Today's Weather: Fair and . Mild .• , Elhir ( i t fill VOL. 57. No. 9 University Vetoes Half-Holiday Fraternities Said`Coping' With Ban Interfraternity Council Board of Control found that the fraternities were "coping with the freshman minor drinking ban very well" in its spot checks made over the week end, Richard Shillinger, chairman, said yesterday. Shillinger said he and the board were "very pleased" with action of the fraternities. They found no violations. he said. Some 26 or 27 fraternities were checked. Improvement Seen Shillinger said he believed the fraternities ' will be even better equipped to cope with the ban this weekend since the temporary student directories were issued yesterday. The temporary directories are similar to the permanent direc tories which will be printed later. From these directories, Shillinger said, the fraternities will be able to tell whether the student is a freshman minor. Two Systems Used The fraternities, Shillinger said, used at least two systems last weekend. One of these was mark ing the members of the house with a rubber stamp. The other was the use Of name cards, which showed the class of the student guest. Many houses checked registered all guests, he said. Shillinger has asked house presidents to submit two names from their fraternity for IFC checkers. He asked that the names be submitted to the Hetzel Union desk by noon tomorrow. Board to Meet The board will meet at 8 p.m. tomorrow at, Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity to discuss enforcement of the ban. The freshman minor drinking ban was approved last week by Interfraternity Council after in dividual hOuses had voted on the proposed measure. Police Will Enforce Parking Regulation Police officials said yesterday students living in the area of Allen street to Garner street, and south of Beaver avenue to Hamil ton avenue are to be reminded -that the "No Parking, This Side" signs will be strictly enforced. They said that because the 2 a.m. to 6 a.m. parking ban in this area has been lifted until Novem ber 1, it does not mean that the wrong-side violation is not to be] upheld. Fair Weather Forecast; High of 73 Expected Fair weather is expected to :continue today with the tempera ture reaching a high of 73 de grees. Dr. Charles Hosier, meteorolo gist at the University Weather Station, said that .05 inches of rain fell during the weekend in showers Saturday and Sunday nights. 011213:=5301 The Daily Collegian last night received a steady stream of phone calls from about 100 irate students who asked if the Penn half-holiday has been definitely - turned down. Other students have reported that entire dormitory units are up in arms about the Univer sity's decision. STATE COLLEGE. PA.. TUESDAY MORNING. SEPTEMBER 25. 1956 one U • There Like Me? Any gazes at Mars through a telescope at the University observatories Friday night during open-house sponsored by Alpha Nu. astronomy society. More than 700 people visited the observatories Thursday and Friday nights. Customs May End At Thursday Rally Customs enforcement for members of the Cass of 1960 will officially end at the pep rally Thursday night if the freshmen win the tug-of-war with the sopl-&more class. The Customs Board also voted last night to hold joint customs days today, tomorrow, and Thursday, or until the official end of the customs program. Arrangements axe being made to enlist members of the fresh man football team and "husky" sophomore men for the tradi tional tug-of-war between the two classes. The plaque which will bear the inscription of the winning class today is on display in the bulletin board at the Mall. The tug-of-war was easily won by the sophomore class last year. - Katherine Dickson and George Wills, co-chairmen of the Fresh man Customs Board, today ex tended an urgent plea to all up perclassmen to enforce customs now that the termination date is approaching as rigidly as they did during the first few days of this year's program. Customs spirit and enforce ment yesterday fell to its low est point during the entire cus toms period as hardly a group of "frosh" men and women were asked to - button" or ••curtsy"' Emanuel Gregory, freshman in electrical engineering from Brac kenridge, who appeared before the board last night as a customs violator, cited the fact that a lack of interest on the part of the up perclassmen, especially the sopho more students, noticeably affects freshman students who are "eag er to participate in the program whole-heartedly." . He added-that "not even a half of the class are now wearing cus toms and taking an active part in the program." Gregory was requested to vis it the Penn State Room of the Library for failing to wear cus toms in the Lion's Den of the Helsel Union Building on Thursday. Board members also decided last night, upon the recommenda (Continued on page five) FOR A BETTER PENN STATE Prexy Addresses Hopkins Frosh President Milton S. Eisenhower addressed the freshman class of Johns Hopkins University yester day where he will take over as university president Oct. 1. The Associated Press reported Dr.' Eisenhower met members of the faculty, university officials and trustees at a reception Sun day night, shortly after arriving in Baltimore. This was the first opportunity most of the faculty members had to meet the new president_ Campus Chest to Meet The Campus Chest will meet at 7 tonight in 214 Hetzel Union. Hurricane Hits Coast PANAMA CITY, Fla:, Sept. 24 (4tP).,-Hurricane Flossy late today struck the northwestern Florida ct,aSt at Fort Walton, 50 miles west of here, with winds ranging up to 100 m.p.h. Gales extended outward 150 to 200 mileg, mainly to the east and south of the storm's center. Southeast storm warnings were ordered raised from Brunswick, Ga., to Wilmington, N.C., in an ado:isory issued