COMPLETE CAMPUS COVERAGE Vol. 30 No. 3 9 WOMEN'S UNITS . TO START RUSHING PERIOD WEDNESDAY 1933 Season Activities Limited To Single Week by' New - Panhellenic Code, PHI MU WILL ENTERTAIN AT FIRST FORMAL PARTY. Rushees Will Iticeive Bid Car& From Dean.• Ray's Office; • Next ThursOOy Opening the 1933 walling season at 11 o'clock Wednesday' morning, nine women's fraternities will start ing activities to continfie . until 10:30 o'clock Tuesday night when the silent period begins. ACcordine to the new Panhellenic rushing code, which shortens.the rush ing period to one week, formal 'parties will• begin on the second <lay of. rush: season and will continue until the close of the period. To Use Preferential Ballot ' •Phi Mu wilr entertain with the•first formal rushing party from 6 to 8 o'clock Thursday night, with.the•Del ta Gamma party from 8:30 to 10:30. The Chi Omega formal party will be held first on Friday and will be fol lowed' by the Kappa Alpha • Theta party. Gamma Phi Beta will• have its rush ing party from 7 to 9 o'clock Saturday night while Alpha Omicron . Pi and Kappa Kappa Gamma will entertain Monday night. Theta Phi. Alpha and Alpha Chi Omega will close the season with formal rushing Parties Tuesday night. , 'A kit of bids made by a fraternity must be in the office of the Denn„of Woolen by-11 o'clock folloNVing the last fOrinaLlparty.:.lltimbees`.munt- , reeeive their`ballotn by 10 o'clock th'e= f01103V 7 ing' morning and must return . ' them to the office of:tha Dean of WOMen.by 5 o'clock thatafternomi. The' p'referen tial ballot syStem• of bidding is used. • • Will Observe Silent Period' Forty-five. dollars must cover all rushing expenses for each fraternity, according to the new tode. , This sum must „include all money spent for active members, patronesses, alum nae, and .pledges of the fraternity. Another new feature .of the. present code is a twelve-hour silent _period proceeding the opening of rushing sea son. Contrary. to former 'years,..a rushee may attend only three formal, rushing parties. Invitations to all fomal rush ing parties' must be in the hands of the rushceiby noon of the first rush ing day. The use of date .cards, which was started last. year for.wom en's rushing, will 'be continued this season. A fraternity may hive two in formal dates • with one rushee, only one: of which may be made on. the first day of rushing season. , • FACULTY MEMBERS ATTEND FALL MEETING Represent Penn State' Section.' at ChCmieal Society Ciiciltve Eight faculty members attended the annual fall meeting. of the American chemical society held in Chicago, Ill. ; last week.. Many • of them took this opportunity to, visit the WOrld's Fair. Among those.who were at Chicago were Dean Fran,lc C.- Whitmore, of the School of-Chemistry and Physics•and a 'member of the board of directors 'of ;the .American Chemical - .society, Dr. Alfred W, Gauger, director •of station and chairman of the A.' C. S. division on fuel technology, and. Dr. .Calvert C. Wright. • Others 'attending the sessions were Grover C. Chandlee, head •of the chemistry department; Dr., Wheeler P.. Davey, head of the nhysical chem istry department, Dr. Pauline Berry Mack, head of the textile chemist* department, and Dr. Donald S., Cry der, head of the department of chem ical engineering, • ENGIIEERING; SOCIETY PLANS TO REORGANIZE IN OCTOBER Professor Church of the Polytechnic Institute of America and Ernest Hirt ford, assistant secretary of the Amer kin Society of Mechanical Engineers, will• be here in, October to . explain the plans .for .the •reorganization of 'the . The present officers of the :orga ization are Richard H..Patchen,•• ) 34l; president; A.. Homer Manwhring•'34, treasurer; and Richard Herr rotary. These Men assume :the mr!,n .agement of the' Student Brarich,of the 'A. S. 34. E; in State College next semester. • • , 40 nt ti, #tatt t 4 (fratrgtang. _ ESTABLISHED 1904 ____ Temporary Tribunal Head - To Rule Freshman Customs Ryan '34 Will Appoint New Leader in Absence • Of Anderson '34; '37 Regulations To Begin Wednesday Noon • In the absence of William A. An demon. '34, president of Student Trib unal, who will not return to .College this year, freshman customs for the next two weeks will be controlled by a temporary tribunal head to be ap pointed