Penn State collegian. (State College, Pa.) 1911-1940, September 20, 1932, Image 1

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VOL: 29; No. ':3
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.FRESOMANI:.;WEEK
': -. peqiy,;L:SackOt Will #ddress
ALL YiltST-ICEAR, GROUP.
MUST•APPEAR AT RALLY
Speakers .lii lode, Aug° Bezdek
= , • Coach Higgins, Captain,"
Climaxing the alghth annual.period
of Freshman ', Week'
activities; an , ath
held by.:,the Athletic
, association in Schwab Auditorium. at
':,;.8 o'ciock - tonight,
•
!33; - ,,piesident. of
association, will preside -at - the
Following' the'. ifitrodaction
t - he captains' and • coachea the
- 1.-C:k • •
by,..3fosii, Dean Bober ,
',','''L'..Shckett; of the School of:Engineer
and president of the College Boird
of .:Atfiletie" Control;
,will address the
'An FreshAien 'To Attend•
•', Aceordingr to'. nresent plans for a
short, 'peppy, meeting, , the - freihnien
. also „hear: from' Director Hugo
the: SchOol of Physical
Education . and.' Athletics, and Bob
head foothill coach: George.
"Spike" :Collins .'33, captkin Of
may
,also sPeaY.
' the .last general assembly
Frahnian Week,' the :,eniire class
students,:is : expected, , lto
The purpose, the meeting,
r eref.thelyarlaii:College.nperts; 'nth
`"f'letic officials, said:':
Grant Wilt:Lead :Singing
William li. ' Hartman ' a3, - iMad
',.',eheerlender, and his ;tiff of assistants
will add seat. to the all-4thlotic,,meet=
leg, by leading : cheers. College songs
`Will ...be sung ,under the direction of
Prof. 'Richard W. Grant, head of the
Music 'department. •
-At' • "the; maal:,'Meeting held last
. night, sttiiient Ygevernment officials
• spoke informatively: on topica relating
to the system of student, government
used here.. John A. Wood '33, senior
clesi president and student .board
ehairman, : presided at the meeting.,
' The first-year students will cam:
pink:their week of school and coon
,solor.meetings, examinations,f:idace
; - ; M914 , tests, and general—assemblies
tomorrow
„morning, ,regular,` classes
starting ' at noon. . '
FRIZZELL SPEAKS
AT - FIRST CHAPEL
counsels`-Freshmen to Entplay . Own
- • •• . , .• .. •
'Judgniint as• Beat Way for
tanianini Verdancy
Thalwailie'-get..rid, of your ver
'clanCy,.is to use'your own good. judg
~ ireio,h . couriseletl, P icif.:Johil H. Frii:
,College - caplain,• at the
Special Freshman' Week; chapel, in
Schwab Auditorium - Sunday' orning.
iS ,not -nrenaration for, life,
.': but really is . life;,according to:Profes
2.'sor:Frizzell."
,As, an analogy he de
picted it, stream in which , many, `may
: a lot of splash,
.; and the wise may swin, but on `the
....banks of'whiCh.rio one may rest:-
..The five
,meat important things in
=liege," . said- . the speaker, "are Fun;
both . physiciil in'd 'Mental; Yriendship,
:bhe central- need . Of human nature;
Wonder,; the'CuriositY that -eminaies
. all forms of burnan research; .;Knowl
•for knowing's, sake;: and Ito
• .%•• • I
,
b.; The College . chaplain warned the
freshmen._ against, the, "bored-with-,
life" wise iuy, whom, he said; ",would
. .
haye been extinct long ago if it were
::_not for the fact that he could impress
-, the,freshm6l:" •
'§UCUIIMBS.AFTERY
OPERATION DURING SUMMER•
'3l;
.member of the
o.o3limrsity,basbetball teanyand
at:Mahnemann Medical .Cullege,
this suiriiner fol
operation' on the ear.'
hNC•"Appendicitis caused ' the death of
Sweet !38,' While :Milani
,?,,eC:TC r itia , fOrd;,'34; student ' holding ,
aUerage . ,.."diect , following nervous
_To. Addie.ss Freshmin
COLLEGE GIVES 14
LEAVE OF ABSENCE
Faculty; Members Will 'Travel,
Study, Work in. Europe, '• ' • •
Other Countries '• '
: Fourteen leaves of :absence ,.
