FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 16. 1955
Customs Begin Monday
For 2500 Freshmen
Beginning at 7 a.m. Monday, 2500 freshman men and women will dr ldeff" the tradi
tional blue and white dink, or "curtsy" as they pass from class to class during the first day of
ftei:hcmenatnerc,uasstn.anis. record • ,
i t Over 1.70,-dinks and namecards have been sold at the Book . Exchange on the base
t floor of the Hetzel Union Building. Students should purchase. the customs dress at
is kept of all sales for future reference. All freshmen, except those
!o are exeMpted, must wear the customs attire.
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i The 8-by4s-inch name card must carry the student's name, hometown, and major.
~tittering must he at least X% inches high. The cards will be worn around the neck for the
Sororities
To Begin
,Rushing
Formal sorority rushing will
open with a meeting of prospec
tive rushees at I'l a.m. today in
121 Sparks.
Women of third semester stand
ing or higher with an All-Uni
versity average of 1.0 (under the
old grading system) or better may
rush during this rushing period.
Joanne Caruso, Panhellenic
Council president, and the Panhel
advisers will explain the rushing
calendar and code at the opening
meeting.
Regi,spltion
Registration • 0 rushing . 4, 11
be held from 1 . to 5 p.m. today
and from 9 a.m. to noon tomor
row in Atherton lounge. Rushees
must pay a $1 fee at the time of
registration.
• All sororities 'will hold open
Amuse from 2 t0,.5 p.m. tomorrow
,and from 2_to 5 p.m. and 7:30 to
9:30 p.m. Sunday. Miss Jeanne
"Lindaman, assistant to the dean
of women in charge of sorority
'affairs has urge&-all rushees to
visit as many Suites as possible
qiuring the open house hours so
that they may have a better
knowledge of the suites and be
- more prepared to • make their
se
lection.
Adviser Available
Miss Lindaman announced she
will be available at the rushee
iriost office in Atherton Hall from
8 a.m. until noon and from 1 to
5 p.m. daily during the rushing
period- to answer questions and
supply information for rushees.
Rush chairmen and sorority
presidents will meet at 11 a.m.
.tomorrow in the Hetzel Union
Building auditorium to receive
information on the rushing , pro
gram and invitations for rush
parties. Sorority. members may
also attend this - meeting.
Nielson Named Head
Of PNG Department
. Dr.. Ralph F.,l4ielsen, associate
professor of petibleum and nat
-I„tral gas engineering, has been
named acting head of the depart
ment of petroleum and natural
gas engineering.
The appointment was made to
fill the vacancy created by the
resignation of Dr. John C. Cal
houn, who left to become dean of
engineering at the Agricultural
and Mechanical College of Texas.
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This is one man out of the
barbershop quartet and
you'll 'be out, too, if you
don't, decide where to get
haircuts today!
—for a more clean-cut
look, why not visit . . . .
HOWARD ,T.• SMITH
BARBER SHOP
Allen S‘
Across from Hi* Post Offlc•
duration of customs.
Students must wear their
"dress customs" and carry the
"Freshman Bible," the student
handbook, at all times: Dress
customs end at 5:30 p.m. each Fri
day and begin at 7 a.m. Monday.
However, customs must be worn
until noon on Saturdays, and to
all intercollegiate athletic con
tests.
"Enthusiasm promises to be
great, indicated by the number
of freshmen already wearing
their dinks," • Margaret Boyd and
Veteran and freshmen over
21 who are eligible for exemp
tion of freshman customs will
meet with the Joint Customs
Board between 7 gnd 8 tonight,
or 1:30 and 2:30 tomorrow af
ternoon in 212 Heizel Union.
Other freshmen who' have
reason for exemption may also
attend, Herbert Black, Board
co-chairman, .announced.
iierbert Black, Customs Board
co-chairmen, said.
Customs need not be worn in
living quarters, but freshmen
must have the dress in dining
halls. Men may remove their
dinks inside of buildings..
Upperclasswomen w ill con
duct customs for freshman co
eds, and upperclassmen will
regulate customs for freshman
men. On joint customs days.
customs . will be conducted
jointly by men and women.
Hatmen and women will not
enforce customs. but will pro
tect the freshmen from over
hazing.
Customs violations will be tried
by the eight member Joint Cus
toms Board. Violations must be
reported by upperclassmen in the
form of a written and signed
charge. Penalties will be given
in cooperation with the new cen
tennial theme. "Penn State, What
Next?"
Sophomore members of the
Board are Molly Lockwood, Carol
Ruff, Katherine Dickson, George
Wills, Edgar Palmer, and Jerry
Oxman.
