Today's Weather:
Clear and
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'VOL. 57. No. 10
Customs
Lacking
Spirit
Active enforcement , of cus
toms ,evide t in the first few
days of the • rogram last week,
ued in a down.-
today cont
few upperciass-
ward trend
ated in the pro-
men partici
gram.
. Customs ar• scheduled to end
.at the pep r.lly tomorrow night
if the fresh en win the tradi
tional tug-of- ar with the sopho
mores.
Joint C sioms Today
. The Freshman Customs Board
said Monday ight that joint cus
toms were to be in effect yester
day, today, .nd tomorrow. The
action was taken in an effort to
stir up intet4st in the program
in its waning days.
' Yesterday's display apparently
.revealed that the plan failed.
Program 'Successful'
The Freshman Customs Board
said that "the prograin on the
.whole has been more successful
than any of the customs programs
irL recent years at the Univer
sity."
- This year's customs board con
sists of Katherine Dickson and
George Wills, co-chairmen, Hea
ther Lohrentz, Sandra Gusky, Pa-
tricia O'Neill, Samuel Moyer,
George Sifter, Alvin: Clemens,
and Dana Harrison. Jo Fulton,
chairman of Women's Student
Government Association Judicial
Board, and Robert Segal, Tri
bunal chairman, are ex-officio
members of the board.
41 Violators Heaid
The 41 violators who appeared
before the board to date praised
the program as a whole and
thought it was a good way to
learn University traditions and
places of interest quickly and ef
fectively.
The most frequent criticism of
the. program was the lack of
spirit, participation, and enforce
(Continued on page -eight)
High. Enrollment
Problems Face
Ogontz Center
Filled-to-capacity dormitories,
classrocm shortages, an d over
t..xed parking facilities are prob
lems not entirely peculiar to the
main campus of the University.
An upsurge in enrollment has
brought about a somewhat crowd
condition at the r Ogontz Center.
There are now 590 full-time bac
calaureate students students ma
triculated, SO more than last year.
Part-Time Enrollment
In addition there are 116 two
year Associate • Degree students,
37 more nurses, and 16 coopera
tive merchandising students at
Ogontz, swelling full-time enroll
ment to 759. Part-time enrollment
includes 512 persons in 46 differ
ent evening classes, and 40 taking
a professional engineer review
course.
Of the 590 _baccalaureate stu
dents, 165 are women living at the
center. When dormitories became
filled, the overflow was assigned
quarters in the Student Union
Building, formerly , used by visit
ors and enrollees in special adult
education programs such - as man
agement workshops.
Buildings Remodeled
Additional classrooms and lab
oratories were quickly provided
by remodeling smaller buildings
on the Ogontz campus. Although
there are large, paved parking
areas,. parking is as much of a
problem as at the main campus.
Contest Pictures Due
Pictures of candidates fOr the
Homecoming Queen Contest must
be turned in at Hetzel Union
Building before sp.m. October 3.
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STATE COLLEGE. PA.. WEDNESDAY MORNING. SEPTEMBER 26. 1956
—Daily Collegian Photo by' Dave Havoc
CAPTAIN Phillip A. Mark, head of Campus Patrol, leaves his
desk to enforce the "no-driving-on-campus-during-class-hours"
ban. Mark said the ban would be strictly enforced.
Clear Weather
Is Forecast
. Another sunny, clear day is
forecast for today.
Hurricane Flossie will miss this
area on her wa:
out to sea, goin,
south of Virgi:
ia, according
the Universit
weather station.
A few hi g
clouds will agai
hug the "sky tt
day while tern
peratures wi 1
reach a maxi
mum of 70 to 72 degrees,
Yesterday's high reached 67 de
grees. The low was 44 degrees at
6 a.m. •
Tomorrow's minimum temper
atures will start at 50 degrees.
'Howdy Nite' Set
For Ag Students
. The College of Agriculture will
hold its annual "Howdy Nite" at
7 tonight in Hoit Woods to ac
quaint freshmen in agriculture
with the faculty.
