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PENN STATE COLLEGIAN
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CHARLES H. WHEELER, JR. '39 JAY H. DANIELS 'IS
. Editor Business Manager
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Managing Editor Advertising Manager
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News Editor Circulation Manager
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• Feature Editor Promotion Manager
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Women's Editor Foreign Advertising Manager
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A...state Women's Editor Senior Secretary
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Associate Women's Editor
ASSOCIATE. EDITORS
Tlinman A. Bind '39 Mama B. Cohan . 39 13rure M. l'rahue '39
• .William B. Joachim Jr. '39 Alan C. Mclntyre '39
Roy R. Blrholn Jr: '39 Salvatore S. Sala '39 John A. Troanovlteh '39
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Lucille IL Greenberg 313 Florence E. Long '39 fella E. Sheen '33
ASSOCIATE BUSINESS MANAGERS
Ralph H. Cum!lnch '39 Richard W. Kooman '39 Dallas R. Lone '39
Jeroino Shaffer '39 ' , rands A. C. Vosters Jr. '39 Mary J. Sample '39
IdiAnitging Editor 'ma, 14stte
News Editor Thin lgatte
Friday, September 24, 1937
OPEN RUSHING
SOMETHING drastic about changing the existing
spd.ein or rushing should be done this year. The
best time tg face the problem is the present while the
weaknesses, jealousies, and inadequateness of the pres-
ent set-up are fresh in the minds of all concerned, chief
ly Interfraternity Council.
The poor job done by the present method is not some
thing'to he blamed on this year's Council, or even last
year's. The blame rests with the individual 'frnterni-
ties mid each man in eaa fraternity
'The disregard and ridicule of all rules is general. No
rnember. of Council or of any fraternity dare press
charg,e;i'agaimit another group, cognizant, full well that
he is, (it similar violation among his own constituents
Logically c: - .ines the realization of need of action on
the matter hand-in-hand with the perplexing question of
what can he done to improve rushing. It will he said
that the need is evident, but the method obscure.
Violations this year included contacting rushees (lur
ing silent .periods, entertaining rushees at more than
the:allirked number of Moral engagements, telling,faise '
yarns, concerning other houses (moral rather than Sta
tutory), and a general light attitude taken toward a
code drawn up in serious intent.
•• :As happens each year, it is too late (a do anything
about the. seasca just past without being measurably
, The one solution would he honor among fraternity
then: But cynically true to human nature this course
seems to carry no effect
The trend here at State in number of pledges each
fall is lower each year. If present methods arc repeated
eventually many houses will be forced out of existence
for linaricial reasons
.What the last season amounted to was an open rush
ing period. An open period that dirtied itself by its ac
taakexistence contrary to agreements established.
Interfraternity Council might do well to recognize
this.trend and situation by considering the declaration
4.1.. an. open period—in effect, the old lead-pipe system.
Such a,.ruSh might go far in preserving. fraternity
Nonni•. r, .
FOOTBALL—;AND A HOPE'
I 18 efreshinp• to note' the enthusiasm that ushers
ilek new.iootball season. It is an illustration of
the'ontimism 'Of mankind at times.
nothing unusual about the State football
team that opens with Cornell Saturday. Flashy in spots
with one of the East's leading backs, to aid, and crip
pled in another by the absence of a leading guard, there
is nothing about this team that sensibly intelligent peo
ple would get excited about. Yet there is always that
hope that "this will be the year."
Lacking in playing ability and the confidence of re
cent successful seasons, State's main opportunity in
launching another season is spirit. There is the one
chance that she has to utilize. She can fight to do the
roost with what she has.
Autumn possesses a peppy atmosphere of which foot
ball is an able means of expression for both players
and fans.
Let's hope, therefore, realizing that we may be jolted,
for a good season inaugurated by a victory over Cornell.
If this be "the year," God, schedule, and Infirmary
perrAtting, let's hnve it
NO NYA CHISELING
THE SLASH THIS YEAR in NYA appropriation for
the College emphasizes the necessity of a lack of chisel
ers who try each year to realize some gravy from the
proposition
Less students will receive aid than last year. It is
important that those applying and securing jobs should
stop and consider whether they are really in need of
assistance at the expense of someone else who would be
glad to receive it justly,
Conservation Note
Brilliant was the repartee between Dec Ritenour
and "Swing" Strauss, phipsi hopeful, the other day.
