COMPLETE CAMPU. COVERAGE Vol. 29, No. 8 IF. LEADERS DISCUSS RUSHING REGULATION. Counselors Committee Suggests New 2-Point Plan— Wamock Says Present Code Not, Adapted to Times Fully realizing that there is no such thing as a perfect,rushing code, and, that ■ their major problem is that of smoothing out imperfections in the present code, fraternity leaders of the College are devoting themselves to' serious deliberation of rushing regu lations this week, • . Leading the way in the'preliminary considerations of possible changes' in the; code comes a two-point plan to be 1 / to the Fraternity Counsel l/A /ors association at its meeting Tues- October 18. " The plan, worked out in an associa tion committee meeting yesterday noon, provides for: . . A week of organized rushing dur . ing Freshman Week as under the .present system, with each house to “ be limited to two dates with a rushee.' Dates would be of longer duration in this period, suggested changes in the Freshman .Week program permitting • the' fraternities more time for both i; . luncheon and dinner dates. Unlimited Dates Allowed A second week of unregulated rush ing during which period the fraternity may have an unlimited number of dates with the rushee and may'offer informal but definite bids, the rushee making known his acceptance by ap pearing at the house of his choice at the end. of the week. Formal bids would be’ distributed on Saturday, similar to.the system used this year. I In, announcing the plan, Dr. Marsh W. White of the.school of Chemistry and Physics, chairman of/the commit tee, pointed out that major violations of the present code occur/during the second week of rushing because the fraternities have become better. ac quainted with freshmen, and-conduct a moreintensive; program;;,, r- i/ ’•The -week of -unlimited ruslpng' te expected to give the rushee an oppor tunity to spend-more - time at the houses he is definitely considering, while the permitting offer ing of bids during this period will permit him to investigate such.houses FOX LEADS SENIOR CLASS WITH 2.89 Deatcrly, Jack, Ryan Tie for First Position on Junior Scholarship List . Paul L. Fox, with a 2.89 average,' leads the present senior class scholas tically at the enjl of six semesters, the individual grade list just released from the Registrar’s office shows. However, Shirley-B. Bemreuter and A. ’Elizabeth Endress, both transfers, surpassed Fox with averages of 3 and 2.92 respectively.' Ralph D. Hetzel jr. E. Tschan are tied at 2.82. . Sue c; Blasingame leads last year’s senior class with a 2.83 average, 'fol lowed .by Verla R. Craig, with 2.82, Lavanda N. Pepple with 2.8, and Em ma E. Rutledge with 2.79. John C. Herbert, was the' highest senior man last year with'2.7B,. while Charles W. Rice averaged 2.76; ’ Tie for First Place Charles F. Deaterly; Eugene L. Jack,' and John E. Ryan are tied at 2.88.f0r first place in the junior class. .Albert A. Downs and John T. Ryan follow with 2.83 and 2.8 respectively. Charles M. Norris -holds first place in the sophomore class with a straight 3 average at the end of -the first year. Other high ranking sophomores are Frank L. Bracken with 2.94,. George H. Cummings with 2.92, Robert D. ’ Stout with 2.89, and Margaret I. Con nor with 2.88. DICKTITE, NEW RARE METAL, IDENTIFIED BY PROF. HONESS Prof. Arthur P. Honess, of the School of Mineral Industries, was suc cessful recently in identifying an un known substance, sent to the College for testing by the State department of geology, as dicktite, .one of the earth’s rarest minerals. This-is the second important iden tification which Professor Honess has made, the -first occurring about a year ago when he and his assistants, while investigating an abandoned quarry, discovered an unknown sub-? stance which was later identified. as native sulphur. as extend him bids more carefully than he can under the present system, the committee believes. Absolute elimination of the rushing code with a resulting return to “lead piping,” stricter enforcement by means of a more specific code, and deferred rushing, represent. the prin cipal solutions ' offered by Interfra ternity council at its meeting Wednes day night. * - ■ ' Suggests Alternatives •Dean Warnock summed up his at-, titude on the problem Wednesday when he declared that fraternities should try to get a rushing code in which they all believe and which they will all support. Failing this, he con tinued, it pr.obahly would be better to have no restrictions at all except those necessary to comply with the College schedule of classes. - The principal difficulties of this year’s rushing seasqn, the. Dean of Men believes, lie in the fact that the present code isn’t adapted to times such as at the present when every fraternity wants from twelve to twenty freshmen, Fraternities issued more bids and ■ consequently were forced to look over a much larger, group of freshmen, he pointed out. The short period’ in which the houses were, permitted to rush .fresh men it. impossible to conduct an effective 'Campaign during the . legal dates and- violations of the code nat urally followed, he said. I. F. C, ENDORSES DANCE DATE PLAN ... • • ---.