WEDNESDAY. APRIL 27, 1955
Matrix Award Winners
Patricia Ellis
Quill Girl
Ellis,
Receive
Theta Sig
Cites Gross
At Banquet
By JANE CASSELBERRY
Patricia Ellis, president of Wom
en's Student Government Asso
ciation, was named 1955 Quill
Girl at the annual Matrix Table
last night at the Nittany Lion
Inn. Aurelia Arre, sebretary, of
Mortar Board, was named Cap
Girl, and Faith Gallagher, secre
tary-treasurer of the senior class,
was Matrix Girl.
Rebecca F. Gross, editor of the
Lock Haven Express, was present
ed with an award by Theta Sig
ma Phi, national women's profes
sional journalism fraternity, spon
sors of the dinner.
Scroll Presented
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The scroll was inscribed:
"Presented to Rebecca F. Gross,
Editor of the Lock Haven Express,
in recognition of her' meritorious
service in newspaper work on the
occasion of the Theta Sigma Phi
Matrix Dinner at the Nittany
Lion Inn, University Park, April
26, 1955." Mary Lee Lauffer, pres
ident of Theta Sigma Phi, pre
sented the scroll, which was con
ferred by the awards committee
of the University chapter.
Kathleen McLaughlin, United
Nations correspondent for th e
New York Times, and guest speak
er for the dinner,
spoke of her ex
periences during the Roosevelt ad
ministration in Washington as a
correspondent for the New York
Times, and as a 'war correspondent
in Europe for the same paper.
"You may look forward to a
life devoid of monotony, full of
hard work—work which has its
own rewards as well as misunder
standings and dilemmas," she told
the audience.
Elected by Coeds
Migs Ellis was elected Quill Girl
by women students during the
Women's Student Government As
sociation elections. She was chos
en from among the presidents of
Mortar Board, WSGA, Women's
Recreation Association, Panhel
lenic Counci 1, Leonides, and
Scrolls.
In addition to being president
of WSGA, Miss Ellis has been a
member of Cwens, sophomore
women's hat society, junior sena
tor to WSGA, editor of theWSGA
handbook, a member of All-Uni
versity Cabinet,, and the Cabinet
Constitution committee. She is a
member of Delta Gamma sorority.
Cap Girl Award
Miss Arre, who received the
Cap Girl award for the most var
ied activities, was chosen by the
members of Theta Sigma Phi. An
eighth semester liberal arts ma
or, Miss Arre has been a member
7 of Cwens, WSGA House of Rep
resentatives, chairman of t h e
WSGA nominations committee,
Arre, Gallagher
Matrix Awards
—Photo by Walker
REBECCA F. GROSS, Editor of the Lock Haven Express, receives
a scroll for meritorious service in the field of journalism from
Mary Lee• Lauffer, piesident of Theta Sigma Phi. The award was
made at the annual Matrix Table in the Nittany Lion Inn last
night. Miss Gross is an associate member of the University chapter
of Theta Sigma Phi, and an outstanding woman in the field of
journalism, both in Pennsylvania and throughout the United States.
president of Judicial, and a fresh
man resident counselor.
Miss Arre was also president of
Phi Mu sorority.
Matrix Girl Award
Miss Gallagher, chosen by mem
bers of Theta Sigma Phi as Ma
trix Girl, is an eighth semester
sociology major. Matrix Girl is an
award given for outstanding serv
ice to the University without rec
ognition by hat society member
ship.
Miss Gallagher has been a mem
ber of the sophomore executive
board, a CPA account executive;
member of Thespians, Junior
Prom queen, and Junior May Day
attendant. This year, in addition
to being secretary-treasurer of the
senior class, she will reign as May
Queen at the ceremonies next
week. She is a member a" Delta
Gamma sorority.
Lampoons Campus Groups
Members of Theta Sigma Phi
presented a parody skit of campus
organizations and personalities af
ter the dinner. The skit was a
glimpse of the coed's life in the
year 2000, and lampooned cam
pus organizations, including
Lion's Paw, Angel Flight, All-
University Cabinet, Women's Stu
dent Government Association, and
Panhellenic Council.
