' • ... i /I•jH ',! . .... - i - : - 1 ";-, , COMPLETE CAMPUS ,' COVERAGE • • - '''' wiirs'S ' / , . - VOL. 27, No. 36 15-DAY PERIOD OF RUSHING APPROVED IN 1931 I.F.C. CODE Interfraternity Council Discards Preferential 'Bidding as Primary Revision MAY CHANGE DATE SET FOR BALL TO APRIL 17 Sterling Brown '3l Advances 3 Assessment Provisions For Annual Ball After more than two smooths' con sideration, a fifteen-day rushing code Sor 1031 was sanctioned by Interfra ternity Council as submitted by J. 'Richard Smith '3l, chairman of the icommittee in charge, at a meeting 'Wednesday night. Consideration of a change in date from April 10 to April 17 and a method of assessment for I F Ball were also brought before the fraternity group. Outstanding among the revisions incorporated in the new rules are the abolition of preferential bidding, an increase in the number of dates with rushees, and the advancement of the opening date to September 17, the first day of Freshman Week. In the new regulations fiaternities may schedule two dates with a fresh man at the beginning of the sea,on with the provision that the remaining two dates are not scheduled until the completion of the first two. It was also decided to eliminate luncheon for September 18, second day of the per mod Provisions me made for all fresh men expecting bids to appear at the Dean of lien's office on October 3 for bid cards submitted to that office 'by fraternities on the previous day. , On receiving these cards the fre men are gianted until Sunday noon when they will appear at the _fra ternity of their selection A silent period has been designated from 8 o'clock Friday night October 2 until 6 o'clock, Sunday night October 4 Following the acceptance of this code, Sterling E. Brown '3l, I. F Ball chairman, suggested three plans of assessment for the formal, and advo cated holding the dance one waek lat cr,than the date set. Budget Discussed Two budgets, for $5O and $7O per house together with a stud subscrip tion fee will be discussed in frater nity chapter floors and will be brought before the Council IVednesday night. The suggestion to postpone the I. F. formal until April 17 is the outcome of the change in date of Junior From. Brown explained. "Being furthm removed from Eas ter vacation, this date will be more appropriate for the all-frato oily function," he Matrad, "because the 111 st date follows only three days af ter the College recess ends" Frank Diedlich '3l, president of the Council, in closing the SO,lOll asked that fiaternities po ovide ade quate checking facilities at house dances and censor 'gate crasheis' at nil college dances lie triked tot greater cooperation in pi eventing un dmelass visiting at haternity dances. BROOKLYN PASTOR WILL TALK SUNDAY 111=1 ;%lorality at Chapel Senices The Rev E Saunders, pas tor of the Maley Street Baptist , church of Brooklyn, New York, mill sneak at chapel service Sunday on "The New Morality" This will be the first time the Rev. Mr Saundeis has addressed a Penn State audience. lie was recommend ed Dom the platform by the speaker at the freshman week chapel service, Dr. John 14 Moore. whom he suc ceeded at the Brooklyn church. The speaker was captain of tile de bating team and won /us letter in track at Brown university, where he seemed 1119 B. A degree in 1910. In 1018 he wins awarded his 31 A. degree by Columbia university, and graduat ed from the Union Theological :cm inary the next year. In 1920 he took a graduate course at Cambridge uni versity in Englund INSTALL SIGMA M AT PITT Representing the Penn State clinp ter of Sigma Xi. national scientific research fraternity, Dr. David F. McFarland, head of the department of metallurgy, attended an installation of a now Sigma Xi chapter at the University of Pittsbuigh recently. 