. .. . , ' . COMPLETE CAMPUS N rtt 4 t- :,„ . go ,„ 1 , ESTABLISHED 2 _OO n ' ' COVERAGE 1114 . ~ .c..--:,. 0 • • '' t - _ x' '.- 1,,, Cttttrgtatt. 1904 . . •iass' - , . , , • . . ',, .. ( Vol: 29' .N 0265 COUNCIL DEFINES '33234 FRESHMAN CUSTOMS RULINGS New Code - .llequiied First Year Men TO Cairy Matches; . Smoking 'Re-barred REGULATIONS. TO ALLOW WEARING OF JACKETS Group Drops Stipillation That . Yearlings Refrain From • Using Front . Walk . • • Final adoption of freshman cue, toms for next year •by Sitident Coul d!, and the recommendation of Stu dent Board increasing the powers of the Campus Police this week conclud ed the work of the two student gov ernment organizations for the school year. Approving the report of the com mittee on freshman customs with a few minor• changes, the Council re vived the regulation compelling fresh men to carry matches and prohibit ing them from smoking on the cam pus. A change in dress customs was made to allow first.year men to wear •jackets in place of coats, although the other regulations as to wearing the dink, black tic, and black hose remain unchanged. Stands, Balcony Alloted to Plebes Other revisions include the, elimin ation, of the rule—prohibiting fresh men from using the front campus walk, and theaddition of the regula tion compelling freshmen to occupy the East stands at New Beaver field and the balcony in Recreation hall. Move-up Day was set - as the last Sat urday in April, and all" customs will apply until that time. In giving their sanction to the reg dlations the members of Student Board emphasized the . fact that the success of the. customs for, the . com , in year .dependi; upon. the: entirestu "dent body. They reserved the right to suspend or abolish regulations at any time during the year if violations arc not reported as they should be. . Recommend Police Power Increase The Board also recommended that Campus Police be given the power to take the names of students who may be guilty of gross misconduct in the vicinity of all-College dances on the campus, and at such other times and places on the campus where gross misconduct may be in evidence, this power to apply only in those cases when police are the only persons in authority. The proposal provides that this power ,shall not apply to - fraternity houses or the vicinity of fraternity houses on the campus. It also states that Campus Police shall not have the power to question or punish any of fenders, their authority being limited to the taking of student offenders' names. WELFARE MEETING WILL OPEN TODAY Delegates' Registration at Nittany Lion Inn To Start This Morning at 10 Delegates from the Pennsylvania Department of Welfare, the Public Charities Association of Pennsylvan ia, and members of the College de partment of economics and sociology will hold the annual Centre County Welfare conference here today. Reg istration of delegates will begin at tho Nittany Lion Inn. • "Welfare Work in Centre County" will be discuised by Mary S. Larabee, director of the Bureau of Children at Harrisburg, .as the opening feature of the meeting, followed by a talk on "Helping a Community On Its Way To Self-Support," given by Prof. Roy D. Anthony, head of the department of pomology here. Prof. Willard W. Waller, of the department of econ entice and sociology, will Preside. • .President Ralph D. Hetzel will pre side at a luncheon meeting to be held at the Inn, at which Mrs. Helen G. Tyson will talk on "Welfare Legisla tion, 1033 Gains and Losses." Mrs. Tyson is sassistant deputy secretary of the Pennsylvania D'epartment of Welfare, at Pittsburgh. At the final meeting, which will be gin at 2:30 o'clock this afternoon, two lectures will be given. "Pennsylvan ia's Program of Emergency Relief" will be the subject of Arthur Dun ham, secretary of the Child Welfare division of the .Public Charities As sociation of Pennsylvania, at Phila delphia, while IL A. Leitzcll, a mem ber of the 'Centre County Relief Relief Bodrd, will talk on "Centre County's 'Program of Emergency Re lief." _ . _ Plays Thespian . Lead EMMIEM= THESPIANS TO GIVE 1933 SHOW AGAIN Will Re-enact 'Old King Cole' in • Auditorium on Friday • Night, June 2 Closing their 1933 dramatic season, the Penn State Thespians will pre sent "Old King. Cole" for the third time as a part of Commencement Week