PAGE TWO WSGA, Coed Government, Controls Women's Activities (Editor's Note: This is the second in a series of articles concerning the organization of prominent campus groups to be published in conjunction with the new All-College Cab inet move to foster more school spirit.) The Women's Student Govern ment Association, more often call ed WSGA, is the governing body of all women students enrolled at the College. The purpose of this organiza tion is to control matters of stu dent life on campus, to increase the sense of individual responsi bility among students, to help co eds to train themselves to be ideal members of the community, to co operate with the President and :faculty of the College, and to maintain a high standard of schol arship and life. One of its chief aims at the pres ent time is to revive the Penn ,State spirit. In cooperation with recent All-College Cabinet move ments, WSGA has designated the diagonal walks leading to Old Main as "hello walks." Students will aay hello to everyone they meet ou these three walks in an effort to restore the traditional "hello spirit." 'All undergraduate women stu dents are members of the Associa tion as long as they are registered in the College. Officers of WSGA are a presi dent (senior), a vice-president (junior), a secretary (senior), and a treasurer (sophomore). Duties. of the president are to preside over all - meetings of the Association and of the Senate as well - as to serve as an 'ex-officio member of all committees. She is the representative of WSGA on All-College Cabinet and performs the duties of senior women's president. She may .call any meet= tags of the senior class which she deems necessary. • The vice-president presides over the House of Representatives and IS an ex-officio member of Junior Service Board. The secretary keeps the Minutes and conducts Senate correspondence and the treasurer is in charge of the finances of the Association. The organization consists of five bodies: Senate, House of Repre sentatives, Freshman COu n c i Junior Service Board, and Judicial Cbmmittee. Senate controls all business and regulations which deals with un dergraduate women. At one time it' inaugurated the point system whereby coeds could carry only a certain number of extra-curricu lar activities, ascertained by pbints, in keeping with their scholastic standing. The House „of Representatives, compiosed of living unit presi dents, initiates legislation and is .in charge of the annual WSGA Public Safely Institute Receives $14,000 Giant :*The Institute of Public Safety. at the College has received a grant of ,$14,000 from the Automotive Safe ty. Foundation to establish a na tional. training center , for motor vehicle fleet supervisors, Amos E. Neyhart, administrative head of the Institute, announced today.. !Selected on .the basis .of five years' outstanding. work in train ing fleet supervisors and ten years of training and educating teachers and drivers, the Institute will be gin immediately to develop the program. Along with research in mater ials and methods, Neyhart and two assistants will inaugurate regional training centers in 15 to 20 places, mainly colleges and universities, during 1945. In general, the training offered will be the same as that conducted by Neyhart during the past year: In 1943 more than 600 fleet super visors, controlling almost 225,000 rvehicles, •received. such .instruction Christmas Drive and transfer ori entation. Freshman Council assists with discipline matters pertaining to frosh customs and regulations. Junior Service Board is an.hon orary society for sophomore and junior women students participat ing in extra-curricular actiyities who show ability of leadership and who have a 1.5 all-college average. The duties of the Judicial Com mittee are to hear the defense of Women • students reported for breaking regulations and to pena lize them accordingly if found guilty. Officers and members of the As. , sociation are nominated by a com mittee appointed by Senate and are elected by the women stu dents. Any nominations from the floor must be approved by Senate. Appointments to Junior Service Board and Judicial Committee'are' made by the Senate. Present officers of WSGA - •are Mary Margaret Dunlap, president; Ann Louise Decker, secretary; and Barbara Struck, treasurer. Musser Returns From Army Duties Howard B. MuSser has removed the silver oak leaves from his shoulders and has returned to his duties as professor of 'experi mental. agronomy at the College, after serving two years and eight months with the army air forces and traveling approximately 100, 000 miles. Commissioned by the AAF in May 1942, his job was to solVe two-fold problem:' how to rid air fields of •dust and at the same time control the • drainage frotri large hard surfaced areas. The hurried wartime construc tion of large F air fields, he 6X-= plained, had created "quite, a dust problem"—since the Air 'Corps soon found • that dust wreaked havoc with equipment, seriously threatening operations, 'endangering lives; boosting and :training time for 'pilots. Drainage also was a serious - problem. With a staff composed of six field officers and 20 part-time firers, Colonel Musser supervised the treatment of more than half a million aces of ground, employ ing a combination of permanent grasses, artificial mulches, oil and gravel, and rough tileage meth= ods. His major work was carried -on from bases at Maxwell Field, Alabama; Atlanta, Georgia; and Washington, D. 