•ingfeight for: graduate. study in'other
institutions, and six' fOr various ,
arly, pursuits;. luiVe been granted by
the College dor the present academieyear.
Dr. Carroll D. Champlin, profesioe
of T education, • *ill: spend the first
semester 'teaching ; in -the. - School:* .of;
Ederatioxi'lli:Oe:Vnivieriity, of !Fort..pi
"4ean,'.of
ge h
aluinnui of Penn State, ',yin
plaee.here during
that.neriod.;',
? To Study' EuropeanTorscua
Arthur C. Cloetingh,• profeasor of
dramatics, will spend the :first two
months of the first semester. in a
study of ,the. European theatre. ..in
vestigation of the dramatic: work of
the colleges. and universities , in , the
United tStates` will , occupy time
the second, part of the semeater.
Dr. James.E. Gillespie, professor of
European history, will spend the lar:
gei mitt of the coining academic year
in preparation of a history of Europe
,from 1815, a companion volume to his
"A History of Europe from 1506.10,
1.815.". 'Prof. Clinton'L. Harris, head
of the'department of architecture, will
do research work at the United States
Bureau of Standards during the year.
' Prof. Megitt - M. ;Harris, .of , the
English: composition department, will
visit;Philadelphia lihtaries 'and other
institutions during tiielfirst *nester.
Dr. Charles F. Noll; professor' of ex
permental agronomy, and superinten
dent of farms, was granted a leave
(Continued:Mt page two)
Rushing Chairman Warns
Against Dating Violaoons
Strict ,Observance of 'Silent: Period 'Requested
By: Ebenbach '33—Tanner Scores
Unethiecd Practices
. .
Further interpretation' of- the , defi
nition of rushing , and a warning to
observe the silent periods were sound
ed'yesterday by Harris Ebenbich.'33,
chairman of the Interfraternity coun
cil • committee „ori'
"Although the code defines rushing
as ''the- presence of rushee: in a
fraternity or_the presence of a fra
ternity man in the rushee's room'," it
does• not ' mean that. fraternity! , men
may entertain freshmen by means- of
automobile rides,,moving pictUres and
downtown lunches at times other than
during legal datei .with' the' rushee,"
declared .Ebenbaeli: . •
"'Likewise there must, be alisOlutely
no 'comniunication 'whatsoever ' with
freshmen during, the . . silent, periods
from the close of the dinner engage
meet-at'night'lntil,B',o'clock the'next
morning," he said.-',."A' feW;:fraterni
ties' have :been guilty,•;OCconVersing
with , fiestimia by meitiis.oft:thi•Aelez
pfiOneduring these -- ,hiaire.i,::,Theise
houses' should remembeilhat.they 'era
lay,ing , ,themselVeti . .cipen - for b penalties
should the violatiooe-reparted."
;,;?Making-of ,datei .the three
hair. period -, in., the, morning "from 8
permissible,
STATE COLLEGE,: PA:, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1932
HISTORIANS FORM
;PERMANENT GROUP
AT MEETING HERE
Hon. A...80yd Hamilton Elected
TenWorary Head of New
State Association "'!
CONVENTION ATTENDED .
BY OVER 100' VISITORS
Organization Founded To Foster.
Interest in Pennsylvania
History, Research •
Organization ota permanent Penn-
Sylvania Historical association was
the outstanding, result, of the state
wide historieal convention which over
100 . hiStorians attended here lasi
week-end, according . . to Dr. Wayland
F. 'Dunaway,. of the history deiart
ment,'who was chairinan of the cora
raittee on local entertainment.
Temporary officers elected for the
new organization include the Hon. A.
Boyd Hamilton; head of: the, PeinsYl.:
vania Federation of, Historical
'as' president; Dr.' Roy, F.
Nichols, of the University of Pennsyl
yanin, as vice president;.' and .Dr.
Paul W. ,Gates,' of Bucknell Univers
ity, as secretary.' •
, To Promote' Research •
. .
