a Registration Today For Fiash Section— '■f See Page 4 Vol. 53, No. 4 Union Workers End Walkout Pep Rally, Dance Set For Friday ' The first pep rally of the year and the “Kickoff Dance,” spon sored by the Campus Chest, will highlight the pre-Temple Uni versity football game activities ' beginning at 7 p.m. Friday. The Blue Band will make its first appearance of the semester when it leads the parade which will start, at 7 p.m. at Prospect avenue and Garner street and proceed on Garner to Fairmount avenue. Participants will turn left on Fairmount to Locust lane and turn right to College avenue and up Shortlidge road, then left on Pollock road. At Burrowes road the group will turn right and proceed to the Lion Shrine. Leading the songs and cheers at the shrine will be the entire cheerleading squad, headed by Alan McChesney. Following the rally, the “Kickoff Dance” will be held in Recreation Hall. Jack Hu , ber and his orchestra will provide i music for the dance. Walter Sachs, dance chairman, said that tickets for the dance will be available tomorrow after noon at the Corner Room, and at the Student Union desk in Old Main. Tickets will also be sold at the door. The price of tickets is 50 cents. All. profits will go to the Campus Chest, Sachs said. Final arrangements for the sale of refreshments and for enter tainment are still being made, Sachs added. La Vie Picture Schedule Set Senior portraits for the 1953 LaVie will be taken by the Penn State. Photo Shop, official LaVie photographer, beginning tomor row. The schedule, according to Schools, for the pictures is as fol lows: Agriculture, tomorrow through Sept. 26; Chemistry and Physics, Sept. 29 through Oct. 2; Education, Oct. 3 through 13; En gineering, Oct. 14 through 22; Home Economics. Oct. 23 through 28; Liberal Arts, (A-M) Oct. 29 through Nov. 5; Liberal Arts, (N-Z) Nov. 6 through 14; Mineral Industries, Nov. 17 through 21; and Physical Education) Nov. 17 through 21. Students who do not have their pictures taken at the scheduled time will not be able to have their pictures in the LaVie. Men are requested to wear suits and white shirts. Women are asked to wear white or plain colors. Customs Enforcement Committee to Meet The sophomore class customs enforcement committee will meet at 7:30 tonight in 202 Willard, Otto Hetzel, co-chairman, said yesterday. Enforcement of customs will be outlined at the meeting with the ultimate goal being the enforce ment of customs of sophomores rather than by the hatmen, Het zel added. The meeting is open to all sophomores. Uailg m ©nllrgiatt FOR A BETTER PENN STATE - : ! Registration Shows I ncrease Over '5l Using the centralized registration system for the first time, the College enrolled 10,183 students last week for the fall semester, C. O. Williams, registrar, said yesterday. The registration total rose to 10,417 with late registration yes terday. Only 233 students registered on Saturday to bring the total to three more than last year when 10,180 students had been registered at theend of the for mal registration period. Williams Explains Success Williams expressed his appreci ation to the students and faculty for their “fine cooperation” with the new registration procedures. “The "thing that pleased me most,” he said, “was that everyone seemed to want to make the new plan work.” In explaining the success of the new system, Williams said that all of_ the good features can be re tained and improved and that there are no problems that can not easily be solved He said that, in the future, there will be more need for inter departmental planning on the courses for the number of stu dents wishing to schedule these courses. 1200 Students Want Music 5 This, problem was solved in many instances by opening addi tional sections. For example, Psych 2 originally had only 10 sections, but there were 16 sched uled at the end of registration. Another difficulty was created (Continued on page three) Rain Slows Start of Customs Freshman customs for more than 2500 frosh got off to a slow start yesterday as rain drenched State College and dulled “that old College spirit.” Freshman men sporting green dinks crept down back alleys and took the long way around to class es to avoid meeting hatmen, but all in vain. Campus hatmen seemed almost indifferent to the whole customs program. Hat women also blamed weather con ditions for thg laxity in enforcing customs, saying that green bows and namecards were concealed by bandanas and raincoats. According to Mary Petitgout,- co-chairman of the Freshman Cus ' toms and Regulations Board, Jew ish students will be excused from campus to go home for the Rosh Hashana, Sept. 20-21, and Yom Kippur, Sept. 29, holidays. All other freshmen desiring to leave campus for any reason during the STATE COLLEGE, PA., TUESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 16, 1952 The opening of classes at Penn State yesterday marked the 53d birthday of President Milton S. Eisenhower. Approximately 500 students en circled the President’s mansion Sunday night, singing “Happy Birthday.” In the midst of his work, President Eisenhower was so engrossed that he did not hear the serenaders until Mrs. Eisen hower heard the group at the end of its serenade. At that point, the Prexy went out on his upper porch to acknowledge the student greeting, but he was too late. The Prexy sent lie following notice to the Daily Collegian yes terday: “Presi dent Eisenhower wishes to thank the students who gave him the birthday serenade Sunday night. He was working in his study and arrived to the upper porch too late to express his appreciation in person.” customs period must appear be fore the board for permission al 8 tonight in 201 Old Main. Over 200 freshmen were grant ed customs immunity Saturday at a special hearing of the board. Approximately 190 Korean vet erans and veterans enrolled un der the G.I. Bill were granted exemptions. Freshmen over 21 and physically handicapped stu dents were also declared exempt. A few hatmen assembled groups of frosh men yesterday for songs and cheers. Favorite hunting grounds