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Coeds Doff
Green Bows
Freshmen coed green hairbows
and name cards may be removed
at 8 a.m. today. Of the 136 fresh
men girls taking the bluebook
only three got grades which were
below passing.
Commenting on this excellent
showing Dean Charlotte Ray
praised the instruction work of
this semester's senior sponsors.
Instead of the former policy of
granting one 11 o'clock per month,
first semester seniors, juniors and
sophomores may now take four
11 o'clocks at any time during the
semester. Thi s will apply to the
number of 11 o'clocks that a coed
is still entitled to for this semes
ter. Since move-up day has been
granted to second semester fresh
men this ruling will also apply'to
them.
A nominations Meeting for
freshman senator will be hi:ld in
110 Home Economics Building at
6:30 p.m. Monday. All first semes
ter freshmen are urged to attend
primary elections which will be
held in the first floor lounge of
Old Main all day Thursday.
Men in 1880 Like
Coeds' Cottage
With Hammock
"Now our coeds are to have a
cottage all to themselves with big
porches, cozy rooms, and lots of
hammocks mmmm, mmmm."
This is said to have been the com
ment of undergraduate students
(male, of course) on a proposal in
the 1880's to provide separate
housing for women students at the
College.
The story of the growth of the
College as a co-educational insti
tution began in those early days
when women first began to be re
cognized as a part of the student
body.
Miss Harriet McElwain is said
to have been largely responsible
Sor having the women moved out
of their quarters on the top floor
of the Old Main.' This amazing
woman, according to information
Sound in the library's Penn State
Collection, came to the College in
,18.83 and simultaneously was lady
principal, instructor in history,
secretary, registrar, and in charge
of all correspondence in the pres
ident's office.
First Dormitory Causes _Changes
When the women students
moved to the Ladies' Cottage,
rules were changed, too. If they
had not been, College men would
now have to invoke Prexy Hetz
el's permission every time they
want to enter Atherton Hall
lounge. The rules made when
women first came to Penn State
forbade any undergraduate to
"walk or ride with students of the
opposite sex or to meet such stu
dents in the parlor, or any other
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Even Rabbits Want To Enroll
In College Nursery School
The College is justly proud of
its reputation in many fields. But
until recently 'no one realized
that the fame of its nursery school
had even spread to the animal
world. But one morning three
baby rabbits were found in the
sand-box at the school, apparently
left there by their Mother for
training.
Of course, the purpose of the
school is not to serve as training
course in how to tell the best car
rols for rabbits. It serves as a
laboratory in the child develop
ment courses, explained Dr. Wi
nona Morgan, director. It has
an educational purpose for both
the student teachers and for for
the children.
School Helps Teachers, Pupils
The school is not just parking
place for children but a place for
them to learn at a very young
age how to adjust themselves to
theworld and to other people. All
home economics students in op
tion IT are required to take
courses in this work. The work is
usually taken in the junior and
senor year. Graduate work is
also offered. The course is open to
students in all schools and many
students, especially those in• psy
chology and education, enroll in
it.
Parents often enroll their chil
dren in the school at an early age.
Recently Dr. Morgan
. stopped ac
birth of the children. At the pres
ent time there are 68 boys and 58
girls on the waiting list. There
are usually 10 boys and 10 girls
from the ages of 2 to 4 in the
school.
The school gives students an
opportunity to work with young
children and to learn better meth
ods of guidance. Some of the as
sistant teachers are a little hesi-
place, except by special permis
sion of the president or the pre
ceptress."
Home Ec Course Started in 1907
The first modification of this
rule was at the time the Ladies'
'Cottage was built, when the Col
lege Parlor, in Old • Main, was
opened to both sexes on Wednes
day night "from the close of Rhe
toricals to 9 p. m." In 1890„ the
ban against dancing. in College
buildings was removed, and Penn
State's social life began to grow.
Home Ec Course Started In 1907
The Ladies' Cottage, !first sep
arate - .women's dormitory at the
College, resembled the modern
home management houses more
than the dormitories. Although a
course in home economics was not
started until 1907, women students
from 1878 on were taught plain
sewing, dressmaking, starching
and ironing, and fancy needle
work. When the. Cottage was built
it was' decided to operate it on a
cooperative, home-like basis, so
that "Domestic Economy" .would
be learned by experience.
