30Y 0-V Via] A. C. C Takes Fraternity Scholastic Honors With 1.86 , SUCCESSOR To The Free Lance, Established 1887 VOLUME 35-NUMBER 3 . Z-658 Sideligtits Oxi Freshman Week By EMANUEL ROTH The class of '42 has been in State College for almost a week Strangers In a strange land, they have innocently enough concocted some boners which should estab Ilsh the class as the vittiest which has'ever breathed the air of the Nittany Valley 'For example, take Russell Eck's case Russell, a Delta Sim.' Phi and a towering Blue Key member, Was strutting up the trarnpus with his honorary lid comfortably set tled on his head A. freshman, his curiosity aroused, followed him a few 'stepi. halted him. asked, "Are those the new dinksr Eck is re ported anxiously anaiting the day when customs go into effect Another "'act ventmed into Frances Atherton Hall lobby Dressed in his Sunday go to meet in' clothet, 'his hair immaculate, he asked the lady at the desk to rtng,a cei tains-gills' number He took over the phone, timidly put the mouthplet,e_ to bib ear, 'A utted for a few minutes, then resigned ly, -4eclated," "Huh, no one an bviers Taking the 'ft esiamen , week schedule , too literally" is another source of neophy tic cracks "Where Gates Auditorium " Jack Rex, chali man of the' Intel class F:inanco Committee / and a - counsellot was "asked M A r — r- - " , o 4 trroN , flurry of exeitOnitirit'' Interrupt eed,tho calm in , the balcony at the freshman, mass meeting' Wednes day gight , "There's the gill I used to; dote back s home , " bellon ed am enthusiastic freshman from Leba• non, pointing to a pert young thing filing in on the ground floor They 'were seen ut a diem 'the following evening Men enrolled in the Nome Eco nomics department encounter some unexpected advantages Sla frosh last week insisted that they take their physical examinations with ,the women enrolled In the department It' is - believed that their request was not granted - - A self-denying freshman, un identified to date, slipped a 'penny into-ate of Burgess Leitzell's new• tangled parking meters just' to see how It worked, another sacrificed three Coppers'aridwanted to know ,when he'd hit the jack pot • • - • , iln reply to the question ow ac• tivities at registration, one bright young lassie wrote ~"Danolug (Al• so unlimited — posnibillties along several other lines)", ME= Thee were also some freshmen who were in douht e as to ,their par eutage One' such stalked up to the juggler of schedules, Ray Wat. kips, with his -registration pare pheimalia and stammered, "Who is my parent, my father or my moth. er," She had heard a lot about these underground - , tunnels arias crass• Ing the campulhand she wondered, Wall - seemed so mysterious, so ex. citing; ~,could one really walk through there Her curiosity drew her' up ,to Student . Union, desk where she - asked, "Is it:- true that a: tunnel connects -Atherton Hall and Old Main?" A buxom finial° from Altoona. , ~wanted, t o know just bow dose ,the Studenr:Union brought "students 'together * -* -,.Seene — in front of ihtain Dngi neering Two freshmen scrutiniz ing page 119 of the handbook "I'm , wondering," one remarked, "what the code letters Ty' mean in front ,ot.Women's Building", !:',"HeY, - boy," .another newcomer asked, George' Donovan,' veteran -head of the Student Union, "where "is" Room 3?" a' companion ',mitred whether:physical examine :4.ll:Mr a ere taken in the College .drug store and -where that drug estore was another from - Reran . ton wanted to know:where the Col tlege show - Wee located.. seavit-vv ,, etc.ty ~. .- #run a r ~,,,,r ..... i , A. :)..: 5.,, i ,.. 1.195_ A D ORION/XL $4,000,000 GRANT '' - ' HINGES ON APPROVAL OF PWA Group Now Without House Places First; Alpha Zeta Second Gamma Phi Beta's- 1.85, Leads Women's Groups; Fraternity Mark Rises From 1.39 To 1.43 See table of avei ayes on page: and editorial, "✓axkfymy Thai, Existence" on page 2 With an average of 1.86;,the Associated Commons Club captured top scholastic honois for the second semester of the 1937-38 scholastic year. Gamma Phi Beta led the 10 women's fraternities with" an average of 1 85 tot the semes ter. This honor came as a climax to the Commons Club's ex .a.tence as a house on this LATIUM% This semester, because of daculty in