WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1951
Lengthy Dissercition
Proves Profs Point
Just" how, far will a prof go. to prove a point? As far as.a
particular sociology class'is concerned, ad infinitum.
’ THe c^ss was discussing the concept of' ciilture. You know, the
mah;jna(|e -part -of Ojur environment.. The discussion'was proceeding
ast ugual' until the short, stocky geritlenlan at the head of the class
said, “Do you know that most of you are rarely aware of the part
'that - domestication plays in cul
ture?” ■ ’ ' ,
The class, rather, indifferent at
first, showed signs of amazement
as the prof, proceeded to read an
article—the . most convincing
we’ve heard, in a long time.
Clothing Too • •
“This .morning as you sat down
for.\breakfast,” the prof - began—
and we 1 moaned-as we visualized
the picture—“the co f f ee" you
drank and the orange you . ate
were domesticated: in the Medi
terranean-.region, the . cantaloupe
in Persia, and those grapes in
Asid Minor. That 7 bowl of cereal
which you may haye had next
was .made from grain domesti
cated .in the . Near East, and was
prepared by methods also invent
ed there. As a side-dish you may
have.had the egg of a bird do
mesticated in southeastern Asia,
or strips of the flesh of an animal
domesticated in the same region,
which'have been slated and
'smoked by a process invented in
northern Europe.”
“Breakfast over, you placed
upon your head a molded piece
of felt, invented by the nomads
of eastern:. Asia; and, if it looked
like rain, , you put on outer shoes
of rubber,, discovered by the an
cient Mexicans. Your umbrella
was ialso invented in Mexico.
A Lesson Learned
“Meanwhile, as you read the
news of„,the day, imprinted in
characters invented by the an
cient Semites, by a process- in-
Y e .? te ‘Vi lV , Germany, you will not
fail, to thank a Hebrew God in
an Indo-European language that
you are 'a ■ one huhdred percent
(Greek decimal, system) American
(from.Americus Vespucci, Italian
geographer.)^
All of which, we thought as we
scratched dor heads in utter' be
wilderment,'. proves not only that
most of us -unaware of the
part that domestication plays in
cultured-bat. also that the sky’s
the Unfit, as far as professors go.
Hdnie r Ec Committee
Schedu ies Festive I
The international committee of
the School of Home. Economics is
planning an international festi
val for Oct. 27 and 28th.
. The festival is ah annual affair
in which faculty, students, and
town people cooperate. It will
feature exhibits, movies, talks,
demonstrations of foods; and
fashion shows depicting how
people live in foreign countries.
Students who have foreign-cos
tumes, i household' gadgets, chil
dren’s toys, or any other articles,
and who are willing to loan them
halve ..been asked to
contact Lilia Cortright, College
extension .2244;’ as ■ soon as pos
sible., ; .:
Penn .State
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By JOHN SHEPPARD
Messori-Kulpa ,
lilrs. John Alt of State College s
has announced the marriage of
her sister,. Dolores Kulpa,,' also of
State College, to Roland Messori
of Philadelphia, i : 1
The ceremony took place last
Saturday at Our Lady of Victory
Roman Catholic Church in State
College..
. Mrs. Messori has been employ
ed at the Nittany >Lion Inn. Mr.
Messori is a junior in chemical
engineering.
. The couple is living at 441 E.
Beaver Avenue.. <
Inter-Church Group
Plans Fall Dance
1 Plans were made for a Fall Fes
tival square dance ,by the Inter
. Church Student Fellowship coun
cil at. their meeting Sunday.
The .square dance will be held at
7:30 p.m. Friday in the Lutheran
Student Association, fellowship
hall, 412 W. College avenue.
Wesley. Foundation will be in
charge of the program; Evangeli
cal United Brethren student fel
lowship will be in charge of dec
orations; and Lutheran students
will be in charge of refreshments.
•Tentative plans were made for
a joint Thanksgiving service of
Protestant student groups, to
be held Nov. 18.
Each local' Protestant group vitas
asked to try to send one delegate
to the quadriennial Student Chris
tian Movement Conference to be
held Dec. 26 to Jan. 2 at Kansas
University.
Greeters to Travel
To West Virginia
Two Penn State Hotel Greet
ers, Edward Erotas.l and Charles
Snyder, will travel to the Uni
versity of West Virginia, Friday,
to invite the Mountaineers to at
tend the annual Belle Hop Ball.
The ball is being held after the
home football game with West
Virginia Oct. 27 .
Monday is the last day photo
graphs may be turned into' 4
Home Economics Building for
entry in the Belle Hop Ball
4ueen contest
. Mcinlyn_ Franklin, sophomore
m Home Economics, was elected
last year’s queen.
ST AR L IT E
DRIVE-iN
on BEILEFONTE ROAD
Show Time—7:3o
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WEDNESDAY
"/ Can Get It For
You Wholesale"
SUSAN .HAYWARD
DAN DAILEY
also Selected'Short Subjects
THURSDAY
"Where Danger
Lives"
Robert Mitch um
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' Faith Domergue
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Also Selected rShort Subjects
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN,. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA
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Alpha Gamma Delta ,
-Officers of Alpha Gamma Del
ta sorority’s pledge class are Kay
Lloyd, president; Ann Rebholz,
vice president; .Beverly Morgan,
secretary; Carolyn Peterson,
chaplain; Jane -Osman, so'cial
chairman; and Betty Dewees, ac
tivities chairman.
delta Zeta
Pledge officers of Delta Zeta
are Martha Allan, president; Mar
garet Spedding, vice president;
and Mary Angel, secretary-treas
urer. s
Delta Delta Delta
Actives and- pledges of Delta
Delt'a Delta recently celebrated
Delta and post-pledging week.
