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VOL. 54, No. 5
All to Hail
A COOPERATIVE (?) group of freshman women and men gather
around Daily Collegian photographer Bruce Schroeder and render
a few selections from their newly acquired repertoire of College
songs. Two stuffed dogs in the arms off girls in the front row seem
totally unaffected.
Joint Customs Day
Set for Tomorrow
Frosh "hello" spirit will expand on campus when joint customs
enforcement day goes into effect at 8 a.m. tomorrow. ,
The Freshman Customs and Regulations Board declared tomor
row a joint customs enforcement day at a meeting earlier this week.
According to this decree, upperclassmen may haze both freshman
men and women, and upperclasswomen may haze frosh men and
women. Only those customs listed in the Student Handbook may be
Union Demands
Get No Reply
From College
College sources would not com
ment today on the union action
Monday night in which the group,
representing technical . and serv
ice employees, asked for a con
ference with President Milton S.
Eisenhower to discuss what the,
union calls "violations of agree
ments reached in former negoti
ations."
The agreements referred to
were reached last September
and curbed a possible strike at
that time. The union claims the
College said it would put the un
ion requests into effect this Sep
tember and has failed to keep its
promise.
The President's office has made
no comment on the situation but
sources close to Dr. Eisenhower
feel he will make a public state
ment sometime today.,
The meeting was called by the
Local 67, American Federation of
Labor, State, County, and Muni
cipal Employees to protest the
changes in College working con
diti o n s as "unsatisfactory."
Changes went into effect Sept. 14.
The union said the College did
not comply with their request for
the recent 10 per cent state pay
increase, time and a half for over
time, and increased and uniform
vacations. The College did grant
a 40-hour week of five eight-hour
days, but the rotation system for
days on and days off is unreason
able
and confusing.
R. A. Callahan, internationl di
rector of the union, said he felt
there was still time for negotia
tion and did not encourage a
walkout. He urged employees to
wait until they heard from . Dr.
Eisenhower.
He said that Samuel K. Hos
tetter, College comptroller, was
doing his job in his conferences
with union even if he was letting
them down. He added, "If Hos
tetter runs out of talk, we will
take action." He then urged em
ployees to go to Dr.• Eisenhower.
STATE COLLEGE, PA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 23, 1953
enforced
Several customs violations
charges have been made orally,
according to Thomas Farrell, co
chairman of the customs board,
Freshmen and transfer stu
dents who have not received
Student Handbooks may pick
them up this morning at the
Student Union desk in- Old
Main.
Freshmen must 'wear dress
customs to get their handbooks.
Transfer students, veterans, and
other students exempt from
customs will have their names
checked off a customs exemp
tion list as they pick up hand
books. •
but no written charges have been
handed in at the Student Union
desk in Old Main.
All charges must be written and
signed to be considered, Farrell
said.
The board lifted the dating reg
ulation limiting freshmen's asso
ciation with members of the op
posite sex to "Hello" for the home
economics mixer from 7 to 9 to
night in Temporary Union Build
ing, and the "Howdy Night" agri
culture mixer at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 1
in Hort Woods. Freshmen must
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Red's War Resumption Belief Cited
SEOUL, Wednesday, Sept. 23 Previously the sth Air Force
(IP)—A senior lieutenant in the had reported that a radar station
Communist North Kore an air tracked an undisclosed number of
force whose 24-minute flight to Communist planes; presumed to
freedom earned a $lOO,OOO reward, be MIGs flying into -Korea from
said yesterday the Reds believe Manchuria well after the 10 p.m.
the Korean War will start again deadline the night of July 27.
and are preparing for it. A spokesman said that an Al-
He - told a press conference he lied protest of truce violations
had seen the Communists move would be up to • Gen. Mark W.
Russian-built MIG je t fighters Clark, UN commander' in chief.
and two-engined propeller driven
Pilots Destination Unknown
bombers into North. Korea about
two weeks after the truce was ' After his public appearance, the
signed July 27. 22-year-old officer, who would
Seine •of the MIGs were in not give his name for security
crate; - he said. •The flier did not reasons, went back into carefully
guarded seclusion - in the Seoul
know how many aircraft were in-
volved in what appeared a fla- area.
grant truce violation.
Radar. Tracked Red Planes
The armistice terms forbid a
military buildup after the truce,
_which went into effect 10 p.m.
July 27.
FOR A BETTER PENN STATE
College Broadcasts
May Begin Soon
Hope that the College radio station may go on the air within six weeks was expressed
yesterday by David R. Mackey,. general manager, when he announced that a test signal
had been transmitted for several minutes on Friday.
The signal, which the listener could distinguish only as a hum, was broadcast under
the station's call letters WDFM on the FM frequency of 91.1.
Purpose of the test according to Mackay was to see if the transmitter was working and
the effect .of transmission on other radio and television sets in the area. It had been feared
by some, he said, that the campus radio station might cause interference on television
receiving tubes, but none was discovered.
Mixed Response
Greets Sunday
Dress Ruling
Student response varied consid
erably to the recent ruling of the
Dean of Men's office requiring
shirts, ties, and coats as standard
dress at the Sunday noon meal.
The new directive went into
effect Sunday, and affected all
men in the College dormitories.
The. ruling was prompted by a
resolution passed at the Student
Encampment at Mont Alto this
fall, reported James Deah, assis
tant to the dean of men in charge
of independent men. The students
at the encampment felt, he said,
dressing up would improve the
socialbility of th e dormitories.
