. . it latei, <sii ,l74 , N ,‹ 4.- . t. 4,,, , .... ,\ . 4 COMPLETE ESTABLISHED • tit . .- gn ar 0-, n to. CAMPUS 1904 . COVERAGE , .4 AIW gran.. _ .• ,./85 , • . Volume 34—No. 2 FRSHMENIILL....ATTENDiMASS MEETING TONIGHT Rushing Season Begins As Frczternities Seek Pledges 500 Expected To Pledge To Men's Groups Date Cards Issued To Rushees; 52 Houses To Participate 10-Day Season Will End on September 20 Officially opening at 8 o'clock this morning, the 1937 'fraternity rushing season will. last until Monday eve ning, September 20, at which time ap proximately 500 of the 1141 fresh man men in the class of '4l will be pledged to the 52 men's fraternities, The rules formulated 'by Interfra- ternity Council governing conduct - of both fraternities and rushees; pros-, pective pledges, in their relation to one another, were outlined last night to the freshman class by John S' Moeller '3B, president of the Council, in the first Freshman Week mass• meeting held in Schwab auditorium. Later in the evening the official rush ing season date cards were distribut ed in Old Main lounge. Silent -Periods Moeller, in explaining the rushing code, made clear the importance of "silent" periods. The- first of . the three silent periods began lust .night With- the:issuanee of fiate,cards,...and - ended "iliii;ScriiiiiVEW lac; iit which belie the • first period of rush ing began. - During .these 'silent" pe riods no ,communication or associa tion is alloWed between rushee and fraternity men. The secona • silent period shall be gin Wedritia; night,' September 16, at 8 o'c cigtl , and last until Friday morning;.*September 17, at - 8 o'clock, and the thikci. silent .period shall be gin Sunday evening, September 19, at 8 o'clock, and last until Monday eve ning, September 20, at 7 o'clock, when pledging shall take place. Two Rushing Periods The first rushing period, which be gan this morning at 8 o'clock, will. end Wednesday evening at 8 o'clock, and is known as regulated,rushing. Dur ing this period - a rushee is allowed only two dates with a single fratern ity and only two dates per day, lunch from 11 to 2 o'clock and dinner from 6 to 10 o'clock. From 8 to 11 and from 2 to 5 o'clock during this period all communication and association be tween rushees and fraternity men must take place outside the fratern ity houses. Beginning on Friday mottling, Sep tember 17, at 8 o'clock, and ending Sunday evening, September 19, at 8 o'clock, is the second period' of rush ing known as the open period. On Friday an Saturday of this period the dinner dates last from 4 o'clock in the afternoon until 1 o'clock the next morning. It is during this pe riod that the first informal bids may be extended by a fraternity to its. prospective pledges. -These bids are binding on the, part of neither fra- . ternity nor rushee and may be broken before the, date of pledging. ' Bids and Preference Cards Rushees should report to the Stu dent Union Desk Thursday, Septem ber 16, from 8;30 until 5 o'clock, where they will obtain .. preference cards upon, which to signify the first three fraternities •of their choice. Failure to obtain these cards and fill out as directed will prohibit a fresh man from being pledged for a period of thirty dayst and if a fraternity pledgei an ineligible man 'in this pe riod, it will be fined $10.00.. , All bids should be. typewritten on regularly -prescribed 'cards to be fur nished by the Interfraternity Council and should be presented to the rush inicommittee. at Student Union desk in Old Main by ,10 o'clock Sunday evening, Septeinber 19. ' Bids - nV Student Union A rushee may receive all bids as signed to him by calling at Student Union desk in Old Main from 8:30 to 5 o'clock on Monday, September 20: The rushee shall then Appear un- (Continued on page five) ARCHITECTS' SKETCHES OF. PROPOSED BUILDI t • ... 1 Five of the nine main structures to be erected at the College 'under t shown above. Listed with' the estimated cost they are: (1) Mineral In Physics, $937,000; (4) Agricultural Engineering, $111,000; (5) Eleetr ' shown here, are: Liberal Arts„ coo4cil, : Board auif' . Goieitifilei it Senior Class President, Editor Of Collegian, 4 Others Included Student government at Penn State is vested in two legislative groups, the Student Council and the Student Board, composed of undergrdauate representatives elected for a term of. one year. - The board includes four-men: pres ident of the senior class, editor of the Collegian, a representative elected from Student Board, and' one elected from Student Council.. Two women are elected from the Senate. The members o Student Council are elected by schools from the three