• "FOR THE GLORY OF OLD STATE" • 11. run tab VOL. 27, No. 5 FRATERNITIES END RUSHING, TRIAL OF NEW CODE TONIGHT Silent Interval Will Start at S O'Clock—To Close With Dinner Tomorrow PREFERENTIAL BIDDING RECEIVES FIRST TEST Freshmen Name Choice, Houses Issue Bid Cards Through ' A. A. Headquarters Penn State fraternities will wit ness the close of the initial trial of the preferential bidding system in rushing when more than half of the freshman class accept pledges to the fifty-six fraternities at the College at 0 o'clocic tomorrow night The silent period between active rushing and distribution of bids when all fraternity men are prohibited from being in company or communi cation with membeis of the class of 1934 begins tonight at 8 o'clock and ends at 0 o'clock tomtit... night Rushing among the fraternities ends when the venous groups send their bid colds to the Athletic Associ ation office in Old Main before mid night tonight Each house has been •upphed with twenty-file bid colds' with the option of issuing additional blank forms on fraternity stationery Between noon and five o'clock to morrow the freshmen will bring their choice of frateinities on preference cards 01 blank cards of similar form to the Athletic Association office window. On piesenting these cards the prospectse pledges will await nssoi tment of hall They will then be given the bid which coincides with their chose, while all other bids will be kept in the Athletic Association office The fiaternities m ill be sent a list of pledges heroic or: o'clock. When a freshman accepts a bid he automatically assumes the status of a pledge is the house whose bids he holds. Ile will then attend the din ner given by the fraternity at G o'- clock and receive his pledge button It a rushee desnes to pledge a cer tain house and receives their hid, butt is unable to accept the pledge to-, 1110110% he may attend the the din no, tomorrow night. However he may I I not be rushed by any other house fors a three months peilod, and he will; be officially consul:nod a pledge of that house. All code infractions v.lll be report ed to Prof. Sheldon C Tanner at his office in the Liberal Arts building of his Bans He will then call a meet ing of the violations committee to consider the cases No definite date has Leen chosen foi this meeting. The viol Awns committee includes Prank Diechich, piesident of the I. P. C, Arthur It Warnock, dean of men, Stelling It Brown '3l, and J Rabaul Smith '3l TRIBUNAL GRANTS EXEMPTION PLEAS Excuses 12 Students From Taking Freshman Customs—Zorellu Makes Disk Ruhul Healing petitions of nem, students and upperclassmen who wished to se cure exemption from customs, Stu dent Tribunal held its fist meeting of the year Wednesday night. New students siho must take one semester of fieshman customs are George Biggest, Wesley Covelesky, Franklin Embick, Philip Levin, Mar lin Kirkwood, Wendell Sterrett Tribunal nill enforce a full year of fast-year customs on Jack Ganover and Lon Dubin Sophomore customs must be worn by AI thur Bernstein, John M. Coup, Kenneth Dearolph, Edward Dumm, Gdbert Espenshade, Robert Gray, Al len Hostetter, Thomas Lydon, Will mm McNutt, Harry C Span, Harold Stansfled, and Leon Swishy One bemoster of seco•id-year customs will be inquired of William Schantz and Thomas Golden, Tribunal decided John B! Zorella tilbunal presi dent, issued a *yam= at the meeting to all sophomores, prohibiting mutila tion or rcmoi al of white buttons on top of the ftel.hinan dinks, Joseph Kaufman, David Shoemakei, Karl Schmidt and Roger llentz must teport to Zorella to settle their status as soon as po,ible TO VISIT NEW INSTRUCTORS A new sei vice will be instituted by the I=l education department when nil .1030 graduates who are mow engaged in teaching woi k throughout the State will be visited by members of the department a m the nest few days. Women's 'National Installs Sychor as Chapter Today Kappa Kappa Gamma Fraternity Admits Local Campus Club in Afternoon--Holds Reception at 9 O'Clock Kappa Kappa Gamma will become 11 o'clock. Thirty Sychor alumnae the sixth women's national fratei city , will be initiated tomorrow morning, to establish is chapter at Penn State while model chapter and committee when it installs the Sychm club as meetings will be conducted by Gam- Deltr Alpha chaptem in Wesley Foun- ma Epsilon chapter in the afternoon dation this afternoon. IA formal banquet at the Centre Hills Mts. I Willis Myers, gland p , Country Club tomon ow night will I dent of the fraternity, will be assist- conclude installation ceremonies. ed in inducting the gioup m ms j.