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BOOK-LADEN-GAL frosh master their melo
dies lor the direct pleasure of upperclassman
Harold Dean, senior in education from Union
town, yesterday during the first joint customs
enforcement day of the year. The sopranos are,
left to right, Marie Russo, freshman in sec
ondary education from Norristown; Mary Ann
Gemmill, freshman in education from New
Woes—lf History Repeated
Riots Out,
Women In
After 1920
By JACK MELDER
Should history ever repeat
itself, the freshman class
would be in for a bad time
of it-
On second thought, even
the upperclassmen might be
in for a bad time—if you concede
the fact that coeds and customs
help make a good time of things.
The reason for this dim outlook
on a repeat-in-history is quite
simple. Past records reveal that
the lessening of customs regula
tions and the increase in' coeds
seem to progress hand-in-hand.
Customs Began in 1906
Back in 1906—just 51 years af
ter the University had its begin
ning—customs came into being.
Shortly before that time, women
came to the campus.
Customs were not then what
they are today. Nor are women
as far as that goes.
In addition to wearing dinks,
freshman men were marched
through town in their nightshirts,
had to occupy the rear seats at
chapel, were not allowed out of
their rooms after 9 p.m., could
not talk to women—and had
scraps with upperclassmen.
Upperclassmen were ingenious
at inventing different types of
scraps to have with the freshmen.
There were flag-scraps, cider
scraps, picture-scraps, push ball
scraps and probably scrap-scraps.
100 Coeds in 1915
While all these scraps and
nightshirt parades were going on,
the coeds were staying home. As
late as 1915 there were only 100
coeds on the campus. There were
also some 2423 men. That makes
the odds about 20 to 1.
Probably there is no connection,
but as customs relaxed the num
ber of coeds increased.
Customs —in a less rigid form
■—continued to plague each suc
ceeding freshman class until 1945
when the war caused an inter
ruption of five years.
Custom* Continued
Freshman customs were re
sumed again in September 1950.
Since then they have proceeded
through dissatisfaction, riots and
revisions until the present.
But while the war interrupted
customs, it had no such effect on
the women. True, they may not
be here in the amount some de
sire—but there is a big improve
ment over 1915.
Using history as a guidestick,
the freshman men may be con
soled by the fact that customs
and coeds are quite related.
After all, who can argue with
history f
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA
—Photo by Walker
Cumberland; Barbara Bixler, freshman in home
economics from Dawson; and Ann Beveridge,
freshman in home economics from Pittsburgh.
The talents of the dink-wearers—as well as
those of upperclassmen—will meet their first
test at the pre-Boston’ Universiiy-Penn State
football game pep rally at 8 tonight in front
of Old Main.
Campus to Roar
In Pre-Game Rally
Tonight at 8
A pep rally, preceding the Penn
State-Boston University game
will be held at 8 tonight on the
patio of Old Main.
“Rip” Engle, head football
coach, and Frank Reich and
Otto Kneidinger, co-captains, will
speak. Songs and cheers will be
led by the cheerleaders and the
Marching Blue Band, under the
direction of James W. Dunlop,
associate professor of music edu
cation.
Hatwomen will round up fresh
man women in their dormitories.
Hatmen will assist in front of
Old Main by forming a line at
the edge of the patio.
The cheerleaders will appear
with new white uniforms and
megaphones for the first time,
Tony Cline, head cheerleader, an
nounced.
At the football games, the head
cheerleader will use an electric
megaphone.
Queen Contest Entries
IVJay Be Submitted
Entries for the Homecoming
Queen contest sponsored by
Thespians, musical-comedy group,
mav be submitted at the Hetzel
Union desk until Oct. 3, accord
ing to Arnold Hoffman, co-chair
man of the queen contest.
Requirements are that entries
should be University coeds and
that they be sponsored by a cam
pus organization.
Groups may sponsor as many
entrants as they want, along with
their pictures, 5x7 or larger,
names and addresses.
'Engineer' Candidates,
Staff to Meet Monday
Candidates for the staff of The
Penn State Engineer will meet at
6:30 p.m. Monday in 211 Mechan
ical Engineering. The meeting is
open to all undergraduate stu
dents at the University.
A regular staff meeting will be
held at 7 p.m. Monday in 211 Me
chanical Engineering. The man
aging board‘of the Engineer will
meet after the staff meeting.
Encampment Pictures
Student encampment pictures
are now on sale at the Hetzel
Union desk for 50 cents each,
Peter Kiefer, encampment com
mittee chairman, has announced.
Price of the pictures is 50 cents.
STATE New
Katherine Hepburn
Rossano Brassi
SUMMERTIME
Technicolor
3 Departments
Change Status
Of Personnel
Changes in status of personnel
in three departments of the Uni
versity have been announced.
Arthur M. Wellington, profes
sor of education, has been named
professor of counselor education,
and Dr. Robert E. Stover, assist
ant professor of psychology in
extension, has been named super
visor of personnel services in
General Extension.
James Bochy and Philip Sell
ers, associate county agriculture
agents, have been changed to
county agriculture agents.
The following assistant county
agriculture agents have been
named as associate county agri
culture agents: William E. Urash,
Robert D. Martin, Carroll L.
Howes, and George W. Gorsline.
