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Volume 34—No. 4
SQOS.E;.:..-K,I..,'CIVIgNSKY.-......AR: '.DECLARED INELIGIBLE
433' Freshineil
Fraternities
To Post Bonds
By Tomorrow
Ist
Be nformal Bids May
e Issued During
Open Period
Pledging Ceremonies
End Season Monday
With the filing of . 433 prefer
ence cards by prospective fra
ternity men yesterday, indicat
ing the fraternities of, their
choice in 1-2-3 order, the field of
choice of the 1937 rushing sea
son is vastly narrowed down for.
both rushees and fraternities. •
The 433 preference cards filled out
.yesterday are the .implement devised
by the Interfraternity Council where
by the rushees may formally indicate
to rushing fraternities just where the
fraternities: stand in their minds, en
abling the fraternities to-gain some
idea of whom to "put the bug on"
and . who it would be merely a•waste
of time on the part of both parties
to continue with rushing.•
An'; announcement
-Moeller '3B, .president of the Inter
-fraternity Council,' states that all
fraternity semester dues and the $5O
rushing bond must be paid up at the
Student Union desk in Old Main be
fore Saturday.ooon. Pledging cards
will not be rOned to a fraternity un
til that frat6nity's dues and bond
have been posted.
A, Change" jt . t the rushing code by
the Council Will allow a fraternity to
begin its rushing dates with a rushee
during the free period, which begins
this morning, every morning at 7 o'-
clock instead of at 8 o'clock as is
printed on the date credo.
All freshmen, desiring to pledge
to a fraternity and
,who neglected to
fill out a preference card as prescrib
ed, will be prohibited from pledging
for a period of 30,days; and if a fra
ternity pledges. an ineligible matt dur
ing this period, it will be fined $10..„
Open Period In Force Today . •
This morning at 7 o'clock the free
rushing period begins which. will end
at exactly 8 o'clock Sunday night. It
is during this period that both fra
ternity and rushee get their last
Chance • to thoroughly make up their
mind upon their choices.. ,
During the open period of rushing
the dinner dates may last from 4 o';
clock in . the afternoon until 1 o'clock
the next morning on Friday and Sat
urday- and until 8 o'clock on Sunday
evening when the rushing, period is
over. In this period the first informal
bids may be extended by a.fraternity
to its prospective pledges.
_These bids are neither binding on
the part of fraternity or rushee, and
may be broken by the date of pledg
ing.
A "silent" period will begin. Sunday
evening at 8 o'clock and last until
Monday evening at 6 o'clock.
Filing of Bids.
Fraternities will signify their final
eh . oice of the men they wish to pledge
by filling out formal bids. .All bids
should 'be typewritten on regularly
prescribed 'cards to. be furnished by
the Interfraternity Council an d
should be presented to. the rushing
Committee at Student Union desk in
'Old Main by 10 o'clock Sunday eve
ning,- September 19.
•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
attended at the fraternity of. his
choice for a formal pledging dinner
on Monday evening at 6 o'clock.
The'•Collegian will bring out a spe
cial issue containing the names of all
who pledge to. the 52 various frater
nities on Monday evening shortly
'after 6 o'cl, 'k, the time designated
for pledging.
Cornell Game Tickets
To Go On Sale Monday
Tickets for the Penn State-Cor
nell 'game at Ithaca 'September 25,
go on sale Monday at the Athletic
Association ticket office on the
first floor of Old. Main, it was an
nounced today by 'Harold It. Gil
bert, assistant' to the graduate
manager' of athletics.'
The tickets will, sell for .$2.20,
as compared with $3.30 'last 'year.
Seats will be available between the
40 and 50-yard lines.
Tribunal Grants
72 Exemptions
5 Freshman Custom Release
Petitions Refused; Dates'
Legalized In Rushing
Of the 77 freshmen who applied to
the Men's Student Tribunal on Mon
day and Tuesday nights for exemp
tion from customs, only five were re
fused. The board freed the 72 fresh-
Men from the customs code on the
basis of age and of undergoing simi
lar treatment on other campuses.
