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Formal Rushing
Gets Underway
Upperclasswomen may register for formal sorority rushing
from 1 to 3 p.m. today and 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. tomorrow in the lobby
of Atherton Hall. Registration fee will be $l.
Rushees will meet at 11. a.m. tomorrow in 121 Sparks to hear
an explanation of the rushing .procedure.
Open houses will be held in sorority suites and several dormi-
tory lounges from 1 to 5 p.m. to
morrow and Sunday. Rushees
will receive at registration a rush
ing booklet which will designate'
sororities which alphabetical
groups of rushees will visit each
afternoon. -
' Appropriate dress for open
houses •is suit's .or tailored after
noon dresses. Refreshments will
be served by sororities. Rushees
may spend as much or as little
time at each sorority as they wish
but open houses are held for the
purpose of giving the rusheean
opportunity to visit all sororities.
invitations for coke dates will
be issued by sororities, through
the Panhellenic Post Office in
Atherton Hall. Coke dates will be
held from 1 to 5' p.m. and 6:30 to.
8 p.m. Monday through Sept. 24.
• Rushees will pick up sorority
invitations to all rushing events
except open houses at the Pan
hellenic Post' Office, answer them,
and return them to the post of
fice according to the time sched
ule included in the Panhellenic
rushing booklet.
Appropriate coke date apparel
is school clothes. At homes from
2 to 5 p.m. Sept. 26 will be simi
lar to this weekend’s open houses
but invitations will be issued for
at homes.
According to the Panhellenic
rushing code, “No communication
shall be permitted between a
sorority member and a rushee
either directly or indirectly
through a third party, except
when members of three sororities
are present within the conver
sational group.”
Campus Hosts
36 Conventions
■ The University was the site of
38 conferences, institutes, and vo
cational training courses this
summer .when over 6000 persons
assembled at the campus during
July and August.
Drawing the largest assem
blage was the annual Department
of Health Conference in August,
with an estimated attendance of
1500. The American Farm Eco
nomic Association Meeting, held
in August, attracted an estimated
1200 persons, and over 1100- rep
resentatives enrolled for the 4-H
Club Week last month.
. Other groups meeting here this
summer included the United
Steelworkers of America CIO, the
Commercial Florists Conference,
the Rural Recreation Workshop
Folk and Square Dance Festival,
and the Conference of the Stu
dent Councils of Pennsylvania.
Campus Chest
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of $235.55. has been loft for op
erating expenses this year.
Most of the same groups in
cluded in last year’s drive will
again be included this year, Ells
worth Smith, chairman, has an
nounced. However, the newly
formed University Christian As
sociation, the Newman Club, and
the Hillel Foundation will re
ceive benefits rather than the for
mer Penn State Christian Associ
ation. The National Scholarship
for Negro Students will also be
added this year..
In order to .be included in the
drive, organizations must reflect
credit on the University commu
nity and must represent the en
tire University community. No
drives other than Campus Chest
are permitted on the campus.
Most of the total contributions
were received during the fall
solicitations drive in which 55
per cent of ‘the students and 51
par cent of the faculty contributed
$7602.81. The remainder of the
money was collected through spe
cial events held throughout the
year.
These special events included
the annual Kick-Off Dance; the
Ugly Man contest sponsored by
Alpha Phi Omega, national serv
ice fraternity; Kappa Kappa Gam
ma-Pi Beta Pl'i Powder Bowl;’
and the raffle of dates for the
Interfraternity-Panhellenie Ball.
.Sociai
Cjazette
WRA Open- House, 6:45 to
night, White Hall
Dink Debut, 2 to 5 p.m. to
morrow, TUB
Fun Night, 7 p.m. tomorrow,
Recreation Hall
Chapel, 10:55 a.m. Sunday,
Schwab Auditorium
Red Cross Unit
Sponsors Two
Blood Drives
The Red Cross campus unit is
an organization sponsored by the
State College chapter of the
American Red Cross and works
in conjunction with the Johns
town Blood Red Cross bloodmo
bile unit to sponsor two blood
drives each year.
' .The campus unit’s other activi
ties are to entertain veterans in
the Altoona veteran’s hospital
and to send Christmas packages
to Europe.
The blood drives are held in
both the fall and spring semes
ters of the academic year and any
student enrolled at the University
may volunteer to donate blood.
Minors must have written re
leases from their parents before
they can be accepted as donors.
The bloodmobile comes to cam
pus, usually, in November and
April, and sets up headquarters
in the Temporary Union Build
ing. The drives last two to three
days and set as a quota 300-500
pints of blood.
Present officers of the Red
Cross campus unit are Betty Bu
chanan, chairman; Jean Yemm,
secretary; and Kay Brainerd, pub
licity manager.
Instructor Promoted
Robert E. Jones, instructor in
physics, has been appointed as
sociate professor of engineering
research in the College of En
gineering and Architecture.
