I ppttn Stale (Collegian. I"—" ;j...yblunie 31 Number 2. H;pf gStar To Coach ; Lion Backfield Eyferhardus Passes Up •W Pro-Grid Offers To Come Here •; »x-V;' , : .- Thiel, Davis, Slusser, . fiv’ feplfe Named to Staff • '„,^Tbe;ippointment' of-Herman. E ver - ii&rdus,'All-American quarterback, of jas^gcaVon's'.championship. Uriiver itty/of .'Michigan football'team, as. a ih^ckpeld-xoach of. the Lions received i ßalph.p.;Hetzel , s.final ap- yejterday.' ’ • i whose official title will be': that;'bf instructor, comes here as A' Result'of . an/extensive'search on the pirt; i of-Hugo, Bezdek; of' the School . biophysical Education and • Athletics. ' ISpal')’drrangements;were' made only £'few‘weeks'ago‘by Director Bezdek injGbicago. '-' 4 ‘•'•.Qrftduated last' June with a. Bach elor... of. Arts .degree, the .new coach planned: ’to enter - professional football; ••' He .had -already signeda contract • with.' the", Detroit Tigers for ‘ thrS-Taeason; but with-a clause which ■ permitted to' break'it in case bej‘should ; be offered' a’ coaching po . sitlon/v,- • ; 'Leading -the Big Ten Conference irt with 64 points, Everhardus almost every: All-Amer-j icpir'team',chosen-last fall;. In addi-J , tiori/he by his - te'am ' mates >as - the Michigan, player of • greatest .value. to his: team.-. r. TKds&iWhO: heard : the . broadcast; of .the'wreceht.-.'All-American—Ghicago \ Pearsfeame will-rememberEverhard : 6ame Jame) President Het ' '’ielrapprpved.the appointment of,Glen N;.. r Thieiyas-lacrosse coach and'Ar thur F.. Davis .• as head - of the de- , partnient of health education. Thomas A. Slusser).’34, and Clyde H. Cole,- been’. awarded scholarships (Continued on page seven) Mshfoen Handbooks by Printers Because, of. a printing delay, the Freshman .Bibles published annually ££,the P. S. C. A., were not mailed foi-entering freshmen as usual; but may be obtained at the Chris tian .Association offices, 304 Old Main. These:books arc available to both freshman men and women. ..A’room listing service and an em ployment agency are also maintained at these offices, though applications for employment should not be sub mitted until after registration, since the class/schedule is an integral part of the application. .' Prof. Henning Speaks *"Prof. 'William L. Henning, of the department of animal- husbandry, and also secretary of the American South down- association was a speaker at the feceht annual picnic of the Tennes see Purebread Sheep Breeders’ As sociation, near Nashville. Blasingame To Report Prof. Ralph U. Blasingame, head of the. department of agricultural en gineering, .will spend part of his sab batical leave in preparing portions of a report on land use which is td be submitted by President Roosevelt to Congress. ‘Collegian’ Subscribers May Attend New Dance . All persons subscribing to the ■» Collegian this year will be en titled to attend a publication dance in. Recreation hall on October 6. -The dance-is being sponsored by the : staffs of-the Collegian and Froth and is being held as a part of’the sales campaign of these two publications. . -A popular campus orchestra will furnish the music for the affair. "October 6 is the night of the Leb enan Valley football game and was selected because the staffs felt that, their is. a serious lack of all • College dances during the early part l of fall, and that this would ‘help'relieve the situation. iPlireet l,l7pWlmenTonight New Code Drops 4 Days From Period oi Rushing Rush«es :May Indicate-Favorite Fraternity by Means of Preference Cards Shortening, of:,the rushing period and the use' of preference cards-'by freshmen feature the, 1934 -rushing, code , which went-; jnto effect at. 8 o’-- clock this, morning. • - .The first, period, two'days shorter, than-last year, lasts just a week.arid: before midnight oh Thursday, Septem-' beiO2o; every freshman - must v have filled' out and handed in.at.the-Stu-' dent Union desk' the preference' cards listing the .first three fraternitiesof his choice. . ’■ ? Failure to obtain-these. cards and return - them filled out as required will prohibit.the freshman.from being pledged-for a period.of. 30 days. -All transfer students, should; report-. to the Student Union;desk.for instruc tions. ;.../' • \ ' ' ' In' the second period,' which is also two. days shorter;than last .year, re stricted rushing -will- be -carried on. 1237 Bay Fees For Admission 1752 Apply To) Matriculate' Here - As Freshman Registration . • . .Period Opens Today"' ‘ *.. According to ,’the latest figures, re: leased from the office of- William S. -Hoffman,, registrar the College, 1,237. freshmen, have ~been .to;the',classof/1938.! -.They • wilLreg ister’. m-Re'creationJliall-jiat -'the/times buU , r^4^^u"derits':Weregraduat^d ;, ’ih’the’: upper fifth/^of'their cla'ss’.ih'their.,re; • spective high school.