upper classes, with each of the seven schools in the College having at least one representative in each class. The president of the senior 'class auto matically becomes president of the Council. The Student Board is made,up of seven students and the Dean of Men. Three of the members, two seniors and one junior, are elected from the Council. The presidents of, the three upper classes and the editor of the Collegian are other students on the Board, with the president of the sen ior class also serving as chairman of this group. • Theo actual legislative duties of Student government lie with the Stu dent Council, for this body recom mends, creates ,maintains, and regu lates the customs and traditions of the College. It' also takes the neces sary steps to support and carry into effect any policy to sustain the good name•of the College, and.to promote mutual understanding between.. the faculty and student body. . The primary mission of the Student Board is to act as a Coordinating unit between the Student Council and the College adminiAration, meeting once a week with the Dean of Men to dis cuss . 'student problems. , The Board makes . recommendations to the .Gounl cil for the final,sanction.of that body, and it also has the power to serve as a disciplinary body, making recom mendations directly to the College ad ministration. • The'Student Tribunal, composed of five members selected by the Student Council, has judicial powers in met ing out punishment to freshmen who violate 'College customs. As reorga nized last' year, the Tribunal enlists the aid of the campus societies in en forcing freshman customs - and pun- • (Continued on page five) STATE COLLEGE, PA., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1937 Colleoan 130appg, Wiundy To BeOst Drag 'em out into the light! From the deptns or Mac Hall, the cellars of the Miles and Pugh street dorms, .the innermost recesses of Grange, we want .all freshman co-eds brought out under the spotlight in, Roc : Hall on October 8. where they may be viewed by all. We are mak ing it our point to see that there are no ."roses born to blush, unseen and Waste their fragrance on the' desert air" in the class of '4l. One gorgeous "Miss '4l" - will be elevated from the Irarilts of the com mon co-ed to the first queen of the freshman class ever to be chosen at Penn State at the annual Penn State Collegian dance to be held October 8 in Bee Hall. Girls may readily see the advantage of this over sitting in Mrs. Murphys boarding house with your hair up in curlers, while for the avaricious Penn State male the Col legian -donee and freshman beauty show offers a much better chance to "look 'em over" than could be•found in a month of watching 'em come out - of Phys. Sci. 5 at the Bull Pen on Saturday mornings. The opening social event of the fall season, the Collegian Dance and beau ty contest will feature the music of Booth - Watmough and his brilliant all-Penn State orchestra. Watmough, a top-ranking band, has risen in the past two years .to the position of the campus favorite, and is expected .to achieve even more . .popularity after his ;1937-38 debut 'at the Collegian dance. Tickets to th Collegian Dance on October 8 will be given free with each subscription to the ,Penn State Col-, legion, and may be secured ,in 'no other way. Tickets are not on sale. So, girls, you have just three weeks to get your man, with or without a Hart, Shaffner, and Marx suit. Varied Educators Recommend Extra-Curricular Organizations Campus activities to suit every hobby will soon call for the talent in the freshman class. Educators say that extra-curricular work should be in the program, of each student so that his college life will be broadened,. by his experience in fields other •than his own. • . Penn State's forty-eight clubs, he "state authority's: $5,000.000 :building program for Penn State are dustries: $139,000; (2) Biological Science, $663,000; (3) Chemistry and ical Engineering, $529,000. Four other. equally artistic structures, not Library, Educationi]iind Forestry. ' Ti.vo,lVeWDoctorg Selected For;CO Health'Seivice Penn State Graduates Chosen For Positions Approved By Board Of Trustees; Jlealth Fee Increased After considerable agitation by the Collegian and the entire student body last year, the College Board of Trustees took action on increasing the personnel of the College Health Service. A special Board meeting was called early in July, and it was decided to authorize Dr. Joseph P. Ritenour, College physician, to appoint two addi. tional physicians, one a woman. Dr. Ritenour received over 50 appl from a young lady in Alaska. After tion, Dr. Ritenour named his two new. assistants, which will increase the staff to four doctors and eight nurses. The two appointees are both grad uates of Penn State. They are Dr. Harriet M. Harry '32 and Dr. Edgar S. Krug '25. Dr. Harry was graduated from Temple Medical College in 1936 and has just completed his interneship at the Williamsport • hospital. Dr. Krug is a giaduate of Jefferson Med ical College, class of 1929, and has been' practicing in McConnellsburg since then. D. Ritenour also announced that the•health fee'has been increased fifty) l cents per semester.. This makes the'' fee 52.50 a semester;and the increase was made in order to take care of the additions to the stair. 