The purpose. pf the new organize
lion is to . Provide membership for
those interested in 'Pennsylvania his
tory who are 'not ' affiliated 'with- one
of ' the seventy-seven'-historical histories] soCi
aties in
.the',Stste as cv - ellasfor those
who, association will also
proaiete.research and Stinto . lao. inter
." Modeled after` 'similar organiiiti
ons.:M New York and Massachusetts,
the'new association has as.'one of its
aims the, publication of magazine
historical- research papers.
Committees have, been appointed . to
draw up a constitution for 'the ass°.
elation and.tO confer with the Penn
sylvania Federation of Historical So
cieties.
eA'sioiiPlantied'iiext Year:
Provisions for arranging the first
regular session of the association a
year hence will be•nigde,.bY the presi
dent. This year's , convention was, an
outcome of the history meeting held
here last May and was not a session
of the new association formed here
last week-end: , „.
Six plenarY sessions and two sec;
tional . conferences Constituted the
program -of this year's Meeting, 'which
was conducted by the' Federation and
by..the Pennsylvania-State Historical
commission. `The , visiting . historians
were:welcomed by the Hon .L.Frank
lin- Shields, president of the• Board of
Trintees,.- while. President Ralph; D.
Hetiel presided at a dinner session
Friday night.'
according: to Ebenbach, but extended
communication with the freshmen der
jog Ala 'period is froWned upon as 'a
violation of the code.
, The kactice of fraternity' men.
sigMni into the second period of
freshman's date card when ,first
period :datee. are available is:con
sidered unethical' by Prof. Sheldon
C. Tanner, faCulty member of 'ln
terfraternity council board of-con
trol- 'There is nething to restrict
auch.practice and there no pen-.
alty
,for' violation: according to the
code,, but. Professor . - Tanner, has:
made it 'clear that he will turn the;
matter', over to the Interfraternity
council; and any fraternitY Continu-:
ing.this practice will be, subject to
;owlet,: penalties from' •litterfra,
.'"FreMinitfes 'Siri'useneci•Make Aites ,
in the 'second period •untirtliose'in'tlie•''
first; period twee'. been'. conipleted,'?
said the chairman of the Cushinicom 7
mittee.'''"lrmvever it 'is'permissible;
to 'make ,dates, in the •seeond:periOd .if
t
the' freshman ' s card is,e pletely•fill
ed for the, first period."• •.'•-,;',' '• ,• '
Dqds' Dqii4heduled
Saturd4;oCiOber 8
Dads' Day .this-year will be hela
:on iSitihrday,, ()Maher 8, .when the
Nittiny. gridlneri4agage Waynes
burg-on New Beh.:y - er, Field.. The
annual Dads' and boys', smoker will
take place - in Old: Main on Saturday
.' In, the morning :'of Dads'/Day a
'regular. business; Meeting
e Will be
held at Which: the!,offieers of the
Parents' accociatteM;Wlll be elected.
The report oMthe'it,ildent loan'ined
with"recOnimendatipiti for its use
during .the yearwitl he' read by
Dean of MenAt:qit R.:Warnock. •
HETZB, 14 1 f14 HOLD
ANNUALIECEPTION
President, :Trustees To : Gree
Faculty. , M
, etitie}s in Old
Main•oa,TinlrsdaY
. . ,
Presicleat' annual reception
..
for the ficultr,ancl'atieeutive staff of
the , College .willAtilie'.plaCe in Old
Main from lto'clock Thurs
day
Withfifteen members of:the Board
of Trustees - und...their : Wives, in ad
dition to i'residentl,andMrs. lietzet in
the receiv.ing:line; the faculty and
staff Will,:be..weldOmek in the second
floor • lounge. first,. floor lounge
will be reseried•fah 'dancing,
Truotoei 'Toclosp'Wf College
_ .
. Coming . - here,lor: the; irst time in
years in bodY4 : fifferi members;
the. Board of `'.Trneeds {gill make- a
complete'iaspectio~t of: , the' ; College
,buildings and . Friday :and
'StaVrday,',:to„
'cle`arideri:o , llinviiik4rtig
Collegn., .
