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VOL.*4IT—No. 43
Fraternity Rushing
Wilt End Tomorrow
Formal Pledging Starts
« At 5 o'Clock Saturday
Legal fraternity rushing began
at 5 p.m. Tuesday and will con
tinue until 5 p.m. tomorrow ac
cording to the new Inlerfratern
ity Council rushing code.
These lour- days are known. as
,a silent period. Rushees may visit
or live at the fraternity houses
but they may not be pledged dur
ing this time. Formal pledging
will be legal for one week be
ginning at 5 p.m. tomorrow.
: With the enrollment of ap
proximately 300 freshmen men
students and the appearance of
'over 50 discharged servicemen,
this is the largest rushing season
siijce the fall of 1942 said Fred
erick Dietz, president of IFC.
Since 1942 the spirit of Freshman
Week has been missing and rush
ing has been somewhat handicap
ped. - ,
Many fraternities are reoccupy
ing their houses since termina
tion of the Air Corps program and
curtailment of the V-12 and
AST programs. Others have again
opened their dining rooms.
Twenty fraternities are eligible
to rush- and pledge. They are:
Alpha Chi Sigma, Beta Sigma
'Rho, Delta • Chi, Delta Tau Delta,
'Lambda Chi Alpha, Phi Delta
Theta, Phi Epsilon Pd, Phi Kappa
: -P.si; Phi Kappa Sigma, Phi Kappa
Tau, Phi Sigma Kappa, Pi Kappa
Alpha,' Pi Kappa Phi, Sigma Chi,
Sigma ■PhriEp
silon, Sigma Pi, Theta Chi,, and
Triangle. |
(Beta Sigma Rho and Lambda
Chi Alpha are occupying the Kap
pa Delta Rho house, 420 Prospect
. avenue. All other fraternities are
living in their own houses.
Gallup Poll Editor
To Speak Nov. 16
. William A. Lydgate, editor of
the Gallup Poll, will speak on
“What America Thinks” in Schwab
Auditorium Novemberl6. The talk
is being sponsored by the Penn
State Christian Association.
■; As editor of America’s best
known yardstick for measuring
public opinion, Lydgate has charge
of formulating the questions on
which the poll’s 1,100 interviews
each week are based. He also edits
the . commentary and interprets its
significance in regular bulletins
sent out to the 125 newspapers
which subscribe to this service,
j In the five years since the found
ing of the American Institute of
Public Opinion, or the Gallup Poll
as it is popularly known, Lydgate
has had the editorial direction of
ihe soundings taken on literally
every. question of consequence,
economic and social, as well as po
litical, confronting the American
public...
! These reports are not only
quoted in the nation’s press, but
are also more frequently referred
to in Congressional debates than
any other single source of infor
mation or public sentiment.
• Admission to the lecture will
be 25 cents. Tickets will go on
sale Wednesday.
> Organizations cooperating with
the PSCA to promote this lecture
include All-College Cabinet, Am
erican Association of University
■yVomen, American Legion, the
state Cpllege High School student
tiody, Hillel Foundation, Kiwanis
Club, Parent-Teacher Associa
tion, the College, Phi Beta Kap
pa, Phi Delta Kappa, Phi Kappa
Phi Lambda Theta, State Col
lege public Rotary Club,
State College Women’s Club, and
Women’s Student Government As
sociation,
u>LAYS TITLE ROLE—Lovely Regina Resnik, Metropolitan Opera
star, will play the title role in “Carmen,” an opera depicting Spanish
gypsy and peasant life, at Schwab Auditorium, November 3. The pre
sentation will be the first of three programs planned by the Artists’
Course this semester.
Artists' Course To Feature
'CarmmLMmuhln,Smwm^
An opera, a pianist, and a vio-.
iinist will, comprise the Artists'
Course' program which will be
presented at the College during
the coming semester.
The colorful opera “Carmen,”
a romance which depicts Spanish
gypsy and peasant life, will be
presented on November 3. Head
ing the cast, who will give the
original Paris opera comique ver
sion, ' will be Regina- Resnik (Car
men) and Donald Dickson (Esca
millo) of the Metropolitan Opera
Company.