activities, in Schwab auditor ium at 7:30 o'clock Friday night. As their last bit for the buskin or ganization, K. Dorothy Johnston '33, and Edwin S. Maimed '33, comedy ar tists, will appear in the roles of the "shady lady" .and the talking third of the "unholy three" respectively. • Baer, Vance to Appear Mahlon L. Heist '33, and Mary E. Snyder '33, cast in lead roles, will also make their . lost appearance before, a Pdnn State audience. , Heist is play ing the part:of the young producer's father,-while,..Miss -Snyder-.will-enact the "victim" role in connection with the "unholy three." With the final curtain, H. Grace Baer '34, and Ralph B. Vance '34, juvenile leads, will have marked their third anniversary of Thespian stage work. Miss Baer will play the speak easy. dancer role, and Vance as the young producer. Melodies from the pen of Willard E. Fichthorn '33 will be heard in the Friday night production. Fichthorn, who with Nevin S. Decker '34, and Charles F. (Duke) Morris '3l, com posed the songs for the show, will be lost to the club through graduation. TROTH' WILL RELEASE NEXT ISSUE ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT Featuring a cover design of a type never before used by the comic maga zine, the Houseparty issue of Froth will be released Wednesday night, ac-, cording to Maynard P. Wood '34, edi tor. The final installments of the two serials, "What I Did For College," by "Jack Oakie," and the imaginary in terview with the president of Wash ington and Jefferson College, will also appear. "A Practical Use For Your Dip loma," useful suggestions to the grad uate, "How To Get a Job," also ad vice to the ex-senior, and the usual , gossip column, editorials, and jokes will appear. Among the art work are contributions by Don Gordon and "0. Soglow." Dissatisfaction With I. M. Athletic Policy Disclosed by Student Poll Substantiating the sentiment of the student committee appointed to in vestigate the intramural athletic pro gram,' an unofficial survey conducted this week by the COLLEGIAN shows that student opinion is against the athletic policies in practice ut Penn State. Of 210 students who were inter viewed, 160 declared that they were dissatisfied with the present program. Of this group, however, only twenty three were recorded as favoring the complete elimination of intramurals from the athletic system. When questioned as to whether they would approve or the modifica tion of intercollegiate sports to allow for additional stress to be placed on intramural activities, every man vot ed in the negative. This point was included in the list of major objections to the present sys tem. The majority of those students included in the survey declared that they felt that more emphasis should be placed .on the varsity competition, and that there should be no interfer ence from intramural sports at all. "Too sissified" was the expression of one objector, who referred specific- STATE . COLLEGE, PA., -I,'.RIDAY, MAY 26, 1933 WOMEN'S RUSHING PERIOD SHORTENED TO WEEK BY CODE Revised' Regulation- Adopted by Panhellenic Council at :Meeting Tuesday MAGDA '34 APPOINTED COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN Unlimited Number of Fraternity Members, Rushees May Attend Parties Reduction of the rushing period for women's fraternities from two weeks to one week features the re vised rushing code adopted by Pan hellenic- Council at a meeting Tues day:" A . Silent - . period preceding the opening of the'rushing season extend ing from the hour. dormitories close the night before until . the hour of the season's opening is also a new feature of the' code. , ' • .Victoria E.:Magda '34 was-appoint ed chairman of the - rushing committee at the meeting by:',line E. Lee '34, president of Panhellenic ' Council: Margaret E: Bainard '34 and Jeanne S. Kleckner '35 were made chairmen of the social and'scholarship commit tees. respectively. Expenses . Set at .345 Any number of fraternity women and,rushees may Attend unorganized parties, according to-lhe new code, while formerly the. number of each group was limited to six. Unorganiz ed dates may last for . two hours rath er than being unlimited as before. The $95 allowed each fraternity for formal and informal parties has been definitely defined for next year to in clude the expenses of the active fra ternity women, alumni, advisers,' pa.