finding a house, the ACC nil: function only as a club and not a, living gioup Alpha Zeta Second Second place honms among tlw 52 men's frateinities on the clunp us went to'Alpha Zeta, agricultui al A01;114 fraternity, with an aver -age of 184 Second,'place among the; women's Juiteinittes was,gai e'rZa r by , ltaipa Alplti":Tlietlovtth' a I:A:average . The record of the 'Alpha Zeta is unique on this campus in that for eight straight semesters, it has held second place scholastic hon ors seven times and the other time won flit place - Mens' Average Jumps The all-College average foe the second semester was 1 43 or a con siderable increase over the all-col lege average of the first smoter which was 138 The all-men's av erage of 139 for the second sem ester led the fun semester aver age of 1 34 as did the second bent ester all-women's average _whicn was 1 58, or -anincrease of 02. Another significant Jump in sec ond semester scholarship was tho all-fraternity average of 138 which' was 04 better than the 1 34 record of the hrstsemestei. IF Head Cites Highlights, Of Rushing Code Coslrery Clarifies Important ~Issues, Points Out Need- .Explanung'tliati thereivdl be a necessity fot several changes Jo the Men's Rushing Code fot neat year, Raymond S Coskery '3O, In- RUSHING SCHEDULE 7 a ut to . 11 a nt —informal contacts 11 a in to 4 p In—Luncheon 5 p in to 10 p in —Dinnei TOMORROW 7 a In. to 10 a ru —Breakfast , 11 a in to 4 p In —Luntheon 5 p in to 10 p in —Dinner THURSDAY Same us Wednesday r FRIDAY _ Scone as Wednesday A SATURDAY 7 a In' to 7 p in —Same as Wednesday 7 p in to 10 p m —Pi °reran ces turned in , 10 p ni to 12 p m —Silent ' 12 p m —Fraternities may ob lain preference cards SUNDAY 7 a in to 2 si ni—Open rush ing anti dating 2 p m to 3 p ru —Silent 3 p in to 10 p rn —Open rush ing 10 14 in on—Silent , , . MONDAY Silent until 6 p in 6-p m —Pledging teifratetnity Council president, to= aay outlined a seven-point rush ing coder in an endeavor to clar ify some of the more important issues of the present code -Coskery asked that the atten• tion of each tushing chairman and house president as' well as that of every fratet nay Man be called tc the following piogiam. I—Date cards may not be signed ,until,7 a. in today 2 —All cabin o piates or out-of towti picnics must be sanctioned by the Judiciaiy committee Ths committee consisting Lof Jack Putney, A Howiy Espenshadr and Sheldon Tannet will- meet each morning of tushing season in Room 410, Old Main, between , the hours of 9 and 10 a in. 3.-The plan of the witty must be submitted to , the committee...by the rushing chairman 'oi'''the house-president, The plan must - include the name of the intended chaperon, ,the intentions of the party and the location. , 4.—Bods .can, be received by th' fraternities upon the payment of their first semester 'dues ($2 50) to" the'.Council at the Student 'ilnion,desk between 10 a. in And 7 p. m.. tomorrow. 5 —Freshman are reminded 'that (Continued On Page Three) PENN STATE COLLEGIAN, STATE COLLEGE, , PAV TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1938 Chapel Speaker Tells Of 'World Before Us' "Before you get your degrees war 'will have come," Dr F P Miller told Fi ebhman chapel klb he spoke on the subject "The World Berme Us" / He told the Armin that none of the gloat issues of the world had been solved, although in the com ing world of changes there is a good chance for the college stu dent of this generation and the next to solve them Higher education has not ful filled the hope of the older gen erations that our problems v,ould be selved, he said Instead, he added, crumbling .detnocracy be gitm, in colleges He attributed this to the "Amei lean mind pros tituted by the attitude of selling oneself" , , Sophomore ROTC Units To Drill On Front Campus "Forward, MARCH!" And Penn State's R 0 T C. bligade—more than 2 000 strong and largest in the East--will open another semester of compulsoty nattily training when sophomores take over the front campus lawn at 2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon. Divided into two equal tams, the front campus will he uttltzed as it' dull field for 'the sophomores throughout the year, Troops will be barred from the seeded area, Freshmen Near Armory Freshmen, whose training