.. , cSerMi-iui/^^kiy' ES ™m SHED l COMPLETE CAMPUS Volume 31 Number 3 125 Liberal Arts Students To Get Help from FERA Will Do Clerical Work, Grading, Typing, Office Dufy Faculty Will Supervise ! Sociological Research t Approximately 125 freshmen and upperclassmen from the School of Liberal Arts will 1 begin work on F. E. R. A;, jobs when school officially opens -next Wednesday afternoon. In mation. as to the number of students and the projects to be undertaken by the other schools will be announced in the next issue of the Collegian. . 'Research work on the ‘/Depression and Preferred Stock Yields," "Amer ican and Foreign Commerce Since 1930,” "Federal Reserve Banks Dur ing the Depression," and the "N. R.: A; in' State College” will be among the projects in charge of George F. Mitch, of the department of econo mics: and sociology. Changes in the construction of clothing, shelter, and sundries, as well ‘ as the types and quantities of food bought with emer gency order's will* compose the work under Charles S. Wyand of the same department ■\ : Clerical Position Open ,‘Uriderthe direction of Dr. Willard Waller, of the department of ccono> mics' and sociology, a study of the conservative attitude of student groups as contrasted with radical stu dents’ opinions will he made. The ef fect of. propaganda in college news papers isanother of the projects slat ed for investigation this fall. ‘ Clerical work will comprise the ma jority of the positions to be filled. The typing of manuscripts, grading of-papers, and other office duties arc among the list of projects. ‘ One stu dent :will be asked to;make a study of the effect of various parents* oc cupations on society; 'Another 'work etlwjjl.vjnv^tig^/>the;i:sodojogy the students taking O. t. c: . '' / - \• ■The sociology of-the college pro fessor as exemplified in the modern novel has been selected for another research, project. These last named projects will be supervised by Dp. Carl ,W. Hasek, head of the depart ment of economics and sociology, and Dr, ,Wiiliam E. Butt, a member of Dr. Hasek’s department. Diverse Projects Tested Prof. A. Howry Espenshade, head of the department of English com position, will* conduct a survey of the results of the English placement tests given to freshmen during the first week.' Filing of debate material and survey, work, on English and (Continued on page three) Bruce Curry Discusses ‘Education of Spirit Selecting "The Education of the Spirit” as his topic, Dr. A. Bruce Curry, of the Union Theological sem inary, New York City, addressed the freshman convocation in Schwab au ditorium Sunday morning, as the first speaker in the 1934-35 chapel scries. "Our failures can be traced, not to faulty mental or physical training, but to our lack of a development of the spiritual side of our being,” said the speaker, stressing the need for a new quality and quantity of spirit, rather than a mental cleverness which which will lead to our undoing, un less controlled by some spiritual force. In college, as in the every-day world, there are two distinct trends, the theologian pointed out; one a downward drag with its tendency to degrade the spiritual- side of life and to substitute the worldly for the Christian; the'other, an upward tug which will aid those in doubt to se lect wisely their course in the face of discouragement and cynicism. Both factors are there; it is for the stu dent to make his he continued. f In commenting on the Morro Castle disaster, Dr. Curry drew an analogy between that catastrophe and the pre carious condition of the social struc ture of today, calling both the results of failure of spiritual discipline. "We haven’t lost our Captain, be cause he is eternal, but we have for gotten him; we have - neglected our ‘fire drills,’ .or periodic check-ups; in short, we were soft and unprepared for the great emergency,” declared Dr. Curry. "Truth about life, about careers, and most important, about individual and «ocial welfare, justice,- courage, and love; these are the words upon which one can base his life, in school and out," concluded Dr. Curry. Pinn State Greets Its Tallest Freshman A. Ray Warnock, dean of men, .with William'Emory Dunn, six feet, six, tallest freshman in a class'which promises to be the largest ever. . Dunn came all the-way from Hawaii to. enter, his father’s . Alma Mater-. His father, W. T. ("Mother!’) Dunn, graduated with the class of .1908, was the .first* selection .of Walter CampV outside the pranks of the celebrated Eastern endowed col-. ' _ ; now.'practicing;medicine at: Lahairie,':MauL,-mthe Ha- • -^--waiian:4slandK^The^ybunE^-rDu£m^isbnl)'.«se> , to follow infus fathcr/s footsteps.. !Heia taking'.the pre-medical v -. course at. Penn State. .