MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1950
Women's Student Government Rules
Apply To Hours, Drinking, Permissions
Women on the Penn State campus are governed by rules set up
by the Women's Student Government Association, with violations
punishable by restriction of the student's privileges.
Upperclass women have 10 o'clock permissions every week
day from Sunday to Thursday. Friday and Saturday evening they
may stay out until 1 a.m.
Freshman women must' be in the dormitory at 9:15 p.m. week-
days, but on weekends each may
have a 10 o'clock and 1 o'clock
permission.
Special 11 O'clocks
Four special 11 o'clock per
missions are granted upperclass
women each semester, and may
be used for going to the movies
or entertain in g out-of-town
guests. Two special 1 o'clock per
missions are given to students
Who are returning to the campus
from out-of-town points on late
buses or in cars.
When a woman student is
leaving her dormitory on
Weekend evenings or is leav
ing the campus at any time,
she must Sign out in the of
fice of her hostess. Time of
departure and her destination
must be indicated on the sign
out sheet. Upon returning, the
coed must sign name and the
time she came in.
Upperclass women must stay
within a 20-mile radius of the
College. Special, extensions of
hours are given to students, who
are taking part in approved ex-
Coed Corner
By DEANIE KREBS
Penn State at last! For weeks
new coeds have been examining,
buying and mending clothes.
You've been hearing tales about
this "country club" where the
men outnumber the women, and
a coed's life is just one mad, gay
whirl.
NOW YOU'RE HERE collecting
books, pamphlets and lots of ad
;vice. Dormitory regulations are
annonunced. There are rules,
rules, and more rules. Thbse who
are living in, dorms for the first
time may begin to wonder if
they're at Penn State or the state
pen. However, you who've spent
a year at a teachers college no
doubt will feel as though you're
paroled for good. behavior.
Most of the rules here are rea
sonable. Even those which seem
silly, such as the "no talking out
of windows" and "radios off at
11:15" laws, usually have the pur
pose (sometimes it's a little ob
scure) of boosting the reputation
of Penn State.
ALL NEW STUDENTS have
heard tales about State's frater=:
nity parties, and of course the
girls are looking forward to at
tending as many as possible.
These parties may be divided into
two groups— open and closed.
Open parties , are simply those
which any couple may attend
whether the boy is independent,
a member of another house, or a .
brother. Closed parties are limited
to members of the house and
their guests.
On ordinary weekends, fra
ternities hold little informal
gatherings. (These formerly
were called "beer parties", but
with the bar ban perhaps the
name will be changed.) Friday
nights those casual jersey or
corduroy dresses are perfectly
suitable, but Saturday night is
the night for heels and special
date 'dresses.
PENN STATE I-lAS FOUR big
weekends each year. These con
sist of a whirle of events begin
ning with an all-College dance
Friday evening and ending with a
tired coed Sunday night. Frater
nities and independent men alike
plan picnics, parties, costume balls
and other activities for Saturday
and Sunday. Name bands are fea
tured at the dance Friday night
which may be the Junior prom,
Military •ball, Panhel-IFC ball or
the Senior ball. The Military ball
is, the only dance which is strictly
formal and admission is by invi
tation only. Members of Army,
Navy and Air Corps ROTC are
maned invitations.
Big Weekends are fun, but
•along with them comes the bane
of every coed's existence—im
ports. Imports are those charm
ing young creatures from home
that may be invited by your
favorite date for a gay State
weekend. These immigrants are
sUbffet 10 .WSGA rules.
Datoes fOr ordinary weekends
THE DAILY ;COLLEGIAN, STATE COLLEGE,
tracurricular activities, such as
Collegian or Players.
Only special 11 o'clock per
missions will be granted on week
nights and special 2 o'clocks op
Friday and Saturday nights.
Women students are forbidden
to drink under rules of both the
College and WSQA.
Blackmarks
Minor infractions of 'rules will
result in "blackmarks," given
for failure to sign in or out, un
tidy roam, extreme noise, and
four-minute latenesses on 10, 11,
or 1. o'clocks.
Three blackmarks during the
same semester can result a "len
ient campus," meaning that the
coed may not date from 5:45 p.m.