by the New Or leans Weather Bureau at 4 p.m. CST. Flossy Moving Inland The Weather Bureau said Flos sy was moving inland at Fort Walton in an east-northeasterly A rgiatt WOW! Froth Seeking Writers Froth, campus humor magazine, is taking the first step in getting an editorial staff. Evidently tired of filling the magazine with advertisements and last year's jokes, Froth's edi tors have scheduled a meeting for students interested in joining the editorial staff at 7 tonight in the Froth office in the Hetzel Union Building. The office has a small capacity Committee Recommends Code Change All-University Elections Com mittee la , t night approved an amendment to the Elections Code stating that party cliques must submit a list of steering commit tee members, offices held, and dues that have been paid. The amendment, with other recommendations passed Sunday night, will be presented to All- University Cabinet for final ap proval before insertion into the Code. The committee also discussed the controversial opinions rising from student encampment con cerning the jurisdiction of the committee over party platforms. The group concluded that the sys tem followed now, which calls for review of platforms by the committee, will be continued. The four encampment opinions are: 1. Retain the provision for the review of party platforms by the Elections Committee. 2_ The faculty adviser to the political party should be the ap 7 proving agency for party plat forms. 3. The political parties should stand or fall on the basis of the platforms they adopt without any, pre-election review or approval other than consultation with the faculty adviser. 4. Eliminate platforms and run candidates on their own record. Also mentioned was the finan cial _status of the parties, and an nounced that, two days following the first steering committee meet ing, each clique will deposit $25 in the Associated Student Activi ties Office. A minor question in the present Code arose pertaining to the state ment that candidates may not campaign in the building where selections are held. This was modified to read "the immediate vicinity of the polls." The Hetzel Union Building, where elections are held. is obviously a center of verbal campaigning and t therefore should not be entirely restricted, the committee said. direction at 15 m.p.h The area between Fort Walton eastward to Cedar Keys was warned that tides of five to eight feet could be expected tonight. Evacuation Urged The Weather Bureau urged evacuation of low coastal areas. The killer storm, which glanced at southeastern Louisiana earlier today, caused at least three deaths and stranded more than 60 per sons in the storm-tossed Gulf of Mexico. An unofficial estimate of property damages, mostly to oil drilling equipment in the gulf, ran up to two million dollars. Winds Cause Sand Storm The winds created a blinding sand storm which was powerful enough to blast paint off auto mobiles. Appointments 'Lash-ed' See Page 4 Deans Down Proposal AtMeeting By ED DUBBS Cvileyiuro City Editor The University yesterday turned down the students' re quest for a half-holiday for this weekend 's Penn-Penn State game. The action was announced last night by Lawrence Dennis, Uni versity provost, and Robert Bah renbort!, All-University president. The decision on the proposed half-holiday was made by a committee of the deans of the nine colleges. Dennis said. Den nis served as chairman for the committee. All-University Cabinet last Thursday unanimously approved the half-holiday. The action came as no real sur prise since the possibility of a half-holiday decreased as each day passed. Student doubt over receiving the half-day vacation seemed to be indicated in the slow sales of Penn tickets. Little more than 1000 tickets have been sold to date. In announcing the decision of the committee, Dennis said in a prepared statement: "The letter from All-University Cabinet was referred to a meeting of the deans of the colleges that was held Monday. The recom mendation that a half-holiday for the Penn game be granted was not approved. "In voting not to grant the half-hcliday, the committee of deans, under the chairmanship of the provost, pointed out that adjustments in ' - the 1956-1957 calendar were made last spring. "The Senate decided to shorten the Christmas vacation in order that there might be more time between the first and second seme4ters. "It was felt that no other modi fications in the fall semester cal endar could be made without jeopardizing student travel at Thanksgiving time and causing considerable rearrangement of the academic program." The University last year ap proved the half-holiday for the Penn game. The time was taken from, the Thanksgiving vaca tion. Students will be able to attend one away - football game this sea son since the Pitt game falls over the Thanksgiving vacation, Uni versity officials pointed out. Editorial-Staff Candidates Candidates for the editorial staff of The Daily Collegian will meet at 7 tonight in 9 Carnegie. Any students wishing to join the staff may attend. Candidates need not be journ alism, majors or have previous [newspaper experience. The Florida Highway Patrol of fice reported approaches to the Choctawhatchee Bay bridge on U.S. 331 were under water at both ends and all traffic was halted between Fort Walton Beach and Destin. Traffic also was out on the scen ic highway east of Pensacola be cause of high water. At the Panama City beach, 12 miles west of here, hurricane force winds unroofed several houses and threatened a 1000-foot long Panama City beach pier. Evacuees from coastal areas be gan pouring into Panama City , shortly after dark and were sent to shelters hastily set up in schools and church buildings Vitroughout the city. FIVE CENTS
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