_- ,11. 1 ,A 51' F • recast: 4 , 1 / 7 - m d 0 1 . tt i l wtb:y?, T a u Sh • wers , le -,:, , p_.5,,...7 ' • Today's Hu, With lion• seems to exclaim at left at registration 9143 Complete 3500 More to A total of 9143 students completed registration by 5 p.m. yesterday at Recreation Hall according to Dean of Admissions C. 0. Williams. 'About 1111 more students are registered than at this time last year, and an estimated 3500 more will enroll by 5 p.m. today, Williams said. A total of 13,143 students were en rolled at the University last semester. RegistratiOn opened Wednesday morning and will close with the registration of special students and University employes tomorrow. A total of 4530 stu dents registered Wednesday and 4613 more enrolled yesterday. To day's hours will be from 8 a.m. to 11:15 and 1 p.m. to 4:15 p.m. Tomorrow's registration will be from 8 a.m. to noon. • Early registration, primarily for athletes and students working at registration, was discontinued this fall. Policy Changed The system of early registration previously allowed these students' to register Wednesday morning before Rec Hall officially opens. Every student now registers ac cording,to the alphabetical sched uling. Williams said - that the policy was changed last February be cause "an increasing ,number of student groups were asking for the privilege." About 200 students were registering early.,be said. A total of 3348 freshmen have been admitted to the University. Of these, 1175 are coeds and 2173 are men_ Advanced Sludenis Five hundred nine students will be enrolled with advanced stand ings and 524 more will transfer from centers. Former students to be readmitted total 175. An estimated 650 students moved through the lines every hour with an average time of 30 minutes required to complete registration, Williams said. Williams repotted the "coopera •tion of the students was very good." He said "The - students seem to have learned that the present registration system offers the .best rapidness." Williams explained that early registration was started at the re quest of the Director of Atheltics because athletes need practice time and must avoid late after noon classes. "Too many groups thought they deserved the same consideration," he continued , so this fall early registration was stopped entirely. Williams said there were - no major delays and that" only mo mentary tie-ups existed due main ly to the slight confusion of some freshmen. Few senior 'students had diffi culty in fitting in courses required for graduation into their sched ules. However, seniors with such ;problems should consult repre sentatives of the dean's office of their college, who are stationed on the main floor. - - Registration; Enroll Today Joint Customs .Expanded; Planned Every Other Day Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays during the customs', period, scheduled to begin at 7 a.m. Monday, will be the official joint customs days. On these days upperclass men may call "Curtsy, Frosh" and stop the frosh coeds to question them and have them sing University songs. Upperclasswo men may in turn see how well acquainted the freshman men are with the customs traditions. On all other days the upper classwomen will conduct the co eds customs and the upperclass men, the freshman men's cus toms The end of customs will come at the discretion of the Fresh man Customs Board. Members of 1400 New Students Attend Exposition Approximately 1400 fresh men and transfers swarmed through the Hetzel Union ball room yesterday to attend the "highly successful" Activities Exposition. A constant influx of new stu dents visited the ballroom from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. to obtain first handlnformation about the more than 700 activities at the Univer sity. _ Co-chairmen James Jimirro, of Omicron Delta Kappa, men's leadership honorary 'society, and, Carolyn Johnson, Mortar Board, senior women's honorary society„ reported "excellent cooperation" between all participating groups." Jimirro said he believes the ex position was a great success and shciuld be continued next year. The first of its kind at the Uni versity, the exposition is expected to be made a regular part of Orientation Week, according to George M: Donovan, director of student activities. Nineteen tables representing the major groupings of activities were' placed around the ballroom. Freshmen were -handed a 3-page (Continued on page eleven) FOR A BETTER PENN STATE RIDAY MORNING. SEPTEMBER 13. 