Today's Weather: Cloudy and Cooler VOL. 57. No. 2 Words of Wisdom NEARLY 4000, freshman and new students hear Dr. Eric A. Walker speak Monday night. Walker Urges Frosh to Earn High Education on Own Merit Students must win a higher education for themselves, on their own merit, Dr. Eric A Walker, president-elect of the University, told nearly 4000 new students Monday night. Speaking in Recreation hall before a group including 2700 freshmen, Walker said: "All of you must experience winning a degree by yourself and for yourself." He welcomed the new students and expressed hope they would all graduate and be a credit to the University. Describing Penn State as "one , of the better universities in the I country," Dr. Walker said grad-1 uation from college would mean' an average increased earning power of about $2500 a year over' employed persons graduating from high school in the top 10 per cent of their class. Cites Value of Diploma He said he does not hesitate to place a dollar sign on the value, of a college education and pointed' out that, according to surveys, employees who did complete col lege would earn about $l4OO a year more than those finishing only two years, and an average of $2200 more than persons com pleting a two-year course at a technical institute or similar school. Housing Relief In Two Weeks Seen by Dean Relief of the overcrowded hous ing situation in th e women's dormitories is expected within ten days to two weeks, according to the office of the dean of women. Women now located in lounges of Simmons, Atherton, and McEl wain; in -Grange playroom; and Thompson typing room will be moved into single and double rooms as soon as confirmed can cellations are received in the of fice-of the dean of women from students who will not return to the University. Women in converted rooms in Simmons and McElwain will re main there permanently this year as no converted rooms are ex pected to be reconverted to sin gles. Rooms are assigned according to the date on the room applica tion which is filled out by the student and sent to the office of the dean of women. When all dou ble rooms are filled women have the choice of being in a tempor ary situation in a lounge until space is found for them in a dou ble room, or being in a single room. Dean of Women Lists Frcish Women's Hours . The Dean of Women's office has listed the following hours for freshman women students: During the first four weeks of classes, the hours are 8:15 p.m. on week nights, beginning the• first Monday of classes through Thursday night of the fourth week of classes. One 1 a.m. and one 11 p.m. will be granted to be taken Friday and Saturday night. Orientation week hours are 10 p.m. on weeknights. il 4. 1 O r It EittliW ;.('.- - \- 4 ' ''t - ( g i rl tt STATE COLLEGE. PA., WEDNESDAY MORNING. SEPTEMBER 12, 1956 By 808 FRANKLIN Dr. Walker said the state pro vides each Pennsylvania student with an automatic scholarship of about $7OO and reminded the in coming students he believes they have an obligation to make a suc- 1 cess of their college careers, be-1 cause, for each student admitted to the University, one had to be refused. Two Hours Study To successfully discharge this obligation, he said, the University expects students to study two hours for each hour in class, to: attend every class, to pass every course, to maintain absolute hon esty and to conduct their be havior in a manner which will not disgrace the University. Dr. Walker said he believes the true university "is not a collec tion of books alone, but a col lection of wise and knowledge able people." He said he believes colleges and universities today must above all teach the abilities to think, lead, plan and get along with people. All-University President Robert Bahrenburg asked the new stu-1 dents for their support in the conduct of student government on the campus."He said this support and the cooperation of the mem bers of All-University Cabinet would be the factor determining (Continued on page three) FOR A BETTER PENN STATE Monday to- Mark Start of Customs Beginning at 7 a.m. Monday, 2700 freshmen men and women 'will start the first day of fresh man customs. As part of customs, 'freshmen are required to memor ize the following freshman oath: "In furthering the traditions of Penn State I hereby promise to memorize our school songs and cheers, wear my dink and name card wish pride, and learn the names and places of tradi tional interest. All of this I do for the betterment of The Penn sylvania State University." The oath must be repeated up-' on challenge by any upperclass- 1 man. Early Car Parking Along 'Fraternity Automobile parking from 2 to 6 every morning on borough' streets in the general fraternity area will be prohibited after Nov. 1, borough officials announced yesterday. During the summer, the bor ough had erected No Parking signs on one side of borough streets, and No Parking from 2 a.m. to 6 a.m. signs on the other side. At the request of two student representatives, the borough an nounced yesterday they would suspend the parking ban in the fraternity area until Nov. 1. This will give fraternities two months to adjust to the new ruling, State College officials said yesterday. The ban had a telling effect on the large majority of fraternities without private parking lots. Just what fraternities could do in the two months to alleviate