FRIDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1049 Formal Coffee Hours End Sorority Rushing Period Following the silent period which began at 9 a. m. last night and lasts until 1:30 p.m. Sunday, rushees will attend the final rushing affair, Coffee Hours, of the Panhellenic formal rushing period. • . , " Invitations to Coffee Hours must at 8 o’clock this morning and may be 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. today. Rushees should return invitations to Cof fee Hours from 1 to 5 p.m. and sororities may pick up the ans wers from 5 to 6:15 p.m. Two Coffee Hours Invitations will be extended by sororities for one of tv/o periods. The first Coffee Hour will be held from 1:30 to 3 p.m. Sunday, while the second will be held from 3:45 to 5:15 p.m. Times or iginally scheduled by Panhel leriic for Saturday night were changed at a special meeting of the Council two weeks ago'. Rea son for the change was the pres ence, of so many sorority alum nae ' who wifl. be in town for homecoming and on Saturday night. . Rules made by the Panhellenic Council governing Coffee Hours provide that: 1. Each rushee may attend two coffee hours. . 2. Girls who are' interested in joining a sorority are . en couraged to attend the coffee hours, 3. AH rushees will be called for al their dormitories by the members of each sorority. 4. Formal evening dress is •Worn at the coffee hours. 5. Each sorority must send . out invitations to two coffee hours." . , Rule number five as listed above was under discussion at special Panhellenic meeting call ed last night by Delores Jelacic; president, at the request of four sorority groups. TJie- . latter all wish to obtain permission to have only one Coffee Hour. . Permission was asked, con? the basis of the small number of per sons who will be invited to the Coffee Hours of these groups, and on the basis of the number of rushees expected to attend. Re suits of the meeting, and- the de- C^oed Sorority formal rushing is al most over and participating girls, both sorority members and rushees, are finding' themselves somewhat near physical aha mental exhaustion. Much of this ending rushing de spondency is to be expected, no matter in what manner the period is" conducted and no matter , how satisfying and beneficial the out come'appears to be.. Some..of the strain, however, is due to faulty construction in the rules and to lack of real interest by the sor orities in the, rushing rules de vised. .' ■ When the rushing code was ar ranged by a special committee of Panhellenic Council last • semes ter, the code was accepted by the Council without a thorough re view of the principles involved.' Thus the. problem of the Army football game did not become so until the immediate situation became evedent this semester. . Likewise, the serious problem of 'having rushees- attend coke dates knowing that they had not received an invitation to a soror ity’sV evening party and thereby knowing that they had been cut by that- sorority did not seem evident. t ,or serious until the sit uation Appeared during this sea son’s rushing period. . Perhaps needless to say, the problem is. embarrassing to both, sorority, members and especially to the r,ushee who has been cut. It has long been known and the fact.. g!3, long criticized that sorority rushing is too compli cated. The intricate system of cer tain hours to do this and certain to do, other things, including the observance of silent periods, is a confusion capable of making the m<?st understanding and patient give up in despair. The problem of this complica tion has been raised in Panhel lenic Council before and certain parts have been cleared up, This, however, was, due more to mem bers of the rushing committee tijan to any real participation by every sorority. Clearly, the fault lies-rwith sororities and they , may. be turned in picked up by cision reached will be printed in Saturday’s Collegian, Sorority, preferential lists are due in the Dean of Women’s office at 6:30 p.m. Sunday. Rushees may sign preferential cards in the dean’s office from 7 to 10 p.m. Sunday and from 9 to 10 a.m. Monday. Rush chairmen call at the dean’s office for lists of accept ances for their houses at 7 p.m. Tuesday and ribboning follows immediately. Expense Sheets Rush chairmen are requested to save all rushing bills to be at tached to the expense sheets, which must be turned in at the time' designated by Panhel. Any sorority which does not .turn in an expense account within _ two. weeks of that time will be liable for a penalty. Simmons, McElwain Dorms Familiar Names These Days Two names on the lips. o£ hundreds these: days, but which would have brought no response several years ago, are Simmons and McElwain, the home of approximately 1000 coeds. These two Georgian Colonial styled dormitories were named for Miss Lucretia V. Simfnons and Miss Harriet A., McElwain, who taught for many years at the College. A Simmons /has been in use for' over .a year but McElwain was not opened until this fall. How ever, they were both dedicated on June 5, 1948. V j . During the ceremony a sealed copper box was placed in the cor nerstone of each building. In this box were placed articles typical of the College today. ■ Among other things were' a scrapbook on the present day coed, two dolls dressed in the costumes of Miss Penn State coed, 1948, informal and inform al attire, and leaflets on the vari ous campus organizations. (Corner Principal Miss McElwain, Lady Princi pal and Professor of history at the College, was graduated from Mt. Holyoke