• Mts A. B Hodge, president of Beta Amos ince of which the Penn ' Clara 0 Pierce, executive secretary„ and Gamma Epsilon chapter of the' State chapter will be a member, anc University of Pittsburgh, which will Miss Vnginia Nieman, posince sec ' sponsor Wi the new group Mrs Ed- !dell, will cc at, attend the ceremonies win H tman, formes Sychor ad- together seven representatives visor and member of lota chaptei at from Beta Alpha of the Umsersity DeFaw university, will act as mat- 1 of, Pennsylvania, and twenty from shall Gamma Epsilon The installation and initiation of The twenty-two chatter members active members will be carried on of the Penn State chapter ate Elia dm tog the afternoon, to be followed abeth C. Bell '32, Doris Buckalew by an informal reception tonight at . the Beta Theta Pi house (tom 9 until DR. HENRY TO GIVE ADDRESS ON CHINA Lingman Provost Will Speak at Annual Exercises During Chapel Services With Dr. James DI Henry, provost of Lingnan university as the princi pal speaker, the annual Penn State in China exercises will be held dur ing chapel set vices in Schwab tunli tonurn at 11 o'clock Sunday morn mg. When Di Henry's father recom mended in 1885 the establishment of a university in China under Christian auspices, he was the pioneer of the movement. Following his father's evcmkle the pieoent ..proo.st _was graduatcp from the University of Wooster in 1901, and recessed a Doc tor of Divinity degree horn the same institution in 1924. He studied at Columbia university and Union Theo logical seminary in 1907 and 1908 At the close of his graduate noel., Dr Homy was ordained into the min istry of the Piesbyterian church in 1007, and sensed us a missionary in Canton, China, from 1909 to 1919., From 1924 until 1926 he acted as President of Lingnan university Student }leads To Speak A law enacted in 1926 iequired all Chinese unmisities to elect Chinese presidents, and Dr. Horny became provost of the institution Since that tune he has been influential in the development of Lingnan In his capacity as provost he has enlarged the emollment so that 1,000 students ate now studying thole Dining the axes asses David C Mc- Laughlin '3l, pi esident of the senior class, will speak bilefly Miss Helen Buchwaltet '3l, women's gases nment hcad, and Miss Ruth Nichol 'J3 will also address the chapcl-goers No pledging or solicitation will be made at the services. Dr Horny will disco, "What's Happening in Chum Today" at an open conference in the fourth flom auditorium cf Old Maui at 8 o'clock Sunday rfteinoon He Will be the guest of the Penn State in China committee at a dinnei in the Univer sity club that night. Linking the interest of Penn State students to Chico and the work at Lingnan ace two graduates of the college NOM ha , ,e entered missionmy \sorb at Lingnan C W "Daddy" Geoff 'O7 has instructed students in agriculture at the amsecarty since 1008 Lester W. Sonic '2O has solved as an instructor there since gradu ation KAULFUSS WILL REPRESENT COLLEGE AT ROAD CONGRESS Prof Julius E Eaulfuss sill rein e i sent the civil engincei ing depai tment at the sixth International Road cort exes, to be held at Washington horn October 0 to 11 Simultaneous with this convention, to which over sixty goveinments are sending delegates, a innate intei na tional load exhibition will be held by the Amei icon Road Buddeio' associa tion, HET/.EL SPEAKS AT MEETING President Ralph D. Hetzel returned today (loin Lock Haven where he spoke at the evening meeting of the Central Section of Pennsylvania State Education association yesterday. On Oetober . 