Vol. 29, No. 26
COLLEGE COUNCIL
SUGGESTS CUT IN
FRESHMAN WEEK
Administrative Recommendation
. Would Shorten Period
By Single- Day
ACCEPTANCE PROBABLE,
DEAN WARNOCK STATES
Official Committee Will Meet
To Deliberate Changes
During January
With the 'Freshman Week question
still-undecided, the College Council of
Administration has stepped' forward
with a definite recommendation to
the Freshman Week committee to;
shorten the orientation period by one
day for next year.
The recommendation, which was
passed at the Council’s meeting on
Monday, came up after the committee
studying the period for first year stu
dents had challenged the value of
Freshman Week itself, with a view to
dropping it as a Penn State institu
tion. No details of the Freshman
Week program were discussed- by the
Council.
To Meet Next Month
Although the recommendation has
not yet been discussed at a meeting of
the Freshman Week committee, it is
probable that it will be accepted, Dean
of Men Arthur R. Warnock, chairman
of the committee said. The 'deans of
the various Schools of the • College
are members of both the Council of
Administration 1 and the . Freshman
Week committee.
# A formal meeting of the committee
will be held some time in January at
.which a revision of the orientation
program in accordance with the Coun
cil’s proposal will be attempted. Dean
•Warnock believes that it'will not be
difficult'to arrange a .program which
■will'be" shbrter^by.'one'day.""' r
' ' .To Request Cooperation
■Since no suitable agreement caq be
worked out with fraternities, mem
bers of the committee feel that fra
ternity rushing should continue as in
former years,. the Dean said.. How
ever, fraternities will be requested to
cooperate to- the fullest extent pos
sible in promoting the purposes for
which. Freshman Week exists.
■Earlier in the year, the Freshman 1
Week committee had asked Interfra
ternity council to postpone rushing
for several days in order to avoid any
conflict with the', activities of first
year students in their first week at
the. College. However, the. proposal
was not accepted by the fraternity
representatives.
In considering-the value of Fresh
man Week as an aid to the first year*
student, the' committee was cognizant
of the extra burden on the student’s
budget in requiring him to register
a week before College opens. The
value' of each particular phase of the
Week has. also been discussed and will
be voted on when the committee plans
next year’s program. *
PHI ETA SIGMA SOCIETY
ELECTS 5 SOPHOMORES
Smith, College Comptroller, Speaks
At Meeting Tuesday Night
Five sophomores who averaged 2.5
. or over during their entire freshman
year were initiated into Phi Eta
Sigma, freshman honorary scholastic
fraternity, at a meeting Tuesday
night. # *
John J. Belinich, Willard A.< Derr,
Charles F. Frank, Fred S. Hanson,
and James W. Shearer were the in
itiates. Raymond H. Smith, College
comptroller, addressed the fraternity
on the relation of scholarship to econ
omic life.
All freshmen who secure a 2.5 aver
age or over at the end of their first
semester in College are .eligible to
membership in the fraternity. Those
who fail to secure the required aver
age during the first semester, but.at
*tain it at the end of the freshman
year are also eligible to become mem
bers.
STATE GROWERS MEET HERE
DURING HORTICULTURE WEEK
Reproduction is .the subject being
discussed by commercial fruit, flower,
and vegetables growers'of the State
here this week during the ninth an
hual-Horticulture Week of the College.
The discussion this year is the third
■ in a series of five which began in 1930
with water relations, followed by nu
trition in 1931. Next . year, plant
diseases ?nd insect pests will be the
topic considered.
To Attend
JOHN A. WOOD ’33
leadersWattend
STUDENT CONGRESS
Bressler, Wood Will Represent
Penn State at Conclave
• In New Orleans
John A. Wood, president of the sen
ior class and men’s student govern
ment, and Angelin Bressler, head of
the Women’s Student Government as
sociation, will attend the eighth an
nual congress of the National Student
Federation of America at New Or
leans, La., from December 28 to 31.
Three hundred delegates from all
parts of the United States are ex
pected to attend the opening session
of the congress on December 28. Tu
lane Universityand Newcomb College,
of New Orleans, will act as hosts to
the visitors.'. •
Addresses Scheduled-
./Addresses by men.and women prom-,
jnehtiihleducatiohiand.. politics be:
included on' the 'foiir-day program’,' as
well as discussion groups on campus
and student government problems.
