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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1931
FRESHMAN WEEK AND RUSHING
Piobably at no other lime Ims Penn Sltue so waim
nil «o enthusiastically welcomed a freshman cl tss
ost smiultaneoush with Hie College welcome to the
s of 1935, Penn State fraternities also extend will
ing hands to the new class Freshman 'Week and
hing begin together, and togethei they combine to
nilatc jnobably the most actne two-week peuod in
lives of the newest Penn State students
If the purpose of Fieshman Week is cat lied
jgh students will become acclimated to the College
at the same time will luue icceived enough mfor
on to launch them successfully on an all-impoitant
yoai period
If the pm pose of Rushing is carried through suc
ull>, at the end of a fifteen day period nishces will
themselves safely quaiteied among friends who
piovcd themsedves congenial and who are Mtally
ested in the vclfaie of the new pledges.
Only the stuctest observance of the Rushing Code
the p.ut of both freshmen and upperclassmen will
rent the defea. of the pumaiy objectives of Fiosh-
Not until the first day of actual classroom work
fieshmcn be requned to obseive College customs as
pled by Student Council But theic is always one
:om that should be at atl „imcs. The Penn
te “hello” is moic than just an underclass custom,
s a tradition that should be observed by all classes
MORE THAN VICTORY
With many misgivings and a feu audible groans,
n State’s student body several ycais ago greeted
announcement that m the future the College uould
(t no financial lemuneiation for athletic seivice®
so doubts ueic not confined to the undeigiaduate
y. There ueic alumni, and many of them, uho
cd definite disapproval. And theie ueic still more
> offered no open objection although thej looked foi
d to Penn State*', athletic futuie uith heavy hearts.
For sevetal years Penn State team? have felt vhc
its of this new policy Giadually, uhilc other col
■ teams have built up then football squads uitli ex*
enced plajeis, and made the«e plavcrs atti.ic.tnc
is, Penn State has inkon joung men uith little pie
is experience and has refused to hold them uith
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.'he 1931 football squad, facing a schedule as dif
: as almost any team m the East, is composed en
f of men who recene absolutely no financial assist
fiom the College foi their seruces on the giiduon.
.ing at this situation fiom a compaiative angle, it
is almost impossible foi the Penn State eleven to
pete with the high giade teams on the schedule.
Anti yet, stiange to say, the student bod> does not
n k o he gloomy over the outlook. Natuially, theie
essimism found in some eomois, but the mujouty
n to view the situation with a feeling of lehef—
■f that Penn State has plajeis on the field who arc
’ing the game without the “win at any cost” idea—
lout any touch of piofcssionnlism in then makeup
This is not nn expiession of the fact that Penn
:e students do no. expect and hope foi many vie
is during the coming football campnign The long
season dulls in the hot sun would seem ridiculous
ss the ultimate aim of the coaches and players was
ary ovei Pitt 01 Colgate or Syracuse Ilowevei,
stand taken by College officials against subsidation,
the hearty backing of this policy by an undeigrad
i majority, must indicate that at Penn State some
g in addition to \iclory is expected of ns leprcscn
.es on the giuliron.
rho nation-wide economic cusis has apparently not
ted the enrollment of Penn State’s newest class.
1,2."0 students form a group nearly 75 m excess of
fall’s class The depression, liowevei, has taken
)11 here, foi there are many indications that the
ess slump has caused a serious dropping off in the
Intent of the thice upper classes
)iiectoi Bozdek is to be congratulated for develop
i well rounded iiruamutnl spoits piogram during
irnna Week, pointing townids an attempt to ro
for a time the muddled brains of freshmen who
mlcavonng to absorb a gieat deal of valuable m
tion and advice within u short peiiod.
