Successor To The Free Lance, Established 1887 VOL. 38—No. 6 PREXY—,lack R. Grey, sophomore class president, has ap pointed J. Kemp Noble '44 and Jack B. Bard as co-chairman of ; Soph Hop; November. 7. Enrollment Total Reaches 5,858 ,•A pre-registration expectancy of a 10 per cent drop in "on-the campus" enrollment was shattered yesterday afternoon when officials announced the total had reached 5,658 as compared with last year's October 12 figure of 6,433. A number of students have to register which will boost the 90.7 per cent total of last year's mark even higher. Reports from the College's 'sev eral centers and the Mont Alto -*Forestry School have not- bJen-re , eeivedi. but it was -believed - that these figures would not leave the College enrollment too far off last year's final total of approximately 7,000. While definite figures on the drop in enrollment in the upper classes has not been ascertained `"_because_ registration figures have ifnot been broken down into classes, it is . believed that the largest drop will appear in the junior class. Hazing Traditions Fall As Upperclassmen Heckle Coeds Contrary to traditional upper class hazing, freshman women as well as men were heckled in front of Old Main yesterday afternoon when the class of '45 decorated the campus with green hair rib bons and dinks for the first time since their arrival. In -spite of the •dramatic pleas of Dayton Greenly, w4o was forc ed to propose to a frosh coed on bended knee, a scornful "No, no, a thousand times'no" left him a bachelor. With, their pant-legs rolled up to their knees, two freshmen were made to chase two freshman wo men to the end of the campus where they grabbed them and dragged them back to Old Main. More modera. i te hazing was de monstrated by frosh who tried to sing their class song while holding the buttons of their clinks between their teeth. When upperclassmen swing in to classroom routine or gradually become bored with hazing amuse ment, frosh heckling will continue on a more subdued scale. Until then,Vreshmen will have to en dure the embarrassment of public solos and extemporaneous speeches. Parmi Nous To Meet All Parrni Nous members should be present at their meeting, to' be held at the 'Delta Chi house .to, night.. at.7:30. p, rn., it. was • •an -Tv:Mined by •William F. Finn !42, c i THURSDAY - MORNING, SEPTEMBER 25, STATE COLLEGE, PA Pledging Hits New High At 585 Noble, Bard Appointed Soph Hop Co-Chairmen J. Kemp Noble '44 and Jack B. Bard '44 will be co-chairmen of Soph Hop this year, following ap pointments made last night by Jack R. Grey, sophomore class president, at the first fall meeting of the Ca'mpus '44 party. Along with the appointments, Grey also reported that the co chairmen had already contacted several dance-band booking agents, and that Jan Savitt's Top Hatters had been tentatively sign ed to play for the dance. The contract with Savitt, how ever, contains a conditional clause which will allow the substitution of Glen Gray, Gene Krupa, or Harry James, should any of these bands become available on No vember 7, the night of the dance. Of these three, James appears to be the most likely substitute, since he is playing in New York City. PSCA Groups Name Officers Re-organization of the PSCA Cabinet and naming of officers to head the various commissions was accomplished at the first meeting Of that 'body. yesterday,;Sarah-P.: Searle '42, and A. John Currier '42r PSCA co-preSidents, announ ced last night. . Commission 1, Intercollegiate and World Fellowship, is headed by Elizabeth Howe '42, chairman, and Paul M. Heberling '44, vice chairman. Harriet G. ‘. Vanßiper '44, will head Commission 2, Mem bership Groups, and Daniel C, Gillespie '44, will serve as vice chairman. Cae Coleman '42, who was to serve as chair Man of Commission 3, Religious Emphasis, will be succeeded by former vice-chair man Howard Mendenhall '42. Dorothy K. Brunner '44, will oc cupy the position of vice-chair man. Public Affais, Commission 4, is handled by, Betty Mason '42, chairman, and Gerald B. Stein '44, as vice-chairman. A new committee, Public Meet