a`rxtrrszLel , rEBHIJAR T 21, 1952
Ci)eds, 1880 Style .
Male-Female Ratio
Improved Since 1871
The male population of; Penn State finds the unfortunate male
female ratio—for which the College is so noted, in feminine circles
at z least—some sort of an excuse when a coed replies to a polite
:invitation, "Why, I'd love to, Bob', but I'm busy this weekend."
, •
Time 'was though, when the ratio was even more unfortunate,
WhL 3 n.,.c'oeds were as scarce as professors opposed to homework.
The firPst woman student at the
College, Ellen Cross,
registered on
4igust 29, 1871. According to
Writings in past Collegians, Miss
CrosS stated, "My understanding
of the origin of the women's de
partment of the College is this.
Dr. James Calder, •president, be
lieVed in. coeducation, and pro
posed it for the Pennsylvania
State College. He invited two
young women of Hillsdale to go
with him to 'start the depart
ment.' I' was fortunate in „being;
one of the two invited.".•• •--
First Degree
Sara Robinson, daughter of the
Rev. Francis A. Robinson,. at that
time a professor of mathematics
and civil engineering at the . Col-.
lege, followed Miss Cross. In early
catalogues, Miss Robinson wa s
listed as an instructor in music,
from 1871 to 1873.
Rebecca Ewing, a member of
the class of 1873, was the „first
woman to receive a degree from
the College.
Until the early 1900's, women
took very little pait in activities..
In 1888, however, Caroline Hunt
er was named associate editor of
the Free Lance, predecessor of
the Daily Collegian. The fi rs t
women's debate team -was organ
ized Nov. 5, 1926.
Wool Bloomers
Honor women at the College
were first selected in - 1922. Titles
such as Bow Girl, Slipper Girl,
and Fan Girl were used to recog
nize senior women who had made
outstanding contributions to the
College. This practice ha's been
continued through the years. The
women are selected •by vote of
the senior class, and are honored
at Class Night ceremonies. •
- Physical education was not re
quired for women until 1892. Or
ganized gym classes were begun
in 1893. Gym costumes included
heavy blue wool serge bloomers,
middy blouses, black stockings,
and white tennis shoe's..
12 Deans of Women
Greek letter societies for wom
en were first begun in 1911.. At
that time one was organized and
kept secret until 1912, when it
was forced to disband. In June,
1926, the student welfare com
mittee granted permission to local
clubs to petition charters from
women's national sororities. Chi
Omega 'was the first sorority es
tablished at the College, in 1926.
Today 'there. are 19 national sor
orities •. on campus.
TWelve women have served as
Deari 'of Women since the office,
under a different title, was cre
ated,in 1872. Jane - W. Hoyt; pre
ceptress and instructor in German
and - French, served as the first
Dean •of Women, from 1872 to
1874: - =-Yearl 0. Weston, present
Deanlof Women, succeeded Char
lotte. E. Ray, who served in the
office from• 1923 to 1946.
WRA, WSGA Plan
Election Discussion
Plans for the corning WSGA
and WRA - elections will be dis
cussed at- the WRA executive
board, meeting. Tuesday night.
MarY - Jane Woodrow, presi
dent of Women's Student Gov
ernment Association, an d Jo
arme, Williams, head of the
WSG*t 'election committee, will
be present to discuss the elec
tions to be held at the end of
March: .
Nancy Worthington has been
named chairman of WRA elec
tions • and Carolyn Barrett will
assist .her.
Fraternity Hears Jeffrey
AI talk by soccer coach Bill
Jeffrey and. movies of his trip to
Iran highlighted an inf or m a l
smoker -Tuesday night
.at Sigma
Phi Alpha fraternity.
Jeffrey, •iS an. honorary ;mem
ber of the fraternity. .
Refreshments consisted of hot
chocolate, cake, and . ice cream.--
By JOHN SHEPPARD
Lelyveld
Says Self Is
I nsufficent
Having no purpose beyond self
is a tragedy because man is in
complete and insecure in himself
and needs to share something
greater than self in order to find
contentment, Rabbi Arthur J.
Lelyveld said Tuesday night.
Addressing a Religion-in-Life
Week audience which overflowed
McElwain lounge, the national
director of B'nai B'rith Hillel
Foundations noted that we are
insecure today in direct propor
tion as men and women fifty
years ago felt completely sure of
themselves. Men believed then
that in just a little while more
man, 'would completely master all
difficulties with his ever-increas
ing , knowledge and understand
ing; and 'would have a perfect
world. .