OLD MANIA
Theie is a qinmt old custom at this institution
whereby piaclicallv every able bodied party who
gets a chance to write a Message to The incoming
fteshnien does just that. This department has been
scratching its head ami biting its fingernails for these
two weeks past, ti>ing to think of something new
& different to heap upon the poor boys, and we
finally clashed tlnu in our usual Big Wav. The Old
Maniac here presents a few valuable hints on
How To Study
Anybody really interested m finding out how to
study can sa\e themsehos & us a lot of time and
tioublc by turning to page two of the September 10th
issue of this lag, where there are two columns of
fntheilj advice on the subject, and trying to make
head or tail of either column It’s all way over
omj head For instance, it sajs: “But the import
ance of acquit mg true m factual knowledge should
not bo minimized for on it depends the ability of using
knowledge” Maybe yon can dope that out. As far
as we’re conceined (and We’re not concerned very
much, believe Us) it’s just another way of saying,
“You can dnve a Rolls-Rojcc phaeton from here to
Tjrone m thirty minutes if you have a Rolls-Royce
phaeton ”
Then there is a blurb which goes like this “By
continually forcing oneself to speed up, by skipping
wisely, and by leading phrases and sentences instead
of vvmds, injml leading can be developed” Now’
that’s all right as fai as it goes, but it doesn’t go far
enough. That’s all light for the first two weeks or
so—just skipping dinky little sentences and para
graphs But altei a couple of weeks, a really good
student can force lumself to skip whole pages at a
time. Pro.ty soon he will be able to foice himself
to skip chapters, and fiom there it’s only a step to
the point where he can skip whole books without
batting an ejelid. And by the second or third year
of thts, even the average student can force himself
to skip right past the library as tho it wasn’t there.
There, you doles’ It jou don’t know how to study
now, >ou never will.
One of the Maniac's biggest worries at tins time
of the 5*201 is the business of meeting guys Meet
ing the lodge In os. is bad enough, because you can
usually lemcmbcr then fust names at least, and of
couisc there is the good old time-honored foimuln
You simply’ force a fraternal grin all over your pan,
extend the light hand, and chortle, “Howaiya Joe
gee ya loohm giea. have a good summer thass fine."
Once in a while you run across some dizzy bud who
starts to tell you all about the swell lime he had at
the shore & how ho prnctically got engaged to some
million-dollar blonde, boy she was a Knock-out no
foolm and—about this time „you can ease out the
neaiest exit,
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The othei night the art editor of Ft oik wont up to
Old Mam to Took for something 01 othei in the of
fice, and found it locked. So he hunted up the jan
itor and asked to be let in the office. The janitor
was \ery nice about it, but he couldn’t let anyone in
there -without a pass—not even the editoi-in-chief,
let alone some 2xl art editor “And where,” asks Zern,
“do I get a pas3 ,> ” “I dunno,” says the fella, “but
you gotta have one " Finally a campus cop gave out
that Mr. Ebert gave out the passes So Zem calls
up Mr. Ebeit and asks if Mi. Ebert would please tell
the janitoi to let the art edrtoi m the office and this
is the art editor speaking. For awhile Mr. Ebert
hold out on the grounds that he couldn’t be positive
who he was talking to, but he finally gave in and told
the janitor to stick right with the suspicious charac
ter and see that he didn’t steal any of the priceless
bric-a-biac or Peisian mgs fiom the office The ait
editor finally got back home without being airestcd.
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THE P3NN STATE COLLEGIAN
COLLEGE REVEALS
CAMPUS CHANGES
Grounds, Buildings Department
Finishes Seeding, Grading,
4 Athletic Fields
Extensive leseeding and grading of
the campus, the completion of four
practice athletic fields, and the adap
tion of the old College power plant
for research Inboratoues are the out
standing features in a long list of
changes already effected or planned
for the near future by the depart
ment of grounds and buildings.
Constant reseeding of the main
campus and the Allen street mall was
made necessary in the last several
months, according to Superintendent
George W. Ebert As a result, no
functions w ill be allowed on the front
campus until Spring, at least. No re
sanctions will be placed on the use
of the natural amphitheatre south
east of Old Main.
Workmen are now grading out foui
pi.ictice fields for soccer and la*
ciossc south of the golf course and
west of Atherton street. The fields
will probably bo ready for Spring
piactico.