This cottage type of dormitory
was the forerunner not only of the
practice houses but the sorority
houses.. Th e large dormitory did
not come until the College ex
panded-too much for small cot.;
tages with lots of hammocks.
Fzmwo . F . AmTri
Stephen Dantzscher gives Nicky Koepp-Baker a ride at nursery
school playtime_
tant at first and Dr. Morgan ad
mitted that experience with a
younger brother or sister is•often
helpful.
Snappy Comeback
Snappy comebacks on the part
of a child may make even an ex
perienced teacher stop and think.
Miss Della Avery tried to per
suade Ann Riley to put away a
jigsaw puzzle and take her nap.
"Miss Avery, I will come as
soon as I am through puzzling,"
Ann said.
Mis s Avery tried -to help her
with the puzzle. and while doing
'this got one piece in wrong.
"Miss Avery, you are just wast
ing .your time," Ann said, shak
ing her head.
Panhel Sponsors
Mixed Card Party
Panhellenic Council will spon
sor a card party for both men and
women students in Atherton Hall
lounge, 7:30 p. an., August 31,
with -refreshments and games of
all kinds. 'rickets may be purchas
ed for 30 cents.
The -council has announced
that the silent period has been
lifted, and free association will be
permitted between • freshmen and
sorority coeds. A meeting will be
held in Dean Ray's apartment at
4:30 today for presidents of all
sororities, active and inactive..
Miss Helen Hechler, instructor
Of economics, is a new advisor of
Panhellenic Council.
Sorority. -524-orts
KALLO ZET IA: An informal
party was held Wednesday night
in honor of Kallozetia's new
sponsors, Mrs. Ruth Witnrner and
Mrs. Elizabeth Reynolds.
ALEITHIA: Elsie Harwitz was
initiated in the Aleithia sorority
at a meeting Wedneday night.
ALPHA OMICRON 'PI: Mrs.
Edith Anderson, advisor, gave a
picnic for the sorority girls at
Boalsburg on Wednesday night.
Campus Club to Meet
The Campus Center Club, organ- -
ized to provide orientation for stu
dents. coming to the campus from
undergraduate centers, will hold
its first meeting in !1.0 Sparks at
7:30 p.m. Tuesday.
A program of orientation simi
lar to that of freshman will be
mapped out for the new students
who come here as juniors from the
centers.
Philotes
Philotes will hold a get-togeth
er in' the White Hall Playroom, 7
p. m., Wednesday.
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. The children's schedule includes
inspection when' they arrive in
the morning, fruit juice, play in
which they are permitted to
chose their own activities, rest at
10:45 . a.m., and lunch at 11:10. At
lunch there is a special allergy
fable for those children who are
allergic to certain foods. 'Play ac
tivity may be outdoors when the
weather is 'suitable. Some morn
ings this period may be spent in
the outdoor pool.. Indoor play in
cludes working with clay, puzzles,
and finger painting.
, Besides Dr. Morgan other full
time teachers. in the school are
Miss Della Avery and Mrs. Lloyd
Jones. Mis Jane Bovie is the grad:
uate assistant.
Want A Date, Young Man?
Well, Ask President First
How ;would you like to spend
your Saturday nights entertaining
your date in the parlor and chap
eroned by the dean of women?
According to the Frosh bible of
1883, that is c.xuctly what you
would do, and what's more, you
would politely bid your young
man good night promptly at 10:15>
In 1883, when the introduction
of coeds to the campus only a
dozen years old, the Frosh bible
also states:
1. All requests to call on or ac
company young ladies, and all
requests on the part of ' young
ladies to receive or accompany
young gentlemen must be pre
sented to the lady principal (dean
of women) in the ladies' parlor
between 6:45 • and 7 p. m. daily
except Sunday..
2. No young lady is allowed to
receive visits from "gentlemen in
the parlor; or .elsewhere or to ac
company them outside the building
without the previous permission
of the lady principal: Gentlemen
desiring to accompany young
ladies outside of the building
must first obtain written permis
sion from the president: -
How many men on campus to
day would relish going to Presi
dent Hetzel for permission, to
speak with Janie in the parlor or
to take her for , a stroll on the
campus?