3l he is to he the speakei at n meeting of the Pennsvivama A440C1- atm of Deana of Women, in conven tion at Ilat:ishurg STATE COLLEGE, PA., FRIDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1930 (Continuca on oast page) WARNOCK WRITES ARTICLE FOR TELL' Dean Recounts Anecdotes About College Pranks for First Issue of Magazine What does the Dean of Men unoffi tinily think about college planks? • Dean Ai Our R Warnock describes famous college jokes and I, reactions to them in "College Humor." an ar ticle in the last Issue of Old Hain Dell to be released nest *seek With the initial issue of the college literary magailne, publication of ar ticles stimulating Penn State tradi tions will be inaugurated with a bi ography of President George W -Atherton, se‘enth -executive -of ' the College. Written by Miss Margaret E. Tschan '32, the article is planned as the rust in a serics which will tiace the urpoitant eally history of Penn State Sale Start', Nest Week "Tim Most Beautiful District in Euiope," a trace! sketch by Willie'- ,T. Douglass Jr '33, "Ink in e '13 , 00d," by Ell7abeth R Berkman '3l, !and "Towers and a College,' by Rich ' aid L McKee '3l, are additional non fiction articles in the first Issue. Heading the list of short articles, an abble‘iated narrative by Robert IFirist '33 ly entitled "Love nd Psy chology" In "The Blue Gate," Mar ion P Ilowell '33 proves that a novel ist', culiosity may lead him into stiange tangles in quest of 'local calm.' Eight other short stories are included among the fictional articles. A lamely' review under the title "The Book Shelf," and a column "With the Editor" ale special de partments added to tins ycat's maga tune Miscellaneous verses complete the =toad in the college lcteraiy publication Sale of Old Mow Bell M. ill begin °ally nest neck Fast-year students are lemma to subselibe to the maga zine in connection with all English composition courses Articles pub lished in it nett be read and discussed in English courses at specified time, tinting the year MORSE WILL ADDRESS NON-FRATERNITY MEN Penn State Club To Hold Reception For Freshmen Monday Night With Ada san 0. Morse, executis c secretary to the President, as prin cipal speaker, the Penn State Club will hold its annual freshman recep tion in loom 001 Old Main at 7 15 o'clock Monday night. All freshmen and levier members are invited to attend this meeting This reception inaugurates a ps ogsam of subleased activity planned for the coming yeas. Hoping to Inc] else the interest of non-fraternity men in the 'organiza tion, an increased athletic program is under consaleration by the exec utive board. The basketball and base ball tournaments will be continued this year, and the club officials hope to widen the scope of Inter-unit teams by amending medals to the members of each umning aggregation Prof. Ralph U. Blasingame of the faun machinery depaitment at tend the convention of the National Association of Farm Equipment Man uf irtui els to be held in Chicago Tuesda; and Wednesday. Freshmen'Will Meet At 8 O'Clock Tonight In preparation for the annual Stunt Night, which rumois base placed within the nest Rork, there will he a meeting of the ficshman class in the Bull Pen et 8 o'clock tonight There will also he a meet ing of the sophomore class at 7 10 o'clock Monday night Head cheerleader Charles S ,7r, will instruct the freshmen dating the meeting- in their duties and conduct for the informal initia tion into college life All freshmen will be required to put chase a pad dle at the Athletic Auivociation of fice for 25c before 5 o'clock Sloe day night. JAILBREAK CAUSES SECOND MAN HUNT Dr William 0. Thompson, president emeritus of Ohio State unneruty, bas been secured as speaker for the Education Day e‘ercises of the Sev- Police Scour Hills for Escaped, enty-fifth Anniveisary celebiation The program includes three Cool iels—Posse Resumes speeches cowling the admission prob. Skidmore Search 1 leas in Penn State. Regishar Wiil mm S Holman will discuss tins sub- Ject from the college wets point while Police eerie still scouring the stir- I It Kravbill, principal of the Choi rounding hills at an early hour last tenhain Too nslup high school will night on their second man hunt in coser the secondary phase of the problem Witham II Bristom, Three days on starch of the to. o con- wets who escaped from Centre Coco- tent chicon! of secondary education ty jail in Bellefonte