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22 Lion Athletes
On Casually List
Former Penn State athletes
have utilized their extensive
training not only to win football
games and track meets but also to
help win battles in the Smith Pa
cific, France, and the Mediterran
ean areas.
Two hundred and ten Nittany
Lion graduates have been listed
as killed or missing in action or
have died while in the armed for
ces of the United States. Twenty
two of these 'were outstanding
athletes while undergraduates at
the College, 17 of them being re
ported kiled and five missing. To
date no ex-sportsmen have been
reported as prisoners of war.
Lt. Col. William V. Martz, class
of '32, is the oldest alum athlete
listed as missing in action. While
at State he was prominent in
both football and track. From the
class of 1936 F/O Richard W.
Flenniken, one time varsity box
er, and Lt. (s: g.) David K. Sloan,
gridder, are among the dead.
Lt. George Ellstrom, hailing
from the class of '37, wrestled
while he was here and Lt. (j. g.)
W. Garfield Thomas Jr., '3B, serv
ed as head soccer manager. Both
are reported killed. Lt. Kenneth
S. Byrd. Jr., dead, was a member
of the boxing team and Pvt. Ad
am B. Kalmanowicz, now miss
ing in action, was a Lion track
ster. Both were graduated in '39.
From the class of 1940 Lt. War
ren Elliott, wrestler, is listed
among the fatal casualties.
Lt. Paul 0. Staller, trackman,
missing; and Lt. Walter Sypherd,
who was head cheerleader in his
time, killed. Sgt. David S. Welsh
was one of Bob Galbraith's swim
mers when he was here with the
class of '4l. He too is listed as
killed.
The '42 class boasts Ensign
Emmett. H. Fletcher and Lt. Don
ald Megrail, both soccer stars, as
well as Lt. Harry A. Master,
boxer. Pvt. Harry A. Conger was
the athlete for the class of 1943.
He was active in track. All have
been reported dead.
The following men were enroll
ed at the College and were active
sportsmen when they entered the
armed forces:
Sgt. John A. Potsklan was one
of Bob Higgin's footballers and
Ensign Leonard C. Urquhart,
swimmer, both members of the
class of '44, have been reported
missing. Pvt. Walter H. Juve Jr.,
'45, was a varsity swimmer, dur
ing his stay at State. He has been
added to the list of athletes kill
ed.
Pre•Med Group to Meet
Gamma Pi Epsilon, women's
pre-medical society, will meet in
318 Old Main, 7:15 p.m. Wednes
day to elect officers. Dr. Clifford
Adams will speak on "Psychology
and Medicine."
A Corsage She'll
Talk About . . .
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FLORAL GARDENS
Beaver Ave. Phone 2045
Coeds Top WSGA Drive;
Distribute $521 Fund
To Three Organizations
Final tabulations show that co..
als contributed $527.25 to the
WSGA Christmas Drive which
tops the goal of $450 3et by that
organization.
The . money collected was dis
tributed among the Mrs. Hetzel
Fund, the American Women's Hos
pitals organization, and the
County Child Welfare Services
group. The latter two funds each
received $174, while the Mrs. Het
zel Fluid got $170.25. Normally
each group receives an equal
share, but this year the Mrs. Het
zel Fund was given the $5 which
was turned in late plus all the
odd pennies which are never split
up.
Both the American Association
of Women's Hospitals afid the Mif
flin County Child Welfare Services
Society sent letters to th , .l office of
the dean of women thanking the
students for their contributions. In
their letter the 'Mifflin County
Child Welfare Society said that
they had used much of the money
to buy gifts for needy children.
They stated that the majority of
these presents were selected by the
youngsters themselves.
Dean Ray Gives Advice
On Sororify Pledging
"Any coed concerned with
joining a sorority should view
this opportunity in relation to her
program of education," stated
Charlotte E. Ray, dean of women
today.
Dean Ray believes that each
coed weighing the pros and cons
of sororities should ask herself if
she will accept the teachings that
a sorority offers, if she will enter
into the sorority's activities so as
to benefit the chapter, and if she
will influence herself and others
to promote the postwar service
expected of them.
WSGA Distributes
Little Sister Forms
Forms for Little Sisters will be
distributed to the House of Repre
sentatives and Freshman Council,
announced Gertrude G. Rosen,
WSGA president.
