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WSGA Sets Up
Women's Rules
The maker and executor of women’s rules on campus
is the Women’s Student Government Association.
The only student governing body exclusively for women,
WSGA is made up of four bodies—Senate, House of Repre
sentatives, Freshman Council and Judicial Board.
The voting members of Senate
include the WSGA officers, and
two senators from each class. Of
fice) s anu senators were elected
by the women students last
March.
WSGA officers are Jessie
Janjigian, president; Susan
First, first vice president; Mar
jorie Ganler. second vice presi
dent: Ellen Butterworth, secre
tary; and Marcy Shipp, treas
urer.
Judicial
Trys Coed
Violators
Coed violators of University „ There ar <- 12 non-voting ex
regulations appear for disciplin- : °*‘ lcI ° members of Senate. They
ary action before the Judicial are *he parliamentarian, chair-
Board of the Women's Student Judicial Leonides, Pan-
Government Association. .hellemc Council and Womens
. i , , (Recreation Association vice presi-
The nine-member board con- den , president of the / own
s.sts of two sophomores, four, Wo 1 International Associa
.luniors including the secretary, tlon of Women student; . chair .
and three seniors including thel man Big . Liu!e Sjster chairmanj
chairman, Dorothy Toklish. AH publications chairman, publicity
™^A orS i se * ectec * ,^ urin Bchairman, Elections Committee
WSGA elections each spring. chairman and Social, Recreational
Each member it responsible and Cultural Committee chair
for certain dormitory units, man.
Blackmarks and one o clock Senate is responsible for mak
removals are issued directly by , ng women’s rules
the member in charge of ihe ' ...
area. Cases involving major of- * h ® H 2 US ? ° f R e P«»entat» r S is
composed of presidents from each
« M : upperclass residence hall unit and!
? i LltTnlV is headed by the first vice presi-l
board entire dent. One of the main duties of
Doara ' the House is to sponsor May Day,
Violation of the drinking rule a celebration held the second
is a major offense. This rule pro- weekend of May.
vides that no coed under 21 is! Freshman Council is headed
peim.ltcd to drink on campus or; by thfl second vice prasidenl .
within a -5 mile ladius of the j ts members are the presidents
university. Women over ~l are, and f; rs t vice presidents of the
permitted to drink, but are ex-! fres hman residence hall units,
peeted to conduct themselves in T • , r> j . , ,
a “manner befitting a lady.” Co-’ Judicial Board is the body a,
eds found guilty of violating this ™ an V omes in contact with if
rule are given a strict campus/®*® b " ak ?T® nd >? cau ° ht b }' e ?H
a notation is made on. their rec- Ilg one the womens ru.es. j
ord and a letter is sent to their There are nine members of,
parents ] Judicial. Seven of these each take
Blackmarks are given for a! c , har S e , ° f a residence hall unit;
variety of minor offenses. An ac-jt/ 10 other twm are chairman and
cumulation of four blackmarks! sp oretary.
during one semester results in a ! Each woman w'ho has charge
one o’clock removal. Tins pen-!?/ a residence hall unit obtains
altv must be taken on a Satur- the lst of offenses from the house-,
dav in-lit mothers. She may give penalties
Other penalties issued by Ju- 'V'thout extenuating circum
.dicial include lenient week- stances.
ends in which a coed may not , cases . meriting penalties
date from 6:30 Friday until above a lenient weekend cam- j
7 a.m. Monday and strict week- P u * or case * that are “°* c/ear
ends in which a coed is not only cu * at % r . e^jFr . e 4 the chair
forbidden to date, but also is man °/ Judicial. Appeals and
not nermitled in town or at r ?‘* ues ‘ s *<« pos ponement are
fhe HUB. I also referred io ihe chairman.
Appeals' for any penalty are ! Judicial can recommend cases 1
made through Miss Toklish, j u -i involving major judicial offenses
dieial chairman. Postponements!/ 0 the Senate subcommittee on
of penalties are made in the same'U lscl Ph ne . hut ‘he board hears
wav; how'cvcr, anyone who post-jthe.se cases first,
pones a penalty must take thej Dorothy Toklish is chairman of
next stricter one the followingiJudicial
weekend I
The chairman of Judicial sits
on WSGA Senate as an ex-officio
member She is the liaison be
tween Judicial and Senate
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Belasco Serves
As Chief Linguist
Dr. Simon Belasco, associate
professor of linguistics, served us
chief linguist in charge of all the
teaching of Linguistic Analysis
and Stiucture and of the Pattern
Sentence Workshop for the 6-
weeks Summer aLnguage Institute
at Colgate University.
Colgate was chosen as one of
twelve institutions in the coun
try to initiate the Summer Mod
ern Language Institutes under,
the auspices of the U.S, Office of
Health, Education and Welfare.;
The curriculum was especially,
designed to demonstrate and in
struct seventy high school teach-'
ers in the “New Key" method of,
teaching modem foreign lan
guage.
