Page Four
Student Publications
Review Large Variety
Of College Activities
Seven student publications, cover
ing a wide range of College interest
and serving as a review of all campus
life, form one very important division
of extra-curricular activities.at Penn
State.
The Penn State COLLEGIAN, semi
weekly newspaper; Penn State Froth,
humorous periodical; Old Main Bell,
literary magazine; La Vie, yearbook;
Penn State Farmer and Penn State
Engineer, departmental periodicals
and Student Handbook informational
guide, constitute the field of journal
istic activities at the College.
The COLLEGIAN, in its capacity as
official College newspaper, is pub
lished throughout the college year,
with the exception of holidays. Its
entire news service is conducted by a
stall' selected by competition among
student candidates. Its aim is to cov
er thoroughly every campus news
source and to present a complete re
view of the activities and events of
Penn State.
Early.in the year, freshmen editor
ial candidates are called out and fol
lowing a six weeks . instructional
course in newspaper writing, are as
signed to work on the paper. As
sophomores, these men work under
direct supervision of the junior man
aging editors and news editors. .At
the end of the sophomore year the
junior managing editors are named
from the sophomore reporters; these
men, usually six or eight in number,
are directly responsible for issues of
the paper, which in turn, is under
the supervision of the senior editors.
The same principles are followed with
business candidates, who are called
out in the latter part of the fresh
man year.
The Penn State Froth, comic mag
azine, represents the lighter phases
of college life in ten ludicrous num
bers during the year. Its contents are
chiefly short humorous articles, light
verse, sketches and jokes.
Froth follows very much the same
plan as to editorial and business can-
Watts Will Welcome
1450 New Freshmen
(Continued from page one)
since the student government meet
ing and the Student Union meeting
have been combined under the. chair
mansb4o of Pruitt.
Two counselOrs' meetings are
scheduled — foi - etich. Of the twenty-four
sections of the new class, while the
class will assemble according to
schools for instruction on methods of
study.
To assist students in maintaining
good physical condition during their
College life, all first year men will be
given a 'thorough physical examina
tion by Dr. Joseph P. Ritenour, Col
lege physician. The examination will
be given at the dispensary in the
basement of Old Main, and the health
record will be used as a guide in sug
gesting remedies for any physical de
fects which may prove injurious to
the student.
. Uniforms to be worn for R. 0. T. C.
courses will be issued during this
week at regularly assigned periods
from the storeroom in the basement
of McAllister hall. The deposit fee
for the uniforms Will be paid at the
regular registration.
The period from 11 o'clock to 12
o'clock each morning will be set aside
for song practice in the auditorium,
conducted by Prof. Richard W. Grant,
of the department of music. At these
periods the new students will receive
instruction in the use of the card
system as well as in reference work.
An opportunity to become acquaint
ed with the College campus buildings
and points of interest is offered by
the P. S. C. A. in the form of campus
tours.
Radio Station Seeks
Assistant Operators
All students, including freshmen,
holding radio operators license , and
wishing to affiliate with the College
station W'YA and the Army Control
Station WLMA should send a letter
of application at once to Gilbert. L.
Crossley, instructtor in radio engin
eering, department of electrical en
gineering.
The letter of application, according
to Professor Crossley should state ex
perience, station call letters of appli
cant's own amateur station, the grade
of license held and any other pertin
ent facts. The letter should be receiv
ed by the department not later than
Saturday, September 21.
Joining the staff of the College
station is not limited to students in
the School of Engineering but any
student in the College holding an op
erators license is eligible. Amateur
operators are invited twat least make
their acquaintance with the amateurs
now at the station even if they are
not interested in joining the group,
according to Professor Crossley.
Black Ties
2 for $l.OO
didates as that used by the student
newspaper with the exception that
election to the board is based more
upon the amount of work contributed
than upon a competitive•cnoice from
a group of candidates in spy given
class.
The Old Illain Bell is used in fresh
man classes in English composition
for classroom study. It consists of
stories, sketches, features, controver
sial articles, editorials and verse. Its
editorial' policy is to stimulate stu
dent writing and thinking, as well as
to entertain.
Election to the board is competitive.
A supplementary board of contrib
utors, consisting of those writers who,
no matter what their class standing,
have proved valuable assistants, was
promulgated recently.
The Penn State Farmer is a de
partmental journal dealing chiefly
with agricultural topics in feature
articles and departments. In addi
tion to a circulation at the College,
it has many agricultural readers
throughout the state. The Penn State
Engineer accomplishes the same ends
in the engineering field. Although
published by students who are elect
ed to the staff annually, articles are
frequently submitted to both maga
' nines by faculty members.
La Vie, the Penn State senior year
book, is published by a staff elected
through competition in the junior
year. In addition to covering the ac
tivities and events of the year and
giving a complete cross-section of
campus activities, clubs and organi
zations, it presents the history of the
class and records of class members.
La Vie calls candidates in the sopho
more year. Twelve men and women
are selected to serve as junior editors,
and this number 'is cut to six staff
members who edit the book in their
senior year.
The Student Handbook, published
under the auspices of the P. S. C. A.,
is an informational guide prepared
primarily for the use of freshmen.
