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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.