PAGE FOUR 250 Greeks Take Dates To Annual Panhel Ball Cigarettes Given For Army Camps Defying the rapidly declining 'ratio of men to women Students, 250 sorority women took dates to Panhellenic Ball last night. Campus sorority women and dates, stray Greeks, adVigbrs, chaperones, and guests danced to the music of Walt James and his 'Penn Staters from 9' p. Uhtil midnight at 'the Nittany'LiOn Inn. Packs of cigarettes 'donated • by sorority women will be sent to •ormy camps 'where Penn State men are stationed. • Panhellenic•Council sponsors the dance annually as the first fornial of •the *year.. Marjorie 13: Strode '42 was chairman. • ,During intermission . Gamina Phi Beta entertained their dates'at the house. Alpha Chi Othega, Delta Gamma, arid. Phi MU entertained after the dance.. Coed Skiers Cut Crazy Capers: No Concussions • Coed ski enthusiasts have been cutting capers on the geritle slopes of Holmes Field the pagt . Week, un der' the supervision of Miss Mil dred A. Lucey, phyidgl education instructor. "I used to start my friends off on high hills so that they'd IOSe - their fear of skis ,P Miss Lueey: stated yesterday; "blre after a Z'Otiple con= eussioins, I ifecided 'to ',leach the coeds on gentler sldbes.!' And after four years of Ski in struction for Penm State coeds, there have been nb \ casualties. White .Hall . is . equipped. with 15 complete sets of skis, sbine 'them with hickory ridge tops, the best on the market. Steel cables, harnesses, poles, and boots also • provide would-be skiers with necessary materials. Most of the coeds prefer Mon days, Tuesdays, and Thtirsdays for skiing because of Wednesday and Friday B o'clocks. Trips to the Centre,Aills. Country Club have al ready . been • made; • arid '_coets will travel flay bus to - the Bald Knob ski trail tomorrow. ' Coeds Aid Red Cross Doing • their bit .for national- de- • tense, members• of. Raven and Ser pent, junior womens! honorary at. C,ornelli• will spend all their -Sat trday afternoons.• and any other , spare time at the Rtd. Cross head-: quarters in Ithaca, N. Y. CLASSIFIED. SECTION 'HELP WANTED' Gaiety and laughter to set the jolly •Boal burg Tavern-even more aglow with fun arid frolic. - - Our prices are at a new low -and the- quality of our cod is at a new high— •-.- • - • SALESMAN • WANTED Sally Sandwich Service., 2373 .- • . 3tcli 9, 19, 13 DS FOR SALE Two- suits,. one. top coat. All site. 40; Golf clubs.' rooks. Call Mike. 2710:' 2 tpd 9, - 10 DS WANTED—Boy to deliver Col legian. Call. at. Collegian Of lice, 313 Old Main, today or Mon day at 4 p. rct. ltcomp M. FOR SALE. New skis with braces, poles. Very: reason able. Call Martin, .1622. itch A. M. FOR SALE—Special . seven-foot Sear's bed and inner-spring mattress, perfect condition, Must sell before January 20. Call Dick, 4679. 3tch 9-12-13 M. FOR SALE—New portable type ' writer. Price reasonable. Call 4850. ltpd M. FOR RENT—HaIf of double room for man. Senior room mate. Board if desired. Call 2887. itch W. she Women Scattered Thoughts About Defense It was a good idea for the Col lege administration to . request that professors refrain from over whelming students with exams the last day of •the semester. The main difficulty is that. students Will sweat blood the second from •the.last day. Serious • thoughts . bring us to ponder. the best time to donate our red corpuscles. to the .Red Cross—before or after our blue books. We need all our strength to climb the mountain but, if we wait till.. the grind is over, the residue might be worthless. Ah, defense . . . our schedules .will overflow with courses to pre serve our country but what about the regular courses? Seems a bit . illogical that so many cigarettes are donated 'to . the armed forces... by civilians. Boys in. camps -get them at about one-half the price others .pay for them. Maybe the fad can be. at tributed to an: advertising •genius. 