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Anyone for Books?
BRISK BUSINESS by the Used Book Agency was reported yester
day as students began attending classes. Only thing holding sales
back, Howard Giles, USA chairman, said is a lack of books. Here
(left to right) John Burgan, Irene Tamulis, Shirley Martens,
Jeanne Zubres, and • John Hetherington find something to laugh
about as they browse for books.
Purchase of Books,
Customs Continues
Sale of used textbooks and dress customs will continue today
at the Used Book Agency and the Book Exchange in Temporary
Union Building.
.Used texts will be accepted for sale until 9 tonight.
Howard Giles, chairman of the ÜBA, issued a request for more
books. Books for all courses, except foreign languages, are needed,
Giles said. Foreign language texts
are not accepted by the agency.
Ninety-seven per cent of the
Class of 1957 had purchased dress
customs by noon yesterday, Giles
reported.,
Freshmen who have failed to
purchase dress customs will be
contacted by Freshman Customs
Board.
George Washington. and Mil
tm S. Eisenhower are on the
list of freshmen in the TUB
who have purchased dress cus
toms at the USA.
Doubt exists whether they
actually had.
More likely prankish fresh
men did.
Giles reported the ÜBA con
tinued to set new records in the
number of books handled. Ap
proximately 7000 textbooks had
been received by the agency and
5000 had been sold by noon yes
terday, Giles said.
The Book Exchange, school
supply outlet, also reported a new
record in the amount of business
transacted.
Giles accredited the ÜBA's in
crease in business to the self
service system, initiated last year,
and to an increase in student
support.
Students will be able to pick up
their money or unsold books at
the TUB, Oct. 5 through Oct. 9.
AF Officers
Study Weather
A group of 32 U.S. Air Force
officers will complete a special
post-graduate program at the Col
lege this month.
The program, which lasted two
semesters and the entire summer
session, was designed to train
weather forecasters and opera
tional research men for the Air
Force.
According to Dr. Hans Neu
berger, professor and chief .of the
Division of Meteorology, officers
entering the program are selected
by the Air Force. They are grad
uates of colleges and universities
with degrees in technical fields
and reserve commissions through
the Air ROTC prograin.
Another group of 45 officers has
just been admitted to the program.
This group will complete its train
ing next September.
The child born on the May
flower during its epic voyage to
America was named Peregrine
Photo by Schroeder
PSCA to Hold
Frosh Mixer,
Explain Work
Penn State Christian Associ
ation will hold a get-together
meeting for old members and
freshmen at 7 p.m. tomorrow in
405 Old Main.
The Rev. Luther H. Harsh
barger, College chaplain and ex
ecutive secretary of the Christian
Association, will discuss his recent
tour of Europe.
Members of PSCA will explain
the activities and projects of the
organization, an extension of the
Young Men's and Young Women's
Christian Association. Kirk Gar
ber, PSCA president, will serve
as master of ceremonies, and Ray
Evert, graduate student and coun-•
selor, will lead group singing.
many Christian Association has
many programs planned for the
year including fireside discussions
in faculty homes, cabin parties, a
UN seminar, movies, workshop
groups, and speakers from the
College, other sections of the Uni
ted States, and foreign countries.
Besides the get-together meet
ing, the Christian Association will
hold a frosh cabin party Friday
in Watts Lodge, the PSCA cabin
located four miles from campus
on a 39-acre plot of timberland
overlooking the Nittany Valley.
'olice Give Traffic
College and borough police
officials yesterday warned
students to abide by parking
and traffic regulations as more
than 10,000 students returned
to classes for the fall semester.
"Having the number of people
in town double overnight means
trouble with motor and pedes
trian traffic, so we've got to have
the utmost cooperation from stu
dents"-and townspeople," State
College Burgess E. K. Hibshman
said.
The special statement aiming
primarily at new students on cam
pus and serving as a reminder
to.. upperclassmen and townfolk,
emphasized safe driving at all
times.
"If drivers who live in town
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Employees
Ask Meeting
ith Prexy
A motion asking to see Presi
dent Milton S. Eisenhower and
discuss problems of College em
ployees was passed last night tat
a special meeting of the American
Federation of Labor Local _ 67,
State, County, and Muncipal Em
ployees. Three hundred College
employees attended the meeting.
The action came as. a result of
what R. A. Callahan, international
representative of the union, called
a complete rejection and ignoring
of requests submitted by the
group a year ago this month.
The lone grant made by the
College was that of a 40-hour
work week, but he said it- has
been used to the disadvantage of
employees. ,
The demand follows a letter
sent to Dr. Eisenhower on Sep
tember 14, the day. the changes
in working conditions for techni-
I cal and service employees went
into effect. It called attention to
the inter-office correspondence
dated August 31 which announced
the changes and "which violates
the agreement reached with you
(the College). by our committee
in September. 1952."
The agreement reached 'in 1952
was that the requests of the union
could not be granted at that time
because the year's work schedule
had already been made, but that
they would be granted the follow
ing fall. This agreement was
reached in discussion with Dr.
Eisenhower and the union feels
that if the facts were brought to
him personally once again they
would be ironed out.
The requests of the union• in
cluded a 5-day, 40 hou r• work
week with no effect on salaries,
uniform increases in wages in
accordance with the ten per cent
given all state employees, time
and a half for all overtime, a va
cation leave based on l% days
per month for those with under
ten years' service and 2 days per
month for. those over. They also
asked in the prior letter to Dr.
Eisenhower that the workers'
representatives be consulted be
fore any changes in working con
ditions be made.
