SUCCESSOR
To The Free Lance,
Established 1887
VOLUME 35—No. 39 Z 658
Rushees To Answer Dinnei Invitations This Afternoon
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INI,LPENIEN
Women Get
Bids Sun . day
From Dean
House Banquets Will
Conclude Rushing
By Sororitieg -
Soso edam oal,„"Lead. Popes axd
_ !towhees," Page 2
Rushees *ill answer invi
tations' to tomorrow night's
formal sorority dinners in 305
Old Main between -1- and 5
rh. today. No - more than two
invitations may he accepted.
The strict silent period
which started at 9 p.m. last
night will last until 5 p.m. to
morrow. At 9 p.m. ,tomorrow,
after the formal dinners, a
second silent pei iod will be
gin, lasting until i ushees are
called on Sunday afternoon
by houses which have accept
ea then preferences.
-.•-• The lltan of Women's office will
Le the cleating house for sending
out -.Mu, i mewing bids Sol orates
^ must Lund in lists to this office
',RUSHING - SCHEDULE
-TODAY
i_untlimuus ;
TOMORROW
11 p, in --Silent period undo
5 SO-7 p to—Firs! In inul din
sivr. ..
7MO p m —Sarum' formal
11 p bide duo at
Dean of Wonica'a °thee
SUNDAY
lea in -12 notai—lttrilices utr
tilled to call at Dean of Women s
office rot s preferential ballots
3-p in—Deadline for retina of
ballots to - Dean of Women's of
fice' -
, 3 p M-lluhhing chairmen ie
colVe list 'or preferences.
ILI, p ni-x-Rusbees kentat,ted
and report to new bongos
not. lain than 11 p m tomorrow
'Sunday moining, women who have
iceeived bids will be called to Miss
— Ray's office to receive thew pre.
-Imelda:II ballots
The ballot'
,i-ontains a list of all
campus - sormitics, both national
and local. Rushees will indicate
their host choice, and a second and
thud if they wish However, they
_should -not make second or - third
• choices , unless' they ere willing to
pledge those houses '
Ball to should be !awned to
the oflac as soon as possible and
=Claim than 3 p m , when houses
• ;will call for their hots Sorority
...rushing chairmen will then call
rushers, and should tiy to distri
bute these calls so as to avoid con
*sum in phoning ,
;%. A two weeks silent period for
new _ women students who have
not accepted bols will follow for-
Snal Following this per
iod there will be open pledging
and . 1 oslung.
_ (Continued On Pape
,Two)
Fro t sh Debaters Play Host
',. To .5' Teams InConvention
Freshman debaters will be hosts to•hve colleges and junior -col
-leges in the second annual invitation Freshman Debater's Convention
scheduled, here today and tomorrow.
Bucknell UDiversity, ,Juniata College, - Hazelton Undergraduate
'Center, Scranton-Beystone Junior College, and Wilkes-Barrd Junto'
College will - send representatives to discuss "Should United States
join the League ot - Nations," "How uih United States'Aceep out
of teat 1"
Program Outlined ,
tey~staatioii" for .the - debaters
will - begin at 4 p.m. this after
noon, followed by a convention din,
ner in the Sandwich Shop. Gen
eral assemblies will conclude the
,day. 'A pstliainentary session, is
slated for second 'floor lounge Old
Main at , 9 a.m tomorrow.",
- The convention was Inaugurated
as 'a new feature m the freshmin
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"Z. • COVERAGE
Engineering
School Gets
High Rating
Ranks Second In Nation
For Course Variety
The School of Engine:cuing, with
13 accredited cuticula stands
second in course diversity among
the 112 approved engineming
schools in the United Statds The
Massachusetts Institute of
,Tech
nology is fist with 14 -
This toting has been given by
the Engineer's Council fm Pio
fessional Development in its sec
and annual Tepoit on accredited
undergraduate can ucula Vice
0111311min of the committee was
Dr. Haily P Hammond, dean of
the School of Enginceling bore
A you ago Penn State had been
au edited, in i,,,inly„e ght cut i icula
and held lifth place 'mnitly with
the University of Minnesota, Ohio
State Univet slty, and the , Univei -
sity of Washington
- The engineenng cuuieula ac
credited for the second time thi ,,
}cat were achitectui al, chemical,
civil, electrical, deal °chemical,
industi ial, mechanical, and Sani
tary Additions to the 'list this
yea] were cm anne.s, fuel techno
logy, metalurgical, mining, and
petroleum ";and natural gas.
