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WS<jA Forms,
Interprets Rules
Rules and regulations for women students at' the University are
formulated, interpreted, and enforced by the Women’s Student
Government Association.
The group, formed in 1915 and reorganized in 1921, is composed
of the Senate, House of Represenl
man Regulations Board, and Judi
cial.
Each dormitory is divided into
units, with a housemother in
charge of each section. This is the
basic governing body. Hostesses
act as advisers at the regular
house meetings. Each unit elects a
president, vice president, and a
secretary-treasurer.
Senate Top Body
The highest governing body of
WSGA is the Senate. It is com
posed of four officers, seven sen
ators, and representatives of
Leonides, Panhellenic Council,
and Women’s Recreation Associa
tion.
Nominees' for offices are select
ed from the names of women who
apply at the Dean of Women’s of
fice. A screening board determine
those eligible on the basis of
scholarship, leadership, and ex
tra-curricular activities.
Applicants may not have a
major judicial record or less than
a 1.5 average. All women vote in
the primary and final elections
for Senate officers and represen
tatives of their class.
Ellis Heads Senate
Patricia Ellis, WSGA president,
presides over senate meetings.
She is an ex-officio member of all
WSGA committees and governing
bodies. She is WSGA’s represent
ative on All-University Cabinet.
Kay Kingsley, WSCA vice pres
ident, presides over the House of
Representatives. Within the first
two weeks of the academic year,
she organizes the upper class
houses. She is chairman of May
Day.
The WSCA secretary, Arlene
Borgeson, posts all minutes of
meetings in women’s dormitories,
and assumes the duties of the
president, in Miss Ellis’ absence.
Treasurer's Duties
Treasurer Sue Hill has charge
of the finances of the Association,
the disbursements being subject
to the approval of senate and
Dean of Women, Pearl O. Wes
ton. She is an ex-officio member
of all WSGA committees which
have a budget.
- Senior senator Gail Smith is
chairman of the coed coordinating
committee and is responsible for
the “Tea for the Coeds.”
The two junior senators are re
sponsible for WSGA guest speak
ers and the activities scrapbook.
The sophomore senator is chair
man of freshman council, while
one freshman senator is chairman
of the freshman tea.
WSGA Activities
Activities planned by WSGA
are the annual May Day, Mother’s
Day Weekend, activity cards in
the Dean of Women’s office, or
ganizing units in dormitories,
helping with Orientation Week,
sponsoring clothing drives, and
the junior-senior faculty recept
tion.
Town women select a WSGA
senator, and WSGA has provided
a special study room in Woman’s
Building for town women.
House of Representatives is
made up of the president of each
dormitory unit. It discusses ques
tions brought up at house meet
ings and makes recommendations
to be carried back to the unit
meetings.
Freshmen Problems
Freshman Council acts as co-or
dinator between freshman women
and the WSGA senate. It is com
posed of the president and vice
president of freshman living
units and one town freshman
The two freshman senators act as
ex-officio members.
Martha Michiner. sophomore
senator, is chairman of the group.
The council discusses freshman
problems, and if necessary, refers
them to the Senate.
Before any regulation affecting
freshman women can be made or
appealed, it must be passed by
Freshman Council, then freshmen
regulation board, and be approv
ed by the dean of women and the
WSGA Senate.
Members of Freshman Council
are elected in second or third
By DOTTIE STONE
;atives, Freshman Council, Fresh-
4 Hat Socset
Three-Fold Purpose
Four women’s hat societies are organized at the University to
give recognition to women for their leadership, scholarship, and
service.
Mortar Board, oldest national
Scrolls, established at the Univers:
women. Chimes is the junior
society, and Cwens was founded
for sophomore women .
Mortar Board taps sixth se
mester Women in the spring se
mester. An average of .3. above
the All-University women’s aver
age is required for membership.
Mortar Board Pin
The pin, shaped like a mortar
board, holds the words Pi Sig
ma Alpha to signify service,
scholarship, and leadership—the
objectives of the society.
Each year the group sponsors
the Mardi Gras—an indoor carni
val in Recreation Hall. Profits
go to the Charlotte E. Ray schol
arship fund.
Other activities of the group
include assisting with Orientation
Week and acting as hostesses for
various receptions with women
from other honoraries.
Eligibility for Scrolls, the sec
ond senior honorary, is based on
one major activity in which a
student has been active for at
least three years and has obtain
ed a substantial position, and two
minor activities. Tapees must
have a 1.5 All-University average
and be sixth semester standing.
. Members of Scrolls act as ush
ers for the Community Forum
and assist in the -Orientation
Week activities.