were the comer of Car-1 negie Hall at Pollock road and the meal lines outside McAllister Hall. A wave of enthusiasm swept the West Dorms Sunday when scat tered groups of freshmen gathered to practice cheers , and songs. The spirit spread to the Nittany-Pol lock area Sunday night. One group of about 100 men gathered outside Thompson Hall and Ath- 500 Give Prexy Birthday Serenade |Dining Hal! Service To Return to Normal Between 300 and 400 service employees of the College returned to work shortly before 1 p.m. yesterday, ending a two and, a half day walkout during which the operation of the College dining halls was seriously hampered. The executive committee of Local No. 67 of the State, County, and Municipal Employees Union made the announcement that the membership of the union had voted unanimously to adjourn its meeting and to return to work immediately. The union had gone into a continuous session at 8 a.m. Saturday, which meant that many union members did not report for work that day. The union committee said in its announcement yesterday that “meetings with College officials had been held in a general spirit of give and take, that better understandings on both sides had been developed, and that negoti ations on details would proceed in a spirit of general good will.” The announcement went on to express confidence in President Milton' S. Eisenhower and com mended him for “his diligence in helping find solutions to problems of general College concern.” Meeting Called President Eisenhower told the Daily Collegian yesterday that he was “very happy” over the com mittee’s decision. He made no other comment, however, saying that the statement issued by the union amply covered the situ ation. Regular meal service will be resumed beginning with, the breakfast' meal today, Mildred Baker, director of food service, announced last night. At President Eisenhower’s re quest, All-College President John Laubach called a special meeting of All-College Cabinet at the President’s home late Saturday evening. At that time the Presi dent outlined the strike situation to the group so that it might be fully informed on the matter. The walkout resulted from the demands by the union for a 40- hour, 5-day work week, a uni, form vacation and sick leave pro gram, double time for work on holidays, recognition of all legal holidays, and the “cessation of un fair labor practices.” Law Violated The walkout came as a com plete surprise to College officials. College spokesmen stated that the union’s demands, which were pre sented to the College June 20, were being studied and that pro gress was being made. Upon notification that the un ion had gone into continuous ses sion, President Eisenhower re plied that he and other members of the College administration had always been glad to talk with the .< (Continued on page three) erton Hall and serenaded the women’s dormitories. James Schulte, Tribunal chair man and co-chairman of the cus toms board, has asked upperclass men to help enforce customs and instructed them to turn in the names of freshman violators at the Student Union desk in Old Main. He said- he expected enforcement to be stricter today and to in crease rapidly during the week. Freshmen are protected from unjust hazing by the Freshmen Customs and Regulations Board. Hazing is defined as any regula tion not prescribed by the board I and should be reported to .the board. Customs violators will be noti fied by mail to appear before Tri bunal or Judicial. Punishments will be set by the board and will vary with the offense. Decisions handed down by the board may be appealed to All-College Cab inet Dink Debut Entertains 500 at TUB The Dink Debut, a freshman mixer, made its bow at the TUB Saturday with an estimated 500 persons attending the Association of Independent Men-L e o n i d e s sponsored program. The affair, which was “just a sample of the things we’ll try to do for independents,” according to Leonides President Vivian Peter son, featured a variety show and dancing to Jack Huber’s music. Jim McCaugham, a vocalist, opened the show, which was em ceed by Patricia Marsteller. Sam Nowell, as comedian sponsor, then offered the freshmen free relics of last semester’s dorm raids with the purchase of his product. He also caricatured the freshman who-wapts-to-be-a-hatman, sang ‘Aba Daba Honeymoon” with Miss Marsteller, and took the audience on an imaginary hunt for the Nittany Lion. A 1 Jolson’s singing gestures were brought to life once again with Charles Caricato’s imperson ation to the tunes “Swanee” and . Rock-a-bye Your Baby.” The final number was the epic song The Shooting of Dangerous Dan McGrew, rendered by All- College President John Laubach who accompanied himself at the piano. Two large ice punch bowls then drew the crowd to the outdoor refreshment stand. The music of Jack Huber’s band brought them into the TUB’s ballroom again where there was dancing until nearly 5 p.m. SkuSl and Bones, Andrades to Meet Skull and Bones, senior men’s hat society, will meet at 7 to night in 102 Willard, Lincoln Warrell, president, has announced. Andocles, junior men’s hat so ciety, will meet at 7:30 tonight at Phi Sigma Delta, 240 E. Prospect avenue, to discuss, preferential seating, the flashcard system, and the Used Book Agency work project. Collegian Calls For Candidates Candidates for the editorial staff of the Daily Collegian will meet at 7:30 tonight in 1 Carnegie. Freshman and soph omore candidates, not neces sarily journalism majors, are especially needed, David Pell nitz, editor, said. Fresh man and sophomore business staff candidates will meet at 7 tonight in 3 Carnegie, Bette Agnew, personnel man ager, has announced. Promo tion, circulation, advertising, classified departments of Collegian will be discussed. The intermediate and junior boards of the advertising staff will meet at 7 tonight in 9 Car negie, Phyllis Kalson, local ad vertising manager, has an nounced. Accounts will be as signed. Board members are asked to bring schedules. FIVE CENTS
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