WEDNESDAY, MARCH - 31
Leonide§ to • Elect.
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Offic&s --Tomorrow
;1 -- Election of officers of Leonides, independent women's organ
ization, will be held from 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. tomorrow in women's
dormitories except Grange and Woman's Building, according to
elections chairman.
Independent coeds living in Woman's Building and in town may
vote in McAllister Hall. The fresh
man dormitory led all others in
percentage of coeds voting • last
year.
Co-eclit3
Alpha Omicron Pi
Recently elected officers of Al
pha Omicron Pi are Anne Ewing,
president; Sue Abell, vice presi
dent; 'Rosemary Short, recording
secretary; Karen Scherer, corre
sponding secretary; Nancy Smith,
treasurer; Marian Romberger,
rushing chairman; Ann Loftquist,
social chairman; and_ Eleanor
Gwynn, pledge trainer.
The sorority recently pledged
Dorothy Smith.
Miss Ewing and Miss Gwynn
will attend an Alpha Omicron Pi
district workshop Friday,' Satur
day, an d Sunday at Dennison
University, Granville, 0.
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Lambda Chi Alpha
Lambda Chi Alpha recently en
tertained Gamma Phi Beta at the
chapter house.' The. pledges pro
vided entertainment which wa s
followed by dancing.
eno.ageirtenta
Emig-Fromer
Mr. and Mrs. Malcolm R. Tay
lor, of Camp Hill, announce the
engagement of their niece Gail
Fromer to Charles Emig, son of
Mr„ and Mrs. Marsden B. Emig, of
Camp Hill.
Miss Fromer is a seventh se
mester home economics major and
a member of Pi Beta Phi. She 11
a member of the senior board of
Collegian.
Mr. Emig is an eighth semester
forestry major and a member of
Alpha Chi Rho.
Ed Fraternity to Mee t
Kappa Phi Kappa, men's pro
lessional education fraternity, will
meet at 7:30 tonight in 204 Bur
rowes to make arrangements for
the initiation banquet April 3.
Senate :Will
Activity Point System
The proposed women's activity point system will be discussed
and a new Judicial and' Freshman Customs and Regulations board
will be appointed by Senate of the. Women's Student Government
Association tonight, Nancy. White, retiring president, said.
Old and new members of Senate will meet at 6:30 tonight in the
WSGA room, .White Hall. The
new WSGA. officers and senators
were installed at the WSGA con
vocation last week, but they will
not officially take over their dut
ies until after the Easter vacation,
Miss White said.
The committee investigating the
point system will present a report:
Under the point plan, women
would be given activity points for
any campus offices they hold:
Each woman would be limited in
the number of points she would
be allowed to accumulate:
,„Proponents of the point system
say that it would allo w more
equitable distribution of major
positions.. Those against .the sys
tem_ say more capable women
would be denied positions they
deserve because they had already
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Pictures and qualifications of
the Leonides candidates will be
posted at' the polls, Hilda Hoge
land, president of Leonides, has
announced. She said coeds will
vote for only four offices because
the presidential loser will auto
matically become treasurer.
New officers will be installed
at 6:30 p.m. Monday in the first
floor study lounge of McElwain
Hall. .A joint banquet with the
Association of Independent Men
will• be held in May to honor the
new officers of both organiza
tions.
Presidential Candidates
Candidates for president ,of
I Leonides are Betty Buchanan,
sixth semester education major,
and Loa Joan Packard, sixth se
mester arts and letters major.
Miss Packard replaced Joyce
Shusman as a candidate when
Miss Shusman was appointed
chairman" of Judicial, women's
judiciary body.
Vice presidential candidates are
Ruth Oram and Helen Spagnola.
Independent women running for
recording secretary are Sara Jane
Henry, Joanne Eddy, and Loretta
Hunter. Constance Taylor and
Peggy Trevorrow are nominees
for corresponding secretary.
NISA Discussion Leaders
Three' members of Leonides,
Miss Shusman, Miss -Buchanan,
and Ethel Wilson, eighth semes
ter home. economics major, will
serve as discussion leaders at the
National Independent Students
Association convention April 12
to 15 at Cornell University. Mem
bers of AIM and Leonides will
lead discussion groups for schools
with over 5000 enrollment.
The elections committee will
meet at 6:30 p.m. tomorrow in
the second floor lounge of Mc-
Elwain Hall to count votes.
Discuss
accumulated their activity, point
quota.
This report will be correlated
with a report from the WSGA
survey committee. Questions on
the point system were included in
the WSGA survey sheets distrib
uted to coeds in living units last
week.
A new Judicial and a new
Freshman Customs and .Regula
tions board will be appointed,
Miss White said. Judicial ,is re
sponsible for interpreting WSGA
regulations and authorizing pen
alties for infractions of these
rules.
Eight women, four seniors and
four juniors, will be named to
Judicial. Sophomore women com
prise the customs board. Joyce
Shusman, sixth semester educa
tion major, was appointed JuclF
cial chairman last week,
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Former Queens invited
To May Day Festivities
A special invitation to attend
this year's May Day ceremony
is being sent to former May
Queens. They will not partici
pate in the program, but will
watch the ceremonies frohi a
reserved section.
Following 3h e ceremonies,
the Women's Student Govern
ment Association will hold a
tea in honor of th e .former
queens.
Magazine Editor
Editor to Talk
On Decoration
Matrix Table
Edith Brazi,vell Evans, maga
zine editor, will be one of the fea
tured speakers for the Home Eco
nomics Spring Weekend, April 9
and 10.
