P AGE EIGHT Open Houses to Initiate Sorority Rushing Tomorrow Rushees to Register in' Atherton., Attend Meeting in Sparks at 11 a. tn. Sorority-interested coeds will be visiting suites and lounges in McElwain, Simmons, Atherton and Grange dormitories tomorrow a§ formal sorority rushing begins. Rushees will register from 8 to 11 a.m. tomorrow in Atherton Hall, paying $l. to cover costs. They will - attend a pre-rushing meet ing in 121 Sparks at 11 a.m. to learn and discuss rushing procedure. Mall Called Ghost Walk Years Ago Do you know the Mall used to be a ghost walk? Until almost 25 years ago a dou ble row of spruce and pine trees formed a needle-covered path where Burrowes Building now stands. The path ran parallel with the Mall, extending north from Woman's Building. The 70-odd evergreens which lined the path were planted as part of a tree nursery by William G. Waring, great-grandfather of Penn State alumnus, Fred War ing, when the College was first established. Trees in the nursery were cut down and sold to raise funds for the College. The forestland dis appeared gradually, - but trees along the ghost walk remained. It is said the walk was dark and spectral-looking at night. In sum mer, thick branches of the pines made whispering sounds. In win ter, loud wailings frightened stu dents as they walked on the path. Whispering and wailings were supposed to come from ghosts of graduated classes; thus the name "ghost walk." By 1920 the beauty of the trees had faded. They were cut down to make room for new buildings. One lone tree is all that remains of the ghost walk. It's the Nor way spruce that stands in front of Burrow es on the south side of the front walk. If you stand at the tree and look north to the Pattee Library you'll be following the path of the old walk. And who knows? Perhaps you'll see a ghost. Coed Vocabulary Ag Hill the place your next class is when you're at the other end of campus. Alpha Lambda Delia nation al freshman women's honorary re quiring a 2.5 All-College average. Campused a girl does some thing she shouldn't have, so now they won't let her do it anymore. Chimes national junior wom en's honorary for outstanding co eds in activities, scholarship and leadership. Cwens national sophomorc women's honorary. See above for outstanding qualities of memberS. Judicial organ of the Wom en's Student Government Associ ation responsible for enforcement of women's rules. Hostesses watchdogs of the great American legend—virtue. Hot Dog or sandwich hour—oc cur when you get up for an 3 o'clock class and from 9 a.m. till 4 p.m. have no other classes. They are called sandwich hours. So pack a lunch. Houseparty --a bacchanal. Leonides all inclusive wom en's independent organization. Louise Homer Club women's musical honorary. Mixer rat race where every body tries to make out. Make out like getting rich, everybody tries to do it, but few succeed. Mortar Board national wom en's senior honorary. See Chimes • and Covens. That nameless senior honorary —see above. Panhellenic Council regula tory body governing sororities. Comprised of two • representatives from each sorority. Rushing rules are made by this group. Philotes women's independ ent social group. Treble Singers chorus. WRA Association Worn en's Recreation WSGA Women's Student Government Association. By NANCY WARD After lunch they will scan their closets for tailored suits and dres ses appropriate for open houses. Examining the rushing booklet they will receive at registration, they will discover rushees will be divided into two alphabetical sec tions. Each section will visit a dif ferent group of sororities during the two days of open houses. This system is designed to equalize the number at each sorority each day. At 1:15 p.m. rushees -will begin their tours of suites, staying at each for about a half hour. They will chat with sisters, pledges and other rushees, beginning their at tempt to find a group with whom they find attitudes and interests -ongenial to their own. Following the letter of the rush ing code, the rushee will refrain from "talking sorority" with Greek women when meeting them on campus, in t own or in the dormitory. Sorority members will also be instructed not to engage in such conversation. Rushees will pick up coke - date invitations Monday in the Pan hellenic post office in Atherton Hall according to the schedule listed in the rushing booklet. Wo men who have not previously reg istered for rushing may register in Atherton Hall from 8 a.m. to noon Monday. Coke dates will be held from 1 to 5 p.m. and 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Tuesday through Friday. Rushees may schedule more than one coke date with a sorority during the two days for which each invita tion is issued. School Clothes When the second round of coke date