3 CO=EDS NAMED AS COLONELS FOR BALL Advanced R.O. T.C. Staff Elects Mildred Wentz, Helen Buckwalter, Anne E. Mellinger From Field of 8 Nominees When the clarion note of a bugle sounds forth at 11:30 o'clock tonight, the three honorary co-ed colonels, whose identity has been kept secret for weeks, will make their first appearance as the climax to Penn State's annual Military Ball. The 'COLLEGIAN learned !late yesterday that they lull be Helen Buckwalter '3l, Anne E. Mellinger '3l, and Mildred J. Wehtz '3l. ' In case some unforseen circum stance arises to prevent the attend ance of any of this trio, the choice will be made from the following five senior girls. Laura J. Griffiths, El eanor Hays, E. Louise Ilotfeditz, Anne E. McGuire, and Isabelle J. Wieland. The three colonels Wert chosen from this group by the student ad%anced It. 0. T. C officers after a nominating committee had named eight-eligible candidates. Following strict military etiquette, a bugler will begin the ceremony at 11 30 o'clock immediately before in termission The co-ed colonels and their escorts will be accompanied by a guard of honor to a platform where the former will be presented with capes and certificates. After leaving the platform, they will make their way underneath tlri crossed sabeis of the R.O.T.C. officers, to begin the grand march. Whitey Kauffman and his Victor recording orchestra will play at th all-College function. Appearing at' the Publik Olympic theatre at Miami, Fla , during the last six months the band recently began its northern trip and will conic here from recent ap pearances in Pittsburgh, Ens, and Harrisburg.. - Favors are in the form of blue and white leather programs bearing the Penn State It 0T C. shield on the cover. Utilizing both the College and the national colors, blue and white drapes will he employed along the sides while strings of alternating red, white, and 'Mai lights will from a ceiling. A revolving crystal ball re flecting multi-colored lights still atop be part of the decorations. EUROPEAN DOCTOR TO SPEAK TONIGHT Prof. 'Haas, Scientist at Universtly Of Vienna, lhil Gist. 2 Talks On Physics Subjects "Modern Physics and Our Vies, on the Univers"," will be discussed by Dr Arthur Haas, of the Velvet oily of Vienna, at 7 o'clock tonight in the Chemistry amphitheater. The Euro pean physicist mill speak at 1 10 to morrow on "Light Corpuscles. Mate rial Waves and the Lams of Physics." Upon recen ing the degree of Doc tor of Philosophy from the University of Vienna, Dr. Ilium became a Ice turd there After going to the Uni versity of Leipsig fin a fern years in the same capacity, be rettnned to Vienna where Inc has served as pia- Lessor of physics since 1923. The Viennese plivsicist, rated by many us second only to Einstein ,n the livid of theoretical mechan co, lec tured in the chief educational cen ters of thi, country during his first tour here in 1927 Sigma Pi Sigma, national honorary physics fraternity, together m ith the School of Chemistry and Phs Ines and PM Lambda Upsilon, national honorary chemistry frater nity, have secured the services of Dr. Haas In 1928 lie Gibbs Committee of Yule university appointed Dr Haas co-editor, with prominent American, English, and Dutch scientists, of the commentary on the works of the great American phy,icist, J Willard Gibbs. ATHLETIC BODY TO MEET MARCH 22 FOR ELECTION 14 ill Fill Position 4 ocoled by Diehl As Board of Control Mad Election of a chairman for the Board of Athletic Control will take place at a meeting of that body on March 22, Neil M. Fleming, gradu ate manager of athletics, announced yesterday. The recent resignation of Ambrose N. Diehl '9B from the board of control necessitates the immediate selection of a new chairmao Mr Dichl has served as trustec representative for eleven years and as chairman for ten year:. Col James 11. N. Andrews '9B seas appointed by Abe Board of Trustees to represmit them on the athletic board. The football policy for 1932 and 1933 will be determined at the name mcettng, Mr. Fleming 'Lemke STATE COLLEGE, PA., FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1931 GLEEMEN COMPETE FOR TITLE TONIGHT Attempt Fifth Consecutive Win In State Championships With 4 Colleges Seeking. to annex the Pennsyhanta intercollegiate glen club champion ship for the fifth consecutive time, that; Penn State singers will com pete with four other colleges of Ur , state inWitheispoon Hall, Philadel phia, tonight. Under the direction of Edmin 0. Ifa vey '3l, the group m ill v.e for the honor of mpresenting Pennsylvania in the national contest to be held in New York city on March 14 Alberto Bimboni, directoi of the Oipheus Mu sic society, George