Today's Fore;
Continued
Fair and Co
VOL. 58. No. 11
SWEET REVENGE! Alvin Clemens, co-chair
man of Cust,....s Board, (left, without dink) is
"punished" by a group of freshmen who
Frosh Will Meet Sophomores
For Traditional Tug-of-War
By pulling hard enough on the end of the tug-of-war rope tonight, freshmen may put'
an'end to the customs period for this year.
• Immediately following tonight's Penn State-Penn Pep Rally, 30 freshmen and soph
omores will participate in the traditional tug-of-war between the classes on a practice field
below the golf course.
Pearl' 0. Weston
extended hours until the tug-of
war is over, when they must re
turn to their dormitories.
Last year
. more than 2000 stu
dents saw the freshman class tri
umph in their tug-of-war over
the sophomores and end their
customs program.
Upperclass studenfs will have
' what may be their final chance
today to get back as frosh men
and women for yesterday's joint
reverse customs day. All fresh
men are "fair game" today for
the Freshman Oath, school
songs and cheers and campus
locations: today is another joint
customs 'day..
Heather Lohrentz and Alvin
Clemens, Fr eshm a n Customs
Board co-chairman, said yester
day's reverse custo s went "very
well" and added a lot of spirit
to the customs peri4d.
They said they ould like to
see a reverse day ade a perma
nent part of the cus oms program.
Several frosh a •,- eared filled
• with "lef's - get - b ck-at-them"
anir it yesterda when they
slopped a group f upperclass
students , on the ste-s of Schwab
Auditorium and them yell,
"We love fresh e n," three
times.
en. and wo
rtsied at the
I of the frosh.
Many upperclas
men bowed and co,
request (or demand
ckets
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Concert T
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About 200 ticke
out to students by
day for the Georg
cedt, scheduled-for
day in Schwab A
1 s were given
5 p.m, yester-
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-30 p.m. Tues
,ditorium.
The 250 remain'
be -available' . to
students and eli
students from 9-a.
,from 1: to s;p.m.
Hetzel Union des
- Undergraduate
only their activity
tion cards to get
Graduate students
are on the list at
will be given ticke
g tickets will
lundergraduate
ible graduate
to noon and
today at the
tudents- need
and -identifica
their tickets.
-whose names
the HUB desk
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dean of women, has announced that freshman women will have
Engle, Sabol
At First Pep
Head coach Charles "Rip" Engle and team captain Joe
Sabol will speak at the football season's first pep rally at 7:30
tonight in front of Old Main.
Skull and Bones, senior men's hat society, will present a
humorous skit.
Head cheerleader John Co
Ogontz to Sponsor
Pep Rally, Dance
Students at the Ogontz Cen
ter will sponsor a pep rally and
dance tomorrow night at the
center's gymnasium on 'the eve
of the Lion-Penn grid contest.
Admission will be 50 cents
per couple. Dress will be "cas
ual" and the event will be open
to the public.
•
The center is located near
York Road (route 611) at Ry
dal, near Jenkintown, just out
side Philadelphia city limits.
Russians Exploit Little Rock Crisis
LONDON, Sept. 25 (Pl 3 )—The
Russians built a somewhat
fictional radio drama around
a real-life Negro school girl of
Little Rock and broadcast it
today to schoolrooms in the
Soviet Union.
The Soviet radio told Russian
listeners that lawless mobs have
taken over in Little Rock.
Soviet - school children heard a
special program on the events
which, the radio said, "have sent
a shudder through all honest
people the world over."
The program was a drama
'Used account of racial violence
FOR A BETTER PENN STATE
STATE COLLEGE. PA.. THURSDAY MORNING. SEPTEMBER 26. 1957
—Daily Collegian Photo by Bob Ltgyd
"snared" him to lead a group of upperclassffen
in singing
ler today said plans have been
completed for holding the rallies
prior to each of the Lion football
contests, with the rallies being
held on Thursday evening for the
away contests and Friday evening
for: the home games.
Immediately following the pep
rally, students will go to the golf
course to witness the traditional
tug-of-war between the freshman
and sophomore classes to deter
mine the end of the customs per
iod. -
"The spirit and enthusiasm of
the entire student body is needed
for a successful rally," Coller said.
Freshmen are particularly en
couraged to attend these rallies
terrorizing a Nigro school girl ;
named _ Elizabeth Eckford, the
real name of one of the nine
trying to get into a desegre
gated school at Little Rock.
A Russian actor took the lead
ing part in the drama. He said
Elizabeth got her first shockl
while walking to school.
"She stopped in fright, dropped
her satchel with her books and
felt her hair - stand on end," the
radio said._ "A corpse hanging
from a lahip post swung to and
fro in the wind.
"On its chest was
_a board with
the inscription: 'This will happen
to all who dare to sit on a school
bench next to a white person.'
— No, ifs a dummy and not a
corpse and the girl heaved
to Talk
Rally
(Continues on page eight)
rgiatt
Martini Will Ask
Encampment Cut
All-University Cabinet will hear a recommendation to
'nicht for a shorter and more concentrated schedule for future
'Student Encampments.
