FRIDAY, MAY 19, 1944
Penn Statements
By SERENE ROSENBERG
And Now The Women -
Now that the navy part of the V-12ers have blazed forth in their
pretty Summer ensembles, it would seem like a good idea to drop the
subject without hirther'mention'of the - male "snow whites." Certainly
enough remarks have made their way up and down, the mall and in
whispers thrOugh the 'library and, indeed,.what more . Can be said? Too
true they resemble the cagey little men from institutions who con
ceal straight jackets in their hip pockets. Also very true they look like
the recipients of political jobs usually given after a not-so-much-of a
landslide election, meaning of course civil service street•cleaners. Let
only this gem of empty stomachs and warm weather be added. In most
large cities \ little "ice cream" men appear each year from May through
September wearing similar garb. Seeing the replica of the more scarce
little men from the city only-creates the situation Pavlo slaved to per
fect in his little experiment with the man's best friend.
And because it's warm and there really aren't any ice cream men
within a ten mile radius, let us turn to lighter things. Let us turn to
to the G. S. 0. for instance. Everyone knows what a G. S. 0. girl is.
She's the town's nearest substitute to Mary Jane, who is too big for
- the Girl Scouts and craves male attention.
Only last week the G. S 0. bigwigs put forth a call for more G.
S. o.ers and from the amount of nine by four powder blue booklets one
'can see over campus their call was successful. What can there be be
hind all this to attract the women? In addition to the promise of more
Men than you had at your fourth grade birthday party, what is it that
'appeals to the feminine finer instincts? What makes the coeds stick it
out? First, a glance at the aforementioned blue booklet.
Skipping over the name and identification page, we come to the
G. S. 0. for the U. S: A. page. We learn that blue and'gold serve as
,afficial colors and that G. S. 0. pins lettered on a blue and gold shield
'ay be obtained at a cost of $.35 each (including tax) and direct from
;the Manufacturer in. Illinois." So, it's not only a wonderful opportu
nity to venture into a community boys' town, it's cheap! Nothing here
to stop the enterprising female. We go on.
Page four and things get interesting. It's the "G. S. 0. whiz" page!
"How Do You Measure Up" followed modestly by three question
markS. Is your hair combed, make-up fresh, seams straight, slip 0.
K"." and one interrogation symbol. "How about your posture—shoul
ders 'back, tummy in, smile contagious" and once again the three
question marks.' We pause here to - bring_ you a short part of the con
versation overheard by a girl approaching a serviceman. "Pardon me,
Have 'you been innoculated against my contagious smile," And on . . .
"Can you make the other person feel as if he had 'know you for:-
-ever," , cand' after - our old friends the three-marks we find this ques
tion farther down the_page. "Do you realize that most 'of the fellows
may have girls back home and that by enjoying your company for
three dances," thirty-five or one hundred" or even the entire evening"
(or year) :does .not necessarily •
_mean that he is seeking ,a permanent!
alliance with you-for the ,duration?" Oh,-playing hard to' get, huh?
'And it's not all.play hither. The next page which is titled "G. S.
0., Activities" lists a — few of these "activities ."Work in the library—
. issuing and keeping books in order . . . Handle stenographic work in
connection with thteir own organization . . . Help with the unit men
ding service . . . Aid in the collection of books, magazines, flowers or
other articles BUT to improve the "building.' "
The 'next page warms up for the final blow. We, quote, "Every
bright girl knows -that she dresses to please men;" and nothing you
say will budge the G. S. O.ers from this belief. They've made up their
Minds that this is why women dress and thats that.) Also, "It should not
ionlY be a shade that becomes you, but it should be a color that will
cheer the boys.".So what if orange doesn't become you, What are you
trying to do, make the boy, or appeal to his'aesthetic sense.
Finally, it comes. "After the clothes problem has been settled to
your satisfaction, forget 'about what you have on your back and concen
Irate on being. as interesting and friendly as possible. It means a lot
to the boys to be able to talk and dance with an attractive girl who
really is concerned whether or not they - have a good time. SO GIVE
THEM YOUR BEST!" For additional information see 'a G. S. 0. girl!
