Semi-Weekly 0 (Enlkgtmt. CID Volume 33 —No; 3 All Freshman Rushing Cards Due Thursday Rushing Enters Sixth Day as 1200 Men • Rank Houses Code yiolation Rumors Squashed by Hacker Freshman rushing entered its sixth day today as 1200 prospective fra ternity men prepared to hand in their preference cards Thursday. ; , Rushing’s first period will terminate tomorrow night at 8 o’clock. Fresh men who desire to go fraternity may caU for their preference cards at the Student -Union Desk in Old Main' oh Thursday and signify their first three choices in order. Fraternities will he given the names of those who give them, a choice Friday morning at 7 o’clock at the same desk. Silent Period Opens A silent period will exist from the close of the first period at. 8 o’clock tomorrow night until B*o’clock Friday morning. Any association between a fraternity man and a rushee will be construed to mean a violation of the Interfraternity Council Code and will bo punished by a forfeiture of the $5O bond that cacti fraternity has been required to place with the Council at the beginning of the rushing season. A rumor that many fraternities had violated the first silent period of the code between last Wednesday evening and Thursday morning by illegally signing date cards before the official beginning of the season, was quashed by George M. Hacker, president of the Council, when he classified such complaints as “sour grapes.” . Only a little over 500 of the rushed 1200 men are expected- to join the 52 fraternities when, they go to the house of their choice Monday night, Sep tember 21,-at 6 o’clock. : .Second Period Open The second rushing period that ex pends from, 8 o’clock. Friday ' until'B"d*clock"SundayAriight,-Septem ber 20,’ is an open period, and the dates arc not binding on cither the fraternity ©V the' man. Nor is the period limited to two dates on the dat ing card with each house. The rushing season, when complet ed, will have consumed 10 days. College’s Social Year Opens, with Collegian Dance on October 9 •The swarms of Collegian salesmen seen all over the town and campus arc really ministers in disguise bring ing glad tidings and incidentally a means of access to the Collegian dance to be held October 0 in Recreation hall. The dance, judging from its success the two years it has been held, prom ises to be one of the outstanding events of the college year. Erni Dol phi's orchestra, the famed Lynn Christy-band of lust year, will play from 9 to 12 o’clock. The stub of your Collegian subscription is your only means of access to the dance. Arrangements are now underway to lift freshman customs for the eve ning so that freshmen may attend the unfair in conventional attire. The danco is informal and the stipulation before published regarding the old Penn Stato custom of wearing shoes has been revoked by Alan L. Smith ’B7, business manager o ftho Colle giun, who now suys that it is entirely up to you. Clerk’s Sweepstakes Ticket Wins $30,000 Excited? No. Surprised? Well, a little. Rather amazing, this calmness on the part of a mun who just won $30,- 000. Reno A. Leploy, a anmll, extremely quiet clerk In the treasurer’s office, paid one dollar in Rellefonto for u ticket for the Canadian Veteran Hos • pital's Sweepstakes. Last week, the horse Roswell won the SL Legal', clas sic at Doncaster, Englumi, Deploy's ticket was on Roswell, Perhaps the strungest thing about the whole incident is the fact that Lepley has no plans as to what ho will do with his winnings. Ho says he will decide later. RutJjfMdid smile when he showed the stuo!^^ Campbell Gets UP Post Stephen J. Campbell ’BB, a member of the Junior Roard on the editorial staff of the Collegian, has resigned from the paper and left college in order to take a position with the Unit* ed Press in Prance, Campbell will Uave for ids new post on October L Six Sets of %ook-a-Likes’ Give College CpnfusingTwin Complex Canada may have its Dionne quin tuplets, New. Jersey may have its Kaspar quads and a few mosquitoes, but Penn State can now boast of sev en sets of twins. Yes, sir, the facts can be verified in the office of Registrar Hoffman.; No fewer than 14 look-a-likes have en tered the College, six sets in the Col. lego proper and one in the two-year course. . First there are Edward and Robert Bitner from Mont Alto high school. The age is 18, the course, mechanical engineering, and the scholarship, good. Then there .are