Over 2700 F ros h
To Begin Customs
Monday Morning
(Editorial on page eight)
Over 2700 freshmen will respond to the call “Curtsy," Frosh” and
“Button, Frosh” by upperclass men and women when frosh customs
begin at 8 a.m. Monday.
Freshman men and women wi
the University seal as part of th<
Harshbarger
Will Speak
At Chapel
Rev. Luther H. Harshbarger,
University Chaplain, will speak
at the first Chapel service at
10:55 a.m. Sunday in Schwab
Auditorium, on the topic “Life
Is Commitment.”
Harshbarger, who has been
part-time chaplain and executive
secretary of the Christian Asso
ciation, became full-time Univer
sity Chaplain Sept. 1.
President Milton S. Eisenhower,
in announcing the change, ex
plained that its purpose was to
stimulate and maximize the reli
gious life and affairs of the cam
pus, to help all religious faiths
and denominations foster their
programs, to administer Univer
sity facilities and activities which
involve one or all faiths, and to
provide more time for conseling.
Served with YMCA
Harshbarger, who served five
years with the World’s . YMCA
service to prisoners of war in
Great Britain and Germany, be
came executive secretary of the
Penn State Christian Association
in 1949. He was appointed Chap
lain in September, 1951. ,
During the summers of 1952
and 1953 he- was director of the
National Student YM and YW
European Study Tour, which
visited Great Britain, Holland,
Germany, Switzerland, Yugosla
via, France and Italy.
Choir to Sing
As part of the service, the
Chapel Choir, directed by Mrs.
Willa C. Taylor, will sing “Hear
My Prayer, O Lord” (Mundy).
Rehearsals for the service will be
part of the Chapel Choir Day ac
tivities to be held tomorrow at
the Grier School in Tyrone.
Jesse Arnelle, All-University
president, will assist in the ser
vice. George E. Ceiga, Chapel or
ganist, will play.as prelude “Laet
One Met Herten Reyne” (Bull)
and as postlude “Fantasia” (Byrd).
Services Are Non-denominaiional
Chapel services, which are non
denominational and open to all
students, brings to. the campus
each Sunday outstanding speak
ers representing the various
schools of contemporary religious
thought.
Next week’s speaker will be
Rev. Philip Potter, chairman of
the youth department of the
World Council of Churches, Cape
Haiteien, Haiti. His topic will be
“The Sobriety of Hope.”
The Chapel is administered by
the University Chaplain with the
supervision of the Chapel com
mittee. The Chaplain’s new office
is located in 120 Waring Hall.
University Receives
$16,575 in Grants
Five . grants totalling $16,575
have been received by the Uni
versity in support of the program
of the Institute of Public Safety.
The major grant, $15,000, was
made by the National Association
of Automotive Mutual Insurance
Companies. Under Amos E. Ney
hart, administrative head, the In
stitute conducts a nationwide
program in driver training.
TODAY'S
WEATHER:
CLOUDY
WARMER
•ill wear blue gabardine dinks with
ie official dress customs. Last year
'Igreen dinks were worn.
Freshmen are also required to
wear 5-by-8-inch name cards with
their name, home town, and cur
riculum in heavy print. Lettering
must be at least IVz inches high.
Dinks can be purchased in the
Used Book Agency in the Tem
porary Union Building. The ÜBA
will be open from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.
today and until noon tomorrow.
Name cards can be picked up at
this time.
Sophs to Enforce
’ Hugh Cline, -president of the
sophomore class, has urged all
sophomores to enforce customs.
He also asked that hat men and
women watch for any hazing by
upperclassmen. Hazing is defined
as any activity not specifically
prescribed by Freshman Customs
Board.
Students over 21 should appear
before Freshman Customs Board
at 1 p.m. today in the student gov
ernment room; 204 Old Main, for
exemption from customs. Veterans
are automatically exempt from
customs but must carry identifi
cation cards with them at all
times.
