'Button Frosh' burg, casts a wary eye toward two upperclassmen as he walks down the Mall during the first day of customs. Waiting to make him button are Melvin Getsoff, front, junior in business ad ministration from Philadelphia and Malcolm Pritsker, junior in labor' management from Philadelphia. Friedman seems to be saying, "But fellas, I have my hands full." Customs Launched On Spirited Note Spirit and enthusiasm launched the first day of Fresh men Customs yesterday as friendly upperclassmen put dinked freshmen through the traditional rituals. Uniting the frosh in songs and cheers was the most popu lar activity. Groups were almost continually assembled on the mall in front of Schwab chanting S-T-A-T-E or singing “Fight on State.” “Everyone seems to know the songs. However, the harmonizing can stand a little improvement,” an upperclassman commented. , “It’s a lot of. fun,” one frosh said, “and the girls are very po lite, but I think the boys are go ing through a lot more than we are.” New Dean Appointed To Housing Mrs. Marilyn W. Black has been appointed assistant to the dean of women in charge of housing to replace Mrs. Cordelia L. Hibbs, who resigned July 1. Mrs. Black, who received a BS degree from the University in 1952, is living in State College while her husband completes his degree. Mrs. Hibbs Mrs. Hibbs, who has been ill for several months, had been as sistant to the dean of women since -July 1947. She first came to tha University as a substitute hostess in McAllister Hall. Later she became receptionist in the office of the dean of women, and also chaperon for Delta Gamma sorority. 8-Year-Service During her eight years of service to the University, Mrs. Hibbs was adviser to Mortar Board and Kappa Phi, a Metho dist women’s club. She was also made a Delta Gamma mother by the sorority. Mrs. Hibbs has been confined to the Mercy Hospital in Pitts burgh since Octoher, 1954. She is now living at the following ad dress: in care of Kalph Denny, Brownsville, R.D. 1, Pa. Faculty Luncheon Club Votes to Meet in HUB Faculty Luncheon Club voted yesterday to move its meeting place from Hotel State College to the Hetzel Union Building. The vote was 27 to 7. The group will continue to meet at noon Monday with the new location goi..g into effect immed iately. Tickets may be secured by members at the Hetzel Union desk before the luncheon. Town Indepndent Men To Nominate Tonight Town Independent Men will meet at 7:30 tonight in 217 Hetzel Union Building to nom inate repreeentatives-at-large to the Association of Independ ent Men Board of Governors. TIM may elect six representa tives. according to the AIM constitution. Dress Customs Dress customs end at 5:30 p.m. each Friday and begin at 7 a.m. Monday. However, dinks must be worn for the first two home foot ball games: Boston University, Sept. 24, and Navy, Oct. 15. 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. Customs regulations are being enforced .by all upperclassmen except hat societies. Hatmen and women are acting as “friends of the freshmeii” in order, to prevent overhazing.” AH upperclassmen should turn in violations, written and signed, to the Hetzel Union desk. Schedule, Handbook Freshmen are asked to carry their class schedules as well as handbooks, Herbert Black and Margaret Boyd, co-chairmen, said. The eight-member Customs Board will meet at 7 p.m. tomor row and Friday in 212 HUB. Vio lators will appear before the board at this time and be given penalties in connection with the new centennial theme, “Penn State, What Next?” Members of the board are (Continued on page eight) lone' Hits Carolinas; Veers Northward Hurricane lone—e rrat i c, slow-moving and capable of deadly violence—raged along the coast of North Carolina last Monday night and bum bled on northward. At least two deaths were re ported as high tides and torren tial rains flooded 'Morehead City, N.C., and other coastal towns. Largest Storm in Years “Severe . . . strongest . . . larg est in recent years” were the of ficial descriptions from U.S. Wea their Bureaus along the Eastern seaboard. Winds of 107 miles an hour screamed in across North Caro lina’s beaches. Communications with the stricken area were al most nonexistent. Only a few lf • v 1!J. r- - ©lff Daily VOL. 56. No.-4 STATE COLLEGE. PA.. TUESDAY MORNING. SEPTEMBER 20, 1955 FIVE CENTS Beaver Still at Talks aimed toward solving the Beaver Field seating problem were reported at a tem porary stand-still yesterday. Both All-University President Earl Seely and Athletic Association officials said they were biding their time, waiting until registration is comp' must register. Seely, Harold R. Gilbert, assistant director of athletics, Unofficial Fall Tops Previous 14,693 Students Register A record total of 14,693 students has enrolled at the University and its centers, according to preliminary registra tion figures as of noon Saturday. This is the largest number of students ever to enroll at the University, C. O. Williams $lO,OOO Given To New Chapel By '55 Class The Class of 1955 presented ap proximately $lO,OOO to the Uni versity to be used for pews and furnishings for the nave of the Helen Eakin Eisenhower Chapel. The gift was presented at Class Night exercises June 10. Each year the Senior class votes on suggestions for the An nual class gift. This is the third year the class gifts have been contributed toward the chapel project. The Classes of 1954 and 1953 suggested that their gifts be used for the chancel and a stained glass window, an organ, or chimes. Other suggestions made by the class gift committee were social television, a recreational lodge, a centennial monument, and li brary books. Social television was suggested as a means of acquainting more students with activities on cam pus. Events in Recreation Hall, Schwab* Auditorium, Little Thea ter, the Hetzel Union Building, and other points of activities would be televised. The recreational. lodge was for use by any off-campus activity and by most student groups. Sev eral University groups own