Having , beeti 01:annual custom for
some years, the reception serves as a
social get4ogether for the faculty of-,
ter the summer vacation. It also acts
as an official welcome to, the new
members of thelaculty. , ' •
As in former years no meetings of
the . student organizations'.and pub-'
lications take'place,Old Main
on. Thursday night, the' entire
'tieing reserved for the ',inspection
of the faculty.
PLAYERS TO GIVE ,
'• SHOW OCTOBER'S
Will Rapsat . Commencement Drama
'The Nut Farn,' as .Filist •
Play This Season
'As their first production of the 1932-
33 season, the Penn State Playeri:will
repeat their presentation of "The 'Nut
Farm" on Fathers' Day, Saturday;
October 8, it was announced last night
by Frank S. Neusbauin, of the'depart
went of English composition, who will
hive charge of the Players during the
I absence of Prof. Arthur C. Cloetingh,
director of the dramatic group:
' "The Nut Farm" was first present-.
ed to a Cornmencement Week audience
last June. Peter G. 'Meek '32, who
acted as co-director of the' produCtion
in June, will have full charge of , the
second presentation. it •
Absence of four members: of, the
original cast will necessitate additions
to the cast, according to Meek. These
parts will be filled without the cnsto
nrytryouts because of the, short time
remaining for rehearsal, Meek- said.
Phyllis G. Beidler '3O, Will again
take the leading feminine role in.the
play, while Paul K. Ifirse,o3s Will ail-,
pear in the male lead. - Margaret E..
Barnard '34,' Poe E.'Christine ' ‘ .34;
John B, Butt '
,35; and Roger Hetzel
'35 are other members of the cast. .
BLUE BAND CANDIDATES:,
• TO lIEHEARSE TONIGHT
Practice :roe Opening'
Contest of Fneittli:Season,
• 'First rehearsals for positions in the
Blue Band will be held in •the. band
room on the fourth floor of Old Main
at 7 o'clock tonight. •1' ,
.
AR , former . members of the;d3lue
Band and men who played in 3ast
year's freshman and sophomore R. 0.
,T..C. units are requested to report for
practice Tuesday for the openin*inot
ball:ganie on October 1.,
;,First call 'for candidates ' :, for this
year's freshinan band wili b&anriounc 7
ed' in , a few weeki, aceordinete Wil
fred Thonipeoti;
master.
CO-ED FRATERNITIES
TO START RUSHING .
AT 11 TOMORROW
Panhellenic Adviser Will Explain
By-laws, Regulations for
Sophomore Women
SILENT PERIOD BEGINS
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 1
Informal Parties; 1 Organized
Affair Incl'Wed in Fixed
$45 Expenditures
Nine Women's national social fra
ternities and one local co-ed group
will begin rushing of sophOmore wo
men at 11 o'clock tomorrow morning,
under the regulations of the Panhel
lenic council.
"Mrs. Ernest B.' Forbes, adviser to
the council, will explain' the . Panhel
lenic constitution, by-laws, . and the
rushing code at a mass meeting of
sophomore women in Room 405 Old
Main at 6:30 o'clock, tonight: Date
cards, a new feature of this year's
rushing, will be distributed at the
meeting.
To Hold Formal Parties
Unorganized parties, which will be
gin,tomorrow, are defined as gather
ings at which no more than six fra
ternity women and six rushees may
be present. ~For. t hese informal par
ties and or , -
each, fr
spend
. .
Following the close of the last
party, a silent period will begin. On
Saturday, October 11, ballots will be
forwarded to • rushees who will list
their preferences and upon notifica
tion fraternities will be free to ac
;knowledge acceptances.
Findlplans concerning the handling
of preferenlialliallots . will Abe 'Made' at
a Panhellenic council meeting, in Dean
of .women Charlotte E. Ray's apart
ment at 4 o'clock this afternoon.
Helen A.. Hoover '33 heads the Pan
hellenic 'rushing committee.
