1948 Winter - To Dragma

1 New York City Panke lenic Fellowship Loan

' Ji Since one of the objects expressed in nish the following information:
the constitution of the New York City
t Panhellenic, Inc., is "to stand always f o r 1. A completely filled i n Application
the encouragement of higher education," Form. ( T h i s blank may be obtained
Wit the members are happy to announce they by writing your request to the chair-
are resuming their major prewar project, man of the New York City Pan-
Bp i.e., a Fellowship Loan Fund. hellenic Fellowship Loan Fund.)

Elizabeth Devine, Omicron's outstand- Here are the stipulations for carrying 2. Recommendations f r o m :
ing '47 senior, a member of ' P K * a n d out this plan: a. T w o professors, concerning your
Mortar Board, is a graduate assistant qualifications for work desired
in the English department at Tennessee 1. L o a n is to be awarded f o r gradu- b. T w o alumnae or friends, not on
ate work in New York City. faculty
this year. c. A dean of women
2. This loan is open to N . P . C . women d. A national or district officer of
Dayton Helps Children only. your fraternity

DAYTON alumnae, in looking for a new 3. A m o u n t of loan is $400.00. 3. Transcript of college record
local project, followed the example of 4. Loan available every two years. 4. Health certificate f r o m a graduate
the AOLT n a t i o n a l p h i l a n t h r o p y of help- 5. L o a n to be made on basis of recom-
ing children and decided to aid the physician
Barney Community Center and Chil- mendations, investigations, need, and 5. Recent photograph
dren's Hospital. type of study.
- 6. N o t i f i c a t i o n of award is to be sent The name of the successful applicant
T o anyone living in or near D a y t o n to the sorority organs and to such w i l l be announced A p r i l 3 0 , 1949, and
this institution is well known f o r the publications as committee deems ad- the Fellowship award w i l l be available
fine work they do in helping crippled visable. f o r use i n the f a l l of 1949. T h e closing
children. Originally started years ago 7. Selection of recipient and adminis- date f o r the filing of the above data is
by a w e a l t h y p h i l a n t h r o p i s t as a com- tration of f u n d to be i n hands of February 15, 1949. Send all applications
munity welfare project for foreign-born committee of five appointed by the and communications to the chairman of
children it has now been developed into president of New York City Pan- New York City Panhellenic Fellowship
a nationally known institution for the re- hellenic with the approval of the Loan Fund.
habilitation of crippled children and Board of Governors.
polio victims. I f you are interested in applying for MRS. RICHARD TRAPIER BELL
this Fellowship L o a n award, please f u r - Chairman, 3 Fox L a n e ,
During the last eight months the Day- Flushing, New York
ton alumnae have been furnishing work
and play supplies for the children. These unteer workers. O u r group was intro- and out with bright colored wallpaper.
are usually cut-out books, crayons, draw- duced to this project by our vice presi- Some of the girls used mending tape to
ing books, games, puzzles, scraps of ma- dent and philanthropic chairman, Emily attain a professional touch. When the
terial, yarns, and anything we can find Taggart Beasley ( N O ' 3 7 ) . Wednesday- boxes were d r y , we began filling t h e m ,
w h i c h convalescent c h i l d r e n can use not is AOlTs day to tend the soda bar. We which was the most f u n of all. We had
only f o r pleasure but also to make gifts send two girls down to pour coffee for used money f r o m the treasury to buy pen-
and useful articles. the girls, or mix a milkshake, or rustle cils, erasers, scissors, small pads of paper,
up a sundae. W h o m d i d we say the gum, and bars of candy. Each one of
Recently three of us visited the Center lunch room accommodated? Certainly we us had brought cither a new or old
and saw at first hand the w o r k they are soda jerks have the most f u n . — D E E K I N O bracelet, necklace, or handkerchief for a
doing and we decided to carry our work girl's box. T h e boys received a knife,
a little further. The head of the Center SICKLES. marbles, or a miniature book. Some of
told us of plans f o r a new b u i l d i n g w h i c h the girls went r i g h t home and made some
will house children w i t h cerebral palsy. it more f o r t h e i r o w n c h i l d r e n . T h e y say
We are planning to donate something to they are marvelous f o r small toys.
this new p r o j e c t as our local p h i l a n - Rockford Makes Kits
thropy f o r the coming year. I t was We felt entirely gratified for our ef-
suggested that the rooms w i l l need color- ROCKFORD alumnae met one cold Novem- forts when we received word from Ken-
ful pictures that appeal to children, and ber night to make Christmas gifts for the tucky that the children were most happy
we are considering f u r n i s h i n g these as 'Tuckies. O u r hostess had the inspira-
t i o n of covering cigar boxes as Christmas with them.—MYRTLE JOHNSON.
our contribution.—THELMA EKBERG ( f t ) . kits. We covered the boxes both inside

AA

Akron Soda Jerks J • I m'

