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held in conjunction with Kappa Alpha tkieta. Above are members
of both Greek groups looking on while Santa Claus (Walter Redel)
distributes Christmas packages to two of the youngsters. •
Greek Groups
Play St. Nick
Fraternities and sororities played Santa . Claus this' weekend
at seven Christmas parties given for children.
The Christmas spirit was showered on 29 underprivileged chil
dren from Woodycrest and Circleville on Sunday afternoon when
members of Pi Kappa Alpha and Alpha Xi Delta entertained them
at the Pi Kappa Alpha house. Carols, music by the Mellow Aires,
movies and refreshments were all
part of the affair.
At Theta Kappa Phi, Theta Phi
Alpha and Theta Kappa Phi held
a Christmas party for the Sunday
school children of Our Lady of
Victory Church. Santa Claus pre
sented each child with a box of
candy, and entertainment and re
freshments were provided.
Fifteen underprivileged children
were entertained Sunday afternoon
by Delta Zeta and Phi Kappa at
the Phi Kappa house. The after
noon was spent in carol singing
and gifts were given to the chil
dren.
:Santa Claus entered through the
chimney of the Beta Theta Pi
house to distribute gifts to the first
through third grade children of the
Storrnville grade school on Sunday
afternoon. Delta Gamma and Beta
Theta Pi entertained the children
with games and stories.
Fifteen children from five fami
lies were given a Christmas party
by.• Chi Omega and Phi Gamma
Delta at the Phi Gamma Delta
house on Saturday afternoon. San
ta Claus presented each child with
gifts, and games and refreshments
were provided. The five families
represented were also given a large
basket of food.
Approximately •25 children from
towns in the area saw Santa Claus,
played by Orville Haldeman, and
received Christmas presents from
him at Sigma Nu's party for under
privileged children' Sunday. Carole
Avery, recreation major, led the
children in games and songs at the
party, which the fraternity plans
to - make an annual event.
Santa Claus brought gifts to 11
children at a party sponsored by
Gamma Phi Beta and Tau Kappa
Epsilon at the TKE house Sunday,
The Mellow Aires quartet sang and
members of Gamma Phi Beta en
tertained the children with a skit,
"Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Rein
deer."
Frosh Dance
Set for May
An executive board appointed
by Freshman Class President
James Bowers to serve as the di
recting group for the class made
plans for the class dance to be
held May 2.
The nine member board in
cludes James Bowers, Vice Presi
dent Philip Lang, Secretary-treas-
Barbara B r a n. sd or f, Jack
Schofield, Joan Alfieri, William
Bucklew, Russell Miller, Michael
Murphy, and Donald Harris.
Committees chairmen appoint
ed for the dance were Philip
Lang, social committee; Forrest
Miller, tickets; Ann Lederman and
Joseph Goldstein, decorations;
Michael Rosenfield, entertain
ment; Earl Seely and Gordon Po
gal, band; Richard Seward. Rec
reation Hall and Campus Patrol;
Sanford Lechtenstein, publicity.
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN, STATE COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA
Korean War Veterans
Provide New Jargon
Most of us picked up Army slang from World War ll' as easily
as we learned to say "ain't," but now we have a new jargon to re
member—that of the Korean War veterans.
According to the New York Times, "some of the language is
a bit too pungent" for those of us in the States but there are some
phrases and words that are as use
ful as they are interesting.
Two' basic words—both derived
from the Japanese—are skoshi
which sounds like "slow she" and
toxon which rhymes with "box on."
Number Ratings Used
Skoshi means small, little, or
few, while toxon is its opposite,
meaning a great deal. Both are
used as much in Korea as 0. K.
and "you know it" are used here
and both have just as many differ
ent uses
To condemn or praise, the sold
iers use number ratings. Of course,
No. 1 stands far something that is
tops and No. 10 designates some
thing on the bottom of the heap.
ertigagernertb
Latter-Goodman
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Goodman,
of Bradford, announce the en
gagement of their daughter, Don
na, to Irving Latter, son of Dr. and
Mrs. Fred Latter, also of Brad
ford.
Miss Goodman is a seventh se
mester elementary education ma
jor and a member of Phi Sigma
Sigma.
Mr. Latter attended Washing
ton State University and St. Bona
venture. He served with the Air
Corps. during World War II and
is .now employed by Prudential
Life Insurance Co. in New York.
A late June wedding is planned.
Silverbiairi-Furamin
Mr. and Mrs. Louis Furman of
Beaver Falls announce the en
gagement of their daughter, Shir
ley, to Ronald ,ilverblatt, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Leonard_ Silverblatt
'f Ellwood City.
Miss Furman is a senior in ele
mentary education at Geneva Col
lege in Beaver Falls. Mr. Silver
blatt is a senior in commerce.
