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STATE COLLEGE. PA.. SUNDAY MORNING. SEPTEMBER 8. 1957 - FIVE CENTS
VOL. 58. No. 1
eason Selections Rate
any Gridders High
Pre
Nit
I o the football:Mid-Western category due to Look, rates the Lions 10th in the
.nn State's 1957I"those years when the Paniherslnation and second in the East
finish amon ;were the favorite sparring partner:behind Navy. Cohane predicts
g lof the Big Ten." only a loss to Pitt will mar the
•teams in the With this reservation, Abram- iNittany schedule.
lest cases, among son writes: "The choice'here fort Francis Wallace, one of the
Ip. 20 teams. the Eastern champion will be original pigskin prognosticators,
expert have cast Tenn State. Rip Engle's Nittany !credits Penn- State with a 7-2
- on Coach Rip Lions, picking up from their tielseason, rating the Lions third in
en for the forth- with Pitt, have their all-sop
the:East in his article for Playboy
more backfield of last year
intact . . ."
Harold Classen, Assistant
Sports Editor of the Associated
Press, writes in his forecast: "If
you want to follow the Eastern
college with the best team, rivet
pour attention on the' Pittsburgh
Panthers. If you want to follow
the team with the best won-lost
record: Penn State is the choice
. . . Penn State concentrates on
Eastern rivals whom it is ex
pected to dominate."
Other predictions run son-re
thing like this: Real magazine
rates the Lions 23rd in the na
tion and fourth in East behind
Pitt, Navy, Army - and Syracuse.
Tim Cohane, Sports Editor of
According
forecasters, P.
grid squad w
the top thre:
East and, in m
the nation's t•
Expert after
rave after ray
Engle's grid ele
Bruce Gilmore
. . a halfback star
coming season. Only one expert
rates the Lions lower than third
in the East—a few favor them
over Pitt's" Panthers, a ' team ex
lieted to. have another power
house this year.
At any rate, the preseason
dopesters all feel that Engle's
squad will.be heard from in 1957:
Comment runs something like
-this: Jesse Abramson of the New
York Herald Tribune picks the
Nittany Lions as kingpins of the
Eastern independents. However,
Abramson said that this was on
ly because Pitt is rated in the
University to Give
Asiatic Flu Shots
The University Health Service has beenable to 'obtain a
limited supplS , of Asiatic flu vaccine for students.
In order to prevent an epidemic on campus this fall and
early winter, Dr. Herbert R. Glenn, - director, has urged stu
dents to receive innoculations.
Shots are
of the Univer
available at the ,dispensary in the west wing
-ily Hospital. They are expected to cost about
Although
•Health Servic -
cine, Dr. Glen
U.S. Surge
"if the present
have as many
66,000 deaths."
Inly a limited supply is now. available, the
hopes to receive further shipments of the vac
said.
In-General Leroy E,Burney has warned that
attack and mortality rate continues, we could
as 33 million people ill, with approximately
vaccine, about 70 per cent effective, is the
' The new
only preventi l
Dr. Glenn ;
from the shots
site of injectis
"kiiptie-like
eral,rrialaise la
c'
oi.
• -g
from the Orie
Said most students will not•have any reaction
texcept for a slight redness and soreness at the
in. Howefer, some . others, he said, may have
espoiise" with some fever, headache and gen
ting 2:4 to 48 hours. -
. using all the commotion •in this country is an
!nisin imported throtigh unavoidable . means
eared more than a - . ear ago, and has spread
I--
every country in the Eastern Hemisphere as
It -first ap■
through almos
well asluropi
Elaitg
FOR A BETTER PENN STATE
Merchants Plan
'Welcome Days'
More than $750 worth of mer
chandise will be given away by
State College merchants this
week to climax a 3-day program
designed to acquaint new students
with borough stores.
- The "Welcome Days" program
is sponsored by the retail division
of the State College Area Cham
ber of Commerce.
More -than - 35 local stores are
expected to participate. A corn:
plete list of participating stores
is printed on pages 12 and 13 of
today's paper.
All students must do to be eli
gible for prizes is register at any
of the participating stores.
Toilrgiatt
Most Tests Gone
With the Division of Counsel- 1
ing doing most of the testing:
over the summer months, thus'
taking most of the_ tests out -ou
Orientation Week, the Univer
ity, has come up with a varied
counseling program.
Talks by the- deans of the col-1
leges, lectures by University pro
fessors, dances, a fun night, sing
ing, and counseling by students
are included in the new program.
President Eric A. Walker will
welcome new students in a speech
at 7:45 p.m. tomorrow in Recrea
tion Hall. All-University Presi
dent Robert Steele will addreas
;the new students on behalf of
:the. student body.
Activities Exposition Planned
- One of the many new events
Hof the week is an Activities Ex- 1
!position to be held Thursday in
the Hetzel Union ballroom. Stu
dents can learn about the dif
iferent extra-curricular activities
;at this time.
I As the new students begin their,
orientation program, about 9000
Les Walters !upperclassmen will be arriving
... tops among the ends'on campus, preparing to register'
magazine. He rates the Lions asl Wednesday through Saturday.
