TUESDAY FEBRUARY 16. 1954
First Reading Hour
Features 3 Students
One graduate student and two undergraduates will give readings
in the first reading hour of the spring semester at. 7 p.m. tomorrow
in McElwain Hall lounge.
, r Marian Ungar Barash, graduate speech major, Margaret Trout
man, eighth semester English-speech education major, and William
Grundy, fifth semester liberal arts major, will read in the program.
Philip Wein, fifth semester
speech major, is chairman for the
hour.
Four Students
To Initiate
Sorority Talks
:■ Foui* Panhellenic Council mem
bers will lead a fireside discussion
on “What Sorority Offers You”
for ' women living in McAllister
Hall tit 9:15 tonight in McAllister
Hall lounge.
Tonight’s program will be the
first-in. a series of discussions
sponsored by the council.
Discussion leaders are Jane
Bishop, eighth semester home eco
nomics major, Marilyn Buzby,
eighth semester pre-medical ma
jor,' Norma Reck, sixth semester
education major, and Mary Heck
man, sixth semester medical tech
nician major.
•• The talk will include the soror
ity rushing program, sororities in
campus and community functions,
social activities, expenses of be
longing to a sorority, average re
quirements made upon women by
their sororities, the advantages of
being a sorority member after
graduation, and living and work
ing with a group of women having
similar interests and goals.
A question and answer period
will follow the talk. Council rep
resentatives will serve refresh
ments.
Home Ec Group
initiates 59 Women
Fifty-nine new members have
been initiated into the Home Eco
nomics. Club by Doris Strathmey
er, retiring president. •
New officers are president, Car
ol Jenks; vice president, Phyllis
Richards; recording: secretary,
Jean Mercer; corresponding sec
retary, Gail Fromer; and treas
urer, Ann Sterner.
Sophomore representatives elec
ted to the executive council are
Miriam Jones and Rhoda Good.
Junior, representatives are Judy
Walter and Florence Gemmill.
Ann Darbie and Ruth Eshelmah
are senior representatives.
Women May Participate
in Duck Pin Contest
Women interested in bowling in
a national intercollegiate tele
graphic duck pin tournament will
meet at 6:30 tonight in 110 White
Hall.
The tournament will be. con
ducted in the same manner as a
ten-pin tournament. Although the
contest is intercollegiate, -the
tournament will be conducted at
each participating college or uni
versity. Scores will be telephoned
to a central point.
WRA Board Meeting
The executive board of the
Women’s Recreation Association:
will meet at 6:30 tonight in the
WRA room in White Hall.
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The program will mark the sec
ond half of the sixth annual ser
ies of -reading hours on campus.
The series is sponsored oy the
oral interpretation division of the
Speech department under the di
rection of Mrs. Harriet Nesbitt,
assistant professor of public
speaking, and William W. Hamil
ton, assistant professor of speech.
Mrs. Barash, who was manager
of the women's debate team while
an undergraduate at the Univer
sity, will read William Faulkner’s
“A Rose of Emily.”
Grundy will read an excerpt
from “Don Juan in Hell” by
George Bernard Shaw. Grundy
was the representative from the
Penn State undergraduate speech
center in Philadelphia to the Penn
sylvania Intercollegiate Reading
Festival on campus last spring.
Miss Troutman, who is ~ mem
ber of the debate team, will read
Robert Nathan’s “Portrait of
Jenny.” Miss Troutman was the
University’s representative in the
short story event at the Pennsyl
vania Intercollegiate Reading Fes
tival.
Oral interpretation became pop
ularized at Perm State six years
ago when the oral interpretation
workshop was begun mainly by
faculty members. * Each year a
greater percentage of students
took part in the reading hours
sponsored by the workshop. In
November students at the Univer
sity heard Charles Laughton, na
tional figure in oral interpreta
tion, give a series of readings- in
Schwab Auditorium,
Three more reading hours will
be ' held this- semester, one in
March, a two-day reading festival
in April, and a final reading hour
in May.
Weitknechf Elected
House Secretary
Constance Weitknecht, third se
mester education major, has been
elected temporary secretary of the
House of Representative of Wo
men’s Student Government Asso
ciation.
• She will replace Carol Steven
son, regular secretary, who will
be student teaching for eight
weeks.
