Friday, September 7, 1934
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The
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Fri. Night, Sat. Afternoon
COLLEGE CUT RATE STORE
Between the Corner and the Movies
Toilet Articles Writing Paper
Patent Medicines Fountain Pens
Magazines
Cigars and Cigarettes Greeting Cards
Whitman and Albert Hupper Candy-
Agent for Elizabeth Arden, Helena Ruben
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Groups Reward
High Scholarship
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usually elect members from the jun
ior and senior classes on’ the basis
of their achievements. When under
-1 classmen have been outstanding in
the field and the society ruling per
mits, exception is made to the custom
'of excluding freshmen and sopho
mores. Elections are in most cases
held twice a year/ once in the-fuK
and once in the spring.
The highest ranking honorary for
the recognition of scholarship in all
schools is Phi-Kappa Phi, which was
established at Penn State in 1900. To
become eligible for election a student
must be in the upper twentieth of his
class on the basis of seven semesters
and fulfill the further condition that
his average be at least 2.4. Election
.takes place.in the senior year.
Membership in Pi Dleta Epsilon,
•men’s national fraternity, is given for
achievement in journalistic work on
Campus publications. Sigma Delta
Chi, which was installed two years
ago, is a professional society offering
membership, to students majoring in
journalism who intend to follow that
line of work. Alpha Theta Epsilon
is the women’s journalistic society,
while Alpha Delta Sigma encourages
proficiency in advertising.
For work in debating, Delta Sigma
-Itho is the outstanding honorary,
awarding membership to selected var
sity debaters at the end of their jun
ior year. Delta Alpha Delta honors
women debaters and its membership
is not restricted to any particular
class. Purple Quill is a local literary
guild which has for its purpose the
fostering of creative writing and ap
preciation for it among the students.
Members of all classes who have dem
onstrated their ability along literary
lines arc elected to membership.
Along musical lines, Kappa Gam
ma Psi and Phi Mu Alpha, national l
professional and honorary societies,
award membership for outstanding
achievement in any campus musical
organization. Among women stu
dents,- the Louise Homer club is the
honorary musical group. In dra
matics, Theta Alpha Phi has as its
eligibility requirement the playihg of
two major or four minor roles in a
student production or the demonstra
tion of proficiency along some other
phase of dramatic art.
Five honorary or professional fra
ternities reward achievement in the
various curricula of the School of Ag
riculture. These include Gamma Sig-i
ma Delta,’the honor society of agri
culture; Alpha Tau Alpha, agricul
tural education; Pi Alpha Xi, floricul
ture; Xi Sigma Pi, forestry; and Al
pha Phi Omega, scouting.
In the School .of Chemistry and
Physics Phi Lambda Upsilon recog
nizes high scholarship among men in
the chemistry curricula, while Sigma
Pi Sigma does the same for men and
women in physics. lota Sigma Pi is
the national women’s honorary and
professional chemistry fraternity,
and Alpha Pi. Mu is a local pre-med
ical society open to students prepar
ing to study medicine.
Kappa Delta Pi and Kappa Phi
Kappa, both national- organizations,
are the chief honoraries in the School
of Education. The former is open to
both men and women in the two up-
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Class of ’3B
Deans of Men, Women at Penn State
ARTHUR It'.' WAItNOCK
Student Publications
Review Large Variety
Of College Activities
Seven student publications, cover
ing a wide range of College inter
est and serving as a review of all
campus life, from one very important
division of extra-curricular activities
at Penn State.
Tlie Penn State “Collegian,” semi
weekly newspaper; Penn State Froth,
humorous periodical; Old Main Bell,
literary magazine; La Vie, yearbook;
Penn State Farmer and Penn State
Engineer, departmental periodicals;
and Student Handbook, informational
guide, constitute the field of journal
istic activities at the College.
The Collegian, in its capacity as
official College newspaper, is publish
ed throughout the college year, with
the xception of holidays. Its entire
news service is conducted by a staff
selected by competition among stu
dent candidates. Its aim cover
thoroughly every campus nows source
! and to present a complete review of
the activities and events of Penn
State.
Early in the year, freshmen editor
ial candidates are called out and fol
lowing a six weeks instructional
course in newspaper writing, are as
signed to work on the paper. As
sophomores, these men work under di
rect supervision oi* the junior man
aging editors and news editors. At
chc end of the sophomore year the
junior managing editors arc named
from the sophomore reporters; these
men, usually six or eight in number,
are directly responsible for issues of
the paper, which in turn, is under the !
supervision of the senior editors. The
same principles are followed with
business candidates, who are called
out in the latter part of the fresh
man year.
The Penn State Froth, comic mag
azine, represents the lighter phases
of. college life in ten ludicrous num
bers during the year. Its contents
are chiefly short humorous articles,
light verse, sketches and jokes.
Froth follows very much the same
plan as to editorial and business can
didates as that used by the student
newspaper with the exception that
election to the board is based more
upon the amount of work contributed
ihan upon a competitive choice from
a group of candidates in any given
class. .
' The Old Main Bell is used in fresh
man classes in English composition
for classroom study. It consists of
per classes, while the latter restricts
its membership to upperclass men en
rolled in the school. Psi Chi encour
ages scholarship in psychology, and
Omicron Nu honors high standing
junior and senior women in the home
sconomics curriculum.
Seven honorary or professional
groups recognize achievement in the
School of Engineering. Tau Beta Pi
elects from the upper fifth of the jun
iors and seniors in the school. Sigma
Tau requires marked ability along
the professional lines of its members
and Pi. Tau Sigma elects on a basis
yf mechanical engineering ability.