Prominent' speakers will be Rabbi
Louis Binstock, who has investigated
student affairs in foreign countries;,
Dorothy , Dix-, newspaper \ columnist;
and William J. Thompson, who has
been recommended as an appointee
for.,Secretary of War. .
Morning sessions of the congress
will be occupied by round table discus
sions, the first of which will deal with
the honor system,and student govern
ment.
Orville E. Mohlor, star quarterback
at the University of Southern Cali
fornia, will lead a discussion group
on college athletics, including a dis
cussion of commercialism, coaching
systems, intranjulral and interfrater
nity athletics, and the l-elation of col
lege athletics to the general public.
GRANT ANNOUNCES
VARSITY QUARTETS
Schlaack ’3l, Stine ’33, Boyer ’33,
I’atlerson '3l Form' Men’s
Music Organization
Final selection of the men’s and
women’s varsity quartets for this
year has been made, according to an
announcement by Director Richard W.
Grant, of the department of music.
Members of the men’s quartet are.
Richard C. Schlaack ’34, first tenor;
Curtis J. Patterson ’34, second tenor;
William H. Stine ’33, ‘ baritone; and
Robert G. Boyer ’33, boss.
■The women's organization consists
of Margaret S. Giffin ’35, first so
prano; Grace L. Moyer ’34, second so
prano; Frances Christine ’34, first
alto; Anna C. Strong ’35, second alto.
Each organization will probably ap
pear with the men’s and women’s glee
clubs When they give their ’ annual
winter concerts later in. the year.
These concerts are an annual feature
of the winter season.
BALDINGER RECEIVES OFFICE
* Milton I.' Baldinger . ’33, president
of the local . chapter of the Inter
national Relations club, was elected
recording secretary of the Middle At
lantic States division of that organi
zation at a convention held at Buek
nell University last week.
TABSCOTT RETURNS TO POST j
Captain Ernest E. Tabscott, of the
department of military science and
tactics, has returned to active duty
here after spending three months at
the Walter Reed general hospital in
Washington, D. C., where he under
went an operation. ' _
STATE COLLEGE, PA., FRIDAY,: DECEMBER 16, 1932
BOARD CONSIDERS
RECOGNITION FOR
STUDENT CLIQUES
May Require "1 Average of AH
Delegates to Political
Organizations
STICKER, SEAL RULING .
ABOLISHED BY COUNCIL
Graeber ’33 Will Occupy Vacant
Position From Chemistry,
Physics .Schqol
Official'student and College recog
nition of political cliques as a legit
imate extra-curricular activity was
recommended by Student-Board Mon
day and discussed by Student Coun
cil at a ..meeting Tuesday.
Under the proposed arrangement, a
certain scholastic average, probably
a 1, would be required of all clique
representatives. This would force
campus politicians to observe the
same requisite that is now required'
of members of all other activities.
Would Raise Standards •
“If student government is expected
to take its place as one of the lead
ing activities on the campus, the class
officers should be chosen from or
ganizations which uphold the scho
lastic standar*ds of the College," said
John A. Wood, senior class president
and Student Council head, in com
menting. on the proposal.
A scholastic requirement will.re
sult in a higher calibre of student be
coming interested in campus politics,
Wood pointed out. The observance
of the requirement, will also result in
official recognition by the College au
thorities and will bring student poli
tics out into the 6p?n, he added.
Sticker Rule Dropped .
Abolition of the present student, re
striction on pasting or painting Col-
JegelstickMSjJand aegis. on-.autqniobiles
or-'baggage, was. effected by Student
Council . Tuesday. Hereafter such
practices will be permissible.
.! Edwin G. Graeber ,’33 was appoint
ed to fill the: Clem
E. Gritsavage.’u3 as 'senior’member
of the Council from the School •of
Chemistry and Physics. • In .tHe elec
tions last spring, Graeber was one of
the candidates running against Grit
savage, who did not return to College
this year.'
. First year students at ; the forestry
school at Mont Alto will .be compelled
to observe the regular, freshman cus
toms, the Council'ruled Tuesday. This
includes donning, the green dink, and
observing’'the dating and smoking
regulations, although the latter is per
mitted the first year men here.