ings, was organized with Walter N. Shambach '42, as chairman.. All outside speakers and public for ums will be promoted by this group. Maintenance of the PSCA cabin is in charge of Ruth Williams '43, and Warren W. Currier '44, co chairmen. Students Favor Joint Weekend Plan "Soph Hop should" be a big suc- take over the duties of All-College cess, and if the plan of combining president as a successor of Robert this dance and Fall Houseparty is D. Baird ex-'42 said, "The joint continued in coming years, the week-end idea is a good one. The `sopir flop' will be a thing of the past," Jack R. Gray, sophomore Student Union Board has put class president, said last night, fol- across a plan that should have been lowing his announcement of co- tried long before this." • chairmen for the dance. . Thomas J. Henson '42, IFC Pres- A concensus of both fraternity ident, comments, "By combining and non-fraternity students also the two big weekends, fraternities indicates that Soph Hop should be will have an opportunity to stretch one of the top dances of the year.' a weakened budget, in addition to Two years ago, the dance was a fi-• offsetting the usual Soph Hop defi nancial success, due possibly to the cit." fact that .it was held on the same Not everyone favors the new week-end as the .highly-publicized plan, however. Occasional com- Pitt game. ...That year, howover, merits from both fraternity and marked-.the- only ...successful ,Soph: non-fraternity . students show that Hop:ln•almost -a• decade. . • . :_ponie disapprove of the joint .af :,:Perald - p. - : D.ohertyr - !4/,'.wh0.,w411; - - fair; ? because . will icut. one .week-, OF THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE COLLEGE Ritter Advocates Blue Band Trip One hurdle was cleared last night in the student drive to send the Blue Band to Buffalo for the Penn State-Colgate football game on 'October 4 with the announce ment by James W. Ritter '42, pres ident of the Interclass Finance Board, that the board members were in accord with the recom mendation that $375 be transferred from its budget to help pay the $l5OO expense needed for transpor tation. Previously, $7,50 of the total was offered by the Buffalo Junior Chamber of Commerce. The re maining $375 is expected from an appropriation by the Athletic As sociation by consent of the Athletic Advisory‘Board, which meets this Saturday,. If the Blue Band is successful in securing this last sum, it will be off to Buffalo to play at the joint Penn State-Colgate rally at the Buffalo Memorial Auditorium on Friday, October 3. There is also-the possibility of their appearing at a Penn State smoker and broadcast ing over the Buffalo radio station the eve of the game, in addition to strutting in Civic Stadium, Buffalo, before the estimated crowd of 30,- 000 football tans. With trips scheduled to Philadel phia for the Temple game °I - I . Oct°- ber 18 - andlor the Pitt game-onNb vember 22, the addition of the Buf falo jaunt would make this the most widely-traveled fall season in the history, of the Blue Band, with the band covering: approximately 1400 miles to meet three major op ponents. Fall Fever Bubbles Over In First. Pajama Parade There's no further doubt! The college year HAS started, as was proved last night by the fall's first pajama parade in which an en joyable, time was had by all. The procession took its tradi tional course, originating in the fraternity section about 10:30 p. m., milling around Locust Lane a while, then assuming major proportions and proceeding to the campus. Aided by the. rhythm of a bass drum, the cheering mob visited the .men's dorms, women's building, Mac Hall,' and Atherton Hall, serenading the coeds en route. When last heard from past mid night, the spirited "night-raiders" settled down aftei• a friendly siege with the hatmen, and scattered around town to imbibe "cokes." totatt IMA HEAD—Elden T. Shaut '42, above, is president of the Inde pendent Men's Association which will sponsor an Independent Freshmen Mens' Banquet with the cooperation of the Penn State Club and PSCA. * * * IMA To Sponsor Frosh Banquet