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The Old and the New
New Trod
With Prexy's Mace
Throughout "Customs Week" freshmen are asked many
questions about University traditions. Most of these have
been traditions of long standing, some dating back nearly to
the beginning of Farmers' High School. There are a few, how
ever, that have a very recent beginning. The President's
Lack of Entries
May Cause Sing
To Be Canceled
The IFC-Panhel Sing, held
annually during Greek Week,
may be called off this year due
to lack of fraternity and so
rority entries, Sally Leight, co
chairman of the sing, said last
night.
The decision as to whether or
not to hold the sing as planned
will be made today after the
deadline Nfor applications, she
said.
To date nine fraternities and 10
sororities have entered the group
sing contest, and 10 fraternities
and 16 sororities have entered
the quartet contest. she said.
"Because of the small num
ber of groups entered, it is
questionable whether the sing
would be a success," Miss
Leigh! said. "It would be too
bad if the sing failed, since this
is a Penn State tradition which
we would like to see continued."
Miss Leight said that there is
also a possibility that only
quartet sing will be held since
more quartets than groups have
entered.
The deadline for applications :
from fraternities and sororities!
is 5 p.m. today.
Preliminaries for sorority
groups and fraternity quartets
are scheduled to be held at 6:30
p.m. Oct. 22. On the following
day, fraternity groups and so
rority quartets will be judged.
Final judging will be held at
8 p.m. Ocf. 27 in Schwab.
The following fraternities have
entered the group singing: Alpha
Zeta, Theta Xi, Pi Kappa Phi,
Sigma Phi Epsilon, Alpha Kappa
Lambda, Phi Sigma Kappa, Alpha
Chi Rho, Acacia and Phi Kappa
Psi.
Sororities entered in the group
sing are Alpha Phi, Sigma Sigma
Sigma. Delta Gamma, Chi Omega,
Zeta Tau 'Alpha, Gamma Phi
Beta,- Alpha Omicron Pi, Delta
Delta Delta, Phi Sigma Sigma
and Alpha Chi Omega.
Fraternity quartets which are
participating are Theta Xi, Pi
Kappa Phi, Sigma Phi Epsilon,
Alpha Kappa Lambda, Theta
Delta Chi, Phi Mu Delta, Acacia,
Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Kappa
Delta Rho and Delta Chi.
Sorority quartets which have
entered are Sigma Sigma Sigma,
Delta Gamma, Delta Sigma Theta,
Alpha Kappa Alpha, Kappa
Alpha Theta, Zeta Tau Alpha,
Alpha Omicron Pi, Alpha Colony,
Delta Delta Delia, Kappa Delta,
Pi Beta Phi, Phi Sigma Sigma,
Delta Zeta. Alpha Kappa Alpha,
Phi Mu, Theta Phi Alpha and
Alpha Delta Pi.
$2OO Research Grant
The Cooperative Grange League
Federation Exchange, of Ithaca.
N.Y., has donated $2OO to the Uni
versity to support research in the
improvement of buckwheat. •
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By JOHN WITMER
Mace is one of these
Throughout history, the mace
has been a symbol of power and
authority, passed on from one
leader to the next. This tradition
started only recently at the Uni
versity, at the time of the inaugu
ration of Dr. Eric A. Walker on
Oct. 3, 1957.
The Mace is used not only at
the inauguration of new presi
dents, but also at many other
ceremonial occasions. Most stu
dents come into contact with it
at the very beginning of their
college careers.
Hummel Fishburn, Faculty Mar
shal, carries the Mace while lead
ing the processional at the Presi
dent's Convocation every Orienta
tion Week.
I The Mace, although first used
at Walker's inauguration as the
12th president of the University
in 1957, has been a part of the
University for a much longer
time. It was made from an ash
wood newell post from the stair
way of the original Old Main,
This original building was torn
down in 1929. The stairway was
installed in 1888 when Old Main
underwent renovation.
It is possible that the newell
post may have been made in
this area, from wood cut near
here.. a
Jesse Pennington of State Col
lege, a retired University employe,
salvaged the ash wood post when
Old Main was rebuilt. When the.
idea of making a mace was pre
sented, Pennington donated his
piece of wood.
Edward L. Mattil, associate
professor of art education, de
signed the Mace and Edward Long
of Boalsburg, a skilled wood
worker, created it. He carved out
a 3-foot length from the 6-foot
post, and fashioned the Mace.