. Committees''appointed to effect a
complete student government revision
will begin drawing up a constitution
immediately after the Christmas va
cation, according to Wood, who for
mulated the plan. One of the changes
will be the bringing of the Interclass
Finance committee under the control
of Student Board.
A. Albert Blaess ’33 heads the Stu
dent Board committee working on the
project, while Harry M. Wilson ’33
is chairman' of a similar Student
Council committee. The Student Tri
bunal committee is headed by John L.
McAndrews ’33, Tribunal ’ president,
and William S. Lenker ’33 has charge
of the Interclass Finance committee
revision.
ALUMNI TO SPONSOR ANNUAL
, PITTSBURGH COLLEGE DANCE
Alumni and -students of Pittsburgh
will dance to Rudy Vallee at the an
nual Intercollegiate Ball to be held at
the Hotel William Penn, Monday, De
cember 26.
This affair is one of the ten dances
being sponsored by alumni through
out the State. Tickets may be had
irom Robert 11. Fuller at the Chi Phi
house, who is acting student agent for
the committee in charge of the dance.
SHAFFER CHOSEN SENATOR
S. Elizabeth Shaffer was appointed
as the second freshman senator at
W. S; G. A. Senate meeting Tuesday
night. The other senator, Marin
Knepper, was elected by her class
mates.
Who’s Dancing
Tonight
Phi Delta Theta
(Formal-Closed)
Bill Bottorf
Frcay Hall ai Varsity Hall
*
Dill Merrill
15 Seniors Selected i
For Ball Committee
Fifteen seniors were named yes
terday by John A. Wood, class
president, to compose the Senior
Ball committee. John H. Good ’33
has been appointed chairman of the
group.
,The committee includes John N.
Adam jr., Wiley L. Byers, Maurice
P. Edge, Albert L. Fretz jr., Ron
ald E. Griffith, Marjorie G. Groat,
Joseph S. Koval, Robert J. Lee,
Mary B. Laramy, George l£ Mc-
Clellan, John B. Munch, Edward H.
Oberhuber, Ray A.. Rhoads, Albert
L. Shane,- and Oliver M. Sheaffcr.
MAURER’36 NAMED
CLASS PRESIDENT
’Receives 326 Votes To Win From
Moore, Backenslose in
Heavy Balloting
Richard H. Maurer polled 32G votes
to receive the presidency of the fresh
man class for this, year at a meeting
Tuesday night. - j.
Maurer received , a plurality of 23
votes over Chester W/, Moore, who,
polled 303 votes to gain, the vice-presi-j
dency. . Daniel L. Backenstose, the 1
third. contestant for the presidency,]
received 142 votes, .while Paul W.j
Brubaker withdrew his'candidacy. A]
total of 771 votes was'cast in one of:
the heaviest first-year biillotings ever
recorded here. ’. j
Addressed'Class ,
Each of the candidate! was chosen
as a trial president at ajroeeting lastj
week and each addressed-the class for;
five, minutes on some subject of gen
eral interest Tuesday, night. Maurer
stressed ,t.hfe need .fora swimming
pool and the abolition (of freshman
customs, Moore spoke Future'
discussed'" “Is Vocational ;■ -Training
Needed?” in'the talks.
. The class secretary,, treasurer, and
historian will t be chosen ; at a meeting
of; the;clas's following-.the Christmas
Vacation.! John N. !| Rath’mell, junior
claSs “president,* has been conducting
the ■ freshman meetings up to this
time but'the first meeting after va
cation will be in charge of the newly
electe,d president.
Previous to this year, .freshman
class elections have always been held
in February and no clique organiza
tion was permitted. A Student Board
decree this fall, however, moved up
the elections two months and recog
nized first-year cliques. .
REMODELING COMPLETED
IN OLD DAIRY BUILDING
Dean Watts Announces New Location
For Agricultural Library
Remodeling of the Old Dairy build
ing to fit it for housing the agricul
tural library is almost completed and
the transfer of the library from the
second floor of the Agriculture build
ing to the new location probably will
be made during the Christmas recess,
Dean Ralph L. Watts, of the School
of Agriculture, announced this week.