Any coed who wishes to be a
Big Sister to a freshman woman
next semester may obtain one of
theSe forms from her house presi
dent.
WSGA is also planning a Big-
Little Sister tea for Sunday after
noon, February 4.
Choral Group Elects
Recently elected officers of
the Girls' Choral Group are:
Carolyn Lerch, president; Betty
Herring, secretary-treasurer; and
Jean Diehl and Janet Taylor, li
brarians.
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Sorority Rushing Unknown
To First College Coeds
Rushing, coke dates, formal
teas, and sorority bids are all part
of the freshman coeds' activities
today, but 25 years ago sororities
were unheard of at the College.
It was in Jantthry, 1922, that a
group of girls got together and
formed the Nita-Nee club, which
later became a member of nation
al Kappa Alpha Theta. Thetas to
day claim that the national sor
ority first started when a Phi
Gam wanted his sweetheart
pledged, but his fraternity broth
ers wouldn't accept a coed. There
fore, the undaunted coed and a
group of friends formed a fra
ternity of their own.
Sychor, La Camaraderie, Arete,
and Alfost formed soon after the
Nita-Nee club. Today these groups
are knoWn as Kappa Kappa Gam
ma, Delta Gamma, Alpha Omi
cron Pi, and Chi Omega, respec
tively.
The rush for women's fraterni
ties died down until 1927 when
Omicron Eta (Theta Phi Alpha),
Trestrella (Phi Mu), and Oread
(Alpha Chi Omega) were organ
ized. Following these came Lao
clelphia (Gamma Phi Beta), AS
triad (Alpha Epsilon Phi), Em
anon (Sigma Delta Tau), Eukra-
Todo marcha perfectamente ...Have a Coke
. . . or enjoying a friendly pause in Mexico
In the famed XoChimilco gardens of Mexico, the pause that
refreshes with ice-cold Coca-Cola is 'an old established custom.
Across the border, as in your own living room, Coca-Cola stands
for a refreshing interlude, a symbol of good will wherever it
is served.
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SWING
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tia (Zeta Tau Alpha), Charitides
(Kappa Delta), and Krimcon
(Alpha Xi Delta).
In June 1926, the Board of
Trustees granted permission for
the clubs to petition national or
ganizations. As a result,•Chi Om
ega became the first national sor
ority on campus. In the summer
of 1928, five campus cottages
were assigned to the first five
clubs in the order of their age.,
Kappa Alpha Theta received the
Stone House; Kappa Kappa Gam
ma, Willard House; Delta Gamma,
Every; Alpha Omicron Pi, Maple
Lodge; and. Chi Omega, Edge
wood Cottage.
Meanwhile, a Campus Clubs
Council was formed of three
members from each group. In
1930 the name was changed to
Panhellenic Council, although
the functions remained the same.
The president of Panhellenic
Council is rotated for each soror
ity, according to when the group
organized.
Several years ago a survey was
taken of graduate women, ad
visers, and undergraduate women,
to determine the advantages of
the sorority to members and to
non-member coeds. This revealed
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FRIDAY, JANUARY 19, 1945
WRA Sweetheart Dance
To Feature Campus Owls
The third annual Sweetheart
Dance will be presented by the
Women's Recreation Association
in White Hall, 9 p.m. to' midnight,
February 10. It will be semi
formal.
Decbrations will be in keeping
with St. Valentine's Day, 'and tiud
Wills and 'his Carnpus Owls will
provide Yusic for dancing. •
Matilyri Globisch, vice-preSident
or the WRA Executive "Board," is
general chairman of the affair.
ureau Moves
WA Date
IWA' Dating Bureau has nfoVed
its headquatters to the Service
'Center on West College avenue.
Members of the ' Independent
Women's Association will be at
this address each Saturday 'from
2 to 4 p.m. These coeds• will at
tempt to find suitable dates for
all interested coeds,
.servicemen,
and civilians. No charge is being
made for this service.
that women's fraternities provide
an incentive to higher scholarship;
develop high ideals among they
student body, and offer good
training in activities. The result' ,
were published by Charlotte E
Ray, dean of women, in an' artich
for the Alumni News, January
1930.
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