Mary and Laura Auditorium Gets New Pipe Organ Installation of* New Equipment Expected To Be Finished Before October 17 The new organ that is being -in stalled in the Schwab auditorium wifi be ready for use about October 17, it was learned today-from Richard W. Grant, director of music. Two weeks will bo required for the installation of' the organ and an additional two weeks for voicing. The progress of voicing will be carried on under the direction of a representative from the factory. A donation of $3,000 .donated by the class of 1936 formed the nucleus for the fund for the new organ. The re mainder of the money was supplied by the College. The contract was awarded to the Moller concern of Ha gerstown, Md., after a report and recommendation submitted by Direc tor Grant to the College administra tion was approved. College Pays $BOOO The large, three-manual Moller or gan will replace the old one, which has been in continuous use for twenty two years, since it .was presented to the College by the class of 1914. suggested Jast‘.spring that the-graduating class of 1936 al locate money toward the purchase of the badly needed organ. The appro priation was made on the condition that the College would supply the re mainder of . the money. The admini stration approved an appropriation of the remaining $B,OOO, thus, enabling the $ll,OOO organ to be purchased. Moller Organ Chosen • In selecting the organ two concerns were considered. They were the Aeo lin-Skinner* Company of Boston and the Moller Company of Hagerstown. After'a consideration of the bids and specifications submitted by both houses, the administration gave the contract to the latter organization up on the recommendation of Director Grant, who heard and tested the pro ducts of both companies. The Moller concern has included over and above the original bid a set of twenty-five chimes, worth $400; a forty-nine note harp, worth $500; a sixteen-foot diapason of eighty-five pipes, valued at $300; and two more general pistons affecting the full or gan, which arc valued at $750, and a Moller portable organ valued at $1,500. “When the. installation of the new equipment is completed, Penn State can boast of one of the finest organs in the state,” Director Grant said. The harp and chimes arc new features of the instrument. College Awaits Word OnN. Y.A. Rsumption Still without official orders for the resumption of N.Y.A., the College au thorities arc waiting for word at any time that the National Youth Ad ministration'should continue. In all probability this student aid will be gin about the last of the month or the first of October. Twelve per cent of the total stu dent body of the {tollogfe will be el igible'for jobs, according to the allot ment us of October, 1935. Last year about 897 students were employed, sixty-three of them being graduate students. Job-holders will lx> r chosen on the basis of need, although scholarship will be the deciding factor In the cose of equally needy students. Letters will be moiled to those who have been selected for the various departmen'M appropriations. Foresters in Session Three Penn Stato staff mepibers are taking part In the joint sessions uf the American and Pennsylvania Forestry Associations, Thoso pres ent are Dr, Austin A, Patrick, pro fessor of.soil technology; William G, Edwards, professor of lumbering; and Dr, Joshua L, Deen, associate profester of silviculture. Collins from Oxford high school, who are enrolled in . home economics and science respectively. .The Collins’ will bo 18 in November and high in prepa ratory scholarship. . Another set of girls are the De Sil vers, Margaret and Cicely, who come from Riegeisville in Bucks county. They are but 17 years old, and were in the first fifth of Springfield high school, Pleasant Valley, last spring. They are enrolled in the lower divi sion. Now we come back to boys and Stanley and Stewart Gross. They are but 17 years old, but have studied al ready in Allentown high school and the Churchman’s Business School of Easton. They are to study poultry husbandry. Edgar and Howard Rosen have been accepted by the Schuylkill Undergrad uate Center. They are entered in lib eral arts and prepared at Pottsville high school. They are 17. The Chemistry School will gain an other pair in Eric and John Wischliu sen of New Galena, Bucks county. That gives Bucks county a command ing lead of two pairs in a tentative twin contest. They