1.-w.clE TWO
Under the Hats
Cwens Is National
r'oinen's Honorary
By PAUL POORMAN
This is the second in the series of 'Under The Hats," stories
about the campus hat societies and their activities. Next week,
Skull and Bones, men's senior hat sopiety, will be featured.
Continuing our series on campus hat societies, we consider the
female side of the question with a few facts and sidelights on Cwens,
women's sophomore hat society.
'Founded at the University of Pittsburgh, Cwens is a national
group, comprising 11 chapters in schools throughout the East. The
47 Named To
Chem-Phys
Dean's List
George L. Haller, dean of the
School of Chemistry and Physics,
has announced that 47 students
in the school made an average of
9..5 or better for the fall semester.
Included are 18 seniors, 10 jun
iors, 11 sophomores, seven fresh
men ,and one special student.
Seniors
Seniors are: Henry Albright,
2.77; David Aicher, 2.70; Donald
Bedo, 3.00; Gene Bouch, 2.56; Wil
liam Brooks, 2.66; Rita Gould,
2.55; Russell Her ma n, 2.60;
George Lenyo, 2.50; Patrick Mc-
Nulty, 2.80; Lawrence Marcella,
2.84; Russell Puschak, 2.57; John
Sinfelt, 2.94; Andrew Skumanich,
3.00; Joseph Soltis, 2.61; Carolyn
Snyder, 2.63; Charles Thomas,
2.50; and Bernard Yurick, 2.82.
Juniors are: Daniel Babock,
2.61; Joseph Geiger, 2.59; Richard
Hench, 2.72; Ralph Johnson, 2.60,
George Jones, 2.60; Barre Kauf
man, 2.72; Armine Paul, 3.00;
Derle Riordan, 2.81; Milton Un
derwood, 2.50; Dean Unger, 2.70.
Sophs, Frosh
Sophomores are: Ronald Cohen,
3.00; Donald Kline, 2.69; Joseph
Leitinger, 3.00; William Mikesell,
2.81; Rocco Narcisi, 2.86; James
Plyler, ' 2.55; Richard Polleck,
2.51; Thomas Gorrell, 3.00; Ron
ald Sauers, 2.54; David Swanson,
2.73; Max Willis, 2.62.
Freshmen are: Robert Coniff,
2.66; Robert Etiwema, 2.66; Law
rence Gregor, 3.00; `Peter Lans
bury, 2.72; Charles Rockman,
2.76; John Skewis, 2.56; and
Perry Yocum, 2.83.
Blue Key Gets
New Rules
Blue Key, junior men honorary
hat society, unanimously passed
the second reading of a new con
stitution, Tuesday night.
The new constitution limits
membership to 40 men and chang
es tapping and initiation •to occur
at the same time as Androcles,
junior men's honorary.
Membership will include 25
first managers, eight men from
publications, and seven from gen
eral activities.
John Vasilakis reported on the
progress of the committee in
charge of entertaining the 16
visiting teams to the Eastern In
tercollegiate Wrestling matches
which will be held in Rec hall
next week-end. One member of
the society has been assigned to
each team, Vasilakis said.
Exams Announced
For Dietitians
Dietetic intern examinations
have been announced by the U.S.
Civil Service commission to fill
vacancies existing in Veteran Ad
ministration hospitals in Califor
nia, New York, Illinois, an d
Tennessee.
The jobs pay $1470 a year. No
written test is required, but qual
ifications include the possession
of a bachelor's degree with
courses in chemistry, biology,
foods, institutional management,
nutrition and dietetics, social
sciences, and education.
Information and application
forms may be obtained at most
first- and second-claSs post of
fices, Civil Service regional of
fices, or the U.S. Civil Service
commission, Washington 25, D.C.
TT DAILY COLLEGIAN, STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA
local group was founded in 1927
with the idea of honoring deserv
ing sophomore women.
In essence, Cwens is a service
organization much the same as
other hat societies at the College.
It's numerous activities are all
pointed at service to the College,
especially as concerned with co
eds. At heart, in charter,, consti
tution, and ritual, the organiza
tion is secret. But, "as president
JoAn M. Lee pointed out, the
secrecy is only in ritual and pro
cedure, and has nothing to, do
with making the society'a mys
terious, "undercover" group.
