'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
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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
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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
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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-
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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.