GOOD LUCK TtiE MPUS FRESHMEN O F ALLEGHENY COLLEGE Vol LXtll, No. 1 MEADVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA SEPTEMBER 30, 1943 Huge Enrollment; WAC Replaced Ruth Bryan Owen By War Bonds and Frat Houses Used Stamps Committee Here October 4 The War Bonds and Stamps com- New Living Cadets Plus mittee, under the chairmanship of Eminent Woman Lecturer Quarters for Civilians Cause Joan Hexter, '45, is the result of and Diplomat to Speak the revision and reorganization of Freshman Girls Record Attendance the former War Activities commit- In Chapel Next Monday tee. Temporary committees of this World War Two will be remem- Over five hundred civilian stud- organization will be appointed by bered long after by Alleghenians as ents, together with the group of the Allegheny Undergraduate coun- Ruth Bryan Owen (Rohde), daughter of the famed orator, an era during which more unusual, Army aviation students stationed on cil from time to time during the William Jennings Bryan, will be our guest speaker in chapel not to say radical, innovations were campus, have swelled the enrollment year, as various activities and emer- introduced than at perhaps any oth- of Allegheny to the greatest peak gencies arise. The committee felt October 4. Chapel will be held on Monday this week rather er time in the school's history. Be- the history of the college has seen. that this plan was more advisable than on Tuesday as usual. At 8:30 Monday evening Mrs. cause of the marked depletion in This announcement was made early than having certain standing com- the registration of the stronger (?) this week by Paul H. Younger, mittees, since it will offer mor* Owen will also give an evening lecture which will be open to sex, the most striking alteration has newly appointed registrar. people an opportunity to help dur- the public. Mrs. Owen's womanly charm and occurred in the field of men's hous- Of the civilian students, over four ing the year. magnetism, combined with her ora- ing. With the roll of fraternity ac- hundred are women, making this The activities of this organization tivities diminishing almost day bynumber about equal to pre-war are already under way and an execu- torical ability, make her one of the day throughout the past year, it years. Though Cochran hall and tive committee for the Consolidated country's great women. She began has been deemed advisable by both Hammett house are no longer War Chest drive next month has Staff Gets her speaking career as a young college and fraternities to discon- available for freshmen women, the been chosen. Aubrey Crawford, '45, girl stumping for her father when tinue, at least temporarily, the housing space has been supplement- acts as executive chairman of the house system as adhered to in theed by the addition of three former committee and assisting him areTen Recruits he was battling for the presidency past. fraternity houses as dormitories. Ginny Bennett, '44, secretary; Nor- of the U. S. She was the first Men attending college this fall The freshmen class at the pre-ma Fix, '46, treasurer; Jim Jenkins, woman to represent the "Old have been assigned to three col- sent time is composed of approxi- '44, men's dormitory solicitation; South" in Congress and as Con- lege dorms for living quarters. In mately 70 men and 155 women. Departments Obtain Nancy Konstanzer, '44, women's gresswoman she had as large an addition to Cochran hall, in use These numbers include those stud- dormitory solicitation; Jean Hahne, Eight New Teachers; since last winter as a place of resi- ents who began during the summer '44, special arrangements; and Jean influence on legislation as any Con- dence for Allegheny men, Delta session, but omits the students who Merrill, 44, publicity. Two on Nursing Staff gressman ever had during one term. Tau Delta and Phi Delta Theta have already been called into serv- Marguerite Kift, '46, is heading Mrs. Owen was also the first houses have, under new names and ice. Mr. Younger explained that woman to serve on the Congression- the new committee in charge of Eight faculty members and two college supervision, been designated due to the policy of admitting fresh- sending the Campus and the Ivory al Foreign Affairs Committee, and as dormitories for men. Aside from men at the start of the fall, spring, nurses have been added to the staff had the distinction of becoming Tower to Alleghenians in the serv- at Allegheny this fall. those students regularly residing in and summer sessions, the total en- ice. Other members of the com- America's first woman diplomat. Meadville or vicinity, the remaining rollment of freshmen men equals mittee are Elaine Alexander, '46, Dr. Alexander Kern, instructor in During the