COMPLETE CAMPUS p ~.z/ '1)21 COVERAGE ...z VOL. 28, No. 6 FRATERNITY SILENT PERIOD BEGINS AT , 8 O'CLOCK TONIGHT Societies To Receive Bid Cards In Student Union Office This Afternoon PLEDGES WILL ATTEND DINNER ON SUNDAY NOON Submission of Choices Required By I.F.C. No Later Than Midnight Today With the close of rushing at 8 o'clock tonight, fraternities will be gin a silent period to extend until 6 o'clock Sunday night. Freshmen will indicate their acceptance of a bid by attendance at dinner Sunday noon. Fraternities will receive the cards for bidding feat-year men of their choice at the Student Union office in Old Main from 1 30 to 5 o'clock this afternoon. Cards will be returned to the offics not later than midnight today. Distribute 13ids Tomorrow Distribution of bids among fresh men will be made in envelopes. Each man will receive whatever , bids have been entered for him at the Union desk between 11 and 5 o'clock tomor row afternoon. Unescorted by frater nity men, the freshmen will attend the Sunday dinner of the house of their choice. The silent period will extend until G o'clock Sunday, after which open rushing may be carried on. In the relent period them shall be no com munication of any kind between freshmen and members of fraterni ties under penalty for violation of the Snterfratornity Council rushing code. To Punish Violators Violations of the code should be reported to Prof. Sheldon C Tanner, faculty member of the council board of control, within the next ten days. Depending on the seriousness of the refraction, the board will mete out punishment. Included an the penal ties are forfeiture of the $5O bond, suspension of social privileges for the following semester, publication in the Collegian, and notification of national officers. BOY SCOUTS TO USHER ' FOR FOOTBALL GAME Will Continue Services Ihrected by Blue Key Society Tomorrow Continuing the system inaugurated at last Saturday's football game, Boy Scouts will act as ushers at the Lebanon Valley game tomorrow, Neil Fleming, graduate manager of athletics, said yesterday. "We expect to use uniformed Scouts in this capacity at all of the games this year," said Mr. Fleming, "meth members of Blue Key directing the work." All second assistant football man agers tvill araar a distinctive outfit while working at the games this year; the uniform consisting of white trousers and blue jackets, Mr. Flem ing said. DEBATING HEADS TO ATTEND CONFERENCE AT HARRISBURG Prof. John H. Frizzell, head of the public speaking department, and Jos eph P. O'Brien, men's debate coach, will attend a meeting of the Debut ing Association of Pennsylvania in /I.l7‘.l.ura', tomorrow. Coaches from Pennsylvania, Mary land, and Delaware will meet at that time and discuss plans for intercol legiate contests in the coming year. Questions for debates will be consid ered and decided upon. SECURE ENGINE FOR TESTING A new Chevrolet automobile en gum, for use in the mechanical en gineering laboratory for test and for teaching purposes, has just been re ceived by the department of mechan ical engineering. TO ENTER NATIONAL MEET Having *teed first m the Eastern States Exposition dairy products judging contest, the Penn State team will compete for national honors at Atlantic City, October 26. Francis J. Doan will coach the College dairy team in the National Collemato con. test. -. _ . -- . Registration Figures Attain 4,760 Total Students at the College number 4,760, a final check on registra tion figures reveals This total includes all who had enrolled for the first semester study up to Wednesday afternoon, when the total was brought up to date. With the total of registrants es tablished at 4,650 for the regular matriculation period, the new fig ures indicate that over 200 stud ents : registered late. The final total represents an all-time record for Penn State. PENN STATE CLUB TO HOLD SMOKER Executive Secretary Will Speak In Meeting at Old Main Tuesday Night Broaching a long list of activities for the year, the Penn State club will hold is smoker for non-fraternity men Tuesday night at 7 46 o'clock sa the first floor lounge of Old Main. Adrian 0. Morse, secretary to President Hetzel, will speak to the meeting on "What the Penn State Club Can Do For You," according to Leonard T. Miller '32, head- of the club To Entertain on Dad's Day Projects planned for the year for men not affiliated with fraternities include a hike next week-end, a dance near Thanksgiving time, and a cabin party sometime in November As was done last year, the club plans to sponsor dancing lessons next spring for their members. When the parents arrive on Dad's Day, the Penn State club will enter tain them with a program of smokers and meetings. The usual refresh ments, cider and pretzels, will be dis tributed by the club members. The non-fraternity men are also planning to hold a bridge