- tronesses, and. for the xiishees: Item ized 'accounts, for these ,parties shall be'preienta to the Panhellenic rush ing committee the last day of the rushing season. No gifts may be ac cepted to aid in rushing. Will Use Date Cards Date 'cards to be issued will allow no.. fraternity more than two dates with one rushee. Formerly four dates were permitted. Of these two allotted dates only one may be arranged for by ,a fraternity on the first day of rushing season. Invitations for formal rushing par ties must be received by rushees no later than noon the first day of rush ing season. No date was set in for mer years. Rushees may attend only three formal parties rather than the unlithited number formerly allowed. , Graduate students, sophomore, jun ior, or senior transfers may be bid after one semester's registration, ac cording to the rules. Regulations concerning bidding through the hands of a disinterested committee as was put into practice this year will be continued. The usual party ar rangement of two each night and node on Sundays will be continued. CHAPEL ,ENDED FOR SEASON Because 'of the immenence of finals week, no chapel services will be held either Sunday morning or next Sun day morning. The next religious ser vice in Schwab auditorium will be the Baccalaureate service at 4 o'clock next Sunday afternoon. ally to the innovation of touch foot ball last fall. Another pointed out that he believed the average student did not receive any direct benefit from engaging in an intramural sport once or twice a season, without any super ' Vised training. One student declared that lie did not think the system was so much at I fault, but that there was too much disagreement among the coaches. He added that there was too much "hand -1 shaking' by participants in order to be 'in' on intramural sports. The lack of proper interest was also cited as one of the reasons for dissatisfaction with intra Murals here. It was charged that only a few fra ternities' show an active and continu ed interest in the activities and the track meet Saturday, in which only seven teams participated, was given as am example of the interest which is shown in the average case. Several of the students who ap proved 'of the present plan declared that they were dissatisfied with some of the phases, but believed that the entire system was being improved gradually. One improvement sug gested was that all letter men be barred from all intramural;. Student Committee To Investikate Progianz Next Fall Although the .'Cartmell controver sy was•found to hive been definite ly settled, dissatisfaction with the present system Of ,, intramural ath letics here was expressed by a ma jority report of _Hie committee ap pointed by Student' Board to inves tigate the Cartmell resignation and to sound out sentiment regarding the intramural program.. "Because of the filial action of the executive committee of the Board of Trustees, this committee consid ers the Cartmell case definitely set tled," the majority report read. "However, it is the sentiment of this committee that the program of intramural spats in itself and in relation to intercollegiate ath letics at Penn Stale is not satis factory." The committee, Which will con duct a thorough injOstigation of the system and report] to the student body and administration next fall, is composed of John T. Ryan jr. '34, chairman, Walter C. Moser '33, Thomas J. Harper.: , '34, Charles A. Myers '34, Thomas;A. Slusser William M. Stegmeier '34, William G. Van Keuren '34,t!John M. Stock er '35, Richard A. Maurer '36, and J. Briggs Pruitt '39. $3,250 GIVE' LOAN FUND BY SENIORS Committee of 12 Men, Women Award Balancecltemaining In Class Treasury $3,250, .the balance remaining un placed in the - senior: 4 class treasury, was awarded to till Student Loan , Fund by.a committed,4 twelve seniors Wednesday.. At. a P•evious 'meeting of the men's and woin:n's classes, $l,- 000 was voted to supkort an Artists' Course_ .here-next.