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at "Marge" Biondi's summer home at announced her engagement to Dan Jo
Petite Lake. Soon after Commence- Browning. So
ment five of the girls left for convention. M
Norma Coe, our president, Marie Brand, Mona Broad was in charge of the house te
Dorothy Huckins, Peggy Parker, and decorations for Homecoming, and Marion pt
Dee Vogel drove to Ithaca, and they all Lowenthal had charge of the float. 08 H
report that the Epsilon girls are charm- the float we were given honorable men- |an
ing hostesses. tion by the judges. Marion is our en- ipf
trant in the Syllabus beauty queen contest in
Lucille Gardner, who was to have been for this year. he
initiated this fall, surprised us all when di
she married Robert Duncan during the All the offices of Calethia Literary So^ qu
summer. Lucille was back this fall for ciety are held by Alpha O's. Harriet be
rushing, and it seemed like old times to Manley is president, Hazel Wilbar is sec- |£i
have her around. retary, and Mary Lou Wakefield is treas- Th
urer. Margaret Dorr and Betty Beau^ an
Just before school started, Alice Thom- champ were recently initiated into this (W
son entertained all the girls who were in society. One might be inclined to think ti
town for tea. We had such a lovely time, that only AOIT's are members, but such sc
and Alice talked to us about convention is not the case. Margaret Goble has
and rushing. Alice Thomson, Ruth Bat- been chosen manager of the Rifle Club. o
terson Solheim, and Dorothy Blair are In this capacity she schedules all meets* ju
our alumna; advisers, and I'm sure that but don't blame her for all the shooting or
no active chapter ever had any nicer that is done around here. B
ones. to
Peggy Parker is business manager of so
On September 27 we had "Hell Day" the W.A.A. Men's Union show for this th
for Betty Beauchamp, Mona Broad, and year. Last year Peggy was ticket mana- tw
Betty Hastings, all of Evanston. We ger for the show, and her work must have th
surprised the girls and had initiation that been very satisfactory. Peggy is also te
same night so they would be actives when president of Shi-Ai, intersorority group T
we pledged our new girls. "Queenie" and Katherine Blair is our Junior mem- lo
Broad came to see her sister, Mona, ini- ber. "Kay" is selling Junior blazers, and
tiated. that means that she is a prominent mem- P>
ber of the class. iLb
Our pledge class this year numbers |*o
twenty, and our new pledges are Mabel Vivien Bork is president of Zeta Phi °u
Blair, Helen Bowe, Felicity Clarkson, Eta, speech sorority and won a scholar- J
Florence Gage, Grace Hummelgaard, ship for being the most outstanding de
Avis Mortell, Mary Alice Mclnerney, speech student. Vivien had an important (
Sylvia Phillips, Joan Rangecroft, and role in "The Young Idea" which was 1
Vivien Wedgewood all of Chicago; Jes- given so successfully on campus this fall, fo
sie Lou Butler, Elsie Crugar, Marjorie and which was recently repeated under {n
Frandson, and Alta Mae Townsend of the auspices of the alumna; chapter. [ "
Evanston; Janet Anderson, Rockford; W
Mabel Harper, Long Island, New York; There are a number of Rho girls who *
Laura Luebke, Glencoe; and Edith Mor- are working on the various campus pub- *
gan, Okolona, Mississippi. Vivien Wedge- lications. Katherine Blair and Betty f^
wood is president of the pledges. Vivien Hastings are on the editorial board of fc
was also invited to the Y.W.CA. ban- the Purple Parrot; Myra Crowder &
quet as being one of the representative Classified Ad manager of the Daily
girls of the class. Northwestern; and Olive Fisher is Cir-
culation manager of the Syllabus.
Early in October we had the pleasure In the class elections this fall Marion
of seeing Carolyn Piper Dorr once more. Lowenthal was chosen secretary-treasurer
Mrs. Dorr, who was one of the founders of the Sophomore class, and is on Sopho^
of Rho chapter, was here last spring to more Commission. Grace Schinnick is "
see her daughter, Margaret, initiated. on Junior Commission, and Peggy
Parker is on Senior Commission.
Even though the Rho girls are busy in
sorority and campus activities, they do Although busy in many other activi- .
not neglect their romances. At the ban- ties, athletics have not been overlooked s
quet which was held after formal pledg- or neglected. The Alpha O's on Senior I
ing, Dee Vogel announced her engage- soccer team were Harriet Manley. cap-*!
ment to Billy Ruggles. A few weeks tain, Norma Coe, Dee Vogel, and Mary
later Laura Luebke, one of the pledges, Lou Wakefield. Mabel Blair made Jun-