- Rules Underclassmen MustHaje . Invitations To Attend Open Fraternity Functions 'Endorsement of the regulation of fraternity dance- dates, passing of a ruling that underclassmen attending fraternity dances must - have written invitations signed by /joth president and social chairman of .the house, and a general discussion of the rushing code were the features of the meeting of Interfraternity council Wednesday night. The council went on record as fav oring the use of Student Union to in sure a better distribution of fraternity dance dates through the College year. Houses will- be requested to consult Student- Union before arranging dances, and Student Union will seek to prevent uneven distribution of dances on week-ends. Will Impose Fine •In order to eliminate crowded con ditions' which, caused many houses to hold strictly closed dances last year, the council ruled that undcrclas.smen must present written invitations sign ed by both president and social chair-* man-of the fraternity holding the dance. A fine of five dollars will be imposed on underolassmen violating this rule, with members of the coun cil taking the responsibility for under classmen jn their -house. A general discussion of the rushing code and suggestions for its change followed a report by Harris Eben bach ’33, chairman of the council committee on rushing. Taking th| general attitude , that the code* should be revised, proposals entailing total abolishment of. the code, deferred rushing and mailing of bid cards "to freshmen were suggested by members of the council. Action on reported violations of. the code for this year will be taken. by the Interfraternity council board of control at a meeting on Monday night. Any new complaints' of code viola, tions should be turned in to Prof. Sheldon -C. Tanner, faculty member of the board of control, before that time. Who’s Dancing .Phi Delta Theta (Invitation) Bill Bottorf Lambda Chi Alpha (Invitation)*' " Varsity Ten ■ Tomorrow Night Theta Nu Epsilon (Invitation Formal) Bill Bottorf Kappa Sigma (Invitation Formal) Varsity Ten STATE COLLEGE, PA., 7, 1932 Takes Lead PAUL K. HIRSCH ’35 ' PLAYERS TO GIVE SHOW TOMORROW Will Reenact ‘The Nut Farm’- as Dads’ Day Performance In Auditorium Opening their 1932-33 season, the Penn State Players will present “The Nut Farm,” a three-act comedy, in Schwab auditorium at 8:30 o'clock to morrow night as part of . the program for. Dads’ Day. v Paul K. Hirsch ’35 as Willießarton Will ,take the leading male role while Phyllis G. Beidler .'33 is cast in the feminine lead as -Helen Bent. Mar garet E. Barnard’ ’34 will take the part of Mrs. Barton and Robert Smith '34 will portray the role of-Bob Bent. Complete Cast Named .Roger H:, Hetzel ’35 will appear in the,character .of Ezra Sliscomb' wUh Juanita. Sorzano *35 : taking of “daughter. John B. Bott '3sas Hamilton Holland, Wayne: R. Varnum ’34 as Clarence Biddeford, Berwyn L. Miller '35 as Harold Van Horton, all moving picture experts, and Fae E. Christine ’34 as the maid, complete the cast. “The Nut Farm,” a farce concerning movie-struck young people who are duped into financing a moving picture starring themselves, was presented as the -Commencement week play last June. Hirsch as Willie Barton, who aspires to direct moving pictures, eventually saves the. picture and wins himself a contract. The play, js being produced under the direction of Peter G. Meek '32 and Shirley Thorpe ’33, who acted'’as co directors of the June production. . BLUE BAND NAMES 21 NEW MEMBERS 12 Juniors, 9 Sophomores Comprise / Student Selections Made By Committee Twenty-one new member's were elected' to the Blue-Band -Tuesday night by the student executive com mittee of the organization headed by Paul A. Filer ’33. New members in the B-flat clarinet section, include Hugh L. Bowman ’34, Theodore M. Fairchilds ’34, and James M. Sheen.’34, while Thomas H. Kling er ’34 will play the only E-flat clar inet. Louis B. Kirkland ’35 was the only new member added to the piccolo section, with Daniel Ncsbit ’35 selected to play the oboe. Andrew Kascsak ’34, George H. Cummings ’35, and Chris D. Selwitz ’36 were new players named in the