Donald R. Ace, who was also
assistant county agriculture
agent, has been shifted to in
structor in dairy science exten
sion.
Marshall Scholarship
Applications Available
Applications are now being re
ceived for nfict year’s Marshall
Scholarships, opened to persons
under 28 years of age who pos
sess either a B.A. or B.S. degree
from any American university.
The twelve two year scholar
ships, each worth $1540 a year,
will be awarded by the British
government in appreciation for
the aid it received through the
Marshall Plan.
Persons interested in the grants
should send their applications to
the British - Consul-General in
New York City before Oct. 15.
Scholarship winners will be an
nounced next April.
Faculty-Staff Directory
Changes Due Sept. 30
Anyone wishing to make
changes in the 1955-56 Faculty-
Staff Directory should turn these
changes in to the Utilities Divi
sion of the Department of the
Physical Plant not later than
Sept. 30, according to T- B. Kneen,
head of the division.
Any department wishing to
make changes should write them
in red ink on the listing provided
for the department by the Utili
ties Division.
Any listing not returned by
Sept. 30 will be printed as it ap
pears in the 1954-55 Directory.
FROMN’S SEW LOCATION I*2 W. OUTER
SUITS AND TAILORED DRESSES 95e
TROUSERS AND PLAIN SKIRTS 49c
THE FINE ART of curtsying meets the grinning approva. te
upperclassmen as customs enforcement goes coeducations; xoi a
day. Bowing participators are Mariana Moldovan, freshman in
physical education from Farrell, left, and Lucy Wadsworth, fresh*
man in physical education from Ramey. Inspecting upperclass
men are, left to right. Judd Blinn. junior in agriculture education
from Ellwood City; Bob Stein, junior in * oology from Punxsa
tawney; and John Akers, junior in agriculture from Carlisle.
Forty Unclaimed
Diplomas Crowd
Admission Office
An accumulation of unclaimed
diplomas has given the admis
sions office a headache -through
the years. .In 1950 there were still
94 unclaimed sheepskins, some
dating back to 1892.
A concerted effort by the of
fice resulted in many of these
diplomas being mailed to their
owners (where eligible). At pres
ent there are about 40 unclaimed
diplomas on hand.
Many were left because fees
had not been paid. In the past a
separate fee of $8 was charged,
but this practice was abandoned
in 1948. Other owners simply ne
glected to pick up their diplo
mas after commencement.
Team Places 2d
In Ag Exposition
The University livestock judg
ing team placed second in a field
of eight at the Eastern State Ex
position in Springfield, Mass.,
last week. The team was beaten
by Ohio State University.
As a team the group placed
first in swine judging, third in
beef, sixth in horses, and last in
sheep.
In individual judging Donald
Hutzel, junior in animal hus
bandry from Cincinnati, Ohio,
tied for second in swine judging.
David Schafer, senior in animal
husbandry from Mars, tied for
fourth in swine. .
Hutzel was also fifth in the
individual honors, while John
Sink, senior in animal husbandry
from Homer City, was sixth and
John Watkins, junior m animal
husbandry, was eighth.
The fifth member of the team
was Robert Hartley, senior in
animal husbandry from East
Millsboro. Herman Purdy, in
structor in animal husbandry,
coached the group.
Welding Class to Start
Oct. 4 In Engineering C
A combined registration and
first class meeting in electric arc
welding will be held at 7 p.m.,
Tuesday, Oct. 4, in 101 Engineer
ing C. .
Cost of the evening course is
$34, payable at the beginning of
the calss. Experience in welding
is not necessary.
P. W. Knepp, course instructor,
announced that due to limited
space, only the first twelve en
rollees will be accepted.
FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 23, 1953
Sororities Give
Final Theme
Parties Tolnight
Fall semester rushing swings
into its second night of parties as
19 sororities entertain rushees at
theme parties tonight. The parties
are scheduled from 7:15 to 8:15
p.m. and 8:30 to 9:30 p.m.
Alpha Epsilon Phi, Phi Sigma,
and Sigma Delta Tau ivili hold
their coffee hours from 6:30 to 8
and from 8:30 to 10 tonight. Girls
rushing these sororities will sign
their preference cards from 1C to
11 tonight in their dormitories.
The remaining sororities will
hold their coffee hours from 6:30
to 8 p.m. and 8:30 to 10 p.m. Sun
day. Rushees will pick up invita
tions for coffee hours from 10 a.m.
to 12:30 p.m. Saturday. Saturday
will be otherwise free of rushing
activity due to the football game.
The coffee hours are the final
stage of rushing. Each rushee may
attend only two hours. Formal
gowns are required for these af
fairs, and the rushees are called
for at their rooms and escorted
back by the sorority sisters.
After coffee hours the rushees
will sign their preference cards
Sunday night. Bids will be given
out Tuesday 1 .
The
Wesley
Foundation
Methodist Student Group
invites YOU to partici
pate in its activities:
Saturday
7:30 p.m.
Square Dancing and
Refreshments
Sunday
9:30 amt.
Discussion groups
5:15 p.m.
* Fellowship supper
6:30
“The Student and the Stray
Dog,” Rev. Hal Leiper, speaker
Hie Wesley Foundation
256 E. College Are.