PAGE FOUR abcock, Zeigler, Borton Head Senior Honor Women Six Will Receive Class Day Awards I 'Purl Harder.' Coeds Jean Babcock heads the list of riff senior coeds named by class mates last night to be honored at Cta,;s Day Exercises on May 9. Second highest honor, Slipper Girt, will go to Betty L. Zeigler ,ind third, Fan Girl, to Anne M. )3orton. J,Nanne C. Stiles as Mirror Girl will speak and Alice M. Murray, Class Poet, will read a poem at the exercises. Mistress of ceremonies will be R. Helen Gordon who was elected Class Donor. She will be intro duc2d by the men's Class Donor. Honors are traditional, and are conferred annually upon graduat ing coeds by senior women. Re cipients are chosen for activities, scholarship, leadership, and con tributions to the College. Approximately 60 coeds attend ed last night's meeting over which Miss Babcock presided. Women Debaters Will Participate in Four Meets Coed debaters will meet four visiting teams this week with an opener against Indiana State Teachers' College tomorrow after 1100n. Freshmen Marion F. Zang and ,Serene F. Rosenberg will uphold the affirmative while the varsity ,:;quad will debate negatively against two Indiana teams on the .question, Resolved: "That the fed eral government should regulate ;by law all labor unions in the United States." Debates will be orthodox. A varsity team will argue the negative side of the same question in a cross-examination debate with University of Pittsburgh women Thursday night. Participating in the Debaters Convention, to be held Friday and Saturday, will be Harriette Block '44 and Florence I..Jaffy '44. They will discuss "Youth and Prosecu tion of the War." Forum To iscuss Food In Wartime "What is the 'war doing to our _food supply?" will be the topic of an open forum discussion spon sored by the nutrition committee of the Stake College defense coun cil at Hillel Foundation at 7:30 p. m. Sunday. Speakers will be Francis J. .Doan, professor -of dairy manu 'facturing; Miss Ina Padgett, asso ciate professor of home economics; and C. William Pierce, assistant professor of agriculture econ omics. Following three fifteen-minute speeches, the meeting will be open for discussion. Possibility of the country's suffering a food short age and the value of food ration ing will be considered. Mrs. Arthur H. McKean of Wil liamsport, national eastern coun selor of Alpha Chi Omega . is visiting the chapter this week. Howard E. Yarnall, instructor •in German, spoke to Alpha Chi •Omegas last night on his exper iences as a student in Germany. SHIRTS AND COLLARS Should Be Laundered /or 'I F' Ball THE PENN STATE LAUNDRY 320 W. Beaver Dial 3261 Coeds are requested to turn in both completed and uncompleted knitting to British War Relief Of fices on East College avenue by April 1, according to Mrs. George L. Guillet. chairman. Yarn left over from previous knitting should be returned. HE's Prepare Fashion Show Coeds planning to visit army camps this summer can't afford to miss the fashion show which will climax the Home Economics Open House on April 11. Juniors Ellen 0. Head and Margaret M. Rizza are co-chairmen. With 70 home economics majors modeling clothes suitable for tra vel, sports, and formal events, spectators will be able to get style hints from clothes made in classes and obtained from down town dress shops. Committee heads, who will choose assistants, are Juniors Mil dred Friedman, program; Helen L. Randolph, models; Clara E. House, wardrobe; Dorothy L. Ma gor, properties; Cheryl Charlson ushers and invitations; Jeanne W. Turner, program printing; Lor raine E. Thomas, publicity; and Marie E. Weiss '44, beauty par lors. The open house program, super vised by Marjorie R. Chambers '43 and Patricia A. Middleton '44, will acquaint visitors with the Maple Room, kitchen, cafeterias nursery school, - library, home economics classes, home manage ment houses, and exhibits. Members of Ellen H. Richards Club, senior home economics hon orary and Greeters, hotel admin istration club, will aid as guides. Omicron Nu, senior honorary, will be in charge of publicity. Thetas Break Tie To Trounce Zetas Breaking a tied score at the end of the third quarter, Thetas barg ed ahead to trounce Zetas, 14 to 8, in intramural basketball yester day. High scorer for the winners was Substitute Betty Christman with 6 points, while Betty Bis choff sank 6 points for the losers. Theta team members were Anna Lee Carey, Perky MacLellan, Jimmie Irwin, ,Frankie Leiby, M. G. Hartsock, Polly. Phillips, and Grace Judge, substitute. Playing for Zetas were Betty Bischoff, Kay Walker, Nan Brown Lynn Wolf, and Kay Porter. Kappas defaulted to Phi Mu. Seniors Sell Stamps; Cwens Aid Red Cross Mortar Board, senior women's honorary, and Cwens, sophomore Women's honorary, held weekly meetings last night. Alice M. Murray, Mortar Board president, announced that defense stamps will not be sold outside dining commons tonight but will be on sale Thursday. Mrs. F. W. Haller, Mrs. Lloyd M. Jones, and Miss Charlotte E. THE DAILY COLLEGIAN WRA CANDIDATES—Pau Crossman '43 and Ann Drivas '43 will compete for WRA president in final women's elections in the first floor lounge, Old Main, from Ba.m.toB p. m. today. The coed who places second in the presidential election will be WRA secretary. When BMOC's Were in Knee-Pants • Committees Searched for Talent When modern BMOC's