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Frosh Board Schedules
Second Joint Customs
Joint customs will be in effect today for the second time this year following a decision
by the Freshman Customs Board last night in an effort to revive spirit and activie partici
pation in the customs program.
The first day of joint customs was held Tuesday. An increased amount of spirit and
enthusiasm was noted on that day among freshmen as well as upperclass students.
Members of the Customs Board
said . that customs enforcemen
lagged yesterday, a regular cus•
toms day, as compared to the
first two days of the program.'
Today upperclassmen will ask
freshman women to "curtsy" and
freshmen will "button" on corn
mand from the women
Eleven customs violators ap.
peared before the board last night
and received various penalties,
some of real merit and some "in
the spirit of fun," according to
board members.
Three violators were penalized
because they were caught with
out their Freshman Bibles. They
were Warren Richards, electrical
engineering major from Browns.
-vitie, who was ordered to weal
a sign on his back with the in
scription, "I Won't Forget My
Freshman Bible Again;" Marion
Takosky, horticulture major from
New Kensington. who was asked
to visit the Penn Stale room and
present a written report of her
findings there to the board; and
Polly McMichael, physical educa
tion major from Reading, who
was ordered to write a 25-word
constructive criticism of the cus
toms program with any sugges
tions she might have to offer for
the improvement of the customs
program. _ _
Six freshmen appeared before
the board for failing to wear part
or all of their customs outfit when
stopped by upperciass students.
They included Hank Kwiecin
ski, aeronautical engineering ma
jor from Ho-Ho-Kus, N.J., who
was ordered to write a report on
his trip to the Penn State room;
Al Glading, business administra
tion major front Ardmore, who
was sentenced to wear his pants
inside out with the pocket hang
ing today and tomorrow and to
carry a sign on his back saying,
Am Wearing My Pants Inside
Out Because I Am a Customs
Violator"; Charles Collings, busi
ness administration major fawn
New Castle, who will wear a
sandwich board bearing the in
scription, "I Am a Freshman Cus
toms Violator. I Will Wear My
Customs Until Customs Are Ov
er," and present a 500-word
theme to the board explaining
why he will wear customs until
the termination of the period; Ro
bert Cowan, civil engineering
major from Monessen, was or
dered. to purchase a dink imme
diately and to carry his books
in a burlap I.ag bearing the
words. "I Am a Freshman Cus-
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dispensary. The modern-styled room provides a pleasant at
mosphere for those waiting to hear their names called on the
loud speaker system. Situated on the west wing of the hospital,
the despensary is larger and. better equipped than the Old Main
quarters. The new extension was completed late this summer
along with the new wing to the hospital.
By ANNE FRIEDBERG
—Daily Collegian Photo by Dave Bovar
WARREN RICHARDS grimaces as he faces the Customs Board.
Tickets to Be Sold
By Concert Group
Beginning Oct. Ist
The annual membership cam
paign of the State College Con
cert Association will open Oct. 1
and continue until Oct. 6, unless
all memberships are sold prior
to that time.
Memberships will sell for $7
each and as in past years a mem
bership entitles the patron to at
tend each of the concerts of the
series. There are no reserved
seats.
Patrons of the series last year
will have a priority in renewing
memberships and they may do
this during the week beginning
Sept. 24.
Each member of the 1955-56
season will receive a renewal
blank which may be returned to
the person who handled the mem
bership last year or it may be
mailed directly to the Associa
tion.
Leland S. Rhodes and Dr. Ro
bert Stone are co-chairmen of
the membership campaign.
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA
Walker Gives
Science Group
Success Recipe
Dr. Eric A. Walker, vice presi
dent and president-elect of the
'University, told Pittsburgh sci
ence teachers yesterday the most
important qualification for a suc
cessful scientist or engineer is a
"motivation to get somewhere."
, Speaking at the Westinghouse
'Electric Co. sponsored program,
Dr. Walker told the teachers the
path to a degree in science and
to adequate proficiency in the
[ field is a long and tortuous one.
It demands many hours of study
and hard work in the classroom.
-- - •
Unfortunately, Dr. Walker said,
the student himself must make
this' investment. "Unless he is
strongly motivated to press on
through the drudgery, he will
never reach the end of the trail,
Dr. Walker added.
Tying in this "motivation" with
the demand for scientists and en
gineers, Dr. Walker said more
than 60,000 engineers and scien
tists are graduated each year in
this country, but 20,000 per year
are lost along the way because
of lack of motivation. .
Prexy Appoints 5
Faculty Members
To New Committee
Following the experimental es
tablishment of a University Press
last March, President Milton S.
Eisenhower has appointed five
faculty members as a committee
to guide the press during its first
year.
The press, which will involve
little or no property such as office
buildings or printing equipment,,
will publish works of the faculty
members.
•
Louis H. Bell, director of Pub
lie Information, has been named]
e':ecutive director of the press,
awl will be a member of the tom-'
mittee. Others named to the'.
group are Christian K. Arnold,
associate professor of engineering
research, Ordnance Research
Laboratory; Dr. George E. Bran
dow, professor of agricultural
economics; Richard C. Maloney,
assistant dean, College of the
Liberal Arts; Dr. E. Willard Mil
ler, professor and head of the de
partment of geography; and Dr.