-47/tenn.. balance 'remaining to be returned to the class treasury at the end of five years. The committee, appointed by John A. Wood '33 and Phyllis G. Beidler '33, senior class presidents, include Milton D. Baldinger, A. Albert Blaess, Angelin Bressler, Elsie W. Darling ton, William T. Douglass jr., Harris Ebenbach, and Mable .1: Hering. Al fred W. Hesse jr., Ralph D. Hetzel jr., Helen A. Hoover, EdWin S. Malmed,l and Marian E. Potts are other seniors named on the committee. Joint Committee Compromises The decision of • the committee re sulted as an aftermath of separate senior class meetings held May 3. At that time, both sections of the class voted to give $l,OOO t) the support of the proposed Artists': Course. • The men and womm recommended different methods of disposition. for the balance of $3,250. !The men voted to give the money to Ihe Student Loan Fund, to be used witiout interest, for five years, and then , , returned to the class fund. The elms could then re turn that amount to the fund if it so desired. The women howeier, recommended that the $3,250 be used to establish a trust fund, the interest from which would go to establisba scholarship to be awarded annuallr. It was with the intention. of eimpromising on these two recommenlations that the joint committee was appointed. CODE FOR RUSHING AMENDED ,BY 1.F.0 Fraternities' Activit i es Chart Next Fall Will Regale Approval Of Council Group Two articles, emboacd in an amend ment to the Ebenbih code, concern ing fraternity activlies charts as, an aid to individual rushing were passed by the Interfraternty Council Wed nesday night. Fraternities wishiig to compile an activities chart to lid during rushing season will be requed to have it ap proved by the Coticil rushing com mittee, according t4ne clause in the amendment. The sound article pro vides that violatmof the first clause be penalized in acbrdance with the regulations goverrog other rules of the 1933-34 rushinj code. Edward W. Volt '34 was appoint ed chairman of tii Council rushing committee for nexl'year by President Herman C. Brand '34. Others in cluded on the comiittee arc Jack R. Aldrich '34, Ray I Longenecker '34, Ralph B. Vance 't Robert 0. Gra ham jr. '35, Edwin( W. Jones '35, and A. Kenneth 111aierr35. During the sun= the Council committee on hotniag will compile a complete list of rums available only during the duraqr of the rushing period in Septernbr. • 12 NEW MEMBERS ELECTED TO POSTS IN STUDENT UNION Myers Will Represent Campus Publications—Ryan Named Council Delegate BRANDT '34 APPOINTED FRATERNITY COUNCILMAN Blichfeldl, Acker Selected To Act for Women's Groups At Board Meetings Election of twelve student activities representatives to the 1933-34 Student Union board were completed Wednes day, according to Robert M. Maxwell, this year's president. The outgoing board and newly-elected members met in a joint meeting last night to elect officers for the ensuing year. Charles A. Myers '34 will. represent the student publications on the new board while John T. Ryan jr. '34, sen ior class president, has been chosen to serve as Student Council repre sentative. Herman C. Brandt '34 is to serve as delegate from the Inter- 1 fraternity Council. Harper To Represent A. A. Representing the Women's Student Government Association, Eva Blichfeldt '34 will serve on the Union. Others named to the board include Doris M. Acker '34, from Panhellenic Council, Emery P. May '34 from the dramatics and music organizations, and Thomas J. Harper '34, Men's Athletic Association. Carson W. Culp '34 will serve on the board as a representative of the religious organizations of the College, together with Jacob R. Stark '3.1 as the Inter-Class Budget representative. K. Jane Lee '34 has been named the delegate of the Panhellenic Council while Ernest J. Kaulfuss '34 has been chosen' as - theldelegaie my fraternities. Manlio F. DeAn gelis '35 will represent the non-fra ternity inter-unit council. Faculty Officers Listed Neil M. Fleming, graduate manager of athletics, will again serve as treas urer of the Union, while other mem bers 'of the board include Dean of Men Arthur R. Warnock, and Dean of Women Charlotte E. Ray, manager of the Student Union. Prof. Merritt M. Harris, of the department of Eng lish composition, and Hummel ,Fish burn, acting head of the music de partment, will also servo in an ex officio capacity. All members who were elected to the board will assume responsibilities immediately. All students, however, who are engaged in activities work or members of the Athletic Association are considered as members of the Union. KERN