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Airs Customs
Freshman Council last night went on record as favoring en
forcement of customs by the sophomore class, along with all upper
classmen
Council took this action after Joyce Shusman, chairman of the
Freshman Regulations and Joint Customs Board, brought sug
gested dress customs for freshmen
before the group.
Girls Seek Change
The freshman dating rule, which
forbids dating after 5:30 p.m. on
weekdays and completely on the
first weekend, had been brought
before girls in dormitory units
earlier. The girls voted to drop the
rule completely.
The changes brought before the
council last night had been pre
viously voted on by Freshman
Regulations Board. They will go
to. the Senate for approval and
then to All-University Cabinet for,
final decision.
Three changes in operation of
Freshman Customs Board were
discussed.
1. That the Board would be
composed of sophomores (three
men and three women), and one
junior man and one junior wo
man. The juniors would act as
co-chairmen, but be non-voting
members. No members of the
Board could be members of ei
ther Tribunal or Judicial Com
mittee. The chairman of Tribunal
and Judicial would act as advis
ers to the Board. This was favored
by the Council.
No Chairman Voting
Coffee Hour
Date is Set
By Ed Council
Education Student Council vot
ed last night to set Feb. 11 as the
tentative date for the council's
coffee hour. Further arrange
ments will be made at the coun
cil's next meeting.
Committees gave their reports
towards the opertaing costs of a
four-page monthly newspaper.
A committee of nine was set-up
to further the progress of the pro
posed Education College paper.
Those named were Barbara Eas
ter, Edw a r d Crossley, Carol
Strong, Carol Durbin, Marilyn
DuPont, Anne Beebe, Evelyn
Benson, Nancy Heiman, and Mary
Glading.
A proposal to change the name
of the council to Education Col
lege Student Council received
preliminary approval. Final ac
tion will be taken at the next
meeting.
Mary Glading, secretary-treas
urer, was named to preside over
council's meetings for the next
eight weeks. President Harry
Shank is leaving for student
teaching. Gwen Griffith was se
lected secretary-treasurer.
Huber Requests
Job Registration
Students currently on file with
the Student Employment Service
must register spring class sched
ules if they wish to remain on
the active file, according to Jack
Huber, director of, the Student
Employment Service.
The office will assume that stu
dents not registering no longer
desire jobs.
Anyone wishing to register for
the first time may do so when his
schedule is complete.
The class schedules are neces
sary for the office to determine
when the students are available.
Town Council to Meet
Town Council will meet at '7 to
night in 107 Willard, Chester
Cherwinski, president, has an
nounced.
Dean
Loan
By JOE BEAU SEIGNEUR
Probably every male student
has walked into 109 Old Main at
one time or other, got a friendly
smile from Loretta Saxion, the
receptionist, and sat down, if the
crowded office had any available
chairs.
The place referred to is, of
course, the Man of Men's office.
Most of the notoriety received
comes when a male student does
something he shouldn't, but the
office does much more than just
handle these students.
"The purpose of our office,"
Dean of Men Frank J. Simes said,
"is primarily concerned with wel
fare for men students in all of
their activities." The office pro
vides a general counseling service
for men students, and a folder on
each man is constantly being
brought up to date.
Another activity of the office is
to administer rules, regulations
and policies governing student or
ganizations in their activities and
functions. The office acts as ad
visers for many activities, includ
ing Men's Student Government
Association.
Loan 'lnformation
Probably one of the lesser
known activities is to provide in
formation about University loans
and scholarships, including appli
cation procedures. One of the of-
By INEZ ALTHOUSE
2. Co-chairmen cannot vote in
a case being reviewed by the Cus
toms Board. This was also passed
by Council.
3. In case of a tie vote, the case
may be appealed to Judicial or
Tribunal, depending where the
jurisdiction lies. It can also be
further appealed to the Senate
committee or student affairs sub
committee on discipline. Council
voted that in case of a tie vote,
the chairmen should be allowed
to vote.
