The daily collegian. (University Park, Pa.) 1940-current, May 19, 1954, Image 5

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    WEDNESDAY. MAY.:49;,;19.4,,,
Thitee.
_Coeds_ Win
Panhel
Three independent wdinen were awarded $75 Panhellenic Schol
arships by PanhellenidCotincil last night. The women are Inez Alt
house, fourth semester journalism major; Elizabeth Hebelka, fourth
semester physics major; and Florence - Wojick, second semester lib
eral arts major.
Pemica iciNktiiried
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RepretentOfiVO:
For 'ConfOience
Joan Packard, president
onides, will represent. Le,onideS';:at
the National Student ..A'Ssocia:tiOn.
Congress, Aug. 22 thriptigh
the,University of-Jowa:Airies,
Leonides voted that. : one repre
sentative will be sent with all ex
penses paid. However, council de
cided- to divide the expense if ad
ditional Leonides repreSented the
group - at the congress:. The regis
tration' fee is - paid by All-Uniyer,
sity , cabinet.
Nancy- White.' past president .of
WSQ-A. urged the representatives
of Leonides-to aid the Penn State
Alumni Association in their drive
for_ membership by encouraging
the senior.women in their units
to join the association. Miss White
stated the advantages of the group
as a' link with Penn State after
graduation and a group to aid
seniors in their associations and'
contacts in new communities. She
gave the representatives posters
to take'back to their units.
Helen Spagnola, a Leonides
representative, was elected as a
representative to the Penn State
Christian Association in their dis
cussions of various campus activ
ities. PSCA will organize with
the interna'tional. Colloquium and
the 'Marriage council for the dis
cussions with leaders in the fields.
21HEc= Stipends
Are Established
TWo scholarships have been es
tablished by the Pennsylvania
Retaurant Association for stu
dents., in:the College of Home Eco
nomics who are Pennsylvania res
idents. -
The purpose of the scholarships
is to encourage more men and wo
men, of ability to enter the field
of hotel and restaurant adminis
tration and management. They
will be awarded on the basis of
scholarship and need for finan
cial assistance.
The University Board of Trus
tees Friday approved the plan
which Will provide two' $2OO schol
arships; beginning in -September,
according to President - Milton S
Eisenhower.
LSA Will Hold
Senior Bicinquet
The Lutheran Students Associa
tion will hold its annual-senior
banquet at 6:30 p.m.!: F.riday in , the
Fellowship Hall. of the ~ S tudent
Center, 412. W. College aVenue..
Edwerth E. Korte, form.er.pas
tor at the University : and. .now
Chaplain at Gettysburg •College,
will speak. The banquet .is .spon
sored by graduate students'.'and
alumni. Tickets may be. obtained
at the Student Center today.- .
Grad Students to "Hold
Dance in WD Lounge ,..,;
The Graduate Student, Associa
tion will sponsor a dance for grad,4
uate students from 9 pan. Ito
night Friday in the West Dorm
Lounge. • '
Music for the dance, which: is
free to graduate students,- vvill 'be
provided by Lynn Christy arid his
Campuseers. Faculty - "member§
are invited.
Officers' Namet-Dtie-
Clubs, social fraternitiehonoy
aries, and other groups must turn
in names of newly! eletted offi
cers by Saturday at .:the ; . . Student
Union desk in Old Main in order
to be included in next year's Stu
dent Union Directory; according
t'o George L. Donovan, director of
associated student activities. ; :
MMIM
Scholarships
The, sorority ,rushing schedule
'for next lan was approved by the
council after the length of even
ing' coke dates was changed to 45
minutes and dates for open houses
were changed from Sept. 17 to 18
to; Sept. 18 and 19.
2 Evening Coke Dates
The new coke date times are
from 6:30 to 8 pfm. One half hour
Was added to the time. The change
•will 'permit rushees, to accept two
aq'ke.. date invitations in one ev
ening; arid , allow sororities more
Itime to talk to rushees.
The open house. date change
,was made to avoid a conflict with
regisration of rushees on Sept. 17.