The entire first floor of the build
ing will be used for library purposes
with the exception of the offices oc
cupied by the department of animal
husbandry. The room formerly used
in the manufacturing of butter has
been equipped for reading, while a
second room has been turned into a
stockroom.
Bacteriological laboratories, housed
on the second floor of the building,
have been enlarged and re-equipped
for use during the second semester.
The present library room in the Ag
riculture building will be used by ag
ricultural classes next semester. '
DELTA SIGMA PHI, SIGMA NU
MEET IN I. F. BRIDGE FINALS
Victors in their semi-final matches,
Delta Sigma Phi and Sigma Nu fra
ternities met last night in the final
contest of the Interfraternity auction
bridge tournament.
Delta Sigma Phi defeated Delta
Theta Sigma while .Sigma-Nu - won
from Phi Mu Delta in the semi-final
playing earlier this woek.i Thirty-one
teams took part in the tournament,
according to Ralph B. Vance ’34, man
ager of the competition.
MORSE WRITES ARTICLE
Adrian 0. Morse, executive secre
tary of the President, has -written an
article on “How Can We Develop Lea
dership in Industry?” for the current
issue of the Engineering Extension
News, wljieh was issued recently. j
Honor Prizes Proposed for (SENATE COMMITTEE
High Scholastic Attainment] MODIFIES PROPOSED
S ' RULES FOR DATING
Dr. Dye Advises Additional Awards Not on
Basis of Need—Favors Continuing
New Selective Method
Recognition of the Penn State scho
lar purely on a basis of scholarship
in addition to the present system of
awarding the John W. White and
'Louise Carnegie scholarships to high
standing students in need of financial
assistance was advocated by Dr. Wil
liam S. Dye, chairman of the Senate
Committee on Academic Standards,
yesterday.
“At present the well-to-do student,
even though he stands at the head of
his class, does not receive an official
i honor award from the College,” Dr.
I Dye said. He proposed that prizes in
I recognition of exceptional scholarship
| alone and of little intrinsic value, be
! awarded annually to the three or four
highest students in each class.
These prizes would be of the type
offered at Harvard for the highest
scholastic attainment and would bear
; no relation whatsoever to the present
j monetary scholarships, according to
Dr. Dye. All students receiving the
} proposed prizes would also be eligible
for the White and Carnegie awards
1 provided they have need of financial
aid, he said.
According to a plan endorsed by
Dr. Dye, the funds for providing for
the honor prizes would come from the
interclass treasury under the sponsor-;
ship, of the Student Council. The!
prizes would be awarded by the stu
dent group on the recommendation of
the committee on academic standards.
Fully satisfied with results attained j
through the new’ method of awarding
the monetary scholarships this year - ,
Dr.-Dye declared that the same plan
would . be followed in selecting re
cipients in the future. Through the
applications required of tho eligible
candidates, the committee .was able
to‘determine’the need of each student
than through-'-the fdvnW
nominating method, he said. '
This elmngo in policy, the placing
of awards squarely oq a basis of need
w’ithin the upper tenth of each class,}
fulfills the purpose of the donors, it*
was revealed, since they intended to
‘LA VIE’ ELECTS 18
TO JUNIOR STAFF
Senior 'Board ‘Announces Selection
Of 13 Editorial, 5 Business
Candidates for Year
Eighteen candidates, thirteen 'edi
torial and five business, were elected
to the junior staff of the 1933 La Pit*
by members of senior board of the
yearbook at a meeting Wednesday
night.
Margaret J. Beamer, Anne M.
Broderick, June B. Roberts, Betty B.;
Thompson, S. Jack Carahcr, Herman;
Chinn, Raymond Goldfine, Andrew F.
Kisacky, A. Homer Manwaring,
Charles A. Myers. Bernard H. Rosenz
weig, James M. Sheen, and William
M. •Stegmeier were named to the
editorial staff.
New* members of the junior busi
ness staff of the yearbook are Ben
Baron, Albert M. Bilcovitch, Fred
erick W. Mankey jr., Franklin R. Po
lin, and Donald B. Smith.
The newly-elected members of the
staff will compete for positions on
the senior board, with elections sched
uled to take place shortly after the
1933 annual is sent to the printers.
Work was begun on the yearbook in
September.
