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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
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FRIDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 20, 1940, STATE COLLEGE, PA.
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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. ■
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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. ,
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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.
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i 44 -4/4 Weather—Continued
Interprets Draft
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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.