"Swing" had a cold and finally got around to see.
frig the Doc about it. Said Doc: "What's the trouble?"
Said Strouss: "Cot a cold."
"Hare you been taking care of it?"
Answered Strouss: "I must have been; I've had it
for three months."
Pledge Nole: •
What prominent campus [rat house had frost Jack
Cortland all sewed un—in fact right on its front
porch for :i5 minutes Monday night—only to 'have
him slip away and pledge D. U.?
Strength Note: •
Janie Grossman, a lass who lives out on Foster
Avenue, has a sweetie buck home of the big, strong,
virile type. In fact, she even has his picture. It
seems that he's a professional strong. man, and the
candid shot she has shows her hero in a leopard skin
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with muscles bulging all about.
An advertising photo, it is captioned: "A Virile
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Personality With A Vital Purpose." Well, well, Janie
RoyaM Note:
A young fellow got into a Galbraith Eng Comp see-
Lion by error the other day. It seems they switched
- rooms alma. On cross-examinatian he said he was
sure he was in the same room as last time hut didn't
know the prof's nhmc he had
The good Gal asked what the teacher looked like
"Well," said the frosh, "he looked like the Prince of
Wales." It turned out in the fuss that the mug was
Jack Mitchell, also of Eng Comp. Welcome, Duke,
old boy.
Philosophy Note:
Wild and fanciful are the talcs going about town
concerning the Druckman, exponent Of the science of
that which isn't there which is, etc. One has him
donning a beautiful Bulgarian outfit with leather
breeches and what-not while' in that country this
summer and setting out on a bicycle tour. Other tour-
ists spotted the dapper brain trust, and thinking him
"the most exciting local color available" lined him up
for a series of snapshots. Friends are expecting hi
appearance on post-cards any 'year now
Then, it seems he got lost in a museum with a
friend later on. Nobody was, about, se they took turns
climbing in an antique bed that Napoleon probably
once snored in, and snapped each other in a moment
of grandeur.
Still another yarn has him dueling with his pal in
another museum where they picked up a couple of
ancient rapiers. It is said a crowd gathered and
watched the reenactment of the glory of old.
Too had the boy has to teach philosophy over here.
Sour Note:
Out of Dean Ray's office comes a quote' from a
freshman lassie in that space.alloted each new Penn
Stater to tell why he or'she came to our fair institu
tion. Says the unidentified babe: "I came to he' went
with, but so far I aint." •
Settling Down?
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Registration is over,
freshmen are pledged,
classes have started,
and the routine has be-
You'll find the Corner,
a great place to relax,
if you need relaxing. If
yoU need pepping up,
the Corner's the place.
The Corner
THE PENN STATE COLLEGIAN
Frosh May Drop
Customs At
S.U. Dance
. Customs for freshman women will
be lifted for . the Student Union dance
to be held tomorrow night at Recrea
tion hall, according to a W.S.G.A.
ruling made early this week. Tribu
nal made the same ruling for men.
So you. green boys and girls get to
gether and tangle feet at the first
all-College dance of the semester.
No stags will be admitted to the
frolic, so don't worry- about any ugly
upperclassman:cutting you out with
the newest and nicest co-ed: .'
Dancing will' be from. 9 to 12 and
those of you tiCho don't have the shek
els to see
,State heat Cornell can spare
the IS Cents. to hear Booth Watmotigh
and his lads hit:it up in the prescrib
ed manner:
Symphony Group
Calls Candidates
70 Musicians From 4 Classes
Comprise Orchestra; To
Start 23id Season
Try-Cuts' for.the College Symphony
Orchestra will be held in room 401,
Old Main, Monday evening at 7 o'-
clock, starting the 23rd musical ac
tiv,ity season for the organization.
Candidates should report with their
instruments at . that time to Prof.
Hummel rishburn, conductor of the
orchestra for .the past eight years.
Playing membership is open to both
men and women of all four 'classes.
