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—Collegian Photo by Marty Scherr
A SUPER HIGHWAY to speed you to your date has been constructed where an alley used to be.
Carncr St. is now re-routed to connect directly with Shorthdge Road in .order to alleviate morning
and evening traffic problems.
Frosh
Dinks
First semester freshmen will get a chance to show their
true colors—blue and white, of course—when they don their
dinks and namecards for a grand debut Friday.
Although freshmen will not be required to wear the
dink and namecard until next Monday, a special “Dink
Debut” will be held at 8:30 p.m.
Friday in the HUB ballroom. This
will give students a chance to
acquaint themselves with their
new garb and each other.
The dink and the official Stu
dent Handbook which accom
panies it may be purchased at
the Penn State Book Exchange
located on the - ground flbor of
the Hetzel Union Building.
Each freshman will be re
quired to print his first and
last name, hometown and cur
riculum on the namecard he
carries.
Thespians Plan
2 Big Shows;
Tryouts Set
The oldest student orjjaniza- i
tion on campus was founded in,'
1898 as a theatrical group inter-j
ested in producing musical andj
Broadway productions and giving|
students directing experience. j
Thespians has since produced'
such famed shows as “Guys and;
Dolls,” “Pajama Game,” “Southj
Pacific” and “Annie Get Your
Gun.” i
This year Thespians will pro- ,
duce one original musical re- !
view and a Broadway show to j
ba announced at a later date. j
Participation in Thespian pro-]
ductions is open to all students
interested in directing, music, |
singing and acting. Membership:
in the organization is not neces-j
sary for participation in either,
production. i
Membership is based on a point
system. Enough points are usual
(Couti}iuocl on Page Twenty)
Parade
Debut
to
at
Customs will be required from
8 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays and
until noon Saturday of each week
until they are ended by Customs
Board, the governing body of the
program.
Any infringement of customs
regulations reported by an up
perclassman will be heard be
fore Customs Board. If guilt is
determined, suitable measures
will be taken, a Customs Board
I member said.
In addition to knowing the Uni
versity songs and cheers, fresh
:men will be required to memor
jize an oath; know the locations
of campus buildings; and answer
[questions on all manner of cam
pus lore.
A Warm Welcome to the class of ’63
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN, STATE COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA
from the Corner restaurant
LUNCHES • BREAKFAST • DINNERS • SNACKS
Popular Prices
Open Daily 6:30 a.m. to 12:30 a.m.
Positions Open for Students and G 1 Wives
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ICCB to Host
New Faculty
At Tea-Mixer
The Intercollege Council Board
will hold a tea for all new faculty
members at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday.
ICCB members will greet the
new faculty and provide thejn
their first introduction to Uni
versity students.
ICCB is composed of the 10 stu
dent council presidents from the
colleges of Agriculture, Business
Administration, Chemistry and
Physics, Education, Engineering
and Architecture, Home Econ
omics, Liberal Arts, Mineral In
dustries, Physical Education, and
the Division of Counseling.
Dr. Jerome Weiss, assistant
professor of education, is the
faculty adviser to the board.
The board’s officers are David
Epstein, chairman; Irving Klein,
vice-chairman, and Dorothy New
man, secretary .
The purpose of 'he board is to
co-ordinate activities of the col
lege councils and to plan inter
council activities. All council
elections in the spring are con
trolled by ICCB
Special projects of last year
included the All-University
Career Carnival held April 17.
Jack Kendall, former president
of the College of Engineering
and Archiieciure, was chairman
of the Career Day.
One of the projects of ICCB
for this year will be a discussion
and evaluation of a 5-point grad
ing system in place of the 4-point
system which exists now.
This new grading system w»uld
make possible the difference be
tween an 80 and 89 “B.”
Friday & Saturday until 1:30 a.m.
Corner of S. Allen & College Ave.