• • • * • ~ Maiers, I.F.C. Head, Interprets Tree Period’ in Rushing Code Fraternities May Carry 8 to 11, 2 to 5 O’cloi A correct interpretation ’of the term "free period” as contained in the current rushing code was made in a letter sent this week to the var ious fraternities by A. : Kenneth Maiers ! 35, president of Intcrfratsr nity Council. "The ’free periods from 8 .to 11 o'clock in the morning and from 2 until 6 o’clock .in the afternoon are free for open rushing insofar as the rushing is carried on outside the fra ternity house,” Maircs explained. . "During these hours a fraternity man may take a rushec to breakfast, meet him to play golf or tennis, or the like, but he may not entertain a freshman at his fraternity house,” ho continued. These and several other points were clarified -at a recent meeting of the Rushing Committee and the I. F. C. Board of Control of which Sheldon C. Tanner, of the department of history and political science, is a member. Maiers also stated that all transfer students will be held strictly to' the New Band Uniforms Ready by Next Month New Blue Band, uniforms will be ready in about a week or two, Neil M. Fleming, graduate manager of athletics, announced last night. Mem bers of the band will have miner ad justments made late this ’ week or early next wck. Tho new uniforms, which are of a distinctly military style, somewhat similar to those worn at West Point, will be’ seen for the first time by the Blue Band at the Lebanon Valley footbalT game on October 6. Students Assessed $1 The departure from the old uni forms is being made possible by as sessing each male student one dol lar—fifty cents each semester—which (has been included in the registration fees. Seventy-five new uniforms have been purchased. In addition, a spe cial one for Major Wilfred O. Thomp son, Bandmaster, and one for the Blue Band leader, were bought. The new uniforms, which. ore ex pected. to be of greater appeal to the student body than before, will be of blue arid white—a brighter and light er blue than the former shade. STATE COLLEGE. PA., TUESDXg;!jEPTEMBER 18, 1934 on Open Rushing From ick Outside Houses. rushing code for freshmen, and that they may not accept pledges before the completion of the rushing .season. This also applies .to those who have • been .pledged to another chapter of a fraternity at some other college. Football authorities have requested that fraternity men refrain from en tering the varsity locker rooms in Recreation hall at any time. If dates have been made with football men, they should be met outside of the rooms. Freshman Pep Rally Planned for Tonight A pep rally, planned to accomplish two purposes, will be held in the Schwab auditorium at 8 o’clock to night to conclude the series of four freshmen mass-meetings. The rally is intended not only to create enthu siasm for the coming sports events, 'but also to explain the system of athletics carried on here. In the absence of John E. Fletcher i *35, president of the Athletic associa tion who has not returned from his soccer trip in Scotland, George A. i Harvey *35 will be in charge of the meeting. AH of the captains and will be introduced and a few of them will give short talks. Hugo Bezdck, director of the School of Physical Education, will in troduce the various coaches and will present the other four speakers. Those 'scheduled .to give talks ,are Herman Everhardus, new backficld football coach; Morrill ‘Barrel’ Mor rison, . football captain; Robert A. Higgins, head football coach; and Charles ‘Chick* Werner, track and cross-country coach. • All of the speeches and introduc tions will be interspersed with songs and cheers. William B. Edwards, head cheer-leader, will have his en tire staff there, and Dean Richard W. Grant, of the department of mu sic, will lead tne singing. It is ex pected that, the entire program will be. less than one hour in length. TscKan Takes Vacation Dr. Francis J. Tschan, of the de partment of history, spent last week in Washington, D. C., on a vacation trip. Ross ’35 Ejfljed New Intratllral Board Pre|i&ent —■ Incompleted Springs Prevent Nanjing Cup Winner/ ■vß.Yfe"-’'-* Managers of Seasonal Sports Also-Selected . Donald B. Ross ’3s.;,was elected president of the -new** Board at the last spnrig&meeting of the board. The Bez dek cup tournament las&’year; will be announced by Ross. asr:‘spbn as the scorings of the, various,{spring sports teams have been compile?!.' -,-' : Other members of thjjyßoard arc William W. Lauer.' '3s^fall sports manager; Bruce D. Stratum ’35, win ter sports manager; apd VFrcderick Anthony ’35, spring sports .manager. New Sports IMapned Members representing/other stu dent organizations- ar.ui,:-, Pau]. K; Hirsch. *35, student government; A. Kenneth Maiers ’35, •Ihterfraternity Council; John A. Brutzthah ’35, edi tor of Collegian and Fietchi er ’35, president oZ As sociation. The intramural prografmwill begin this year immediately :ffis(ter.