Y, MARCH 14, 1947 FTRIDA A s They Celebrate • nnive rsa ry Class or 83 Spent ates In Parlors How would you like to spend your Saturday nights entertaining your date in the parlor, chaperoned by the Dean of Women? • According . to the Frosh bible of 1883, that is exactly 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 was only a dozen years old, the Frosh bible states: 1. All requests to call on or accompany 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. Get It in Writing! 2. No young lady is allowed to receive visits from gentlemen in the parlor or elsewhere or to ac company them outside the build ing without the previous permis sion of the lady principal. Gen tlemen desiring to accompany young ladies outside of the build ing must first obtain written per mission- from the president. Another stipulation of the old handbook says, "Young ladies are absolutely forbidden to hold any communication out of the win dows or by means of the steam pipes." Six Coeds vs. Fifty Men From 1886 to 1890 some of the outstanding memories took place in the chapel. The girls sat on one side and the boys on the other. After chapel the boys scrambled to open the women's exit so that they could make dates with the coeds, as they passed, for the next literary . so ciety meeting. It was confusing as there were only six girls in Coeds Enforce Self-hie 31 Years; Recent Laws Show Liberal Change Government of women students was first under care of the faculty. In the fall of '19115 the Women's Student Government Asso ciation was formed', operating in the beginning through a 'council, which was superseded in 1 1920-21 by the establishment of the House of Representatives and the Senate. To the Women's ASsociation was entrusted control of women in residence halls, on the campus, at social functions, and at public places in town. or in the vicinity of State College, according to regulations enacted. Disobdience of these regulation's was dealt with by the. Judicial Committee, in conjunction with the Senate. There was no connec tion between men's and women's student governments. All College Cabinet Complete reorganization of the constitution of Men's Student Gov ernment came in March 1939. The WSGA accepted this constitution, thereby uniting all students under one government. Both organize- Dancing Cards NEWMAN CLUB- MIXER Sunday 3-5 p.m. Woodman's Hall . • • <4,.. < All Catholic Students Welcome- By MARILYN JACOBSON the college and the society had 50 or more members. There was no dancing before 1890. After that dances were among the most popular events. But only men who did not visit the Ladies' Cottage (Women's Bldg.) were allowed to attend. Excerpts from WSGA regula tions in 1923 were pretty lenient. Seniors were allowed to walk off campus during the week, and ali girls .were allowed to walk in town unchaperoned Friday, Sat urday, or Sunday. nights. Even in those days there was considerable bbjeetion to women wearing• trousers, for the regula tions.stated in no uncertain terms, "Knickers may be worn for ath letic activities only." Way back in. 1871, the Board of Trustees at the College was con fronted with a tremendous prob lem. Controversies,. argumen•ts, and debates ensued but finally by September of the same year, the question was decided. Women would be admitted to Penn State with the same general conditions men were subject to. This decision seems to have been a wise one, for the number of women graduates of the Col lege through February 1947 totals more than 5000. tions kept their identity; simply joined hands in- the All College Cabinet, whidh legislates on com mon problems. Privileges were much restricted in 11911546, though they became more ftiberal as time passed. "Quiet Hours" were maintained in the dorms pradtitally all the time. Girls were required to be in the dorm s by 10 p.m. and the tele phone could not be used after 8 p.ni. • - 1 DAILY COT zw:GIAN, STATE COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA. Women Unchained 1887 COEDS pose for glamor shot in button-Irimme black silk College Has Right to Boast About Ifs Coed Graduates Penn State has a right to boast about its women graduates of the past 75 years if records prove anything! The College can claim women eminent in the fields of psychiatry ,physics, journalism, edu cation, and many others.. The School of Chemistry and. Physics has contributed a promi nent psychiatrist in Dr. Florence Powdermaker, 'l5. She is now Associate in Psychiatry at the College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, and attending physician at Vanderbilt Uni versity. Famous Journalist A foreign correspondent for the Associated Press, Helen Camp Palmer, '4O, is the contribution of the journalism department. She has achieved nation-wide recognition for her human-inter est feature stories. Miss Elvira A. , Burdick, '23, from the School of Education, is now Dean of Women at Connecti cut College for Women. The music department is proud of Miss Barbara Troxell, '37, wlito has become .. .a concert, opera, and oratorio singer, and has won the Lucius Pryor award for outstand ing singing. . Dr. fauia White Murphy, '32, who graduated in Arts and Let ters, is now County Supervisor of special education in Dauphin and Lebanon counties. Psychology Councilor ' Dr. Margaret Mercer, '34, also graduating in Arts and Letters, holds the position of Psychology Councilor at Lock Haven State Teachers College. The School of Home Economics oilers as one of, its outstanding graduates, Pauline Sanders, '2O. Miss Sanders is the chief of the Division of Home Economics in the Department of Public In struction at Harrisburg. And there arc pr om in ent woman graduates right in "our own back yard." Acting Dean of Women at the College, Miss Pearl lea d‘ , usicl CONTI CASTILE SHAMPOO • presents THE TREASURE HOUR OF SONG itar Leading Stars of the MetropolltarsOpera .icia Albanese • Jan Pearce • FrancescoNalentlno Dorothy Kirsten . Rise Stevens FLUSExciting Contest Features : Win 3 Days in New York A,LL:EXPENSES'PAID Every Thursday Night ll' By Janet Adler 0. Weston, is a graduate of the School of Education in the class of '29. PERFECT EASTER GREETINGS . . Your picture will make your family and friends happy not only on Easter but all through the year. Give the "right" gift this year. Make your appointment today. PENN STATE PHOTO,SHOP *"A GOOD PIPE IS AN INVESTMENT IN DAILY PLEASURE" Hetzel Commends Place of Women In Commonwealth "btu• present point of view on. the education of women is suci that it is dliffieult to envision thc• early years of this institutio;\ when, no provision was made 1( the admission of women strutent•:. In fact, it seems almost that in-- stead of celebrating the Logic:,l cti on taken to admit them sec•- enty_five years, ago, we might regretting that it could not hay bcer done sooner. "Yet this college was among iho first to Make collegiate educ - ,.. lion available to women in ,t general movement that culminaf ed in the 1870 s and 1880 s in thu establishment of many of . leading women's colleges and in the development of co-education . . "We take for granted now that educational opportunities at tht' college level_ not only should be made available to women, but that in the interests of everyone they must he made available. Ed ucation i s not just vocational. training. It is a preparation fol. living. "Th e responsibilities of women in our homes, our schools, Ow business world, and as citizens, make it imperative that they be, well prepared with a 'liberal anal practical education.... in the sev eral pursuits and professions life,' a goal set forth in the Mor rill Land-Grant Act. "We look back with satisfaction on the day this fact was realized and the opportunities offered here, and we look forward to ever increasing opportunities for educational• development of the women of this great Common wealth." ACE PUF{ER• VHF. (PROFESSOR 'WHEN PAGE P 14,1 R. D. HtETZEL President
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