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Representatives of ' the following houses announced that their fraterni ties had abandoned "Hell Week" as.a part of the initiation ceremony: Al pha Chi Rho, Delta Chi, Delta Tau Delta, Delta Upsilon, Lambda Chi Alpha; Phi• Gamma Delta, Sigma Al pha'Epsilon, Sigma Nu,. and Tri angle. The delegates expressed the opinion that action on the part of the indi vidual chapter is preferable to action on the part of the council as a whole and other fraternities were urged to follow the lead taken by the, initial nine. Objection to this was raised by Sigma Chi, the ritual of this fratern ity requiring a five-day period of in formal initiation preceding the for mal ceremonies. .• Swift. Presents plan The report of the informal initia tion conunittee was presented by Jos eph P. Swift '36, council president, in the absence of Evan Pollitt '36, chairman of the committee. Further action on the issue will be taken at the next meeting, Swift announced, urging all council delegates to report the reactions of their friternities. - Walden presented an extensive sur vey-, of the infornfal initiation prob lem, advocating the abolition of "Hell Week" as a .part . of:fraterriitiinitial tic.'ilAerMigLelitkuAg.o.t.L9g- a ' in*. lod of instruetion in .tlie"history and ideals of the .fraternity. He urged ,abolition of "Hell Week" as- a move ment to be' undertaken by Interfra ternity Council rather. than by. de cree of College authorities. • •The futility of a practice which tends to humiliate rather than edu cate the neophyte in fraternity ideals was pointed out by Walden who stat ed that personal advice and instruc tion is more edifying to the fratern ity pledge than the rigorous treat ment accorded him during "Hell Week." Walden also scored college customs in his extensive treatise. Thurman C, Tejun reported on the Interfraternity Conference which will be held here this week-end and re quested ,the cooperation of council delegates. President Swift announ ced that he had received a communi cation from Burgess Wilbur F. Leitz ell requesting the immediate removal of snow front. sidewalks of fraterni ties in compliance with the borough ordinance. Sky-tone Paper Used For Illustrations Of '36 La Vie One of the outstanding features of the 1036 La Pie will be the use of sky-tone tint paper in the views-sec tion, James 11. Armstrong '36, editor of the yearbook, announced recently. Unlike past years, the new La Vie will contain two views sections con taining special reproductions of pho tographs. This change is the result of the popularity of the views sec tion of past yearbooks, the editor said. One of the sections will contain re productions of the campus and Col lege buildings and all photographs will be artistic 'rather than the regu lar architectural shots. The second views .section will con tain characteristic shots of the Penn sylvania Dutch life and customs throughout the State. This section will be in keeping with the general theme of the book, "The Pennsylva nia Dutch." Another precedent in the yearbook will be the use of captions 'for the pictures written in' the Pennsylvania Dutch language for the photographs that pertain to Dutch life. Exhibit To Come Here .An exhibitfon of about 40 large:size prize-winning prints from the Spring Photographic Salon of 1911, organized by Burleigh Brooks, of New York City, will be on display in the Main Engineering building from March 'lO to 16, according to 'Prof. J.. Burn lielme, of•lhe department of architec ture, Sanders Waives Old Idiosyncrasy To Feattge Girl Vocalist at Hop Breaks Precedent Deadline Chosen Burkett, Creasy Set Wednesday As Final Reservatio'n Date; Booths l'riced $5. Reservations for fraternity and club booths for Soph Hop must be made at the Student Union office no later than • o'clock Wednesday eve ning, Co-chairmen Bernard J. Bur kett and Byron H. Creasy announced today. The booths will coat five dollars, the chairmen announced, and must be paid at the - time of reservation. This amount, the chairmen pointed .out, does not cover the transportation of furniture to and from Recreation hall. As has been the custom in past years, the drawings for the booths around the walls of the floor will be held shortly after the, deadline for reservations. The drawings will be nude in-accordance with the estab lished practice and will be impartial, the chairmen said. Press releases received by the com mittee indicate the great popularity of Joe Sanders and his 'orchestra, which is now making a' tour of the larger colleges and universities in the South. Warnock Will Conduct C.A. Discussion Today Dean Arthur R. Warnock will lead a discussion of the topic, "Getting the Most Out of