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Volume 31 Number 6
568 Students Accept
Deaterly Leads
Graduated Class
With 2.89 Grade
Leopold, Stout Lead ’35
Class, Kilmer
Heads Juniors
Kirnak Leads College
With Average of 3.00
Charles F. Deaterly led: the 827
members of the class of 1934 with’
an average of 2.89, class standing
lists at the end of the past year, pub
lished’ by the Registrar’s office, re
veal.
Irving H. Leopold and Robert D.
Stout were first among'B66 members
of the 1935 class with averages of
2.96, while GlenW. Kilmer, with a
2.97 average, was first among • the
present junior class of 1,064 mem
bers. The class of 1937, with 1,131
members, was led by Alex W, Kirnak,
with an average, of 3.00.
School of Education Leads
The School of Education led all oth
er schools on the campus in the num
ber of students in the upper twen
tieth of the class .with fifty-four
members In this group. Forty-three
members of the School of 'Engineer
ing rate that school as second, fol
lowed by the School of Chemistry,
and Physics with forty-one, Liberal
Arts with thirty-eight, Agriculture
with twenty-seven, and Mineral In
dustries with thirteen.
The School of Liberal Arts claims
the most seniors>in the upper twen
tieth of the class* having eleven. The
School of Education has ten in this
select group, while-the Schools of
Agriculture - and Engineering ' each'
have.
tives from the*. School of Chemistry
and Physics and four from the .Min
eral Industries School .in this group.
In the junior class, twelve engi
neers, and twelve education. students
are found in the upper five per cent,
followed by ten members of the
School of Chemistry and Physics,
eight from the School of Liberal Art'.,
and two each from the Schools of Ag-
(Continued on page two )
Noel Reports No
Code Infractions
Panhellenic Rushing Chairman,
Dean Ray Commend Fine
Women Rushing
No violations of the women’s rush
ing code have been reported, accord
ing to Nellie T. Noel ’35, Panhellen
ic rushing chairman. Both Dean of
Women Charlotte E. Ray and Jeanne
S. Kleckner *35, president of Pan
hellenic council, expressed their ap
proval of the success of the short
enedS-ushing period."
©ean Ray, commenting on the co
operation of the fraternity officers
and rushees in the handling of the
ballots, .said, “Nearly all- of the fra
ternity presidents had their invita
tion lists'in my office long before
the appointed time, which was 11 o’-
clock Saturday night. Likewise the
sophomore , girls began returning
their ballots early on Sunday and
caused no rush in the recording at
the end of the day. What might have
been a strenuous task was rendered
easy by the prompt action of the
girls concerned.’’ *
154 Invitations Issued
The nine women’s national frater
nities and one local club issued a to
tal of 164 invitations to 102 girls, an
average of 1.6 bids per person. Out
of the sophomore class of 226 girls,
101 received invitations, the remain
ing bid going to a graduate student.
As 25 sophomore girls are new on
the campus and therefore ineligible
for bidding, just half of the eligible
sophomores received invitations.
Fourteen girls declined their invi
tations, three giving financial reasons,
the others saying they were not ready
to decide. The number of accept
ances was 88.
Traffic Signs Switched
Traffic signs at the corner of Bea
ver Avenue and Pugh Street have
been switched to make Pugh Street
motorists liable to the stop signals.
Through traffic .has again been grant
ed cars travelling on Beaver Avenue.
/. F. C. Head, Rushing CkairmanCommend Code
A. KENNETH MAIERS ’35
‘Preference Cardigan
Forward Step’-Maiers
I. F. C. President Calls Period Just Closed Most
Successful Rushing Season Ever Heid
Interviewed last night, A. Kenneth
Maiers • ’35, Iriterfraternity Council
president, declared, “This has been
the most successful rushing season
in, the history of the Interfraternity
Council and .has' proven the “prefer
ence system” of rushing to be a defi
nite step ahead in the controlling of
rushing.*
“Last year,” he continued, “ap
proximately 400 freshmen pledged; to
fraternities at th 6 close of the regu
lated ,rushing., period' while this year
40Jfu:&.-±hah_6Qb -men:, filled out-profor--
ence cards. 'This means that all'first
year men' who may be pledged to a
house some time before they graduate
have at least signified their interest.”
When asked concerning reported
violations of the code, Maiers replied
that as yet no violations of the code
have been reported to Prof. Sheldon
C. Tanner, faculty member of the
Board of Control of the I. F. C., thus
indicating that this year’s code has
been a successful one, and that “lead
piping” has been eliminated, at least
to a greater extent than ever be
fore.
