PAf 'rW 1;: *ors. . Eliminates ' Four Customs -I*-::equirerrietats • Customs. requirements of signs, handbooks, bow ties and dating were lifted by the Joint Fresh man Customs Board last night, Thomas Farrell, co- chairman of the board, announced. Freshmen will be required to wear their clinks, and show they know College cheers -and songs un til the football game with Syracuse, Oct. 17. The requirements were lifted after Freshman Class President James Bowers and Victor Alessan dra, first semester education major, appeared before the board to plead for the, end of customs. Both asked the board to set a time limit on the customs period. Pollock Asks 'Good Conduct' At Penn Game Assistant to the Dean of Men Edward Pollock yesterday asked fraternity men to avoid conduct in Philadelphia this weekend that might reflect discredit on the Col lege. The request was made in a let ter to all fraternities from Pol lock, who is in charge of frater nity affairs. The letter said: "Next Saturday all students at tending the Penn Game will be personal , representatives of The Pennsylvania State College. The conduct of these students will re flect either credit or discredit upon themselves and the College. "As in the past the membership of fraternities at Penn State must be careful to avoid conduct that might reflect discredit upon the fraternity system or the indivi dual fraternity. Hotel registra tions in the name of a fraternity are to be particularly discouraged. "Because fraternities are some times blamed for misconduct on :little or no evidence, extra pre cautions should be taken to make certain that actions of a few ir responsible individuals can not be connected with a fraternity in any way. Members attending the game should be cautioned con cerning behavior, and it is sug gested that fraternity. leaders make it clear that they will deal severely with objectionable con duct of individuals. "Definite progress is being made in fraternity public rela tions. There is a growing aware ness that each organization is constantly judged by the actions of its individual members. For the good of your fraternity and the fraternity system as a whole, please guard against all objection able practices." Volz Presents Paper Carl Volz, instructor in elec trical engineering, presented a paper recently at the ninth an nual National Electronics Confer ence in Chicago. Yea Team Pre-Penn Pep Rally To Be Held Tonight Pre-Penn game activities will be highlighted tonight with a pep rally and car parade through town and across campus. . The rally, sponsored by Androcles, junior men's hat society, and Chimes, junior women's hat society, will be held at 7 p.m. in front of Old Main. Prior to the rally, a sound: truck will tour "fraternity row" and the Nittany-Pollock area to enlist students for the car. parade, Hat men and hatwomen will visit dormitories to lead reluctant freshmen to the rally. "Beat Penn" booster tags will be distributed on campus and in town today by members of Chimes. The tags will also be available at the Student Union desk in Old Main and at the Cor ner Room At noon today, the Androcles sponsored sound truck will tour campus urging student participa tion in the car parade. and at tendance at the rally. Tony Rados and Don Malinak, co-captains of the Nittany Lions, will speak at the rally tonight. The masters of ceremony will be Robert Carruthers and Gerald Maurey. The cheerleading squad, head ed by Bruce Wagner, will lead students in songs and cheers. The Blue Band, led by James Dunlop, will. also appear. Two acl-litional pep rallies will be 'n Philadelphia before the Blue Key, junior men's hat so- The third joint customs day will be held today, Farrell said. Dating holiday for freshmen will be in effect until 5:30 p.m. today and tomorrow. There will be no dating restrictions next week, he "dded. Plague Quoted Farrell said the customs re quirements we r e lifted in re sponse to the use of student gov ernment channels, instead of vio lence. The remaining customs were retained because of violence Monday night in the West Dorm courtyard, he said. Farrell quoted a paragraph of a plaque honoring the late presi dent of the College, Ralph Dorn Hetzel, in the student government room, which States: "Penn State spirit isn't judged by vocal capacity or by mob vio lence or by demonstrations of emotional unrestraint. These are not the substance of Penn State spirit. It is made of the sterner stuff; it has the quality of loyal ty unswerving loyalty —to the highest ideals and objectives of the College. That is Penn State spirit." Eight freshmen were sentenced at the meeting for customs viola tions. Four others were dismissed after the board heard explana tions of their cases. 