PAGE FOURTEEN Miss McElwain Instrumental In Securing Dormitory Funds MeElwaifi dormitory will not be ready lor coed use until next semester, but the cornerstone ceremony took place the same date s the Simmons Hall ceremony, June 5. Miss Harriet A. McElwain, Lady Principal and Professor of H'slory in the College, was graduated from Mt. Holyoke Seminary in June, 1881. After two years of teaching she came to the College as the Lady Principal. It was through her efforts that women students were taken from the unattractive quarters in a portion of the west wing of the Old Main building. She personal ly visited the State Legislature at Harrisburg and secured ap propriations for the Ladies’ Cot tage, or Woman’s Building, as it is now called. Teacher, Secretary For the first two or three years, in addition to having charge of the Ladies’ Department and the teaching of History, she taught Latin and Mathematics i n the Preparatory Department. She al so served as President Atherton’s private secretary. At the cornerstone ceremony, Mrs. Helen Atherton Govier, daughter of the late president George W. Atherton, told of her associations with Miss McElwain. Outstanding Person Mrs. Govier said, “She was a very remarkable person. Her in tellect, business acumen, clear thinking, fair judgment, keen in sight in evaluating motives and purposes, and above all. a never flailing sense of humor, made her an indispensable asset to the work assigned to her as confi dential secretary to my father. WANTED Student, male Or female, with out 1 p.m. classes, to wash glasses and silver for board. PHONE 2877 ATTENTION! Fraternity Social Chairmen contact us- For Flower Concessions CALL State College Flower Shoppe 127 W. Beaver Avenue P HONE 23 4 2 DUNGAREE DRAG SPONSORED BY THE CWENS Don't Miss This GIRL ASK BOY DANCE ... Always a College Hit AT REC HALL ON SATURDAY,OCT. 16 Home Economic Becomes School The department of home eco nomics, now a part of the School of Education, will be the eighth undergraduate school in the Col lege beginning January 1, 1949. The Board of Trustees approv ed the recommendation of the executive board to elevate the present department to school at a June meeting. At the same meeting, officers of the College were directed to recommend an appropriate organization for the new school. Home economics courses have been offered at the College since 1879. In 1906 the Pennsylvania Federation of Women’s Clubs passed a resolution demanding the State Legislature to appro nriate funds for a department of home economics at the Pennsyl vania State College. Louise Waugh served as the first direc tor of the department from 1907 to 1910. Miss Grace M. Hender son is the present director. In 1944- 1945, the home eco nomics department ranked 11th in the nation in number of home economics majors enrolled as undergraduates and fourth in the number of non-majors. More than 7000 students have received de crees in home economics since the department was established. When the new organization goes into effect on January 1, it will be the first new school or ganized since January 1930, when the School jai Physical Education and Athletics was created. THE DAILY COLLEGIAN, STATE COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA T"~ SATURDAY, Gals 'Drag ' Guys The first big dance of the new semester will be held Oct. 16 in Recreation Hall when Cwens, sophomore women’s honoraary, holds its “Dungaree Drag.” Sponsored each year by Cwens, the Ozark custom of girl ask boy theme is followed. In true Dog patch tradition the girl must ask for the date, buy the ticket and present her date with a corsage. The corsages in past years have ranged from lollipops and vege tables to cowbells and skunk weed. Even with the ratio of 1 coed to 4.93 men on campus, many males are a little shy and some times a little push by the girl in the form of a bid to the “Drag” has started a new romance on its way. 1 Tickets for the dance are $1.20 a couple and may be purchased at Student Union starting today.. A campus orchestra will furnish the music for the evening. Cornerstone Depicting Coeds Placed in McElwain, Simmons Simmons and McElwain Halls were officially welcomed to the ever-increasing number of Col lege buildings ori Saturday, June 5, at 2 p.m., when Dr. Pearl O. Weston, dean of women, opened the cornerstone ceremony of the two new women’s dormitories on Shortlidge road. On the steps of the walk be tween White Hall and the Tem porary buildings that joins the walk on Shortlidge road. Dr. Weston spoke and then intro duced the speakers. Brill Speaks Miss Julia Gregg Brill, vice president of the Penn State Alumni Association, spoke of her association with Miss Lucretia Simmons, for whom Simmons Hall was named. Mrs. Helen Ath erton Grovier. daughter of form er president. George W. Atherton, talked of Miss Harriet McEl wain’s contribution to the college. Miss Violet Gillespie, secretary HAIR FACE ARMS AND LEGS Removed Permanently by ELECTROLYSIS th# only method en dorsed by physicians. S. BOGEL 