WEDNESDAY. 2± 1954
§ororsty Rushing
Breaks for One Day
Rushees and sorortiy women will take a break from the stren
’ uous two-week rushing_stiht, as: no coke dates are scheduled for to
■day. .. '
However,- rushees will pick; up invitations for Thursday and Fri
day coke dates at the Panheliepic post office in Atherton hall at
11 a.m. today. They will return the'invitations at l£.m„- today with
free afternoon hours indicated.
- Coke - dates < will be ;held from
1-to 5"p..m. and from 6:30 to 8 p.m.
tomorrow and Friday. Kushees
will'wear school clothes and spend
about..,an hour in each sorority
suite, if their, schedules, allow this
much time. Sorority women and
rushees chat, play cards, and sing:
- Elections S@f : f
For Leonides .':-.
Representatives
An upperclass ‘
and an alternate front •eacb'-'.dor
mitory unit will be elected, to Leo
nides Executive
zation of-
next week in conjunction With
the Women’s Student Government
Association elections, .hi;
Upon election, representatives
will hold unit meetings in their
dormitories and submit monthly
written reports to council:.' : :
Freshman representatives and
alternates will be elected the first
week in October during WSGA
freshman elections. .........
A standing committee on social
welfare was ‘formed Monday by
the council. The committee-iwill
be in charge of campus and com
munity projects, helping with
Community Chest solicitations,
staging an Easter egg'hunt'for
children in Windcrest, visiting
the Hollidaysburg Home, a mental
institution, and other service, pro
jects.
The proposal was made that the
committee work jointly with ; a
similar group from the Associar
tion of Independent' Merii Decis
ion on the proposal will be made
at a future meeting.- •
A WDFM radio program.of for
eign music was ‘planned 'for : Uni
ted Nations Week in October' For
eign students at the University
will act as commentators on-the
program. ‘ -
UCA WiSlHold
©pert Meeting
: Th.e new University Christian
■ Association will hold its first gen
'■ eral 'irieeting at 7 tonight in 405
Old Main.
The ..organization, which suc
. ceeds • the Penn State 'Christian
-Association, came into.being last
> -spring. -The former PSCA dealt
• mainly with- the Christian life on
the ‘ campus. The new UCA now
...has. a..combination of persons
: working on campus and others
' ' Who work with the student church
■'."groufis’ downtown. The new or
' ganization has . support from out
. side 'sources, as well as from the
University.
This first meeting will provide
' ah: "opportunity, f6r new students
to meet the cabinet of the UCA
and to" learn of its functions and
purposes. Following the meeting
a social'Will be held in the Hugh
Room, 304 Old. Main,
where hew and old students may
meet-and-become acquainted.
The "annual Freshman Cabin
- Party will be held Saturday after
noon at . the Ralph Watts Lodge
’■on Mt. " Tussey. Both freshman
"-and upperclassmen may sign up
--this- week in 304 Old Main to at
- tend the party.
Freshman coke hours,' held to
give -freshmen an opportunity to
become better acquainted - with
UCA arid to discuss campus prob-
lems and meet other students,
will begin at 4 p.m. Monday in
•304- Old’ Main. The 'informal coke,
parties will be held- every- after
noon, Monday through’ Friday. ..
The first weekly square" dancej.
sponsored by UCA,- will- be held
from 7 to 9 p.m: Tuesday- in"the
Temporary Union Building: :
Women Independents
Ptan. October Mixer
Plans for a mixer to-be held
Oct. 2 in Atherton Hall were'dis
cussed Sunday 'by Phil'ofes," inde
pendent women’s social’organiza
tion. ■ ,y..- W. - ;
Mixer committee members are
Beverly Burkhardt, Marian Daily,
Janet Kirchner, . Sally .Lylei ICath
erine O’Toole, and Joy Wagner.
Philotes was founded in: 1937
and is advised by Mrs. Marion
E. Beaumont and Mrs. Mae Shultz, i
By DOTTIE STONE
■ Panhellenic Council will meet
at 7 tonight in the Alpha Omi
cro Pi chapter room/ 33 McEl
wain, to discuss rushing prob
lems. The president and rushing
chairmen from each sorority
will attend. ,
As the second round of coke
dates draws near, rushees prob
ably- feel more 1 , acclimated: to; the
day-long social whirl.
