;££Hb. B&tllJ @1 (Hull VOL. 37—No. 7 Total Enrollment Falls Below Last Year's 7200 Mark Total enrollment on the campus is expected to drop lower than anticipated this, year, Registrar William S. Hoffman has announc ed. At the present time, 6131 stu dents have matriculated on the campus, Registrar Hoffman’s sta tistics reveals. This is compared with 6517 students last year, The latter figure, however, was com piled in October, and Registrar Hoffman believes that there are a number of part-time freshman and graduate and teacher stu dents, who have not yet enrolled. A total of 6708 have enrolled here, at Mont Alto, and at the un dergraduate student centers/ as compared with 7200 last year. While-the reason for the drop this year is not yet apparent, it is expected that the senior class and graduate students will reveal the greatest losses. Absorption into national defense industries, is ex pected to account for some loss. Mont Alto, Registrar Hoffman revealed, is literally swamped and it is expected that additional fac ulty will be required. Registrar Hoffman pointed out instances of part-time graduate assistants -resigning to take better positions in national defense in dustries. Work Of Amateur Stations Cited Penn State’s short-wave radio stations received another recogni tion for the 600 emergency mes sages handled during the 1936 flood in the form of a citation "from the Western Union Telegraph Com pany. The citation, tendered to Prof. Gilbert L. Crossley, in charge of the College’s two stations, was the fourth awarded to Penn State for its 1936 service. Professor Crossley issued an in vitation to both freshmen and up perclassmen, who hold radio oper ators license, to affiliate with the College Radio Station Staff as as sistant operators. Candidates should send letters of application explaining their experience, sta tion call letters, the grade of li cense held, and any other pertin ent facts. Braswell To Address PSCA, Athletic Groups David Braswell, in charge of the national recreation program in Reading, will address representa tives from the PSCA, WRA, School of Physical Education, and groups of local church organizations in Room 304 Old Main at 7 p. m. today. A former director of religion and physical education in a University of Georgia extension school and a graduate of Vanderbilt and Yale University, Braswell will speak on “Philosophy and Opportunities of Co-Recreation in Colleges and Uni versities.” Hillel Group Welcomes New Students Tonight . .The Hillel Foundation will hold V; dts annual reception for new'stu 'dents at its 133 W. Beaver Avenue parlors at 7:30 pan. tonight. ; T ; ; ; The reception will be informal and for freshmen and transfer stu- dents only. It will give the new comers an opportunity to become •. Acquainted with .the facilities of * JII f H . FRIDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 20, 1940, STATE COLLEGE, PA. umiiimiiiiuiiiuiuiiuiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii Daily Collegian Strives For Accurate Delivery The Daily Collegian is making every effort to make its deliver ies as complete and accurate as possible, despite many changes in addresses, new subscriptions daily, and the problem of estab lishing a carrier system. Our • subscribers have been very patient, and if the circula tion has been unsatisfactory, they are urged to call Collegian 711 between 1:30 and 5 p.m. or 7 to 9 p.m. The Daily Collegian wants its subscribers to have satisfactory service. If there is any dissatis faction, please report all com plaints and every effort will be made to straighten them out as .soon as possible. ’ There are still a few subscrip tions which cannot be delivered due to incorrect addresses. ■ iiiiiiiitimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiimimimiiiuiitiiiiiiiK Tribunal Exposed In Frosh Soaking Because several Kappa Kappa Gammas had dates Wednesday night, 60 Jordan Hall freshmen were doused with water, and a sinister plot engineered by Student Tribunal worked. Chief Justice W. Lewis Corbin ’4l could not be reached yesterday for comment. The charge developed out of re ports “from usually reliable sources close to the Kappa house.” In its ugliest details it included charges'that Tribunal had npt only planned the dousing but provided the pails. .Even then, reports say, the plot would have been foiled if some of the sisters hadn’t been out on dates. They returned just in time to man' the water buckets and didn’t know that the other sisters had* decided to throw the water so far out it would mifcs the freshmen. Yesterday, reports said, the Kappas were all in tears, protest ing that they didn’t mean to do it and that really the serenading was beautiful. From Jordan Hall the only response they got was a view of wet pajamas hanging out to dry. The Kappas at first had told Tri bunal, the