were in knee-pants and BWOC's in pig tails, 19 years ago, College dance committees were tearing their hair to find appropriate bands for big dances. When Soph Hop was just three years old and coeds were few and far between, Dave Harmon's Or chestra and a "professional Chi cago dancer" were billed. The same year, 1923, when the Black Bottom and Charleston flourished, Fred Waring's Pennsylvanians, Wey She Women We Call for Three Days 'Time Out' Tired-eyed students and har assed professors alike are won dering if we will be granted Good Friday and Saturday 'morning for a short period of recuperation. All of us are aware of the ne cessity .for working harder' arid' faster, for doing better work in less time. We know there is a war and that defense factories. are going 24 hours. We are willing to go to classes twelve months in stead of nine and maybe sacrifice a few dances and cokes. We also know that a war emer gency calls for citizens, who are strong physically as Well as men tally and morally. In defense meetings, we are. urged to take .good care of ourselves. We read posters explaining vit amin and sleep requirements. Tob often, however, sleep and, proper food are slvrif iced for pressing homework or meetings. We don't mind not getting the usual Easter vacation. In fact, most students are glad to continue working. But a few days of rest would certainly do a lot toward building morale and enabling us to get a little much-needed rest. —L. M.F. Ray, dean of women, will enter tain senior honorary members at a buffet supper at Mrs. Haller's home at 5:30 p. m. Sunday. Dorothy L. Jones, Cwens pres ident, stated that , members of the honorary have been selected by the Red Cross to collect donations at the concert in Schwab Auditor ium, Sunday, March 29. Rides Wanted RW Harrisburg or vicinity. Leave Friday after 12 noon. Call 4425. .RW—Washington, D. C. Leave Friday. Return Sunday. Call Byers, 4923. 3tpd 17, 18, 19, M. RW—Pittsburgh. Leave Friday noon. Return Sunday. Call Samuels at Collegian Office, 711. 4tcomp 17-20 M. RW—Pittsburgh. Leave Friday. Return Sunday. Call Dotty, 314 Ath Hall. ltpd S. fresh . out of college, were .sched uled for Junior Prom. Something new in the . Way of dancing pleasure was added when "Zez" Confreys' musicians came to town in 1922. Mil Ball com- mittee men advertised the dance as having continuous music for dance addicts and card games for those who didn't want to dance. Jan Garber, Idol of the Air ways, brought his new band here for Junior Prom in 1925. Senior Week featured a novelty Banjo- Saxo group from the West. • Tal Henry, the Personality Prince, was first signed..for SQph Hop, but Danny Dever finally replaced him, it was announced several weeks before the dance. Jazz was born and grew in the following year's, and by 1932 was in its prime. Bands for All-Col lege dances were chosen by card ballot and placed on a calendar of events. The Personality Prince, Tal Henry, showed up in '32 with his North Carolinians. to play for Senior Ball. A Washington-Bi- Centennial observance sold tickets to Soph Hop that year. A Casa Loma orchestra, direct from an appearance at Yale University furnished music. Interfraternity Ball had been created three years previously, 1932, when Kay Kayser and his orchestra plus a local student bafid supplied IF dance music. • ~ • • A relief from jazz came with . . the billing of Isham Jones and' His Recording OrcheStra for • Junior Prom the same year. - Plincity agents stated that "Jones special ized in slow and • conservative music." The Penn State Mandolin Club was making public appearances in Bellefonte and playing for Cam pus danCes. TUESDAY, MARCH 17, 1942 Omicron Nu Pledges 12 Twelve juniors were pledged by Omicron Nu, senior home eco nomics honorary, yesterday after noon in the Home Economics Building. They will be initiated March 28. • . , . Pledges include Junkors Dor othy Barton, Ranee A. - Durkee, Mildred Friedman, Audrey H. Hackman, Esther M. -Hari, Pauline M. Kline, Ruth E. Kocher, Patricia Mac Kinney, Dorothy L. Mager, Ruth M. Saylor, Margaret K. Sherman, and Ruth E. Stamm. A• minimum AA -College aver age of 2 is required; activities and .personality are additional bases for choice. Ruth Y. Francis, pres ident, announced that 12 per cent of the present junior class in home economics are represented. An additional eight per cent will be chosen next year. Present members include7Sen iors Julia A. Adams, Bertha K. Barclay, Jean E. Clarke, Margaret A. Cole, Margaret M.• Diener, Miss Francis, H. Kathleen , • Marjorie A. Geer, "Helen sheik, Dorothy H. Grossman, Helen W. Hancher, Betty M. Mar tin, Virginia Ogden, Dorothy Rhoads, Margaret R. Roberts,-Jane M. Roush, Sarah P. Searle,:. Dor othy. L. Shaw, and ..Arlenei•,:K. Smith. Third Watch Service Third in a series of Lenten Morning Watch Services will be held in the Hugh Beaver Room at 7 a. m. tomorrow with Miss. A. Pauline Locklin, assistant proles- Sor of English literature, speaking on "Our Hearts Glowed Within Us." M. Virginia Krauss '44 will be in charge of music and poetry. State • Today and . Tomorrow • In response to an unprecedented de mand we are most pleased to present Carole L Lombard's last picture, which we assure you is extraordi n ar i t y fine entertainment. The Management Shows at 1:30, 3:00, 6:45, 8:45
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