SATURDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1948 WSGA to Contact Vassat President For Convocation WSGA made its first arrange ments in obtaining a speaker for its annual Convocation at the weekly meeting of the WSGA Thursday night, presided over by Shirley Gauger, vice-president, in the absence of Janet Lyons, presi dent. A list of several names was sub mitted to WSGA by Dean Weston and the board ranked them in order of preference. Dr. Sarah Blandings, president of Vassal-, will be the Arst person whom WSGA will contact to try to ob tain as the speaker. Other business at the meeting included officers’ reports and ap proval of names of nominees sug gested by Judicial for Judicial. A suggestion was also made by one of the WSGA members that the noisy grouping of girls before meal time in Atherton should be stopped by making girls wait in lines. AEPhis Win Contest On Coast to Coast Cooperation N eyr proof that cooperation is the key to success came this week to the girls of the Alpha Epsilon Phi suite when they won a tele vision set with the help of friends on the west coast, relatives, and Nittany football fans. The prize was the result of cop ping first place in the recent Philip Morris contest. After see ing the ad in the Daily Collegian, the AEPhi’s entered the contest aiming for the second prize, a radio-vic. At fltst each member tried to smbke five packs of cigarettes a week but this proved to be a little too rough on the non-smokers so more subtle tactics were employ ed. The alumna were informed of the project and rallied nobly to the cause as did parents, relatives, boyfriends, a Penn fraternity and several Comer Room waitresses. TWo of the most ambitious workers were Barbara Schiffman and Marion Goldman who collect ed several hundred wrapers un der the bleachers at Beaver Field after football games. A friend in Los Angeles sent wrappers colect ed at the Hollywood Bowl and the Beverly Hills Hotel. Less spectacular, but an equal ly effective method was employed by the members who popularized the “AEPhi droop” acquired by walking around town and campus with eyes glued to the ground in search? of stray wrappers. The most difficult task the girls encountered was the predicting of several hundred football scores weekly. In the final heat of the contest several thousand wrappers were turned in but the experts won only 50 cigarettes for correct prediction. Undaunted by their lack of psychic power on the gridiron, the girls have now turned to scientific prediction. Unable to see televi sion for Penn State in their crys tal ball, they have traded their television set for a super-deluxe radie-Vic combination. Alpha Lambda Delta Pledges 19 Coeds Alpha Lambda Delta, national freshmen Women’s honorary, pleqged 19 sophomore women at an informal service Wednesday night. New pledges are Ruth Aaron, Gay Brunner, Joan Burlein, Jac queline Bush, Sarah Chinn, Clara Cooner. JoAnne Engman, Lois Jane Evans, Anne Forrest, Rose Intorte, Sara Ellen Klausman, Josephine Heist, Patsy Roseberry, Janet Rosen, Mary Rowland, Har riette Rubenstein, Ellamae Seitz, Marie Stankovitcz, and Patricia Weaver. Girls eligible to be tapped by Alpha Lambda Delta must have attended a College Center or State Teachers College and have attained a minimum All-College average of 2.5. The honorary this year is cele brating its twenty-fifth anniver sary. It has 54 active chapter throughout Sm eountry. THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA Small Loans Made Available To Students by Hetzel Fund There are times in the college life of many students when five or ten dollars can seem like a million, and a college career can be almost shattered if that small amount is not available immediately. For just this purpose the $5OOO Estelle H. Hetzel Emergency Fund was organized. The idea for the Fund was crystallized in the mind of Mrs. Hetzel, wife of the late president Ralph D. Hetzel, some nine years ago when a student, who would have a job soon but in the mean time was living on one meal a day, called upon her. Mrs. Hetzel had previously read about a simi lar fund being organized by the Stanford Mothers’ Club in Cali fornia and the visit of the student awakened the subconscious ideas she had conceived and prompted her to action. Mrs. Hetzel then began to dis cuss her ideas with a few friends in the hopes of seeing the College meet the needs of students through friendly assistance and fi nancial aid. After arousing great interest in the project, she went to • the women student leaders with her own contributions and those of a few friends. Those leaders, also recognizing this need for short time emergency