Fake Two Penn State Collegian Pubßiked semkreekly during Collette yesrexcept daring Cam holidays by rennsyhanla State College students In Interest of College. students alumni. faculty and friends. THE EXECUTIVE BOARD MMISMEN THE EDITORIAL STAFF LLEWELLYN MITSTIFER Editor HARRY P MILEHAM 19-----Moostins Editor HERMAN E HOFFMAN . 29------Amelato Editor JUDSON LAIRD Editor =EI PAUL C. MeCONNAUGHEY .29.--______—Cireulatkal Mummer 3. HOWARD REIFF .28-------AdvedDlAß Manager limber of Eastern Intercollegiate Newspaper Association El!l!!!!!=l!!=t1::::1 TUESDAY, APRIL IS, 1929 THE RUSHING ENIGMA Apparently convinced that there wits more reason far chews than Jeers after thdir first attempt to place fra to nay rushing on a higher plane ethically, Penn State's national naternittes began the difficult task of reconstruct ing the code Thursday night in the hope of making next year's code bullet-proof. A shorter period of rushing was the most insistent demand of the delegates to Interim.' telnity Council The leaders of this movement based then decision on two indisputable facts: the financial outlay and the disposition to neglect scholastic duties For these sound reasons it is believed that the proposal to abolish the silent period, which ssak of two-days duration, will be readily apinoved when the fraternity legislators meet this week to draft, and possibly to vote on, the new code Thursday night's meeting was devoted almost entirely to a discussion of ways and means to improve last year's code The code was torn to pieces in an honest effort to get at the root of reported evils. The most promising sug gestion for shortening the period provides for two per iods, the lust to begin at Saturday noon of Freshman Week and end at an undecided hour Finlay night. The second period would begin at noon the following day and continue until an undecided hour Tuesday night This ar-, rangement mould abolish the supposedly silent interim be tween the first and last periods, and cuts four days from the entue rushing period Abolition of the silent period is commendable, not only from the standpoint of time and , expense but it mould further discourage underhand methods. in rushing practices. Under the new plan individual fra ternities would submit their bid cards to a central agency, probably a Board of Contiol similar to last year's early Wednesday morning, and these cards would be distributed to the freshmen that afternoon Then the freshman would signify his acceptance of a bid by going to the fraternity of his choice for dinner Wednesday night There should be no set ious objection to this revision of periods. The method of dating is a moot question, how ever. One suggestion proposes three dates, two in thC first period and one in the second. An amendment to this proposal states, however, that a second date should not he made with a freshman until the first had been fulfilled The reasons for this provision are obvious; and its disad vantages are just as obvious. The division of dates is based on the sound lessoning that the most outstanding freshman in the incoming class can hardly expect to be rushed by snore than seven fraternities The fourteen date possibil ities in the first pei sod and the eight in the second period maintain this average. It is likely, nevertheless, that the anxious fratm nay will waive its sight to a second date in the fast ',elfin' lather than take the chance of missing a slate in the second and last period. The proposed amendment further leaves the respon sibility of judging a man to the rushing brother, since he is expected to decide after the first date whether or not it will he wroth his while to sign the freshman's card for fr. second date. Moreover, it is unfair to the freshmen. Ex- pei ience has justified the belief that a likely freshman may not appear promising his first visit; very often the rushee is timid and does not exhibit his character and personality, at once More intimate relationship alone brings out the! qualities of a man. Is it not for this reason—a better op- I portunity to "sae up° a prospect—that three dates are deemed necessary by the individual fraternities? Other wise the proposed period could be divided into two equal pails with one date in each period, and thereby give the promising freshman an opportunity to visit as many as eleven fraternities while still assuring the fraternity at two dates with its prospect. This, in the opinion of the COLLFGIAN, is one problem the Interfraternity Council should thresh out heroic the code is finally accepted. Last year's 'Wings permitted fraternities to entertain fieshmen dinner guests until elevep o'clock each night unless otherwise specified in the code. After a year's trial it is leadily conceded that such an arrangement, in add, tion to dissipating the means of entertainment, interferes considerably with the scholastic duties of the rusher and the rushee. The threat of poor scholarship alone warrants the setting of a 0 o'clock timo limit in night rushing Four hours, from 5 until 9 o'clock, is ample time for rush ing, purposes. Such a curtailment of time may have the further effect of seducing expenses and of discouraging