Maiers recommended that. the
length of the first silent period in
next year's code be extended at least
twenty-four hours in order to give
more of a rest to the fraternity men.
Under the. present code the silent
period begin at 8 o’clock - one night
and was ended at noon the follow
ing -day, giving the fraternity men
no chance to relax from the strain
of rushing activities.
39 Exemptions Made
In Freshmen English
Thirty-nine freshmen the lowest
number in recent years were ex
empted from English composition
this year. This is in considerable con
trast to last, year’s record of fifty
four exemptions, although the stand
ards are the same this year, and the
first year class is larger.
The School of Liberal Arts led
with seventeen excused. They are:
Dorothy E. Bollinger, Ralph E. Dim
mick, Morton Frdmm, Kathleen E.
Gilbody, George L. Harwick, Charles
E. Kenney, Eleanor W. Ley, Jean
L. Lyman, Dorothy Marquardt, Wil
liam E. Matson, Edgar F. Miller,
Eleanor Robinson, Anne M. Quick,
Virginia Seifert, Robert I. Shadle,
I Virginia Swart, and Frank H. Tit
low.
Nine were exempted in the School
of Chemistry and Physics. They are:
Donald B. Broughton, George W.
ConvTay, James H. Fry, Deri Hess,
Neal D. Lawson, John P.- Messerly,
George W. Statler, Wilke G. Teb
bens, and David S. Weddell. In the
School of Mineral Industries, George
F. Rouault was exempted.
In the School of Agriculture the
following were excused: Daniel D.
Berolzheimer, Annette A. Judd, John
E. Prettyman, Howard Watson, and
Alvin K. Wilson. Mary Bechtel,
Kathryn A. Cunningham, Doris A.
Sander, and Helen E. Smith were
the members of the School of Educa
tion v who were exempted. In the
School of Engineering there were Ed
gar J. Higgins, Leo J. Schlachter,
and Arthur Y. SHambach.
STATE COLLEGE, PA-,-FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1934
JOSEPH E. DENTICE ’35
Maiers reiterated the statement of
Joseph -E. Dentice ’35, chairman of
the I. F. C. rushing committee, in
crediting'the‘success of the rushing
season to the close cooperation which
the rushing, committee of the Inter
fraternity Council received from the
rushing chairman and presidents of
the various fraternities.
' Continuing his recommendations
for next year’s code the I. F. C. pres
ident stated, “The regulation provid
ing -that.'all. freshmen who. do. ,not
uled' time • arc ineligible for pledging
for. thirty ,days should be continued
because - that is the only way of mak
ing them’ turn in preference cards.
“While the preference card system
was subjected to a great deal of ad
verse criticism at first, it has proven
to be of great service both' to the fra
ternities , and. to the freshmen, espe
cially the fraternities, saving: them
undue rushing expenses, time, and al
so pointing out. to them the men who
were really considering their house,”
he added.
In reference to the rushing of
transfer students, Maiers declared
that all transfer students should be
eligible to open rushing, the same as
sophomore forestry students who
come here from Mont Alta "Tran
sfer students know more about fra
ternities than the sophomore forest
ers do,, and it seems unnecessary to
make them be rushed as freshmen
and not the sophomore foresters,” he
concluded.
P. S. C. A. Plans Retreat
A joint re:reat of the men’s and
women’s Christian association cabi
nets is planned for this weekend, at
the association’s cabin at Shingle
town Gap. The group will leave for
the cabin tomorrow afternoon and
return Sunday. Fred H. Light ’35 is
chairman of the retreat, which will
be an informal- “get-acquainted"
party.
Scoop! Cornetist, Trombon
‘ Vie For Plaudits of G
Eighty members of the Blue Band
arrayed in $5,000 worth of new uni
forms and led by a goose-stepping
drum major will dazzle spectators at
the Penn Statc-Lebanon Valley foot
ball game at New Beaver Field Sat
urday, October 6.
But masked by the glamour of the
new" military outfits, the blare of
trumpets and ruffle of drums, will bo
a drama as poignant as ,it is power-'
ful and one known only to the two
principals, Major Wilfred O. Thomp
son, director of the band, and Col
legian subscribers.
It’s all about who will be drum ma
jor for this season. This year the
drum major must not only lead the
band through intricate maneuvers
and see that they all start and stop
playing at • approximately the same
time;-he must be able to juggle the
baton and spin it through the air
with the greatest of ease.
