The daily collegian. (University Park, Pa.) 1940-current, August 08, 1942, Image 4

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400 Attend Panhel Dance . We• she Women
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Supply ` Smokes For Service' c mon Coeds—Make Hay
4: 4: * While 'the Sun Shines
Army, Navy Men In behalf of Uncle Sam, we are
shouting—" Wake up, Penn State
To Get Ci g arettes
coeds!"
Two hundred Greeks and their Women's organizations have
guests attended Panhellenic Coun-
done much to make Penn State
cil's first informal• ball at the Nit- one of the leading colleges in de
f
;luny Lion Inn last night, accord-
ense work, but the individual co
iing to Pauline E. Keller '43, Pan- ed has been asleep on the job.
3121 president. Each couple do- We agree that it is a difficult
)1a t2d one package of cigarettes. and unpleasant task to make one
self war conscious every minute,
Betty Jane Hauph '43, dance
chairman, announced that the 200 but we are referring to coeds' ne
packs of "fags for the fighters" glect of the innumerable little
would be sent to the Central things that go to make up the
"home front."
YMCA in Harrisburg. to be dis- You might ask—what is there
tributed to transient Army and to do? Well, here is the answer! DIRECTS BROADCASTS Mr.
Navy men who visit there. Instead of going on a hike this Clayton H. Schug, assistant pro-
With the Nittany Lions provid- afternoon, why not report to the lessor of public speaking and wo
i»g dance music, coeds and stray PSCA office in Old Main at 1:30 men's debate coach, announced
Greeks joined in the only annual and travel out to the farm of Mrs. the last in a series of three round
Greek get-together of the season. Millie Keppler in Pine Grove Mills table discussions over station
Pledges, actives, and alumnae to help her pitch hay. WMRF at 2:30 p. m. Thursday.
appeared at the first post-rushing PSCA Rural Service Committee Topic of the final confab, headed
ball in College history. First se- FAGS FOR FIGHTERS—PauIine is supplying transportation to and by Vernon E. Rank, graduate in
fester rushing accounted for this. from the farm. You will be back structor in speech, will be "War
E. Keller '43, Panhellenic Council
Because of the weather and the . by 5:30 in time for your Saturday Marriage."
president, commended campus
CI rge number of social programs
Greeks for splendid cigarette
do- night date. We guarantee that you
ort. the College's Summer calen
dar, Panhel Council voted to nations made at Panhel's annual will have as much fun as you Dora E. Colver '43, WRA Swim
ball at the Nittany Lion Inn last would on a hike—and you will be, ming Club. president, reminds
create an informal atmosphere at all women students to enter teams
night. aiding Uncle Sam for four hours.
the dance this year. in the club's "Wheel of Fortune"
We have criticized the GA ad-
Fun Night.
Members of the social commit- ministration, but we take our hats
tee for the dance included Natalie Home Ec Program off to their student workers. Mem- ----
A.. Siebert '43, Sally L. Hirshberg b bers of ' the Rural Service Com-
'44, and A. Jane Minnich '44. Includes Clothi ng, . mittee and Community Service
Invitations were sent to Presi-, • Committee might well be called
Dean and Mrs. Hetzel; Dea of .
Nutrition On Courses Penn State's "forgotten organiza-
Women Charlotte E. Ray; Dean tions" when it comes to volunteer
and Mrs. Arthur R. Warnock; A nutrition refresher course will
service,.
:Dormitory Hostesses Miss Mary be conducted by Miss Ina Padgett,
If this type of manual work for
Eastep, Mrs. Grace L. Hall, Mrs. associate professor of home eco-
Uncle Sam does not appeal to you,
Neva M. Morris, Miss Kathryn nomics, from August 10 to August we are announcing that there will
Tiontzer, Mrs. Gail B. Pope, and 14. The class will meet from 9 to be numerous courses offered for
;Mrs. Anna B. Searle. 10 a. m. and 1 to 3 p. m. daily. your benefit next semester.