L Lind-ay, direc tor of music in the Phdad•lpina pub lic schools, and Nicolai Montam will be the judges Special entertainment engagements have Loon arranged in Chester, Eliz abethtown, Elkins Parh, and Reading Miss Edna It Roderick 'fn., soprano, will accompany the glom, together with Robert G Thrash, '3l, magician, and Albert Kaplan '34, violinist Jay Kennedy '32 will act as pianist for the group Combined Clubs To Sing With the University of Pennsvl tams entering the contest for the first tune since 1010, the laurels will be •sought by clubs Lions Juniata, Moravian, and Lafayette colleges, in addition to the local singers. The Orpheus Club of Philadelphia. male choral society, 101 sing several numbers tonight under the direction of Mi. Bullhorn The competing clubs will loin with the Orpheus Club to form a chorus of 210 voices, will& will sing "Prayer of Thanksgiving' under the lend,ship of Marshall Ban tholomea, director of music at Yale uni‘ersitv ' The puze copg, "Feasting I Watch " by Edam d Blew, will be ,ung by al the clubs, while Richard Iv Crant'• proteges hove chosen Grieg's "Ayr. Malin Stella" as choice song and Mr Grant', arrangement of "The Blue dnd White" as college song: AGRICULTURISTS WILL HEAR DR. MARTIN TIIIS AFTERNOON Di Asa E Martin, professor of Amet man history, will be the spout, er at the regular agriculture lectures in rosin 100, }MamaHine building nt 10 nob el. this affrarnoon sober he th•cusses "William Penn." "Federal Quarantine Against In sect Pests" will be the subject of a sumlai lecture Wednesday afternoon by Di W C O'Kiine, head of th^ department of entomology at the Um ,emity of New Hampshire. DAIII.E SPEAKS AT ONTARIO Piof Chester D Dalile of the dmr• husbandry depailment is going a scr les of lectures on ice meant manufae timing tins week at the Ontario Agri cultural college. Trustee's Graduation Thesis Explains Ancient History of College Polylith Dispelling mystery concerning the poly nth, in front of the Armory, a the sis written mole than thirty-one year, ,ago' by William L Affelder '99, at Present a College Trustee and Vice- Piesidirnt of the Hillman Coal and Coke company, Pittsburgh, Was re cently discovei ed. In the intioduction, hlr. Affelder Points out that the column, which contains Croy known variety of building stone found throughout the state, was constructed in 1896 with several objects in view. The import ant ones stoic to enable the geology student to see at a glance a general but accurate section of the crust of the Keystone State, with the rocks nrianged in geological order; and to determine the relative ability of the various stones to withstand atmo spheric detei wration, The poblith consists of 281 samples niacin ed front almost 150 different localities and represents a span, of 'FRESHMEN TO USE REAR )LLA. DOOR, COUNCIL DECREES New Student Custom IVill Aid In Relieving Corridor, Lobby Congestion GROUP MUST SANCTION FUTURE COUNTY DANCES Retains Jury 'lnst System for Tribunal- Actions—Opens court Meetings Establishing a nen custom at the College, Student Council Tue,day night ratified a motion which prohib its ficshmen from using the front entrance of the new Liberal Arts unit beginning Monday morning. By diverting freshman traffic to the rear door, it-is expected that the con gestion in the lobby of the building between classes will be relieved They A series of weekly lectures con-1 new• ruling onill be incorporated here- coining Diesel engines was announced after in the regular fieshman ens- )eaterday by Prof Arthur J Wood, I Any group desiring to hold a engineering. I "Penn State dance" outside of State Tomorrow Mr A J Poole, manager i College must in the future apply for of the manufacturing sales depart. i Students Start Mote:nem permission one month in advance to meat of the United American Bosch The 4111,1,\ is Leing carried on' lit the Penn State Alumni association corporation will give an illustrated , the committee on scholastic ethics, ape of the county in which the dance is lecture on the "Robert Bosch Fool In. , panted by Student Council with the to be held, as the result of another, jection Equipment" at 10 o'clock in: p ap mval of President Ralph D Met resolution passed by Council. room 200 Engineering D 1 .01 It is Whored to he thellist of Open Tribunal Trials Continuing the setter, Dr Paul II I Scho easel, of the engineering re-its kind conducted by a College stu. _, This action was taken to abolish search department, still talk next : ,"e'..,_ ,_.