Ci edit ' ratings wei e 'given on a
basis of qualitative and quantita
tive ei Ilona 'The former were de
tei mined through inspections and
the lattei - ft inn
~catalogues cud
questionnaue
..--,
Duke Endorses
Song ritlink, _
contest' ,
Duke Ellington, that gentalman
of the plums who will play foi
Senio. Ball 'next Endity, heattily
approves the contest plan 161 the
election 'of a title foi his new
melodic blues number
Lo Co-ccaliman
Thomas A Boul, he says, "I have
lieuid about your contest for se
lecting a title foi one of my new
compositions, and-think it's a way
good idea
"At your request I am
piepm
mg a aniniature cancel t, but .will
make d brief, so tell the folks to
weal thin - dancing shoes_because
we're leally goind to give out with
the dance music"
So get busy, iou,guys and gals
who' di( looking fm `fame, and
think of a. snappy 'title - fin
song.. It may reinr to anything in
any, group' on campus, but must
not ' netessailly be localized Re
inembei, entries must' be, handed
in Student 'Union deslc before
noon tomorrow.' -
Boni announced yestet day that
the pure for the waning title
Will be S 5 in cash, the winner to
be announced id Tuesday's Issue
of the Collegian -
200 Attend Gross Lecture
Mis ha Cr Gross, lecture'. for
the State Glange, spoke, Wednes
day afternoon on "A Moie-Satis
fying Ituial Life" befote, nem ly
200 students -
men's and women's debate pro
gram last year. Six colleges were
represented. ,
Charles G. Sweet '39, - freshman
debate coach, is chairman of
,this
year's gathering. Be' will be as
sisted by cub debaters Robert D
Baird, living \D. Brourman, Paul
R. Decker Jr.,, Gerald F Doherty,
David Harkins, Norman E. Oakes,
and Alfed A. Rosenbloom Jr.'
a' ACT ON POLITICAL, SOCIAL 'SOLIDITY
80 Years Ago Yesterday Classes
Started In Farmer's High School
69 Students Started
Studies In Single
~
Main Building
By BERNARD A. NEWMAN
yetis ago yesterday, 69
students assembled in a half-coins:
plated Old Main building and at
tended the fist day of classes of
the Far rows Iligh School
Chili teied by the State In 1.855,
as the Faimeis High School, it
wasn't until' February 16, 1859
when the first enteiing class at
lended the opening day of school
Old Main was the only building
at the tune and was used for
class] ovins, dos maw y, din i n g
commons and recreational center
It was butted by stoves and ilium=
inca s ed by laid oil lamps
Fou :entitlements weco estab
lished lot the fiist claming class
Its mcnibeis had to be at least 16
/eats of age, have a good knowl
edge of leading, wilting, geogra
phy, atithmetie, giammai, and an
acquaintance with the elements of
tiattnal philosophy, geometry and
algebi v
They had,to be of "moral chal
et-ter and industrial habits," and
they wcie lammed to labor not
mole than three hours per day at
tasks of evby description on, the
tam, in the shops,-, kitchen, M .
about the-College-buildings
In those for motive yews - the
Culle.oi,be ‘ Wealled for, . - I;islnglitt
, bl•u'elot.l;;;andr•trat,:thel,cnging ,- of - .
the bell - i for,-”ietli iog 1 (10 • p.m.)
each student is 'Maned - Ao 'ex
tinguish Ins light and retire."