TALKS IN PUERTO RICO Dean Prank D. Kern, head of the Graduate School, delivered the annual commencement address for the College of Agriculture and Engineering of the University of Puerto Rico last week. The College, which is located at Mayaguez, was the scene of Dean Kern's activities in 1924-25 when he served as its dean during a year's leave of absence. Only 16 Percent of Graduates May Expect To Find Job Shown in Survey Only sixteen percent of the seniors who will don caps and gowns next week have jobs, either for during the summer or for the fall, a survey of men and women in the class of 1933 reveals. One hundred representative mem bers of the graduating class were queried in the survey. Of the sixty eight among them who don't have po sitions to . step into, twenty plan to take graduate work next year, and three more expect to begin graduate study within two years after they leave College. The majority of those planning further study name Penn State as the school of their choice. Fifteen members of the one hun dred quizzed were certain of jobs for next year, while seventeen thought it a bare possibility that they might so cure employment before Christmas ar rives. Five of the fifteen , certain of work are also planning graduate study, while ten employed will• not at tempt to mix two occupations. The seventeen doubtful arc not sure of taking graduate work. Eastern colleges have been chosen for the greatest part by the men and women. who plan advanced study. Among the schools selected arc Co lumbia University, Syracuse Univer-I sky, Jefferson Bledical College and Heads Players Cast PAUL K. HIRSCH '35 PLAYERS TO GIVE 2 PERFORMANCES Will Present 'Devil's Disciple' Next Saturday, Monday At 7:30 O'clock As their contribution to houseparty and commencement activities, the Penn State Players will present "The Devil's Disciple" in Schwab auditor ium at 7:30 o'clock next Saturday and Monday nights. Prof. Arthur C. Cloc tingh, of the department of English literature, is directing the production., Paul K. Hirsch '35, in the role of Dick Dudgeon, \ the devil's disciple,! and Lillie A. Kell '33, as Judith An-: derson, head the cast. Other major roles are the Rev. Anderson, portray ed by Wickliffe W. Crider '36, and General "Gentlemanly Johnny" Bur goyne, played by John E. Binns '36. To Use 5 Sets Additional members of the cast are Ma's. 'Du - dgdon; - playa - 11y Grace L. Moyer '34; Essie, portrayed by Mary E. Carroll '35; Major Swindon, whose part is taken by John B. Bott '35; and Christy Dudgeon, played by Will iam G. Balderston '36. John V. Her ashuchuk ,'34 portrays the Sergeant; Alfred J. Berkowitz '36 takes the part of Uncle Titus; John J. Voorhees '33 characterizes Lawyer Hawkins; and Richard H. Allen '36 portrays the Chaplain. In addition twenty-five students have been cast as townspeople, Brit ish soldiers and officers, and the town band. Five sets typical of a New England town during the Revolution ary War have been designed by M. Dean Ross '35. Edward R. Hoffman '34 is stage manager, while James F. Covey '34 is electrician. Elsie M. Douthett '35 ha's been named properties manager; Carlyn V. Manifold '34 has charge of Cos tumest.while Everett C. Waltman '34 is advertising manager. MUsic for the performance will be given by the Players Little Symphony orchestra under the direction of Philip S. Turn-I er '33. O'NEILL NAMED DRUID READ Frederick M. - ,36 was elect ed president of Druids at a recent meeting. William G. Cooper '36 will serve as vice-president, and Harry B. Frazer jr. '36 as secretary-treasurer. Carnegie Institute of Technology. Other schools named as choices of the seniors were Drexel Institute, flar ward University, University of Pitts-. burgh, Northwestern University, Uni versity of Pennsylvania, and New York University. Of the five seniors who have secured positions for next year, and who at the same time plan to take graduate work, twq will return to Penn State, while Drexel Institute, University of Pittsburgh, and Northwestern Uni-, versity, will each have one member! of the group of one hundred enrolled; for work in one of its schools. As a second section of the survey, seniors named their preference as to various sections of the COLLEGIAN, as regards the part they tam to first. Of the one hundred balloting, thirty read the