tourna ment at about the same time as the Interfranternity Council contest is being run off. The winners will en gage the fraternity team that wins in that tournament. WOMEN ADVISORS MEET WITH DEAN Each Senior To Direct 10 Freshroc In Croup Discussion About Campus Probloins Senior women acting as advisors for freshman groups met Wednesday afternoon in the office of Miss Char lotte E. Ray, Dean of Women, to 'dis cuss campus problems which they will take up with freshmen. Each of the eighteen senior stud ents will head a group of ten fresh man women which will meet early next week for a general get-together preceding the first of the discussion meetings. The advisors, who mere selected by Miss Ray, 'Elizabeth C. Bell '32. president of the W. S. G. A , and 3f. Lydia Haller '32, president of the senior class, Include, in addition to Miss Bell and Miss Haller, Muriel E Bowman. 'Dorothy W. Cummings, Louise Darlington, Anne A. D'Olier, Elizabeth Everett, Rosemary Forbes, Miriam E. Gaige, and Sara A Gar brick. Other senior women chosen wen Eleanor M. Hill, M. Catherine Little, Marie E. McMahon, H. Lomse Mar quardt, Helen 31. Patton, Josephine K. South, Margaret E. Tschan, and Mary M. Wright. DEAN CHAMBERS TO PRESIDE AT EDUCATIONAL CONVENTION Dr. Will Grant Chambers, Dean of the 'School of Education, will pre side at the session tonight of the Pennsylvania State Education asso ciation annual central district con vention at the' State Teachers Col lege, Lock Haven. Miss Mary J. Nyland, associate professor of education, spoke at the convention yesterday on "A Practical Guidance Program and Its Adminis tration." TO STUDY' MOTION PICTURES Th.: study of the rotation of com mercial motion pictures to moral standing is being continued this year, Dr. Charles C. Peters of the depart ment of educational research, an nounced. The project is expected to be completed about March 1, at which time more detailed information wdi be available. - _ STATE COLLEGE, PA., FRIDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1931 PARENTS MAY GIVE FUND FOR STUDENT . LOANS FROM DUES Association Will Consider Aiding Men, Women at Meeting 'Here, October 17 PERKIN HEADS DADS' DAY ARRANGEMENT COMMITTEE Program To Include Conducted Campus Tours, Smoker, Players' Offering The advisability of establishing a loan fund for men and women stud ents will be disea=sed at the business meeting of the Parents Association Dad's Day, October 17. The' money for the establishment of the loan fund will be secured from the dues paid each year by the par ents belonging to the association. At the same meeting officers of Or! Par ents Association for 1931-32 will be elected A student committee headed by Emanuel Perkin '32 is working in conjunction with tho Parents Associa tion in arranging a varied program of entertainment for the visiting mothers and fathers. In addition to Perkin the committee is composed of W. Jay Kennedy '32, H. Aubrey My ers '32, Hugh R Riley '32, and Elea nor M Hill '32. Deans To Receive Immediately following the business meeting the visitors will be conduct ed on an intensive campus tour with members of Blue Key and the Penn State club acting as guides. This tour is optional and will include sec tions of the campus of special in terest to the parents. Contrary to an announcement ap pearing In the last issue of the COLLEGIAN there will be no tea for mothers. Instead Dean of Women Charlotte E Ray will be in her of fice all day to receive visitors. Deans of all other schools will also receive in their offices during the day. Will Offer 'Broken Dishes' H. Aubrey Myers '32, president of Student Council, will preside at a smoker and cider party for the Dads in the Armory at 7 o'clock In addi tion to the smoker informal entertain mitts are being arranged by fritter -intim, The Penn State Players will pre sent 'Broken Dishes,' a comaly writ , ten by Martin Flavin, at 8 :30 o'clock in Schwab auditorium. Reginald It Keartun '32 will receive the leading role in the presentation which will be directed by Arthur C Cloetingh, pro fessor of dramatics 32 CANDIDATES ENROLL FOR GRADUATE STUDY Seek Docturn', Masters' Degrees in BiOIOgICRI Chemistry Work Thirty-two candidates for advanced degrees, the largest number in the history of the department, have en rolled for graduate work in agricul tural and biological cherrnstry, this year. Of the number, ten men are neck ing a Doctor's degree, while twenty two are working for the degree of Master of Science. Represented in this group are two foreign countries, Germany and Porto Rico, and the state of Maryland, lowa, North Carolina, Virginia, Mich igan', Minnesota, Indiana, New Jer sey and Nen York The undergraduate moan of the department of agricultural and bio logical ehemistty at the College, is the largest in the United Stales. llndignant Manhood Answers Co-eds' Bitter