„ , l" bo dy bull session on the any unauthorized dances that might Saturday en "Knock ng in Diesel En-i ~ s tudent tint of cheating in examinations gate ex bring discredit to the College In glues" Dr. Schoeitzei is in charge the event that a county Alumni a=so- of the College oil spray rescaich i rise to the incitement The partici ciation is not in existence, the dance pants, a group of "V" 005 Lots retui n. Bollinger To Speak I im, from a trip, thought something must be authorized by Student Conn.! cll. i "Mechanics of Combustion in Diesel , should be done about it So they The committee Matting un the ieso. l Engines" still be the subiect of a lee. I did something, organizing an informal tattoo, of which Marry W Lightstone tare on March 7byMr W F. Josch. -tsoup to collect data. The forma' '3l is chairman, recommended that ini, of the Westinghouse Electric and:committee sons appointed in April names of chaperones be submitted, Manufacturing company On Match' 1020 , that no one be admitted to such dune- 12 Mr. Val Cionstedt, of the Lyco-1 Eleven hunched students wme un es without a written card of admis., l ming Manufactiiiing company, will; den obsess awn in the June, 1929, ex sum, and that the nniiimum tax-be s2._ come hero to talk on "Aare Engine , animation week. - Nineteen oly.crver• In -an effort to revive interest in Cooling." Mr Cionstedt is one of i participated, each cotming about sca the enforcement of customs. Tribunal the leading airplane engine experts, enteen undergraduates in sixty-six ex meetings will again be thrown open in the country , animation groups No names of Mr L Ii Morrison, associate eili- molatois or suspects time mentioned so ill ueer i at any time to members of the three upper classes .. .. The jury trial system, in force sincer b. of rotsri meg....l nv September, was retained by the Conn- ' the lecture March 21 on "Practic.dl To pro ide an accurate result, the oil Aspects of High Speed Diesel Enginclobserveis were carefully nista tided A committee wa, appointed to con-: Design" An slie's discu ss ion on solid' and followed a definite procedure. The fer with College officials in regard ter.us au injection will take the Mace groups watched woe chosen so as tr of the regular lecture on March 28 to presiding coot racks in the new ;rite a cross section of the ‘ll.llot. Liberal Arts unit. Council members: \ wilts of four lectures cull b., f ,h,w, and ~,,,,,,,,, given April 11, 18, 05, -and May 2 by .- - ---" were also asked to assist in quelling Prof Clarence E Bullinger, head of 222 Cheat petty thievery about the College by reporting -offenders the department of industrial encl., Too hundred and to entv-two, 2 01 neciing Prof. Bollinger will base, nercent, were detected cheating, while his talks on the principl,s of indu.- 1 10 pei cent fell mid. susiiimon Of THESPIANS START WORK ' tool managemento Dr Schwmtzei the sixty-six groups, twenty-tut gave the opening talks of the series ,b,,,,, c d cr i1,b,,,,, FOR PRODUCTION MAY 16 "Review of p by 31 to 80 percent recently on Review of 011 pray .e- , of the students with nineteen report ,arch," and "Solid Injection and Air ink no dishonesty at all Women To Take Part in Show—Hold Infection" The scope of the Januaiy, 1910, I These lectures will be open to all, final examination project stn., ',lactic 'tryouts Tuesday, Wednesday Diesel engine students in addition to ~b doubled T lin tt -fit e student faculty members and graduate sta,.lgontS towel...di on .some toenty-four dents. 'Unless others is.. announced' 'dint Prof. Demme! Fishborn and bundled taking qui/ -es in one Wri the talks wi ll take place at 10 o'clock cil laid set cnty fit, oou i Thry J Ewing Kenneth have begin , wor' in the morning in room 211 Mani on the 111t141C and book parts of th, :l ' is ' cot . ei cd 590, 21.1 - . 