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PENN STATE COLLEGIAN
Published semi-weekly during the College year, escept on holidays.
by students of The Pennsylvania State College, in the Interest of the
CHARLES A. MYERS '34 FREDERICK L. TAYLOR '3l
Editor Business Manager
GEORGE A. SCOTT '34 HAROLD J. BATSCH '3l
Managing Editor Circulation Manager
WILLIAM M. STF.GMEIER '34 11. EDGAR FURMAN '3l
Sports Editor Local. Advertising Manager
BERNARD 11. lIOSENZWEIG '34 JOHN C. IRWIN 'St
News Editor Foreign Advertising Manager
JAMES M. SHEEN 'Si FRANCIS WACKF,It '3l
Class .3 i t tl A tii F. l , 1 1 , :hig K r A ti l s , i lA g N 3D 31 mger
RUTH N. lIARMON '3l
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. Women's Editor Women's Managing Editor
EVA M. BLICIIFELDT '3l
Women's News Editor
ASSOCIATE EDITORS
Semen 13. Beatty jr. 'll6 .loln A. Brutrman '35 'Phillip W. Fair jr. '35
A. Conrad linfges '33 Kenneth C. Hoffman '35 Burton Rawl. , Jr. ' 35
Jarmo B. Wolmon Jr. '35 Fred \V. Wright '35
ASSOCIATE BUSINESS MANAGERS
Harry J. Knoll' 15 11, Kenneth Lyonn 15 Jack A. Martin 33
John J. Mathews '55 George A. Rutledge 15 Earl G..KeWser jr. '35
WOMEN'S ASSOCIATE EDITORS
Marcia 11. Daniel •35 Elsie M. Dontliett '35 Margaret W. Kingloc_.3
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1933
THE FRATERNITY AND SANITY
The fraternity is one of the most serious problems
confronting the freshman during his entire four years
here. Rushing season and the subsequent pledging can
probably do more than any single thing to throw the
freshman off balance. The man with a large number
of fraternities on his date card'is apt to look upon him
self as a superior person, and on his less fortunate
classmates as a lower species. The freshman from the
modest home is overwhelmed by the splendor of large
houses, and is prone to acquire
. a false set of values.
And almost every freshman who pledges will believe
that he has been accorded a great honor by being p2r .
?flitted to join that group which may boast of a star
athlete, a class president, or sonic other campus lum-
But more profoundly affected than any of these
is the freshman who is not even rushed, or if he is rush
ed, does not receive a bid. 'The mortification suffered
by such a freshman is often painful and tends to breed
an inferiority complex. He is inclined to 'feel that be
is seriously lacking in some way. However true this
may be in some instances, it is more' often the case
that he is lacking in the personal' getter which is the
most important asset for a rushing season. The pangs
of the unpledged would be greatly alleviated, and the
superior attitude of the men with pledge pins on their
lapels would be greatly deflated, if they realized the
true position of a social fraternity on a college campus.
It is not an honor society,and membership is not usually
n reward for superior attainments. The lottery of a
rushing season makes it farcial for any fraternity to
assert that it has secured just the group it wants, and
that it has chosen its pledges carefully on the basis of
good and bad qualities.
The present-day fraternity, whatever may have
been its purposes when it was founded, is little more
than a social club of college men, or women, who have
found it more convenient and enjoyable to live in that
manner than in any other way. The honor of belong
ing to this or that social group is of no deeper sig
nificance than the honor of walking down the street with
the "big shot" of the campus. At best, it is a reflected
honor in which the freshman pledge may bask. To be
sure, it is often a delightful and satisfying honor, but
not one based on bedrock The sooner pledged and un
pledged freshmen realize this fact, the sooner will a
democratic and sane attitude be reached.
ONE IN A MILLION
The first week of College is for the average fresh
man the most exciting period during the entire four
years. Here' is a round of activities that sweeps him
off his feet. There are tests, mass meetings, confer
ences, and all sorts ;if things on the regular Freshman
Week program, and besides those ; fraternity rushing.
The effect is to make the freshman feel very small and
insignificant at times; and at other times very import
ant and bloated.
With 1249 others like him, the first response of the
freshman upon arriving at College is likely to be one
of mingled emotions. For many, the breaking of home
tics may seem the most difficult of adjustment. Here
ho is "one in a million" and thei•e is no family to fall
back on. Too, he may experience a sudden deflation.
Ho may have been the senior class president or the foot-
ball captain in high or preparatory school, but here he
is "just another 'freshman?' He is no longer the one to
whom inferiors may look up. The tables are turned;
he is the one who gazes in awe at the campus celebri
ties. The dpecent is sudden and often painful—that is,
until the fraternities start their rushing.
Then the average freshman is quite a different
fellow. However insignificant he may lave felt the
first two or three days, he begins to think that he is
really important. With three or four, or seven or eight
fraternities striving violently for his affections, he can
hardly be blamed for his high opinion of himself. Wiser
days will conic, however, and it is part of the fresh
man's education to discover that.
In the midst of all this fraternity rushing, there is
ono thing the freshman should not neglect. Some fra
ternity men, wishing for a little longer time with the
freshman, will tell him that.this or,that meeting on his
Freshman Week schedule is of no importance and that
there is no harm in cutting it. On the contrary, the
events scheduled during Freshman Week are •ef im
portance. They have been put there ‘for a purpose.