Monday night of Pennsylvania, will hold a discus- They also renened then hunt fee men on the same subject. Skidmore, who coos rimmed to hove; In the afternoon of the first day been seen neat Thlesbum on Wednes- a comb.ned electing of the educateta day. null be held in Schwab auditinium Joseph Chali and Ste, Waters, the, to hear discussions of "Personnel two who escaped from the Ildlefonte Ploblen," Prof Arthur J Jones, mil, hate not been sighted same then of the Uriversity of Penesylsonia, getaway. Officers in charge of the Eduard Rynearson, director of vine man hunt belle‘e th it the plir still tuonal guidance for Pittsburgh, and arc in hiding in this NICIIIIt} !Der., 'Mllattlieu ,J Walsh, Indiana They had been confined to the Con. Stute Teachers college lull hold the tre County bastile as a result of ,Idatioles their break Dom Rockviel. Penises- College authorities u ill tender a tiary on August 31. Fne d.y., Intel domes to the official guest., in Mc they were caught at '; , ,pi.ng Allistm hull in the noosing uhich about thirty miles flout hoc e, m id mill be folloued by Dr Thompson's lodged in the county nil to emelt address. Folio, ing the main speaker, ial .Piemderit Henry W. A Hanson of Their escape from the Bellefonte Gettesburg college will greet the dole gation James N. Rule, deputy su lock-up eras not discovered until early Tuesday morning, \pica a call was perintendent of Public Instruction of sent at once for a p.ak to trail them Penneylvania,- and , Janice H Tyson, They were still at liberty last night pummel of Upper Darby Township The two own managed to laical, high . I ° o w it speak out of then cell and get on the jell Perneylvama Day, October 24, will roof sometime during the night Us. open with a student demonstration mg a rope fashioned from blankets, at 10 o'clock in the. morning The they descended the budding an I dm- I students urn form a parade represent appeared mg student activities, After the pa- Made the officmla ,111 be tendered SUSPECT SKID . 1 lORE tit la luncheon The scotch for George C. Sh ' President Ralph D Retool will de nlmile, live! an address of welcome at the Pittsbulgh slayer, ''aa resumed by , closing ceremonies in Reei cation hall police here Wednesday on the b‘asis at 280 o'clock in the afternoon The of rumors that the gunman had aaen spied near Milesburg, less than twenty Honorable John S Fisher, governorof the Commonv.ealth roll close the miles front State College ' meetinc J Franklin Shields, pies,- At that it was thought that the don , of the Board of Tio , too ,, soil man had eluded the `ear hers in th ' Chalks Z Mueller, architect, will district rind headed for app. Neu also speak before the assembly York State and Canada Police in this large stretch of teii,toly were 'Y' 0 LEADERS HOLD on the lookout fm. the fleeing con vict but could fin.] no truce of flan CONVENTION HERE Rumors from nealliy towns dining the past two days, bowetri, led the local corstabula.N to ineicase then To Address co.ol of Welts to find the limn Amore the " accuhtes latest lepotts was a call Lions title,- 3liddle States burg stating that Shidmore had be. Tc morron, Sunda sighted near that mace y OFFICERS APPOINT ; Rem e,tattng at% states and urn PURSELL COLONEL Do ti let of Columbia, the executive toinnuttco et the ,tudent Y. M. C A Name Student it 0 C Leaders Cur Year—Select Ilt.Kthltens, Thomas Licateuant.Colonels of the Middle Atlantic Field Council William Pot has been unpomte J ! ate among those scheduled to speak. student colonel of the R. 0 T. c 0n ,,, Other pi omment leaders in YMCA for this yea', aceoiding to on an. moil, ate expected to be present nouncement horn the Wittily office) The Middle Atlantic Field Council last night. is composed of tepiesentatives front Lieutenant-Colonel fin the infantry reen V ie ee , e , New Yo/h, N ew J.".Y• egiment ti ill be Richard J Thonms, I West Virginia, Oelawaie, Maryland, „4„10 Samuel E meEnikon willbe and the I/Nina of Calamine. One hull of the college students in the Lieutenant-Colonel for the engtneets. country Me represented in this ate- Joseph A. Sling will he la made ad dent Y. CA. glean Jaunt and esecutive offset. Richald J Doh, dot, Hail} , V Du