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kinson ('35), Louise Turner ('32), Mar-
tha Snell ('35), Winifred Green ('35),
and Laura Ellen Wallace ('34).
Last June N u Omicron was awarded
the scholarship cup which is given each
year to the sorority having the highest
scholastic average. We have won the cup
three consecutive years, and now i t be-
longs to us permanently.
We are glad to have Lucy Greer, Eva
Jean Wrather, and Elizabeth Wenning
back in school this year. Elizabeth has
just returned from a year's study in
Germany, and she is doing graduate
work.
Every year N u Omicron gives a ring
to the most outstanding pledge. Last
year Elizabeth H i l l w o n the ring. I t is Rodenhauser are on Student Council.
awarded t o the pledge making the high-
est number of points. These points can
be obtained on scholarship, student ac-
tivities, and attitude.
The Alpha O's sponsored a play,
"Tweedles," which was presented by the
Stagecrafters, a theatrical organization in
Nashville which antedates the Little
Theater movement. Everybody worked
hard selling tickets, and i t was a big suc-
cess.
After rushing the old girls gave a
house dance in - honor of the pledges.
We have also given a tea for our parents,
and have had open house several times.
The pledges entertained the other pledges
on the campus with a tea.
Alpha O's are quite active on the
Psi Moves into New Quarters
By J A N E M . E V A N S , University of Pennsylvania
Psi has moved! N o t far away from
the old house, but we're more comfort-
able. We are very much at home now at
3434. Y o u should come and see how
cozy we are with our new furniture, re-
painted pieces, lamps, and new curtains.
Early in the fall we pledged Dorothy
Maloney, and during rushing, we pledged
Edith Dareff, Edna Dhiel, K i t Langell,
and R u t h Pelouse. A t the alumnae din-
Phi Wins Scholarship Award
By K A T H L E E N M C M O R R A N , University of Kansas
Our twelve pledges are: M u r i e l Lovett Kansas City, M o . ; Joan Dunham ('35)»-
('33), Helen Wedow ('33), Eleanor
Massman ('35), Jean Murdock ('33),
Dorothy Dixon ('33), Francis Fink ('33),
campus this year. Three of our pledges,
Maliel Wynne Ownbey, Martha Snell,
and Shirley Gray Kirkpatrick, made Co«'
Editors, a freshman-sophomore literary
club. Margaret Whiteman, Louise Cecfl;
and Louise Turner, a pledge, are mem-
bers of II2<i>, a national honorary lit-
erary society. Frances Rodenhau=er rep-
resents Yanderbilt Women on the StiH
dent Activities Board. Margaret White-
man and M a r y Elinor Rodenhauser are
members of the Y.W.C.A. cabinet. Mar-
garet is secretary and M a r y Elinor is}
social chairman. Eva Jean Wrather be-
longs to Scribblers, a junior-senior lit*
erary organization. Josephine McKelvey
belongs to Three Arts. Minnie Hayes,
Frances Rodenhauser, and Sue Lanier are
Bachelor Maides. Margaret Whiteman,'
M a r y Elinor Rodenhauser, and Frances
M a r y Elinor is also on the honor com-
mittee. Dorothy Willett and Mary Elinor
belong to Lotus Eaters, a freshman-
sophomore social club.
Each year N u Omicron celebrates
Founders' D a y by planting four shrubs
along the A O I I walk on the campus.
D r . Ada Belle Stapleton, the dean of
women, Robbie Allison Shackleford, the
president of the alumnae chapter, and our
president, Frances Rodenhauser, made
appropriate speeches. A f t e r the shrubs
were planted, we went to the house.
where the pledges entertained us with
stunts and a buffet supper.
ner some girls f r o m N u come to enter-
tain us w i t h skits. Others were here fow
our formal. We were so glad to havej
them. Edith Ramsey Collins, our District.?
Superintendent, has been here several:]
times, and we thoroughly enjoy her
visits.
Recently we gave a theatre benefit]
"Hay Fever." N o w we are celebrating
Founders' Day and are having a rum-
mage sale.
Boston, Mass.; Margaret Bonney
Pittsburgh, Pa.; Pearl Otto ('33), and
Patricia Shannon ('33), Lawrence; Mar-
JANUARY, 1932
jaret Saunders ('35), Tongonoxie; and
Ruth Pyle ('35), Clay Center, K a n .
