:Or _ . ESTABLISHED • run - ;. COMPLETE CAMPUS 1904 a r • Tni rgtatt4. COVERAGE Vol. 29, No. 1 Fraternities To Open Rushing on Thursday Interfraternityi Council Assists Organizations In Solving Problems--Establishes Uniform Code of Action Fifty-six Penn State social fraternities will, begin their annual "rushing" period at 5 o'clock r on the first day of Freshman Week, Thursday, September Intensive entertaining of freshmen will begin at that time and continue until the bidding of new members at the close of the fifteen-day period. Eyery Pend State social' fraternity, national and local, is represented in group known as the Interfraternity Council. The pUrpose of this organise 'tpin is to "aid , and assist its the solu Alen oeproblems common' to the var ioummember: fraternities, and to reg ulate and , dovern their relations with one another, with the College, and with' the general public." . The waS, in which fraternities may , rush, bid, and pledge new members is one of the important duties of the Council. Each year the outgoing rep-, resentatives draw ilia Rushing Code which applies to'the forthcoming col . fege year. Rushing Defined The 1932 Rushing Code defines "rushing" as "the presence of a rushee in'a fraternity house or the presence of a fraternity man iti a rushee's rofm." A "rushed" is termed "any non-fraternity man in his first year at Penn State." , • At their first section meeting dur ing Freshman each new student will be asked to make out a card giv ing his name, local address, home ad dress, and• religious preference. This information will, be distributed to all fraternities by the following morning. Early in Freshman Week all first year;men,will be given • edate cards" will sign the name of the fraternity in making a luncheon or, dinner engage ment with a rushee. These date cards are the only legal means by which a fraternity can make rushing dates. AIL rushees not classed as freshmen may receive date cards and further instructions at the Student Union desk in Old Main. Fraternity rushing begins at 5 o'clock Thursday afternoon, Septem ber 15 and ends at 8 o'clock Friday night, September 30. No fraternity will be permitted to make more than four dates with a rushee for the en tire, period. The first two engage ments must be completed before the second two can be arranged.' "Silent periods," during which there is to be no communication of any kind between fraternity men and rushees, extend from the close of each evening elate until the following morning at 8 o'clock. Two other silent periods, one in the middle of the fifteen-day period and one at the end, have also been scheduled. . Bids will be sent iu by fraternities to the Student Union office in Old Main not later than midnight Friday, September 30. Rushers may receive all the bids assigned to them by call ing at the Student Union office on Saturday, October 1, from 11 o'clock' in the morning to 5 o'clock in the af ternoon. Although ..a fraternity "may en lighten the rushee in any fraternity matter," bids may be offered "only at the regularly scheduled time in the proper manner." The rushee shall signify - the acceptance of a bid by ap pearing at the fraternity of his choice for dinner at 12:30 o'clock in the af -ternoon on Sunday, October 2. Penalties which will be imposed in .full or in part for violations of the rushing code include the following: (a) Publication in the COLLEGIAN. (b) Notification of national offi cers. (c) Forfeiture of fifty dollar bond previously posted. • (d) Suspension of social privileges for the semester immediately following that in which the violation occurred. FRESHMEN FORESTERS SPEND FIRST YEAR AT MONT ALTO Approximately fifty freshmen en rolled in forestry will spend their first year - and the following summer at Mont Alto, a branch of the Penn State school, where there arc excellent phy sical facilities for training along prac tical lines. First year men at Mont Alto have the same customs as those at State College. They also organize their own sports, activities, and clubs. UNION COORDINATES WORK IN ACTIVITIES Organiiation of Representatives In All Fields To Begin Second Year A co-ordinating unit for all the ex tra-curricular activities at Penn State, the Student Union has taken its place among the valuable student organi zations in its short existence since it was first suggested in 1930. The Union has no legislative power and is not supervisory but accom plishes its work by suggestions to its component groups in the form of ree- ommendations. Representatives front Student Council is the actual legis each of the major activities constitute lutive body of student government. It the formal .membership of the. Union recommends, creates, maintains, and Board although every student en- regulates the customs and traditions i gaging in activities is automatically of the College, taking steps to sup a member of the Union. port and carry into effect any policy Elected by students engaged in each to sustain the good name of the Col particular field of activity, one repre- loge ' and -to promote mutual under sentative from each.Of the;follow standing'betWeen the faculty. nd stu ing 'men's' athletics, women'd athletics, re- Board to Coordinate , • 2 ligious 'organizations, men's student The . Student Board has a primary government, women's student govern- mission of acting as a co-ordinating ment, publications, music and dram. body between the Student Council atics, Interfraternity Council, Pan- and the College administration. 