FATHER OF 'SPIKE' COLLINS
DIES AFTER LONG ILLNESS
After an illness of more than one
Year, George A. Collins; father of
George B. i'Spike'! Collins '33, captain
of Penn. State's football eleven, • died
Saturday night at his home in Youngs
town, - Ohio. Air. Collins died of a
form of paralysis which doctors could
not define.,
Captain "Spike" Collins left' for
his home in Ohio immediately after he
received word of• the death. The fu
neral of Mr., Collins will be'held..this
afternoon.
VISITOR BREAKS RIGHT LEG
'Stumbling down the steps near the
west.entrance'of Old Main, Charles B.
Cloud,. of. West Chester, suffered a
compound fracture of his right .leg
Friday morning: Mr. Cloud, who was
attending the Pennsylvania Historical
convention, was treated by Dr. Joseph
P. Ritenour, College physician, and a
State College doctor, later being re
moved to the Bellefonte General Hos
pital. •
Freshmen Name Varied Reasons For
Choosing-Penn State Among Colleges
"I chose Penn State because , ' found
oe investigation that it was the most
thoroughly demOcratic school in the.
East."
"My reason for selecting' Penn State
was because,my most brilliant teacher
attended Penn State." "I ',hilted oth
er sehools.but Penn State pleased .me
best." • • .
o'Becrlse- of the high 'rating • Penn
State-enjoys among •colleges and be
cause of the 'excellent' course offered
we." "I have always wanted to'go to
Penn State." -
These and countless other reasons
were offered by incoming freshmen' in
answer to the question, "Why did you
choose Penn . State?" •••, '
.
Financial reasons 'prompted 'many
members: of the. class of '1936,' to ma
triculate at Nair State. Anicvers
such as "it offers - shout the' , best
an.
Students Conclude
Registration Today
Classes. To Assemble
Tomorrow Afternoon
Classes will meet for the first
time at 1:10 tomorrow afternoon.
Front that time on all students will
be expected .to attend 'classes:
First semester ' convocation, a
meeting, of the student body held
on the morning of the opinlng day
of College, will not be held this
year. Lack. of attendance on the
part of upperclassmen is given as
the reason for discontinuance of the
opening meeting in an announce
ment released front the President's
office.
ROBBERS GET $260
AT 4 FRATERNITIES
Delta Chi, Delta Upsilon, Theta
Nu Epsilon, Tau Kappa
Epsilon Entered
Four fraternity houses were enter
ed early yesterday morning and
robbed of approximately $260. in the
sixth of a series of fraternity thefts
which have occurred here in the past
two years.
Houses which were robbed yester
day were Delta Chi, Delta Upsilon,
.Tau Kappa Epsilon, and Theta Nu
Epsilon. Although the exact time at
which the thefts took place is not
knOwn, it - is believed •by poliCe that
'the fraternities were entered between
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1 morning.: , ' ..
Police Without 'Clues
Delta Upsilon was the heaviest
hiser, approximately $132 in cash
having been stolen from that house.
Tau Kappa Epsilon was robbed •of
of nearly $7O in cash, while both
Delta Chi and Theta Nu Epsilon lost
approximately $3O each.
Police were still without, any clues
yesterday as, to who . -committed the
robberies. However, Chief ;,of.; Police
Albert E. Yougel and Isis assistants
have been working on the case since
yesterday. morning.
During the Summer Session, seven
fraternities were robbed of approxi
mately $lOO in cash. None of those
robbed at that time were entered in
yesterday's robbery.
REV. 'GALLAGHER ASSIGNED
TO CATHOLIC CHURCH HERE
Assuming the duties of Father F.
A. McNelis, the. Rev. Father Owen J.
Gallagher, of Philadelphia, was in
stalled last Friday as priest in Our
Lady of Victory Chapel. Father Me-
Nelis had been in temporary charge of
the pastorate since the death of Fath
er O'Hahlon on July 27.
Father Gallagher received his early
education in Philadelphia, and was or
dained'into the priesthood from St.
Francis' Seminary, of Loretta. He
was assigned to the. Altoona diocese,
where, for the past three years, he
had served as Bishop John J. ➢feCort's
secretary.
ALUMNI PLANS COMPLETED
Plans for the Alumni Homecoming,
which will be held October 21, 22, 23,
were formulated at a meeting of the
eNecutive board of the College Alumni
association in Old , Main, Saturday
morning.
