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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
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The Penn Stat A Players' had the
Thespians are 'Att, eat organtatiOnsl
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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,