3hi Epsilon promotes scholarship
imong the civil engineering students,
while Eta Kappa Nu encourages elec
trical engineering. Scarab is a pro
fessional group of students in archi
tecture. as is Pi Gamma Alpha in fine
irts.
.In the School of Liberal Arts, Pi
Gamma Mu is a national social sci
mce honorary which tdccts juniors
and seniors on the basis of scholastic
records in social science projects. Del
ta Sigma Pi is a national profession
al society for students in the com
merce and finance curriculum, while
Pi Mu Epsilon encourages high schol
arship in mathematics, regardless of
school. Pi Lambda Sigma is the lo
cal pre-legal society, and Phi Sigma
lota is a group for students interest
ed and profiicient in the romance lan
guages and literature.
THE EENN STATE COLLEGIAN
CHARLOTTE E. RAY
! stories, sketches, features, controver
sial articles, editorials and verse. Its
editorial policy is to stimulate stu
dent writing and thinking, as well as
to entertain.
Election to the board is competitive.
A supplementary board of contrib
utors, consisting of those writers who,
no matter what their class standing,
have proved valuable assistants, was
promulgated recently.
The Penn State Farmer is a de
partmental journal dealing chiefly
with agricultural topics in feature
articles and departments. In addi
tion to a circulation at the College,
it has many agricultural readers
throughout the state. The Penn State
Engineer accomplishes the same ends
in the engineering field. Although
published by students who are elect
ed to the staff-annually, articles are
frequently submitted to both mag
azines by faculty members.
La Vic, the Penn State senior year
; book, is published by a staff elected
through competition in the junior
year. In addition to covering the ac
tivities and events of the year and
giving a complete cross-section of
campus activities, clubs and organi
zations, it presents the history of the
class and records of class members,
i La Vie calls candidates in the sopho
more year. Twelve men and wo
men are selected to serve as junior
editors, and this : npmber is cut to
six staff members'who .edit, the,book
in their senior year!”'
The Student Handbook, published
under the auspices of the P. S. C. A.,
is an informational guide . prepared
primarily for the use of:freshmen.
Competition on all publications is
open to women students as well as
men.
FERA Student
Relief Will Aid
262 Freshmen
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serving students"through college.
Eighty-seven more students will be
eligible to have their names on the
federal payroll this year than last.
This is due to the fact that the ad
ministration has increased the pro
portion of eligible students from 10
to .12 percent of the enrollment as
of October 14, 1933.
Under federal regulations, no stu
dent may earn more than $2O per
month on FERA projects. No stu
dent may work more than 30 hours
per week, nor move than eight hours
per day. He must be so situated fi
nancially that he cannot go to col
lege unless aid is forthcoming. He
must have character and ability to
do college work.
The relief administration specific
ally prohibits the, employment of stu
dents on projects which would have
to be carried out if federal aid was
not available. Thus a student may
not wait on tables as an FERA pro
ject, hut he may participate in sup
plementary projects formulated by
the College specifically to enable him
to earn his 35 cents per hour.
Each student is ' required to sup
ply the College with an affidavit at
testing to his need for 'aid before he
is placed on the federal payroll. Em
ployment, insofar as is possible, is
made on tbe basis of the fundamen
tal interests and abilities involved in
each project. .
.Dean A. Ray Warnock, in charge
of men, and Dean Charlotte E. Ray,
in charge of women, have supervi
sion of the applications from enter
ing freshmen. Students in the three
upper classes and graduate students
make application directly to the dean
of the school in which they are ma
triculated. 1
26 Clubs Have
Many Activities
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cial functions throughout the year.
The Anzar club takes its member
ship from the campus police force,
and endeavors to promote good fel
lowship and efficiency among them.
Founded in 1910, the Cosmopolitan
club has a purely social function in
promoting a finer spirit of fellowship
among students from foreign coun
tries. Its membership is open to all
classes. In addition to this group is
the Hispano-American club, compos
ed of students who come from Span
ish-speaking countries.
The Liebig Chemistry society
serves as a medium of contact be
tween the undergraduate and the
graduate students and the faculty in
the department of agricultural bio
chemistry. Tbe Floral club performs
the same function for students enroll
ed in Floriculture.
Founded at Penn State in 1907, the
Forestry society is-essentially a pro
fessional group which sponsors gath
erings and lectures at which men
prominent in the profession speak.
The Penn State Grange is a student
subordinate group of the national or
ganization. Founded here in 1917, it
fosters social and fraternal gather
ings and has the same ideals and pur
poses as the national grange.
Other clubs and societies which are
open to students in the School of Ag
riculture are the All Ag Girls’ club;
the Block and Bridle club, to promote
an interest among students in animal
husbandry; the-Dairy Science associ
ation for those interested in the man
ufacturing or production fields of
dairying; the Penn State Poultry,
club; and the Pro-Veterinary club.
In Home Economics there are two
clubs. The Ellen H. Richards club,
elects members from the junior and
senior classes, while the Home Eco-1
nomics society is open to all students
enrolled in the home economics cur
riculum.
Two engineering clubs which func
tioned actively last year were the
Penn State chapters of the American
Society of Civil Engineers and the
American Society of Mechanical En
gineers. Both groups are open to all;
students enrolled in the respective
curricula. The Penn State Aero club,
established in 1930, furthers interest
in aviation among students who care
to join.
In the School of Mineral Industries
there are two societies which are open
may join the Mining society, while
the Ceramics society.draws its mem
bership from students in that depart
ment.
The Discobolus society aims to, ere-
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STATE COLLEGE, PA.
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Visiting Families Will Find it Pleasant and
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