Thursday, September 10, 1931
COLLEGE CUSTOMS
RULE CAMPUS LIFE
Special Restrictions Apply to
Freshmen—Second Year
Rules Abandoned
Customs at Penn State are pinc
ticcs passed on by student generation
to student generation which finally
reach the place of established tradi
tions. Prom many sources these
practices spring and become ingrain
ed m studenc doings through contin
ued use.
The present customs can be divided
into two classes, customs for the
whole student body and customs for
the freshmen. The’ first group in
cludes those practices of courtesy for
the whole student body, while the sec
ond set of customs is imposed for
v thc purpose of disciplining the first
year man and instilling mto him the
right and proper respect for the three
upper classes
Foremost m the first group of cus
toms is the cordial exchange of
Hello’s with which all students greet
each other at the College. Every
student also greets the President in
this manner with a tip of the hat 01
a salute added. ' 1
Customs Listed
At all athletic meets Penn State
students conduct themselves as gen
tlemen and sportsmen. At indopr
meets, it is customary to remove hats
and to refrain from smoking The
singing of the Alma Mater is always
awaited at the end of events. Smok
ing on the campus is confined to plac
es outside the classrooms and labora
tories.
Students at the College klo not
paste or paint stickers or seals bear
ing the College insignia in conspicu
ous -places such as on automobiles,
baggage, slickers or coats. It is axio
matic that there arc more satisfac
tory ways in which the Penn State
man distinguishes himself.
By student action in the spring last
semester all sophomore regulations
were abolished so that the freshman
class is the only group which is re
stricted by arbitrary regulation. How
ever, all students taking basic R 0
T.C. are expected to wear the regula
tion hat while in uniform
The freshman restrictions arc as
follows.
1. Do not go, without coats at
any lime
2. Do not use the front campus
walk or sit on the wall.
3. Do not walk on grass or wjiero
grass ought to be
4. -Never be without your dink and
plain black tic. (Except on 'crips, on
holidays, and on Sundays, or when
entertaining mothers or sisters or
when escorting young women at
times of and house
dances)
5 Never be without black socks
or black golf hose at those times
when you are required to wear the
dink. , v
6. Never use tobacco in public.
7. Do liotrtalk back to upperclass
men when being instructed by them.
8. Do not hang around the places
in which the Student Tribunal is met-
(Contmued on sixth page)
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on leather goods is a specialty here
IVc have the requisite skill and neces
sary facilities Bring your bags,
yrips, etc.,' to us for craftsmanlike
renovating. The fee will bo small,
ind we guarantee that in' each mSt
incc jou will be well pleased with
tur woik. ,
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Old Main—Symbolic of the Present Day Penn State
n ci x c” j. c j j Nittany Lion Bom
Penn State First Founded To Battle Against
As Farmers High School Princeton’s Tiger
Refounding Through Acceptance of Morrill Land The Nitiany Lion, whoso towny
Grant Act Caused Development ITl,™ t PnS„„ or „'“" s ,tf, c „’
1000 to do battle with the bronze
tigers of Nassau, and his success on
th.it occasion led to his universal
adoption latci
J>\ Or. Erwin \\. Runkle
College Historian
The Fat met s’ High School, baptismal name of the Pennsylvania State
College, was a pioneet m agi iuillm.il education, its roots go back ns earlv
as 1850 Its development, if not its veiy existence, is due to us re-founding
by the acceptance of the Mot till Act, signed b> Governor Andrew Gregg
Curtin, April 1, 18G3, pledging the “faith of the State to cuiry k hc same
into effect ”
The fust quart-21 of a ir-nlurj was nnukeel by a struggle to hold the Lana
Grant, and by dnftiug and expenmen.. m educational aims Six presi
dents in twenty-tinoe \c-ar.-. was m the entue Land Grant upon the
scarcely compatible with continuity, of College by the Act of 18G7, led Presi
plan or purpose Di Evan Pugh, d cicnt John Fiascr and the trustees to
man of raic \ision, tiamed by sin* a “reorganization” m which engmeei
years of stud> in tho'uniunsities of ing was to bo taught, agriculture and
Germany, France, and England, the the .uLs expanded. The piogiam was
first great president, died at the e.ul\ too ambitious and too expensive to
age of 36, just as he wa» laving the[canv out. The tiustoes voted a “de
foundations of Penn State His suc-ioiganization” and called Di. Thomas
cessoi.Di William II Allen, foimerlyi H Burrowes to salvage the College
and later president of Giraid College,[and icsloie it to its original pur
served two ycais with no marked in-j poses ILs personal influence stemmed
tcrnal changes but with important the tide of discouiagemcnt at home and
activities in disposing of the Land .opposition abroad (in which the so-
Scnp. {tailed Model F\no. »~>er.tal Farms
Only one couise, agucultuic, was'
offered up to 18Gb, but the settlement;
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ON ALLEN STREET
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FINE ASSORTMENT OF PADLOCKS
20c to $2.50,
Special Locker Lock—no two keved alike —75c
Waste Paper Baskets—2sc, 49c. 89c
Elect! ic Appliances—Bulbs, Flash Lights, Clocks
Towel Bars—Clothes Hangers—Ash Trujs
Pen Knife—Dollar Value—Now* 59c
The Keefer Hardware
Phone 333 Allen Street
Local Service between
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AM I’M I'M
THE PENN STATE COLLEGIAN
For two jears batsmen from Sta’ie
College had administcied defeat to
the Change and Black, but in 1906 the
Pi.ncetomans, led by their newly ac
quired inspiration, the feline statuary
that s'.ood before then gymnasium,
fully expected victory
“Nothing can stand before a Bengal
tiger," boasted a Princeton man
' “Nothing, perhaps, but a Pennsyl
vania mountain lion," a student from
Penn State replied as a matter of re
partee And so the Nittany Lion
gave vent to his first roar on the for
eign sands of New Jersey*.