These students were given printed,
custom exemption cards which they
must carry with them at all times:
Those rejected' by the Tribunal'
are: Alfi:ed Austin, James Cohen;
Mack Dick, Otis 'Grendler, and Soy ,
Made up of five student members
Herbert A. Barron, John J. Econo-
Exemption From. Dating
Custom Given Freshmen
The men's'ptudent Tribunal-yes
terday announced that all freshmen
entertained by fraternities at rush
ing parties today, tomorrow, and
Sunday will be excused from rule
No. 3 of the Men's Freshmen Cus
toms Code, only in reference to
dates while they remain in the
house. Under no circumstances
shall freshmen accompany women
to or from•rushing parties.
mos, Russell G. Gohn, Thomas H.
Moore, Jr., and Emmett E. Rhoades,
all seniors—the Student Tribunal
stated that all upperelass hat socie
ties will serve as officers and will
strictly enforce the customs code as
printed in the Freshman Handbook.
The board also announced that cus
toms will be lifted for the Student
Union dance to bZ held Saturday,
Septeinber 25, only for those fresh
attend the dance.
Name tags must be worn on coat
lapels, the Tribunal stated, and not
on the dinks.
The Tribunal will meet on the first
and third Tuesdays of each month at
8 o'clock in room 305, Old Main.
Three Weeks Allowed
For Senior Pietiires
Seniors will 'be allowed only three
weeks in which to have their class
pictures taken for this year's edition
of La Vie, senior class yearbook, Wil
liam D. Fish, editor, announced to
day.
Because of :the new legislation re
stricting; tho-i
been' 6146 a i 6
say.p.two.mbriths ivorking,time DM the
yearlidok'S" prodafion,
will be taken in about two weeks'
time at the Penn State Photo Shop.
' Anyone who,,doesn't report, to have
his or her picture taken during the
allotted time will,,nothave their iiie7
ture in the ,yearbook..,No exception s'
will be made to this rule. The Pic
tures will 'cost $1.50, which must be
paid at that time. .
Wolff To Coach Cornell
Alfred 8., "Allie" Wolff '29:. Penn
State's eastern intercollegiate 160-
pound champion from' 1927 through
1929, has recently been named boxing
coach at Correll. Wolff was unde
feated in'his three years as champion,
and 'captained the boxing team here
in his Senior year. ,
STATE COLLEGE, PA., FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1937
Sign Preference Cards
Athletic Cup
Awarded To
Delta Upsilon
Ist Leg On New Trophy
Given For Sports
Excellence
Phi Delta Theta Places
Second; Sigma Nu Third
'Compiling the highest. point total
during the past school year, Delta
Upsilon yesterday was awarded the
first leg on the new Pennsylvania
State College Athletic Trophy.
The trophy, a huge five-gallon
sented annually by the School of Phys
rner Plugs Bezdek trophy which was
presented yearly to the undergraduate
group compiling the most impressive
intramural record.
The new athletic cup will be pre
sented annualy by the School of Phsi
cal Education and Athletics to the
undergraduate group with the most
outstanding record in both varsity
and intramaral athletics. Three legs
are needed for permanent possession
of the award.
PM Delta Theta Second
;,,,CorninF, in. a
.clase, secondwits. Phi
Rho, .and Beta Tneta Pi completed in
the-first five in - that' ordei: •
Other groups finished as follows:
Alpha Chi Sigma, Sigma Alpha Ep
silon, Phi Sigma Kappa,. Alpha Tau
Omega, Tau Sigma Phi, Phi Kappa,
Delta Tau Delta, Pi Kappa Alpha,
Sigma Pi, Kappa Sigma, Phi Gamma
Delta, Sigma Chi, Sigma Tuu Phi,
and Beaver House.
Oldest Soil Tests In
U.S. Conducted Here
Since 1881 the College has been
conducting experiments with the Jor
dan soil plots. These 194 plots, ar
ranged in four tiers of 36 plots each,
were laid, out by Dr. Whitman H.
