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are: Helen Battey ('31), Bijou Brinkop loses her sweet disposition. She is cer-=] "an
('32), Dorothy Burton ('33), Grace tainly a jewel, and how she understandal [M
Crenshaw ('33), Margaret Clifton ('33). girls! D
Madeline Hannan ('33), Esther Kuehn 'Ba
('33), Kathleen Merriam ('33), Jane Ne- We have had several open hou?c- this tM
gus ('31), Dorothy Piper ('33), Blythe semester, since we now have the space in th
Ringquest ('33), and Florence Summer- which to give such things. Directly un-i pu
bell ('31). der the dining room is our combination) irfi
ballroom and chapter room. I t has a :
Dorothy Piper has l>een elected secre- waxed cement floor which is ideal f o r i pe
tary of t i e Freshman class, while B i j o u dancing. When we have open houses^ i gu
Brinkop is doing outstanding work on the we dance d o w n there, and then thoseH
newspaper. She seems t o be a natural who want to amuse themselves other-' I
born feature writer. Florence Summer- wise can go out onto our large fronta [if
bell has been in several assemblies, and is porch; they can dance there, if they >.\ i*h, Bu
showing talent along the dramatic line. to the strains of the orchestra below. 'Ka
She and B i j o u were recently voted into ,N
the University Dramatics Society. Mar- Speaking of dancing leads to telling! [the
garet Clifton is a student of whom we you of how Kappa Theta's spent Haiti] wo
are more than proud. Besides being un- lowe'en. We had a "hard times'* dance,t ;on
usually proficient in her studies, she is and everyone agrees that they have neve?] ure
one of our prettiest pledges. Blythe had so much f u n f o r a long time. The] [the
Ringquest is secretary of the Masonic girls either dressed in gingham dresses OH :Om
club, T a h Khepera. The rest of them funny costumes of different kinds while ith
are in various University activities, in- the men wore dirty corduroys and old| iftk
cluding the Y.W.C.A. shirts. Late in the evening, who should)] Ba
walk in on us unceremoniously, but thf ? [Na
I t is quite an experience to be where University band, all dressed up in their th
everything from sorority row down to uniforms. They serpentined through [
the lowliest filling station is new, for we the house, giving us a concert as t h e / ' tak
are now on Westwood campus you went. lUp
know. The University buildings are r«am
beautiful. I t won't be long until the The t w o days before Thanksgiving va-f.i WC
grass w i l l be entirely grown, and the cation were Homecoming days. Many o f j lin
planted trees will begin to look like some- the sorority houses, including ours, were; wo
thing. We love every inch of the ground gaily decorated for the occasion. Our I
of our new surroundings. decorations included a large red and white'! BN
banner with "Welcome AOIT" on it.
Even our house mother is new, and The front of the house, the porch, and •
we'd like to introduce you to her. Her the steps were decorated in blue and "i
name is M r s . Curtiss, and she's every- gold, the University colors. The day I
thing a house mother should be. Even before Thanksgiving, we held open house , 'JJP
when anything goes wrong she never for the Kappa Theta alumnae. ^ho
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Kappa Omicron Turns Carpenters to Renovate °n
Dressing Room PJ*
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By CHARLOTTE B R U C E , Southwestern University °n
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During the summer months Kappa room. N o sooner thought of than done. jto
Omicron was busy even though many of The room turned out a dream, especially ttn
the chapter were in distant places. We after designing it in futuristic style. We. RV
used the lodge f o r several delightful had a panel door put in to separate t n | j jn
bridge parties. When Pauline Barton lavatory f r o m the room. We earned ,;no
(president), returned f r o m Cornell she out the color scheme of ivory, gold a n j l
was simply bubbling over to tell the black. Even the fixtures are futurist*;
chapter about convention. and made out of tiny cut mirrors. The.
door design carries out our idea perfectly
I n our lodge the dressing room is very as well as the black carpet and gold p j M
small. There was a closet almost as big lows. I wish I could really describe the
as the dressing room proper. The chap- room for you because it is our pride a n . ;
ter at meeting one day decided to take
down the partition between the closet and j°y- -
dressing room and make it into one big Rushing turned out favorably for US|