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN' STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA
White Hall
Open House
Scheduled
New women students will be
guests at Women’s Recreation As
sociation Open House at 6:45 to
night in White Hall. Hat Women
will conduct tours of the building,
located on Shortlidge road, be
tween Atherton Hall and the
Temporary Classroom Building.
Most of the White Hall facili
ties will be available for use by
the women after the tour. Patricia
Farrell, club activities president,
has asked that they come dressed
to participate in basketball, vol
leyball, and badminton.
The Modern Dance Club will do
exhibition dance steps for the
campus newcomers. Ping pong
and bridge facilities will be avail
able in the game room.
The swimming pool will be
open at approximately 8 p.m. for
a plunge hour. Tank suits and
towels will be furnished.
Following the plunge hour, re
freshments will be served.
White Hall, built in 1938, not
only houses women’s physical edu
cation and recreation classes, but
also offers recreational facilities
for individuals, clubs, and organ
izations.
Three basketball games can be
played simultaneously in the
gymnasium centrally located in
the building.
To the left of the gym is -the
rhythm room where classes in
rhythmic • fundamentals, modern
dance, and square dance are
taught., Each spring the Modern
Dance concert is held there.
Beyond the rhythm room is the
playroom which is open to stu
dents at all times. Here, ping pong
and bridge facilities are located.
In the west end of the building
is a large classroom and body me
chanics room.
The 135,000 gallon swimming
pool, 75 feet long and descending
from four to 10 feet deep, is open
to coeds for swimming to recorded
music.
White Hall also has two bowl
ing alleys, a shuffleboard deck,
squash court, indoor rifle range,
and a fencing area.
The White Hall gym and pool
will be open tomorrow night, ac
cording to Charlotte Klipple, play
night chairman.
Scholarship Established
A scholarship to be awarded a
fourth or fifth semester insur
ance major has been established
by the Penn State Insurance Club.
The award will provide between
$5O and $lOO for the recipient.
Ratio Takes
In. Home Ec
Women in the College of Home Economics outnumber men six
to one,
All the men enrolled in the College are Hotel and Institution
Administration majors, while the women are in diversified fields.
Courses are offered in child development, clothing and textiles,
foods and nutrition, home management, home-community rela-
tionships, commercial consumer
services, home economics educa
tion, and home art.
The three home economics hon
orary societies are Omicron Nu,
women’s national home economics
honor society; Sigma Eia Alpha,
men’s professional honorary so
ciety; and Phi Upsilan Omicron,
women’s home economics honor
ary society.
Women home economics majors
may join the Home Economics
Club. For the hotel .men -there is
the Greeiers Club,
•, The purpose of Omicron Nu is
to promote scholarship, leader
ship, and research as part of the
world wide home economics
movement.
The • major activities of the
group are:
A breakfast to honor a fresh
man woman with high scholar
ship, research open house to ac
quaint the students with the
graduate work being carried on
by. the College, and pledging, in
itiation and a formal banquet
twice yearly.
Last year Omicron Nu held a
tea for freshman and sophomore
women with high scholastic
standing. An award was presented
to the freshman woman with the
highest average.
Sigma Eta Alpha is an honor
society established to perpetuate
bonds of friendship among those
showing a determined effort to
better the hotel industry. To be
eligible for membership a student
must have completed four semes
ters and must have been enrolled
in Hotel Administration at the
University for at least two semes
ters.
He must have achieved an all-
University average of 1.5 or high
er and must have demonstrated
qualities, such as cooperation,
leadership, good personal habits,
good moral conduct, and a sin
cere interest in the hotel industry.
The purpose of Phi Upsilon
Omicron is to advance and pro
mote home economics, to promote
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the moral and intellectual devel
opment of its members, and' to
establish and strengthen the bonds
of friendship.
Some of its major activities last
year included presenting a Spring
Week exhibit, holding a. Christ
mas party for children, supplying
a needy family with food, pledg
ing and initiation, and selling
cook books to raise funds.
- In order to be eligible for mem
bership in Phi Upsilon Omicron a
woman must have reached her
fourth semester. She must be in
the upper two fifths of her class
and must have shown definite
promise of leadership ability,
professional promise and a spirit
of service.
Every home economics major
may join the Home Economics
Club. The first meeting will be
held at 6:30 p.m. Oct. 5 in 105
White Hall.
The club sponsors coffee hours
from 9 to 11 a.m. Monday through
Friday in the Living Center of
the Home Economics Building.
This is a fund-raising project and
all students and faculty members
may attend.
For the coming year the club
will provide paid instructors to
teach classes in scouting, clothing
and textiles, and jewelry making.
The Penn Stale Greeters Club
is. an organization for prospective
hotel men. Students in hotel ad
ministration are contacted early
in their first semester to welcome
them and give them th§ opportun
ity to become members.
The club is open to students in
hotel administration and is or
ganized to provide a connection
with the hotel industry, and to
carry out social activities. The
club aids in improving the present
building and all aspects of the
College of Home Economics. Each
fall it sponsors a dance known as
the Belle Hop Ball. The Greeters
are largely responsible for the
Penn State exhibit at the New
York Hotel Show.