Monday has been declared Hat
Day by Hat Society Council. All
hat men and women should wear
their hats during class hours, Ro
bert Smoot, president of the coun
cil, has announced. He asked that
all hatmen wear their hats every
day during customs.
Song Fesi Sunday
Hat men will report to the men’s
dormitories at 10 p.m. Sunday to
teach all freshman men the Uni
versity songs, Smoot said.
Dress customs will be worn at
all times except from' 5:30 p.m.
Friday until 7 a.m. Monday. How
ever, customs must be worn until
noon on Saturday.
Freshmen must also wear their
dress customs outside all build
ings, in dining halls, and at all
intercollegiate athletic events.
The Student Handbook, or
“Freshman Bible,” must be car
ried at all times, and the identi
fication page of the book must be
filled out.
Freshmen will be allowed to
date from Sunday through Thurs
day until 5:30 p.m. and Friday
and Saturday until 11 p. m . and
1 a.m. Women must be in dormi
tory by 9:15 p.m. Sunday through
Thursday.
Freshman women will be al
lowed to date in the lounges of
McKee, Hamilton, and Irvin halls
(Continued on •page four)
ÜBA Sells 2000 Books
The Used Book Agency has sold
approximately 2000 books in the
first two days of operation, Ben
jamin Lowenstein, chairman of
the Penn State Book Exchange,
said yesterday.
The ÜBA, located in the Tem
porary Union Building, will re
ceive used books until Tuesday.
Selling of books will continue from
9 a.m. to 9 p.m. until the end of
next week.
Approximately 5500 used books
are available for purchase by stu
dents. However, Lowenstein re
ported women’s physical educa
tion, commerce, economics, engi
neering, agriculture, and litera
ture books are still needed. He
stated that the ÜBA does not
now need psychology, sociology,
or English grammar books';
Students will find the used
books placed alphabetically ac
cording to courses bn tables in
the TUB ballroom. Students may
serve themselves. Books are
priced by student sellers.
Approximately 2200 blue dinks
for freshman customs have been
sold so far, Lowenstein said. The
dink sale is expected to be from
•2400 to 2700. The name of each
freshman who buys his customs
is checked off on a master list.
Lowenstein also announced that
the BX, the school supply store,
•also; located in the TUB,, is now
open. Besides the regular line of
school supplies, the store will fea-
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Ray's Confession
*
Jack Ray, the convict who “confessed” Tuesday to the murder of a University coed
14% years ago, admitted yesterday that it was a hoax.
He told a newspaper reporter that he is innocent of the crime for which he is now
serving time, and made up the confession to attract attention.
Ray is now serving a life sentence for another murder at McAlester State Peniten
tiary in Oklahoma. He was convicted of killing George Goodman at Cordell, Okla., Oct. 6,
Registration Plan
Called Successful
Registration this semester is the best and fastest-moving in the
past 30 years, according to Ray V. Watkins, assistant registrar. No
long lines were found at any time in Recreation Hall, Watkins said.
C. O. Williams, dean of admissions and registrar, said that at
5 p.m. yesterday 7398 students had completed registration. Under
the new alphabetical registration
system, 2039 students were ad
mitted to Rec Hall Wednesday
morning, 1827 Wednesday after
noon, 1719 yesterday morning,
and 1813 yesterday afternoon.
Between 11,500 and 11,600 stu
dents are expected to be enrolled
in the University by the end of
registration at noon tomorrow.
Approximately 500 students an
hour have been processed through
registration, Williams said. Some
students completed registration in
six minutes.
Departments Foresee Demands
One of the greatest benefits of
the new alphabetical system, the
registrar said, is that the depart
ments were able to calculate at
noon yesterday exactly what de
mands would be made in each
department during, the last half
of registration.
New sections were opened
ahead of time where they were
needed. For example, new sec
tions of English Composition 90
were opened to take care of the
engineers who registered yester
day afternoon and those who will
register today.