H A V E N ' T you always had a suppressed K a p p a Omicron at
desire to be a soda jerk? O u r A k r o n Southwestern initiat-
alumnae have finally realized t h a t am- ed a l l 17 of t h e i r
bition. The A k r o n Y W C A sponsors
lunch room accommodations for work- pledges last year.
ing girls. Here they can economize by
bringing their sandwiches from home.
A t one end of the room there is a non-
profit soda bar staffed entirely by vol-

27

ALUMNAE EXCHANGE

edited bu ^Jdeien (hooper, ^Oheta

A K R O N alumnae increased their treas- and Elizabeth Anderson, North Shore's for Alpha Phi chapter, contacting re-
ury f r o m $.26 t o $132 i n 18 months. corresponding secretary, showed slides of liable sources f o r recommendations a l l
Credit goes to Stubby B l a t t Sprague their recent visit to the Frontier Nursing over Montana. A t our fall rushing party
( I ' 3 5 ) , our able ways and means chair- Service i n Kentucky. T h e slides were at the country club we gave a luncheon
man. O u r most profitable project was well executed from a photographic point and style show of clothing particularly
the sale of engagement calendars, C h r i s t - of view. A l l of us l e f t the meeting w i t h suitable f o r college. Margaret Carberry
mas and everyday g i f t wrappings, and a better understanding of what FNS ( A $ ) is o u r new president. O u r programs
enclosure cards. Profitable as w e l l as does a n d is a n d h o w A O I I fits i n t o t h a t last year covered interior decoration,
entertaining was the sponsoring of two very human picture. L e o intends to send antiques, flower arrangements, a n d a
opening nights of our local theater group, the slides to other alumnae groups and summer picnic. We have had an aver-
the Weathervane Players. Twenty-five chapters to show what an integral part
per cent of the gate was ours. We served of that important service A O I I is.— age attendance of 20. — R U T H W . A L F .
coffee and cookies t o the cast and guests
after the show. O u r white elephant sale BROOKY REMUS. INDIANAPOLIS alumnae held a "Sunnin' n'
brought i n $6 i n 15 minutes. M o s t en- Splashin' " rush party f o r 20 prospective
joyable of a l l our money-making schemes Indiana and DePauw University students
were the benefit bridges. T h e y were so on August 6, at the Country Club o f
much f u n we had six o f them during the Indianapolis. After we had enjoyed
year.—DEE K I N G SICKLES. swimming and bridge we were served a
delicious luncheon i n the dining room o f
BANGOR alumnae held a delightful meet- the club. Some of the committee members
ing in May at the home of Barbara Hitch- were Norma Oburn, Winifred Spaulding,
ner i n Orono when our chapter enter- Doris Stanley, and Shirley Zeller.
tained the graduates. A feature of the
evening was an impressive candlelight One of our nicest meetings was held
service conducted by Erna James ( 9 H ) . in Pat Noble's home. D r . T . B. Noble
Erna spoke convincingly of the value of held us a l l spellbound w i t h his lecture
finding friends t h r o u g h alumnae chapters. and colored slides about Indian life i n
She presented to each senior girl a h a n d the western United States. D r . Noble
tooled leather A O I I book mark and to has spent m u c h time w i t h these people
R u t h Fogler a bouquet of red roses as a and really understands them. We hope
token of our pride i n her high scholastic to be privileged to hear h i m again next
achievements. O u r president, Mary M c - year. We expect to have another good
Clure, gave an address book to Jean year under the leadership of our presi-
Campbell, T president, with the admoni- dent Martha McKinney Wilhoite ( 9 ) ,
t i o n that she use i t t o keep i n t o u c h w i t h who has issued a clever Indianapolis edi-
the 14 members of her group w h o were t i o n o f The A O Pizette, covering ac-
about to graduate. O u r year closed i n
July w i t h a picnic, when we were guests tivities of the chapter.—SHIRLEY J O H N -
of Eleanor Farrar at her summer home at
Marlboro, Maine.—HAZEL M . BUZZELL. Tampa's president. Marjorie Schwartz SON ZELLER. <E»
(N), and vice president. Martha Mc-
f Knight Tyler ( A n ) prepare for the alum- m