They help the freshman to become accustomed toThis
new surroundings quickly and acquaint him with College
customs and methods. Each freshman will do well to
attend all the meetings listed on his schedule. •
Do You. Know . . .
That th:. , orizirw.l Old Main building was eon
donned and torn down in 1t29 and that the present
!-.tructutr , , completed the neNt year. woo built from
many 01 tie 011 111 -tares?
That the fornwr Old ldain building housed the
entire Collet:c in and that s used until ISSG
icor proft:sors • ilmins, classrooms, :tut
administrative office
Th::: the tradl:lon or old tree dates
back to tilt time when a prpfett,or planted it in mem
ory of (guilt]. day: ? The original tree was blown
down in a wind storm and a cutting was planted in
1P•21. It now .grows near the drinking fountain on
the main canuan, wall:.
That the permission ot the lweiident of the Col
lege as well as the appr , val of the Dean of Women
was the red tape gone through for securing a date
with a Penn State co-ed hack in the '7o's?
That the nolylith in front of the Armory was
erected in 1:l0 r; and nntains all the specimens of
l:nasvn stone found in Itennaylvaia?
That it has be: n eAlinaltd that over 100,000 blue
books are used by sindcrb: for examinations during
each richool ycar
That Penn State athlete: , rcpresented the United
States in the la=l, four Olyn , pie games?
That a Penn St..te football team teas once se-
leeted to repwca'ent the En,t. in the annual New Year's
Day gridiron classic at the Rose Bawl in . Pasadena,
California 1
That the first student to enroll in the College
is now living n retired physician on a farm in
Arkansas?
That. a Penn State altunntis helped Empress Eu
genie of France escape from Park; during the Franco,
Prussian War of 1370?
• That hiking was chosen as the most popular sport
by the reran State faculty in a_ recent questionnaire?
That there io a ease of historical materials per
taining io the College on the second floor of the Car
negie librarywhich, among other things, includes a
Lincoln signature, seals of the College, and candle
sticks which ware coed in the original Old Main?
That the Nittany Lion, symbol of Penn State's
athletic protects, was launched at Princeton Univer
sity in 19013 on the occasion of a baseball game when
a Penn State - student in a flash of repartee said that
nothing but a Penre-ylvania mountain lion could stand
before a Bengal tiger?
-That nearly SO,OOO towels are needed each year
athletes and physical education students, accord
ing to the locker room attendant at Recreation Hall?
That campus politics are Tun wi , ,h the same or:'
ganization no eniAs in national politics, parties and
all?
That all indoor athletic Incas were held in the
Armory until the completion of Recreation hall in
That commencement exercises used to he held in
the Schwab auditorium until the graduating classes
became too large?
That rushing tupong the women's social frater
nities is not carried on until' the sophomore year?
That seven of the trees on the front campus are
dedicated to Penn State men who lost their lives in
tho World War? Likewise, the bronze plaque in the
first floor lounge of Old Main is dedicated to those
That English 'composition was rated by promin
ent Penn Stab: alumni as the most important single
College subject?
That McAllister hall. now a women's dormitory,
once Was a men's living quarters?
That many of 'the streets in State College are
named aft 2r former presidents of the College?
THE PENN STATE COLLEGIAN °
Customs Mould Activities
Of Freshmen on Campus
College customs at Penn State arc
practices..!which • have been handed
down from class to class and have no•.r
become established traditions. Orig
inating from various sources, these
practices have ~become ingrained in
student life and . undergo constant
changes.
Prominent among old Penn State
traditions is the custom of exchanging
cordial "Hello's!' with other student:,
on the campus. Every student also
greets the president of the College
in this manner with a tip of the hat
or civilian salute.
Smoking on the campus is confinvd
to places outside of classrooms, lab
oratories, and Recreation hall. Penn
State men conduct themselves like
gentlemen and sportsmen at all ath
letic events and await the, singing of
the Alma Mater at the close of the
game.
Pasting or painting of stickers or
seals bearing Penn State insignia does
not receive the approval of correct
usage. ICU .needless to say that
there are far superior ways in which
to distinguish,one's self as a Penn
State man.
Two freshman customs were rein
stated, one added, and two removed
es a result of a customs revision made
by Student Council last May. No
sophomore restrictions remain because
of their removal three years ago.
Freshmen will not be allowed to
.moke on the campus this year and
oust carry matches at all times ex-
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cent in those periods designated as
holidays. Jackets may be worn by
freshmen in place of the usual coat,
the Council also ruled.
The restriction requiring freshmen
to stay off the front campus walk
has been removed from the list. This
year freshmen will be required to oc
cupy the cast stands at New Beaver
field athletic meets and the balcony
in Recreation hall.
The .remaining freshman , customs
arc as follows:
1. Do not walk across the grass
on the campus. • -
2. A coat or jacket must be worn
i❑ public at all times.
3. Always Wear your dink, black
socks, and black tic, except on trips,
on holidays ; and on Sundays, or when
entertaining mothers or sisters, or
when escorting young women at times
of house parties and house dances.
4. Wear a, regulation card with
your name and preparatory or high
school printed on it in large letters.
Do not appear without it during the
first two Weeks at College.
5. Do not fail to attend class
meetings, athletic events, or mass
meetings. Do not leave such events
until excused by proper authority.
S. Do not keep your hands in your
pockets at any time.
7. Do not enter the South Liberal
Arts building by the front entrance.
Use the rear entrance in entering the
North Liberal Arts building.
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