The Just class to be giaduated
was 1861 Seyenteen students
_made up this class Di. Evan Pugh
%tab the fist ptesident, waving
hom 1859 to 1864
The. institution became the Ag
i icultinal College of Pennsylvania
in 1862, and the name was chang
ed to Perins}dvaiiiit State College
in 1874 - ~'
In these 80 yews, the College
ha, grown to a physical plant
valued at mote than $16,000,000
and it student ant ollment -of up
pi oximately 7,000 ',
80 To Serve
li Arranging -
Religion Week
Moore And -Herzog To Head
Student _Committees;
. ; Committees;
Chairmen To Meet
'A pp! oxitnately all students 'l%lll
be! ye on tunannittees arranging for
"Religion in Life Week," February
20 to Mutat 3, It. nab antionnced
yebterday by the general Lotntult
tee
As student co-thalrineu, .1 Du
alai Muurc '39 Bud Phyllis X Her
iog VI will head student purtici.
nation in the weele9 program
Student Chairmen Wi ll
Heft This Afternoon
A meeting of all student coin-
I mitten chairmen and members
of the "Religion In Life Week"
will he held totia3 , at 4 10 p
In Room 304, Old Rain,, .1 Du-
Mu Moore' '39 and Phyllis K,
Herzog 7 .19, student co-chairmen,
have announced
The meeting will define the
puipos'ti of "Religion in Life
Week,", and tell how the pro.
_grain, is organized and who the
Lonunittees are, and will clarify
the duties of each committee
- Other student committee' heads
are Walter A, Jones '4O and Eliza,
bath B -Long '39; resident groups;
kllarry Gheun '39, public meetings;
I Arnold C Laicll '4l and L. Jean
Stillwell '39, hospitality, 'Dorothy
id Gibbons '4l, personal' confer
ences, C William :Sprenkel '39,
spiritual resources, and ;Vincent
Pisciotta '4O, book ,sale
A tentative - program for the
week has already been worked out
/ (Continued On Page Four)
, STATE COLLEGE, PA , FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1939
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Old Main eighty years ago, the only building on center and ,for classrooms It was rebuilt with
the campus at the time. For many years It was the original stone in 1929 From a class of 69, the
used as a dormitory, dining commons, recreational student body has increased to approximately 7,000
Bernreuter Advocates
Student Union Building
A Student Union Building bet
telationships between male and fen
bert G Bei ineutet, associate piofe
MRely taking the Tigniecting
team pointed out that many w-ed
in the engineming field
Many students have vet y little
oppo nit y in meeting meat
bets of the opposite sex and
in tut ii tend to become social in
tioveits Lack of planned group
activities and rack of facilities to
contain these activities are the
reasons for this, he Maid.
As log as contittuction of a
Student Union Building dues not
' appeal too nevi in the future, Di
Bet 'ileac' pointed out that at
tain should be taken 4.1 that pies
eat facilities 'nay be used to the
fullest extent.
Student Union dames, he said,
ale about the best means NI
bringing together male and retinae
students and that they should be
continued even on n Intact settle
Diffeient hobbies for 111C11 and
women should be combined, and
the diffetent gi oup meeting,
should have 'a centralized head
'gum teis , 'such as White Hall
whore the students could meet.
Beimeuter suggested that an
Itgithur Mutiny" Club „be stetted
here This type of club is genet
ally made up of approximately 50
co-eds who volunteer to spend one
afteinoon of each week to teach
begumers how to dance
•
Butler Writes College Text
A new textbook for college use,
"The, Improvement of Teaching In
Secondary.Schoolb," written by Dr.
Frank A Butler, associate profes
sor or education, hits recently been
c would bring about inure friendly
mile students, according to DI Ro
ssor of education and pscbology
students us un example, Di Belli-
Is al e. passing up the future pests
Registrar To Impose
$5 Fine For Payment,
Of Fees After Today
A ugtd enforcement of the $5
line will be imposed this year
on all students making pay
ment of fees !atm than today.
it w.e, 'mulled yesterday at, the
Bu sal office
A tinge percentage of the
students paid fees yesterday.
with the remainder expected ,to
iepoit to the - Armory today be
tween the hours of 9 a in to 5
p m There will be - no break fur
noon hour
25 Girls To Skate
At Armory Gratis
'Hie lust 25 gals repotting to
the Auinoty fot roller skating ses
dons beginning at .1 and 7 p
tomot low mill be admitted five,
the Stu lent Recreation committee
of the School of Physical Educa
tion and Athletics announced yes
tet day /.
