SATURDAY; FEBRUARY 16; 1952
Sweatheart Ball Features
Modern Valentine Theme
White Hall will, take on a modernistic atmosphere tonight when
the Women's Recreation Association holds the annual Sweetheart
Dance from 9 to midnight.
Colored' lights which will reflect ;the silhouettes of dancers on
the wall will set the mood. Artificial trees , laden with ballons
add gaiety to the scene.
Highlight of the evening will
be. the crowning of the first sweet
heart couple. The winners will be
announced after the drawing of
a dance ticket stub, during inter
mission.
The Campuseers
Barbara Klopp, Miss Penn
State of 1951, will crown• the
'couple. The winning coed will re
ceive a bouquet of roses, a brace
let, and a pendant, while her es
cort will be the recipient of a
pair of cuff links and argyle
socks. These gifts were contri
buted by downtown merchants.
The Campuseers will. play for
the dance which is sponsored
yearly by WRA for the benefit of
its foster child. For the third year
the money will go for the cloth
ing, medical care, and schooling
of Theodora Buurman, 14-year
old Dutch war orphan.
Dance Publicity
Tickets for the dance cost $1.50
and may be purchased at the Stu
dent Union desk in Old Main this
morning or at the door tonight.
Student Union officials reported
an advance, sale of 155 tickets by
yesterday afternoon.
Committees for the dance in
cluded publicity, Gwen Griffith
and Winifred Rhoads; tickets,
Beverly Morgan; decorations,
Meridth -Williamson, Mary Glad
ing, Barbara Reynolds .and Lolita
Robinson; refreshments, Nancy
Bietsch; and invitations, Marilyn
Porter. -
WRA grossed $432 from last
year's ball. Attendance in - 1951
totaled 576.
27 Accused
Of Cheating
At Allegheny
MEADVILLE, Pa., Feb. 15 (JP)
—An Allegheny -College student
faculty court charged 27 students
yesterday with cribbing on their
first semester final exams.
The court expelled three stu
dents and suspended one indef
initely. These four were accused
of illegally entering a school
building and stealing the answer
key to the examination.
The college declined to release
the names of the students in
volved. Twenty-three students,
who used the answer key in the
test received grades of 50 per cent
to zero for the semester. One was
an athlete. The student-faculty
court is composed of two repre
sentatives of the college admin
istration, three faculty members
and five students.
Louis• T. Benezet, president of
this' Western Pennsylvania coed
ucational school of 1,000 students,
declared:
"The mass of the student body
in my belief is opposed to cheat
ing. I believe that this unhappy
and unfortunate incident is going
to hasten the time when. we can
have on our campus a strict hon
or code and an honor system."
WD to Sponsor
Talent Program
The West Dorms entertainment
committee will sponsor a talent
program at 2 p.m. tomorrow in
the • Hamilton 'Hall main lounge.
Edward Tomaszewski, enter
tainment director, has announced
John Valentine, Paul Lapinski,
and David Caldwell will act as
alternate emcees for future pro
grams.
These pr o gram s originally
scheduled on a weekly basis have
been held up by lack of avail
able talent. Tomaszewski has is
sued a call for skit writers, actors,
vocalists, dancers, comedians, and
musicians. Anyone interested may
contact him at .extension 2272.
Clover Club to' Meet
There will be a meeting of the
Clover Club at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday
in 111- Plant Industries Building.
Pennoyer F. English, professor of
wild life management, will speak
to the club on "Wild Life Conser
vation." .
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Pi Kappa Phi
' Pi Kappa Phi has pledged Wil
liam Greenleese and Dale Mc-
Elhattan.
Delta Sigma Phi
Delta Sigma Phi entertained
Alpha , Omicron Pi last Saturday
afternoon at the fraternity house.
Entertainment included skits and
dancin g. Refreshments were
served.
Sigma Phi Epsilon
Sigma Phi Epsilon entertained
Alpha Omicron Pi Thursday night
at the fraternity house. Entertain
ment included skits and dancing.
Refreshments were served.
