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Senate Committee Gives ‘OK’
To Panliel’s Rushing Code
Evaluations Asked
After Summer Try
For the first time, campus sor
orities will rush in the first semes
ter, starting June 17, after the
fveridte Committee for Student
Welfare gave final approval to
li'.iuhellenic Council’s proposed
.Summer rushing code at a meet
ing yesterday.
A temporary arrangement, the
cods will be an experiment during
the Summer semester. At the end
of that time, evaluations will be
made by Pauline E. Keller ’43,
Panhellenic president; the staff
of the dean of women; and the
fitudent Welfare Committee. If
approved then, the code will auto
matically be used in the 'Fall
.semester, according to Mac Lean
,M. Babcock, Committee chairman.
•Under the new code, a period of
free association will last from
.Tune 17 to June 23, during which
time freshmen women and trans
fers may exchange visits with sor
ority women. Visiting hours will
■he from 8 a. m. to 6 p. m. daily.
'Silent period will commence
with the Summer semester and
■last until June 17. Restricted as
sociation will continpe after June
23 until July 13. with two open
houses scheduled on June 26 and
July 1.
Free contact will begin July 13
and will be climaxed with pledg
ing July 18. Two informal parties
will be held that week by each fra
ternity and formal coffee hours
will close rushing on Saturday.
(Bids for joining must be in the
Dean of Women’s office before 10
9>. m. Saturday, July 18.
Transfers Given
Jumior Sponsors
To discover interests of coed
transfers, help them to enter acti
vities, and acquaint them with the
College, WSGA Junior Service
Board members will become Jun
ior Sponsors of new students, it
was decided at a meeting yester
day.
A picnic for transfer women
•"'ill be given by Service Board in
Hor.t Woods at 5:30 p. m. Tuesday.
Coeds will meet in southwest
lounge, Atherton Hall, and in case
of rain the picnic will be in
Grange Dormitory playroom.
WSGA Senate members are in
vited to attend.
Preparation committee for the
picnic includes Juniors Elaine L.
.Parke, chairman, Dorothy J. Jen
nings, Jane H. Murphy, and Mar
garet K. Ramaley.
Gladys'E. Fitting '43 was’chosen
;enior advisor of Sen-ice Board at
tie meeting.
Shows at 1:30, 3:00, 7:00, 9:00
• TODAY - SAT. - MON. •
John Steinbeck’s novel ... in
which the major industry is
romance, and its by-products
are wine and song!
Last Call Issued
For FWA’s Dance
IWA will sponsor it’s first in
formal Friday night dance in
Grange playroom from 9 to 12
p. m. today.
With a dating bureau set up
that has proved successful, ac
cording to Hazel E. Gassmann ’43,
president, IWA members will wel
come the public to the “vie”
dance. Admission will be 20 cents
per couple.
Barbara E. Whitbred ’43 is gen
eral chairman and will be assist
ed by Harriette Block ’44 and
Miss Gassmann.
Dances will be held each week
throughout the Summer semester,
it was decided by the organiza
tion.
Members are asked to turn in
material for the exam file in Old
Main to Marjorie A. Magargel ’44.
Allen Street Co-op will enter
tain Nittany Co-op members at a
“get acquainted” party Friday
night.
Say It In English; Coed Knows
Both Questions And Answers Now
By M. J. WINTER '44
“I can speak English, can you?”
With that as her entire vocabu
lary, Gunnel O. Bjalme ’45 came
to the United States to live in
1931.
'Coming from Jonkoping, Swe
den, to Bellefonte is a long trip,
and Gunnel moved to the nearby
community by accident. Swe
den’s “Match King,” Ivar Kreug
er, sent Mr. Bjalme to this coun
try to set up machines in fac
tories.
Gunnel’s father had got as far
as Bellefonte on his way to
Mississippi when Mr. Kreuger
committed suicide. The Bjalmes
then stayed there. That’s why
Gunnel is a sophomore at Penn
State.
Despite popular conceptions,
Swedish people do not wear typi
cal masquerade costumes, except
on national holidays and cele
brations, according to Gunnel.
Each section of the country ■ has
a different type of dialect and
dress.
Since she immigrated when
she was young, the reddish
blonde coed had little trouble in
learning English. However, she
can still speak and read her na
tive language. Her parents
sometimes forget and use Swe.
dish words in English sentences.
To Gunnel the duck pond,
Whipples’ Dam, and Greenwood
Furnace scarcely seem to be lakes
at all, for more than anything
else she misses the many lakes
in her homeland. Snowcapped
mountains, forests, and the ocean
are a far cry from central Penn
sylvania.
Among the chief differences
which Gunnel has found between
Sweden and the United States is
the stiffness and class conscious-
HEc Club To Meel
The Home Economics Club will
hold its first meeting in 110 Home
Economics Wednesday night. All
old members are urged by Helen
L. Randolf ’43, president, to come
and are reminded that dues must
be paid before the freshmen ar
rive. Members may pay Miss Ran
dolph or Margaret L. Campsey ’44,
treasurer.
CLASSIFIED SECTION
APTS. FOR RENT—Furnished,
three rooms, private bath,
kitchenette, electric refrigerator,
gas water heater, two to four
adults. 428 W. College, 4183, or
Campbell, 4629. 3tpd 28. 29, 2 S.
ROOM—For Gentile boys, single
or double, twin beds. Private
home. 625 N. Allen.
3tch 25, 29, 2 M.