Taps Third Semester
Under the present setup at the
College, with very few freshman
women matriculating, Cwens taps
women in ,their third semester.
Tapping • usually takes place in
December, and members are ac
tive for one year, until the next
tapping.
• A return to normal procednre
with all frosh beginning school
on campus would bring about
tapping at the end of the fresh
man year, Miss Lee said.
Membership in Cwens is gained
through, as in most honorary or
ganizations, the abstract term "de
serving students." Cwens g o co , s
fUrther, however, and requires a
minimum of two major activities
for its prospective pledges.
Women are recommended for
the group by other students and
dormitory hostesses. The wo
men's activity file, in the dean of
women's office, is also checked.
A good average is a prerequisite,
with a 1.5 all-College minimum.
Name Also Secret
The exact meaning of the group
symbol of a crown and scepter,.
the name "Cwens," and the so
ciety colors, silver and crimson,
are also secret, according to Miss
Lee. These facts were available,
however. "Cwen" iis an old Eng
lish wor d meaning "queen," a
crown and scepter usually have
something to do with royalty, and
silver and crimson are variations
of the colors white and red, part
of the chromatic and .achromatic
color scales. Whether this infor
mation lends any light to the
meaning of the society symbols
is unknown, but the mere fact
that this is all we could find out
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46 Women Pledged
To Scholastic Group
Alpha Lambda . Delta, freshman
women's scholastic honorary, for
mally pledged 46 women Wednes
day night. Bids were sent to those
freshmen on campus and upper
classmen from centers who made
a 2.5 all-College average their
first year, according to Elaine
Notari, president.
Juniors pledged include Kay
Liner and Jean Richards; Sopho
mores‘ are Elizabeth Alleman,
Grace Anderson, Jane Baldus,
Patricia Barnett, Ruth Beatty,
Miriam Bleiberg, Barbara
Charles, Frances Dektor, Barbara
Denniston, Bernardine Fulton,
Marcia Garbrick, Nancy Gibbs,
Doris Golub, 'Joyce Haynes, Mar
lene Heyman.
Jeanette Ibbotson, Jane lift,
Elizabeth Johnson; Joanne Luy
ben, Virginia McMillin,' Marjory
Maxwell, Pauline Monz, Virginia
Opoczenski, Patricia Schaffer,
Phyllis Szolack, Louise Tyson, Jo
anne Williams, and Marcia Yof
fee.
Freshmen include Judith Cal
ley, Marilyn Closser, Jane. Curry,
Grace Ola Davis, Juliana Mary
Fees, Marilyn Franklin, Lorraine
Gladus, D. Joan Higbee, Patricia
Jenkins, Helen Luyben, Rose Ann
Monack, Alice Murray, „Martha
Rex, Elizabeth Stuter, Joan Anne
Zakeski; and Elva Marie Zimmer
man.
Economic Step
Against Red
Attacks Cited
An attempt to repel the propa
ganda attacks of the Soviet Union
in order to bring organized work
ers of the world a political cli
mate with better economic con
ditions is ungerway, IV. rt. Oliver
said' yesterday.
Oliver, who is director of labor
relations for the Economic Co
operation administration, spoke
on ` . !Labor's Participation in In
ternational Affairs."
He'said the InternatiOnal Con
federation of Free Trade Unions
is one organization which active
ly opposes Soviet labor federa
tions. Both the CIO and AF of L
are affiliated with the ICFTU.
The United States is financing
the operations of the confedera
tion.
Thirty labor attaches under the
direction of the State department
ar ê stationed a t embassies
throughout the world to aid in
labor cooperation, Oliver said.
Unless the Economic Coopera
tion administration can assist
Europe's rehabilitation to a stable
and sound economy, European
workers will turn to Communism;
he said.
In the Far East, the U.S. gov
ernment is trying to show the
people, how ;their problems can
be solved with methods an& ideas
in use in other parts of the world.
