QnrrSatlyH QtaU J A VOL. 52, No.' 15 J 'Tug'to Decide Customs' End Change in Customs Program In Effect for Tomorrow Only A change in the customs program that will permit upperclass men to haze frosh womeii' and upperclasswomen to haze frosh men will be in effect all day tomorrow. ' • The change was announced yesterday by Joan Yerger, chairman of the freshman'customs and regulations board; and David Mutchler, chairman of Tribunal.-It will be in effect tomorrow only. Normal customs regulations will resume Friday. ' 1 6 Violators Sentenced to 'Chain Gang' Penn State’s version of the chain gang will visit the campus tomorrow night when six cus toms' violators, linked by ropes, will parade through the pep rally in front of Old Main. The freshmen, brought before Tribunal for not wearing customs, will be given their penalties at 12:50 p.m. today in front of Old Main. Each violator will carry a 18”x24” sign placed on a five foot stick and will be linked by rope at intervals of three feet. The signs will read—“Let’s-Go- Penn State-Beat-Villanova! ”, The men will be dressed in old patch clothes with their pants rolled to the knee. Their cheeks will be covered with burnt cork. They must wear their dinks and a red handkerchief around the neck. Another freshman violator was sentenced to take part in the tug of-war between the frosh and sophomores, tomorrow night. Five other men were fined $1 each for parking and driving vio lations. One Senior was caught parking behind the MI school, driving on Pollock road during class hours, and parking in the service drive of Old Main. Another student was fined for parking for three days in the Hamilton Hall service entrance. He said Ije had “run out of gas.” Frosh Women Get Weekend Leaves All freshman women will be permitted to leave the campus this weekend* Joan Yerger, chair man of the Freshman Customs and Regulations Board, an nounced. The action was taken by the board at their meeting Saturday when it was determined- fhat many students wished to attend the Penn State-Yillanova football game in Allentown. Many ■ girls from'the Allentown area had ap peared before the board asking permission to attend. In fairness to those freshmen women who do not .live, in the Allentown area, the board voted in favor of permitting all fresh man women to leave campus if fhey so. desire. Campus Chest Gets Over $5OO from Dance The'Campus Chest will receive from $5OO to $7OO from the JCick off Dance held Friday. This is the first year a dance was used to help raise money for the chest. The goal for this year’s chest is $12,000. STATE COLLEGE, PA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 3, 1951 Rulings In Effect Current rulings allowing upper classmen to haze frosh men and upperclasswomen to haze frosh women will still be in effect dur ing tomorrow’s change. Tribunal and the freshman cus toms and regulations board asked hat societies to enforce the new joint program and. to see that there is no excessive hazing. Reg ulations on hazing limitations will remain in effect. The change will mean that.men may i make frosh women sing, cheer, and curtsy, while upper classwomen may also make frosh men button, sing, and cheer. Women's Customs Customs for this year’s fresh man class went into effect Sept. 17. Women's dress and dating cus toms are due to come off Mon day morning. The regulations specify a three Week customs per iod for women. The change is an innovation in the Penn State customs program since its rejuvination. after World War .11.. No,such joint effort was attempted last year. Vet Enrollment Drops to 1800 ; Veteran enrollment at the Col lege has dropped from a record of 5536 in the fall of 1948 to the present 1800. Among the 2651 freshmen on the campus this fall there are. only 20 veterans. In reporting on the number of veterans enrolled, President Milton S. Eisenhower said _ that the number of former servicemen on the campus a year ago was 3154. . The veteran program began at Penn State in the spring of 1944 with two students and boomed in the fall of 1945 when 1187 service men returned to the .campus. By 1948, more than half of the stu dents were veterans. More than 14,000 veterans have been admit ted to the College since . World War 11. Dodgersßlast(iiants,lo-0 Behind Lahvne's 6-Hitter NEW YORK, Oct. 2 redoubtable Dodgers, a single defeat from extinction and supposedly licked to a frazzle, came off the floor today to hammer the New York Giants into sub mission, 10 fo 0, and carry the playoff for the National League flag down to. the final desperate gasp at the Polo Grounds tomorrow. While Clem Labine, 25-year-old rookie from Woonsocket, R. 1., was carving his initials on the' Gi,E«its-^..wrecking.. crew,. Jackie Robinson" and' his fellow sluggers tore into three second-line Giant pitchers for 13 ringing blows, in cluding four home runs, to-'snap a .victory string that had reached eight straight . Yields Six Hits Labine, who rejoined the Dod gers late in July from St. Paul, •was -a-picture of poise; as he mowed 'the; Durochermen down methodically through the gloomy, rainy 'afternoon. He yielded only six hits'.in gaining his fifth win against one defeat for the season. The Qiaijts .only twice came close Ip; scbring .pn: the kid with the cracklipg curve.. , ' . What .the Dodgers did.to Siel- BETTER PENN STATE Penn State Must Rely On Loans The College will'be forced to continue to rely on bank loans to pay its way because of the tax snarl -in the state legislature, the Associated Press reported yes terday. Auditor General Weldon B. Heyb u r n told the Associated Press that grants to state aided colleges will continue to be held up' pending passage of special ap propriation bills. The State Justice Department has ruled, Heyburn said, that none of a recently passed $BO,- 000,000 appropriation can be used for purposes other than ordinary expenses _of the state govern ment. This would limit expendi ture to operation of departments and commissions, he said. Well Under College Figure In his budget' message, Gov. John S. Fine had recommended an appropriation of $16,000,000 for the College for the biennium which started July 1, the Asso ciated Press reported. - "This"' figure; the