ppttti #tatr B (ttflllpgtan. Vol. 2D, No. 31 RUSHING CODE FOR 1933 APPROVED BY I.F.C. WEDNESDAY Silent Period. Until Opening of Season Voted Down in Council Meeting FRATERNITIES PERMITTED TO GIVE INFORMAL BIDS Freshmen Will Appear at Chosen Houses Unattended on Saturday Night Unanimous approval of the 1033 rushing code, submitted by .Harris Ebcnbach '33, with the exception of one section, was given by Interfrater nity council at its meeting Wednesday night. .The council also went on rec ord, as being opposed to the present system .of .distributing grades at -the eight-weeks period. • . Section two of article four of the code, .which provides for a silent per iod to, begin as soon as each* fresh man arrives in State College and con tinuing until - the official opening of rushing season September 14, was stricken out of the approved code af ter considerable objection. to the rul ing was voiced by council members. Prorides Radical Changes .Presenting a radical change from the code followed by fraternities last fall, the 1933 code provides for ten days of'restricted, and five days of open rushing, with a silent period of one day separating the 'two periods. Fraternities will be .allowed two dates with a rushee during the first period. •Free, periods, during which any as sociation or communication between fraternity' men and Tushee is per mitted, are.included in the first per iod between 8 o'clock and 11:30 o’clock each' morning. Opportunity for. in- .. formal''rushing is. expected to result ;; from/this/proyision;; according - to ithe '.'rushing. committeeV ; ;""/f • • •' •‘ s . Informal Bids.Pcrmitted ' Informal-bids may, be'extended the rushee <Turing ; the five-day period of open rushing, the bids to be.binding op neither party, with formal bids to issued at the close of the rushing , season.' The council will recognize only formal bids as obligatory on the part of the fraternity and rushee. Rushing will- end at .8 o’clock Fri day _’night, September 29 and formal bids will be distributed at the Student Union de3k in' Old Main Saturday from 8:30 o’clock in the morning, until 5• • o’clock Saturday afternoon. Rushees will appear unattended at the fraternity of his choice for formal pledging at 6 o'clock dinner that night. Plan Benefit Program Silent periods, in which no com munication or association between fraternity men and rushee is per mitted, will be observed from the close of each evening date until the following morning at 8 o’clock. In addition to,the silent interval between the first ten days and the second per iod, silence will prevail from the close of rushing season Friday night, Sep tember 29, until one hour after pledg ing the following night. A rushee is defined by the code as (Continued on page four) A. A. U. P. WILL DISCUSS RECREATION PROBLEMS Faculty Group -To Hear McAndrews, * Bczdck, Ritcnpur at Sleeting Faculty health and recreation will be discussed at thc # January meeting of the local chapter of the American Association of,University Professors Wednesday night.’ . • Director Hugo Besdck, of. the School of Physical Education, Dr. Jo seph -P., Ritonour, .College physician, and Martin S. McAndrews, graduate i-tudent in physical education and 1930 boxing captain, will be present at the discussion. They will speak on various phases of the subject.. At the present! time the'health ser vice at the College is available only .to students.. A faculty committee, which has studied the.possibilities of a faculty health service, will make a report at the meeting. DAVIS NAMED CHAIRMAN . Dr. Elwood C. Davis, of the Phy sical Education school, \ has been ap pointed’ chairman of ’ the National Committee , for. the study of grading of Physical Education in Colleges sponsored by the American Physical Education Society.. Earl E. Leslie; Nelson S. Walkc,"and Michael Locbs, of .the Physical Education school are named as committee members. Radio Reporter LOWEL THDffIAS TO LECTURE HERE ‘From Singapore to Mandalay’ Chosen as Subject for Talk February 11 Lowell Thomas, internationally, known radio n.cws importer, has been! secured by the Penn State Christian! association to lecture at the College! on Saturday, February 11. ’ • I "From Singapore to Mandalay” is the topic which - the lecturer and writ-J er has chosen. The talk, which willj be augmented by motion pictures and colored stills, will include a descrip tion of his six months’ journey through Burma and. Malaya. To Charge Admission Because of the expense entailed in bringing Mr. Thomas to the College, an admission charge will be. made, .Christian association officials have announced.