College," at the second C. A. Seminar in the Hugh Beaver room, Old Main, today at 4 o'clock. . Nine new members havb been added to. the group, raising the total regis tration to :10 'persons, Charles'P. lie garth, associate secretary of the P. S. C. A., announced. llogarth also re leased the complete list of questions to be discussed at the seminars on consecutive Fridays beginning March 13. On that date the topic will be "Development of Personality," fol lowed by "Comparative Issues," and' "Is There a Conflict Between Science and Religion?" In April the group will discuss "Principle American Religious Be- lids," "Outstanding Philosophies of Life. and Ways of , Forming Our Own," and ."Morality—What About It?" The May program will include "What are the Principles'of Chris tianity?" "Practical Application of Christian Principles." .and "What is Meant by 'Living Life at the Best'?" The.arrangements for leaders of the discussions have not been completed . yet. Bogarth said. STATE COLLEGE; PA., FRIDAY, .:BRUARY 28, 1936 Barbara Parks' Is Named First Songstress . With Band. Despite the fact that Joe Sanders, "the 'ole' left hander," has always had an aversion to girl vocalists, when he plays for Soph Hop in Recreation hall next Friday he will, for the first time in his eventful career as an or chestra leader, present a female vo- I calist as a featured member of bis INighthawks. , The young lady to receive the honor is Barbara Parks, who has been ren dering her distinctive vocal offerings for the past eight months at the. Blackhawk restaurant in Chicago, as a featured attraction of the Loop spot's floor show. Maestro Sanders 'explained his choice by 'saying "I had never been able to find a girl whose vocal quali ' ties coincided with our style of 'happy music,' but when I heard Miss Parks on my return to the Blackhawk' I knew that my problem was solved." I Prior to her arrival in Chicago, Miss Parks was featured at the Pa- Isis Royale and Marden's Rivera in New York. While at the Blackhawk with the "ole left hander," she was featured over radio station' •WGN us well as in the floor show. I Another vocalist to appear with Sanders is Jack Swift, .who has the distinctive record of garnering his education from four different mid western colleges and making the glee club and varsity quartet in each col 'lege. Swift has been with the Black hawks for four years. The full time orchestra, consisting of eleven pieces, two vocalists, and the leader, will appear for Soph Hop Of the fourteen members seven of them do arrangements - for the orch-estra. Women Students Hold Conference Dengler Deliver Talks at Session in Old .1 Main Lounge Room. • I Prof.. J. Orvis Keller and Prof. Robert E. Dengler were among the speakers at the Leadership Confer ence• held yesterday in the Second Floor Lounge, Old Main. The con ference, which is sponsored by Mor tar Board, Senior women's activitieS honorary, met front 11 o'clock until o'clock. Miss Mary J. Wyland, professor of education, opened the morning ses sion of the conference at .11 o'clock with a talk entitled "The Girl in the World of Work." Mrs. Carroll Cham plin also spoke at 2 o'clock on "Crea tive Leadership." Professor Keller, spoke at 3 o'clock. topic was "Opportunities for Women Leaders." Dr. Dengler led a discussion group at 4 o'clock. The topic under discussion was "What We Want Women To Do," and u Selected group of students took 'part in the forum. A Forge number of senior women at tended the 11 o'clock session of the conference, since Miss Wyland's - talk was designed for this group. Ex cuses from classes were extended by the Dean of Women to those .who at tended any of the 'sessions. Kappa Kappa Gamma Offers 3 Fellowships Kappa 'Kappa Gamma has announ ced that three fellowships of $5OO each are open to any woman student who is a graduate, or will be in June, 1936, in the fields of human relation ship, science, or the arts. Applica tions may he made in the office of the Dean of Women tefore May 15, 1906. These fellowships are offered to any fraternity or non-fraternity woman in this or any other college or univer sity where Kappa Kappa Gamma has a' chapter. They 'were inaugurated at dile 1954. national convention of this fraternity. The first year's awards, covering assistance for the present school year, went to a non fraternity woman from Southern Methodist University and to two Kappas from Leland Stanford and the University of Oregon. Benjamin '37 Honored Lester 31. Benjamin '37, who at present is one of four Penn State stu dents studying at Lineman University in China, recently had published in the Shofer, national Jewish magazine, an article relating some of his ex periences on 'a trip through Japan, together with his work in China, Beti jann served on the fitali of the Cot.