Yehudi Menuhin, violinist, will
appear December. .15, and Jesus
Maria Sanroma, pianist, will pre
sent a concert on February 2.
The “priority” system of issu
ing seats will be used. Each pri
ority slip will designate to the
prospective purchaser what time
he will appear for his ticket on
the day of the sale and also his
place in the ticket line.
Students will secure their pri
ority numbers from the Athletic
[ Association ticket office in Old
Main between 4 and 4:30 p.m.
Tuesday. Numbers will be issued
to faculty members and towns
people from the AA office be
tween 4 and 4:30 pan. Wednesday.
One priority' number, will en
title the purchaser to as many as
six seats—provided students buy
only student seats and . faculty
members and townspeople secure
(Continued On Page Fourl
Students Register Today;
Classes Begin Monday
Regular classes begin at 8 a.m.
on Monday and end at 5 p.m., Feb
ruary 15, according to the 1944-45
fail semester College calendar
which was released this week.
All students will register today
and tomorrow at the Armory, and
pay their fees on November 10.
Christmas- recess begins Decem
ber 21 and ends at 8 a.m., De
cember 28. There will be no
Thanksgiving or New Year’s va
cation this semester.
Final examinations will start at
8 a.m., February 16, and continue
until 5 p.m., February 22. Fall
semester graduation exercises will
take place February 22.
Published Weekly by The Daily Collegian Staff
FRIDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 27, 1944—STATE COLLEGE, PENNA.
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President Hebei's
Welcome Message
President Ralph D. Hetzel, in
his message of welcome to all new
incoming students, explains the
meaning c-f the “Land Grant Col
lege” and expresses his desire
that students take full advantage
of the College’s educational facil
ities.
To New Students
Meetings of the Association of
Land Grant Colleges and Univer
sities in Chicago prevent me from
being on the campus when the se
mester opens, so I am leaving this
message of welcome with the Col
legian.
The term “Land Grant College”
may be new to you, but you will
become familiar with it as you
learn to know Penn State as the
Land Grant College of Pennsyl
vania.
Briefly, it means that Penn
State for 89 years has stood for
democratic education; that the
State, has provided here the fa
cilities through which ycu will be
come useful citizens of this great
State and Nation. Education so
provided becomes a responsibility,
not a privilege.
It is my hope and belief that
you will take full advantage of
these opportunities to prepare for
lives of usefulness and service—
lives of which you and Penn State
will be proud in the years to come.
Collegian Candidates
Students interested in be
coming candidates for Colle
gian are urged to attend the
first meeting of the semester,
which will be held, in the Col
legian office, basement of Car
negie Hall at 7:30 p. m. Tues
day.
Emil Kubek, editor, and Bet
ty Federman, business manag
er, stated that experience is
not necessary.
Show,Game,Party, Dane®
Highlight Freshman Week
A variety show, football game with West Virginia, Hallowe’en,
party, vie dance, ancl Chapel services will climax Freshman Week ac
tivities for approximately 700 incoming men and women students.
A variety show staged by activities honorary societies and spon
sored by WSGA will be presented in Schwab Auditorium at 8 o’clock
tonight. Cwens, Parmi Nous, Mortar Beard, WRA, and Skull and
Bones will each present ten-minute programs. Jinx Falkenberg will
entertain with the accordian.
All freshman men and women must attend the Penn State-West
Virginia football game at New Beaver Field, 2 p. m., tomorrow. They
must sit in the last section of the West stand and must remain seated
until everyone has left the stands.
WRA has planned a Hallowe’en party for all freshman coeds in
White Hall, 8 p. m., tomorrow. At
this time a tour of the building
will be conducted and holiday
games and refreshments will be
featured.
Two Exhibits
At Library
Two exhibits have i been ar
ranged at the College Library un
der the supervision ol' B. Eliza
beth Ulrich, exhibit chairman.
One exhibit portrays the presi
dential history of the United
States while the other is a col
lection of first editions of Na
thaniel Hawthorne’s works.
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Feature of the display is the
collection of president’s wills as
sembled for the first time by Dr.
Asa E. Martin, head of the his
tory department.