For the first time in the history of the College, an Independent -Freshman Mens' banquet kir .all independent freshmen will be held under the joint sponsorship of the IMA; Penn State Club, and PSCA, it was announced last night by Elden T. Shaut '42, IMA head. The affair will be held at the, Nittany Lion Inn on October 12, Alumni Sunday. Dr. Fred Igler, of the University of PenriSylvania, will be the main speaker. Activities of the Independent Mens' Association will get under way, Shaut stated, when the IMA Council holds, its first meeting next week. A social and athletic chairman will be elected at this time; he said, and the membership drive will begin. • "Plans are, in effect now," Shaut revealed, "to construct or purchase a cabin for the use of independent organizations. Loca tion the site will be at Whip- Ples Dam." Hoffer Joins Air Corps Robert L. Hoffer ex-'42 who left college last spring to enlist in the Army for three years, has been transferred from the reception cen ter at New Cumberland, Md., to the Air Corps at Biloxi, Miss., for basic training. end from a Fall social calendar, that already has a fewer number of dances than occur during second semester. J. Kemp Noble, co-chairman of Soph Hop says, "The joint week end is the opportunity that frater nities have been searching for. It will save the houses plenty of money, and will also give them a chance to sponsor another "for mal" later in the year if they wish to do so. Jack B. Bard, other co-chairman of the dance also favors the plan. He said, "Non-fraternity men seem to approve of a joint weekend, since it will have a tendency to draw both independent and frater nity .men -.closer together." • • • WEATHER Cloudy and Warmer PRICE THREE CENTS Phi Kappa Sigma, Beta Sigma Rho Deadlock At 21 An all-time record of pledging was. established yesterday as In terfraternity Council received 50 more names to raise the total to 585 for the official rushing season. Previous 'all-time high was es tablished in 1934 when 568 stud ents were pledged The present 'official listing cre dits 75 pledges more than were recorded in last year's drive which totaled 510. Phi Kappa Sigma, pledging five yesteday, tied Beta Sigma Rho for first place with a total of 21. A three way tie resulted when Gamma Sigma Phi, Pi Kappa Al pha, and Sigma Phi Epsilon each pledged 20 students. The . final list of pledges is given below.. Figures in parentheses re fer to the total number pledged by each house Acacia (6). Alpha Chi Rho (8). Alpha Chi Sigma (13): Wallet Baxter. Alpha Gamma Rho (10): Robert J. Ball and Bill Laughlin. Alpha Kappa Phi (16): H. Paul Barnes, Daniel F. Finochio, Al ford L. Trueax Jr., Robert E. Pet-: erson, and George M. Sherwin. Alpha Phi TDelt.a. :(3):• James-; , L: Fraim Alpha Sigma Phi (14). Alpha Tau Omega (7). Alpha Zeta (9): Albert P. Faust. Beta Sigma Rho (21): Samuel Rubin. Beta Theta Pi (17). • Chi Phi (15). Delta Chi (17): Robert R. Cole man. Delta Sigma Phi (11): Harold Bernhardt Jr. and Donald Kulp. Delta Tau Delta (16): John Graf and Charles Tobler. Delta Upsilon (18): Robert M. Agne Jr., Samuel E. Moore, and Andrew W. Yurick. Gamma Sigma Phi (20): Shel don Baldinger and Walter Fisch- (Continued on Page Two) 111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 News Flashes 11111111111111111111111111111111111110111111111111111111111111111111111 PARIS A state of seige was declared in the former French cap ital last night in a German attempt to stop anti-Nazi disorders. Mean while, Serbian guerillas numbering 12,000 attacked the German gar rison of a Balkan town to starting a battle that is still raging. LONDON General Archibald Wavell. visited here yesterday to discuss the possibility of British aid to Russia in the Far East. BERLIN .Leningrad is nearer to actual demolition after Nazi pincer movements around the Rus sian city proved successful, accord ing to latest Berlin dispatches. SAN DIEGO Consolidated Aircraft strike vote has sent the latest labor dispute in defense in dustries before the Defense Medi ation Board. 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