are 18 and from I Abington high school. The last set is feminine and named I Ruth and Nelrie Oglevee of Somerset I who were in the first fifth of their high school class. ' They are entering floriculture in the two-year course and are 18 years old. Alumni Delegates Meet Here Today Sixty Eastern Colleges Send Representatives *to Settle Current Problems Many phases of the problem of keep ing: alumni interested in their alma maters "were slated for discussion when alumni representatives of sixty eastern colleges and universities ar rived.here yesterday for a regional 'confwcnce^-^-A^'v^V-'" : yV'K -•• !' Such subjects as collego 'movies, 'alumni magazines, alumni funds, .and homecomings are included on the three-day program for the District 11 conference of the American Alumni Council, -which brings secretaries and other officials of alumni groups to the Penn State campus. Edward K. Hibshman, Penn State alumni secretary, announced today that virtually all the sixty colleges and universities that are members of! the council are represented. One hun- 1 dred and twenty-five • stitution" . uwenty-five institutions are embraced in the district, which in cludes Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey, Maryland, Delaware, and the District of Columbia. After registration and dinner at the Nittany Lion Inn, the delegates held a session-' on college movies, with Ray Ashberry, of Cornell, presiding.' Films of activities at Cornell and Hood Col lege were shown. A brief talk by Dr. Ralph D. Hetzel, president of Penn State, was one of the highlights of the luncheon yesterday. French Honor Blanchet For Educational Work Paul R. Blanchet, associate profes sor of French, has been decorated by the French government, it was an nounced recently. Because.of his work in connection with the Institute of French Educa tion at Penn State, Professor Blan chct has been made an Officier d'- Acadcmie. Landon Hold 325 Of Students Favor Republican Party; 180 Democrats Governor Alf Lai.c’on was favored for the presidency by the class of 1940, according to the Collegian straw vote taken at the freshman’ registration last week and morning. The vote showed almost a 2-to-l ratio In favor of the Republican nominee, Voting for upperclassmen will continue at the registration to day. In indicating the political party to which they belong, or with which they intend to become affiliated, the Bame majority was shown in favor of the G. 0, P, One student, a freshman wo man, declared her intention of join ing the Communistic organization, She did not, however, cast her vote for Browder. The summury of the election showed the following tabulation; Re publican 526; Democratic 180; So cialist 0; Independent 4; Union 3; STATE COLLEGE, PA : ;/TIJIsDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1936 College Classed Start Tomorrow at fi O’clock . Classes for the first jsemes ter will open tomorrow morning at 8 o’- clock, according to. !an announce ment by Dr. Ralph D.'Hetzel, pres ident of the College!' The custom in previous years hadtbecn to open the classes at Registration will close this afternoon. Another official announcement is that all women enrolled in the low er division of the School of Liberal Arts shall take their prac tice and physical examinations on Wednesday morning ;ias scheduled in the Freshman Week program. These students will'-be excused from attending any classes sched uled for that time. ' Rhoda Improves In Hospital Fight Whitey Holds Own Tar Almost Completely Removed As Healing Commences ' The condition of Whitey Rhoda was greatly improved yesterday as he held even in his battle againdt severe third degree tar burns in the-Centre County Hospital, Beliefonte, Dr/ Enoch Adams said. , • Rhoda’s day nurse, Mrs. Louise Cain assured a Collegian that Whitey would recover,, but that it would take considerable time, possi bly well over a month. Th asphalt tar*that.clung to the right side of Rhoda’s;. body after the accident over a week .ago is almost entirely gone. Belief .'here that the' tar was still oh Rhoda is false. It has sluffed off with the. dead tissue and healing has started;! Rhoda’s most serious! injury is to his right arm from which the tar had to be removed immediately. Dr. Adams said that the tar was so thick on the arm that steam-formed; under it and boiled the flesh beneath.; Mrs. Cain said. is con- times''ndw%jid'is as ‘’nor mal mentally