-- Detailed plans'■for- the lecture will be released, some time next .week/"/'' ‘ During 1 his, ’’colorful career as a world news-gatherer a'nd observer, the lecturer has explored Alaska and the Arctic, and has served in such roles as reporter on a metropolitan daily, gold miner, free-lance maga zine writer, and radio star, Mr.i Thomas was also a first-hand witness of the World War, serving as a Euro pean correspondent at the time of the international struggle. He received his education at four universities—Valparaiso, Denver, Chi cago, and Princeton; At Valparaiso, the speaker worked to earn enough money to complete his education. Af ter finishing his college career, lie began to travel extensively, later ad dressing small groups in this country as a public travel speaker. SCRANTON EXTENSION CENTER WILL HOLD COMMENCEMENT Diplomas will be awarded to nine students, first-year certificates to twelve, and second-year • certificates :to twenty-one members of the Scran ton extension center in anthracite mining at graduation ceremonies on February 9. The three classes of the Scranton .center have just completed; the required 120 hours of instruction.! The Scranton center is the central] school in a group that comprises also j Wilkos-BaiTe and Carbondalc. Johnl D. Cooncr ’l7, a graduate of the old ! School of Mines, is in charge of the I center. '''' ‘ACADEMIC TALK DISPLACING OTHER SUBJECTS’-WARNOCK "Shop talk” on academic matters is displacing to a considerable extent discussions on football, girls, movie stars, and gin among the student body, according to a paper by Dean of Men Arthur R. Warnock, which was cited by President Ralph D. Hetzel in his report to the Board of Trustees Tues day. Challenged to conquer adverse con ditions in attaining their objective in an education the students arc evidenc ing a serious-minded attitude, a greater degree of responsibility,'and an interest in* current affairs and problems that ranges all the way from the casual to the very intense. This gain in morale is alriiost entirely a result of . present conditions, Dean Warnock.said. “An interesting tendency,” the dean stated, "is toward broadening cur ricula. Tho, technical student is ask ing for more education in the fields of economics, sociology, and philos ophy, while the Liberal'Arts student: is wanting to know more about the! i problems in industry and agriculture.” i Sanity is becoming increasingly evi- J STATE COLLEGE,’PA., FRIDAY, JANUARY 20, 1933 ‘LA VIE’ DEDICATES ’33 YEARBOOK TO DEAN OF WOMEN Annual Will Feature Dedicatory Cut, Biographical Sketch In First Section MISS RAY ONLY WOMAN EVER NAMED FOR HONOR Senior Publication Resumes Dance Committee Pictures After Several Years Dedication of the 1933 La Vie will be made to Dean of Women Charlotte E. Ray, as a result of action, taken; at a meeting of the senior staff of the'yearbook Tuesday night. Dean Ray is the first woman to be honored in this manner by the annual. She has served as Dean of Women at: the College since 1923, coining hero from a position at Westinghouse high school in Pittsburgh. Cites Reason "In her extra-academic capacity as adviser to students, Dean Ray has probably done more than any other ; person to promote coordination and | collaboration of the various-student I agencies,” said Arthur E. Phillips ’33, j editor of the. yearbook, in comment ing on the selection. “Her construc tive work' with the women’s frater j nities and with new women students is well known.” A cut of the dedicatee will be fea tured on a right-hand page at the be ginning of the first section of the book, while a short . biographical sketch will appear, on the opposite page. No border decorations will be used on this page, and the dedication text will be printed in capitals of a distinctive type.. ' .. ; . To Feature. Alma Mater . . ' '~;Tfie/Ji6ntfspiece; whicli 'is "nearly' completed,'will' typify the moulding effect which college has on students and will feature two representative lines of the "Alma Mater.” It will be highly symbolic and will combine the ideas of creation and betterment. Pictures of the dance committees will be resumed in the 1933 annual after a lapse of several years, and,, a picture taken while. Senior Ball is in progress may also be used. The! events section will have its title changed, to "Occasions,” and will fea ture the comparison of present group scenes of attendance at class and ath letic events with those of ten or twenty years ago. . Sophomore candidates for the staff will be called-about March 1. Elec tions to -the senior board of the yea?-, book will take place soon after the book goes to press on April 1. ROBERT H. McFALLS WINS . SECOND PLACE IN CONTEST Robert H. McFalls, former student here, has won second place in a Statc !