O'lte Bang VOL. 57, No. 4 STATE COLLEGE. PA.. TUESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 18. 1956 FIVE CENTS Joini Enforcement Set Today; Customs Greeted With Spirit Although the first day of customs ran smoothly yesterday, members of the Fresh man Customs-Board last night decided to give the program an added boost by declaring to day joint customs day. Freshman women, in particular, will receive the full treatment today as upperclass men and women enforce customs on both men and women students. Members of the Freshman Cus toms Board have requested up perclass students to report cus toms violators along with their offenses to the Hetzel Union desk. Members of the board said last night that the first day of customs was successful except for the women's part of the program. which they said lagged considerably. More active participation and enforcement among upperclass women was asked. A mass of confused freshmen, bedecked in typical "froth" re galia, began their first day of cus toms yesterday in a spirited man ner apparent to the upperclass men who stopped freshmen on their way to first-day classes. Freshman customs began 7 a.m. yesterday for approxi mately 2600 students at the University. The ter m i nation date for the customs will be set when the Freshman Customs Board feels overall spirit merits ending the period. The largest group of freshmen gathered in front of Schwab Aiiditorium and at the bulletin board on the Mall to sing Uni versity songs and chant cheers to the sheer delight and amuse ment of the "haughty" upper class students. A poll conducted yesterday by a Daily-- Collegian reporter among freshmen, upperclassmen and women, and hatmen and batwomen, revealed that cus toms are running smoothly and are being enjoyed by students. The main source of complaint. however, was that customs could be more actively enforced by the upperclass students, especially among the women. Numerous freshmen said they had not yet been stopped and were looking forward to joint customs days. "It's_greatr was the comment of Garnet Glover, freshman in liberal arts from Belle Vernon, about the first day of Nancy Simpson, freshman in liberal arts from Williamsport, said that she was enjoying cus toms, but she would like to know when they will end. "It's so indefinite this way," she added. To date, the Freshman Customs Board has not an nounced the termination date for customs. King House. freshman in me chanical engih'e ering from ' Cocheton. New York, and Jo seph Butterweck, freshman in pre-veterinary from Souderton, both agreed that customs were a good way to get to know peo ple on campus. "The only trouble with customs from my brief observations is that three-fourths of the upper class men don't enforce them," House commented. Jerry Robinson, sophomore in general arts and science from Elkins Park, said he has not and will not enforce customs. "I do not feel they should be enforced, because the men, es pecially, go to extremes. Ifs not so bad for the girls." Merle Illrooks, a - member of Scrolls, senior women's honorary hat society, said that customs have more spark than they did last year. The Freshman Customs Board will meet 6:30 tonight in 216 HUB, to hear and penalize cus toms violators. Clear, Cooler Weather :Clearing and cooler weather has been predicted for today. The high today is expected to be between 704nd 75. -tx s - - - r, -- ‘--- — Ng 0 : -•"' es . 7 !I - - : ._ ~-s. ~ s 4 . t . ,1: — .21 t : •be s. MIUM FOR A BETTER PENN STATE By ANNE FRIEDBERG —Daily Collegian Photo by George Harrison "Sing Frosh." yells leader Cain McCreary. Prexy Reveals Atom Program Representatives of the 21 Amer ican republics heard President Milton S. Eisenhower unveil a United States program last night to train nuclear scientists in the republics in the peaceful uses of atomic energy. Dr. Eisenhower is representing this country in a meeting of rep resentatives of presidents of the republics to review Latin Amer ica's economic problems and ways of solving them. The conference began yester day and will wind up tomorrow. The program, Dr. Eisenhower said, would make available equip ment and finances to establish training programs in the Spanish language. NAACP. May Appeal Barring of 4 Negroes By the Associated Press A critical situation at the Clay, Ky., Consolidated School eased Monday with the barring of four Negro students. White students began returning to classes after a country school board order banning the Negroes was read on the school steps. About 150 white pupils of the 590 that have been boycotting the school returned to classes. An attorney for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People said suit would be filed, probably tomorrow, in federal court at Owensboro, seek ing reinstatement of the four Ne groes in the Clay School. But Mrs. James Gordon, mother of two of the children who lead the integration fight, - said her children would not return imme diately even if an injunction is gthntecl. Tattrgiatt Freshman Flyboy Seeking Uniform Cracks Mac Hall A confused freshman is still embarrassed by the friendly ad vice of an upperclassman. Anxious to get his Air Force ROTC uniform, the - freshman asked the upperclassman the lo cation of the supply room. "It's on the second floor of that building." the obliging upperclassman said. The freshman eagerly climbed the stairs and was soon in need of further directions. "My gosh, what are you doing up here?" a startled coed asked. "Those . upperclassmen!' the freshman muttered as he hurried for an exit from Mc- Allister Hall. World at a Glance GOP Sees Farm Win; Adlai Backs Hiss Jury WASHINGTON, Sept. 17 (iP)-- President Dwight D. Eisenhower got a highly optimistic report on Republican- political prospects in the farm belt today from - Sen. Bourke B. Hickenlooper of lowa. The Agriculture Department re ported during the day that net farm income for the July-Septem ber quarter appears likely to be higher than last year. WASHINGTON, Sept. 17 VP)— Adlai Stevenson said today he "never doubted" the verdict that convicted Alger Hiss, and if this puts him at odds with former President Truman "that is where the record must rest." The Demo cratic presidential nominee- alio politely but