There was also a possible conflict
with university'' registration.
The rest of the rushing schedule
was unchanged. Pre-registration
will be made by rushees this
spring, and fall registration will
be held on Sept. 17 and 18. The
open houses will be held Sept. 18
and 19: coke dates, Sept. 20 to 24;
at homes, Sept. 26; parties, Sept.
27 and 28; and coffee hours, Sept.
30.
Preferential Signing
Rushees may, sign preferentials
in Atherton Hall after coffee
hours or on Oct, 1• in Old Main.
The council voted to issue the
' rushing booklet during the ,sum
mer to .women who registered for
rushing in the fall.
As an improvemet over the old
rushing booklet, the new publica
tion will include the invitation
forms sent by sororities to rush
ees and the 'proper replies that
may be made by the rushees.
Louise Moreman, Panhel presi
dent, asked that one senior from
each sorority attend a meeting at
12:30 p.m. today in Grange play
room at which Nancy White will
explain the operations of the Penn
State alumni association.
Philotes Will Honor
Seniors at Dinner
Philotes, independent women's
social organization, will hold a
farewell dinner for graduating
senior members at the Tavern
Monday night.
Results of Spring Carnival were
discussed Monday by Philotes.
The group decided to hold its first
meeting of the fall semester the
first Monday evening of classes:
Dorm
HeA;f:e.
.Pollock 10 which housed coeds early last fall semester was nick
named. 17, but Devil's Den and the Bright Angel probably
never, have occurred to anyone recently as names for dormitories.
Back in 1903, two temporary buildings were put up west of the
Armory to house male students. Gen. James A. Beaver, former gov-
ernor of Pennsylvania, had just
returned from a western trip and
:brought with him some "gung
.ho" (as most of us would probably
'dub 'it) nathes. Bright Angel and
Devil's Den were his particiular
favdrites.
A_ few - years later both dormi
tories were, chopped in half. No
one quite 'certain what hap
pen Ted to Devil's Den (no' relation
to' the Snack Bar), but one-half
of Bright Angel was reconverted
into a forestry shed. Photographs
reveal the Forestry Building much
as it is today; with a small wooden
wing attached to it.
- The 'other half lost the name of
Bright Angel completely, being
more- mysteriously dubbed the
Pest House, Penn State's first in
firinary for contageous" diseases.
It was located approximately in
the middle of Beaver Field.
The 'inain 'health service was
set- up in the home of the Dean
of the School of Mines, located in
an . Orchard ' north - of Carnegie
Hall: ' • •
Eventually the Pest House was
removed when ,in 1909 beautiful
New Beaver Field took its place.
"Beautiful New Beaver. Field"
then qinOnnted to ,a few tempor-
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THE DAILY <
WSGA May Ail.
`Bermuda' Ruling
The Bermuda shorts ruling
may be discussed by Woman's
't , ident Government Associa
tion tonight, according to Pa
tricia Ellis WSGA president.
Senate will meet at 6:30 in
the WSGA room in White Hall.
A marriage conference chair
man will be appointed, Miss
Ellis said. •
Agenda
Witmer-Rex
Mr. and Mrs. Carl B. Rex, New
port, R.L. announce the engage
ment of their daughter, Lotte, to
Lt. (j.g.) Eugene G. Witrn e r,
USNR, son of Mr. and Mrs. Har
old G. Witmer, Edgewood.
Miss Rex, is a graduate of Sar
gent College Boston University
in Cambridge. Mass.
Lieutenant Witmer is a mem
ber of Alpha Tau Omega and was
graduated from the University
with a Bachelor of Arts degree in
English literature and a Master
of Science degree in education
and vocational psychology.
Lieutenant Witmer is presently
stationed at the U.S. Naval Base
and Training Center at Newport
where he is a public information
officer.
Hahn-Carlson
Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Carl
son, Johnsonburg, announce the
ehgagement of their daughter
Donna to John Hahn, son of Mr.
and Mrs. M. W. Hahn, Philadel
phia.
Miss Carlson is an eighth .se
mester education major and a
member of Phi Mu.