this semestei as usual will consist mainly of footwork with very lit tle movement, will be herded into two sections, one drilling in front of the Amory, between the Arms- EnrollmentPf 9,500 Is Seen By Dr. lietzet If Grant Materializes A ecm. d-M caking enrolbnent appi oxi mately 900 .indents withlis three years if the proposed new $4,099;000 build ing program should mate! ialize „vas visual lied here yesterday by Presideq2 Ralph D Iletzel This would be an inclease of :about 3,000 students over the anticipated enrollment this fall and would place Penn State's student body among the laigest in the East Through consta action of additioiq looming facilities foi more than 000 studimts undei the pioposed ploglam, however, the F litopoi bon or students les:ding on and off campus would lemain piactlcally the same Of the increase in the student' iMiollment, appiommately 2,100 would be compelled to live off. campus Should the new ptomain matelialize, the val ue o f the College's physical plant would be doubled. Belie the pi esent five-million-tiellal pro- A.A. ,Budget Has Surplus, Of $5,39.119 Income, Expenselitures Shmblncrecise =II=EMIMiI A surnia - tif $5;893.1.0 area realtz:" ed by the Penn State Athletic As sociation during the year ending June JO, according to the annual financial report released Yestet (WY by Neil 10 Fleeting, graduate managet of athletics The surplus 1N clb as Decrease of nearly $l,OOO over last year's sut plus of 84,436 92 Grid Deficit Dwindles Pilmary factorb for the rise were a $6,000 slash in the football deficit and an Increabe of $17,- 43611 in income trans all sources, Including more than $14,000 In ticket bales and guarantees While aggregate income zoomed to 5145,193122, expenditures also lose to $140,13303, compared to $123,70919 for the previous year $116,000 For Sports Conduction of intercollegiate sports Involved an oath* , of $114.- 831 83 us against 8102,228.12 the year before, while cost of admin istration also robe from $16,93107 to $18,856.20 Maintenance of Bea ver Field was $4,500 Income received from student tickets totaled $47,849'28, ticket sales and guarantees, 965,55839, faculty season tickets $2,023, and Beaver Field concession. $149 55 Deficits were recot ded to all 16 snorts, a Ith track piling up the biggest, 79,914 23 , 2 Other sports deficits Baseball, $7,678 49, basketball, 95,468 17, wrestling, $4,844 59, lacrosse, $4,- 17835, soccer, $3,753 42, football, 8.1,151 83. cross-country, $3,069 01, boxing, $2,691 42, golf, 32,460 91; swimming, $1,374 45, gymnastics. $1,328 96, fencing. $1,127 19. ten nis, $83874, and rifle, $15690 ory and Main Engineering, an s il the other section drilling in back of the'Armory, facing the old li brary. Sophomore 'actin c classes, mean while, will be held in Rooms 24 and 25, White Hall (new women's gymnasium) while freshmen will meet in the Armory_ Locker Room and Room 100, Horticulture Build ing. gi am was launched, the plant was valued at an estimated $10,000,000 Completion of both State Authoi ity Nog' ams would add another $9,- 000,000 to its value Meanwhile, the special committee named to recommend pnolects foi immediate con struction under the present PWA extension has included in its report plowman for a long-range program here imolving M1,227,- 119. Too lunch time was imputed foi thawing plans and specifications to pci nut inclusion of the long-rangy fungi:lm widen the ptesent PWA extension, the committee explained, but added it believed that PWA laws would bere enacted by the next Congress and "that no sub stantial loss in federal giants will lie omit sioned by this regrettable but necessary de lay" The report was approved by Governor George If Earle and sent to the full General State Authority Boat d for further action President Considers ,:General Convocation For School And Town genelal faculty, town, and - school convocation such as was hhld last year with the Pies- L 4nt„ of the College as the chief m under .consideration lix'President Hetzel,,,,the Sineathe'llOl'ding Of iiiifyeaf•V convocation in Rea -Hall, the Luilchng has had sound woofing applied to all the walls, the am plifying system has been /111- ptoved and a new $4, 1 300 elec tric'oigan has been purchased No Book Mail This Fall—Peel Senior Class Prexy