COMPLETE CAMPUS J “fl T* |JFtUI t|jp VOL 28, No. 1 Fraternities To Open Rushing on Thursday Interfraternity Council Assists Organizations In Solving Problems —Establishes Uniform Code of Action! The beginning of Freshman Week, Thursday, September 17, also marks the first day of fraternity “rushing” -when nearly sixty social fraternities entertain the new Penn State students with the .purpose of sending out membership “bids” at the close of a fifteen day period. The fraternities at Penn State, both national and local, all send ‘representatives to an Interfratetnity Council, which has as its purpose to aid and assist fraternities to solve their common problems, and to regulate and .govern' their relations with one another, with the College, and with the general pub- lie. , One of the primary duties of the Council is to regulate the manner in which fraternities may rush, bid, and pledge new members. For this pur* pose a Rushing Code has been adopted. The 1931 Interfraternity Rushing Code defines “rushing” as “the pres* cnee of a rushoe m a fraternity house or the presence of a fraternity man in a rushee's room." A rushes is de fined as “any non-fraternity man in his first year at Penn State.” On the first day of Freshman Week new students will be required,to make out cards containing their name, State College address, home address, and icligious preference. This informa tion will be distributed to the various fraternities. The freshmen will also bo supplied with “date” cards which will be used by the fraternities when “signing up” a freshman for a dinner m luncheon engagement. These “date” cards are the only legal means by which a fraternity may make an engagement with a freshman. Rushing actually begins at 6 o’clock Thmsday afternoon, Septem ber 17, and ends at 8 o’clock Friday night, October 2. Fraternities ore not allowed to make "more than two dates at a time with each Tushce, and no more than four dates for the entire rushing period In other words, the first two dates must be completed be fore more dates can be arranged. To Ilaic Silent Period - A silent period, in which there can bo no communication of any sort be tween fraternity men and a Tushee, will take place at the close of each evening date until the following morning at 8 o’clock. Also, another silent period will begin on Friday night, October 2, at 8 o’clock, and end Sunday night, October 4, at 6 o’clock. Fraternities will send in bids to the Student Union office by Friday night, October 2, at midnight, and a rushee may receive his bids by calling at this offico on Saturday, October 3, from 11 30 o’clock in the morning until 5 o’clock in the afternoon Accord ing to the code a “fraternity may en lighten the rushee m any fraternity matter but shall offer him a bid only at the regularly scheduled time in the pioper mannei ” On Sunday, October 4, at 12:30 o’clock in the afternoon a rushee must signify his acceptance of a fraternity bid by appearing at this fraternity for dinnci. The following penalties will be im posed in part or in full upon any fra ternity violating the Rushing Code, ac cording to the, severity of the viola tion 1 (a) Publication in the Penn State Collegian. * (b) Notification of National Of ficers. (c) Forfeiture of fifty dollar bond previously posted. (d) Suspension of social privileges for semester immediately fol lowing that In which rushing occurred. 14,000 VISITS MADE FOR DISPENSARY* TREATMENTS Freshmen With 4,200 Form Largest Group; Seniors Number 2,911 ) Over 14,000 visits wore made to the [dispensary up to May 1 by students wanting treatment, according to Dr. | Joseph P>. Ritenour, College physician. I More than 12,000 of these were jmndo by men students, the freshmen leading with 4,200 visits. Seniors requested treatment the least number of times, totalling 2,011. 'The College health service gave out 2,079 excuses from classes during the period from October 1 to May 1. Physical education excuses, totalled 42, while 3G permanent excuses from R. O T. C. were given. STUDENT GROUPS DEVELOP ACTORS Thespians, Penn State Players Enact Musical Comedies, - Dramas During: Year The Penn State Players and the Thespians are the student organiza tions which develop and display the dramatic talent of undergraduates and which furnish entertainment for the college in their numerous productions throughout the year The Thespians were founded in 1897 when they played with all male casts In 1908 when the trend to w ard the musical comedy spread throughout intercollegiate drama, the Thespians changed to that type and since then have been staging the lighter forms Although it has been almost entirely a men’s organization, women received parts in the produc tions last yen’*. Casting for the re vues or musical comedies is done on an all-College competitive basis. Membership is by election following achievements in the productions or on the managerial staff. Try-outs in Fall Entering their twelfth season this Fall, the Penn State Players have produced over one hundred three-act plays. During the 1930-1931 season seven plays were given in Schwab auditorium. In addition to those pro ductions the Players secured a second place in thc N one-act play contest of the Pennsylvania Intercollegiate Dra matic association. Tr>-outs arc held during the Fall for those interested in dramatic work and students who show ability arc selected. Additional tnals ore held throughout the year when casting is made foi the play to be given next Both men and women arc eligible for parts in the plays. Membership m tfie Players is by elec tion and is recognition for dramatic achievement in several plays or on the production staff First Students at College Helped Complete