The daily collegian. (University Park, Pa.) 1940-current, August 20, 1942, Image 4

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Brunner To Replace Sherman
As Fall Semester WSGA Head
President Will Go
To Merrill-Palmer
Dorothy K. Brunner '44, WSGA
vice-president, will become act-
Jug president with the beginning
of the Fall semester to replace
Margaret K. Sherman '43, it was
decided at a meeting of WSGA
Senate last night.
Miss Sherman will spend the
next semester at Merrill-Palmer
School for outstanding home econ
omics majors in Detroit, Mich.
Changes made for the next
school term which were approved
by Senate members include Doro
thy L. Jones '44, junior senator,
who will return this Fall to be
come WSGA vice-president and
speaker of the House of Repre
sentatives. Dorothy M. Boring '44,
Summer semester substitute for
Miss Jones, will become perman
ent junior senator.
Substitute Senior Senator Janet
V. Holmes '43, will become WSGA
secretary, to folloW Jacqueline S.
Ballantyne '43, who will graduate
in August. Nancy E. .Gosser '43,
senior 'senator, will return to ful-
Sill her former duties. Miss Goss
cc will act as senior women's
president when occasion demands
such an official. .
JUDICIAL REGULATION
Senate voted unanimously to re
strict town coeds and those not
under WSGA jurisdiction from
serving on the Judicial committee.
Those now active will continue
until graduation, but Fall fresh
men will be elected according to
the new ruling.
With the beginning of the Fall
semester, coeds will again have
10 o'clock permissions, WSGA's
representative body decided. Spe
cial 12 o'clocks on Thursday, Aug
ust 27, will be granted to graduat
ing seniors. Second semester
seniors will have 11 o'clocks daily,
Marjorie L. Sykes '43, WSGA Ju
dicial chairman, announced.
COORDINATION SOUGHT
(Because the Panhellenic Coun
cil and Independent Women's As
sociation representatives are ser
ving trial terms on WSGA Sen
ate, Miss Sherman announced that
a meeting would be held this
week for those persons.
To discuss plans for a closer co
ordination with Senate, Muriel S.
Taylor, IWA representative; Pau
line E. Keller '43, Panhel Council
president; and Miss Brunner will
meet with Miss Sherman.
REFUSE PSCA
WSGA Senate voted to send a
refusal to the PSCA Old Main
Open House Committee's letter
requesting money for deficiencies
suffered after the last program.
Miss Sherman announced that
Senate will meet in the WSGA
room, .White Hall, at 6:30 p. m.
Wednesday.
Society Attends
Mrs. Hetzel's Tea
Members of Mortar Board,
senior women's honor society,
were guests of Mrs. Ralph D.
Hetzel, wife of the president, at
tea yesterday afternoon.
Pauline Cro'ssman, president of
the honorary, announced that six
members will participate in their
last Defense Stamp sale of the
semester tonight. Selling stamps
iu McAllister Hall and Atherton
Hall following dinner will be
Seniors Marjorie R. Chambers,
Miss Crossman, Louise M. Fuoss,
Patricia Mac Kinney, Margaret K.
Sherman, and Lila A. Whoolery.
Announcement of the winners
of the two $5O scholarships to be
awarded by Mortar Board to
worthy coeds this semester, will
be made this week, Miss Cross
man stated yesterday.
• Theta Sigma Phi, national
women's journalism honorary,
will be dinner guests of Mrs. Don
ald Davis, their faculty sponsor,
at 5:30 p. m. Sunday.
1::MIM:1
NEW COED HEAD—Dorothy K.
Brunner '44, WSGA vice-presi
dent, will replace Margaret K.
Sherman '43 as active WSGA
president at the beginning of the
Fall semester.
she'omen
`No!' Says WSGA;
Here's Why, PSCA
We wish that the members of
the PSCA Old Main Open House
Committee could have been pres
ent at the meeting of WSGA
Senate last night to observe re
action to their request for a re
mittance of two dollars to help
defray open house expenses.
It wasn't the sum of money in
volved which caused the top wom
en in student government to vote
unanimously to refuse the request.
It was a principle.
According to the WSGA repre
sentative to the Open House com
mittee, absolutely no agreement
of financial aid had ever been
discussed. WSGA had fulfilled
its part of the agreement by furn
ishing ushers and . games.
Confidence of the student body
is paramount to the successful op
eration and continuation of the
PSCA on this campus. This con
fidence will never be secured so
long as the association persists in
making students doubt the in
tegrity involved in- its actions.