Declares Lack of Space, Leader Prevents Opening There will be no student book ex change this semester, Joseph A Peel, _seines class president, re vealed yesterday Reasons given lot the discontin button of the plan were the lack of space trt which to store books and the fact that no one has been found to take charge of the ex change Conducted by the Independent patty, last year's book mart col lected second hand books from stu cents and sold them to other. stu dents A maximum percentage charge of two-thirds of a book's value was set and a small service fee was paid by both seller and the put chasm of the books Nearly 1,000 books were exchanged These is a possibility that the student exchange will be operated again nett semester, Peel said Helen Faust Named Assistant To Dean Miss Helen F Faust '3O has been appointed assistant to dean or women en charge of sophomores While attending school here. Miss Faust was a charter memben of Cwens and 1 , , now extension ,chairman for the. national organt ' zation She was president of W S G A. during her senior year and is a member of Mortar Board, Pi Gamma Mu, and Kappa Delta Pi. ' OVER 500 Subscriptions in 10 hours— + 504, to be exact. That's how the NEW Collegian Is sell , ing—the NEW Collegian with Its complete campus - coverage, sprightly features, 'penetrating editorials, Join the parade of readers and SUBSCRIBE NOW Only 82.50 for 66 Issues rgiatt Registration Ends Today At 5 O'clock Semester's , Classes ,• Start Tomorrow .111)Dereluaa regtaArallon al 5 o'clock this after noon in Rec. leation Hall Beginning Yes lei di*, i eglett a lion will be rebooted at. S SO o'- clock thle morning and continue until 5 p m, with only an bout - and a half break at noon The usual $5 hue, for tardlnens will go into effect after 5 p m to- day, Regisnar William S Hoffman announced Students must repot t to their scheduling officers to obtain ap proved belted ul eb Wore going to Recreation Hall, %there they will till out the necessary blanks in the same manner as last year Matricu lation cards will be needed Fees mill not be paid until ni de} and Saturday, September 22. and 23, from 9 a m to 5 p in In the' Ai morY A. A. books %%11l be distributed at this time Meatus bile, classes will begin at 1 10 o'clock tomorrow afternoon The borne schedule—including hours from 8 to 12 and 1 to 5 will be in effect, inasmuch as Ray V Watkins, scheduling officer, turned down a proposal for 7 JO o'clock classes by substituting ad (lamina 4 o'clocks WRA Meets Today The Women's Remotion Asso cation will meet flom 2 to 4 P m today in Room 110, Home Ec (nomics Building Interclass Budget System Reports $22,070 Balance A net balance of $22,070 80, including $17,473.91 in LaVie saving by three upper classes, was repotted by the Tameless Budget System in its annual statement released yesterday by Neil 11 Fleming grad uate manage' of athletics Recepits from souices totaled $92,62495, while e‘pendituies wets $4l 677.90. The surplus of $997 05f— thus gained was added to last! (Senna Ball, Junior P , mn, Soph year's net balance of $21,129 75 to ' Hop), 58,40099, Student Union cteate the new balance $22,000 From La Vie Princ , ple. items of income weie from class assessment for gene's! activities and La Vie, totaling $22,- 13018, cap-and-gown deposits. $4,671.95; class dance subscrip tions (Senior Ball, Junior Piom, Soph Hop), $5,675, Student Un ion (mainly fiom dances), $1,153.- 24, freshman-clinks, $585 76; invi tations, announcements and pio giams, $723.70; Lion Coats, $726 - 25, and Junioi Blazers, $364 65 Interest on LaVie savings accounts was $452 81. Expenditures were distributed as follows: LaVie, $11,079.39; cape and gowns, $6,120.07, class dances Ph Millions Okayed By State Authority . For Immediate Use $2,500,000 Also Expected For Four Men's - Dorms; Plans To Be Submitted At Harrisburg Today An additional four-million-clollai grant to the College. including a conditional outlay of 2. 