Delta Delta Delta
Delta Delta Delta concluded the
celebration of Delta Week with
the initiation of 15 pledges last
night. Those• initiated were Lura
Akers; Janice Carstensen, An n
Chandler, Frances Crawford, Hel
en Davis, Linda Jacobs, Kathleen
Mann,' Mary Markley, Carolyn
McElroy, Ruth McNitt, Janet Mel
zer, Patricia O'Brien, Norma Sap
pie, Mary Alyce Schott, and Nan
cy Supplee.
During the Delta Week celebra
tion, the members entertained the
pledges at a "Ghost Gallows"
party, and the pledges gave a
"Barnyard" party for the mem
bers. The sorority held its Delta
Week banquet Tuesday night at
the Allencrest. .
High School
Will Offer
Driving Class
Adult driver training classes,
open to any College student who
wishes to learn to drive, will be
gin Monday at the •State College
High School, Jo Hays, supervising
principal, said yesterday.
Those who wish to enroll in
the program will be trained for a
month, spending a half-hour each
day in actual driving, Hays said.
Students must also attend a two
hour lecture at 7 p.m. each Mon
day in the high school. The
course fee is $2O.
Classes will be conducted from
8 to 9 a.m. and 2 to 5 p.m. daily,
Hays added. A new class' session
begins each month.
Those interested in taking the
Course may register by calling
2061 • and registration must be
completed before Monday, Hays
said.
The first meeting of this
month's class will be held at 7
p.m. Monday in 122 State College
High School.
PS Club to Hold
Annual Foods Tour
The Penn State Club of Centre
County will sponsor the second
Penn State ambassador tour at
the College Foods Building at
8 p.m. Tuesday.
Miss Mildred Baker, foods su
pervisor, will be in charge of the
tour, Eugene M. Fuller of State
College, chairman • of the tours,
announced. During the tour Cen
tre Countians will have an oppor
tunity to watch the project which
processes all food used in College •
dining halls.
The tours are aimed at getting
the alumni more interested in and
acquainted with the behind-the
scenes work at the College.
taly Group Sets Award
. The Pennsylvania Order of the
Sons of Italy will award an an
nual prize to the outstanding stu
dent enrolled in an Italian lan
guage course, Dr. Robert J.
Clements, professor and head of
the Department • of RoMance
Languages, announced recently.
The winners will be determined
by the D.ppaxtment of Romance
Languages..,
DATLY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA
Swing That Brush
THOMAS BARRETT, VICE •PRESIDENT of Alpha Tau Omega
(standing at right), supervises pledges. (left to right) David Bain,
Richard Spayd, and Carl Weiss as they ,apply the paint brush to
the County home in Bellefonte. The pledges worked on the home
for their hell week project.
Chaperoned Dates . .
Coed Rules of 1883
Unimaginably Strict
Today's freshman coeds' seem to find their dating "restrictions"
rather hard to take. But in comparison with the regulations govern
ing women students—freshmen as well as upperclassmen-80 years
ago, present regulations seem unbelivably lenient.
After 28 years of debating on the advisability of admitting
women students to the College,
the issue - was finally settled in
favor of the proposal. In 1883
coeds were introduced to the
campus, and with them the prob
lem of Saturday night dating.
In accordance with the era, re
strictions were unimaginably se
vere. As a matter of fact, all Sat
urday night entertaining in the
dating parlors was chaperoned by
the Dean of Women.
Permission Required
According to the frosh bible of
1883, all dates were compelled to
bid farewell promptly at 10:15, or
else! This regulation, however,
was minor in comparison with
pre-date regulations. All requests
to call on or accomany coeds,
and all coeds' request to receive
or accompany their escorts, had to
be presented to the lady • princi
pal, as the Dean of Women was
called, between 6:45 and 7 p.m.
daily except Sunday, in thc wom
en's dating parlor.
Moreover, coeds were not per
mitted to receive visits from male
guests in the parlor or elsewhere,
nor were they permitted, to ac
company their guests outside the
building without previous per
mission of the lady principal.
