FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, t9s2
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Campus Patrol Predicts
Sufficient Parking Room
At the present rate of automobile registration there will be
enough parking spaces on campus for students who are eligible for
parking permits . under present plans, Capt. Philip A. Mark of
Campus Patrol said yesterday.
Faculty members and College employees have been issued per
mits for parking areas reasonably near their offices according to a
PSCA Plans
International
Discussions
Freshmen and new students may
get their formal introduction to the
Penn State Christian Association
and old members may renew mem
bership at its first meeting at 7
p.m. Sept. 17 in 304 Old Main.
Luther Harshbarger, executive
secretary, will open a short series
of discussions entitled “Interna
tional Acquaintance” by speaking
of his most recent trip to Europe.
The second meeting of this-ser
ies will be held Sept. 24 and will
be a report on the Olympic Games
by R. B. Patrick, C. D. Werner,
and Eugene Wettstone, all of the
Physical Education department.
Sponsors Programs
The PSCA is the extension of the
Young Men and Young Women’s
Christian Association on campus.
Programs sponsored by the PSCA
include fireside discussion groups
in faculty homes; Bible study.;
theology discussion group; four
study commissions in the areas of
personal and campus affairs* so
cial responsibility, Christian faith
and heritage, and world related
nes's, cabin parties, and intercol
legiate conferences.
Cabin parties are held in Ralph
Watts Lodge which is the PSCA
cabin located four miles from cam
pus just above Shingletown Gap.
It is placed on a 39-acre plot of
timberland overlooking the Nit
tany Valley. v
Two Governing Bodies
These parties are planned each'
weekend by the PSCA or by other
campus or town organizations.
Chaperons are approved by the
Dean of Women’s office for mixed
parties.
The two governing bodies of the
PSCA include the student cabinet
consisting of the executive com
mittee, coordination committee,
and chairmen of the various pro
gram committees, and the Board
of Directors, which consists of
faculty, students, alumni, and
townspeople.
The student cabinet is respons
ible for the planning and execution
of the student program as a whole,
while the Board of Directors as
sumes final responsibility for all
policy.
Finances are provided by the
students themselves through the
Campus Chest. In addition to
these funds, PSCA members car
ry on a number of projects such
as an old fashioned auction, the
operation of a local clothing store,
a square dance, and a few con
certs.
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quota plan set up during the
summer.
Any College student operating
an automobile on campus during
the year is required to register
it during registration in Recrea
tion Hall.
Parking permits are being is
sued to commuting students, stu
dents who live in College dormi
tories, and physically handicapped
students. Commuting students are
those living outside of the bor
ough line gr south of Irwin av
enue. Physically hand: capped
students must obtain a certificate
from the College Health "Service
recommending that they be issued
a permit.
Convenience Sought
Permits are being distributed
from 320 Old Main.
. Captain Mark said that in some
cases parking permits cannot be
issued for the most convenient
parking lot for the student but
that permits for areas reasonably
convenient are being given.
A folder containing all campus
parking and traffic regulations,
a map of the campus showing
parking areas in red and their
numbers, 'and a map designating
the area of State College whose
residents will not .be considered
as commuting students is given
to each studfent receiving a per
mit.
Shortlidge Widened
A new 220-car parking area
has been opened this semester be
tween Hort Woods and Beaver
Field. It has entrances across
from the Pattee Library and on
Park avenue.
Shortlidge road has been wid
ened in front of Simmons and Mc-
Elwain Halls, and a new entrance
from U.S. Route 322 was con
structed during the summer.
Among the regulations is one
requiring roadside parking to be
only, in the direction of traffic.
Captain Mark said that after
the' parking situation has been
settled, surveys will be taken to
determine the extent to which
each of the parking areas is be
ing used. If the survey shows that
in certain areas there are vacant
spaces at all times of the day,
additional permits will be issued
for these areas. In this event,
the line differentiating commuters
from non-commuters will be
brought closer to campus.
Classes ~
(Continued from vage one)
Jan. 5. The fall semester ends at
5 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 27. Exercises
for those who will be graduated
after the fall semester will also
be held Tuesday, Jan. 27.
Classes for the semester will
end at 11:50 a.m. Saturday, Jan.
17, and examinations begin at
8 a.m. Monday, Jan. 19.