'When rationing . of clothes be gins, many clothes-conscious coeds will thank their planets that they learned to krill way back then. Sweater can always be unraveled into. . . . another The war was hardly a month old when Penn State coeds, fore seeing that women. might rule the world, began -wearing pants. Just practicing . . . at least until the mercury climbs_ out of its dept t hs. Before December 8, 'the engaged or married coed was considered unique. Now We tables have turned. But• what will happen when the sparkler diminishes?- Curtailed • vacations. . . cur tailed sports . . . and so on. There Must be a medium or people won't be •able to .see which way the tivorld is, turning. . AEPhl's Nose Out Theta's, 2 To 1 Alpha Epsilon . Phi defeated Kappa . Alpha Theta„ 2-1, in table tennis yesterday. Eddie Dobnoff '44 and; Daisie Kranielt.'44 played for Alpha' Epsilori Phi, while _Anna tee' d arey '42 .stild Ja.ne'Berk:ebile '43' represented Kappa Alpha Theta. Women's Building team four lost to Mac Hall team one, 3-0, also table •tennis;.Nittany Coop defaulted to Women's Building in._ Seni9r and junior. lz(aaketball Majors Will try fot the basketball chempionship of : the first round of the tournament next week.. Coeds interested in trips to the Bald Knob ski trail, sponsored by the recreational group under. Prof. flay M. Conger, physical education instructor, will leave from White hall at 1:30 p. m. today. and "to- Inetroiv. 3twkeh REB Foods Division Will Show Film "Meat and Romance," a sound film explaining the selectionivook ing, carving,- and-food value of meats will be shown in 119 New Physics Building .at T p. m. Tues day. Published by the National Live Stock and Meat -Board, the .movie is being sponsored by the foods di vision of the home• economics. de partment. Students in home economics 13 are requested by ,Mrs. Emma G. Welch, instructor, to attend the movie in place of the demonstra tion class regularly scheduled at that time. Roll will be taken. READ THE COLLEGIAN CLASSIFIEDS MM7Mr7IMITI 9 To 1----Thale Were Gay Days The raio between men and wo men students is now about 3 to 1 —but if you think 'that's good (or bad) you should have been here 20 years ago when there were 299 women and 2,702 men undergrad uates or one coed for every nine men. It's hard to tell what 'the ratios •were many years before that be cause the College Catalog fails to give the necessary information. But, in 1896-97, all the women— yes, every single one—lived in a single cottage. • Fifteen.years ago, every Woman had her choice (theoretically) of one of six men. - There were 474 coeds and 3,099 men. In 1931A2, the proportion was just about the same, with 646 wo men and 3,627 men. The ratio dropped to 5 to 1 five, years ago -4,250 to 968. - The next major change came in 38-39• or 39-40 when •it was four -coeds to one man. And the one after that is right now, with 4,612 men and 1,494 women. 13 Limelight Catchers Of 1941 Reviewed In Coed Intellect Quiz Politics, society, or sports— 8. Who was the first coed to be which is your line of interest and elected freshman repreSentative to how well do you keep posted on WRA Board? . • campus current events?, .9. Who' was the gal who placed Here are 13 questions concerning coeds on an .equal' plane with the women in the 1941 campus lime- fellows for one day thus errabling light. Tests your intellect. them to capture the man of -their 1. What coed is responsible for choice? . materializing the plans. of WSGA 10. Wwhat big story broke when Senate to organized defen4; the non-Greeks took definite steps courses for coeds? to . organiie? , . 2. What decision approved by . 