WRITES BOOK ON 'TREES'
“Trees and Shrubs of Pennsyl
vania,” a book by Prof. George S.|
Perry of the Pennsylvania Forest Re
search institute at Mont Alto has!
been published by the department of
forests and waters.
GAME BIRD COURSE LISTED
A new course on “The Incubation
and Rearing of Game Birds” will be
offered next semester by the depart
ment of poultry husbandry, according
to Prof. John A. Ferguson, head of
tho forestry department.
‘Collegian ’ To Issue
Next Number Jan. 6
Because of the Christmas holi
days, the next issue of the Col
legian will not appear until Fri
day, January 6, 1933.
The vacation period will begin at
noon tomorrow, while classes will
be resumed tit 1:10 o’clock Mon
day afternoon, January 2, 1933.
provide a means for aiding and en-j
couraging exceptional students handi-j
capped by lack of funds. J
Selection of students for the John!
jW. White fellowships will hereafter j
[ be made from lists submitted by the;
j heads of the departments instead of j
j fyy nomination, Dr. Dye announced. (
!A dose study of the work being done.
By the winners of the fellowships will;
•also be made in order to ascertain ;
whether the purposes of the awards,
•are being fulfilled, he declared. !
23 FLAN TO ATTEND j
: FACULTY MEETINGS!
Professors Will Participate in;
Conclaves During Coming
; Vacation Period ;
* Twenty-three faculty members will! Changes Asked
•represent Penn State at various meet-! if the agreement is put into effect
sings and conventions during the. the welfare gioup asked that the
Christmas holidays. I chapter houses be answerable -to In
i' The School of Agriculture will send t terfratcrnity council, and that fra
.iiine faculty members to a meeting of' ternities not abiding with the agree
ithe American Association, for the Ad- ment should lose all privileges for
' vancement of Science at Atlantic City, ; allowing visiting by women unchap
: December 27 to 31. Drs. 'Roy D. An- eroned at any time.
jthony, Warren B. Mack, and Charles The committee agreed to sanction
jiE. Myers, of the department of hor- this agreement if approved by the
I ticulture, and Dr. Walter Thomas, of’ Inteifraternity council and W. S. G.
the agricultural biochemistry depart- A. \vitl» the inclusion of these modi
rnent, are among those who will at-, ficatibns. Doan Ralph L. Watts, head
tend the Atlantic City convention. jof the Agricultutc School, is head of
t Others who will represent the ag-:^ ,c Student Welfare committee.
,vicultura) school include, Dr, Edward Dean Arthur R. Warnock, ex-of-
H. Dusham, Prof. Harlan W. Worth-: fic, ° member of the committee, asked
iley and Prof. Vernon R. Haber; of, that the fraternities,.abide strictly.by
ithe>departmeat-Tof’*Jtoolog-y7'Jtnd-'-Pro-r'^ s '- a S I -? eni ? n -the- advantages are.
iffessors J. B-n Hill, Henry W. Popp: to be reaHz3d - “ If fraternities will
'and Henry W. Thurston, of the botany! honestly enforce the voluntary ngree
'department. Prof. Frank M. Swartz, : ™ e . nt wh,ah they have j)roposed, con
*of the geology department, will at- (^t ; :ons v/ ‘h be improved over what
Ijteml a geological society convention 1 th°y »re at present,” he said.
;in Washington, D. C. | Approves Society .
At the! 1 meeting yesterday after
nooii; the 'Senate Committee on Stu
dent | Welfare also authorized the for
mation. of a local professional society
among students in advertising.
..’Permission by. the Welfare group
was also given to the Senior Ball
Committee to change the date of the
class dance to Thursday, February 0.
instead of Friday, February, if it is
considered necessary because of a
wrestling meet with Michigan sched
uled here for Friday night.
The committee went on record as
requesting class dance committees to
give serious consideration to reducing
costs of dances in keeping with finan
cial stringency, and in reducing the
admission price so that the dances
would be available to a majority of
students desiring to attend.
Waller To Speak
Speaking on “Personality Changes!
in Student Teachers,” Dr. Willard i
Waller of the department of sociology;
and economics, will attend a meeting;
of the American Sociological society,
in Cleveland, Ohio, while Prof. Charles ’
J. Rowland, of the same department, j
will’attend a conclave of the Amer-j
ienn Society of Accountants in Cin-.
cinnati, Ohio. !
