WEDNESDAY. SEPTEMBER 15. 1954
Pan.heiien.LC Councii
Governs Sororities
Panhellenic Council, the representative body of the 22 national
sororities on campus, is the functioning group for joint sorority
activities.
• Two representatives from each sorority serve on the council and
each sorority has one vote. The council is affiliated with the National
Panhellenic Council.
The council formulates the
rushing code through which the
sororities and rushees become
acquainted. Formal rushing will
begin this weekend with registra
tion Friday and Saturday and
continue until Oct. 1 when
rushees sign cards stating the
sororities they prefer.
Rushing Booklets
Rushing booklets were sent
during the summer ‘to women
who registered for rushing last
fall. As an improvement over the
former rushing booklet, the new
publication will include the in
vitation forms sent by sororities
to rushees and the proper replies
that may be made by the rushees.
The booklet contains the location
of each sorority and a general ex
planation of sorority functions.
Informal rushing, for which the
sororities make their own sched
ules, continues during the entire
year.
Louise Moreman, Delta Zeta,
is president of the Penhellenic
Council. Joan Caruso, Delta Delta
Delta,’ is vice president; Nina
Finkle, Alpha Epsilon Phi, treas
urer; Barbara Woodward, Kappa
Delta, recorder; and. Polly Moore,
Delta Gamma, corresponding sec
retary,
Panhel Activities
The Panhellenic Council and
the • Interfraternity Council co
sponsor the annual IFC-Panhel
lenic Ball, the IFC-Panhellenic
Sing, and other Greek Week ac
tivities. They also sponsor the
Starlight dance for the freshman
and new students.
The council awards three $75
scholarships to deserving women
on campus each year. It presents
a scholarship cup each semester
to the sorority with the highest
scholastic average.
The Council president repre
sents sorority women on the All-
University Cabinet.
Chapel Held
In Schwab
On Sunday
_ Each Sunday a non-denomina
tional chapel service is held at
10:55 a.m. in Schwab Auditorium.
It is supported by the University
and attended on a voluntary
basis.
■ The beginning of the Chapel
services was in 1894 when the
Rev. Lawrence M. Colfelt, D.D.,
was appointed the first official
Chaplain of the University. Pre
vious to his appointment it had
been customary to depend upon
the services of preachers living
within accessible distances of the
University. Their services were
only available when they could
leave their own churches.
Until 1927, both daily and Sun
day services were compulsory,
but at that time the daily services
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Membership
In Leonides
Is Automatic
Freshman women, as well as all
independent Upperclass women,
are automatically members of
Leonides, independent women’s
organization.
Leonides members, headed by
Joan Packard, president, will par
ticipate in the Panhellenic-Leo
nides show tomorrow in Schwab
Auditorium.
A council composed of repre
sentatives elected from 33 living
units governs Leonides. Council
meetings are open' but only offi
cial representatives may vote.
Leonides was reorganized from
the Independent Women’s Organ
ization in 1948. Its associate,
Philotes, women’s social group
which choses its members from
Leonides, was formed in 1937.
• The purposes of Leonides are
to foster a closer relationship be
tween independent women, to en
sure equal representation in stu
dent government, and to provide
better social and athletic oppor
tunities for its members.
Philotes was organized to unify
non-sorority coeds, to broaden
their role in academic and social
life, to stimulate their interest in
scholarship and activities, to help
them acquire self-confidence, and
to_ promote friendly cooperation
with other campus organizations.
A coed must receive a bid to
become a member of Philotes and
must have an All-University
average of 1.0 to join. Active
members usually number about
45-50.
Other officers' besides Miss
Packard are Ruth Oram, vice
president; Sara Jane Henry, sec
retary; Constance Taylor, corre
sponding secretary.
were discontinued. In the fall of
1931 - the compulsory attendance
at Sunday Chapel was abolished.
_ More than 1000 students, be
sides faculty and townspeople
regularly attend the Sunday
services. They may hear out
standing preachers and religious
leaders from pulpits and theo
logical seminaries.