Sfeam Pipes
Gentlemen desiring to accom
pany their dates outside the
building were required to obtain
written permission from th e
president of the College.
Another stipulation in the regu
lations of the time was to the ef
fect that women were absolutely
forbidden to communicate out of
windows, or by the means of the
steam pipes.
Among the other highlights
that occurred between 1886 and
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1890 were those which - took place
in the chapel. The coeds sat on
one side and the fellows on the
other. After chapel was over, the
"gentlemen" scrambled to open
the women's exit, - so they could
make dates with the coeds as they
passed, perhaps, for the next lit
erary society meeting. This was
always a perplexing problem, as
there were only six coeds attend
ing the College, and the society it
self had 50 or more members.
Unchaperoned
There was no dancing at the
College before 1890. After that
time; however, dances were
among the most popular, events.
But men who visited the Ladies'
Cottage, known in today's date
books a s Woman's Building,
were not permitted to attend.
In 1923 - regulations became a
little more lenient. Senior women
were permitted to walk off cam
pus during the week, - and all
coeds were allowed to walk in
town unchaperoned on Friday,
Saturday, and Sunday nights.
Whether the decision made by
the Board of Trustees back in
1883 was a wise one is a debat
able question. Being neutral,
however, all we can say is, "My
aren't we lucky?"
Handbook Staff Named
John Hoerr, a junior in'arts and
letters, was appointed editor of
next year's Student Handbook at
the meeting of 'All-College Cabi
net Thursday night. Also named
to the staff were Eliza Newell,
copy editor; Richard Smith,. busi
ness manager; and Phyllis Kal
son, advertising manager.
Weekending
With the
Greeks
Red hearts and tender , senti
ments, remnants of Valentine's
Day, will be brought , out again
tonight by two fraternities as an
excuse for party-throwing, while
another will pack up the phono
graph in favor of "music on the
spot." •
Pi Kappa Phi will hang• up its
decorations, typically Feb. 14, and
settle down to a traditional Val
entine party. Admission is by ,in
vitation only.
More valentines will find their
places at Theta Chi, where both
guests and members will contri
bute to the fun. The party will
be a costume affair, with each
party-goer choosing the theme' of
his costume. The Theta Chi Play
ers, a group of amateurs from the
fraternity, will combine talents
to produce a' variety show.
engagem . ent3
Myers-Hoy
Mr. and Mrs. L. F. Hoy . of
Lebanon have announced the en
gagement of their , daughter,
Katharine, to Theodore Myers,
son of Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Myers
of Ellwood City.
Miss Hoy is "a senior majoring
in art and is a member of Alpha
Omicron Pi.
Mr. Myers is a senior in indus
tial psychology and is a member
of Delta Chi.
Rushing Meeting
Set for Monday
Advantages of belonging -to• a
sorority will be explained to pros
pective rushees 6:30 p.m. Monday
in 121 Sparks by Marilyn Levitt,
Panhellenic Council president.
Upperciass women with 1.0 or
better all-College averages and
second semester freshman women
with 1.5 or above may rush. -
Formal rushing will begin
next Saturday with a meeting for
all rushees at 11 • a.m'. in 121
Sparks. - That afternoon Open
Houses will be held in the 19 sor
ority suites.
Alpha Kappa Psi
Installs Officers .
Alpha Kappa Psi, . national
commerce and finance fraternity,
held Its first meeting of the se
mester and installed nets officers.
The graduation of two officers,
the vice-president and the treas
urer, necessitated the election of
Robert Schock and Kenneth Frey
to those positions.
SIMON'S.
Has Spring Fever !
It's cold outside, but
Spring is in the air at n
• Simon's. Our new shoe - 4
.•-• shipments have just arrived ;•.,
• —dozens and dozens of. :;',
;., styles and colors—the very :%!
newest in Spring footwear. !;
•.; - You'll find your new Spring .? , A
:1 handbag and hosiery at ,•
• Simon's too! •
So put Spring in
your step come to
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