The daily collegian. (University Park, Pa.) 1940-current, September 19, 1940, Image 1

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VOL. 37—No. 6
final Pledge List
Reaches 510 Mark
A total of 510 pledges'had been
reported to the IFC committee-at
Student Union as the seven-day
'official rushing closed at noon
yetserday.
•This figure fell short of last
year’s when a total of 532 students
were pledged during; the official
season'. However, 40 more rushees
’ were pledged than two y’ears ago
Vhen there were only 470 pledges
fluring rushing season.
Highest among individual fra
ternities was Delta Upsilon with
19. Two houses, Beta Sigma Rho
and Phi Gamma Delta were tied
for second place with 18 each.
Beaver House, ,Beta Theta Pi, Del
ta Tau Delta, and Phi Epsilon Pi
'were deadlocked for third with 17
pledges, each.
The final list of pledges is given
below. The figures-in parenthe
ses show the total number pledged
by each fraternity.
Acacia (7). .
Alpha Chi Rho (4)
Alpha Chi Sigma (5)
Alpha Gamma Rho (13): John
L. Anderson, James Harper, Nor
_man R. Homan, Ralph Johnston,
William Lippincott, William C.
Patterson, Kermit L. Witmer.
Alpha Kappa Pi (7).
Alpha Phi'Delta (8)
Alpha Sigma Phi (7)
Alpha Tau Omega (11): Alexan
der L. Bourgerie, Cietus R. Brack
bill, William J. Fenicchia, tSeven
P. Karinch.
Alpha Zeta (6)
-Beaver House (17)
Beta Sigma Rho (18): Walter M.
Rosenblatt. ■
Beta Theta Pi (17)
Chi Phi (2): William M. Bull,
Willis A. Campbell, William B.
Landerfeld, Warren C. Ling, Ed
ward Sunnergren.
Delta Chi (14): David W, Gor
don, Robert S. Johnston.
Delta Sigma Phi (8)
Delta Tau -Delta C 17): William
F. Lahner, Paul Metz.
Delta Upsilon (19): Charles C.
Baidi, C. Edward Fairchild, Rich
ard Landgraf.
Gamma Sigma Phi (15)
Kappa Delta Rho (9): Donald
Boston, James R. Loughran.
Kappa Sigma (8)
Lamba Chi Alpha (13): Alexan
der Mitchell Jr.
Phi Delta Theta (12)..
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Mural Immortalizes Art Professor,
Students, First Prexy, Poor's Dog
Among the many persons who
gaze upon the magnificent mural
painted by Henry Vamum Poor
there are few who are aware that
in the painting Poor has immort
alized several students, the first
president of the College, a forme'r
College treasurer, an associate pro
fessor of fine arts, himself, and
his dog.
The students pictured in fresco
on ihe Old Main mural are Harold
J. Raab ’42, John R. Snyder ’4O,
and Thomas Slutter ’4O. These
models made, up the agricultural
group to the left of the center. And
the old man with the long white
‘beard, says Poor, represents him
: self twenty years hence.
The instructor, in the seminar
- group is Dr. EvamPugh, first pres
•’ ident of the College, as taken from
a -portrait. Mary Elizabeth Hatton
’4O, is shown next to Pugh.
Beside the '•figure of Lincoln
stands the likeness of John I;
- Thompson, class of 1862. Thomp
son was very closely connected
- “with the College, serving as treas
-’urer from 191'1-to 1916.
■; Harold E. Dickson, associate pro
-- fessor of fine’arts, may be identi
ty; fled in the engineering-group, ex
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THURSDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 19, 1940, STATE COLLEGE, PA.
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jursar Outlines Method
For Paying Frosh Fees
Procedure for the payment of
~ freshman fees in the Armory to
morrow has been outlined by the
Bursar’s office. The /temporary
bursar’s office will be open to
receive fees from 9 a.m. to' 5
p.m. with no interruption at
noon.
Eight windows will be set up
for the payment of freshman
fees, with the names divided
alphabetically as follows:
A-Ciu Liu-Ols
Cla-Fos Oma-Sco
Fou-Hok Scr-Van
. Hoi-Lit Var-Z
Students Who have arranged
to have their fees mailed home
must report .to the- AA ticket
window in the Armory but not.
to the other windows.
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Students Approve
Parking Rules
Student leaders today expressed
their approval of the borough
council’s, decisioi) to enforce the
ordinance against overnight park
ing as borough officials pointed
out the need for such a safety
measure;
Arnold C. Laich ’4l, All-College
president, praised the making of
Locust and Frazier street into one
way streets as relieving .dangerous
congestion. “The overnight park
ing regulations should present no
serious student problem, except
perhaps - on big dance "weekends,*
Laich said. ■
William B. Bartholomew ’4l,
senior class president, was of the
opinion that the ordinance would
not seriously affect students.