Freshman customs regulations
are:
- Freshman men will answer
to the call of "Button, .Frosh"
by doffing their dinks in the
direction of the upperclassmen
giving • the call. Freshman wo
men will respond to the call
"Curtsy; Frosh" by delivering •
the polite gesture in the direc•
Lion of the upperclasswomen
giving the • call.
2. Dinks will be worn for the
first two home football games:
Boston University, Sept. 24, and
Navy, Oct. 15.
3. Freshmen must know all
University cheers and songs and
must sing or- chant them in a
group when requested by upper-
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN: STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA
UCA Offers
6 Courses
In Religion
The University Christian Asso
ciation, Protestant student organ
ization, will offer six voluntary
courses in religion this semester.
Students interested in taking
any of the courses may sign up
this afternoon on the ground floor
of the Hetzel Union Building and
from Monday to Sept. 26 in the
UCA office, 304 Old Main.
The cusses will be held in the
UCA office and will meet one
hour a week for twelve weeks.
Class hours are 3:10 td' 4:10 p.m.
Monday through Thursday. The
specific meeting time of each
class will be determined• by those
who enroll in it.
An Introduction to the Old
Testament will be taught by the
Rev. Luther Harshbargcr, Uni
versity chaplain. The Rev. Les
ter L. Dobyns, UCA executive
secretary, will teach a course on
the New Testament. Essentials of
the Christian Faith will be head
ed by the Rev. Robert B. Star
buck, UCA program associate.
The Development of Protes
tantism, to be taught by the Rev.
John R. Whitney, Episcopal chap
lain, and College Life in Three-
Dimensions (a course designed
for new students) taught by Hal
Leiper, UCA program associate,
are open to undergraduate stu
dents.
Studies in a Great Christian
Thinker, a seminar for graduate
students, will meet two nights'
each month.
For further information con
cerning courses, students may
contact Rev. Starbuck, University
extention 541.
classmen and upperclasswomen.
4. Women must •be in their
dormitories by 8:15 p.m. week
days during customs and at
11 p.m .and 1 a.m. on' Fridays
and Saturdays.
Custom's offenders• w 111 ap-'
pear before the Freshman Cus
toms Board for a bearing.
'6. Freshman men must doff
their clinks and bow to the • Old
Willow on the east side of the
Mall, while freshman women
must curtsy.
7. Freshmen shall not walk on
campus grass or any unpaved
shortcuts.
8. Freshman women are not
permitted to smoke on campus
grounds.
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—Photos by Walker
REGISTRATION TO FRESHMAN can be quite confusing. The
Daily Collegian's candid camera caught Ron Lehman from Now
yille trying to work out a reasonable schedule during regi3traticn
Wednesday in Recreation Hall. Upper left: "That can't be a three
hour lab on Saturday." Upper right: "Where did those six 8
o'clocks come from?" Lower left: "Now if I shift that to there ..."
Lower right: "Mom told me there'd be days like this."
TV Classes
(Continued from page five)
and were broadcast to other
rooms with students, greatly in
creasing the audience of a lec
turer.
Dr. Carpenter said that .the
two problems expressed by stu
dents would be given more at
tention as the study continues
this year.
Faculty members associated
with the study expressed mixed
feelings concerning the program.
Some, serving as teachers and
observers, said they saw an op
portunity to improve their teach
ing.
No Personal Contact
Other faculty members, peer
ing at the problems of the study
from the end opposite to their
students, also felt that personal
contact was being passed over.
One professor was reported to
have stated that he knew almost
none of the students he was
teaching although many of them
greeted him as they passed on
campus.
"In general," Dr. Carpenter
Rip Engle, head football coach,
will address the Faculty Lun
cheon Club on "Football, Things
to Come," at the first meeting of
the season, to be held at noon
Monday in the State College
Hotel.
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Sari Gimp . Ps ,
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noted, "faculty members acting
as observers in the viewing rooms
felt that televised instruction as
presented during the spring s:.
mester—no adaptations were
made ,in the courses to use the
medium to the best advantagc—
is not quite as good as direct in
struction."
Reduces Teaching Loads
In addition to providing one
;solution to the shortage of cla's
room facilities and teaching per
sonnel that is expected during
the next 15 years, according to
Dr. Carpenter, the new method
of teaching is being represertzd
as an excellent way: to reduce
teaching loads and give faculty
members more time for research,
counseling of individual students,
and improving both graduate and
undergraduate courses.
Many colleges and universities
have shown interest in the ex
periment and some are planning
to utilize closed-circuit television
as a part of their resident instruc
tion program, Dr. Carpenter said.
$6OO Gift in Stock
A gift of stock valued at ap
proximately $6OO has been re
ceived by the University from
Guy W. Wilson, a 1923 graduate
from Erie.
The amount will be used to
ward the cost of Erie Hall at the
Behrend Center in Erie.
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