Why We Have A Housing Problem— See Page 4 Vol. 53, No. 6 Co-captains To Address Pep Rally Stew Sheetz and Joe Gratson, co-captains of the 1952 Penn State football contingent, and Ernest B. McCoy, new dean of the School of Physical Education and Ath letics, will speak at the pre-Tem ple University football rally to morrow night in front of the Lion Shrine. ■ Acting as master of ceremonies at the rally will be Richard Neu weiler, seventh semester journal ism student. The rally will follow a parade which will start at 7 p.m. at' Prospect avenue and Gamer street. Kickoff’Dance Follows Rally The paraders will proceed on Gamer to Fairmount avenue, turning left on Fairmount to Lo cust lane and right to College ave nue up Shortlidge road. After turning left on Pollock road, the group will turn right at Burrowes road and proceed to the Lion Shrine. Following the rally, the “Kick off Dance,” sponsored by the Campus Chest committee, will be held in Recreation Hall. The Chest includes in its allocation of funds most of the yearly dona tion drives by organizations. Some of the organizations included in the chest fund are the Penn State Christian Association, Women’s Student Government Association Christmas fund, World Student Service fund, and Salvation Army. . Tickets for the dance are being sold at the Student Union desk iri Old Main,' and at the door, but not at the Comer Room as pre viously reported. Tickets are priced at 50 cents per person. The Blue Band,, in its first ap pearance of the year, will lead the parade, assisted by the cheer leading- squad, headed by Alan McChesney. 'Jack Huber and his orchestra will play at the dance. Frosh fo Join Parade Members of the men’s and women’s hat. societies will round up freshmen from the men’s and women’s living units to join them in the parade as it passes by each dormitory. According to freshman regula tions, dating will not be permit ted for the dance, and freshman, women will have their regularly scheduled hours for this week end. Ag 'Howdy' Night Set for Sept. 25 The Agriculture Student Coun cil met Tuesday night to discuss preparations for “Howdy” night, according to Richard Stanley, president. Stanley said “Howdy” night, a mixer for freshmen, upperclass men, and faculty in agriculture, will be held Sept. 25 at Hort Woods. Stanley appointed com mittees to work under Joseph Ar nold, chairman of the affair. Re freshments will be served. ÜBA Sets Deadline Violations must be reported in a written, signed charge. Cases will be tried by the board with Mary Petitgout, co-chairman, pre siding when women are tried, and Schulte, Tribunal chairman, presiding when men are tried. Hatmen reported yesterday that some freshmen are still wearing dinks in classrooms and dining halls. Schulte said that customs need not be worn in dormitories, but that they must be worn on the way to dining halls. For Accepting Books | Three Loyalty Board The Used Book Agency in the TUB will not accept books for selling after noon today, Howard ■Giles, chairman of the ÜBA, an nounced yesterday. Persons who have books on sale will be notified in the Col legian when they can get their money or pick up unsold books. TODAY'S WEATHER: CLOUDY WITH POSSIBLE SHOWERS STATE COLLEGE, PA., THURSDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 18 ,1952 ':-y r"v,-' '"S' '* m ../# •’I * v / A *•< MARTHA HECKMAN, member of Chimes, junior women's hat society, orders (left to right)'-Inez Alihouse, Nancy Fortna. and Joan Knoll to curtsey before the Old Willow on the east Mail. Enforcement Group Discusses Customs Forty-five sophomores representing fraternities, sororities, and independent campus organizations attended a meeting of the soph omore customs enforcement committee Tuesday night to discuss the enforcement of a broader customs program. Thomas Kidd and Otto Hetzel, co-chairmen, said that the com mittee. was created as a project to stir up greater class spirit. It is sanctioned by the freshman and sophomore class presidents. Kidd said that, the main pur pose of committee members is to act as “plainclothesmen” to see that freshmen are wearing cus toms. He said that freshmen who ignore customs often go unre ported ,and that upperclassmen should turn in The names of any violators. 12 Violators Reported Membership cards were dis tributed and plans were made to assist h a t m e n and w men for a stricter enforcement of customs. Names of approximately 12 freshman violators were turned in at the Student Union desk in Old Main by 5 p.m. yesterday, ac cording to James Schulte, co chairman of the Freshman Cus toms and Regulations Board. These offenders, along with other violators reported this week, will be summoned, before .the board for a hearing Tuesday. Freshman students wishing to go home weekends or leave campus during the customs period may also ap peal to the board at that time. Dorm Customs Unnecessary Representatives Named Three College employees have been' named representatives of the Loyaltv Review Board that will hear cases involving hon faculty employees. Ralph Stitt, maintenance me chanic, service and technical group; Helen S. Bottorf, secretary to the graduate manager of ath letics, clerical group; and Dr. D. M. Lonberger, dentist in the Health Service, professional em ployees, were named. Young Friends to Meet The Young Friends annual re ception for students will be held 7:30 p.m. tomorrow at the Friends’ Meeting House, 318 S. Atherton street. Refreshments will be served. The meeting is open. FOB A BETTER PENN STATE 451 Fail to Meet College Standards Four hundred'and fifty-one stu dents were dropped at the end of the spring semester for poor scholarship, the office of the Registrar has reported. Of this number 21 were later reinstated by the Senate committee on aca demic standards. ■ The School of Agriculture dropped 43, the School of Chem istry and Physics, 24; the School of Education, 33; the School of Engineering, 77; the School of Home Economics, 13; the School of the Liberal Arts, 92; the School of Mineral Industries, 14; the School of Physical Education and Athletics, 9; Division of Inter mediate Registration, 151. Seats Still Available In Flashcard Section ’ Although sophomores are scheduled to register today for seats in the newly-developed flashcard section, seniors and juniors