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
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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.
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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 --
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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. Any
thing that hides the human body
to that extent is bad.”
The Pattee Library is the oldest
independent department on cam
pus. A gift of books was made to
the library in 1858 even before
the erection of Old Main was be
gun.
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