,'ELCOME. CLASS OF ’lO SCHILLING Tho LOCKSMITH Keys Made 109 South Pugh Street WELCOME, CLASS OF ’4O Smith's Tailor Shop Custom Made Clothes DRY CLEANING PRESSING REPAIRING 110 EAST BEAVER AVE. Next to Post Office Your Photographic Headquarters PORTRAITS KODAK FINISHINGS FILMS SUPPLIES The J3ENN QTATE • JL HOTO OHOP 112 East College Ave. State College TARK BROS. & HARPER $2 95 R. O. T. C. $ 2 95 STARK BROS. & HARPER NEXT TO TII K M O VIES . SHQFS,. . ■ NE XT T 0 TII K M O VIES Welcome Class of 1940 Since the war the material progress 1 of the world has been developing on the American plan. The best way to realize the value of whatever of worldly goods one pos sesses is to do good to others with it. For Excellent Prices, Make Headquarters Complete Food and Fountain Service Honoraries 2 Freshmen Fraternities Honor High Scholarship, 43 Tend To Upperclassmen There are two honorary fraternities for freshmen with scholastic ambi tions, one for- men and one for the women. Forty-three upperclass groups recognize further achievement along various linos later in the collegiate career. Phi Eta Sigma awards membership to all freshman men who at the end of their first semester have attained a 2.5 scholastic average or better. To those who have raised their grades to the minimum mark on the basis of work for the first two semesters, membership ia slso extended. With chapters in twenty-three colleges and universities throughout the country, the freshman honorary elects from thirty-five to forty new members each year. Alpha Lambda Delta, sister organi zation of Phi Eta Sigma, honors high standing freshman women. Each year from five to eight women fulfill the 2.5 I‘equircmcnt. Honorary fraternities usually set up a minimum standard which a stu dent must attain before he is consid ered for membership. Fulfilling the minimum requirement does hot auto matically make the student a member of the society. An election must first be held among the active members of the organization. \ Nearly every branch of collegiate activily—scholarship, journalism, dra matics, debating, or a departmental interest—has its honoraries which usuallyelcct members from the junior and senior classes on the basis of their achievements. When underclassmen have been outstanding in the field and the society ruling permits, exception is made to tho custom of excluding freshmen and sophomores. Elections are in most cases held twice a year, once in the fall and once in the spring. For freshmen with scholastic ambi tions the recognition of scholarship in all schools is Phi Kappa Phi, which was established at Penn State in 1900. To become eligible for election a stu dent must be in the upper twentieth of his class on the basis of seven semesters and fulfill the further con dition that his average be at least 2.4. Election takes place in the senior year. Sigma Delta Chi, which was install ed three years ago, is a professional FRED’S 138 SOUTH ALLEN STREET THE PENN STATE ■ COLLEGIAN. ere Recognize Scholarship journalism society offering member ship to students majoring in journal ism who intend to follow that line of work. Alpha Theta Epsilon is the women’s journalistic society, while Alpha Delta Sigma encourages profi ciency in advertising. For work in debating, Delta Sigma Rho is the outstanding honorary, awarding membership to selected var sity debaters at the end of their jun ior year. Delta Alpha Delta honors women debaters and its membership is not restricted to any - particular class. Purple Quill is a local literary guild which has for its .-purpose the fostering of creative writing and ap preciation for it among the students. Members of all classes who have dem onstrated their ability along literary lines are elected to membership. Along musical lines, Kappa Gamma Psi and Phi Mu Alpha, national pro -1 fessional and honorary societies, award membership for outstanding 1 achievement in any campus musical organization. Among women students, the Louise Homer club is the honor -1 ary musical group. In dramatics, Theta Alpha Phi has as its eligibility ! requirement the playing of two major or four minor roles in a student pro • duction or the demonstration of profi ciency along some other .phase of dra matic art. Five honorary or professional fra ternities reward achievement in the various curricula of the School of Ag riculture. These include Gamma Sig ma Delta, the honor society of agri culture; Alpha Tau Alpha, agricul tural education; Pi Alpha Xi, floricul ture; Xi Sigma. Pi, forestry; and Al pha Phi Omega, scouting. In the School of Chemistry and Physics Phi Lambda Upsilon recog nizes high scholarship among men in the chemistry curricula, while Sigma Pi Sigma does the same for men and women in physics. lota Sigma Pi is the national women’s honorary and Knock! Knock! Who’s There? ' Lesh. Lesh Who? Lesh You Forget— HLSKO’S TAP ROOM Meals at Reasonable FRED’S Your Dining During this Year professional chemistry fraternity, and Alpha Pi Mu is a local pre-medical society open to students preparing to study medicine. ! Kappa Delta Pi and Kappa Phi Kappa, both national organizations, are the chief honoraries in the School of Education. The former is open to both men and women in the two up per classes, while the latter restricts its membership to upperclass men en rolled in the school.. Psi Chi encour ages scholarship in psychologyand Omicron Nu honors high standing junior and senior women in thch'ome economics curriculum. .Seven honorary or professional groups recognize achievement in the School of Engineering. Tau Beta Pi elects from the upper fifth of the jun iors and seniors in the school. Sigma Tau requires marked ability along the professional linos of its members, and l’i Tau Sigma .elects on a basis of mechanical engineering ability.' Chi Epsilon promotes scholarship -among the civil engineering students, while Eta Kappa Nu encourages electrical engineering. Scarab is a professional group of students in architecture'as is Pi Gamma Alpha in fine arts. In the School of Liberal Arts, - Pi Gamma Mu is a national social .sci ence honorary which elects juniors RESIDES TAXI SERVICE "Welcomes the Class of MO Anywhere within the borough limits for 25c-per Passenger Phone 3421 and seniors on the basis of scholastic in mathematics, regardless of school, records in social science.projects. Del-, Pi Lambda •: Sigma is the local pre ta Sigma Pi is a national 1 professional legaKsociety,' and'Phi Sigma lota is a society for students in the commerce group for students interested and pro ana curriculum, while Pi Mu ficient in the romance languages ant Epsilon encourages high scholarship literature. r i Harm’s Watch Shop EXPERT WATCH REPAIRING —t WATCH ATTACHMENTS '•.ln Hoy Drug Store 120 E. College Ave. I . WELCOME TO PENN STATE . . . CLASS OF’4O visit. _ •• • ; 5 AND iQK Storesv, ' WE SPECIALIZE IN , Lighting Goods Stationery Toilet Articles Hosiery Hardware Notions Complete Line of Room and School Supplies Friday, September 4, 1936
Significant historical Pennsylvania newspapers