TODAYS WEATHER:• tit e r s c , Cloudy andar warm; occasional showers. " '44lraJs, VOL. 51— No. 11 Freshmen Stage Mass Protest Demonstration Worm Turns As Frosh Riot Over Customs rROSH REBELS GATHER on senior walk early last night to voice protest against batmen and customs and to demand representation, Several hundred frosh and other students composed the crowd which jammed the sidewalk for nearly' half an hour. President's Three Brothers To Be At Inauguration Three of President Milton S. Eisenhower's brothers and mem bers of their families will be on hand for, next Thursday's Beaver Field inauguration ceremonies. Present will be General and Mrs. Dwight D. Eisenhower, Mr. and Mrs. Earl D. Eisenhower, and Mr. and ' Mrs. Edgar N. Eisen hower. President Eisenhower's fourth brother cannot attend be cause of illness in his firm. General and Mrs. Eisenhower will come from Columbia univer sity where the general is presi dent. Mrs. Eisenhower's parents and two brothers will also attend. Earl D Eisenhower and his wife will come to the College frOm Charleroi,. Pa.; Mr. and Mrs. Ed gar N. Eisenhower from Tacoma, Wash. The family will stay at the President's house and attend both the White hall reception Wednes day night and the outdoor invest ment exercises Thursday. The School of Home, Economics will be responsible for food, deco rations, and seating arrangements at the Wednesday night reception. The hotel and institution ad ministration will prepare and serve the food, while the division of home art will see to all deco rations. Tribunal Head Warns Frosh Neil See, chairman of tribunal, said yesterday that freshmen are to disregard all of the notices to the effect that customs are over. Counterfeit notices signed with See's name have appeared on bulletin boards in the West Dor mitories. Freshmen will he noti fied when customs are over. In the interests of ‘neatness and courtesy, all freshmen are requested to remove their dinks at dining tables and while in Old Main. Bow ties should be worn at the collar and not droop ing down the front of the shirt. Wearing of name cards will also be required through the week of October 6. See also said that freshmen may attend the AIM mixer in 'Recreation Hall Saturday night, but that they may not date afterward. Freshman men who are under tribunal discipline for violating customs may not attend. STATE COLLEGE, PA., THURSDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 28, 1950 College To Grant 133 Dorm Releases A total of 133 men will be released from College dormi tory contracts to fill the gap in fraternity pledging, President Milton S. Eisenhower told Interfraternity council Tuesday night Previously the Board of :Trustees decided to release 100 men. IFC asked for an additional 33 relesses and they were granted by the President at a special meeting Tuesday with ad ministration leaders A poll of fraternities at first gave the minimum needed as 148 men, but later this number was cut to 133 in an effort to clear up the problem. Some Faced Closing The man shortage problem which came close to closing some fraternities and would have forced other fraternities to boost their house bills was blamed by College and fraternity leaders on an unfortunate chain of events and misunderstandings. Almost all houses were under the mistaken impression that a plan to have men released from the dorms was in effect. They pledged men freely and later found that dorm contracts would be enforced strictly. President Eisenhower told the council, "We are going to sit down in the very near future and prepare for next year. We won't get into such difficulty again." Wilmer E. Kenworthy, assistant to the president in charge of student affairs, told the council that the exchange system prob ably would be used to release ad ditional men from their dorm contracts this year. By this sys tem, a fraternity wishing to pledge a man in the dorms first must find a replacement for him. Explains Shoitage Kenworthy explained that the shortage problem in the dorms Groups Will Work On Ball Decorations Decorations for the inaugural ball next Thursday night will be provided by all student activity organizations on cam pus. There will be no admis sion charge. Curtis Wessner, co-chairman of the student committee, said Bryson Craine had been ap pointed chairman of the dec orations committee, and that the group was notifying cam pus organizations. Each organization listed in the Student Union directory will be asked to contribute Kane symbol of its activity. —Collegian Photo by Mehall was almost identical with the one confronting the ,fraternities. Fraternities probably will start drawing the 133 men from the dorms today. The men were' pro portioned to the fraternities by the council according to the num ber of vacancies in each house. Fast Will Talk On SU Financing Robert Fast, president of the Student Union committee, will present to All-College cabinet to night the results of the commit tee's investigation into methods of financing the Student Union building other than the $7.50 per semester student assessment. The committee, composed of faculty members, administrative officers and students, was organ ized in June, 1947, to plan the social and - recreational features of the building, and to suggest the most effective means of fi nancing it. . Last May the committee ap proved plans for the two million dollar, four-floor structure. In June they were accepted by the joint Alumni-Trustees board, and the Board of Trustees. In addition to the Student Un ion committee report, cabinet will discuss appropriations for Presi dent Milton S. Eisenhower's in auguration Oct. 4 and 5. Further appointments to the in auguration committee will be made, and cabinet is expected to give final approval to the lifting of freshmen customs for the in auguration period. Dorm Nominations Nominating