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Frosh Coeds Enlist
For Warden Duty
In All Blackouts
Nineteen McAllister Hall coeds
assisted Charles A. Eder, civil
engineering instructor and Postal
air raid warden, during last
night's blackout, according to Miss
:Kathryn Pontzer, dormitory hos
tess. These students have volun
teered their services and stated
their interest in work of this type
ty enrolling in the Basic Air Raid
course offered by the College.
No college credits are offered
for the course, but those com
pleting it will be awarded arm
bands signifying that they are as
sistant air raid wardens.
These coeds will be posted in or
near Old Main, McAllister Hall,
Home Economics, Schwab Audi
torium, and Textile Chemistry,
the five buildings included in Post
I. Their duties will consist of
turning off all lights and seeing
that people taking refuge in these
buildings are in the proper places.
The nineteen coeds include
Laura Jean Davis, Janet F. Dixon,
Nancy Ferris, Joan Finn, Jean
R. Gilbert, M. Louise Hartley,
Martha Jacobs, Myra Jacobson,
Virginia Ladd, Esther Leffler.
Marjorie Lyon, Miriam Meyer,
B. Ann Moorehouse, Ferne
Mountz, Sara Jane Schmidt, Jean
C. Smith, Jean S. Smith, Ruth
Sprague, and Leila Thompson.
Omicron Nu To Sell
Pot Holders To Frosh
Members of Omicron Nu, home
economics honorary, will sell hair
*lets and pot holders to freshman
coeds in their first foods labora
tory classes next semester. This
plan, which has been in practice
for years, has yet to be officially
endorsed by the faculty, but ap
proval is merely a technicality,
according to Esther M. Hall '43,
president of the organization.
Because only two members of
Omicron Nu have been at school
this Summer, a iYeshman tea, for
merly planned for the first Mon
day of Freshman Week, has been
postponed. Definite plans for
this tea will be settled at the first
meeting of this organization next
semester.
Scientific Honorary
Initiates 3 Graduates
Sigma Delta Upsilon; graduate
women's scientific honorary,- in
itiated Mrs. Isabel M. Oakwood,
former instructor in chemistry at
Vassar, Mrs. Madeleine F: Cole
man, graduate assistant in bacter
iology, and Barbara K. - Webster,
graduate assistant in textile chem
istry, at a ceremony in the State
College Hotel recently.
Following the ceremony a ban
quet was held in the hotel at
which Dr. Julia M. Haber, first
president of the honorary, spoke
on the subject, "Plant Products
and Warfare."
Council Will Meet
WSGA Freshman Council mem
bers will meet in 305 Old Main at
5 p. m. tomorrow to have a pic
ture taken for LaVie, Patricia
.Diener '45, WSGA sophomore
senator in charge of the Council,
announced last night. The last
meeting of the semester will be
held afterwards, Miss Diener said.
Co-op To Bid Farewell
Nittany Co-op will hold a fare
well party Saturday from 8 p. m.
to midnight in honor of members
who do not expect to return next
semester. Co-op members held a
skating party at the Coliseum . Fr
iday..
Theta Sigma Phi, women's jour
nalism honorary, will hold initia
tion in the Alpha Chi Omega
suite at 7 o'clock tonight.
OOLING THEIR HEELS—In and WAVES. These women are
Ile future, Penn. State coeds may members of the Santa Monica,
ind relief like this from drills and Calif., units of the Women's Am
atroling duty with the WAACS bulance Defense Corps.
Carruthers"Says 'Sister' Asignments
Will Be Completed At End Of Week
One hundred and fifty upper
class women have been given Lit
tle Sisters, according to H. Anne
Carruthers '44, WSGA town sen
ator, in charge of Big Sisters.
Remaining coeds will be assigned
before the end of the week.
Women still interested in aid
ing in the traditional orientation
may sign up at the dean of wom
en's office, Miss Carruthers stat
ed. Cards with information about
the incoming coeds will be sent
to Big Sisters before vacation be
gins.
According to the blanks filled,
in by more than 300 upperclass
women, a majority signed to help
because they saw the
. need caused
by increased enrollment and ac
celerated program. Others said
they were interested because of
benefits received their freshman
years.
Interesting names include a
CLASSIFIED FECTION
PERSON who borrowed tan gab
ardine raincoat Sunday from
Mac Hall lobby please return to
Student Union. It pd PWB-18
EXCHANGED by mistake: one
tan raincoat in The Corner last
Thursday. Call Ruth at 2018 to
swap. 3t 19, 20, 21.
Rides Wanted
PW Horseback riders to leave Hetzel Addresses
stables rear of Glennland Pool '
to College Farms and vicinity. (Continued horn Page One)
Phone Dave, 3951. Btpd 14t025 questions which have arisen from
the accelerated program, or which
might ` arise concerning the Fall
semester: - •
There will be an informal dis-
RW—Harrisburg. Leave Friday
Return Sunday. Call George
2700. 4tcomp 18, 19, 20, 21 C
cussion of the problems brought
RW—Washington, D. C., or vicin- in , by the activity heads . after
ity. Leave August 28 or 29. Call President Hetzel-has finished ad
..
Golab at Collegian office. dressing 'the group.