Over 250 students took advan
tage of toiler "skating privileges
last Saturday despite nunieious
other sports attractions offered,
the Committee revealed.
Skating sessions will begin at
I, 3,7, and 9 p in. A. fee of 20
cents will be charged for each 2-
hour " session.
WSGA. Backs
Plan Of Joint
Governments
'Nlre're In Favor Of IV Says
Blakemore In Pledging
11rMnen's Support
Coopa alma! of the Women's
Student Govet !intent Association
In supporting plans fin a combin
ed all-CUllege Men', and Women's
Student Govet 'mewl was assured
by Doi Is •Blakemoic 'B9, W SG A
pi esidet t, yesteiday
Issuing .1 In cf statement fol
loeuy^ Tuegday night's meeting
of the Women Senate, Miss
Biakemoi e indicated that body'.
willingne,s to pm) in the t evision
dive
"We/E. in favor of, it," the W
S G A head declaim', thus shut
teiing the belief that the uomen
would oppose a composite mgdm ,
/atm
"We Hill be glad to cooperate,"
bliss Blakeinote said, 'tin(' al
though we lealize litany problems
ate invovled in efficiently com
bining the two voiles, it is car.
tatnly a step in the tight duet.-
tion "
"ILI, out belief that the offices
should not be designated speci
fically fin a man in ‘4OIIIIIII, and
we feel that a nonunating cohnint
tee nould remedy the tendency
toward cliques," Miss Blakemoic
pointed out.
Extension .Professor Dies
Dr, William E Vaughn, who for
the past nine years has been (-con
nected mith the College in teacher
training extension mark, died Sun
day morning In the Meicy Hospital
in Pittsburgh at the age of if
Frosh Given
New Set-Up
On Election
Student Board Adopts
Revised System
k tin ec-point rey :Mon In the
Vi °simian Election Code placing
hesitate?, undo, 0 code militia, to
the unite] class one, Yy as adopted
by Student Board at a special
meeting Tuesday
Such action %slot pi painted by
the muddled situation own ring
when Robe] I. 11 Bah indettelld
out, wan named acting fre,linian
bw in evident following Dean A
Phillips' departure from school
rue to yclioltistic deficiencies
Complete revisions die
l —Each patty sill present a lite
num ticket, the tito-prebldent
being Ike nets at:tinfoil A vole
for the pm esident will be an
automatic %Mc fin the vice-
piesident
2—Candidates must blo petitions
'with 50 signatuies at a time to
'be specified by the Pt esliman
Election Committee
.t—l'o be a candidate for 003 office
a man cannot have any helm',
glades at the eight-weeks pet
hod
Freshmen To Hold
All-College Dance
Apptovul for an all-College
dance *emoted by the freshman
class was wanted by Student
Board cc a-special meeting Tues-
'I he dance pian was dEIVOCcItCd
111 the platform of the I A 42 Gain
pus clique. clean-awecp cc nines b ill
the ft (shoran class election,
Thomas J Henson head a com
mittee of seven in that ge of the
affair
Such approval was issued by
the Boat d with...the proviso that
this would not set a pi etedent
upon which to tome futute plat
lot in, Student, Union Board will
set the date foi the dance, now
toast vt.iy slated foi Roc Hall,
Alai ch 11
Business Candidates
For Collegian Staff
To Meet On Monday
A tall to all freshmen candi
dates foi the business staff of
the Collegian, Ras made by
Francis A C Vosters, business
managet of the Collegian All
interested ft eshmen are request
ed to attend the first meeting
Room 112 Old Main, Ilonday at
S
Get Diesel Engines
Fout medium-sized Diesel en
gines, gifts of the Inteinational
Hai vestet Company, have been le
t etved at the mechanical engnieei
lag laboratory foi students use
and letetti eh work, it nun tlllllOl.lll
- vegetday by Pt of Harold A