invitations is issued, rushees usually begin to eliminate sorori ties where they feel they would not be happy or find friendships and interests they are seeking in sorority membership. They should be careful not to form .such decisions too quickly, however, for first impressions are frequently inadequate. Greek groups will follow a similar line of„ action. Rushees will wear school clothes to coke dates and make use of the opportunity to chat informally With members of the group they visit. They will keep an eye out for other rushees they meet; to have an idea who might be in cluded in the pledge class of the sorority they will join. Study Lounges • Because of religious holidays, Jewish women will register Mon day and attend three open houses 'roan 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. Aye See, local Pi Beta Phi col ony, will hold open houses and coke dates in the first floor study lounge of McElwain Hall. Tri Vi, Sigma Sigma Sigma colony, will entertain rushees at open houses and coke dates n the study lounge of Simmons Hall. Open houses and coke dates of Alpha Kappa Alpha will be held - in a first floor lounge of Atherton. • Panhellenic Council will meet at 10 a.m. Saturday in 121 Sparks. Students Eligible To Rent Prints Large mounted color prints of famous paintings are available to students for fifty cents per semes ter through the Picture Lending Library in 105, 106 Temporary Building. The library is administered by the Division of Fine Arts through a fund established by the College. Most reproductions are by mod ern masters of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. New Award Established For Home Ec School The George D. Barbey scholar ship has been established for stu dents in the School of Home Ec onomics. A $lOO award will be made annually.. Scholarship and financial need will be considered in awarding the grant. • women's IHE DAILY COLLEGIAN, STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVAI4IA Get Invitations Rushing Schedule Saturday a-11 a.m.—Registration (Atherton Hall) 11 a.m.—Rushee Meeting (121 Sparks) 1:15-5:15 p.m.—Open Houses Sunday 1:15-5:-5 p.m.—Open Houses Monday 8-12 a.m.—Registration (Atherton) Late Rushees Tuesday-Friday 1-5 p.m.—Coke Dates 6:30-7:30 p.m.—Coke Dates Sunday 2-5 p.m.—At Homes Monday-Tuesday 1-5 p.m.—Coke Dates 6:30-7:30 p.m.—lnformal Partie 8:30-9:45 p.m.—lnformal Parties Wednesday: 6:30-8 p.m.—Coffee H6urs 8:30-10 p.m.—Coffee Hours 10-11 p.m.—Preference Cards (Atherton) Thursday 3-11 a.m.—Preference Cards (Dean of Women's office) 5 p.m.—Bids Distributed 7 p.m.—Ribboning Coed Named Pennsylvania Can .",o;ueen Celeste McDermott, fifth semes ter home economics major, was selected as queen of Pennsylvania Canning Industries Week this -ummer. The week had been des ignated by Gov. John S. Fine. Miss McDermott toured the state, visiting a num ber of canning in d u s tries cen ters, taking part in a number of activities during the week. She attended a • luncheon at Zem, bo Mosque in Harrisburg on June 22, at which Governor Fine accepted, on behalf of the people of Pennsylvania, a plaque commemorating the manu , facture of the 17:5 billionth can for the packing of Pennsylvania agri cultural and industrial products. The presentation was made by representatives 'of Pennsylvania Canners Association, Pennsylvania. State College, American Can Com pany and Pennsylvania State Chamber of Commerce. Miss McDermott attended St. Joseph's College at Emmitsburg, Md., before entering Penn State. -She is a member of Thespians, the Newman club, and the Mod ern Dance Club Concert Group. Frosh, Learn Customs *sr Duck Hat Societies With customs and threatening hatmen and women lurking just around the corner, the wise frosh would do well to brush up on his knowledge of campus buildings, landmarks, and traditions. , The Nittany Lion, situated near Beaver Field, is probably the most symbolic landmark. Carved by Heinz Warneke, it resembles the cougar that was once abundant in this area. During football sea- son pledges from various fratern Dorm area take turns guarding the lion from violence by rival schools. The only grave on campus is that of George Washington Ath erton beside Schwab Auditorium. He was president of the College from 1882 until his death in 1906. Pennsylvania Mural Near the Textile Chemistry Building is the Quarry Memorial, a boulder marking the site of the quarry from which most of the stone for the original Old Main was taken. Henry Poor painted the mural in the foyer of Old Main. It de picts the coal, steel, and agricul tural industries of Pennsylvania. Carnegie Hall, home of the Mus ic and . Journalism departments, was originally a library: The pre sent library was named after Fred Lewis Pattee who wrote the words of the College alma mater. Dates