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VOL. 57. No. 3
Registration of 8032
Ahead of Last Year;
Running 'Smoothly'
A total Of 8Q32 students, topping last year's enrollment
by 335, completed registration by 5 p.m. yesterday at Recrea
tion Hall.
Registration •opened Wednesday morning and will close
with the registration of special students and University em
ployes tomorrow.
Dean of Admissions C. 0. Williams reported that registra
tion went "very smoothly" with very few tardy registrations.
Through the use of the alpha
betizing time system, Dean Wil
liams said that 1911 students
passed through the line yesterday
morning and 1922 in the after
noon.
Approximately 4000 new stu
dents have been admitted to the
University this semester. This
group includes 2700 freshmen, 700
transfer students from the various
University centers and more than
500 transfers from other colleges.
Casual Dress,
Games Planned
For Fun Night
Casual dress is in order for
men and women students of the
freshman class and transfer stu
dents at the Fun Night program
from 7 to 11 p.m. tomorrow. Tick
ets may be purchased at the door..
The program is sponsored by All-
University Cabinet.
After some inforfnal participa
tion in ping pong, volleyball,
shuffleboard, and basketball a for
mal program will be presented.
Enieriainment Planned
The entertainment will include,
a presentation by David Boucher,
president of the Outing Club;
cheering led by the University
cheerleaders; and a trampoline
exhibition by Charles Fegley, sen
ior in physical education.
A tumbling exhibition by Wil
liam Paxton, senior in Forestry;
singing led by Hummel Fishburn,
professor of music and music edu
cation, and Frank Gullo, associate
professor of music; and a dancing
exhibition by the Bavarian Schuh
plattelers - under the direction of
Jack Biesterfelt.• Master of Cere
monies for the program is Harold
E. White, associate professor in
physical education.
Huber's Orchestra
The program will run from 8
to 8:30 p.m. and will be followed
by dancing to Jack Huber's or
chestra. Besides social dancin'g
there will also be some round and
square dancing.
WRA Open House
Set for Tonight
Freshmen and women students
have been invited to the Women's
Recreation Association open house
from 6:45 to 9 tonight in White
Hall.
Synchronized swimming and
modern dance routines will be
performed by club members, and
a tour of the gymnasium will be
conducted by members of Cwens,
sophomore women's hat society.
Coeds are asked to wear Ber
muda shorts and to bring swim
ming caps if they wish to swim.
Ann Forester, WRA president,
will welcome the guests.
Handbooks Available
Today and Tomorrow
Freshmen and transfer students
who did not receive their Student
Handbooks at counselling sessions
this week may pick them up to
day and tomorrow at the dean of
men's office, 109 Old Main.
Freshman women' should get
their handbooks at the dean of
women's office, 105 Old Main.
New Post Office Hours
Effective Monday, the windows
of the University Park post office,
located in the Hetzel Union Build
ing, will open each weekday at
8:30 a.m. and will close Monday
through Friday at 5:30 p.m. and
Saturday at 12:30 p.m.
Daily Publication to Begin
The Daily Collegian will re
sume regular Tuesday through
Saturday publication next
Tuesday.
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Editorial on page six
May Obtain Aid
Dean Williams said that senior
students having difficulty fitting
courses necessary for graduation
into their schedules should con
sult representatives of the dean's
offices of their colleges, who will
be stationed on the main floor.
These representatives will serve
as mediators between the student
and the registration official in
determining a satisfactory solu
tion to senior scheduling prob
lems.
"Few students realize how valu
able these center stations are be
cause 90 per cent of them don't
need it," Dean Williams ex
plained.
Walker Inspects Process
Dr. Eric A. Walker, president
elect of the University, inspected
the registration system yesterday
afternoon and.was.concerned with
the method of controlling the size
of each section.
The section enrollment is regu
lated by each department holding
the number of course.cards equal
to the maximum number of stu
dents allowed in the section. When
the last card is taken, the section
is closed.
This semester will mark the
ninth time that centralized regis
tration has been used. Through
the magic of the IBM machine
each course card is received by
the designated department within
one hour after the student sub
mits it to the desk.
It is essential that information
contained on the master card is
correct because this controls the
IBM operation and the by-product
of registration. Machines punch
the master card information onto
the other cards.
Class Roll Soon Ready
This information is received by
the departments and enables them
not only to have a class roll Mon
day morning but also to equalize
large classes.
