FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1948
We the Women
By Frances Keeney
"Import Weekend" is again
upon us! About three weekends
each year those gay, aspiring les
femmes petites swarm over this
peaceful burg laying their claim
on all the eligible swains, while
the "left-overs"—the Penn State
coeds—hide unnoticed within the
protecting arms of Simmons and
Ath Halls.
But coeds, don't despair. Accord
ing to Dr. Clifford Adams, a coed
at Penn State has a much better
than average chance of hooking
on to a potential husband. His
reasons are based on the favor
able ratio of men to women (ex
cluding Import Weekend) and
that Penn State coeds, on the
whole, make good wives.
This last statement is the wea
pon. Keep impressing your young
man that most surveys show
that college women generally do
not make as good wives as high
school graduates, but Penn State
coeds contradict these surveys.
Still Fighting
Coeds have been fighting for
their rights ever since the begin
ning of the school year. First they
were forbidden in fraternity
houses, then they were not allow
ed to have dial telephones, and
now they cannot be represented
an the cheering squad. It's rather
symbolic that this year women
are celebrating 100 years of their
fight for women's rights. It looks
like we'll have to start from the
beginning again!
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Phi Sigma Sigma
Phi Sigma Sigma recently
pledged the following girls: Eve
lyn Berkowitz, Sally Eber, Phyl
Feinsilber, Shirley Gordon, Har
riet Greenberg, Rhoda Hyman,
Gloria Isenberg, 'Rita Lang,
Sonya Kronield, Joanne Lintz,
Beverly Newman, Myra Sachs.
Marcia Spiers, Pat Starrels, and
Constance Weisburg.
Gamma Phi Beta
Newly elected officers of the
Gamma Phi Beta pledge class are
Ruth Mego, president; Reggie
Williams, vice president; Pat
Wolfe, treasurer; Barbara Spren
kle, recording secretary; Rosa
lind Nichols, activity chairman;
Lois Cook, scholarship chairman;
Jane Sutherland, historian; Con
nie Bevan, librarian.
Delta Gamma
Recently elected officers of the
Delta Gamma pledge class arc
Nancy Haines, president; Helen
Hemphill, secretary - treasurer.
The pledges were entertained by
the alumnae Monday night. New
pledges include Martha Colter
yahn and Jean Smucker.
Delta Delta Delta
Recently elected pledge officers
of Delta Delta Delta are Pat
Templin, president; Elinor Ral
ston, vice president; Janet Evans,
secretary; Kathy Senior, social
chairman; Adelaide Bailey chap
lain.
Phi Sigma Delta
Phi Sigma Delta fraternity hai
imported the following girls for
the weekend: Vicki Barone, Vio
let Brook, Louise Brooker, Paula
Brown, Mrs. Philip Davis. Bette
Faye Dolgin, Peggy Finberg,
Carol Fink, Lois Fogel, Jeanne
Franke 1, Florence Goldstein,
Louise Goodman, Harriet Grand.
Ruth Greenberg, Charlotte Hes
san, Peggy Hassman, Elly Klein
man, Marcia Kessler, Florence
Levy, Elaine Rosenberg, and
Marcie Salus.
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Library Display Portrays
100 Years of Women's Rights
The 100th anniversary of the Seneca Falls Convention, the birth
place of the movement for women's rights and social freedom, is
being commemorated by a display on the first floor of the College
library this week.
Many advantages and opportunities have been opened to the
American woman since the first initial meeting of the Seneca Falls
Convention. In 1848 a married
woman was civilly dead in the
eyes of the law, for she had no
right to property or even to the
wages she might earn. Today, she
has the right to own, control, and
dispose of her personal property
by will. She is now responsible for
legal contracts and guardianships.
"Educated Women"
One hundred years ago women
were denied the facilities for ob
taining a thorough education. All
colleges were closed against them.
However, Vassar in 1865 began the
"Educated Women" movement by
opening its doors to women and
only women. Within 10 years
Smith, Wellesley, and Bryn Mawr
followed suit. Oberlin College was
the first school to enroll both men
and women.