Dr. Belasco’s conception of re-,
lating linguistics to the direct’
function of the high school teach-!
ors m the class room particu-'
larly met the practical needs of.
the teaching of languages in the,
“New Key.” '
New Eng Librarian Named
Thomas L. Minder, former libra-,
rian of -the research division of;
Curtiss Wright, has been appoint-
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA
MacKenzie |
To Address
New Students
Dean Ossian MacKenzie, of the
College of Business Administra
tion. will open the orientation
week program sponsored by the
Business Administration Student
Council at 10 a.m. tomorrow m
the Hetzel Union Building.
His talk will be followed by a
mixer with the faculty, new stu
dents and council members.
Dr. William Hench, professor of 1
economics, will explain the pro-j
ceduxe for setting up schedules
at 1 pm tomorrow over television I
After his talk, council mem
bers will speak informally with
groups of new students about
buying books, registration, council,
organization and courses, and will
answer questions raised by stu-,
dents. j
If additional time for these
informal discussions is needed
they will continue that after
noon and for iwo hours Wed
nesday.
The Business Administration
and Home Economics Student
Councils will sponsor a dance for
new students in each curriculum
at 7:45 p.m, Wednesday.
The Business Administration
Student Council is composed of
five seniors, eight juniors, six
sophomores and five freshmen,!
and the presidents or representa
tives from the clubs and honor
lanes associated with the curricu
lum. Walter Lloyd is president.
The business administration
clubs are open io all students
interested in their respective
subjects. These clubs and their
presidents are: Accounting
Club, Daniel Vilensky: Insur
ance Club, George Hulse; So
ciety for the Advancement of
Management, James Macinko;
-Finance Club, Robert Blank:
Marketing Club, Ron Gray;
Economics Club, Charles Skopic.
Alpha Kappa Psi and Delta
Sigma Pi are professional frater
nities in business and commerce
and Delta Nu Alpha is a trans
portation fraternity. Membership
m the former is based on a 2.5
average and interest.
! Phi Chi Theta is the business
'fraternity for women.
Awards Offered
By Altoona Firm
Scholarships of $2OO to $250 each!
will be awarded at the Univer-j
'sity from a $2500 fund estab-l
hshed by Hunter Campbell and;
jßea, Altoona architectural firm.
I In announcing the new scholar-:
|ships program, officials said the!
[awards would be available to stu-
! dents enrolled in any of the cur
iriculums at the University. The'
irecipients will be named by the
iSenate Committee on Scholarships;
land Awards.
Leonides Include
All Frosh Women
All independent women automatically belong to at least
one organization, Leonides, from the time they first arrive
on campus.
Leonides was founded to foster relationship between
the independent women of the'
University, to insute for them ties for independents throughout
equal representation in student' the year such as Saturday night
government and to themj danc * es and parties, AIM-Leonides
better social and athletic oppor-, . . ’ ,
tunities and encourage their par-; ch °r us . an mtramurals program
ticipation in campus activities, jand a bluebook fiie. Together
Leonides is one of Ihe 55 (with the Association of Indepen
chapiers of the NISA (Naiional !C )ent Men, it sponsors Indie Week,
Independent Students Asso- ; c limaxed by the Indie Ball and
cialion.) Members pay no dues, •
but 25 cents per independent , the crowning of the Indie Sweet
woman is taken from student heart
fees each semester, and ihe
Leonides budget is based on
this income.
The governing body of the or
ganization is Leonides Council,!I
made up of one representative,
from each residence hall living'
unit. Both freshmen and upper- !
classmen elect these representa- I
tives early in the fall semester. 1
The representatives sit on the (
.Leonides Council and plan the .
j activities and enact all laws ■
| necessary for the proper func- :
|tioning of the organization. Each
trepresentative is responsible forj
| informing the girls in her unit;
jof the plans being made and toi
{extend an open invitation for alii
j independent coeds to participate,
j Leonides was organized in
1948 by a group of interested
girls with the help of former
Dean of Women Pearl O. Wes
ton. It now includes approxi
mately 2500 women who com
pirse at least 35 residence hall
living groups. The name Leon
ides was chosen from Greek J
mythology and moans "Lady j
of the Lion." j
Leonides officers are elected!
by the independent women each!
spring semester. Present officers!
are: Carol Frank, president;!
Daunna Doebler, vice president;!
Dorothy Trynan, recording secre-'
tary, and Mary Stoker, corres
ponding secretary-treasurer,
j Leonides sponsors many activi-
SUNDAY. SEPTEMBER 13, 195->
Thirty Seniors Sit
On Class Board
The Senior Class Advisory
Board functions as a discussion
group for problems concerning
the senior class.
Its specific duties include de
cisions regarding the class gift.
[The board plans Baccalaureata
Night and arranges the Senior
Ball which is held during Spring
Week.
Thirty seniors and the class of
ficers compose the board. Tha
present board members wera
chosen from applications submit
ted to class president, Theodora
Haller, last spring.
Watch for Opening of
MY-O-MY
State College's
newest lounge