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;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.