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,