Seminary in June, 1881. After two years of teaching she came 'to the College as the Lady Principal. , It was through her efforts that women students were taken from the unattractive quarters in a portion of the west wing of the Old Main building. She person ally visited the State Legislature at Harrisburg and secured ' ap propriations for the Ladies’ Cot tage, or Woman’s Building, as it is now known. - For the first two or three years, in addition to having charge of the Ladies’ Department and the teaching of history, she taught Latin and mathematics in 1 the Preparatory Department. She al so served as President Atherton’s private secretary. Miss Simmons was Dean of Women at the College from 1918 to 1919 and professor of German for mapy years. Miss Julia Brill, vice-president of the Penn State Alumni Associ ation, who spoke' at the dedica tidn said of her: . “As the only Woman department head in the School of Liberal Arts she met so graciously the challenges facing her, Lean Stoddard used to refer to her as one of the best men' I have.” y THE.DAILY COLLEGIAN, STATE COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA by sororities rushees from Summons Tap On Shoulder Warns Frosh To Beware ,A slight tap on the shoulder, a a few words to the effect that, “Remember, you’re a Frosh,” and another Freshman has been tap ped. By receiving her first so called tap, she is well on her way to having an interview with the Freshman Customs. Board. , According, to the new rule im posed upon the Frosh, they! may be tapped on the shoulder by any upperclassman when caught breaking rules. This is really just a warning, but if she repeats the offense a second time and is again tapped by the same upperclass man, she is reported to the Board. This may seem strict, but cheer up Frosh—it can’t last forever, and better things are just ahead. Alpha Lambda Delta The meeting of Alpha Lamb da Della previously announced for last Wednesday night will be Held instead Wednesday night of next week, according to Miss Edith Zinn. advisor to the group. Members will meet in 105 Old Main at 6:30 p.m. Dormitories Hold Officer Elections Elections of officers for each women’s living unit _ will take place after 10 p.m'. this Monday and'/Tuesday in the respective dormitories, Ella Louise'Wililams, vice-president of WSGA an nounced. Nominations were held last week in the dorms and names of the nominees are now posted on dormitory bulletin boards. The president of each unit, in cluding the cottages, conducts the group’s meetings and represents her section on the House of Rep resentatives, a women’s , student governing body. She' must have a 1.5 All-College average. Miss Williams is the chairman of the House. The vice-president adopts. the' president’s duties in the latter’s absence and the secretary-records the unit meetings. Until this semester, sororities also sent a member to the House. This practice will now be discon tinued, sinc.e the sororities are all represented in their dormitory units. ' . A survey of all home economics women graduates of the first ten years after women entered the. College revealed that 76.6 percent obtained a Mrs. degree. > • COOK'S LUNCHEON SPECIAL " TODAY Fried Filet of Sole Tartar Sauce . Lemon Wedge Potato Salad Roll Vegetable Coffee 65 c *YF}arriag.e6 Brown —Kapp The niarriage of Miss Mary Kapp of ! Butler and Hylton L. Brown Jr. of Silver Spring, Md. took place this summer in Butler. Miss Kapp, who is a member of Kappa Delta Sorority, was grad uated from the School of Educa tion in June. Mr. Brown, a Pi Kappa Alpha, was .graduated in February in electrical engineering. They are residing in Cincinnati. Gunn ingham—Ro th Miss. Dolores Roth of Upper Darby and John Cunningham, of Harrisburg were married in Phil adelphia on September 10. Mr. Cunningham, a member of Sigma Pi, was graduated in February in electrical engineering, and is working for the Pennsylvania Railroad in Harrisburg. Updegr.ove—Wicst The marriage of Miss Nieta Wiest and Richard Updegrove of Pcttsville took place in Potts- IT'S FORMFIT WEEK AT DANKS & CO. NEW 'Aif| (j BY FORMFIIr Nylon lasiex Net Pent) [or Girdle They’re the wispiest, sheerest, coolest figure-fashioners ever! And they’re for slimsters of all ages. Have, a ,2%-inch waist band that simply can’t roll over. You can wear them almost immediately after sudsing—because they’re quick-drying nylon. Panty has nylon crotch ... and its 4 garters are detachable. Both panty and girdle-come in crisp, cool white. At only $3.95, you can afford several of each. And “Skippie” bras to match are priced from a mere $1.75. Come and A"“ , get yours today! / DANKS & CO. /%£,/?, / State College, Pa. ville on August 27. Mr. Upde grove, a junior in commerce and finance, is a member of Sigma PL Cram er —Edwards Miss Jane Edwards and Robert Cramer, of Drexel Hill, were married on August 27. Miss Ed wards was graduated from Wes# Chester State Teachers College in June. Mr. Cramer, a member of Sigma Pi, is a junior in industrial engineering. The average woman, though statistics show her to have slightly more education than the average man, finds it more diffi cult to obtain a job. Chi Omega, the first national sorority on campus, established its local chapter in 1926. FREE LOVE ! ! When you see the way your watch runs after we fix it you will fall ih love with it all over 'again. It is FREE love. B> p< MOYER Watchmaker and Jeweler Upstairs At College Sportswear IN STATE COLLEGE Value Priced—s3.9s PAGE SEVEN
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