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HEc Offers
Grad Course
Home Economics graduates may
again enroll in a nutrition • re
fresher course to be given second
semester,, Miss Ina Padgett, asso
ciate professor of home economics,
announced yesterday.
Given to bring home economists
up to date on health conditions,
success of prievious classes de
manded continuance of the course,
Miss Padgett stated.
Twenty-two graduates, enrolled
in the present course, will meet
in 224 Borne Economics for a con
cluding discussion tomorrow.
Commuting from Altoona, Lewis
town, Bellefonte, Hollidaysburg,
Bellewood, Shamokin, Burnham,
and Tyrone, these women have
met for four hours on five consec
utive Saturdays.
Working with the national nu
trition program, these home econ
omics graduates will give 50 hours
of service in home communities to
instruction of fundamental nutri
tion.
Seminar To Aid
Student Needs
A stable philosophy in time of
crisis, and a relaxation from in
creasing tension were expressed as
two basic needs of students at
PSCA Seminar last night.
To meet these needs, a commit
tee to plan a series of Seminar
philosophy discussions in profes
sors' homes was appointed by Her
bert K. Kraybill '44, presiding
chairman. Committee members are
GertTude 'M. Grimm '44, - M. Vir
ginia Krauss '44. Mary Kathryn
Noll '44, Harriet G. Van Riper
and Roy R. Smith '44.
Another committee, appointed to
plan a series of cabin parties, con
sists of June E. Conrad '44, Robert
R. Dickey '44, L. Eugene Scott '44.
Jean E. Stover '44, and Lois H.
Weaver '44. •
Making Out At A job Requires
Pep Plus Poise To Fiqual Success
Making out at a college activity hair is on par with neatness of
is one thing—making out at a job dress.
is another. Often a pleasant voice can swing
With the nation's men under
going a khaki metamorphosis, wo
men are passing into a career
conscious stage.
A survey conducted by a nation- of utmost importance, say three
ally-read women's magazine enu- department store personnel di
merated 'prerequisites for job rectors.
hunting and procuring. Polls ~A n_ ,
thing" is not the correct
were taken among personnel di- answer to "What kind of a job
rectors and office managers would you like?"
throughout the country to find pet The woman who specifies her
peeves and pleas of office places. interests, capabilities, and talents
A .woman with pep plus poise will land a better position, than
meets many employers' demands. Miss "Anything," who will prob-
But a majority insist upon beauty, ably end up in the check room
brains, and - a clothes sense to. tabling packages
equal the perfect worker.
In advising potential careerists,
the magazine points to the ancient
adage, "Cleanliness is next to god
liness," as the best tried and prov
ed interviewee technique.
Dark, semi-conservative clothes
are advised for the initial step,
while campus hair-dos, up-sweeps,
and Veronica Lake creations aile
outlawed coiffeurs. Neatness in
Women May Train
. .For Inspector jobs
Women may earn $3.8-1 a day
while in training to fill the posi
tion of Junior Inspector, Chemi
cal Warfare Mate:lal.s, the, U. S.
Civil Sery ice Commission an
nounced recently,
An exzmination is now open for
filling vacancies in this position
at Lellefente. No experience is
required but the applicant must
be between the ages et: 18 and 50,
in good physical condition, and
citizens of thie U. S.
Further information and appli
cation b 1 nks may be obtained
from local post offices.
Air Corporation
Calls For Coeds
Brewster Aeronautic Corpora
tion at Hatboro, Pa., north of
Philadelphia, wants coeds who live
near Philadelphia to apply for
positions from which present then
employees will be taken by the
draft, Prof. Merit Scott, of the
physics department, stated yes
terday.
Only graduates this semester or
women who desire to leave col
lege during the war are eligible.
The work includes printing, sec
retarial duties, and computing.
Hours are determined by the gov
ernment.
Mechanical engineering or civil
engineering graduates may also
find plades in engineering work.
Anyone interested should contact
Professor Scott.
Lucey Urges Coed
Sports Activity
White Hall facilities will be
available to Coeds as a means of
relaxation during examination
week, Miss Mildred A. Ludey, phy
sical education instructor, stated
last night.