Another by-product of registri
(Continued on page eight),
WMAJ to Air WDFM Programs
By JUDY HARKISON
Student radio station WDFM
will begin Oct. 1 to broadcast six
hours of its weekly evening pro
gram schedule over local radio
station WMAJ. The experiment
was announced yesterday by
WDFM, WMAJ, and the Univer
sity.
WDFM programs, prepared by
students and faculty, will origi
nate in tile station's campus stu
dios and will be carried to WMAJ
through a line installed and main
tained by WMAJ.
Campus News Broadcast
National and campus news will
be broadcast Monday through
Thursday from 9:45 to 10 p.m. In
cluded in these programs Tues
day and Thursday will be a five
minute news program translated
in the Romance languages.
"As You Believe," a fifteen
FOR A BETTER PENN STATE
STATE COLLEGE. PA., FRIDAY MORNING. SEPTEMBER 14. 1956
Customs Adds
Freshman Oath
Freshman customs, an old University tradition, has had something new added to its
usual list of rules and regulations—a freshman oath.
Customs are scheduled to begin at 7 a.m. Monday. Termination date will be set when
the Freshman Customs Board feels oti•erall spirit merits ending the customs period.
The oath, which freshmen are required to memorize and recite on request from an
upperclassman, is a brief outline of the major regulations and purposes of the annual tradi
tion.
1 The oath is as follows:
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"In furthering the traditions mope Gets
of Penn State. I hereby prom
ise to memorize our school songs j
and cheers. wears my dink and I
name card with pride, and learn Ed itors h i p
the names and places of tradi- 1
tional interest. All of this I do O f C . „,
for the betterment of The Penn- .
sylvania State University." 1 oi leg ion
Freshmen also are required toi
wear blue gabardine clinks dis-1 Michael Moyle, senior in journ
playing the University seal dur-! a lism from Winburne, has been
ing the customs period. The dinks,! named acting
editor of The Daily
traditional garb for customs, are.
'Collegian, effective today.
on sale at $1.50 at the Book Ex
change on the basement floor of I Moyle replaces Roger Alexan-
Hetzel Union Building. der, senior in journalism from
Metuchen, N.J.. who has been
When a freshman receives his;
. placed on academic probation for
dirk, his name will be checked
on a master list and he will be the fall semester.
given a 5-by-8-inch card on which Other Posts Filled
he must print his name, home- Other persons named or re
town and major in black or dark:named to positions Wednesday
blue lettering. Lettering must be ; night at a special meeting of the
at least an inch and a half high.!Collegian senior board are:
and the card must be worn around i Susan Conklin, senior in arts
the freshman's neck for the dura— and letters from Chevy Chase,
tion of the customs period. ;Md. managing editor; Edward
Freshmen must wear their
Dubbs,l unior in journalism from
"dress customs" and carry the Waynesboro, city editor; Francis
"freshman Bible,' the student IFa nucci, senior injournalism
handbook, at all times. Dress 'from Jessup, sports editor.
customs end at 5:30 p.m. each More Position Changes
Friday and begin at 7 a.m. Mon- Rebecca Zahm, senior in journ
day. Customs must be worn un- 1 alism from Johnstown, copy edi
til noon on Saturday and to all tor; Vincent Carocci, junior in
intercollegiate athletic contests. ; journalism from Scranton, assis-
Customs need not be worn in
; tont sports editor: Evelyn Onsa,
senior in arts and letters from
dormitories, but freshman women
must wear their clinks - and cards ' Bryn Athyn, feature editor: and
at all times outside of the dormi-
!David -Boyar, senior in business
tory. Men may remove their clinks !
;administration from Jamestown,
inside of buildings. Customs reg- :N.Y., photography editor.
ulations will be observed both on I Miss Conklin, formerly person
, nel and make-up editor, wilt campus, in classrooms and in the
as
borough of State College. !slime her old duties and also as-
Upperclasswomen will conduct
°gist the editor with the editorial.
customs for freshman women, and; page under the new title of man
upperclassmen will regulate cus- ;aging editor.
toms for freshman men. On sev-1 Dubbs Moves Up
eral joint customs days, to be an- Dubbs, formerly assistant city
nounced later. customs will be editor, moves up to the city edi
conducted jointly by men and wo- :tor spot vacated by Ronald Gate
men. !house, who expects to return to
Members of men's and worn- the University in January. Fan
en's hat societies will actively
, ucci's position of sports editor
encourage and support fresh - . : was not changed.