saxophone group, with Forrest A. Wil liams '34 selected as .baritonist., Wil liam ’ 0. Small ’34' and Edward D. Townsend ’35 were added to the trum pet section. Donning the blue uniforms for the first time in the trombone section are John R. Burkholder ’34, Ralph L. Gib son '34, Burton E. Hall '34, and Ed gar S. Diehl '35. G. Victor Gustafson '34, Hector J. Serrallcs ’34, and Mar vin L. Eshcfman ’35 will be new horn players, with Philip 0. Grant ’35 and Frederick Hentrich '36, drummers, concluding the list. BORLAND TO JUDGE CATTLE Prof. Andrew A’. Borland, head of the deny, husbandry department hi •the College, has been selected to serve as a judge of dairy cattle this week at the York County Fair. Prof. J. Stanley Cobb, of the agronomy de partment, is to judge farm crops at the Lycoming County Fair hr Hughes ville. wMAioIiED STUDENTIiEEFARE tpMMIT|S HEAD Dye, Sackett>Renfeed Chairmen . Qf AthleticSgrpnps COLLEGE SENATE UNITS APPROVE© BY HETZEL ■: ■ ■ Stoddart, rKaulfuss, Listed For Positions ■-« fy., *' ’ 'With Dean.Ralph;-X.; Watts, of the School of Agriculture, : named as the new chairman of the’; College commit tee on student,welfare,-standing Sen ate committees for the year were ap proved last week%t)ean Robert L. Sackett, of thieVEngineering school,, was reappointed ‘enairman'.of the com mittee on athletics; while'i)r. William S. Dye jr., of the 'English literature department, was.renamed-head of the academic standards committee. Nominations to the'faculty groups were made by the Senate committee on committees, headed by-Prof. Harry G. Parkinson, of the .Agricultural edu cation department. Tjie.appointments have been ; approved” by President Ralph D. Hetzel. ; -'4‘ Committees' Named Other members of {he student wel fare committee include Dean of Wo men Charlotte E. Rav, Dean of Men Arthur R. - Warnock, <Dr. Joseph P. Ritenour r and ' Prof;': ; Janies H. Ole wine. Director HugOi'-Bezdek, Dr. R. Adams Dutcher, and ‘.Dean Warnock complete the committee on athletics, while additional members of the acad emic standards groupware Dr. Grover C. Chandlee, ‘A. Ever ett, Dr. Bruce V. Mpore, and Dr. Carl E. Marquardt. . ~:jHeaded.i)yoDean---Carcjes''W;''.Stwl-. dart, of the Liberal Arts school, the committee on courses of study for this year includes Director Bezdek, Dean Will G. Chambers, Dean Frank D. Kern, Prof. William R. Chedsey, Dr. David C. Duncan, Prof. Charles L. Kinsloe, and Prof. Harry G. Parkin son. Chairmen .Appointed Registrar William S. Hoffman will act as'head of the committee on ad missions while Prof. Julius E. Kaul fuss, of the civil engineering depart ment, was reelected chairman of the public- occasions group. , Prof. A. Howry Espenshade, head of the English composition department, will continue his services as Senate repre sentative on the student publications board. Dean Frank C. Whitmore, of the Chemistry and Physics school, will di rect the research committee. Addi tional reappointments are Dr. Fred erick ,P. Weaver, of the department of agricultural economics, as chair man of the publications group, and Prof. Cheslcigh A. Bonine, head of the geology department, as director of the military instruction committee. All of the appointments were to be announced at the meeting of the Col lege Senate yesterday. However, be cause of conflicting dates, the meet ing was cancelled. 1936 CO-EDS NOMINATE OFFICERS AT MEETING Knepper, Rhoads, Turner Chosen as Candidates for Presidency Freshman women nominated Maria Knepper, Beulah M. Rhoads, and A. Frances Turner for the office of class president, at their first meeting Mon day night. The vice-presidential candidates se lected include Mary Jane Boyle, Jean R. Beman, and E. Virginia Weville; while Myra E. Hilpert, Thelma- H. Ebert, Virginia W. Lewis, Mary L. D’Oljer, and Frances G. Hamilton were named for the position of sec- retary. Genevieve J. Ambrose, Leah E. Bal liet, Margaret B. Oschman, Alyce P. Sentner, M. Joan Suchors,- and M. Elizabeth Springer were the nominees for class treasurer. Those named for the post of social chairman were Lu cille M. Kline, Margie L.Kuschke, A. Jean Blocker, and S. Elizabeth Shaf fer. SEGAL SAILS FOR MOSCOW John Segal *3O, a graduate in the curriculum of architectural engineer ing, sailed recently for-Moscow, Rus sia, where he will assist in the de signing of the Soviet Ministry building. L:''' Lions Meet Waynesburg Before Dads’ Day Visitors Tomorrow Nittany Team To Seek Revenge Last Season SIGEL REPLACES HARPER.. AT HALFBACK POSITION Kane, Brewster Regain Posts On Line—Visitors Boast Veteran Eleven By GEORGE A. SCOTT ’34 Upsets of 1931—Waynesburg 7, Penn State 0. Just one big reason why Mr.