Non-denominational and Prot
estant in nature, the hour long
services are presided over by
Luther H. Harshbarger, Univer
sity Chaplain. The services pro
vide moments for meditation,
hymns, prayer, the reading of the
■Scriptures, and dedication
through offering. The University
furnishes the budget on which
the Chapel operates throughout
the year, and a special committee,
appointed each year by the presi
dent of the University, directs the
Chapel.
THi: DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA
WSGA Restricts
Bermuda Shorts
To Sports Wear
Women students are permitted
to wear Bermuda shorts on cam
pus only when going to and from
recreational activities, according
to a regulation passed last spring
by the Women’s Student Govern
ment Association.
There is no University ruling
concerning the new kilts, accord
ing to Dean of Women Pearl O.
Weston. Dean Weston said Mon
day that for the present kilts are
to be regarded as a shorter ver
sion of skirts and as such just
another trend in women’s fash
ions.
Coeds must use side entrances
of dormitories when wearing Ber
muda shorts, according to the
WSGA regulation. Women stu
dents are not permitted to wear
Bermuda shorts in town, in class
es, in dormitory lounges and din
ing halls, or on the golf course.
Unangst-Bloom
Tamsin Bloom, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Samuel J. Bloom of In
diana, and Gilbert Unangst, son
of Mr, and Mrs. Hervey. S.
Unangst, Metuchen, N.J., were
married Aug. 10 in the Methodist
Church of Fishkill, N.Y.
Mrs. Unangst, a seventh semes
ter journalism major, is editor of
the Daily Collegian and a mem
ber of All-University Cabinet.
Mr. Unangst was graduated
from the University in June in the
College of Chemistry and Physics,
and is now employed by the Texas
Company. He is a member of
Delta Upsilon.
Big Jack Johnson, heavyweight
boxing champion from 1908 to
1915, was nicknamed “L’il Ar
thur.”
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Mr.
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884 SOUTH AU. BN ST. STATE COLLEGIA
'Old-timer Recalls
Customs Completion
This year Freshman Customs have received many a change, and
the incoming freshmen are very happy about the changes. But,
really, they don’t realize how much fun they will be missing with
these more lenient customs.
Remember the old customs regulation that said freshman men.
and women shall have no asso
ciation with members of the op
posite sex within a three-mile ra
dius of Old Main? It used to be
fun to walk beside a member of
the opposite sex and pretend you
were not talking, when you hon
estly were. Talking was easy , once
you mastered the art of getting
audible sounds' out of your mouth
without moving your lips. Who
knows how many students went
on to ventriloquism after customs!
- Talking and Phone Calls
Being able to speak to members
of the opposite sex during customs
also had its other drawbacks. It
might affect the phone call rate
in the dormitories.
Remember, upperclasswomen,
the phone calls you received from
the male students who brought
the things from home which you
forgot? They couldn’t talk to you,
so they had to call you. It was
nice to have your name called
out for a phone call, wasn’t- it?
It made you feel a little more
popular.
■ Remember Gripes?
And this new idea of being able
to date the first weekend at the
University what will the new
frosh be able to gripe about. Re
member the gripe sessions you
upperclasswomen had that first
weekend? You just knew that
dreamy, boy would have called
you for a date, but he didn’t want
to make you break customs. That
was the time you probably learned
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the background of your dormitory
mates, too.
Besides the dating customs
changes, a few other things have
been changed. Now both men and
women will be wearing dinks.
You won’t be able to tell them
apart.
Those little (?) ribbons the girls
used, to wear in their hair were
so cute. And about the second
week of customs the bows were
so limp and bedraggled that they
just took to the curve of your
head. You began to feel that.ydu
had grown an extra' piece of hair.
And what will the upperclass
students be able to call the frosh
now that the color has been
changed from green to blue.
‘Greenies’ has come to be a part
of the standard vocabulary,’ but
who' ever heard of calling fresh
men' ‘blueies?’
All in all customs certainly
aren’t what they-used to be.
Alumnae Plan Supper
Members of the State College
chapter of Alpha Xi Delta alum
nae and their husbands will- meet
for a covered dish supper at the
home of Mrs. R. W. Barker cm
Benner Pike today at 5:30 p.m.
In one year’s time the offspring
from six moths can. eat the weight
of a baby grand piano.
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Bedraggled Bows