Building Which Housed Entire School Wealth of Tradition Amassed by Successive Undergraduate Generations in Past Form Campus Background “Every college lias n legend . . . In seventy-five years, Penn Stnti corded in old volumes and dusty pru wonder. What were freshmen like seventh toms, no upperclassmen to look up to and long hours of work. The sixty-mi as the first freshman class in Feb-'j ruary, 1859, found Old Main in the proccst. of construction, and to thcm| was delegated the task of finishing the budding. The undergraduate of today would look askance of these pioneers. In those early days when Penn State was still the “Farmers’ High School,” stu dents rose at 5 o’clock each morning, and began their study or work before 6 o’clock. Their classes lasted until G o’clock at night, and all lights were out beford 10 o’clock. Old Main housed the entire college in 1850, and until 1886, dormitories, classrooms and administrative offices alike were contained in the same struc ture. Even after that time students lived thero for many years Around this ancient building, now replaced by a modern administrative building, hover muny of the legends STATE COLLI STUDENT COUNCIL, BOARD CONSTITUTE GOVERNING GROUPS Tribunal Established To Punish Violations of Freshman College Customs LEGISLATURE MEMBERS SELECTED BY SCHOOLS Men, Women Choose Separate Groups of Class Officers At Spring Election Student government at Penn State ■a vested in two legislative bodies, the Student Council and the Student Board, composed of undergraduates elected for a term of one year Representatives from the three up >er classes make up the Student Council, each of the seven schools in the College having at least one repre sentative m each class. The Presi lent of the Senior Class serves as of the Council The Student Board is made up of seven students and the -Dean of Men. Three of its members arc elected from the Council, two seniors and one junior The presidents of the three uppei classes and the editor of the Collegian aic other students on the Boaid, and the senior class picsi dent also serves as president of this group. Student Council is the actual legis lative body of student government. It recommends, creates, maintains, and regulates the customs and traditions of the College, taking steps to sup port and carry into effect any policy to sustain the good name of the Col lege, and to promote mutual under standing between the faculty and stu dent body Board to Coordinate The Student Board has a primary mission of acting as a co-ordinating body between the Student Council and the College administration. This group meets each week with the Dean of Men td discuss student problems Tho Board makes recommendations to tho Council foi the final sanction of that body. The Student Board also has the power to serve as a disci plinary body, making recommenda tions directly to the College adminis tiation. Tho Student Tnhunal, composed of five members elected by the Student Council, has a sole purpose of met ing out punishment to freshmen who break College customs. The women students at Penn State have their own student governing bodies, the Senate and the House of Representatives. The Senate formu lates all rules and regulations govern ing women students, penalizing as it secs fit all offenders of these rcguln- (Conlinucd on page three) tc has gutheiod many memoiies, 10- ints for each new class to lead and ty-five years ago’ They had no cus o; they had little, m fact, but classes mo students who arrived at Penn State which have passed on from dass to class. Buttles between classes and factions have become historic, and the “Old Mam rats,” whose haunts were in the upper stories, number many alumni still. Freshmen Treated Harshly Many grey-haued gentlemen will ic membor with u sigh of regret the episode of tho attic cavc-m Before prohibition, one student beer party was rudely interrupted when the liquid refreshment crashed to tho floor be low There was a suicide window, too, out of which nn English instruc tor 101 l bcfoic breakfast one morning in 1007. In early days “semester shifts” were common; and urrnvcd in these rough flannel gaiments, with corduroy (Continued on page thtcc) :GE, PA., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1931 HEADS Penn State Student Ilody For 1931-32 H. AUBREi MYERS ’32 UNION TO CONTINUE YEAR TRIAL PERIOD Organization for Coordinating All Activities Suggested ’ First in May, 1930 Originating as pail of an intcicol* legiatc movement foi the creation of some coordinating unit for all extra curricular activities within colleges, the Student Union at Penn State will continue its trial penod of one year set last Decembei vvhm it was rati fied by the College Sena -j. First suggested at Penn State in May, 1930, a committee of ten activ ities leaders was Wetted to bung about a definite organization Of the Union, following discussion among etuden. • .v.!./'/< This com mittee was made up of delegated rep resentatives, one from each of the following activities athletics, publi cations, religion, men’s student gov ernment, women’s student govern ment, Interfiaternity Council, Campus Clubs Council, Penn State Club, one for the various honorary and piofcs sional societies, and one for music, diamatics, ami debating In addition to the student members were the Dean of Men, the Dean of Women, tho Comptroller, a Union managci, and two faculty mcmbcis, appointed by the president . Organization Begun The purpose of the Union was the advancement of each activity, coordi nation of these activities to sene a common progiam, and promotion of projects which could not properly he undertaken by individual gioups The plan evolved from the invesign tions of a student-faculty* committee on activities which was headed by Dean Aithui It Wamock, following a study of similai organizations in dif ferent colleges In October last vcai, the chosen ac tivities rcpioscnUtivcs met and drew up an orgam/ition requesting autlmi ization for the jstablishniont of a Student Activities Union at Penn State from the Student Welfaie com mittee of the College Senate The organi/atinn as set forth and later approved by the Senate comnn.tie December 8 until a more detailed con stitution could lx diawn up, provided foi representatives of the original ten activities anil an vx officio committee consisting of the Dean of Men, 'the Dean of Women, a Union Manager, and two meinboix the adminis tration oi faculty elected by the stu dent members foi a petiod of two (Continued on page Ihirc) SCHOLARSHIPS. 