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Hort Head
Dies in
Hospital
Dr. Warren B. Mack, professor
and head of the horticulture de
partment at the College, died July
.6 in Urological Hospital, Philadel
phia, where he had been a patient
for two months. He was 56.
Dr. Mack who had been a
a member of the College faculty
since 1923, had planned to retire
Aug. 31. The Board of Trustees
last June approved his retirement
with emeritus rank.
Bom Jan. 18, 1896, in North
ampton County, Dr. Mack was
married in 1923 to Pauline G.
Beery, who served on the faculty
from 1919 until her resignation
last June as professor of house
hold chemistry and director of the
Ellen G. Richards Institute at the
College. She is now dean of -the
newly-created College of House
hold Arts and Sciences of the
Texas State College for Women at
Denton, Texas.
- Mack was graduated from La
fayette College with first honors
at the age of 19. In 1946 Layfay
ette awarded him an honorary
doctor of science degree.
Dr. Mack enrolled at Penn
State in 1919 and’ received his B.
S. degree in horticulture in 1921.
He earned his M. S. at' Massa
; chusetts Agricultural College,
now the University of Massachu
setts in 1924, and a Ph.D. degree
in plant physiology from Johns
Hopkins University, in 1929.
In 1921, Dr. Mack was named
instructor in pomology at Massa
chusetts Agricultural College. He
returned to the College in 1923 as
instructor in horticulture, and was
named assistant professor of veg
etable gardening the next year.
He was promoted to associate
professor in 1926, and professor
of vegetable gardening in 1930.
He was named head of the De
partment of Horticulture in 1937.
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Fraternity Pledging
To Begin Tomorrow
Pledging in Penn State fraternities will begin at 8 a.m. tomor
row, 48 hours before classes begin, as required by Interfratemitjr
Council rules.
The 50 fraternities began fall rushing Monday under the handi
cap of having only about 400 men students eligible for rushing
transferred to the campus.
According to the Dean of Men’s
office, numerous fraternities have
vacancies, but most say they ex
pect to fill them. Many new pled
ges will be secured from - the
house guests now livng "at jhe
houses during Orientation Week.
Second semester freshmen who
were on campus last year are per
mitted to pledge under IFC rul
ings, but second semester stu
dents who came to the College
from other schools or Penn State
centers may not be pledged.
Freshmen who attended summer
sessions at the College, • but have
not completed one semester, may
not pledge. Any upperclassman
may pledge.
Rushees may live in fraternities
upon invitation as house guests,
but cannot break dorm contracts
to live there during pledgeship.
The Dean of Men’s office an
nounced ;hat for exchanges be
tween the fraternity and the Col
lege, the/fratemity should submit
two lists to the dean’s office con
taining (1) names of men desiring
to transfer to dormitories, and (2)
names and room addresses of men
living in dormitories who desire
to be released to transfer to the
fraternity.
Freshmen living in the West
Dorms cannot break their room
contracts with the College, which
are binding for one year.
Average Needed
The office added that the fra
ternities will get out of the dorms
only the number of men that they
put into them.
A scholastic average of 1.0 for
the preceding semester, or an All-
College average of 1.0, is required
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Must Send Lists
Sundays and Holidays 9-4. and 6-10 p.m.
by the IFC before a student may
be pledged.
Rushees who break pledges
may not pledge another fraternity
for 30 days. This ruling does not
apply to pledgeships dissolved by
the fraternity.
IFC Sets Rules
Although a student may pledg*
only pne fraternity,, he may be
rushed by any number of houses.
Rushing is followed by a pledge
ship period, provided the student
receives a bid and accepts it.
Pledgeship normally lasts one se
mester, and is ended when the
pledge is initiated as a brother. .
The IFC, governing body of
Penn State fraternities, sets, and
enforces the rushing regulations.
Porch Construction
Begins at Nittany Inn
A sun porch, adjoining the
main dining room of the Nittany
Lion Inn, is being constructed to
the west of the building to facili
tate entry to private dining rooms
in the north wing.
ATTENTION
Graduate Students
and Upper Classmen
Graduate students and upper
classmen will find comfortable
rooms with' hot and cold run
ning water or private bath at
Colonial Hotel, 123 W. Nittany
Ave. Central location. Quietly
operated for rest and study.
Low student rates. Phone 4850
State College. Ask for C. R.
134 S. ALLEN ST.