1 1- iiii co l o ‘ t, using next Thespian show, to be staged Engine,iring Wilding 'mooted methods, and 16 pm cent more o May 10 in the Auditorium, was an-' exhibiting suspicions signs nounced yesteiday by Kenneth L W.S.G.A. SUGGESTS Ile too moues every student ci M- Bottle] nom 'II, inanagei of the pro, t bedA thud of the sections found dilation LESS PHONE DUTY we cheating ratio t arying from .10 For the first tun, at n Junior Prom , Ito 100 'lucent, while folly-Duce meic ,how, the women parts in the chorus and cast will be open to co-eds. huh- Recommends Reduction of Hours furl (Continued on o second page) mg the place of an all male show , Freshmen In Dorms to Co-Ed , which has chiliad:air.' previous, ' 1 UPPERCLASSES ALLOWED Prom productions This plan 14 in ac- Customs Committee Al 'PRIBUNAI., MEETINGS cordance with inganizations at tither schools such us the "Mimes" at the Unitersity of Mulligan. Co-eds intere , ted in trying out fon 'the chorus or cast of this production should report at the Thespian club room on the fourth floor of Old Main at 8 o'clock Tuesday in Wednesday : etenings I The r odactain of the moires of I hours of freshmen women's telephone Zorella '3l Opens Trials to Students duties in the doinntories will be eon. sidered today by the customs coin. mitten as a result of the suggestion , of the WSG A. Mouse of Repiesen- For the hest tine this school lean tatives. a Tribunal hear ing will be open to all The House recommended that then members of the three upper class, hours of duty be slier Ceiud vo that when that body convene. at 7 °Mink the hist year gills need take duty; Wednesday night run th e L i ttl e th„.,.. ,from 6•30 to 0 o'clock on sect.-emit Old Main, John Zorella "It, pins nights only I idea of the group, announced cos I As the Customs' rule now read, tel day This announcement folios ' freshman women take telephone duty 'the action of Student Council Tut -dm millions of years in the geological for-'rn 111cAlhster hall, Women's building.: "I nook! like to call to the atten matron of the earth's crust In Penn- I and Grange dormitor y fr our 7 until non of uppoiclu.smen that fi eslimen nylvaina., It is :127 feet high and 8 o'clock on week nights and from must w•sin cents and that lenthei 'neighs approximately 03.4 tons. 1 7 until 10 o'clock week-end nights jackets or weaters ate 'not rrcog- In order that the geological ,cries Thus necessitates that the first year inAcil as substitutes for thorn." stated might not be broken. a few stones Si omen Imam° duty at lea n t none gorella. "Further, let one remind hat from localities outside of the state every two weeks. I men of thou responsibility in r•port• wore introduced into the polylith, he- With the new plan each ma , cases to Tribunal cause a few very important form- freshman would go on duty once' atrons were not available in Penn- month. Further suggestion of the sylvania. In this way, the column thou in recommends that the proceeds'( Who's Dancing I of the McAllister hall dance be given can he used as a hams of comparison between slimier stones of different' to the W.A A. fund for the building ] - localities. ; of a mountain cabin fur the use of Inquisitive freshmen, questioning all "omen students. the reason for the construction of thel polylah, arc often led to believe vain. ] WE Mat RESUMES POSITION ; ous "wild tics" One of them is, At the request of President Rnlph that' the column nos constructed as a D. Iletlel, Pi of. Palmer C. Weaver of mirrored to "Jerry" whose *eon." , the School of Education will 'mine ore buried beneath R. "Jerry" was his position as 1011110Selltattr.I of the the mule which hauled stones in the National Education Association at construction of Old Main seventy- the College. Professor Weaver held ,two years ago. !this position two years ago. Tottrifittn. Cold Weather Keeps Infirmary in Demand With the possibility of a cold week end, the Weather Bureau forecasts slight change in temperature and probable rain or snow for today. : While students ship between pools which form on sidewalks and gamble on the advisability of slicker or over coat, the College physitians will be kept busy treating the rush of colds and complaints usually experienced at this time of the Sear At the present time all space in the Infirmary is occupied and College physicians report more illness now than in the same season of oilier