THURSDAY,'APRH: 22. '1954
'Women's Words'
Win in Washington
Dean Elected
Faculty Advisor
To NISA
James W. Dean, assistant to the
dean of men in charge of inde
pendent affairs, last week was
elected faeulty adviser to the Na
tional Independent Students As
sociation.
Dean was one of four advisers
elected by delegates, at the four
day NISA convention held .April
12 to 16 at Cornell Ijniversity.
About 22 schools having enroll
ments, of more than 5000 were
represented at the convention.
• The four-day program,,
rocal Responsibility of Individual
and Organization," included sev
en discussion groups of approxi
mately 15 students each, - led by
Penn' State representatives 'from
Leonides and Association of In- .
dependent Men. „
Leading discussions were Thom
as Kidd, Has Simm, Robert Solo
man, Joyce Shuknoan, Ethel Wil
son, Betty Buchanan, and William
Johnson.
Seven delegates from the Uni
versity .served as secretaries and
recorders for the discussion.
groups. They were Joan Packard,
Vonnie Leith, . James. Anderson,
Duane Holme, Stanley Juras;
Chester Cherwinski, and Joy
Oran.
Julie Maybury, second semes
ter business administration major,
was named one of four attendants
to the convention . sweetheart,
crowned at the close :of the con
vention.
Students to Seek
LA Council Seats
Students in the College of the
Liberal Arts may file nominating
petitions for student council seats
April 28, 29, and 30 in the Liberal
Arts office, 105 Sparks, Larry
Gedric h, elections committee
chairman, has announced.
EleCtions will be held May 5
and 6, Gedrich said.
Students must have a 1.5 All-
UniverSity average to be elected
and must nominate themselves.
Applegate Elected
PSCA President
LaVerne Applegate was re
cently elected president of the
Penn State Christian Association.
Other officers are Douglas Fin
nemore, vice president; Joan
Lewis, secretary; Robert Harding,
treasurer; Martha McDonald, pub
licity chairman; Doris Humphrey,
program chairman; Audrey Neff,
new students committee , chair
man; Alexander Zerban, repre
sentative-at-large; and Robert
Curry,..Janet Huber, Mary Kerr,
and-Margaret Shnyder, members
at-large.
Inter-Church Fellowship
Name's New Officers
Jeanne ••Maxwell, of the West
minster Foundation, was recently
elected president of the Inter-
Church Student Fellowship.
Other, officers are Leslie Wat
kins, Wesley Foundation, 'vice
president; Joyce Faust;.Evangeli
eal ;United Brethien, secretary;
and James Justin, Roger Williams
Fellowship, treasurer.
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By DAVE BRONSTEIN
The gagsters who - insist that
nothing is harder for a woman to
acquire than the art .of silence
don't realize how, much "the lit
tle women" have progressed
through' their very - talkativeness.
Our. nation's capital,' Washington,
D.C., more than any other city,
is dependent on the • woman.
More than 40 per cent of gov
ernment employees in the capital
are women. And the percentage
of women government employees
throughout the nation is revealing
on first sight.
Senate Seat 1
- One of the first sights a Wash
ington tourist will encounter is
the Capitol. Observation of Con
gress in session is free to the pub
lic, and usually an unarmed per
son is readily admitted. Seated in
the Senate" chamber chair desig
nated "1" is slender, gray-haired,
Margaret Chase Smith, Maine Re
publican. The. House contains
many women representatives.,
'Note: If you happen to walk. in
on the. Senate in session, and see
but 15 of the 96 senators in the
chamber, don't -be shocked. Many
senators will be' in committee
meetings, .at hearings, or in their
offices. They usually manage to
came in for a vote, though.
From the Washington Monu
ment, which is a "must" on a visit
to D.C., one can observe a . clear
view of Washington's layout. It
takes 898 steps to reach the top
landing, but an elevator • can
carry one up in 55 seconds.
Unknown Soldier
Across the Potomac River and
not _ far from Washington, D.C.,
proper, is the Tomb of the Un
known Soldier. A. constant , guard
is kept over the monument and
the changing of the guard occurs
at regular intervals—usually ev
ery hour on. the hour.
Within walking distance from
the monument is the anchor of
the Maine and General Robert E.
Lee's' maiision.
Seeing all'of D.C. takes an abun
dance:of interest and a lasting en
durance. For although the main
thoroughfares of, the capital are
very wide, traffic is heavy. Busses
and trolleys are always filled dur
ing the . early morning and after
work hours.
Pollock to Speak
At DG Conference
0. Edward Pollock, assistant to
the dean of men in charge of
fraternity affairs, will discuss
"Through the . Looking -Glass," at
the state meeting of Delta Gam
ma Saturday on campus.
Pollock• will speak to the alum
nae of the sorority at 2 pari. at
the Autoport restaurant. The talk
will concern the relations of
Greeks in the general community.
Froth Ad Staff to Meet
Froth advertising staff will meet
at 7 tonight in the Froth office,
basement of Carnegie Hall.