by John T. Ryan, Senior Class president, within the next few days. • 'Ciistoms officially begin at 1:10 o'clock ' Wednesday afternoon. Any governing the conduct of first year men from that moment on will come under-the control of Student Trib unal. - ' ' 'Aniong the changes being made in the student government at Penn State $5,000 AVAILABLE FOR STUDENT AID peservini Seniors' Scholarship Limit Set. at . s7s, Juniors May Receive $5O • Loan funds avail-able to students during the first semester will not be in . the 'exce s s of $5OOO, according to a statement . issued by Dean of Men, Arthur It. Warnock. This amotint shows a decrease of nearly $2OOO for the- same period• last' year. ' . Deserving seniors, whose cases have been• investigated, will be awarded scholarships of seventy-five dollars while juniors with the most pressing cases will be awarded fifty • dollars, according to the' Dean'. of Men. Ap- Plications'froin 'underclassmen for. aid are more numerable than , before, he Fold Decreased • .Citing the decrease in the funds, Dean ;Warnock 'stated • that the .'in terests and dividends of former loans and'small sums horn the student ben efit's amounted to practically $2OOO less than during . the first semester of the 1932-33 term. In addition to the income 'of the Invested funds, the 1933 class mem orial fund swelled the total by $4,100. One-half of. this ,will• be loaned this semester' to be,.paid back two years after giaduatton. with 3% interest from the date of issue. Recent news dispatches . from Washington implied that the federal government may 'Make funds avail able to college students, but the col lege authorities have not received direct word that such loans . will be available' soon. KRUMBINE SPEAKS • IN SUNDAY CHAPEL Ohio Minister Declares That One's Life May Add Greatly to • Progreis of World POinting out that no matter how futile a life may seem while one is actually in the process of living it, that same life may he,one of those that in the end proves to have contributed greatly to the 'progress of the world, Dr. Miles H. Krumbine, pastor of the Plymouth Church, Shaker Heights, Cleveland, Ohio, addressed the-special Freshman Week Chapel services 'in Schwab auditorium Sunday morning. The chapel' speaker pointed. out the futility of the fatalistic,-cynical.point of yietir . regarding the purpose for which • men and women are placed upon the earth. "No matter how inane some of the actions of men may seem, many of them are of real value," he 'declared. ' ' illustrating his assertions, the Cleveland 'pastor remarked upon the fact that Disraeli was by far i the greatest figure in world history while he was living, but that at the 'present time the number of books written by, and about, Martin Luther far exceeds the - number of 'those - chronicling the events in the life of Disarcli. ' Music at the 'services - was limited; owing to the , fraility of the College organ, which,, according to reports, is it need of a general overhauling. The speaker next Sunday will be the Hon. Franklin S. Edmunds, of Philadelphia. NAMED GERMAN INSTRUCTOR Ernest. Koch '2B, ..formerly. an , in atructor •in• German, here, has just been 'appointed full-time instructor at Nevi'York _University for the coming ydar. Aft'er leaving here in 1931, Koch studied for his Ph. D. in German at Na. York and served as part-time instructor: , STATE COLLEGE, PA., MONDAY,rEVENING, SEPTEMBER 18, 1933 at present is the drafting , of a new constitution controlling the actions of Tribunal in punishing offenses against the first year men's codes. Plans 'are for the adoption of the new constitu tion at an early Meeting of Student Council. Transfer students desiring abate ment or modification of customs will be summoned to a meeting of Student Tribunal to be held within the next two weeks, according to Ryan. Until official sanction is given to their going without 'customs; all Transfer students in their first year here will be under the regulation of fresh man rules. Under the rules adopted for the government of first year men here last year, freshmen will be required to carry matches at all times,• while smoking on the campus is prohibited among first year men. Under the latter rule the campus is designated as the area bounded by College avenue