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN
Senate Approves
Dorm Nominees
Nominations for dormitory
presidents approved by WSGA
Senate yesterday will be present
ed and additions may be made at
compulsory house meetings Mon
day evening. Elections will be
held in meetings Thursday. Nom
inations from the floor and elec
tions of other dormitory officers
will be made at these meetings.
Presidents will become mem
bers of WSGA House of Repre
sentatives, which will hold its
first meeting Wednesday, June
10. A 1.5 average is required for
presidential nominees, and other
officers -must have a 1.2 average.
Dorothy K. Brunner ’44, WSGA
vice-president, urges that nomin
ees not have too many outside
activities.
Senate-approved nominees for
dormitory presidents include
Atherton Hall: northeast—Ger
aldine A. Custer ’43, G. Alice
Burwell ’44, Dorothy G. Clymer
’44; northwest—Sarah E. Paxton
’43, Florence I. Jaffy ’44;. south,
west—Marion S. Owen ’44, Nancy
J. Zartman ’43; southeast—Sally
W. Piollet ’44, Elizabeth Senft ’44;
Grange Dormitory—Christine R.
Grant ’43, Shirley E. Fletcher ’44,
and Eleanor M. Freedman ’44.
ness of the Swedish people as
compared to the more" friendly
Americans. She had never seen
a Negro before docking in New
York. A novelty to them, she
and her sister spent their sight-
seeing days in the “big city”
counting them—they totaled in
the thousands.
Gunnel hopes to return to
Sweden some day, but only to
visit. While in college shje is
studying music education and is
a member of Kappa Alpha Theta.
A talented pianist, she also plays
the zither and aecordian.
We, D,le Wimen
Did Everybody
Forget Transfers?
It’s about time that somebody
remembers that, despite the war
and accelerated program, there
are still transfer students on this
campus who need orientation.
Last year, WSGA House of
Representatives, working through
Junior Service Board, had a com
plete program worked out in ad
vance, which started the day
transfers arrived and continued
all year.
Transfers were visited in dor
mitories. Rules and customs were
explained. There were coffee
houi-s and informative lectures.
Service Board members took a
personal interest in the new coeds.
The point is this: things were
planned; those in charge were
prepared to do a good job.
This year, there has been a
coffee hour, a picnic has been
planned, and a sponsor system
suggested.
The fact ’that responsibility for
transfer orientation was delegated
solely to Service Board may be
partial explanation of the lack of
preparation.
But certainly one of the officers
in WSGA should have remember
ed that transfers would be com
ing this semester. Was Junior
Service Board mc.de aware of
their new and increased responsi
bility?
The transfers, people are say
ing, have got off to a bad start.
New coeds say they feel “sort of
lost.”
We commend Service Board for
deciding yesterday to form a
sponsor system. We think that’s
a fine project which will be help
ful if members work hard and
fast.
And we also think that some
body should have thought of the
same idea a couple of months ago.
SAYS "STAND BY"—Hazel E.
Gassmann ’43, IWA president,
stated, “IWA has and will profit
by the continuation of The Daily
Collegian. Women’s organizations
cannot be without it. We should
stand by such an essential publi
cation.”
Freshmen To Receive
Time-Budgeting Aids
Emphasis of Senior Sponsor
freshman orientation will be plac
ed on time budgeting, according to
•Marjorie R. Chambers ’43,' chair
man of the committee sponsored
■by Mortar Board, senior women’s
honorary. With an accelerated
College program, Sponsors feel
that this phase of orientation is of
most importance to incoming co
eds.
Miss Ruth H. Zang, assistant to
the dean of women, is organizing
a time budgeting program which
will be printed for freshfnan use.
In addition, rules of freshman cus
toms and penalties will toe printed.
Sponsors have been given pro
grams of pertinent topics to dis
cuss in meetings.
FRIDAY, MAY 29, 1942
WRA Sponsors
Co-Rec Hike
A co-recreation bicycle break
fast hike, scheduled for 6:30 a. riv
Sunday will inaugurate WRA's
Summer program. All interested
men and women students should
sign at Student Union before to
morrow noon, requests Jean B.
Ogden ’45, WRA Outing Club
president.
Bikers will meet at the l\li'.as
Street Bicycle Shop and will re
turn to the campus by 10 a. m.
A charge of 50 cents will be made
for bicycles, and breakfast may
be secured at 'the WRA Cabin at
Shingletown Gan, the hike destin
ation.
Joan E. Piollet ’45 was appoint
ed WRA assistant publicity, chair
man last night by WRA Execu
tive Board to fill the vacancy left
by Margaret L. Good ’45 who will
return in the Fall..
• Intramural Summer tourna
ment dates were announced last
night toy Grace L. Judge ’44. in
tramural manager. Opening the
season will be the 'tennis tourna
ment, June 8 to 15; golf, June 22
to July 3; archery, July 19 to-
July 31;' volley ball, August.
Kathryn H. Thomas ’43, Arch
ery Club president, announced
that, the archery ringer .tourna
ment, which is in progress, will
end Wednesday. In this set-up
each archer shoots as many rounds
as she wishes. Her total score is
the sum of her highest scores sho.t
.at 30, 40, and 50 yards.
The ten highest scoring coeds
will represent the Archery Club
at • the WRA Freshman Sports
Rally June 13. Any coeds are
eligible to enter 'the contest which
officially began yesterday.
Alpha Omicron Pi will initiate
Myrrel H. Rewbridge ’45 and Let
tie B. Knutsen ’45 Monday^night.