\vido radio vocal contest conducted ov jer Station WCAU, Philadelphia, last [December 18, it lias just been learned. Ho received “fan mail” of between two and three thousand letters from |as far away as the Carolines and • New England states. The former member of the Vars sity Quartet , is now arranging for light opera tryouts with the Shubcrts |in New York City., dent in extra-curricular activities, ac cording to Dean Warnock.. All major activities have been subject to a stu dent-initiated checkovcr, and objec tives have been weighed to determine relatiyo values. Furthermore the dean ’ declared that many of the changes in athletics, particularly football, in tho nature of reform, have had their origin in undergraduate dis satisfaction in conditions. Because of the adverse conditions •the student has a more favorable op portunity for character training. "The boys and girls receiving their training now will prove to be of hardier, more reliable stuff than those who were in high school and college in the softer years of tho past decade,” Dean War nock declared. Negotiations have. been made to bring the benefits of senatorial schol arships moro closely in line with stu jdent need and merit, the report dis closed. Unless economic conditions improve, the student mortality will be much moro severo in the near future, was his contention. Receivesßonor j 15 HONOR STUDENTS TO GAIN DIPLOMAS 5 Will Receive First Mention at Commencement Progrom On February 5 Fifteen honor students will receive diplomas at the -twenty-first annual mid-year graduation exercises in Schwab auditorium February 3. Five seniors who have achieved a 2.4 average for their • College course, will receive first honors at the gradu ation exercises. The list includes George H. Bowen, Leon R. Cook, Verla R. Craig, Emma ,E. Rutledge, and Dorothy C. Shenk. To Grant 131'Degrees Second honors will bo awarded to ten, including Emma E. Bible, Ivan M. Czap, Carrie B.;Gibbons, John B. Henry jr.,. John A.:|fqeh,. Nan R. Jen kins,. Thomas, -.J/ gating, Paul. F. H. Niebel. Second- ' honor -students gained a 2 average or more for theiy College work. A total of 131 degrees will be awarded by the College at the annual commencement. Ninety-seven candi dates will receive, bachelor’s degrees, while thirty-four will receive master’s or doctor’s degrees. The School of Education leads in I the number of graduates with twenty i nine scheduled to receive degrees from that School. Dean 11. Lamar Crosby, head of the graduate school at the University of Pennsylvania, has been secured to give the commencement address. ‘FARMER’ APPEALS FOR STUDENT AID Agricultural Publication Observes Twenty-Fifth Anniversary In January Issue Observing its twenty-fifth anniver sary this year, the Penn State Farmer carries a definite appeal for better student support in its January issue, released this week. Loss of its usual appropriation from tho . School of Agriculture coupled with a drop in national advertising due to current economic conditions arc given by the editor, Elmer L. Horst *33, as reasons for need for better support from agricultural students. Discontinuance of the magazine is likely unless needed aid is forthcom ing. Horst points out. An article “Twenty-five Years of Progress in the School of Agricul ture,”' written by Dean Ralph L.' Watts-features the anniversary num ber of the magazine. Dean Watts also has contributed a column, which will bo a regular feature this year. Founded in 1908, the Farmer serves tho interests of the School of Agricul ture, and is edited and- managed with out remuneration by agricultural stu dents. It is a member of the Agri cultural College Magazines associa tion. PARISH PLAYERS WILL GIVE ‘KEMPY* ON THURSDAY NIGHT The Parish Players, a newly or ganized dramatic organization com posed-of students of the College who are affiliated with , the Episcopal church, will present "Kempy,” a mod ern domestic comedy by the Nugent brothers, at St. Andrew's Parish House r.-t 8 o’clock Thursday night. "Kempy” is the first public pro duction of the players group which has been rehearsing nightly during the past two months under the direc tion of Herbert Koepp-Baker, of the department of English composition. President Hetzel Sounds Note Of Courage in Trustee Report Curricula Elimination Passed by Board At Meeting SHIELDS RE-NAMED TO GROUP CHAIRMANSHIP. Definite Provisions Concerning Faculty Infirmary Care i Outlined Tuesday Upholding President Ralph D. Hct zel's policy for economies and for “weeding out” of unnecessary units of the College program, the Board of Trustees adopted -the recommenda tions by the College Senate in elim inating seven of the present curricula for the coming school year, at the semi-annual meeting of the entire body in Harrisburg Tuesday. Col. J. Franklin Shields was re elected chairman of the Trustee Board for the coming year, while James G. White was re-named vice-president. President Ifetzel, present secretary and William G. Murtorff, treasurer will continue in office. The execu tive board of the Trustees was also elected intact for another term. Pinchot Gives Address i Governor Gifford Pinchot in a brief , address at the meeting complimented . the Board upon the work it has done ; in the past and pledged his support , in contributing to the progress of the College. Mr. James Milholland rep resented the Committee on the Ad ministration of College Patents at the meeting. A definite policy for the use of the College infirmary was outlined at tho meeting, the Trustees ruling that the iftfirmary may. "be used temporarily • bers of the faculty and. their imme diate families, if in the opinion of the College physician or his ropre3cnta-! lives the emergency warrants such) use and space is available. For this, service hospitalization rates compar- ] able to similar costs in this district should be charged.’’ Name Buildings Official titles were adopted by the Board for the designation of three: buildings on the Campus. The build- 1 ing now housing the Agriculture li- ! brary, and formerly occupied by tho! dairy husbandry department, was! named Patterson Hall, in honor of W.j C. Patterson, who for many years was superintendent of College farms and' grounds and buildings. The recently constructed Botany (Continued on page four) KELLER, STOVER TO SPEAK ON ‘TECHNOCRACY’ TUESDAY Speaking on “What Is Techno cracy?” Prof. J. Orvis Keller, head of the department of engineering ex tension, and Harney j W. Stover, of the same department will address a joint, meeting of the Centre County Engineers society and the Central Pennsylvania Section of the American society of Mechanical Engineers in tho Home Economics assembly room Tuesday night. Professor Keller will talk on the subject from the point of view of the! engineer, while Professor Stover will j take it up with' the economic problem! in mind. j ARTISTS COURSE ‘VITALLY IMPORTANT, * DICKSONS A YS “Depression or no depression, an Artist’s Course is of vital importance in rounding out the broad liberal edu cation of the Penn State student, and should be provided for him, even' if the College must accept a positive re sponsibility in its maintenance,” Prof. Harold E. Dickson; of the fine arts department, stated in an interview. The isolation of- the campus from centers where the fine arts veceive proper recognition, constitutes a weighty problem, which should be at-] tacked with proper determination and: desire to provide the means for the return of the course, by both student body and faculty alike, Professor Dickson declared. "Heretofore the College has follow ed more or less a policy of drift, with no concerted action being taken to in sure the permanency of the cultural series. There is a need of some per manent body, perhaps representing' both the students and faculty, to be] appointed for this purpose,” the fine' Governor Expresses Confidence in Board Evidencing a great interest in the work of The Pennsylvania State College, Governor Gifford Pinchot at the meeting Tuesday ex pressed a feeling of confidence in the Board of Trustees in its spon sorship of progress in the institu tion. ' In his brief address before the group at its bi-annual session the Governor stated that there never was a time when the relations be tween the College and the head of the Commonwealth were as cordial as are now. WOMEN ADVOCATE NEW RUSHING CODE Suggest Second Semester Period For Extension of Bids To Freshmen Second semester rushing for fresh man women, was. advocated by the Panhcllenic council Tuesday and next the recommendation will be submitted to the Senate Committee on Student Welfare for approval. By this recommendation, Panhel lenic council has' favored abandon ment of the present plan of women's rules, which call for deferred rushing until the sophomore year. The Coun cil submitted an identical resolution two years ago, but the Senate Com-i mittec rejected it. J Seven of'the nine women’s fratev-j nities in the Council voted for. the! .changtiv-'- Alpha/ Chi' -Omega,/Alpha Omicron Pi, Delta Gamma, Gamma* Phi Beta, Kappa Alpha Theta, Phi ( Mu, and Theta Phi Alpha favored the' plan, while Chi Omega and Kappa Kappa Gamma weie the two frater nities opposing the change. Everett Cites Reasons If this plan is approved by the Sen-] ate Committee on Student Welfare, it ! will not be effective until next year ! when t.wo rushing periods will be ' necessary. One rushing period will be hold during the first semester for sophomore women, while the new code will be effective during the second se mester when freshman women will be rushed. Reasons prompting the adoption of the plan by the Council were the be lief that the fraternities would have a beneficial influence on freshman women scholastically and in extra curricular activities and would prompt longer friendships, S. Louise Everett ’33, president of the Council, pointed out. An invitation to attend the Con ference of Associated Panhelienics of Urban Universities at Syracuse Uni versity on February 10 ami 11 has been extended to the Penn 1 State or ganization by the national associa tion. Delegates will be elected Tues day. FRESHMEN TO ELECT TONIGHT Freshman men will meet in the Chemistry amphitheatre at 7:30 o'clock tonight to complete selections' for class secretary, treasurer and 'his torian from a nominated list of ten men. arts professor