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March 12, 1938
Chi Omega Has
Annual Banquet
For Initiates
Tlie Theta Gamma Chai)ter of Chi
Omega Fraternity held its initiation
banquet Saturday night, March 5, at
the Hotel Charlotte.
The banquet table was arranged
in the form of a horse shoe, and
bowls of mixed flowers of cardinal
and straw, the sorority colors, form
ed the decorations. Place cards and
programs were of cardinal engraved
with the gold seal of Chi Omega. The
initiates were presented with onyx
glove vanities.
Elizabeth Gammon was toastmis-
tress for the evening. She for
mally opened the banquet and intro
duced Elizabeth Calder, president of
the chapter, who gave a toast to the
initiates. Marie Koseman res])onded.
Mary Currie gave a toast to Chi
Omega and this was followed by one
to the actives by Carolyn Reynolds.
Ruth Knee responded. Nancy Hovis
made a toast to the alumnae and
Mrs. Gale Rogers resj)onded. Sue
Mauldin then gave some informal
notes on the chapter.
Eleanor Alexander, pledge instruc
tor, presented Marie Roseman with
a ring hearing the seal of Chi Omega
as an award for being the best all-
around pledge. Maujer Moseley was
chosen model initiate and June Es-
cott’s song was chosen as the best
pledge song.
The banquet was continued with the
singing of Chi Omega songs and was
formally ended with the singing of
the Panhellenic Toast.
The new initiates are Anne Pur
nell, Marie Roseman, June Escott,
Mary Payne, Maujer Moseley, Judith
Killian, Natalie Nivens, Caroline
Sibley, Hebe McQueen, and Peggy
Williams.
QUEENS BLUES
Page 3
Spectator Club
Has Dick Pitts
As Speaker
“The Paint Pallette” held its
monthly meeting Monday, February
6, at the Phi Mu house. Anita
Stewart and Sybil Trexler were Joint
hostesses.
Dick Pitts, a critic and artist on
the staff of the Charlotte Observe’r,
was the guest speaker. Mr. Pitts,
a talented artist, illustrated his in
teresting talk by sketches.
Light refreshments were served to
Mr. Pitts, Miss IJllian Bremer, fac
ulty adviser, and the following mem
bers: Hazel Adams, Alice Barron,
Jessie Rose Clarke, Kay Duncan,
Jean Ferguson, Katherine Raiford,
Anita Stewart, and Sybil Trexler.
Vera Boulware and Elizabeth Harms
were special guests.
Chi Omega
Elizabeth Maynard, an alumna of
Chi Omega from Lexington, North
Carolina, spent last week-end witli
.Martha Ware Pitts and attended
.he Chi Omega banquet.
Grayce Hackney sj)ent last week
end at her home in Lake City,
Florida. Her mother, Mrs. Russell
Hackney, accompanied her on her
return tri]) to Charlotte to visit for
i few days.
Thorburn Lillard of Elkin, N. C.,
attended the Chi Omega banquet
March 5, and spent the week-end
in the college with her sister, Sara
Kelly Lillard.
Adele Sutherland is recovering
rapidly from an o])eration for ap
pendicitis.
Sara Liles of Rockingham, N. C.,
spent last week-end in Charlotte
with Bertha Burch and was present
at the Chi Omega banquet.
Elizabeth Gammon has returned to
Charlotte from Augusta, Ga., where
she spent a few days. While there,
she attended the IRack and White
Cotillion given by the ILichelor’s
Club.
Jean Stough of Cornelius, N. C.,
attended the Chi Omega banquet.
Mrs. Warren Booker has returned
to this city from Raleigh, where she
spent a few days this week.
Mrs. Ed Saylor, who was formerly
Miss Nancy Phillips, recently moved
to Charlotte from Atlanta, Georgia.
She was a Chi Omega at Queens-
Chicora College.
Frances Stough spent last week
end at her home in Cornelius, N. C.
Miss Kathryn Curran was a guest
at the Sunday night feed, March 7.
She has Just recently moved hack to
Charlotte from Richmond, Va.
Nancy Raley spent the week-end
of February 2() at her home in Rid)y,
Alpha Delta
Pi Entertains
New Members
Sara Kelly Williard and Peggy
Williams will be the guests of Frances
Stough at her home in Cornelius this
week-end.
Those Queens sweaters are still the
rage on the camjnis, even with the
coming of spring.
Spring holidays begin March 31.
Also before that time quarterly tests
will be given.
Beta Iota cha])ter of Alpha Delta
Pi sorority held its initiation pro
gram at the home of Mrs. Odell Long
Saturday afternoon, and following the
services the active chapter entertain
ed the new initiates with a banquet
held in the priv^ate dining room of
Thackers. The dining room was dec
orated by the huge diamond-shaped
pin of Alpha Delta Pi which hung
above the table.
