Weather— 411, •. Cloudy Cooler FOR A BETTER PENN STATE VOL. 54, No. 2 Prexy Greets New. Students • --Photo by Schroeder NEW STUDENTS 'overflowed Recreation Hall Monday night to hear welcome and advice from President Milton S. Eisenhower. He outlined the opportunities . awaiting the College's 3475 new students. Prexy Emphasizes Steps for Success Going for advice as soon as difficulty . arises and going to the proper person was emphaiized by President Milton S. Eisenhower as essential to satisfactory completion of a college career. In speaking to freshmen and transfer students Monday night in Recreation Hall, he urged students to go for advice at the first sign of difficulty. He said "you and you alone" can iron out trouble, since advisers will not go to the student. The talk was part of the pro gram of welcome attended by in coming students as part of Orien tation Week. Richard Lemyre, All- College president, and E. K. Hibsh man, State College burgess, also ;welcorn•A new students. Dr. Eisenhower stressed the need for seeking help quickly and drew the parallel that the first years are important because they supply a foundation which must be strong. Academic uncertainty may be remedied by using the ser vices of academic advisers and professional testing laboratories on the campus, he said. He • listed six benefits on and off campus that may come from an education such as can be secured at the College. They in cluded a depth- of knowledge needed to be a bread-winner or a home-maker and a broad under- Standing of fields other than the one specialized in through a wise choice of electives. One of the most, important in the - six was the achievement of a high degree of proficiency in the field of communications which includes reading, writing, speak ing, and asking questions with clarity and logic. Dr. Eisenhower urged students to study at least one foreign language in addition to many courses in English. He said the education awaiting new enrollees would contribute to development of their character or the spiritual side of life composed of character, personality, and judgment. Other points included the attainment of critical thinking (Continued on page sixteen) Hatmen to Meet Tomorrow Night Campus batmen will meet at 7 p•m. tomorrow in 405 Old Main. - Agenda for the meeting in cludes distribution of hats and shingles, discussion of customs enforcement, and instructions f4r pep rallies an d football games. By DIEHL McKALIP Frosh Cuts Head In WD Accident Joseph Norman, a freshman, was discharged from the College Infirmary yesterday after being treated for a head cut resulting from a fall in Hamilton Hall Mon day. Norman was unconscious when taken to the Infirmary but was released after X-rays showed no serious effects. Tuberculin Readings New students who received tuberculin injections Monday will report to the Infirmary for read ings" before 5 p.m. today. Freshman Customsto Begin Monday By PEGGY McCLAIN Green dinks will swarm over campus when - freshman customs go into effect at 7 a.m. Monday. . - • Starting today, freshmen may .buy dress customs in the Book Exchange in Temporary Union Building. The name of each freshman will be checked off a master list at the time of purchase. Freshmen who fail to get dress customs will be contacted by Freshman Customs Board, accord ing to Thomas Farrell, co-chair man. Frosh must wear green dinks and standard size name cards with names, home towns and curricu lums printed in heavy black let ters. Freshman men • must wear black bow ties, with their shirt collars buttoned. Dress customs will be worn out- STATE COLLEGE, PA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 16, 1953 ROgiArqtion Begins Today for 11,500 ,Approximately 11,500 students are expected to register before noon Saturday, as seniors and juniors enroll today, the first day. of the fall semester registration in Recreation Hall. Sophomores and freshmen will register tomorrow, Friday,. and before noon Saturday. Students will enter Rec Hall in alphabetical order as listed on the front of student timetables. A receipted bill for fees and a matriculation card must be presented for a student to be admitted to Rec Hall.. Each student must complete his own registration. Students who are caught - registering for anyone other than themselves will not be permitted to continue registration, and will be turned over to their dean for appropriate disciplinary action, C. 0. Williams, dean of admissions and registrar, said yesterday. Students registering after noon Saturday will be charged a slo'late registration fee,' Williams said. Envelopes containing registra tion forms must be obtained from faculty advisers, and forms filled out before proceeding to Rec Hall to register. Classes Scheduled on Main Floor Entrance to Rec Hall can be obtained only on the north side of the building, near the Nittany Lion Inn. Students will move along the north aisle and proceed through stations until they reach the main floor, where class regis tration will be held. On the main floor, students will receive class, registration cards from officials odepartments in which they' desire to schedule classes. Registration officials have suggested students check these cards to' be sure they are in the right course and section. Stu dents have been requested not to write their names on these cards. Departments will be' located' along tables set up in Rec Hall accord ing to the schools they are in. Registration will begin at 9 a.m. today, and 8 a.m. tomorrow, Fri day and Saturday. Seniors and juniors whose last names begin with Kim to Lap will be the first to register today. Those whose names begin Jan to Kil will end registration. Freshmen and sopho mores whose names being Kna- Kri will begin registration tomor, row, while those' whose names begin A-And will _ start. Friday's registration. Employees Register Saturday Members of Alpha Phi Omega, national service honorary; wom en's hat .societies; and the football team will register between 8 and 9 a.m. today because of their 'ac tivities in 'the Orientation Week program, Harry A. Sperber, as sistant scheduling office r, an nounced yesterday. . Special students and College employees will register from 8 a.m. to noon. Saturday. Students