- LIXIAN during his two years here. • ..•- - ? :, i .3P.,. -- • . - 4,1+; il. H T Roll oF. ~ onor •.:',k,:,,,r,,,,.,... The ! following;4;;es' are the first to ho plitli, iiiiiiin 'the COLLEGIAN'S. Honor - lAtnlrecog tition' of , the fOrwitijgaitiKthey Tare • taken in , abolislibie': 'lien Week" practices: '.6 ,. .E-t , ? : : ; ;:41. Alpha Chi Rho ' ~ ,- .1 Delta Chi .::',4: ,- N;:• , : : Delta Tau Delta 4:;.1;:::j Delta Upsilon , '• .', ,t' 1 4,f : ;Z: .. ;: Lamba Chi, Alphii.. I'hi Gamma DelilitK7 - r aiirrt'., Sigma Alpha -Epat 0n: . ..y. . ' Sigma Nu -. ~ .i:,,,1k .,:„. , .. . , Triangle - ....:"-,,i; Bond DrivieNets • $5OO FronOales Student Purchaaea..*# $300; Individuals Ma1 , :f 4 2903115' Bonds, SaYS:Piiiiiit With approximate.yettarns for $3OO from the student Sale..ii - r:Pea:ee.Bonds here, the drive is nov,qtfiClitlly end ed, although the indivi;lMil-Ysale of Bonds will continue..EdiVar:•Binn.4 '3B, chairman of thei.Sfudent• Peace Action Council, annOurfetiOnday. Men solicitors •unilei:3 . tlie]liender:ihip of Alan L. Smith '37iftciiiWin $l7O while the women tinilei'Rfith4.E:Koeh ler '36 sold $l3O worth4f*Mls. The largest single sale wasii:t4rid . for $25 bought by MacAllisteigliali;;:.f : About half a dozen bonds'oflthOr<ienoini nation were sold. The.l;.etlipia wore for $5 and sl.' Sarabelle4edge '36, finance chairman of. the'tini:nell, was in 'charge of the .'entiirkAillis' cam paign. Council flanglicavitresi Of this amount, sup used I by • the lecal group..." . .:..l'•hey; . plan to bring a number of. proininetitiapeak , ers to the. campus- aniCtOlOiduce a peace play,. simihre 46;":*teiice on Earth'," sometime thi:..4.P1ia0,.-.•.The. ' remainder Of- the, - moriF,lilltillaii . ;.us,ed ' ventiori of Wdr itS:edueationel and legislative work. - . • • Every women's fraternity as well as all the dormitories made contribu- Lions. Twelve men's- • houses , pur chased, bonds,- although complete re-1 turns on this group, arc , not - . in. . A i town, group, similar to the.student or ganization, raised about $2OO among townspeople and .faculty, although the faculty was contacted by students also. "Women's groups which bought (Continued ow page: two) Journalism Honorary Initiates 2 Members IL A. Caparell, sales- manager of King Features Syndicate,' and W. Robert Grubb '37 were 'initiated as members of Sigma Delta Chi; honor ay 'journalism fraternity, : at a din ner meeting of the active members at the Nittany. Lion Inn Tuesday night. Caparell, who was forMerly asso dated with the United Press and In ternational News - Service; was induct ed as an honorary member.- Grubb is a member of the junior editorial board of the COLLEGIAN. Prof. Frank lin C. Banner, head of the...department of journalism, was host to the mem bers at the dinner which followed the Educators. E Local Folkways 1: Listed By Students Here In Sociology. College life,. including:such things as extra-curricular activities, tradi tions, customs, friendships and ath letics are held as important, .if. not more important than the c.ducational contributions of college, 'according to the theories of well-known' educators as quoted by• Prof. 'Willard Waller, of the department of economics and •socio:ogy, in a study of student life recently published in the Journal of Hight r. gderal ion- President David S. Jordan; of Stan ford University, pronounced student life "the greatest instruments of cul ture in college." Former. President Arthur T. Hadley, of Yale, 'enthusi astically remarked that 'at Yale the value of education is due.to college life even snore than to college instruc tion." Following these, theoriekelasses in sociology here have attempted to prove that all people, - including stu dents, arc slaves of custom, and to show the importance of custom in peo ples' habitual behavior: -Nutty. Penn rgian. Dickinson College To Debate Here Tonight at 7:30 Supreme Court Chosen As Topic in Annual Forensic Tilt. Parliamentary Session Type of Meet Planned The Penn State debaters will hold their thirty-third annual debate with Dickinson Coilege in a parlia mentary session on the Supreme Court question in the Home Economics au ditorium tonight at 7:30 o'clock. Aaron N. Decker '36 and J. Ed ward Mate '3B will represent Penn State. Lynn Edwards '36 and John M. Swomley jr: '36 will repre sent Dickinson College. The topic for debate is: "What action should be thken on the Supreme Court?" To Hold Floor Discussion 'ln the form of parliamentary ses sion, there will be no negative or af firmative sides upheld. Both sides will present points of view to be dis missed later from the floor. Matz will present the exposition of the topic •in the