- Of'the* remain; der, 332 were' in the second fifth of the class, 243 in .the. third fifth, 128 in the next division and 81 in the lowest class. Of the .1,006 men, 102 are entered in the forestry department and will spend their -freshmen year, at Mont Alto. 231 women-have been' enrolled, this number being less than that of last year, when 250‘ women stu dents entered. Each freshman will register at the time stated in the bulletin. Regis tration should not take more than a half hour, the system being the same as that of previous years. All up perclassmen will register' Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday morning, .September 17, 18, and 19. Classes will begin at 1:10 o’clock Wednes day afternoon. Every question on the blanket reg istration sheet should be answered fully by freshmen because of the im portance of that information to the College. Cards for their respective courses should be filled out next. . Unless special arrangements are made previously all fees must be paid at the time of registering at the trea surer’s window. An estimate of the amount, of the fees can be made by consulting the Freshmen Week bul letin. Checks for more than ten dol lars in excess of the College fees will not be honored by the treasurer. As the last step in registering, each freshman will have his picture taken at the Penn State Photo shop on East College Avenue. The matri culation card will permit the student to have his picture taken -free of charge. On September 6 there were 1752 freshmen who were applying for ad mission, 1436 of whom had been of fered admittance by the registrar. This number is 70 better than that of (Continued on page six) Frizzell To Address Freshman Meeting Prof. John H. Frizzell, head of the department of public speaking and acting -College chaplain, will make a brief address at the religious activities mass meeting tomorrow night in Schwab auditorium at . 8 o’clock, in the third of the Fresh man Week convocations. The meeting, under the leadership of Robert K.. Paxton, ’35, and Claire M. Lichty, ’35, head.of the men’s and women’s Christian Association cab inets, will include an exposition of the work of the Christian Association, the local churches, and the College cha pel. Henry K. Beard, ’36, will pre side at the organ. STATE COLLEGE, PA., THtJkSDAY; SEPTEMBER 13, 1934 Date cards.and informal bids may be used but will not be binding. On Fri day and Saturday .'nights during this period 'dinner dates will be from 4 o’clock until 1 o’clock the following morning.' *-Bids, on regulation cards furnished by the Interfraternity Council, must be presented to the rushing commit tee at the Student Union desk by midnight.- of-Monday, September 24. Freshmen will call for bids on Tues day before 5 o’clock and report to the fraternity' of' their choice for Tues day.dinner. . The rushing code follows in full: 'Article I—DEFINITIONS /Section 1; Rushing shall be defined 8s any communication or association .between, fraternity man and rushee. . Section 2. Rushee shall be defined as any/non-fraternity man in his.first year at Penn State. Sophomores from Mont Alto-Forestry School shall be open;to free rushing.' - Section 3. .At the'discretion of the -Committee, xushees shall makeout a card containing- name, local address, home address and religious prefer erice;.at their first section meeting. This information shall be distribut ed ;to all the-fraternities as soon-, as possible. ' •/ : Section. 4.' classed-as Freshmen may receive, date cards and further-instructions'at Student Un ion desk in Old Main. /' • Article lI—BOND /Section I..:Each fraternity must post.-abond of. ?50.00;with the Rush ing • Committee- before' it * can - receive ahy- : bid : cards- for distribution .-to;-its y Sdcnon-;ir.Rushing,sHaii,begin 8:00 (Continued on page four) Walker, ’9O, Dies in Automobile Accident Dr.''William H. Walker, ’9O, one of, the most active members of the Alumni , Association, died of injur ies received in an automobile accident July 9. He was injured as his machine left the • highway at Stabrook, N. II.; and crashed into a tree. Colonel- Walker had the distinction of having contributed more to the progress of chemical engineering edu cation than any other educator. From 1907 to 1927 he served as a member of the College Board of Trustees. He was a member of the advisory committee to the Board from the School of Chemistry and Phy sics. His last visit here was during the summer of 1933. Work Talks in Canada . Prof. Paul Work, 'lO, now of the vegetable gardening department of Cornell University, spoke on “Re gional Markets” at the twenty-sixth