The next yeai he was formally ad
opted by the College, and in 1908 ap-
(Continued on sixth page)
Welcome ’35 Co-eds
Moore’s Dress Shop
FRONT CAMPUS
Blue and White Bowling
Alleys and Billiard Parlor
Will Open September 12
A Healthful Exercise for Your Spare Time This Winter
Get Your Practice Early for Interfraternity Matches
Freshmen Welcome
H. M. MYERS & SON, Mgr.
JOHN T. McCORMICK DAVID F. KAPP
President Cashier
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK
OF STATE COLLEGE
You will find here the facilities, the resources, and the co-operation
that you need if you are to make the most of your opportunity. We shall
be very glad to welcome you as a new depositor—or to continue to give
our best attention to your interests if you are already with us.
Capital $200,000 Securities and Undivided Profits $272,000
BOARD CONTROLS |
CO-ED ATHLETICS
Women’s Association Sponsors'
Intramural Competition
Among Women
Control of women’s athletics, lies
in a board of the Women’s Athletic
association. Membership in the As
sociation is automatic on the pay
ment of a blanket tax during regis
tration
A member of the Notional Amateur
Athletic federation, the Association
docs not sponsor intercollegiate com
petition for women teams. Rifle, with
telegraphic contests, is the only wom
en’s sport not entirely intramural.
The governing board which works
with the Director of physical educa
tion is composed of officers elected
each Spring, the managers in each
sport, and two sophomores and fresh
men selected by their classes and the
board. The executive group of the
Association cooperates with the
coaches in stimulating interest m all
forms of women’s athletics at Penn
State.
Use Point System
Sports are divided into major and
minor according to their popularity
and m the former there arc both class
and varsity teams In some of the
minor sports only a varsity group is
selected while in others Individual
championships arc competed for.
For work done in athletics women
are awarded points under a system
of the athletic association and for
securing a certain number class num-i
orals are given. ‘S’ sweaters and a!
loving cup for the co-cd with the'
highest number of points arc further!
awards.
In addition to its athletic duties
the Association sponsors Freshman
Week among the women first year
students, a Field Day and picnic, and
an athletic banquet which closes the
women’s sports season
peared on the cover of La Vie, the
yearbook. Seven years ago the first
symbols of Pann State’s mascot were
brought here In the form of two lions
shot in Colorado These specimens i
were placed m Varsity hall as an in
spiration to tha athletic teams thnt
have inherited the name, “Nittany
Lions.”
PATRONIZE OUR ADVERTISERS
1903-04 Freshman Handbook Reveals
Early College Customs, Regulations
I Eighteen freshman handbooks rang
ing from 1903-04 to the present tunc
and preserved m the Penn State
Christian Association headquarters in
Old Main, cast an interesting light
on College customs and conditions in
du>s gone by.
In the earliest book of the collec
tion board for students is quoted at
52 50 a week, while room rent is rated
5100. The statement, “Tuition is
free m all courses,” is inserted m a
conspicuous place to further convince
the student that hu. education may be
received at a bargain
In 1903 there were blit eight social
fraternities, the ancient volume re
veals “On Sunday the rooms are in
spected by the Commandant at 9 a.
in At this time the student it, to be
in hi* room and in full uniform, ex
cepting cap,” is one of the College
icgulations explained to the incoming
student.
The next handbook, 1901-05, pre
sents the first systematic set of Col
lege customs In this code of restric
tions, the student is directed to leave
all classrooms in the order of his class
| Old Main Figures
(Continued from page two)
college The latter is fitted out com
fortably for returning alumni and.
serves as an office for tall Mr. Ed
ward K. Hibshman, who smokes cigars
and takes care of one after gradua
' tion
Next door is Mr Neil M Fleming,
'graduate manager of athletics Mr
Fleming has black hair, helps elect,
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T RAditionALL Y
... a part of Penn
State Student Life
is
The Corner
unusual
Page Five
precedence. Freshman weie prohib
ited from going out after 9 o'clisk
unless accompanied by nn upper class
man.
Another harsh regulation prevents
freshmen from carrying a cane ex
cept in the event they defe.it the
sophomores in football A list cf the
season’s varsity scores icveal that
Penn State defeated Pitt, 59-to-O at
Pittsbuigh
The handbook for the following veai
adds to the customs code a few reslnt
tions which have survived down In
this yonr. In the 1912-13 “Inhle”
there are a series of stringent “don'ts ’
that prohibit freshmen from wealing
cufTs in their trousers and wain the
new students against any desttuclion
of property on Hallowe'en
According to the list of customs,
only members of the thtec uppoi
classes were permitted to kick the
football between halves of a vaisitv
encounter. Green dinks for ficshmcn
became a custom for the fir-4 time m
1912. Last year first-veai students
appeared m blue and white dink-, af
ter nearly two decades of the gicen
hats
student managers of sports, appmves
sports schedules, directs student ath
letics Downstairs is the white and
sterilized domain of Dr Joseph P
Ritenour, director of the College health
service. He wears glasses anil ap
pears stern. He tells one vvhethei oi
not one is ill. Then metes out pills
and advice accordingly.
Three floors above is the glass dnm
marked P. S. C. A. Tall, genial Mi
Harry W Seamans directs from tlune
the wideflung enterprises of the Penn
State Christian association. One is
always sure of aid from that office.