8 LOANS AID WORTHY STUDENTS Applications for 1911-32 Awards Exceeds Available Fuads Eight loan funds ami ovoi foity scholarships of various kinds are available to deserving .students in the College In addition time me thioc scholarships awaided each yarn by each State Senator An effort is made to distnbute all these funds to those who mo most deserving Infoimation concerning any of these may be obtained from the offices of the dean of men or the dean of women. Each scholaiship is listed m the College catalog with the requisites for obtaining it Applications for the present year, hovvovoi, have exceeded tho available funds. (ttuUrgfeut 1225 New Students To Attend 7th Freshman Week Thursday; Will Register September 17-18 Enrollment Takes Place In Recreation Hall Periodically GROUP ENTERS AS BEST FITTED SCHOLASTICALLY Figures Include Less Than 200 Women—so Men Living At Mont Alto Approximately 1225 first year stu dents will register at Recreation hall in periods on the first two days of Freshmarf, Week, according to the number of applications accepted by | Registrar William S. Hoffman From comparison of ranking by ■ fifths in the graduating classes of their high schools, the class of 1935 is scholastically the best prepared group admitted m the history of the College As in the past four years there has been a slight increase m the number of students who were graduated in the upper two-fifths of their classes. Less than 200 of the new students are women while 50 of the men have enrolled m the forestry course and will spend their freshman year at Mont Alto. At the times designated in the Freshman Week manual, the first year students will appear at Recrea tion hall and receive their schedules for the first semester with complete directions for registering. The whole process should not take over twenty minutes according to estimates of Mr Hoffman. Filling out a blanket registration sheet is the first step All questions have been placed there because they are made use of by some department of the College and should be answered completely. Photographing Is Final Step Cards for each course scheduled should be secured and filled out next Because they are sent to the pro : fessors and are used to admit stu dents to class and, at the end of the semester for reporting grades, care must be taken that infoimation is complete and accurate. After submitting the blanket regis tration sheet and the class cards foi checking, the registrant passes to the ticasurer’s section where the amount of his fees is computed. An estimate can be gained from consulc mg the Freshman Week manual In payment the treasurer will not ac cept checks drawn for sums morr than $lO ovei the total amount oi the fees. The final step in registering is the taking of the photograph for the College records On presentation of the matriculation card which is re ceived after payment of the fees, the Penn' State Photo shop, located on College avenue, will take the picture ficc of charge. Upperclassmen will register on Monday and Tuesday of the following 1 week and classes will begin at 1 o'» clock on Wednesday j DEBATING OFFERS > SPEECH TRAINING, Teams Traveled 3600 Miles During Season Last Year—Audiences Totalled Over 3500 Debating at Penn State offers to a Ini go number of students of all classes the chance to speak in inter collegiate contests and to benefit from pmctico in speech development and presention. Indicative of the num bers used in debates is the fact that tlmtcen out of a squad of twenty men spoke in the schedule of eighteen con tests last year. Four questions were developed by n squad chosen by competition early in the year. Audiences totalling 3500 people were addressed and over 3600 miles were traversed in meet ing engagements. Weekly meetings were held by the squad and the process of building up a workable debate were developed undei tho direction of faculty conches Extensive rending in the Library, the writing of briefs and (Continued on page three) TO GREET Class of ”17 During Freshman Week PRESIDENT RALPH I) lIET/EL COLLEGEYOFFERS VARIED ACTIVITIES Christian Association Directed By Seamans—Hammakcr Leads Freshmen An iniegial part of both the nal tionnl and international (ollcgmte movements, the Pern St «tc r’biet'nn Association is a body of faculty and students fuithering Christian attitude and ideals m individual and campus life Its mam put pose is the sunu.li for a satisfactory way of life '' Ilnrry W Seamans, .is general see retaiy, directs the association staff while Gilbert M Strunk ’27, who has his desk inside the countei at the ent rance of the quntters on the third , flooi of Old Main, has charge of the rooming seivtco, book loans, Student Handbook, and employment Wil liam E Hammakcr MO is the associate secretary in churge of freshman activ ties (/ Any student is eligible to paiticipatc (n the activities