annual meeting of the Vegetable Growers’ Association of America, in Toronto. Professor Work is a neph ew of Dean Ralph L. Watts, of the School of Agriculture. Administration Gives Academic Personnel Promotions to 33 Members of Faculty More than thirty academic person nel promotions,.ranging from assist ant instructorships to full professor ships were announced by the Admin istration this week. The School of Agricultural leads the Schools with twelve promotions. The promotions are as follows: The School of Agriculture; Clarence S. Anderson from associate professor to professor of agricultural educa tion, Alex Black from assistant to instructor in animal nutrition; Dr. Raymond W. Swift from instructor to assistant in animal nutrition; Le roy .Voris from assistant to instruc tor in animal nutrition; Dr. Henry W. Thbrston jr. from assistant pro fessor to associate professor of plant pathology. Others in the School of Agricul ture who were promoted were: Vic tor A. Bcede from instructor to as sistant professor of forest manage ment; J. L. Deem from instructor to assistant professor of silviculture; Margaret Brown from associate pro fessor of clothing extension to. as sociate professor of home economics extension; John R. .Haswell from Lion Grii^Captain Troupe §pO{)e3ti With Cohan Play Players To Repeal ‘The Tavern' Saturday al|if:ls O’clock ' . In - ” ' '■* : :> v- .v.i&J&y’ ;' ■ resumed.re night; for-rtnen;o opening''’production,- “The Tavern,”, -to be presented Sat urday night at-8:15 o’clock in Schwab auditorium as the final event on the Freshman Week program. C. K. Lucas Brightman, ’36, appears as the vagabond whose arrival at the tavern on a stormy night is the first of a series of mysterious and comical incidents which keep the tavern keep er, the governor, a strange woman, and the sheriff, up all night. George M. Cohan, author of the comedy, en acted the role of the vagabond in the New York production.. Brightman heads a cast of fifteen which, with two exceptions, original ly appeared in "The Tavern” last June, Betsy F. Ross, ’36, who with drew from the spring production be cause of the death of her father, re turns to her role of the hired girl, while Herbert L. Manning, ’35, has taken over ‘ the part of the tavern keeper’s son, Ilenry D. Brown, jr., , ’36, Ruth R. Goodman, ’37, and , Gretchcn I. Mnrquardt, ’35, arc also prominently cast. | An atmospheric musical setting suggested by the use of musical ef- i l'ects in talking pictures was arrang- > ed for the production by Theodore i R. Bassett, department of English 1 composition, and will be played by ; the Players’ orchestra, directed by Robert E. Carey, ’36. Frank S. Neus- , baum, director of “The Tavern,” in- ; troduced this use of a continuous mu- ( sical background to heighten the fan- j tastic burlesque nature of the ac- • tion. , associate professor to professor of agricultural engineering; Frank T. Murphy from associate professor to professor of forestry extension; Dr. Dean R. Marble from assistant pro fessor to associate professor of poultry husbandry, Francis J. Doan from associate professor to professor of dairy manufacture. Those promoted in the School of Chemistry and Physics are: Harold L. Baxton from assistant to'lnstruc tor in physics; Harry L.. Van Velzer from assistant to instructor in phy sics; Henry L. Yeagley from instruc tor to assistant professor of physics; and Morrell R. Fenske from assistant professor to associate professor of chemical engineering. The six men receiving promotions in the School of Engineering are: Harold E. Dickson from assistant professor to associate professor of fine arts; Arthur L. Tobias from in structor to assistant professor of en gineering drawing; Dr. Clarence H. Kent from associate . professor to professor of mechanical engineering; (Continued on' page 8) Gndiron firive Starts With 50 Li(ins on Squad 12 Lettermen, Strong Sophomore Group Working Out ; .- With almost ...all of his fifty-man squad.in uniform yesterday and the remainder expected to- return either .today, or tomorrow,- Coach Bob Hig gins has started his pre-season drive for the opening, game of the 1934 season'with Lebanon Valley less than four weeks away. Coach.Higgins.lost no time in get ting his proteges into the routine, , sending them through a brisk set of calisthenics; under the direction of Trainer Charlie Speidel. The grin ders are working-out twice dqily and will follow/this-schedule until the beginning■'of ’.classes next Wednes day,- when- a single practice period will begin!. . , . Veterans Listed A ! squad ,of approximately fifty members will be carried along at least until'the. season’s opener Octo ber .-6, and nearly half- of- these play ers are sophomores.