aid, helped increase the fund through the 1939 WSGA Christmas Drive. Over $5OOO Then followed more contribu tions until yesterday morning the total amount of gifts had soared to $5,131.18. Organizations, as WSGA, WRA, the Student Book Exchange, and Panhellenic Council, have been responsible for a large proportion of the sum. Individual contributions account for the rest. One gift sent to the fund was attributed to “Con science,” while some have simply been marked anonymous. Mem orial gifts in honor of the late president and an amount left in accordance with provisions of his will helped bring the total to over $5,000. The project was first assumed by students but in July, 1943, the Fun<T was accepted as an official loan fund of the College and a reviewing committee was ap pointed. Russel Clark, College Bursar, was named administrator of the fund. When asking permission to re ceive a loan students are requir ed to answer three questions. (1) For what do you need the money? (2) How much do you need? (the amount granted is left to the dis cretion of the Administrator, but is usually from $5 to $20.) (3) Whe n will you repay the loan? Answers and the complete trans action are held in strict confi dence. Facts are delivered to Mr. Clark although students are first asked to see Dean Weston or Dean Warnock and to present a slip from either office upon first visit ing Mr. Clark. 1,215 Helped Since March 20, 1940, when the siST" 1 By Commie Keller first loan was made, 1,215 persons have been benefited by use of the Fund, amounting to approximate ly $13,000 in monetary terms. In a classification of loans from March, 1940 to December 9, 1948, it was found that most of the 996 men students who have received loans utilize the money borrow ed for living expenses, while most of the 255 women borrow ing make greatest use of it for traveling expenses home. Men used the next largest number of loans for fare home and room rent, while women used their loans in next highest proportions for personal items and books or shoes. Other reasons given as to needs for emergency aid are usually for such items as eye glasses, com mencement, expenses, job or service interviews, clothes and extra medical expense. For nine years the Fund has silently and slowly gained mo mentum, fc>oth in monetary gains and in increasing awareness by alumni, faculty, and students. Its humble but purposeful start has been rewarded, and 1,215 persons have passed one more crisis in life’s path. \ Trod, plod on the sod But never forget Twas made by God. q You'll find college men's collar favorites in Van Heusen . the world a smartest OXI.JL JI WJ This Van Heusen shirt has the most famous collar of them all, Van Heusen’s patented, exclusive one-piece collar. Can’t wilt or wrinkle . , . needs no starch to look starched . , . stays neat all day. 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In the League 111 games played last night, Alpha Gamma Delta and Chi Omega played a close game with Alpha Gamma Delta winning 31-28. Jo Callahan, Al pha Gamma Delta forward, com pleted seven goals and one foul, making a total of 15 points, while Blanche Eyer, Chi Omega for ward, completed eight goals, mak ing a total of 16 points. Atherton II won over Delta Gamma 45-17 with Garretson, Atherton forward, totaling 31 points. Atherton dor mitory continued to pile up high scores when Atherton 111 annexed Phi Mu 30-8. T. Sheehan, Ather ton forward, completed eight bas kets, piling up 16 points. Kappa Kappa Gamma and Town both showed strong teams when Kappa Kappa Gamma triumphed 32-30. Delta Zeta Delta Zeta sorority will hold a Christmas party in their suite to morrow for members and ad visors. PAGE THREE THE BROWSE Christmas comes but once a year, tra la, tra la, tra la. “You can say that again,” says Boc caccio, our cat, who thinks our ads are pretty awful. “Now give ’em a line about all your wonderful cards, books and records.” That’s the idea, so here goes: CHRISTMAS CARDS: It’s not too late to pick from our ex clusive' lines of the finest Christmas Cards. We espe cially recommend those by The American Artists Group. Here you can make your choice from fine reproductions by famous artists and design ers. There is every kind, even for those of you who have special hobbies and interests: horses, dogs, cats, humorous cards. We also have plenty of the “cute” kind, little angels, cherubs, etc. There are still plenty of boxed assortments for those of you who like to pick your cards the easiest way, too. BOOKS: We have the largest stock of books in town. There is something for everyone on your list. 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