Mr. Hahn, eighth semester
mechanical engineering major, is
a member of Triangle.
Bernstein-Mendelsohn
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mendelsohn,
Muncy, announce the engagement
of their daughter, Shirley, to
Stanley Bernstein, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Sam Bernstein, Pittsburgh.
Miss Mendelsohn is a fourth se
mester education major. Mr. Bern
stein -is employed by. Bernstein
and Co. of Pittsburgh. No date
has been . set for the wedding.
Nicknames
Forerunners
By JOE BEAU SEIGNEUR
ary bleachers on the east side of
the field. The bleachers later col
lapsed, it is said, when a crowd
of Penn Staters rose too heartily
to cheer the football team.
Coeds probably weren't allowed
in the West Dorm area after 6 p.m.
—it was quite a thick woods in
those days.
Buckhout Planting
Nears Completion
Planting of grass and shrubs and
grading work at Buckhout Labor
atory is expected to be. completed
this week, according to Walter
W. Trainer, supervisor of lands,
construction, and maintenance.
Similar work at Whitmore Lab
oratory is also expected to be
completed soon, Trainer said.
Nearly one-half ton of grass seeds,
also being planted at various oth
er spots about the campus, has
been purchased at a cost of about
70 cents per pound. The seeds are
distributed at the rate of five
pounds per 1000 square feet.
Fertilizer is being distributed at
the rate of ten pounds per 1000
square feet. •
1. Call to order
2. Roll call
3. Minutes
4. Officers' reports
5. Committee reports
A. Standing committees
B. Appointed committees
a. Black mark commiteee
b. WSGA room committee
6. Old business
7 . New business
8. Appointments
9. Announcements
engaqementi ,
Khayarn Expressed
Decay in Rubaiyar
The college student of today gets it from all sides. Prohibitionists
denounce him for being alcoholic—philosophers silently brood about
his materialism—ascetics point a thin-veined finger at him for being
pleasure-seeking—and missionaries invoke the wrath of God upon
him for his anti-Christianity.
They all agree upon one thing,
however—that he is a product of
a diseased 20th Century. At no
other time in the history of the
world, these critics rave, has man
been in such a state of moral
•
decay.
Arid yet an 11th Century poet
scientist expressed these same
traits of "decay" in a now-famous
book of verses. Omar Khayam, in
his "Rubaiyat" rejected Logic for
Wine when he wrote:
"For 'ls' and 'ls-Not' though
with Rule and Line
And 'Up-And-Down by Logic
I define,
Of all that one should care to
fathom, I
Was never deep in anything but
—Wine."
Khayam was born in Persia
near the end of -the 11th Century:
A promising student in schodl, he
became a close friend of the fu
ture Vizier - to the sultan. The two
made a pact - to share any fortune
the other might acquire.
When Khayam's school friend
became Vizier, Khayam asked
only for a small pension so he
could devote his life to study.
Although Khayam soon became
famous throughout Persia as a
scientist and man of knowledge,
he found no truth either in knowl
edge or religion. In the words of
Edward Fitzgerald, whose trans
lation of the "Rubaiyat" is con
sidered by many to surpass the or
iginal, Khayam failed to find "any
Providence but Destiny, and any
- World but This."
The disillusioned man of knowl
edge came to the conclusion that
sensual pleasure is the only worth
while purpose of life philo
sophical musings are only tire
some blind allies.
No matter what he did, Khayam
could not shake off his conviction
that the hand of Fate was re
lentlessly guiding his steps.
The anguish Khayam experi
enced in arriving at his rather
hopeless beliefs, however con
vinced he was of their truth, is
revealed in these lines near the
end of the "`Rubaiyat:"
"Ah Love! could you and I with
Him conspire
To grasp this sorry Scheme of
Things entire,
Would not we shatter it to bits
—and then
Re-mould it n ear e r to the
Heart's Desire!"
NCU Student
Dies in Brawl
An all-night beer and card fra
ternity party at the University of
North Carolina Saturday ended
with one student dead and two
others badly wounded, after a
sudden burst of gunplay.