cab ins, but there is a demand for more. The centennial monument was to be in keeping with the theme of the year. The contribution for the library was' to be used for hooks for the various colleges. The library is not as large as libraries of other! institutions of camparable size. Rainwear in Order As lone Arrives Rainwear will be the order of the day for students today as Hurricane lone is expected to sweep into the area bringing with it strong winds and heavy rainfall. Rain scheduled to begin early this morning will be accompan ied by winds of 40 to 50 miles (Continued on page jive) amateur radio operators and a state police radio circuit were able to get through from time to time. Worst in 33 Years The sketchy North Carolina reports from amateur radio oper ators, relayed by the Weather FOR A BETTER PENN STATE Field Talks Standstill Enrollment Record; , dean of admissions and regis trar, announced. Last year’s total enrollment was 14,271. Williams called the mechanics of the four-day registration pro gram the best it has ever been. Only a negligible number of stu dents enrolled late, he said, com pared with previous registrations. The total registration figure in cludes an unofficial count of 12,131. students on campus, 2458 at centers and 104 at Mont Alto. Included in the enrollment at the centers are 1393 students enrolled for the four-year program and 1065 enrollees for the two-year associate degree program. Increase Expected ' Late registrants are expected to increase the figures slightly, Williams said. Final enrollment tabulation will be announced on Oct. 1. The unofficial total of students on campus—l2,l3l—is also high er than the 12,003 of a year ago. Although total enrollment is the largest in University history, Wil liams said, it possibly could be exceeded 'by enrollments of a five-year span in the late 1940’s when all freshmen went to “co operating” colleges in the state. Smooth Proceedings Commenting on the smooth ness of registration proceedings, Williams said he thought students were making better plans and al lowed wider margins of time in arriving on campus and seeing advisers. No exceptions were made to students in the registration pro cedure asked by the University, Williams said. Of the few that registered late, all paid their $lO late registration charges. Several problems did- arise in volving the scarcity of sections in several departments, accord ing to Williams. More students I enrolled than were counted upon, causing some confusion to stu- (Continued on page eight) Bureau at Wilmington, N.C., de scribed the Morehead City dam age as the worst disaster in 23 years. The Weather Bureau at 8 p.m. tonight issued the following bul letin on Hurricane lone: Hurricane lone has continued on a path towards the north northeast 10 to 12 m.p.h. during the past several hours and at 8 p.m. was centered near Eliza beth City, N.C. or about 45 miles south of Norfolk, Va. Winds in gusts and squalls are estimated to be near hurricane force over a small area of the center. Movement during the next 12 hours is expected to be toward the north-northeast about 12 m.p.h. followed by a-turn toward the northeast with acceleration in forward speed during the fol lowing 12 hours. (EnUegtan leted. Several late-comers still Douglas Moorhead, president of the Athletic Association and Ernest B. McCoy, director of ath letics conferred on Thursday to work out a compromise plan. At that time, it was decided to wait until all students have registered before reaching a decision. Dissatisfaction Noted In a statement last night, Seely said he has told Athletic Associa tion offiicals of student dissatis faction over the new plan. “I have suggested another plan which will require the full co operation of the student body,” he said. But he added that he was not ready to make the details of his plan public yet. He said he will confer again with Athletic As sociation officials as soon as registration is completed. More Reserved Seals The purpose of the plan is to make reserved seats in student sections available to the general public. Under the new plan, students were giveh a book of four re served seat tickets for use at home football games. According to athletic association officials, assigning students definite seats will make it possible to save more seats in student sections than will actually be occupied. These extra seats will be placed on sale to the general public. Some reserved seat tickets have already been sold. Officials have pointed out the need for selling as many football tickets as. possible since football aids in the support of other Uni versity athletics. They have also expressed hope that the plan will stop students from “rail-jumping” from one section to another. Under the new plan students are assigned the same sections as in previous years, with seniors and graduate students getting the best seats, officials said. The plan was formulated dur ing the summer vacation. Miller Named Collegian Editor Norman Miller, senior in jour nalism from Pittsburgh, has been elected editor of the Daily Col legian to replace Myron Fein silberf-senior in journalism from Stroudsburg, who has been placed on academic probation and is in eligible to participate in extra curricular activities. Miller formerly was managing editor of the Daily Collegian. Roger Beidler, senior in jour nalism from Latrobe, formerly assistant sports editor, has been elected to fill the managing edi tor’s post vacated by Miller’s election. Ronald Gatehouse, junior in journalism from Johnstown, has been elected assistant sports edi tor to replace Beidler. The changes took effect yester day. Daily Collegian Issues Call for Candidates The Daily Collegian is issu ing calls for candidates this week. Editorial candidates will meet at 7 p.m. Wednesday in 1 Carnegie. Candidates for the business staff will met at 7 p.m. tonight in 217 Willard. The regular advertising staff meeting will be held at 7 p.m. tonight in 9 Carnegie.
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