opening .sneech. Decker, Edwards, and Swomley will Offer various solutions to the problem as, presented in the exposi tion. Each speech from the platform will be eight minutes in length. After the speakers have concluded, the au dience is invited to participate in three-minute discussions. The debatO with Dickinson has be come a tradition after thirty-two en counters which establish the oldest collegiate debate relationship in the country. The Penn State-Dickinson debate has always been held here on February 28, according to Roy Wil kinson jr. '37, debate manager. Nominees Named 7 Women Chosen by Committee; Final Elections for Queen Set for Mar. 10. Janet M. Beman, Anne D. Gleason, Pearl R. Gain, Emma J. itesmer, Virginia W. Lewis, Thelma A. Rosini, and Eliiabeth S. Shaffer were the seven senior women suggested to the W. S. G. A. nominating committee to he voted on for May Queen. M. Jane Fisher, Dorothy A. Mc- Auliffe, and Mary E. Madison were the freshman women suggested for attendant. Primary and final elec tions for May Queen and freshman attendant will be held with the elec tions for W.S.G.A. officers, March 3 and 10, respectively. An installation banquet will be held at Mac hall, Thursday, March 26, for the induction of the new W.A.A. and officers. Not until this time will the May Queen and freshman at tendant be made known. This will be the first time that an installation ban quet will be held. Uusually the serv ices take place in Schwab auditorium. Jean A. Blocker '36 has been named chairman of the elections committee that will be in charge of the primary and final elections at Mac hall. phasize Extra- State oddities and folkways were brought to light in this study, some of which are quoted below. Fraternities are all distinguished by some custom. Many times, this can he traced to dress; certain houses strive, to get more pleats in their clothes than members of other frater nities; there is n certain group here whose members can be distinguished by the wearing of white shoes in the winto months, a custom said to be ten years old. The fact that men, particularly Liberal Arts students, are paying increasing attention to their clothes was attributed to an at tempt to eliminate the contention that Penn State is tr"cow college." There are many odd habits of eat ing that can be noted. There is a certain house on the campus where, when pie is being served, the mem bers push aside the tip and eat that portion last. Waitresses still say "the rolls are all" when they mean that the rolls are all gone. Penn State, as well as other col leges, has set traditions such ns the "hello spirit." the doffing of hats when the Alma mater is being played, freshman customs, the assembling at a favorite "hang-out," etc. Peal- A, W. GAU:IER 313 MINEIAL INDUSTRIES 1. F. Conference Will Open With Banquet at Nittany Lion Inn Tonight at 6:30 Heads Conference I TIIUIISLIN C. TE.JAN '36 Orchestra Plans Sunday Concert Symphony Directed by Fishburn To Give 6-Number Program. As 3rd of Series. Continuing the series of Sunday afternoon concerts, the Coliege Sym phony Orchestra, under the direction of Prof. Hummel Fishburn, of the de partment of music, will present a pro gram of six musical numbers in Schwab auditorium Sunday afternoon I at 3:30 o'clock. The symphony, which has full in strumentation, will open the concert "The, Carnival . , Roplain, lure" of ~Berf TfinMantl , can labile from Tschaikowsky's Fifth Symphony will lie the next number. As the third number on the pre gram, the orchestra will play "On the Steppes of Central Asia,".by Alexan der Borodin. Johann Strauss' "Tales from the Vienna Woods" will follow. The symphony will play- next "The Second Hungarian Rhapsody," by Franz Liszt. The final number on the program will be "The March of the Knights of the Holy Grail," from Richard Wagner's opera, "Parsifal." After the closing number. donations for the local Red Cross will be accent ed at the main exit. Officers of the College Symphony are: Forrest W. Ifunsicker '36, presi dent; Vernon E. Dyer '36, manager; Lowell Et. Rouse '37, secretary and concertmaster; and Henry If. Bell '37, librarian. The concert series is being presented under the auspices of the department of music.