Miss Nina M. Bentley. Miss Included in the course will be a k WSGA House of Representatives
Mary Jane Stevenson, Miss Ruth review of the latest facts in nutri- has just completed a survey cov-
R. Zang, Dr. Pearl Weston, As- tion food needs of defense workers ering the defense courses which
sistaants to the Dean of Women; and their families, adjustment to were most popular last semester,
Miss Cordelia Beach, secretary to the changing food supply, and and listing your suggestions for
the dean of women; Mr. and Mrs. meal planning and food prepara- new courses.
Arthur K. Anderson, and Mr. and tion to conserve nutritive value of Before the courses are schedulz-
Mrs. Franklin L. Bentley. available foods. ed, you have the opportunity to
Problems in the Production and present your ideas to Miss Nina
Distribution of Clothing, a three- IM. Bentley, assistant to the dean
credit post-session course, will be of women.
conducted by Miss Ruth E. Gra- We wotfld hate to see a situation
ham, professor of home econ- arise similar to the one that oc-
WRA Executives
Plan Lawn Picnic
Next WRA Executive Board omits. . , cured this semester—a situation in
meeting will be in the form of a This study will include the re- which we had to beg coeds to
lawn picnic at the home of Miss lationship of raw materials to the schedule a course in • airplane
Mildred A. Lucey, instructor in
finished products, treating the drafting.
•
physical education, 4 Nittany Vil- clothing problem from the indus- We repeat—" Wake up, coeds,
trial point of view, Miss Graham and do yoUr part for the 'home
rage, at 5 p. m. Thursday.
said. front'." S.L.F.
Special guests will include mem
bers of the physical education .
staff and Patricia Mac Kinney '43, .* 1 •
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last year's WRA vice-president. .
Adele J. Levin '44, WRA activi- 1 S Schoo Honors Six
ties chairman is in charge of re
freshments and Julia H. McFar- Six young men and women were Any hopeful young BW (or
land '45 will be reponsible for . handed blankets, towels and wash- BMOC, who is considering sched
building a fire. . cloths, bibs, and sweaters, as they uling this as a snap course next
A short business meeting will were graduated without ceremony semester, may cast off his or her
follow the picnic. from the home economics depart- aspirations. Obstacle—there is a
Because of the decreased enroll- ment Nursery School yesterday requisite; one must be two to three
ment due to the close of main morning. years old to be accepted.
Summer session, Miss Helen J. Masters of play degrees were Any child three and one-half
Swenson, instructor in physical conferred by Mrs. Marion S. Mc- years or over will not be accepted
education has announced several Dowell, head of the school, and at the beginning of a new session.
changes in White Hall swimming her assistant. Twelve additional The school has proved so • popular
pool plunge hours. - students were promoted as Nurs- that pupils must be enrolled before
New plunge hours from August ery School ended a . twelve-week they are born.
Bto 27 include: • Summer session. No tuition is needed to attend
b!on. 7.30 to 9 pan . From 9a.m. to noon 'Monday the school. Only 'fees are cod liver,
Tues. ..4 to sp. in., 7:30 to 9p. in. through Friday, Penn State's oil, fruit juice, paper. handker-
Wed. 4t05 p. in., 7:30 to 9p. m. youngest enrolled students meet chiefs, and a small sum of money
Thurs. .4 to sp. m., 7:30 to 9p. m. for three hours of play, -rest, mu- to cover necessities. The school
(Fri. . .4 to 5 p. m., 7:30' to 9 p. in. sic, and general training in getting is maintained primarily as a lab-
Swim Club along with each other. • • oratory.
*Sat. 2.30 to 4 p.m. In January, 1929, the Pennsyl- On their arrival in the morning,
*Sunday 2:30' to 4p. m. vania Federation of Women's the children are examined by Miss
*Saturday and Sunday after- Clubs contributed the first sum of Alice M. Chubb, superintendent of
noon plunge hours are subject to money for the establishment of the infirmary and instructor in
change, depending upon the re- the nursery school. At this time home economics nursing. Follow
sponse. most members of the home eco- ing inspection, dolls, dishes,
nomics department held classes blocks, puzzles, and other toys are
and laboratories in the first floor brought out for 45 minutes of in
of Women's Building. door play.