The resolution, adopted at the
encampment, is subject to final
approval by All-College Cabinet.
Cabinet, scheduled to meet to
.morrow, is expected- to vote its
opinion of the ruling.
Student comments ranged from
a feeling that it was proper for
Sunday when most had returned
from church, to the feeling that
there was nothing to get dressed
up for, or that it was an unneces
sary inconvenience.
Most opposition to the ruling
has centered in the Nittany-Pol
lock Dormitory area, although the
majority of students interviewed
favored the plan as effected by
the Dean of Men's office.
Players' Tryouts
To Begin Tonight
Tryouts for the Players produc
tion "Hay Fever" will be held at
7 tonight in the Little Theater,
basement of Old Main, for actors
with, previous Players experience.
Mew persons will try out at 7
p.m. Friday. Those, interested may
sign on the bulletin board in the
Green Room, second floor Schwab
Auditorium, before tryouts begin.
The comedy, by Noel Coward,
will be presented Nov. 5,6, 7, as
the only Players offering in Sch
wab this semester.
"No one knows exactly when
and where he's going—or even if
he's going," an Air Force spokes
man said. The North Korean had
expressed a desire to .go to the
United States.
Mackey said the test proved
the station's equipment was ready
to transmit signals carrying the
human voice. If the hum would
not have been received or if it
had been distorted or broken by
interference, it might have caused
further delay in opening the sta
tion, he said.
The only thing standing be
tween the station and operation
now is critical materials, - includ
ing translaters, an antenna, and
studio equipment. Delivery of
these items has long been with
held because defense orders have
been given a higher priority and
production has been delayed.
The translaters are the integral
part of WDFM which are still
missing. They are needed to con
vert the FM. signals to AM which
is the most common band on to
day's popularly priced radios.
Studio Equipment Lacking
The station has the antenna
which was donated along with
the transmitter, but Mackey feels
it is not right for WDFM's pur
pose and the cost of installation
is too excessive. Plans have been
made to purchase a suitable one
for about $35. It will stand about
15-feet high on the roof of Sparks
building.
Studio equipment still needed
includes parts for the control
board, turntables, amplifiers, and
other electronic gear.
The test ,was held after special
permission had been granted by
t h , e Federal Communications
Commission. Their telegram of
approval sanctioned tests needed
to make the station ready for
final FCC inspection and even
tual operation.
Divisions Under Manager
The operations of the station
are directed by a 16-m ember
board of directors, eight of whom
are students. Louis H. Bell, direc
tor of public information heads
the board. Actual running of the
station is in the hands of the gen
eral manager, Mackey, - with de
partments of engineering, station
managing, and news.
The greatest number of students
are employed in the Department
of the Station Manager under his
program director. They include
production directors, continuity
writers, announcers, music direc
tors, sports reporters, drama di
rectors, and a traffic division.
The pilot declared the Commu
nists were trying to convince the
North Korean people the war had
not ended in order to seek "bet
ter preparations" for the future.
Reds Fear Jets
•
The flier confirmed what re
turned. prisoners have - reported.
He saw Russians flying in combat
during the war. However, there
were no Russians in' his own for
mation.
He said MIG pilots were - very
much" afraid of Sabres and con
sidered the U.S. jets superior to
their own planes. He added that
he had been in combat against
Sabres but never had shot one
down.
The Red lieutenant said MIGs
flown by Russians and Chinese
were equipped with radar equip
thent but that those used by North
Koreans were not
Special Traffic
Offense Court
May Be Formed
Tribunal will be relieved of
handling violations of the traffics
code, if All-College Cabinet pass
es a resolution to be presented
at its regular meeting tomorrow
night, according to Thomas Far
rell, Tribunal chairman.
The new plan, approved in a
Tribunal policy meeting Monday
night, calls for formation of a
separate court, composed of sev
en members and subject.to appeal
to Tribunal, Farrell said.
Two sophomores, four juniors,
and one senior would serve on
the court. Half would be frater
nity men and half independents.
The chairman would be a senior,
selected from the independent
members of Tribunal in the fall,
and fr o m fraternity Tribunal
members in the spring semester.
Capt. Philip A. Mark of the
Campus Patrol announced yes
terday the traffic code will be
strictly enforced starting today.
The trial period is over, he said,
and no leniency will be shown
to future violators.
• Mark also said the Campus
Patrol. is fast running out of its
1200 student parking •s pace
permits. He said only those stu
dents who have to drive to the
College for classes will be is
sued permits in the future and
he urged those students living
on campus to leave cars at
home.
Members of the traffic court,
except the chairman, would be
appointed two weeks prior to the
end of the spring semester for a
one-year term. The All-College
president would name the chair
man on the recommendation of
the Tribunal chairman. Tribunal
chairman would designate the
traffic . court head.
Penalty recommendations clis
cussed•by the second judicial re
organization committee at the
Student Encampment will also go
before cabinet, Farrell said. Un
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Draft Forms
Now Available
Applications are available in
the Dean of Men's office, 109 Old
Main, for 18-year-old students
who have not yet registered with
their local selective service draft
boards.
Applications will be transferred
to students' local boards; Mrs.
Sarah Case, in I charge of the ser
vice in the Dean of Men's office,
reported. Required forms are
available on c amp us, she said,
and students need not return
home to register.
Matric Cards Ready
Permanent matricu 1a t ion
cards are now available for
new students in 109 Willard,
Frank J. Simes, dean of men,
has announced.
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