• ©SemMA/eekty* 4—’* ESTA ®^ SHED COMPLETE CAMPUS Volume 31 Number 1, Fraternities To Begin Rushing on Thursday 53 Social Groups Will Open Ten-Day Period of Organized ‘Rushing’ on First Day of Freshman Week. Fifty-two Penn State social fraternities will begin a 10-day “rush ing” period at 5 o'clock on the first day of Freshman Week, Thursday, September. 13. During this period the first-year men will be entertained at luncheon and dinner engagements at the various fraternity houses. , .The “rushing’’ of first-year men is an organized system used by the fraternities in securing members-.from'the freshman class. The activities of Iboth .the .freshmen and the fraternity men during this period are gov erned by-a rushing code which has ' been/adoptedby the Interffaternity Council. * '.Evpry, Penn Stale social fraternity, national- and local, is represented in a group-known as the Interfraternity Council.. The purpose of . this orga nization is. to aid and assist in the solution of problems common to the various member fraternities, and to Tegiilate and govern their relations ■with one. another, with the College, and-with the general public. . The way in which fraternities may rush,, bid, ahd pledge new members is. one of the important duties of the council;' Each .year the outgoing rep resentatives . draw up a “rushing’! code .which applies for the forthcom ing College year. The code is revised each year in an attempt to eliminate all- undesirable regulations,. and to meet the changing conditions. . . -The 1934 Rushing Code defines “rushing”-as “any communication or association' between a fraternity man and a rushee” during the specified period. A “rushee” is defined as any non-fraternity man. in his first year at : Peim State. ' 'Sometime during--Freshman Week all; ; first-year men will 'be furnished with “date” cards, which in addition to containing a * memoranda of en gagements for the entire rushing-sea son,' also contains the 1934 Rushing Code. Fraternity men in making a ’luncheon'or dinner engagement with a;rushee will;sign the. name of their organization on • the card., A repre sentative-of the’ fraternity -will .call for the.rushee'at'his residence at the time specified'on, th'e'card." "'. n '-‘ These date' cards', we the'only legal means by which a fraternity may make rushing dates. All rushees not classed 8S freshmen—sophomore Mont Alto transfer students—may receive date. cards and further instructions at the - Student Union desk in Old Main. , At the first section meeting during Freshman . Week each new student will be asked to make out a card giv ing his name, local address, home ad dress • and religious preference. This information will be distributed to all fraternities by the following morning. Prof W. J. Keith Dies While Visiting Maine News of the death of Dr. Walter Jackson Keith, professor of organic chemistry of• the College faculty for, thirty-eight years was received Tues day from Bangor, Maine, where Dr. Keith. was vacationing. He would have been seventy-three years old Monday. Dr. Keith was appointed instructor in chemistry .at Penn State on Feb ruary 24, 1896, after he had served os an assistant and instructor at the Rose Polytechnic Institute, the Uni versity of Gottingen, find the. Unive rsity of Pennsylvania. He received his baccalaureate degree in science from the Worcester Polytechnic Insti tute, Worchester, Mass., in 1884, and received his doctorate at the Univer sity of Gottingen, Germany, in 1888. He, received the Phi Eta Eigma re search medal-at Penn State in 1934. His death signals the close of an intellectual adventure of great breadth’ and friends were quick to recall, on learning of his passing, the range of his intellectual interests. His main professional interest lay in the field of organic chemistry and particularly in the chemistry of ni trogen compounds. But he was a keen lover of natural. science in all its phases and was especially fond 'of what he described as “pioneering.” All College Classes ■ Will Begin Sept. 19 Although.first-year students will be attending the annual Freshman Week orientation period from Sep tember 13 to 19, classes will offi cially begin for. freshmen at the same time. as for upperclassmen, at 1:10 o'clock Wednesday after noon, September 19. '.While the first semester .offi cially begins at 10:30 o’clock Wed nesday, morning, when the annual convocation address in Recreation hall is scheduled, it is likely that the - ceremony; will be postponed until later in the term. Players To Give Comedy on 15th Cast to Enact George M. Cohan’s ‘The Tavern’ Saturday Before, Freshmen The Penn State Players will open their sixteenth season with a special Freshman Week performance of George M. Cohan’s comedy, The Tav ern, Saturday, September 15, at 8 o’clock in the Auditorium. .The Tavern, first performed by the Players in June, is a burlesque melo drama in which the action takes place in a lonely inn at midnight of a stormy night. A special musical ac- 1 companiment played by the Penn State