Negotiation Group Established
It was the feeling of the union
as expresed by Callahan and
George Fink, local union presi
dent, that the College had only
granted the 40-hour week and
that only partially. They said that
currently days off and working
days are in such a state of flux'
that employees are in constant
confusion as to their schedules.
To act as their representative
in the requested talks with Dr.
Eisenhower. the members moved
to have their executive committee
become the negotiation commit
tee. This committee will accom
plish the aims of the previous
demands and open the way for
future negotiations.
Home Ec Mixer
A mixer for new students in
home economics will be held from
7 to 9 p.m. tomorrow in Tem
porary Union Building. The af
fair is being sponsored by home
economics organizations and
Home Ec Student Council.
observe traffic rules—all it takes
is a little comm on sense—we
shouldn't have too much trouble,".
State College Police Chief J. R.
Juba commented. Juba said mem
bers of the police force have been
instructed to crack down from the
start on all types of violations.
Capt. Philip -A. Mark of the
Campus Patrol warned students
that all violations of campus traf
fic and parking regulations will
be dealt with more severely than
last year. Mark advised students
unfamiliar 'with regulations to
obtain a copy at the Campus Pa
trol office, 320 Old Main.
Students who intend to operate
an automobile, motorcycle, or
motorbike, in or around State
College must register at the Cam
pus Patrol of fic e, regulations
-tate.
Most students registered their
By DIEHL McICALIP
Ask Worker Consultation
Pollock Invaded .
Photo by Schroeder
SEE? I TOLD YA—lvomen in Pollock, chuckles male student as
women march into Pollock Circle dorm 10, formerly and normally
an all-male abode. Men in Pollock area have voiced no complaints
about their female neighbors and the gals—surprisingly enough—
like it too.
Girls like Pollock,
But WILL Move Soon
By MIKE FEINSILBER
Misery loves company.
The girls in Pollock 10 love company too
But they're not miserable.
They love Pollock 10.
In fact, they like being in Pollock Circle, normally an ill-male
dormitory area, so much they don't want - to leave.
Some have requested, if they have to go, that they be housed
together in women's dorms.
Because the College doesn't
want to deny an eligible appli
cant admission to Penn State if
it can be' avoided more women
applicants are usually accepted
than there are accommodations
for. Usually, enough girls drop
out to even the number of wom
an students with the number of
accommodations. _
Women Living in Lounges
This year it didn't happen.
Consequently women are pres
ently living in dormitory lounges,
and in= the basement of Grange
Dormitory, as well as in Pollock
10.
Campus Chest
Receives $11,614
In 1952-53 Drive
Contributions to the 1952
- 53 Campus Chest drive totaled
$11,614.17 in a $12,000 goal, Rich
ard Gibbs, chairman of this year's
drive, has announced.
Students contrbiuted $6031.90
and faculty and administration
donated $1941.97. Proceeds from
the annual Kick-Off Dance total
ed $2259.57. The tennis exhibition
netted $224 and Ugly Man con
test, $721.16.
Of the nine national and local
charities benefiting f rom the
drive, the Penn State Christian
Association received $4701.20, 46
per cent of the total collected.
Thirteen per cent, $1328.60,
went to the World Student Serv
ice Fund. The Penn State Student
Scholarship Fund received 7 per
cent, $517.
Six per cent was given to Wom
en's Student Government Associ
ation Christmas Fund, Salvation
Army, American Heart Associa
tion, and Damon Runyon Memor
ial Cancer Fund. Each group re
ceived $613.20.
National Scholarship Service
for Negro Students' received 5
per cent, $5ll, and State Col
lege Community Fund received
1 per cent, $102.20.
Warning
cars during registration but stu
dents acquiring the use of a motor
vehicle during the semester must
also register with the patrol.
Parking permits for parking
automobiles on the campus are
issued as follows:
1. To students commuting from
their place of residence provided
it is outside the parking bound
aies. Boundaries are Mitchell ave
nue to the north of campus,
Hamilton avenue to the south,
Franklin street and S. Sparks
street in the west, and Pine and
McKee streets in the east.
2. To students living in col
lege \dormitories.
3. To students living in campus
fraternities.
3. To physically handicapped
students who require unlimited
use of a motor vehicle as certi
fied by the director of the. College
Health Service:
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1953
But, as students leave for stu
dent-teaching assignments, and
others transfer or drop out, rooms
in women's dorms will become
available. •
Advice Offered
The girls are being "evacuated"
as rapidly as vacancies occur in
women's dorms. The movement
has started already, Mrs. Cor
delia L. Hibbs, assistant to the
dean of women in charge of
housing, reported yesterday.
To aid the women until the
exodus ends, advice to the 58
female occupants of Pollock 10
was offered by a• former male
occupant of "the barracks."
"Get mufflers," he warned.
"Get mittens, and galoshes, too.
It gets cold in Pollock."
"The girls need not worry about
floods," he continued. "After all,
Pollock dorms float."
Pillow fights are not to be en
couraged, the helpful gentleman
declared. "Flying pillows are too
likely to go through a wall."
'Too Far East'
"The rooms are quite small--
that's true. But there are ad
vantages to this." He didn't ex
postulate. He did smirk.. •
"The main disadvantage to liv
ing in Pollock," the informer said,
"is,that it is quite• far east." "In
fact," he continued, "were it
much further east, the girls would
have to pay out-of-state tuition."
"But don't get me wrong," he
concluded, "I love Pollock Cir
cle."
The gentleman now resides in
town.
Froth Candidates, Staff
To Meet Tomorrow
Candidates and members of
Froth art and editorial staffs will
meet at 8 p.m. tomorrow in 9
Carnegie. Art candidates are
asked to bring examples of -their
work.