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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—
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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.
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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-
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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.