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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
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