TUESDAY: MARCH 2, 1954
Nominations
For WSGA,,
Self-nomination blanks for women interested in running. for the
Women's Student . Government Association and the Women's Recre
ation Association are available until tomorrow in the Dean of Wo
men's office, 105 Old Main.
Margaret Faris, WSGA elections chairman, said yesterday only
eight women had nominated
themselves for WSGA positions.
Kathleen Queensbury, WRA elec
tions chairman, reported she did
not know how many women had
nominated themselves for WRA
posts.
Frosh to Hear
iSorotity' Talk
The third in a series of fire
sid- discussions on "What Soror
ity Offers Your'." sponsored by
Panhellenic Council, will be held
at 9:15 tonight in:Woman's Build
ing..
The talks were initiated this
semester to acquaint . freshman*
women with the sorority xushing
program 'and the advantages of
belonging to a sorority.- ,
Discussion leaders are 4a n e
Bishop, eighth semester home ec
onomics major; M a r y, Heckman,
sixth semester medical . technol
ogy major; Marilyn Buzby, eighth
semester pre-medical major; and
Norma Reck, sixth. semester ed
ucation major: . ,
A question and answer period
will follow the discussion. Coun
cil representatives will serve re
freshments.
The final discussion will be
held March 9 in Thompson Hall.
LSA Will Sponsor
Fastriacht Party
The Lutheran Student Associa
tion will hold a ioastnacht Party
at .7 tonight at the student cen
ter, 412 W. College avenue.
Fastnacht stands for a Pennsyl
vania Dutch doughnut party.
Holy communion will be ob
served by the group at 6:45 a.m.
tomorrow in the chapel of the
student center. Following th e
service a breakfast will be held
in the Fellowship Hall.
Cwens to Meet Tonight
Cwen.s, sophomore women's hat
society, will discuss plans for a
spring fashion show at 9 tonight
in the Women's Student Govern
ment Association room in White
Hall.
Town Women to Meet
Town women and commuters
will meet at 12:45 p.m. tomorrow
in the Commuters' room of Wom
an's Building to elect candidates
for May Queen and attendants.
-Theta Chi
Recently installed officers of
Theta Chi ar e Anthony Crisci,
president; William Landis, vice
president; James Wolfe, secretary;
Thomas Max wel 1, treasurer;
Thomas LaFerrara, social chair
man; Frank Cressman, publicity
chairman; Winston. Orben, house
manager; George Wolfe, caterer;
John Beachley, first guard; James
Lucas, second guard; Donald Kae
lin, librarian; George Keller, chap
lain; Roger Vogelsinger, historian;
Charles Leech, athletic chairman;
Joseph Zimmerman, rushing
chairman; William Reid, Inter
fraternity Council representative;
and Joseph. Crudo, pledgemaster.
Sigma Delta . Tau
New pledges of Sigma Delta Tau
are Carol Brill, Myrna . Lebowitz,
Marylyn Merin, Estelle Skioff, and
Suzanne Mann.
Kappa Delta
Kappa Delta recently- enter
tained Tau Kappa Epsilon. Enter
tainment by the sorority was fol
lowed by, refreshments and danc
ing.
Alpha Tau Omega
As part of the Religion, in Life
program, a discussion on the so
cial and ethical attitudes toward
Christianity and living was held
at Alpha Tau Omega. Wilmer E.
Kenworthy, director of student af
fairs, led the group in discussion.
New pledges of the fraternity
are David .Robinson and • Albert
Williams. •
Primary elections will be held
March 16 and • final elections,
March 18,
A screening board will inter
view. WSGA nominees from 1 to
3 p.m. Saturday. -in the WSGA
room in White Hall. The board
will check the qualifications for
candidates and eliminate nominees
if there are too many for any
posts, Miss Faris said.
' Members of the screening board
will include Miss Faris, Nancy
White, WSGA president; Frances
Riley, WSGA treasurer; Suzanne
Loux, freshman senator; and
Maud Strawn, WSGA mice presi
dent..
Miss Queensberry said WRA
had not yet decided if it would
have a screening board. She said
the number of nominees would
determine whether one would be
used.
Nominees for both WSGA and
WRA will meet at 7 p.m. Thurs
day. Nominees for WSGA posi
tions will meet in 101 Willard and
WRA nominees will meet in 104
Willard.
Nominees for both organizations
must have a 1.5 All-University av
erage and may not have a major
judicial record.
Qualifications for WSGA pci
tions are as follows: president,
sixth semester women who have
served for one year on WSGA
Senate; vice president, fourth se
mester; senior senator, sixth se
mester; junior' senator, fourth se
mester; and sophomore senator
and treasurer, second or third se
mester.
The runners-up for president
and vice president will become
secretary and a junior senator, re
spectively. Town senator may be
any semester.
Qualifications for WRA posi
tions are as follows: president,
sixth semester; vice president,
fourth semester; secretary-treas
urer, second semester; intramural
chlirman, f oust h semester; and
assistant intramural chairman and
sophomore representative ; second
semester.
