FRIDAY, MARCH 20, 1953
Alum Wilt Receive
Lambda Ckt Award
William S. Hoffman, former registrar and dean of admissions
at the College and now dean of instruction at Lycoming College,
will receive Lambda Chi Alpha’s highest award for civic and aca
demic leadership at a presentation banquet tomorrow night at the
fraternity house.
Dean Hoffman will be awarded the Order of Merit, a key and
scroll given biennially 'to' alumni]
of the organization. .Clair -,P,ep
p'ard, grand high epsilon of Lamb
da. Chi Alpha, will present the
award.
The fraternity’s first pledge at
the College, Dean Hoffman re
ceived his B.S. degree in 1911 and
was. associated with the College
until his retirement with emeritus
rank in 1949, -with the exception
of three years spent as an instruc
tor at the American University of
Beirut, Syria.
He is past president- of' the
American Association, of Collegi T
ate Registrars, holds a M.S. de
gree from'the College,’ and is a
member of Phi Kappa Phi, schol
astic honor society; Pi Delta ‘Ep-,
silon, journalistic recognition sq?'
ciety; and Scarab,, professional
architecture society.
In addition to faculty alumni of
the fraternity, college staff merig
bers who will attend the presen
tation banquet are W. Stewart
Taylor, trustee; Frank J. Simes,
dean of men; Louis H. Bell, direc
tor of public information; 1 Harold
R. Gilbert, graduate manager of
athletics; C. O. Williams, dean of
admissions and registrar; Ridge
Riley, executive secretary of the
Alumni Association; and Harold
W. Perkins, assistant dean of
men:
Representatives of Lycoming
College at the presentation will
include Dr. James _M. Skeath, pro
fessor of psychology, as well as
faculty alumni of the fraternity.
Leonides to List
Qualifications
.. Candidates’. qualifications will
be posted along, with pictures in
the election of Leonides officers
to .be held Wednesday, according
to Eleanor-Voyvodich, chairman.
Formerly, the independent wom
en’s association conducted elec
tions on the basis of pictures
alone.
Voting boxes will be placed in
McElwain Hall, Simmons Hall,
Atherton "Hall, McAllister Hall,
Thompson ■■ Hall and Woman’s
Building from 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Town students may vote at the
McAllister station.
Candidates include Phyllis Grif
fith . and ■ Hilda Hogeland, presi
dent; Ruth Israel and Sarah De
vjLta, vice president; Shirley Prit
chard, Doris Longwill, and Myrtle
Thomas, recording secretary;
Sherry Kofmann, Theresa Hess,
and- Jeanne Maxwell, correspond
ing secretary; and Althea Rector,
Susan. Crumley, and Virginia
Bowman, treasurer.
. Assisting Miss Voyvodich at the
polls will be Ethel Wilson, Luella
Heineman, Barbara Easter, Elea
nor - Robb, Carolyn Malsch, and
Barbara Richards.
Kahn, Harshbarger
Will Talk at Hillel
The second in the current series
of fireside discussions on religion
will be held at 8 p.m. Monday
at the Hillel Foundation.
Luther Harshbarger, College
chaplain, and Rabbi Benjamin
Kahn, director of the Foundation,
will talk on “Theological Differ
ences Between J udaisin and
Christianity.”
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THE DAILjY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA
To Be Honored
William S. Hoffman
Ed Honorary
Raises $l4O
At Auction
Approximately $l4O was col
lected by Pi Lambda Theta, na
tional women’s education honor
ary society, in an auction of fa
mous persons’ autographs held
Tuesday night.
There were almost 130 auto
graphs for sale at the auction
with Dr. George E. Murphy, as
sociate professor of education, as
auctioneer.
The highest bid of the evening
was $5.80, which went for the
comments and signature of Lillian
Gilbreth, author of “Cheaper by
the Dozen.”
The next highest price paid
came in heavy bidding for Eugene
Ormandy’s card.' The audience bid
$3.50 for Grandma Moses’ card,
and $3 each for those .of Eleanor
Roosevelt and Thornton Wilder.
One.of the most unusual cards
was that of Marguerite de'Angeli,
who illustrated hers with a word
drawing of herself.
The money collected, minus ex 7
penses of conducting the auction,
will be used to pay for two schol
arships to Crossnore, a North
Carolina school for underprivi
leged children. -
Ed Society to Meet
Undergraduate members of Pi
Lambda- Theta, education honor
ary, will meet at 6:15 p.m. Sunday
in McElwain Hall study lounge
to elect- officers.
DOUBLE
SUNDAY
6:30 -- Has Christianity Failed?
discussion led by Robert Landis
7:30 Our Social Responsibility
As Liberals
talk by Dr. J. L. Adams -
Unitarian Fellowship
CLo -
Delta Delta Delta
Newly-elected officers of Delta.
Delta Delta are Frances Crawford,
president; Linda Jacobs, vice
president; Helen Davis, recording
secretary; Norma Sappie, corres-r
ponding secretary; Barbara Estep,
treasurer;. Lois Freed, chaplain;
Janet Melzer, marshal, and Marie
Wagner, social chairman.
The sorority recently pledged
Barbara. Gooding, Constance
Paakh, and Ruth Ann Schnell.
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Alpha Tau Omega
Alpha, Tau Omega held its
Founders’ Day banquet at the
chapter house Tuesday evening
with local alumni attending.
Edward Keller, an alumnus of
the chapter, was guest of honor.
President Thomas Barren pre
sented keys to the officers of the
house.
Theta Kappa Phi
Theta Kappa Phi and Sigma
Pi held an exchange dinner March
16 at their fraternities.