LETTERS TO 'EDITOR
(Continued front page four)
Letter to the Editor of Collegian
Dear Sir:
In view of the significant re
action that has occurred in res-
ponse to the 'behavior of Druids in
respect to ,Freshmen violating Tri
bunal law, we wish to state our
stand •
d and attitude towards this
affair. In view of the fact that
ithii is the first time .that the
Druids or Tx:ibunal have exceed
ed the power originally granted to
them, we believe that this is just,
one where a plan which
S overwhelmingly good has been
overdone and produced some hard
feelings and quite a little antagon-
Ipm.
• ISC wishes to express their at-
rtitude in this matter. At the last
meeting a vote was taken -on the
rrictißn_that w e _ support the . power.
of Trihunal promoting mae"
Co-operative- Freshman spirit,
Presented
by
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CAMPUS - CALENDAR
• Today
Freshman Council Picnic; Fair
mount Park; 5:30 p.m.
Regular Hillel Services; Foun
dation; 7 p.m.
Tomorrow
PSCA Cabinet Meeting; 304 Old
Mainl p.m.
Overnight Cabin Party; Evan
gelical and Faith Reformed
Church; 2 p.m. at Church.
Doggie Roast and Picnic; Penn
State Bible Fellowship; Post-
Office
_Corner; 7 p.m.
"Hillelzapoppin" Party; Foun
dation; 8 p.m.
Ag.-Home Ec. Picnic; Students
and Faculty; Hort Woods; 2 p.m.
Sunday
Movie for Enlisted Personnel;
121 Sparks; 1:45 p.m.
Chapel Services; Auditorium;
11 a.m.
Old Main Open House; 304, 401,
305 Old Main; 2-5 p.m.
Penn State Bible Fellowship
Meeting; Mr. Albert Newport,
Speaker; 465 Old Main, 2:15 p.m.
• School of Education Picnic,
4:30 p.m., Fairmount Park.
Monday
PSCA Annual Meeting and Re
ception; State College Hotel; 7:45
p.m.
Penn State Engineer Staff
meeting, Room 1, Armory, 7:30
p.m.
Tuesday
Pan-Hellenic Council Meeting;
Dean of Women's Office; 7 p.m.
Student Inter-Faith Council
Business Meeting; 304 Old Main;
8-9 .p.m.
Wednesday
College Forum; "The Home Af
ter The War;" 304 Old Main; 4:15
p.m.
Freshman Men's Council; Col
ored Movie on Pennsylvania's
Wild Life! 304 Old Main; 7:30 p.
m.
First Meting of Rifle Club for
Boys; Boys interested, urged to
attend; 7:30 p.m. 318 Old Main.
Ci-colo • Espanol meeting; 321
Old Main; 7:15 p.m.
Thuisday
Classical Music Hour; 304 Old
Main; '4:30 p.m.
PSCA News Review; Southeast
Lounge Atherton; 5:20 p.m.
Alpha Lambda Delta Initia
tion; Southeast Lounge Atherton
7:15 p.m.
Newman Club Meeting; Rec
tory of Church; 7: 15 p.m.
Spanish Club; Movie on Equa
dor •and Peru; Hugh Beaver
Room; 7:30 p.m.
Newman Club; Feature Film,
"Stßry of the Vatican," 121
Sparks; 8 p.m.
Have a Coca-Cola = Eto Zdorovo
... or how to make foreign flyers your friends
To visiting Russian and British Allies, the good old American invi
tation Have a "Coke" saps We're with you. And in your home, there's
no finer welcome to friends than
° Coca-Cola from your own refrig
erator. Coca-Cola stands for the pause that refreshes, - --has become
a symbol of democratic friendliness to people around the globe.
BOTTLED UNDER AUTHORITY OF THE COCA•COLA COMPANY BY
COCA-COLA BOTTLING COMPANY of ALTOONA
Old Mania
Today is one of our last times to
drool. -Only 33 more days until
graduation. The thought makes us
feel sad. Very sad. We should be
dripping with nostalgia and bitter
tears should be rolling down our
lined cheeks. Rather than harken
back to the days when we were
naive frosh and rather than lust
ily sing the praises of the fresh
spring campus, we'll go on to
lighter things and give out with
what we know for the week.