-'Of the'veterans, | twelve! are lettermem from last year. Led'by’ Captain . Merrill Morrison, halfback;; * they are: ‘ Harry, Sigel, Lefty' Knapp, Frank--O’Hora, Bill Cooper,/ and Al Mikelonis, backs; Buck-McKee, .end;- Frank'Wismer, Dick Woolbert, and Bob-Weber, tack les; Lou' Kreizman, guard, and Jim .O’Hora, center.’; ’ For the end position made vacant by’ graduation' of i 933 Captain Tommy Slusser, Coach !Higgins has available ,from >last season’s’*' varsity squad, and;- two' - sophomores, , Fred Smith and \Leroy ;Sunday.V, [ The 1934' "capped'unless, a ‘capable guard deve lops from John'StamHaugh and Harry Latorrc, juniors, and Ed Bennis, Luther Barth, Dick Eisenman, and (Continued on page 1) Bruce Curry To Give First Chapel Address Dr. A. Bruce Curry, professor of practical theology at Union Theolog ical Seminary in New York City, will present the first of the 1934-35 se ries of chapel talks in Schwab audi torium at 11 o’clock Sunday morn ing. Dr. Curry’s topic will be “The Education of the Spirit.” Dr. Curry, who has been a frequent visitor to the campus in recent years, received degrees from the University of Virginia and from the Southwest ern Presbyterian University, Clarks ville, Tenn., before being ordained in to the Presbyterian ministry in 1875. In 1921, he was honored by being selected moderator of the general as sembly of the Presbyterian church of the United States, and he has also held similar ecclesiastical offices since that time. Other speakers listed for the re maining Sundays in September are Dr. Halford E. Luccock, professor of homiletics, Yale University Divin ity School at New Haven, Conn., and Dr. W. W. Comfort, president of Ha verford College, Havcrford. 4 Faculty Members Honored Nationally Four members of the College agri cultural extension staff are number ed among the 236 men and women who have been in extension work in the various states for 20 years or more, according to an honor roll published by the United States De partment of Agriculture. Prof. Milton S. McDowell, vice dean of the School of Agriculture and director of extension, has been an extension worker since 1010 and director since 1912. F. S. Bucher, county agent for Lancaster county, and David K. Sloan, Lycoming coun ty agent, are next in point of service, having begun in 1913. C. S. Adams, county agent of Berks county, com pletes the list with an even twenty years of service. Seamans’ Have Son A son, Robert William, was born to Mr. and Mrs. Harry W; Seamans, 309 S. Allen street, Monday evening. Mr. Seamans. is the general secre tary of the Christian Association. Hetzel, Student Union To Extend Welcomes Meeting Will Open Series of Freshmen Week Rallies; Vernon Platt ’35 To Introduce Authorities,, Student Heads ' 1 Penn State’s official welcome to. the class of 1938 will be ex tended by President Ralph D. Hetzel and members of the Student Union at .the annual freshman convocation in Schwab auditorium at 8 o’clock tonight. The meeting will open ; the series of Freshman Week rallies to be conducted by the prominent student organization.. Vernon D. tPlatt ’35, president of the Stu dent Union Board, will preside at the convocation, in present ing the members of the Council of - Administration and student leaders. Although Freshman Week does not begin officially until this morning, an informal assembly for first year men antf women was held in the Audi torium last night. The assembly was followed by group meetings at which the* student counselors, selected from members of upper classes,' met with their sections for the first time. The latest report available at the Registrar’s 'office sets the official number of incoming freshmen at 1.- i 237. This figure was the number that 'had registered by the Cth of Sep tember. • However, the last minute enrollment this year has been ex- 1 tremely heavy, so that this number, is not final. New Bleachers, Track Started 4 New Tennis! Courts, Change .In iocker Room System I ' Included in Plans Many, changes and additions arc be ing made to .the equipment'of the School of;'Physical . Education and Athletics.. • The old wooden football, stands are-being replaced by mod ern steel stands;: a hew track is be ing-installed; four, tennis courts are being addedj.and a new system will be adopted in the locker-rooms. Several carloads, of steel girders have arrived for the, construction of the new stands, which when ultimate ly completed ' will. seat over '120,000 people.. This fall it is planned to erect only twenty rows of. the .West stands. Director Hugo Bezdck hopes to have the'work ..completed before the first football "ganie'on.'the 6thtof'.October. Tn^d^(rsBiinifctß^»«d9^»4Sia:'tßaC after-inspecting ail; of. the stadiums