Competitors for this important post
are. Jim Townsend of the trumpet
section .and Price Longstreet of the
trombone choir. >
But when queried on which of these
Bids from 55 Houses
College Enrolls 4,847
In Current Semester
Enrollment figu ies at the close
of registration Wednesday after
noon reached 4,847 r of which 114
were Mont Alto students, William
S. Hoffman, CollegflJßogistrar, an
nounced. •
'These figures did not include
approximately six!??/ 1 seniors who
are practice teaching in Altoona
and Johnstown, nq&did it include
those students enrolled at the Col
lege's various extension centers
throughout the State,
New Bleachers
Will 2360
Improvements Con 1 inue At Full
Speed: To Compete Work
For Opening Game
With improvements’ ;oing ahead at
full speed, New Beavir field will be
all spruced up and. r ady. when the
first cash customer ci .tiers the gate
at the opening game; he week from
Saturday.
Outstanding in thc\ langed picture
will be the new, steel stands
on the west side of 'tic field. Still
in their original new bleach
ers will be able to sdal 2360 specta
tors for the first game}
Later in the seasonjtac stands will
be given a coat of; bhltlcship gray
paint and with additiprs planned for
next year the-long-wordcn scats will
be able to accomodate 6600 specta
tors.
Concrete Runways Planned
Five concrete rumYij L* n the front
will make access to tl)'stands'easier
4ba»=horeto£orei...tjS^{»^fe : n<^-wU.
extend down both sifles, along the
rear, and between each two sections,
while at the top willjbe located the
press box. •
Another improvement is. the new
track with its smooth', i black surface
enclosed by the nevly whitewashed
hoards. It, together with the black
surfaced jumping aid; polq-vaulting
runways, will .offer a decided contrast
to the green grass ar.d the new white,
approach walks. ' j
The longest of these new walks
extends from the cast entrance on
Allen street along the edge of the
night-practice football field to the
east stands. It connects with anoth
er additional- walk from the main en
trance to the east 3timds.
Penn State Song Music
Mailed to High Schools
Over five hundred [copies of Major
Wilfred O. Thompson’s band arrange
ment of “Victory” a*nd "Hail to the
Lion” have been mailed to high school
band directors throughout the state
during the past two [years as part of
the program being carried on to ac
quaint high school students with Penn
State.
, originally made
l and now being
> constructed that
played separately
ibined.
The arrangement,
for the Blue Band
used by them, is so
either tune may be )
or they may be coml
id Fans
two will wear thX
Thompson tilted b i
took out his brown 1 1
or, inserted and lit ;
with the curled end:
mustache, looked i
nothing.
«.* Buzby, Major
tick in his chair,
gate dgaret hold
a cigarct, played
of his long white
inscrutable, said
baton, Townsend
practice at such
|hs twirl over the
) behind the back,
p has also chai'tcd
[ric gyrations, and
ir the band to cx-
With a new bras:
has spent weeks o:
involved tricks as j
goal post, the eaten
and body spins. Hj
innumerable gooniej
letter formations fc
ecute. |
srom the camp of
ire alleged to aver
his claims to the
: icianship and re
c n which he is at
in deepest secrecy.
Plishmcnts is the
>ngue in the sev
i playing “Dinah”
But dispatches z
Pries Longstreet ai
that he will base
post on solid mu:
suits of plans upc
present working i:
Among his accoiri
ability to triple t:
enth position whil •
in four flats.
The first rehear: i
this year was h< 1
a] of the band for
Id Tuesday night
« page two).
(Continued
Glee Club, Chapel
Choir Accept 132
New Men, Women
Grant Tests, Classifies
325 Voices Before
Making Selection
Competition Especially
Keen for Placements
Testing and classification of the
voices of 200 men and 125 women in
recent try-outs under the direction of
Prof. Richard W. Grant, of the de
partment of niUsic, have resulted in
the addition of forty-eight men to
the Men’s Glee club, twenty-nine wo
men to the Women’s Glee club, and
thirty women and twenty-five men
to the chapel choir.
Competition was especially keen
for places in the Men’s Glee club, Di
rector Grant said. The new men will
be given a trial of one month and at
the end of that time approximately
one-third of them will be dropped.
Grant Compliments Group
“In these try-outs I have listened to
some of the best student voices I have
heard in years,” Professor Grant
said. “Many of them will be excel
lent for Thespian and quartet work
as well as for the choir and glee
clubs.”
