r.ACifc. I'UliH Ralph Watts Lodge The Christian Association owns a lodge, surrounded by four teen acres of land in Shingletown Gap, which is available to students. The Lodge, named Ralph Watts Lodge, for a former dean of the College, is a beautiful stone building with commodious rooms, lounge, kitchen and dining room, sleeping quarters and two large fireplaces. The building was completed in the spring of 1927 at a total cost of $7,800. The Lodge is available to both private groups and organiza tions for recreation, meetings, conferences and overnight and weekend parties. All-College Cabin parties are held occasionally, to which all students are invited. Bobbie Jo Morris Announces Names of Drive Solicitors With plans complete for one of the most impressive fund raising campaigns in the long history of the Penn State Christian Associa tion, Miss Bobbie Jo Morris, chair man of the women’s volunteer group, last night announced the following division and section leaders who will aid with the five-day drive: DIVISION 1— Miss Nancy Mendenhall— Atherton Hall Section Leaders: Irene Sloat Pat Lindmark Evelyn Sebastian Nancy Mattern Viola Colaiaco DIVISION 2 Miss Barbara Sprenkle— Atherton Hall Section Leaders: Betty Black Nancy Lick Betty Tressler Jean Ricciati Marilyn Martin DIVISION 3 Miss Joan Lowry— McAllister Hall Section Leaders: Ellen Large LeClaire Barnett Pat Taylor DIVISION 4 Miss Sarah Yoder— Grange Dormitory Section Leaders: Lois Burrell Marion Anderson Dorothy Yarnell DIVISION 5 Miss Reta Reed— State College Section Leaders Betty Swift Alice McFeely Shirley Robinson DIVISION 6 Miss Shirley Brown— Women’s Building Section Leader: Pat Llovd DIVISION 7 Miss Julie Halow— Simmons Hall Section Leaders: Delores Bale Jean Brown Jane Kelly DIVISION 8— Miss Diane Seuderi— Simmons Hall Section Leaders: Martha Rapach Marguerite Williams Ruth Edelstein June Williams DIVISION 9 Miss Shirley Gauger— Simmons Hall Section Leaders: Peggy Howe Janet De Golia Sarah Gilleland Marion Lash Ilene Dennen DIVISION 10- Miss Ruth Megow— Atherton Hall Section Leaders: Jo Ann Esterly Jean Smucker Lois Evans Rosalind Nichols DIVISION 11- Miss Lorraine Stotler— Simmons Hall DIVISION 12- Miss Jane Sutherland— 1 ,u'. Brunner Heads Faculty Board Such matters as personnel and finances of the Association are handled on the faculty level by the Board of Directors, headed by Dr. Henry S. Brunner. Other officers of the Board of Directors are Dr. James H. Moyer, Vice-chairman; Gilma Olson, Sec retary; Paul E- Benner, Treasurer; James Thomson, Assistant Trea surer; and J. Orvis Keller, Chair man of Finance. The Board of Directors is di vided into five major divisions. Finance, headed by Mr. Keller, has the responsibility of raising funds, pledges and endowments, and recommending a budget. Mr. Keller also heads the Trust Funds division, which administers in vestments of Trust Fund securi ties. Mr. Royal Gerhardt is chair man of the Personnel Committee, which recommends staff policy and appointments. PSCA properties and equip ment, including the Ralph Watts Lodge, are under supervision of the Property and Lodge Commit tee, headed by Dr. Moyer. The fifth committee, Organiza tion, headed by Mrs. Harriet Nes bitt studies the functions and needs of the Association in rela tion to the duties and responsi bilities of the Board of Directors, and recommends revisions they think desirable. Several members on the Board of Directors also advise specific commissions. Prof. William M. Smith, Jr. and Dr. Bert Kessel work with the Personal and Cam pus Affairs Commission. Prof. Seth Russel advises the Social Responsibility Commission, and Dr. William H. Gray, World Re latedness. World Relatedness The World Relatedness Com mission supports the United Na tions and related bodies. It assists students of stricken countries through the World Student Serv ice Fund, increases understanding through fellowship and co-opera tion with students of other lands, extends the missionary outreach of the Church. The commission increases awareness of the unity of Chris tians everywhere through the World Student Christian Federa tion and the World Council of