as could be expected. He does not want to be'left alone at any time and is naturally rather irritable with his condition, she said. Rhoda, a Lion football and boxing star, is being visited every day by his mother who is staying at the Sigma Phi Epsilon house, Rhoda’s fraternity. Mistaken Identities • Cause Doc’s Trouble When two persons doing the same kind of work in the same place have the same name, there are usually many mix-ups that are much the same. And in the Penn State School of Physical Education and Athletics, there is no exception to this same rule. Having neighboring offices in Rec reation hall, there is Elwood C. - Davis and Arthur F. Davis. Elwood C. is a doctor of philosophy and is called “Doc.” Arthur F. will be a doctor of public health. Because of this and the fact that he teaches hygiene, A. F. is often called “Doc.” To make the mix-up complete, E. C. teaches a lit tle hygiene himself. Both students and faculty arc guilty of mis-identity. Students call E. C. and tell him they won’t be to hygiene class when they mean to call A. F. And one of the Davis boys passed a stop sign recently and the other was accused of breaking the lawl . 2-to-l Lead BULLETIN A tabulation of upperclassmen straw votes late yesterday after noon showed Landon still holding his 2-to-l lead and slowly gaining. The Kanras Governor received a to tal of Po 4 votes to 326 for Roose velt. Students affiliated with the G.O.V. numbered 606 to 289 for the Democratic party. Communistic 1. Votes, cast were for Landon 321; Roosevelt 193; Lemkc 5; Thomas 5; and Browder 0. Twenty-eight freshmen men over 21 years of age cast ballots in the straw vote poll. Seventeen of these favored tho election of Landon and were members of the Republican par ty while only fourteen favored the election of Lundon. Nino listed their political standing us Democratic while Roosevelt received twelve votes. Among the group were one Socialist, and one Unionist. Lcinke received two votes while Browder and Thom as fulled to poll any votos, Four hundred and eight freshmen men under the voting age cast bal lots. Of this number 247 indicated 7 Upperclassmen Get ‘3’ Averages Second Semester •Ciambello, Broughton, Dimmick Top ’36, ’3B Classes 5 Sophomores Listed With Perfect Ratings Seven members of the present up per classes and one June graduate at tained a perfect all-collgc average of “3” at the end of last semester, fig ures released by the office of regis trar reveal. In the class of 193 G, Serafino Ciam bella was the • only student to gain the distinction. The class of 1937 con tains no “3” students. Two present juniors, R. Edward Dimmick and Don ald, B. Broughton attained the “3” mark, and five members of the class of 1939 joined the select group. These include Joseph P. Kriss, B. J. Boman, Ellis Schein, Nicholas Kay, and W. D. Barnes. 245 Gain First Twentieth There.were 245 students in the first twentieth of their classes. This group includes all who have attained an av erage of “2.5” or better. There were forty-five in the class of 1936, forty eight in the class of 1937, sixty-six in the class of 1938, and eighty-six in the present sophomore class. Thirty-one students from the School of Agriculture made the first twen tieth. Others in this group from the various schools‘follow: Chemistry and Physics, forty-eight; Mineral Indus tries, seventeen; Education, forty; Engineering, thirty-nine;‘and Liberal Arts, fifty-three. Rick Leads Seniors Leading the present senior class is Charles M. Rick' with an average of 2.9 G. Other leaders in the class of 1937 include Gene C. Ziegler, 2.92; John W. Angstadt, 2.89; James E. Hackett, 2.86; Wallace Kubacki, 2.83; James A. Babcock, 2.80; and Harold A. DeVincentis, 1 2.80. ; - ~-v _ ...... Besides' the .students who attained the “3” average in the class ef 1938, the other leaders are David S. Wed dell, 2.94; Robert L. Kaye, 2.92; George F. Rouault, 2.89; Alfred A. Albert, 2.88; and Bernice E. Zwald, 2.86. - Tho sophomore class leaders, with tho exception of the “3” students, are Robert H. Hasck, 2.97; Harold M. Kaplan and Henry Borow, 2.94; and Edwin R. Kirk and Vernon L. Hull, 2.91. Complete lists of the averages of each student in the College arc avail able at the office of the registrar. Lewis Announces New Practice Regulations Willard P. Lewis, librarian, issues tho following announcements in re gard to the unclassified students who must take their