on the south, Park avenue on the north, North -Atherton street on the west, and East drive on the east. This year freshmen will be permit ted to wear leather and woolen jackets instead• of the coats which were re quired heretofore. The regulation badges which first year men are now wearing, giving their name, and the name of their .home town, must be worn until next ,Saturday. Lettering on these badges must be at least one half an inch in height. Under the definition of "freeman" as' expounded in the Handbook, the rules declare that "Any student en tering as a freshman in any fOur course shall be considered as a fresh man and shall be required to take one year of ..College customs. All 'special students,. entering.,.Copege - prafirriteli — the - ssaMM freshrrian and all students changing from a two to a four course shall be required to take one year of College customs." CHANDLEE NAMED GRADUATE HEAD Will Assume Duties as • School Dean ' During Dr. Kern's Absence at Puerto Rican Institution During the absence of Dr. Frank B. Kern, Dr. Grover C. Chandlee, head of the chemistry department, will act as dean of the graduate school, it'was announced today by President Ralph D. Hetzel. Dr. Chandler will handle his new duties in addition to his work in chemistry. Dr.. Kern is at the University of Puerto Rico as acting Dean of the College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts. While there, he Will make many botanical studies with the President of the University. He also expects to make a short trip to South America before returning to the States. -Thisjs the second time that Dean Kern. has assisted at the island un iversity. During a year's leave from 1924 'to 1925, he also served as its Dean., This spring he delivered the commencement address before the graduating class of the college. A Penn State man, Rafael Men endez RaMos 'l4, who returned here last year to work on a doctor's de gree, was former Dean of the College. lie resigned recently to become sec retary of agriculture and commerce of the island, government. COEDS TO SAVE MONEY BY COOKING OWN. MEALS Ilege,Will Provide House on Miles Street for Needy Students Women students who desire to save Money by cooking their own meals will I be given the opportunity through a co-operative plan worked out by Dean of Women Charlotte E. Ray. The College has taken over a residence at 125 Miles street as a dormitory for women in which the experiment will be tried. —Twenty co-eds, to be selected by Dean Ray on the basis of their need, will live there and do their own cook ing either singly or in groups, as they prefer.'They will purchase their own supplieS in an effort to live more ec onomically. The rents at the dormi tory- will be. the same as those at others on the campus and in town. The Women living in the co-opera tive house, in addition to doing their own cooking, will furnish their own dishes—and wash them. The house, which-has , been completely refurnish ed,' will be cared for by Mrs. Gertrude Jackson, who will act as chaperon and manager. College Will Otnit • ConvOciition Service Regular College,:iessions will open .on Wednesday afternoon at 1:10 o'clock without 'the customary con vocation service: M, the Recreation hall, Adrian O. Mptse, executive sec retary to President Hetzel, an nounced today. • - This is second successive year that -the .formaqonening service, with the message by the President; has been . disconti4Cd. It is planned to hold a like meeting later in the HOUSES REQUIRED TO DEPOSIT BONDS Fraternities Mdst Furnish $5O Before Offieiirtid Cards • Will Be DiStributed Warnings were issued to fifty-four social fraternities that the fifty dol lar bond for the rushing season should be posted with the Interfraternity Council before bids!will be distribut ed, according to- Homer Manwar ing '34, secretary of the organization. The custornary.iidnd must be posted with the rushihg,eeumittee before the fraternity will - .permitted to re ceive the, official bid cards, according to the 1933 Rushing code. Since the fees deposited by tb'e fraternities will be converted IntoP:eash, last minute deposits will be 'accepted. Pleads for Strict Adherence Meanwhile, . thetfifty-four social fraternities continued under the re stricted rushing system. as. the first period reached thelialf-way mark. Re stricted rushing will lose at 10 o'clock Saturday night: the 1933 Rushing code was :issued•by..fier. 