WRA sports clubs will remain
active during exams, and coeds are
urged to take advantage of bowling
alleys, ping pong tables, badmin
ton courts, and the swimming pool.
Rifle practice will be held as us
ual at 4 and 7 p. m. daily. Outing
club will sponsor trips to the Ski
Trail at 3 p. in. daily during the
week and at 1:30 p. m. Saturdays
and Sundays.
Intramural swimming practices
will be held at 4 and 7:30 p. , in.
daily in White Hall pool.
Outing Club To Skate
Outing, Club Members and dates
will hold an ice skating party and
marshmallow roast at the Duck
Pond tomorrow night. In case of
inclement weather, skating will be
postponed.
a position from a hard-boiled in
terviewer. A rasper more often
hits off-key.
"Knowing what she wants" is
IVanta Catch A Man?
Go South American
'Taint Sadie Hawkins Day 'and
'taint Leap Year either, but it's al
ways open season on men. If a
coed can't find one to her liking
wandering about camp.us Estelle
Schrott, author of "Look Where
You're Going," suggests a trip to
South America—Caracas, Venezue
la to be exact.
Miss Schrott claims Venezuela
has oil, and Caracas has bachelors
—lots of them. Though the chem
istry books fail to mention it, oil
and romance have a way of mix
ing, says Miss Schrott. All elig
ibles of this torrid zone are native
born nephews of Uncle Sam and
most of them want to marry wom
en from the states.
According to the article there
are only two unmarried women in
the entire city of Caracas.
Twenty members of Theta Phi
Alpha sorority were entertained
at a dinner given by Theta K.p
pa Phi Wednesday.
THE DAILY 'COLLEGIAN
Frosk Singers M are
Coeds.. Relieved:
-
..,• ,
Times Change; So R am
"I'm In Boots
Do WSGA Penalities Gets Her Ram
"I'm never scared when I sing "It's a good business, especially
with an orchestra, but when I Coeds have something to be now, when the price of wool Is
sing alone, I get frightened in thankful for. going up—and, anyway, I have
front of an audience." These were If they had committed a mis- always liked sheep," commented'
the sentiments of Betty E. Platt demeanor previous to May, 1931, Dorothy M. Boring '44, as she
'45 when interviewed before the they would have been called be- told how she • paid half the ex-'
Thespian talent show in Schwab fore the entire WSGA Senate body penses of her freshman year in,
Auditorium last night. for trial and punishment. College by raising sheep. . , .
On the other hand, Shirley L. In 1931, five WSGA Senators The whole thing starteihen
Ives '45, the other coed songstress were chosen to serve on the first Dorothy was a junior in Alexeri-.
on the program, feels like shrink- judiciary committee. Now con- dria-Porter High School arid - Ores-,
ing through the floor every time sisting of two representatives from ident of the local 4-H Club, . Be
she appears before a crowd. each class and headed by Jeanne cause not enough members •were .
:
Both women are well-known on C. Stiles '42, this body , plays a re
theraising sheep to meet national
in
they were runners- vital part in WSGA functioning. quirements, she talked her father'
up in the talent competitions spon- Its purpose is to judge all coeds ' into allowing her to pnrchage
soiled by Phil Spitalny, orchestra offenses aria to penalize accord- some.
leader, and Fred Allen, radio . ingly. Twice she has entered' pens , of
comedian, earlier this semester. To date, 836. cases have been lambs in the State Farm Show and
Although both sang popular brought before WSGA Judicial, placed fifth. Her pen of lambs
songs last evening, Betty's ambi- For lateness, accumulated black was judged best in Huntingdon.
tion is to sing with a big name marks, failure to 'sign out, and County last year, and the sheriff
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band, while Shirley aspires to be breaking dating rules in 1931 to awarded her Billy, a registered
a concert ' singer. smoking in public in '32 and .Hampshire ram.
In the show last evening Betty drinking in '33, coeds have -been She is like Mary 'of nursery
punished. rhyme fame in that her lambs
sang "I've Got It Bad and That • follow her about. But since go-'
Ain't Good," while Shirley sang From approximately 600 women •
ing to home economics classes es
" Everything I Love" and "Horn- registered in the College in 1931, corted by a ram would be rather,
ing." 15 cases were .tried by the coril- difficult to .explain; "Billy" is.
