PAGE FOUR WRA Forms Square Dance "Townspeople and students, get "Prairie Prom," Saturday eve your date for WRA's dance fest, ning, according to Hazel E. Gass or come stag and meet a partner man '43, IWA president. there," says Adele J. Levin '44, With couples dressing in the WRA vice-president and chair- ranch theme, prizes were awarded man of the All-College Square to June R. White '45 and Jean Dance. Chovet Jr. '44 for the most ori- Scheduled for the parking field ginal costumes. They each re opposite White Hall at. 8 p. m. ceived a cowboy statuette. Friday, the affair will feature a .Prairie Prom" was the first rustic atmosphere, and dancers are All-College dance sponsored by asked to come dressed according- the independent women, and Miss ly. Gassman stated that it was a suc- "That means blue jeans, plaid cess shirts, straw hats, and other wild west paraphernalia," Miss Levin explained. "However, any in- formal clothing is suitable since some students dating will be un able to come in costume." Led by Chauncey P. Lang, as sociate professor of agriculture ex tension, students will "swing their partners" in popular square dances, tunes of which will emir ate from a sound truck provided for the occasion. To vary the numbers, Miss Levin pointed out, social dancing will be called for at intervals during the progr6m. To add to the atmosphere, weiners and coca colas will be sold by members of WRA Club Presi dent's Board dressed as cowhands. Red and white-checked table clothes and lanterns will decorate the tables. V-Minded Coeds Sewed Comfort Bags For Soldiers In 1917 Penn State coeds in 1917 were actively helping in national de fense. The State College branch of the American Red .Cross was organized for the first time and their first project was making comfort bags for the men enlist ing in the Army and Navy. These comfort bags were made to fold up into very small bundles. They contained such useful ar ticles as buttons, thread, needles, darning cotton, pins, adhesive tape, and memo pads and pencils. In the latter part of 1917 classes were organized for pre paredness work and instruction in first aid work, home nursing, and dietetics. Classes had also been organized in wireless, signal, and clerical work. While Penn State men were fil ing applications for admission to various training camps of the Of ficers Reserve Corps and enlist ing in the Army and Navy, 70 of the women students enrolled in the College were being instructed one night a week in the use of the wireless and other telegraphic in struments. One-fourth of the co eds were studying flag signaling. Classes were being held regu larly in elementary hygiene, home care, and the preparation of sur gical dressings. Coeds today have opportunity for many more wartime activi ties. The airplane drafting course now being given to senior women by the School of Engineering is only one of many being offered. Upon completion of this course, women will be able to take re sponsible positions in defense in dustries. The main features of the course are blue-print reading and drafting. Other defense courses offered to coeds include nutrition of children, food pres ervation, clothing conservation, and family nutrition. Delta Gamma entertained Chi Phi at a coffee hour last night. Martha E. Elston '45 was in charge of arrangements. Woodrow E. Hoch '43 was elected president of Alpha Chi Sigma at a meeting last night. Other officers elected are James H. Gunning '42, vice-president; William R. Jacoby '44, recorder; and Robert Steihbruch, Alumni secretary. Tri-Dorms Mirror History Of College From Its Founding By JANE H. MURPHY '44 An associate member of the Behind the names of the men's A poet with her pen, a whiz Penn State Players, Kitty has dormitories, Irvin, Jordan, and with words, a scholar in studies, worked on paint and property Watts Halls, soon to be taken over and almost totally blind is Kath- crews. She is a member of Alpha by coeds, is a reflection of the ryn Youorski '44, a sociology ma- Lambda Delta, freshman women's history of the growth of . the Col jor in the Liberal Arts School. scholastic honorary, with a 2.2 lege from a building': Or two With a keen sense of rhyme and All-College average. crowded among corn stalks to the rhythm, Kitty writes a variety of Six members of Pi Lambda well-planned institution of today. poems for her own enjoyment. Theta, national women's educa- Instrumental in the founding of When asked how successful at- tion