PAGE FOURTEEN Rushing to Open Houses, at Homes Planned by 19 Sororities The first formal rushing period of the year will begin tomorrow with open ,houses to be held from 1 to 5 p.m. in all sorority suites. Marilyn Levitt, Panhellenic Council president, and Adell Owen, Council rushing chairman, will speak at a pre-rush meeting 11 a.m. tomorrow at 121 Sparks.' The complete rushing schedule, including times for rushees to visit open houses, general rushing rules, and descriptions of various rushing ac tivities will be distributed. Upperclassmen with all-College averages of 1 or better and second semester freshman women with 1.5 or above may rush. • No personal invitations will be issued for the open houses tomor row and Sunday. Afternoon dresses or suits will be appro priate to wear. Refreshments will be served from 3-3:30 p.m., but no favors will be distributed. All women who wish to go through rushing must register from 6-8:30 p.m. Sunday, and • 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday in the Ath erton lobby. There is a $1 registra tion fee. Many Coke Dates Because the rushees meet few actives at the crowded open houses, as many coke date invi tations as possible should be answered, according to Miss Le vitt. Coke dates which do not al ways involve drinking cokes are informal meetings between soror ities and rushees. Invitations will be issued through the Panhellenic post of fice for the Tuesday through Fri day coke dates. Regular school clothes may be worn to them. The rushee should select about four sororities to continue visiting at the "at homes" on Sept. 23, Miss Levitt said. Parties and coke dates also will be held during the second week of rushing. Coffee Hours Formal coffee hours will take place Sept. 26. Each rushee may attend only two affairs. On the next day, the rushee will sign preferential cards in the Dean of Women's office. Rushees will be ribboned on Sept. 27. Informal rushing will begin a short time after formal rushing ends. There are no planned par ties or entertainments. During the informal rushing period rushees will have an unlimited time to choose a sorority. A sec ond formal rushing program will begin in the spring. _ Contacts between the rushees and the sororities will be _wade through the Panhellenic post of fice which will be located in Ath erton. Rushees will pick up invi tations for coke dates, coffee hours and "at homes" there. All rushing except for the for mal coffee hour will take place in the suites during the hours pre scribed in the schedule. Rushing regulations include ea quarters for Useable Sttident Supplies and Correspondence Needs • Penn State Stationery • Notebook Paper •Composetion Books •Notebooks •Inks •Pens and Pencils •Index Cards •Chit Chat Note Paper *Typing - Paper •Linen Finished Envelopes and Paper G. Co CO. Phone 4016 S. Allen Street E DAILY COLLTIAN, STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA that men must not be used in rushing and that there will be no telephone calls ' except when a rushee has to' break a date. Alumnae are bound by the same rushing rules as active members. No national office of any sorority may send a person to aid in rush ing. Customs Board To Hear Cases On Saturday The Women's Freshman Cus toms and Regulations Board will meet tomorrow at 10 a.m. in the WSGA room on the second floor of White Hall to review cases of freshman women who wish to apply for immunity from cus toms. Joan Yerger, chairman,,,an nounced. Freshman women over 21 years of age must appear before the Freshman . Customs and Regula tions Board in person in order to be granted customs immunity, according - o regulations set up by the board. Board Rulings Students who attended sum mer school, but who are classified as first-semester freshmen, must undergo customs, Miss Yerger said. Second-semester freshmen wo men, including transfers, will not be required to abide by customs. They will, however, be required to obey freshman regulations un til the end of the semester. After that time they will have upper class privileges: Regulations After Customs Freshman customs for students will begin at 7 a.m. Monday, and will continue until Oct. 7 at 9:15 p.m. Following customs, freshman regulations will go into effect and will continue until move-up day. The date for move-up day has not yet been determined. A complete list of freshman women's customs and