Friday until 8 a.m. Monday, with
weekday hours the same as
usual.
Strict Campus
A "strict campus" is given for
misusing late traveling permis
sions, not signing out for out
of-town visits other than home,
or leaving the dormitory before
the opening hour of 7 a.m. The
penalty includes - being in the
dormitory by 5:45 p.m. each day,
no dating, not leaving the cam
pus, and not receiving phone
calls.
The most serious offenses,
such as drinking, will bring
an indefinite campus, in which
case the woman is put on pro
bation until the dean of wom
en reviews her case.
Leonides‘ Philotes Provide
Leadership for . Independents •
All independent women akendiyt the College are members of
Leonides, major independent ' 3 W(Zen's organization on campus.
Philotes, women's social organization, choses its members from .the
independent women.
The 1948-49 Independent Women's Organization was reorganized
as Leonides with officers of the former ,organization acting as
advisers to the existing one. Fos
tering a closer relationship be
tween independent women, in
suring equal representation in
student government, and provid
ing better social and athletic
opportunities are primary pur
poses of Leonides.
The group participated in Orien
tation week last Fall and had
frequent informal mixers with
the AIM.
Leonides Council
The Leonides council is com
posed of representatives and al
ternates who are elected from 33
women's units. Meetings of the
council are open although coeds
attending who are not representa
tives have no voting - power. At
present the council is planning to
probably will be no problem at
all (that is, if Uncle Sam doesn't
interfere). Don't feel overconfi
dent. •It's the girl who's friendly
to everyone all the time who finds
herself enjoying every minute at
Penn State. The one who lets
her sudden popularity make her
conceited may spend the evening
of the Junior prom groaning
about those "awful imports."
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Judicial Tries
Violations Of
Women's Rules
The Judicial committee of
Women's Student Government
Association interprets dormitory
regulations and WSGA rules and
punishes women who break these
rules.
Each woman who violates a
major rule is brought to trial,
where she may present her case.
The committee hands down a de
cision after considering the of
fense, the defense that has been
given, previous offenses, and the
defendant's attitude.
Minor violations have specific
penalties and offenders are, noti
fied by phone calls when their
PUnishment will begin.
Record Infringements
Infringements are recorded by
checkers in each living unit, who
are appointed by" the College.
Each week they turn in reports to
Judicial so that it may, determine
punishments.
There are *eight members on
Judicial: a chairman and a secre
tary, and six other representaives
from the.junior and senior classes.
They are appointed by the re
tiring Judicial chairman and the
WSGA. president, subject to the
approval of WSGA Senate and
the dean of women. This year's
Judicial chairman is Gay Brun
ner.
All - offenders who appear before
Judicial Will not necessarily re
ceive punishnient. If a woman
feels ~that her punishment in
housing offenses Is unjust she
...tay appeal to the WSGA Senate.
build up a scholarship fund for
some needy woman to use for con
tinuance of her education.
Officers of Leonides are: Presi
dent, Joan Wentzel; vice-presi
dent Doris Sher; recording secre
tary, Joan Burlein; corresponding
secretary, Lolita Montjoy; treas
urer, Helen Bartha.
Philotes
Philotes was organized in 1937
to unify and bring together the
non-sorority girls on campus, to
broaden their role in social and
academic life, to stimulate their
interest in scholarship and ac
tivities, to help them acquire self
confidence, and to promote friend
ly cooperation with other campus
organizations.
Though there is no definite limit
on membership, Philotes 'usually
consists of 45 to 50 women. Each
is required to have an all-College
average of at least 1 with bids
being sent to future members by
the organization.
Ruth Aaron presides over the
group with Sally Klawsman as
vice-president; Dorothy Sten, sec
retary; and Mary Barbara Hardy,
treasurer.
4AITIA A..
Coed Government Uses
Three-Branch System
Women's Student Government Association includes all women
at the College and gives an opportunity for them to express their
views, while providing a regulatory government body.
WSGA is organized in much the same way as the federal govern
ment. It consists of three branches, executive, legislative, and judi
cial, with the legislative also subdivided into a House of Repre-
seutatives and a Senate. •
Senate members, elected by
popular vote of all coeds, are
chosen in the Spring and form
the top body of WSGA. Nomi
nees must have a 1.5 average, an
outstanding activities record, and
no major record before Judicial.