news service said, Was believed to be well un der the amount estimated by Col lege officials as necessary to meet the institution’s obligations. The House appropriations com mittee had discussed an increase of a million dollars over the gov ernor’s recommendation, it said. AP Expects Compromise The • College, along with other similar institutions in the State, was forced to resort to bank loans when the tax deadlock developed in Harrisburg. Student Fees Due All students may pay fees from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m. tomor row and Friday in the base ment of Willard Hall. Individual student fees will be listed according to matricu lation numbers and should be checked before making out checks. Late payments are subject to a $5 fine. don Jones, George' Spencer, and : A 1 Corwin was a brutal thing. ' Robinson, Gil 'Hodges, Andy. Paf ko. and 'AI (Rube) Walker; the Flock’s "substitute backstop, all belted homers. Walker’s went clear over the right field stands with two out in the ninth inning to close out the slaughter. . Robinson, a somewhat sad figure in Brooklyn’s 3-1 defeat in yesterday’s first playoff game, also bored two singles into the outfield grass, and it was his second safety which knocked Jones, the Giants’ starter, out of the one-sided contest. Sudden Death Today Walker, playing for the -'crip (Co-nuatued es egiatt Speaks Tonight ' x. Charles "Rip" Engle Engle, Eads Will Address PSCA Groups Coach Rip Engle and the Rev. Robert JH. Eads will be speakers at meetings of the Penn State Christian Association student dis cussion groups tonight. Engle will speak to the PSCA’s freshman council, which will meet at 7 tonight in 405 Old Main. Hope Powell and Kathryn Green baum will lead the recreation activities after the talk. ! The Rev. Eads will talk to the upperclass roundtable on “What About Sex?” at 8 tonight in 304 Old Main. Sally Shoemaker will lead recreation afterwards. Leona Anderson was recently named chairman of the. round table steering committee. Others on the committee are Shirley Pritchard, who .will preside at tonight’s meeting, Edward Cross ley, and Helene Carter. College Gives 150 Stipends A total of 150 scholarships ranging from $25 to $6OO have been awarded to students by the College'during the past year, President Milton S. Eisenhower said. t These scholarship awards do not include the other scholar ships given by the State legisla tors, or awards made directly by other individuals, organiza tions, or industries. Although many of the scholar ships awarded by the College are restricted to students from a spe cific geographic area or to stu dents enrolled in a certain cur riculum or school, the majority take into consideration the schol astic standing of the student and his "need for help. It was explained that this ar rangement has enabled many ex cellent students, who may have had to leave college hecause of financial difficulties, to complete their college work. The College recently published ,a list of the. scholarships, awards, and loan .funds available to stu dents. This pamphlet reveals that since World .War 11, 13 new funds with endowments totalling $l2B 1 000 were established at the Col lege, and ten other scholarships with awards totalling more than $5OOO annually were also started. Debate Team Tryouts Candidates for, the men’s de bate team will try out at 7 to night in 305 Sparks. They will be required to gfcve a five minute speech on either side, of the question, Resolved: That the federal government should adopt a permanent pro gram of . wage -and price control. Frosh, Sophs ••+*.> * ■ WTOJ To Hold Battle Tomorrow Nite Freshman men and sophomore men will meet in a tug-of-war tomorrow night to determine whether frosh men’s customs will be removed immediately, or win continue to be in effect. The tug-of-war will follow a football pep rally to be held at 7:30 p.m. on the steps of Old Main. The decision that freshman men’s customs will be removed if a frosh tug-of-war team cam drag a. sophomore team through a stream of water was made last night by Tribunal. Through Stream of Water Fifty freshmen and fifty sopho mores will comprise the two teams that will battle with the termina tion of customs at stake. The first team to pull its op ponent through a stream of water*, to be played across the comer of Burrowes and Pollock roads on ca rntP us ’ win the tug-of-war. The winning team will be awarded a keg of cider, to be served following the battle. The removal of customs will serve as an additional prize for the frosh. Identification Tags - se who wish to participate m the tug of war must sign a list at the Student Union desk in Old Main. The list will appear to day and the first 50 men students, to 'sign the list from both the freshman and sophomore classes will take part in the action. Sophomores will receive red tags to show that they are mem bers of the sophomore team. Frosh will be given green tags. David Mutchler, Tribunal chairman, re quested that participants wear their tags on campus until Thurs day night when they must show them to be eligible to enter the contest. Follows Pep Rally A tug-of-war between hatmen and freshmen was held last year for the removal of dress customs. The hatmen won the contest but many frosh claimed foul play: Penn State’s second football pep rally of the year will precede the tug-of-war. Plans are being laid by Hat Society Council, sponsors of the rally, to have the Blue Band and poach “Rip” Engle on hand. Mutchler will also speak. Makeup Editor Named Moylan Mills has been named Makeup Editor of the Daily Col legian. Mills had previously been assistant to the editor. Today the Niff any Lion Roars .. A firm believer in customs, the Lion lets loose a roar of approval for the plan -which allows upperclassmen to haze frosh women and vice versa. Having lagged in the past week, customs need a lift—and this should do the job. Congratulations are . in order for Joan Yerger, chairman of the Freshman Customs and Regulations Board, and David Mutchler, chairman of Tribunal, for coming up with a fine idea. Let's Sing 'Hail Oh Hail' See Page 4 PRICE FIVE CENTS By DAVE JONES
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