other unfair methods in rushing. The eagerness with which fraternities have responded to the long-felt need of a more desirable rushing system denotes a cordial relationship between the fifty or more gioups at Penn State. A willingness to co-operate is also detected in the efriirts of Interfraternity Council to draft a code acceptable to Intramural Council. A merger of the two bodies in regard to rushing practices is hinted in Paternity circles; such a move la being considered at pre sent by a committee of Intramural Council. This combina tion would assure the success of the rushing code. " Inn . -.:j LIONS II I, §, • eVA1410.,,, o°' Clean Linen and Clean Lining In reply to a questionnaire compiled by Dean Henry Grattan Doyle, of George Washington University, Mi. Otis E Randall, Dean of Men at BION n University, stated that students at the Rhode Island institution answered favor ably most of the suspiciou4 questions of the G. W. U. dean Brown students are neat, he believed, always wore fresh, clean linen, kept their shoes shined religiously, shaved erg ' ularly and woie their socks whole they belonged, suspend ed, foi the most part, by—what is that word—that almost obsolete word—oh, yes— by gaiters, by gain! At this poor man's college students cannot hope to match the almost Utopian state of immaculate dress ex isting at Brown. Regularly shined shoes, glossed hair, flesh, spotless linen, leassuring gatteis (not to mention suspenders) and the like arc costly luxuries, expensi‘e items which are fur less important and necessary than (Knees, houseparties and what goes with them Alas, Penn State students arc poor Semester shiits are due necessities. So arc sheepskins and shoes that see a hundred miles without a shine Wiry braids, though unmesentable, save students from the malicious plank., of superstition as well as from the tonsorial fee. Unmessed trousers are all the wrinkle and save the student from the clutches of the tailor whose business, strangely, is never theless always increasing Yes, the Penn State student lives always under two handicaps• he is poor and he is isolated, while the Blown collegian apparently lives in wealth and fm tune. At least, with Piovidence always near at hand. 1M0:1722!=29 There are week-ends And weak ends— And the more we see of week-ends And we-k ends— The more firmly are we convinced That collegiate mebriacy Ps a half-and-half proposition Half put in And half put on , eireeeiiikeeii• "Eddy's in town , we may shout to`our readers with no intention of being personal. Readers are probably not familiar with the title of the play which the Players tie enacting Saturday night, "At 9.45" We mean the title, not the time The real name of the play is "At 9 O'clock" but the local limit ion ists deemed it wise (as well as appropriate) to adapt the title to their favoute If the poet Pope could have lived in our day and taken time out from his physics expeinnents to witness the Vincent's game Saturday, he would probably have returned to his sacred dully and written "Ah, how St Vincent s stooped before our boys; and yet what impel human bull they played." Add: Simile As easy as falling off a water-wagon. Add 2 Simile Av ptemdmed as a college ',infuser. Paradox Lindbergh, young aviator who sprang suddenly into fame and prominence by pioposing to a girl whose name lent itself easily to pun making ("Ile's going to be =w illed to-Morrow," chuckled the nation.) manages to keep on the front pages of newspapers by hopping oft ...... es•••• Boys! Cris! .1 Prize Contest! For the ten best similes submitted to Daniel, tie COLLFCIAN, this column will award next week ten useful prizes which may readily be used at the Junioi Prom, such as (1) galoshes (2) hoop skirt and spins (for the coup,le who care) (3) silver-plated ave (for the gate erashm), set of handsomely , decottted restoratives (5) Dear-M16% ear attachment (for those without the stamina lequired to wade in the mob around the orchestra stand) (G) Half peek basket of East Arabian permuts (for the gallery gods) and four yet unselected prizes. . 1 ARS , sq.' STARK &PS ealetßi)Ell; Waherdachers Sleeveless Sweaters STARK BROS. & HARPER SWEATERS APPEAL PARTIC ULARLY TO UNIVERSITY MEN WHO SEEK INDIVIDU ALITY IN THE SELECTION OF A SPRING WARDROBE. PRE SENTED IN A VARIETY OF COLORS-2 LINED POCKETS— SILK SHOULDER TAPE—EX CLUSIVE FEATURES WITH THIS ESTABLISHMENT. $5.00 Others at $4.00 Golf Hose to Match $3.50 Stark Bros. & Harper NEXT TO THE MOVIES ....0••er Free Verse (Take One) / Bring Your Lunch - VM P 21.117 STAT 2 CaLIZZIAN Twenty Years Ago Professor Diemer of the mechanical engineering department has recently published a 200-page book on the auto mobile. It is a lambent treatise on the construction, opm ation and care If gasolene, steam and electric cars. IM=l The time for the flag scrap is now on land any morning may witness the bat tle. The return to the old rules niches the event mote exciting and the spit its l ot the two lower classes are such that 0 very warm scrap is expected. The Thespian performance this year dl be a great improvement over any thing ever given by that organisation up to this year. It is the