'Positions - are competitive, the direc
tor feeling . that the best instrumen
talists in college should have a chance
to participate: About 70 musicians
comprise the orchestra.
Plans for - the coming year include
at least two concerts in State College
;and the possibility of performances
;in other localities.
Mr. Fishburn said that symphony
music of the': standard type will he
used, which includes selections such
as "The Unfinished Symphony," "The
Scheherazade Suite," "Marche Slav,"
"Danse Macabre," and others.
First . Art Exhibit
Will Begin Oct. 1
Watei:Colortikawings -of C.C.O
Boys Iffaugurate Opening
Of Annual. Series
.Opening the annual art displays
held under the: auspices of the divi
sion of Fine Arts, will be the show
ing of about twenty water colors done'
by boys in .CCC camps over the coun
try. They will depict life and achieve
ments of these 'projects. The paint
ings will be on. exhibition October 1
to 15,• according to an announcement
Made today by Prof. .1. Burn Heinle.
Following this group will be a col
lection .of original prints, etchings,
and similar work which is being cir
culated by the American- Artists
Group. These prints will 'be shown
in the exhibition gallery from Octo
ber 11 to 18. Photographs of early
American architecture will follow
from October 17 to 111.
' Rembrandt Facsmiles Nov. 1
Beginning Isltivember 1 and con
tinning for three weeks will be a
chow of facsimiles in full color of
thirty to thirty-live of Rembrandt's
paintings. These are beim* loaned by
Raymond and Raymond, New York
City. •
During the last week of November,
Scarab, national architectural honor
ary fraternity,. , Will hold its annual
convention here. During that time
water color work of students all over
the country will be on exhibition.
Completing the fall season will be a
showing of cartoons for mural deco
rations loaned by the - FedCral Art
Projects.
All exhibitions will be held in room
:10:1, Main Engineering building.
State College H.S. To
Open 'Season Tonight
Penn State sports fans who will
miss the Cornell game enn still
see a football contest in State Col:
lege. The ' State. College high school
team will open • its season and inau
guiate night football against Yea
gertown tonight at 8 o'clock on the
high school field.
The Little Lions present a veter
an eleven which rates as one of the
heaviest high school teams in Cen
tral Pennsylvania. • Phil Hetzel, son
of the Prey, is the left tackle and
Harry Whitmore,; son of the dean
of physics and chemistry, is the right
tackle.. •
I "BEAT CORNELL ',
W. B. Keeler . . . . 1923
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FELINE
Have you freshmen, who are: now
nominating candidates for house pres
ident thought seriously of your
choice? The girl that u you finally select
will be a member of the freshman
Council which is the governing body
of your class. She should truly repre
sent you.
Since your house president will deal
with. your problems she should be
someone who is vitally interested in
them. She should be a responsible per
son who will take her job seriously.
It is important not only to have some
one with progressive ideas but a per
son who can present them forcefully
without being • too influenced by op-'
position. It's a big job for a big per
son.
Student government has been ac
cused of not being representative. You
can remedy this in the future by chos
ing your house president carefully.
You are probably cheering the err
ing posters that announced that all
customs would be lifted for the Stu
dent Union dance, as the mistake
forced W. S. G. A. to give you per
mission to attend. We hope that this
dance will be carried on next year.
If you want permission to attend
any of the approaching dances see
Peggy Jones or any of the othUr
members of Freshman Council.
Groff Below War
Zone, Predicts
Long Chaos
Out of the chaos in China comes
the good news that G. Weidman
(Daddy) Groff is not in the war zone
and is continuing his work with the
National Geographic magazine expe
dition without interruption.
At present Daddy Groff and nine
other men are located in four•differ
cot localities in Kwangsi province.
Their• headquarters are in Kweilin.
The letter from which this infor
mation was received was mailed re
cently. AL that time, Daddy Groff
writes that news from the northern
rim of China was filtering through to
them. He also says that his martial
friends in the Kwangsi province' had
found time to assist him in his work
Expressing the belief that China
is really n peace-loving country,
Daddy Groff also says that the war is
far from its end.
He closed his letter with good
wishes to his many Penn State
friends and with the hope that the
new school year may bring to the
College "greater service to the state
and to a very needful world."