Depth of Pessimism
' Rabbi Lelyveld noted that
while we still pay lip service to- ,
day to the ideals and values held
by people fifty years ago, we find
that we lack a firm conviction in
them - when they must be put to
use.
The major characteristic of the
mid-twentieth century is a depth
,of pessimism, the scholar noted.
To counteract it, we must find a
contentment independent of ex
ternal circumstances which shake
our confidence and security, he
said., "
Mt. Sinai Covenant
The tragedy of man, the rabbi
noted; is not that he suffers, but
that he sets his own suffering and
doubts as the frontier of his liv
ing—that he has no frontier, no
demand, no commitment beyond
self.
The commitment he suggested
was the Judeo-;Christian covenant
made between God and man at
Mt. Sinai in the days of Moses—a
covenant making. God and man
co-partners throughout life.
Rabbi Lelyveld suggested a
dedicated search for a faith which
would- grow out of the individ
ual's religious traditions while it
welcomed new insights and ideas
and examined them in the light
of previous knowledge.
250 Persons Tour
Foods Department
More than 250 persons partici
pating-in the Penn State Ambas
sador Tour were shown the op
eration of the foods department
Wednesday night.
The tour was the second of a
series planned by the Penn State
Club of Centre County, and was
under the supervision of Mildred
Baker.
The third tour will be held at
the speech and • hearing clinic,
Tuesday, March 11.
DON'T FORGET
TARTUFFE
plays
it's last
weekend at
CENTER STAGE
Feb. 22 and 23
TICKETS: At—
Student
Union
'and at the door
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE.' PENNSYLVANIA
Phi Kappa
Thomas Stegner has been elect
ed president of Phi Kappa recent
ly. Other new officers are Gerald
Walsh, vice president: Francis
Pramuk, secretary, and Bernard
Gruber, treasurer.
Phi Sigma Delta
Phi Sigma Delta has pledged
Eli Arenberg, Barry Bredt, Ar
nold Endelman, Allen Fruit, Lar
ry Gedrich, Warren Gittlen. Ben
jamin Lowenstein, Jack Nitz
berg, Howard. Schwartz, Marvin
Shapiro, and Donald Zappin.
Kappa Delta Rho
Kappa Delta Rho has initiated
Bernard Ambrose, Robert Col
lins, Benjamin Faust, Robert
Gellman, Richard Kartlick, John
Kiser, Thomas Lazaroff, Lavern
Merfill, Thomas Pyle, and David
Simon.
100 Coeds Sign .
Rushing Forms
About 100 coeds have filled out
preliminary registration forms for
formal sorority rushing so far,
Mary Brewer, assistant ,to the
Dean of Women, said yesterday.
Second semester fres h m an
women 'with averages of 1.5 or
above and upperclasswomen with
1.0 or better All-College averages
may. register for formal rushing
any time this week in the Dean
of Women's office, at a pre-rush
meeting 11 a.m. Saturday in 121
Sparks, or from 6 to 9 p.m. Sun
day in Woman's Building.
In addition to filling out cards.
coeds must bring transcripts and
a $1
,fee to complete registration.
No woman who has not regis
tered by 9 p.m. Sunday may rush,
Miss Brewer said. '
Panhellenic Counc i 1 officers
will explain further details con- -
cerning rushing at the Saturday
morning meeting. In the after
noon the 19 sororities will hold
Open House in their suites.
Radio Station --
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when a number of points in the
Sinnemahoning Valley were
isolated.
Operating under the call letters
WBYA, the staff rendered service
to the public by clearing and re
laying important messages from
the stricken area, which mater
ially assisted the work of the
American Red Cross and other lo
cal authorities in providing relief
to the distressed communities.
For its services the station re
ceived a certificate of public serv
ice from the Western Union Tele
graph Company.
The third call was last month
when the station was put on a
stand-by emergency because of
the flooded Ohio River. When the
waters in the Susquehanna had
reached their crest and began to
fall, the- emergency was lifted.
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Phaedra philosophized:
will soon break die bow
if von, k- 't at
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COCA-COLA BOTTLING COMPANY OF ALTOONA
"Cokeis a registered trade-mark. © 1952, THE COCA-COLA COMPANY
WSGA Votes
To Elect
New. Frost
By GINGER OPOCZENSEI
Rescinding its vote to appoint
Freshman Council members to re
place those ineligible to hold of
rice this semester, the Women's
I Student Government Association
Senate voted last night to hold
elections to fill the posts.