Women's Chorus to Sing
The Women's Chorus will pre
sent "Ceremony of Carols" by
Benjamin Britten at 6:30 tonight in
Simmons Hall Lounge.
The program is an arrangement
of modern Christmas carols, rather
than traditional hymns.
Riding Club Party
The Riding Club will hold- its an
nual Christmas Party at 6:30 to
morrow night at the home of Nancy
Wild, 705 N. Holmes street, State
College.
By - LIX NEWELL
Since the Korean army is an
international one, such phrases
come in handy during emergency
situations. An example of this is
the Ethiopian soldier stopping a
Turk and telling him "Things No.
10. Toxon gas havva no." The
Turk came through with the gas
and things were "No. 1" again.
GI Gives Opinion
Another commonly used word is
chogey which means to walk, us
ually over rough country. It comes
from the Korean chogey board—a
pack carrier that is strapped to the
backs of service troops to bring
supplies into the mountains.
Ice Skating Facilities
APhiO's Top Project
Those rusty ice skates in the back of the closet may come in
handy this year, because Alpha Phi Omega, national service frat
ernity, is working for ice skating facilities as one of its projects
of the year. ,
Working through the office of
student affairs, members of the
project before winter is over.
Requirements f o r' membership
in the group are previous boy
scouting experience, a 1.0 All-Col
lege average, and. a desire to serve
the College and the community.
Reading through the correspon
dence of the organization, one
gets a pretty fair idea of what
APhiO is doing both on campus
and in town.
During Orientation Week, for
instance, the group conducted
tours of. the campus for new stu
dents. The students were divided
according to curriculum, and spe
cial emphasis in the tour was
placed on their "section" of cam
pus.
Members also acted as walking
information booths during Orien
tation Week and fall 'registration
at Recreation Hall. They put up
those dreaded "section closed"
signs and passed out instructions
and cards at check points.
This year's Mardi Gras was
run more smoothly through help
of the ex-boy scouts. They deco
rated, sold tickets; served refresh
ments, helped c o u n t an• almost
endless supply of pennies for
Mardi Gras King, and helped with
the not-so-pleasant task of clean
up.
In helping serve - the State Col
-1 lege community, members of
APhiO worked with boy scouts in
town collecting food donations for
the Centre County Hospital. -
The group also helped set up
the Red Cross bloodmobile unit
FOR MEN ONLY
A gift hunter's paradise. The store is yours
from 7-9. You may choose leisurely. or speedily, from
robes, cashmere sweaters, jewelry, hosiery, lingerie,
and many other lovely gifts.
Don't wait—when you get home there will
be no selection. Furthermore, shell be so proud to
receive a gift from Charles Shop.
DOORS OPEN TOMORROW NITE 7 P.M. - FOR MEN ONLY
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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1952
Wilmer E. Kenworthy, director of
fraternity hope to complete the
for both the student and faculty
blood drives.
Naturally, with all this work
there have to be a few exterprises
that "flop." An example is
APhiO's offer to further the Com
munity Forum by selling tickets
to the Nittany-Pollock area. They
sold one.
Men in the Infirmary also ben
efit by the group's "good works."
Members of the organization take
turns visiting the Temporary
Union Building to - get refresh
ments for the "poor unfortunates"
pinned to their beds.
. On the social side, APhiO had
its semi-annual banquet last Fri
day after' which the group ini
tiated one of the largest pledge
classes in the country.
The 41 pledges are William Alden, Rich
ard Austin, Wiley Behler, John Beiler.
Robert Broomfield, Richard Codori, Robert
Conquest, Harvey Cook, William Corrigan,
Joseph Crudo, Bernard Davies, David Dixon,
Donald Drake, Richard Eyster, Ernest
Famous, John Fink, John Finkbeiner, Wil
,
Liam Freed. John Garber, Alan Clou, Ralph
Gntshall.
. • . .
James Harter. Harold Highhurst, War
ren Hommas, Kay Huston, Joseph Kati,
George Kemp, Thomas Maxwell, Richard
Mercer, Horace Mitchell, Samuel Nowell,
Carl Nurick, William Orben, Vinton Os
trander, William Pavord, Joseph Polito,
Thomas Richards, Donald Siegle, Stanley
Ulsh. •
New officers installed at the banquet are
Richard Schuler, president; Martin Wyand,
first vice president; Roger Mauchlin, second
vice president; John Westhafer, third - vice
president; Craig Ribber', recording secre
tary, - Allan Thompson, alumni secretary:
Gail Bimber, corresponding secretary; Low
ell_ Krowitz, treasurer; Richard Updegraff,
historian; and Edward Hinderliter, Ser
geant-at-arms.