Disa And Data . .
A few pinnings, engagements,
and marriages head the list for
now. Kappa Betty Myers is wear
ing the Delta Chi pin of Marine
Don Bretherick . . . Dave Clement
and Edie Fuller finally got together'
and decided to middle-aisle it in
June . . . SDT Ruth, Dantsker re
cently married Air Cadet Albert
Bishop, former Beta Sig from
Penn . . . Delta Gamma Bobby
BroWn is sporting a diamond via
Lt. 'John Poggi . . ..Nancy Sobel
man, AEPhi, will be New Yorking
it to see former Phi Sig Midship
man Howie Schwartz . .
Alpha Xi Delt Betty Gram is
now Mrs. Charles Chase. Her hus
band is a former Penn Stater . . .
SDT alum Betty Friedman is
wearing a diamond given her by
Air Cadet Steinberg . . . Theta
Nancy Reuff is feverishly plan
ning for June Weekend at West
Point . . . DG Rene Newbold and
Alpha Chi Sig Roy Delaney are
two more for the pinned . . .
Kappa Nan Charles (and we're
very late on this one) has been
wearing the Delt pin of Marine
Jack Foley for the past few weeks.
Pot Pourri . . .
Former Zeta president Kay
Walters and SAE alum Lt. War
ren Hansom are engaged now . . .
as are Betty Heacock and Lt. How
ard Dudley . . . another ditto for
Alpha Xi Delta Elizabeth Sherholz
and former Theta Chi Frank -
Reichert . Lt. Saul Hanin,
Gamma Sig alum, was up to visit
his fiancee, AEPhi Ruth Goodkind,
this week . . . Theta alum Dottie
May Yoder was recently married
to an ensign from her home:
town . .
Theta Phi Alpha alum Joie
- Noonan was married to Marine
Captain Jack Thompson last week
when he •came home after serving
overseas for almost two years . . .
two alums Miriam Jones and El
wood Olver add to our list of mar
riages . . . Theta alum Beverly
Miller was in State College for the
weekend . . . so was Theta Phi
Alpha alum Ursula Frost.
By RITA •M'. BELFONTI
On The Calendar . .
Three things of interest seem to
be slated for the same night. The
ChiO .cabin party, BMOC formal,
and the Collegian (we give it when
we feel elections are in order) ban
quet. All for tomorrow—tsh, tsh!
The semester seems to be wind••
ing up with a bang with the En
gineers' Slide Rule Ball on the list
for next weekend and the V-l 2
formal polishing up the last week-.
end (free from worry, anyway) or
the semester. Then starts the usual
beating of brains, chewing of
nails, and the extended period of
dusting off little used (or misused)
texts. As a tribute to the end, one
of our friends has composed the
following ode:
We've rested the whole semester
through,
Repeating glibly, "There's noth
ing to do,"
We scheduled the snap courses
recommended highly to us
Because some of our friends iaitt
there'd be no fuss.
Also no book, no assignment, aryl
often no prof.
Nov the time of the semester roll 3
'round,
When only God knows that
we've really lost ground,
We spent our time in the movies
and lolling under a tree
And our average was "zip."
What happened to that "3?"
Gamma Phi Beta Launches
War Bond Drive
The Gamma Phi Beta sorority of'
State College, with its alumnae
chapter cooperating, is now in the
midst of its international •bond
drive to purchase a hospital serv
ice plane. These planes are priesot
at $llO,OOO and the money must be
raised in a six-week period from
April 25 to June 6.
The organization urges anyone
who is intending to purchase a
bond at the banks during this time
to aid in the drive by purchasing
that bond and placing on the ap
plication sheet in the space mark..
ed "credit to be given to some
group" the words Gamma Phi
Beta hospital plane.
• This sorority is the first interna
tional one to undertake a project
of this kind. As their first , goa4
they have chosen the .purchase-01l
the plane since there is great.neeci
for the transfer •of the wounded,
the moving of hospital equipment,
and the transportation of the med
ical staff.
(HOW GRAND!)
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