library practice: “Graduate and transfer students will please meet at the College li brary on Saturday at 3 o’clock for in struction in the use of the library. The undergraduate center students are scheduled for Saturday at 1 o’- clock, while the forestry students (names (A-L) on Saturday, Septem ber 26, at 1 o’clock; and the remainder (names M-Z) on the same afternoon at. 3 o'clock.” All freshman Lower Division girls are to meet for library assignments on Wednesday morning, according to the Freshman Week schedule. in Straw Vote Roosevelt Gets Total Of 193; Thomas, Lemke Poll 5 their intentions of becoming affili ated witht the Republican organiza tion while 250 of this group cast their ballots in favor of the-Kansas Gov ernor. One hundred, and forty six of these new students intend to join the Democratic organization, five the Socialistic, two the Unionists, while four arc non-partisan. Roosevelt re ceived 153 votes from this group, Lemkc, three, and Thomas two. Brow der again failed to receive, a vote from these men. Sixty-one freshman women under voting age intend to join the G. O. P. while but twenty-five intend to be come Democrats, Three want to join the Socialistic organization while one woman stated her choice as the Com munistic party. Landon received fifty seven votes from these women, Roose velt twenty-eight and Thomus three. There were no women of voting age that cast ballots. Beaver House, Chi Omega Head Scholarship Ratings With 1.73,1.76 Averages College Averages All college average 1.41 All college men *_ 1.37 AH college women 1.59 All fraternity 1.34 All fraternity men 1.28 AH fraternity women 1.64 Non fraternity 1.46 Non fraternity men 1.44 Non fraternity women 1.55 Play Rehearsals Start This Week ‘Personal Appearance* Listed As Outstanding Comedy For 2 Seasons The first amateur performance of “Personal Appearance,” Broadway’s long-run comedy hit, will be offered by the Penn State Players' the night of Dad’s Day, Saturday, October 3, in Schwab auditorium. The play will be directed by Prof. Frank S. Ncus baum, of the division of dramatics. Rehearsals will begin early this week for. a show that will not be offi cially released for amateur production until September 18. “Personal Appearance” was listed as the outstanding comedy of 1934-5. Ifc ran on Broadway for more than a year—from. October 17, 1934, to the end of November, 1935 —and has been produced by numerous professional theater groups. The comedy was suc cessful not only in keeping Broadway interested for a year but in bringing to prominence an unknown author and anunsung actress. Both the au thor, Lawrence Riley, and the act ress, Gladys George, have gone into the. movie-business. -V. .' Riley, a Pennsylvania youth, for merly a Bradford newspaperman, sold his play to the movies as a vehicle for Mao West, who has tentatively chang ed the title to “Go West, Young Man.” The play has a northeastern Penn sylvania locale. All scenes center about a gasoline station and adja cent tourist home “somewhere be tween Wilkes-Barre and Scranton.” Luccock Speaks On Potentialities Lecturer at Chapel Points Out Advantages for Students Entering College “The people who arc significant in this age are those who are able to orient themselves to the potentialities of life rather than to its actualities,” Dr. Halford E. Luccock, professor of homilectics of the Yale University Divinity School, quoting the English statesman, Hyde, said at the annual Freshman Week chapel services Sun- day morning. Doctor Luccock used as his subject, “On the Rim of Your World.” He spoke directly to members of the 1940 class, mentioning opportunities that the college of today offers to them. He mentioned Harvard's tencentary celebration and quoted the motto of tho freshman class at the New Eng land university—“ Harvard Has Been Waiting 300 Years for Us.” The Yale professor quoted from the Bible the phrase, “ ... it doth not yet appear what wc shall be.” This he applied to the new students here. He said that there is always an unknown “X” within us—a mystery of uncer tainties. “Think of yourself in terms of your own potentialities,” Doctor Luccock said. “Too much humility is the freshman's greatest fault. The im portant thing is not the knowledge you may gain, but tho image of your self that you carry in your mind.” Tho speaker asserted that each year wc arc pushing back farther the horizon of the possibilities of man. This he said is being accomplished to a great extent by man’s ability to think in terms of possibilities. Doctor Luccock concluded his* ad dress by telling members of the fresh man class, that they arc entering col lege at a most opportune time. He said that tho college of today was closer related to the work about it than it has ever been before. His clos ing thought was an admonition to new students to live so that in the years to come they might be able to mukc' a worthwhile contribution to this world, PRICE FIVE CENTS House Averages For Feb.