PAGE TEN Sororities Begin Formal Rushing The first open house of the sorority rushing season will take place September 28 from 2 to 4 pjn. No personal invitations will be issued, but all women students are urged attend in order to become better acquainted with the girls in each sorority. A Panhellenic guide book will be distributed to the sophomore and transfer women during Ori entation Week, which will indi cate where the open houses will be held. Coeds should wear after noon dresses with stockings. Hats and gloves may be worn, but are optional. One week follu wmg. the open houses, a silent period is main tained. During this silent period there is no individual contact be tween the sorority and the new students. A second open house will take place October 5. Again, all girls interested in being rushed should use this time to visit and become acquainted with every sorority. Following this open house there will be another silent period for a week Any student desiring to join a sorority must register at the Pan hellenic registration desk in the Dean of Women’s office October 6 or 7 between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. At the time of registration each stu dent must present her transcript and pay a fee of $l. Rushing Dates Formal rushing will follow a week after the registration. Dur ing this time rushees are per mitted to visit the houses and suites, and sorority women may visit rushees in their rooms. All dates are “dutch” treat. Invitations to such dates will be issued through the Panhellenic post 0 f" fice. After another short silent per. iod, there are four more days of formal rushing. Each sorority will give tw c rushing parties during this time. A rushee may attend one party an evening. . Each sorority will have two formal coffee hours October, 26. Girls who are interested in join ing a sorority should attend. For mal evening dresses will be worn, and rushees will be permitted to attend two coffee hours. A silent period will follow dur ing which bids are issued by the sororities, and acceptance letters are written. There are 19 national scrorities on campus, that is, with chapters at other colleges. Including pledges their membership ranges from 20 to 50 girls. Membership Limited During the fall semester of 1943 the Chapter Limitation System was passed by Panhellenic Coun cil. According to this system, which is now in full effect, the maximum membership fcr each chapter may not exceed 50. Seven sororities live in cottages on the campus. Eleven have suites in the various women’s dormi tories. Alpha Chi Omega is located at Woman’s Building, first floor west: Alpha Eosilon Phi at Grange, second Hoor east; and Alpha Omicron it a cottage on East Pollock road. Alpha Xi Delta at Grange, sec ond floor west: Beta Sigma Qmi cron, Atherton, second floor, southwest: Chi Omega at a cot tage on central campus: Delta Delta Delta at Atherton, first floor northeast; Delta Gamma at a cot tage on East Pollock road; and Delta Zeta nr McAllister Hall, third floor south. "ammi Phi Beta Phi Beta at Woman’s ' ’ ! ng, first floor-east; Kappa T *heta at a cottage west of 'Oappa Delta at Ather 'oor northwest: Kap "ma at a cottage • r>hi Mu at a infirmary; A therton, cottas*-' arid Phi Sigma Si-™ ground floor southwest Sigma Delta Tau at Atherton, third floor southwest: Theta Phi Alpha at a cottage north of the 'nfirmarv: and Zeia Tau Alpha at Mherton, third flor southeast. ,r >ha Gamma Delta, the last sor- D- to become national on the Women’s Building Tri-Dorms, Five Town Houses Furnish Rooms for New Coeds If you were a sophomore coed coming to the campus in 1900, tt. .ily available living unit would have been the Women’s Building Today’s sophomore women, most of whom will be living on the campus for the first time, will be housed in the Tri-Dorms, as Watts, Irvin and Jordan are popularly called, and five town houses The oldest of the Tri-Dorms, Watts Hall, was built in 1923. Irvin Hall followed in 1924 and Jordan in 1929. Irvin Hall was originally called Varsity Hall and was used to house athletes until about ,1930 .The other two were used to house men students until the last war. During the war and since, they have been occupied by women students, 300 in number. Offices of the hostesses are lo cated on the seednd floor in Watts and Irvin and on the first floor'in Jordan. Women's Building Women’s Building, or the La dies’ Cottage as it was called when built in 1890, took care of the dormitory and classroom needs of all the women on the campus at that time. The upper floors were used as a dormitory, while the main floor, included the laboratories and classrooms of the department of domestic sci ence. A gymnasium was located in the basement where the girls attended their physical education classes. It has recently been en larged to house two sorority suites and an apartment for the Dean of Women. Three other dormitories on the campus are reserved for women —Atherton Hall, Grange Dormi tory, and McAllister Hall. 