The recommendation will be included in a final report of
the 1957 Student Encampment by chairman Harry Martini
at 8 tonight in 203 Hetzel Union.
The report contains 13 recom
mendations:
•That the Encampment,activi
ties be scheduled as follows:
!Wednesday afternoon, registra
tion and opening plenary—eve
!ning, workshops; Thursday morn
ring, workshops—afternoon, work
shops and recreation evening,
I workshops and hot dog roast or
!variety -show; Friday morning,
secrbtariat _ session, informative
talks and . plenary afternoon,
!plenary and adjournment.
•That time be used to the
fullest, i.e., shorter lunch. hours,
promptness at meetings, etc.
• That rules of order for the
plenary be established to en
sure ad seriatum (one by one)
consideration of reports and to
avoid unnecessary discussion on
semantics and details.
•That informative talks by ad
ministrative officials on their
duties be presented during the
period which the secretariat pre
pares the workshop reports (e.g.,
director of student affairs, place
ment director, etc.)
•That staff-faculty participants
be selected on the basis of what
they can contribute to the En
campment program while seeking
to include as many new partici
pants as possible.
•That the evaluation ques
tionnaire be based on a point
system.
•That the encampment chair
man be appointed early in the
spring semester.
-
•That participants make a sin
cere effort to spend all their time
at Encampment.
•That workshop chairmen use
the National Student Association
information services should the
University be a member of NSA.
• That student ex-officio posi
tions be re-evaluated.
•That as many workshops as
possible be devoted to the dis
cussion of projected University
planning in order that such dis
cussion will bring forth student
opinion for consideration in pro
jected planning. (e.g.. dormi
tory planning, administrative
policies, etc.)
•That an Encampment reunion
be re-established commenc
ing with this year.
Several years ago a social re
union was held for the Encamp
ment participants of that year to
discuss informally the progress
of the Encampment recommenda
tions.
•That student attendance be
solicited to attend the Cabinet
meetings at which the Encamp
ment Workshop reports are dis
cussed. Such meetings should be
held in large room.
a sigh of relief.
"'They might do the same to
me,' reflected Elizabeth, "'No,
come what may, I'll carry on."
In another program for adult
Russian listeners, Moscow said:
"It is hard to believe that all
the Little Rock trouble is taking
place in the 20th century, in a
country priding itself on its civil
ization, in a country proclaiming
iG" democratic liberties for all to
hear."
In Europe this side of the Iron
Curtain left-wing papers pulled
out all the stops in blasting Ar-
Ir.mann Goy. Faubus and his
white supporters in Little Rock.
That view was echoed by the
Gazette of Lausanne. Switzerland.
(Continued on page three)
Football and
Student Gov't
See Page 4
Flu Shot
Program
To Continue
The University Health Service
will continue its Asiatic flu inocu
, lation program at 9 a.m. Tuesday
with a small amount of vaccine
recently received.
Dr. Herbert R. Glenn, director
of Health Service, yesterday said
the vaccine will be offered on a
first come-first served basis. Shots
will be available at the dispen
sary, in the west wing of the Uni
versity .Hospital. They will cost
$l.
Parental permission is not re
quired for the flu shoth-.
- - .
The first series of flu innocula
tions lasted from Sept. 16 to, 18. A
total of 836 students, were inocu
lated.
Glenn said 7500 doses of tilt:
vaccine have been ordered. If stu
dents accept the vaccine favor
ably, enough will be ordered to
inoculate the entire student body,
he said.
The University inoculation pro
gram is part of a nationwide ef
fort to vaccinate before the flu
epidemic reaches the United
States. The epidemic, if there is
one, is expected to reach the Uni
ted States in December or Janu
ary.
The Health Center will con
tinue to give Salk polio vaccine
shots throughout the year. The
vaccine is now "in good supply"
and can be requested anytime
during working hours at the dis
pensary. Parental permission is
required for students under 21. -
Weather: Fair
Lion: Critical
Today's forecast calls for fair
skies and cool weather. High
temperature should be between
70 and 75.
The Nittany Lion is lying low,
recovering from a critical mental
and emotional setback he received
yesterday on
campus. When he
spotted a small,
bes pectacled
freshman walk
ing down th e
Mall, t h e Lion,
forgetting about
"reverse" cu s
tom s, nonchal
antly said "But
ton, Frosh." But
the frosh did not
button. He look
ed a little startled at first, then
eyed the Lion cooly and said,
:'You cannot talk, for you are a
lion, and everyone knows that
lions cannot talk. Therefore you
have said nothing, and I will
ignore you." Then the frosh turn
°Xl and continued d'iwn the Mall.
The Lion was car:led home in
a traumatic state.
Students May Submit
'Cicerone' Applications
An application list for coeds
interested in•becoming staff mem
bers of Cicerone, the proposed
Women's Student Government As
;ociation handbook, will be avail
abel until 5:30 p.m. tomorrow at
the Hetzel Union desk.
Positions are open for women
interested in writing, art and lay
out, photography and typing. No
previous experience is necessary.
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