The first function rushees at
tended were Open Houses, when
they-: were expected to make the
rounds of 20-some sororities in
two days. ' That, meant about 20
tO" 30''minutes' could be spent at.
each suite.
In this short time rushees were
introduced to so many people that
names and faces blended into a
rather vague impression.
At times chapter rooms became
crowded to over-flowing and cig
arette smoke made it almost im
possible to read the name cards.
It.-Was harder to cross the room
and find a vacant seat than to
find standing room in a Broad
way premier.
However, . things looked up
with coke dates. The rooms were
less crowded and skirts and
sweaters adapt themselves more
comfortably to sitting on the floor.
Conversation ran in other .chan
nels - besides the thoroughly ex
plored .-.curriculums and home
towns of the Open Houses.
Yet, a hew obstacle had to be
overcome —no name tags. It is
quite-a " trick to carry on a con
versation while madly trying to
recall if this was Janie Smith you
were talking to or if Janie was
the gal across the room. Or-was
her name Junie?
This mad turmoil will continue
until Oct. 1 when . “sisters” and
rushees may become one group
arid belatedly begin classroom as
signments.
WRA Fall Clubs
To Resume
Activities
Strike?
Or maybe you’ll just get' a
spare. Anyway you’ll have a great
time bowling tonight in White
Hall. Upperclass women may use
the-alleys at 7 p.m.
Also getting under way tonight
is the Modern Dance Club which
meets at 7 p.m. in the Rhythm
Room of White Hall.
Beginners and advanced swim
mers 'will meet at 7 p.m. tomor
row night in Room 105 to join the
Swimming Club. Both older mem
bers and newcomers to the cam
pus are invited to attend.
. The Officials Club wild meet at
6:30 p.m. tomorrow in Room 1.
-All of’ these activiies will be
combined on ' the big Saturday
Night• Playnight. Most of the
WRA-White Hair facilities will be
open from 7 to 9 p.m.. Here wom
en ;; may play ping pong, badmin
..ton, bridge, or perhaps even brush
up oh their modern dance and folk
dance steps. After" an evening Of
strenuous, fun the women may
take.: a ’refreshing - swim; in, the
large, pool..
• A big. weekend of rest and then
the .freshmen get things .started
;at '7 ' p.m.' 'Monday -eyening with
their .own 'bowling groups.
Also, on Monday at 7 p.m. there
will. be . a bridge club, meeting in
the’''Playroom.- Girls are invited
to come to the club even if they
do not know how to play bridge.
SOmeone will be there to teach
them..
The Outing Club will meet at
7 p.m. next Tuesday evening in
the 1 Playroom,
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE PENNSYLVANIA
College Queen . . .
Van Tries Collects
Beauty Queen Titles
■ While most eoeds collect stuffed animals or fraternity , pins,
Haney Van Tries, seventh semester advertising major from State
College, collects beauty titles.
-Miss Van. Tries, since her coronation as Miss Penn State in May,
has added the title of - “Pennsylvania College Queen” to her col
lection. -And how it all happened
is still a big question mark, in
her very pretty head.'
“Things all happened so fast,”
says Miss- Van Tries.- First there
was the letter from the'NatiOhal
College Queen contest asking her
to enter the state competition. A
full-length photograph and an es
say on “What a College, Educa
tion Means to Me” followed! And
before she knew it, Penn: State’s
claim, to collegiate pulchritude
had been named winner in the
Pennsylvania College Queen con
test;
The news that Bess Myerson,
Miss America of 1945, had chosen
her' as Pennsylvania College
Queen came to Miss Van Tries in
July while she was waitressing at
an. Ocean City, N.J., restaurant.
Called away on the phone from
her duties, Miss Van Tries left
hungry customers patiently wait
ing while she listened to. details
about the national competition.
• Complications in the form' of
“Edna,” the hurricane, arose, and
after a series of missed and
grounded Miss Van Tries
decided to drive with her family
to Asbury Park, N.J., for the na
tional college queen program. A
night of driving preceded the all
day picture-taking sessions in As
bury Park, and Miss Van Tries
admits being “pretty 'near dead”
during the contest itself.