Churches. This commission works with foreign students and gives programs such as the Internation al Festival. The group is respon sible for initiating and helping to organize the WSSF drive. They study world government and par ticipate wherever possible in the Ecumenical Movement. u/l UMiLiiuLlN Si,k i IL '. Ji ili i Soph's ’Club 5V Introduces CA To Students Strictly a sophomore group, to help them get acquainted with each other and with the Associa tion, is Club 51. Jack Kooker is president; Russ Omer, vice-presi dent; Nancy Mendenhall, secre tary, and William King, treasurer. A successor to Club 50, newly organized last year, Club 51 got its start from several upper class men. Kenn Hess, Robert Loughry, Warren Meyers, Bobbie Jo Morris, Pat Woods, Rita Reed and Sara Yoder all worked to get the club going. Club 51 is divided into five major committees, each with co chairmen. They are, .Program, Ruth Megow and Russ Orner; Worship, John McCool and Cath rine Wible; Recreation, Nancy Erb and Carl Gerhart; Publicity, Carolyn Royce and Ed Wetherald; and Membership, Betty Buck and Don Snyder. Programs are planned to in clude all four sections of the As sociation’s “Circle of Faith and Action.” Some programs that have been given are the showing of race relation movies, a panel of foreign students speaking on concerns and problems of their countries, a talk by Prof. William E. Smith on “Boy Meets Girl” personal relationships. Pastor Korte, student pastor of the Lutheran Church, spoke on “Do You Believe It?,” concerning Christian Faith. Paul Reaver, stu dent at the College, spoke to the group and showed slides on his experience with the American Friends Service Committee work camp on a Navajo Reservation in Utah last summer. Association In Nat'l Council A member of the National Coun cil of Student Christian Associa tions, the Penn State Christian Association is also affiliated with the Student Christian Association Movement, which is rooted in 600 colleges and universities through out the United States. In addition, the PSCA is a mem ber of the World’s Student Chris tian Federation, a world-wide or ganization embracing forty na tional student Christian move ments. The WSCF was founded in 1895 at Vadstena Castle In Sweden by Dr. John R. Mott, American lead er in Methodism. Its international staff has headquarters at historic rue Calvin in Geneva. The national organization of the Student Christian Movement is separated into nine geographical x'egions. The PSCA is a member of the Middle Atlantic group, made up of Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware, West Virginia, and New Jersey. The PSCA is the YMCA and YWCA working together on the campus for the good of all. Over 350 students and faculty members participate in the program, while over 3000 contribute annually to ward the support of the Christian Association. 'Daddy Groff' Started Penn Stale in China A senior at the College in 1907, G. Weidman Groff, knowin as “Daddy Groff,” accepted the chal lenge of China’s need for know ledge of practical science and be came a member of the faculty of Canton Christian College, which later became known as Lingnan University. Mr. Groff’s student and faculty friends in 1911, here on campus, realized their opportunity to par ticipate in strengthening the whole educational program of the Far East. Since that time, all College Chapel offerings and other per sonal gifts from students and fa culty have been sent through the American board of Trustees of Lingnan University to contribute to the Penn State in China mis sion and project in international education. Contributions during the last three years have averaged $4500 a year. Student exchanges were an impontant part of the program and are now again becoming available. Richard E. Pride was chosen in 1947 to suceed Profesor Groff in active faculty service on the Ling nan campus. The College campus directing group, known as Penn State in China Committee, is com- * 1A- mNIA Conference Group Here are many of the Christian Association students who attended the Middle Atlantic Regional Conference of the Student Christian movement at Camp Michaux, near Carlyle, last