PW—Passengers wanted to Mill- This meeting' will probably be
ersburg, Friday afternoon. Calle followed shortly after the begin
-827. Ask for Dave. 2tpd 19,20 ning of the Fall semester by an
All-College affair following the
R.W.—Philadelphia. Leave Fri- same lines and for the,same ptir
day Noon. Call El Schwartz pose. Plans-for this meeting have
2084. 3tpd 19,2021 s not yet been completed. '
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN
Gloria Swanson who will arrive
this Fall. • .
• Although most of the entering
coeds are technical students, their
interests range from dramatics to
various sports. A few uncom
mon likes of the prospective frosh
include sculptoring, flying, photo
graphy, cheerleading, and design
ing clothes. One voiced her abil
ity to write "poor prose and worse
poetry", while another expressed
a desire to train and raise dogs.
Present students indicated their
interests to include . dancing,
swimming, dramatics, music, and
outdoor sports. While a large
number of the ,upperclass women
interested are in technical courses,
representatives of the Liberal
Arts School and home economics
department have signed' up, Miss
Carruthers said.
Of the total number of College
women who will act as Big Sis
ters, 30 per cent were juniors; . 30
per .cent, freshmen; 20 per cent,
seniors; and- 20- per cent,' sbpho
mores. 'More than :30 students
requOted Certain persons for Lit
tle Sisters. •
"We consider• this an excellent
response in a -very short time,"
Miss Carruthers remarked. "Now
coeds are urged to write letters
to entering students and establish
relationships which will be ' . itrong
immediately after the opening of
the new semester."
Convocation Today
We she Women
Will Actions Pace
Initial Spirit?
By their response to the call for
Big Sisters, coeds have shown an
awareness of the importance of
the Fall freshman orientation pro
gram.
They have signified willingness
to help find answers to questions
which will be asked by 475 new
coeds.
We hope this spirit of willing
ness develops into conscientious
action. It would be fine if per
sonal prejudices, sorority and ac
tivities affiliations, and all the
petty faults which have tarnished
past programs, would be forgot
ten and destroyed. ' _
We hope the actions of Big
Sisters will be as commendable as
their initial spirit.
Physical fitness is not just a
slogan one reads on defense post
ers—nor should it be confined to
men and women in military ser
vice.
Judging from the lagging pos
tures, deep eye circles, and sus
ceptibility to common colds, few
coeds have done more than realize
that physical well-being is de
sired.
They know that one should not
skip breakfast, that seven to eight
hours sleep is vital, that exercise
is a good thing. • ,
Only a few ever obey the simple
health rules familiar to grade
school children.
. With the final rush of bluebooks
and term papers off to a good
start, this is an unpropitious time
to write of physical fitness.
Although it may_ be too late to
do much this semester, it's not
too early to plan a physical fitness
program k for next semester.
Boring Appoints Coeds
To Picnic Committee
At a recent meeting of Ellen H.
Richards Club, junior women's
home economics honorary, Dor
othy M. Boring, • president, ap
pointed a food committee for the
annual Ag-Home Ec picnic Sep
tember 26.
Members of the committee are
Dorothy G. Clymer, M. Virginia
Krauss, and Marie E. Weiss.
Club members will volunteer to
return early to help with fresh
man registration, it was decided
at the meeting.
BUY DEFENSE STAMPS
AND BONDS
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THE COLLEGIAN WILL
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Collegian Classifieds and get quick results.
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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 19, 1942
Ath West Wins
In Volleyball
With a final score of 36 to 20,
Ath West trounced Thetas last
night to become volley ball cham
pions and to be awarded another
five points Toward the intramural
cup award. •
Although the score was 23 to 17
in favor of the winning team at
the half, the game was a fairly
close one up to that point.
Outstanding 'players include
Sophomores Felice Heisler and
Sally Hostetter for Ath West, and
Jimmy Irwin '43 and Vivian Mar
tin '45 for the Thetas. •
This game broke a record as
Chi Omega had captured the vol
ley ball title for four years in a
row.
An up-to-the-minute review of
teams leading in the fight for
WRA's intramural cup reveals
that Ath East is ahead with 14
points. Ath West is rated second,
with 10 points (it had previously
scored 5 points for a first in mush
ball). Kappas are now in third
place with 5 points l and Thetas
are trailing along with 3 points
for last night's game.
Deadlines Suspended
As Reporters Seek
Shelter In Blackout
Although the news _ must come
through despite all disasters, The
Daily Collegian again suspended
deadlines, copy running, and fran
tic phone calls for the half-hour
blackout intermission last night.
Taking shelter in the second
floor lounge, Old Main—usual
hangout for sandwich hour sleep
ers. and organization meetings—
the staff staggered up the main
stairs following a patrolman, stub
bed toes on furniture and reclin
ing shelter-seekers, ' and settled
down for a breathing spell.
Oblivious of the Control Center
stationed in the first floor lounge,
refugees tightened vocal cords
and tuned up with a few State
songs. However, like the tradi
tional apartment scene, complaints
were soon voiced from the lower
story, and .the blacked-out room
echoed only murmurs and whi4)-
ers.
- -
As the sirens screeched the all
clear signal, reporters returned to
typewriters, pausing on Pollock
road as the Alpha Fire Company
hurried home from a dormitory
mission.
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