Two million women were em
ployed in 1870 in only seven occu
pations. Today, 17 million women
are employed in all but nine of the
451 occupational classifications
listed in the 1940 census, and they
constitute 28 per cent of our entire
labor sources.
In addition to these opportuni
ties is women's suffrage added to
the Constitution by the 100 ratifi
cation of the 19th amendment.
Women's Rights
Among the women famous for
their connection with the women's
rights program were Frances Wil
lard, first woman to be a college
president; Elizabeth Cady Stan
ton, who organized the Women's
Rights Convention at Seneca Falls
and first president of the National
Women's Suffrage Association;
and Susan B. Anthony.
Other women to pioneer in dif
ferent fields were Elizabeth
Blackwell, the first woman ad-
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mitted to the American Medical
College to begin her studies in
medicine; and Belva Lockwood,
first woman candidate for presi
dent in the election of 1881; Maria
Mitchell in 1860 was the first worn
an astronomer, and Ellen H. Rich
ards was the first woman to re
ceive a B.S. degree from Massa
chusetts Institute of Technology.
Bowlers End
First Meets
League 111 opponents met in
White Hall Wednesday night to
finish the first week of women's
intramural bowling. High scorer
among the competitive members
of all team% was JoAnn Hobbs,
Theta Phi Alpha, who rolled a
181.
In League I competition, Kappa
Alpha Theta won over Kappa
Delta by forfeit. Co-op defeated
Simmons, 484-431, and Theta Phi
Alpha won over Alpha Xi Delta,
502-498.
In League 11, Alpha Chi Omega
defeated Leonides 436-378, while
Delta Delta Delta won over Ath
erton I by forfeit. Zeta Tau Alpha
took Phi Sigma Sigma by forfeit
also.
Chi Omega defeated Beta Sig
ma Omicron, 469-421, in League
111. Atherton II forfeited to Phi
Mu, while Kappa Kappa Gamma
won over Atherton 111, 463-425.
Other high scorerrs were Sue
Kirschner, Kappa Kappa Gamma,
147; Mary Cohen, Alpha Xi Delta,
138; and B. J. Sammons, Co-op,
121.
Players Passably Present
Difficult Wilder Comedy
By Bern Oldsey
The most widely circulated
American play in Europe now
adays, Thornton Wilder's "The
Skin of Our Teeth," opened at
Schwab Auditorium last night in
the hands of the Penn State
Players, under the direction of
Prof. Kelly Yeaton.
Realizing the import of this
play to us here in America, and
searching for some reason which
would indicate its remarkable
interest in war - torn Germany
and other countries, were prob
ably two of the factors which
persuaded director Yeaton that
this play should be attempted,
even under the limiting condi
tions of Schwab Auditorium.
"Skin of Our Teeth" is an in
tellectual play that can be pre
sented on several levels to an
audience which of itself may ac
cept it on many levels. The audi
ence last night, by the way,
seemed to enjoy the production,
and surely did not sleep through
any of this exciting piece of
drama.
Of course the play was not
presented flawlessly. The insight
of the cast, the entire cast, plus
the constant efforts of the direc
tor must produce a kaleidoscopic
"fugue" with extreme nicety of
timing and shades of emphasis in
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a play such as this. And Prof.
Yeaton had probably too little,
time, space and cooperation to
achieve an all out success.
Individual actors did varyingly
good jobs. Omar Lerman pro
duced some spirited work that
bolstered the production at the
soft spots. He worked just this
side of over-acting, but got at the
stuff.
Harriet Eidemiller and Sonya
Tilles, two new acting faces on
the campus, who played the im
portant female roles, did a thor
ough workmanlike job on their
parts as Sabina and Mrs. An
trobus.
Sonya Tilles kept the pieces of
this play together, while Harriet
Eidemiller probably got to the
audience more than anyone else
in the group; she and Olivia Cri
der moved about the stage with
more grace and ease than any
body in the cast with the excep
tion, perhaps, of Port Paget's
nonchalant meanderings as the
affable "Stage Manager."
The play owed much of its.
partial success to Oren L. Stein
and Dorothy B. Scott, members
of the dramatic department, who
did an excellent job in cramped
quarters with scenes and various
technical problems.