'Customs Help School' One frosh, who admitted three violations, was given punishment of wearing a sign, writing an es say on what he thought the good points of customs were, and ap pearing for a special session Tues day. Bowers told the board that a two-week custom period would help both the freshmen and the upperclassmen. He said it will give the frosh something to work for, and will help the upperclass men and women stress the cus toms program more. "The object of Customs is not to see who can pull hardest on a rope," Bowers told the board af ter a tug-of-war, which had ended customs two years ago, was suggested for this year's pro s gram. The board agreed that the two greatest peeves of freshmen were the dating restrictions, which are restricted to saying "Hello" to members of the opposite sex, and the length of the customs pro ;gram which is indefinite. Oldest Alumnus Succumbs at 1 . 00 Arthur B. Cram, Class of 1870, who was the oldest living grad uate of the College, died May 31 at the age of 100. He received his B.S. degree when only 17. In 1884 he got his M.S. and in 1920 he was awarded an honorary M.A. degree. In Detroit he designed homes and supervised construction" of large buildings. He retired at 82 to live with his family. Cram is survived by two children, three grandchildren and six great grandchildren. ciety, will hold a rally at 9:15 p.m. Friday in front of the Bellevue- Stratford Hotel. The Penn State Club of Phila delphia will hold a rally and smoker at 8 p.m. Friday in the Emp're Room of the Ritz-Carlton Hotel. There will be no admission charge for the smoker. 'rfl r DAILY COLLEGIAN, STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANTA. Ag School Pictures Seniors in the School of Ag riculture must have pictures for the 1954 LaVie taken by Tuesday at the Penn S tat e Photo Shop, according to Her man? Golomb, editor. . Glennland Pool Lists Schedule A weekly swim night for Col lege staff members and a daily recreation swim program for men students are included in the schedule •for Glennland Pool, ac cording to Ernest B. McCoy, dean of the School of Physical Educa tion and Athletics. The staff swimming program will be held from 7 to 9:30 p.m. each Monday for the College staff and wives of employees. Semester tickets are on sale for $1.50 at the Bursar's office, basement of Willard Hall. Starting Monday the swimming schedule for men students will be 5 to 6 p.m. Monday through Thursday, 4 to 6 p.m. Friday, and 7 to 9:30 p.m. Tuesday, Thursday and Friday. Admission will be by matriculation card. Nittany Council Sets Elections Elections for 1953-54 Nittany Council officers will be held Oct. 11, Robe - rt Harding. president, has announced. Each of the 23 Nittany dorms will ele c t a representative to serve on the council. These elec tions will take place late this week or next Monday or Tuesday. Council officers include presi dent; vice president, treasurer, re cording secretary and correspond ing secretary. The first four will serve on the Board of Governors of the Association of Independent Men. NY Times Cites Poultry Professor Work done by Harry K. Kauff man, professor of poultry hus bandry extension, while on leave in 1951 as poultry consultant to the West German government was cited in a r e cent Reuters press release in the New York Times. Kauffman work e d for six months with German government officials, educators, farmers and leaders of related businesses to improve production, management, marketing and' other phases of the poultry industry. The Reuters report told of the ways American agriculture ex perts helped West Germany's poultry industry achieve a sound er, more profitable basis. Iwo Graduates Win Magazine Contest Julia Ibbotson and Renee Klu ger, 1953 graduates of the Col lege, have been named winners of Vogue magazine's 18th annual Prix de Paris, a career contest in which 50 top college seniors are selected. Miss Ibbotson and Miss Kluger were chosen from 1547 contestants representing 380 colleges. Their biographies will be sent to a se lected list of stores, publications and advertising agencies to help launch their careers. EUTAW HOUSE Potters Mills SEAFOOD DINNERS at All Times 60 Students Pledge Blood in Campaign More than 60 persons have pledged blood for the Oct. 13-15 campus blood drive, according to Jack Huber, liaison , representative of the State College Red Cross unit. The goal is set at 500 pints. Applications and minor release forms are still available' at the Student Union desk in Old Main and in the