Tuesday, May 24, 1921 ENGINEERING SOCIETIES ELECT NEW OFFICERS New offlcera were elected for the combined engineering societies of the college, at a meeting held last Friday night at seven-thirty o'clock In room 200 ’Engineering D. At the same time Prof. Ira N Hollis of Worcester Tech, and'Major Fied Miller, past-president of the A S M E. addressed the engin eers Prof. Hollis laid especial emphasis upon the fact that 'graduates of the technical colleges are unwilling to go into the piofcsslon at .the bottom of the ladder. “A man who has graduated as an enginoei Is far from being an englncei—yet lie must fhst serve Ills apprenticeship 01 as Er. Elliot of Har vaid put it, he' must cntci upon novitiate It Is then fur hlin to become an englncor A man who gives up study > after his graduation, develops cither into a routine man, or gives up his profession foi something more re munerative " Pi of Ilollis also brought out the position of tho engineer in the economic, social, and political life of tho country, showing how all civiliza tion rests upon the work of engineers The other speaker. Major Miller, spoke of the requirements of employers In prospective employes "Out of a great number of Inquiries sent out to large employers of engineers, a laigc percentage of them placed character and reliability highest of all of the re quirements. ‘Howfever, one must also ' be well versed in the knowledge of the science of engineering" Tho new officers elected for the combined engineers of the college are: Picsidcnt, A R. Boiden '22, Vice president, S C. McCullum '22; and Secretary. W C. Clough '22 FRATERNITY BASEBALL REACHES SEMI-FINALS ' The first round of tho fraternity baseball competition came to a close , last week and the semi-finals began yesterday Interest In the league is increasing Immensely with tho narrow ing down of the field and greater inter est will undoubtedly develop with the announcement that tho winner of the fraternity league will play tho winner of the lnter-unlt baseball providing there Is sufficient time to do so before the end of the school year Fraternity managers, who have not paid the dol lar that was assessed some time ago, ■will kindly make the payment at once to Banks at the Delta Upsllon House A request was made to this effect once or twice before but little attention was paid and it Is necessary that the as sessment be made immediately. > Games scheduled for tomorrow are as follows: Wednesday, May 25 Phi -Kappa Sigma vs Alpha Delta Sigma—Diamond No. 1 Delta Sigma Phi vs the winner of the 3rd' division—Diamond No 4 Games played last Friday resulted. Alpha Zeta—l Kappa Sigma—2 Alpha Gamma K&O—3 Delta Sigma Phi—s Delta Pl—3 Theta Chi—G |- The, Nittany 'Printing’ and Publishing Company | i I Dance Programs GIRLS CELEBRATE MAY DAY IN NOVEL MANNER Tho girls of the college celebrated , In a most fitting way the time honored customs of May Day last Thursday evening in tho dining room of McAllis- : ter Hall All thronged about the re ception room while tlie May Queen, Miss Katherine Thompson '2l, attended by Miss Cora Morrison *24 and several maids of honor,'marched into,the din ing room The tables weie giouped. about the edge of the room facing the throne of the Queen and leaving the center' open .for the Maypoio. dances. After the Queen ‘had ascended her throne the coieinony of crowning her took place Miss Florence AUeh *22, president of Women’s Student Government Asso ciation, presented her with a crown of roso buds as a symbol of love Dean ICnight ga\e her a clover as a token of industry, while Miss Agnes Newman *22, picsident of Women's Athletic As sociation, offered tho Queen a flpwer symbolic of grace, and Mias Grace Yo cum *22, president of Y. W. C A, a token of purity. Tho singing of class songs followed the presentation of gifts, one member of each class having composed a song in honor of the Queen of the May. Sixteen Mayplc dancers next avanccd and, taking hold of tho gay colored sti earners* of tho Maypole, danced about It in -charming fashion. * Not only did each class have its ovvn song, but_dlstlnctlvo class colors were used in dress and table decorations > The Senior tables were decorated with blue and gold. The Juniors wore greno • caps and green crepe paper aprons over 1 their white dresses,'while the red dunce hats of the Sophomores were distinc tive 'The Freshman purple was effec tive as sashes, and the spirit of May was further carried out by the pre sentation of flowers to tho upperclass men Each Senior received a bouquet 1 of sweet peas In an old fashioned dolly ' fiom her sister classmen the Sopho- . mores, while tho Freshmen gathered j wild flowers and arranged them into 1 attractive old-fashioned bouquets for 1 the 'Juniors : The Junior girls’ class dance was held Friday evening in tho parlors of tho Woman’s Building, which were de corated In an original way with bal loons and multi-colored crepe paper hangings over the doorways The Sophomore dance was held In the same place the following evening, and both were enjoyable events with which to close tho season. After that long pre-mid night study hour stroll ' down to the COLLEGE LUNCH ROOM and get on good terms with your appetite. SANDWICHES HOT DRINKS Ice Cream Fruit ‘ls equipped to turn out the highest grade of - printing oh short notice. Our specialties are Menus PENN STATE COLLEGIAN RED CROSS ACTIVE IN _ SOCIAL SERVICE WORK The National Red Cross, In coopera tion with .the Pennsylvania State Col lege, Is to offer training courses for social service work under the direction of Miss Helen K. Shipps, executive sec retary of tho local chapter. The train ing will bo valuable for those who expect to work in small communi ties, the rural sociology department of tho college will act in connection with the-Red Cross chapter In offering courses which will bo open to summer session students Tho courses which will bo offered are - Rural Social Problems—Three credit hours—Professor Bressler 1 Rural Sociology—Three credit hours Field work required ‘Prof. Bressler iSoclal Case Work—Lecture, one hour practlcum, ten hours—Miss Shipps. Miss Shipps has been here since Feb ruary canvassing the field, which In cludes several sui rounding towns as woll as Stato College Itself, ‘and has found that there is a great opportunity hero for anyone interested in work of this nature About twenty cases of.in fantile paralysis have been discovered, and in the Interest of these children, a surgical clinic will bo held on Saturday afternoon, June 18, In the sanitarium or Dr. Glenn on West College Avenue, which he has kindly offered for use Dr George B Stull of Hairisburg, who has had much successful experience with cases of this kind, will come to State College to conduct the clinic in connection with Dr. Grover Glenn and Dr. William Glenn. It Is expected that the Red Cross Headquarters in New York City will send students here to enroll in tho sum mer training courses College girls who are graduating this year and -who have "not‘as yet any'definite work in view might 4ell consider this opport unity offered for service In Stato Col lege. \ Anyone desiring to communicate with Miss Shipps may find her In her office in tho basement of the Bank Building from nine to twelve every morning Keep Watching Our Window We are showing some very attractive gift goods The Crabtree Co. JEWELERS State College, Pa. I Men! Shame on You I You are proud of your wife or best girl when they dress their feet so handsomely with the the last word in footwear! while you put on any old thing and think you are all set. You are not unless you keep up with her.' The woman knows it, yet"may not like to tell you. Don’t make her tell you. 20th Century Shoe Co. | 121 Allen Street D. J. 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