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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 <f the Chiistian
Association The freshmen are oigan
'zed into the Hugh Beavei club and
hose entiling into its piogiam are
•noie likely to advance to the inghei
positions of leadership in the associa
ton pioper Officeis an elected bv
he chili members uftei a senes of
gatherings and instiuetive talks In
addition to the legulat week I v moet
ngs each Wednesday night, then* will
ie joint nffniis with the freshman
loium of the Y W C A, hikes, re
treats, and spenal piojects.
/ Has Main Missions ,
/candidates foi the Chiistian Asso v
elation cabinet take p.nt in the phase
if the piogiam which most interests
them. Solving at fust on special
pi oject committees they giaduully as- ■
-unie positions of greater responsibil
ity as committee clummen
By demonsliating interest, nbilitv,
and leadership qualities, men in the
lower positions oT tho set vice will he
noticed by the cabinet which usually
Meets its succeeding group in Match
The newly oigani/ed cabinet then
,nonunales members as officers foi the
following yeai and an all-College stu
dent election follows to make the .se
lection fiom the nominations
Posters on tho bulletin lioanls as
well as Coi.LioiAN at tides will an
nounce c unpus touis, the welcome
mass mooting held anmmllv foi the
freshmen, open house at Andy Lytle,
cabin, which is situated in tho moun
tains at Shmgletown Gap, the Fresh
man senes, Hugh Heaver chib meet
ings and othei activities of the Clm&t
tun Association
FRESHMEN FORESTERS SPEND
FIRST YEAR AT MONT ALTO
Students omolled in the Forestry
couiso spend their firet yeni and tho
following stunmoi at Mont Alto, a
branch of the Penn State school,
where there is excellent physical
equipment for tiaining along piaclical
lines
First year men have tho same cus
toms at Mont Alto as those at State
College. They oiganize then own
uctmtics and clubs.
ESTABLISHED
PRICE TEN CENTS
Official Opening Follows
Wednesday Night
Assembly
CLASS ASKED TO ATTEND
ALL SCHEDULED SESSIONS
Members Will Receive Physical
Examination By College
Health Service
Following an informal assembly
Wednesday night, the seventh annual
Freshman Week will officially open
at 8 o’clock Thursday morning, Sep
tember 17, with approximately 1225
first year students in attendance.
President Ralph D Hetzel will wel
come for the College the seventy
six.h fies-hman class at a convocation
in Schwab auditorium at 8 o’clock
Thutsday night On the preceding
night the Penn State Christian asso
ciation will hold an informal assembly
and conduct group meetings with
sections counselois chosen from up
perclassmen to give intimate personal
aid to the fust year students.
To fulfill the Freshman Week pur
pose of making new students and tho
College acquainted, the entire fresh
man class has been directed to at
tend all the sessions m the seven day
program Each member of the Class
of 1935 will follow a schedule of meet
ings designated in th|e Freshman
Week manual.
To Take Phj deal Tests
' Divided into twenty-two groups ac
cording to the cunicula in which they
are enrolled, the freshmen will be
gin activities wuh school meetings.
Five of these will be held in all and
will acquaint the students with the
Deans and department heads with
vvhnin they will work during their
entire College career.
At scheduled hours during the
week, each freshman will receive a
Jioiough physical examination given
hy the College Health service at the
dispensaiy m the basement of Old
Mam Physical tests will nlso be con
ducted at the Recreation hall and will
foi m the basis for the program of
health supervision and physical edu
cation
Each section will meet by itself
•ax limes Two periods will be de
voted to mstiuction in how to study*,
undei the supciviston of the faculty
of the School of Education. Upper
class student leaders will instruct the
freshmen in College traditions and
customs at a third period The re
maining tin c*j meetings will be with
the student counselois
Have Daily Song Practice
Every day at 11 o’clock, freshmen,
unless o.heivvise scheduled, will as
semble in the Auditorium for a rec
reational hour of singing and cheer
ing practice under the direction of
Piof. Ricluml W Grant, director of
ipusic, and the cheerleaders. College
•Kings and yells as well as special
ci cations for the class of '35 will be
Darned in those periods. Participa
tion in outdooi sports has been sched
uled to follow Jr» afternoon sessions,
facilities will be provided for foot
ball, baseball, tennis, golf, volley
Jiall, and quoits
With the exception of Saturday and
Sunday, mass meetings will be held
in the Auditorium at 8 o'clock each
night of Freshman Week. The first
will be tho opening convocation on
Thinsdnv night Friday's program
will be in chaige of the religious ac
tivities of the College. On Sunday
morning at 11 o’clock the entire
freshman class will assemble m the
Auditouum foi a chapel service The
following night, student government
officers will address the freshmen on
topics related to the Penn State sys
tem of student government and on
Tuesday the meeting will take the
foim of an athletic i ally under the
supcivision of the Athletic Associa
tion
,TE \MS HAVE DUAL CAPTAINS
Foi the first time in about five
yearn two Penn State athletes will
scive as captains in two sports apiece.
Fred C. Bland ’32 jr. will captain
basketball and golf while Robert W.
McKunc M 2 will lend both the soccer
ami tennis teams.