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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
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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-
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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
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