-June Period Classified Alpha Zeta Second, Sigma Tau Phi Third For the fourth consecutive semes ter, the Beaver House led fifty-three fraternities in scholarship for the Feb ruary-June period, figures compiled by the office of the registrar reveal. The Beaver House attained an aver age of 1.73. Alpha Zeta was second with 1.70, Sigma Tau Phi third with. 1.08, and Phi Gamma Delta fourth with 1.62, An average of 1.54 placed Phi Sigma Kappa and Theta Upsilon Omega in a tic for fifth. Chi Omega Leads Women Chi Omega, with a mark of 1.76, led the eleven women fraternities. Kappa Alpha Theta, with 1.75, was second, and Alpha Omicron Pi third, with 1.70. Fourth place v>ent to Alpha Chi Omega, 1.67, while Astriad and Theta Phi Alpha were deadlocked for fifth position with 1.64. The Theta Phi Alpha seniors led the women’s fraternities. Juniors from the Phi Mu group held the high est marks, while the sopbomorc lead ers were located at Kappa Alpha Theta. The Alpha Omicron Pi fresh men led. Men Ranked by Classes Seniors from Phi Sigma Delta led the class rankings among the men. These were followed by seniors from Theta Upsilon Omega, Phi Epsilon Pi, Phi Gamma Delta, and Beta Kappa. In the junior class, the Beaver House ranked fh*st. Second-position went to Alpha Zeta, third to Theta Upsilon Omega, fourth to Tau Kappa Epsilon, and fifth to Phi Sigma Delta. Alpha Sigma Phi led the rankings of the sophomore class. Again, Alpha Zeta second. Pi Kappa Alpha was third," Phi Sigma~Kappa/ fourth; and the Beaver House, fifth. In the freshman standings, Phi Gamma Delta was first. Following in order were Sigma Tau Phi, the Asso ciated Commons Club, Tau Phi Delta, and Delta Theta Sigma. All-College Mark Higher The all-College average jumped from 1.40 for the second, semester of 1934-35 to 1.41 for last semester. The all-College men average remained the same, at 1.37. for the two periods. A jump from 1.50 to 1.59 for the all- Colloge women was recorded. The average for all-fraternity stu dents was raised from 1.31 to 1.34. The all-fraternity men mark increased from 1.25 to 1.28, while the all-fra ternity women jumped from 1.63 to 1.64. Non-fraternity averages, although still higher than non-fraternity groups, dropped in the year’s period from 1.48 to 1.46. The non-fraternity men average decreased from 1.50 to 1.44, but the non-fraternity women, increased greatly from 1.41 to 1.55. A complete list of the fraternity averages may be found on page 6. College Arranges for 3 New Parking Areas Three parking areas have been des ignated by College authorities for the use of students. These,.part of tho new regulation*, set up concerning student automobiles, are located at vantage points on the campus. The west parking lot is situated opposite the golf course, next to the varsity tennis courts. The central parking area is located to the east of the Chemistry annex. The eastern parking space can be found near the stock judging pavilion. Students may park at no other points. Contributions Swell Hoffman's Collection William S. Hoffman, College regis trar, is equally known for his many hobbies. Since his present favorite is tho writing of cryptograms, he makes no effort to increase his match box collection. Yet he gets about one new copy a day, which brings his total of different copies to over 9,000. A man in Texas stepped into a gas station recently where newspaper clippings were varnished on tho wall as a decoration: Among the clippings was an article written some time ago about Mr. Hoffman's collection. Tho Texan sent the Registrar about twen ty-four new match boxes. Quite a while back, Mr. Hoffman received u letter from Siam, telling him thut a collection would be sent. A former faculty member, now in Ja pun as Hawuiinn secretary, just sent tho Registrar thousands of match boxes.
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