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Sorority Registration
Schediqled for Sept. 29
,• Women students who are interested in joining a sorority and
are eligible under Panhellenic regulations will have a chance to
'register on Thursday, September 29, for the first formal rushing
period.
Coeds must first have maintai
the College campus with the exc
were considered Penn State stu
dents at a state teachers college.
This regulation eliminates the
rushing of freshman women, who
have not as yet secured a College
average.
Coed transfers who do not have
a College average cannot be initi
ated into a sorority until they
have been WI campus one semes
ter. They may, however, be
rushed aid pledged by a sorority.
Open Houses
Following the registration of
women desiring to be , rushed by
,sororities, Open Hodses -will be
held by all sororities to acquaint
new coeds with the chapters: The
first Open House has been sched
uled by Panhellenic Council from
2 to 5 p.m. Saturday, October 1,
in the , various sorority suites.
Open Hottses are also scheduled
on Sunda'', October 2 from 2 to
5 p.m. and Irani 6:30 to 9:30 p.m.
In order , that coeds may make
the most advantageous Use of
their time a rotating schedule has
been devised. by Panhellenic
Council. Sororities have been di
vided into three. sections accord
ing to .geographie location, while
rushees are divided into alpha
betical groups.
System Change
A second registration period
will be observed on Monday, Oc
tober 3, from 8 to 12 a.m; followed
by the first week of actual rush
ing. A system• change from last
year's procedure is constituted in
the fact that rushing is carried on
from • 1 to 5 p.m. and from 6:30
to .7:30 • p.m. each day instead of
' in - the 'morning and afternoon as
followed last year.
GET YOUR. ' DATE :.NOW!
THE BIGGEST PARTY OF THE YEAR
FRIDAY,
$4.00 per Couple
Featuring Jimmy DORSEY -6 1' DRCHESTRA
ned a 1.00 All-College average on
ption of sophomore women who
College Organizes ,
Home Ec School
On January 1, 1949, the depart
ment of Home Economics became
the eighth undergraduate school
at the College. The department
of home economics was formerly
a part of the School of Education.
The Board of Trustees approved
the recommendation of the execu
tive board to elevate the depart
ment to a school in June„l94B.
At the same meeting, officers of
the College were directed to re
commend. an appropriate organi
zation for the school.
Inauguration Program '
A formal inauguration program
beginning February 8, 1949, with
a Convecation marked a week of
festivities commemorating the
school's opening. Dr. Lee Vin
cent, dean of the College of Home
Economics at Cornell, was the
principal speaker. James Milhol
land, acting president of the Col
lege, presented •a charge to the
new school.
Women's Clubs
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 appropri
ate , 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 dean of the
school.
In 1944-45, the home economics
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Vacancies Remain
OnWRA Club Board
Three vacancies on the WRA
Club Presidents' Board, which is
comprised of the presidents of
the nine WRA clubs, are yet to
be filled, according to Virginia
Miller, president of WRA.
Mary Ann Krepps is chairman
of the Board. Presidents of their
respective clubs are Patricia
'Weaver, bridge; Patt Wolfe, fen
cing; Joan Witherow, dance; Jean
McDermott, outing; Lucy Mit
inger, swimming; and Ida May
Brandt, tennis.
The vacancies in the Board
which will be filled early this
fall when the remaining club
piesidents will be chosen are
bowling, badminton and rifle.
TO be eligible candidates for
nomination to any WRA club of
fice mug have a minimum All-
College average of 1.3. Nomina
tions are then approved by the
Executive Board.
department ranked 11th in the
nation in number of home econ
omics majors enrolled as under
graduates and fourth in the num
ber of non-majors. More than
2000 students have received" de
grees in home economics since
the department was established.
The new school was the first
new school organized since Janu
ary 1930, when the School of
Physical Education and Athletics
was created.
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New Coeds Get Aquainted
At Sunday Teas in Dorms
Get-acquainted teas in the
women's dormitories from 2 to
3 p.m. Sunday bring to a near
close the intensified week or or
ientation for all new women stu
dents.
Miss Edith Zinn, assistant to
the dean of women in charge of
orientation, stresses the fact, that
these teas are not strictly formal
affairs, but are for the purpose
of enabling new girls to become
better acquainted with the wom
en' Ili their own groups. All girls
are most cordially welcome, Miss
Zinn adds.
Location For Tens
The tea for freshmen will be
held in Atheton Hall from 2 to
3 p.m.. Cwens will serve as hos
tesses. The SophoMore Tea will
take place in Simmons Hall,
where members of Chimes will
be hostesses. For the 100 or so
junior and senior transfers a tea
will be held in the New McElwain
Hall. Members of Mortar Board
and Alpha Lambda Delta are hos
tesses.
Final orientation meeting for
SATURDAY, OCT. 29th
VARSITY
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SYRACUSE vs. PENN STATE
NEW BEAVER FIELD
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new women students scheduled
by Miss Zinn is the WRA meet
ing in White Hall at 7 p.m. Mon
day for sophomores, juniors and
seniors. The performance will be
a repetition of the one presented
to freshmen last Monday.
An Open House in White Fiala
will be sponsored by WRA from
7 to 9 p.m. today.
AFTER THE MOVIES
FOR LATE EVENING
SNACKS
Fred's Restaurant