regulations is printed in the Student Hand book. A revised list is also in cluded in the booklet issued by the ' Women's Student Govern ment Association, of which the Customs and Regulations Board is a part. Begin To •••••:.' - .i,-, o rioliv' Panhel President Marilyn, Levitt Two Hostesses To Undertake New The two newly-retired hostess es, Mrs. Neva Morris and Mrs. Anne Searle, are well prepared to spend their additional leisure time profitably. Mrs. Morris, host es s for 16 years in Grange Dormitory, pre pared for her retirement tw o years ago when she began to do needlework. Now she has a regu lar market for her handworked Pennsylvania Dutch design table cloths, bridge sets, aprons, and similar articles in a store in the eastern part of the state. Beginning her work with young people over 20 years - ago, Mrs. Morris once had a regular pro gram on a Pittsburgh radio sta tion on which she sang and told children's stories. After she as sumed the hostesS position here in 1934 she put her story-telling abilities to use at pajama parties for the girls in Grange. Mrs. Morris is now living in an apartment in town. Retiring after 13 years as host ess in Atherton Hall and later head hostess in Simmons, Mrs. Searle is moving to South Caro lina to begin her career as comp troller in her son's hobby shop. Mrs. Searle, born in New York and bred in Boston, says that the slow ways of the South will be a pleasant change after her busy life in the North. Since she likes State College so well and has a daughter here, Mrs. Searle plans to visit often. i . Rushing Chairman I" There will he a meeting of all sorority, rushing chairmen 1 tomorrow ai. 9:45 a.m. in 158 1 I Simmons Hall, according to Marilyn Levitt, Panhellenic Council president. Dr. Selders To Address Freshmen Dr. Gilbert. S elder s, of the ISchool of Education, will speak lon "Methods of Study for College Students" at 6:45 p.m. Monday in Schwab Auditorium. All first semester freshman women are re quired to attend. Monday night's program. is the first in a series of three lectures planned by the Office of the Dean of Women in cooperation with the School of Education. The programs will be held each Monday in Schwab Auditorium from 6:45 to 7:45 p.m. To Discuss Study Methods The purpose of the programs is to aid women students in mak ing the academic transition from high school to college. Each of the lecturers will discuss such topics as study habits, outlining, and methods of study for objective and essay-type examinations. Although first-semester fresh man women only are required to attend the series, the programs. will be open to all women stu dents. Patricia Thompson, Assist ant to the Dean of Women, has requested that fr e shm en and transfer students in particular at:- tend the lectures, although at tendance./ is not compulsory for the latter. Dr. Selders recevied his doc torate from the College, and is associated with Education 105, a non-credit course in the improve ment of basic reading and study skills. Other Speakers Dr. Lyman C. Huin t, of the School of Education, will be the speaker Sept. 24. Dr. Nell Mur phy, also of the School of Edu cation, will conclude the lecture series Oct. 1. The Dean of Women's office planned the study series in re sponse to a request by many of the women .from last year's freshman class for information on how to study. FRIDAY, Services Open Hillel Season The B'rith Hillel Foun dation will open its sixteenth year on campus with a Sabbath Eve service at 7:30 tonight at the Hillel Foundation, 133 W. Beaver av enue. Sanford Hertz, foundation pres ident, will extend greetings, and Rabbi Benjamin Kahn, director, will deliver the sermon. A recep tion will follow the service. A mixer with dancing, enter tainment, and refreshments will take place • at 8 p.m. tomorrow. At 3 p.m. Sunday an informal record concert will be held. "Tent City," an Israeli short, and Verdi's "Hymn of the Nations" will be shown at 7 p.m. Sunday. An open house will follow. Collegian Ad Staff Ed Shanken, business manager of The Daily Collegian, has asked that all sophomore and junior board advertising members check the bulletin board in the Colle gian office for an announcement concerning the account list. . COMPLETE FOOD and FOUNTAIN SERVICE o Breakfast • Lunch • Dinner • Midnight Snacks FRED'S S. ALLEN ST MEI
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