petitions for West Dorm floor presidents, vice-presi dents, and secretary-treasurers must be turned into the resident advisors by 5 o'clock today. Nominees must have ten sig natures on their petitions to be eligible for election. Elections will be conducted next Thursday. rgiatt Burn Name Cards And Dinks In Open Defiance Of Customs A freshman rally ran amuck last night as several hun dred frosh burned name cards, chanted "down with customs," and voiced vituperative shouts against hatmen. The rally began with a rowdy demonstration in the West dorm courtyard to protest continued use of large-size name cards. Two freshmen, James Fox and another who identified Hatmen Promise To 'Crack Down' On Freshmen By Mary Krasnansky Wide-spread freshman viola tions of customs capped by yes terday's demonstration of several hundred frosh brought a promise to "crack down" from Hat So cieties council last night. The warping came from Robert Fast, council president. Fast is sued his warning to freshmen af ter the council heard a report on last night's uprising. The meet ing was a regularly scheduled one. Promises Action "Suitable steps will be taken at tomorrow night's meeting of hatmen," Fast said. Told of the questions asked about customs by the demonstra ting freshmen, Fast pointed out that hatmen were merely charged with the enforcement of customs. If any changes in custom were to be made, he said, they would have to come through All-College cabinet. Quoting sections of the cus toms regulations, Fast said it was, the duty of hatmen to keep freshmen off the 'grass, off the senior walk, and to make them wear their customs dress. Wheth er freshmen would still be re quired to wear the large name cards which were supposed to be replaced after the first week was a question All-College cabinet would have to decide, he said. "Many upperclassmen do not realize they can enforce customs too," according to Edward Bar nitz, secretary-treasurer of Skull (Continued on page two) 'Crusade' Seeks Student Signers Independent men will be 0.21:ed to sign "Crusade for Freedom" pledges today in the McAllister Hall and Nittany-Pollocl: d!nin rooms, AIM President fliehard Bard said yesterday. McAllister will be solicited at lunch; Nittany-Pollock at dinner. Earlier, Robin Brunner an nounced that hatwomen will cir culate the scrolls and collection boxes through every women's dormitory tonight. Bard named a committee of four volunteers prom Alpha Ph; Omega to contact the indepen dents. The solicitors are Edward Merck, James Richards, John Ruffner, and Tom Sadler. Other "crusade" representa tives on .campus announced col lection plans previously. IFC President Harold Leinbach has appointed a committee of three to arrange for a "crusade" agent in every fraternity house. Dr. Alfred G. Pundt, faculty representative for the "crusade," appointed a committee of 12 from the faculty and staff to collect money and signatures. He sent a letter concerning the campaign to each of the 3000 faculty and staff workers on campus. By STAN DEGLER himself first as Warren Diehl and then as "Joe" Rudy, addressed cne throng below. A boniire was started in the courtyard. Name cans, anu some clinks were thrown into it. 'ater was poured irorn window.; a..;ove onco tne speakers on the bal cony. Threaiens Aclion The larger part of - Lie group ran across campus to senior WUIK where they were addressed by several unidentified freshmen. cane fiolber, an officer of Lkuius, also spoke and asked freshmen to disperse. Fie threatened them with actibn by Hat Society coun cil if they failed and said that people in the neighborhood had complained, presumably to the police. Town police said they had not been called. The !mating began from a small nucleus about 6:30 o'clock. A large crowd gathered from the dorms in a short time. The crowd dwindled as the group went to senior walk and melted away completely by 7:30 o'clock when most freshmen returned to the dorms. Crowd In Confusion Numorous sp.:. , akers tried to get the attention of the crowd, but most had dilticulty being heard in the confusion. Balcony speak ers told the Daily Collegian that they supported customs but wished to protest against large name cards. Fox, who appeared before Tri bunal for a customs violation fuesday night, said in protesting the cards, "Why should we suffer for it . . . they can give us our badges . . . the devil with the name cards . . . you guys don't have any penalties, I do." The crowd beneath chanted "No name cards." Shortly thereafter, Fox was doused by a water bomb from the third floor of Thompson Hall. Speakers on senior walk calleci attention to frosh lack of repre sentation on Tribunal and all-Col lege cabinet, and said the purpose of customs was "to take all our freshman girls." One told frosh to travel in groups and if approached by hatmen to tell them "to go get their own group." Shouted Down Kolber repeatedly was shouted down as he told freshmen that they "weren't invited to Penn State," that every such demon stration would moan "tacking days on" the customs period and that. they :,hould do their shout ing at the Georgetown loot.bail „a is Saturday. One of the principal gripes voiced was the indefinite date set for ti - -e e-.id of customs. One man said that Tribunal had announced customs may last until Thanks giving, and another that "Every one that's a freshman here ix in vit.:d to the next Tribunal meet ing." One attempt was made to choose a leader but was shouted down_ iber gave them 15 minutes to leave senior walk, He was (Continued on page two) La Vie Pictures Friday is the deadline for seniors in the School of Agri culture to have La Vie pictures taken. Pictures of seniors in the School of Chemistry and Physics will he taken Momlpy through Wednesday next week. G.tor-qa arn PRICE FIVE '..:ENTS
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