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VOL. 57. No. 5
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5 Frosh Penalized
By Customs Board
Five freshman customs violators appeared before the
Freshman Customs Board last night as the joint customs day,
the second day of customs, ended'on a spirited note.
All violators, three women and two men, were enthus
iastic about the customs program and thought it was a worth
while project.
Their reaction was typical of
freshmen throughout the entire
campus who nearly turned "cart
wheels" today at the request of
upperclassmen on joint customs
day.
Chest Fund
To Sponsor
Kick-off Hop
The Campus Chest, an organ
ization similar to a Community
Chest, will conduct its eighth an
nual Kick-off Dance from 7:30 to
10:30 p.m. Friday in the ballroom
of the Hetzel Union Building.
Music fr)r the dance will be
furnished by the Melody Men.
Tickets at 50 cents per person
are available today at the Hetzel
Union desk.
Proceeds from the dance will
be used for the Campus Chest,
according to Robert Gellman,
chairman.
In urging students to iupport
the dance, Gleeman said the or
ganization functions in the same
manner as Community Chest
campaigns across the country.
Solicitation for the Campus
Chest drive,--scheduled for some
time in October, benefits Univer
sity students, Gellman said.
Designation System Used
For the first time in the history
of the Campus Chest drives, the
designation system was used last
year for contributions.
By this method, students could
select the charity they wanted to
receive their donations. The num
ber of charities aided by the Cam
pus Chest was also cut last year
in comparison to previous cam
paigns.
This year, as last, atrophy will
be awarded to the fraternity and
sorority with the highest amount
of contributions per capita.
Other Projects'
Other Campus Chest- projects
to raise funds include jazz con
certs and the Ugly Man contest,
sponsored during Spring Week by
Alpha Phi Othega, national ser
vice fraternity.
Charities which will be aided
by this year's campaign include
World University Service, Amer
ican. Cancer Society, American
Heart Society, Pennsylvania Cer
ebral- Palsy Fund, and the Penn
State .Student Scholarship Fund.
Repairs to Streets
Almost CoMpleted
Summer reconstruction work
on streets and alleys in State Col
lege is near completion. -
Three projeCts," including re
building of portions of five down
town streets; remain on the work
agenda. - Two projects are under
way and a third is yet to be
started.
Main repaving will be com
pleted on Beaver avenue from
Locust-lane to Garner street and
Heisteri and - High
streets and Locust lane, all be
tween Beaver and College av
enues. -
. Also scheduled for improve
ments are several alleys.
Observatories-to Be Open
• -University observatories will be
open to the public from 8 to 1-0
p.m. tomorrow and Friday_ for
viewing .Mars •
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Customs Spirit Praised
George Wills, co-chairman of
the Freshman Customs Board,
said that "the customs spirit in
the past few years was reborn
in the program this year as ac
tive and spirited participation
was noted today in particular."
Customs board members said
that upperclasswomen were more
enthusiastic •in enforcing customs
on freshman men today than they
were in enforcing customs on wo
men yesterday.
•Mall, Schwab Popular
As usual, the largest groups
were assembled on the steps of
Schwab Auditorium and at the
bulletin board on the Mall.
However, other large groups,
who were singing and cheering
and "buttoning and curtsying"
were noticed in full force through
scattered sections of the campus.
Failed to Answer Questions
The violators • were charged
with failure to answer questions
'at the request of upperclass stu
dents, not carrying the Freshman
] Bible, failure to - wear full cus
toms for an entire day, and in
subordination.
] Two 'women who did not have
their Freshman Bible with them
lon Monday when approached by
f an upperclass woman were sent
Ito the Penn State Room of the
Library to obtain interesting in
formation regarding University
traditions and customs. •
To Present Findings
They were asked to present
either written or verbal reports
on their findings to the board
on Thursday night.
IA freshman woman who was
not able to answer questions
when quizzed by an upperclass
student yesterday was instructed
to wear a two-inch green ribbon
'behind her dink for three days.
Carrying his books in a burlap
bag with the inscription "I Vio-
I lated Freshman Customs," was
the penalty meted to a freshman
male student who wore no cus
toms whatsoever all day Monday.
Charged With Insubordination
A student who was charged
(Continued on page two)
Seeks
West
LONDON; Sept. 18 (/P)—The
Western Big Three agreed to
night to seek working arrange
ments -with Egypt to share
control of Suez Canal traffic
as a step toward peaceful set
tlement of the crisis. .
U.S. Secretary of State John
Foster Dulles undertook to launch
the American-British-French pro
ject for an 18-nation association
of canal users at the second Lon
don Suez conference opening to
morrow.
Dulles to Outline Plan
Dulles will outline the plan,- em
phasizing its peaceful purpose,
before diplomats of the 18 nations
representing 90 to. 95 per cent of
shipping through the canal. The
talks will• open at 11 a.m. in stor
ied Lancaster HouSe under chair
manship of British Foreign Sec
retary Selwyn Lloyd_
There was' an unmistakable
FOR A BETTER PENN STATE
ng Ban Approved
—Daily Collegian Photo by George Harrison
Vote is counted by John Valentine as Daniel Land presides.
`Mac Hall' Flyboy
Maybe Not Lost
But Scouting
The same bewildered freshman
who was looking for the Air Force
ROTC supply room, the other day,
on the second floor of Mac Alli
ster Hall was today begging The
Daily Collegian to play cupid for
him.