May Day committee chairmen
have been named by Maud Strawn,
speaker' of the House. They are
decorations, Janet Feaster and
Barbara Connitt; ceremony, Marie
Wagner, Patricia Colgan, Ann
Wylie; elections, Aurelia Arre; in
vitations and programs, Elizabeth
Engel; publicity, Carolyn Cun
ningham and Patricia Dickinson;
properties, Mi’s Weitknecht; teas,
Barbara Kilmer; costumes, Nan
cy Shaner; music, Margaret Trol
ier; and May Queen, Norma Reck.
Plans for various types of pro
grams and pageants for the May
Day celebration were discussed,
but no definite program was se
lected.
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Freshman Council
Freshman .Council. wi.il meet
at 6:30 tonight in the Day Stu
dent’s room in Woman’s Build
ing.
WRA Will Hold
Sweetheart Ball
Saturday Ninht
The Women’s Recreation Asso
ciation will continue a 16-vear
old. tradition when it holds the
Sweetheart Dance from 9 p.m. to
midnight Saturday in White Hall.
The dance is the only semi-for
mal affair held in White Hall,
where WRA has been sponsoring
the event since the building was
constructed in 1938.
Each year the dance is a girl
ask-boy event based.on a Valen
tine theme. This year’s theme will
be “Alice in Wonderland.”
- Jack .Huber and his orchestra,
assisted by vocalist Francis Spat
afore. second semester arts and
letters major, will play for the
dance. Tickets are on sale for $1.75
at the Student Union desk in Old
Main.
Before 1945 proceeds from the
dance were used for scholarship
fund. Since then four war orphans
have been aided through WRA ef
forts. Marie Aftanas, 14-year-old
Polish refugee, will receive the
proceeds of this year’s dance.
- Josiapne Macquet, 10-year-old
French child, was the firs, to re
ceive aid from WRA. Ireta Pasz
taul, 13-year-old Polish orphan,
and Theodora Anna Buurman, 10-
year-old Dutch child, have also
benefited from WRA.
AChiO to Aid
Easter Drive
Members of Alpha Chi Omega
are addressing 14,000 envelopes
for the 1954 Easter seal sale for
the Pennsylvania Society for Crip
pled .Children and Adults, Inc.
Seals will be mailed to residents
of Centre County.
This is part of the sorority’s na
tional project which was started
at the end. of World War II when
the national vice president inves
tigated various organizations to
find'where the sorority could em
phasize its interests.
In 1947 Alpha Chi Omega adop
ted the project of providing assis
tance for the national society’s
cerebral division. The group con
tributes $5OO each year for funds
to train workers in the cerebral
palsy field. .
To date, $35,000 has enabled 80
people to get special training.'
The State College chapter also
makes self-help toys for cerebral
palsied children each year.
Belles-Lettres Club
To Hear Lecture
- Frederick L. Gwynn, associate
professor of English literature,
will discuss “Cinerama in the Hu
manities” at a meeting of the
Belles-Lettres Club at 7 tonight
in the McElwain lounge.
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THOMAS BRASHER and Sylvia Smith get the worst of Richard
Meek's fun at the Blue Key-Chimes Valentine Party which was
held last Sunday at Phi Gamma Delta- for 20 underprivileged
children from Woodycrest.
Aches 'n Pains Suffered
By Chimes, Blue Key
Members of Chimes, junior women’s hat society, and Blue Key,
junior men’s hat society, trudged stiffly around campus yesterday
as a result of bumps and bruises suffered Sunday when the two
groups entertained 15 children from' Woodycrest at Phi Gamma
Delta.
The hosts and hostesses were run ragged playing games the
kids took in their stride. Members
of Blue Key played horse for
young “piggy-back” riders who
battled gaily with balloons from
unfamiliar heights.
It was a continual challenge to
catch a racing Dennis-the-menace
to include him in a game, feed
him cake arid ice cream, or give
him a toy.
A glass of milk remained un
touched until the depths of the
kitchen were scoured for a straw.
Paper hats soared around the
room and the popping of balloons
interspersed with conversation.
One clever member of Blue Key
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attempted to entertain the chil
dren with bubbles (like sopp bub
bles but formed of an oily sub
stance. The bubbles were stamped
out on the floor by capricious
four-year-olds and the entertainer
spent some time after the party
cleaning up the spots.
There were of course, those
who refused to be entertained,
preferring instead to trip the
other players, sit sullenly in a
corner, or bite ballons.
J lt was all part of the fun, but
exhausted students sighed wearily
when the still-peppy youngsters
left.
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