Thirty new women’s and twenty
five new men’s voices will be added
to the chapel choir for the first ap
pearance of the choir in Schwab au
| ditorium Sunday. Seventy members
of the choir remain from last year’s
■organTj&ttnir^“'^ ,^vV~^^
' Following is the list of men added
! to the Men’s Glee dub at rehearsal
Wednesday night and who will re
main on probation. Those listed with
out numerals are freshmen.
I First tenors: Herbert S. Cohn,
1 Thomas R. Fitz Gerald jr., Charles D.
[ Gammcllo ’37, Devane M. Hoffman
: ’36, Ned K-ennman, Clifton J. King,
' Richard W. O’Connor ’37, Herbert R.
’ Powell (graduate student), Herbert
M. Scidclman, James D. Sheetz ’37,
; Richard E. Snokc ’3G and Bergen R.
Suydam.
Second tenors: Robert J. Baxter,
Herman Blair '37, David E. Brad
bury ’36, J. Vincent Cards '37, Jos
eph Cook, Floyd B. Fischer ’37, How
ard B. Frankonfield ’37, Ralph E.
Haley ’37, J. Briggs Pruitt ’36,
Charles W. Tilden ’37, Herbert Uhl,
John VanNatta '37, William E. Veen
schotcn ’37, C. Charles Walter and
Ellsworth J. Warrick.
Baritones: Raymond P. Barthol
mo, Charles L. Bochcrt, Paul F. Fries
’37, Albert P. Lyford, William L.
Orris, John E. Piatt ’37, Ira L. Scn
droff ’36, Frederick IT. Scrff, Wil
lard S. Sitter, David M. Spccht ’36,
John R. Tomlinson '36 and Earl F.
Tygert ’35.
Basses: William J. Dughi, Ralph
DuVzc, Duane Grcnn, William B.
Ilannum, Edward Leigh, Albert 11.
Rodgers ’37, Raymond G. Sloan ’37,
James P. Unangst and Charles H.
Witter.
W. A. A. Board Adds
3 Sports for Women
Swimming, speedball, and (lancing
were named for the first time as wom
en’s interclass competitive sports by
the W. A. A. board at its meeting
Monday night. Points toward wom
en’s awards may be earned through
these sports according to the decision
of the board, although the plan for
the number of points and the basis
on which they will be awarded has
not as yet been completely formulat
ed.
Semester tickets for swimming are
being sold at t'he treasurer’s office
for two dollars upon the presentation
of matriculation cards. This ticket
will entitle the bearer to swim in
the Glennland pool every Tuesday.
The hours from 3:30 to 5 o’clock are
being devoted to organized instruc
tion for upperclass women in prepa
ration for competitive class teams.
Women who are interested in be
coming managers or participants in
swimming, speedball, and dancing,
may sign up now in McAllister hall
lobby. Speedball will be limited to
the freshmen, sophomores, and jun
iors.
4 Jewish Fraternities
Pledge 70; 4 Locals 28;
Professionals Net 45
Total for This Year Hits New Peak by Margin
Of 7; No Rushing Code Violations
Reported to Chairman
Five hundred and sixty-eight men accepted bids to the fifty
five fraternities Tuesday night, ending the 1934 rushing season.
This is seven more than were pledged at a corresponding time
last year.
Of the total number, 488 were freshmen. Fifty-two sopho
mores, twenty juniors, three graduate students, and one faculty
member were pledged. Forty-five men accepted bids to the five
•national and one local profes
sional fraternities. The four
local fraternities garnered twen
ty-eight men.
Jewish houses pledged seventy
men, three less than last year. Pro
fessional groups got five less than
last year, and the local fraternities
got three more.
No violations of the rushing code
have been reported to Interfraternity
Council. Should there be any, they
will b? judged by Prof. Sheldon C.
Tanner, faculty advisor to the Coun-
4 Foreign Lands
Send Transfers
Puerto Rico, Russia, Canada, and
Italy Represented Here;
15 Per Cent Gain
Transfer students from four for
eign countries and twenty-four states
have taken up work here for the com
ing semester, Dr. Carl E. Marquardt,
College examiner, announced yester
day. The foreign countries from i
which students transferred arc Puer
to Rico, Russia, Canada, and Italy.
A total of 195 students with ad
vanced standings have transferred
here as undergraduates. It is ex-j
pected that there will be over 200
within .the,next few weeks. Last eajr,
first semester," an increase jof'neafly
fifteen per cent-for this year. . ,
Although only the same number of
men have registered as did last year/
the number of women transfer stu
dents has increased thirty-two per
cent over last year. To date, a total
of 121 men and seventy-four women
have signed up.