Photographs of the presidents,
their birthplaces, and-the homes
to .Which'. they _ retired are Shp.wn
togetiibr. .f with ads.
ministration mementoes.
Cartoons make up a large part
of the exhibit. They are political
in nature and focus on the Jack
sonian era, the Women’s Rights
movement, and the Civil War
period.
The first editions are from the
Robert Henry. Hay Collection.
Among the works published dur
ing Hawthorne’s lifetime and
posthumously is “Fanshawe and
Other Pieces.”
This edition of Fanshawe is not
actually the first. The first edition
of this book was published
anonymously in 1828 but almost
all copies were destroyed by Haw
thorne who was dissatisfied with
the book. A dozen years later a
copy was found and reissued by
James R. Osgood and Company.
‘’The Marble Faun,” a novel,, is
on display in two editions. After
its publication there Was gener
al disappointment at what the
! reading public considered an “in
conclusive conclusion.” The third
| London edition, also exhibited
has a conclusion of nine addi
! tional pages.
•According to library officials,
these historical momentoes of past
presidents, featured in the exhibit
will remain on display until about
November 10.
Two Liberty Ships Named
For Former College Men
Liberty ships have been named
for two former members of the
College faculty—Dr. Thomas F.
Hunt and Henry J. Waters. Both
of the men are now dead.
Dr. Hunt was professor of ag
riculture, 1891-92, and dean of
the Sohool of Agriculture, 1907-12.
He also served as dean of agri
culture at Ohio State University,
1896-1903, and at the University
of California, 1912-23.
Waters, who was professor of
agriculture at the College 1892-95,
later became dean of agriculture
and director of the agricultural
experiment station at the Univer
sity of Missouri, 1895-1909. He
also was president of Kansas
State College, 1909-17, and editor
of the Kansas City Star.
I)r. Clausen
At Chapel
Pape 3
rniCE FIVE CENTS
Independent Student Council,
cooperating with the Freshman
Week committee, has slated a vie
dance in the Armory, 8:30 p. m.
to midnight, tomorrow. The dance
is free and open to all students.
All freshmen are directed to at
tend Chapel services in Schwab
Auditorium, 11 a. m., Sunday at
which time Dr. Bernard C. Clau
sen of the Euclid Avenue Baptist
church, Cleveland, 0., will be the
guest speaker.
PSCA activities for freshmen
will begin when the Men’s Coun
cil will be organized in 304 Old
Main, 7:30 p. m., Monday. At this
time Van Lundy, Tribunal chair
man, will speak .to the group on
"custom's • and- traditions at Penn,
‘Sthte?
leader, will lead school songs and
cheers with Harold Tarpley at the
piano. Frank Fryburg, president of
the Council,. will be in charge of
the meeting. All first semester
men students are eligible for mem
bership.
Freshman cceds will meet with
upperclass unit leaders, at their
respective dormitories, 7:30 p. m.,
Tuesday. These individual groups
will combine to form the Fresh
man Women’s Forum of the PSCA.
All coeds are eligible for member
ship.
4 Frosh Societies
To Remain Active
Freshmen will have the oppor
tunity to be chosen for member
ship in Alpha Lambda Delta,
Cwens, Phi Eta Sigma, and Druids
during the coming semester. All
four have announced their inten
tions to remain active during the
winter.
Alpha Lambda Delta, freshman
women’s scholastic honorary,
pledges all coeds who have a 2.5 or
better All-College average at the
end of either their first or second
semesters. Edith J. Melville, assis--
tant to the dean of women, is ad
visor to the group.
To become a Cwen a coed must
have an All-College average of at
least 1.5, two or more extracur
ricular campus activities, and
must show leadership ability. Each
eligible woman student is consid
ered and discussed by activq mem
bers and Miss Jeanne Richards,
secretary to the dean of women
and Cwen advisor, at the end of
her second, third, or fourth semes
ter.
Phi Eta Sigma, freshman men’s
scholastic honorary, accepts only
students with 2.5 or better- aver
ages. Franklin B. Krauss, professor
of Latin, is advisor.
Druids, a freshman-sophomore
activities society, pledges freshmen
who have at least one activity, with
potentialities of a possible second
and third, and a passing grade in
every subject.