-the fra ternity rushing season The first tournament' to-be. opened will be the football contest;. Other fall sports planned areMacrosse and. cross-country.' •}» V >• Several new sports wese. inaugurat ed last year and will? ; :bav-included again this year. Swimming • will be one of them. Accordirijst’o [.unofficial figures, more'persons participated in inter-unit sports last.yeqi; than in* any previous year on record/:-The three sports attracting the-largest [number of adherents .were-football/-basket ball, and mushball.. TernikTs^rtiete Sale of Magazine Will Start Today; Contains Column, Story by Beatty .> Presenting as - its featured article, ‘The Winner Loses/ by Jules Vernik ’3O, the Old Main Bell, student lit erary and opinion magazine will go on sale on co-op corner and at all newsstands today. The headlined ar ticle exposes methods used by resort concessionaires in ‘gimmicking' their gambling devices. ‘Lunch Bucket/ a short story of the railroad shops by James B. Beat ty jr. ’35, tells of a routine tragedy that grew out of a workman’s, jokes, while in ‘Hobby/ an essay; Donald Dickinson '3O tells of his collecting book dedications, and gives illustra tions of his most interesting ‘finds/ James T. Dugan ’37, well known for his work on the Froik art staff, tells, in ‘Art Young and After/ of trends iri cartoon and illustrative art today, and of the growth to its present im portance of the.‘situation gag/ ‘Medicine Men/ a reportorial ar ticle by Vance 0. Packard '36, gives quotations, and comment gathered at the Tugwell investigation at Wash ington in June; it might well be tit led,‘Hooey in High Places/ The reg ular column, ‘lnstitutions and Peo ple/ deals this issue with “Slaughter, Buzzing Session/ and with ‘The Buz zer/ presenting a clear picture of that important personage. Written by an anonymous 'confirm ed booth-sitter/ ‘Local Idiom’ tells in student's language of the students' language. Stylists who keep up to the moment in fads of expression as well as dress are examined careful- . ly, and analyzed expertly.' Rose Braunstein ’35 writes, drawing ma- 1 terial from her heritage, ‘Ghetto Sketches/ while in ‘For Your Li brary/ Beatty surveys the summer’s best in fiction. In a new department in this issue, the best of writing in the periodical field is discussed under the heading, ‘Magazine Mart/ A short, short story by a new Bell writer is ‘First Baby/ by James T. Dugan, ’37, who writes, drawing heavily upon his . newspaper experience, of a ‘run-of-the-mill’ ex perience of a conscientious newspa per man. Three epitaphs, ‘Fast Baby/ ‘Beau tiful Lady/ and ‘Professor/ present again the verse of Beatty, showing a lighter side of the economic strug-; gle, and the strugglers. In ‘That House/ Mary Dunn ’34, delves into a poignant experience of her high school days, and bares her blasted life to Penn State's avid eyes. The magazine will be offered to subscrib ers through agents on the campus, as well as in dormitories and board ing houses. Grid Team Loses Third Assistants Under New Plan Sophomore Candidates To Assume Duties Of 2 Groups Innovation Will Remove 1 Year of Competition Third assistant managers for foot ball have been eliminated and from now on the sophomore second assist ants will perform the duties of both groups, according to Neil M. Flem ing, graduate manager of athletics. "We are making the change to cut -down one'year of competition for these aspirants. We' find that when we called for thirds, few of them were willing to finish out their sophomore year. Out of the large number of thirds who answered the call last year only three are back this year. Thus some adjustment seems necessary,” Mr. Fleming said. Numerals Awarded • Another. significant. change made regarding, managerships is that in the some of tlie seconds in the various sports who arc eliminated in the first election, will be eligible [to receive a numeral award. This recommendation is now being pre sented to ' the Inter-Class Sports Council. Thi?. move is being made to en courage the seepnds who fear that they will be eliminated - in the elec tions, to continue. Not all seconds will, receive awards, and the number will'vary with the different sports. In major sports like football,- three seconds-will receive awards while in minor sports like fencing, one award will bo given.: • Fewer Duties Now A call has been made for sopho more second assistant football man agers to report and these new aspi rants will be'placed on an equal foot ing; with: the: three .