aid, and Jesse M Mae Knight a.ll be student majors in the infanta v sego ment Student inamis in the engi neer regiment a dl be William P Plickingei, William II MeCienl, and John D. Wthhng . _ . Because the unifotms flit the basic' Moving pictures of the Forrest Pail, conference will be Oman in 107 students here not nitived, Om e will not be the i egulai Monday night ie. I Main Engmeei mg at 4 o'clock this view The new student officers still afternoon. Several hikes will be telt take chinge of the first foimation len to the Andy Lytle Cabin, where it after the equipment in lives, , is planned to hold some of the meet- o l ingo WILL SPE 1K Vl' F kIR Pt o f H ot , G p 0 ,i, m , 00 of they ENG IGES IN RESEARCH WORE Rural Education depai Uncut o 111! Plot Heiman C Knandel, head of spook at the Gr egg Too nshio high the Department of Poultry Husband school community fan at Soling Mills' rig, rs 011 lease of abNence until Jana nest Finlay and Saturday Imy 1 for the study of national le- Gatti, Watts %:2 and John Decker , search motile)ms in animal husband '2s me directoi .mil vocational sane, rig Paofessor Knandel recently le iesreetlycl3, of the neighboi.! turned [loin the World Poultry Con ing high school. gross hold in London this summer. (fattrgiatt. !THOMPSON TO GIVE ' ANNIVERSARY TALK , ON EDUCATION DAY Ohio State President Emeritus 1 Will Address &boo!men Here October 23 COLLEGE OFFICIALS PLAN STUDENT DEMONSTRATION Program Inclules Speeches of i Welcome by Dr. IlelLel, Fisher, Shields Mqidle Atlantic Field Council will meet lime toda), tomailow, and Sun day I Drool 12 Porter, executive score tory of the national Y. M C A and i Lesion C Nilson, e,ecutive seeret,ey Raymond A Bowers '3l, picsident of the local Y M.O A., Chmles P Smith '32, the local temesentative on the Council, and Burry W. &annli, secietaly of Penn State's Y M. C. A, mill meet with the Middle Atlantic Field Council. I. F. Ball Date in Doubt as Council Refuses To Accept Houseparty Weekend Plan I TO GREET Mothers at l'ather's I Da> ReceOtma DEAN CHARLOTTE E 121 Y CO-EDS PLAN TEA FOR FATHER'S DAY Will Entertain Visiting; Mothers At Reception—All Parents To Tour Campus As their pint in enteitoining par ents of Penn Shin students dining the annual Father's D..y colebiation, women students will hold .i tea lot visiting mothers in the Women's building Dom 3 o'clock until 5 30 o'- clock nest Saturday afternoon Dean of Women Charlotte E. Ray sod! officially welcome mothers of Penn State eo-ede at the reception. Further enteitninment ammgements foi the mothers are not definitely-set tled as yet Beginning with an oddness by Su ntory of Labor James J Davis Fri day night, the Father's Day program unit continue until Sunday afternoon Mr Davis Nall -peak on "Conserva tion and Its Impottance to the Unit ed States" beim., the national Con servation Congress held In conjunc tion with Penn State's Seventy-fifth Annnensany, and parents have been invited to attend Ye nll Hold Smoker The Association of Patents of Penn State v ill conduct Its annual business meeting. Saturday ironing The con clave, which so dl be br,ef. it ill con-,,t mainly in election of °flaws for the online den. Tour, of new canna, adding, will folic, the dediteodon of littenei,s Par ties of p treats urn t u tonthoted through rex bedtimes employed for the last time the, fall, and mill be shoot, improvements in .111111 U., land waping nom in pi ogress A football game between Penn State and Marshall college will engage the parents' attention Saturday after noon At night a smoker for visiting • fathers and ,tudents has been a, winged Follow mg this, Penn State Players will present "The Meanest Plan in the World," last yen's com edy production for Commencement week. Copies of the Penn State Patents' Bulletin bane been inallcil to J5OO parents of students enrolled at the College, Jack It. Ric Ends, editor of the bulletin, has announced 51 SECURE EXEMPTIONS IN FRESHMAN ENGLISH School of Libel al At Is Lead, List With lb Students Escused Flom a class of 1200 freshmen, 51 tam c e‘empteil fi on, English compo sition 1 by e \animation, amending In Pi of, A Ilinily Espenshaile, head ot the English composition depot/. The