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'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
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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
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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'
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