WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22,1048 Part of Modern Dance Club Coeds with Special Skills Join, Advanced WRA Clubs Among the ten WRA clubs open to all undergraduate coeds, there are four which include a special advanced group and invite coeds particularly skilled in that recreation. These clubs are swim' ming, modern dance, bowling.and rifle Kippers is the advanced swimming group. Members are selected from the Swimming Club, and usually consist of those who have played important roles in intercollegiate swim telegraphic meets and in annual aquacades sponsored, by the Swimming Club. Kippers members also serve as part-time life guards, and assistant swim ming instructors at the White Hall pool. Club Aquacade Every year the Swimming Club presents an aquacade. Rou tines for this event are based on degrees of skill, and less experi enced swimmers are invited to participate. Last year the club presented an aquacade based on Tschaikowsky’s “Nutcracker Suite.” The varsity swim team has copped many Eastern district championships, and in 1947 placed third nationally in the In tercollegiate Swim Telegraphies. Dance Recital The modern dance concert group is chosen from members of the Modern Dance Club. It also presents a recital in the s'pring of the year. Members of the Modern Dance Club act as dancers for the annual May Day program. Last spring the club presented a varied program of group and solo acts. Among them was a “Shopping at Macy’s” scene, and a springtime routine. Miss Doro thy Briant, modern dance instruc tor, gave an original number, and Gladdy Lou Miller was a fea tured soloist. Rifle Team Women riflers who average highest scores during a specified period of the Rifle Club’s daily practice hours *are named to the varsity rifle squad. Women with the highest weekly scores pre ceding the intercollegiate matches participate in that week’s con test. Penn State’s women riflers filaced- first in the 1947 Women’s ntercollegiate Rifle Matches with a total team score of 2439 out of a possible 2500. They also placed very high last year. Bowling Those girls who show skill in bowling are asked to bowl in the Intercollegiate Bowling Matches. Penn State usually ranks in the upper half of the bowling matches. Contestants in the Women’s Intercollegiate matches perform in their own school, but under prescribed conditions, and send in their scores to a national head quarters, where scores are com piled and winners announced. Thespians Seek Talent Coeds with acting, singing or dancing ability are invited to at tend the tryouts for the fall Thespian show in Schwab Aud itorium 7 o”clock tomorrow night. The show, as yet un named, will be presented over Homecoming Weekend. THE DAILY CO' Women Join Masquerettes Masquerettes, sister organiza tion to Thespians, has the same busy season ahead as their brother society, and will begin work immediately for the annual Alumni Hmecoming production. After World War I coeds were allowed bit parts in Thespian shows and gradually became ac tive in more and more produc tions. In December, 1943, the coeds were organized under the name Masquerettes. The society formed its own rituals and regu larly taps new members after the final production of shows. Girls are considered for member ship on the basis of their partici pation in a number of produc tions. MJJGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA Sroup Depicts Campus Habits The mass meeting in Schwab ~rium 7 p.m. Thursday will be on Traditions and Habits at ~>enn State, and is sponsored by \lpha Lambda Delta, freshman eholastic honorary. This group will present a skit m “How to Study” directed by '/lary Cohen, president of Alpha Lambda Delta. The meeting to iight will introduce the coeds to he independent and sorority or ganizations. There will be no meeting in Schwab Friday evening, instead Women’s Recreation Association planning an “Open House in White Hall at 7:30 p.m. WRA nembers will lead conducted tours through White Hall, and girls will have access to the play room, Modern Dance room and Gymnasium. Orientation Week activities will end up with an All-College mixer scheduled for Recreation Hall at 8 p.m. Orientation of coeds is under the supervision of Chimes, na tional women’s honorary, and the Dean of Women’s office. Coeds Spark Campus Events Penn State coeeds play import ant parts in sponsoring and pre senting special events and activ ities which help break the mon otony of bluebooks, and spark campus life. Most of these have become traditional through the years. The first of the events this fall is the Cwens “Dungaree Drag” scheduled for October. Later in the year there are two formals for which the girls invite their beaux. One is the WRA Sweet heart Dance held in February, and the other the WSGA May Day Dance. The colorful May Day cere monies held over Mother’s Day Weekend are presented by WSGA. Coeds chose a May Queen and her attendants, and a colorful court is composed of dancers, jesters, hemlock chain, and honor guard. These posi tions are open to all coeds. To be invited to the Matrix Dinner, sponsored by Theta Sigma Phi. women’s journalism honorary, is an honor all coeds strive for. Numerous benefit drives are held during the school year These include the WSGA Christ mas Fund Drive, and Friend’s Service Clothing Drive. TEXTBOOKS New or Used NOTEBOOKS PAPERS & SUPPLIES Go to KEELER'S Cathaum Theatre Bldg . FOR ALL YOUR Since 1926 PAGE SEVBN
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