Jordan and constitute the oldest con
tinuous soil experiments in the Unit
ed States.
It has been found that none of the
original treatments given to the plots
can be recommended in light of pres
ent knowledge of soil fertility and
plant needs. Results of these experi
ments on corn, wheat, oats, and hay
shoW that without sufficient phos
phoric acid, crop yields decrease.
Until 1922 and 1923 lime was ap
plied to only
,three plots in each tier.
In those years two• tiers were' treat-*
ed with ground limestone, except two
of the phosphoric • acid and potash
plots and those previously treated
with lime. The greatest increase was
shown in the plots in which sulphate
of ammonia was used.
College Building Program - - Education
: T he c ollegian presents today the second
of a series of short' articles describing
new IMildingh Li; he erected at the
eoll46:in'the General State Authority's five
building program, scheduled
-to get under lief this fall. Material for
theSa , articles' has been furnished to the
Collegian by the State, Authority, of which
Col.C.Augustipe S. Jnneway executive
direcforr • -
The Education buildings will be a new fireproof .the. interior doors will be of wood in steel frames.
structure and will be located across the drive facing Plumbing is to be of standard type and practice. Elec.
the completed Liberal A r t s building, It will have three trice work is to be standard with exterior entrance
stories and a basement, 170. feet by 50 feet. . light fixtures of bronze. The structure will have a
. Footings will be of reinforced concrete, and the small electrically operated elevator.
building will have a steel fram and floors of concrete
Heating is to be standard and the source will be the
and tile slabs. The exterior, like the Liberal Arts
building, 'will be faced with brick, with a limestone College power plant. Forced ventilation will be pro
trim, and the structure will have steel window sashes, vided in special laboratories and class rooms.
si pitch and slag roof, and steel: entrance doors. Estimated cost of the building's construction, ex-
Floors will be finished in asphalt tile, cement, and • Ausive of architectural, engineering, and supervision
terrazzo. Walls and ceiling will be . of birch wood and fees; is $300,500.
,
Hetzel,Urges
Town-College
Co-operation
Prexy' Ask%' Students
To Take . Advantage
Of Oppottunities
First Convocation In
4 Years Draws 4,000
Cultivation 'sit. hand-in-hand
cooperation between students,
faculty membeo, and towns
people—overlooking no opportu
nities—was' ur,g4l in a 35-min
ute address Iciy,yresident Ralph
D. lietzel before the first all-
College convocation in four
years at Recreition halt Wed
nesday night.
Wore than 4,ooo . people crowded the
hall, overflowing - :the upper tier.
Freshmen, bedecked; in green ribbons
and blue-and-whiteAinks, nearly fill
ed' the portable elfeirs reserved for
them on the gymnasium floor.
Citing the 1925 :Yearbook of the
now defunct State . .;,College Chamber
of Commerce, President Hetzel point
ed out that the minununity and the
College haye up, together,
.sharing each tothe'il'l•fertunes, and
Urges ' Student-Borol: Cooperation
"This community is as enterprise
of great work,", , the •President added.
"There should be a closer association
between each one of us—the student
body, faculty, and townspeople.
"No other generation of students
has had the opportunities that this
generation has,"• he said, alluding to
the huge six million dollar appropria
tion for the new building program,
the largest grant in the history of
the College.
"Make a resolution that no oppor
tunities be lost •.
. . Try to develop
Penn State spirit," President Hetzel
urged.
In the course .of his speech, the
President reviewed Penn State's legal
and traditional history, pointing out
the fact that this year marked the
75th anniversary of the Morrill Act,
upon which the College was estab
lished as a land-grant institution.
Blue Band Plays
The'Bo-piece Blue Band, under the
direction of Major Wilfred O. Thomp
son, opened the program. Songs and
cheers followed, featured by a fresh
man salute' to the upperclassmen.
Prof. Richard W. Grant, director of
the College music, led the singing.