'Frances Atherton Hall, the newest of the women’s dormi tories, is located on the corner of College avenue and Shortlidge road. On either side of the en trance are four lounges decorated in different color schemes. Ather ton houses over 500 women and six sorority suites. Hostess Offices Offices of the hostesses are lo cated at the east and west ends of the building. Each room has its own private telephone. Two large dining rooms are now serving cafeteria style in order to accom modate a greater number of women students Grange Memorial Dormitory was opened in the fall of 1929. The State Grange paid $lOO,OOO of the $250,000 cost of the build ing. A main lounge is located on the first floor and a olayroom, kitchenette, and laundry are pro vided for in the basement. The dormitory houses 103 stu dents, as well as two sorority suites. Hostess offices are located on the first floor. Mac Hall McAllister Hall was built as a J C/> , All the exciting accessories for a smooth campus ensemble. You’ll find date dresses, too, at . . . mary leitzinger 136 E. College Ave. THE DAILY COLLEGIAN, STATE COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA Ault Offers Aid to Sophs To All New Women Student*: At last you are to arrive on the Penn State campus. Junior Service Board welcomes you) We will be at the bus terminal and your living units when you arrive. Undoubtedly you will have many questions about campus life and activities. We will try t 0 answer them for you. It's our job to help you be come acquainted with the Col lege, its organizations, build ings, sororities, clubs, and above all the students. Please feel at ease to ask us anything at any time. After all, the next few years of your life will be spent here and we want you to feel as much at home as possible and to make these years full of good times, hard work, an* enjoyable living. Look for the grey hats with the yellow seal on front—that's us. We'll be seeing you soon. —Nancy Ault, President Junior Service Bd. men’s dormitory in 1904 and was taken over by women students in 1915. It has rooms for 138 women students, but the dining room feeds 500. Students who live in Grange Dormitory, Woman’s Building the sorority houses, and McAllister Hall eat in the dining room of this building. There is a hostess apartment on the second floor and an assistant hostess lives on the fourth floor. The College can boast about its famous women graduates of the past 75 years. Among the fields in which Penn State coeds have proved themselves are edu cation, home economics, journal ism, music, physics, and psychia try. They Won't Be Green But There Will Be Bows , Soph. Customs, corresponding to the time-honored fro s h traditions, will be required of sophomore women this fall. Specifically, the requirements are the traditional hair bows and name cards with one drastic difference. Previous autumns have seen bright green bows dotting the campus but this fall Penn State’s blue and white will take the place of the frosh green. Starting at 8 a.m. September 29, the first day of classes, sopho more women will wear regulation blue and white bows made of one-half yard of white ribbon and one-half yard of biue ribbon sewed together and tied in a bow. Four by six inch name cards with the girl’s name and home ’.own in. one and one-half by two .nch letters will also be worn. Both the cards and ribbons may be obtained at the local Five and Ten Cent Store.. . . Customs are required to be worn from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m. The date for the removal of customs will be announced later. La Vie, Wins. Prizes Winner of fifteen national first prizes, La Vie covered the war years with a .book containing four senior classes, and now has re organized into the pre-war staff and publication. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1347 Non-Sororitv Girls Join IWA Phiioles Two independent women or ganizations, Independent Women's Association and Philotes, are open for membership to all noh sorority women. All independent women • are automatically members of IWA and will become active members if they participate in the IWA meetings. The aim of this organi zation is to , give non-sorority women equal opportunities m social and activity affairs. The group is provided with a dub room where social and discussion affairs are held. r Philotes was organized in 1937 to bring independent Warned iilto a closer relationship in their so cial life' and activities. It unifies non-sorority members, helps them acquire self-confidence,. stimu lates interest iii scholastic activi ties, and promotes ‘ friendly co operation toward all other campus organizations. Bids are sene to future members by the organiza tion. IWA officers are Betty Gibbons, president; Shirley Radbofd,-vice president; ; Clare Lfefkoe, record ing secretary; Carol Hecht, cor responding secretary; and Lois Radiss, treasurer .• . . ~ Ruth Krause is oresident Of Philotes and Jean Hgxton, secre tary.
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