Everett, head of the methanital
engineer tng department
Frosh Boxers Beat Sophs
In Annual Customs Battle
Disks, black ties, matches, and iilmt• , ets flew hither and yen m
Rec Hall Wednesday night when the fieshman boxing team eked out
a 4.4-J,rz tem over Bonhomie =Mien by gaming a thaw in the heavy
weight division
When intramural tug managet Paul Gies 40 announced that
Nosh Mall had fought to a draw with Paul Scully in the windup,
fieslunan customs were officially lifted and nun need no longer be
ob,et ved •
ACE 011 VUlb keen thioughout
uith the score being tied three
tunes during the bouts at
1 1 / 2 -1 , ./.1, and 3-3. Sophomore Call
Zieglei% unfortunate forfeit, due
to to Harty blasters in the
175-pound class eased matters rot
the Cubs and clinched a victory
Bob Baird, acting freshman
class piesident, at 145, and Paul
Mazew, at 120, joined Masteis
in the win column for the vend
lags. Band decisioned Bill theca'.
ell' in a whirl-wind tussle and
Mazerov got the call over Vic
Fiore.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
Move Begun
To Parallel
I.F.C. Set-Up
Non-Fraternity Boijy.
Would Gain Power
With Students
By ROBERT L WILSON
A movement to organize
all non-fraternity men into
a socially and politically solid
body that would parallel the
Interiraternity Council set
up was underway today -
Indicatio4 that such a plan ea,
foi thcom mg wet a disclosed in
Dean At Dim Ft Wm neck's article
"Alm t Mater's Growing Pali's"
winch appeal ad in the January
issue of the Alumni Name
Would Establish Regulations
linelct the proposed plan, regu
lations gavel fling the conduct of
all independent male students will
be established 4 means by which
lhat ct.nduct can be enforced will
also be piovided
Studuit leaders. nho have been
debatingb the plan for some time,
Incited that the probable nucleus
of the system would be the doi mi
tot les, now undeiguing a drastic.
govei nmental shake-up If tht
moi,enient is tamed out as speci
fied, non-fiateinity men will there
by be in ganized into small units,
they enubling_theilvto be reached
mdrvmually tlnough unit leaders
Although' individualism among
the independents notild be curbed
uncle' thin plan, non-fraternity
opinion would become a powerful
agent in influencing student uf
fans
Record Crowd
Hears Lecture
Prof. J. Burne Helene Gives
Übe Of Artistic Appeal
In Modern Articles
Modern useful objects obtain
beauty thiough their shape. rhy
thm. and the suttee° qualities of
the inutetials used .n their con.
stitiction, Prof J Bum Heime,
division of hoe attn. pointed out
In the second of the group of Fitie'
Alto Lectui es Siren on \Wednesday
to a record audience
In his talk, "Att is Useful Ob
jects,' Piofessot Relate explained
that although moderns ate at.
(notating to educate the public, to
teeugaize ott lii atilitatian -art
!deg the" do not attempt to do so
at the expense of established and
accepted alt forms. __-
The exhibit "Useful Articles
Untie' five Dennis: «ill remain
on display until Almada) Visiting
bouts ate 'I a nt until noon, t p
01 1111111 5 p an, and 7 p at until
4 p In
Aubicv Nonentaker, rangy 161-
poundet, captured the only one
sided bou t s of the evening for - the
Sophs by lacing after Jack Mee
han in 14 dull fight George Mack
in, sophomoic, gamed the nod over
Bill Bieene in the 127-pound
class, after scot ing,the only knock
down of the fights
The 135 and 155 battles, along
with the heavyweight, were deem
ed even affans by the Tribunal
Judges John Phillips, sophomore,
battled Henn Gotfberg even and
the f ush George Jacobin—soph
John Elliott encounter was close
throughout.