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OF THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE COLLEGE
VOL. 39—No. 61
Altered Code To Rule
Fall Rushing Season
Three major changes have been made in the code that will regu
late rushing activities of Penn State fraternities during the Fall se
mester, Arthur G. Denman '43, rushing chairman, announced last
An entirely new section has been added to general rushing regu
laLions, prohibiting fraternity men from entering buildings on campus
where counselor meetings are taking place, or the mass meetings in
Schwab Auditorium.
PSCA Completes
Orientation Plans
Plans for the PSCA's orienta
tion program were coordinated
and organized at a recent meeting
of PSCA leaders, the Christian
Association office disclosed yes
terday.
Specific plans for Freshman
Week include a Freshman Wo
men's Party, Monday, September
7, following the Welcome Mass
Meeting. Pamphlets will be dis
tributed during the week through
Counselor meeting and Senior
Sponsor meetings.
First meeting of Freshman
Council, PSCA fellowship group
for freshman men, will be held
Tuesday, September 8. Cabin
Open House programs for frosh
men and women will be held on
Saturday and Sunday, September
19 and 20, with the women hiking
to Ralph Watts Lodge on Satur
day and the men on Sunday.
IFC Committee Studies
Defense Stamp Buying
Plans for organized defense
stamp buying by Penn State fra
ternities are being studied by a
special Interfraternity Council
committee, according, to M. Wil
liaMs Lundelius '43, IFC presi
dent.
The committee will study such are presented by the combined
plard as competition among the classes in production, direction,
fraternities, a standard purchase stagecraft, lighting, and stage
rate for all fraternity men, and. management. Tickets may be ob
the addition of defense stamp tained at the' Dramatics Office,
purchases to house bills, accord- Schwab Auditorium; admission is
ing to Lundelius: free.
Governor James Praises Student Government
During His Surprise Visit With President Hetzel
"That meeting of your College
president with the student leaders
is the kind of thing that makes
me .confident of America's future.
I'm proud that Penn State has a
student government strong enough
to make such a convocation pos
sible."
Gov. Arthur H. James was the
speaker; the setting was an inter
view at the College golf course;
the time was yesterday afternoon,
during the first State College
meeting of Pennsylvania's gover
nor and Penn State's president.
The unprecedented visit to
State College has no hidden or
momentous significance, the Gov
ernor emphasized. He had mere
ly stopped by for a social call with
the President, and found that
Hetzel had. just left for the golf
course with Samuel K. Hostetter,
assistant to the president. James
then decided to change to his slack
suit and saddle shoes and do his
"socializing" while "on the go."
Why yes, he admitted, he had
also stopped in State College to
see President Hetzel the day be
fore, but the President had been
out. That trip was also accident
al, he insisted.
The new pro Vision was added
at the suggestion of Arthur R.
Warnock, dean'of men, according
to Denman. Warnock hopes the
addition will prevent recurrence
of the disturbances "rushers"
caused during the Summer semes
ter rushing.
Exempt from the new "lockout"
,provision are counselors and IFC
members on official business. "If
the privileged students take ad
vantage of this section, and rush
freshmen during the meetings, it
will 'be considered a violation of
the spirit, as well as the letter,, of
the code," Denman warned.
'The rushing code article on
"Limits of the Official Rushing
Season" underwent an unprece
dented change, according to the
rushing chairman, when the tra
ditional 30-day silent period fol
lowing the close of the official
season was changed to a 10-day
period
The amendment to Article 111
states: "Pledging may not be con
tinued after the end of the Formal
Rushing Season until September
26, 1942, at 5 p: m."
To prevent the use of drinking
in the rushing of upperclassmen,
the definition of a rushee in Ar
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One-Act Plays Tonight
Fotir one-act plays will be pre
sented in. the Little Theatre at
7:30 o'clock tonight. The plays
GOV. ARTHUR H. JAMES
Governor James' interest in
student government was whole
hearted. "It takes the place of
early training 'in accepting re
sponsibility that modern youth
just doesn't have," Pennsylvania's
governor said.
"The kids just aren't needed for
FRIDAY MORNING, AUGUST 21, STATE COLLEGE, PA.
Students Eligible
For Air Force
Technical Posts
Reception Centers To
Assign AER Members
Student applications for techni
cal or highly specialized assign
ments in the Army Air Forces
are now being accepted by the
Air. Force headquarters in Wash
ington, D. C., it was revealed yes
terday by Prof. Robert E. Gal
hraith, FAWS.
According to a . special com
munication from Major General
W. R. Weaver, of the Army Air
Force technical training command
headquarters, the Air Force is
now accepting applications for di
rect appointment from civil life
from those who, by training or
experience, are qualified for tech
nical or highly specialized assign
ments.
The communication emphasized
the fact that candidates must be
completely qualified at the time
of application, since no additional
training is normally provided.
Persons accepted are expected to
be called to immediate service.
Applkations may be made by
letter to Headquarters, Army Air
Forces, Attention Director of Ap
pointment and Procurement Divi
sion, Washington, D. C.
Physical requirements . in the
Technical Command are lower
than those of the regular Air
Force Rese,rve, according to Gal
braith, and are designed to ac
commodate the specially trained
civilian who is otherwise not eli
gible for active flying duty.
