee in conjunction with the party clique chairmen. come A record 32,221 homecoming fans saw the Mountaineers The elections were._protested by Richard Favro, president of the Business Student from behind with two fourth quarter touchdowns to stun the Council. Lions, 19-14, snapping a six-game Favro said he disputed the election because he saw ballots being reproduced in the University winning streak that began last Lion Party meeting and extra ballots being made. season after the same West Vir- State Party elections were also declared illegal after votes were turned in written on ginia team beat them, 20-19. the back of examinations. Enrollment Basically, the Nittanies were beaten by the same weapons they Gordon Pogal, Lion Party clique chairman, said he thought the stuffing of the ballot had used so effectively against boxes was “rotten to the core.” Hits 14,271 Illinois, Syracuse, and Virginia—- . The ballots distributed by the a big, strong line and the split-T cliques were not uniform in size A total of 14,271 students have optional series. and the rooms in which the elec- been enrolled on the main cam- Lion Party Party Seven Play 60 Minutes tions were held were overflowing. State pus and at University centers for Six of Coach Art Lewis' start- Approximately 450 students at- the fall semester, C. O. Williams, ing linemen and his quarterback, tended the State Party meeting dean of admissions and registrar, Freddie Wyant, played the entire Nominates and about 550 were at the Lion NomsnateslT announced yesterday. 60 minutes Saturday and it was Party meeting. The enrollment, which includes these seven who meant the dif- The lack of uniformity in the 12,003 students on the main cam- ference. size ofthe ballots and the crowded pus, established a new record for operating 8 Candidates For Offices Wyant, the West Vir- conditions made it very easy to campus enrollment while the total ginia offense for the third year, Five men were nominated for duplicate the ballot. Seventeen candidates for fresh- of 14,271 also is a new record, ex- the scored twice, and initiated sophomore class president and Donald Switzer, a member of man and sophomore class officers cept for the years of 1948 and third touchdown oh the option three for freshman class president were nominated Party at 1949. elections committee, concurred by State play. at the Lion Party meeting Sun- with Favro in stating there were it - meeting Sunday night. In 1949 the total enrollment was And he had lots of working day. discrepancies 14,732, figure in the balloting. He The nominations were made but this' included room behind a protective 210- The nominations were made af- duplicating with only fraction the orig- 1269 freshmen enrolled at off- said he saw students a of pound line that opened holes of- ter the discrepancies in the voting ballots at the State Party meet- inal crowd still present. campus points besides centers. In fensively and rushed Lion Quar- for clique officers was discovered. meeting University ing. When the was called to 1949 freshmen were terback Don Bailey everytime he Attendance at that time had dwin- met order, over 400 students were < The elections committee nrolled at state teachers colleges attempted to pass. dled from about 500 to approxi- jammed into Sparks. and other Pennsylvania colleges. last night and decided that next 10 However, Had Won Two mately 75. week’s ballots- will be printed on by the time nominations for the In addition to the main campus The nominees for sophomore a class offices were made, no more enrollment, The Mountaineers, with two president uniform ball and numbered. 2268 students are at- previous wins on their 1954 rec- class are Robert Gell- Students will be admitted to than 100 remained. tending classes at off-campus ord, had command of the game man, John Kirsh, Augustus Mer- the meeting Sunday only if they Sophomore class nominees in- centers and at the Mont Alto curio, Adolph Seidensticker, and bring ’ Pennsylvania in every phase but the second their matriculation cards cluded president: Joseph Enyedy branch of the State when the Lions ex- Samuel Wolcott. and have already signed the clique Forest School where 92 freshmen quarter The freshman nominees for and Thomas Law; vice president: ploded for two touchdowns after, membership lists. John Heinze; and secretary-treas- forestry students, are.registered. •=■ falling" behind)' in the first president John Robb, Robert Ballots distributed 6-0 George will be at urer: Suzanne-Scholl, Jane Wick- The campus total exceeds last frame. Shannon, and Wills. Mar- the entrance. The tha Fleming and Anna Hoffman ballots for the izer, Kaye Buterbaugh and Jo year’s figure of 11,529 by nearly By dividing the game into class clique officers will be printed Anne Fulton. 