- Shirley,. who is a music major,
took voice lessons for five years.
She is in the College Choir, Thes
pians, and PSCA. Before enter
ing College, she sang for men's
clubs and church in Scranton.
Although she has had no sing
ing instruction, Betty is a memberLT •
of the College Choir and Thes- Hoene Ec Honorary
plans. While in State College To Aid Red Cross
high school, she sang with the
Nittany Lions Orchestra. She Members of the Ellen. H. Rich
expects to major in journalism. ards club, home economics honor
ary, will sew with the Red Cross
unit . in 117 Home Economics, at
the next meeting of the club
Thursday, February 19, it was de
cided at a meeting last night.
Ditties And Doings . Stickers and posters. will be
'
Placed in women's dormitories by
About Defense a conservation committee , for na
.
Backs bowed by the weight of tional defense. The committee,
bluebooks, we turn about for headed by M. Jane Berkebile '43,
some diverting thought to ease includes Mildred Friedman '43,
the mental strain only to find co- Audrey H. Hackman '43, and Sel
eds needle over thimble in hos- ma Solomon '43.
pital gONNTIS for the Red Cross. Plans were also made for mem-
Seems. as if Home Ec Room 117 is bers to act as guides in tours for
operating a la William Knudsen visiting high school students in
come Tuesday and Thursday eves, collaboration with the Home Econ
with divisions of labor at its peak omits Advisory Council's Hospi
-place button on, sew securely, tality Day Saturday, - April 18 7
one, two, three, four, pass to neat .
person, etc. The system was Registration Set
adopted out of deference to Lib
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eral Artists (the spirit is willing,
ents who are not able to changAz
but the flesh is weak). One little
schools because of scholastic de
pre-legal lassie, not to be so easily
ficiencies, under certain condi
subdued, chirped to the, formid- tions, may be admitted, for the
able Miss Westgate, "Excuse me,
semester only, to the transition
but aren't you doing that wrong?"
section under the direction of the
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Secret behind all this code
dean of men or the dean of wo
changing and slashing of funds men.
may truly lie in all the fteasons
set forth. In our humble, opin- CLASSIFIED SECTION
ion, 'twas only a far-seeing Pan
hel with a hot tip on rationing who FOR RENT—Double room with
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we shall adopt as our guiding light FOR SALE 1930 Ford coupe in
in the conservation of electricity good shape. Call Bird 4328 or
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texts in all the waking hours and
our heretofore wasted midnight NOTICE—At the' end of the trail,
oil Can become "Oil for the Tanks the after-skiing warm-up; a
of China." cozy fire, soft music, and a piping
cup of Hot Chocolate. At the'
Boalsburg Tavern.
she Women.
1=1•1
Rumors of a "Clean-up-your
plate Day," to be sponsored by
PLAIN SEWING and altering
WSGA. House of Representatives
d0ne,527 S. Pugh St., phone
presently have reached our ten- 4 , 5 ,
ltpd E.
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be forewarned and forearmed to FOR RENT—Double room, twin
insure 100 per cent coed coop- beds, one single room, Gentile
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iltpd 15, 20, 22 S.
emtion
MC=
Ad-time high in slogans came
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LOST—Ronson Cigarette Case,
NNational Defense Use Both Lighter and Compact. Senti-
Sides."—A. M. M.
mental vr.lue. ReWard. Return
to Buddick, 57 Atherton.
3tpd 16, 17. 20 C.
Square dancing has been insti
tuted as a regular part of the
physical education program at the
University of South Carolina. Rides Wanted
Daily instruction is given fcir' RAN---LancaSter. Leave • Satur
"swinging your partner." day morning. Call Ressler, 771.
mittee, as compared with 167
cases „last year from about 1500
women enrolled then . . So far
this year, WSGA Judicial has dealt
with 64 cases from an enrollment
of 1497 women students.
FRIDAY, JANUARY 16, 1942
spending the winter on the farm
of a friend and patiently waiting
for Dorothy to come home next
spring to shear him.
BUY DEFENSE STAMPS