Putman Davis Jr., so n of a
wealthy Greenwich, Conn. fam
ily, was killed. Davis was report
ed to have started the shooting.
William H. Joyner, of Summit,
N.J., was shot in the back and re
ported in very critical condition.
Allen. B. Long, of Chevy Chase,
Md., was shot through the shoul
der. He was not believed serious
ly - hurt.
The three were members of• the
Phi Delta Theta chapter at the
university.
Luncheon Group
Effects Corn m Wee
The Faculty Luncheon Club
Monday elected its 5-m ember
steering committee for next year
ir the Hotel State College.
Members of the women's com
mittee are Ruth W. Ayres, profes
sor of clothing and textiles, and
Nora E. Wittman. assistant profes
sor of German.
Elected to the men's committee
are Harold L. Black, professor of
engineering research, Oscar A.
Haac, assistant professor of ro
mance languages. and E. Willard
Miller, professor of geography.
By GAY SNODGRASS
Kappa Sigma
New officers of Kappa Sigma
are Harry Link, grand master;
George Bickethaupt, grand pro
curator; Bruce Smith, grand mas
ter of ceremonies; George Luse,
grand scribe; Winifred Doeder
lien, grand treasurer; Raymond
Crahen and George Harsha w,
grand guards.
Geoffrey Clouser, alumni chair
man; Jerry Donovan, athletic
chairman; Stephen Wyman, pub
licity chairman; Joseph Adams,
house manager; Thomas Dunbar,
pledgemaster; Joseph Jackson, so
cial chairman; George Harshaw,
Interfraternity Council represen
tative; James B. Griffin, rushing
chairman.
Sigma Phi Epsilon'
Newly-elected house officers of
Sigma Phi Epsilon are John Good
rich, president: Alan LeChard,
vice president; Michael Herzing,
treasurer; George Carrick, assis
tant treasurer; Joseph Estabrook,
secretary; Ludwig Bube, histor
ian; Charles Bowers, all-univer
sity guard; and Richard Carson,
senior marshal.
Phi Sigma Kappa
Phi Sig - ina Kappa has elected
Harry Sawyer, president; Albert
Boguszewski, vice president; Wil
liam Rohm, secretary; Thomas
McGinnis, treasurer; Joseph
Deere, sentinel; Walter Carter, in
ductor; John R. Carpenter, cater
er; and George Langford, house
manager.
Beta Sigma Rho
New initiates of Beta Sigma
Rho are Sheldon Amsel, Harris
Coleman, Gilbert Freedman, Ger
ald Green, Robert Krakoff, Roger
Miller, and Robert Segal.
Robert Segal has been selected
outstanding pledge.
Beta Sigma Omicron
Beta Sigma Omicron recently
entertained Acacia at a party at
the fraternity house. Entertain
ment was provided and refresh
ments were served.
Wesley Group
To Hold Prom
The Wesley Foundation will be
host to other church youth fel
lowships at its annual Spring
Prom 9:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. Fri
day. Music will be provided by
Alan Wyland and his orchestra.
Tickets may be purchased at the
door.
The annual Inter-Church Stu
dent Fellowship picnic will be
held from 2 p.m. to midnight Sat
urday at Camp Kanesatabe.
Swimming and other sports in the
afternoon will be followed by a
picnic supper and vesper service.
The Rev. James Shannon, group
adviser, will speak at the mid
night bonfire service.
Students are asked to bring
their own picnic supper. Cars will
leave at 1:30 p.m. from each foun
dation.
Steck to Address
Color Slide Club
George F. Steck, Oil City, will
address the State College Color
Slide Club at 5 p.m. Sunday at
the University Club. Steck will
'illustrate his talk, "Do's and
Don'ts of Color Photography"
with slides.
Awards will be presented to
members having high scores in
the monthly competitions during
the past year.
Reservations may be made with
Capt. Rowland H. Groff, com
mandant of the Department of
Naval Science, until tomorrow.
German silver is not mined, but
is an alloy of copper and nickeL
Sterling silver must contain .925
pure silver.
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