who have not signed up may also do so today, Alan McChesney, head cheerleader, said yesterday. McChesney reported that approximately 60 juniors registered yesterday for participation in the system in addition to about 20 seniors .who signed up Tuesday and 70 students who registered last year. He repeated that those who signed up last year must have their, names rechecked as they pick up their preferential seating cards. People are needed to help mark the flashcards, McChesney stressed. He said anyone interest ed may report to the foyer of Schwab Auditorium anytime to day, tomorrow, or Saturday. Mc- Chesney made a plea to student service organizations and fresh men to recognize the project as a worthwhile task demonstrating school spirit. He said members of Blue Key hat society, Skull and Bones, and Chimes have helped in the pro ject, and added that all hat so cieties have been contacted in regard to working at games. Some assurance of cooperation has been expressed, McChesney said- Cabinet to Hear New Flashcard Seating Plans New proposals dealing with the preferential seating section in Beaver Field will be presented tonight at the first formal meeting of All-College Cabinet this fall. Alan McChesney, head cheerleader, will report for the cabinet preferential seating committee. McChesney will suggest. that cabi net allow two more days for all students except freshmen to sign for the special seating. A radio announcement concern ing preferential seating will be made on radio station WMAJ if an addition in the time for reg istration is planned by cabinet. The announcement will be heard between 11:15 and 11:30 p.m.' to day. The possibilities of allowing tickets for the special section to be used for persons who wish to sit together for just a single game and similar plans will also be discussed. To Limit Publicity Richard Lemyre will present a report of cabinet’s committee on senior class gifts. Because of sev eral complaints about the publi city programs used last semester, Lemyre said, a system of publi city control by cabinet will be suggested. Publicity suggestions will in clude a plan to limit' publicity to certain mediums and to pre vent publicity for the gift sug gestions from beginning until all suggestions are made. Consider able discussion in cabinet re sulted from charges of unfair pub licity methods made at a cabinet meeting last semester. Plyler to Head Group A training plan for student government will be proposed by the subcommittee on the student leader of the cabinet student en campment committee. The plan, according to Donald Herbein, subcommittee spokesman, in volves three stages. Training for college officers and nominees in parliamentary rules and civic government would be included. All-College vice president James Plyler would head the committee working on the train ing plan, Herbein said. Discussion and proposals con cerning Student Government Day, Sept. 25, will be made by Robert Smoot. James Schulte will give a report of the Freshman Cus toms Board. To Name Appointees Richard Rostmeyer will report to cabinet on proceeds from Spring Carnival Day, a holiday (Continued on page eight) Simes Appointed New Assistant Dean of Men Frank J. Simes, former director of residence counseling, has been given a post as assistant dean of men, H. K. Wilson, dean of men, has announced. Simes will still have charge of the counseling in residence halls. Under his direction a new sys tem whereby seniors counsel dor mitory residents is being tested this year. He becomes the third Assistant dean of men. The others are Dan iel A. DeMarino and Harold W. Perkins. Chapel Choir Rehearsal Rehearsal for new members of this year’s Chapel Choir is sched uled for 7,tonight in 117 Carnegie Hall. An explanation concerning choir alternates will be given. Instructors Can Excuse Some Cuts According to the new excuse plan set up by the College Sen ate last May, class instructors are authorized to excuse students from classes when no official ex cuse has been issued. Official excuses, according to the Rules for Undergraduate Stu dents, may be issued by the Di rector of the College Health Serv ice for hospital confinement, by the dean of men and the dean pf women for student organization trips and for personal emergen cies, by department heads for in spection- trips and tours incidental to a course, and by the Senate committee on athletics for ath letic trips. According to the rules, “for all other absences the instructor shall have the final authority in mark ing absences excused or unex cused.” Copies of these rules were dis tributed to students when they registered. Official excuses, those issued under the Senate rules, entitle a student to’ make up work with out, penalty. In the case of absences not cov ered by official excuses, instruc tors may decide whether or not students will be allowed to make up work covered during absences. Under the new plan, excuses are not issued from either the dispensary or the out-patient de partment of the College hospital. A student wishing to make up work missed while visiting the dispensary must make arrange ments with his instructor. Library Workers Picket Construction After two hours of picketing Tuesday afternoon, construction workers on the Pattee Library project returned to work yester day morning. According to reports, the men, employees of the Baton Construc tion Co., were protesting the pres ence of a sub-contractor on the project who did not have a union contract. They left their duties at 2:30 p.m. and picketed until quitting time, 4:30 p.m. Wherry Gives Ta!k “The Myth of Security” was the topic of an address delivered by .Ralph H. Wherry, associate professor of insurance, at the fifth annual convention of the Northern Association of Insurance Agents held in Coudersport last night. Niffany Dorm Men Sight Orange .Streak More than twenty College students reported seeing an “orange, reddish streak across the sky” moving from west to north at 7:24 p.m. yesterday. First to sight the object was Saul Snyder, who saw it from a window in Nittany Dorm 24. Observers said the object had a “tail like a comet” and that it was visible for at least ten min utes. The tail diminished after a few minutes, they said. FIVE CENTS
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