Oliver's talk was sponsored by
the Department of Economics and
Commerce and' the Industrial Re
lations Research association. Ar
thur H. Reede, professor of Eco
nomics, introduced the speaker.
. .
Silva Cites Civil
Rights-Progress
, Agitation for a civil rights bill
has brought more results than if
Congress had passed the bill, Dr.
Ruth Silva, assistant , professor of
political science, said in a speech
Wednesday night.
Dr. Silva's speech was present
ed 'accordance with the observ
ance of Negro History week spon
sored by the National Associa
tion for the Advancement of
Colored People. •
Four major cases of the Su
preme Court during the past ye'ar
were stressed by Dr. Silva \as
having done a great deal to aid
Negro rights as citizens.
A social sponsored by the Na
tional Association for the Ad
vancement of Colored People will
be held tonight, 304 Old Main
from 8 to 12 p.m.
The social is planned in con
nection with Negro History Week.
Chapel Offerings Still Go
To Chinese University
College chapel offerings are still being sent to the American
board of trustees for Lingnan university,, Dr. Henry S. Brunner,
head of the Agricultural Education department, and chairman of
the Penn-State-in-China committee, told the Collegian Tuesday..
American funds marked for
China were frozen by the govern
ment last December, Dr. Brun
ner said.
Since the beginning, of the
Penn-State-in-China project in
1911, the chapel funds have been
sent to 'the trustee board in New
York, who then forwarded them
to Americans working at Lingnan
university, Canton, China, The
current unstable situation in Chi
na, however, made it necessary
for the . , board to recall Americans
connected with the Chinese uni
versity, Dr. Brunner said.
Given Furlough
On t h e advice of the trustee
board, Richard E. Pride, who rep
iesented Penn State at Lingnan
and was partially' supported by
College funds, returned to th e
United States in August, 1949. Ac
cording to the policy of the trus
tee board, and on the recommen
dation of the local Penn-State-in-
China committee, Pride was gran
ted a year's furlough, the local
committee chairman said.
. Pride, an alumnus of Penn
State, received his bachelor's de
gree in horticulture in 1940, and
his master's degree in agricultural
education in 1945. He succeeded
Prof. George "Daddy" Groff
as professor of horticulture on the
Lingnan university faculty, when
the latter retired fa Jest .
Vaccine Service'
Starts Monday
-T .h e College health" service
will offer a special - influenza_
vaccine service to students
starting Monday H. R.
Glenn, director, announced
yesterday.
The College has offered the
same,service since 1947: -
The vaccine will .be the new
A-Prime vaccine and will be
available to .indergraduate and
graduate-students at 50 cents
per student. Injections will be
available at the Dispensary
from 8 to 12 a.m. and 1:30 to
5:30 p.m.
PSCA Store
Group Meets
Members of 'the Penn .State
Christian 'association who have
signed up to work at the College
Sportswear store next week will
meet' at 7 o'clock tonight in 304
Old Main, Marjorie Allen, associ
ate secretary of the PSCA, said
yesterday.
About 50 students have volun
teered their services so far, but
more are needed, Miss Allen said.
John Baldwin, owner of the
store, suggested that the PSCA
operate the store for one week,
as a means of partially- over
coming the PSCA's budget deficit.
The PSCA will receive ten per
cent of the income for the week,
Miss Allen said.
Beginning Monday, the store
will be open from 9 a.m. until 9
p.m. throughout the remainder
of the week.
Church Group
Sponsors Events
Roller skating, a basketball
game, and a scavenger hunt are
recreation planned by four local
student church foundations to
night.
The Westminster foUndation
will leave for the Coliseum. for a
roller-skating party at 8 o'clock.
Wesley foundation is planning
a basketball "Battle of the Sexes"
in the Wesley gym at 7:30 to
night. The boys will play the
girls with girls' rules. They will
be handicapped in various other
ways also, such as being required
to wear mittens:
After a discussion "Religious
Masterpieces of Art" from 8:15 to
9:30, there will be a basketball
game in the Lutheran Student
association gym.
- United Student fellowship is
planning a scavenger hunt which
will start at 7:30 in the fellowship
hall' of the Reformed church.
Brunner said.