Chairman of the convocation, Dean
of Men Arthur R. Warnock outlined
the "landmarks" of the College's his
tory, naming the passage of the Mor
rill Act, the institution of a Student
Board in 1908, the educational expan
sion of the College in- 1921, and the
vast building program in 1927, out of
which grew the present athletic pol
icy and the School of Physical Educa
tion and Athletics. •
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Optimistic Of Future
CARL P. SCHOTT
. New Dean of the School of Phys.'
ical Education and Athletics, Dr.
Schott is optimistic about l'enn
State's future athletic program. In
a statement to the Collegian yester
day, he said: "We of the School of
Physical Education and Athletics
are starting off the new :school year
with the purpose in mind to do all
we can to make our School eventu
ally the best of its kind in the East.
Two women have been added to the
•staff in, anticipation of a larger pro
gram for women students when the
new athletic building is erected. In
intercollegiate athletics, I feel sure
P 911: State's teams Will enjoy sue
campaigns."
Collegian Offers
Recreation For
Tired Rushee
Well, Rushee, perhaps you are a
little tired of hopping up and down
to m c'e t Brother Maskedmarvel,
whom the brothers assure you is a
genuine subsidized member of the
Penn, State Stock Judging Team, and
Brother Jones, and Brother Some
thing-or-other whose name the intro
ducer seems to have forgotten and so
mumbles under his breath. .
Perhaps you have begun to tire of
being shown through the house two
or three times by Brother Slick who
is obviously sweating to think of
something to say, and maybe you are
even tired of saying. "Oh, don't men
tion it," to his hurried explanation of
why the rooms are such a mess.
For all such sufferers the Collegian
offers an even better way out than to
get a good laugh out of watching.the
brothers rack their brains when you
inquire into the mortgage or assess
ments. Our solution—attend the Col
legian Dance and Beauty Show on
October B—forget about handshaking
and shake a leg or two to the music
of Booth Watmough and
,his stellar
all-Penn, State dance band at Rec
hall—We'll fix it for freshmen to
date that night for the dunce. A free
ticket is given with every subscrip
tion to' the Collegian, Penn State's
only College newspaper. Tickets are
not on sale.
Two Lion Boxing Stars
Barred From Collegiate
Ring For Professionalism
Action Of Committee Blasts State's Chances
To Regain Eastern Crown; 'Chose
Own Course;' Houck Says
By CHARLES M. WHEELER, JR
Editor, Collegian
Billy Soose, State's sensational 155-pound Eastern Intercol
legiate Boxing champion, and Nestor Kociubinsky, rugged 175-
pounder, were declared ineligible for further intercollegiate box
ing yesterday' morning.
The decision of the eligibil
Prof. Franklin L. Bentley, chai
Centers Expect
Increase In Size
Enlargement of Undergraduate
Divisions Begin; Dußois
Will Get Estate
The Colldge's four undergraduate
'centers, which are rapidly becoming
an ,important factor in the school's
program, are ready to receive the
largest student body since their es
tablishment in the fall of 1931. Ac
cording to David B. Pugh, supervisor
of the undergraduate centers, ap
proximately 320 full-time students
will register at the schools located in
Dußois, Hazleton, Pottsville, and Un
iontown. Last year's enrollment num-
The latest registration figures show
that 287 students have already en
rolled. These Students are distributed
among the centers as follows: Du-
Bois 95; Schuylkill, located in Potts
ville,
vide, 71; Hazleton 68; and Fayette,
in Uniontown, 53.
To cope with the increase of regis
.tration, an expansion proglion has
been carried on involving the trans
fer of two schcols to new quarters
and the addition of rooms to the other
two.
The . Dußois center, now situated in
the Huber street school building,. will ,
move to the Dußois estate, consisting
of the Dußois mansion and approxi-•
mutely ten acres of gTound, in about
six weeks. The estate was deeded to
the Board of Education to be leased
for the school's use.
Workmen began to repair and alter
the new school building last Tuesday.
Only one roam, the spacious music
room, will be changed to any great
extent. It will be transformed into
an auditorium. The large organ—too
far gone to be profitably repaired—
will be removed and the wall set back
to make room for a stage.