1957 seems to be bothered classes:" the board will wear ideiltifica tion tags during customs so mis representation of the board will be avoided. , Heather Lobrents and Alvin Clemens, co-chairmen of the board. have urged all students to carry matriculation cards during the customs period to serve as a means of identifica- (Continued on page ten) Daily Collegian Photo by George Harrison RICHARD SCHILPP, left, manager — of Radio Station WDFM, and Mary Ann Gemmill, a member of the Women's Debate Team, explain some of their projects to Diana Mhonand, a transfer student, at the Activities Exposition held yesterday in the Helsel Union ballroom. rgiatt Ike's Aides For Faubus NEWPORT, R. 1., Sept. 12 (iP) The White House an nounced today President Dwight D. Eisenhower has called two top aides here for his Saturday morning conference with Arkansas Gov. Orval Faubus on the Little Rock, Ark., school integration crisis. Presidential press secretary James C. Hagerty said Atty. Gen. Brownell and chief White, House assistant Sherman Adams will fly here from Washington connection with the Eisenhower-I Faubus meeting, which could ef fect the future of integration in the South. Hays to Go Along Word came from Little Rock, meanwhile. that Faubus will be accompanied by Rep. Brooks Hays (D-Ark), a personal friend of the President. Hays, who has been praised by the President in the past, though they are of opposing political parties, represents the district which includes Little Rock. It was Hays who let the White House know Faubus would come here Saturday for the conference which the Arkansas governor sought with Eisenhower. Indications were the President would talk privately at first with Faubus at their 9 a.m. meeting Saturday. Then Brownell and the others were expected to join in the talk, which is aimed at ending the federal-state deadlock over Fau bus' use of troops to block school integration. Hagerty Blasts Report White House press secretary James C. Hagerty took sharp ex ception to a broadcast report quot ing White House aides as saying Faubus had "thrown in th e sponge" in the federal-state dead lock by seeking the appointment .with the President and saying he would go as far as he could to ward resolving the impasse. "Completely untrue," Hagerty said. - • In Little Rock, Ark., a source close to the governor said Faubus is coming here "to confer, not capitulate." Daily hums to Begin The Daily Collegian will re mime regular publication on T Regular issues a'll be pub lash: daily T - iesday through Saturday mornings. Athletes— Shoved Around? See Page 8 Called Talk 10,000 Books Reach U BA, 2000 Sold Between 9000 and 10,000 books were reported turned into the Used Book Agency by closing time yesterday. Yesterday, the :irst day for the sale of used books, the agency reported 2000 purchases. Books may be turned in at the ÜBA until Monday. They will continue to be sold until noon Sept. 21. Ronald Kolb, ÜBA manager. said the operation this year was running smoothly and cuccess fully. New Price System A new price listing system has been put into effect this year for the benefit of both students and personnel. Prices are marked on the outside binding of the books instead of inside the covers. ers. Kolb said the new system cuts down on the number of people handling books and makes it easier for the student at a quick glance to find the price rather than a prolonged search. He said a student can now check his price range and then the book's condition thus cutting down on former, confusion. The date for returning books and money by the ,ÜBA will be announced at a later date. Sllls 2600 Dinks The Book Exchange' has re ported selling 2600 dinks, leav ing about 652 in stock. The BX will close at noon Saturday so freshmen will have only one more day to obtain their dinks before customs week begins Mon day. Students have been urged to take advantage of the BX policy of issuing a 50-cent refund on ac cumulation of a $5 total in re ceipts. Humidity, Rain Forecast Today Today's weather will be humid with possible afternoon and even ing showers. The predicted high will range from 84 to 88 , 6 . degrees. ...1,41 • 1\4 4 The Nittany • ion, however, , was oblivious to the weather this asaqlo t j r ` morning. On his • lexClirsiOn to Re- sir !creation Hall uf yesterday, he i ia p p arently be- Icame e n tangled i • in the frantic_ 1.. 4- mob and before ' !he escaped, found himself regis tered in a women's physical edu lcation course. The Lion is expectantly look ing forward to Monday when "his" section meets at 8 a.m. "My only regret", he declaimed, "is that I don't look so good in bloomers." FIVE CENTS