230 Get Degrees Approximately 230 students , wel:e awarded degrees at the annual Sum mer Session commencement on Au gust 5. Dr. Ralph D. Hetzel, presi dent of the College, co,nfe . rred the de giees, and the graduating group was addressed by Dr. Charles M. McConn, ;dean of men at Lehigh University. ctivities Call eight musical organizations, nine pub .ications, and its eleven political groups should furnish extra tirne-;ac tivities for every student. Following is the list of those orga nizations and groups, which includes eight campus honorary . , societies, ci reward .for outstanding work in ex tra-curricular affairs. Extra-Curricular .Groups • -Agricultural Society of Engineers, All-Ag. Girls' Club, Block and Bri dle, Country Life, Floral' Club, Hor ticulture Club, Leibig Chemical Sc ciety, Penn State Forestry Society, Penn State C range....,and Poultry ~ »~ ~ &~ ƒw ~ ~ ~5 z.A z : ~ a~ ~~ ~ 3~~ ications from all over the country, one any interviews and careful considera- Froth Headlines Work Of Noted Cartoonist Cartoons by Louis Pricilla, New Yorker artist, headline the freshman issue of the Penn State Froth. Col legiate life in general, with the Penn State campus as a background, are Mr..Pricilla's contribution. Claycatures by the editor, Robert D. Wistrand '3B, continue the series started several years ago'by James T. Dugan '37, last year's editor. Clay catures are made by photographing clay models of people and objects. Six specialty columns written by well known people on the campus will furnish much of the interest in the first issue. Eddie Nichols is back with, his "Wax Impressions," giving the latest dope on the hottest records. Frank S. Neusbaum will advise on theatre events while James T. Dugan and E.lTownsend Swalm contribute a New York letter. Francis E. Hy slop will write an art column, while Elizabeth R. Reyburn '39 will com ment on fall fashions for the women. reshmen Politics, Hobby Clubs, Publications Lead Other Groups Others are: Vegetable Gardening Club, American Society of Engineers, American Soeiety of Mechanical En gineers, Ceramics Club, DeMolay Club, the Discobolus, Ellen H.. Rich ards .0 Iu b , Fraternity Adviser's, (Continua on pogo four) College Will Use New Registration System During Coming Week Upperclassmen Profit By Improved Time Saving Method •The most advanced system of regis tration employed by any college in the country, according to Registrar Wil ham S. Hoffman, will be first used here when the upperclassmen register Monday and Tuesday. With the new simplified system em ploying tabulating machines, the time taken to register will be cut to ap proximately ten minutes. The for mer process took from thirty minutes to an hour. Freshmen will register according to their schedules, and will take a little longer to register than upperclassmen. Four Steps to Registration Upperclassmen will go through four steps in the proCess of registering. After obtaining their permanent ma triculation cards in the first floor lounge of. Old Main, they will report at the office of their assigned sched uling officer to secure their approved signed schedule. Students who wish to change their course must do so at the office of the dean of their school before their ssteduje , is_oade......,__ . ., — The r tfiiid step is to go-lo .Recrea lion hall and fill out the registration form. This and the approved sched ule is to be given to the registrar. Much time will be saved in filling out' the new smaller form. Information that the student has given before will need to be written only in event of a change. • Fees Paid in Armory On Saturday, September iB, the tiz dents will go to the Armory and pay their fees. The Armory will be open continuously from 9 a. m. to 9 p. m. Students are cautioned to be sure they get their itemized, receipted bill. Hoffman stressed the fact that the five dollar fine for late registration 'will be rigidly enforced. Any stu dent who does not register before 5 o'clock Tuesday afternoon or