Each one is in some hill activity.
When the Panhellenic scholarship rat-
ing of last year was announced this f a l l ,
S40H led all the others. To encourage
scholarship we are offering an A O I I pin
to the pledge making the highest grades.
On October 11 we entertained the
Kansas City Mothers' Club w i t h a tea.
i f r s . M i x ( E ) , our almna adviser, as-
sisted our housemother, Mrs. Landes, as
hostess. On October 24, some of us went
to Lincoln to the K.U.-Nebraska game
and were treated royally by the Zeta
girls.
Omega Pledges Fourteen Girls
By C H A R L O T T E M A T T H E W S , Miami University
We had to start the year a little handi-
capped because we had only twelve ac-
tives back, but we have fourteen fine
pledges. They are: Ellen Hybarger,
Edith Cope, Lois Stringfellow, Findlay;
Jeannette Phillips, Isabelle Clark, A l -
berta Neiswonger, Greenville; Betty
Euing, Kenton; Julia Frances Fisher,
Camden; Sue Graham, H a m i l t o n ; M i l -
dred Hayes, M a r i o n , I n d . ; Jane H a r - ber of the Women's League, vice presi-
lamert, Loveland; Martha Driscoll,
Liberty, I n d . ; Emily Corlett. Lake-
wood; and Betty Smith, Painesville. Lois
[is pledge president, and Jeannette was
recently elected secretary-treasurer of the
freshman class. We gave a tea to intro-
duce them to the other sororities on the
Campus in Wells recreation room Octo-
her 22, and they in turn entertained us
with a picnic at the fieldhouse October
28.
We held initiation October 10 f o r
Ruth Turley, Lakewood, and Dorothy
Gransee, Youngstown. Ruth has been
chosen for the Soph H o p committee, is
* member of the soph volleyball team
Omicron Pi Entertains Margaret Spengler
By W I N I F R E D H A L L , University of Michigan
. We are proud to announce the pledg-
es of Helen Flynn, Eleanor Heath,
Eleanor Henny, Lucile Johnston, Jane
Jf w, Harriet Oleksiuch, D o r o t h y Park,
Virginia Pelhank, Margaret Pulfrey and
Jhzabeth Webster. We are grateful to
Adele Ewing, our rushing chairman f o r
^refill planning and hard work. Two
^ters, EUzabeth and Katherine Griffiths,
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Faire Voran, Anita Munford, Adelaide
Brook, Ruth Pyle, and Olga Wallace rep-
resent us in the University Glee Club.
Faire and Kathleen McMorran were
elected to Macdowell Club, representing
the music department.
Our annual Christmas party was Sat-
urday, December 5. The main decoration
was a huge Christmas tree made festive
by little colored lights and shiny icicles.
We have our Christmas dinner Thursday
night, December 17. A t that time we ex-
change toys which afterwards are sent
to the orphans' home. Our freshmen en-
tertain us w i t h a farce that night, too,
so i t promises to be a gala occasion.
and is one of our representatives f o r
Women's Panhellenic.
Y o u w i l l be interested to k n o w that
Peg Barr, our president, who was chosen
Representative Junior last year, is house
chairman of Hepburn Hall (and by the
way, i f you ever come to Oxford be sure
to come to see us at Hepburn), a mem-
dent of Panhellenic, and reporter for
the Student. Jean Rust has been elected
to AO and to Madrigal Club, Sarah Ellen
Struble has made the junior hockey
team, Peg Barr the senior soccer team,
and Charlotte Matthews is working on
the Student. M a r y Collins, our treasurer,
was in charge of the Kiwanis Health
Camp at Greenville.
Frances Crosby, one of our seniors,
has had to leave school because of her
health, and we all miss her very much.
We hope she'll be back next semester.
Homecoming brought back quite a
few alumnae, and we had a get-together
tea at Mrs. Clark's after the game.
were also pledged this fall but were
initiated in November, as well as Joan
Barnette, Helen Gray, Helen Holden,
Ruth McLearn, and Katherine Waara.
One of the important events on
campus, known as the "Sophomore
Cabaret," took place in December, and
several of our sophomores held impor-
tant positions both behind scenes, and in