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went to hear " K a y " Hamilton (Rho western took an interesting straw vote
'28), in her debut at Kimball Hall. as to whether or not the co-eds wanted
We were very proud of her decided smoking rooms in their houses. " K a y "
success, and we're really not the least Blair was a member of the special elec-
bit egotistical when we said that she tion board which supervised balloting.
plays beautifully. Is i t necessary to state the result of the
voting ?
Vivien Bork, who is our most active
member over in the School of Speech, Not because of lack of other things to
entered the dramatic poetry contest, and do, but because of interest in our nation's
stayed in until the final eliminations. welfare, we even get mixed up in poli-
We hardly see " V i v " at the house, for tics! Myra Crowder and Betty Hastings
she is continually going to rehearsals and are members of the Republican Club.
on tours or something like that, and
then she is house president, too. " V i v " Is there anything we've neglected? No,
was a member of the cast of "Cock not even our romances. Hazel Wilbar's
Robin" which was such a success on engagement to Richard Thorpe was an-
this campus. One performance of the nounced last Monday at fraternity din-
play was given under the auspices of ner. Dick, a member of Delta Upsilon,
the Chicago alumnae association of Alpha attended school here last year.
Omicron Pi, of which our own Alice
Thomson is president. (She really comes And right at the moment, i f you should
f r o m Alpha, but she's ours now.) ask a Rho girl, she'll either first groan
or sigh before she answers you. Sounds
And once again the team of Margarets bad, doesn't it? We're practicing for
Dorr and Goble appears. They are our Circus stunt! I ' d like to be able to
new members of Ro K u Va, honorary tell you whether or not we have sur-
society for women. vived eliminations, but I have just re-
turned from the try-outs. Gretchen
Shi-Ai sponsored an intersorority Baarsch has charge of the stunt, and
bridge tournament again this spring. Barbara Beimfohr is planning our float.
"Kay" Blair was in charge of the af- The Circus is M a y 2 and 3. Betty Has-
fair. I n the first round our team com- tings is at the head of the auto show
posed of "Marge" Biondi and Norma which is one of the biggest attractions.
Coe defeated Alpha Chi Omega. Then, Grace Hummelgaard has been selected
in the second round, our team of Dee to serve on the Circus Side Show Com-
Vogel and "Marge" Biondi lost to Zeta mittee.
Tau Alpha.
Rita Biondi came up to see us while
No one could have existed around here she was home for spring vacation f r o m
during the month of March without Alma College, where she is teaching.
hearing about the W.A.A. Men's Union I t was so nice to see her, and we hope
annual musical comedy. Peggy Parker she comes up again soon.
was business manager, Margaret D o r r
was ticket manager, and "Marge" Biondi We're working day and night (almost)
had charge of the candy sales. Gretchen making money, but only to spend it
Baarsch's song won the contest which again. We sold tickets to the Flower
Was open to all Northwestern co-eds. Show at the Sherman Hotel, and are
soon to have either a theatre benefit or
I suppose it's because spring is here, subscription dance.
but anyway everyone is talking about
caps and gowns, announcements, alumnse Among the new pledges of Calethia
committees, and so f o r t h . Peggy Parker Literary Society are Sylvia Phillips,
has been chosen as a member of the Grace Hummelgaard, Barbara Beimfohr,
advisory council of the Northwestern and Gretchen Baarsch.
University Foundation. In speaking of
the newly elected members, the Daily I'm not a fortune teller or a prophet,
Northwestern says, "They are chosen but in forecasting the remaining two
because they are the outstanding mem- months of school, I feel safe in saying
bers of their class, they are active in stu- that no Rho girl w i l l find time heavy
dent affairs and are well acquainted on her hands. Graduation w i l l be sad
among their classmates. Each w i l l be this year. I t generally is because of the
named a life member of the foundation." quality of the Seniors. This June we'll
lose not only quality but also quantity.
A few weeks ago the Daily North- There are fourteen AOITs who are to
graduate!