Rules Forbade Steam Pipe Signals
The coeds - •of l 883• must have
been as rule-and-regulation con
scious as their grandchildren .are
today, for another stipulation of
the old handbook says, "Young
ladies are absolutely forbidden to
hold any communications out of
the windows, or by means of the
steam pipes." Were there AST's
in those days too?
Excerpts from WSGA regula
tions in 1923 were pretty lenient.
Seniors were allowed to walk off
campus during the week, and all
girls were allowed • to walk in
PHONE 2311
STATE COLLEGE
FRIDAY, AUGUST 24, 1945
Women in Sporto
Mac Hall, the freshman team,
emerged victorious from the in
tramural softball tournament.
The athletic frosh won five gam
es, and lost only one. Runners-up,
Ath East, took four games, los
ing two.
Winners of the three week in
tramural archery tournament was
Alpha Xi Delta with.a final score
of 1926. Mary Gundel and Ann
Baker were the archers for the
winning team.
Runner-up was the Mac Hall
frosh team shooting 1883. Eva
Mae White and 011ie Kay den shot
for the frosh. In third place was
Gamma Phi Beta with a final to
tal of 1665 points, netted by Mar
gie Dunmyer and Lois Wyman.
Third week scores in this tour
nament were: Alpha Xi Delta,
661; Gamma Phi Beta, 568; Mac
Hall, 703; and Ath East, 532.
The intramural golf tournament
will start Monday, announces
Ann Baker, - intramural chairman.
Army and Navy teams, mad up
of starring coeds from the various
softball teams, were recently chd
sen and the five game Army-Navy
series started Thursday. Captain
of the Army is Barb Smith, while
Irish Craig is at the helm for the
Navy.
GSO Names Advisor
Mrs. H. W. Thurston has been
appointed advisor to the Girls'
Service Organization, which will
meet in 10 Sparks at 7• p. m.
Thursday. Another party for ser
vicemen, similar to the one held
recently at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Charles Schlow, will be
planned by the GSO in the near
future.
town unchaperoned Friday, Sat
urday, or Sunday nights. Even
in those days there was consider
able objection to women wearing
trousers, for the, regulations state
in no uncertain terms, "Knickers
may be worn for athletic activi- -
ties only." What Would the• 1923 .
WSGA; president say today. if she
were .to encounter _the. hoards . of
coeds who wear slacks to classes?
Way back in 1871, the BOard
of Trustees at the College was
confronted with a tremendous
problem. Controversies,• argu
ments, and debates ensued but•
finally by September Of the same
year, the question was decided.
Women would be admitted to Perm.,
State with the same general con
ditions m6n were subject to. The
decision seems to • have been — a
wise one, for• the number of wom
en graduates •of —tile -• College
through classes of .1945 totals 4841.
First Coeds Lived' at Home
" The first' wbmen• students were
daughters of faculty, members 'arid
lived at'home. As women outside
the town began applying for per-
Mission, 'they were 'housed in' 'a
carefully chaperoned section 'cif
Old Main where they did their
own cooking, By 1889 a Cottage
for Women was established'whWi
turned out to be :the . Womenqs
Building, and more coeds came to
Penn State to enroll in the "La'dies' Course in Literature" which
had been opened two years be
fore.
At the same time the lady prin
cipal came to be called the dean.
of women, 2 four years, courses
in Home Economics was estab
lished, and a year later in 1908
the School of Liberal Arts was
opened to women. It was a Ring
step from the day back in 1873
when the first coed, Rebecca
Ewing,. graduated from the Col
lege- and 'was looked upon as an
eccentric.
Up.to .1910 no graduating class
included more than three women,
but in 1911 the number, astonish
ingly 'enough, was doubled. In
1915 it had grown to 15, a small
handful in comparison with the
total of 185 for June, 1945.
Even servicemen are forced to
admit that the addition of coeds
to the College campus has greatly
improved its—achem!—appear::
ance.. - • .: • .