103 E. Beaver Ave. State College—62Bs To Cwens Dance •a th* Miss Simmons Served College As Professor, Dean of Women Miss Lucreti a V. Simmons, whose name is now familiar to all coeds since the opening of the new woman’s dormitory bearing her name, was Dean of Women at the College from 1018 to l&lfl and a professor of German here for many years. At the cornerstone ceremony held JuneS, Mtos Julia G. Brill, vice-president of the Penn State Alumni Association, knew Miss Vets Wives Join Trailer Group Finding a great need for recrea tion and group companionship, the wives of Windcrest, the trail er village, organized a club for community and social projects. They called it Windcrest Wives. They have planned and execut ed a number of community and welfare projects. Speakers have been part of their program and the numerous discussions and panel talks have been of value to the, couples living in Windcrest. of the Woman’s Student Govern ment Association in 1947-48, re marked on the increased facili ties for women. Acting President of the Col lege, James P. Milholland, closed the speaking part of the cere mony. He then went to the corn erstone of Simmons Hall and then to McElwain Hall to help place the stones, assisted by Miss Brill at Simmons and Mrs. Grov ier at McElwain. Cornerstone Within the cornerstone of each building, a sealed copper box was placed containing articles typical of the College today. Among other things were a scrapbook of the present day coed in the “New Look” for all activities and two dolls dressed in the costumes of Penn State coed 1948—one with bobby sox, sweater and skirt; the other in a net evening gown copied from one owned by a Woman’s Build ing coed. Leaflets placed in the box in cluded What is WSGA?, Your Way Around Campus, Panhellen ic Guidebook 1947-48, Informa tion for Resident Students, Path ways to Service, Home Econom ics in Penn State, WSGA Regula tions for Women Students, IFC Code for Unchaperoned Dating, and Rules Governing Social Af fairs for Undergraduate Stu dents. LATE SORORITY NEWS Wednesdays issue of the Daily Collegian omitted the location of Theta Phi Alph a sorority for the Open House on Saturday. The sorority is located on east campus in back of the infirmary. The three sororities having suites in Grange Dormitory will be able to move into them after 10 a.m. Saturday. Workers have been rushing completion on the suites in order that they will be ready at that time. With our many new and modern facilities we are prepared to take care of every coed’s beauty needs! MAKE YOUR APPOINTMENT NOW ! Hotel Beauty Salon State College Hotel Shnmons and spoke of her char acteristics. Her Wisdom Mi«s Brill _ said in part, "Wis dom Miss Simmons had in rare measure ... If a girl asked per mission to do something not in itself objectionable Miss Simmons frequently answered, “I don’t see why not.” A® the only woman de partment head in th e School of Liberal Arts she met so gracious ly the challenges to the woman boss and the woman co-worker with men that Dean Stoddart used to refer to her as ‘one of the best men I have.’ Thoughtfulness "Thoughtfulness of others was another strong trait of Miss Sim mons’ personality. “Probably the trait which was most widely recognized was her sprightly humor . . . Underlying all Miss Simmons* other traits was a sturdy, almost fierce, inde oendence. She did not like to be fussed over—or checked-up on. “No finer tribute was ever raid Miss Simmons what Dean War nock wrote in his Half Colyum at the time of her retirement. Af ter commenting on her meticulous scholarship, her modest manner, and her vast contribution to the College, he awarded her an or chid and ended somewhat like this: ‘She has retired from teaching, but she has not put off her scholar’s sown. She will continue to wear that as she always has, with, a iaunty air’.” Tribute By Weston Dean Pearl O. Weston, dean of Women, also remembered Miss Simmons from her undergraduate days on the campus. M’ss Weston says she remembers Miss Sim mons best bv her statement to a class of senior women. “Girls.” said Miss Simmons, "remember to always look your best in the morning. Comb your hair, press your dress and don’t forget to powder your nose, be cause who knows Prince Charm-. ing come that morning.” 'M/omen Continued from page twelve When it’s snow-time activities for you and your 4.93 men again pile up. There’s ice skating at the Duck Pond, half a mile out East College avenue, and sometimes on the tennis courts. Also ski en thusiasts will find plenty of mountain trails in the vicinity of the burned-down ski lodge. We suggest that .93 carry the skiis. Even if you get into a snow ball fight with your 4.93 men, the odds may be unfair, but who would complain? We’re certain you new coeds will find a friendly home on this campus, and we hope you find your way out of your Orientation Week maze as quickly as pos sible. THE NEWLY-REDECORATED HOTEL BEUTY SALON WELCOMES YOU! 25, IMS
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