Miss Eugenia LaFitte, president of
tbe group, presented the following new
members of tbe sorority: Marjory
Russell, Lenore Russell, Jean Miller,
and Edith Tinsley, all of Florence,
and Margaret Lloyd of Anderson,
S. C., Catherine King, Lumberton, and
Anneal Triplette of Lenoir.
Sally McDowell presided as toast
mistress for the evening. Toasts
were given by Frances MarSan O’Hair,
Jessie Good, and the main speaker
was Jane Steel of Charlotte, province
president.
A loving cup was presented to
Snoodie Matheson as the best-all
round pledge. Jean Miller got hon
orable mention for scholarship. Each
new initiate received a gold link
bracel«it engraved with the Greek
letters of the sorority. The ban
quet was closed with the singing of “I
Love the Pin.”
Guests included the actives, new
initiates, pledges, and alumnae mem
hers.
Sue Welch visited friends in Win
ston-Salem last week-end.
The organ has been fixed finally,
and also the bells regulated, so now
we run by a new schedule.
Alpha Delta Theta
Marion Teal sjient the week-end
of February 2(i at her home in
Chesterfield, S. C.
S. C.
Miss Rosalind Carhett, of Mehane,
N. C., spent the week-end of March
5 with Sara DuRant and Lynch
Crockett. Miss Carhett is an alumna
of Alpha Delta Theta sorority and
was here to attend initiation and
the banquet.
Ellen Hardee went to he^ home in
Graham on the week-end.of February
Henrietta Mclver spent the week
end of February 25 at home.
Marjorie and Frances Poole went
to their home in Mullins, S. C., on
the week-end of the 25th.
Frances Gunn, Harriet Brown, and
Nancy Mclver, and Lynch Crockett,
after Initiation, spent the re
mainder of the week - end with
Kathryn Lowrance, who is one of
the alumna of Alpha Delta Theta.
Ellenore Eddy and Frances Earn
hardt spent the week-end of the 25th
at their homes in Pinehurst.
Phi Mu
Dot Alexander entertained at a
dinner party on the evening of Feb
ruary 22. The following guests were
present. Carolyn Wolfe, Margaret
Porter, Betty Gardner, Hibernia
Friend, Frances Marian O'Hair, Betsy
Springer and Mimi Bradham. After
dinner Bingo and other games were
played.
Mary Gilmer Richmond has had as
a recent visitor her mother, and dur
ing her stay here, Mrs. Richmond
was a guest at the Phi Mu Sunday
night feed.
Mimi Bradham spent the last Sun
day in February with her juirents,
who were in Charlotte for the day
Catherine Todd spent the week-end
of March 6th with Alene Ward. Mi.ss
Todd is a Phi Mu alum and was
here for initiation.
Inspector Is
Honored By
Phi Mus
Gamma Gamma chapter of Phi Mu
national sorority entertained with a
tea last week in honor of Miss Meta
Shaw, national inspector, who was
here for Inspection of the loca
chapter. The tea was held at the
sorority house.
I,ois Hodges of Charlotte, presi
dent, of the group, received the
guests, who included representatives
from the other campus sororities and
actives and pledges of the Phi Mu
sorority.
He killed the noble Billigoatski
Of tbe fur be made bim mittens.
Made them with the fur side inside.
Made them with the skin side out
side.
He, to get the warm side inside.
Put the inside skin side outside.
He, to get the cold side outside.
Put the warm side fur side outside
lliat’s why he put the fur side
inside.
Why he put the skin side outside.
Why he turned it inside outside.
—Scripts ’n Pranks.
Kappa Delta
Martha Alexander sj)ent the week-
nd of February 26 in Raleigh,
where she attended the State dances.
Gigi Brandon sj)ent the same week-
nd with Caddie Willis in Concord.
Virginia S})oon recently spent the
week-end at her home in Burlington.
Helen Douglas spent the week-end
of P'ehruary 26 at Bethune and is
s])ending this week-end at her home
in Chesterfield.
Jean Douglas will be the guest of
her aunt in Albemarle this week-end.
Jean Wiley will go to Montreat
this week-end, where she will Join
the councillor section of the Amer
ican Campers Directors Association.
She will be in charge of the hand
icraft exhibit for their annual meet
ing.
Frances Riddle, Pedie Burke,
Olivia Gillispie, Lib Taylor and Alice
Barron spent the week-end of Feb
ruary 26 in Columbia, S. C.
Members of Kappa Delta enter
tained at a tea Friday afternoon
at the home of Beverly Hemby on
Providence Road. The tea was given
in honor of Miss Ann Cleveland
Doner of the University of Virginia,
])rovince ))resident of the sorority.