Meetings are held each Thursday
in White Hall and are open to
women students. The dean of
women and an assistant act as
advisers.
The House of Representatives,
which includes delegates from
each living unit and sorority, is
presided over by the WSGA vice
president. Requirements for
membership are similar to those
of the Senate, and a representa
tive of the dean of women's of
fice is an adviser.
Meetings in the living units are
held periodically to inform wom
en what is being done in the
House. Complaints can be voiced
through representatives.
Freshman women have their
own Freshman Council to which
suggestions for changes in cus
toms and regulations may be
brought. It also assists in disc,ip
linary matters concerning fresh-,
men. Council members include
the sophomore senator, as chair
man, and living unit representa-
Sororities Provide
Coed Social Life
Ninetecn sororities offer Penn State women unparalleled oppor
tunities for acquiring social graces and enriching their college lives.
They are open to all upperclass women having 1.00 or 1.3 all-
College averages. This year, upperclass women having deferred
grades, but who had 1.00 all-College averages before the deferred
grade was entered in the records
Panhellenic Council has ruled
that freshman women may not-be
rushed and has set up a formal
rushing period for upperclass
women during the present semes
ter. The council also has ruled
that transfer students may be
pledged by sororities but may not
be initiated until they have been
on campus at least one semester.
Panhel; governing agency for
sororities, is made up of two
representatives from each soror
ity. The council establishes and
enforces all rushing and pledging
rules. The council, which meets
twice a month, provides plans for
the general betterment of sorori
ties and conducts a sorority work
shop. Panhel's president is Nancy
George .of Alpha Xi Delta.
Panhel's rushing program will
begin with registration Friday
from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. of women
desiring to be rushed by sorori
ties. A second registration period
by the sororities on Saturday
from 2 to 5 p.m. and Sunday from
for women missing the first will
be held from 8 to 12 a.m. next
YOU•ARE ALWAYS WELCOME
to come in and browse around and
to hear the Icttest releases
We Have Everything Musical
Popular
Musical Books and Supplies
Radios and Phonographs
Combinations and Service
Come in and make yourself acquainted
The Freshman Customs Board,
which trys violators of WSGA
customs and regulations and pun
ishes them, is composed of four
to six sophomores and a member
of Judicial. The Judicial commit
tee enforces regulations among
upperclass women.
Transfer students are oriented
by members of the Junior Serv
ice board. These girls are ap
pointed as sophomores by Senate.
Women's government at the
College dates back to 1910, and
has been. recognized officially
since 1915. The present bi-cam
eral system has been in effect
since 1920.
• Present officers of WSGA are
Barbara Sprenkle, president; Vir
ginia Miller, vice-president; Anne
Forrest, senior senator; Barbara
Klopp and Mary Jane Woodrow,
junior senators; Joan Hutchon,
sophomore senator; and Robin
Brunner, town senator.
- "Pop-in Nights" designed to
acquaint new students with up
perclassmen are sponsored by
WSGA. On a certain Sunday
night, upperclassmen will visit
new students in their living units,
and the following week the visit
is returned.
lso may be pledged
Monday. Open house . s will be held
2 to 5 p.m. and from 6:30 to 9:30
p.m.
Formal rushing by sororities
will begin next Tuesday, Sept. 19,
and continue until Friday, Sept.
22. During these days, the hours
for rushing will be from 1 to 5
p.m. and from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m.
Following this rushing period, an
"At Homes Sundiy" will be held
by the sororities Sept. 24 from 2
to 5 p.m.
Informal parties will be held
from Monday, Sept. 25, until
Thursday, Sept. 28, from 7 to .9
p.m. Sorority coffee hours will be
gin on Friday, Sept. 29. The hours
will be from 6 to 7:30 p.m. and
from 8 to 9:30 p.m.
Preferential lists will be turn
ed into the dean of women's office
at 10:30 p.m. Friday, Sept.
.29.
Rushees will sign their cards the
same evening or the following
morning from 9 o'clock to noon.
Formal rushing will be completed
with ribboning of pledges Sun
day, Oct. 1, at 7 p.m.
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