attending school un der the G. I. Bill of Rights must complete veterans registration be fore leaving Rec Hall. Athletic Books will be distributed during registration. .olembers of Alpha Phi Omega will assist officials in directing students through registration phases. Starlight Dance Tonight to Fete New Students Freshmen and new students will be feted tonight at the Starlight Dance, sponsored by the Panhel lenic and Interfraternity Councils. The dance will 'take place from 8:30 to 10 p.m. in front of Old Main. Lynn Christy and the Camp useers will furnish music for the annual event. In case of rain, the dance will be held in Temporary Union Building. - New students were familiarized with the programs of student councils at open-house programs last night. Woinen's Recreation Association activities will be explained to new women students at 6:45 tonight in Schwab Auditorium. • At the same time, new men stu dents will meet with dormitory counselors in dorm units. Women students will meet with dormitory counselors in their dormitory units at - 10 p.m. • . New women students will be introduced to the" programs of Panhellenic Council, and .Leonides at a •rneetincr at 6:45 p.m. tonaorrow in Schwab '''Auditorium. Association of Independent Men representatives will be on hand at men's dormitory units to explain functions of AIM at 6:45 p.m. to morrow. Used - Book Agency, BX To Open in TUB Today The Used Book Agency, the Book Exchange, - and the stu dent school supply store in the -TUB will be open from 9 a.m. to 9 p:m. daily and from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday starting to day. Students may buy or sell used used text books at the ÜBA until Sept. 25. The BX will sell freshman customs. side dormitories and 'to College dining halls. Men must remove clinks . ' inside buildings. Dress 'customs holidays begin 5:30 p.m. each Friday and end 7 a.m. Monday: However, customs must be worn until noon on Sat urday. • During the first week of cus toms, freshman women must be in their dormitories by 9:15 p.m: ' and for the remainder of the cbstoms period; by 9:15 p.m. on • weekdays and 'lO p.M. Fridays and Satur days. Frosh may not date the first weekend of customs or, during the week. Dating will be permitted the following 'weekends on Friday and Saturday nights. . Freshman Customs Board will decide when customs shall end.. All , customs .-need to be lifted at the 'same .time. • Student Handbooks, known as Freshman Bibles, should be ready for distribution Monday morning, according to Farrell.- Mimeo graphed sheets of customs regula tions, school• songs, and cheers, are rgiatt By PHIL AUSTIN being given to new students until handbooks arrive. Veterans are automatically ex empt from freshman customs, 'but must sign for exemption at the Student Union desk in Old Main. Students over 21 and those with physical handicaps may appeal to the customs hoard for exemption 'at 8 p.m. tomorrow in the Student Government room, 204 Old Main. General exemption cards will be given to veterans and students exempted by the board. Students 'undergoins , customs who wish to leave State College during the customs period .rnust appear before the customs board. Only upperclassmen may en force customs on freshman men and only upperclasswoinen may enforce freshman- women's cus tonis, except on days set aside .as joint enforcement days by the customs board. Violations of customs may be reported in written form by soph omores, juniors, and seniors at the Student Union - desk. No charge will be considered unless signed by .an upperclasSman. • Next Collegian Out Friday Pollock 10 'Conquered' By Coeds A group of 58 coeds has corn pleted another memorable con quest in the history of women at Penn State with their occupation of Pollock Dormitory 10 on the fringe of men's living units. It marked the second time in four years that women have taken over men's facilities; the other being when Thompson Hall was absorbed. Both moves were prompted by increased women's enrollment.. • Not only is this year's female enrollment larger than usual but Mrs; Cordelia L. Hibbs, assistant to the dean of women, , said the usual number of last minute with drawals did not occur this year. As a result, not only has Pollock 10 been pressed into service but women also are living in many of the regular dormitory lounges. Mrs. Hibbs says it is the in tention of the College to move the women into regular dormi tory facilities• before the end of the fall semester. This will be done as some drop from school and others leave to student teach. The coeds, who are mostly transfer students and a few fresh men, live in the western-most row of the Ponom dorms with men's dorms on either side and to the rear. They are separated from Mc- Elwain Hall where they eat their meals and receive their mail by a good hundred yard dash through the Windcrest trailer village. The unit is reported to be in good condition with new floor covering and feminine curtains. Miss Mary E. Brewer, assistant to the dean of -women, is acting as house• mother in the absence of their regular hostess, Mrs. Iva Beemer. Nancy Ralph, a marketing ma jor from Philadelphia and a trans fer from Stephens College in Mis souri, said the dorms are dif ferent but the girls do not really know the difference because they have not had an occasion to corn pare them with other units.. • 3 Archaeology. Courses Set Three new archaeology courses, listed under the Department of Sociology, will be offered begin ning with the fall semester. The three credit courses will be taught by Dr. Fredrick R. Matson, professor of archaeology. Archaeology 1 is the study of the development of man and his culture in Europe, Egypt, and. South America. It will be offered as a non-technical elective for en gineering and mineral industrial students, and will be accepted as a social science elective in other schools. Archaeology of the New World, Archaeology 402, involves the study, origin, and antiquity of man, and archaeological evidence of Indian cultures in the Americas. Archaeology 400, will be given in the spring semester. It is the study of man and his culture io the Near East and India. FIVE CENTS
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