contended. “A small student fee assessment for each semester, as formerly sug gested, would probably be -the best means for perpetuating ihc cultural part of education on this campus, since it could also be employed in. sponsoring lectures, art exhibits and the like, besides bringing the course within the means of all students,” the art professor stated. “Certainly,” Professor Dickson con tinued, “the fee for an Artist’s Course would bjs as justifiable as n debating or athletic fee. Properly one must provide for intellectual en tertainment as well as physical.” As to the program that should be offered if the series is taken up.again, Professor Dickson was of the opinion that the keynote should be quality and not quantity. Even if there are to be only three performances during tJicj year the amusement should be more | than amusement—it should be of the •type to inspire a love for art to the followers here,-he asserted. PRICE FIVE CENTS ‘Penn State Faces New Year With Power Unimpaired’ PINCHOT BUDGET MAKES NO BUILDING PROVISION ‘lnstitution’s Vital Structure Not Destroyed by Cut,’ Message Says “The Pennsylvania State College will face the new year stripped for action, but unimpaired in power and with high courage and strengthened resolution to give to the limit of its capacity in constructive effort,” Presi dent Ralph D. Hetzel declared in his senii-annunl message to the Beard of Trustees in Harrisburg Tuesday. Continuing with a note of courage and determination on the part of the College to continue its progress in face of the current period of finan cial strain, President Hetzel gave a clear picture of the present conditions and outlined the genez-al policy of the College for the coming biennium. The President revealed that in the estimate submitted to the Budget Of ficer of the State a total appropria tion of $-1,800,000 was asked by the administration. This figure which in cludes $4,200,000 for general main tenance including repairs and replace ments, and $600,000 for a building fund, is actually twenty percent less than the amount appropriated for the current biennium, which was $5,060,- 000, including funds for buildings. Careful Curtailment Planned In,the State budget as drawn up by Governor Gifford Pinchot for submis sion tojtjze. General Assembly, recently, I an appropriation for general maihten-’ slice of $3,708,000 to the College is 1 listed, while no provision is made for a building fund. This amount, it was disclosed, falls far below the most conservative estimates as prepared by the deans, departmental heads, and administrative officers. j With the probable loss in funds from the other sources in income and grants to the College the President admitted the necessity of a careful curtailment of the program, but stated that lie considered it fallacious and destructive -to resort to panicky pro cedure in dcspeiate efforts to econ omize. The curtailment, he said, will be accepted without devastating ef fect upon the fundamental and vital structure and function of the insti tution. In his address President Ilctzcl noted the general insistence upon the maintenance and expansion of re search in spite of this period of rigid economy. However, because of an eleven percent or SI 35,674 decrease in the gci£val funds income for the fiscal year, the College has been un der the necessity of making reduc tions in expenditures, and further curtailment of public funds may cause a greater reduction, the message stated. Fellowships Increased Pressure is being placed upon the College by the agricultural, mining, oil and gas, and manufacturing inter ests to increase research work here, the President declared. In the past few years the number of fellowships and research subsidies has been con siderably increased by the various industrial units in the State. ’President Hetzel called to the at tention of the Board of Trustees two movements in the State niniing for increased efficiency and greater econ omy in higher education. Upon their own initiative the administrative heads of the four State-aided institu tions, University of Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh, Temple, and the Pennsyl vania State College, avc carrying on an informal conference to establish u better definition of adequate pro cedures ami objectives of the institu tions. Enrollment Decreases The other movement in which Penn State is taking a great part is in ihc work done by the Committee on High er Education in the Commonwealth, which is working on the “Ten-Year Program of Education in Pennsyl vania.” President Hetzel- was ap pointed by Cox-arnor Pinchot as chair man of the group which includes the heads of many of the higher institu tions in the State. An enrollment of 4,761) students, fifty-eight less than last year, was re corded for the first semester, the President declared in his message. /Continued on imgc four) t
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