reports say, that they had no pails and thus couldn’t throw any water. Not long after wards four pails appeared at their door. 10 Pledged Since IFC Rushing Ends With the addition of 10 pledges since the official rushing period closed Tuesday noon, this year’s total has now reached the 520, mark, just 12 short of the number of students pledged by fraternities during the entire 1939-40 season. Following is the list of pledges that have been reported to IF Council since the close of formal rushing: Lambda Chi Alpha: Francis B. Musser, David A. Arnold, Louis Gauthey. Phi Kappa Tau: Harold Watkins, Donald A. Gardner. Sigma Pi: Wayne R. Bechdel. ■ Sigma Phi Epsilon: Robert G. Bruggeman, Linden M. Smith. Theta Chi: William Strickland, Wilbur Van Lenten. Geography 441 Offered Geography 441, geography of Latin America, is being offered during the current semester. It is 'being taught by Dr. Henry J. Bru man, a new member of the staff, who has spent several years study ing in -Mexico and Central Amer ica. . ... : :. OF THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE COLLEGE CAA Applications Available Today Prof. Harold A. Everett, direc tor of the College CAA program, announced today that application blanks are now available at the mechanical engineering office for students 'interested in the prelimi nnary course of ground school and flight training. . This course will include 72 hours of ground school work and from 35 to 50 hours of flight training at the State Col lege airport. According to the 6AA require ments, applicants must have the following qualifications: 1. Applicants must be citizens of the United States. 2. Their age must be from 19 to 25 inclusive. 3. They must neither hold nor have held a pilot certificate of private grade or higher. 4. Applicants who are under graduates must be fully matricu-. lated for a degree and must have satisfactorily completed at least one full year of accredited college work, acceptable to the College. 5. Those who are no longer en rolled in college must have satis factorily completed at least two full years of accredited college work, acceptable to the College. 6. If under 21 years of age, ap plicants must have the written consent of their parent or legal guardian. 7. Ten per cent of the quota may be women students. Physical requirements for women are sim ilar to those for men except that the minimum height without shoes is 62 inches and th’e mini mum weight 100 pounds. 8. A course fee of $25 w/ill cov er the cost of physical examina tion "arid accident insurance. 9. Applicants must never have been disqualified from participa tion in the CAA program by ad visory board action. 10. If selected, applicants must agree to complete the ground and flight course unless disqualified by the College, the flight operator, or the administrator of the CAA. In addition, applicants i must fur ther “pledge themselves to apply for flight training in (be military service of the United States.” Life Insurance Course Starts Monday Night A new special course known as a chartered life underwriter’s course will be started Monday and Will be held from 7 to 9 p. m. each Monday night for 15 weeks. The course is designed princi pally for insurance agents but will be open to high school graduates and college students. , 'Hiimiiiiiiiiiiiininiiimmmiiiiiiimimtmiimiiiiumiii Fraternity Booklet Receives High Praise Dean of Men Arthur R. War nock has received the following letter from David K. Reeder, secretary of the National Con ference: “As Secretary of the National Interfraternity Conference, I have been instructed to write you and compliment you and your associates upon the admir able presentation of the fratern ity story as set forth in the re cent publication “Penn State Fraternities,” published by the Interfratemity Council at your institution.” The fraternity booklet was mailed out to all incoming fresh men last month. It was prepared by a -committee representing both the IFC and the Fraternity Counselors Association. According to H., Ridge Riley, editor of the booklet, at least thirty letters have come in from all parts of the country praising the publication. iiiumiimiimiimiiiuiiiiimiiiiiimmimiimiHiniinmiß i 44 -4/4 Weather—Continued Interprets Draft m r i Col. Ambrose R. Emery, head of the College Reserved Officers Training Corps, who advances the theory that absentee registration' for the draft will be possible for students who are eligible for con scription. (For story, see column five.) Fraternity Men Divided On Code That fraternity men and rushees are divided in their opinions of the 1940 rushing code was reveal ed yesterday in a Collegian survey of rushing chairmfen, house presid ents, and new pledges. ■Many of those questioned agreed with Edgar M. 'Barton ’4l, presid ent of Tau Kappa Epsilon, who said, “It was the best rushing sea son we ever had. 