SATURDAY; OCTOBER 13;. 1951 What Next? Coeds Housemother' For Cottdge Frosh Joan Hutchon, Rufh Mirikel,' and Doris Plotkin have found themselves in the situation often described; by coeds when they say in a knowing tone, housemother ...” These women have a", semester’s job ahead of them as house mothers in three of the cottages that were opened and made ready for living this September? * This action was necessary because-.-of an overflow of women' on the enrollment is t s this semester. Since there were not enough ol der women or graduate students to fill positions as housemothers, these three student Housemothers were chosen, Housemother's Advice Thir.ty-five - freshmen a x e-, ac commodated in. the -cottages. Ruth, a major in home economics, is taking-care of eight women in Pine Cottage; Joan, a liberal arts student, has 13 frosh in Spruce Cottage; and Doris, an elemen tary education major, lives with 14 women in Elm Cottage. Ruth remembers . what she used to think of hostesses’ little talks and-bits of advice given dur i n g housemeetings in the dorm. She used to wonder why they said such things, and now she understands. In fact she’s telling the women in her cottage the very same things. Dorm Regulations Joan says' they talk over prac tically.. everything, including homework, fraternities, philoso phies of life, and religion. Joan thinks that life as a housemother is quite different, especially when living in a cottage. “It seems like a different little world. It’s as if I were living at home. Even the campus seems different.” While staying in a cottage ,is different from dorm life, the same rules are maintained, the same ringing* of telephones goes on, janitors • come and clean once a week, and Sally’s appears from 9 to 9:30 at night. Party Planned Each cottage has ,a freshman checker who makes sure the wo men sign in on time. Mail is dropped on the hall , table, and, as.in the case of a telephone call, there is . a mad scramble for it. Telephone conversations are lim ited to a strict five-minute period per call, because there is. only one phone in '.each cottage. The kitchens in ’ the cottages really get a work-out. Each is supplied with a'hot-plate, giving Spruce .Cottage a good excuse for corn-popping. The. women-at Elm Cottage are planning a Hallo we’en party to which the other cottage dwellers wilTbe invited. Lots of ..Cooperation. Doris says she has-no worries, problems, or gripes .about her new status' as - housemother: She says, “I loye.it:. It’s the best thing that ever happened to. me.” •". As to starting out on the. job as housemother, J Jbari said she didn’t quite know what to do— whether to be' “strict or soft.” Rut everything, justfell into place; and she says she--has.-a “fine bunch of frosh.” Ruth says they’re so coopera tive that it’s all-.a lot. of fun. In fact some of the frosh, wouldn’t mind living in . a cottage all four years. . . Housemothers'Loved' .Elizabeth Fesnecht, a freshman in 'Pine Cottage, says, “I think they have a .Joettef ing of a freshman’s ' problems HUM BIG * ' - j»«g# DQ OR s T EP ; - A laying Tonigfti . ' " ■at Center Stage ' . Tickets can be .purchased at Student. Union By MARY STARK than an older person wouldhave.” ...’.Carol Perlman, from Elm Cot tage, ■. thinks “they’re, the best.” Bay lee .Friedman “loves them.” RoSelyn Stern, of . Spruce Cot tage, calls them “sweet' and un derstanding,” while,’ :Sali Skwer “prefers student .housemothers.” The; “theys” .referred ..to are, of coiirse, Doris, Ruth, and Joan, three student housemothers who are having’ a wonderful time. Industrial Conference To Be Held Approximately 300 : vocational industrial education . and indus trial arts teachers and supervi sors will attend the fourth Con ference of Industrial Education to be held at the College today. Among those attending will be fourteen vocational school admin istrators-representing ten differ ent nations of the world. “The Place of Industrial Edu cation in Meeting. the Needs of the Sixty Percent Group” will be the central theme of the one-day conference. Dr. S. Lewis Land,- chairman of the conference arid professor of industrial education at the College, explains the “Six ty Percent Group” as that group of high school graduates who, after graduation, enter directly into the industrial, an d allied fields. ■ Dr. Marion R.Trabue, dean .of the School of Education, will de liver the welcoming address. at 9:30 a.m'. At 10:15 a.m., two panel discussions will be held to discuss meeting the needs of, the sixty percent group. The conference topic will be discussed by one panel in 121 Sparks., John F.- Friese, prpfes sor of industrial arts education at the College, will act as chairman. C. F. Fitz, associate-professor of industrial education at the Col lege; Kenneth Muchler, industrial arts, instructor,' Meyers.' High School, Wilkes-Barre; and Ward S.\ Yorks,'industrial arts instruc tor, Red. Lion High School will also participate in the panel. 