11. Who rated bold caps by win- WSGA Senate and All-College ning the WRA scholarship? Cabinet knocked the pegs from 'l2. What action by WSGA 'Sen- Under* the men and women who ate to prevent iceurnulation of ac fling banners for the 21st amend- iivities came, out in black and ment? white in 1841? 3. What 'three coeds of 1941 . Made the headlines when awarded 13. WhY ..li will the riotypists clink long and loud for the women the titles of Matrix, Quill,. and Cap of '1942 on Friday, February 13? girl at the' annual Matrix Banquet . 1. Margaret K: Sherman'. '43 for .BWOC's? . .. - ... - 4. How many coeds pledged the •2. Non 7 Orinking Code 13 campus sororities last year set- "3: Jean Babcock '42, Anita- M.' ting a new record? Knecht '42, R. Helen Gordon '42.. • 3 , . 5. What national sorority gave 16 4. 5. Kappa .Delta the reporters a break- by installing 6. Josephine E. *Ci:indriii . .'4l. : anew chapter on campus? • 7. Kappa Alpha Theta . 6. The delight of both photogra- 8. Julia H. McFarland. pher and reporter, who reigned as 9. Sadie Hawkins the 1941 May Queen? . '-- . • 10: IWA Organization ... , . 7. Who brought a new mote to .11. • Martha G. Duffman '43 the • printed. page by winning the . 12. WSGA Point System .• •- ; 1941 Panhellenic••Song Trophy? . . 13. . 'W'R.A. Sweetheart ,pance Ath. Hall Coeds To' Entertain Today Coeds•of Atherton Hall will en •tertain guests at the fourth in a series of Saturday afternoon teas to be lleld.in . the southeast lounge from 3:30 to 4:30 o'clock today. .Sara M u Bailey '43, general chairman, has appointed:Edna L. Harriaon '42, Elizabeth A. Ban nister '43, .Kathryn A. Bean Helen L. Randolph '43, and Aud rey M. Bever '44 as' hostesses. Virginia F. Reilly '43, Clara. E. House '43, Either M. Hall '43, and M. Jane Berkebile -'4B, unit Of ficer.s, will serve. Reta J. Jenkins '44 -will play several piano selec tions, Home Ec Honorary Will Initiate Nine Omicron Nu, senior • women's home economics honorary, will hold . its. formal initiation in the Home Economics Building dining room at 3 p. m. nest .Saturday. Initiates are Bertha K. Barclay, Marjorie A; Geer, Dorothy H. Grossman, Helen D. Gothshalk, Virginia Ogden, Jane M. Rush, Sarah P. Searle, Dorothy L. Shaw, and Arlene K. Smith. Faculty women will be invited to a tea following the initiation. • Frosh Forum To Install 4 Claire L. Weaver will be install ed as president of PSCA '45 forum at a candle-light service in 304 Old Main at 7 p. m. Tuesday. Others to be inducted include committee chairmen, members, and additional officers: Miriam L. Zartman, vice president; 'Evelyn P. Kohler, sec retary; and Barbara Britton, treas- " Cabinet women taking part in the ceremonies_are Sarah P. , SearlP '42, president; Jean .E: Hershberg . er '43, vice-president; Arelene Smith '42, secretary; Ruth Y. Frar cis '42, personnel chairman; IVt. Elizabeth Howe '42 and Harriett. Van Riper '44, • commission chair men; Dorothy L. Shaw '42, and Dorothy X. Brunner '44, commis ,. Sion vice chairmen, The program will be tinder the leadership of. Miss Zartman and Elizabeth J. McKinley '45, chair man and secretary pf the foruin program committee. • Prentis To Speak Mr. H. Mr. Prentis, Jr., president of'. the Armstrong Cork Company and a member of the Board of TruStees of the College will speak on the subject "Hoag of , Our De nioeracY" next Friday, January 16, at 4:10 p. m. in room 121 Sparks Building.:' • . • . Read. The. Collegian Classifieds First .National ,Bank Of. • • State College • Member of Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation , u}• ; !77 . y''4,17;!4 -2t. Nwa Matinee Today Only ... 1:30 Evening Showing; at 6:30, 0:30 —TODAY ONLY— • "SIERRA-SUE"'' . with Smiley Burneite ; ; —ALSO-- Starting a 12-chapter broadside. of searing excitement in the. , first' showing. of. DOi w l Nsr ' 4 - • 1 - OF. THE::::NAVY MONDAY - "BlossOnt: 1111 the Dikt" ';, , catimcv//1 GENE AUTRY in M}Mi
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