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The Matrix Table
One hundred outstanding coeds—active in politics, pub
lications, dramatics and so many other organizations—these
are the women leaders. These career-coeds may be debaters,
musicians, head a sorority, or make full-time jobs out of
intramural sports.
To attempt to honor these women, to show recognition of
their service to their individual organizations and to the Col
lege, an annual Matrix table was organized some years back.
Three awards were created—Quill Girl, Cap Girl, and
Matrix Girl—to further distinguish those presenting un
usual records of service.
Traditional nominees for the honor of Quill Girl are the
presidents of the four leading women's organizations: WSGA,
WRA, Mortar Board, and Chimes. The Quill Girl is elected
each spring by the women student body on her record of
service to them and the campus
_
Coeds for the other two awards are chosen by vote of
Theta Sigma Phi, women's journalism honorary, which or
ganizes and sponsors the affair each year. Cap Girl is se
lected to honor the girl who has participted in the most
varied activities during her four years here, and Matrix Girl
is chosen as the outstanding woman from the point of service
to the College as a whole.
The Table is a non-profit affair. Women invited are
asked to make their own reservations, the amount set each
year sufficient only to cover the dinner itself, and related
expenses.
Chosing the one hundred women to be honored at the
Matrix Table is the hardest and most time-consuming task
of the affair. A committee on invitations is appointed early
in the school year to begin compiling lists of probable guests,
and several weeks before the affair Theta Sigma Phi re
solves it self into a committee of the whole to make final
selections.
In setting up criteria for this selection, some recognition
is taken of those women chosen for honors elsewhere in the
College. That is, members of other honoraries such as Mor
tar Board, Chimes, Cwens, and others. Lists of those promot
ed to the top positions in their respective fields of govern
ment, debate, music, etc. were consulted.
Theta Sigma Phi, consisting of those coeds on campus
who deal most directly with women in the news, also had
the advantage, through this fact, of being familiar with the
names and accomplishments of many of these women
leaders.
Finally, duplications were eliminated, and a master
list was compiled. To limit this list to one hundred coeds—
choosing the most outstanding—is a task that can only be
done imperfectly, but to the best ability and knowledge of
the Theta Sig hostesses. On a campus the size of Penn State,
having 1500 coeds, and offering the number of organizations
and opportunities to serve that it does, it is not possible that
•any group should be able to compile a completely accurate
listing of the campus leaders.
With the difficulty of the job in mind, Theta Sigma Phi
strives each year to offer the women their most complete
and accurate accounting of the one hundred women and to
honor them through the Matrix Table to themselves, their
coed colleagues, and to the College.
Fighting with Ideas
The best way to combat an idea has always been to pre
sent a better idea. In our fight against the idea of com
munism throughout the world, our statesmen often forget
that rule. However, force also has never been abl to wipe
any idea from the earth.
We believe that the principles of democracy far out
weight those of communism. The best way of proving it
•o the rest of the world is by just doing that—proving it.
How does this philosophy affect us at Penn Stale? At
the present time, the World Student Service Fund is con
ducting a drive for contributions on campus. There is uo
need to present the merits of WSSF. It has been clone before
in this paper.
However, when we stop to think that our quarters and
dollars may show students in the world that democracy is
still alive and moving forward, we see that a share of the
responsibility rests with us. —B IF
CAMPUS CALENDAR
Saturday. April 10
OWENS. WSGA room, 8:30 p.m.
WM:F. Fellowship, Home Ec
Living Center. 4 p.m.
FFA initiation. 7 p.m.
WRA Bacinninton Club election
of officers, Tennis Club begin
ners. gym. '7:30 p.m.
CHIMES. Dean of Women's of
fice, 9 p.m.
At the Movies
CATHAUM—CaII Northside
777.
NITTANY—Law of the Lash
STATE—TO the Victor.
College Hospital
Admitted Thursday: Lee John
son. Jane Shivery. David Wein-
Disci:lamed Thursday: Donald
ME DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA
—A Roberta Hutchison
Baldwin. Fred Felbaum
Admitted Friday: Marvin Fish
er. Kenneth Holt. Michael Hcren,
Donald Jones.
Discharged Friday: George
Chalfant. Abraham Kleiner, Anne
Kovalenko, Avis Kresin, Marilyn
Marcus, Jean Narigan, William
Ruth.
In the last academic year the
Health Service of the University
of Athens reports 1100 clinical
cases of TB among its students.
For 20,000 students there are two
doctors and two nurses. No X-ray
film is available on either the
free or the black market.
GRIN AND BEAR IT
"But I don't want to learn anything about housekeeping,
Mother—l want to be a sweet, innocent bride!"
Editor's Mai!call
Wave of Hysteria
TO THE EDITOR: The letter
of Mr. Triem (April 6 issue) is in
dicative of the effectiveness of the
wave of hysteria which has spread
in this country through the Prop
agenda of the American Press.
The fear of Communism is held
constantly before the eyes of the
American neonle so they are dis
tracted from what I think is a
greater threat. namely, fascism in
our country and American im
perialism.
The 40 to 50 high ranking mili
tary officers in our State Depart
ment were not trained for peace,
nor does big business, which con
trols the press and much of our
government, benefit as much
from peace as from war. What,
My Twisted
Tale
By Dave Adelman
I am one who. in the past, has
committed, and been corrected
for, the' following grievous sins:
(1) Claimed that a piece of payer
could be folded in half nine times
when actually this process can
only be repeated seven times.