Handball and tennis courts will be
constructed on the. grounds but, in
order to preserve as much of the or
iginal estate as possible, the baseball
and football teams will practice and
play on the nearby fair grounds.
The Hazleton 'center transferred its
quarters from the Markle bank build
ing to the Broad street school build
ing, where it will occupy the entire
structure.
A new physics laboratory has been
installed in the Schuylkill center. The
center has also added five new in
structors to its faculty as an aid to
handle the increased enrollment. At
Fayette, new faculty and conference
quarters were added.
Customs Lifted For
Student Union Dance
Freshmen will welcome the first
all-College Student 'Union dance, Sat
urday, September 25, for on that
.night those attending it will be ex
cused, front' customs, according to an
announcement made today by George
L. DonoVan, manager.'
Booth Watmough and his band,
who will also play for the Collegian
dance, will furnish the music. Danc
ing will be from 9 to 12 o'clock. The
admission price is 75 cents and there
will be no checking charge.
No stags will be admitted to this
affair. The dance is informal dress.
Tickets are now on sale at the Stu
dent Union office and will be at the
door.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
ty committee was announced by
man. Other members are Dean
Arthur R. Warnock and Prof. Oscar
F. Smith. Dean Edward Steidle was
absent.
Amateur Status Reason
The committee based its decision
on the ethics of amateur boxing bar
ring the two formidible mitmen on
the grounds of professionalism.
I The loss of the two sophomores is
a serious blow to State's chances of
regaining the Eastern Intercollegiate
Boxing• Crown next year. , •
Both arc known to have fought up
,on numerous occasions during the
summer. Last night both fought in
Clearfield.
The barring, of Soose and Kochi
hinsky is in accordance with rules
and precepts of the Eastern Associa
tion drawn up at Syracuse last
spring. Its provisions were to have
been effective next year, when both
men would have undoubtedly been
barred from the association.
The committee, however, felt that
State's status of
. amateur .athletics
deManded'ehe- action
Coach Leo Houck, when contacted,
said that he held no brief for the dis
qualified stoic. He said that had chos
en their own course, and this was
the result.
Last year Houck was a leading ad
vocate of the establishment of ama
teur rules and regulations.
Upperciass Fees
Due Tomorrow
Collection Booths in Armory
Open for 12-Hour Period;
`System Working'
The last step in the Cc',loge's new
simplified registration system will
take place in the Armory tomorrow
with the payment of fees by upper
classmen from 9 o'clock in the morn
ing to 9 o'clock at night.
With the doors remaining c2en
even during the usual noon hour, col
lection of fees will be held through
out the entire
I_ ° -hour period. Five
dollar fines will be assessed for tar
diness.
Students who have deferred their
fees also will be required to make
their initial payments tomorrow.
For the first time in the history of
the College, upperclassmen will re
ceive itemized realpted bills.
Windows Alphabetized
To facilitate fee payments and
avoid congestion, 14 alphabetized col
lection windows will line the , plat
form along the Armory drill floor. An
easel showing the lineup of the win
dows will he placed at the entrance to
aid the students.
Reading from left to right, the win
dows will he lined as follows: No. 1,
An to Bnl; No. 2: Born to Cog; No. :1,
Cob to Dan; No. •l, Duo to Gar; No.
5, Gas to Fins; No. 0, Hat to Jog; No.
7, Job to Lao; No. 8, Law to Mob;
No. 9, Mal to New; No. 10, Ney to
Roe; No. 11, Ref to Sef; No. 12. Set:
to Sti; No. 13, St 9 to Wal; No. It,
Want to Zy.
Besides the general and special ac
ademic foes, the five-dollar fine for
late registration also will be collect
ed. Appeals from the fine may be
filed in writing with Bursar Russell
E. Clark not later than 4:30 o'clock
Monday aftrenoon.
Manwhile, students still may apply
for deferment of fees, Clark said
yesterday.
Despite the fact that the new Col
loge ruling set September 1 as the
deadline for deferring fees, Clark ex
plained that the "policy of this office
is not to force anyone out of College."
"Deserving cases still will be con
sidered," he added.