The purpose of Chimes is to
honor junior women who have
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Scrolls' Activities
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Cjazette
Frosh Women's Mixer, 8 to-
night, dormitories.
Convocation, 6:15 p.m. tomor
row, Schwab Auditorium;
7 p.m., campus tour; 8 p.m.,
Recreation Hall; and 10 p.m.,
Hall Unit Meeting Rooms.
WSGA Program, 6:45 pirn.
Tuesday, Schwab Audito
rium; 8 p.m., College Meet
ings (as listed) and 10 p.m.,
Hall Unit Meeting Rooms.
es Serve
l honorary for senior women, and
iity one year ago, recognize senior
shown loyalty to the University
by giving their service and lead
ership to the advancement of its
interests, welfare, and unity.
, Chimes taps women in the
spring of their fourth or fifth
semester. It requires an average
ot .3 above the All-University
junior women’s average, and
stresses participation in two ma
jor activities. N
Chimes’ pin is a small gold
bell—the clapper being a cluster
of three pearls. “To lead with
knowledge, to follow with in
telligence, to seek the worth
while life” is the group’s motto.
Chimes' Program
Chimes assists in the orienta
tion program in the fall, at pep
rallies, and with the Women’s
Student Government Association
and Women’s Recreation Associa
tion elections. Each year the
group decorates one of the floats
for the Miss .Penn State parade,
a part of Spring Week activities.
Cwens, the sophomore hat so
ciety, was set up to recognize
women .outstanding in their
freshman year. Members must
show outstanding ability and
scholarship.
Every fall Cwens sponsors the
Dungaree Drag, a girl-ask-boy
dance. The funds raised by the
dance are placed in a scholarship
fund.
Cwens are also active in the
orientation program.
Dormitory Problems
Confuse New Coeds
The idiosyncracies of campus life—particularly when it comes to
dormitory life—are . probably overwhelming the freshman women
by now. It’s a confusing mess. All you can do is read every bit of
•information available for clarification of problems and ■ hope that
in the meantime you don’t make any fatal blunders.
Perhaps the most puzzling issue
of dormitory life is that of regula
tions. After a life at home where
sign-out tables are unheard of and
late returns of two minutes after a
curfew are forgotten, it is difficult
to become accustomed to strict
dormitory ’•egulations. It' is, how
ever, one of the necessary evils of
dorm life.
Every time you leave the.
dorm after 5:30 p.m., freshman
women must sign out. This in
volves signing your name, room
number, and the lime that you
leave. When you return, you
must again sign your name and
the time at the moment when
you sign in. No one may ever
sign in or out for you.
During freshman customs fresh
man women are allowed to stay out
until 9:15 p.m. Late returns are
punishable with a 1 o’clock removal
for lateness of 5 to 20 minutes on a
9:15 p.m. A 1 o’clock removal
means that no dating is allowed
from 6:30 Saturday until the fol
lowing morning. _f you are late,
you may not enter the dormitory
unless you are let in by the check
er (the girl thai, checks the returns
of the women of your dorm.) A late
bell,' usually located, near the door
is rung by a latecomer, which
sounds in the checker’s'room. She
will then admit the late coed into
the dorm.
Blackmarks, marks which are
given to a coed for breaking rules,
are another necessary evil. Black
marks which might affect you this
Welcome Coeds to
and f<
The junior love—the jumper is very much at home
on campus or dance floor. This empire-princess
jumper by JONATHAN LOGAN is made of fine
menswear flannel and boasts a baby-checked gingham
lined bodice to match darling baby-doll blouse.
S. Allen St,
SUNDAY. SEPTEMBER 1.2, 1954
week are given for extreme noise;
untidy room; failure to sign in or
out;not signing out properly; stay
ing in the lounge with a date
without signing out; wearing ex
posed curlers, bandanna, bedroom
slippers, or bluejeans in the dining
halls; calling out a window; enter
taining men in the dormitory be
fore noon; not having men out of
the dormitory at closing hour; sign
ing out some one else, and being
signed out. Other blackmarks may
be given, but the circumstance
which they penalize probably will
not occur this first week.
A coed may not smoke m the
dining halls, on campus, or in the
streets of town. No coed is allowed
to 'drink.
O.ut-going and in-coming tele
phone calls are terminated at 10
p.m. on week-days, and at mid
night on— Friday and Saturday
nights. Long distance calls only
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money for Campus Chest, help to
run the He-Man contest during
Spring Weeks, and distribute pos
ters for -various organizations.
Other projects this group has
are cleaning up after the Spring
Carnival, aiding in scouting in
this district, and doing commun
ity projects such as painting a
church and aiding in moving li
brary equipment.
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