The daily collegian. (University Park, Pa.) 1940-current, September 03, 1952, Image 17

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    ONPAY; -PP,PTP II , 3II "?, 1952
`5176 Men, Women to Occupy
'Dorms on Campus This Year
2316 Women
To Be Housed
14 In 7 Dorms
Approximately 2316 women
.will be housed in the seven wo-
men's dormitories and cottages
this year. The freshmen will be
, 4 housed in Thompson Hall, Wo
man's Building, McAllister Hall,
and five of the cottages.
Thompson Hall, which was orig
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mally built as a men's dormitory,
was taken over by the women in
, t the fall of 1951 due to a drop in
the male enrollment. It will be
used as a women's dorm again
this year, but it is expected that
* it will be returned to the men
eventually. Those living in Thom
son will have their meals in the
West Dorm dining - commons,
Thompson Hall. the newest of
r the women's dormitories, wa s
completed in 1.9.50.
Built As Faculty Homes
The freshmen living in McAl
lister, Woman's Building, and the
cottages will eat in the McAllis
ter dining room. The cottages are
only temporary housing quarters.
, The women living there will be
moved int othe other dormitories
when vacancies occur.
The cottages were originally
built for use as faculty homes.
During the building of Simmons
, g and I McElwain halls they were
1, taken over by several of the 19
sororities. They were not con
sidered sorority houses, ho - .rever,
because they- were the property
'. of the College.
Of the freshman women, 432
will- live in Thompson, 137 will
live in McAllister, 80 will live in
1 . 4 Woman's Building, and 62 will
live An the cottages.
3 Sororities in Grange
The 'upperclass women will
live in Atherton, Simmons, and
McElwain halls and Grange
. k .Dorm. Five hundred and eight
women, mostly sophomores, will
be housed in Atherton. Simmons
and McElwain will house 532
J. and 475 respectively. Sixteen of
p the 19 sororities have suites in
Simmons and McElwain. There
are eight suites in each of the
two dorms. The suites consist of
a living room, kitchenette, and
the bedrooms in the adjoining
hallway.
The other three sororities, the
) 1 . student teachers, and the 24 wo
k men 'living in the home manage
r ment houses for an eight-week
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Time Tables on Sale
In 4 Willard Hall
Scheduling time tables, list
ing time and place for all
courses to be given this sem
ester, are now on sale for 15
cents in 4 Willard Hall. New
students will find the tables
necessary in planning their
semester schedule, the sched
uling office reports. In addi
tion to the time table, a free
mimeo graphed supplement,
listing changes since the time
tables were printed, will be
available.
Two Professors
Attend Conference
Two School of Home Economics
faculty members participated last
week in the Conference of the
National Council on Family Re
lations at Rutgers University.
Dr. Ruth R. Honey, professor
of family economics and housing,
was chairman of th e national
committee on economic bases of
family life and Dr. William M.
Smith, Jr., professor of family
relationships, discussed the impli
cations of research on f orally
crises for the college teacher of
family relationships.
period will live in Grange, named'
after the Grange agricultural
group who helped with the fi
nancing of the building. There
will be a total of 94 women UV
ing in the dorms.
Haye Laundry Facilities
Simmons Hall was nar..,ed for
Lucretia Van Tuyl Simmons, who
was at one time a profesqor at
the College. McElwain was named
for Harriet A. McElwain, first
"lady principal" of the College.
Francis Atherton Hall was" named
for the wife of Dr. George Ath
erton, a former President of the
College.
All dormitories have laundry
and drying room facilities, some
have lounges in addition to 'the
main lobbies, some have kitchen
ettes, and all have recreation
rooms. The individual rooms are
furnished with beds L.nd linen,
desks, .hairs, and bureaus. Study
lamps are provided in some of
the dorms. Matching draperies
and bedspreads are standard
equipment in all the dormitories.
Any que.:,,ions or problems per
taining to housing should be
taken to Mrs. Cordelia L. Hibbs,
assistant to the dean of women in
charge of housing, 105 Old Main.
East Dorms
To Hold Most
Number of Men
Of the 2860 men living on cam
pus this year, 1164 will live in the
West Dorm area which consists
of Hamilton, McKee, Watts, Jor
dan, and Irvin halls. The remain
der, 1797 will live in Nittany and
Pollock • dormitories. The rooms
are assigned proportionally to
classes.
The West Dorm area also in
cludes Thompson Hall,,which was
originally planned to be another
men's dormitory. However, in the
fall of 1951 it was turned over to
women due to the increased fe
male enrollment
All men's dormitories have fur
nished rooms, with bed linen sup
plied. Recreational rooms and
laundry facilities are also provid
ed.
A snack bar is also a part of the
West Dorms. Men living in Ham
ilton, McKee, Watts, Irvin and
Jordan will eat in the West Dorm
dining commons, while those liv
ing in Nittany and Pollock dorm
itories' eat in the Nittany dining
commons.
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after the doors are locked.
f. Signing a girl in.
4. Stricter penalties:
A. Plain campus no dating during
a specified period. Must keep week-i i
hours.
B. Strict campus no dating during
a specified period, not allowed off
campus nor at the TUfi, must be
in the dormitory at 6:30 p.m. Those
girls living in town are permitted
only in their travel to and from
campus.
a. Breaking penalties.
b. Entering the dormitory after the
doors have been locked.
c. Signing, out for home and going
somewhere else.
d. Drinking.
Minor infractions of rules will
result in "blackmarks." These
may be given by hostesses for fail
ure to sign in or out, untidy
rooms, extreme noise, and four
minute lateness on ten, eleven or
one o'clocks.
Minor violations such as a few
minutes' lateness have specific
penalties and offenders are noti
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Judicial hears all cases involv-
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ing a stricter penalty than a strict
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