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PENN STATE COLLEGIAN
Successor to The Free Lance, established 1887
l’ublinhtd semi-weekly iturins the College year, except
on holiday* by students of Th« I’i.nnsyhanln State College.
In the Interest of the Collette the sttidmts, faculty, alumni,
and frends
THE MANAGING BOARD
A WILLIAM ENGFL JR MO. Fdltor
C RUSSFLL FCK MO Business Manoger
Helen J, Camp ’<lo Womens Editor
FMABUEt ROTH *4O BURTON C WILLIS JR ’4ft
Manaslng Editor Advertising Mnnatter
ROBFRT L WILSON ’4O MORTON NIEMAN *4O
Sports Ed.tor emulation Manager
BERNARD A NEWMAN *4O DORIS GUTMAN 40
News Editor Senior Secretary
GEORGE I) SCHLESS ’4O TANET STORY *4O
heatut* Editor Assistant Senior Secretary
PAUL HALDEMAN, JR MO W BRADLEY OWENS M 0
Assistant! Managing Editor ? Assistant,News Editor
HFRBEhT NIPSON 40 J*miL!S,R GORDON MO
Assistant Sports Fdltor Assistant Women’s Ed tor
..... Associate Editors,
Bayard Bloom Ml Robert H Lane Ml
William E Fowlir Ml Edward J K McLorie Ml
Edgar V Hall Ml Rkhnrd C Peters Ml
Adam A Smjser Ml
Women's Associate Editors
Vern I. "Kemp 41 Anta L HefTernn Ml
Associate Business Managers
Lawienrt S Drievcr 41 John H Thomas Ml
Rolcrt G Robinson 41 Ruth Goldsttln 41
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Mannging Editor This Issue
News Editor This Issue
Entered as second-class matter July f» 1914. at the post*
office at State College Pa under On. act of March 3, 1876
‘Tuesday, Septembei 19,1939
DAVID HARUM
TALKS TURKEY
THANKS TO an o if i c i a I confirmation
from the Athletic Advisory Boaul we now
have.definte assurance that the keenly-an
ticipated. gridiron battle with the Univer
sity of Pittsburgh will be fought on home
soil. 1 '
' And the tilt will also be played on the
originally scheduled date. November 25
Now- a mere matter of loutme from the
Administration must follow to assuie a
capacity student ciowd as well as those
paid admissions who would attend regard
less of'when the game was played.
In .the view of the fact that Soph Hop
falls on Friday night of the same weekend,
the weekend looms .is one of the biggest in
Nittany Lion football history.
But it would amount to little if the stu
dents were not available to attend either
occasion
. For many years the College has looked
forward to viewing Pitt’s Panthers on New
Beaver Field Foi neaily as long students
have'sought, a favorable date for the ever
flopping Soph Hop. , ■
Until'President Roosevelt’s questionable
juggling of Thanksgiving Day, the stage
had been set foi a State College “field day.”
Now, does it not icem logical in order to
retain the “big weekend” that the Admin
istration and students forget about the or
iginally,scheduled Thanksgiving vacation—
from 11:50 a.m. Wednesdaj, November 29.
to B,a. in. Monday, Pecembei 4—and accept
a one-day holiday on Roosevelt's Thanks
giving Day?
However, let it not be accepted without
compromise, or pulling a "David Harum.”
, Fqr the two days which would be lost by
omitting the Thanksgiving vacation—thal
is lost by, the students—the Collegian pro
pose®'a tjvo-day vacation at mid-semesters
in February.
- Long has such a lay otf been clamoieu
for. Arguments foi this proposal hav e been
advocated, m the Collegian many times.
Students,and faculty alike tavor a vacation
at such a time.
Here, is a definite opportunity to attain
the Pitt game with all the ti immings
Heading uphill
NOW IN THE MIDST of a do-or-die
struggle to secure men, Penn State’s 50
fraternities are definitely on the upswing
despite rumors to the contrary
More than 500 fieshmen purchased date
cards and are enjoying one ot the most
hotlyj-contested rush seasons in a decade.