Borough officials intimated that
townspeople, with garage facili
ties available but unused, would
be the objects of the drive. They
poitned .out that overnight park
ing is a serious hindrance to fire
protection and traffic safety.
Violators of the overnight park
ing ordinance will be served a
warning on the first offense which
will require their appearing at the
borough offices or paying a $2
fine. Second offenders will be
fined $lO or imprisoned for five
days.
treme right, as the man ascending
the ladder carrying a hod. This is
considered the most realistic like
ness in the painting.
In the background can be seen
the original Old Main in the pro
cess of construction. The dog in
the mural belongs to Poor.
Campus Center Club
Meets New Transfers
'New transfers from the under
graduate centers met with veteran
Campus Center Club members in
a “Mixer” held Tuesday night in
the Sandwich Shop of Old Main.
The purpose and function of the
campus center organization were
explained by Doh C. Johnston ’4l,
vice-president of v the club and
chairman for the gathering. All
center transfers were requested
to watch for the announcement of
the next meeting which is expect
ed to be a banquet affair.
Over 100 students participated
in the activities .of the evening,
which -included dancing and
games under the-direction of Lois
A. "Semensnyder ’42, secretary of
the organization.
OF THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE COLLEGE
Nine CAA Fliers
Make 50 Mile Hop
Nine students helped to bring
the CAA summer program nearer
to -a close Tuesday when they
completed the fifty-mile cross
country hop that is required of
them before applying for their
license.
The successful aviators who
made the flight were Carl Rent
schler ’42, Edna Suydam, Ralph
Blasingame ’42, William MinshalT
’43, Harry Baker ’42, George Pet
itgout ’43, Donald Rice, John Mul
lin. Miss Whitmore, a private stu
dent, was also in the group at the
time the successful hop was made.
In addition'to Mullin and Rice,
seven other students have passed
their test and may qualify for
their private license. They are
Telford Koon ’42, George- Kirk,
Joseph Haimovicz, Max Tatman,
Bob McCord ’42, John Shirey ’42,
Alfred Austin ’4l.
Dr. Hoffman, CAA medical ex
aminer, requests that those' stu
dents who expect to take the phy
sical examination should see him
at once, since he will soon be re
quired to spend most of his time
with the new group of CAA stu
dents. Applications for new stu
dents will be issued within .the
next few days.
Student Groups
Will Hear Juba
Police Chief John R. Juba will
speak.before the All-College Cab
inet, Student Tribunal, and pos
sibly Interfratemity Council, Ar
nold C. Laich ’4l, All-College
president, announced yesterday.
The date, for Juba’s speech to
Cabinet will be October 1, the
first Cabinet meeting of the Col
lege year.’ His speeches to Tri
bunal and IFC will be given later
this fall.
The speeches have been sched
uled, according-to Juba, in an at
tempt to better relations between
the student body and the borough.
“There is no real cause for dis
agreement between the two
groups, merely a misunderstand
ing,” Juba said.
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Gloria Knepper Leads
For Sorority Queen
In light returns filed yester
day in the 1940 Collegian Queen
contest, Gloria Knepper, Kappa
Kappa Gamma candidate, took
a slight lead for Sorority Queen.
Phyllis Watkins, State College,
leads the voting for Freshman
Queen. Returns in the Dormitory
Queen contests were negligible.
The contest voting is being
carried on at Student Union
where each Collegian subscriber
is entitled to a vote on present
ing a Collegian dance stub:
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Rice'4l Announces Plans
For Freshman Mixer
Plans’for a Freshman Mixer to
be held in the Old Main Sandwich
Shop from 8 to 11 p.m. tomorrow
were announced today by Theo
dore Rjce ’4l, president of the
Penn State Club.
The Mixer, which is being spon
sored by the Penn State Club and
WSGA, will feature music, games,
and refreshments. Robert A. Hen
kel .’4l is in charge of arrange
ments.
—BUY COLLEGIAN NOW—
Enthusiastic Frosh Hold
First Pajama Parade
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Drafted Students To Get
Regular Fee Rebates
Students withdrawing from
the College to take compulsory
military training will be given
the usual rebate of fees, Russell
E. Clark, bursar, said yesterday.
Rebates for both general fees
and practicum fees fyave been
arranged on a sliding scale, he
said. Only exception, Mr. Clark
added, is in special laboratory
courses where it is not possible
to foretell the exact rebate or
where a scale of rebates has been
compiled by the head of the
head of the department.
Complete details can be found
in the undergraduate regula
tions.
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PSCA Sponsors
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Opening the season of activities
for Freshman, the PSCA will hold
a Cabin Open House at the Ralph
Watts Lodge in Shingletown Gap
for all Freshman men Sunday.
Members of the committee in
charge of the affair are Robert T.