'man' C. Brandt '34 Interfraternity Council president. "Since the 1933 . code is. the most liberal here in many year, violations will not only put the fraternities on an unequal basis for rushing, but may be the undoing of just as liberal a-system for next year," Brandt said. • "When the code was adopted, it was hoped that in having both the restric ted and unlimited systems a 'workable medium of practical rushing regula tions had been struck," Brandt con tinued, "Since the code is so liberal-, should wholesale violations result there would be no alternative but to return •to the more strictly regu lated system." . 2 MEN JOIN FACULTY • OF FORESTRY SCHOOL Drs. Dean, Martell Accept Positions In. College Department Dr. J. L. Deen; a graduate of the Forest School at the University of Minnesota, has Seen elected to the for estry faculty. heie. After receiving his Ph.D. degree from the Yale Forest School in 1931 , Dr. Dien served on the facUltiof that school. • . Dr. E. R. Martell; a graduate of the 'Forestry School. at the University of Michigan, has also been elected to that department here with Dr. Deco. Dr. Martell received his Ph.D. degree from Michigan in 1933 after having spent three years in'-the U. S. Forest Service. Before coming to ,Penn State, Dr. Deen had charge of the Keen Forest, research field of the Yale Forestry School, and Dr. Martell was connected with the Citizens Conservation Corps Camps in New Mexico.. Freshmen Co-eds To Replace Ribbons Of Other Years With Green Buttons . Gay green ribbons will no longer adotn the fair heads of ,freshmen women during the first week of their collegiate experience, 'according to Selina A. Wunderlich • '36, chairman of the customs committee. The wear ing • of . round green buttons until Thanksgiving will replace the out dated •custom. • Strict simplicity, keywords of the new , customs policy, is followed also in the adoption of smaller name cards to be held in .place by the green but tons. They will be worn during the first three weeks of the college year, beginning at fourth-hour at 10:50 o'clock, Wednesday.'Buttons and name cards must be Purchased for ten cents by all freshmen women from.,members of the customs committee : • . No social engagements, are allowed first-year women, during the initial weeks of the college , year, • and the DAD'S DAY SET FOR OCTOBER 14; PLANS NEAR COMPLETION Fathers Will See Penn State Battle Muhlenberg as Afternoon Feature FRESHMEN SCHEDULED. ' FOR FORMING LETTERS Smoker, Chapel Service Planned To Conclude Activities of Annual Reunion Plans for the annual Did's Day, on which Penn State students welcome their fathers to the campus, are being formulated, and the yearly reception will be held October 14, the date of the Muhlcnberg-Penn State football contest here. Prof. J. Orvis Keller, head of the departmemt of engineering extension and 'secretary -treasurer of the Par ent's association, heads the committee on arrangements. H. D. Davis, of Drexel Hill is president of the as sociation for this year, while J. F. Torrence, of Greensburg, is vice-pres ident. Stud.ent Loan Fund Gets Profits Two years ago the association, which is formed of parents of present and past students at Penn State, voted to give all profits to the Student Loan fund,. in order that worthy students might continue school. The dues of the organization are one dollar per year, collected in the fall, and it is from those dues that grants to the student loan fund are drawn, after the expenses of the organization are deducted. 