years. WOOD SETS DATES FOR DIESEL TALKS Announces 9 Weekly Lectures., By Prominent Specialists In Oil-Engine Field head of the departotont of mechanical IWholesale Cribbing Laid Bare by Ethics Committee Expose 24 Percent of Students Observed in Checkup At Exams Prove Cheats—Sophomore Class Leads Dishonesty Seizing barehanded a subject which heretofoi e has been whis pered of only in the most confidential chats, the student-faculty committee on scholastic ethics i uthlessly exposed cribbing at Penn State in its report to the College Senate meeting last night and to Student Council. Twenty to twenty-four percent of the students watched pro% ed cheats in investigations by undergraduate observers of the June, 1929, and January, 1930, final examination periods, it Ns as revealed by survey figures announced for the first time last night An additional * ten to sixteen percent displayed eloquent signs of dis honest'. That nfty-el en pe.telt of the stu dent body cub, was the a‘ et age est:- ,mate of a queatlonnalle to nmet,tuo replesentatlve students Then inch vidual judgments lunged from ten to one bundled ptrunt Tonight Afilitary Rnll (rrL °talon I lull) II lnlr h u m/ratn \ln Kappa Tao (Invitation Only) WlAte y ICuulTown Ph. Lambda Theta (Closed) /nue and Gold ESTABLISHED 1901 PRICE 5 CENTS DEBATERS ENGAGE URSINUS TONIGHT Women Orators Argue in Dual Contest on World Free Trade Proposition With "Resolved That the Nations of the World Adopt a Policy of Free Trade" as the pi ulmsition, Penn State's co-ed no ito, 1,11 inset the lir inns vmmcn i Matt, in a dual contest tonight Manger ct larmh 'Bl and Miss Hai met 111 Hai iv 'a; still uphold the atilt oath e at 7 10 o'clock in ichunb auchtca rum chile Miss Mar mite Hatham as 'll and Miss Elwa ieth N Henner '33 argue the negative n Colleges site Miss Lomh is tlo orh expeirence I debater whom Coach Baku will use She is smelt., of the Forensic soun d and this B het ,cond teal in in 'emollematc comp, lanai Pmf John If 1 , ...,11, of the Eng lish composition departmcnt, urn be the Hum men of the dr.cussion to night At the end of the debate, an open forum on lii be conducted and nn audienca vote mobably mill be taken On Tue,da) night, Samuel IMap ler VI and Et nest C Millet '3l, Penn ;tate t epresentitnes , ,111 defend the affirmative of 'he unemployment in surance topic against William and Stns of atots late Both me appear ing fat the fiiNt tune in an Intel collegiate conte-t Adsocating affnmati‘e of the 'roe trade anc.tion in On egon style of an guinent, Barn Lightstone '3l, and Aalon I)t mkruan aril de bate Dickinson it ptcscntativea at Can hole ea Thursday night The for mer has d_leated to memos Londe—to Suit the latter is a nee coiner in intr., collegiate foi come cn Lite, C 0.11.11 O'l3llPll last night named Orville A Bit, kcal '4l, an I 511Itten 1 . Balding. '.3.; to diaile at Segue I[lll, W,lelletee P lel .111etson, and the Unavet slip of Pittsbuigh on the We,tor'n Penn tap MAIO 5, g, and 7 Bittlitotl, to a • ettran of three yea,' 051101tonte s,hle Bahl neon will v.:moment butt lot the first. time. MARTIN WILL GIVE LECTURE TUESDAY history Department Hem] To Ui.w., Sinalmestern Indian lop. NI/0.11(111V 1111 "Gllllll/ s of South , ,tern behave.," Or Asa E Alert in, of the (101.0 ton nt of 10,00 V nt poll heal ,10111,2, \nil! 1110 no( and Irc une of the Lawn al At ts 1/t 100111 107 Main Engineei ling at 7 0 . - clock Tuescht% night The, l ectun iv, one of the sen irivc n corny two we 'ho by nveinhen of the College feLivlty, e. i.poni.on NI 11i the School of fallen al A t , and follow, the chmittioin en nil "1 he Org inn/anon or .1 SV111),111111V 01 a" t o.cnt en] h, harelconi.ten (AI 0 Thump von last 'I tte•vinv, Beeau, of the loony talps whop he tool. to the Went, Dr Morton h had exteptlonal opooltonay to study the Inthans of Vouthoestet I Anterott It tends Idol :led front a Inc months' .01 VON' of the buttons of A wont., the !canner has gained an th,ght at lint hand into the. life Doe to the filet that thee have h e m lea , t affected by elide moo'. Who. elite, the Southot,tet a Indians, mill.. whom Di IV:titan will deal. h tee to, , telved mote of the to unitive V.ll taetton, and marmot of Hying than any eta o abottg nes.