B I R M I N G H A M alumnae have been busy nae formal rushing party. K A N S A S C I T Y alumnae have spent a busy
helping the Alabama active chapters with summer, beginning w i t h a rummage sale
their rushing. As a moneymaking proj- FORT W A Y N E had a rush party this sum- in June. Part of the proceeds f r o m this
ect we had a telephone bridge, charging mer that was different and successful, we sale and other money-making schemes
each guest 25c. T h e highest score among think. The alums put i t on with only is used f o r summer rush parties a n d f o r
all the tables was given a grand prize. three actives there. Instead of just sing- gifts to the chapter house on the U n i -
Another project was a radio raffle with ing and entertaining the guests, we real- versity of Kansas campus. The group
tickets at 25c each. I t was a huge suc- ly told them something about AOTI. Our ended the season meeting at the m a r i o n -
cess a n d an easy w a y to raise money. O u r career girls, and others too, were intro- ette factory of Hazelle Hedges Rollins
newest p r o j e c t is a m o n t h l y paper f o r duced i n rhyme; then we told of several (•* ' 3 2 ) t o make new robes f o r P h i
the members w i t h gossip and news of the interesting famous AOIIs, mentioned our chapter. Plans are being made f o r a tea
chapter.—MAIZIE GRIFFITH. philanthropies, spoke of what we look f o r this fall to honor Olive Fisher Buesking
in rushees and what they should look f o r (P ' 3 0 ) , the new president of the Pan-
FOUNDERS' DAY BANQUET in a sorority, and explained rush rules of hellenic Association o f Kansas City, M o .
Birmingham, Ala. Dec. 8, 1948 several colleges to w h i c h guests w o u l d be Lucille Clippinger Stahl ( * '29) was
going. A short musical program by Sally appointed chairman of the house com-
Molton Hotel—6:30 p.m. Beller ( O n ) , led into all singing sorority mittee and will keep the clubrooms at-
Call 3-4573 f o r reservations songs. T h e rushees thanked us over a n d tractive at the University Women's Club
over f o r all the information we had given
C H I C A G O N O R T H S H O R E alumnae are t h e m a n d said no one else h a d done that. this w i n t e r . — L E A H M A E COB-URN.
making plans f o r Illinois State D a y next T h e y asked a great many questions; so
year, with an elaborate program for more we had a good discussion period, which M
expansion, under the chairmanship of they seemed to appreciate greatly. A t K E N T U C K I A N A alumnae h a d as t h e i r
Adele Hinton. One of our most informa- least we know they w i l l not go to college guests i n M a y , L e o W o l f , R u t h B r o w n ,
tive and interesting meetings of the year wondering what AOII is.—MARY BINK- Helen Beazell, and Elizabeth Anderson,
was when Leo W o l f , 3rd vice president, who were on their way to the Kentucky
-l e y & hills to visit the Frontier Nursing Serv-
28 ice. We were very much interested i n
GREAT FALLS alumnae with Janet Moore Leo's account of our work with the FNS.
At this meeting we packed several large
as c h a i r m a n , have undertaken t o be t h e boxes of clothing f o r the 'Tuckies. M a r -
garet Harter ( I ) is our capable president.
alumnae advisory committee on rushing