'C. • ' • Colonel Musser returned to State College January 13, started to work -January 15. "Just to get home and see my friends," he ex plained, "was - -vacation 'enough for awhile." Jumpers Fun and Comfort You'll need them fot the hot days ahead just the thing for your cute blouses SMART SHOP 123 S. Allen St. THE COLLEGIAN Placement 5 Firms Interview The following company repre sentatives will interview seniors today and next week, according to George P. Leetch, director of .Col lege Placeinent Service. All • ar rangements for interviews should be made as soon as possible in 204 Old Main. Today George A. Munger, repre sentative of the Philco Corpora tion, will talk with seventh and eighth semester students in me chanical and electrical engineer ing. Arrangements for interviews may still be made. Tuesday• Firestone Tire and Rub ber Company Representatiye E. W. Oldham will interview seniors in industrial, mechanical, electrical, chemical engineering, and chemis try. Tuesday and. Wednesday Mrs. H. C. .Beppler of the National Board of the Y.M.C.A.. will talk with senior coeds•in. physical education, sociologY, and psychology. • • Wednesday. B. B. Bright .and W. F. Houghton , ot• the Atlantic Re finhig Company. 'will interview seventh and eighth semester stu dents in chemical,. industrial, me chanical,- petroleum. and natural gas engineering, and chemistry.. Wednesday and • Thursday . Miss Nelle Shaw of the Wheelan Studios of New York • will speak with senior coeds. New employees of the studios are trained for posi tions of colorist, photographer, studio manager, receptionist, and personnel supervisor. There are opportunities in these fields for those interested in retail selling, personnel,. and photographer.' . Grade Schools: fail To, Prepare Pupils Public .sehools - have failed. to :prepare 'pupils . for "everyday liv . 7 - ing," JameS H. Moyer nf- the Pennslvania State:College said-to." day, .in .urging .Subject •niatter,:that . is more closely .related tO•PraCtiC-- , ,' al problems. :- • • ... "The War,",. he added; "has .pro,v= . ed the , limitations of the aeademic approach. • TyPidal of this was the failure of they physical educatiOn program to produce a 'rliealthy c i gioup of • young people." Dr. Moyer, assistant • profesSbr of education, 'believes public schools have been "too much like monasteries," over-emphasing sub jects like Latin arid • advanced mathematics, where the Utilitarian value is restricted to 'relatively few students. . , Proposing. a survey - of student needs,' and a revision of subject matter fields' to fit these needs; Dr. Moyer gave chemiStrY and physics' as ekailipleS of classea . in which • studentS might also :be 'taught to make minor home 're pairs. In 'the same vein; •he said biology courses should -Mande:dn . -. struction on 'gardening: — , y}~~ f y..• :•:.. n y~7 War Induces More Reading Americans will read more and better books but will write less good literature as the result of the war, Professor William L. Werner of the College said today. "The wartime trend toward in"- .creaSed reading will undoubtedly carry over into the postwar per iod," the English literature pro lessor added. Professor Werner pointed out that the army's free distribution of books has given many men the "reading habit" while civilians, denied the usual peacetitne amuse ments, have likewise turned to lit erature for pleasure and recrea tion. While .the Penn State expert be lieves the current emphasis on non-fiction is merely •a wartime in. terest, he feels the standards of the reading 'public will continue to improve. More people ; he ex- Plained, are interested• in classics .than was the case 25 years ago. Withal, he added, this war will affect: the literature of the next' 25, years because 'of the death of many promising young writers. squad to Debate W & J Men's Debate Team will meet Washington and*Jefferson in a de bate in 316 Sparks, 7:30 Wednes day, it was announced today by Sanford Rafsky, debate manager. Karl Harshbarger and Robert Kagan will represent the College squad. • , .We come Students...:; CHURCH of 'CHRIST - • . 0. L. CaStleberry,. Minio,er - Ilamilt'on Ave: - .` •' • '• JUST OPPOSITE N::ALLESSt. - • , 10:00 A. M. Bible . Class • • • 11:00• A. M. Worship Service 7:30 P.M. • Worship Se,rvice .• . , Leather:Goods Again Available • • .MEN'S WALLETS LADIES' - WALLETS " - • 'PASS. OASES DIARIES (I afiti't,Tears) • ,•• GUEST' BOOKS. • . ADDRESS - BOOKS , ' s Gold stamping of names or initials on all leather goods at reasonable rates. • FRIDAY, APRIL 6, 1945 Chapel Yale Prof Speak Dr. Brand Blanc - hard, profes sor of philosophy at Yale Univer sity and author of "The Nature of Thought," will address the chapel congregation on "The Meaning , of Sincerity" in Schwab Auditorium, Sunday. A Rhodes scholar and a Guggen heim fellow, Dr. Blanchard holds degrees from Columbia, Harvard, . and Oxford Universil 'ties. He is ,president of the tasit ern Division of the American osophical Association. - Before he came to Yale Vrti.- versity, Dr. Blanchard was eltair-1 man of the philosopni department at Swarthmore , College for 20 years. During the last war, he served with the' .AFX in France. Camptist , Cops ,111fanted,,.'i Student patrolmen are •ur gently needed by the .Campus. Patrol,. announced Philip •A; Mark today. All male students;, especially X,Gl's, are eligible, he said. • Student natrolffien are need ed to. officiate at many campl.aj activities necessitating traffic: or door. control. The pay while , on duty is 50 cents an hour.'' - Anyone , who has spare time, especially on weekends shoUld apply Immediately to the Cam-• pus Patrol office, third floor,' Old Main. .
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