Incoming freshmen no longer possess
that-bad taste in their mouths when fra
ternities are mentioned—a taste which was
unfortunately brought about by the unfair
portrayals of college life by movie produc
ers. A l M
Admittedly, fraternities put on their
Sundfcy 'accent and a bit of celestial finery
during rushing penod, but underneath it
all dies the* core for greater social privileges
for students.
Basically all fraternities are social
groups, knotted in common fellowship,
seeking a more-rounded col'ege education
an education which cannot be gained in the
classroom alone.
Penn State’s fraternities are no excep
tion.
OLD MANIA
Cnmpy mentions in the last column that he’s
been waiting all summer to pay “Hello. Penn
Staters” That he just had to get it out of his
system Oh, deah! And heie we’ve been nun king
time the past few’ weeks, expecting to be “ovei
there” by this time and saying “Hy, Buddie” But
I guess it’s better this way So, heddo
Gossip Galore
We arrive m town just in time to make a dead*
line «o if any of tins „tuff isn’t exactly accurate,
please don’t hold us entirely responsible We had
the wires burning foi about ten minutes, and this
is what we picked lip fiom our secret agents.
Funny nothing was mentioned about the crush
Heimome Hunt Hawkins had foi Bill Hendeison
up until the minute La Hunt .md Hendei son’s pal
and roommate, Pi of Hawkins were merged up
in Canada recently , The good piofe«sor anti
his frau will reside on the Penn Campus where
he’ll teach and she’ll take graduate woik Oui
associate women’s editor, Pat Praun, eloped with
Dave’Holahan the otnei dav and will be maniei
in Chicago . Eleanoie Pagan .ccepted D U Vic
Sandham’s pin during the summci (Gee, we forgot
about the orders not to mention Gieek letteis dui
ing rushing season )
More Gossip
..Richard C Peters Ml
Edgar V Hall Ml
Lucky Alphachio’s who met’ed a neat dish of
pulchritude in that short, dntk-complected trans
fer from William and Mary ITei name is
Eleanor Duir Bob Baker, pride of Phi Kappa
Tau, is no longer among the ehgibles He and
Eleanor Boyle took a tnp to the altei during the
summer, now they’re ypartment.ng heieabouts
Eleanore Skinnei won’t be batk . She finally
said Ihe word to her rdd cadet inenri . Heie’s
one for Ripley Don Scheuei was married since
last Jumoi Prom weekend to Ins old Sciantoman
girl-friend How seme guvs can get away with
tlnnnghs . . . Lenny Cooper, helping the fieshmen
register, took all afternoon to show’ thn* classv
platinum blond how to dll out a couple of (.aids
Mark this down in "our little led book Don**
make any dates with joui home town sweetheart
foi Thanksgiving weekend, for the odds me over
whelming that theie’ll be only a one day holiday
the 23rd so that students cun leinain here for the
Pitt game, the following Saturday . But you’ll
be able to make up foi it, come nud-semester
More Gossip
Janet Twichell, who went to * Washington hos
pital for observation, is not veiy ill she unites
and savs she’s having a “wonderful time ”
Brooding A 1 Mclntyre was labonng undei i
strain since Labor Day weekend He went aU
the way to Emporium to see Alice Muuay, but
the comely little blond was “not at home” to him
She was paying too much attention to anothe.
State man at the time » Joe Dobbs, who played
stock at a summei plt.vhouse in Yardlev. Pa , is'
now m New Yoik’s Gieenwich Village, hoping to
get a break on the Bicadwny stage . Wilmei
Rockmaker, who made many the tup up to Maine
this summer, will probably be seen quite often in
the Nittany Village tips’yem since Sophiu Moeslo
is back to stay That little Venezuelan all
aiound athlete, Gus'Bigott, will remain in South
Amenea fiom now and foreveimore, since he join
ed the lanks of inehgibles bv placing one of thoss
“gold bands” on a foi mei Marvwood student
Sock Kennedy led the Big Apple the othei p m at
the fieshmen mixei
Crumpets, Trumpets .