Dr. Lyman. E. Jackson, dean of
the college, and Dr. David R. Mc-
Clay, acting associate dean, will
welcome the students and speak
briefly: Dean of _Men 'Frank J.
Simes will also speak.
A band will proiride music. The
program is open,to all agriculture
students.
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Adiai, in South, Backs Integration
_ _
EN ROUTE WITH STEV- Democratic platform rejecting
ENSON, Sept. 25 (iP)—Adlai "all proposals for the use of
force" to carry out the integra-
E. Stevenson won crowd ap- tion ruling.
Stevenson spoke while stand-
PlaUse in the Deep South to- ing rather percariously on the
day with a plea for "law narrow ledge of a bunting
abiding" acceptance for the Su_ draped platform in Little
Rock's MacArthur park. Then
preme Court ban on race seg- he headed south by plane for
regation •in public schools. further speeches today and to-
An almost entirely white night in New Orleans and Mi
crowd of several thousands at ami Beach.
Little Rock; Ark., gave the . The friendly reception in
Democratic presidential nomi- Little Rock to,his segregation
nee a burst of handclapping— views delightd Stevenson's
and some cheers rang out— staff, which had expected si
when he declired that regard- lence at best.
less of personal feelings all No Boos Heard
Americans should accept the As it turned out, not a boo
decree "as law abiding citi- was hear, although the crowd
zens." was momentarily silent and
some members of the audience
shook their heads, when the
candidate reaffirmed his opin
ion' that the integration decis
ion was "right"
Rejects Force
There was applause too,
though not so much of it, when
Stevenson followed his appeal
with an endorsement of the
FOR A BETTER PENN STATE
/CI
Kickoff Rally
For Penn Game
Set Tomorrow
A kickoff rally for the Penn
game will be held at 7:30 p.m. to-1
morrow on the steps of Recrea
tion Hall.
Since the Blue Band has sched
uled practice for Thursday nights
and cannot play for the rally, the
cheerleaders said they hope to
have the Air Force Reserve Offi
cers Training Corps Pep Band in
attendance for this. and all other
"away" rallies.
The Blue Band will play at all
home game rallies.
As usual, hat hocieties will
take charge of the rally and co
ordinate activities with Samuel
WJlcott, hear! cheerleader. _They
will provide a speaker, entertain
ment, and publicity.
Androcles and Chimes are in
charge of the leadoff rally.
Scheduled to help with the oth
er rallies are:
Parmi Nous and Scroll for
Army, Blue Key and Cwens, Holy
Cross; Delphi and Chimes, Ohio
State; Skull and Bones and Mor
tar Board, West Virginia; Druids
and Cwens. Syracuse; Parmi Nous
and Scrolls, Boston University;
and Skull and Bones and Mortar
Board, North Carolina State.
WSGA Senate to Meet
The Women's Student Govern
ment Association Senate will
meet at 6:30 tonight in 217-218
Hetzel Union.
Tottrgiatt
Holiday Veto Stirs
tSo What' Attitude
By LARRY JACOBSON
Editorial on page four
The University's announcement Monday night refusing
to grant a half-holiday for the Penn-Penn State football game
Saturday in Philadelphia met with indifference from most
students yesterday.
Coinciding with the veto of -the holiday, a University
spokesman said yesterday football tickets already sold for
McCoy Says
Conference
'Unlikely'
A football conference of east
ern independents would be a boom
to eastern football, but the prob
lems involved in creasting such
an organization make it a very
unlikely project, Ernest McCoy,
;University athletic director said in
Philadelphia yesterday.
McCoy spoke to the Philadel
phia Football Writers Association
on what he described as the
"whispering campaign against
eastern football."
Calls For Aid
He called upon college officials,
publicity directors, sports writers
and radio broadcasters and tele
casters in this section of the coun
try to rise to the defense of east
ern football, according to the As
sociated Press.
"This insidious whispering cam
paign that eastern football is on
the skids is a lot of damn non
sense," said McCoy.
"Football originated in this sec
tion of the country. This is where
the power was and still is. But
we have to sell it," he said.