The "surprise" blackout, al
though successful when judged
from usual standards, in one sense
was a complete failure.
According to advance reports,
major purpose of this blackout
was to be a test of citizens' ability
to act under emergency condi
tions, with no forewarning.
Yet blackout curtains were
placed in campus dormitories
Tuesday morning or afternoon.
Coeds were expecting the sirens
to blow Tuesday night. .Prema- 7
ture erection of the curtains had
spoiled the surprise. .
If students are to be• trained to
act under emergency conditions,
we suggest that they be trained
completely. Why couldn't coeds
be taught -to put . up these curtains
—not hours before the blackout,
but when the sirens give them
the first and only warning.
Women in England never re
ceive advance warnings. Why
should Penn State coeds?
Pledges To Entertain
Kappa Kappa Gamma pledges
will entertain pledges from each
sorority at a tea from 4:30 to
5:30 p. m. Friday. Freshman
Julia A. Gilbert is in charge of
plans, with Dorothy J. Calah?n
and Helen J. Martin as co-chair
man of the decorations committee.
WILL THE man who got a rain-
BUY DEFENSE STAMPS RW.—Phila. Aug. 28. Call Jacl coat from Corner Room desk
AND BONDS Elmer 2872. 2t ch 20, 21 Tuesday, call Ruth at 2018.
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN
Highsmith Returns
Bringing Student
Views From South
By MARY J. MALNAR '45
"Peace after the war seemed to
concern students primarily this
Summer," Miss Agnes Highsmith,
associate secretary of the PSCA,
said on her return to the campus
after spending six weeks at Blue
Ridge College, 'North Carolina.
Miss Highsmith taught repre
sentative students from about 30
southern universities methods of
student work, spent much time in
student counseling, ' and outlined
activities.
"Defense work in the univer
sities of the South is very much
the same as it is here," Miss High
smith stated. "However, they do
more direct work with the USO."
Recreational activities includ
ed over-night hikes and excur
sions to Mt. Mitchell and neigh
boring recreational places, Miss
Highsmith pointed out.
From the mountains of North
Carolina, "Pete" went to Georgia
where she spent some time at her
home in Baxley and the remaining
time at Sea Island.
Southern college students, while
attending classes and engaging in
activities, stress physical well-be
ing more than anything else, the
traveller noted.
"Georgia has had hotter weath
er this Summer than at any time
in the past 74 years," Miss High
smith said, "and every day many
people were treated in hospitals
for illnesses from , the sun. That's
why the students are keeping up
their health as well as their class
work."
MisS Highsmith spent her fin
al week doing research work in
the Columbia Library in New
York before she returned to the
College.
Sailorettes Don Navy Uniforms;
Replace .Men In EandlubberVobs
By SALLY L. HIRSHBERG '44
"Landlubbers" favoring sea
faring men and partial to the
Navy blue and gold, are invited to
don uniforms and take a hand in
winning the war.
In cooperation with the Army's
newly created WAAC unit, the
U. S. Navy Department has an
nounced that 11,000 women will
soon be training to the tune of
"Anchors Aweigh."
Drafting Dr. Mildred H. Mc-
Afee, president of Wellesley Col
lege, ,to serve as director of the
Womens Naval Reserve Corps, the
Navy is planning to replace 11,-
000 men taken for active sea
duty, with women trained for
shore jobs. Mrs. McAfee is rank
ed as a lieutenant commander.
First duties of enlisted women
will be in communications (tele
phone, telegraph, radio), coding
decoding, and analysis of aerial
Rides Wanted
PW Horseback riders to leave
stables rear of Glennland Pool
to College Farms and vicinity.
Phone Dave, 3951.
RW—Harrisburg. Leave Friday.
Return Sunday. Call George,
2700. 4tcomp 18, 19, 20, 21 C.
•
RW—Washington, D. C., or vicin-
ity. Leave August 28 or 29. Call
Golab at Collegian office. CLASSIFIED SECTION
PW—Passengers wanted to Mill
ersburg, Friday afternoon. Cal l l
827. Ask for Dave. 2tpd 19,20
R.W.—Philadelphia. • Leave Fri
day Noon. Call Ed Schwartz
2084. 3tpd 19,2021 s
R. W. (4) to Pittsburgh. Leave
Friday afterndon. Call 305 N.
Physics ask for Jerry.
PANEL LEADER Pauline E.
Keller '43, Panhellenic Council
president, invites all interested
persons to attend a panel discus
sion on Summer rushing evalua
tion in Women's Building lounge
at 4 o'clock this afternoon.
