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track meet which closes the intra-mural pro- •p Lois Lippitt was chosen as one of the
gram for the year. beauty queens in the junior class. Ruth

Pyle had charge of the choruses in the uni-
versity musical comedy, "Hilarities of 1934,"
OIT As the end of the school year draws and Eleanor Massman was a member of the
to a close, activities of O i l increase. chorus. Phi Chapter entertained some of the
faculty members and also their patrons and
First of all. election of officers presented Mary patronesses at a lovely dinner, Thursday,
Alice Emmett, who was pledged to O Chapter, March 21. The new officers for the coming
and has been active here for the past two year are as follows: president. Ruth Pyle;
years, as our president for the next year. We vice president, Duane Coe; corresponding sec-
feel she is worthy of the position filled so retary, Yelma Markham; assistant correspond-
capably by Helen Gray, who together with
Joan Barnette and Francis Hines will grad- ing secretary, Lois Lippitt; treasurer, Mar-
uate in June. Joan's name made an apj>ear- garet Schwartz; historian-editor to To
ance in a recent student publication, the DsAGMAj Rachel Shetlar; doorkeeper, Imogene
B.M.O.C. Bluebook (which also included Beamer; and song leader, Yelma Markham.
B.W.O.C.). Billie Griffiths, vice president of Phi was very proud to have two girls in the
Comedy Club, was also honored. As a blues Honors Convocation; Elizabeth Hinshaw,
singer in the night club scene of Junior Girls' who made 4>BK, and Margaret Schwartz, a
Play, she was a success. Harriet Oleksiuch sophomore, who made fifteen hours of A.
as a "High Yaller Gal" was startling in a
gown of purple and red, while Stella and
Delta Glass made lively doctors, efficiently EI "Comus" was a great success and every-
assisted by Virginia Matthews as a nurse. body remarked how well Virginia Freret
Eleanor Health appeared as a scrubwoman
and "mug." Dorothy Dorsey, our transfer played the title role. We predict many such
triumphs for her in the future. Quite a few
AOn's took part in the song and dance
graduate student from O H Chapter, made choruses, which helped to make the masque
ITAO, honorary education sorority. In the an effective production. We chose Halcyon
field of athletics, Betty Evans and Joan Barn- Colomb to be the president of our chapter
ette were offered positions on class basketball next year. However, the AOII's are not the
teams—senior and sophomore respectively. only girls with whom she is popular. At a
Pat Woodward, who is as good at studies as recent study body election Halcyon was se-
on the rifle range, made a perfect score re- lected to serve as Newcomb Campus Night
cently. Twin Polly has been named woman Chairman, or mistress of ceremonies at the
editor of the Freshman Handbook. Among monthly entertainments given by the students
our freshmen, Betty Miller has been given a of Tulane and Newcomb. Elizabeth Scales,
committeeship for the Freshman Project, given an A O I I daughter, was elected president of
by girls of the freshman class. The house next year's sophomore class. Mary Elba Mar-
itself has been busy entertaining. The shall fulfilled our hopes for her by being
Bowery Ball, an annual affair, was attended elected to 4>HK Abby Ray's cheer-leading
by sixty couples and proved to be very realistic must have pleased the student body, for she
as to costumes and settings. Another lovely was reelected as head cheerleader for next
affair was the formal dinner, at which five year. Glendy Culligan, one of Newcomb's
of our patronesses were entertained. Later in most brilliant varsity debaters, delivered sev-
the year, the traditional spread was given by eral debates in her witty and unusual manner.
the senior girls of the house for junior mem- Mildred Shaw was one of the few girls chosen
bers of the Junior Girls Play. Freshmen and to particij>ate in a rhythmic design dance,
sophomore women were very much excluded. which was one of the highlights of the Gym
Night program. The active chapter came
As a fitting conclusion to initiation week-end second in scholastic average this year. Our
we entertained actives and new initiates with charity ball for the benefit of the Kentucky
a banquet. Each new member was presented Frontier Nursing Service was very successful.
with a sheaf of red roses by her sorority One of the most amusing fund-raising event>
"mother." Welcoming talks were given by of the evening was a novelty "cake walk"
Helen Gray ('34), Mary Alice Emmett ('35), staged by the alumna? in which the participants
and Ruth Sonnanstine ('36), as representatives walked around in a circle, constructed like a
of their classes. Harriet Oleksiuch responded. raffle wheel, to win a cake. Our other dances
Among Oil's alumna? to whom attention has have all been most enjoyable also, and we are
been directed of late, we find Margaret planning to give a house party on the Gulf
Bourke-White, quite a famous photographer, Coast in the near future.

and one of whose works appeared on tin-
cover of the Gargoyle, campus humor maga-
zine. Marian VanTuyl, of Chicago, enter- I I A For variety this year we had a costume
tained Ann Arbor writh a dance recital late dance for our spring formal. The Uni-
in the winter, and was enthusiastically re-
ceived. Her work has been spreading in fame versity of Maryland sponsored an evening of
and it is with pride that our chapter claims general entertainment called All-University
her as an alumna. Another Chicagoite is Night. A goodly number of IIA's appeared
Billie Johnson ('33) who was prominent in on the program. Theda Wonders starred in a
campus dramatic circles, and who has re- trio which sang popular songs. Flora Wald-
cently been playing the lead in a presentation man, Ruth Summerville, Betty Weaver, Jean
at the Studebaker Theatre. Mitchell, Eunice and Betty Miller, Virginia
Connor, and Katherine Terhune were among