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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.
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be between 704nd 75.
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—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.