honorary, have volunteered the College at its present site in tempts to get her poetry publish- to aid in Kitty's school work, stead of at some other point in the ed had been, she answered, "I've Supplementing Mary Louise Mee- state was General James Irvin, had two answers—both rejection han '44 and Alice Miller '44, who 'for whom Irvin Hall, at first call slips." have been Miss Youorski's "right ed Varsity Hall, was named after Miss Youorski graduated from hand women" since her freshman its erection prior to 1930. . the New York State School for year, will be Seniors Martha N. The Board of Trustees was or the Blind in Batavia, New York, Albert, Esther M. Hall, J. Jeanne ganized in Harrisburg June 14, in 1940, and plans to aid in the Kaiser, Elizabeth V. Paine, Bea- 1855, and Frederick Watts was rehabilitation of the adult blind, trice E. Smith, and Ruth E. named first,president of the'board. afflicted late in life, after com- Stamm. He was a judge, railroad presi pleting a course in social work With the help of spectacles dent; and first .United States Sec 'training here.which aid in light reading but retary of Agriculture. Watts Hall which "get in the way," Kitty is was named for him. able to manage well by herself. Although the Board of Trustees Trips about the campus were had the • authority to establish" a learned in her first few weeks college, they had no money to here, and she gets to and from carry out their project. Several classes independently. - • donations of land were offered Kitty's hobbies include Singing, from Allegheny, Blair, Centre, playing the piano, and listening Erie, Franklin, Huntingdon, and to stories and readings on her Union counties. Separate corn- Subtlety is the 'thing. Don't ask him up to Penn State for a specially prepared recordings. munities also offered land dona come right out and say that war weekend. Miss Youorski was receiver of tions. .However, 'General Irvin's . news is serious—just hint around We would like to watch his re- a John W. White scholarship and offer of 200 acres to the College and stick a defense angle in the action to the 'fact that the major- holds a senatorial award. and a subscription of $lO,OOO from lead. ity of students remain unaware of Kitty's brother, Joseph Youor- a group of citizens of Centre and It's easier that way. ' People the war. • ski '4l, who did graduate work Huntingdon counties wag finally probably won't know what you Maybe he could think of new here for a year, is now stationed accepted. mean and then they won't get ways to urge coeds to make band- at 'Ft. Meade, Md. ' General Irvin was a well-to-do . scared. ages'. Maybe he could explain land owner and proprietor of iron All sorts of things might 'happen why they should plan now to ~ furnaces, according to a brief his if they should recognize 'the pre- schedule defense courses next se- Honorary To Close ' tory of the 'College, "Your Penn cariousness of this nation's present mester. State," written by Arthur R. War position. Coeds* might schedule Maybe he could even convince St. C a mpaig n p nock, dean of men. Stamp defense courses or they might them to buy a defense stamp in So, the College was established show a little interest in making the final sale by 'Mortar Board Mortar Board, senior women's 'at its present site, surrounded by bandages—and, maybe, they 'members Thursday night after honor society, will conduct its miles of farmland, woods, and might even buy defense stamps dinner. final Defense Stamp Sales cam- iron furnace. holdings, a day's from Mortar Board members. paign 'for the semester Thursday journey by stagecoach from the. Maybe it was the complete lack night, Pauline Crossman '43, presi- nearest railroad station. • of subtlety in a prof's announce- Theta Frosh Down dent, announced last night. - John Martin Thomas, ninth meat, "Come five semesters a - Sellers who ' will be stationed president of "The College, was in year, this course will have a fin- DGs In Golf Match . outside McAllister Hall and Ather- .aucurated in 1921. He instituted al," which prompted us to try ' Theta Freshmen Betsy Fleming ton Hall dining rooms after dinner ''' writing straight facts with no con- and Mary Ann Higgins defeated Thursday are Marjorie R. Cham- a campaign to raise a fund for student welfare buildings, and cealing embellishments. Delta Gamma Seniors Sue Hay bers, Miss Crossman, Louise M.. There's a war. Right now, it's and Marge Zint by a score of 4 Fuoss, Patricia Mac