Players’. Little Symphony or- ; chestra, is a unique feature of the I play. With a schedule calling for seven or; more full-lnegth productions the stu- 1 dent ' dramatic organization, under. its faculty directors, Prof. Arthur I C. Cloetingh and Mr. Prank S. Neus-1 baum, will have at least one play in; rehearsal continuously from Septem-| ber to June. When the cast and staff, of. The Tavern resume rehearsals with -Mr. Neusbaum,September 12,.the -senior technical, staff of •;-the ' Penn State ; PiayerS'iwill ,be;at work-ion the set-up ofthe, October; show to be pre sented Fathers’ Day. . All students regularly enrolled in the College are eligible for work in Players’ productions and are entitl ed to membership when they have .completed the requirements of the organization. Outstanding members of the Penn State Players are select ed to Theta Alpha Phi, national hon orary dramatic fraternity.' Try-outs will be conducted begin ning the (first'week of classes, both i for actors and for candidates for po-| sitions in all departments of the | technical staff, including stage, lights, scene-design, costumes, properties and publicity. Detailed announcement 1 concerning try-outs will be njade at the performance of The Tavern. Since their official organization in February, 1920, under the leadership of Prof. William S. Dye, Jr., and Prof. Cloetingh of the English Litera ture department,- the Penn State Players have enacted over a hundred full-length plays ranging from the classical Greek to contemporary American and European works. The group has also sponsored many pro grams of one-act plays as wcll as per formances by professional companies such as the Ben Greet Shakespearean troupe. College Was Known as ‘Farmers’ High School’ When It Was Founded Way Back in 1850 The Farmers’ High School, baptis mal name of the/Penn State College, was a pioneer in agricultural educa tion; its roots go back as .early as 1850. Its development, if not its very existence, is due to its re-founding by the acceptance of the Morrill Act, signed by Governor Andrew Gregg’ Curtin, April 1,- 1863, pledging the “faith of the State to carry the same into effect” ' The -first quarter of a century was marked by a struggle to hold the Land Grant, and by. drifting and ex periment in education aims. Six pre- twenty-three years was scarcely compatible with continuity of plan or purpose. Dr.- Evan Pugh, a man of rare vi sion, trained by six years of study in the universities of Germany, France, and England, the first.great president 'died Jit the early age of . 36, just as he was laying the foundations of Penn State. His successor, Dr. Wil liam H. Allen, formerly arid later president of Girard College, served two years with not marked internal chahges but with important activi ties in disposing of the Land Scrip. Only one course, agriculture, was offered up to 1866, but -the settlement of the entire Land Grant upon the ‘College by the Act of 1867, led Presi dent John Fraser and the trustees to a “reorganization" in which engineer STATE COLLEGE, PA., FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1934 Will Register Freshmen William S. Hoffman,, College Reg istrar will supervise the registration of; freshmen during the first three days of Freshmen Week. ' Groups Reward High Scholarship 2 Freshman Honorarics Select New Members For High Scholastic Rating For freshmen with scholastic am bitions, there•are two honorary so cieties which reward high scholarship. Forty-three upperclass groups recog nize further achievement along vari ous lines later in the collegiate ca reer. Phi Eta Sigma awards membership to all freshman men who at the end of their first semester have attained a 2.5 scholastic average or better. To those who have raised their grades to. the minimum mark on the basis of work for the first two semesters, membership is also extended. With chapters in twenty-three colleges and universities'throughout the country, 'the‘-!freshman honorary elects from .thirty-fiveito dforty/ new members each -year.’‘ ‘ • .-Alpha. l Lambda. Delta, sister orga nization of Phi Eta Sigma, honors high standing freshman women. Each year from’ five to eight women fulfill the' 2.5 requirement. Honorary fraternities usually set up a minimum standard which a stu dent must attain before he -is con sidered for membership. Fulfilling the minimum requirement does not automatically ‘ make the student a member of the society. An election must first be held among the active members of the organization. Nearly r every branch of collegiate activity; . scholarship, journalism, dramatics, debating, or .a departmen tal interest—his its honoraries which (Continued on page three) 14,000 Cases Treated Over- 14,000 cases arc treated an nually at - the College dispensary, which is’located in the east basement of Old. Main. In addition, the College infirmary on east campus has facili ties for approximately twenty-two pa tients. Part of the cost of maintain ing these two establishments is de frayed by the health service fee paid by