First World War, she few men, all upperclassmen, have that of previous years, but the Marjorie Fortin, '46, and Pat Paint- English, is a graduate of Yale Uni- served as nurse in the Egypt-Pal- secured lodging in private homes. smaller group that is able to re- er, '46. The success of the com-versity, and received his Ph.D. from estine campaign. Included in this latter group are main keeps changing. mittee depends largely upon wheth- the University of Wisconsin. He those able men of the famous John was formerly an instructor at the Today, in addition to writing and Hurst P. Anderson, former reg- er or not the addresses of Allegh- lecturing, Mrs. Owen is a member St. settlement and thereabouts! istrar, left this summer to become eny service men are known and are University of Iowa and the Uni- versity of Wisconsin. of the American Greenland Com- Three of the remaining four va- president of Centennial Junior Col- correct; therefore, everyone is urged mission, collaborator with the U. S. cated fraternity houses, after pass- lege in New Jersey to put changed or new addresses Hubert Gibbs, instructor in his-Travel Bureau, member of the ing into college hands, were quickly in a box at the desk in the lobby of tory, received his B.A. degree at Adult Education Board of Columbia converted into dormitories to help Brooks hall. Iowa University and his M.A. de- Broadcasting Company, and var- accommodate the bumper crop of The scholarship fund, which is gree at the University of Minne- ious other organizations. freshmen women enrolled at pres- Rush Week another activity of the new warsota. Before coming to Allegheny These programs will be sponsored ent. These were likewise renamed activities committee, is being contin- he taught at Emmetsburg Junior by the Chapel and Entertainment and a regular proctor placed in ued this year. It is hoped that this College in Iowa, and in Nebraska public schools. He has taken special Program committee with Mr. I. R. charge of each. Sigma Alpha Epsi- Programs To fund, now consisting of $350, will Beiler as the new head. Mr. j. E. lon has been renamed Gamble be rapidly increased during the year. work on Japanese-American rela- House in honor of the late Dr. tions. Cavelti is the retiring chairman of Bruce Gamble, illustrious S.A.E. End October 2 the committee. Doctor R. C. Baker, instructor in On November 2 and. 3, Ernst and for many years a prominent Freshman Traditions history and political science, is a Meadville physician. Phi Kappa Psi The Men's Undergraduate Coun- graduate of H^ivard, received his Wolfe, concert singer, will return House is now Crawford House in cil, continuing the quota system in- 1. No walking on grass (excep- Master's degree at Cornell and histo the campus under the auspices honor of the late William Henry augurated this summer because of tion Alumni Gardens). Ph.D. at Columbia. Previously he of the Asssociation of American Crawford, a former Phi Psi, whodecreased enrollment, has set up the 2. No smoking on campus with taught in Hastings College, Ne- Colleges. He will present a chapel was chief executive of Allegheny following regulations for fraternity the exception of buildings where braska, and Illinois Wesleyan. Dr. program as well as an evening con- from 1893-1920 and President rushing this year: smoking is permitted. Baker also passed his bar examin- cert. Emeritus until his death about a 1. Rushing will last from Sep- 3. Dinks to be worn daily from ations and practiced law in Sco- The following Tuesday, Novem- year ago. Phi Gamma Delta is now tember 20 to Saturday, Oct- 8 a. m. until 6 p. m. except Sundays. haric, New York. ber 9, Anup Singh, a foremost lec- known as Ridge House in honor of ober 2, at 12:00 midnight. 4. Freshmen men must tip dinks Miss Agnes Kollitz, instructor in turer on India and its struggle for the late William Ridge, a most out- 2. Bidding is preferential for to all faculty members and when secretarial studies, received her freedom, will present both chape! standing member of Phi Gamma both fraternities and rushees. passing Bentley Hall. B.S. degree at the University of and evening talks. Delta fraternity and also one of 3. All lists must be handed to 5. Freshmen must keep off the Minnesota. She formerly taught in the college's Trustees for several Mr. Benjamin in the library Upperclass Walk which extends several schools in Minneapolis. from Arter Hall to Carnegie Hall. years preceding his death. between 12:00 noon and 1:00 Miss Mary Morison, instructor in p. m. on Sunday, October 3. 6. Freshmen must speak to all The new men's dorms have also upperclassmen. physical education, received her Air Corps been christened anew. Delta Tau Since the fraternities are on the A.B.