the problem isn't definite, but a_rep- rgiatt Registration Begins Today Registration of approximately 12,000 students for the fall semester will begin at 8 a.m. today in Recreation Hall. Students must register today through Friday according to the alphabetical listing on the front of the course time tables, which are available at the Scheduling Office, 4 Wil lard, for 25 cents. Registration procedure will be the same as that used last year, except for a change in the alphabetical listing. Graduate and undergraduate students will r e g i s ter alphabetically, while special students, University employes, and those arriving late will register Saturday morning. Students who register late will be charged a $lO fee. Students whose last name be gins with A through Coy will reg ister this morning, those with names from Coz to Gro, this af ternoon; Grp to Lam, Thursday morning; Lan to Ope, Thursday afternoon; Op! to Sme, Friday morning; and Smf to Z, Friday afternoon_ Students See Advisers All students are required to see their advisers at least 24 hours' before their scheduled time to register. Students attempting to register at any other time than their scheduled time will not be per mitted to complete. registration and their enrollment will be can celled. Students have also been warned that they must register for them ' selves. Any attempt to have some one register for them will be con sidered a falsification of records and will result in cancellation of enrollment for both students. Representatives to Aid Located in the middle of the floor at Recreation Hall during registration, will be booths con taining representatives of the col lege dean's. These representatives are there to advise in any prob lems arising for students. They are able to help students in re vising schedules or assist in any difficulties arising from the clos ing of courses. President to Run On Record, Plans WASHINGTON. Sept. 11 (iP)— A peppery President Dwight D. Eisenhower declared today he will run on his record and on his program—in full confidence no American thinks him a rascal or a racketeer. He told a news confeernce, too, he sees no national trend away from the Republicans in yester ! day's Democratic vict or y in 1 Maine. to Be Row' resentative of All-U n i versit y Interfraternity Council had not Cabinet said last night that a few been warned of the action last downtown parking lots are either year. in the planning stage, or haves Both borough and student of been proposed. ficials emphasized that the Uni- In addition, he said, some fra ternities have land to build lots, and others could double up with houses now owning parking _fa cilities. The latter suggestions were con tained in a form letter the bor ough sent to University fraterni ties in 1954 explaining to the houses that some measure would be taken to aid fraternities in solving the parking problem. The letter , also contained individual suggestions for each fraternity. . Although Borough Manager Robert Y. Edwards talked with fraternities and their alumni about some type of solution to parking troubles in 1954, he and Burgess David R. Mackey agreed to suspension of the ban because About That Parking Situation See Page 8 ÜBA Open To Accept New Books The Used Book Agency, a stu dent-run organization where stu dents may buy and sell second hand textbooks, is now accepting books. The deadline for receiving the books is noon Saturday. The books will be on sale at the agency, in the television room of the Hetzel Union Building, from 1 p.m. today to Sept. 22. 22.000 Handled _ Last year approximately 22,000 were handled, according to Mark Levine, ÜBA advertising man ager_ Today and tomorrow the ÜBA will be open from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.; Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.; and Saturday, from 9 a.m. to noon. Hours for Monday, Tues day, and Wednesday of next week will be 9 am. to 9 p.m. Regular Hours Set Beginning next Thursday the regular schedule will be followed. The ÜBA will then be open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on weekdays and from 9 a.m. to noon Saturdays. The date for claiming unsold books and money for books sold will be announced later, Levine said. Here's how the ÜBA works: Students take books they wish to sell to the exchange and set prices (Continued on page three) On the Inside World News 2 Cabinet' _. Football Seating Amociation of Independent lifer Dean of Women', Welcome _ S Dern of Sten'i Welcome __ Interfraternity Council Iffetael Union Building Editorials Student Encampment Sports Women'. Student Government Board of Trustee* Prohibited Streets versity had no knowledge of the No Parking Ordinance. The suspension, which goes in to effect immediately, includes the area bounded by Allen street on the west, E. Beaver avenue on the north, High street on the east, and Irvin avenue on the south. State College officials gave four reasons for the parking ban: fire protection, street cleaning, snow removal, elimination of the atti tude that streets were a storage place for cars. The reasons, officials said, stem med from a report by a Pitts burgh traffic specilist, who said the borough had a traffic problem of a city with 50,000 population. The problem exists, the specialist (Continued on page three) FIVE CENT
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