LOUISVILLE FOUNDERS' DAY N o r t o n ( E A ) w h o has married M o r r i s Westchester County Children's Society.
T. Shepherd and moved to Vista, Calif. The undressed dolls are bought whole-
Dec. 8, 1 9 4 8 Mayflower Hotel — M A R I L Y N GEORGE. sale by the dozen. T h e Yonkers m e m -
bers were the committee this year to
Call H i 0 2 8 8 for reservations SHREVEPORT alumnae sponsored a very start the project and have been meeting
successful fashion show in the spring, d u r i n g the summer to cut and p a r t l y as-
Los ANGEX.ES alumnae send "best wishes proceeds f r o m which went to C h i Sigma's semble and stitch the clothes. A t the fall
building fund. Their lodge at Centenary, meetings semi-made clothes w i l l be com-
for a speedy recovery" to Muriel M c K i n - now being b u i l t , w i l l be done i n a f e w pleted and trimmed individually. Sheer,
months. A wedding revue climaxed the starched materials were purchased on
ney, national president, who underwent fashion show, and the models were mem- remnant counters. Each d o l l w i l l be
bers of the active and alumnae chapters complete w i t h dress, slip, and bonnet.
surgery during the early part of the sum- at Shreveport.—HARRIET W H I T E D A W - By Christmas several dozen will be ready
for distribution.—HELEN PIERCE M U N -
mer, and has been recuperating at her KINS.
accoon
summer home at Arrowhead Lake. We've STATE COLLEGE (Pa.) alumnae have or-
ganized and expect to be installed early by Gertrude Ryder Bennett (N)
missed M u r i e l during the summer and are this f a l l . Grace W r i g h t ( Z ) is the presi- Here on this open, ancient book
dent of the group, M o n a B i r d ( E A ) , sec- Of sand beside a fern-bound brook,
looking forward to her return to the vari- retary-treasurer, and Esther Pebly ( E A ) , Inscribed by paws of silver-tipped
Upon a moonlit manuscript
ous sorority activities in the f a l l . — J E A N historian-reporter.—EDITH H . ANDERSON. In writing cuneiform and bold
T h e raccoon's d i a r y is t o l d .
GRAHAM. ^ T A M P A alumnae chapter's main rush party Here in the silent pool of night
was f u n f o r everyone. Hostesses i n f r i l l y The polliwogs were stirred to fright—•
M sorority aprons met the rushees at the A score of comets, f a t and black,
door and led them to an outside patio Scooting away and wriggling back.
M E M P H I S alumnae chapter's annual bene- where we served them a delicious buffet And here the grottoes of the trout
supper. I n i n f o r m a l session, we dis- Were searched and morsels raided out.
fit R o o f Party f o r the " T u c k i e s " i n June cussed freshman orientation and w h a t Tracks, retraced and blurred, express
it means to be a sorority girl. T h e His ritual of cleanliness;
was a b i g success. H i g h l i g h t of the eve- rushees then made individual records of W i t h etiquette of innate laws
spontaneous chatter, songs, and giggles, He gripped each bit i n eager paws
ning was a fashion show featuring H i l m a which were exciting to them and hilarious And washed it, feasting all aione.
to us. We held a most successful rum- T h e n here beside a moss-grown stone
Seay, 1947 M a i d of Cotton, and a group mage sale i n the L a t i n part of T a m p a , He paused, content w i t h his repast.
made enough to cover our rushing ex- He left his signature at last
o f alumnae as models. Cecilia H i l l C a l - penses, and had many useful articles I n ink of night, and he was gone,
left over to send to Kentucky. W e are His page concluded with the dawn.
hoon was general chairman. We honored trying to become better acquainted with
the Lakeland and St. Petersburg A O T I —Saturday Evening Post, A p r i l 2 4 , ' 4 8
KO's graduates with a lovely garden party groups, and many of us expect to attend
the Gamma Omicron installation at Ft. Wayne alumnae planning a sum-
this summer. Our first "play day" at Gainesville.—MIRIAM CARTY. mer rushing party are: Doris Speaker
Coblentz ( B 0 ) . Catherine Williams
the U n i v e r s i t y C l u b i n A u g u s t was so T O R O N T O alumnae held a t h r i f t sale last Broyles (B4>). Pearl Koegel Wilkins
fall which netted $ 1 , 6 0 0 for the A O T I (B<P), Kathleen Megenity Myers ( 9 ) ,
much f u n that we expect to make it an house f u n d . Actives and the Mothers' Mary O'Hear Binkley ( 6 ) , Florence Koe-
Club coCperated with the alumnae, and gel Thomas ( I ) , Mary G. Walker Hugh-
annual affair. Swimming, tennis, bridge, all served on committees—jewelry, sew- banks ( 8 ) . and standing, Alda I. Wood-
ing, knitting, children's toys, home cook-
mah-jongg, and luncheon on the terrace ing, white elephant, clothing, novelties, ward Carson ( B * ) .
and handicrafts. A t h r i f t sale differs
made for a pleasant day. We helped the f r o m a bazaar i n that everything is not
new. M a n y good used articles were do-
actives give a rusli party late in August nated and repaired; new materials were
donated by members and wholesalers;
at the home of A n n De War. We are and the rest was bought at wholesale
prices. Many out of town members do-
looking forward to a good year with nated cash and made articles to sell.
We a l l worked f o r months; the sale was
L o r e n a T e r r y S t r i c k l a n d as president.— over i n seven hours; and we had $ 1 , 6 0 0
more i n our house f u n d ! — M A R Y W I L L -
M A R I E BELL FERRIS.
gSON.
MINNEAPOLIS alumnae think that alum-
nae-pledge relationships are important i f W E S T C H E S T E R alumnae chapter is made
active-alumnae interests are to be mutual. u p of members f r o m so many c o m m u -
T h e weelc f o l l o w i n g pledging at T a u a nities and cities i n the County that it
candlelight supper is given f o r the was concluded the chapter should take
pledges. Y o u n g alumnae are hostesses. Be- on some project whereby all these lo-
sides good food a program or evening of calities w o u l d be reached and A l p h a
bridge and games is arranged f o r the O n r c r o n Pi would be better known
guests. A l u m n a e "became " b i g sisters" to throughout the County. So we decided
pledges last year and liked the experiment to dress dolls f o r Christmas f o r the
so w e l l t h a t the p l a n of a d o p t i o n has be-
come a part of the regular activities of
the chapter. Each pledge has an alumna
•"big sister" as w e l l as an active sponsor.

— W I L M A S. L E L A N D .

Mi

N E W Y O R K alumnae have big plans for

the coming year. Margaret Rasmussen

-will be chairman for Founders' D a y , De-

cember 8—so if you are in town—or can

possibly plan to be—be sure to call her.

Remember, your Founders are in New

Y o r k ; we're so blessed. O n February

6 we are going to have a bridge and

fashion show at Beekman Towers at eight

p . m . T h i s is w i t h the help, and f o r the

benefit, of the active chapter. We feel we

are missing many AOITs i n New York.