Since his return to the United
States, Pride has been assisting
with the China Plant Exchange
program developed at Laurel,
Florida, by Prof. Groff. .
Catlogues Plants
Dr. Brunner said that Pride is
currently ass is ting Professor
Groff in putting into publishable
form notes on Chinese plants and
hprticulture whic h Prof. Groff
had compiled during his 35 years
in China. Professor Groff has cat
alogued about 6000 Chinese plants
and has established their Ameri
can equivalents.
The Florida project is a part of
the present program. of the Ling
nan trustee board, Dr. -Brunner
pointed out.
Professor Groff and Pride will
visit the Penn State campus for
a brief period late', in April, and
will speak at a College chapel
service April. 22.
Music Dept. To Give
Violin, Piano Recital
- A violin and piano recital,
presdnted by the Department of
Music at the College, will be held
in Schwab auditorium at 4 p.m.
Sunday.
Theodore Karhan will play the
violin and Barry Brinsmaid the
0 0 **.Ohimao part program.
iltIDAt, Mkßan, 1951,
Greeks Quizzed
On How Draft
Will Hit Houses'
' Letters have been ,sent within
the last two weeks to each fra
ternity house - asking how the
present draft situation affects
their manpower needs for the
spring semester, Harold • Lein
bach, Interfraternity • council
president, announced . yesterday.
Leinbach said the letters also
ask for a close estimate as to how
the fraternities will be affected by
the expected drop in College en
rollment next fall. He said the
results of the survey would be
announced when the fraternities
reply and th&information can-be
compiled.
Elections for next year's IFC
officers will be held' April ,18,
Leinhach: announced at the IFC
meeting Wednesday night. He
said nominations may be turned
into the Student Union desk in
Old Main starting today.
The council again discussed its
displaced persons program. IFC
has a policy of sponsoring one
foreign student each year. The
College waives tuition expenses,
and IFC pays all other expenses
incurred by the student.
IFC will decide which student
it will sponsor at a future meet
ing. Lists of displaced persons
and other foreign students Worthy
of sponsorship have been submit
ted to the council by the admin
istration and faculty.
iorkshire Swine
TO Star 'ln Show
Yorkshire swine will dominate
the interest, of spectators and
contestants alike in'the Swine di
vision of this year's - Little Inter
national, to be held here April
28, Philip 'Houston, co-manager,
said yesterday.
All three of the College's newly
purchased i "York'.! • sows have
litters that will be available for
the show. This' is the first -year
the College has had Yorkshires
on the farm, he said.
Other breeds of swine will be
present in the usual numbers.
Drawings for. the animals will
take place in 206 dig on Tuesday
at 7:30 p.m.
Fitting and training of the hogs
will be carried on by Frank Zorn,
manager of the swine division,
and Guy Temple, his assistant.
Hog training involves moving the
animals to the desired places
without excess disturbance.
A demonstration on• the fitting
of swine and on their training
procedure will be given prior to
the show this Year, as.in the past,
Houston said. The time and place
for these demonstrations will be ,
announced later.
Dickerson Attend's
Ag Conference'
Dr. Russell B. Dickerson, vice
dean of the School of Agriculture,
is representing the College in
New York at a discussion co,n
cerning problems facing agricul
ture schools. "
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Programs planned by, such re
gional meeti9.gs will be forward
ed to the agriculture committee
on organization and policy of the
Land Grant College association.
Dr.'Dickerson is secretary of this
committee which will meet in
May in Chicago.
Effects of the current national
emergency on enrollment in agri
cultural schools and collems will
be discussed.
Mrs. Ramsey To Talk
At Lutheran Center
Mrs. Martha Ramsey, musical
scholar and director of the State.
College Choral society, will speak
at the Lutheran Student center at
8:15 o'clock tonight.
The theme will be "Religious
Masterpieces of Music" which
will include some of the world's
great religious music. Atli. oppor
tunity •fpr discussion will follow
the presentation.
Theta Sigma Phi
Theta Signia Phi, women's jour
nalism honorary, will meet to-'
night to discuss plans for their
Matrix dinner which will be held :
in April.
The dinner is given to honor
outstanding coeds at the College.