Competition on all publications is
open to women students as well as
men.
`Earn as Much as Possible; Then Borrow •
Balance for Edcation'—Altimni Advise
A judicious combination of earning
as much as possible and borrowing
the rest is the advice offered by pron
inerit Penn. State alumni to studenti
who do not have sufficient . ftinds td
go through college., ~. •. • •
' Twenty of the list of outstanding
graduates who answered a COLLEGIAN
questionnaire believe that a combina
tion of the two is the best method.
Ten advise working to earn all of the
necessary funds.
Only two alumni think that the
needy student should borrow all of
the money needed to finance his years
in college, while four indicate that it
is more desirable to stay out long
enough to earn sufficient money to
go through all or several years of
college. Five say that working out
of college a year or two and then
earning money while attending col
lege is the best, while eight believe
that the three methods should be com
bined.
Of the fifty-two alumni who an
swered the questionnaire, thirty-three
earned part of their college expenses,
eight earned all of the necessary
funds, while eleven did not earn any
of the money needed for their ex
penses. Of those who worked, ten
earned the money during the regular
college session, eight during the sum
mer, and twenty-one during both the
regular session and the summer.
The concensus of alumni opinion as
`Bell' Describes
Collegiate Life
(Continued front page one)
of horticulture has contributed nine
superb woodcuts which are used as
illustrations throughout the magazine.
A greatly enlarged book reveiw de
partment features "Books I Have
Liked Recently", nominations of the
past year's best books by faculty and
administration notables.
During the past year the Bell has
received critical praise from Lewis
Mumford, John O'Hara, Louis Adamic,
Wm. McFee, Heywood Broun, Archi
bald Mac Leich and other prominent
writers and journalists. The maga
zine is typographically one of the best
'little' magazines in the country, being
rated such by printers journals and
typograyhical experts.
Members of the business and editor
ial staffs of the Old Main Bell, under
graduate literary and opinion maga
zine, will meet in•the office, 315 Old
Main at 7:45 'o'clock tonight to dis
cuss plans for the ensuing year.
James T. Dugan '37, editor-in-chief,
urged that all freshmen and other's
who are interested in competing for
staff positions be present at the meet
ing.
Regulation R. 0. T. C.
Shoes . . . $2.95
Co-eds Will Start
Rushing Next Term
None of the ten women's fra
ternities here will conduct rushing
activities this fall because of the
action of Panhellenic .Council lust
year which ruled that freshmen
women would be eligible for mem
bership in the various women's
ftaternities only at. the end of the
first semester. In previous years
the women were rushed at the be
ginning of their sophomore year.
As a result of the action of the
Panhellenic Council there were two
rushing periods during the past
year, one at"the beginning of the
College year for the sophomore
women, and another at the begin
nifig of the second semester for
the freshmen women. The success
of the plan last year has made it
permanent. The national women's
fraternities on this campus 'are:
Alpha Chi Omega, Alpha Omicron
Pi, Chi Omega, Delta Gamma,
Gamma Phil.'l3eta. Kappa Alpha
Theta, Kappa' Kappa Gamma, Phi
Mu, and Theta Phi Alpha. The
only local on the campus is L'Am
i tie.
Son of Penn State's
Fifth President
Visits Here
After an absence of Gl. years,
Frank R. Calder, son of Dr. James
Calder, fifth president of this college,
recently visited the campus. Dr. Er
win L. Runkle, College historian,
showed him memorabilia of his
father's administration which dated
from 1871 to 1880. Mr. Calder is 84
and prior to his retirement 12 years
ago was for 17 years associated with
the Navy Department in Washington,
D. C. in which city he now reside&
It was during Mr. Calder's father's
administration that-the name of the
College was changed from the Agri
cultural College of Pennsylvania to
the Pennsylvania State College and it
began its program of expansion. Dr.
Calder was president of the College
when its faculty numbered only 14
and its student body was around 195.
Present clay enrollment figures are
approximately 35 times as large.
indicated by additional comments
scorns to be that students should work
part time' only; borrowing some mon r .
ey .toward the. end of their junior. or
senior years, and thennot too much.
Preferably one. year and not more
than two years is cited as the maxi
mum time that a student should stay
out of college to earn money for his
expenses.
"A man does not get full benefit of
his college course when all his time
is devoted to earning his way
through," one alumnus says. "There
fore, a man should get together thir
ty or forty percent of his college ex
penses and then earn the rest as he
goes through."
"My advice to students .would be,
don't borrow too much," adds another
alumnus "I should fix $l,OOO as the
maximum. And by all means borrow
under the proper business terms—pay
interest, protect yourself with insur
ance and pay back a stipulated
amount yearly after graduation. Oth
erwise your borrowing will become a
nightmare to you."
200 Educators Meet
Here For Training
More than 200 county and assistant
county supervisors of adult education
will meet here today for a training
course which will be given by the
State Department of Public Instruc
tion with the assistance of the College.
The course will last approximately
three weeks
Dr. A. W. Castle, chief of the exten-
sion division of the Department of .
Public Instruction, will supervise the
courses with his own staff from Har
risburg. Dean W. Grant Chambers, of
the School of Education, and members
of his staff will co-operate with the
state. officials. .
