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Religious Groups Open
To All New Students
The various religious groups and denominations at State
College are represented by a large number of student organi
zations on campus, all open to freshmen. The organizations
participate in a field of activities ranging from social activi
ties to publications and radio programs. The groups include
Wesley Foundation, which pro
vides for the religious needs of
Methodist students on campus,
holds a weekly breakfast at 7 a.m.
Thursday; an open house Friday
night; and a fellowship meeting
at 9:30 a.m. Sunday, with' supper
at 5 p.m. and, a meeting at 6:30
p.m.
An annual banquet, picnics,
and cabin parties at the Ralph
Watts Lodge, the PSCA cabin, are
included in the social events. The
choir and drama groups are two
important activities. Publications
include the weekly Nittany Wes
leyan and Wesleyan Way, the
yearbook.
Kappa Phi, the Methodist wo
men's organization, exists to train
members for future leadership in
the church. It meets at the Wes
ley Foundation at 7 p.m. alter
nate Thursdays. Candidates for
membership are tapped as are
candidates for sororities.
Activities, which include ba
zaars and programs for confer
ence, are staged in cooperation
with the local women's society of
St. Paul's Methodist Church. Last
spring Kappa Phi held a mother
daughter banquet and a senior
recognition service.
Newman Club, named for the
late English literary figure, Card
inal Newman, looks after th e
spiritual interests of Roman
Catholic students. The organiza
tion holds monthly executive
meetings, followed by the busi
ness meeting.
An informal mixer will be held
Sept. 21 to introduce members
of the board of governors, the
chaplain, and new and old stu
dent members. The club plans a
barn dance and several informal
parties during the year. Two Tues
days a month are planned for a
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full-length movie and a special
speaker. Arrangements have been
made for A. W. Case, professor
of fine arts, and John Hammes,
graduate student in psychology,
to address the group at 7:15 p.m.
Wednesday and 7:15 p.m. Thurs
day respectively.
A communion breakfast will be
held each semester. Activities in
clude t h e Nittany Newmanite,
monthly publication, and a radio
broadcast at 7:45 p.m. Wednes
day. An Orientation Week ' New
manite issue will tell where the
events will be held.
West minster Foundation is a
continuation of the Presbyterian
Westminster Fellowship youth
group on college level. The fel
lowship holds a morning worship
service at 9:30 a.m. Sundays and
a young people's meeting at 6:30
p.m. Sundays. Other planned
weekly meetings, •h el d in the
Westminster Foundation, include
a discussion meeting at 7 p.m.
Monday, a meeting of the officers
at '7 p.m. Tuesday, and a Friday
night social event, possibly a par
ty, square dance, or a fireside
chat. Outside social activities in
clude a Friday night skating par
ty or a weekend cabin party at
the PSCA cabin.
The fellowship's Christian Out
reach commission sends deputa
tions to address various student
church groups and Westminster
Fellowship groups of other col
leges, and the County Home. A
spring yearbook is mimeographed
and published. A Christmas and
Easter booklet is published, con
taining personal student writings
of impressions derived from pas
sages of Scripture.
Last March the Fellowship be-
Student
gan a monthly collection of $l5
from the Sunday morning and
evening meetings for a French
orphan, Martin Graff; through
the Foster Parents' Plan, an or
ganization aiding European or
phans. Donations totaling at least
$45 tide this project through the
summer months.
Roger Williams Fellowship, the
University Baptist student organ
ization, has a Sunday morning
student class at 9:40 a.m. before
the morning worship" service. The
group holds a Sunday evening
meeting which includes supper,
evening worship, and a fellowship
program. This is usually held at
the church or at a private home.
Deputations are sent, at times de
cided at the meetings, to churches
within a 100-mile radius of State
College. A Baby Sitters' League
is included as part of the pro
gram.
Link, the Fellowship literary
effort, is published monthly. At
unscheduled tim es the group
broadcasts over WMAJ. The
group's yearbook, the Annual, is
published before final exams at
the end of the term.
Canterbury Club maintains the
close spiritual union of Episco
palian students with the church.
The club meets weekly at St.
Andrew's parish house on Foster
avenue and Frazier street, hold
ing a coffee hour at 6:30 p.m.
Sunday an d meeting at 7 p.m.
The meetings sometimes include
movies or an invited speaker.
Once a semester a party is held
at the PSCA cabin, and once a
semester the group attends a con
ference held by a church organ
ization at another campus.
On unscheduled Fridays an
open house, square dancing, or
skating rink party is held. The
club publishes a twice-monthly
mimeographed leaflet entitled
The Episcopalian. Last year, dur
ing the football season, the Can
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sells and delivers corsages before
all major dances. The service or
ganization, also a recent innova
tion, provides information, bell
hop, transportation, errand, and
room service to all convention
groups visiting the College.
John Huber, supervisor of the
employment office, advises all
interested students to register
with the office as soon as their
schedules are made out. The of
rice will make every effort to
place students in the numerous
job opportunities available, Hu
ber said.
Hourly rates vary on each job
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NAACP Chapter .
Active on Campus
The Nation...l Association for
the Advancement of Colored Peo
ple has a chapter at the College.
Penn State was one of four
schools participating in the or
ganizatiJn's first annual meeting,
held in May 1949 at Temple Uni
versity.
according to the type of• job •and
personal factors involved. It is
understand that the students are
expected, within limits, to stick
to a job after accepting it, for the
office is anxious to build up good
will.