The actives entertained the
pledges at a “Truth or Conse
quences” party, and. the pledges
were hostesses at a “Komic Ka
per” party for the actives. Alum
nae, actives, and pledges attended
a banquets at the Allencrest as
part of the Delta Week celebra
tion. , , •
The week concluded with the
initiation'of Mary Ann Kiel, Con
stance Melvin,. and' Mary Stark.
Delta Week was held in honor
of the initiates, and post-pledging
week-in honor of the chapter’s
pledges.
' £ng.a.cj.ementtS
Roger s-Yhom as
Col. and Mrs. Fredrick Thomas
of Lewisburg have announced the
engagement, of their , daughter;
Helen, to Richard'Rogers, son of
Mr.; and Mrs. James Rogers of
Muncy, Pa.
Miss Thomas is a senior in home
economics and iis a member of
Delta Zeta. Mr. Rodgers attended
Bucknell University where 'he
was ' a member of Phi Lambda
Theta. He is now in the Atmy. .
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for the
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Women Hold
Vital Place
In Country
Did you know that women in
the United States are more im
portant now than ever before?
Mrs. Hiram Houghton, of ' Red
Oak, lowa, president of the Gen
eral Federation of .Women’s
Clubs, told 2000 delegates at a
convention, in Philadelphia fiye
reasons why this is so.
She began, “Women bear a
greater responsibility than ever
before for the perservation of our
American way pf life.” Her first
reason is that “there are so many
women.” This could be disputed
at a college where there are two
and one half men to each woman
on campus.
Secondly, she said, the fairer
sex lives longer than men. Sta
tisticians support this fact in
reporting that women now live
to an average of 68.
“We have 92 labor-saving de
vices to give us more leisure
time,” Mrs. Houghton said. How
ever, many men may come ..back
asking, “What do they do be
sides keep house? They should
be able to find and make .time
for leisure.”
She pointed out that women
spend about 85 cents out of every
dollar for consumer' goods, and
tell their husbands what to do
with the .remaining 15 cents. Here
again we can hear men bellow
ing, “Yeah, that’s the whole
trouble, I never know-where, all
that money I bring in gdes. My
wife seems to find ways,to spend
it, and .1 end -up with a meager
five dollar allowance. Or no al
lowance at all.
■Finally, she said that • women
own most of the factories, stores,
utilities, and natural resources.
But men, don’t get excited.. She
supported this, statement by saly
ing that women, inspire 'men to
do those things which they would
not do for themselves alone.
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Queen Will Reign
Over Hort Show
For the first time in its 38 years,
the Hort Show, annual student
presentation featuring all phases
of horticulture, will have a queen
to reign over the 1951 program on
Oct. 20.
Hilda Hogeland, home econo
mics major chosen as 1951 Penn;
sylvania Vegetable. Queen, will
reign at the show, part of the Col
lege’s homecoming weekend pro
gram.
Robert Hoffman will be show
manager, assisted by Joseph On
drejko. George Peters, pomology
chairman, will'be in charge of a
display of fruit in the form of the
Nittany Lion. ,
Educational features will be
stressed- in the plant breeding dis
play, and in the interior of the
School of Agriculture will be vari
ous landscape settings. Arthur
Munson is in charge of publicity.
thru the
Looking Glass
Signs of our times: “Girl
Wanted” seen in window of
Nittany dorm. Call 5051 N.D.
24, Rm. 14, and ask for Wish
ful Jones.
Careful, Blond Ahead
While , we’re on the subject,
how about a few signs on
Shortlidge Road. “Dear Cross
ing,” maybe. Or :how about
“No Sparking?” On third
thought, I vote for “Dangerous
Curve Ahead.”
Which reminds me, why
haven’t the experts'put up a
“One Way” on a “Dead End”
campus road? Try to get out of
that one, Buster.
Detour to Ethel's, Girls
If you really want to be
wanted girls, take a “Detour”
in to Ethel’s. Just arrived . . .
enough silver to keep a Col
orado senator happy , perman
ently. Barrettes to put a gleam
- in his eye as well as your hair.
Paltry. $1.50. '
. A galaxy of scatter pins to
fascinate men from here to
there. Horsemen, musical
notes, swans,, alligators, skis,
windmills, tennis rackets, golf
clubs, bugs, butterflies . . .
even a unique set of footprints.
All hover around $l.BO. Look ,
at token stock in the, show
window outside Ethel's.! Then
come in to see. the glittering '
collection at the jewelry coun
ter.
String of Pearls st.oo
You’ll find many beautiful
pieces of silver, gold and cop
per. Whatever the 'price; your
choice will, look . like much
more. Did you stop in to see
the matchless string of pearls -
I mentioned a while back? At
-$1 plus tax they’re a steal.-If
one of these pearls turns yel- '
low in your lifetime, Ethel will
bu y y? u a new wheel chair.
That s all for now, girls. Got
to Lava my dungerees so’ I’R
be dragable.
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