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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
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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
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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.
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