500 and exceeds the previous rec- were nominated for sophomore halves, however, you get a much secretary-treasurer. and the.names of the candidates There was some question over ord for campus enrollment which class will appear on it. Nominations legality clearer picture. The Mountain- These nominations are notfinal. the of Heinze’s nomina- was 11,553 in 1951. eers completely dominated play have been closed for these posi- tion. however, no decision was Included in the campus total The final nominations and elec- tions. in the second half. They were an tion of freshman sophomore reached. Rae DelleDonne, State are 8946 men and 3057 women stu- inspired team, coming from be- and The ballots for. the freshman Party clique chairman, questioned dents. Another breakdown of candidates will be made Sunday. sophomore class hind* in a burst of power that There no nominations for and candidates whether he was independent or campus population is 10,877 full- bettered coach Rip Engle’s Lions were will be numbered and blank be- fraternity. When it was deter- time students and 1126 part-time freshman class.vice-president and cause nominations are still both" on the ground and in the secretary-treasurer and sopho- open. mined he was a fraternity man, students.-There are also 1334 grad- air.. In the voting for the class can- Miss DelleDonne called the nom- ulate students and 247 special stu- more class vice-president. The Lions were able to move Eight of Sunday’s elections for didates a plurality vote for the ination out of order. dents. first round will be used. The two Tlw off-campus of the ball past the 50-yard line (Continued on page eight) She said that by past precedent, total 2268 only once during the second half candidates receiving the most it had been established that the students includes 1939 men and amount of votes will then be voted president 329 women students. of the contest. That was on. a pass of the sophomore class play late in the fourth quarter on again and the candidate re- should be a fraternity man and that fizzled on a fumble—one Auto Accident ceiving the majority on the sec- the vice president independent., 10,000 Attend Horf Show of four that hurt the Nittanies ond ballot will receive the nomi- The person who nominated The 41st annual Hort Show, in crucial moments throughout nation. Heinze appealed the decision to held Saturday and Sunday in the the entire game. Injures Four Pogal and Rae DelleDonne, Ernest Famous, chairman of the Stock Judging Pavilion, had more In fact, only five plays were State Party clique chairman, also elections committee, on grounds Pour- University students were agreed last than expected attendance in spite run from scrimmage in West Vir- injured in an accident near Pine night that the candi- that the elections code contained of Hurricane Hazel. Attendance ginia. territory during the third dates for sophomore class vice- no specific provision. While Fa- Grove Mills Sunday afternoon. chairman must an independent. surpassed the previous record of and fourth periods. The car, driven by Charles F. Di- be mous was being summoned, Rich- 10,000 visitors. (Continued, on page six) Roeco, third semester student in This has been-customary in the ard Favro, business council pres- past but is not stipulated in the ident, interrupted the meeting to the Division of Intermediate Reg- elections istration, failed to make a curve code. (Continued on page eight) and hit a bridge. Damage to the to Stay car was $l5OO. Athletics Dißocco, James B. Dino, first semester business administration IFC major, and Raymond Hamaker, fifth semester electrical engineer- Workshops In Philadelphia ing major, were admitted to Cen- PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 18 (JP) —-The Philadelphia Athletics, start- tre County Hospital at Bellefonte. The fourth student, Norman R. To ing new syndicate Meet Tonight a- era under control after 54 years of rule by. the Kinsman, petroleum a engineer- Interfraternity workshops Connie Mack family, played a waiting game tonight, with little to do ing freshman, - was treated for Council will begin at 5:45 tonight with but accept congratulations. bruises of the left leg at Pollpck exchange dinners in fraternity houses followed by workshop meet- The old owners asked the American League for approval of the Dorm Pour where the four men ings, John McMeekin, workshop publicity chairman, has announced.