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE PENNSYLVANIA
The Short of it—
—Photo by Dinardo
THE. LENGTH of men's trousers this spring must be conversely
proportional to the length of the knee socks worn with them,
according to the latest fashion bulletin. William Mills and Thomas
Williams model Bermuda shorts exposing the proper and circum
spect amount - of knee surface. The well dressed man about campus
of course wears white bucks and the classic blazer to complete
the outfit.
Secretary Advises
Foreign Students
Imagine you're a foreign student attending college here, thou
sands of miles from home, family, or relatives, and you're bewildered
by the strange customs of a strange land.
At Penn State the first person you would probably turn to would
be Mrs. Rebecca Doerner, secretary of Veterans and Foreign students
Mrs. Doerner, liaison between the
foreign .students and various gov
ernment agencies, for a number of
years has been giving foreign stu
dents sympathetic advice and
practical guidance.
She feels that by doing this she
is making her own contribution
toward improving internationa .
relations
Her e help ' and advice often be
gins before students reach cam
pus and continues until they leave.
Numerous times she has been
aroused from bed by an urgent
call from some student stranded
in Grand Central Station or some
other place, seeking directions to
the University. They are calling
the one person they know will be
willing and able to help them.
Finds Rooms for Couples
She makes it her special con
cern to locate rooms for married
students for whom the University
does not provide living quarters.
She has also helped place many
single students in rooms.
Mrs. Doerner sometimes has
trouble in adjusting foreign stu
dents to live in American homes
because of their different ways of
living. But she say's they learn
our ways quickly through exper
ience and through having them
explained.
The foreign students are not
not:here long before many express
By BILL SNYDER
difficulty in understanding spoken
English, and Mrs. Doerner's ad
vice and help is again needed.
Language difficulty could easily
lead to por social adjustment.
Mrs. Doerner holds long conver
sations with the students, always
in English, testing
. their compre
hension. The ones she feels may
have difficulty in adjusting be
cause of English deficiency she
recommends to Speech 115, Amer
ican speech for foreign students.
Mrs. Doerner doesn't neglect
the students' social side. She gets
them more speaking engagements
and party initiations than they
can handle.
Gets Travel Information
When the students become more
adjusted to American life and
wish to travel to other places,.Mrs.
Doerner frequently gets the neces
sary traveling information for
them, recommending places to
stay and routes to take.
Anytime when a student is
homesick, having trouble with his
studies, or just plain blue, Mrs.
Doerner is ready with a quiet,
sympathetic talk to make him feel
better.
She says she personally knows
each of the University's 117 for
eign students ranging from a
homesick Burmese boy to an Ital
co_dcbto
Alpha Omicron Pi
Alpha Omicron Pi celebrated its
25th anniversary on campus last
weekend with a tea in the soror
ity suite.
Mrs. Edith Anderson, chapter
adviser and national officer in
charge of the installation in 1929,
was presented with a typewriter
and watch by members of the sor
ority and alumni at a banquet in
the Hotel State College.
Members of the sorority receiv
ing awards at the banquet were
Winifred S h e 11 e y, outstanding
pledge; Dolores Spathis, outstand
ing sophomore; Eleanor Gwynn,
outstanding junior; Joanna Hor
risberger, outstanding senior;
Marian Romberger and Lois Leh
men, activities award; and Sue
Abell, scholarship award.
Sigma Delta Tau
Sigma Delta Tau held its an
nual Spring formal dinner dance
Saturday at the Nittany Lion Inn.
Lynn Christy and the Campuseers
provided music for the dance.
Judy Callet was awarded the
senior scholastic key and named
Girl of Sigma Delta Tau. Carol
Pearlman was awarded the schol
arship improvement cup.
Beta Sigma Omicron
Beta Sigma Omicron recently
entertained members of Sigma
Phi Alpha at the fraternity house.
Skits were presented and refresh
ments were served.
Mabel Lewis was recently
pledged by the sorority. Gay
Sheley was recently ribboned.
Alpha Sigma Phi
Alpha Sigma Phi recently en
tertained Kappa Alpha Theta at
the fraternity house. Refreshments
and dancing followed entertain
ment by the fraternity pledges.
Kappa Sigma
Kappa Sigma recently enter
tained Delta Delta Delta at the
chapter house. Refreshments and
dancing followed a skit by mem
bers of the fraternity.
Sigma Alpha Mu
Sigma Alpha Mu will hold its
bi-regional conclave on cam
pus next year. The local chapter
of the fraternity will-be hosts for
the convention.
Beaver House
The Beaver House recently
pledged Ralph Bitler, Fredereich
Eckert, Houston Elam, Stanley
Kolodjeski, and Theodore Stone.
ian whose homesick wife forced
him to return to Italy with her
after he'd waited three years for
a chance to study in America.
Given Coins as Souvenirs .
Mrs. Doerner has coins from 33
countries, given her by foreign
students. She says the students
love to tell her of their homelands
and are particularly proud 'of a
large map in her office marked
with flags for every country rep
resented on campus. There are 42
flags.
"Our office tries to build good
public relations in addition to giv
ing information on government
functions," Mrs. Doerner said in
summing up her work. 'We try
to make the students happy here
so they'll have a good impression
of the U.S. to .take home with
them."
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