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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.
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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
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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!
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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.
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