each student at registration. ’ihg was to be taught, agriculture and tho arts expanded. The program was too ambitious and too expensive to carry out. The trustees voted a “deorganiza tion" and called Dr. Thomas H. Bur rowes to salvage the College and re store it to its original purposes. His personal influence stemmed the tide of discouragement- at home and op position abroad (in which the so-call ed Model-Experiment Farms largely figured), but be died in office after but three years of service. Dr. - James Calder, a classically trained, classically minded executive succeeded; The College grew in num bers largely due to preparatory stu dents, to music and art pupils. Three courses, agriculture, classical, and scientific, 'were offered, and women students :were admitted on equal terms in 1871. .An unfortunate interregnum in 1880-1881 under President Shortlidge re-opened .the flood gates of criticism and personal recrimination. Students were few and in open rebellion. Fac ulty; trustee, and legislative investi gations followed—the’ Pennsylvania : State College was passing through its darkest'days. However, -a new leader, the second great president, Dr. George, W. Ath (Continued on page five) FERA Student Relief Will Aid 262 Ereshmen Appropriation Provides §l5 a Month for Each Job Students Must Prove That They Need Work Thanks, to the prospects of federal aid for the forthcoming year and the new FERA stipulation that half of the FERA moneys expended by col leges for student relief must go to students who were not.in college dur ing January, 1934, the lot of the Penn State. freshman is at last a happy one. Or if not a happy one, at least a happier one. About one' in six - among the ex pected freshman enrollment will be eligible for a job on. a supplementary College project to'be'paid for by the funds of Uncle Sam, provided he can attest to his need for such aid. Under the regulations recently pro mulgated by the, FERA student-aid a total of 524 stu dents, half of whom; must not have been in College in January, 1934, will have an opportunity to cam an average of $l5 per month toward their keep during the next college year. A' total appropriation of $78,600 is expected by the' college authorities during the ten months from Septem ber to June to help in putting de- (Continued on page three) 26 Clubs Have Many Activities Membership Consists of Those Interested In Work of Groups .... . A r '" v '. - .-.Twenty-six recognized!student clubs are now in . existence on - the campus, filling a need for assembling students with common .interests. Their num ber is constantly increasing as new interests arise. The majority of the clubs have no scholastic or class requirements. Their membership consists > solely of those students-who are interested in work that the club carries on. . One of the oldest clubs on the cam pus is the Penn State club, an orga nization of non-fraternity men. It seeks to provide for its members the same advantages that are enjoyed by members of fraternities. The club holds dances and other social func tions, promotes athletic competitions, and. aids non-fraternity men in be coming better acquainted. Non-fra ternity men of all classes are eligible for membership. The Social Problems club is com posed of students interested in con temporary affairs and holds open for ums every two or three .weeks at which members of the faculty and outside speakers talk on current prob lems.' Last year the club also spon sored victrola concerts of classical music. The International Relations club is one of a large group of societies that was founded by the Carnegie Endow ment for International Peace. The purpose of the club is to foster stu dent discussions in world affairs. The local chapter has participated in re gional conferences at other colleges, and last year sponsored tha appear ance of a famous lecturer. Members of the DeMolay society enrolled at the College have formed a DeMolay club which sponsors so- (Conlinucd on page three) Class Finances Here Controlled by Board Class finances at Penn State are controlled and regulated by a com mittee of students, which includes the various class treasurers and Neil M. Fleming, graduate manager of ath-; letics, as ex-offico members. This group, known as the Inter- Class Finance committee, controls the incomes- from class dances and from interclass sports on the campus. It is the policy and aim of the commit tee to bring the finances of all extra curricular activities under its control so that those doing the work will re ceive proper remuneration. Chairman of class dance commit tees and the presidents of the classes sponsoring dances receive salaries for their services, the chairman and class president each receiving $5O for the dance sponsored by their class. Members of the dance committees re ceive complimentary tickets to all class functions. 