It was originally intended that
the Mace would be placed in the
Penn State Room of the library,
but instead it is being kept in the
'President's office in Old Main.
University Receives Gift
A gift of $440 has been received
by the University from All-Ameri
can Rose Selections, Florence,
Ala., to support maintenance and
,research in the rose test gardens.
This Is the LAST DAY for
AGRICULTURE SENIORS
to have their Portraits Taken
Business Administration Seniors!
You must have
four portraits taken
_, A -L i
for the 1962 La Vie `r ' 1 %
, ~.,,i
from /. t i 9
Oct. 5 - Oct. 11
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. UNIVERSITY PARK. PENNSYLVANIA
Attention
at the studio of
Infinity Enterprises, Inc.
319 W. Beaver Ave.
State College
8-5 p.m. - MONDAY-FRIDAY
Women wear white sweaters or white blouses.
Men wear dark suits, ties, and white shirts.
Bring $2 with you
Corps to Learn
Dialects Later
lin Philippines
The Peace Corps volunteers
here may be anxious to learn
the language of the country
where they'll be going. But
they won't. Not just yet. There
are 87 different dialects in the
Philippines and the volunteers
will be headed for different sec
tions of the Islands.
But they will spend a few
weeks studying the national
language Tagalog during
their training at the Univer
sity. Tagalog is spoken only in
Manila and the surrounding
areas.
The volunteers will learn the
dialect of the area to which they
will be sent when it is decided
which volunteers will be sent to
which islands.
Several weeks will be spent at
a Philippine university when they
arrive. They will learn the basics
id the specific dialect of the area
where they will reside for the
!next two years.
But the main job of the Peace
Corpsmen is to teach and be
models for the English language
as teachers' aides in the ele
mentary schools. English is
used in the classroom from the
first grade on and is under
stood by Filippinos throughout
most of the archipelago.
Soon the volunteers will be
greeting each other by "mabu-,
hay" which in the Phliippine na- 1
tional language means a combin
ation of "welcome," "long life"
and "farewell."
Gazette
TODAY
CBA Student Council, 8:46 p.m., 211
Honda.
;Chess Club, 7 p.m., HUB card room
Folklore Bee., 10 HUB ground floor
Freshman Customs, f. :30 p.m., 215 HUB
Greek Week, Outstanding Pledge Banquet,
p.m., 217 HUB
Bilk! Freshman Council Meeting, 7:45
p.m., 205 lioucke
Independent Education Society, 7:80 p.m.,
212 HUB
Insontment Club, 9 p.m., 212 HUB
Jazz Club Booth, 9 a.m., HUB ground floor
Nittany Grotto, 7:15 p.m., 117 Osmond
P.S. Bible Fellowablo, 12:15 p.m., 212 HUB
P.S. Young Republican. Club, 9:15 p.m.,
213 HUB
ROTC Publications Staff, 7 p.m., 217 HUB
Soc. Club, 7 p.m., 214 HUB
Sports Car Club, A p.m.. 214 Boucke
TIM, noon Assembly Hall, HUB
TIM, 7 p.m., 203 HUB
Woman's Chorus, 0:30 p.m.,•HUB assembly
hall
Colds Cause Rush
On Health Center
This seems to be the season of the cough, sore throat,
cold, sneeze, sprain and, as always, mononucleosis.
Students can be seen around campus carrying boxes of
tissues or limping from over-exertion
If you've visited the Ri
you will realize the seriousness
of the situation
Students are lined up through
out the lobby to tell the recep
tionists of their many and varied
ailments.
To the health center staff this
is the normal situation at the
beginning of the college year,
Dr. Herbert R. Glenn, director
said yesterday.
"We usually have a full house
from the time classes start in
the fall until sometime in Novem
ber," he said. "Then the number
of students who visit the health
center slacks off."
In the last two days the health
center has handled about 1,100
students, Glenn said. On Monday
approximately 500 students visit
ed the center and about 600 were
there yesterday.
The former record for students
visiting the center on one day
was about 400, he said.
"We have more students at the
University this year, so naturally
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enour Health Center lately,
the number of those who take
advantage of the health center
would increase," he added.
Glenn stressed the fact that
there is no epidemic at the Uni
versity. He said that it is normal
to have minor ailments develop
when students from all parts of
the country mingle.
The change of weather and
over-exertion on the athletic
fields also contributes to the boom
in the health center's business.
Of the 60 beds in the hospital,
30 are occupied.
Many students are taking ad
vantage of the flu shots being
offered at the health center, Glenn
said,
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