• Bill Bcittorf To Play At S. U. Dance Tonight Music fur the Student Union dance to be held tonight in Recreation hall will be furnished by Bill Bottorf and his Orchestra. Dancing will start at 9 o'clock and continue until id. No stags will be admitted. Tickets May lie purchased at the Student Union office in Old Main. urricular Life Waller Quotes Leaders Of Stanford, Yale In Article. amities have also crepped up here. One is the coining of the phrase "pashy biscuit," which has a rather indefinite meaning.. The entire student body uses the left walk when going up the campus, always crossing diagonally at the corner. Another custom, no long er followed, was the throwing of pen nies at basketball games. Old man weather has contributed to the customs of this campus and prob ably to many others. Co-eds in ski suits, persons wearing car-muffs, and in particular men with scarfs around the ears arc all exponents of newly formed haliits. Co-eds find the customs here very strange. The question of "imports" always comes up. One co-ed recently questioned the disdain expressed here toward Penn State girls, considering that the quality of the highly-touted "imports" showed no, if any. improve ment. Another custom that received much comment was that of co-eds walking to formal dances, despite snow. ESTABLISHED PRICE FIVE CENTS 2 National Fraternity Officers To Talk Before Group. Invitations Extended To Faculty Members With representatiVes of all campus • fraternities as well as national fra ternity officers in attendance, Penn State's Fifth Biennial Interfratern ity Conference will open with a for mal dinner at the Nittany Lion Inn tonight at 6:50 o'clock. Over 175 are expected to he present. Two national fraternity officers will address the banquet group. Wil liam L. Sanders, former Dean of Men at Ohio Wesleyan University and ed ucational adviser to Sigma Chi, will speak on "The Relation of the Fra ternity to the College." while Alvan E. Duerr, national educational advi ser to Delta Tau Delta, will speak on "Scholarship." In addition to Sanders and Duerr, six national fraternity officers will be ;nests of honor at the dinner. They nclude Dr..l. W. Cloudy, Delta Sigma ?hi; Wilbur M. Walden, national sec retary of Alpha Chi Rho; Parke B. Fraim, Alpha Kappa Pi; Stuart Howe, Kappa Sigma; K. U. McCann, Pi Kappa Phi; and Harold L. Bu chanan, traveling secretary of Delta Chi. Invitations have also been ex tended to twenty-two faculty mem bers, prominent in the affairs of their respective fraternities. Tejan to Preside Thurman C. Tejan '36, chairman of the conference committee, will pre side at the dinner meeting. To (late, forty houses have made reservations for their faculty advisers, presidents, and Interfraternity Council delegates to attend the. banquet, Tejan said. jile.....tenzilpthir....fgn--f AnAl--honueg pditicipation in the conferericd 'mak be' paid at the Student Union Desk, Tejan said in referring to fraterni ties which have not yet made reserva tions. Music will he furnished dur ing the dinner hour by Charlie Sharp and his orchestra. . The two-day conference sessions will conclude with a series of lunch eons followed by round-table confer ences at various fraternities begin ning Saturday afternoon at 12:30 o'- clock. Problems of each of six groups will be discussed at these meetings. Conference Croups To Meet The fraternity advisers' group will meet at the Sigma Nu house and the discussion will be led by Parke •D. Fraim. Fraternity presidents will meet at the Phi Gamma Delta house, with Alvan E. Duerr leading the dis cussion. Wilbur M. Walden will ad dres:, the fraternity treasurers' dis cussion group which will convene at the Phi Kappa Sigma house. Cater ers will meet at the Beta Theta Pi house, the discussion being led by 'AL C. hlatcer. Scholarship chairmen will convene at the Delta Upsilon house, with William L. Sanders leading the discussion, while rushing chairmen will meet at the Sigma Alpha Epsi lon house to hear Stuart Howe. Schedules for Track, Lacrosse Issued During Week An increased vat•sity track and la crosse schedule, as well as the in auguration of a regular freshman la crosse card, was announced this week by Neil M. Fleming, graduate num tiger of athletics. The trackmen will compete in four dual meets; the la crosse schedule lists seven games. The trackmen 'will open ut home with West Virginia on May 2. Pitt is the next opponent on May 9, away. Syracuse is liere on May IS. In ad dition to the dual meets the team will also compete at the Penn Relays I in Philadelphia on April 2.1 and 25 • and at the IC-4.A meet in the same city on May 29. Coach Glenn Thiers stickmen will meet Penn at Philadelphia on April 25 for their first meet. Then follow Lafayette at home, May 2; Cornell at home, May 9; Colgate at Hamilton. May 15; Syracuse at Syracuse. May 16; and Army at West Point. May 23. The season closes with the University of Maryland at home on May 30. This will mark the first time that a State freshman lacrosse team has had a regular schedule, On May 2 they will meet. Syracuse Cent Val High School away. The University of Maryland freshmen will be their op ponents at home on May 30.
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