-seconds, who .re .nien .w.ere consulted ti&ore-the change' was made and they were all willing to continue under the. new manage ment. Mr. Fleming pointed out that while this new system would necessarily place a greater number of duties on j the seconds, there would really not[ be much more work to do because a great number of the duties usually performed by the thirds, have been taken over by College laborers this year. For example, the student man agers will no longer have to level the tackling dummy pits, or take tickets at the games. ’3B Women Will Wear Green Ribbons, Cards Inch-wide green bows will distin guish the freshman girls this year, according to Ruth B. Evans '37, the chairman of the sophomore customs committee. Legibly printed name cards, together with the bows, will be worn until Thanksgiving. Freshman girls will not be allowed to dote for the three weeks follow ing the beginning of classes. They will not be allowed to have dates for football games until fall houseparty. It is no longer required that the girls carry their freshman Bibles. Thespians Will Celebrate 38th Anniversary in Dramatic Work Thirty eight years of College* dramatics will be celebrated when the Thespians present their productions in Schwab auditorium this season. The club was founded in 1897 by Dr. Fred Lewis Pattee and John Leete, after Penn State students re quested some dramatic organizations as an extra-curricular activity. One year after the club’s inception, Prof. A. Howry Espenshadc, head of the department of English composi tion, became the director. Although the present organization produces only musical comedies, the Thespians of that day presented straight dramas, most of which were of Eng lish origin. Goldsmith’s "She Stops to Conquer,” • and Sheridan’s "The Ri vals,” and "School for Schandal,” were the first shows to be staged by the group. After ten years of producing only the more literary types of plays, the club introduced light comedy with the show "Russian Honeymoon.” As .a result of this innovation, Professor Espenshade and other directors, in -1 tercstod mainly in higher drama, sev ered connections with the . organiza tion. Organization of the club in the early days of the Thespians was not unlike that of today, although faculty members had complete charge and WomenTo Commence Rushing on Thursday Star of *The Tavern ' C. K. LUCAS BRIGHTMAN ’36 Players Conduct Actors’ Tryouts Neusbaum To Direct New Show To Go Into Rehearsal Late This Week Actors’ tryouts for remaining Tenn State Players productions were, be gun last night in the Little. Theatre and will continue throughout the week. Students wishing to try out either for acting or for the technical staff, should sign up Tor an appoint ment at the Players' office, 413 Old Main, between 1:30 and 5 o'clock this afternoon. On the basis of these trials a cast will be selected for the October show, to be presented on Fathers' Day, and I also for three other productions schcd i uled for this semester, according to Prof. „A. C..Cloetingh, director- of: the -will-go-, into rehearsal iSr’* NvdeV under,the direction of Mr. Frank S. Neusbaum. Students signing up for technical work will meet with the senior’man agers of the different departments, 'which include stage, lights, costumes, i properties, scene design and adver tising. Assignments as assistants will be made for the semester's pro ductirns. "AH students,- upperclassmen as well as freshmen, may try out for 1 acting and for the technical staff and previous experience is not absolutely necessary, declared Prof. Cloctingh. The technical department is especial ly interested in finding accomplished carpenters, scene-designers and sign painters,” he concluded. Contest Entered by Stock Judging Team Participating in the first of three scheduled contests for the fall sea son, the Penn State livestock judg ing team traveled to Springfield, Mass., last Monday for the Eastern States Exposition. The team plans to attend the Baltimore livestock show on October 9, and the Interna tional livestock exposition in Chicago the first week in December. -chose the cast for all shows. During the Easter vacation of each yeai*, road trips were made to Williamsport, Harrisburg, and - Philadelphia. Be cause of adverse financial conditions tHoughout the country since 1928 these trips were discontinued until last year when the troupe presented "My Stars” in Philipsburg. Plans are being made for a more extended road tour for this year. Following a regulation observed from the beginning, no women took part in productions. Of