Co-editi
Beta •Sigma Omicron
New officers of Beta Sigma Omi
cron are Barbara Tooma, presi
dent; Mary Bolich, vice president;
Doris Scheck, treasurer; Dawn
Seidler, recording secretary; Leah
Obert, corresponding secretary;
Rosalie Mairoana, rushing chair
man; Mary Foulkrod, pledge train
er; Patricia Beahan, warden.
Alpha Omicron Pi
Alpha Omicron Pi Sunday
morning initiated Winnie Shelley,
Dorothy Z et t 1 e, Nancy Smith,
Nancy. King, Christine Austin,
Ann Hutchison, Rose Mary White,
Diane Edelman, Patricia Mc-
Lauchlin, Doro t h y Kauffman,
Margie Hopp, and Ruth Myers.
• Before initiation, a breakfast
was held in honor of the pledges.
Afterwards the sorority attended
Chapel as a group.
Saturday morning the pledges
held a party in the suite for the;
sisters.
Phi Gamma Delta
Phi Gamma Delta recently
pledged William Clark, William
Detterer, Jack Dimler, Ross Fish
burn, Douglas Henderson, Wilbur
Hainilton, Richard Johnson, James
Lessig, Frank McFadden, Richard
Packer, Richard Rivers, and James
Schultz.
Delta - Delta Delta
Delta Delta Delta recently en
tertained Phi Gamma Delta at the
fraternity chapter house. The sis
ters presented a skit, followed-by
dancing and.refreshments.
fTIE DAILY
to End
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UJA Campaign
The United Jewish 'Appeal
campaign on campus will con
tinue tonight, Donald Prip
stein; UJA committee co-chair
men, ' announced yester da y.
The spot campaign planned for
last night was extended due to
the inclement weather.
engaigemenb
Schoerke-Estabrook
Mr. and Mrs. Anthony A. Fen
nell, announce the' engagement of
their daughter Donna Estabrook
to 2d Lt. Douglas Schoerke, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Douglas A.
Schoerke of Philadelphia.
Miss Estabrook was graduated
from the University last June in
the College of Education. She is
a member of Chi Omega.
Lieutenant Schoerke was grad
uated fr o m the University in
June, 1953, in the College of the
Liberal Arts. He is a member of
Pi Kappa Alpha, former editor of
LaVie, and former president of
the Liberal Arts Student Council.
Bredt-Maier
Mr. and Mrs. Silven Maier of
Philadelphia announce th e en
gagement of their daughter Ber
nice to Barry Bredt, son of Mr.
and Mrs. J. Alan Bredt of Phila
delphia.
Miss Maier is a second semes
ter elementary education major.
She was recently selected Penn
State Engineer girl of the month.
Mr. Bredt, sixth semester speech
major, is a member of the debate
team and Phi Sigma Delta frater
nity.
No date has been set for the
wedding.
Dobies-Danko
Mr. and Mrs. John Danko of
Portage announce the engagement
of their daughter Vera to Edwin
Dobies, son of Mr. and Mrs. L. E.
Dobies of Greensburg.
Miss Danko is an eighth semes
ter home economics major. She is
a former member of Women's
Chorus and the Home Ec "News
and Views."
Mr. Dobies is a fifth semester
physics major, and a member of
the Quarterdeck society, Alpha
Nu, astronomical society, and Phi
Eta Sigma, freshman men's schol
astic honorary.
Smith-Schmidt
Mr. and Mrs. George C. Schmidt
of Hummelstown announce the
engagement of their daughter Bar
bara to Philip Smith, also of
Hummelstown.
Miss Schmidt is a senior in the
Harrisburg Hospital School of
Nursing.
Mr. Smith, sixth semester dairy
management major, is a member
of Delta Chi.
Teed-Moore
Mrs. Alfred Moore of Brooklyn,
N.Y., announces the engagement
of her daughter Margaret to Mer
lin Teed, son of Mr. and Mrs. Rus
sell Teed of Morris.
Miss Moore is employed by a
New York bank.
Mr. Teed is a 1953 graduate of
the University and is with the
Electronic Instrument Co., Brook
lyn.
A June wedding is planned
Matz-Donaldson
Mr. and Mrs. John P. Donaldson
of Mount Penn announce the en
gagement of their daughter Cyn
thia to Richard Matz, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Paul W. Mat; Mount
Penn.
Miss Donaldson is employed as
a secretary of the Navy depart
ment in Reading.
Mr. Matz is an eighth semester
advertising major. He is treasurer
of Alpha Delta Sigma, national
advertising honorary, and record
ing secretary for Phi Gamma
Delta.
Too
The privacy of a secluded cottage all
your own, deep in wooded hills. The
friendly companionship of other newly
married college folk. Jolly, satisfying
meals at an oleltime guest house. Easy.
going leisure (breakfast until 11:00) or
vigorous outdoor life. We'll send our
helpful THREE HONEYMOON PLANS
to those who mention datei.
THE FARM ON THE HILL
SWIFTWATER 150, PENNSYLVANIA
to Give
10
in
Tryouts
Ten students will give readings in the final tryouts for the April
Pennsylvania Intercollegiate Reading Festival and Eastern Poetry
Reading Festival at 7 tonight in Simmons lounge.