in the eastern United States, he be lieves that the ; type adopted were the .most durable and economical pos sible A concrete stadium was re jected because the cost of maintain ing it after it was constructed would be extremely high, he said. The varsity track has been drained and resurfaced and the top surfacing will take place next week. The jump ing pits have been changed and the runways improved. ,In commenting on the new track, Coach “Chick” Werner said that it will be one of the finest in existence when complet ed. The material being used is re garded as superior even to the fa mous track in Los Angeles where sev eral new world's records were set at the last Olympics. Four new tennis courts are to be installed this fall in the vacant space behind the Phi Delta Theta frater nity. They will be regulation courts, facing north and south. These arc the first of a number to be laid in the next few years. A new system has been adopted for the benefit of students taking phy sical education classes. Under this system the same lockers will be used by different classes, but each student (Continued 071, page 7 ) Hikes for Freshmen Planned byP.S. C. A. A hike and “doggie" roast for freshmen women have been planned for Saturday afternoon by members of the women’s cabinet of the Chris tian Association and members of the faculty, who will accompany the group. The hike to the Christian As sociation’s cabin at Shinglctown Gap, four miles from the campus, will leave the lobby of Mac Allister hall at 1:30 o'clock, with the return be ing made in time for dinner. A similar affair for freshman men will be held Sunday afternoon, under the sponsorship of the men’s cab inet of the P. S. C. A. The party will leave for. the cabin from the corner of Fairmount avenue and Al len street at 2 o’clock, with a paper trail to be laid for latc-comcrs. Re turn will be in time for the evening meal. Session Sets Record Summer Session Commencement broke all former records in the num ber of degrees conferred. There were more awarded at the August exer cises this year than at any previous summer commencement since the in ception of summer study here at the College. In all,- 259 degrees were ; conferred. Of these, 150 were Bac calaureate, 96 master's and 13 Ph. D’s. PRICE TEN CENTS Mass Meeting Tomorrow; Registration for freshmen; .will ;, be conducted today arid tomorrow, in ' Recreation hall, according to'the/asr signed periods on the FreshmaritWeek '', close with the ; beginning • of regular classes on Wednesday afternoon. •< Official name cards will be given all first year men when they register and according to the customs regula tions, they must be worn immediately. The cards will be distributed under the direction of Student Council and will be of uniform size. . The Penn State Christian Associa tion will conduct the first mass meet ing to be held in the Auditorium morrow night. This and all other mass metings will be hold at 8 o’clock. Robert K. Paxton, ’35, P. S. C. A. president and Claire M. Lichty, ’35, will be in charge of the program. - Players to Give Show One of the features of Freshman Week will be the enacting of George M. Cohan’s “The Tavern,” at 8 o’clock Saturday night in the Auditorium, by ! the Penn State Players. This play is being repeated for the freshmen by popular request. Student government activities will be outlined to the incoming fresh men at the mass meeting Monday night. Paul K. Jlirseh, ’35, senior class president, and Lucy J. Erdman, 35, Women’s Student Government Association president, and other stu dent government leaders will speak on topics explaining the system of government used here. (Continued on page thee) M. I. Conference Here The Fourth Pennsylvania Mineral Industries Conference, Ceramics sec tion, under the joint auspices of the School of Mineral Industries and the Pittsburgh section of the American Ceramics Society, will be held here October 5 and G. The technical ses sions will, start Friday afternoon, Oc tober 5, and will continue until Sat urday noon, October G. Poultrymen to Meet Fourteenth Annual Poultry Short Course will be conducted here Oc tober 22 to 2G. At the same time the semi-annual meeting of tho Penn sylvania State Poultry Association will convene. R. O. T. C. Students Will Receive New Uniforms New uniforms for sophomore and freshmen basic students have just been received by tho depart ment of military science and tac-. tics. The new uniforms are niado of serge but are styled the same as those which have been in use here in the past. Tho uniforms will be distributed immediately following registration from the storage rooms in the basement of McAllister hall.
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