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,
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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-
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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.
BASEBALL SCORES
National League
St. Louis 4, Pittsburgh 0
Brooklyn 4, Boston 2
New York 4, Philadelphia 1
New York 2, Philadelphia 0
Cincinnati 2, Chicago 0
American League
New York 7, Philadelphia 2
Chicago 2, Cleveland 1
St: Louis 2, Detroit 1
• Boston 7, Washington 2
•Boston 5, Washington 4 •