Stale-Cordell . Series
Penn State's Lions at
tempting to hold on edge in vic
tories over Cornell's Big Red when
they meet the Ithacans in the ninth
game of their 42-year-old grid ri
valry tomorrow:
Penn State Cornell
1895 0 0
1897 ___.. 0 45
1907 ..__ 8 6
1908 4 10
1911 ____
,1912
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Penn State: Won 4, Lost 3, Tied 1
Students Give Chapel
' Penn State in China Day and Gold
Star Mothers' Day will be observed
jointly in the chapel service this Sun
day. The students are taking over
the chapel program in recognition of
the (lay.
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FROMM'S •
Opposite Old Slain
Strict Custom Enforcement
Brings Back Good Old Days
Spirits of
,the good old. days—of
the times that the proud old alumni
love to speak of so, reverently and
often, of the days when customs were
worn . for more than a formality and
a means to reward football captains—
are returning slowly, back to the Col
lege. The old tradition that gives a
feeling of loyalty and adds zest and
sparkle to college spirit, for years
woefully lucking on the campus, are
gradually finding their way into
State via the Men's Student Tribunal.
At their meeting Tuesday night,
the board emphatically declared that
the freshman Customs rules would be
strictly and rigidly enforced and the
sentence of punishment stern, but
fair.
A police force consisting of four
hat societies—Blue Key, Druids, Par
mi Nous, and Skull and Bones—will
starch the campus and "arrest" all
customs violators. However, th is
force asks the cooperation of all up
percla'ss students in reporting custom
breakers. Names may be left at the
Student Union desk.
Six freshmen appeared before the
Tribunal Tuesday; three of them be
ing pleas for exemption, which were
granted. Two, Louis Bertamini and
Noted Neivsmen
To Lecture Here
2 Courses Added To Journalism
Curriculum; Banner Back
From Oriental;..Trip
Several revisions have been made
in the journalism curriculum at the
College, according to an announce
ment released today by Prof. Frank
lin C. Banner, director of the depart
ment of journalism.
Banner stated th a t prominent
newspapermen from various eastern
cities would be invited to lecture each
Monday to journalism students. Oth
er interested students may sit in. Lec
tures are held in the Little Theatre.
The first in this series of lectures was
deliveied -last Monday by Howard
Davis, managing editor of the Wil
liamsport Grit. .
Two new courses have been added
to the .curriculum in journalism. A
course in sports writing is being
taught by Louis H. for Mer
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BOTTORF BROTHERS
Entrances on Beaver Ave. and Allen St.
State College
Friday, September 24, 1937
Howard Sutter, were excused because
of age while the other, John E. Barr,
a transfer from Cornell, was exempt
ed because of previous servitude:
However, the others were put on
trial for violation of customs. , The
young sandwichnuai wearing the be
coming huge red bow about the neck
and a sign dangling from his shoul
ders which reads ”Red is my color for
a necktie," is one John Hingeley who
forsook the customary humble black
tie for a vulgar collegiate red one to
wear at convocation.
Roommates Stephen Okowasky and
Michael Biley enjoyed a game of ten
nis but unfortunately dinks.were for
gotten in their mad dash to the ten
nis courts so that now, says the Trib
unal, Okowasky must take , with him
a sign reading "I am proud to wear
my dink from now on," while roomie
Biley accompanies him with "I, too,
am proud. to .wean• my dink from now
on." The three sign -bearers will at
tract attentipn for one week, ending
next Thursday. .
These punishments are merely a
warning to the freshmen, the Tribu
nal said. "After this meeting, we're
going to be strict." And by theem
phasis they gave that last word, they
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I mean it.
sports editor of the Chester Times.
The other new course, concerning
selling of advertising, is being taught
by Donald Davis, former advertising
manage• of the Springfield (Mass.)
Republican and Upion.
Professor Banner spent the sum
mer in h trip around the world. Me
was in China a few days before hos
tilities began. Be was behind the
Japanese lines for a few days. Con
tinuing across Siberia to Moscow and
later going to London, Banner spoke
before the Royal Institute of Jour
nalists, of which he has been a mem
ber for 12 years. He spoke on "Ten
dencies of the American Press."
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