Kinney, M • with the raising of one and one andai- half million dollars, Irvin and bad. Before it will get better, 3 in Friday's intramural garet K. Sherman and Lila A. , Jordan Halls were erected along this nation must produce a lot of golf match. Whoolery. guns, bullets, tanks, and ships, As this was the first defeat suf- "We hope everyone realizes the with other campus buildings. . The 'site of the present tri. 7 . and train men to use them. All fered by the Delta Gammas and value of our • campaigns and `chips that takes money. You couldpreviously the Thetas had been . , , dorms was once an orchard of finalsemesters'd • . . in .on our rive fruit trees, and like many of the help raise this money by pur- defeated by the Gamma Phis, it on Thursday," Miss "Grossman said.• chasing defense stamps. will be necessary for the two teams Sales to date since July 2 total other campus buildings, 'they were Archibald MacLeish, director of to engage in a final match, which $56.50. According "to the presi- built from the fundsof interested the United States Office of Facts will be played off at 4 p.m. Thurs- dent, a similar program . will be citizens of the Commonwealth. and Figures, says that this war is day, to determine the champion- Carried on next semester. not a soldier's war but the peo- ship. Mortar Board will announce the Phi Mu 'held a picnic yesterday pie's war. He seems rather con- two coed recipients -of $5O schol- at the home of Mrs. Franklin L. fident that everybody realizes arships to be awarded sometime Bentley, alumni advisor. Ruth 14.0 Couples Attend IWA's 'Prairie Prom' Approximately 140 couples at- tended IWA's All-College dance, A series of dancing classes for independent coeds is the next pro ject of IWA. Classes will prob ably start before the end of the semester, Miss Gassman said. The next meeting of IWA will be held in second floor lounge, Old Main, at 8:30 p. m. Thursday. ....711 - e WOMelt If This Is A 'People's War,' Where Do The Coeds Come In? this. • Club To Hear Lecture • during the next two weeks, said Hannigan '44, social chairman, • If he weren't such a busy man Miss Crossman. was in charge of refreshments helping to figure out what every- The Home Economics Club will body should think and feel about hold its last meeting of the semes the war, we would suggest thait ter in 110 Home Economics at 7 All-College Cabinet or somebody p. in. tomorrow. Miss Rosalind M. Jewett, associate professor of home economics extension, will Honorary To Initiate lecture and show movies on Alas ka taken on her travels. Theta Sigma Phi, women's jour- Mary Jane Head '44 will pre nalism honorary, will initiate Lil- side at the coffee hour following Tian M. Brandt '43, F. Doris Stev- the lecture, assisted by E. Rosene enson' '44, and Mary J. Winter Stauffer '44. '44 in the Alpha Chi Omega suite at 7 p. m. tomorrow. Rides Wanted PW To Sunbury. Leave Aug. 28, 6:30 p. m. Call 3183. Joe CLASSIFIED SECTION Meiser. PW Horseback riders to leave FOR RENT—Spacious two-room stables rear of Glennland Pool "apartmentette." Clean. Cozy. to College Farms and vicinity. Comfortable. Convenient. Only Phone Dave, 3951. Btpd 14t025 20-second sprint from main gate. Avoid rush by calling 4353 or con- RW A ride to Philadelphia or tacting Bailey & Clever at Colle- vicinity for two fellows on gian office. 4tcomp 18, 19, 20, 21. Aug. 28. Leave anytime after 2 LOST One black Eversharp p. m. Call 4255 and ask for Pete Viewpoint Pencil, black pen to .RW Chicago or vincinity. Leave match, black pocket knife. Mark- about Aug. 28. Call Henry 4255. ed Farnham Mfg. Co. Reward Call King, 3rd Jordan. It 18 WANTED—Person for evening janitor work. Stop at Grey hound Post House or call 4181. RW—Harrisburg. Leave Friday. LOST—Key ring, 6 keys. Call Return Sunday. Call George, Jack Smith, 761. -tpd 18 G. 2700. 4tcomp 18, 19, 20, 21 C. WANTED—Good Alto Sax man RW—Washington, D. C., or vicin for lead in small dance band. ity. Leave August 28 0r.29. Call Call Randy Rice, 2824. Golab at Collegian office. THE DAILY COLLEGIAN Blind Junior Ranks High `Kitty' Is Poet, Scholar RW Round trip to New York. Leave. Aug. 28 after 12., Call 4933. Held or Gene. 2pdt 15,188 IF YOU HAVEN'T FOUND IT THE COLLEGIAN WILL If you want to buy, sell, or find something, use the Collegian Classifieds and get quick results. TO PLACE A WANT AD DIAL 711 AND ASK FOR TJhe 2)a4 Collegian 2tpd 15,18 TUESDAY, AUGUST 18, 1942
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