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VOL. 42—No. .38 V/.
Fraternities Begin
Formal Rushing
, IFC Prexy Advises
Freshman Rushees
Fraternities will have their
formal rushing period from Octo
ber 26 to November 30 inclusive,
.and no freshmen may be pledged
until 5 p.m. on the 30th, announ
ced Frank Schneider, president
Of Interfratemity Council.
“I want to welcome freshmen
to Penn State on behalf of IFC,”
said President Schneider. ‘‘And in
the same breath, I want to give
some advice to men students who
are desirous of affiliating them
selves with fraternal groups.
Choose Wisely
; “Perhaps the first thing new
students should keep in mind is
that they shouldn’t rush into any
thing without due consideration.
It i s best, to visit all the fraterni
ties you can in order to get to
know as many as possible.. Then,
you will be able to make a wise
choice as to which one you will
want to pledge.”
Another important item that
.freshmen should keep in mind is
that they are under no obligation
to pledge a fraternity because
’ they may be living there during
■ the first few days at the College,
; Schneider pointed out. This works
both ways,, the fraternities are
. under no obligation to pledge men
may be living at their house.
“If you wil not be living in a
> fraternity house during rushing
week and feel that you will join
one, don’t sign a lease with your
landlady for the semester,” con
tinued the IFC head. “If you do,
you may be .u'nable to pledge if
you should so desite.
Consider Finances
“Needless to say, every boy
should look into financial matters
, 'before pledging a fraternity. Most
, fraternities at Penn State charge
. approximately the same amounts
; for housebills and initiation fees,
but, maybe a difference will be im
; portant. - ■
7 A recent survey showed that
’the average housebill for fratern
■ ities, is $53,73, while the average
initiation fee is $71.30. There are
some fraternities who assess only
social fees.as their kitchens are
not in operation. The average so
.cial fee comes to $16:50. All fig
ures are for a one month period,
except, of course, for that of the
initiation fee Which is paid when
a pledge becomes a brother.
[Club Sponsors
’Vets' Smoker
X-G-l Club will have a smoker
for new veterans enrolling at the
College in 405 Old Main, 8 p.m„
Friday, November 2, announced
Commander Wesley Turek.
' Plans for the evening include a
talk'by Arthur R. 'Warnock, dean
of men, and a. varied program of
entertainment. The purpose of
the meeting is to welcome new ex-
Gls to the College, and to ac
quaint them with the functions
and purposes of X-G-I Club.
To help veterans, in registering
and other affairs, members of X-
G-I Club will be" at Recreation
(Continued on page nine)
Graduates Select Coeds
lor Traditional Honors
. (Elected by their fellow class-
of the graduating class of
ajijiffifcer 1945 for “service to the
personal honor, integ
and t versatility of activities"
coeds were awar
: A?’)! iijiese traditional honorary
• |Bow Girl, Mary Margaret
i'liiUi,;,;!; Fan Girl, Helen Hatton;
; Girl, Betty Schenk; Mir
. ivH v 'Ctrl, Jean Butz: Class Poet,
'idc, , (Young; and Class Donor,
• über. •
members of the Octo
graduating class except
lllll&jSchenk and . Joan Huber
graduated in August.
FRIDAY MORNING. OCTOBER 19, 1945—-STATE COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA
Pres. Ralph D. Hetzel
Hetzel, Ray, Warnock Greet Frosh
Ralph D. (Hetzel, president of
the College, sends the following
greeting to in-coming freshmen:
“We rejoice that hostilities nave
ceased and that so many of you
have 'been able to enter College
this fall. 'A large number of you
are veterans who have been fight
ing on the world’s far-flung bat
tlefields. We welcome all of you
to this institution dedicated’ to ed
ucation for the American way of
life.
“These are days of adjustment
for the world, for our country,
and for all of us individually. We
are in the presence of an unpre
cedented opportunity. This is the
time and this is the place to be
gin. Let us work together toward
that better world which we fer
vently hope and pray has been
made possible through the sacri
fices and the suffering of the dark
days through which we have pass
ed.”
R.'D. HETZEL,
President.
3 Department
Heads Named
The board of trustees has ap
proved appointment of three new
department heads, it was an
nounced today by College officials.
The trustees took action at their
weekend meeting.
John A. .Sauer, formerly a re
search engineer at Mellon Insti
tute, Pittsburgh,. and during the
past year director of -engineering
and research for the Elastic Stop-
Nut Corporation of America, will
assume his duties November 1 as
professor and head of the depart
ment of engineering mechanics.