!knowledge possible at 'the cheapest
rate," "low cost as compared with oth
or colleges," and "special advantages
offered to residents of Pennsylvania,"
were particularly numerous.
The influence of alunini, undergrad
uates and professional men acquaint
ed with the College was another
strong factor in the choice of the first
year men:, "Influenced by a friend
who is Ring to Penn State," "because
of the attitude of its alumni toward
it," and "the advice of a well-known
architect," were characteristic replies
to tho query.
"I heard more good things about it
than about any other schOol," "its
spirit,, tradition, and standards," t 'the
chance of improving my health and
building up my body," and "the spirit
was what I liked," were other reas
ons giVen by , the first year nien.
ESTABLISHED
PRICE FIVE CENTS
Enrollment Near 2,000
i3y Yesterday Noon,
Reports Show
OFFICIALS EXPECT FULL
QUOTA OF FRESHMEN
Upperclassmen Not Divided Into
Initial Groups—Graduate
Attendance Normal
With the first day •of upperclass
registration over, Recreation Hall will
reopen its doors at 8:30 o'clock this
morning to admit members of the
three upper classes, graduate, trans
fer, and special students, and lute
freshman matriculants. A. grand
total of 1777 students had completed
their registration at noon yesterday.
The Hall will 'be open until noon,
' and from 1:30 until 5 o'clock today.
Students who fail to complete their
registration before 10 o'clock tomor
row morning will be charged a,fee of
five dollars. First semester registra
tion is not divided into periods accord
ing to initial letters of names, so stu
dents may register any time today.
, 1103 Freshmen Registered
With, 1103 Freshmen registered at
the end of the regular period Friday
afternoOn and numerous late regis
trants, as yet not tabulated, swelling
the total, Registrar William S. Hoff
man predicted that the full quota
would be enrolled for this semester.
"Students registering. on paturday
I ,io--WithiroTive: Or
six of the number niatriculatin-Cdur
ing the regular freshman registration
period last, year," Mr. Hoffman said.
"In all probability we will have our t
full freshman enrollment when those'
admitted late have registered."
' An additional fifty-eight first-year
men were scheduled to register yes
terday at the forestry school at Mont
Alto. This number is eight more than
the' forestry class matriculated last
year. yd
Faculty Members Assist
Mr. Hoffman declined to forecast
the total registration of the College
for this semester, stating that he
could not predict whether business
conditions would have a tendency to
swell or diminish the number this
year. Last year the Registrar's esti
mate was within a few of the final
grand total.
Employment of 'faculty members
instead of students to assist in regis
tration is one of the changes in the
system this fall. It has greatly fad-
Mated the process, according to the
Registrar.
Forms filled out by the registrants
(Continued on nage four)
3 OFFICERS ADDED
TO R. 0:T. C. STAFF,
Lt. Col. Venable Takes Up Duties
As New Head—McCaskey
At Tudor City
Three United States Army officers,
in addition to the new commandant,
Lieutenant Colonel Russel V. Venable,
have, been added to the staff of the
military department in place of three
others who have been transferred.
• New members of the staff include
Lieutenant Colonel Venable, of the
organized reserves at Grand Rapids,
Michigan; Captain Henry W. Born
trager, from the 35th infantry in ,
Hawaii; Captain Ernest A. Higgins,
from the 24th infantry, Fort Benning,
Georgia; and First Lieutenant Lloyd
E. Mielenz, from duty in the engineer
reproduction plant.
Colonel Walter B. McCaskey, for
mer commandant, was transferred in
July to New York City where he will
serve as commanding general of - the
organized reserves of the second corps
area. Captain Robert Sharp has been
assigned to duty with troops at Fort
Douglas, Utah.
Captain Winthrop A. Hollyer wilt
. go on duty with troops at Fort Wads
worth, New York, while First Lieuten
ant Donald G. White will be stationed .
on river and harbor duty at Savannah,
Georgia. Captain Ernest E. Tabscott
is recovering from an operation at
Walter Reed Hospital, Washington;
D. C.