I f you or someone y o u know is moving

Iiere, or i f you have escaped our mail-

i n g list, P L E A S E let us k n o w . — B E T T Y

RAYNOR. ^

S A N D I E G O alumnae provide, as t h e i r
local philanthropic work, birthday gifts
each m o n t h f o r the dependent boys of the
Boys and Girls A i d , a local home f o r
children. We are sorry to lose N a n c y

ALUMNAE W IBs 1 • R u t h Stafford M c D o n a l d , one of the
BREVITIES founders of Theta chapter, w i l l soon join
- - Wk... her husband, Dr. James Grover M c D o n -
Death: June Nelson Beal (911) in ald, special representative of the United
May. The Cincinnati alumnae held a ! States to the new provisional government
memorial service for their beloved mem- of Israel, when the Embassy is estab-
ber. Doiothy Irmgard Koch (K'l>) w a s killed lished in Palestine. The McDonalds spent
in an automobile accident in July. some time i n Palestine last year, when
Death: D o r o t h y Potter (A ex '22) Dr. M c D o n a l d was President Truman's
June 22, 1948, Cambridge, Mass. She W I T H a deep sense of loss we record appointee to the Anglo-American Com-
had been active i n the field of religious the death, in an automobile accident on mission. I n June the McDonalds re-
education. July 5, 1948, of D o r o t h y K o c h ( K * ) , turned from three months in South
McGill University, Montreal. Her tragic Africa, flying over 20,000 miles on this
Martha Moseley ( T A '39) was chosen death occurred just as she h a d em- trip.
by the Seaboard R a i l r o a d as a special barked on a promising teaching career
representative to accompany Miss Ala- following a brilliant academic record, a Ada Campbell Rose ( F '23) received
bama on her trip to Atlantic City for the full and active campus life, and con- a Merit Award from Northwestern Uni-
Miss America contest. Martha's candi- sistently outstanding service to A O I I , versity on A l u m n i Day in June. She was
date, Martha Ann Ingram, won a $2,500 which embodied the highest ideals of one of 12 distinguished a l u m n i honored
scholarship to Birmingham-Southern Col- our sorority. for achievement in business or profes-
lege as second runner-up. sional life. A t the same time Service
Graduating in 1943, with a Bachelor Awards were given f o r service to the
Judge Lucy Somerville Howorth ( K of Arts degree before her twentieth university through the Alumni Associa-
'16) gave the Alumnae Address at Ran- birthday, Dorothy pursued further tion to Ruth O'Brien McCarn ( T ) ,
dolph-Macon in June on the subject, studies at M c G i l l and obtained both her Counselor to Women at N . U . , and to
"From a One-Horse Surrey into the Bachelor of Science degree and a Teach- Vera Riebel (P ' 1 3 ) . Six other dis-
Atomic Age," tracing the advancement er's D i p l o m a i n 1945. She had been tinguished alumni received the Service
of women through these years. teaching science subjects at Westhill H i g h Awards. Grace Ducrson Suhr (P '32),
School in Montreal for several years, and retiring president of Associate Alumnae
V i r g i n i a A l l e n ( K '16) has returned was en route to Queen's University i n of N . U . , presided at the spring luncheon
from the Belgian Congo to Lynchburg Kingston, Ontario, to enroll in summer of the organization, at which time Mrs.
on leave from her missionary work. courses, at the time of the accident. M c C a r n was a guest of honor.