I Travelling to New Haven, Conn.,
Dr. Francis M. duMont, head of the
department of romance languages,
will attend a meeting of the Associa
tion of University Professors. Prof.
Franklin C. Banner, head of *the de
partment of journalism, will repre
sent Penn State at a convention of
the Association of American Schools
and Departments of Journalism at
Lexington, Va.
Dr. Ray H. Dotterel*, of the depart
ment of philosophy, will attend a
meeting of the American Philoso
phical association at Cincinnati,
while Dean Robert L. Sackett, head
of the School of Engineering, will
read a paper at a conclave of the
-American Association for the Ad-
(Conthitii'd on -paffc four)
31 NAMED TO F.S.C.A.
FRESHMAN COMMISSION
Wnrnock, Seamans Speak at Initial
Meeting of New Organization
Thirty-ono members were named to:
' tho freshman commission of the Penn i
I State Christian association at its or-;
: ganizntion meeting hold last Sntur- ■
day. Arthur R. -Wnrnock, Dean of;
Men, and Harry W. Seamans, secre
tary of the Christian association, ad-j
dressed the meeting, which was in'
ehargo of John E. Ryan ’3-1.
Members of the commission are Rus
sell B. Alderfer, James C. Ambrose,
E. C. Bickcll, Herbert E. Bohren,-
James A. Carson, Everett R. Curr>,‘
Robert J. Davidson, Bindley 11. Den-!
nis, jr., James W. Diltz, Elwood M.
Douthett, Lloyd E. Garman. J. Fran
cis Gchr, Stephen A. Gcnc-y jr., Thom-)
as S. Hershey, Ralph T. Irwin, and!
Richard H. Maurer. ’
Chester W. M-oore, Frederick M. O'-
Neill, Styrk G. Reque jr., Kutzer L. I
Richards, Joseph T. Riley, Charles 11.
Salt, George L. Shaifcr, David K.
Sloan, W. Dean Struble, Walter R. |
Slorrs, Chester Tyson jr., J. Harold!
Whislcr, G. Malcolm Wilkins, and,
Shufor Meeks complete the organize* ■
lien. , [
PRICE FIVE CENTS
Student Welfare Group Favors
Essential Points in I. F. C.,
W. S. G. A. Plan
MINOR CHANGES LISTED
FOR FURTHER APPROVAL
Strict Penalty Requested for
Violations of Provisions
By Fraternities
; The Senate Committee on Student
' Welfare yesterday afternoon approved
, with minor changes the proposed
agreement between Interfraternity
council and W. S. G. A. to extend the
time for visiting at fiaternity houses
by unehaperoned women.
Changes recommended by the com
mittee included the entire restriction
of visiting by unehaperoned women
during vacation periods. The time
limit on Friday and Saturday nights
was modified to 12:30 o’clock in order
to allow women students time to re
port to dormitories at 1 o’clock.
ENROLLMENT RANK
LISTED IN REPORT
College Hates Twenty-second Among
All U. S. Universities With
Total of 7,996
Penn State is twenty : second among
the colleges and universities in tb/j
United States in regard to total stu
dent enrollment, the annual tabula
tion of registration figures shows.
Total full and part-time student en
rollment here, including that of the
Summer Session and Intersession, is
7,9G6. The regular session total is
listed as -1,070, while the grand total,
including extension and correspond
ence com sos is 25,720.
New York University heads the list
with a total enrollment of 27,005, ac
cording to the tabulation. Columbia
University is next with 27,682 stu
dents, followed by City College of
New York, the University of Califor
nia. the University of Minnesota,
Ohio State University, and the Uni
versity of Illinois.
Among the Pennsylvania institu
tions, Penn State’s enrollment is sur
passed by the Universities of Penn
sylvania, Pittsburgh, and Temple.
The total figure here exceeds that, at
the University of Nebraska, Cornell
University, and the State University
of lowa.
FLETCHER MAKES ADDRESS
Dr. Stevenson W. Fletcher, vice
dean and director of research in the
'School of Agriculture, spoke on the
"History of Fruit Growing in Vir
ginia" bcuire the Virginia State Hor
iuiduiro society at Charlottesville,
, ' .i., las l week.