'ln connection with the football en counter during the afternoon, 'fresh- Alen wilb : stage annual .welcome 6 the .fathers - Of students: - Tlfo first year -men, sitting in the East stands, will rise at given signal, forming an outline of blue and white shirt fronts to spell the word, "Dad." As the soccer team will be compet ing against Temple in Philadelphia October 14, football wilt hive the 'spot' on the afternoon's athletic at tractions; except for a possible Father and Son tennis tournament, which will be held if the weather is suitable, according to reportS. Father-Son Smoker Scheduled Among the features of the reunion weekend is a Father and Son smoker, to be held either in the Armory or the Old Main Sandwich Shop. At the present time, no outside entertain ment has been arranged to take place at the smoker. The Parents association, which was originally formed to "promote the best interests of the College and its students, as well as a feeling of fra ternalism among the parents of stu dents" started the Dad's Day plans a number of years ago, and has .su pervised the annual rally ever since. As the concluding part of the re union, Dr. Henry P. VanDeusen, Dean of Students at the Union Theo logical Seminary, New York City, will address the chapel audience in Schwab auditorium Sunday morning, 'October 15. Social fraternities will also wel come the parents, with dinners and other events scheduled. CO-EDS WIN SCHOLARSHIPS Margaret E. Borland '34 and Char lotte G. Apple '39 left Saturday for Detroit to accept fellowships at Mer rill-Palmer School of Home EconoMics. Miss Borland and Miss Apple were chosen by the department of home eco nomics to hold the fellowships on the basis of scholarship and general ex cellence in their work. ten o'clock dating privilege, allowed once each week end, has been extended to a semester's duration rather than changing as formerly, to two such privileges each week end after Christ mas. Upperclass women share in customs revision by a freer and more uniform regulation of hours. "One o'clock" on both Friday and Saturday, nights and ten o'clock privileges during the week and on Sundays will encourage the use of personal discretion in the ex penditure of time among upperclass women. All major dances and house parties may be attended by all women, regardless of class. Due to the greater simplicity of customs, strict enforcement of the new rules will be the aim of both the customs committee and the Senate of the Women's Student Governnient Association. Freshman Enrollment Reaches 1,037 Total Registers Freshmen WILLIAM S. HOFFMAN `BELL' DESCRIBES CAMPUS 'BIG SHOT' Literary Magazine Will Appear On Wednesday Morning for First Time This Year Featuring an article on the life of the average campus "big shot", and also an expose of student graft and rackets back in the "palmy".days, the September issue of 'the Old Hain:Bell, student literary and ' opinion 'maga= nine, will go 4.M sale Wednesday morn , ing. • The featured artiele'coneerning the private doings of big activities men on the campus was written anonymously by an alumnus who "participated in too many extra-curricular activities for his own good"•during his under graduate years. Titled "Stuffed Shirt", the article relates biographically the collegiate life of a ficititious student who is supposed to represent the av erage activities man. • Contributors Listed In "Young Boss Tweeds", Charles A. Myers '34, president of Student Union and editor of the COLLEGIAN, tells of graft and rackets back in the "old days". The faculty contribution to the September issue of the maga zine is an article. on "Mr. Milque toast's Literary Debut" written by Robert E. Galbraith of the department of English. Mr. Galbraith is a recog nized authority on current smart writ ing. "Advice. In Camouflage", another article in the September issue, con sists of excerpts from a freshman diary and from a senior's private journal. The reader may draW some meaty conclusions by contrasting the two. Stories 'in this month's Bell were written by Mary Dunn '33, William G. Van Keuren '34, Maynard P. Wood '34, Rose IC. Braunstein '35, Charlotte E. Shachmann '35, and Mary Blue '36. Other contributors include Mac Kap lan '34, James B. Beatty '35, and Patricia Glasgow '35. The Bell staff plans four issues, the remaining num bers to be released November 23, Feb ruary 17, and April 21. W. A. A. WILL DEDICATE RECENTLY BUILT CABIN Ceremonies To Take ('lace Shortly After Freshman Week Closes Following completion of the W. A. A. cabin this summer, dedication of the rustic lodge will be held shortly after Freshman Week activities have been completed, according to Miss Marie Haidt, of the School of Phys ical Education and Athletics. Final plans have not been completed. Built to accomodate over twenty five persons, the new cabin consists of a living room, kitchen, and a loft. A wide porch