Judge Dorothy Kenyon (N) received While at college, in addition to notable L i l a D i x o n Nelson ( K 9 ' 4 7 ) is a secre-
an honorary degree, L L . D . , from Smith scholarship, Dorothy was on the basket- tary in the Public Information office on
College in June, with the following ci- ball and b a d m i n t o n teams; she was a the U . C . L . A . Campus. H e r husband is
tation: "Dorothy Kenyon: A graduate member of the Glee Club, the Choral working at U . C . L . A . on a Ph.D. in bac-
of this College and a pioneer among wom- Society and the Literary Society; a mem- teriology. They live at 708 West K n o l l
en in the legal profession, you have dis- ber of several campus committees; and Dr., Los Angeles 46.
tinguished yourself not alone in the prac- also acted as a reporter f o r M c G i l l ' s
tice of law and in the administration of daily newspaper. One of Kappa Phi's Rita K . D u n n ( X ' 4 7 ) , since gradua-
justice, but in your untiring labors to most active members, she gave her tion f r o m Syracuse U . , has been employed
advance the legal and industrial status time willingly and abundantly. She had in N e w Y o r k C i t y as head designer f o r
of women from your high positions on held such posts as social service chair- a large textile firm, men and boys' shirts
national and international boards dedi- man, study plan and scholarship officer, being her specialty. Ann Marie Dunn
cated to that service. Through your ac- and recording secretary. Particularly dur- ( X ' 4 8 ) is teaching vocal music and
tive interest in American youth, in un- ing rushing Dorothy proved invaluable orchestra in Lincoln Junior High School,
derprivileged and disabled children, your with her wide circle of acquaintances and Jamestown, N . Y., this year.
influence has been felt i n the homes of friends and her unfailing and sincere
America as well as i n the realms of na- interest in others. Jerelyn Sparks ( K O ) is art supervisor
tional and international law. Jurist, ad- of Sweetwater U n i o n District i n San
ministrator, and physician of the mind, Distinguished not only by her scholas- Diego County and a member of Sor-
you have indeed known how to 'temper tic and campus achievements, Dorothy optomist.
justice w i t h mercy.' " — S m i t h Alumnae was a g i f t e d pianist and artist. H e r un-
Quarterly. timely death is an inestimable loss to Mary Elizabeth Houck Armstrong (9
Kappa Phi and particularly to her fam- '27), Columbia City, Ind., writes a daily
Ithaca alumnae gave a C A R E benefit ily, to whom T o D R A G M A extends deep- column, "Over the Party Line," in three
bridge at the Epsilon chapter house in est sympathy on behalf o f the national Indiana newspapers. She plans to teach
April and netted enough to buv four organization.—PEGGY FAUGHNAN. the second grade this year.
C A R E packages. M a r y Hile (E) was in
charge of the event. Helen Noble ( E A ' 4 8 ) is teaching i n Pat H a n r a h a n Latendressc (K<I> ' 4 4 )
the Altoona, Pa., public schools. lives in the Marianos, where her hus-
Doris S m i t h (OTT ' 4 7 ) , D e t r o i t , w h o band is a doctor i n the U . S. N a v y . Shir-
did the cartoons i n this issue, won the ley Potter Dempster ( K * '46) and her
Jane Higby award for the outstanding husband will live in British Guiana for
art student at Michigan and was art three years. A n y other lis i n these far
editor o f the Gargoyle, h u m o r magazine, ports?
when she was i n schoo'. She makes
water colors and greeting cards for a Barbara Hart ( R * '46) and Phyllis
gift shop in Alanson, Mich., and makes Buckingham (K4>) have received Bache-
cards f o r her friends. She has sold sev- lor of L i b r a r y Science degrees. Phyl will
eral water colors and had one accepted work at the Toronto Public Library this
for the annual Michigan Art Show. year. Joyce Barwick ( K * '46) obtained
Doris also designs jewelry, textiles, and her Master of Science degree i n bac-
ceramics and is teaching basic design at teriology last spring.
Lawrence Tech this year. She lives at
4730 Burns Ave., Detroit. R u t h K o e h l e r ( E A ' 3 6 ) is w o r k i n g i n
an advertising agency in New York, and
30 doing gardening, painting and traveling
for recreation. She has her pilot's l i -
cense and flies a seaplane.

