Here on the Hill----
an Account of Mt. Oread Society
PAGE TWO
SUN. FEB. 23,1941
Sophomore Hop, Initiations Highlight Social Weekend
Last night when Jan Savitt and his Top Hatters gave Jayhawkers the cue to swing out, the Hill social graph hit a peak. That long awaited Sophomore Hop was here at last, one of the four big all-University dances of the year.
But Top Hat Hopping is not the only current social interest. Eight sorceries and fraternities slated formal initiatives this weekend, spent time slipping the grip instead of hitting the books.
They are Chi Omega, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Sigma Kappa, Alpha Tau Omega, Kappa Sigma, Sigma Nu, Tau Kappa Epsilon, and Acacia.
KAFPA SIGMA . . .
With steak fries in the near future, it's time to think about that spring slack suit. At the left a short-sleeved version will take punishment and love it. The suit at right, with long full sleeves and initialized pocket, substitutes glamor for knock-around-ability.
. . . held initiation yesterday for Jim Hall, Reed Hoffman, John Yarnall, Bob Wilson, Dick Hobson, Harold Dumler, Harold Pierson, and Larry Finney.
TAU KAPPA EPSILON
SIGMA ALPHA EPSILON . . .
will hold initiation in Manhatta today for Tom Eells, John Taylor, and John Morgan.
initiated the following men yesterday: William P. Williamson, John C. Gage, M. Murray McCune, Richard M. Schaeffer, Oliver H. Hughes, Robert E. Forgy, Dale B. Hyten, John K. Fisher, John W. Ballard, Dayton O. Sharpe, William A. Leo, and Stanley Lind.
... announces that John Gage received the jeweled pin for the scholarship award, an honor given annually to the pledge with the highest scholastic standing.
... weekend guests are Virginia Shirck, Eudora; and Patricia Lock, Topeka.
CAMPUS HOUSE . . .
SIGMA NU . . .
guests at initiation were Mayor John B. Gage of Kansas City Mo; Malcolm L. M.Cunee, Tulsa and Charles B. Shaeffer, Kansas City, Mo; all Sig Alphs and fathers of initiates.
... other guests at initiation were Walter Warren Filkin, first president of this chapter, who graduated in 1901, and William Belt, a charter member of this chapter, both from Kansas City, Mo.; Prof. V. F Smith, Prof. H. B. Chubb, Donald Holcomb, and Prof. E. H. Hollands Russell Jeffords, Lawrence; William Mills, St. Louis; W. F. Liggett and Earl B. Musser, Kansas City, Mo.
. . held initiation yesterday for the following men: Beal Shaw, Tom
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CHI OMEGA . . .
... initiated the following women yesterday: Peggy Benson, Jean Shelton, Ruth McIlrath, Jean Ott, Marjorie McKay, Ann Bowen, Marjorie Owen, Marie Hitt, Mary Taylor, Heidi Viets, Mary Ruth Fogle, Jan Granger, Mary Ann Hannum, and Charlene Baker.
ALPHA TAU OMEGA . .
... will initiate the following men today: Dick Webb, Howard Hull, Jack Weaver, Gilman Harding, Bob Martindell, Bill Wood, Page King, and Dick Trubey.
THETA TAU . . .
. . . engineering fraternity, announces the pledging of Glen, Mize, Harry Box and John Headrick.
WESTMINISTER HALL . . .
weekend guests are Betty Lou Titus, Manhattan; June Paulk, Coffeyville; and Mary Jane Clark, Independence.
RICKEN HALL . . . . .
guests this weekend are Jean
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Tears Bring Fire Trucks To Phi Gam Pig Dinner
It was tear gas, or something with the same sad effect. It brought the hook and ladder and the pump fire trucks to the annual Phi Gam Pig dinner Friday night. the roast pig was
One hundred and forty people were crying and sniffing from about 9:15 until 9:45 when an intermission was declared to air out the house. The fire chief could find no evidence of how the stinking trick was played.
Neighboring Phi Delts hastened to the scene, motivated by their fire-truck habit acquired last year. Other curious people gathered, only to see a tearful party.
Feasting lasted almost as long as dancing. Before the main course,
Perrin, Howard; Martin Peterson,
Boston, Mass.; Margarite Gerik and
Dorothy Hoodlet, Manhattan; Maxine
Fisher, Kansas City, Mo.; and
Elsie Lowell, Lawrence.
MILLER HALL . . .
JAYHAWK CO-OP . . . .
MILLER HALL . . .
... guests this weekend is Peggy McDermott, Kansas City, Mo.
... dinner guests Thursday night were Mr. and Mrs. Reece Sailer, Rock Chalk Co-op, while Mr. and Mrs. Garth Thomas, house parents of Jayhalwk went to Rock Chalk for dinner.
Clyde Bysom and his band furnished the music for the party. Purple and white was the color theme.
GAMMA PHI BETA . . .
the roast pig was carved, and the head passed for everyone to kiss, men and women alike. Louie Lockhart was so upset about the tradition, that she fell off her chair as she kissed the pig.
Virginia Ruth Scott received the pig's tail, reserved for the youngest guest. Since several of the guests refused to reveal "feminine" secrets Virginia was the youngest-known guest.
... announces the pledging of
Winifred McQueen, Topeka.
MATRIX TABLE. . .
. . of Theta Sigma Phi, honorary journalism sorority for women, will be held in the Colonial Tea
PI BETA PHI . . .
... announces the pledging of Barbara Benton, Kansas City, Mo. Room tomorrow night at 6:30. Kirke Mechem, secretary of the Kansas Historical Society, will speak on "Newspapers in Kansas".
DELTA TAU ALPHA . . .
... national Episcopal sorority, recently organized a chapter in Lawrence. Charter members are Mary Elizabeth Evans, Jessie Dawe, Ernestine Hodge, Elaine Linley, Rosemary Branine, Rheva Reed, Emily Jean Milam, Georgia Lundrigan, Ethlyn Crum, Beverly Brown and the sponsor, Mrs. John E. Bowers.
... officers have been elected as follows: Mary Elizabeth Evans, president; Rheva Reed, vice-president; Emily Jean Milam, secretary, and Elaine Linley, treasurer.
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