extends .across the entire front of the building. .The cabin, which.was begun last se mester, was constructed along lines suggested by Miss Haidt and her brother. The cabin is located near the Andy Lytle lodge, about three miles from State College: SCHOOL ISSUES BULLETIN A bulletin describing the courses available for teachers who wish to pursue college work• while carrying on their teaching duties was recently issued by the teacher's training ex tension department of the School .of Education. The bulletin is designated as "Extra-Mural Courses". PRICE FIVE CENTS 582 Enroll Thursday, As 455 Students Enter Friday LIBERAL ARTS SCHOOL HAS 211 REGISTRANTS 225 Enter Education Curricula While 212 Plan To Take Engineering Work One thousand and thirty-seven freshmen entered their initial year at Penn State Thursday and Friday, the first two days of the registration period. On Thursday, 582 completed their enrollment, while 455 first year men and women registered Friday, according to William S. Hoffman, Col lege registrar. Although this figure is somewhat below the total of 'first-year students admitted to the College, Registrar Hoffman pointed out that the reg istration figures from Mont Alto will not be received until today or tomor row. It is expected that eighty fresh men will enter the first-year course in forestry there. Many Register Late Freshmen are still entering the Col lege, and quite a few late admissions have been received and allowed to register, Mr. 'Hoffman said. Due to these additions, he believes the fresh man class will reach nearly the same total. as the class of 1936 did last year. The School of Liberal Arts leads in the enrollment with 244 entrants; the Education School stands second with 225 students; while 212 have en tered the School of Engineering. A to tal. of• 169 first-year students have been registered in Chemistry' , and , PhysicS;- 110 Have entered •the School of Agriculture; while the Schools of Mineral Industries and Physical Ed ucation follow with forty-three and thirty-four respectively. Upperclassmen started registration in Recreation hall at 8:30 o'clock this morning. Enrollment will continue to morrow and Wednesday morning until 10 o'clock. Registrants after that time will be fined five dollars for tardiness.' GLEE CLUB TRIALS OPEN TO FRESHMEN Annual Auditions Sot for 7 O'clock Wednesday Night—Prof. Grant Will Conduct Singing With Prof. Richard W. Grant of the department of music ready to take charge of choral work here after a semester spent on sabbatical leave, the yearly tryouts of freshman as pirants for places on the Penn State Glee Club will be held in Schawb audi torium at 7 o'clock Wednesday night, according to Wayne P. Varnum '34, manager of the glee club. Although the tryouts will be devot ed mainly to first year students inter ested in vocal work, any upperclass students who desire un audition may also report on Wednesday night. Pro fessor Grant will personally test all candidates for positions on the club. Several vacancies exist on the Glee Club at the present time, according to Vurnum, who added that Professor Grant hopes to fill the positions held by former senior singers from the ranks of the first year candidates. The record of the Glee Club includes six State championships and third place award in the national Inter collegiate glee club contest staged at St. Louis three years ago. Several trips, including .contests at Philadel phia, and St. Louis, Mo. are planned for the coming year. WOMEN STUDENTS TO HOLD 'POP-IN' NIGHT NEXT SUNDAY Following a yearly custom, upper class women will "pop-in" on freshmen women in all the town and campus dormitories on next Sunday night in order to become better acquainted with the new students. Freshmen women will remain in their rooms Sunday night to receive their visitors, while the following Sun day night, October 1, the upperclass women will entertain the freshmen who "pop-in" on them. W. S. G. A. MAKES INNOVATION Innovating a system of service' to women students, W. S. G. A. mem bers will be piesent at the association offices in Old Main every day except Saturday and Sunday and the days of Senate meetings, according to Eya M. Blichfeldt '34, president of the association. .
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