WRA Activities End
With Square Dance
Complying with numerous re
quests for more square dancing,
WRA has completed plans for its
last event of the Summer which
is scheduled for tomorrow night.
An All-College Square Dance
complete with rural decorations,
refreshments, callers, and music
will take place in the parking lot
opposite White Hall at 8 p. m.
Students and townspeople are
urged by Adele J. Levin .'44, WRA
vice-president and dance chair
man, to turn out in large numbers.
Assisting Miss Levin with pre
parations are members of the
WRA. Club President's Board in
cluding Ann Drivas '43 Marion E.
Hora '43, Kathryn H. Thomas '43,
Dora E. Colver '44, and Phyllis R.
Watkins '44.
photography. Although no ex
perience is needed, patience and
good
. eyesight are pre-requisites.
Minimum salary for WAVES will
be temporarily set at $5O per
month.
With clothing allowances not
to exceed $2OO, WNRC members
will be garbed in snappy navy
blue uniforms of tropical worsted.
The medium blue shirt will have
a lady's collar, and will be fasten
ed *with a square black bow. Al
though patch - pockets- were ruled
out, WAVES will carry a large
hangbag over one shoulder, in
which to put equipment and inci
dentals.
A navy blue hat, black shoes,
and regulation stockings will com
plete the uniform., On formal oc
casions, white shirts will substi
tute for blue ones. . •
Women eligible for enlistment
are those from 20 to 50 years 'of
age in good health, and possessing
high schoOl
An enlisted group of women,
who will receive the same salaries
as Navy enlisted men, will prob
ably be trained at Northwestern
University; the WAVE director
said.
Btpd 14t025
- Although
.joining the Navy
doesn't mean seeing the. world,
women will soon be on the inside
of many shore line Naval maneuv
ers.
WANTED—Student laundries will
call and deliver! 'Reasonable
prices . Dial Boalsburg .2524
3t ch 20, 21 22
COED WANTED preferably in
Ath Hall for N. Y. Times agency
in dorms. Call 153 Ath Hall
It comp 20
•
THURSDAY, AUGUST • 2014842
Panel To Find
Rushing Value
To evaluate the Summer semes
ter's rushing so that the Panhel
lenic rushing coed for the coming
semester may be completed, ac
cording to Pauline E. Keller '43,
Panhellenic Council president, a
panel discussion will be held in
Women's Building -lounge at 4
o'clock this afternoon.
The general opinion of this
group, plus the ideas of Panhel
lenic Council,' will be presented
to the Senate Committee on Stu
dent Welfare which will meet to
night to discuss the rushing prob
lem.
House presidents, Panhellenic
delegates and alternates, pledge
presidents, and all interested in
this problem are invited to at
tend the -discussion, Miss Keller
announced. Miss. Charlotte E.
Ray, dean of women, and advisers
will be present at the meeting.
Other individuals who have work
ed with freshman coeds are .also
invited by Miss Keller to attend.
A similar panel discussion was
held last semester to make plans
for Summer semester rushing.
Senate To Finance
War Service Flag
For 'Main' Lobby
Upon recommerfdation of
WSGA House of Representatives,
WSGA Senate approVed last
night the appropriation of WSGA
funds for the purchase of a serv
ice banner to be hung from the
balcony in the first floor lobby, of
Old Main, according to Dorothy
K. Brunner, House speaker.
Final sanction of this project by
President Ralph D. Hetzel, was al
so received last night. '
Featuring a blue star bearing
numerals indicating the number
of men in service, the banner has
a white field with a red border.
A separate gold star • shows the
number of men who have died in
service.
' According to Miss Brunner,
money, from the fund formerly
appropriated fOr the•WSGA dance,
which has been cancelled, will be
used for the purchase.
Final report of the Defense
Course investigation committee
was presented at • House meeting
yesterday afternoon. According
to a survey, • coeds are willing to
take the following courses if of
fered in the Fall: tractor driving,
canning, first aid, radio code, of
fice methods, drafting, motor
corps, preparation for evacuation,
home nursing, and overall me
chanics.
The House h.” , recommended
that these courses be included in
*he curriculum for credit and that
they be given in place of required
freshman orientation courses.
Over 40, coeds contacted signi
fied that they would be willing
to 'take a women's ROTC course
which would include drilling,
calisthenics, .and basic training,
Miss Brunner, stated.
• Phi. Mu actives and pledges
were entertained at a picnic' last
night by their Patroriesses, Mrs.
Glenn, Mrs. W. F. Hall, Mrs. C. A.
Morgan .and Mrs. C. C. Peters.
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