Kinsley R. Smith, professor of
psychology.
4-H to Hold Party
A welcoming party for students
interested in joining the 4-H Club
will be held at 7 tonight in 100
Weaver.
Temporary Rooms
Given 278 Students
"Be it ever so humble, there is no place like home." That
is if you have one. At registration 278 students didn't.
But, according to Otto E. Mueller, housing director, the
last of 180-men and 98 women assigned temporary housing at
registration will receive permanent rooms within two weeks.
Men have been temporarily
housed in Hamilton and McKee
study lounges, Spruce Cottage.
Pollock 5, and Hamilton recrea
tion room.
The last of 19 men housed in
Hamilton recreation room re
ceived permanent housing Tues
day evening.
Elm Cottage Used
Women have been temporarily
housed in Simmons, McElwain,
and Atherton study lounges, Wo
men's Building commuter's room.
Grange Hall playroom, and Elm
Cottage.
Mueller said the 15 women re
siding in Elm Cottage will prob
ably remain there the entire se
mester. The women will be trans
ferred to residence halls at the
beginning of the spring semester,
he said.
Of the original 180 men with
out permanent rooms, 130 are
now accommodated, Mueller said.
Nineteen of the 50 remaining re
side in Pollock while 31 live in
McKee and Hamilton study
lounges.
Twelve men found permanent
rooms downtown and 118 were
assigned to residence halls.
Shortage Anticipated
Mueller said the department an
ticipated the room shortage. It's
planned that way, he said.
Each semester, he explained,
the University with the coopera
tion of the housing department
enrolls more students than resi
dence halls and estimated down
town housing can accommodate.
Many students, mostly fresh
men, withdraw from the Univer
sity - during the semester provid
ing additional rooming facilities.
If the department of housing
were to enroll only as many stu
dents as housing facilities can ac
commodate. many students would
be deprived the opportunity of
attending the University, Mueller
said. .
The cost of housing would rise,
he said, if rooms remained va
cant the entire semester.
Frosh Predominate
The department has accommo
dations for approximately 2900
men. Each fall the University en
rolls approximately 2000 fresh
men. Only 900 rooms remain for
upperclassmen.
Last summer the department
promised 952 rooms to upper
classmen. On paper the depart
ment promised 52 rooms it didn't
have.
At registration this fall an ad
ditional 128 men applied for resi
dence housing:
The
,department has accommo
dations for 2304 women. An ad
ditional 98 women were enrolled
to compensate for withdrawals.
Air Squadron
Meeting Set
Squadron 1303 of the Civil Air
Patrol Pennsylvania Wing will
hold its orientation meeting at 7
p.m. Monday in 102 Willard.
The University squadron is af
filiated with Group 1300 which is
commanded by Major Waynes
Showers and is located in State
College.
Male and female students and
faculty interested in aviation have
been invited to attend the first
meeting.
Group 1300 has three planes
that are used for search and res
cue and for orientation flights of
its members. At the present time
the Group is undertaking the task
of constructing its own airport
west of State College.
First Sabbath Services
To Be Held Tomorrow
The first Sabbath Eve Services
of the year will be held at
.13 p.m.
tomorrow at the Hillel Founda
tion.
Rabbi Benjamin Kahn, director
of the foundation, will officiate_
An Onega Shabbat. in honor of
the festival of Succor, will take
place.
THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 20. 1956
By TERRY LEACH
Readmissions
Total 246
I Lust Year
The Senate Committee on aca
demic standards, a, group whose
time is spent mainly in consider
ing petition for reinstatement re
viewed 270 cases last year and
approved 246 of them.
While the committee does not
consider all the applications for
reinstatement presented it is
asked to review those cases which
the individual college screening
boards feel have considerable
merit.
Performance Studied
The committee studied the aca
demic performance of students re
instated between June 6 and
Sept. 13 of last year. Of the loa
students granted reinstatement
before the opening of the fall se
mester, 90 actually returned and
completed the semester.
Of these ninety students 66.6
per cent made an All-University
average over 2.0 the semester at
ter their reinstatement. This fig
ure has increased by 11.1 per cent
over the number of reinstated
student making a 2.00 All-Uni
versity average or better in 1955.
Only six or 6.7 per cent of the
total number returning had a se
mester average less than 1.0 while
7 or 7.8 per cent had an average
less than 1.0 and 1.49.
Many Have 2.0 Average
Seventeen or 18.9 per cent had
semester averages between 1.5
and 1.99, but 27 or 30.0 per cent,
the largest number, had averages
between 2.0 and 2.49.
The second largest group of re
instated students had averages be
tween 2.5 and 2.99. Eighteen or
20.0 per cent of the total number
were included in this grou p.
Twelve of 13.3 per cent of the
total number of people had aver
ages between 3.0 and 3.49.
Those students who earned an
average between 3.5 and 4.00 com
posed the smallest of the groups.
Three or 3.3 per cent of the total
number reinstated. •
Stipulations Often Made
Donald V. Jacobson, chairman
of the committee, said that it often
put specific stipulations on its re
instatement actions. These stipu
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