Several changes in dress cus
toms were suggested by the. Board.
These changes must be approved
by the Freshman Council before
further action can be taken on
them.
Council favored that blue dinks
with the University seal be worn
instead of the green dinks.
Council also asked that dating
be allowed at all times as well as
talking to the opposite sex with
out restriction. Dating by fresh
man women on the first weekend
of customs should be allowed, ac
cording to the Council, but regu
lar ten o'clock permissions for
weekends during customs should
be kept. The board had suggested
a ten and a one o'clock permission
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of Men's Office Provides
Information, CounselLng
fice's biggest jobs is to recommend
loans to students. They also pro
vide general information for vet
erans, and offer counsel on Selec
tive Service matters.
Students can register for the
draft in the Dean of Men's office,
and their forms are then sent to
their home draft boards. Over 650
men registered in the office last
year, and about 400 applied for
the Selective Service test.
The office also provides infor
mation on the types of housing
available for students in conjunc
tion with the department of hous
ing. The office keeps a list of ap
proved rooms in town, and infor
mation on houses for graduate
students.
Probably the most publicized
activity of the office concerns stu
dent conduct. If a student does
something which the office feels
is detrimental to the good name
of the University, he is referred
to a disciplinary committee. The
final decision of action is made
by the committee, and never by
the office.
Four deans compose the base of
the office. They are Frank J.
Simes, dean of men; Harold W.
Perkins, assistant dean of men;
and James W. Dean and 0. Ed
ward Pollock, assistants to the
dean of men. Dean Pollock is in
charge of fraternity affairs, and
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN', STATE COLLEGE, I,,MTNSYLVANIA
Seeks Blue Dinks
Available Housing
Four Deans
Farm Paper
Will Fete
15 Students
Fifteen foreign students at the
University will attend the annual
Master Farmer Luncheon Tuesday
during the Pennsylvania F arm
Show in Harrisburg as guests of
the Pennsylvania Farmer, state
wide farm paper. This is the sec
ond year Penn State students
representing other nations have
been invited to the luncheon.
Six farmers will be presented
with the Master Farmer award at
the luncheon. The awardees are
selected by a committee of which
Lyman E. Jackson, dean of the
College of Agriculture, is a mem
ber.
Invitations have been extended
to the foreign students through
James F. Keim, extension special
ist in international understanding.
Students who will attend the
luncheon are Geoffrey Alderman,
Cambridge, England; Akira 'Uch
ida, Yokohama, Japan; Nguyen
T. Ban and Vinh Luc, Viet Nam,
Indochina; Young Mook Kim, Tae
jon, Korea; Werner Mueller, Zur
ich, Switzerland; Faika Ibrahim,
Cairo, Egypt; Evangelina Nobleza,
Siliman University, Philippines.
Jorge Juliano, College Laguna,
Philippines; Felix Remigio, Echa
que, Philippines, Rufo , Dacanay,
Quenzon City, Philippines; Shunil
Roy, Kizmet Hazaribagh, India;
Virginia Juan, Mindoro National
Agricultural School, Philippines;
Perfecto Abuan, Sablan, Philip
pines; Ivan Samarawira, Colom
bos, Ceylon.
Jazz Concert
Set for Sunday
The second organized jazz con
cert will be held 2:30 to 4:30 p.m.
Sunday in the Temporary Union
Building.
The concert will feature the
Staters an d introduce Carolyn
Kirshner, first semester music ed
ucation major, as vocalist.
Members of the Staters music
group include James Murray, pi
ano; William Niel, _ guitar; Ken
neth Lesight, trumpet; Warren
Keefer, drums; and Francis Tay
lor, bass.
The concert will be recorded by
Station WDFM to broadcast at a
later date. The program is one in
a Sunday afternoon series at the
TUB sponsored through the Dean
of Men's office.
