SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1960 Weekends Brighten Up College Life Although your academic pursuits are your, main objec tives at the University, there are other aspects of college life—the social ones. After a week of working hard toward that 4.0 average, you will enjoy TGIF-ing it. You can have your choice of dancing in the Hetzel Union ballroom, gathering in the Lion's Den, taking in a movie in the assembly hall, or re laxing on a hayride, weather per mitting. Of course, the fraternities have parties every weekend to add even more variety to the social calendar. The many jam sessions given by the fraternities guar antee an evening of fun. Parties range anywhere from formal af fairs to beatnik costumed so cials. Party pictures are taken that provide lasting memories of your evening—and of course, party favors are given on big weekends. To top off your social life at the University. the calendar includes four big weekends. In your semi formal attire you can dance to the music of big name bands imported to Recreation Hall for the evening. evening. Rec Hail will be turned into a gayly decorated ballroom for the Junior Prom which is held in the fall, and for the Senior Prom in the spring. In December ROTC uniforms will fill Rec Hall for the annual Military Ball. The Greeks will have their dance, the IFC- Panhel Ball, in March. On Senior Ball weekend one of the biggest events of the year comes to an end. This is known as Spring Week. Usually the fraternities invite sororities or another group on campus to work with them constructing carnival booths and floats. Weeks are spent in preparation for the festivities of Spring Week which begins on the week end before the ball. A float parade on Friday night Marts the weekend. On Saturday the groups set up their booths for the carnival Saturday night. At 7:00 p.m. the festivities begin. The crowds are entertained with var ious skits given by the groups or they may try their hand at the many games that are offered. Pizza. hot dogs. popcorn, ice (Continued on page twenty-one) E-1 - 811 - 4° SNAPSHOT DEVELOPING AND PRINTING low, low rates SAME DAY '; SERVICE Get SAME DAY SERVICE on black and white pictures . Anscochrome and Ekta chrome slides ... and Koda color pictures. Take your films to our laboratory or to any FILM LAB DEALER in town. No additional charge for this fast service . . . and work is good too. Your pictures are processed in fresh Kodak and Ansco chemicals by trained photo graphic technicians. Al l equipment is modern, auto matic Kodak and Pako made . . . to assure you cf the finest picture results. Make the FILM LAB your home for "EVERYTHING PHOTOGRAPHIC." The Cestu C(HA Fits tab 321 W. BEAVER AVE. STATE COLLEGE ; I,f, Stone Valley Nears Completion Since there is more to col—constructed along the 2-mile Camp. The other will enter the s h are li ne an d t h ere w ill b e th e w. area at Charter Oak. Students lege life than textbooks, lee- i •may reach these roads by proceed ities for swimming, boating, hik- . • . • tures and exams, the Univer7'• ing to Pine Grove Mills and over 'mg, and perhaps skiing and to- the mountain on Route 545. sity, mainly through alumni iboganning. I Control points will be estab .,,r dished at the two entrances where donations, is finishing work! Plans for the stocking " • . ,fees will be collected from per this year on a recreation area and the establishment of a wild-;ions who wish to use the facilities. located 14 miles southwest of theilife area are also under consider- . 1 Fletcher's committee plans to campus. tition. ; The main portion of the Stone Lawrence J. Perez, assistant appoint a resident director who Valley Recreation Area is a lake! dean of architecture and engi- ! will be responsible for the en -3000 ft. long and 1000 ft. wide! neering, directed the design and forcemeat of regulations per which covers about 72 acres of, construction of the dam and Dr , taining to hours the area will be land. I Peter W. Fletcher, director of The lake was formed by the the School of Forestry, is head- open, use of equipment, and construction of a 42 ft. dam , ing a committee working on , safety measures. which spans 600 ft. across Sha- • plans for the use of the area. The area Nv i 1 I also continue to ver Creek near the Civil Engi- Two roads will lead to the area. 1)e used for research and instruc neering Camp. :One will be the road used as theition in the fields of mineral sci- Beaches and picnic areas will be entrance to the Civil Engineeringlences, engineering and forestry. 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College Ave. -- Opposite Old Main CHECK THIS LIST OF SCHOOL NEEDS . .. "... I - • ..-,-.. ' ;.=.'':.-<4.:-.:-....,:!ti.,f, ..,.,......,,.!---:..!,•:::‘,.;,.:,.•-,,:'.:',:;.,.','-''' ), • (0 . .4 , • it, • • \ f • —rollexian photo by Rick Rower Students Represented By Councils The statement "Government is the voice of the people" is as applicable' On ca 1» pus as it is off campus. Besides having student opinion voiced through the Student Gov ernment Association, students me represented by classmates serv ing on Student councils for the individual colleges in which they aro enrolled. Those councils help students be come acquainted with each other and NVil!) opportunities: and jobs riviiktble to than in their chosen Generally spe:ilcing, their jot) involves both socittl to,d academie :netivilie..t. They sponsor ;pow's, hold picnics. aNvard -cholarshipq ,;.ind 1 . 0;11111'e !-p , ;ll. , : crs from 'their professions. Each council usually sponsors a particular project annually, For example, the Physical Edu cation Council holds a monthly sports clinic, the Education Council conducts a "Big Sister- Little Sister" program, the Ag riculture Council selects a Poul try Queen, and the Engineering- Architecture Council maintains calculators for the use of engi neering students. Many of the councils publish newsletters to provide informa tion to the students in their school about new activities and events. One group sponsors a faculty banquet so that the students ;ind faculty can meet and associate on more than just a classroom basis. Another council sends a mem iher of its group to 'an SCA meet mg each„week, and requests that member to reliort, on the meet ing. In this l~•ay, the council feels it is better informed of campus 'opinion and so can aid its own Several organizations have con ducted course evaluations. They have found that these studies greatly aided both the students and faculty in choosing mid int iproving courses. j Still other activities include student teacher convocations, open 'houses, science fairs and dedica ion programs. Headquarters for Fine Toiletries • Harriet Hubbard Ayer Du Barry • Sportsman • Lentheric • Max Factor • Old Spice • Revlon • Ar-Ex PAGE FIFTEEN
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