man customs on campus and i n Miss Zahm, formerly exchange
I
State College. They will act as :editor. assumed the copy editor
liaison between upperclassmen post vacated by Moyle. She will
and freshmen. - 'be assisted by Miss Onsa; who
The Freshman Customs Board! will also serve as exchange editor
has urg e d
.upperclassmen to and librarian under the title of
match the spirit of the freshmen, feature editor.
during the customs period and in- Carocci's position as assistant
dicated that freshman customs sports editor remains the same,
should be fun for everyone.
las does Bavar's post of photo-
Freshmen who are exempt from n . r ., w _ ,
fiN, editor.
observing customs are those fresh- ' "
(Continued on page seven)
Walker Foils
Froth Man --
And How !
Somewhere a Froth man is hid
ing on campus, his head buried in
his hands.
And here's why:
Yesterday afternoon, when
President-elect Dr. Eric A. Walker
strolled into registration, he was
approached by an eager beaver
Froth salesman.
"How 'bout subscribing to
Froth?" the solicitor asked.
To which the new president,
playing it straight, replied:
"What's Froth?"
There followed the usual sales
pitch, which the new president
took in stride because he thought
the Froth peddler was kidding.
"No, thanks," said Dr. Walker,
after the spiel, "I'll take my
chances on getting a complimen
tary copy."
"A comp!" the Frothman ex
claimed. "We don't give comp
copies, do we?" he asked of a
companion. He said not.
At this point, the new presi
dent, realizing that this was no
act, played it straight.
"Maybe I'd better introduce my
self," he said. "My name is Walk
er. What's yours?"
And the embarrassed Froth
man exited with the line: "God!
I hope you never find out?
Penn Ticket Sale
Will Begin Tuesday
Tickets for the University of
Pennsylvania-Penn State game
go on sale to students Tuesday
morning at the ticket booth on
the third floor of Recreation
The game, which will be
played Sept. 29 at Philadelphia.
is the opening game of the sea-
The ticket booth will be open
weekdays from 8 a.m. to noon
and from 1 to 4:30 p.m.. and
Saturdays. from 8 a.m. to noon.
The price of the tickets is $4.
There is a limit of six tickets
for each student.
minute program presented alter-! If the combined broadcasts
nately by the Hillel Foundation,•prove successful, there is a pos-
Univa•Tity Christian Association, sibility that the AM programming
and the Newman Club, will be will be increased, a WDFM
heard Thursday evenings at 8 p.m.'spokesman said.
A thirty minute news program 1 Other special events on cam
at 9 p.m. Friday nights will fea-; pus will be carried by WMAJ,
ture interviews with the people: whenever possible, it was an
who are making the top campus nounced. Occasionally used - will
news. I be a remote console donated to,
3 Hours of Music !the HUB by WMAJ. •
I WDFM will begin its broad-
Three hours of music will be;casting schedule for this semester
(heard Saturday nights with live a t 6 : 55
music by student 'combos' froml p.m. Monday.
First Aired in 1953
Bto 8:30 originating in the Hetzel WDFM went on the air from its
Union auditorium. An hour longi Sparks building - studios in De
record show will follow - Hubza-feember of 1953 with equipment
Ipoppin" and an hour and a half:purchased through gifts of the
of high fidelity classical music classes of 1951-52.
will be broadcast until 11 p.m. 1 This semester's FM program-
In. addition to the above simul- i ming will include among other
taneous AM-FM programs, WD-ithings special events, classical
FM will continue to broadcast itsimusic, dramatic productions, cam
-7 pan. to 11p.m. FM schedule.lpus news, and sports.
egittn
Editorial on page si.t
Scholarships
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Portly Cloudy, Mild
Forecast for Today
Partly cloudy and mild weather,
with a chance of scattered
thundershowers, has been fore
ca't for today.
The high today is expected to
reach the 80's, and the low this
morning was forecast in the 60'4
The general outlook for the
state seems to be partly cloudy
and mild with chances of thunder
showers in the central, northwest,
and
_western sections, and warm
and humid in the southeastern
part of the state.
Today's Collegian
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World News
Univer<ity Construction
Speeds and Hearing Clinic ____.___
Junior and Senior Claases
Chapel Servieee
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Bibler
'Round the Rim __
Sanda,'s Chapel Service
Leonider.
Phyaieal Edneation for Men -.
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