- “Spike” Collins and Company are on edge for their football game with Waynesburg College on New Beaver field at 2:30 o’clock tomorrow afternoon. “Spike” and his teammates have revenge in their hearts, and they’re determined to wipe the sting of that 7-to-0 defeat of last year completely off the records. Tomorrow’s setto may be considered a “warm-up” for the Harvard, Syracuse, Colgate, Se wanee, and Temple games to come, but right now it ranks first in im portance on the schedule to the Lion gridders. The Lions fully idealize that their task will be no easy one tomorrow. A veteran team, plenty of weight, and the experience gained in victories over Muskingum College and Slippery Rock State Teachers College earlier this season combine to make Waynesburg a really strong opponent, and an op ponent who will push the Lions to the utmost. , • . Bedenk Praises Team • --c: r^:r- :%• To quote-Joe Bedenk, assistant, to Head Coach Bob Higgins,’. “Waynes burg has a 100 percent better team this year than in and Joe should know’, because he's seen the Yellow Jackets in action against both Musk ingum and Slippery Rock this year. Muskingum, leader of the Ohio Conference last year, was. defeated 13.t0-6 in the opening game on Waynesburg’s schedule, and Slippery Rock, a perennial Stats Teachers Col lege champion, bowed, 19»to-0, last Saturday, the first time in three years that the Yellow Jackets have been the victors over the Teachers. Although a weight chart issued by the Waynesburg department of ath letics belies the idea, it is likely that the visitors will outweigh the Higgins men on line and in backfield for«the opening kickoff. Bedenk asserts that the Jackets should average close to ISO pounds, with only Rab Currie, speedy halfback, below the general weight average. The weights released by Waynes- (Continued on page three) CRANE TO ADDRESS DADS’ DAY CHAPEL Sfcranton Pastor 'Will Talk on “The Quest of Kinship” at Tenth Annual Observance Addressing an audience of fathers and students at the tenth annual Dads’ Day chapel services, Dr. Henry H. Crane will speak on “The .Quest for Kinship,” in Schwab auditorium at 11 o’clock Sunday morning. Dr. Crane is pastor of the Elm Park Methodist Episcopal church at Scran ton, Pa.’ He is a graduate of Wes leyan University, and has received ad vanced degrees from Boston and De Pauw Universities. While an undergraduate, the chapel speaker was an all-New England bas ketball star, and a member of the var sity quartet. Dramatics and college periodicals were among his other ac tivities as ,a student. On Sunday evening the Scranton pastor will talk on “What Does Re. iigion Have to Offer at a Time Like This?” This meeting will be held at 7 o’clock in the auditorium, as will the address Monday night. “A Key to Personaltiy and Power’.’ will be. Dr. Crane’s topic at that time. This is the speakers third visit to Penn State. He first came in 1928 when Jie spoke at chapel, returning in 1930 as a guest theologian for the chapel services. He has visited many American colleges, having spoken at Harvard, Yule, Cornell, Illinois, and Southern California Universities, Coaches Gridmen rv v ' u ‘'\ ' —K : 808 HIGGINS HARTMAN TO LEAD ’36 MASS MEETING Head Cheerleader Plans Second Rally for Restoration of Football Morale Head Cheerleader Bill Hartman's second step in the campaign to re store Penn State’s old-time football morale will take place at 1:30 o’clock tomorrow afternoon when the second of a'series of freshman rallies will be held in Schwab auditorium. “In order for these, rallies- to be successful,” Hartman pointed out last night, “the co-operation of every fra ternity president is-needed. ..He.should ■assist^^bunal'^y^x‘eftlrig v e\'ery w fort to have the freshman; pledges in his house attend.” Will Practice Cheers Further practice in mastering Col lege songs and cheers and final drill for the Dads’ Day formations will oc cupy the attention of the first-year men at the rally. Following, the meet ing, they will march to the game in a body, occupying seats in the East stands. The first x’ally of an all-College natui’e will be the huge mass meeting on Wednesday night, preceding the departure of the team for Harvard. Members of the hat societies will make personal visits to students on Monday and Tuesday nights in an ef fort to build up support for the mass meeting. ' Cheerleaders of former years will be in charge of the annual Alumni Day rally on the night preceding the Syracuse game. EXECUTIVES MEET TODAY, TOMORROW Industrial Leaders To Study Group Of Problems al Extension I Conference Here | Emphasizing the need for education jin industry as a means of solving the I present