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PENN STATE COLLEGIAN I
Pulili'htd s*ml-v>c«kly durlns the College rcir. except on holiday*. '
tiy ntutlcnl* of The l'*nn«>lmnl» Slate College In thr interest of the
College, tin Mudentii, focult), ulumnl, and friend*. !
THE M \NAGING BOARD
James H Coogan jr. ’HO Milton M. Rosenbloom '3O 1
Lrillor.ln.Chief llutlnrM Manager 1
Charles A. Munich '3ft Russell L Rohm MO I
Managing tditur Adiertlulng Manager i
Robert P. Stevenson '3O Calvin E Baiwis ’3O \
Nrwa Tditur Clrrulatlon Manager
Quinton E fieaugc '3O Henry R, Dowdy jr. '3O I
Sport* Editor foreign Adicrtiulng Manager j
ASSOCIATE EDITORS
Jacob L Cohen Ml Chutles A Schmidt jr. '3l
William C McElvuin Ml Norman B Soblei Ml '
Roy E Morgan Ml Willmm K. Ulerioh Ml j
ASSOCIATE BUSINESS MAN VGERS
Alan B. Cutting Ml Algeit J. Miloski Ml !
William B Heilman Ml Huriy G Wood Mi ,
il ltmhn Eastern liitacoUrgiulc .\Yw<t/)«pri /luKoewfion
fntered at the I’ojtoffice Stale College, I’o . n* acrond claaa matter. I
TUESDAY . OCTOBER 1, 1929
THE FRATERNITY AND THE FRESHMAN
Tonight Penn State's high-powered rushing season
will come to an olllctal clo*e. Tomorrow night nerve
wracked fraternity salesmen will crowd the doorwaj,
anxious to welcome the men of their choice into the
mystic cnc-le Thcie will be setbacks for both the fra
ternity man and the fieshman; but unhappily, the veai
ling is not fully prepaid! to meet his particulai prob
lems Regardless, he must bear the burden of icspon
sibilitj foi the most momentous decision of his whole
college caicet
In making this all-impoitant decision, thetc ate
many fnctms to ibe considered One must not be in
fluenced bv anv single faetoi; the average college
freshman should be capable of viewing the entne situa
tion in pcispective A newly-built house, although de-
sirable, should not entry anv weight m the final selec
tion of a fiatermtv. .Rather, the mon that make up the
chapter personnel should be .given ‘fast consideration
Another faetoi often ovetlookcd by amared plebes is
the historj, the ambitions, and the ideals of a frater
nity 'Duixl't Utntital Jot Gimk-Lettci FmtcnnUet t is
undoubtedly the most authoritative soutce of this infor
mation. Moieovct, a fiaieimtj’s latent possibilities
should compaie fuvuiably with its-past and present ac
tivity Advice should be sought, preferably fiom dis
interested pat tics, so that no pait of a fraternity's his-
toiy ioniums untold
Complete satisfaction with the fraternity member
ship, added to this fast-hand knowledge, make one’s
choice simple Howevei, theie ate instances when the
fiateimty of a fieshman's choice fails to bid him. Then
his woities begin Peihaps he has other bids to choose
from That makes mattois wotse The sensible thing
to do is to wait tnlher than accept an unsatisfactory
pledge
Rushing season,'* after all, is not expected to pro
duce infallible tesults Many a fraternity has over
looked a deniable man during the concentrated dnvc of
a jushmg season, only to realize its mistake later. It
seems bettoi, then, to await deveopments rather than
jump to an unhappy conclusion. Since bids arc gen
eially extended in good faith, there is no need .to accept
immediately A short delay may bung a more dcsit*
able Lid
Likewise, the youth who is not bid at all has no
regrets. He will live a freet life, umestiictod by the
bonds of the fraternal gioup. Ills cnole of friends will
he widei and moie than anything else, he will have the
oppoitumty to piove his woith and his ability to the
satisfaction of eveiyone. Then he will be sought by
numbeiless fiatemities and then he will be able to de
cide conclusively whothei he wants to enjoy the priv
ileges of fraternity life, ot multiply his friendships
without those contacts
Beginning eatly in the third period of the Penn
State-Nmgara football game Saturday, a steady stream
of upperclassmen fled fiom the stands until the wooden
tiers appealed to be pinctically empty near the close
of the game.
