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the dancers. Sarah Louise Short, our presi- Professor in Love," given in Irvine Audito-
dent, has proved herself a campus leader and rium. Frances Hadley, our retiring president
was featured as such in the Diamondback, our who will graduate in June, and Estella Von
weekly newspaper. She is secretary of Pan- Hagen will be ladies of the court in the color-
hellenic Association. "Sue" has concentrated ful pageant of May Day. We were pleased
most of her time and attention on the Foot- to have as house guests recently Margaret
light Club, of which she is secretary. She has Borland, Kay Roberts, Ruth Pabst, and Edna
had parts in "Hurry-Up Love," "Holiday," Lowe from E A Chapter at Pennsylvania State.
and "Berkeley Square." Her newest role is We feel that we just must say how beautiful
the lead in our spring production of "A the McCausland Scholarship Cup is; it is a
Murder Has Been Arranged." Our pledges goal and an inspiration and we are going to
entertained us with an original play for in- work hard to retain it.
formal initiation which included some song
and dance numbers by Theda Wonders, Carol
Hutchison, and Virginia Terry. Each pledge P Alice Eichhorn ('35) and Barbara Trum-
sang an original song to AOII. We were all bull ('36) were pledged to Alethenai
especially pleased with initiation week-end this
year. Pinckney Estes Glantzberg and Anne Literary Society a few weeks ago. Mildred
Anderson Sale were both present. At the Boehm ('35) was a featured toe-dancer in
buffet supper on Saturday night many alumna? the annual W A A - M U show and has been
returned to meet the new initiates and see dancing frequently at the Edgewater Beach
old friends again. Among those who were Hotel. Florence Reddington ('34) and Carol
welcomed back were Edith Burnsidc White- MacNeil ('36) were in the toe-chorus, of
ford, Edna Burnside Howard, Minna Cannon, which Florence was captain, and Jessalyn
'Libby" Taylor, Ruth Miles, Josephine Bland- Malmgren ('36) was in the tap-chorus, which
ford, Mildred Kettler, and Ellen Jane Kaiser was trained by Mildred. Margaret Rowe ('35)
Beavens. Initiation was followed by a ban- and Judith Baird ('37) were in the woman's
quet at the Kennedy-Warren on Sunday. We singing unit. Needless to say, the show was
will long remember Pinckney's speech. One a big success. Carol MacNeil is in charge of
of the highlights of this day was the award- Syllabus sales at the house. Norma Niers-
ing of the pledge ring which is given each theimer ('34) is our candidate for Syllabus
year to the girl who has performed her pledge beauty queen. Three engagements have been
duties most faithfully. To decide between announced lately: Sally Smith ('34) to Prof.
Eunice Miller and Flora Waldman was so John J . B. Morgan of the psychology faculty
difficult that we gave the ring for six months here; Ethel Bomhoeft ('34) to Fred Whit-
to each girl. Eunice drew it first so Flora well, a AX at Northwestern; and Kaye Stah-
received a corsage of roses as a compensation. mer ('36) to William Baum, also a sopho-
The major officers for the coming year are: more. Panhellenic is giving a dinner for the
Helen Wollman, president; Martha Cannon, pledge and active with the highest scholarship
vice president; Elizabeth Ewald, secretary; averages in each sorority. Jane Hupman
Virginia Potts, treasurer. Now that gradua- ('34), with a 6.2 and Barbara Trumbull ('36),
with a 5.7, are our delegates.

tion is so near we are looking forward to
June Week. Francis Benedict has charge of
May Day, one of the events of that week. 2 Dorothy Davis ('37) has been named on
the Little Theater costume staff. Edith
Musser ('34) has been selected to dance in
the Mask and Dagger Revue to be presented
W The following were elected officers of next month. Susan Crane ('37) and Janice
* Chapter for the year 1934-35: president, Hesser ('35) continue to be active on the
Marion Miller; vice president, Dorothy Davis; Pelican. Likewise Jane Lovell ('36) and
recording secretary-, Elizabeth Bold; corre- Patricia Appleton ('37) have survived semes-
sponding secretary, Doris Bastian; treasurer, ter cuts to be among the few remaining on
Edna Diehl; correspondent to To DRACMA, the Personnel staff. The house has been well
Estella Von Hagen; scholarship officer, Ann- represented at all the semester's intramurals
ette Savin; doorkeeper, Lydia Schilling; study- including swimming, archery, and badminton.
plan officer, Eleanor Hibschman. The ritual May Layne ('34) has proved very successful
service and installation of the new officers as intramural manager. Word has been re-
will be held on April 7. We are planning to ceived of the admittance of Ida Dohrmann
have our spring formal a closed dance at the ('34) to B B B , international biological honor
Hotel Normandy on May 5. Our winter dance society. Members of the house and their
was both a social and a financial success due friends attended a group of dramatic mono-
largely to the efforts of Eleanor Hibschman logues presented at the chapter house on the
as chairman of the committee in charge of evening of March 15 by Rose Bell ( 2 ) . Mar-
the dance. Eleanor will have charge of the jorie Hearn ('35) and Marian Jensen ('36)
spring dance, too. Many of our girls will have been elected new president and vice
take part in the unusual May Fete of the president of the chapter, respective!}'. V\'e
University of Pennsylvania to be given at the entertained our fathers at a dinner on Tues-
Morris Arboretum on May 5. Betty Bal- day, March 28. Ardith Fluharty ('35) was
burnie as president of the Zelosophic Society in charge, and the dinner party was pro-
has a main part in one of the three short nounced by both fathers and daughters to be
plays which will be part of the program. one of the most enjoyable of its kind. Our
Dorothy Davis and Betty Balburnie recently spring formal will take place on April 6 at
appeared in major roles in the play, "The the St. FVancis Yacht Club in San Francisco. ^