economic depression, seventy live leading executives of the state .will attend the seventeenth annual Engineering Extension Conference here today and tomorrow. Under the chairmanship of C. W. Bishop, employment manager of the Lycoming Manufacturing company, the first session, this afternoon, will discuss the encouragement of leader ship and the part education can play ir. its development. The meeting will be addressed by Adrian O. Morse, ex ecutive secretary to the President, and by C'. D. Bond, L. H. Dennis, and A. C. Harper, executives in Pennsylvania industries. Dean Robert L. Sackett of the School of Engineering:, will act as chairman of the second session, fol lowing dinner at the Nittany Lion Inn tonight. “Staging a Comeback" will bo the topic of Dr. Samuel W. Graff lin, editor of The American Aristo crat. E. S. McClelland sr., a member of President Hoover’s Committee on Job Sharing, will speak on “Job Sharing as an Aid-to Building Up Purchasing Power." “The Manufacturer and the Prob lem of Distribution" will be the theme of the last session tomorrow morn ing. The speakers at this meeting will bo A. E. Frnmpton of the Ham mermill Paper company and Edward J. Triddey, store manager of Gimbels at Philadelphia. ESTABLISHED PRICE FIVE CENTS College Will Entertain At Annual Event For Fathers PROGRAM ARRANGED BY PROF. J. ORVIS KELLER Smoker In Armory To Feature Entertainment During Saturday Night Penn State will pay tribute to “Dad” at the tenth annual Dads’ Day ■ttihich will be celebrated here tomorrow when the College will provide a day’s entertain ment in honor of Penn State fathers. . * • With over one thousand dads in ad dition to relatives and visitors expect ed for the day, a program has been arranged by Prof. J. Orvis Keller, secretary of the Association, of Par ents of Penn State. Dads’ Day be came an annual event with the or ganization of the Parents association inl9 ‘ 2 * T! Dads’ and Sons’ smoker, an an nual feature event of Dads’ Day will be held in the Armory Saturday night at 7 o'clock. John A. Wood '33, chair man of the Student Union committee planning the entertainment, " wilf 'act as master of ceremonies. v. Morse To Speak Robert E. Galbraith, of the English composition department will present the welcoming speech to the parents, while short talks will be given by Adrian executive secretary i&ithe. President^aiuiL^of^ohii-H.—: Frizzell, head of the public speaking department. Entertainment for the smoker will last about forty minutes in order to allow the visitors to attend the Play ers’ show, “The Nut Farm,” which will be presented in Schwab auditorium at 8:30 o'clock. Listed on the program are a num ber of dances by the dance team of H. Grace Baer '34 and J. Ewing “Sock" Kennedy '25. John Renaldo ’3G will offer several piano-accordion selections, while George Morris is scheduled to perform feats of magic to conclude the entertainment. Association Will Meet . In the morning the members of the Parents’ association will hold a busi. ness meeting at which Mrs. Frank W. Haller, chairman of the associa tion, will preside. Dean of Men Ar thur R. Warnock, in charge of the loan fund which is fostered by the Parents’ association, will read a re port of the work done during the past year. A varsity soccer game with Lafay ette at 1 o’clock and a football con test with Waynesburg at 2:30 will comprise the activities for the after noon. Members of Blue Key, junior campus society, will escort the par ents over the campus during the day. $B9O LOANED TO CO-EDS DURING FIRST 2 WEEKS Pittsburgh Scholarship Received By Eva M. Blichfeldt ’3l Loans to women students during the first two weeks of this year amounted to $B9O, of which seniors received $625, juniors $l9O, and one sophomore $75, Dean,of Women Char lotte E. Ray announced yesterday. The Mary White Beaver fund sup plies $1,500 in loans to women stu dents of the upper classes, while ad ditional funds are offered by the Alumnae club of Stato College and the local branch of the A. A. U. W., the W. S. G. A., the Bellcfontc chap, ter of the D. A. R., and the State Fed eration of Pennsylvania Women. The Northeastern Alumnae club and the Philadelphia Alumni club conclude the list of organizations providing loans. Eva M. Blichfcldt '34 has received the scholarship offered by the Penn State Alumnae of Pittsburgh to the outstanding woman student from that district. The scholarship is awarded in recognition of high scholarship and participation in activities. GIVES TALK AT CLEARFIELD Hugo Bczdek, director of physical education, spoke at a meeting at the Clearfield Y. M. C. A. Monday night.
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