The dinner, which was attend
ed by •188 outstanding women stu
dents, faculty and administration
wives, dormitory hostesses, frater
nity housemothers, and members
of Theta Sigma Phi, was the 18th
Matrix Table held at the Univer
sity.
Coronation Committee
Spring Week Coronation corn
mittee will meet at 6:30 p.m. to
morrow in Grange Dormitory
lounge.
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN STATE COLLEGE DENNSYLVANT,a
Re-elected president of Phi Sig
ma Kappa is William Rohm, and
newly re-elected treasurer is Jos
eph Peden. Other officers are Jack
Szafram, vice president; Thomas
Lewis, secretary; James Mullen,
inductor; John Showalter, senti
nel; John Gilleland, house man
ager; and William Weeder, chap
lain.
Pi Kappa Alpha Monday night
elected Norman Dinner, president;
Robert Fitzgerald, vice president;
John Valentine, treasurer; John
Mac Ewen, secretary; James Tate,
pledgemaster; Richard Cheno
with, rushing chairman; Ronald
Martin, alumni secretary; Peter
Voskamp, historian; Lloyd Hugh
es, social chairman; and John Mc-
Mekin, Interfraternity Council
representative.
Jerome Bozutz wa s recently
elected treasurer of Beta Sigma
Rho.
New officers of Theta Xi are
Andrew Nestor, president; Wil
liam Straub, vice president; Lynn
Baker, treasurer; Jack Heinze, ca
terer; Michael Margerum, house
manager; Donald Blouch, corre
sponding secretary; Edward Hus
ton, social chairman; Ray Bolze,
Interfraternity Council represen
tative.
Alpha Chi Sigma recently eled
ed William Child s, president;
George Dunn, vice president; Ken
neth Christiansen, assistant treas
urer; Robert Knee, master of cere
monies; Jack Bash, house manag
er; Gerald Cooper, recorder; Don
ald Fleck, professional chairman;
Robert McCormick, social chair
man; Robert Bishop, Caterer;
Frederick Miller, historian; Fred
Beers, alumni secretary; Robert
Faith Gallagher
Matrix Girl
Co-Cilia
Three to Participate
In Reading Festival
Three students will represent the University in the seventh an
nual Pennsylvania Intercollegiate Reading Festival to be held to
morrow and Friday at the University.
The students are Elizabeth Jones, sixth semester arts and letters
major; Helene Slaboski, sixth semester arts and letters major; and
Ferne Stone, fourth semester arts and letters major.
The festival will open tomor
row with registration in the Het
el Union Building. The first read
ing hour will start at 2 p.m. in
the reading room of the HUB.
Miss Jones will represent the
University in this division, read
ing the poem "A Servant to Ser
vants" by Robert Frost.
Banquet to Be Held
A banquet will be held tomor
row night, at the Nittany Lion
Inn. James Demcheck. ninth* se
mester arts and letters major, will
be master of ceremonies, and the
guest of honor will be John Hen
ry Frizzel, professor emeritus and
former head of the speech depart
ment. Dr. Robert T. Oliver, 1
pro
fessor of speech, will address the
group, and Phillip Wein, sixth se-'
mester arts and letters major, will
provide special entertainment.
An evening reading hour will
follow the banquet at 8 p.m. in
the Mineral Science Auditorium.
Miss Slaboski will read "Seren
ade" by Walt Burnet.t
Prose Section to Be Given
se-ckm of reading,
which will be the prose section,
will be held at 10 a.m. Friday
in the Mineral Science Auditor
ium. The University will not be
represented in this section.
The final reading section, on
drama, will be held at 1:30 p.m.
Friday in the Mineral Science
Auditorium. Miss Stone will givb
"The Moon is Blue" by F. Hugh
Herbert.
Twelve colleges will be repre
sented at the Reading Festival.
The festival, which will be held
for the seventh time this year, is
under the direction of Harriet D.