Forty-one of the transfers will be
considered as freshmen, ninety as
sophomores, forty-seven as juniors,
four seniors, nine special students,
and four non-classified. A large num
ber will- be regarded as freshmen
here because they either lost credits
in transferring or changed schools
upon entering here.
The School of Education claimed
the largest number of transfers with
a total of sixty-six. The Liberal Arts
School ranked second with fifty-five.
The numbers registered in the rest
of the Schools arc: Chemistry and
Physics twenty-three; Agriculture
twenty-one, Engineering eighteen,
Physical Education seven, - and Min
eral Industries five.
’36 Editorial, Business
‘La Vie’ Staffs Called
Junior candidates for all divisions
of the 1935 La Vie editorial and busi
ness departments will meet for ar
ranging of work schedules in the
publication office, 315 Old Main, at
7:30 o’clock Tuesday night, William
Y. E. Rambo ’35, editor of this year’s
book, announced yesterday.
Staff candidates, who first met last!
year, will be reassigned to work,
while all those interested who have
not yet been scheduled for work will
be instructed at this meeting. All
new candidates will be addressed by
Ramho, who will explain the general
plan followed in making up the book,
and then will he divided in accord
ance to their preference of work.
Work on the -editorial side this
year will be directed by Rambo, as
sisted by James B. Watson jr., man
aging editor, while the 1935 art ed
itor, Carl It. Conrad, will have charge
of art work. E. Marion Tomlinson
'35 will direct the work of the wom
en's staff, while junior business can
didates will work under Harold W.
Kalb ’35 and George K. Britton ’35,
business managers.
Initial work on the publication,
which was begun last spring, will
be continued immediately. The con
tract for the publishing of the book
this year has been awarded to the
Grit Publishing Co., Williamsport.
All engraving and printing will be
handled by the Williamsport concern.
Covers will be contracted for at a
later date, Rambo said.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
The highest number of pledges was
taken by Sigma Tau Phi, with twen
ty-three. Other high groups are Beta
Sigma Rho, nineteen; Sigma Nu,
nineteen; Beta Theta Pi, seventeen;
Delta Tau Delta, seventeen; Phi
Kappa, sixteen; Sigma Alpha Epsi
lon, sixteen; and Phi Epsilon Pi, fif
i teen. Alpha Chi Sigma led the pro
i fessional groups with thirteen, and
| Tau Sigma Phi'was the highest local
j with’ nine.
A list of the 568 fratcniity
.>vlcd{/.CH..ivjtLbc.Jonvil^o>t.ji(i£c t .Jo!ir..
Students Xml
Additional Work
Steidlc Declares Men Will Drop
Out of School Unless Aided
In Meeting Expenses
"There are still a number of stu
dents now registered in ‘the College
who will have to drop out unless
they can get aid in meeting a part
of their living expenses," Dean Ed
ward Steidle, chairman of the en
rollment committee, said Wednesday.
Following a meeting of .the com
mittee on enrollment on Tuesday,
Dean Steidlc issued the following
statement to the townspeople, call
ing their attention to the conditions
which exist among the present stu
dent body.
Predicts Enrollment Drop
lie predicted that the record fresh
man enrollment and the enrollment
in other classes would suffer if ad
ditional aid were not immediately
forthcoming from the householders
of the community. He said that in
most cases the need was comparative
ly small—a room, a. meal- or two a
day, or odd job employment.
"The committee on enrollment
wishes to bring this condition to the
attention of the householders of the
community with the hope that there
may be some homes in which work
opportunities may be offered over and
above the generous aid which has al
ready been given.
"Persons able to offer additional
work or aid should communicate with
•the officers, at once, or the deans of
the several schools, or the Penn State
Christian association. These several
offices have lists of students whose
needs and worth have been fully in
vestigated,” the dean said.
De Angelis ’35 Elected
_ To Executive Council
Manlio F. De Angelis *35 has re
cently been named as secretary of
the executive council of the Student
Christian Movement, which had its
inception at Eagles Mere last June.
The Movement is composed of mem
bers of the men’s and women’s cab
inets of Christian associations in the
Middle Atlantic area, and of leading’
religious workers.
De Angclis will attend a meeting
.of the executive council at Drew Se
minary, Madison, N. J., today, tomor
row, and Sunday. The council is
meeting there at the invitation of Dr.
Lynn H. Hough, who gave the bacca
laureate sermon on this campus last
June.