'This Hellenic Council; honorary fraterni- group meets each week with the Dean tics, Penn State club, and one repre- of Men to discuss student problems. The Board makes recommendations to sentative from the Interclass Budget the Council for the final sanction of Committee, Des Ex• Officio Members In addition to the student members there are included in the membership the Dean of Men, the Dean cf Women, a Union manager, and two members from, the administration or faculty elected for terms of two years. The purpose of the Union is the ad vancement of each activity, the co-or dination of the activities to soye a common program, and the promotion of projects which could not properly be undertaken by individual groups. In its short history, the Union has undertaken and completed many pro jects. All-College dances were held free of charge after several basket ball games last •winter, the Student Loan fund was aided through Union projects, and its general services were extended through the information bureau situated on the first floor of Old Main. Penn State First Founded As Farmers' High School , Refounding Through Acceptance of Morrill Land - Grant Act Caused Development Tho•Farmers' High School, baptismal name of the Pennsylvania State College, was a pioneer in agricultural education; its roots go back as early us 1850. Its development, if not its very existence, is due to its re-founding by the acceptance of the Morrill Act, signed by Governor Andrew Gregg Curtin, April 1, 1963, pledging the "faith of the State to carry the same Into effect." The first quarter of a century was marked by a struggle to hold the Land Grant, and by drifting and experiment in educational aims. Six presi dents in twenty-three years was. scarcely compatible with continuity of plan or purpose. Dr. Evan Pugh, a man of rare vision, trained by . six years of study in the universities of Germany, France, and England,. the first great president, died at the early age of 36, just as he was laying the foundations of Penn State. His suc cessor, Dr. William If. Allen, formerly and later president df Girard College, served two years with no marked in ternal changes but with important activities in disposing of the Land Scrip. Only one course, agriculture, was offered up to 1866, but the settlement of the entire Land Grant upon the College by the Act of 1867, led Presi- STATE COLLEGE, PA:, SATUADAY, SEPTEiIiBEIVIO, 1932 STUDENT COUNCIL, BOARD CONSTITUTE GOVERNING GROUPS Tribunal Established To Punish Freshman Violations of. College Customs EACH SCHOOL SELECTS OWN COUNCIL MEMBERS Men, Women Choose Sepaiate Groups of Class Officers At Spring Elections Student government at Penn State is 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 per classes make up the Student Council—,each of the seven schools in. the College having at least one repre sentative in each class. The Presi dent of the senior class serves - as president of the Council. The Student Board is mode up of. seven students and the Dean of Miss. Three' of its members - are elected from the Council, two seniors and one junior. The presidents of the three upper classes and the editor of the COLLEGIAN are other students on the Board, and the senior class presi dent also serves as president of this group. that body. The Student Board also has the power to. serve as a disci plinary body, making recommenda tions directly to the College adminis tration. The Student Tribunal, composed of five members elected by the Student. Council, has a sole purpose of met ting 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 sees fit all offenders of these regula tions. .The House of Repreientatives deals with rules of lesser importance, goy , erning the women's dormitories, quiet hour, signing out for social privileges, and appoints all chairmen of social (Continued on page three) dent John Fraser and the trustees to 'a "reorganization" in which engineer ing was to be taught, agriculture and the arts expanded. The program was too ambitious and too expensive to carry out. The trustees voted a "de organization" and called Dr. Thomas H. Burrowes to salvage the College and restore it to its original pur pdses. His personal influence stemmed the tide of discouragement at home . and opposition abroad (in which the so-called Model Experiment Farms largely figured), but he died in office after but three years of service. Dr. James Calder, a classically trained, classically minded executive succeed- (Continued ha Nupu cight) Go :Slowly More so than 'ever before will freshmen be the target for students selling all sorts:of .orticles this year. Some of the articles will be useless to the majority of freshmen and then again °titers will not be. The choice is theirs. When a peri..on buys an article under normal circumstances he con siders its utility as well -as his. fi nancial ability -to buy. • But condi tions of Freshoech Week arc not normal. Everything is new and strange. Events are run off with surprising space. • For this reason freshmen are at a disadvantage to salesmen. , Go slowly in' buying from these purveyors, most of whom spring up at times ill:v.:these to reap a little harvest and: then sink bark into oblivion. This appeal is in spired out of pity for, past fresh men who were onia targets. If the incoming' freshmen only evaluate and go_ slowly they can't go far wrong. 