The boys m a West College art house wondeicd
what they w’ould do with the classy gas stove in
cluded for the some puce bv a generous landlady
until Pre-vet Beinie Bmchmun piped up, “Eveiv
mte we’ll have tea ami strumpets ” Sti umpets, m
case you don’t know, stand for wild u’omen
Something For The Books
Doggie Alexander, who we sa d in oui first col
umn hadn't sprung foi a beer on the* house in four
years, opened his heait last Tuesday night afte
the election and set up the house with fiee pitcheis
. And we had to be somewhere in Jalopy to mis*,
such an occasion
p
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ILIA;
JACK HARPER
THE
REVERSIBLE
THIS SMART AND PRAC
TICAL REVERSIBLE COAT
IS ANOTHER OF O.UR UNI
VERSITY STYLES AU
THENTICATED BY WELL
DRESSED PENN STATE
MEN
TWEED. ONESIDE
RAINPROOF GABARDINE
THE OTHER
A COAT WITHOUT WHICH
N O UNDERGRADUATE’S
WARDROBE IS COM
PLETE
16.50 to 24.50
JACK HARPER
•The State Thai
Pern: state lUett Built”
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PENN STATE COLLEGIAN
WOMEN'S NEWS
WSGA Freshman
Parties Will Begin
Next Friday
Honoraries Will Unite In
Sponsoring. Entertainment,
During Next Four Weeks
Mens and women’s campus honoraries will unite m
holding pai ties sponsored by W S G A. foi gi oups ot fresh
men men and women during the next four weeks The hist
of the parties will be held Friday night.-
Mortar Board
And Cwens To
Aid Freshmen
Distinctive Coats Are
Feature Of Women’s
Honorary Societies
Fresnmen women have become
very lackct-conscious during the
’asl few weeks aftei seeing the
.vhitc coats of Mortar Board, sen
'Ot women’s honoiary, and the
giay and red ones of Cwens, soph
imore women’s honoiary Mem
bers of both gioups have been
serving as guide* and aide* to new
students
Mortal Board is the highest wo
men’s honorary on campus Wo
men who have met its thiee-fold
‘•tandaid of leadership, scholar
ship, *«nd seivice to the college
and who have a scholastic over
age thiee-tenths of a point above
the all College niaik are elected
the spiing of their jumoi yeai
and “tapped” on May Day Mem
bers may be lecogmzed by then
white jackets and hat-shaped pins
Cwens For Sophomores
Cwei s is an activities honorary
for sophomore women, and its
membeis weai giav and led jack
ets' and pins in the foim of’ a
Lrown and sceptie Freshmen wo
men who have participated m ex
tra-cuiucular activities and at
tained an aveiage of at least 15
during their freshman yeai are
tapped on May Day at the annual
Cwen breakfast foi all fieshmar.j
women and then motheis
As some of their activities, Moi
tar Board and Cwen members,will
-erve as guides and hostesses ac
various school functions during
the yem, Mortal Board will pie
«ent a piogiani duiing Fieshmnn
Week and Intel sponsor a loadei
ship conference, and both honoi
anes will hold annual dances foi
women students and then guests
Othoi women’s honoianes on
campus include Alpha Lambda
Delta, sophonjoie scholastic hon
orary foi fieshmen women who
nave attained a one oi tw’o semes
tei aveiage of at least 25, Theto
Sigma Phi, journalism, Delta Al
pha Delta, debating, lotfi Sigma
Pi, chomtstiy Ellen H Richaids
Club, home economics; Onncron
Nu, semoi home economics, pj
Lambda Theta, education, and La
konides, physical education
Pan-Hel Guide
Books Distributed
Fieshmen women will make
theh flist contact with sotoiities
thiough ihe “Pan-Hellenic Guide
Books” to be disti United to all
new women students this week
The booklet, which has as Us
theme a journev nmong the soior
ities includes the womens lush
ing code, chapter tolls of each
sorority, a map of the women’s
houses, photogiaphs of earh soror
ity pin and suggestions for dress
and behnvioi dining rushing sen
son
Eugene H. Lederer
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Each'enieiinininent will tie s»-