Mrs. Evans will discuss, "Make
the Most of Your Home Furnish
lings." Mrs. Evans, editor-in-chief
of "Living for Young Homemak
ers," will participate in' the two=
day program of talks, demonstra
tions, exhibits and motion pic
tures centered around the theme,
"Home Art in Family Living." '
Established in 1950 as an an
nual event of the College of Home
Economics, the Spring_ Weekend
program attracts homemakers,
high school students, and profes
sional home economists from all
parts of the state. - "
Mrs. Evans, a native of Johnson
City, Tenn., attended the Sor
bonne in Paris, where She studied
architecture, and Duke Universi
ty. -As editor-in-chief of "Living
for Young Homemakers," Mrs.
Evans has won that classifica
tion's two top, publishing awards
—one of them twice. She received
the first annual president's plaque
of the National Association of
Home Builders for "distinguished
reporting of housing• achieve
ments by home builders in 1953,"
and the Dorothy Dawe award "for
distinguished reporting of home
furnishings," both • for 1950 and
1952.
WRA Aquacade
Set for April 9, 10
Aquacade, an annual event or
ganized by the Women's Recrea
tion Association, will be open to
the public at 8 p.m. April 9 and 10
at White Hall pool. Tickets may
be obtained from any member of
the Aquacade. A dress rehearsal,
open to coeds !only, will be held
at 7:45 p.m."April 8.
The theme this year will be
"The Aqua Daily," a swimming
representation of a newspaper.
Edith B. EvaAs
Greek
Home
.If home economics equipment is like Greek to you, it would be
even worse if you were studying home economics at Pierce College
near Athens, Greece, according' to Irene Athanassiadou, graduate
assistant in home community relations.
Irene, who was sent to the United States by Pierce College
Ito study home economics -so she
could return to teach, finds •a
lack of equipment will be her
major problem.
• Irene wrote to her mother, who
is teaching a foods course at
Pierce, to find out what equip
ment is needed, so she could buy
supplies to have sent to the school.
Instead of sending a list of what
was needed, her mother found
the only way out was to list pres
ent equipment.
For the three courses offered,
foods, sewing and child care, the
school has one second-hand range,
one table, a set of cupboards,
and one hand-cranked sewing
machine. All three courses are
being taught in the day-students
dining room, which presents the
problem of keeping 30 girls busy
for the two hour class period.
University Equipment
At the University, there is one
sewing machine and complete
kitchen unit for every two girls
in each class. In addition, the
College of Home Economics has
many different makes of home
appliances for study and special
laboratory rooms.
Irene realizes that one of her
biggest problems will be adapt
ing American methods of teach
ing to those inferior conditions. -
Irene received her B.S. degree
in home economics after only two
years from Montana State Col
lege, and will get her master's
degree from the University this
spring, after one year of work.
Before she came to the United
States, she graduated as a busi
ness administration major from
Pierce College.
American People Helpful
Irene said she has found Ameri
can people most helpful during
her stay here, not only because
she was sponsored by the Home
Economics Club and Phi Upsilon
at _ Montana State, but in their
willingness to help her locate
equipment to take home.
During a visit to a high school
in New Jersey, the, head of the
Home Economics department :told
her they would send a treadle sew
ing machine to. Pierce as a home
economics project. A graduate
student at the University has
written to her school in the Mid-
West to get more equipment sent'
to Pierce.
Miss Athanassiadou explained
that electric sewing machines
were not as desirable as the old
treadle models, because her stu
dents could not afford electric
machines for home use.
' While she has been in the Uni
ted States, Irene has been asked
to • give speeches to various groups
'about twice a week.
"At first this was very hard ftir
LAST WEEKEND
to see a truly
great show!
ON' APPROVAL
Center Stage
Get tickets now for this Fri
day night at Student Union
Coeds Lack
Ec Equipment
By DOTTIE STONE
Matrix Table
Honors Coeds
In Activities
Outstanding women students
chosen as Quill Girl, Cap Girl,
and Matrix Girl, will be honored
at the Matrix Table at 6:30 p.m.
April 12 in the Nittany Lion Inn.
The Matrix Table is sponsored
annually by Theta Sigma Phi, wo
mens national professional journ
alism fraternity.
Quill Girl was ,chosen by vote
of women students during the Wo
men's Student Government Asso
diation spring electiong. Candi
dates for the title were Nancy
White, WSGA president; Barbara
Wallace, Women's Recreation As
sociation president; and Betsy
Siegler, president of Mortar Board,
senior women's hat society.
The title of Cap Girl will be
awarded by members of Theta
Sigma Phi to the woman who has
participated in the most varied
and largest number of activities.
Theta Sigma Phi members will
also choose the Matrix Girl, a
woman who has served the Uni
versity without recognition by
women's hat societies.
Deadline for Matrix Table res
ervations is noon Saturday. Re
turning student teachers may
make reservation until 5 p.m.
Monday. Reservations are $2.75
each and may be obtained at the
Student Union desk in Old Main
upon presentation of an invita
tion.
Approximately 195 women stu
dents and 40 members or wives of
administration, staff, and faculty,
have been invited.
Gamma Phi Beta
Gamma Phi Beta • recently
pledged Aloyse Cokewell.
me," said the dark-haired stu
dent, "but I'm not as shy now,
and it has been a wonderful ex
perience."
Irene wears , a perfectly plain
gold band on her left hand, which
she recently received from Greece.
She explained that in Greece
when a couple becomes engaged,
both the girl and boy wear a gold
band on the left hand. When they
are married, it is changed from
the left hand to the right in the
wedding ceremony.
As many other foreign students
have commented, the thing that
has shocked them most is the
free dating of American youth.
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