2 HONOR SOCIETIES REWARD FRESHMEN 35 Upperciass Groups Choose Students -for Success In Varied tines, • Two freshman scholastic honorary fraternities give the earliest recogni tion to students who, have been out standing in scholarshiP during their first semester. Thirty-five upper clasi groups recm,rive •further achievement along .: , ifilne-liner - fatel` • Phi EcirSigma"awfios:lmeMbei:smp, to all freshmen Who at; the end of their first semester - have' attained a 2.5 average or better. To those who have raised their grades to the mini mum mark on the basis of work for the first two semesters membership is also extended. With chapters in thirty colleges throughout the coun try, the freshman honorary annually elects from thirty-five to forty new members. Alpha Lambda Delta, sister organi zation of Phi Eta Sigma, performs similar functions for the women stu dents at the College. Each year from five to eight women fulfill the 2.5 requirement. Elect Twice Yearly Honorary fraternities usually set up a minimum Scholastic standard which a student must secure before he is considered for membership. Ful filling the minimum requirement does not automatically make the student a member of the society. An election must first be held among the active members of the organization. Nearly every branch of collegiate activity—scholarship, journalism, de bating, dramatics—has its honoraries which usually elect members from the junior and senier classes on the basis of their achievements. When under classmen have been outstanding in the field and the society ruling permits, exception is made to the casinos of ex cluding freshmen and sophomores. Elections are in most cases held twice a year•, one in the Fall and the other in the Spring. The highest ranking honorary for recognition of scholarship in all schools is Phi Kappa Phi which was established at Penn State in 1900. To become eligible for election a stu dent must be in the upper twentieth of his class on the basis of seven semesters and fulfill the further con dition that his average be at least 2.4. Election takes place in the senior Membership in Pi Delta Epsilon, men's national fraternity, is given for achievement in journalistic work on campus publications. Sigma Delta Chi which was installed lust year at Penn State is a professional society and offers membership to students majoring in journalism who intend to follow that line of work. Alpha Theta Epsilon is the women's journalistic society. Foe work in debating, Delta Sigma Rho is the lone honorary fraternity. (Continued On page eight) Over 14,000 cases are treated an nually at the College dispensary, which is located in the east basement of Old Main. In addition, the College infirmary on east campus has facili ties , for approximately twenty-two patients. ' 1225 New Students To Attend Bth Freshman Week Thursday; Will Register September 15-16 Enrollment Takes Place In Recreation Hall By Periods CLASS OF 1936 RATES " MGR SCHOLASTICALLY Figures Include Approximately 225 Women-50 Men At Mpnt Alto ApproxiMately 1,225 freshmen have been admitted to the class of 1036 and will register at assigned periods during the first two days of Fresh man Week, according to an announce ment by William S. Hoffman, College registrar. With 441 having been graduated in the upper fifth of their classes, this year's freshmen compare favorably along scholastic lines with last year's class, which was the best prepared in the history of the College. Of the remainder, 346 were graduated in the second fifth, 204 in the third fifth, 91 in the fourth fifth, and 69 in the low est fifth. Totaling.. approcimately 225, the number of women in the class of 1930 exceeds that in anl l previous freshman class. ,Of the men, 50 have enrolled in the forestry course and will spend, their first year at Mont Alto. Speech Test Required 'vocedtira:thi's yetir is year,.a s_pecf.-4, , , new requirement. Each freshman will reg ister during thetwo-hour period as signed to his section in the Freshman Week manual. Registration should not take more than twenty minutes. Filling out a blanket registration sheet is the first step in the proced ure. Every question on the sheet should be answered completely be caue of the importance to various departments of the College. Cards for each course scheduled should be secured and filled out next. They are sent to the professor who admits students to class with them, and at the end of the semester they are used to report the student's grade. After completing these two steps, the registrant then goes to the treas urer's section where he pays his fees. An estimate of the probable amount can be made by consulting the last page of the Freshman Week manual. Checks for sums greater by more than ten dollars than the total nmount of the fees will not be accepted by the treasurer. Photographing each freshman is the final step in registration. The Penn State Photo Shop, located on East College avenue, will take the picture free of charge on presenta tion of the matriculation card which is received after the payment of fees. Registration for upperclassmen will take place on Monday nod Tuesday, September 19 and 20. All classes will begin at 1:10 o'clock Wednesday af ternoon. HISTORIANS WILL MEET HERE SEPTEMBER 15-17 Shields To Welcome 'Visitors At Opening Session Thursday Historians and teachers of history from all over the State will attend a Pennsylvania Historical convention, conducted by the Pennsylvania Feder ation of Historical Societies and the Pennsylvania State Historical Com mission, here September 15, 16, and 17: Five plenary sessions and two sec tional conferences have been arranged for the visiting historians, who will be welcomed on Thursday morning by the Hon. J. Franklin Shields, pros'. dent of the Board of Trustees. Presi dent Ralph D. Holed will preside at a dinner session at the Nittany Lion Inn Friday night. Dr. Asa E. Martin, head of the his tory department, and Dr. Wayland F. Dunaway, professor of history, are on the committee on general arrange ments. Dr. Dunaway also heads the committee on local entertainment, while Willard P. Lewis. College li brarian, is chairman of the committee on exhibits, To Welcome Freshmen PRESIDENT R. D. lIETZEL STUDENT GROUPS DEVELOP ACTORS Thespians, Penn State, Players Enact Musical Comedies, Dramas During Year 1 ..4 The Penn Stat A Players' had the Thespians are 'Att, eat organtatiOnsl '""-- • ' ~...tidi.,"tnn-ths:.,7t rc, .."" Lawn w ,7-:rn: 4. '"..