THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1941
We,-The Women
SUCCESS IN COLLEGE
BRINGS SUCCESS
=IN: LATER LIFE
WRA, Sport Clubs
Conduct Varied
By JEANNE C. STILES. 1 Recreational Program
• Women's Editor
Aninfinx of some three hun
dred freshman coeds to our cam-
Pus brings new enthusiasms, new
ideas, new thoughts and new am-
bitions
To you new Penn State women
• • •
We,- the "older generation," say
"hello". and wish you all the fun
we've, had. We hope you will, ac
quire all the experience we think
we have had.
-• • Probably , everyone has offered
tips abOut hoW to be the typical
coed. TO that we say, "There is
np typical coed and we hope there
never will be!"
We believe that college is the
place for us to find self-expression;
that there we 'are encouraged to
find . the self we want to be and
taught to mold our actions accord
ingly. With that goal in mind there
can be no typical coed. Individual
ity is what we strive for.
That 'individuality is not the
;kind that will, make us.conspicuous
in the wrong way. • ,
Much has been said about the
Penn State coed. What we - hear
about her is now part of your
responsibility. We are Striving to,
make her the best. We think the
ambitions that come with your
class will help.
College has often been dubbed
a .place - to prepare students for
life. College, instead, is, life itself
and like life, we can make it or
I.
break it.
Set your goal before you come.
Then stick to it.
There will be many obstacles,
but it's up to you to overcome
them and reach the top. Everyone
won't get . there but there is great
satisfaction in getting as far as our
iAdividual capabilities allow. That
is
.the important peak for every-
Another lait of''adviceL-don't ex
pect-'the Fre4linexi Week hubblib
to:continue. It won't. :So be pre
popared to settle down to studying—
: Ihifs- what you're here for.
. You will be under our guid
"Largest Diner in the World"
All Women Become Members Of Recreation Group
Membership in WRA, Women's
Recreation Association, is auto
matically given to every coed upon
registration and enables her to
participate in all women's recrea
tional and athletic activities.
Betty L. Zeigler '42, WlUi.presi
dent, will be. assisted. by Patricia
MacK b inney '43, vice-presiden
Bernice M. Mauer. '42, secretary;
Pauline Grossman '43, treasurer;
Ann T. Drivas '43, club activities
chairman; and Grace L. Judge '44,
publicity chairman. .
Composed of WRA officers and
golf, outing, tennis, bowling, bad
minton, dance, archery, foil, rifle
and swimming club presidents, the
WIRA Board conducts a full recrea
tinnal, program throughout the
year.
WRA officers are nominated by
a committee of board and faculty
members and then elected by
coeds. Club. officers are re-nomina
ted and elected 'by club members.
Intramural competition. in bad
minton, baseball,' bowling, golf,
swimming and tennis during
spring and fall seasons is plann*o
by the Intramural Board headed
by the WRA treasurer and com
posed of representatives from each
dormitory and sorority' house.
'Club-sponsored activities are
open to all coeds but they may
join only two sports clubs.
Miss. Nina Bentley
Renlaces Sistei On Staff
Miss Nina. Bentley-has succeed
ed. her Sister, Miss Matilda Bent : .
ley,. now. Mrs, .George. 112. Arisman,
as assistant to the dean of women.
A '!:graduate of ~Wooster College
with • a inaStdrS7degfee:tfr6m Penn
State, the - uew Miss :Bentley was
formerly, dean of girls at. Dußois
High School. .
ance and, influence- for ,;the comma,
year. We'll do our best to smooth
over, the, first year of new experi
ences. And so we welcome you and
wish you the best in Penn State.
College Diner
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN
WRA President
Betty L. Zeigler '42, above, is
president of the Women's Recrea
tion' Association which controls all
women's sports activities. Nine
clubs compose the WRA which was
established four years ago.
Honor Societies To Hold
10 Freshman Mixers
Ten freshman mixers, to which
an equal number of men and
women will be invited, will be
given this fall by campus honor
aries. Most of them will be held in
the Armory.
The series will be started, Sep
tember 19, by, the Penn State Club,
men's independent social organi
zation. It will be continued Satur
day, September 20, by Mortar
Board, senior women's honorary:
Cwens, sophomore women's honor
ary; and Friars, sophomore men's
honqr society.
Qp - Saturday, September • 27,'
other mixers will be held by Alpha
Lambda Delta, freshman women's
scholastic honorary; Druids, sopho
more men's honor society; — and,.
Philotes, independent women's.
organization.
The., parties will be concluded.
: - „s"aturd,y, October 4, by Pi Lambda .
Theia:,.:Women's education honor
arY;. H. Richards Club,
women's home economics honor
ary; and Skull and Bones, men's
upperclass honor .society.
New
BETWEEN THE MOVIES
Always Open
Activities Under Point System
A point system to limit the
number of each woman's activities
will, begin in September under the
direction o4ghe two junior WSGA
Senators, Xnn M. Bortons '42,
chairman, has announced.
Following a survey of more than
80 organizations, clubs and soror
ities, offices and membership were
scaled according to time and re
sponsibility required. Each coed
may have a certain number of of
ficer and membership points, the
quota to be determined in Septem
ber.
Cards recording every coed's
activities for four years will be
kept by WSGA. Present seniors
will not have cards and women
now above the quota need not
drop any office or membership
but will be prevented from adding
any.
Under present scaling, subject
to revision, officer points run from
I,_ 6,8, and so on to 28 while
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membership points vary from 0 to
4.
The system, approved by a vote
of 437 to 86 women a year ago,
was the outgrowth• of a WSGA
House of Representatives survey
which revealed that 352 of the 1,-
100 coeds, participated in , outside
activities and that 25 of these car
ried more than they could handle
efficiently.
The system is designed to help
assure that each organization get
officers with concentrated inter
ests and to protect individuals
from more extra-curricular activi
ties than are safe for studies and
health.
`Pop In'. Nights Scheduled
.Upperclass women will "pop in,"
on freshman women Sunday night
September 21, while freshmen will
visit upperclass women the fol
lowing Sunday.
Russell W. Adamitz, Prop..