lobby of the West Dorm lounge. Forms must be turned in by Tuesday to 112 Old Main. The Johnstown Red Cr os s Bloodmobile will be at Tempor ary Union Building during the two and one-half day drive. Ap pointments will be scheduled from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Oct. 13 and 15, and from 1 to 7 p.m. Oct. 14. Students between the ages of 18 and 21 who wish to give blood must have release forms signed by parents. Donors will be ,in formed of appointments by mail. Donors 'should list at least two times when they will be able to donate.. This -is necessary to pre vent scheduling too many donors for the same time. The proces -takes approximate ly one hour for each donor, but a two hour period should- be scheduled. Students will not be excused from classes the day they give blood. Donors are asked not to sign up for the morning of Oct.- 14 because the TUB has been re served for another group. Women wishing to serve re freshments, or to act as hOstesses to greet donors, may sign up with Bet t ys Buchannan in 231 Mc- Elwain. Engineer Wins Contest Prize James Houck, fifth semester chemical engineering major, will receive a pair of dungarees for his skill as men's winner of Sat urday's Lee Rider dung aree guessing contest sponsored by the H. D. Lee Co. Houck's mathematical genius brought him less than .1 point away from the 18.7 yard total of the 14-foot dungarees hung from the State College Hotel. More than 2500 students entered the contest. Although no women in- the competition guessed .as close as Houck, four arrived at a 19-yard total. They are Joan Robbins, Es ther Weiss, Margaret Lee Ent wisle and Sylvia Davis. A drawing for the final woman's winner will ,be held Oct. 10 at Cwen's Dungaree Drag. ' The H. D. Lee Co. will present certifi cates to Houck and the female winner at the dance. A pair of dungarees will be awarded to the winner of the Dungaree Drag vegetable corsage contest. 4-H Club Schedules First Meeting Tuesday The 4-H Club will begin its fall program Tuesday with a short business meeting and square dance. The time and place of the meeting will be posted on the bulletin boards in the Ag Hill buildings next week. Any new student who was a member of a 4-H Club'or who is interested in the program is in vited to attend. Walker to Speak Eric A. Walker, dean of the School of Engineering, will dis cuss the engineering outlook at the Engineering 2 lecture, 4:10 p.m. Monday in 110 Electrical En gineering. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1953 Penn Game Ticket Sale Ends Today If you want a ticket to Satur day's University of Pennsylvania- Penn State football game, you'd better hustle. . Tickets will be on sale until noon today. After noon, remaining tickets from the approximately 14,000' al located to the College will be tak en to Philadelphia and put on sale. About 3200 tickets are. s t it 1 available at the ticket windows in the east wing of the first floor of Old Main. Grandstand tickets sell for $3.90. End-zone seats cost $2.60. Edward C z.e ka j, assistant to Harold R. Gilbert, assistant direc tor _of athletics, yesterday said ticket sales have been relatively light. He accredited this to last Saturday's loss at Wisconsin, the early date for, the game, and the fact that the usual half-holiday was not granted to allow students with Saturday morning classes to go •to the game. Approximately 11,000 tickets have been sold to students and alumni, Czekaj said. SDX Selects Booklet Editor • Richard Rau, eighth semester journalism major, was elected ed itor of "Who's in the News at Penn State" Monday by Sigma Delta Chi, men's national profes sional journalistic fraternity. "Who's in the News" is a book - v. let containing short biographies of students who, -in the judgment of a selection committee, deserve recognition fo r activities an d services to the College. The booklet is published by Sigma Delta Chi and Theta Sig ma Phi, national women's journ alism honorary. Theta Sigma Phi Will name an associate editor to assist Rau. Bowers to Speak At Frosh Meeting The class of - 1957 will meet 7 p.m. Tuesday in 121 Sparks, James Bowers, president of last year's freshman class, announced yesterday. Class colors will be chosen and a class dance will be discussed. Bowers will explain the structure of class government. Bowers will serve as president of the present freshman class un til the class elects a president Nov. 12. PS Club to Meet Penn State Club, independent men'se social organization, will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday in 405 Old Main.
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