Taboo Phi Gamma Delta was the „first regular national fraternity on Mieczyslaw Lebiedziejewski Gets , 44 Delta Upsilons As Parents Mieczyslaw Lebiedziejewski has 44 new parents. They are members of the College chapter of Delta Upsilon frat ernity. The fraternity recently "adopted" Lebiedziejewski through the Foster Parents' Plan - for War Children, Inc. Ten-year old Mieczyslaw has had a childhood no one would want to remember. When he was eight months old he, his two older brothers, and his mother were taken from their small farm in Poland and deported to slave labor camps in Germany by the Nazis. There they existed—in utter misery and despair. In 1944, when Mieczyslaw was a year old, his father joined the Polish army, and escaped from the Nazis after the collapse of Poland. Later he was captured and sent to the western front to dig ditches where he was killed. Meanwhile his family continued to live inside the barbed wired labor camp. Mieczyslaw's mother was near collapse when the allies liberated the camp. American forces moved the family to an UNRRA DP camp. Later they were moved to Hellbronn. Mie czyslaw spent his sixth year there. The family attempted to emi grate to the United States but it was rejected as "uneconomic." Mieczyslaw, is now a serious ten-year-old man with black eyes and closely-cropped dark brown hair. He lives-with his mother and brothers in one room of an old wooden military barracks. The floor is bare, there is no running water, and three army cots, two iron beds, three old army ward robes, two tables, several chairs and a cook stove used also for warmth are the furnishings. They try to exist on a war in demnity grant of $29.70. They al most succeed. Red Hunter Caught McCarthy to Wed Former Office Aid WASHINGTON, Sept. 17 (R)—Sen. McCarthy (R-Wis), in a shift from Red-hunting to romance, will be married here Sept. 29 to pretty, dark-haired Jean Kerr, a former research aide in his office. Announcement of the marriage plans came today from Mrs. William P. Kerr, mother of the bride-to-be. The wedding will be held at St. Matthews Roman Catholic cathedral in downtown Washington. In New York, where McCarthy is investigating alleged Commu nist infiltration in the United Nations, the Wisconsin senator declined comment. • The names of the 43-year-old By AL MTJNN ties and boys living in the West campus. Beta Theta Pi was char tered the following year. When women were first permit ted on campus they could have no gentlemen callers. The girls lived in small houses, supervised by several hostesses, and had to be in immediately after dinner. They couldn't join extra-curricular ac (Continued on page nine) BELL McMULLEN 122 E. COLLEGE AVE. :4 Remember your loved ones at home with flowers, via Florist Teletype Delivery • SILL ~._ I i, 1. 11 r -' 'Jt • FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER'' , IB, 1953 Religion 2 Groups Start Year's Activity Hillel Foundation an d Penn State Bible Fellowship programs will begin this weekend with spe cial events planned for students. Koj Nidre services will be held at 7:15 tonight at Hillel Founda tion, 224 S. Miles street. Tomor row Yom Kippur will be ob served from 9 a.m. to sunset. A .welcome mixer has .been scheduled for 8:30 p.m. tomorrow. Highlights of the evening will in clude dancing, and refreshments. Freshmen will meet from 2 to 2:30 p.m. Sunday at the founda tion to plan a Hillel Freshinen Council. A film, "Stagecoach," with John Wayne and Claire Tre vor, will follow the meeting. After the film a -reception will conclude the weekend events.• The Rev. Robert Smoot of Bal, timore will address the Penn State Bible Fellowship at 7:30 to night in 405 Old Main. A mixer will follow the meeting. bachelor. senator and his former assistant have long been linked romantically. Miss Kerr, 29,: was employed in McCarthy's office from 1948 to 1952 when she quit to become a free-lance research er and radio script writer. An attractive brunette, she was voted the most beautiful girl at George Washington University in 1945 while a student there. She also attended Northwestern Uni versity at Evanston, 111. 'McCarthy, who served in the U.S. Marines during World War 11, was elected to the Senate in 1946 and was re-elected last No vember for a 6-year term ending Jan. 3, 1959. Miss Kerr, a native of Washing ton, joined the senator's staff. on her graduation from Northwest ern in 1948. As a research as sistant, she helped prepare ma terial fo r McCarthy's various pamphlets and speeches. The bride-to-be formerly was a mem b e r of the Presbyterian church, but has now become a Roman Ca th o l ic, McCarthy's faith. Mss Kerr is an only child. Her father, the late William P. Kerr, a Washington businessman, died several years ago.
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