firmly backed away from statements by Truman that "legal racketeers" in the Eisenhower administration have tossed away government as sets. University Enrollment Nearl6,ooo Enrollment at the University and its centers is creeping toward 16,000. Dr. C. 0. Williams, dean of admissions and registrar, said that he expects the enrollment figure of 15,528 students to in crease by 472 before the final figure is announced in two weeks. Enrollment on the main cam pus has already reached an all time high of 12,814 and Dr. Wil liams expects this figure to rise to around 13.000 in the next two weeks. The University's centers have i an enrollment of 2601 as com pared to 2448 last year : Of those, attending the centers, 1363 stu dents are planning to take a four year course of study enabling them to earn B.A. degrees, while 1238 are enrolled two-year asso ciate degree programs. !Last year 1393 students were four-year' students And 1065 were taking the two-year program. I The Mont Alto Forest School, which offers a program for for estry students, has 113 students l as compared to 104 enrolled there last year. 4000 New Students Of the 4000 new students 'ad mitted to the University this year, 2700 are freshmen and 700 are transfer students from centers. About 500 have transferred from other colleges and universities. The figures which Dr. Williams has released were tabulated at the close of registration, at 5 p.m. Saturday. Dr. Williams explained that he expects late registrations, which will be disclosed later, to have considerable effect on the total. Last year, 14,693 had enrolled at the University by noon Satur day, and the final total for the fall semester was 15,352. Campus Total Higher The campus total last year was 12.131, almost 700 less than this year. This semester marked the ninth time that the centralized regis tration system was used. IBM machines were again used to make sure each course card was received by the designated department within one hour af ter the student submitted it to the desk. I At the close of registration Dr. Williams said he thought every 'thing went "very smoothly." , ÜBA Sets Today As Book Deadline Today is the last day students may bring books to the Used Book Agency to be sold. 'Students have not responded to b ringingb in books sold as the ,agency had anticipated. For that reason, the time limit has been extended until today. The agency especially needs en- - gineering, business, and journal ism books. The ÜBA will remain open un til Saturday for students wishing to purchase books. Big 3 May Send Convoy to Canal LONDON, Sept. 17 (W)--The: Western Bi , " ' Three tonight were' reported ready to propose to the , Suez users' conference beginning here Wednesday the sending of beginning here pig" convoy to the canal; to see if Egyptian President Nas-' ser will allow its passage. In the background, if he re fused, would be a threat of a boy-i cott of the canal by the world's principal maritime nations, cou-1 pled with a widened and tight ened economic squeeze on Egypt.l U.S. 'Secretary of State John, Foster Dulles, who fathered' the' proposed Suez users' association,l after a conference with President Dwight D. Eisenhower, said the United States was prepared to help finance Western Europe's increased imports of American oil if transit through the canal is blocked or reduced. 3 Courses Added To IFoll TV List Th e University's expanding "teaching-by-TV" program took another step forward this semes ter when three more courses were added to the list of subjects tele vised last year. They are German 1. inter national understanding and psy chology 17. The German course will be a combination of lecture demonstra tions -by television and small classes with instructors. The TV system had been used for the psychology course several semes ters ago, but could not be fitted into the schedule last spring. 12 Rooms Added The number of rooms the sys tem can serve has been increased by 12, in order to cover the larger enrollment in the Air Reserve Of ficers Training Corps. These rooms will be available for other courses in the future if they are needed. New equipment which is now in use includes a small printing press for printing cards which the in structors may desire, and a kine scope recording machine to record on film any part of a TV presen tation which is to be repeated. More Demonstrations Planned Emphasis this semester will be on adapting the course material to television by the use of more demonstrations, films, guest in structors, and graphic materials than were employed in the past. A system has been devised to provide an opportunity for stu dents taking courses by television to ask questions of their instruc tor. In some of the courses two lectures on TV during the week by the principle instructor, and one period of regular class dis cussion will be given. In other courses the talk-back system will be used for questions. The television system in Sparks is now scheduled for use for all but six class hours a week. Lion Party Gives Confidence Vote To Clique Officers Lion party members gave their temporary All-University clique officers a vote of confidence last night, thus automatically naming them permanent officers. Following the vote, party mem bers addressed approximately 125 freshman at an orientation meet ing. Named to the clique positions were Byron LaVan, junior in ' business administration fr o m Philadelphia. clique chairman; iSamiliel Parsons, sophomore in arts and letters from Allentown, vice clique chairman; and Susan !Evans. junior in arts and letters froin State College, secretary. The .party treasurer will be named later in the semester. Freshman at the orientation meeting heard four speeches, in cluding talks by LaVan. Samuel ,Moyer. freshman class president, !and Thomas Dye, former Lion , party clique chairman. Senior Hat Societies Accepting New Men . Applications are available at the Hetzel Union desk to senior men interested in applying for the fall tapping of senior men's hat societies. The application:: are to be sub mitted be 5 p.m. Sept. 26 at the HUB desk. Men who filled out cards last semester have been requested to fill out new cards.
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