Founders Attend dent of Y . W . C . A . i n Passaic, N . J. Fan- M a r y Wilson ( K 6 ' 4 3 ) is an employee
nibelle Leland Brown, Seattle, Wash., is of the Southwest Airways at their office
Barnard Reunion chairman of Barnard alumnae. Viola in South San Francisco. T w o Los Angeles
T u r c k Rider is vice president of Y . W . C . A . alumnae are now living in Tulsa, Okla.,
Bess, Jessie and I went to B a r n a r d and works on welfare boards in Colorado and we understand have affiliated with
College on June 2, Alumnae Day, to the Tulsa chapter. Our greetings to Mary
meet the great and glorious Class of Springs, Colo.—STELLA GEORGE STERN Rawlings (KO '45) and Margaret Chip-
'98, on its Golden Anniversary. We had man Grekel (KG '44). Back to the "good
a lovely confab w i t h our classmates under PERRY ( A ) . old U S A " comes Marge Kennedy L u p -
the trees in the beautiful garden-close. ton ( K 6 '44) after two years i n Ger-
The hawthorn trees were i n bloom, thanks M i m i D o r r Shaw ( A T ) is livirrg i n many while her husband served with the
to the late spring, and there were a few Scotland. H e r husband, Robert Shaw, is U . S. A r m y . They w i l l be stationed at
branching roses i n flower. Rains h a d kept w i t h the U . S. Consulate i n Glasgow. MacDill Field, Fla.
all the foliage bright and dustless. Almost
all of us, in '98, have kept unusual Eva Heath and Flora White (BK '33), Jean Lackey ( H ) is i n the midst of
contact and comradeship through the both charter members, are working in an interesting and unusual career. Her
years. So meetings are f u n . ( O f course, Washington, D . C. Eva did "top secret" chosen vocation is to promote "Ideas
there were tender remembrances of the w o r k d u r i n g the w a r as personnel w o r k - Unlimited" and "World Ideas" in order
absent.) We are a humorous bunch and er for the Statistical Department of the to be a link between those w i t h ideas
always "behave as such," a n d there were Armament Section of the British Mission and those wanting ideas, to make avail-
feelingful personal confidences too—the and after the war she w o r k e d w i t h U N R - able to the public inventions which will
blessing of a small and united class. Cer- RA and the World Wheat Mission. Flora increase efficiency and produce goods at
tainly we had political arguments—Jessie did highly secretive work with the Brit- lower costs, to establish w o r l d wide dis-
was there—and i t was great to see that ish Food Mission during the war, later t r i b u t i o n centers so that goods are avail-
we had kept our old gift of disagreeing going into the International World Bank. able at m i n i m u m cost to everyone, and
not merely good h u m o r e d l y b u t merrily. to forward equality of opportunity and
M i n t a V e r n o n ( B K '42) has w r i t t e n encourage cooperation o f all races and
We renewed greetings with many old two radio plays which have been pro- creeds throughout the world without mak-
friends i n other classes, i n the gardens duced over the British Columbia network. ing an issue of i t .
and later at the Trustees' Dinner to alum-
nae i n the big gymnasium. A m o n g these, M a r j o r i e Smith ( B K '45) is on a teach- Send y o u r news f o r the Eta Newsletter
and chief of joys, were members of ing fellowship at U . of California at to Mrs. Roy J. Colbert, Jr., 225 N o r t h
Alpha chapter of Alpha Omicron Pi. Berkeley, working toward a Ph.D. in Bonson Street, Platteville, Wis.
These were: Agnes Lillian Dickson, economics. A n honor student, Marjorie
1899; J u l i a Cooper W a t k i n s , 1900; Bess won the coveted Kiwanis Gold Medal for Among A O n alumnae long listed in
Swan Nelson, 1904; and of the Class of being the top commerce student in her Who's Who in America and now also
1908, holding its fortieth party and look- class at U . B . C . included i n the new M a r q u i s book, Who's
ing too young for that, were our Mar- Who in the East are: M a r y E l l e n Chase
garet Hall Yates, Josephine Prahl Gilbert, Betty Brotherhood ( E ) , president of ( T ) , M a r g a r e t F l i n t Jacobs (T), Stella
and Mary Maxon Dorrance. the Capital group of the Association of G. S. Perry ( A ) , w r i t e r s ; D o r o t h y K e n -
Bank Women, national organization of yon ( N ) , jurist and stateswoman; Joanna
W e were p r o u d to hear that Bess Swan women bank executives, presided at the Colcord ( I " ) , social welfare administrator
annual dinner at the Mayflower Hotel, and writer; Marion Martin ( T ) , labor
Nelson's daughter has just been ap- Washington, D . O , in May, at which commissioner and political organizer.
Dorothy C. Stratton, director of person-
pointed Barnard's physician and health nel, International Monetary Fund, was Dr. Mary Kirby (AT) writes from
the guest speaker. Betty, who is secre- G a u h a t i , Assam, I n d i a , where she is the
director. tary of the McLachlen Bank in Washing- head surgeon in the hospital, that they
ton, was hostess at a pre-dinner recep- are still planning for an extension to their
Alpha chapter records with sorrow and tion. hospital but that their building f u n d is
growing very slowly. She spent her va-
tender remembrance the death of Wilma Barbara A. Lannon ( I ) and Joan Ryan cation in Tiddim, Burma, but worked
( I ) have won U n i t e d A i r Lines stew- all the time, because there is no medical
V e r a Pollock, class of 1908. She was ardess wings following an intensive three- missionary work in Tiddim.
week course at the company's stewardess
lovely and beloved. training school in Cheyenne. Wyo. They
are now flying on United's Mainliner
The f o l l o w i n g are some notes on A l p h a flights out of Chicago.

members: Florence Lucas Sanville, au-

thor of "Once M o r e U n i t e d , " is a mem-

ber of the American Friends Service

Committee, the agency of our overseas

philanthropy. Hester Rusk is an instructor

in the Brooklyn Botanical Gardens. Jen-

nie W y l i e has performed notable service

as probation officer of the C o u r t of Gen-

eral Sessions, N . Y . C . Josephine Pratt has

completely recovered f r o m her illness and

is back as assistant to the director of the

laboratory of Midtown Hospital, N.Y.C. 4*

M i l d r e d Schlesinger Ragan is curator •

and assistant in food chemistry, Columbia

U . Margaret Yates, one of New York's r

outstanding business w o m a n , is vice pres-

ident and director of the Yates D r u g Co.

Luise Sillcox is executive secretary of the

Authors' League of America. Elizabeth

Toms works under pressure in an election

year as e d i t o r i a l secretary of the N . Y .

Herald-Tribune. Margaret Elliman Henry

designs vestments f o r historic St. Paul's

Chapel, N . Y. C. Anna Thorp Cowley •

has been busy i n social welfare as cap- "
Joan Ryan ( I ) and Barbara Lannon ( I ) are United Air Lines stewardesses.
tain of the Community Chest and presi-