APhiO to Meet Monday
Alpha Phi Omega, men's na
tional service fraternity, will in
stall officers and plan reorganiza
tion for the spring semester at
7 p.m. Monday in 12 Sparks.
Dean Dean has charge of inde
pendent men.
Life in the office is not without
humor. Numerous people reported
the pig which ran loose in Alpha
Epsilon Pi, on the supposition that
the office would' return it.
Referred Cases
"Most cases are a simple prob
lem of referral," Dean Simes re
ported. Students often ask how
to drop a course, or ask for ex
cuses for personal emergencies,
more than often, not valid.
"Some of our problems are very
complex, though," Dean Simes
said, "bringing in other people
than the individual concerned."
The University psychiatrist is
sometimes called to see if the stu
dent needs help in this respect.
Vocational Guidance
The Dean of Men's office also
handles different vocational guid
ance problems, and occasionally
receives a letter from employers,
asking for character refeernces.
"We find these letters difficult
to answer because of the size of
the University and the almost neb
ulous possibility of knowing the
student at all."
The office receives numerous
letters from parents who want in
formation on how their sons are
adjusting to University life. Peo
ple write and call the , office when
they don't know where to go, and
it serves as a reference point for
many student's.
Real Lions Roamed
Where Shrine Stands
By MIKE FEINSILBER
But of all the Honored Idols,
There's but one that stands the test,
It's the stately Nittany Lion
The Symbol of our best.
—The Nittany Lion
Lions haven't roamed the campus in yea many years. But 30
years after Old Main was completed, the king of beasts was still
being seen stealing about the county.
Before 1886—when the last mountain lion killed in Pennsyl-
vania, a Centre County speciman,
was shot--it wasn't uncommon for
students to see lion tracks on
campus on winter mornings. Eight
lions were killed in the area in
one week in 1886.
Mason Sacks Lion
It was through the efforts of
H. D.. "Joe" Mason, graduate of
the class of 1907,-that Penn State
got its symbol. Single-handedly
he crusaded for the adoption of
the lion as the University's symbol
throughout hi s undergraduate
years and long after he was grad
uated.
The crusade didn't end until
the dedication of the lion shrine.
It all, started with a_ casual com
ment Mason made while touring
the Princeton campus with the
baseball team.
Mason said Princeton's tiger
may be all right, but it can't
compare with the lions which
roam the Nittany mountains.
There and then Mason decided
to make his boast come true and
make the Lion Penn State's sym
bol. The boast, though, proved to
be a bit premature.
Urges Adoption
For it was no little effort to
persuade Penn State it needed a
symbol. Mason became editor of
the Lemon, a campus comic mag
azine, and urged the adoption of
the lion in the publication.
"Every college the world over
of any consequence has a college
emblem of some kind .. ~" Mason
wrote, "all but the Pennsylvania
State College. Our institution, we
think, is of some consequence . . .
Why not select for our symbol the
King of Beasts, the Lion?"
And so it was, years later, that
Mason returned to the campus for
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WEDNESDAY, ,T.ANITMg 6, 1954
Industry Grant
Will. Be Used
For Analyzer
The receipt of a grant of $6OOO
from the Elliott Co., Jeannette, to
be used in the construction of a
$60,000 network analyzer at the
University has been announced
by Dr. Milton S. Eisenhower.
The analyzer, a digital comput
er, and an analog computer make
up the three major parts of the
computation center now under
construction.
Eric A. Walker, dean of the
College of Engineering and Archi
tecture, said the network analy
zer will be similar to the analyzers
used by industry and power corn
that the costs for parts and special
equipment needed for construc
tion will be financed by grants
from industry.
The computation - center will
provide training facilities for un
dergraduates and - graduate stu
dents at the University. It will
also be made available to power
companies and industries in the
State for solving special problems.
the dedication of his project, the
Lion Shrine.
At the dedication, he com
mented:
"It must have been a very po
tent editorial, because it took just
33 years to get results. Finally,
the class of 1940 voted funds for
the erection of this magnificent
work of art."
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