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day ballet. Also we are very proud that and we had three thrilled girls who were
two of our girls, Edna Mae Lloyd, and pinned by our Grand President. These
Dorothy Ann Feyerherm, are to take happy three were: Caruth McCord ('33),
part in the next Play House presenta- Alberta Faucette ('31), and Abbey De
tion, "The Cradle Song." Shazo ('33). A f t e r the first six weeks
we initiated Ouida Grey ('32), and
X i was charmed with the charm of Wanda Grey ('30).
Miss W y m a n during her visit to us,

Tau Delta Serves at Community House

By E V E L Y N C O F F I N , Birmingham-Southern College

Tau Delta is particularly fortunate at chariots, caused a hilarity which was still
this season to have Elizabeth Heywood genuine at the end of the evening.
W y m a n as her guest. I t has meant a
great deal to every member to come While we are speaking of stunts, we
into actual contact w i t h so charming a must mention the spend-the-night party
personality and, through her, to realize we gave our pledges at the home o f
more f u l l y the national scope of our f r a - Carolyn Brandon, recently. I t was a
ternity.. Each officer has gone out from real treat t o see our new girls i n the

her personal interview w i t h Miss W y - roles of Turkish sultans and court dan-
man a great deal wiser and anxious t o cers, i n spite of the fact that they blew
put her new understanding into ac- pepper at us during the finale. Our
good humor was augmented when they
tivity.

Among the entertainments for our sneezed as much, if not more, than we.
visitor were a tea, given by the actives A l l of us had breakfast together the next
and alumna? at the home of Elizabeth morning at the college cafeteria, and we
Reynolds; informal luncheons; a din- were i n excellent spirits and felt much
. ner party at Birmingham-Southern on closer to each other than ever before.
the annual stunt night; and a picnic.
The tea was a delightful affair. Not The Birmingham branch of the Na-
only fellow students, but many of the tional Panhellenic gave a luncheon at
faculty gathered around the table, which the municipal club, here, A p r i l 5, w i t h
was daintily appointed w i t h a lace cloth, Mrs. Emily Newell Blair as the principal
red candles in silver candelabra, and speaker. Elizabeth Morris Hackney and
red roses as a centerpiece. Stunt night Charlotte Matthews were the AOII mem-
gave Miss W y m a n a glimpse o f an an- bers of the pageant written by Rochelle
nual affair which has grown into a tra- Gachet and given to commemorate
dition. Once a year the faculty forgets "Mother Panhellenic."
its dignity and puts on a hilarious act
for the amusement of the students, and Tau Delta has been active not only
once a year the different classes are given in a social, but also in a philanthropic
the opportunity to satirize or poke fun way. The members take turns serving
at the campus celebrity or activity most at the Community House, which cares
for children while their mothers are at
work, and which offers employment to
under-privileged girls occasionally, too.
subject to their notice. Features of the Everette Elliott, vice president, has seen
1930 gathering were the Junior Stunt, to i t that this w o r k be particularly suc-
[•which won the prize b y mocking a re- cessful this year.
cent "Roaring Revue" given to raise
money for the t w o local colleges, and the Helen Johnston and Helen Borchers
Faculty Stunt, which gave tableaux of w i l l be president and vice president f o r
"love through the ages." Needless to 1931. They are both decidedly capable
say, seeing such objects as our most girls, having served as treasurer and
dignified history professor dressed i n the study-plan officer, respectively, this
conventional tiger skin and bushy hair year. T a u Delta feels a deep sense of loss
of the cave-man, and hearing such in the graduation of Elizabeth Crabbe
things as one of our most masculine ge- and Everette, w h o have filled those same
ology professors using a squeaky femi- offices so brilliantly for 1930, but knows
nine voice and talking of, say, gasoline how fortunate she is to find t w o such
able successors.