a certain Thespian, namely Bob Streeter, it was said by his associates: "He makes an excellent girl, but is severely hand icapped because he is forced to shave between acts.” Prof. John 11. Frizzell, of the de partment of public speaking, has been affiliated with the Thespians since 1908, serving as treasurer of the group in 1912. In 1908, Professor Frizzell brought about a change in the character of the shows produced. "King Popo”, a musical comedy, was produced under the direction of Leon Downing, of the University of Penn sylvania's Mask and Wig club. During the war period, women were first introduced into Thespian casts. Prof. David D. Mason, of the department of Romance lanuagcs, ap- (Continued on pa ye six) PRICE TEN CENTS May Institute Second Semester Bidding Next Year Period Cut to 3 Days Under Prevailing Code Rushing season for womens’ fra ternities will open. Thursday morn ing at 7:15 o'clock under the new code ns approved last year by Pan-Helicnic Council. Should this present code come up to the standards set by Pan- Hellenic Council, there will be second semester rushing instituted next year in place of the second year regulation now in effect. Major changes in the code to be used this year include the cutting of rushing season from 5 to 3 dates, the holding of all formal parties on Saturday night, and the permitting of rushccs to attend two instead of three of these parties. Parties arc to last from 6:30 o’clock until 10 o'- clock with one half hour’s recess be tween the first and second party. The women’s rushing code for this season is as follows: Article I Section 1. No girl shall be rushed unless she has been registered as a student for one year in the Pennsyl vania State College; the following ex cepted. Section 2. Sophomore, junior, or senior transfers and graduate stu dents may be bid after one semester’s registrations. Section 3. Official rushing shall be gin Thursday morning at 7:15 o’- clock. Section 4. The rushing period shall last for three days (Thursday, Fri day and Saturday). Article II Section 1. There shall be no personal rushing throughout the year which incurs the expenditure of money. Section 2. There may be any number of ,pte-. ; i»t'*anVun^ganl7.cQ c party. • Section 3. There shall be date cards issued allowing no fraternity more than one date with one rushee during the rushing period. Section 4. For these unorganized party there shall be allowed a sum of $30.00. This shall include expenses of the active fraternity women, alumnae, advisors, patronesses, and rushees. Itemized accounts for these parties shall be presented to the Pan-Hellenic rushing, chairman the last day of rushing season. No gifts may be ac cepted to aid in rushing. Section 5. An unorganized date shall be limited to one hour and a half in duration. Article 111 Section 1. There shall be allowed one organized rushing party. Section 2. Regulated dittos with all the parties shall be held on the last night of rushing (Saturday, 6:30 o’- clock to 10 o’clock). This period shall be divided into two one and one half hour dates with one half hour in be tween for convenience in getting around. Section 3. The rushee should attend two of them, having signified before in answering invitations which period she would come and the rushee shall not stay longer than one and one half hours at any house. Section 4. Invitations may be in the mail Thursday morning at 7:15 o’- clock. Section 5. Fraternities shall have an swers to the invitations by 10 o’clock Saturday morning. Section G. A rushee may attend two formal parties. Article IV Scclion 1. Bidding following rushing season shall be by preferential ballot. Section 2. Alt work -entailed in bid ding shall be handled by a disinterest ed group, to be chosen each year, by the rushing committee from the fol lowing suggestions: (1) A committee composed of Dean of Women, two alumnae advisors, and a secretary. (2) Student Union Office. (3) A committee of city Pan- Hellenic representatives. Section 3. A list of girls who have been hid by a fraternity must be in the office of a disinterested group not 'later than 11 o’clock Saturday night. Section 4. The disinterested group shall see that those bid receive ballots by 10 o'clock Sunday morning! Section 5. Rushees must return their ballots to the office of the disinterest ed group not later than 5 o’clock Sun day night. The disinterested group shall notify each fraternity of the girls who have chosen to belong to it, and the fraternity is then free to acknowledge the acceptance. Article V Section 1. There shall be a silence period preceding the opening of the (Continued on pnye six)
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