who does not pay his fees by 9 o'clock Sat urday night will be liable to this fine. Students who have purchased time tables have probably noticed the new coded system of listing courses. The code makes it possible for the elimi nation of the filling out of class cards. This work now will be done by tabu lating machines. Matriculation cards will be numbered and students will be identified by their numbers. Penn State Club To Hold Smoker Ask Non-Fraternity Freshmen To Meeting on Friday In Old Main Immediately following the fresh man mass meeting in Schwab Audi torium on Friday night there will be a meeting in room 321, Old Main, of all freshmen who do not intend to join a fraternity and who may be in terested in joining the Penn State Club, a non-fraternity men's organi zation. Introduction of, the club officers will take place, and the freshmen will get the chance to meet one another and hear the purposes and principals of the club explained. ' The Penn State Club is an organi zation of non-fraternity men with the purpose of fostering fellowship and increasing friendships among the non-fraternity men of Penn State. Along this line last year the Penn State Club gave several dances for :ts members . and ran several inter unit and group athletic contests, Members are elected several weeks after fraternity pledging takes place,, but the meeting on Friday is to give prospective members a ehince to un derstand the benefits and privileges to be derived from membership and to meet the other members. PRICE FIVE CENTS First Class Function Commences At 7:30 In Auditorium Life for the class of 1941 starts 'of ficially tonight when all yearlings are expected to attend a mass meeting sponsored by the Penn State Chris tian Association. The meeting will get under way promptly at 7:30 in Schwab Auditorium. John 0. Chambers '3B will be in charge of the program, which will consist mainly of skits put on by the . Thespians and Players, student dra matic organizations. Following this meeting, all fresh man men will go to their Counsellor's meetings. The women will be enter tained at a tea in the second floor lounge of Old Main. Here they will be addressed by the two students who have been chosen to' guide them dur ing their early college life. To Obtain Rushing Cards At the conclusion of the Counsel lor's ,rneetings,, freshman , men desir ing" in the first flocir lobby of Old Main. President Ralph D. Hetzel will ad dress the entire freshman class to morrow morning at an 8 o'clock con vocation which will also be held in Schwab Auditorium. He will welcome the incoming class of 1,405, outlining the problems which they will face in their first year of college life Then tomorrow Tight at' 8 o'clock the freshmen will be intrOduced to student and faculty leaders at a third mass meeting. Here the leaders will explain the system of student govern ment which exists at Penn State, out lining the duties of the officers and the students. • Freshman Bible In order to avoid confusion, it will be necessary for all freshmen to keep for ready reference the 'copy of the Freshman Week booklet which maybe secured upon request at the Christain association office on the third floor of Old Main. This booklet presents in detail the schedule which the. fresh men must follow during the week which has been set aside for them. Included in the Freshman Week program are placement tests, regis tration, a physical examination, song practices, library practice, and other devices to acquaint the incoming freshmen with life at the college. The placement tests are given in order to determine whether or not freshmen shall be placed in advanced classes. The entire program will last one week, ending at' noon next Wednes day, in lime for the official opening, of school at 1:10 o'clock Wednesday afternoon. 500 Defer Fees In Trial of New Plan Approximately • 5 500 persons made the September 1 deadline for defer red fee applications, Samuel K. Hos tetter, College treasurer, -announced today. This semester marks the inaugura tion of a new system of assessing de ferred fees, and is a milestone in the attempt to lessen registration time and to increase the stability of finan cial relations between the College and students, Hostetter said. The plan installed this year requir ed all students who desired fee pay ment to have an application signed by their parents mailed to the Col lege Bursar before September 1. The applicant pledged himself to the pay- , ment of at least one-third of his fees at registration, and the liquidation of the amount in two installments due October 15 and Novembec 15.
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