Will Remodel Carnegie Library
Earlv this month plans for the
utilization of the old Power plant
were undei way. Pait of the build
ing will be given over to petroleum l
research under the direction of Dr
Merrell R Fcnske, of the department
of chemistry, who accomplished re
markable results m this field last
year.
An indirect lighting system wnll re
place the present desk lights in the
Carnegie Library reading room be-:
foie the end of the month, and new
floor coverings will be laid m all pub
lic space of the libraiy. Schwab au
ditorium will also benefit in the gen
eral overhauling with new floor cov
erings in the aisles and new stage
curtains.
Two new handball courts were con
structed in Recreation Hall under the
noith bleachers with the installation
of paititions. A semi-permanent par
tition will separate the courts fiom
the main floor, and a concealed light
ing system will illuminate the courts
Ban Posters on Campus
Minor changes include a rearrange
ment of Dean Charles W. Stoddart's
office in South Liberal Arts build
ing, cleaning of walls in Old Main, and
repair work in the dormitories. The
inteuoi of the Armory will be paint
ed this Fall.
A new'oament walk along the north
side of Schwab auditorium was laid
last week, while grading operations
were conducted in wooded sections
northwest of Pend laboratory and,
, , WELCOME CLASS OF ’35
Campus Green Room
College Avenue at Pugh Street
. ASK ABOUT SPECIAL WEEKLY RATES
Many Students
Apply for Jobs
In Coming Year
“I must have some work in order
to remain in college,’’ is a statement
an unusually large number of stud
; unts, both freshmen and upper class
men make when seeking jobs at the
Chustian Association office.
Thirty different kinds of woik in
which they are expenenecd are in
dicated by the students, some of them
technical skills.
•Believing that none of the towns
people or faculty members want the
students to leave because of failure
to secure woik to help defray ex
penses, the Penn State Christian As
sociation has made an urgent appeal
to all citizens of the town tn make a
special effort to use student help
either to work for board, room oi pay
by the hour
WILL MEET AT LYTLE CABIN
The Penn State Christian Associa
tion will hold open house for all new’
students at the Andy Lytic cabin, at
Shingletown Gap, Sunday afternoon
fiom 3 to 5 o’clock. J George Thomp
son, ’33 will act as chairman at this
meeting.
west of the Horticulano building.
Inasmuch as no arrangement has
yet been made to supply bulletin
boards on the campus giouncls, Super
intendent Ebert has announced that
posters will be confined to those in
the buildings and that no signs or
notices will be allowed on the campus
trees or lamp-posts
“Smitty”
PIANO TUNER
WELCOME
FROSH
S.C. BILLIARD
PARLOR
ALLEN STREET
Under Music Room
BASIC R.O.T.C. STUDENTS
WILL RECEIVE NEW CAPS
Upperclass -Officers To Wear Tan
Belts, Regular Army Insigma ~
Modified overseas caps similar to
those used m the air service will bo,
issued to basic R. 0. T. C. students in
place of the overseas caps worn last
year, uccording to an announcement
by Captain Winvhrop A. Hollyor of
the department of military science
and tuctics.
The new headpieces will be trimmed
with black piping, and will be issued
immediately upon their arrival here-
A ruling passed by Student Council
at its' last meeting makes it a tri
bunal offense for a. basic student to'
omit wearing the cap when in uni
form
Long trousers will replace the
btecchos woz'n with riding boots in
the advanced R 0 T C. uniform for
merly. Other changes in the ad
vanced uniform include the substitu
tion of regular _Army insignia for
that used in the past and use of tan
Sam Brown belts instead of black
ones.
To Enter Agricultural Show
College agricultural authorities will
ship five pure-bred beef cattle and
three registered horses tomorrow to
the Eastern States Exposition at
Springfield, Mass., where they will be
shown next week.
AN Lines of Beauty Culture
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BEAUTY SHOPPE
Cor. Allen St. & E. Beaver Ave.
Opp. PostofFice
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studies on the mental attitude o
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John R. Richmds of the .engine
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