Professor, ' Sauer- earned his
bachelor’s and master’s degrees at
RutgerS University, and taught at
Rutgers before seeking his doctor
ate in 1938 at tl\e University of
Cambridge, England. He completed
his work, during the war, at Har
vard University and was awarded
his doctorate by Cambridge.
The other new heads are John
R. Low Jr.; who will undertake his
duties as professor and chief of the
(Continued on page nine)
Local Radio Station
To Begin Broadcasts
WMAJ, State College’s new
radio station wil open October 29,
'Robert Walter, program director,
announced today, with many of
its programs developed directly
for student listeners.
The 250-watt station, operating
on 1450 on the dial, will have its
studio in the Glennland building
with the transmitter and tower lo
cated in Ferguson township, north
of State College.
WMAJ will use a number of
students as announcers and engi
neers, Mr. Walter said. The sta
tion will operate from 7:30 a.m.
until 11 p.m.
Anyone interested in announc
ing or anyone who holds a first
class rpdio operator’s license en
titling him to - serve as a trans
mitter engineer may communicate
with Mr. Walter, phone 4445.
Dean Charlotte E. Ray
*Dean of Women Charlotte E.
Ray greets the new freshman class
with ihe following statement:
“A welcome to the freshmen of
October, 194-5, should be more
cheerful and more serious than
any welcome ever extended to
previous freshmen. It carries
cheer" because on August 14 We
met one of the grandest exper
iences in the history of mankind.
“But the message of today car
ries also serious note—a remin
der that the young people now en
tering our American colleges will
be the leaders of thought and ac
tion in setting standards of states
manship, of community life and of
personal character, essential in
maintaining the peace that others
bought with their lives. •
•‘To .equip yourself for such a
task you will ' continue- that eag
erness for learning that drove you
to college and that love of liberty
which has taken thousands of our
Penn State ’boys to the ends of
the earth in our honor.”
Frosh To Wear Customs
For Eight-Week Period;
Changes Made In Rules
Customs for the freshman class
will be limited to 'eight weeks,
Senior Board has announced. How
ever, if all members of the class
obey the rules, and violations are
not reported, customs may be re
moved by Christinas time.
Men must wear green dinks,
black ‘knitted ties, white socks and
round, green name tags. The wom
en’s customs are the standard size
green bcw and the name card.
The three-week no-dating per
iod will be in effect for the men
and women. ' During Freshman
Week, coeds will have 10 o’clocks
on week days and one o’clocks on
Friday and Saturday nights. Up
perclass women will have 11
o’clocks for weekdays of Fresh
man Week.
•Men must use the main doors
of all buildings, button to the
willow tree and carry bibles at
all times.- They will be required
to know College songs and cheers.
Men are required to wear coats
to class for eight weeks. Coat
sweaters will not .be satisfactory.
Some customs for men have been
el'minated. They are no longer
required to keep thier trousers
rolled nov is it necessary for them
to know what movies are playing
or to carry matches.
The men should fill in the name
togs with letters not less than %
of an inch high. On the front side
should be the name of the frosh.
The reverse side should have the
hometown of the student, and in
itals' of the course in which he is
enrolled. The cards must be worn
on the left lapel, and should be.
visible at all times. Samples of
these cards are on display at
Student Union.
Part-Time Jobs
All students interested in
part-time employment are
to register with the Personnel
Relations Office, 423 Old Main,
as soon as they have made out
their schedules.
.y Collegian Staff
Dean Arthur R. War nock
A message to the Class of 1949
is sent by Arthur R. War nock,
dean of men, who says:
“When fourteen or fifteen hun
dred new freshmen enter Penn
State for this year’s winter semes
ter, their coming in such large
numbers will help to restore pre
war conditions in classrooms and
on the campus. We shall all wel
come this happening.
“On the other hand conditions
and objectives cannot and prob
ably should not be the same in all
respects as before the war. Con
ditions and objectives in the na
tion and world have changed.in
some material respects, and the
campus must reflect those
changes.
“'Fundamentally, however, the
first: job -for- the new -freshmen
will he to handle the require
ments of their first semester and
first year; that is, in order to
stay until graduation later, they
must learn how to study in col
lege, must develop and discipline
their minds to be their servants,
and must learn how to handle
themselves under conditions in
which they will be much more on
their own than they were in high
school. It really is as simple as
that, and it is done by going for
ward step by step but not missing
any steps. And they all have my
best wishes for success.”
Departments
To Divide
The College Board of Trustees
approved the division of the De
partment of Education' and Psy
chology into two separate de
partments at its weekend meet
ing, it was announced today.