Struck ’42, Harold J. Berger ’42,
John W. Dague ’42, Tracy Edding
er ’42, Herman K. Klauk ’43, and
Phil W. Eicholtz .’43. .-. , ■
Leaving the rear of Old Main at
1:30 p.m., in small groups, the
-Freshmen will hike to the Cabin
via the Autoport, and Shingletown.
The program for the afternoon
includes baseball, football, songs
and cheers, brief -talks by Bob
Struck on the “C. A. Cabin and
Its ’ Use,”. John Dague on the
“Freshman Commission or Coun
cil,” and Dean Ralph Watts on the
“Association What It Means.”
Ned Linegar, new associate sec
retary of the PSCA, will have an
nouncements to make about the
formation of the Freshman Coun
cil.
Refreshments will he served and
the program completed'in time for
the men to keep dinner engage
ments. Charles Smith, College
photographer, will be on hand to
take pictures of the group.
More Faculty Changes
Approved By Hefzel
The following additional per
sonnel changes have been approv
ed by President Ralph D. Hetzel:
New appointments include Ruth
H. Zang, assistant to the Dean of
Women, George E. Brandow, as
sistant professor, of agricultural
economics, Mabel S. Smith, home
economics extension representa
tive, Marion L. Carr, assistant in
nursery school, Mrs. Aline Frink,
part-time, instructor in mathemat
ics, Pranklin Dennis, research as
sistant in fuel technology, Helen"
Borton, instructor in textiles, and
John R. Culbert, assistant in or
namental horticulture. 1
Three promotions in rank were
announced. Paul M. Kendig was
promoted to assistant professor of
physics and mathematics in un
dergraduate centers, Lester Kieft
was promotecTto assistant profes
sor of chemistry and Roy E. Mor
gan to assistant professor of Eng
lish composition and literature.
The resignations of Merle E.
Shanks and Esther Chapman were
accepted.
Kaye At Heda
Sammy Kaye and his ‘Swing
and Sway” orchestra will appear
at Hecla Park, Bellefonte, tonight.
MX ,we “
continued warm.
Kappas Throw Wafer
On Jubilant Marchers
An orderly pajama parade from
Jordan Hall to the women’s dorm
itories last night climaxed an en
thusiastic first day of customs en
forcement yesterday in which,
freshmen were hazed more inten
sively than at any time in the last
several years.
The evening pajama parade was
a success for the frosh until their
off-key crooning outside the Kappa
Kappa Gamma house. The unap
preciative Kappas, after hearing
a few discordant notes, responded
with buckets on buckets of water
and not a freshman escaped a
drenching.
The campus echoed with off-key
renditions of College songs and
shouts of “Button, Frosh” all yes
terday afternoon and last night a
crowd of 500 gathered on Co-op
Corner for a half hour period of
hazing highlighted by freshman
speeches and demonstrations.
Originating in Jordan Hall about
9:45 p.m., the parade was organ
ized under the direction of Peter
Kronis, hall president, and the 60-
odd marchers proceeded to Old
Main, Mac Hall, Atherton Hall,
and back to the dorms.
The marchers were enthusiastic
ally received by the freshman co
eds in Mac Allister Hall. One of
the coeds reported, “We had __to
put out all the. lights when they
came, blit the girls thought the
-whole -thing - was Jots of fun. The
boys were dressed in pajamas,
sang ‘l’ll Never Smile Again/ did
a dance, and then went away.”
At Atherton' Hall, one coed re
ported being told that Atherton
Hall coeds were very unresponsive.
She said that, as a result, the par
ade did not remain there long.
Henry's Socks
Weren't While
Henry Meissonier didn’t wear
any white socks yesterday after
noon, and therein lies a tale.
Whether Henry was the cause
of or the victim of some of the
■most enthusiastic freshman hazing
practiced on campus in the last
several years is a moot question.
Henry showed up in front of
Old Main without his socks only
an hour after customs went into
effect. Discovered by Jack Kearns
and Wade Meri, vigilant football
players and stern upperclassmen,'
Meissonier was shown the error
of his ways and some 50 frosh
were gathered around him for a
good, stirring round of Farmer
in the Dell. Old Main pealed twice
during the ceremony but didn’t
crack a smile.
Hundreds of delighted upper
classmen basking in weather
which was fair and warmer for
one of the few times in the College
year—enjoyed the ceremony from
the Old Main steps and set off to
spread the gospel around the
campus.
The whole atmosphere, upper
classmen from the seniors down
agreed, was like nothing they had
ever seen before but like some
thing they-wanted to see more of.
Two or three were heard to re
mark that in one afternoon they
had seen more hazing than in all
the last year, or two years, or even
three years.
Registrar 111 Yesterday j
Registrar William S. Hoffmatf
was confined to his home yester
day afternoon by a slight cold. .
Due to his absence, total figures
on enrollment are still unavailable.
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