'However, it did take a lot of summer rushing plus hard "work during the actual rush ing season.” David Wilson ’4l, SAE president says of .the new code, “I am against it, not because it hurts our house, but because it is unfair to the rushees.” And from the rushees viewpoint, Robert Fitz ’44 says, “I think it is a good idea. The rushees get a chance to see the fraternity men as they really are.” Another rushee, William Scha backer,’44, believes that the old code was the better. He says, “The ‘preference choice system’ as out lined by fellows in our house seems to be the better method.” Harry W. Korb ’42, Alpha Zeta, declares, “We like the extensive rushing embodied in the new code. We also like the idea of having the rushees move into the house at the beginning of the season.” Other opinions expressed are as follows: Verner E. Gooderham ’4l, president of Beaver House “A. compromise between the old code and the new one is what we need.” Robert Clark, president of Phi Sigma Kappa—“ Did not like the code, especially the section provid ing for allowing the rushees to live in the house during rushing sea son.” Clifford Hocker ’44, Phi Kappa Tau “A pretty good code. It gave us a chance to get around to more fraternities and helped us get settled more quickly.” Others who expressed approval of the new rushing code were Thomas J. Robinson ’4l, Beta Theta Pi; Joseph-J. Fortunato ’4l, president of Alpha Phi Delta; William P. Conlon ’4l, president of Phi Kappa; Jack W. Strong ’4l, Acacia. Several who opposed the code or suggested modifications were Will iam S. Kirkpatrick ’4l, Sigma Chi; Norman Racusin ’4l, president of Beta Sigma Rho; and Guy Mauk ’4l, president of Chi Phi. Notify Collegian Office All changes in address and com plaints will be received at the Col legium office in 313 Old Main-from 1. to 3 p.m. every day. , PRICE FIVE CENTS Absentee Draft Registration Is 'Probable-Emery “Compulsory military service registration in Centre County by students from other parts of the state and from other states will probably be considered as absen tee registration,” Col. Ambrose R. Emery, head of the College ROTC unit, said yesterday. He elaborated on this statement by saying that “absentee registra tion” would mean drafted students will be counted as part of the quotas from their home counties, not Centre County. “Any other arrangement would be much too complicated,” Col onel Emery said. “I believe that the government will work out all details in the most satisfactory manner possible. For this reason, it seems that absentee registration will be part of the final plans. “However,” he added, “none of these details have been straighten ed out and will not be until district draft boards have been establish ed.” (Governor Arthur H. James has sent telegrams to all county com missioners in Pennsylvania asking them to attend a meeting in Har risburg, Monday, “to discuss ways and means of promoting registra tion of those called in the draft.” (The Governor said that he was not sure when he would name local draft boards because he has not received definite instructions from Washington. However, it was said that his program is fully prepared and can be set in motion “within a few hours.”) Students To Ge! ] Ticket Priority Penn State students are assured of preference in the purchase of Artists’ Course tickets this year, chairman of the committee, Dr. Carl E. Marquardt, announced yes terday. He revealed that the course will be primarily for the student body. Since 400 or 500 students had to be turned away from last year’s performances, tickets will not be issued to out-of-town applicants until the students, faculty, and townspeople have had an oppor tunity ,to purchase their tickets. Because Schwab Auditorium seats only 1,383 people, the Artists’ Course committee plans to seat members of the audience on the stage proper for some of the num bers. Cost of season tickets, location' of sales windows, and the names of the artists will be announced later. Observatories Now Open; Jupifer, Saturn Featured Two multiple-observatories, gift of the class of ’3B, will be open every clear Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday night from 8:30 to 9:30 until further notice, Dr. Henry L. Yeagley, associate professor of physics, announced yesterday. He also added that Saturn and Jup iter will highlight next week’s at traction. Lack of funds has retarded the growth of the proposed ten obser vatories that is to compose the unit. The two observatories now in operation were built at a cost of five thousand dollare. The in struments were made in the as tronomical Laboratories of the School of Chemistry and Physics. Penn State is one of the few places in the United States that such an opportunity has been' granted to the public.
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