summer. Twenty students comprised the delegation from the College. Students from over forty colleges participated in the week of fellowship, with platform speakers and discussion groups. Active from the College were William Clark, who was in charge of recre ation, Patricia Woods, work camp chairman, and William Ren shaw, association president, who was a student seminar leader. The summer conference is an annual activity, and may be attended by anyone interested. Richardson Names Solicitors For All Men's Living Units PSCA Sets 1949 Budget Books of the PSCA are audited annually and are open at all times to anyone interested in seeing them. The tentative budget for July 1, 1948 to June 30, 1949 fol lows. ESTIMATED INCOME The Pennsylvania State College $5,000.00 Student Faculty Drive 4,800.00 Parents Gifts 300.00 Alumni Friends and Trustees 2,500.00 Lodge Fees 50.00 Student Mimeograph Service Fees 110.00 State College Friends 5.00 Endowment Fund Income 35.00 $12,800.00 ESTIMATED EXPENSES Contributions and Assessments $25.00 Finance Solicitation 600.00 General Expense 500.00 Office Expense 325.00 Postage 140.00 Salaries 8,400.00 Secretary Travel & Conference Exp. 250.00 Bad Debts 140.00 Depreciation 220.00 Student Cabinet Projects 2,000.00 Note Reduction 200.00 Personal and Campus Affairs The Commission on Personal and Campus Affairs develops more ma ture and enriching personal rela tions, eases tensions through rec reation, enables both men and women to make their full contri bution to community life, and helps them to find meaningful vo cations. These objectives are carried out through such projects as a voca tions conference, Marriage Insti tute, Annual Christmas Carol Sing, and recreational programs. CA History Continued from, page three The organization has maintained services in such areas as character building and personal growth; presenting a workable religious philosophy through study and ac tion; developing leadership in areas of social and religious en deavor; and serving the students by editing a handbook, counsel ing individual students, and meet ing various needs of campus life through a year-round program of discussions and projects. posed of students representing the Administration. All-College Cabinet, WSGA, and the Chris tian Association. SATURDAY. DECEMBER 4, 1948 Frank Richardson, chairman of the men’s PSCA finance drive committee, announced the names of the following division and sec tion leaders: DIVISION I—Phil Barker- Watts Dormitory Section Leaders: Don Moscher Ted Brooks Jack Crowe Bob Keys DIVISION 2—Johp McCool— Nittany Dormitory Section Leaders: Fred Schulze Paul Shogren Ken Maxwell Miles Horton Win Boyd George Durall DIVISION 3—John Kochalka— Pollock Circle Section Leaders; Donald Horton Carl Krause Loren Saddler George Lucaks DIVISION 4—Jack Styer— Fraternities Section Leaders: Ray Brooks Walter Supp Max McMillen Reed West DIVISION s—Emory Brown— State College Section Leaders Bill Norcross Floyd Ecols Mark Elcan Hugh Daily DIVISION 6—' Charles Oerkvitz—State College Section Leaders;, Howard Fitting Paul Schaeffer Jim Lindeman Jack Kooker DIVISION 7—Warren Myers— Fraternities $12,800.00 Section Leaders: Charles Delp Walt Gabel DIVISION B—George Rhoad— State College Section Leaders: C.arl Gerhart Ted Allen Joe Breisch Social Responsibilities The Social Responsibility Com mission takes active responsibili ty for political affairs in com munity, state and nation. They work for an economic order in which the means of production and the world’s resources will be controlled by the people of the world, and the aims of produc tion will be for the use of all men. They work for racial equality which gives every person, regard less of race or color, the oppor tunity to share alike in all rela tionships of life, and provide trained volunteer leaders for com munity service projects. The com mission sponsors such projects as Washington Seminar Trips, sur vey of community needs in this vicinity, and speakers and panels on labor - management relations. The commission co-operates with CORE on eliminating discrimina tion.
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