pei vised 1)j a WSGA senate
membei Fieshmen men mn\ sign
up with tlieli couuselois fm the
poity they wi«h to attend, and
fieshmen women will be contacted
tluough hall gioups
Philoles and tbe Penn Slate
Chib stmt the piogram witli u
infoimal'dance in the Sandwich
Shtfp Fiidii) night fiom 7 to *1 p
m, with Ruth K Kistlei Ml and
Bettj M Martin ’42 in chaige Sat
urdnj night women's hall gioups
7 and S me invited to the paitj
Lambda Theta and snpei vised b>
given hy Kappa Phi Kappa and Pi
VPia L Kemp ’4l
Druids, Blue Key Entertain
EHnoi L Weaver 41 is in
chaige of the party to be given
September 30 bv Druids and Alpha
Lambda Delta ioi gioups 5 and G
Hhll gioups 3 and 4 will be enter
tained bv Omicron Nu Ellen H
Richaids and Blue Key on October
6 undei ianet N Holtringei ’4l
and Anne M Bniton ’42
Mortar Board and Lion’s Paw
will close the series on Octobei 7
with Gergta W Owen snpeivising
and hall groups 1 and 2 as guests
Appioximately 140 men and
women will attend each party
The hours are from 7 to 0 p m
and the places will he named Intel
Maps in Armory
Show War’s Progress
Two maps showing dav by day
progress of the general Eniopeaw
war. will be .the only indication
ROTC students will have of the
war situation No mention of the
wai will be made in the basic
courses and no changes in Institu
tfon will be occasioned b> it
Remember the place
The
Cojlege
Book Store
129 W. Beaver Avenue
Slate Colleße, Pa.
Books of all
Publishers
Rental Library
Greeting Cards
Text Books
Stationery
Wanna Be An
Actor? Try For
Players’ Farce
Have you (e\#»n you fieshman
lads and lassies) the aspirations
of becoming uctors and m tresses’
The Penn State Plaveis Will
hold tt v outs foi theh “Dads’ Day"
productions a famous Russian
farce. “Squaring the Ciicle” to
night and tomouow night fiom
7 10 to 10 p m in the Little The
ntet in Old Main
“Squaiing the Chcle”. the first
big euteilainment event of the
veni will be ptodneed on Octobei
7 undei tbe diiectitm of Piof
Frank S Neusbnuni who has di
rected the Penn State Plnyeis din
ing several vpij successful sea
sons Dliectoi Neusbanm will al
so handle the tiv-outs tonight and
tomonow night
All phases cjf the wntk me open.
OFFICIAL
R. O. T. C.
ARMY SHOES
Approved By The College
New Low Price
$1.95
Remember We Carry All Widths and
We Will Fit Your Feet
\
Bottorf Bros.
Entrances on Beaver Avenue and Allen Street
to both men and women of all
(lasses The first trv-outs will he
foi actois and net lenses, later a
tall will be issued in the Collegian
foi the technical candidates
Besides the try-outs foi acting,
nnv inquiiies concerning the Penn
State Plaveis may he made at the
office hi loom 413 Old Main
Changes Made In
Dean Ray’s Office
Tlnee changes in the office of
the -Dean of Women were an
nounced rocent’y by of
Women Charlotte E Ray '
Miss Matilda Bently replaces
Miss Mmv Ellen Burkholder.i
assistant dean of women, who has
gone to Boston Univeisitj for
graduate study Miss Bently comes
lieie fiom Biookviile high school
Mis* Muiv lane Stevenson from
Ohio llniveisitv will lake the
position of Miss Helen Faust, dean,
of sopliomoie women who bos
Tuesday, September 19,1939
gone to Brvn Mawr foi graduate
Miss Ruth Zang ’3B has been
appointed hostess of freshmen
•women at McAllister Hall
/Mis Giuce L Hall will replace
Miss Betfv -Bell ns chaperon of
the freshman wing al Alheiton
and Mis David Ulmei is suhsti*
tilting for Mrs Searle who is ah
sent with illness The new health
advisoi at the dormitorj will be
Miss Teanette Oswald '
Hetzcls Back From Shore ?
Piesident and Mis Ralph D 1
7Tet7el relumed to State College
lust Fridry night aftei spending
two weeks at Rethohnth Beach,
-Del
The Nicholas Murray 1 Butler
Permanent Intercollegiate Philat
elic trophy has been won by a
Brown University student
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