(2) Stated that something could
be found between pages 197 and
198 of Gone With the Wind when
actually nothing could ever be
found betybeen Pages 197 and 198
of any Look. These are. Da any
volume. inevitably back to back.
I therefore feel it behooves me
to point out to Mr. Ben French
E. n error. as grievous as any of
mine, which he committed in yes
terday's edition of One Man's
Meat.
"That cat" is depicted entering
the editor's office. How do we
know this? We know it because
the word editor is plainly lettered
cn the door. But ah, there's the
rub! For if our viewpoint were
from within the room, as the car
toon would lead us to believe it
12. "editor" would appear as if it
were being held up before a
mirror.
We communicate this bit of in
formation to the kitten's cus
todian, not in the spirit of mali
cious criticsm, or out of proles
sonal jealousy, but in the hope
it will keep his "little cat feet"
from straying.
Get Your . .
HOHNER HARMONICA
THE HARMONY SHOP
135 South Frazier Street
then, should one expect our for
eign policy to be?
I recently heard a member of
the Friends —that organization
which has done more than any
other to reconstruct and speed
good will in Europe—speak in
this town. He said that there
would be no fear of Communism
in Europe if we would send food
and those things which the peo
ple need to reconstruct, without
obligation or political qualifica
tion, instead of munitions to sup
port such corrupt regimes as that
in Greece. He further said that
the people are as much afraid of
U. S. imperialism as the Russian
brand. We. like Jacob. in our su-
Perabundanoe, hold the food in our
hands to exchange for their birth
right.
It is unfortunate that the Amer
ican people don't know both sides.
But how could they? And don't
forget who manufactures the
munitions.
—Howard H. Cox.
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN
Successor to the free Lance. est 1879
Published Tuesday through Saturday
mornings during the College year by
the staff of the Daily Collegian of tha
Pennsylvar.la State College Entered as
second class matter July 5, /934, at the
State College, Pa., Post Office under the
act of March 3, 1879. $2.50 a semester:
$4.25 the Bohm,: year.
Allan W. °star . -- Editor
Donald W Ellis - - Bus. Mgr
Man Ed.. Ben L French. Jr.: News
Ed., Roberta Hutchison ; Sports Ed., Ted
Rubin , Ase't. Sports Ed., Dave Adelman:
Feature Ed., Eleanor Fehnel: Woman's
Ed.. Marjorie Mousier.
THETA SIGMA PHI
STAFF THIS ISSUE
Managing Editor Roberta Hutchison
News Editor ____-- Marjorie Mousier'
Copy Editor Janet Adler
Advertising Manager Wilma Brehm
Stab Assistants__Meryi Brown, Claire Lee,
Joan Peters, Mary Ann Pletcher, Hel
en Reed. Beverly Russell, and Mimi
Thompson.
4iiEliii.
SATURDAY. APRIL le, 1048
Placement
Service
•y Uchty
The f 0110 w ing organizations
will interview eighth semester
students between April 15 and
May 18:
American Viscose Corporation
General Electric. C&F
Electro-Metallurgical Company
Standard Stoker Company
West Virginia Pula & Paper Co.
S. S. Kresge. L.A.
Allis Chalmers Corporation
Carbide & Carbon Chemical
Coro.
Island Creek Coal Company
Haskins & Sells. aocouniting
Pittsburgh-Des Moines Steel CorV.
Standard Oil Company. overseas
Moore Products Company
Montgomery Ward. L.A.
Talon. Incorporated
Goodyear Tire & Rubber oam-
',any
International Harvester Coins anY
Equitable Life Insurance Co.. L.A.
Standard Oil Co. of Indiana
West Penn Power Carman3r. sum-
mer work
Dresser Industries
J. C. Penney. L.A.
Procter & Gamble. summer work
Shell Development
Calco Chemical Corporation
'U. S. Steel Corp.. C&F
Lukens Steel Company
Bailey Meter Company
Stanolind Oil & Gas Company
Du Pont. C&F
U. S. Navy Civil Engineer Corps
Interchemical Corporation
Link-Belt Company
Armstrong Cork Company
Atlas Powder Company
Du Pont. summer work
Hamilton Watch Company
Minnesota Mining & Mtg. Co.,
L.A.
International Telephone & Tele
graph Coro.
General Motors Corporation,
April 14 and 15. Eighth semester
men in ME, EE, lE, Metallurgy,
and Accounting. Two Chem Engi
neers—Lab control and manufac
turing in Electroplating field. M.S.
or Ph.D. Physicists.
Kurt Salmon Associates. April
14, 15, 16. Eighth semester men in
lE.
Cincinnati Milling Machine Co.
April 13 and 14, eighth semester
men from EE, lE, ME, Chem Eng,
Metallurgy. All interested stu
dents may attend a showing of
company films in 110 EE, 7 p.m.
April 12.
American Viscose Company,
April 16 and 16. Eighth semester
men with 8.5., M.S. and Ph.D. in
lE, ME, Chem, Chem Eng, Ac
counting (8.5.).
General Electric Company.
April 15 and 10. Eighth semester
men in A&L, C&F. Accounting,
Financial Management.
Editorials and features in The
Daily Collegian reflect the opin.
ions of the writer. They make
no claim to represent student
or College opinion. AU un
signed editorials are by the
editor.
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