Students Get Master Cards
About the only change in the
registration system this semester
besides the alphabetical system is
(Continued on page two)
TWO STUDENTS, Lois Baer, fifth semester education major from
York, and Ed Duffy, seventh semester pre-law major from War
ren, demonstrate to freshmen what buying books can be like in
the student-operated Used Book Agency in the TUB. The moral
classes start Monday.
ture a group of ten pennants The ÜBA has been in operation
which depicts the football sched-for ! five years. Each year, the
ule * sale of books has increased.
FOR A BETTER PENN STATE
(Picture on page nine )
By NANCY, FORTNA
Choir to Go
To Workshop
The 70 returning members
of the Chapel Choir will par
ticipate in a workshop tomor
row at the Grier School, near
Tyrone.
The workshop has been
planned to prepare choir mem
bers for the first chapel ser
vice of the academic year at
10:55 a.m. Sunday, in Schwab
Auditorium.
Upperclassmen may try out
for the "choir according to this
schedule:
Monday: 6:45 p.m., altos; 8
p.m., baritones and basses.
Tuesday: 6:45 p.m., sopranos;
8 p.m., tenors.
Tryouts will be held in 212
Carnegie.
According to Richard Hul
brink, choir president, altos,
baritones, and basses are need
ed. Only a few sopranos and
tenors are needed.
Mrs. Willa C. Taylor, profes
sor of music education and di
rector of the choir, said that
the choir will be composed of
92 members.
2 n
Wanted Truth Serum
He said he admitted the mur
der of Rachel Taylor, a home eco
nomics freshman, hoping authori
ties would find it plausible enough
to give him a truth serum or lie
detector test.
“I thought if I could prove I
was innocent of the Pennsylvania
case, the test would show I was
innocent of that shooting at Cor
dell,” he said.
Ray signed a 600-word confes
sion after six months of detec
tive work by Pittsburgh County
Sheriff _ Abner Dear. -Dear said
he received a tip on the case, but
refused to reveal his source.
Planted Tip
The 34-year-old convict said he
had deliberately planted the “tip”
that he knew something about
the murder of Miss Taylor after
he had read about it in a detective
magazine.
In his confession, Ray said he
killed Miss Taylor on March 28,
1940, because she threatened to
go to University authorities with
a letter involving him in a cam
pus dope ring.
Ray said he had been dating
“Candy,” who he said was a nar
cotic user on campus, for several
months before she became angry
with him and wrote a letter to
Miss Taylor exposing the dope
ring.
Victim Given Ride
He said he picked up Miss Tay
lor at the State College bus sta
tion as she was returning from
the Easter holidays and gave her
a ride to her dormitory.
Ray told police he offered her
$5OO for the letter, which she re
fused. He said he then pulled out
his gun to frighten her.
According to the confession,
Miss Taylor ran from the car, and
(Continued on page jour)
Players Tryouts
Set for Tonight
Tryouts for Players’ produc
tion of John Van Druten’s “Bell,
Book, and Candle” will be held
at 7 tonight in the Little Theatre,
basement of Old Main.
Copies of the play may be ob
tained in advance on the second
floor of Schwab Auditorium, ac
cording to Robert D. Reifsneider,
associate professor of dramatics.
No previous acting experience is
necessary.
An arena productions, the show
will open Oct. 15 for a six-week
run.
Circulation Staff to Meet
The Daily Collegian circulation
staff will meet at 6 p.m. Monday
in the business office, basement of
Carnegie Hall.
Party to Mark
Debut of Dinks
The Dink Debut, a special
party for frosh, will be held
from 2 to 5 p.m. tomorrow in
the Temporary Union Build
ing.
Freshman men and women
have been asked to wear their
dinks to the party.
The Dink Debut will be spon
sored by Leonides and the As
sociation of Independent Men
and will feature Lynn Christy
and his Campuseers. Each wo
man attending, the fete will re
ceive a baby orchid.