Theta Kappa Phi entertained
Theta Phi Alpha Tuesday, night.
Entertainment was furnished by
the fraternity, and refreshments
were served.
Zeta Beta Tau
A gangster theme will highlight
Zeta Beta Tau’s “Little. House
Party” tomorrow night. The music
will be provided by Dick Dennis
and his combo.
With Open. Mind
(Continued from page Jour)
still called white buckskins, and
sold for a little less—s3.9s.
One ad in the paper then adver
tised coal at $2.75 a ton. We. still
haven’t figured out what any stu
dent wanted with coal. Maybe
they didn’t provide heat in dor
mitories then. (Some people say
they still don’t.)
Yes, these were the days of
the depression. Almost 4000 stu-.
dents were enrolled at the Col
lege. Of these, some were wom
en (complete with long, long
skirls— some showed their
ankles!) In fact, in 1933, just
20 years ago, coed fraternities
were the big rage. (They hadn't
thought of the name "sorority"
yet.)
Sports were seeing a couple of
innovations in that year, too. The
Collegian announced that the
Harvard-Penn State game was
going to be reported “quarter by
quarter action” by the paper. Of
course, there wasn’t a paper every
day, so the results were written
and posted in front of Graham’s,
which seems to have been here
no matter how far you go back.
There were two famous sayings
in 1933: One —“That Roosevelt
fellow ain’t gonna last. He can’t
appeal to the working people.”
Two—“l knew it wouldn’t last
forever, I knew it!” This latter
statement was spoken with great
exuberance —prohibition was over
that year.
So that's how it stood in 1933.
Twenty , years from now things
will probably be just as dif
ferent as things 20 years ago
now seem.
For example, if the anti-drink-
FEATURE
EVENING
304 Old Main
Panel Will
Meaning of
“What Judaism Means to Me” will be the subject of the panel
discussion at 8 tonight at Hillel Foundation. Students participating
in the discussion will be Donald Pripstein, Marian Ungar, and
■Leonard Goodman, moderator. Members of Sigma Delta Tau
will be hostesses at a reception to follow the services. .
Newman Club will hold an in
formal record dance from 8 to 11
tonight at Phi Mu Delta, 500 S.
Allen street.
Theta Phi Alpha will sponsor
the social, which will feature the
raffling of luggage. The winner
will be given a choice of a man’s
two suiter or a woman’s ward
robe case of any desired brand.
The Rev. Warren Schuh, pastor
of the First Baptist Church of
Bayonne, N.J., will address Inter-
Varsity Christian Fellowship at
7:30 tonight in 405 Old Main.
■ At 7 tonight at 329 S. Burrowes
street, United Student Fellowship
will hold a fireside discussion on
“Why Am I Here ... In the
Church?”
Wesley Foundation plans a bowl
ing party at the Dux Club at 7:30
tonight. Square dancing and re
freshments are scheduled at the
foundation after the bowling
party.
The Rev. Edwin Schick will
lead a discussion on the Scrip
tures of the church from 7 to 8
tonight at Lutheran Student As
sociation. A social program with
inter-class volleyball games will
follow the discussion.
ing forces keep on the move, we
ought to be seeing a ban on Coca
Cola about 1973. And, if prices
continue to rise at the same rate,
we’ll be paying 50 cents for cig
arettes, two bucks for movies (at
least they’ll be three dimensional
by then) and about $4O for white
bucks (they’ll still be around,
don’t worry.)
And, if ihe requirements for
our schools continue to be
lessened, this conversation may
be quite. possible in 1973:
student, (sitting in
Corner Room) —Well, I guess I
better go back to the house and
clean up. I’ve got a class tomor
row.
Business student: Tomorrow!
Jumping space rockets! I
haven't had a class since three
weeks ago. They’ve really got
down on requirements this year.
Second Business student: You’re
right, man. Why, I got three se
mester’s credit last year without
even registering. I haven’t been
in a class in four months.
Education student—Boy, you
guys are lucky, I'm carrying
- three credits. That means a class
every other day! ,
Business students (in horror) —
Three classes a week! Boy, I’d
drop that curriculum if I were
you.
nHimmi
Discuss
Judaism
Sophomores
Hold Dance
Tonight at 9
The Shantytown Shuffle, soph
omore class dance, whl climax
Poverty Day activities from 9 to
12 tonight in Recreation Hall.
Decorations and attire will be
in keeping with the weekend
Poverty theme. Lu Weber and
Ronald Safier, decoration com
mittee chairmen, have supervised
the transformation of Recreation
Hall into Hobo Heaven complete
with railroad station, tracks, and
hobo silhouettes.
Jim Erb and his Blue Notes will
provide music. Intermission en
tertainment will be provided by
the Alpha Gamma Delta quartet
and the Collegians, winners, of
Wednesday ni g h t’s barbershop
quartet contest, and Mike Belgio,
tenor, winner of the recent all-
College talent show.
Also during the intermission,
Mr. and Mrs. Shabby Shuffler
will be selected by applause from
the couples present. They will re
ceive Penn State cufflinks and
bracelet as prizes, to be presented
by Robert Homan, class president.
Judges for the contest will be
Mary E. Brewer, assistant to the
dean of women, and Harold W.
Perkins, assistant dean of men.
John Speer, intermission chair
man, will be master of ceremonies
for the dance. Other committee
members are Otto Hetzel, Thomas
Kidd, . Faith Gallagher, Albert
Benning, and Barry Kay.
Sophomores may obtain free
tickets at the Student Union desk
in Old Main or from members of
the class who will distribute them
on the Mall during the day.
HOME.
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COOKIES
and coffee or
hot chocolate
Served Daily \
'iil midnight
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