Eight council members must
resign because they did not make
the 1.5 average required of all
WSGA officeholders.
"Our Future Is Nov" is the
general theme of the Associated
Women Students convention being
planned for April 23 to 26, Joan
Lee, chairman, said.
Miss Lee outlined events being
planned for delegates to the con
' vention. These include the sopho
more and junior honoraries' ban
quet, a tea for the deans and
delegates, and the olympic try
outs, for which 50 tickets have
been reserved. Speeches and pan
el discussions are also being ar-
I ranged.
Elizabeth J o h n s o n, Leonides
'Vice president, asked for,sugges
' tons for an independent sweet
'heart to be turned in at the Stu
dent Union desk in Old Main by
noon. The sweetheart and two
delegates will be sent to a con
vention at the University of Okla
homa April 10, 11, and 12 with
all expenses paid.
Mary Jane Woodrow, president
of WSGA, read a letter from Mor
tar Board,, senior women's hon
orary, asking for suggestions of
names of seventh or eighth semes
ter women students who "have
worked diligently for their organ
izations" and have not previously
been tapped by Cwens or Chimes.
Mortar Board will honor these
women at a breakfast, Miss Wood-'
row said.
Pollock Council
To Hold Elections
Elections for next year's of
ficers of the Pollock Dormitory
Council will be held at 6:30 p.m.
Tuesday, Joseph Haines, presi
dent, announced.
A total of eight nominations
were accepted for the offices of
president, vice-preSident, and sec
tary at a meeting held Tuesday
night, but there were no nomina
tions for treasurer.
The candidates for the council
posts are president, Frank Shrey,
Tys o n, an d Joseph
Haines; vice-president, Alexan
der Long, David Wright, Richard
Morman and James Hand; and
secretary, Robert Barrett.
An eager Fr en c h fisherman
hauled up the first submarine
cable across the English Channel
the day after it was laid in Aug
ust, 1850. He thought it was an eel.
(1 f, I Li emelt
VanderSluis-Harvie
Mr. and Mrs. Harry D. Harvie
of Chambersburg have announced
the engagement of their daugh
ter.• Jean, to Kenneth Vander-
Sluis. son of Mr. and Mrs. Leon
ard VanderSiuis of Hoilin.
Miss Harvie is an alumna of
the Col;ege and a member of
Gamma Phi Beta. She is doing
graduate w n r k in mathematics
here.
Mr. VanderSluis is a graduate
of Baldwin-Wallace College,
where he majored in physics. He
is attending the College and work
ing for his doctor's degree.
iF rosh Day'
pens for
48 Coeds
Forty-eight first seme s t e r
freshman women will gather, at
12:30 p.m. today in front of the
Carnegie Hall bulletin board to
carry out "Frosh Day," as ar
ranged by Cwens, sophomore
women's activities honorary.
The rally, which was approved
by Joan Yerger, chairman of the
Freshmen Customs and Regula
tions Board, was undertaken by
Cwens as a means to encourage
spirit in the new freshmen
women on campus, according to
Marian Ungar, chairman of the
project.
With only a few days remain
ing for women's customs to be
in effect, it was pointed out at
th e Ovens meeting Monday
night that many of the new
freshmen do not know the Col
lege songs and cheers. This is the
main
.1 e.ason why the "Frosh
Day" . project is being sponsored,
Miss Ungar said.
Roll call will be taken at the
gathering since 'it is felt that all
first semester women should be
there for the project to have its
greatest effect. Roseann Monack
and Lois Brown, members of the
cheerleading squad, will direct
the freshmen in songs and cheers.
Another purpose of the rally is
to have the first semester women
gather in mass for one of the
few •t im es since orientation.
Members of Cwens believe that
the rally will give the freshman
women an opportunity to become
acquainted with members of
their gro up and to encourage
spirit within that group, Miss
Ungar said.
Announcements have be en
made in the freshmen living
units, and signs have been posted
at various places on campus.
Those freshmen who do not at
tend the gathering will have to
appear before the FCRB.
Since customs are still in
effect for first semester women,
they will be expected to wear
their bows and to carry their
Student Handbooks. Cwens will
check these at the rally.
nays stretched
Recipe for relaxation—take the
contents of one frosty bottle of
Coca-Cola. Delicious, too.
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