1,300 Freshmen Will Gather for First Assembly Wednesday Night To Address Assembly RALPH DORN HETZEL Students Here Govern Selves Government Vested In Board, Council Composed of Undergraduates Student government at Penn State is vested in two legislative groups, the Student Council and the Student Board, composed of undergraduate representatives elected for a term of one year. In addition to these two bodies there is a combined student board, established last year, which seeks to coordinate the legislation of the men’s and women’s governments by handling problems affecting both groups. . , The board - includes-four .men ident of-the senior class, editor~of the Collegian, a representative elected from Student Board, and one elected from Student Council. Two women are elected from the Senate. The members of Student Council are elected by schools from the three upper classes, with each of the seven ; schools in the College having at least one representative in each class. The President of the senior class auto matically becomes president of -the Council. The Student Board is made up of seven students and the Dean of Men. Three of the members, two seniors and one junior, are elected from the Council. The - presidents of the three upper classes and the editor of the ‘Collegian’ are other students on the Board, with the president of the sen ior class also serving as chairman of this group. The actual- legislative duties of Stu dent government lie with the Student Council, for this body recommends, creates, maintains, and regulates the customs and traditions of the College. It also takes the necessary steps to support and carry into effect any pol icy to sustain the good name of the College, qnd to promote mutual un derstanding between the faculty and student body. The primary mission of tho Stu dent Board is to act as a coordinat ing unit between the Student Council and the College administration, mect- (Continued on page four) Merger of Courses in Liberal Arts, Education Schools to Affect Freshmen Beginning with this year all fresh men and sophomores in the Schools of Education and Liberal 'Arts will have a common curriculum, to be known as the Lower Division. The reason for this .merger is to increase the importance of the bachelor of arts degree and to enable students to have a comprehensive college .education at the end of the two years. Under this arrangement it will be impossible for Education students to be admitted to the School of Educa tion until they have completed their work in the lower division. Fresh men and sophomore students in the School of Liberal Arts will be admit ted as they always have been in pre vious years. “The purpose of this change is to make the School of Education wholly professional and not a school of gen eral- education,” Dean Charles W. Stoddart, of the School of Liberal Arts, stated in an interview recently. “It will also give the student a nat ural place to stop his education if he cares to, or if he is too poor to con tinue in the specialized fields with which the third and fourth years President Hetzel To Welcome New Students at • Conovocation Thursday; Attendance to All Meetings Compulsory More than 1,300 members of the Class of 1038 will gather in Schwab auditorium, Wednesday night for the informal assemb ly which will officially open the tenth annual Freshman Week of the College. Dr. Ralph D. Hetzel, President of the College, will welcome the freshmen at the convocation on Thursday night, September 'l3. Attendance at this and oth er meetings and assemblies dur ing the six-day Freshman Week period will be compulsory for all first-year men. Freshman Week was inaugurated by the College ten years ago for tin purpose of giving the new students an opportunity to become acquaint ed with the College and its various student organizations before starting on the routine of class work and lec- Student Union Aids Activities Coordinating: Unit Was Formed In 1930—Has Grown Rapidly Endeavoring to serve as a co-ordi nating unit for all the extra-curricu lar activities at Penn State, the Stu dent Union has taken its place as one of the valuable student organizations in the short period since it was or ganized in 1930. The Unionhas no legislative power and is not supervisory but accom plishes its work -by suggestions to its component groups in the form of rec ommendations. Representatives from each of the major activities consti tute the formal membership of the Union Board although every student engaging in activities is automatical ly a member of the Union. Elected by outgoing members of the Board, new members are selected from each particular field of activity. One representative from each of the following groups is a member of the Board: men’s athletics, women’s ath letics, religious organizations, men’s student government, women's student government, publications, Interfrater r.ity, Council, Inter-Unit Council,.Pan- Hellenic; Council,' honorary fraterni ties, Penn State club, and one repre sentative from .the Interclass Budget committee. ‘ In addition to the student members there arc included in the membership the Dean of Men, the Dean of Wom en, the Union manager and two mem bers from