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. > •
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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-
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Cram er —Edwards
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Cramer, of Drexel Hill, were
married on August 27. Miss Ed
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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.
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