If first impiessions are lasting, as it is believed,
the discouitesy of each succeeding student generation
is readily undei stood.
PENN STATE IN CHINA
The yeailv campaign for funds to he sent to Ling
nan umveisitv, now being conducted on the campus,
bungs to mind un epochal student mass meeting held
in 1011 at which G W. (Dnddv) Groff 'O7 was chosen
to lepicsent Penn State in China ns duector of the
School of Agiicultuic at what was then Canton Chris
tinn college Dining the past summer another icpre
sentative of Penn State Lester M. Zook '2O turned his
face wesiwaul to join Mr Gioff m the commendable
woik of educating a backward people.
Novel since the bnth of the College has the stu
dent body cntoied upon a moie worthy pioject. Every
yeni since 1911 .i Sunday has been set aside early in
the* fust somestei as a day on which Penn State students
may honoi “Daddy”.Giofl and his woik and pledge their
financial support, so that the work may be continued.
And every year since 1911 the name of “Daddy” Gioff
has become familiar to the lips of -every freshman class.
To honoi his mime and lus work has become a tiadition
at Penn State
One does not need to be in China to realize the val
ue of the woik that “Daddy” .Groff has been doing.
Neithei does one need to be theie to understand the sig
nificance of the sei vice to mankind that Lester Zook may
rendei. Both are self-evident. At the chapel service
on Sunday, pledge blanks weie distributed. These can
still be filled in and left at the Y. M. C A. hut, an net
which would help ciury on a Penn State tradition.
Then, too, n bov oi girl on the opposite aide of the world
would appreciate it more than words-can tell.
THE LION’S DEN
'BY DANIEL
Violators of the fraternity mshing code, we me
told, would reach from State College to Lemont if
placed back to back. The violations me not senous,
of course, but they are violation'*, nevertheless
One of these concerns the time limit of a date.
’Even this dcpnitment has been guilty of that mis
demeanor. At any rate, a rival fintermty salesman
consulted his watch Saturday night as we passed him
with two rushees after 10 o’clock.
Por our part it was unavoidable. The rushee in
sisted upon waiting to see the news reel after which
he suggested that we invade a neaibv ice cieam >pnr-
How to break away from a prospect upon a mo
ment's notice, it seems to us, would bo an inteiesting
study for the professional fraternity salesman
Withal, we could claim that out watch had stopped
And for proof that watches sometimes aie at a stand
still, we could get in touch with the youth who was
responsible for the recoid of “Minutes to Ploy” on
the New'BeavCi field «coiebonrd Sntuuiav afternoon
Tomorrow night will be on eventful night for 'Penn
State fraternities.
That is, in the event that the piescribed quota puts
in an nppeaiance for the banquct-likc dinner at 7
o’clock.
Pending the outcome of this yem’s rushing season.
•Penn State fraternities aie pi one to accept the pies
ent code
After ton days or more of lnpid-fire rushing, we
The most senous violation of the lettei and spirit
of the code, we must admit, was committed by us
We told an innocent i uslioe that it would endanger
his life if we ventured past Co-op cornet But that,
by the way, was the onlv movie trip we’ve escaped so
far
It would be heaps of fun to stand in the leception
halls of Penn State fiatemities at 7 o’clock tomorrow
night when unexpected lushees appear for dmnci,
while others are deflected towaid livnl dining rooms
Pun. if only for a wile
We are grateful foi one thing timing rushing sea
son. We have learned to lcmembor names.
Perhaps the dumbest piospect is the one who claims
that he can pluv “Piccolo Pete” on the harmonica
White, blue and green aie the favonte colors of the
class of 3933, if we can place any faith m the display
of shirts in the freshman stands Satuiday afternoon.
Then, too, there me a few ficshmen who just can’t
go without their dinks, not even on Sunday
With them, it’s a custom.
Cheering, it seems, is the one way to express ap
preciation of a feat.
Whethei it be only a foot fiom the goal line.
After the freshmen aie safely in the fiatermty fold,
'Penn State proposes to initiate them into the tiadi
tional lair of the Nittany Lion
And it’s the same old line, what with encourage
ment at every step.
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