1 /z millions foi additional dormitories, hinged today upon final approval by the Public Works Administration Such, 4 least, were the indications here as President Ralph D Hetzel plepaied to piesent hnal project plans to the General State Atithoi ity before submission to state and federal PWA officials Would Begin by Jan. 1 Deadline for tiling plan:, with the PWA is September 30 The projects would be launched before the end of the year. Recommended by a special com mittee named to study ptojecti for immediate construction undei the pr-sent PWA Atension, a con sel tt cl op pi Ogl g,11) kne.Neitalte ly of l3additions to.piesent striic tines and involving an outlay of $1,576,094 already ha, been an proved by Goveizior George H Exile and the Gemini State Au thority , Surprise Announcement Meanwhile, although the 1 1 / 2 - million-dolial grant came as a tontine climax to a detailed com mittee study, the announcement of o. possible additional gi ant of ap pioximately 2 1 / 2 millions came as surmise revelation by Sen Ed n aid Jackson Thompson (D , Cen tie); who has championed most of the state's school const•uction leg islation, including the General State Authority Act However, while the $1,576,091 grant would be made outi fight an del the existing PWA-General State Authority Setup, the addi tional 2 1 / 2 millions would conic on ly on condition that the funds 0€ used to constiuct income-beating lanfdings, the operation of which would peimit amoitization of 55 pei cent of that amount, the total supplied by the state itself The other 45 pea cent would conic as an outfight grant by the federal government Plans fm both pacts of the pia gi am, which will be mibmitted to the Authoi ity today by Pi esident Reuel, follow Pact I (designed fin immediate (Continued On Page Six) $2,91126, Blue Band, $1,458 15; class numeral, awards, $1,400; iteshinatt disks, $948.24; invita tions, announcements and pi o gi ams, $752509, Lion coats, $746.- 53; and Junior Blazers, $920 45 Class Fund Surplus \ Final surplus in the '3B class treasury was $53,86332, due pu =lily to the iecoid-breaking prof it-of $2,062.91 realized at Sento, Ball. The surplus non is estab lished as the permanent class fund Approximately - 8,500 invitations announcements and programs were sold for mid-year and June com mencements Also sold weie 581 Lion Coats, 221 Junior Blazers and ;1,346 freshman dinks =CMG] CAMPUS COVERAGE PRICE FIVE CENTS October 6 Set ' As First Day Of NYA Work Over 1,800 Applications Out; Must Be In Saturday ' 44 'l'o-ofie-Considerectr;:—:. with last minute requests for applications tot NYA. aid making the total 'umbel issued more than 1100, Stanley D Maddox, College infector of NYA, today revealed that wink under this plan will not begin until October 6 All applications for 2 , ,YA must be in tile hands of the committee on or before September 17, Direr tor Maddox sold This_ alit give I ettiruing upperclassmen sufficient time to obtain a blank, fill it out, and send It to their parents for certification If, on returning to college, they fled that such aid is needed Applications received after Sep tember 17 ssill not he considered In the first storing. although any exceptional case that conies up may be given consideration later, he resealed The federal apploptiation this y eau will allow fot approximately ben jobs ...-avetaging between $l2 and Sl4 each month Tentative approval of students will be based on the information given In the college application Students thus approved Hill then 1111 out a fedetal blank and final selection will depend upon this latter information A program of eight pay periods, each lasting u month, has been planned Pay periods will - begin on the sixth of each month and end on the fifth of the following month Collegian Dance . Opens Social Calendar :-- - - A subscription to the Collegian means chat It implies—a copy, Of °vet) , issue of the , paper for the bthool year In the beginning of school, hocevet, it means some thing else in addition It Means admittante tree of charge to the tint big all Lanese dance of the social yeah This dance, annually sponsored by the Collegian, has always serv ed as the starting Point or many boy-meets girl acquaintance -This year it a, ill be held as usuaLin Rm. Hall and the music will be furnished by Jack Ingham and hts band The dance 19 scheduled for Fri day night. October 7, and with Big ham, a well lowa n song writer for the Thespians, as the maestro, it promises to be another in, the long line of successful Collegian dan Les WILL you be there?
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