Galbraith added that members
of the Enlisted Reserve Corps will
remain unassigned until classified
at the appropriate reception cen
ter, and then will be assigned to
the branch most in need of men
with the qualifications shown by
the individual. There can be no
definite assurance given that they
will be assigned to the Army Air
Forces, although their applications
for tliat branch will be given pri
ority, since there are great de
mands for college trained men in
many of the other branches.
chores around the house any
more," he continued, "and , until
they come to college, most of them
have never had to shoulder re
sponsibility. Active student gov
ernment provides training that
will make it eternally unnecessary
for us oldsters to scoff at 'the
younger generation.' "
The interview, bull-session
style, was being conducted while
a call was being issued at the
caddy house for a "fourth for
golf." Carl Schott, Phys Ed
School dean, answered the call
and got paired off with the Gov
ernor for a match against Hostet
ter and President Hetzel.
"I only hope my handling of af
fairs of state is not as bad as my
handling of golf clubs," James
apologized as he prepared to tee
off in the first match in all history
between, the heads of the state of
Pennsylvania and the Pennsyl
vania State College.
"Well," President Hetzel re
marked, "as the bishop once told
our minister • . • 'lf you shoot over
a hundred in golf, you're spend
ing too much time at preaching.
If you shoot under a hundred,
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Student Book Exchange
To Reopen Next Week
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EXCHANGE CHIEF Robert L.
Mawhinney, chairman of the com
mittee in charge of arrangements
for the new All-College Cabinet
sponsored book exchange, will di
rect the activities of the exchange
during its term of business begin
ning next week.
Home Ec Clubs To Aid
Ag Council Picnic Plans
Cooperating with Ag Student
Council, Ellen H. Richards Club,
junior -home economics - honorary,
the Ildme •, Economics Club, and
Ag School faculty social commit
tee will help plan the student
faculty picnic for the 'School of
Agriculture and the department
of home economics to be held in
Hort Woods Saturday afternoon,
September 26.
All clubs connected with the
School of Agriculture must hold
elections prior to October 14 on
which date the new Ag Council
will hold its first meeting, Horard
.1. Merrill '43, Council president,
announced yesterday.
Ag faculty and course questfon
naires should be obtained from
advisors before the end of this
semester, .Merrill reminded all ag
students. These form will be col
lected at September registration.
Two Persons Injured
In Air Depof Crash
Two persons received minor in
juries when a plane cracked-up
at the State College Air Depot
near Boalsburg early Wednesday
afternoon.
The occupants, X. B. Thompson,
pilot, and H. McVnerney, pas
senger, were taken to a physician's
office in State College, where they
were treated for their injuries.
Airport manager Sherm Lutz
stated that the plane crashed be
cause it was built . for taking-off
from a larger field.
LaVie Pictures
Martin H. Duff, editor of
LaVie, announced the follow
ing schedule for the LaVie pic
tures to be taken today in 305
Old Main.
4:10 --=Collegian Junior Board
4:3o—Student Handbook
Staff
4:4o—Penn State Club
4:so—Friars o
S:OO—PSCA Cabinet
Weather
PRICE THREE CENTS
Cabinet To Sponsor
Project In Armory
The student book exchange
will be revived, for this book-buy
ing season at least, Bernard A.
Plesser '43, a member of the All-
College Cabinet committee, in
charge of its organization, stated
yesterday.
The exchange will open Wed
nesday at 9 a. m. and will run
from then until next Friday at
12 noon. During that time it will
be open daily from 9 a. m. until
12 noon and from 1:10 until 4 p.
m. It will remain closed during
vacation, opening again on Thurs
day, September 10, at 1:10 p. m.
The same daily hours will pre
vail during this business period
which will run to noon Saturday,
September 19.
The exchange will be establish
ed in 9 Armory., the room former
ly occupied by the signal corps of
the department of military science
and tactics. Students will use the
entrance facing the Mall.
The plan for buying and selling
books through the exchange will
be the same as prevailed when
the exchange was open previously.
For each book bought or sold
through the exchange, a fee of
five cents will be collected from
the person doing the buying or
selling.
Students may set their own
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Late News
Flashes....
LONDON—It is reported that
the Allied Command . here has
been studying the possibility of a
counter-invasion by the Axis as
a result of the recent Commando
raid on occupied France at Dieppe.
Official sources predict that the
Allies are planning another of
fensive to take place in the very
near future.
WASHINGTON—The Selective
Service Board here announced
that plans for elimination of
Class 1-B under the draft setup
have already been formulated and
that local boards have been in--
structed to reclassify men who
have been in this class into Class
1-A for induction in the near fu
ture. Only those who are com
pletely physically disabled will
not be placed into the 1-A classi
fication. These men will be plac
ed in Class 4-F and will be en
tirely eliminated from the draft.
RIO De JANElRO—President
Getulio Vargas ordered all Ger
mans, except diplomats, who had.
boarded the exchange ships Bage
and Cuyaba, to be held as hostages
because of a recent sinking of a
Brazilian ship. The ship is be
lieved to have been sunk by a
Nazi submarine. The Germans
who had embarked on the ship
were to be sent to Lisbon, Portu
gal, where they were to be ex
changed for Brazilians in that
'area.
Sigma Chi Elects
At the semi-annual elections
for officers, Sigma Chi chose the
following: William E. Thomas
'43, president; Robert F. Savard
'44, vice president; John H. Dodd
'43, reasurer; Robert Fast '43,
secretary; and Howard J. Snow
don '44, social chairman.