the administration or fac ulty elected for terms of two years. The first three are ex-officio mem bers. The purpose of the Union is the furtherance of the welfare of each student activity, the coordination of the activities to serve a common pro gram, and the promotion of projects which could not properly be handled by individual groups. In its short history, the Union has undertaken'and completed many pro jects. All-College dances were held free of charge after several basket ball games last winter, the Student Loan fund was aided through the Un ion projects, a “Dutch Treat” dinner was inaugurated to form additional plans and general services were ex tended through the information bu reau situated on the first floor of Old Main. Notice To Freshmen Registrar Hoffman, requests that ali incoming freshmen, as well as upperclassmen, bring fountain pens to Recreation Hall when they regis ter. The College does not furnish pen or ink. The courses given in the Lower Division are designed to provide for the cultural, social and intellectual aspects of contemporary institutions and to prepare the student for the Upper Division. Upon satisfactory completion of the work in the Lower Division, the student will receive a certificate of that work. This cer tificate will not admit him to the Up per Division but will merely certify that he has completed two years of college work. Admission to the Upper Division will bo based upon various’ qualifica tions, one of which will probably be the results of comprehensive exami nations. Aptitude, personality, and the like will also enter into the de cision as to whether a student shall continue or not. At the start of his junior year the student begins work toward his bach elor of arts degree. Another of the admission requirements to the Upper Division will be a certificate from the department of English composition,: stating that he is capable of using I good English. | PRICE TEN CENTS The informal assembly Wednesday night will be conducted by the Penn State Christian association. At this time student leaders will be intro duced, and immediately following the assembly, the first-year men will be divided into groups and will meet with the student counsellors or ad visors who have been selected from members of the upper classes. Thursday night’s assembly will bo in charge of the Student Union. Oth er similar assemblies will be held on the remaining nights of the Fresh man Week with the exception of Sun day night, and will be conducted by one of the campus groups. Freshmen will bo separated into groups according to their courses, and will meet at assigned periods for lec tures and consultations. At these meetings, information concerning the Schools and departments, as well as the courses will be, given.. Physical examinations, intelligence and placement tests, and library prac tice hours are also included on the program for the Week. All members of the incoming class will meet in Schwab auditorium at 11 o’clock each morning for song and cheer practice under the direction of Prof. Richard W. Grant, head of the department of music. Following the afternoon meetings, an opportunity for sports and recreation is provid ed. Special programs during Freshman Week have been arranged for the women. These meetings will be eon ducted by the Women’s Student Gov ernment association. Actors, Dancers May Perform in Thespians Students interested in developing and displaying their dramatic or dancing ability are furnished the opportunity to do so by the Penn State Thespians. At the same time excellent entertain ment is furnished the College through out the year. Preliminary tryouts for this organ ization arc held early in the fall and freshmen are eligible to participate. Last year several freshmen men and women were given parts. Casting, under the direction of graduate di rectors, is completed by further trials during the year. Women students have been allow ed to assume roles in Thespian pro ductions since 1930. From 1897 un til 1928 all parts, including the chor us, were taken by men. As the mu sical comedy era began, the Thes pians turned to that type of enter tainment with the resulting gradual participation of women students. Each year the Thespians put on two shows. One is given for fall house-party, and the other is usually enneted three times in the Spring. Besides that they are planning to tour the larger cities of Pennsylvania with the show sometime in the spring. Greetings, Freshmen This issue of the Penn State Collegian is* sent to the members of the Class of 1938 with the com pliments of the stafT. Contained in it are complete descriptions of all phases of student life, which may be helpful in learning more about Penn State. . In this issue, as in others throughout the year, the C*llegian has attemptod to give an accurate picture of what is go ing on at the College. New stu dents will be given an opportunity to subscribe to this and other pub lications early in Freshman Week.
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