Dr. B. V. Moore will head the
department of psychology under
the new set-up, with Dr. Willis,
E. Pratt, a new appointee, as head
of the department of education.
The department of nature edu
cation, which heretofore has been
under the direction of George
Rex Green, who was retired as
professor emeritus of nature ed
ucation, will ‘be consolidated with
the newly-created department ot
education.
‘Dr. Pratt, who will assume his
duties October 16, formerly was
president of Mansfield State
Teachers College, and for the last
two years held a captain’s com
mission in the Allied Military
Government, with headquarters
in Italy.
iHe is a graduate of Allegheny
College, later earning his mas
ter’s and doctor’s degrees at the
University of Pittsburgh.
Other new appointees include:
Alfred F. Buffington, associate
professor of German. A graduate
of Bueknell University, with a
master’s degree and doctorate
from Harvard University, he for
merly was an instructor in Ger
man at Bueknell; head of the Ger
man department at Central High
School, Scranton; instructor at
Harvard; and associate professor
of languages and supervisor of
(Continued on page eleven)
1% -
v^SSraßag
Freshman Week
To Begin Oct. 25
Mass Meeting To Open
Week Oi Activities
For the first time since the Col
lege has been on the accelerated
program, a full week has been set
aside for special freshman acti
vities.
Freshman (Week will officially
open with a mass meeting for all
new students in Schwab Auditor
ium at 7:30 p. m. October 25. Fol
lowing this introductory assembly
freshman men will be dismissed to
meet in special counsellor sections.
Freshman women will remain in
the auditorium to bear talks on
topics of interest to them.
Cheerleaders, Hummel Fishburn,
head of the music department, and
Frank Gullo, professor of music,
will all be present to assist in the
song and cheer practices sched
uled for Schwab Auditorium at 11
a. m. October 26 and 27.
Football movies will be shown
to all incoming men at an athletic
meeting in the auditorium at 8
p. m. October 26. Hugh R. Riley,
assistant executive secretary of
the alumni association, is in charge
of the program, and cheerleaders
will be there to conduct songs and
cheers.
While the men are attending
the athletic mass meeting, the
women will be guests of Women’s
Recreation Association at an open
house in White Hall, women’s phy
sical education building.
(Penn State Christian Associa
tiorvhas planned tours of the cam
pus for the afternoon of the 2-7th.
Groups will be organized and will
leave from Old Main at various
times duririg the afternoon.
A vic-dance in Recreation Hall
on the evening of October 27 will
provide freshman with an oppor
tunity to get acquainted with their
classmates and any upperclass
students who may be in town for
the occasion. All-College Cabi
net, the music department, the
staff of the School of ‘Physical Ed
ucation, Penn State Christian As
sociation, Cwens, Women’s Stud
ent Government Association, hat
men and representatives from oth
er student groups are aiding in
arranging for the dance.
It ‘has been announced that a
compulsory Chapel service will be
held for all freshmen in Schwab
Auditorium at 11 a. m. October
28. This is the only Chapel ser
vice which students are required
to attend throughout their years
at the College.
Penn State Christian 'Association
and local religious organizations
are uniting to sponsor the relig
ious mass meeting in Schwab
'Auditorium at 8 p. m. October 29.
Formal receptions at the various
religious centers will be 'held at a
later date.
Registration for freshmen and'
other students will be held in Rec-
(Continued on page nine)
1117 Frosh To Enroll;
Men Oulnumber Coeds
With approximately 1117 fresh
men, the class of 1949 begins fresh
man Week on October 26. Regis
tration will be held in Recreation,
building October 30 and 31.
Freshman enrollment in the sev
en schools is as follows: Agricul
turoj \l'ol men, 31 women; Chemis
try and Physics, 105 men, 37 wom
en; Engineering, 194 men, 7 wom
en; Mineral Industries, 23 men, 2
women; Education, 14 men, .115
women; Physical Education, 21
men, 36 women; and Lower Divi
sion, .149 men, 282 women. The
number of men in the freshman
class surpasses that of the women,
607 to 510.
Altoona, Hazelton, and ‘Schuyl
kill (Pottsville), the three under
graduate centers operated by the
College, have a total enrollment of
275, 135 men and 140 women. The
Altoona Center has '55 men and 58
women. Hazelton’s enrollment is
45 men, 49 women, while the
Schuylkill totals are 35 men and
33 women. Students beyond com
muting distance at the three cen
ters number 26, 10, and 10 x-espec
tively.
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