le Rock Schools Go Private Lit STATE COLLEGE, PA., THURSDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 18, 1958 FIVE CENTS VOL. 59. No. 6 Cabin Discu t to s Sr. Gift Class solution to the lift dilemma will All-University t. A possible senior class come befor Cabinet tonig Cabinet will possibility of : er's Club at th night in 203 H ing. also discuss the University Moth meeting at 8 to tzel Union Build- • The meeting was postponed un til 8 because of the Nebraska foot ball game pep rally which will begin at 6:45 p.m. in front of Old Main. The Cabinet Executive Com mittee made its recommenda tion at its Sunday meeting which calla for All-University president Jay Feldstein and Senior Class president Charles Welsh to cpen negotiations with the University for the re allocation of funds to enable the class of 1959 to present the University with a senior class gift. The need for the recommenda tion came to light Thursday when President Eric A. Walker an nounced that the senior class gift, as such, has been non-existent (Continued on page three) All-Day Showers 60-65 Predicted Clouds w blanket the al.( most of the (1 bringing steal rains. High e: petted is 60 65. "The weathi is not expects to dampen Cul toms spirit," tl Nittany Lip proclaimed. Engle Will Address Pep ally Tonight Editorial on Page Four By GEORGE FRENCH .all coach Charles "Rip" Engle, captain Steve 11-University President Jay Feldstein will speak s first pep rally at 7:15 tonight in front of Head foot Garban and at the season Old Main.. I-rleader John Lange said yesterday that he Head the would like to s of the student it is behind Nebraska gam freshmen to be rally and come upperclassmen Lange said t cheerleaders w lead the chee part in the rail tany Lion, F Christian, the monies. I.e a "nice turnout t.ody to show that y. e team" for the He urged the g banners to the out and show the ow to cheer. ' at from 12 to 15 11 be on hand to ing. Also taking will be the Nit •othy and Dick master of cere- The rally wi a motorcade I 6:15 p.m. in t and/toad. proceedil The motorca 1 be preceded by , originating at . a Nitlany, area g up Pollock e will then go to ElailH FOR A BETTER PENN STATE —Collegian Photo by Marty &herr CUSTOMS VIOLATOR Glenn Grimmer, secondary education major from Fair Haven, N.J., wears her crime on her back. Two upperclass friends—Mary Ellen Schaekel, far left, sophomore in ele - mentary education from Haverford, and Alice Gulick, sopho more in elementary education from Ardmore—tell her about last year when customs was really rough. Mall Cracks To Freshmen By LIANNE CORDERO The cracks on the east sidewalk of the Mall are "off limits" to all freshmen today. Any frosh caught stepping on the cracks are supposed to be reporte4 to the Hetzel Union desk, where. forms are available. Freshman Customs Board members are also - carry ing the forms. - Although the regulation concerning the cracks will be in force, today is scheduled as a regular Customs day. This means that upperclassmen will again call "Button, `Frosh" to freshman men; upperclasswomen will ask the freshman coeds to "Curtsy, Frosh." Showers and cloudy skies yes terday failed to dampen Customs spirit. Lively groups of singing and shouting freshmen crowded the favored spots on campus—the steps of Schwab Auditorium, in the West residence halls and from there to Old Main. The rally is sponsored by Del phi, sophomore men's hat society and Cwens, sophomore women's hat society. Each week a different hat society sponiors the rally and coordinates the program with the cheerleading squad. Delphi president Floyd Greer said that he hopes to have a band for the rally, but most of the ROTC bands have not yet been formed and none may be available. Usually thbre is a band at each pen rally, but this year's early playing date may make this im possible. Totirgiatt Taboo TodaY front of the Hetzel Union Building, the Mall. ' "The best group of freshmen I've heard singing," was the re mark of Dr. Hummel Fishburn, (Continued on page three) Moconyi Out of Opener Corporation To Operate Six citizens of Little Rock formed a corporation yester day to operate private schools—an apparent follow-up to Gov. Orval E. Faubus' plans to make private institutions of the city's four high schools. Three more schools in Virginia faced apparent closing on orders of federal judges favoring integration. One school already has been closed because of a state law against integration. Still another Virginia school area—this one at Norfolk-- faced the integration question . Wednesday night. U. S. Dist. Judge Walter E. Hoffman called, I For jAw , d a special session to consider a request by the Norfolk School i Board to knock out a state in-. junction against local assignment ° of pupils. ign 3-Year The "Little Rock Private School Corp." became a busineis' when a circuit judge signed corp-i oration papers. Faubus, who ordered the greement • schools closed to prevent forced 1 inegration, had no comment on the action. DETROIT UP) The United Auto Workers and the Ford Mo lt could not be learned whether the group will move immediatel y tor Co. agreed yesterday on a to open private classrooms in new three-year contract several Little Rock's high schools. How-'' hours after some 98,000 workers ever, observers expect the corpo ,walked off their jobs in plants ration to wait until after a special' across the nation. referendum Sept. 27 before tak-' In announcing the settlement, ing any action. the bargainers said in a joint In one of the Virginia cases, istatement that the contract was 'fair to the workers,- the coin- Chief Judge Simon L. Sobeloff of the 4th U.S. Circuit Court at ;pang and the American public." Baltimore refused to interfere ' UAW President Walter Reu- with a lower court order to ad- her said the union would get mit two Negroes to Lane High "atop the strike situation as and 10 to Veneble Elementary quickly as we can" but explained School at Charlottesville. that local problems would have He said stay orders are granted to be settled in certain plants onlythe walkout is ended corn only for good cause and that; there was not enough cause in"P ietel Y' this case to warrant interference.' The new Ford contract called for pay boosts, increased pen sions, severance pay, cost-of-liv ing and improvement factor al lowances, compensation for those on short work weeks and extend- Collegian to Hold Party For New Candidates The Daily. Collegian news ;ed supplemental unemployment staff will hold a coke party pay. from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. Satur- ; Both sides agreed at a packed day in the Collegian city room, news conference that the new in the basement of Carnegie pact, which will be ratified and Building. !signed later, was a "sound eco- Cub reporters, new candi- nom ic package," dates, intermediate and ad- i The Ford settlement was ex vanced reporters and editors pected to set a pattern for new have been asked to attend. contracts in the entire auto in- Dress will be informal. I dustry. g Moconyi Editorial on Page Four By The Associated Press By LOU PRATO Collegian Sports Editor ' A badly twisted knee will keep 2-year veteran AndyMoconyi on the sidelines Sat urday when Penn State opens the 1958 football season at Nebraska. Moconyi, a starter 'at right half last year, injured his leg more than two weeks ago and has been limited to very light drills since. He worked out one day last week in full equipment but re-twisted the knee in run ning through a routine drill. "I think it's best he not play this week," team doctor Alfred Griess said yesterday, "That is, if we want him ready for Penn and Army. We're not going to take a chance and ruin hint for the rest of the season." Moconyi wasn't slated for a starting role against the Huskies, but it wasn't exactly his fault. Fat Botula, another veteran half back refugee, was given the fullback slot at the beginning of pre-season drills, and Mo conyi's injury suffered on the third day of practice, prevented him from pushing Botula. With Moconyi missing. the second team bull-dozing spot will be handled by sopho more Sam Sobczak. Sobczak was only a re serve halfback on last year's freshman team, (Continued on page six) Formed Schools
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