The nursery school, however, When music fills the air at 9:30
along with some overflow classes, a. m., the little tykes put away
was established in Sparks House.
_their toys to take their oil, drink
To give College students in the fruit juice, and play group games.
child development course, Home Swings, slides, velocipedes, and
Economics 429, experience with teeter-totters, in yards behind and
young children is the main objec- beside the Home Economics Build
tive of the school. Pre-parental ing, make the hour from 10 to 11
and parental education is 'the sec- most popular. On warm, sunny
ondary motive. According to Mrs. days the children splash in the
McDowell, 90 to 95 per cent of the wading• pool behind the building.
students enrolled in the course After play there is a 'brief rest per
will marry and have children of rod during which stories are told
their own. A number of married until parents arrive for their off
students are enrolled in the course. spring at 11:45 a. in.
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THE DAILY COLLEGIAN
Women
In Sports
By SALLY L. HIRSHBERG
To further swimming skills and
to demonstrate the value of recre
ational swimming, WRA Swim
ming Club has announced .its plans
for a "Wheel of Fortune" Fun
Night.
The major part of the program
will include competition in water
events ranging in skill from the
beginner to the advanced swimmer
and life saver. Events will be chos
en by spinning a large, colorful
wheel of fortune.
Posted on the bulletin• board in
White Hall locker - room is a list of
84 swimming and diving events,
60 of the most popular to be plac
ed on the spinning wheel.
Also posted on the bulletin
board are several sheets of paper
notifying coeds to sign up their
teams. These sheets have been
posted since Wednesday. Accord
ing to last night's report, there is
now the amazing number of four
teams entered in the contest.
To insure cooperation on the
part of coeds,• the Swimming Club
announced that teams of from four
to six students may be entered re
presenting any combination of or-
You're going to flunk again?
ej That's bad. We'll find a tutor
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SATURDAY, AUGUST 8, 1942
Debaters End
Radio Confabs
"War - Marriages," will bd the
topic of the last in a series of
three radio round table discussions
to be presented by Penn State wo
men's debate squad over station
WMRF, Lewistown; at 2:30 p. m.
Thursday, Clayton H. Schug, as
sistant professor of public speak
ing and women's debate' coach,
announced last night.
Leading the discussion will be
Vernon E. Rank, graduate in
structor in speech. Participants
will include Evelyn . R. Wilner '43.
C. Betty Friedman '44, Margaret
K. (Ramaley '44, and Mary.L. Ca
sanave '45.
Coed debaters discuSsed "Wo
men in Industry" over the same
station. Thursday when Paul R.
Beall, instructor in public speak 7
ing and assistant women's debate
coach, headed the group. Speakers
were Harriette Block '44, Miss
Ramaley, Rath Clyde '45, and
Rosalind B. Schnitzer '45.
First of the series, a round
table on the subject "Women hi
the Army," was presented. July
30, with Mr. Schug as dicussion
head. Coed speakers included
Miss Wilner, Miss Friedman,
Fl(hence I. Jaffy '44, and C. Grace
Goodlin '45.
IWA Will Sponsor
Reception Monday
The Independent Women's As
sociation will hold a reception for
all non-sorority women in Wom
en's Building lounge froin 4:30 to
5:30 p. m. Monday, according to
Hazel E. Gassmann '43, IWA
president.
Barbara Whitbred '43:: general
chairman of the affair, announced
that Christine R. Grarkt. 4 43.',.arid
Jean E. Hershberger '43 will par
ticipate in the program.
Freshman inclependent women
are especially urged by Miss Gass
mann to attend the reception, in
order to better understand the
purposes of IWA.
ganizations or representing no
particular organization.
With 14 sororities on campus
and many more independent wom
en, the logical conclusion' seems to
be a complete lack of enthusiasm,-
cooperation, and good- sportsman
ship on the part of coeds.'
This is an opportunity for wom
en students to show some initia
tive in organizing teams and par
ticipating in some active recrea
tion.
We would like to see the four
teams now entered- in the contest
multiplied by ten on Monday. How.
about it, kids?