Preliminary tryouts were held last Tuesday.
Of the ten contestants, three will be chosen by members of the
Speech department to participate
in the Reading Festival April 29
and 30 at the University. One will
be sent to the poetry event in Ap
ril at Smith College, Northampton,
Mass.
2nd Reading Hour
Tonight's program is the second
monthly Reading Hour to be held
this semester. The programs are
sponsored by the oral interpreta
tion division of the Speech depart
ment under the direction of Mrs.
Harriet B. Nesbitt, assistant pro
fessor of public speaking, and Wil
liam Hamilton, assistant professor
of speech.
Chairman for the hour is War
ren Gittlen, sixth semester arts
and letters major. The program
will include "Song of the Whole
Land" (Thomas Wolfe) read by
Morton Slakoff, fifth semester
arts and letters major; "The Hu
man Nose" (William Saroyan)
read by Gail Smith, sixth semes
ter journalism major; and "The
Garter" (Dorothy Parker) read by
Mitzi Stern, sixth semester arts
and letters major.
Variety of Mibjects
Jerome Feinberg, eighth semes
ter arts and letters major, will
read Jaques Prevert's "I'm Hun
gry." Margaret Troutman, eighth
semester secondary education ma
jor, will read "The House of the
Far and Lost" (Thomas Wolfe).
Jane Montgomery, eighth semes
ter journalism major, will give
two readings by Guy Wetmore
Carryl, "The Debutante" and "The
Embarrassing Episode of Little
Miss Muffet.
Read Last Year
William Grundy, fifth semester
arts and letters major, will read
"Afternoon of a Pawnshop" (Ken
neth Fearing). Margaret Roberts,
eighth semester arts and letters
major, will read Robert Frost's
"Wild Grapes." The program will
conclude with Somerset Mau
gham's "The Escape" read by
Kaye Vinson, sixth semester arts
and letters major, and Zona Gale's
"Bill's Little Girl" read by Ann
Good, eighth semester arts and
letters major.
Miss Troutman and Miss Roberts
took part in last year's Reading
Festival and Grundy represented
Baron Center in the festival. Sla
koff was the University's delegate
to the eastern poetry event.
Tilarriaye..4
Kinsey;•Moslak
Mr. and Mrs. John M. Moslak
of Philipsburg announce the mar
riage of their daughter Terese to
Ronald Kinsey, son of Mr. and
Mrs Raymond H. Kinsey of East
on, Feb. 6, in Philipsburg.
Mrs. Kinsey, a 1953 graduate
in elementary education, is now
teaching in the Kenmore Public
Schools, Kenmore, N.Y. She is a
member of Alpha Omicron Pi.
Mr. Kinsey was graduated from
the University in 1953 in civil en
gineering. He is now employed by
Linde Air Products Co., Tonawan
da, N.Y. He is a member of Tri
angle.
Symphony Will Play
Burden's Composition
James Burden, eighth semester
music .education major, will have
one of his compositions played
by the Pittsburgh Symphony Or
chestra this afternoon in Soldiers
and Sailors Memorial Hall, Pitts
burgh.
20th Century-Fox presents
"Hell and High Water"
RICHARD WIDMANN- BELLA DARVI - DAVID WAYNE hclinkcjar.
COMING CATHAUM
FRIDAY* Stanley-Warner
Readings
Tonight
WSGA to Hold
`Tea for Coeds'
On March 14
This year the "Big-Little-Sister
Tea" will be known as the "Tea
for the Coeds," and will be held
from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. March 14
in Atherton lounge. At the tea,
open to University coeds, candi
dates for WSGA offices will be
introduced.
The House of Representatives of
the Women's Student Government
Association decided Thursday
night to hold a tea on May Day
for past. May Day queens.
Past queens are being invited
to sit in a special section during
the ceremonies and to attend the
tea afterwards.
Aurelia Arre, sixth semester
arts and letters major, was named
to . head a committee of seven
which will select approximately
25 outstanding senior girls. These
girls will form the honor arch at
the May Day celebration.
It was also decided to have two
public address systems this year
to avoid the hearing difficulties
which arose last year.
Hebrew Courses
Offered at Hillel
Two one-hour weekly non
credit courses in the Hebrew lan
guage are being offered at the
Hillel Foundation, 224 S. Miles
street.
A course in beginners' Hebrew,
reading and writing, will be giv
en at 6:30 p.m. Mondays. Inter
mediate Hebrew classes will meet
at 7:30 p.m. Miss Barbara Lock
will be the instructor.
The classes will meet each
Monday night throughout the se
mester. No pre-registration or
fees are required and the courses
are open to everyone.
Aspaturean to Speak
To Poly Sci Club
Vernon V. Aspaturian, assistant
professor of political science, will
speak to the Political Science
Club at 7:30 p.m. Thursday in
the home economics living cen
ter. His topic will be "The Inter
national Aspect of Ethics and
Politics."
Neal Riemer, assistant profes
sor of political science, will mod
erate a discussion following the
speech.
SEE IT
THIS, WEEKEND!
The hilarious
farce-comedy
ON APPROVAL
at CENTER STAGE
Starts at 8
Tickets at SU or at Door
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