front page first, sixteen all the headlines, thirteen the sports page, while nine read the Campuseer and Old Mania columns first. Queried as to their opinion of the paper's editorial policy, the seniors balloted ninety to ten in favor of the present policy. Among the sugges tions received were for more student opinion, advocated by three students, while three other seniors countered with requests for more opinions from members of the faculty, in regard both to student and world affairs. PRICE FIVE CENTS ROCHESTER DIVINITY SCHOOL PRESIDENT WILL GIVE SERMON Dr. Albert W. Beavens Secured To Make Baccalaureate Address Sunday STUDENT MARSHALS FOR PROCESSION APPOINTED Scholastic Leaders of Various Schools to Head Annual Ceremony Monday Dr. Albert W. l3eaven, president of the Rochester-Colgate Divinity School, will , deliver the annual baccalaUreate sermon before members of the gradu ating class in Schwab auditorium at 4 o'clock Sunday. "Religion and Your Tomorrow" wily be his subject. Dr. Beaven is a graduate of Ro chester Theological Seminary, and Shurtlelf College, receiving degrees of bachelor of arts and doctor of divinity at these institutions. lie was. foe• twenty years, pastor of the Lake Avenue church in Rochester, N. Y. Known as Author Cornell University, Yale Univer sity, University of Chicago, and Wellesley College have each known Dr. Beaven in his capacity of univer sity preacher. During the World War, be served as secretary of Y. M. C. A. headquarters in this country, France, and Germany. "Fine Art of Living Together"; "Putting the Church on a Full Time Basis"; "Life's Eastern Window"; and "Transformed Limitations" are hooks which the speaker has written. He is a member of I'i Gamma Mu, honorary political science fraternity. Class Day Program Changed Changes in the order of the Class Day exercises were made yesterday by; the. gommittee jn. ebarge..of ars, rangements. The revised program will open with the salutatory address, to be presented by Milton I. Baldinger '33, with the reading of the class poem and the class history by Phyllis G. Seidler '33 and William T. Doug lass jr. '33 in that order. Edwin S. Maimed '33 will make the pipe oration to John T. Ryan '3.1, and S. Louise Everitt '33 will make the mirror oration to Virginia B. Spring er '3l. Harriet R. Henrie '33, An gelin Bressler '33, and Helen A. Mov e '33, will receive class honors follow ing the orations. Cliss honors will be presented to John A. Wood Robert E. Tschan '33, and Wayland P. Dunaway 111 '33 preceding President Ralph D. Hetzers address, and the dedication of the class memorial, to be presented by Wood. Col. J. Franklin Shields, president of the Board of Trustees, will accept the class memorial. Ralph D. Hetzel (Cotinued on page, fourg. HONORARY SOCIETY INSTALLS CHAPTER 11 Members of Local Associallett Initiated Into National of Jdpha Della Sigma Eleven members'of the Penn State Advertising club were installed as the twenty-fourth chapter of Alpha Della Sigma, national honorary adverlising fraternity, at an initiation held yes terday afternoon. At a dinner meet ing last night, the new organization was addressed by Dr.. Carl W. Hasa, of the department of economics and sociology, and by Guy Z. Stover, as a representative of the local Commerce club. Robert. M. Harrington '33, who was president of the local organization, and Willard D. Nester '33, secretary, are the temporary local officers of the fraternity. Other new members of the advertising honorary include James R. Gallagher '33, Robert E. Gray '33, William A. Itidell 'Ni and Harry A. Will '33. The list. concludes with Harold J. Datsch '34, S. Jack Caraher 'O4, John G. Keeney '34, Frederick L. Taylor '34 and Richard G. Wolf '3.1 Installation of the group was in charge of Arthur Ilitibun, grand sec retary of the fraternity, who arrived recently from Evansville, Wisconsin, to prepare for the affair. The na tional honorary was established at the University of Missouri in 1913. Among the chapters of the frater nity are organizations at New York, Boston, and Syracuse, Universities, and at the Universities of Illinois, California, Washington, and at the Carnegie Institute of Technology, as welt as at sixteen other colleges and universities in the United States.
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