1 :The other panel will meet ,1b 10 Sparks and will use the topic as its theme. William., A. Williams, associate; professor of industrial education at the College, will act as chairman. > He. will' be assisted by .Wl W. Sieg, president of-the Titan Metal Manufacturing Co., Bellefonte, -and president 'of the Pennsylvania Chamber ' of Com merce; Michael Johnson, director of education, Pennsylvania Fed eration of Labor; George ; H. Parkes, director of the. Williams port Technical Institute; and Rob ert. T.. Stoner, chief of the bureau of" Industrial Education,, Depart ments of Public Instruction, Har risburg. ''. THE EjXILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA Ball Queen Photos- X AII . photographs for the Belle Hop Ball queen contest must be submitted .by Monday to 4 Home' Economics Building to be eligible for judging. Cwen / Drag / Scheduled For Tonight , A Sadie Hawkins spirit will prevail at the sixth annual Dung aree Drag, girl-ask-boy affair sponsored by Cwens, sophomore women’s activity honorary, from 9 to midnight tonight in Recre ation Hall. - ' ■ Profits from the dance will be used to support two $5O scholar ships for worthy sophomore wo men, and to sponsor a foreign foster child with the Women’s Recreation Association. Tickets at $1.50 per couple may be bought from members of Cwens, at the door, or ,at ‘ the Student Union desk- in Old Main. Jack Huber’s eight-piece or chestra will furnish the music. Thomas' Smith will emcee for the intermission. entertainment. Isabelle Cooper will sing three solos, Huber will play an instru mental solo, and Robert Kokat will play the accordian. A.prize will be given for the most unique corsage made by a coed for her date. Last year Dor othy Horgan won an orchid for a corsage, made of a banjo, pop corn balls, and cigarettes. Cider and . pfetzels " will be served. 4 Nominated For House. Post . Four members of the Woman’s Student Government Association House of Representatives have been nominated for the office of vice chairman of the house; Nominees. are Joyce Gardiner, Polly Hedge, Margaret Lamaster, and Jane Strawn. The final vote will .'take place at Thursday’s meeting.. The candidate receiv ing the second highest number of votes will automatically be coriie’ the. secretary-treasurer of the house. Fourteen newly-elected presi dents of upperclass women’s liv ing units are serving as members of .the house. The representatives are Jean Berg, . Marlene Froh man, Miss Lamaster, and Ann Titmus, McElwain; Carolyn Bar rett, Sally Fischer, Miss Strawn, and Mary Ann Wertman, Sim mons;. Margaret Crooks, Miss Gardiner, Lois Powers, and Pa tricia Rile, Atherton; Miss Hed ge, Grange; and Janet Magrini, Nittany/ Co-op. ” . For Best Results' Use Collegian Classified Join die Crowd Meet your friends at R. &PD. V When it's time for a coke, it's time to stop in R. &PD. 's ■ Come in - the gang's all here / Rea and Derick ./ ALLEN STREET Designer Condemns U.S. Fashion Trends Few women, French, American or Hottentot, know how to look their best. This is the observation of Mme. Elsa Schiaparelli, after a lifetime of selling glamor to most of the world’s best-dressed women, Small, dark and dynamic, she is well qualified to -speak on the subject of fashion. Her dressmak ing salon in Paris still is flourish ing, after 25 years which have seen many of the - great names fade. Her enterprises on both sides of the Atlantic multiply almost by the hour. Right now, in addition to her main business of dress de signing, she has the following irons in the U.S. fire:, A line of Schiaparelli dolls, a stocking manufacturing business, a successful perfume business, a wholesale - coat-and-suit manufac turing business, a line of scarfs designed by Schiaparelli, Schia parelli-designed blouses, and lin gerie. U.S. tycoons look on' her 'far flung activities and murmur wist fully, “But women aren’t supposed to understand business.” Typical Customer So Mme. Schiaparelli probably knows what she is talking about when she comments on the vagar ies of her less-gifted sisters. She adds thoughtfully, “Few women even know what type they are.” She described „ a typical cus tomer in her Paris salon. “A wom an comes in to buy a dress, looks at the model and says, ‘I love it.’ But she’d like it in another color and a different fabric, with per haps another belt. The result is that when it is completed to her specifications, she hates the dress —and often she’s right. “Then there’s the customer who buys a dress at one place, a hat at another, accessories somewhere Paradise -- (Continued from page four) could very possibly be a hulk ing robot, seeking to .blast us into nothingness with one . glance. In short, we were taking a very egotistical viewpoint of the thing; men from Mars were after us, and no one else. We were the prime target. Eventually Hie fallacy of this point overtook us. Why would any monster want us? We were of no more value to the world today than Independence, Mo. No one would want us, no one would blast us with his ray gun, no one would dissolve us with his atomic - superactuated - carrot - fed - .20 - 20 vision. We have now taken our right ful place in society again, un afraid. We walk the dark streets in utter defiance, and even peek into dark corners. But -we still watch the skies. You never can tell. By The Associated Press else and then wonders why her clothes always look thrown .to gether.” Designer Important Unless you are very sure of your own type and tastes, it’s best ( to put yourself in the hands of the designer, whose business it is to see .that you look your best, Schiaparelli advises. The essence of the Schiaparelli philosophy of dress is to avoid dis tortion of the human figure and to keep the entire picture simple, so that the woman is not secondary to her clothes. On a flying visit to New York, Schiaparelli’s most violent fashion comment is on billowing skirts that are top favorites of the season in the United States. She com mented, “They make even a pret ty woman look dowdy. They hide the natural lines - of the body. They make thin women look fat, and fat . women look enormous. I can’t bear to look at another full skirt. They remind me of the ‘new look’, which was the quickest fashion to die in history. 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