Criticisms "Co-eds arc made, not born." -. • . So spoke a wounded Penn State manhood in answer to bitter invec tives launched against its fair name by caustic co-ed critics. That the Penn State co-ed's per sonality is normal when she first comes to college, is conceded by most males. Give her two weeks with her seasoned inmates and she becomes conceited, sophisticated, and an ob -1 ject for pity, not scorn. Because she soon realizes that, if at all presentable, she can have a whole school of masculine admirers —who must have their amusement as best they can—she becomes secure and smug as she coasts along on the Co-ed Silent Period Will Start Tonight Silence period far women's frat ernities will begin tonight at 8 o'clock and continue until mid night Monday, according to an an nouncement made by Eleanor 111 Hill '32 president of Panhellenic Council. During this time no com munication or conversation may be carried on between fraternity wo men, their alumnae or advisors . and rustrees. A list of the women bid by each fraternity must be at the office of Rev. Donald W. Carruthers, Room 304 Old Main, not later than 10 o'clock tomorrow morning. Wo men receiving bids to fraternities will be mailed ballots on which they will designate their choice of feat. °unties in the order of their pref erence. Rushees must fill out and mail these preferential lists not later than midnight Monday. Returns of the ballots will be an nounced to fraternities at 10 o'clock Wednesday morning. All frater nities will hold pledging services Wednesday night. COMFORT TO TALK IN CHAPEL SUNDAY Haverford College President, 2 Students Will Assist Lingnan Project Dr. William W. Comfort, President of Haverford College, will speak on "Penn State at Canton" in Chapel Sunday. Other speakers on the pro gram are H. Aubrey Myers '32 and Ruth H. Niebel '33, members of the committee here on the Lingnan Uni versity. Now at the end of its twentieth year as a student tnterprise, Penn State in China looks back over a Pe riod of great growth in size, as well as in popularity among the Chinese During times of war and famine, the bit of Penn State on the other side of the world has stood among the few western influences to remain un molested. Writes Test Books George W. "Daddy" Groff 'O7 has become endeared by two decades of service to his Oriental pupils, and now holds the position of Dean of the School of Agriculture at Ling nan. Several Penn State students have gone to study in China, and Chi nese scholars hose come here to ce ment the already strong ties between the two institutions. The speaker and Dean Ralph L. Watts, of the School of Agriculture, are members of the Board of Direc tors of Lingnan University. They were elected by the Chinese members of the Penn State in China project to serve with them Although he has spoken here many times in Chapel services, Dr Com fort's talk will be his first in two years. lie has had a wide experience in teaching, and has written several Spanish texts, as well as many arti cles dealing with philosophy. TOWN COUNCIL AUTHORIZES IMPROVEMENT OF 2 ROADS Under authorization of Boiough council, road repairs are being made on Fairmount and Prospect avenues from the intersection . of Gainer street to Pine street The road running along Fan mount avenue between these two points is being graded and surfaced, while the paving on Prospect avenue is being resurfaced and sewer pipes are be ing installed. Local contractors are carrying on the work. Installation of a new storm sewer system on Col -1 lege avenue was completed recently unbalanced ratio of men and women here Never before kissed in her na tal city, Podunk, she soon imagines herself the ultimate in social suc cess and fails miserably in her at tempt to Imitate Gicat Garbo and the president of her floor. Male students stand abashed at her finesse in chiselling. They urn an noyed by her equestrain attempts on Locust Lane They wish she wouldn't talk widely of her doting conquests —and keep stiangely silent about so cations at hdrue They smile to them selves at her coy antics when traver sing the distance between the dorm and the gym, romper he-clad. She has an endless topic for con versation in het student govcinment Totirgiatt. ENGLISH PLAYERS TO ENACT DRAMAS HERE OCTOBER 24 Ben Greet's Traveling Company Known for Production of Shakespearian Plays SPECIAL SCENERY LENDS TRUE ELIZABETHAN TONE Program Will Include 'Hamlet,' 'Comedy of Errors' in - 2 Appearances Presenting Shakespeare's plays in the fashion of his time, the English players of Ben Greet, internationally known actor, will perform before Penn State audiences on Saturday, October 24, under the auspices of the Penn State Players Ben Greet's Players are a well known organization of English act ors touring America and England and presenting the plays of William Shakespeare in the simple