Not Entire Answer
Asked if the formation of a
strong conference of eastern inde
pendents to combat the publicity
of the Western Conference, Pacific
Coast Conference, Southwestern
Conferences and other strong
leagues wasn't the answer to his
proposed war of words. McCoy
agreed it would be a big help but
expressed doubt as to its feasi
bility.
University Observatories
Offer View of Mars
Weather permitting, the Uni
versity observatories will be open
to the students and public for ob
servation of the planet Mars from
£lto 10 p.m. tomorrow and Friday.
Dr. Carl A. Bauer, associate
professor of physics at the Uni
versity, said that Mars is unusual
ly close to the earth at the present
time and that many of the plan
et's characteristics can be viewed
through the University's 6-inch
refracting telescope.
Applause broke out almost
immediately, however, when he
went on to say:
"Some of you feel strongly
to the contrary.
"But what is important is
that we agree that once the
Supreme Court has decided this
controversial question we ac
cept that decision as law abid
ing citizens.
Cities Common Goal
"Our common goal is the
orderly accomplishment of the
result decreed by the court."
Stevenson said too, the office
of the presidency should be
used "to bring together those
of opposing views in this mat
ter—to the end of creating a
climate for peaceful accomp
lishment of this decision."
Arkansas Gov. Orval Fan
bus, who introduced Stevenson,
told reporters later he didn't
think the i crowd reaction was
"particularly si,,,,,;fient."
Holiday
Veto
See Page 4
the game would not be refunded.
Although many students felt
the University had been unfair
by not granting a holiday, the
general attitude seemed to be one
of "So what?"
When asked, many students
said they didn't think the game
was important enough to war
rant. a
,holiday. Others felt they
would rather not trAve classes the
afternoon preceding the Thanks
giving vacation. If approved, the
holiday would probably have
been made up Nov, 21 with
classes ending at 5 p.m. instead
of 11:50 a.m.
The "disinterested" group in
chided those who said they
wanted a holiday so they could
go home. Students in this cate
gory said.they definitely would
not go to the game if a holiday
were declared. but there was a
good chance they would go home.
Frosh Unhappy
Discontent with - the University
decision seemed to lie mostly
with freshmen. "it's ridiculous,"
one frosh said, while another felt
as long as students were willing
to make up classes, there was no
reason for denial of the holiday.
But like it or not, the lack of a
holiday didn't seem to be inter
fering with students' plans for
the weekend. Faced with the
prospect of collecting unexcused
cuts in their classes, almost all
students who originally planned
to go, said they were going to the
game anyhow.
No Refunds Allowed
This attitude was reflected at
the University ticket office in
Recreation Hall. A University
spokesman said yesterday there
was only one request for a refund
and it was turned down.
Last year, the official said, re
quests for refunds flooded in af
ter the University had granted
a half-holiday for the game. "'So
we decided before sales started
this year not to make any re
funds," he said.
University An -Agency-
Explaining the decision, the
spokesman said the tickets are
the property of the University of
Pennsylvania and the University
does not have the authority to re
fund money. "We're only acting
as a sales agency," he said.
The tickets were sold in good
faith, he explained, and it was
the student's responsibility not to
depend upon the holiday when
he made the purchase.
Small Sale Yesterday
At the time the University
made the decision to axe a pos
sible holiday, sales totaled little
more than 1000, with approxi
mately 150 tickets sold Monday.
(Continued on page two)
Maglie Pitches
No-Hitter, 5-0
• BROOKLYN, Sept. 26 (JP)—
Sal Maglie, the old pappy guy.
turned his already great come
back into an epic tonight with
a not-hit, no-run performance
over Philadelphia that gave
Brooklyn a 5-0 victory and
kept the Dodgers within a half
game of first place Milwaukee
in the National League pennant
race.
The 39-year-old righthander,
previously junked by the New
York Giants and Cleveland In
dians. claimed his 12th victory
with the clutch job in which
only three Phillies reached
base, two on walks and one
when hit by a pitch.
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