--.11. same time, r ,a h _ nterto,,, n en, for the College in numerous taref,ductions throughout the year. Ifolding their first try-outs early in the Fall, both organizations give freshmen an opportunity to appear in Productions. Casting is done by grad uate directors on the basis of ability. In addition to the try-outs held in the Fall, casting for productions later in the year is done by further trials. Enter Thirteenth Tear Entering their thirteenth season this year, the Penn State Players have produced over one hundred three-net plays. The Players staged five major productions during the 19314932 sea son and tool: part in a combined Players, Thespian, Glee club produc tion in November. Men for a long time filled all the I roles in Thespian productions which !first were mode on the campus in 1097. In 1908, as the trend toward the musical comedy spread through out intercollegiate drama, the Thes pians adopted that type and since then have been producing the lighter forms. Since 1930 roles have been open to women students. Membership in both Players and the Thespians is by elec tion and is recognition fOr dramatic achievement in productions or for sm.- vice on the mechanical staff. ORATORS ADDRESS 2,600 IN 16 MEETS Debatinq Team Offers Opportunity For Development Along 'Audiences totaling 2,600 persons heard members of the College debat ing team in an extensive program of It contests that took members of the squad 2,700 miles through the east ern and southern parts of the country lust year. Having approximately the some program each year, the debating team affords to students of all classes op portunity for development along for ensic lines and fur the exchange of idens with representative undergrad notes of other colleges. Five questions were developed lust • year by a squad which was selected through competition. The policy of giving training in debate to as many students as facilities permit is main tained by the coaches. Weekly meet ings are held and the process of build ing up sound cases is followed through from preliminary draft to polished speech. Work in debate among tine women students is done in much the condo manner as among the men. Extensive reading in the library on I selected topics, the writing of briefs (Co?lttitued on pogo eight) PRICE FIVE CENTS Official Opening Follows Wednesday Night Assembly GROUP ASKED TO ATTEND ALL SCHEDULED SESSIONS Members Will Receive Physical Examination By College Health Service. With the first informal assembly scheduled for Wednesday night, the eighth annual Freshman Week will officially begin at 8 o'clock Thursday morning, September 15. Freshmen will be welcomed to the College by President Ralph D. lletzel and the Student Union at the open ing convocation in the Schwab Audi torium at S o'clock Thursday night. AS members of the freshman class are directed la be present at this and other meetings during the six-day period. The Penn State Christian associa tion will welcome new students nt an informal assembly . in Schwab Audi torium at 8 o'clock Wednesday . night, September 11. Student counselors chosen from •the upperclassmen will be introduced at this meeting and will meet for the first timewith their . L sections :immediately,. following :the tweity' r two groups cording to the school or curricula in which they are enrolled, all fresh men, with the exception of those in Chemistry and Physics, will begin ac tivities with school meetings on Thursday morning. At these meet ings, which will be the first of three or four in each school, freshmen will become acquainted with deans and departmental heads and will be given information and directions about their chosen course of study. A thorough physical examination will be made of each freshman at scheduled hours during FreAnnan Week by the College Health service at the dispensary in the basemem of Old Main. A physical education con ference will be held with all freshman men at regularly scheduled hours in Recreation hall. During assigned periods, placement tests in English, chemistry and mathe matics will be given to freshmen in certain schools. An intelligence test is also given to all freshmen for the general guidance of administration officers and advihers. In addition, two hours of library practice arc scheduled for each section. Each of the twenty-two groups will fleet by itself six times. At two of these meetings, members of the fac ulty of the School of Education wilt give instructions on how to study. A third meeting will he in charge of upperclass student leaders who will instruct the freshmen concerning stu dent traditions and customs, while the other three meetings will be with stu dent counselors. Sports Provided Each morning at 11 o'clock all freshmen, unless otherwise scheduled, will assemble in the Schwab Auditor ium for an horn• of singing and cheer ing under the direction of Prof. Rich ard W. Grant, head of the music de partment, and undergraduate cheer lenders. Following the afternoon ses sions, opportunity is provided' for participation in outdoor sports, in cluding football, baseball, tennis, golf, volleyball and onoits. Mass meetings will be held each night, except Saturday and Sunday, in the Schwab Auditorium at 8 o'clock. The opening convocation will be held on Thumlay night, while the program on Friday night wl,ll be connected by the religious activities of the Collegu Student government officer, will ad. tire:, the freshmen Monday night and on Tuesday night an athletic rally Un der the supervision of the Athletic Association will he held. Special programs during Freshman Week have been arranged for the benefit of freshman women. An ath letic field day will be held on Monday afternoon,
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