manner of the early Seventeenth century. They! are recognized by many as the most outstanding actors of Shakespearean drama at the present time. "The Comedy of Errors". will be presented in the afternoon, while the first quarto of "Hamlet" will be en acted in the evening at Schwab audi torium. This version of the. entire latter play is nearer to the average time length of plays than the later versions, which sometimes run for five hours. Appeared Here in 1917 The company consists of from twelve to fifteen members Con trary to the cast of a typical Shakes pearean play, a few women also will perform. The troupe will probably bring their own string instruments to accompany the action, Scenery mill include flats to tin part the true appearance of an Eliza-' bethan stage, while typical costumes of that age will be worn by the. Englishmen. Both scenery and cos tames regularly accompany the com pany in America and abroad. Tours of this troupe began in 1900, and since then Ben Greet and his . Players have made frequent trips to ! the United States. Se‘eml appear- ' ! anc,s have been made here, the last in 1917. On each occasion they were well teems ed A representative of the company wdl be in town next week, at which time preparations will be made for their reception and for the salt of tickets to the student body and fac ulty. The Penn State Players will be in charge of the management of the performance. 37 FRESHMEN EXEMPTED FROM ENGLISH COURSE Ranked First in Examinationh Taken During Orientation Period Front a class of over 1,200 fresh men, 37 students received exemptions from English Composition 1 as the results of an exammation held in the mientation period, according to Prof A. Howry Espenshade, head of the depai tment. With 18 e•emptions, the Liberal Arts School had the highest repre sentation while Education followed with 10. The School of Chemistry and Physics had 3, Engineering, Mm oral Industries, and Agriculture had 2 apiece. Fifty-one exemptions wvre granted last yeas while 38 were made the previous year. Libeial Arts School earned the highest reprnsentatlon in both those years with 18 and 14 te speetwely. —which no living being has yet fig ured out. She believes finely in Vine Delmar, reducing suggestions, salads, Eugenie hats, which on the average coed look like oysters on the half shell, hikes to the woods curly in the morning, lov.liy collecting, and Ramon Novelle. Sounding a note of optimism many masculine obset vets report that around the junior year the co-ed at tains a healthier attitude. She be comes companionable and loses tot the most part her former shell of conceit and pseudo-sophistication. In fact, she's not so bad. A senior was once known to take a co-cd to an all-College dance. `Collegian' Will List Fraternity Pledges Listing of all first-year men who accept fraternity pledges on Sunday will be published in the Tuesday issue of the COLLEGIAN. This will be the only published bet of fraternity pledges and is sanc tioned by the iushieg chairman of the Interfraternity Council Reporters will call for Slater city lists early Sunday afternoon Any revisions to the list should be phoned to the COLLEGIAN office be foie Monday noon TRYOUTS SET FOR HOUSEPARTY REVUE Thespians, Players, Glee Club Will Join in Production November 6, 7 Tryouts for parts in a special Hous2party revue adl be held in the Schwab auditorium at 8 o'clock Tues day night The Penn State Players, Thespians, and Men's Glee club will combine to pt-scent an intimate show, modeled after current 1,V1.1,.. Tao perform ances are scheduled, the first for Friday night, November 6, at 7 30 o'clock and the second for Saturday night, November 7, at the same time To Stage 'Broken Dishes' A directing board composed of Di rector Richard \V. Giant, of the music department, Prof. Arthur C Cloetingh, director of the Players, and Prof Hummel Fishburn, of the music department, so :II cast for the presentation Tuesday. Men and women students who have had stage experience of any typo or mho can do musical or dance special ties are urged to tryout for the pres entation. The revue mill be com posed of skits, mass music by the Glee club, dancing, and individual specialties. This production is the only one in m Inch the Thespians mill appear dur ing the lint semester, mhile the Players schedule then fist nem pro duction foi ihinualy A re-showing of "Broken Dishes," staged last year at Commencement, will take place on Dad's Day, October 17 31 TO JOIN CO-ED , SINGERS TUESDAY Bea Members of Girl's Glee Club Will Rehearse With Group In Auditorium Hall 1 hirtv-one n-in members of the girl's glee club will rehearse with the former gi nun at its first meeting in the foyer of Schwab auditorium at 7 o'clock luesdav bight Selection of the new members, the majority of whom are freshmen, was made by Director Richard IV Grant. head