After pleading for the name
of the coed who reported the
incident to Collegian, he found
much to his dismay that no one
remembered it.
"Only one person saw me," he
said, "and she sure was cute. I've
just got to know her name and I
don't want to go up there again
just to find who she is. So won't
you please help me?"
So, Juliet. if you will call the
Collegian office and leave your
name and room number, we
guarantee that a somewhat flus
tered but ve r y determined
Romeo will call you for a date.
McCann Named Editor
Of Senior Yearbook
William !VicCann, senior in pre
med last night was named editor
of LaVie.
Other promotions to the senior
board of LaVie are:
Forney Miller, senior in science
from Lock Haven, co-photography
editor, and Adolph Seidenstick
er, senior in business administra
tion from York, business manager.
United Control of Suez I Prexy to Return
From Conference
mood of skepticism and even
some opposition to the proposed
users group plan as foreign min
isters and special envoys assem
bled. The same' 18 nations had
backed last month the Dulles
plan for international control of
the canal, which Egypt's Presi
dent Gamel Abdel Nasser re
jected even as a basis for nego
tiation.
As if to underline the doubts,
one of the bosses of the Egyptian
Suez Canal' Authority sent forth
what seemed to be a- challenge
to the organizers of the associa
tion.
Direcior Mahmoud Yunis,
speaking in the canal halfway
port of Ismailia, was asked by
reporters what would happen if
the association tried to send ships
through Suez with their own
pilots.
"Let them try," Yunis retorted
Yunis declared the crisis set off
by a mass walkout of foreign
Tottrgiatt
RICHARD SHILLINCER, In
terfraternity Council Board td
Control Chairman, explains his
group's stand on the new fresh
man drinking regulation. Shil
linger said that the board will
be strict and will do all in its
power to uphold the IFC law.
Special Late Permissions
Any freshman woman taking a!
credit course such as Blue Band:
may take a late permission pro-i
viding that she give her hostess,
a note signed by the professor.:
Dean of Women Pearl 0. Weston'
said today.
pilots last Friday has ended and President Milton S. Eisenhower
that the traffic situation in the is scheduled to return to the Uni
waterway "is returning to nor - !versity tomorrow from Washing
mal." ton where he is representing the
- 31 Ships Go Through ;United States in a conference of
Only 31 ships cleared through' representatives of the. 21 Ameri
the canal under the guidance off can republics.
Egyptian and Greek pilots today,l At the conference, which op
against an average of more than
,ened Monday, Dr. Eisenhower re
-40 daily before the walkout. rvealed a United States plan to
Dulles will present to the con-; set up training programs for
ference detailed' thinking of the "`
Western Big - Three on how thelLatin American nuclear scientists.
be
planned 'association should work,l
The scientists would
es taught in
emphasizing that any new ideas'their native languag to facili
and amendments would be wel- 1
'tate learning. Equipment would
corned.
be furnished by this country.
I
American, British, and French!
leaders already have said the as- 'Fair, Cooler Weather
sociation should employ pilots to!
!Predicted for Today
run the ships of members through
the canal, deal with the Egyptian! Fa i r and cool weather is pre
authorities, and pay Egypt for the dieted for this morning with
use of the waterway. These _ arcloudiness expected to increase
rangements would be on a pro-during the afternoon, changing
visional basis pending a final set-;to showers- tonight, according to
tlement embodying some form of:meteorology department obser
international control. i vers.
Frosh Beware
of Froth
See Page 4
Houses Vote
,On Ruling;
IFC OK's
The Interfraternity Council
last night approved an amend
ment to its Rushing Code
which will ban serving alco
holic be ,- erages to freshman
minors at fraternity functions.
The council met Monday night
to initiate the proposal, and the
house presidents took the matter
back to house meetings to get the
general fraternity opinion.
The action was taken in order
to put more teeth into Uni
versity and state regulations
governing minors' drinking.
IFC has found that more
trouble comes from freshmen
who drink at fraternities rather
than from upperclassmen.
Enforcement of the new ruling
will rest with the IFC Board of
Control but exact procedures
have not been set up as yet, ac
cording to Chairman Richard
Shillinger.
However, the board ,of control
will stringently enforce the coun
cil's ruling, Shillinger said_
One of the reasons for the ac
tion was to eliminate freshmen
'coming back to dormitories in an
,intoxicated condition and from
;causing undue disturbances.
It is likely that the minimum
penalty for fraternities will be
set at eight weeks social proba
tion. Other penalties and pro
ced-.:res to take care of violators
will be handled later by the
board of control.
The board of control will meet
tonight to discuss these problems.
A few houses were opposed to
the freshman ban because they
felt that, although something
should be done, the drinking ban
on freshman minors was not the
right measure.
One representative felt that
too much of the responsibility
j was placed on fraternities and
that the freshmen should shoul
der more of the burden. Along
the same lines, another repre
sentative said he felt that the
freshmen were responsible for
their actions when visiting frat
ernities.
Another said that the members
:of his house felt that the new
i rulit:g will make an enforcement
agency out of the fraternity.
A stronger proposal was fav
ored by one representative. He
suggested that the council outlaw
freshmen from fraternity houses
whenever drinking is being done.
As the ruling stands now, fresh
men minors will be admitted_ to
the fraternities but will not be
able to drink.
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