tRIDAY;. SEPTEMBER 18, 1953
Frosh Encounter
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• The freshman on a College campus usually meets many nedk
customs and a frosh -at Penn State is no exception. Besides the
customs he will wear, our frosh will find college differs 'greatly
from high school in hnth social life and studies.
One college custom that will strike him as being very (different
from the good old high school days is professors don't learn his first
name. For the first time in his life our freshman is being called the
Coeds...
Back 'When
First Grad
It was in 1872 that Ellen A.
Cross Copp of Janesville, Wis.,
the first coed at the College, was
graduated. She is believed to be
the first woman in this country
to be ordained into the ministry.
Previously she had qualified for
'a. Ph.D. degree and was the first
woman to earn this distinction.
Mrs. Copp was brought to the
College by Dr. James Cald e r,
president at that time, who be
lieved in the principle of co-ed
ucation. She majored in Greek
and chemistry.
first Dptes
Just 70 years ago, in 1883, if a
-gentleman wished to call or ac
- company a young lady he had
first to present the request to the
lady principal.
• But the young lady had her say
also, and before our hero could
Meet the, coed of his dreams, she
had to present a request to re
ceive him to the lady principal.
Even after all this trouble, our
young student friend and his
blushing coed. could see each oth
er only in the ladies' parlor be
tiveen 6:45 and 7 p.m., daily ex
cept, of course, Sunday.
The strictness of - these rules
must have ,been interfering with
the academic work of both the
women and men students, be
cause in a very few years the
dating code was altered.
Permission was still required
and the lady principal chaperoned
all parlor dates, but a coed could
remain with her beau until 10:15
p.m. Friday and 9 p.m. during the
week. And on Sundays the Blue
Laws were relaxed and the dates
Were permitted to remain until
8 . p.m. .Gentlemen callers needed
written permission from the Col
lege president to accompany la
dies beyond the building doors.
-..'lt was strictly taboo in those
days for young ladies to com
municate by voice or notes out of
windows or by rapping on steam
pipes. (Long before, the West
Dorms and Pollock ircle, coeds
and men shared the same dorm
area—Old Main.)
First Rules
In 1883 studying was strictly
regulated by the faculty. Young
ladies could not study in the par
lor or visit and receive visits dur
ing study hours. No coeds could
study.in the rooms' of other coeds.
Violations of these rules were
treated like absences from recita
tions or public exercises. If a
Young lady, met visitors or com
municated via window "or steam
pipes, she received -50 censure
marks and an official admonition
from the lady principal, who noti
fied her parents. A second of
fense placed the culprit on proba
tion.
Grad Manuals Ready
.Graduate stude'nts may pick up
copies of the Graduate School An
nouncement and the Manuel for
Graduate Students in the office
of - Dean Harold K. Schilling, 106
Willard.
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Oh-so-g r o w n-up-sounding "Mr."
or "Miss."
This some p.,..ofessor may also
give him an .assignment and the
frosh will again discover that his
prof - differs very much from any
teacher he ever had. Professor
Snarf doesn't ask for the assign
ment the day it is due—in fact,
after a week or so the class will
think he has forgotten about it
completely.
Blue Books
Oh no, don't be so pleased. He
didn't really forget it, will be
found, much to the dismay of the
class, on the first bluebook.
And that brings up another
Penn State custom. Never again
will tests be given, because from
here on in they will be labeled
bluebooks. It would be easy to say
it is the cover on the paper used
for these writing exercises that
gives them their name. This, how
ever, is not an 'established fact.
When the first bluebook grade
rolls in, don't be too horrified if it
should be a 0 (better known as
zip), for this doesn't mean that
our young scholar has guessed
everything completely wron g.
Strangely enough, a zip is a pass
ing grade, although it could be
much better.
No Shorts
Our frosh will find watching a
football game is not as easy as it
sounds. He will have accomplished
a great feat if he can watch the
game without being distracted by
Frothy or the Lion, the . gymnasts
or the cheerleaders. There is al--
ways so much going on it's harder
on the neck than a tennis game.
Speaking of tennis, gone are the
days when women wear shorts in
public. The only time they will
appear in' this attire will be in
phys ed classes.
The hardest custom to get used
to will be the ho,urs that govern
women and therefore indirectly
affect men. The tendency will be
for our frosh - to go rushing in at
the last minute because he "didn't
realize it was so late."
The strange actions and atti
tudes of the frosh as he tries to
get used to these new customs will
be as blase as those upperclassmen
that plague him.
Frosh
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tivities or walk on campus with a
boy.
Spartan environment was the
rule during the first years of the
College. Classes, recreational fa
cilities, and dining and living
quarters were all housed in a wing
of Old Main. There was daily mili
tary- inspection, seniors were re
quired to write graduation theses,
and buckets of coal to heat the
rooms were handed out each
morning. Chapel attendance at
6 a.m. was compulstory. Professors
held religious services in the faith
they preferred.