Jane Wiley, local chapter ])resi-
dent, received the guests, who in
cluded the actives and jiledges of
Kappa Delta and representatives
from the other sororities on the cam
pus, Mrs. Virginia Miller Agnew,
and Miss Frances Smith.
The house was decorated with
spring flowers and the sorority colors
of green and white jjredominated in
"the refreshments.
Miss Lucy Williams enterta'inod
last Saturday night at her home fol
lowing the Kappa Delta banquet
Members and pledges of the soror
ity attended the party, which was
in honor of Miss Ann Cleveland
Doner, Province President, who was
visiting in Charlotte for the Kappa
Delta initiation services.
The hostess was assisted in enter
taining by ber mother.
Phi Mu Gives
Banquet Tea
For Initiates
Honoring their new initiates, the
active members of Phi Mu sorority
entertained for them in the form of
a banquet given in a private dining
room of the S & W Cafeteria. The
decorations carried out the sorority
colors, rose and white. A large shield
decorated with the sorority flowers
was used as a centerpiece for the
banquet table.
Miss Julie Thomas acted as toast
mistress. Toasts were given during
the course of the evening by Lois
Hodges, Lib Imbody, and others. A
skit was ])resented by several of the
actives.
Miss Hodges was presented with
a guard for her pin in recognition
of her services as president of the
chapter during the ])ast year. Mary
Gilmer Richmond of Concord was
presented with the recognition pin
for being the best-all-round pledge
Mimi Bradbam received the scholar
ship award.
The Initiates honored were: Caro
lyn Wolfe, Mary^ Gilmer Richmond
Mildred Thomas, Betty Kale, Lib
Imbody, Boots Miller, Ruth Morri
son, and Mimi Bradham. Besides
these the actives, several pledges and
alumnae attended the banquet.
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Kappa Delta
Honors Its
Initiates
Alpha Omicron Chapter of Kappa
Delta sorority held its annual in
itiation banquet at the Hotel Char
lotte, Saturday evening following
initiation services at ■ the chapter
louse in the afternoon. Jane Wiley',
^resident of the grouj), acted as
toastmistress.
'I'he new members are: Barbara
Davis, Emily Dunlap, Beverly Hem
by, Betty Guy, Peggie Harrison,
Dorothy Hoppe, Mary McDevitt^
Betty Purser, Ermine Waddill, and
[.ucy Williams, all of Charlotte, and
Olive Croswell of Asheville, Bonnie
Cox of Morganton, Jean Douglas of
Chesterfield, S. C., Marion McManus
)f Monroe, Frances Riddle of Co
lumbia, S. C.; Lillian Sample of
Fort Pierce, Fla.; Mary Lib Stevens
)f Mooresville, and Marjorie Ven
ning of Mount Holly.
'I’he banquet tables were arranged
in a diamond shajie and the sorority
colors of green and white were used
in the decorations. Ferns, white
roses, and candles graced the tables.
The place cards liad the sorority
seal in gold, and at each place there
was an attractive ))rogram done in
tlie colors.
'riiere were many toasts during the
evening, being made by Jane Wiley,
Helen Hatcher, Ermine Waddill,
Barbara Shatzer and Mrs. John
Moore. Caddie Willis gave a read
ing. 'The special guest speaker of
the evening was Miss Ann Cleve
land Doner of the University' of Vir
ginia, who is Province President.
She was in Charlotte to attend the
initiation and banquet.
Ermine Waddill was presented with
the Kaj)pa Delta recognition ring for
being the best-all-round pledge. Alice
Croswell received a recognition pin
for having gotten the highest scholas
tic average for the year.
Kappa Delta songs were sung be
tween the courses and the program
was closed with the linking of arms
to form the “Friendship Circle” for
th^ loving cup ceremony'.
Honor guests of the evening were
Mrs.. Virginia Miller Agnew, Mrs.
J. N. Godard, Mrs. Floyd Strawn,
Miss Ann Cleveland Doner, Miss
Frances Smith, faculty adviser, and
the patronesses of the sorority’.
Alpha Delta Pi
Marjorie 'rimms spent the week-
•nd at her home in Winnsboro.
Lenora Russell attended tbe Ger
man Club dance at Furman College.
Sally' McDowell was guest of Helen
Cumnock in Davidson Friday night.
Elizabeth Cranford spent last
week-end at her home in Gastoniii.
Dates on Saturday night will prob
ably have a big scramble for chairs
in the newly' decorated hall in Bur-
well.
Mrs. Sam I.ove, of Gastonia, visited
lilt chajiter Wednesday.
Edith 'I'insley spent the week
end in Atlanta, Georgia, where she
attended the Emory' University'
dances.