14th in the nation. In addition to the estimated
And so it goes. Forecaster afterll3,soo who will enroll on campus,
about 3000 undergraduates will
forecaster credit - the Lions with be
registered at centers through
high preseason ratings. But
ail lOut the state.
the student body, Penn State fans
and experts alike can do is tot 1606 Frosh at Centers
follow Engle's policy—wait and:i This group at the centers will
see. nclude about 1600 freshmen,
;about half of them enrolling for
a 4-year program and the other
Reception Planned fora 2-year associate degree
h alf s
, rogram.
For - Alumni Kin I Exact enrollment figures, in
icluding breakdown of men and
The Alumni Association will:women students, will flot be
hold an informal reception fromavailable until after registration
1 to 5 p.m. today in its office, 1041 is completed.
Old Main, for new students who However, total enrollment is
are sons and daughters of alumni.lestimated at about 16,500.
Some 300 incoming freshmen;
.an_d_ their parents and guests arei Next Issue Wednesday
'expected to attend the reception.; The next issue of The Daily
President Eric A. Walker is ex-i Collegian will appear Wednesday.
;petted-to head the list of adminis-!Rnother Orientation Week issue
trative officials attending." ;is scheduled for Friday. while
About 200 freshman are sons:daily publication will begin with
and daughters of alumni. tthe Sept_ 17 issue.
President Welcomes New Students
President Eric A. Walker has
written the following welcoming
message for new students:
President Lowell of Harvard
once remarked that it is small
!wonder that there is so much
knowledge in a university: the
freshmen bring so much and the
seniors take so little away.
I will not debate whether or not
this is true, but it could be true.
We do not insist that you take
any with you , when you leave:
We do try• to insist that you
achieve something before you get
a degree.
The most important differ
ence between your life here
and your life in high school is
your increased freedom. You
have a wider choice of curricula
and. courses. You make your
own choice as to how, when or
whether 'you study. Your eve
nings are usually*your own, and
usually you have no one to proc
tor or chaperone you.
No one will urge you to suc
ceed. You are free to pass .or to
fail, to win - or to lose, to flunk out
or to make a success of your col
lege career. The University is note
a jail and a professor is not a!
policeman. '
The Rib . of the faculty and ad-
Record 3400 Enroll
In Freshman Class
More than 4500 new students; a record number, will ar
rive on campus today to begin Orientation Week.
Among these will be an estimated 3400 freshmen, the
largest class ever to enroll at the University. This is about
700 more than in last year's freshman class.
Transfer students from Univer
sity centers will number approxi
mately 1100.
With the number of new stu
dents increasing annually, the
University has given the Orien
tation Week a "new look."
It's no longer a week of two
hour tests, but has been designed
more for actual orientation. How
ever, most students will have
so le tests.
ministration is to help you: to
help you with your selection of
courses, to help you master the
subject matter, to help you
Frosh Class
Orientation
Schedule Set
A full week of tests, mixers
and talks begins. today for 4500
freshmen and transfer students.
The evening and weekend
schedule for Orientation Week
follows:
Today
8 a.m.-5 p.m.—Open house at
Helen Eakin Eisenhower Chapel.
7-9 p.m.—Open houses and mix
ers by Hillel Foundation at 224
Locust La..' Newman Club at Our
Lady. of Victory Church social
hall. University Christian Associ
ation (by invitation) at faculty
homes and Christian Science Or
ganization at 104 Chapel.
10 p.m.—Transfer women: hall
unit meetings.
Tomorrow
'6:30 p.m.—All new women: Uni
versity songs at Schwab Audi
torium (bring Student Handbook).
7 p.m.—All men: talks by.stu
dent counselors at designated
places.
7:45 p.m.—All new students:
addresses by President Eric A.
Walker and president of Student
Government Association at -Rec
reation Hall:
9:15 p.m.—Freshman women:
counseling in hall units.
10 p.M.—Transfer wom e n:
counseling in hall units; men liv
ing in Nittany 22. 23, 25, 27, 29.
32, 33, 37. 38, 41). 41 and 43; resi
dence hall meetings. •
Tuesday
6:30 p.m.—All women: WRA,
talk at Schwab Auditorium, fol
lowed by WRA open house at
White Hall; all men: talks by
student counselors at designated
places.
8 p.m.—All new students: talks
on college student councils, at
(Continued on page two)
Dinks for Frosh to Go
! On Sale Today at BX
The traditional blue and white
dinks for freshmen will be on
sale beginning at II a.m. today
at the Book Exchange, in the
basement of the Hetzel Union
Building.
Freshmen must wear the clinks
for custon\s, which ,will begin
next Monday.
learn how to wonder and to
think. The job of the University
is tc provide the proper sur
roundings and atmosphere in
which to think. Beyond that we
can do little.
This is your new freedom and
your new responsibility. Be grown
up men and women andccept it.
Good luck to all of you.
Walker's Inaugural
Scheduled Oct. 3
Dr. Walker will be inaugurated
as the University's 12th president
Oct. 3, about one year after assum
ing the office.
The program will include the
inaugural ceremony to be held at
11 a.m. in Recreation Hair and a
reception and luncheon_ at 12:30
p.m. in the Hetzel Union Building.
Formal invitations have been
sent to more than 6GO guests, in
cluding student leaders. Repre•
sentatives of the state govern
ment, industry, mining. agricul
ture, research groups and colleges
and other universities I,vll - alga
attend.
The inaugural ceremony in Rec
reation Hall will be open to stu—
idents. faculty, and townspeople.