Public Punishment
During the early 1900's customs
reached their height. Boys were
required to carry canes and wear
green dinks. Attendance at all
class functions,_ meetings, and ath
letic events was required. Only
seniors were allowed on campus
grounds bareheaded. Boys could
not converse with coeds during the
first semester.
Punishment took the form of
public display. The offender was
required to sit wit h professors
during meals and take a front seat
in chapel.
Collegian Requests
Society Information
Information concerning mar
riages and engagements is re
quested for use on the society
page of. the Daily Collegian.
Students recently engaged or
married, or who know other
students at the College who are,
may bring the data to the Col
legian office.
Facts needed to write the
story are full names of both
parents, home towns of both
persons, semester standings and
curriculums, and a list of extra
curricular activities.
WRA to Hold
Mixer Tonight
In White Hall
Women's Recreation Association
will hold open house at 6:45 to
night in White Hall.
Constructed in 1938, the red
brick building at the southeastern
end of campus not only houses wo
men's physical education and rec
reation classes, but offers recre
ational facilities for individuals,
clubs, and organizations.
A large gymnasium in the cen
ter of the building contains
enough room for three basketball
games to be played simultane
ously. This room is also used for
badminton and indoor tennis.
Open Playroom
To the left of the gym is the
rhythm room w her e classes in
rhythmic fundamentals, modern
dance,- and square dance are
taught. Each spring the Modern
Dance concert is held here.
Beside this room is the play
room which is open to students
at all times. Here, ping pong and
bridge facilities are located. At
the other end of the building is a
large classroom and body me
chanics room.
Bowling Alley
The 135,000 gallon swimming
pool, 75 feet long and up to 10
feet deep, is open to coeds for
plunge hours w her e they may
swim to recorded music. ,
White Hall offers women stu:-
dents two bowling alleys, shuffle
board deck, squash court, indoor
rifle range, and a fencing room. •
Public Safety Institute
Three grants totaling $17,075 to
support the Institute of Public
Safety were received recently,
President •Milton S. Eisenhower
has announced.
Approximately $2OO of this will
be used in the motor vehicle fleet
supervisor training program.
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129 S. Frazier St.
Don't Dig Up Lawn
For Possible Relics
Don't look now, but there may
be a fossil as near as Hort Woods
or even closer.
Dr. Frederick R. Matson, 'Penn
State's first professor of archae
ology, said there are countless
undiscovered relics from man's
past all over the world.
"Right here in Pennsylvania,"
he said, " `Conastoga Town' in
Lancaster County was uncovered
just a few years ago." Its exact
location had been forgotten dur
ing the 190 years since it served
as an Indian camp site.
"Imagine, then, how hard it is
to find traces of civilizations
which flourished thousands of
years ago."
Evidence Destroyed
Matson didn't advocate digging
up the lawn looking for arrow
heads, bones, or fragments of pot
tery, though. "Once a specimen
has been uncovered and re
moved," he emphasized, "it can't
be put back.
"And it's important that evi
dence be studied in the place
where . it's found. Besides, any
one untrained in archaeological
techniques would probably de
str o y much of what he dis
covered."
Archaeology requires great pa
tience, Matson explained. Dirt
must be carefully shaved away,
with small tools like a trowel.
Indiscriminate digging may de
stroy a prospective "find," he
warned.
Work Cut Out
On an expedition to the Near
East, he directed the excavation
of an ancient temple and theater
near Bagdad. For the past five
years, he has served as a profes
sor of ceramics. This semester he
Closed this Saturday due to holiday
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Fresh, Transfers
To Get 11 O'Clocks
Freshman women and women
transfer students will receive. 11
o'clock permissions tonight and
tomorrow. night; Upperclasswom
en, other than transfer students,
will receive regular one o'clock
permissions both nights.
Beginning Sunday, women will
have regular weekday hours,
9:ls's for freshmen and 10 o'clocks
for upperclasswomen.
Freshman women will receive
regular weekend permissions, one
10 o'clock and a one o'clock, at
the end of customs.
Health Ed Conference
Lloyd M. Jones, professor of
physical education, recently .at
tended the annual fall conference
of the eastern district of -- the
American Association for Health
Physical Education at the Uni
versity of Massachusetts, Amherst.
will switch from the School- 'a
Mineral Industries where he,has
been teaching to the School. a
the Liberal Arts.
"I've got my work cut out ',for
me," he said. "We're inaugurat
ing three new courses, archae
ology of Europe and Africa,:-ihe
New World, and the Near East.
That's a lot of lectures to get
ready, he said. • 1.
To supplement classroom lec
tures, Dr. Matson plans to show
movies and colored slides. He: has
also prepared a number of archae
ological specimens which he 'will
use in his classes.
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