Nesbitt and William W. Hamil
ton, assistant professors of speech,
who originated the reading festi
val at the University. The read
ings will not be judged, but a
time limit of 8 to 10 minutes will
be set for each reading.
Reidenbaugh Is
IFC Office Head
Donald Reidenbaugh, Sigma
Chi, was appointed executive sec
retary of the new fraternity af
fairs office, at a meeting of Inter
fraternity Council Monday night.
The fraternity affairs office was
set up under the new constitution
to coordinate fraternity affairs.
Also appointed were Leßoy
Toddes, Phi Kappa Sigma, junior
secretary; and James Richardson,
Kappa Delta Rho, sophomore sec
retary.
George L. Smith, Tau Kappa
I Epsilon, was named projects com
mittee chairman; Robert Dankan
yin, Kappa Delta Rho, was named
editor of "Toga Tales"; Samuel
Wolcott, Delta Upsilon, was
named workshop committee chair
man; and John Russell, Phi Gam
ma Delta, was named to the joint
town relations committee.
Ralph R. Ricker, special assis
tant to Ernest B. McCoy, dean of
the College of Physical Education
and Athletics, explained the plan
for housing athletes in fraternity
houses.
Panhel to Sponsor
Annual Frosh Tea
Plans for the annual freshman
tea were discussed by Panhellenic
Council at its meeting Monday
night. The tea will be held from
2 to 5 p.m. Sunday afternoon to
acquaint freshman women with
the sorority system and what sor
ority life may offer them.
The council also gave final ap
proval to the rushing schedule for
the fall season, and made changes
in the constitution to eliminate
references to -2 grades.
Bishop, Interfraternity Council
representative; Robert Oakley,
Robert Merinan, and Robert Nagy,
executive board members.
New initiates of Alpha Chi Sig
ma are Robert Knee, Robert Bish
op, James Benson, James Brown,
Arch Miller, Robert Nagy, Jack
Bash, Joseph Nock, Donald Kauff
man, Kenneth Christiansen, Glenn
Fiscus, Donald Olexa, Raymond
Carpter, Gerald Cooper, and Fred
erick Miller.
New Staff
Will Edit
'Engineer'
Peter Graybash, fifth semester
industrial engineering major, and
Robert Hennessy, eighth semester
chemical engineering major, will
co-edit the Penn State Engineer
next year.
Business manager will be Da
vid Shoop, eighth semester aero
nautical engineering maj o r.
Charles Brooks, sixth semester
industrial engineering major, will
be managing editor.
Rdnald Duty, fourth semester
engineering science major, has
been named feature editor, and
John Redmond, sixth semester
electrical engineering major, na
tional advertising major.
Photograph editor will be For
ney Miller, fourth semester chem
ical engineering major. Donald
Calvert, sixth semester mechan
ical engineering major, will be
circulation manager.
George Seiders, fourth semes
ter civil engineering Major, has
been named illustrations editor.
Kenneth Hower, sixth semester
mechanical engineering major,
promotions, and Charles Cairns,
fourth semester aeronautical en
gineering major; business ac
countant.
Joseph Steuer has been named
office manager, and local adver
tising manager will be Gilbert
Friedman.
Polka Party '
at
Simon's
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Seriously now, what with
W.D. incidents, having to gath
er together a date for senior
weekend, and many more nor
mal Spring activities, the girls
are going to have to put on
their running shoes.
Simon's has 'em!!
A word about senior ball—
all females hating imports can
stop at room 34 'Atherton and
pick up a bomb or two. We
will all meet in mass to greet
the bus from Lewistown with
drum rolls, cymbol crashes,
cheering crowds, and several
A-bombs. You still need run
ning shoes—
Simon's has 'em!!
"What has Simon's got?"
Town and Country's new
flatie, 'the Polka. Fabulous se
lection of colors and sizes. Just
listen to this:—light pink and
blue, white, red, navy, and
black calf; also black suede.
Even straw gets into the act
this season with the straw
weave in natural, white and
black. It is a great selection;
too bad we don't have such a
selection when it comes to men
at P.S.U. ("Brundie's Bitter"
or "Who writes these ads any
hoo?")
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