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October 15, 1937
QUEENS BLUES
Page 3
Alpha Gamma
Delta Honors
The Rushees
As a fitting climax to Alpha
Gamma Delta rush season, “open
house” was held in the lodge on
Queens-Chicora college campus
Wednesday from 10 o’clock in the
morning until 3 o’clock in the after
noon. In the afternoon the rushees
were entertained by Mrs. Howard
Garland, patroness, at her lovely
home on Fenton place, Eastover.
The alumnae chapter was hostess.
Wednesday evening the active
chapter gave a friendship dinner in
the chapter house. The rushees re
ceived red and buff roses. The guests
were Miss Betsy Montcastle of Lex
ington, Miss Mildred Burke of Blue-
field, W. Va., Miss Lillian Sample
of Fort Pierce, Fla., Miss Jane Rank
in, Miss Emily Chamberlain, Miss
June Escott, and Miss Marie Rose-
man of Charlotte, Miss Lenora Rus
sell, Miss Marjorie Russell, Miss
Jean Miller and Miss Edith Tinsley
of Florence, S. C., Miss Alice Bar-
row and Miss Frances Riddle of Co
lumbia, S. C., Miss Nancy Thomp
son of Salisbury, Miss Mary Mason
of Greenville, S. C., Miss Olive Cros-
well of Asheville, Miss Alberta
Setzer of Uniontown, Ala., Miss
Evelyn McCracken of Newberry, S.
C., Miss Sara Raney of Rayfayette,'
Ala., Miss Cornelia Truesdale of Ker
shaw, S. C., Miss Kay Duncan of
Ridgewood, N. J., Miss Elizabeth
Taylor of Mount Holly, Miss Martha
Baldwin and Miss Eleanor Eddy of
Southern Pines, Miss Elizabeth Dan
ner of Beaufort, S. C., Miss Mary
Hazel Jordan of Mullins, S. C., Miss
Virginia Cothran of Tirnmonsville,
S. C., and Miss Virginia Garrison of
Badin.
Alumnae present were Miss Marie
Wilkinson, Miss Mary Wilson, Miss
Mary Franklin, Miss Betty Lee Hol
land, Miss Virginia Neely, Mrs.
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Pledges of Kappa
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A. D. Pi Event
Phi Mu Day Held At
Club On The River
Friday afternoon, the twenty
pledges of Alpha Omicron chapter
of Kappa Delta entertained for the
pledges of the other five Greek na
tionals and the faculty. Guests were
invited to come to the Kappa Delta
bouse between 4 and 6 o’clock.
Pledge officers receiving were:
president. Ermine Waddill, vice-
president, Beverly Hemby; secretary,
Mary McDevitt, and treasurer,
Nancy Thompson. Officers of active
chapter receiving were: president,
Jane Wiley; vice-president and pledge
instructor, Helen Hatcher; secretary,
Barbara Sbatzer; treasurer, Martha
Alexander, and assistant treasurer,
Georgia Hunt. Miss Frances Smith,
secretary to Dr. Godard, also as
sisted.
The sorority colors, green and
white, were carried out in the re
freshments. Ice cream, small cakes,
mints, and nuts were served.
Wayne B. Smith, Mrs. James Dev-
ereaux. Miss Annie Murray Long,
Miss Martha Sue Simmon and Miss
Molly Mxillen.
From September 22-24 inclusive
the. chapter entertained at a series
of teas. The first was a harvest
tea. On Thursday Miss Jo McDon
ald, president of the chapter, and
Miss Dorothy Wilkie, both in uni
form, met the guests at the door and
escorted them to the Alpha Gamma
Delta barracks for a military tea.
The series was concluded on Friday
with an old-fashioned tea. The guests
were presented with nosegays.
Members of the undergraduates
are Miss Jo McDonald of Hamlet,
Miss Harriet Truesdale of Kershaw,
S. C., Miss Virginia Duncan of
Ridgewood, N. J., Miss Martha
Raney of Rafayette, Ala., Miss Mar
garet Garrison of Easley, S. C., Miss
Freddie Ward of Bainbridge, Ga.,
Miss Ora Lee Doughtery of Bryson
City, Miss Rebecca Auten of Albe
marle, Miss Jane Davis of Monroe,
Miss Alice Timmons of Florence, S.
C., Miss Annie Carr Powers and Miss
Jessie Rose Clarke, of Hamlet, Miss
Annie Laurie Anderson of Badin,
Miss Dorothy Wilkie of Forest City,
Miss Betty Hunter of Charlotte, Miss
Eleanor Guyton of Kosciusko, Miss.,
Miss Elaine Suber of Whitmire,
S. C.
Pledges are Miss Mary Brooks
Folger, Miss Helen Williford, Miss
Hazel Adams, Miss Betty Deskan,
all of Charlotte, Miss^ Edith Brooks
of Washington, Ga., Miss Cree Rob
erts of Carthage and Miss Vivianne
Bane of Mullins, S. C.
Rushees of Beta Iota chapter of
Alpha Delta Pi sorority at Queens-
Chicora college were entertained yes
terday.
Open house was held at the Alpha
Delta Pi lodge on the college campus
from 10 to 1 o’clock. Mrs. W. T.
Buice and Mrs. T. D. Payne, alum
nae of the chapter, received the
guests. In the afternoon, members
of the sorority and guests were en
tertained by F. L. Bunker, magi
cian, at the home of Miss ‘Virginia
Carey on Beverly drive.
The final event of the 'day was
a banquet in the blue room of the
Hotel Charlotte at 5:30 o’clock.