Reaches Semi-Finals
After appearances in shorts and
college sweater, evening gown,
and bathing- suit—which, inci
dentally, “was no fun at all” to
Miss Van Tries—the State College
coed found herself in the semi
finals with ten other state queens.
Ginger- Steen, Temple University,
representing • the - Greater Phila
delphia’ area received the national
title and $5OOO in prizes.
Besides the 27 other state
queens at the Sept. 12 contest,
Miss Van Tries met the judges
who included Ida Lupino, film
actress;; Norman Brokenshire, pio
neer" radioman; Steve Cochran,
stage and movie star; Johnny and
Penny Olsen, television-radio
team; and the Ritz Brothers. She
recalls lunch with Jay Owen,
popularly , referred to as the ;“Dr.
1.Q.” ‘of radio as one of the high
lights of her trip. And . although
she enjoyed the company of him
and his wife, Miss Van Tries re
fused an offer to work in tele
vision. Fine. arts are the interest
of this senior coed. Which makes
things. pretty, aesthetic all the'
way around.
Sigma pelta Tau
Sigma . Delta Tau recently ini
tiated Lois Midnick. A party in
Aer honor was held in the suite.
Works as Waitress
Co-£<kh
£ln%a.cj.enient&
Stpne-Freyler
Mr; and Mrs. Frank R. Freyler
of Haverford announce the en
gagement of their daughter Joan
to Arthur Stone, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Joseph W. Stone of Potts
town.
. Miss Freyler, a seventh semes
ter home economics major, is a
member of Alpha Xi Delta. She is
president of Omicron Nu, home
economics honorary, and a mem
ber of Phi Upsilon Omicron, also
a home economics honorary.
Mr. Stone, a 1953 graduate Of
the University, is a member of
Alpha Zeta and Gamma Sigma
Delta, agriculture honorary so
ciety; He> is 'now in the aviation
cadets, stationed at Lardeo, Texas.
Enelow-Engel
Mr. Leon Engel of Baltimore,
Md. and Mrs. Bertram Schwartz
of Atlantic City, N.J., announce
the engagement of their daughter
Betsy, to Michael Enelow, son of
MONEY and
UNSOLD BOOKS
will be returned by the
USED BOOK AGENCY
Starring
MONDAY, OCT. 4
Sorry, but because of the large number
of refunds to be made, money can not
be returned until the above date.
111$ M PENN STATE
If DA the BOOK EXCHANGE
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Plans Made
For WSGA
Nominations
Nominations for the Women’s
Student Government Association
House of Representatives will be
held at 10:15 tomorrow night at
unit meetings in Grange, Sim
mons, McElwain, and at 10:15 and
10:30 in Atherton, Kay Kingsley,
speaker of the House, announced
last night at the WSGA Senate
meeting.
Elections will be one week from
tomorrow, September 30.
Each living unit will elect a
president, vice-president, . secre
tary, and treasurer, or the last
two offices may be combined.
The president- will serve as a
member of the WSGA House,
while the vice-president will be
alternate.
Sophomores, Juniors, Seniors,
and Town women with a 1.5 all
university average will be eligible
for nomination.
Miss Kingsley stressed the im
portance of regular attendance at
House meetings and asked that
women keep this in mind when!
they cast their ballots. The House
meetings will be at 6:30 every
Thursday in White Hall,
Names of the women nominat
ed for unit offices will be posted
on dormitory bulletin boards no
later than Tuesday, (September 28.
Following the elections, the
names of the winners will also be.
posted.
The two major projects of the
Hou'se of Representatives, Miss
Kingsley said, would be the cloth
ing drive this fall and Day
in the Spring. The House is a
panel, for complaints from the
university women, she said.
_ There will not be a representa
tive from the Woman’s Building
in the House, Miss Kingsley stat
ed, because there are only 25 up
perclasswomen, while there are
some 70 freshmen. Instead, Wom
an’s Building will be represented
on the Freshman Council.
Leonides will also Hold elec
tions on September 30. They will
elect a unit representative and an
alternate.
Senate will meet next. Wedne
sday.
Mr. and Mrs. William Enelow of
Greensburg.
Miss Engel is an eighth semes
ter sociology major, and is presi
dent of Alpha Epsilon Phi.
Mr. Enelow was graduated
from the University in June in
the College of Liberal Arts. He is
a member of Phi Epsilon Pi and
Lion’s Paw.
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