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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
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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
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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.