The adult education course will in
augerate a state leadership training
program, which is to be reorganized
and conducted on a state-wide basis
for the first time. The course is sim
ilar to one offered during summer ses
sion under the direction of Dr. Castle.
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THE PENN STATE COLLEGIAN
Glee Clubs Provide
Student Music Work
Allow Freshman Participation After Try-Outs
In Fall—Bands, Orchestras Constitute .
Instrumental Organization
Possessing ;local and. instrumental
organizations which have attained
favorable recognition through eastern
United States, Penn State affords
students opportunity for varied ex
tracurricular activity in musical en
deavors.
Organized in 1902, the men's vocal
group became affiliated with the In
tercollegiate Glee club in 1914 and
since that time has grown rapidly.
The Glee club has won the champion
ship of the Pennsylvania association
six times in seven years, having lost
to Lafayette - An 1929 by the narrow
margin of 'four-tenths of a point. In
the national tournament held at St.
Louis in 1931, the gleemen secured a
third place. Under the leddership of
Richard W. Grant, ilire:tor of the de
partment of=music, the club consisted
of forty-nine students last year. - --
, With tryouts taking place early -in
October, the men's group affords an
opportunity for first-year men to take
part in the. activity from the begin 7
ning of their :collegiate careers. In
last year's organization there were
nine freshmen, seven sophomores,
nineteen juniors, and fourteen seniors.
This distribution has been given to
show the opportunity for freshmen
participation rather than any dis
tribution which holds from year to
year. Whether-the freshmen class has
nine members in the Glee club this
year depends entirely on the talent
shown in twe fall tryouts.
In addition' to the advantages of
training given to members of t h e
Freshmpn May Take
New, Biology Course
New courses in the biological sciences
will be offered to freshmen entering
the Pennsylvania State College this
fall, according to Registrar William
S. Hoffman.
The studies_ in biology and zoology
will be presented as survey. courses
and will be'required of all students
entering the Lower Division of the
School of the Liberal Arts.
Called" The Nature of the Living
World," the...work will treat of the na
ture and': origin of life, the' develop
ment of the plant and animal king
doms, nufrition, - adaptation, repro
duction, •gtowth,- ev . olution-genetics,
geographical -distribution, and class
ification."'"'"`
The new courses will replace the
more specialized treatment of the
same sciences offered in past years,
to provide background.
To the Returning Students of Penn State:
The ;First National Bank extends' a most
hearty welcome with the sincere hope that
your vacation may have been pleasant and
profitable; and that you face the work of the
: new College year with courage' and determi
nation
to make the highest use of every op
portunity to prpare for a useful and success
ful career.
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Glee club, the organization makes sev
eral appearances before college and
State-wide audiences throughout the
season. Competition in intercollegiate
contests is also part of the Glee club
program.
Selected by competition from the
upperclassmen in the Glee club, a
varsity • Male Quartet is chosen an
nually. This group has attained pop
ularity for its light, semi-popular, hu
morous type of singing. In addition
.to supplementing regular Glee club
performances, the quartet appears at
smokers and social gatherings.
Similae , opportimities for vocal
work present themselves for women
at Penn :State..Both a Glee club and
a quartet 'are organized early in the
year on a competitive basis. Usually
consisting of fifty members, the wo- .
men's' group sponsors the production
of quality vocal music and makes at
least one public appearance, usually
in the form of a mid-winter concert.
The quartet is chosen from the' reg
ular ranks and makes appearances
with the club and at special func
tions. A choir, composed of men and
women Glee club members, furnishes
music for the Sunday chapel exercis
es.
. Band, work for freshmen is con
fined 'Co the military organizations
which play „at the Monday afternoon
reviews. First-year men are selected
by competition and are excused from
all other R. 0. T. C. work. Two nightS
a week are chosen for rehearsal. The
freshman group remains int a c t
throtighout the first two years in Col
lege, but ,in the junior and senior
years members of the Blue Band are
recruited from its ranks.
Consisting of seventy-five pieces
the Blue Band is the paramount mus
ical unit of the College. It appears
at all home football games and at
many of those played away. Concerts
and appearances at athletic events
complete its program. Under the able
direction of Bandmaster Wilfred O.
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Library 'Alterations • -
Enlarge Book Space
Alterations are now in progress at
the library of 'the Pennsylvania State
College which will provide, stack ac
commodations• for approximately 20,-
000 more volumes. A mezannine floor
is being built to accommodate the ad-
Thompson, the Blue- Band is made
possible through financial. aid given
by the Athletic assocaition, the School
of Physical Education, and the de
partment of military science and tac
tics.
Greetings, Class of '39 and Upperclassmen
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ditional books. More than . 158,000
volumes are now available at the Col
lege.
An extension to the libiary was
made necessary, according to Willard
P. Lewis, librarian, because of the
acquisition of more than 9000 volumes
during the past year. The present
,building was filled to capacity.
Other, alterations which are expect
ed-to •be completed before the opening
of school are the replacement of the
wooden stacks in the basement, with
steel, and a rearrangement of the
main floor plan to increase floor snace.
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