Each rusheee was presented with a
corsage as Miss Martha Stewart of
Greenville, S. C. sang “I Love You
Truly, Alpha Delta Pi.” The theme
of the banquet was “Building the
Pin” with Miss Engenia Lafitte of
Estill, S. C., as mistress of cere-
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monies.
Rushees honored by Alpha Delta
Pi were Misses Jessie Good, Dorothy
Failor, Peggy Williams, Hilda Har
mon, Olive Croswell, Sally Cros-
land, Snoody Matheson, Melrose
Bell, Jean Miller, Edith Tinsley,
Margaret Bowen, Elizabeth Bram-
mer, Elizabeth Taylor, Margaret
Lloyd, Grayce Hackney, Helen Coch
ran, Lenora Russell, Marjorie Rus
sell, Jean Ferguson, and Amelia
Bradham.
Alumnae present were Misses
Jean Carter, Frankie Hoyle, Mar
garet Gregg, Martha Stewart, Ann
Dorcas White, Virginia Carey, Vir
ginia Harking, Hazel Herdon, Emma
Renn Jones, Carolyn Wearn^ Nettie
Wearn, Catherine Cowhig, Mary
Frances Linny, and Mesdames K. G.
Hardue, W. T. Buice, and T. D.
Payne.
SWING GOES ACADEMIC
Swing has been a campus insti
tution for some two odd years, but
this fall it will invade an Eastern
lecture hall for the first time, cloaked
in the scholarly robes of university
curriculum. New York University has
added to its faculty Vincent Lopez,
popular baton-slinger who titles his
brand of dansapation, “sophisticated
swing.” Professor Lopez begins his
lectures on popular music next
month, and his band will lay it in the
groove at the University Chapel in
November.
Gamma Gamma chapter of Phi Mu
sorority of Queens-Chicora College
held its annual rush day activities
at the Red Fez Club on the river.
The rushees were entertained with
an informal dinner party. Miss
Lois Hodges, the chapter presi
dent, welcomed the guests; and Miss
Alene Ward talked on What a Soror
ity Means to a College Girl. A
modernized version of “Pyramus and
Thisbe” from “A Midsummer-Night’s
Dream” was dramatized by several
members of the chapter.
Corsages of roses and white carna
tions were given to the rushees. The
sorority colors, rose and white, were
carried out in the color scheme.
The rushees were Misses Dorothy
Failor, Elizabeth Brandon, Harriet
Tuttle, Betsy Montcastle, Sybil Trex-
ler, Emily Chamberlain, Caroline Ed
wards, Julia Edwards, Mildred Thom
as, Mary Alice Petteway, Peggy
Williams, Hilda Harmon, Frances
Riddle, Kathryn Raiford, Alice Bar
on, Billie Frazer, Margaret Lloyd,
Virginia Garrison, Grayce Hackney,
Marjorie Venning, Betty Guy,
Ellinore Eddy, Nancy Archibald,
Mary Gilmer Richmond, Carolyn
Wolfe, Ermine Waddill, Mimi Brad-
ham, Jessie Good, Lib Green, Caro
line Miller, Lib Imbody, Jane Rank
in and Ruth Morrison.
The officers of the active chapter
are as follows: Miss Lois Hodges,
president; Miss Helen Jordan, vice-
president; Miss Virginia Taylor, sec
retary; Miss Jo Hackney, treasurer;
and Miss Anita Stewart, rush chair
man. Other members of the chapter
are Misses Martha Johnston, Eleanor
Jenkins, Alene Ward, Lucy Harmon,
Margaret Flowe, Analane Chears,
Lib Harms, Betsy Springer, Dorothy
Alexander, Martha Lib Alexander,
Betty Gardner, and Julia Thomas.
Among the guests were several
alumnae: Misses Iris Harmon, Loise
Thompson, Louise Morris, Martha
Petteway, Catherine Couch, Ray
Metz, Catherine Todd, Maggie
Prevost, Carrie Morris Kirkpatrick,
Julia Gibson, Mrs. Calvin Morris,
Mrs. Charles Couch, Mrs. A1 Brown,
Mrs. McNeill. Miss Cordelia Hen
derson, faculty adviser, Mrs. C. N.
Peeler, patroness, and Mrs. Watson
were also guests.
Pledges Give Tea
At Chapter House
Beta Iota chapter of Alpha Delta
Pi entertained at tea for the pledges
of the other five sororities and for
the faculty on Wednesday afternoon
from 4:30 to 6 o’clock. The house
was decorated with blue and white
flowers, the sorority colors.
Guests were received by Pidge
Laffitte, president of the chapter;
Jesse Goode, president of pledges;
Lib Green, vice-president of pledges;
Margaret Lloyd, pledge secretary;
Marjorie Russell, pledge treasurer.
They were assisted by Miss Robin
son, the faculty sponsor.
Sandwiches, tea, mints, and nuts
were served.
Tea Served By Phi
Mu Pledge Group
The Phi Mu pledges gave their
annual pledge tea Tuesday afternoon
from four to five. The pledge officers,
Helen Jenkins, President, Mary Alice
Petteway, vice-president, Mimi Brad-
ham, secretary, and Mildred Thomas,
treasurer, received the guests. The
house was artistically arranged with
dahlias and mixed garden flowers.
Cheese crackers, sandwiches, nuts,
mints, and tea were served.
The old saw about opposites at
tracting each other in affairs of the
heart is just the exception that
proves the rule, science has decided.
Dr. E. Lowell Kelly of Connecti
cut State college is piling up evi
dence that like attracts like when it
comes to matrimony.
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