musical comedy "Popocateipiller VII" and is full of action and pep from start to 19E1=1 Our baseball team opened the sea -1 son with a splendid victory over the Midshipmen at Annapolis. In seven mnings.at Georgetown Captain Hirsh man's nine was defeated 8-to-5, but a plucky uphill fight on am prat with a good chance of winning finally was stopped by the umpire who called the game when it was yet light enough to I play. I=l=l At the Penn Relays to be held Sat urday State will be represented in Class 2, which according to classifica tion includes Ilaverfeid, Western Maryland, New Yolk univei city, Rut gers, Dickinson, the Indians and Johns Hopkins. EDUCATION HEADS ISSUE NEW SUMMER BULLETIN The bulletin for the twentieth Col lege summer session, to be conducted fi om July 1 to August 9, was ieleased recently. Prospective en rollment indicates that a larger num ber of students will attend the ses sion than in the past several years. A separate booklet foi the Altoona branch of the summei institute was also issued last week. Ileadquarteis fm the branch will be in the Rouse soli high school CWENS TO RAISE FUND A bandied dollar bond establishing a fund to help needy girls through college is soon to be purchased by the Cwens, according to Miss Helen Buck waiter '3l, president of the organiza tion. This award will be granted on the Lams of scholarship and achievement Further conditions regal ding the prize will be announced later by offi cers of the organization. •:-:-i-x-:•-:-:-:44-:-:•44-:-:+t-m-t-:-:+t :i; For Your Week-End :i . . i± Friends Have Them Stop 5: 14: ' at the A. Penn State Hotel I:. 1: 410 East College Avenue I Across From East Campus A Comfortable—Quiet—Clean JOHN N. 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Lac golf, (but mad' CI" lister hemd 10 loci.. poop an ecrulentol co cation. Golf was first conceived by an old Scotch shepherd (the nationality is important) when, in his dull moments of tending sheep, he struck an idle stone with the crooked end of his elude staff. The habit grew and grew until it became fascinating to the Scotchinen in general. And still would be. If golf bolls were ns cheop ns old stones. Amt clubs as common as to us ow (lac that co noted 714) on beef,. So much for golf. Or as the invent or would say, too much. Lacrosse was first conceived in 1020 (spoil writers call it the infant sport) by a yelping, blood-thirsty Indian who had lost his horse in pursuit' of a would-be victim. Minus his equine transportation, the Indian, undaunted, tamed his tomahawk high into the air and with a blood-curdling scream sped after the frightened pioneer, bent on You will find the finest leathers and most correct lines in John Ward shoes.A wide variety of lasts, specially selected and de. signed {or college men's wear. (7 06:Wad MEN'S SHOES On Display at Montgomery's State College, Pa. , ..-....... 441 scalping him with the handled, sharp edged stone. (Players use lacrosse sticks today ) So it was that lacrosse sons concen ed. True, there are no horses Men use hip and shoulder pads to stead. And neither is there any scalping Contestants use thick head-gear to prevent it. After the game was originally con ceived, many changes and alterations weie made. The influx of other sports, like tennis, football, baslmtball and wrestling, hail then• influences in shaping the final form of the sport. So did capital ponnsionont But as it stands today, lacrosse is a combination of football, basketball, v.ii estling, tennis and jiu-jitsu. , Z=l Equitable Life of lowa J. A. (Pop) Garrison '27 AGENT I=l @MEM .Dwit Experiment • with your Appearance • —1 , ..,1a9 - et:, .Izr' • V":41 , 41 ' ROC ' V Itttbflit, Montgomery & Co State College, Pa. :-:. w-:-:-:-:÷:-:÷:•+•x Simply Phone 264 The Hiland' Shop '` y DRY CLEANING .. PRESSING . REPAIRING -e . HATS CLEANED AND BLOCKED X•t• ::: Complete Laundry Service Tuescluy, April 16, 1929 HOFFMAN TO DELIVER ADDRESS AT CONFERENC Registrar William S. Hoffman left last week to attend the convention of the American 'Association of Colleg, rata Registrars, to be held at Seattle,', Washington today, tomorrow and ' Thursday. While at the convention Mr. Hoff. man will make - an address on "Some Recent Developments in Recording Systems." Mr. Hoffman has recently' been appointed editor of the bulletin published by the association. The first number of the bulletin of which he v. ill assume direction Will contain pro ceedings of the Convention. i.esl Matinee Daily at I:3o—Last Complete Afternoon Showing Begin, at 3 00 TUESDAY— All-Colored Cast in "HEARTS IN DIXIE" 100% Tattoos, Singing. Dancing, Comedy WEDNESDAY and THURSDAY— Ruth Chattertan, H B. Warner in "TILE DOCTOR'S SECRET" All-Talking Picture FRIDAY— Ra 3 mond Griffith. Raymond Hatton Marceline Day in "TRENT'S LAST CASE" Synchronized Picture—Music Only SATURDAY— Sue Carol, Nick Stuart in "GIRLS GONE WILD" Synchronmed Pictyre--Mustc Only Nittany Theatre TUESDAY- All Star Cast in "THE LOVES OF CASANOVA' THURSDAY— Jack Halt, Nancy Carroll in Zone Grey'c "THE WATER HOLE" SATURDAY— Sue Carol, Glenn Tryon in "IT CAN BE DONE" We Call For and Deliver :
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