School of Llbelal Acts la mall IS 0' emptlnivs, cchlle the School of h:dacation cods second Seth to, followed by Entnnetn inn south 8 Ag- Ileultute and Chelnistly and Physics tied south S each, and Mineral Indus tries came last scith 3 Last year 38 n ere exempted, the School of Lthmal Alta loodmg with 14. N hEES WE WEE DELEGITE Covet not John S Mshet has an tmcod the appointment of not. Modelle]: P. Wenvet of the op teal total etonomirn demo Intent n, Penn sylsania's delegate to the convention of the National To% nyrnetation to be held at linn,an Cite, Mo °doh. 20 to 21. ESTABLISHED 1904 PRICE 5 CENTS Fraternity Spokesmen Urge January 30 For Formal BROWN PROMISES ACTION BY NEXT GROUP MEETING December 12 Choice Fails When Christmas Recess Proves Unfeasable Time The date of the second annual In terfiaternity Ball 'cm:lined an ab sorbing qusstion to sevents en hundred odd Creels lettelinea as the Council Wednesda night infused to sanction the FridoN night of Houseparty for the formal by a count of 27 to 20 ; I F C. official, and dance commit ; Icemen were in a quandry concerning possible dates following the meeting. The action of Council Noting down December 12 in addition to the Ilouse pal ty proposal steam to indicate that : January Ball is deemed by the 114- tm mhos. niday night, Janum3. $O, the ueelc cnd at the end of the first I,emester, was spoken of nith fmor br fiatern itv delegates in informal dr,usmons after the electing It is lammed that the committee Nsill attempt to wane College appro,al of that Elate udhni the nett few days, ithd-SCITIOSteI I CC., ti`l4 veal is not the lengthy petical of the 1029- 1930 calerdai The ,einestet claoes officially Satuiday coon, ugh rows atlon beginning the follo,ing Toes tlaN Although refusing to make any statement regaiding the course to lie pm sued. Chan man Staling E Brim n Atomised that the committee xould have something tangible to report at tho nest Council meeting The boilv is expected to meet again shortly for final decision on the piohlem The negatne Notes on the tNvo pro posed days did not alise from oppo sition to holding a Czech dunce this yew When eonfionted smith this question by President Frank Died lich the imiresentatives responded in the affnmatne almost unani mous!, Held Houseparl Detriment Be cinched to Into Centel nit:, Coun cil foe the rust time Tuesday night, the llousepai ty date i.uced n storm of ilmu,sion Aftei an hem's de bate Died, ich asked the delegates to catty the matte) Inc]. to the milt 1. ulna' gioups, the ,sue to he voted upon at a special meeting the nest Tho pi intipal reason advanced against holding I I' 13x11 Nrnembei 7 was diet the Mimi you'd Meal. down Penn State's tinditional House patty neck-end. Loss of a social function was pointed out as :mother objection h.} dissenting fiateiruties Winning the apps oval of only see enteen chapteis to thu ty oppos r ig votes, the DeLenthet 12 date scent down to a mole et a,hing defeat than did the (list pioposal Fear of in suiTiesert fiateinity support and the proximity of both Chi I,tnas and Thanksgiving vacations mused the motion's foulwe Intel fi atm may Ball It intently panted a place on the permanent so ma) calendar along with class dances by the action of the Senate Given for the first tune last April, it wan gi anted College approval mith the end...standing that henceforth it ado to be a fitst-semester function. ROBINSON NAMED LA VIE BUSINESS STAFF HEAD As :Manager of 1931 Annual Rs!ph A Robinson 'sl uns appOltlt oil business ni.ininzei or the 1911 Li I'w, semi vein book, to oia cord Jail. II Eiseman '3l, uho has not te tuined to school this fall. Robinson was n s nisi4 tenni, playei last season, as Noon as n mem ber of the cross-country squall Ap pointed ns9vitant business manager of the sera !MOT, last year, he auto matically received the ninnagership when Ei.cman did rot ietuin. Evieman svai ginduated in Juno miler he enined enough ...fits in three }ems to complete the four-year iequilement. Ile is now studying at the llancisity of Pcnnsy Lav, School Adopted last spring, the tompetl bye system Cot stall portions as se celymg ttt thst bull this year.
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