Emily Nash Ziegler (Q) of San Diego LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Sara Graham ( A n '36) has traveled
was installed as director of the South- over a large portion of the world during
western Region of the American Federa- Merion, Pa. the last few years. Sara's home address
tion of Soroptimist clubs at the R o y a l is L a k e l a n d , Fla., b u t she has been
York Hotel, Toronto, July 31. From A p r i l 14, 1948 l i b r a r i a n f o r U . S. A r m y i n T o k y o . N o w
there she and D o r o t h y D u g g a n ( P ) , on her way home, Sara has been visiting
president of the Hollywood Soroptimist Dear Sister A O I I : European countries.
club, who also attended the T o r o n t o
meeting, flew to Harrogate, England, for If there were something wrong, you Helen Davis ( A n '29) is dietitian at
the international convention. Soroptim- McCormack General Hospital, Pasadena,
ists International is one of the largest would probably hear it all too soon. How- Calif. Helen and sister M a r y Lee Davis
service clubs i n the w o r l d and member- Jewett, Pittsburgh, enjoyed a visit to-
ship is based on qualifications similar to ever, the S p r i n g '48 T o D R A G M A is so gether at their Lakeland, Fla., home this
Kiwanis. summer.
right t h a t I , an o l d '26 a l u m n a , just
Margaret McCabe ( B K ' 4 4 ) , w h o has Jane Sutton Black ( A n '38) who has
one more year at U . of Washington be- have to tell y o u so. been living in Calcutta with her husband
fore receiving her M . D . degree, is d o i n g and two youngsters, now has a new ad-
outstanding work among "blue babies" "The Do's and Don't's of Rushing" dress—c/o Eastern Bank, L t d . , Chitta-
and is a recognized a u t h o r i t y o n b l o o d gong, Eastern Pakistan. Jane says she
types. Besides being constantly on call so w e l l done f o r b o t h actives and a l u m - w i l l be the only A m e r i c a n there. Hus-
and carrying on her own studies, Mar- band John is English.
garet has w r i t t e n several articles f o r nae, the point of view of "Be Versatile"
medical journals which have been favor- Doris Godard Mitchell ( A H ) was one
ably received. so necessary i n this changing w o r l d , a n d of the first to be featured on a new
Palatka (Fla.) radio program, "Bouquet
Margaret Campbell ( B K '42), an out- the need f o r personal i n t e g r a t i o n so to a L a d y . " Doris was honored because
standing nurse i n the British Columbia of her civic service and Woman's Club
Provincial Department of Public Health, practically said i n "I'se A l l I Got"—the and Garden Club Federation and organi-
has won a fellowship to U . of M i c h i g a n . zation work.
meat and material of all of these could
Barbara Anderson Schick (Mrs. Edwin E t t a Haynes D o b b i n (A4>) is the head
A.) (EA '45) is l i v i n g at 214 First be the substance o f an entire library. dietitian in the infirmary at the Univer-
Avenue N . W . , Waverly, Iowa. She is sity of California at Berkeley. Katherine
Dean of Women at Wartburg College, T h i s is tops, and I take m y hat o f f Cowan ( A * '46) has been teaching physi-
while her husband is a member of the cal education and has been girls' dean at
Department of Philosophy at the same to you, our T o DRAGMA editor. the j u n i o r high school at Beloit, Wis. She
college. w i l l be there again i n the f a l l but f o r the
Sincerely and fraternally, summer has been i n M e x i c o as recrea-
Glenna Myers Y o u n g s t r o m (<S> ' 3 0 ) re- tional director at a camp of the U . S.
turned this summer after a year's resi- K A T H R Y N I R W I N CHAMBERS ( * '26) Friends Service. Jean Lenham ( A * '46)
dence in Nanking, China. She is now has finished her dietetic internship at the
living in San Francisco where her hus- Granville, Ohio cafeteria of Eastman Kodak at Rochester,
band, Capt. K a r l Y o u n g s t r o m , is based June 4, 1948 N . Y . September w i l l find her employed
at Letterman General Hospital. Dear Kay: in the same capacity at Washington State
The reaction to the undergraduate is- College at Pullman. Barbara Waite ( A *
Elizabeth M e l l o r ( E A '30) is head of sue of T o D R A G M A was simply terrific. I ' 4 4 ) has been hostess at G a l l a t i n Gateway
the Home Economics department i n the have lent m y issue to many friends w h o Inn in Bozeman this summer. Blanche
Avon-Grove high school, West Grove, Pa. are either not AOIIs or not sorority wom- Wallin I vanish ( A * ) will teach in Matla
en at all. I was particularly thrilled w i t h again the coming year. Virginia Boid
appeGfo appeal the article by R u t h McCarn. O f course, ( A * '46) will teach in Havre again. Lois
she is m y i d o l and I am so extremely M c D o n n e l l ( A * '44) is n o w employed as
Sun-ripened fruit and crystal p r o u d that she is a sister. I was de- laboratory technician at the Great Falls
lighted to have a non-sorority and some- Clinic.
cane sugar cooked the way what anti-sorority friend, who knows
R u t h and admires her thoroughly, casu-
Mother used to do. ally pick up the magazine, leaf through
it, and almost f a i n t w h e n she came u p o n
! Ruth McCarn's article.

32 Of course, Alpha T a u was tickled
with Alice Thomson's delightful article.
She is a marvelous person and so very
much fun.

Fraternally,

NANCY MOYER MCCAIN (P)

Minneapolis, Minn. THE
Aug. 11, 1948
BEEKMAN TOWER
Dear Kay:
I would like to take this opportunity (Panhellenic)
3 MITCHELL PLACE
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grand j o b w i t h T o D R A G M A . I t has been 49TH STREET OVERLOOKING T H E
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