of the music department, and Mis Willa Williammee, new directress of the I club First sopranos chosen include Mil min Allowav '35, Margant Bonnier 'B5, Josephine Broberg '35, Annetta Clumsier 'B5, Ruth Evelett '35, Mar poet Flok 'l5, Margaret Gris,en '35, Bollv_liintsaicl, '35, June Roberts '34, Jessie Thy '35, Marg., Wolter '35, and Northel Zufall '35. In the second soprano group are Theresa Buer '35, Dorothy Bolton "15, Lucy Erdman '35, Anne Fagan 'O5, Priscilla Gentian p '35, Margaret Ha, singer 'B5, Myra Knouse '35, Giet ellen Marquardt '35, and Josephin: Stetler '34. Alto inernbeii, schcled wine Paul ine Espeini.hade '35, Lillian Eitel, '3B, Lucille lians,n '3B, Rosalie Joseph '35, Milley Rose '35, Mlidled Rupp '3B, and Mury Scott '35. TO STUDY FORESTRY HERE Piof. T. J. Starker, assistant pm lessor of the forestry school at Ore gon State College, is visiting brie dining the rear. Ile will spend his leave of absence studying adminis tration problems of the Forests!. School, and teaching silviculture here His visit will enable Harold H J. Lutz of the Forestay School to study for his doctor's degree at Yale Forestry School. 20 MAKE INFIRMARY VISITS Facilities offeied by the college in firmly had been used by 20 students by the fast of this week, breaking pre‘ious records for the number ad mitted during the fast week of col lege, Dr. Joseph P. Ritenour, College physician, said Tuesday, ESTABLISHED PRICE FIVE CENTS LIONS WILL FACE LEBANON VALLEY HERE TOMORROW Captain Lasieh To Lead Fighting Nittany Football Eleven In Second Game ANNVILLE LINEMEN HAVE 7-POUND WEIGHT MARGIN Higgins Expects Hard Struggle Despite VisitOrs' Ddfeat From Georgetown Lumps. co, the P , rot Slate-I,ch 'p.nr nab n loothOt ;nog In found on the ann, ts Ingle Determined to bieal into th, Win ning column after a 7-to-0 setback at the hands of Wavinsbuig College last Saturday, the Lion grid machine led by Canton Judy Lwath orII en gage a stubborn ele,n from Lebanon Valley College on Neu Ramer field at 2 30 &clod, tomorrou aft,yrnoon Although Conch Hooks Mylin's elesen fell before th-• strong attack of Georgetown by a 25-to-O score last week, Coach Bob Higgins is not counting on an easy aftm noon for his Blue and Whit-. varsity The Ann sdle linemen will outsseigh the Lion forwmd wall by appioximatels sewn pounds to the man, while the back fields arc matthad as enly as to weight. Of this yeal's Lebanon Valley team fne lincmen and one backfield man played against the Lion% bore last year. To enter the games with these sie lett-N.:nen tomorrow, Coach Mvlm intends to start lout sopho mores. With the sting of the defeat left by Prank Wolf's Yellow lockets on mind, Coach Bob Higgins will send a neck of Lions hungry fro the taste of victory against the knaville colic vans In fwecasting his opinions of the coming struggle the Lion coach was pessimistic and cautious. With the exception of Coil Wille in the backfield, Conch Higgins sill send in the same lineup that took the field against Waynesburg Doc Conn, guard on last wingn's basket ball train. a ill icplace Wille at the right halfback post To complete the backfield, Bob Snyder Noun call the signals while Phil lloomes is to hold lows the other halfback position with Captain Lasich set to do the line plunging as fullback Brenstet and Glonshaw aie Hig gins' selections fin the wing poi., thins while Stennieck anti McMillen aria likely to be the stalling tackle,: (Continued on fourth page) 700 INVITATIONS MAILED FOR SCHOOL. CONVENTION College , \% 111.1 d Setmid Gulaw, Mor, than 700 inntations to the second Guidance and Persoonel con ference to be laid hue on Octobu 'lO and .11 hate I can marled to county and district simenntmdcnts, to sup crosors and high school unwinds, to registrar s of State Teachers Colleges, SCeletalies of intvate schools, and college teachers of alueation The meetings %%Pre made .111•111.11 events at the suggestion of high school leaders Wire attended the in ! rtial conference held in connection with the celebration of the see oily fifth arms er,ir I of the founding of the College last fall The aim of these conferences Is the co-operation of the College and high schools for the hatter pi, paranon of rannsylvame high school students for college woo< 'nos year the pro gram trill center err the basis used by colleges to select members of the freshmen class, and the results of those selections. ENGINLERING SCHOOL DE 1N \HU. GIVE LECTURE FRIDAY "Uriemplo!, merit InNut once, its causev, effects, and emediei" will be Chic subject of the first engine. int: 'octal e slay, Octobet 16 at 4:10 o'clock in the cheniritri. anuntheatle. Th t event talk by Gerald Swope, esalent of the Delno' Electric company, will also he t colon ed at this tone by Dean Sobel t L Sackett, of the &heel of Enzinceting.
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