TIM Represents
4000 Town Men
Town Independent Men’s Council (TIM) is the represen
tative of the 4000 independent men living in rooms and apart
ments in town and elsewhere.
TIM was formed as a division of the Association of Inde*
pendent Men to bind these men more closely to the Univer
sity. It serves as a liaison between;
the town independents and other
student governing bodies. j
In past years TIM has been j
working with the dean of men's I
office in an attempt to improve j
town housing conditions, and it i
has proposed investigations of |
housing facilities and room and j
apartment rates. j
It has also been working on'
plans for an independent men’s 1
lounge in the proposed addition!
to the Hetzel Union Building.!
I This lounge would serve as a:
| place of recreation and study for:
(independent men living off cam-j
;pus
TIM sponsors several social, one-half million volt Van da
functions each year. Among them;Graaf positive ion accelerator,
are dances in the Hetzel Unionjwhich costs $359,000. The Univer
ballroom; mixed swims at theisity will pay the rest.
Glennland pool, of which it plans] The AEC has authorized a 3-
to hold three this year, and mix-|year grant of $571,400 for special
ers with independent coeds. i equipment and support for nu-
This year a special event is £, le . ar P h y«“ research President
being planned on a trial basis. |®.^ lc A. Walker said the Umver-
It is called "Las Vegas Night" w j c , om .
and will be held in the Hetzel General Authority ■ for a
Union ballroom. building to house the accelerator.
I « _ , . . r •, „ - Dr. John A. Hutcheson, West-
Co-sponsored by Leonides in-1 j n gh oU se vice president in'charge
dependent women s organization ' of engineering, who presented the
mfnm i" g y. 0 v j l ,^ l | che ck to Walker, said the acceler
■ i JP- P.® ls '|ator “performs somewhat the same
tnbuted t 6 all guests. This rnon- n( j 0 f f unc tion for the nuclear
e> can be exchanged for chips. 1 physicrist that the telescope does
There will be card games, boxifor the astronomer or the micro
dice games and roulette wheels'; scope does for the bacteriologist.”
on which to .“gamble.” Walker explained that the ac
j ,In the spring TIM sponsors a celerator, added to the ‘Wim
ping-pong tournament and animing pool” type of reactor in
mtramural softball league. Last] stalled in 1955, will enable the
year, 18 teams, divided into three]University to strengthen' and
six-team leagues, participated in broaden its program of atomia
the softball league. research and to provide a source
TIM council consists of about of research personnel for the
30 members. Any person who state and the nation,
wants to serve on the council
can nominate himself by sub- Ml Continuing Ed Post
milting a petition signed by 20 D „ , •
“ town independent men. Robert B Hewes, professor of
The nominee must be an off- mll ?eral industries, will serve as
campus independent with at least ® c^ln 2 director of mineral Indus
a 2.0 All-University average, and L ne ? continuing education from
he must have at least two * Feb. 29 during the leave
ters remaining at the University.' absence of Donald C. Jones,
He may not be on any kind director
probation. Council elections will!
be held this month
The officers for this year are:
Philip Haines, junior in electrical
engineering from Reading, presi
dent; Herman Hannah, senior in
business administration from
Erie, vice president; Michael
Woodring, junior in education
from Benezett, secretary, and Mil
ford Robertson, junior in busi-
ness administration from East
Smethport, treasurer.
Kenney Helps to Design
Nuclear Center in Iran
Edward S. Kenney, health phy
sicist, spent the last month aiding:
in the design of the Amiribadj
Nuclear Center at the Universityi
of Teheran, Iran.
He went there as a consultant
for the atomic division of the
American Machine and' Foundry
Company.
Quality Foods
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1959
University Gets
$780,400 Grant
For Atom Study
The University has received a
total of $780,400 from ' Westing
house Electric Co. and the Atomio
Energy Commission for develop
ment of its nuclear research pro
gram.
A Westinghouse grant of $209,-
000 will help pay for g five and
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