The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, December 21, 1945, Page Page Three, Image 3
By Martha Haltiwanger
"Rush week is over
And folks can relax,
Put away the big talk,
And get down to brass tacks. .
or
"Rush week is over
E xcitement by the ton,
Girls can flirt with boys again
Gee! Won't we have fun!!"
LADIES FIRST ...
With the end of rush week came the many new pledgeQ
showing their new pledge pins as proof of their vows t<
their new sisterhoods. . . . Kappa Delta leads the list with
twenty-five new girls; Alpha Delta Pi tapped eight new
members; Alpha Epsilom Phi have ten added to their roll
Chi Omega has twenty; Delta Delta Delta has a score of
fourteen; Delta Zeta boasts thirteen new girls; Pi Beta Ph
brought their score up to fifteen; and Zeta Tau Alp/u
pledged twenty-one.
Sara Malone, one of the Pi Beta Phi alums was on the
campus paying a visit to all the Pi Phis and everybody else
on the campus.... And Pi Phi Dottie Perkins attended th(
Assembly Rail in Florence. . . . Delta Zeta pledging was Fri
day afternoon and after the ceremonies the Dee Zee active,
gave forth with a party to welcome these girls into theii
midst. . . . Sunday afternoon the Delta Zeta girls honored
the new members of their "heap-big" family with a Drop-ir
Party Sunday night in the Dee Zee room in Sims. Their ne%v
actives are Jean Via, Vivian Pounds, Margaret Smithey
Cathy Garety, and Liza Day. The new wearers of the Lami
were initiated November 30.
The Zeta Tau Alpha sisters had their pledging Monday
afternoon in the sorority room in Maxcy. . . . And all the
ZTAs and their dates journeyed ou to "Lib" Foster's hom<
last Sunday afternoon to a delightful Drop-in. . . . Ch
Omega had pledging ceremonies Sunday night and latei
many of the old and new friends dropped in for a chat. . .
The motheits of the Columbia Alpha Delta Pis gave a Drop-I,
for all the sisters at Barbara [Irasington's home. . . . ADP
pledging was Monday afternoon. . . Delta Delta Delta held
their formal pledging in the sorority room in Sims Monday
afternoon.
Margaret Smithey, new DZ active, can be seen sporting
Wayne Tye's Sigma Chi pin these days.
MEN ONLY
The Lambdi Chi brothers partied at the American Legion
Hut last weekend. . . . And Lambdi Chis Frariklin Hines anc
Walter Myers attended the Christmas formal at Coker Col
lege December 8. . . . New initiates of Phi Epsiloin Pi arc
Myer Price from Sumter and Jerry Fine from Chicago. . .
It was a stag party up in the frat rooms Friday, Decembei
7. . . . And it was a rush dance last Saturday, December 15
at the Tree of Life for Phi Ep Pis. . . . Kappa Sigma %el.
comes nine transfers into their chapter bere at Carolina. . .
From Millsaps College came six men. . . . They are Kermil
Beckworth, John Beard, Bryan Holliday, Duncan Herron
Jack Hilbish, and John Hill. . . . The other three are frorr
Mercer College and they are Jack See, Charlie Scholz anc
n Jerry Krupp. . . . Also, Theo Strickland, Marion H. Whaie
and Allie Phifer have returnedl from military service. . . .B
Berry is back on the canmpus this semester. ... The Founder'
D)ay banquet was held in the Wade Hampton Hotel on D)e.
cember ... . . And on D)ecember 15th there wvas a gala Christ.
mas party at the Legion llut (you know, ime of the "incom.
parable" Kappa Sig l)arties) . . . . The Kappa Alpha forma
was the highlight of D)ecember 14th from 8 :30 'til 12 :30 ir
the Columbia hotel ballroom. . . . Bids wvere given to all fra.
ternities and to any oth-er studlents who (desired them...
Oscar Wylie and Marion Blakley attended a Province meet.
ing in Charlotte. N. C., reently. . . . Pi Kappa Phi recently
held an informal banquet in honor of its founders. ..Th<
final rush-party of the present rush season was a Christ.
mas rush party at the Legion hut. . . . The dlecorations wer<
. filled with the Christmas spirit-featuring a log-fire, trees
holly and na~tur ially, mistletoe..... .igma Alpha EpsiPlon;
came forth with a Christmas p)arty at Caughman's Pond or
D)ecember 15. . . . And the alumni gave the SAEs a star
party at the Woman's .Club on the 8th.. ...George Seymor<
has been elected treasurer of SA E to replace Morris Shad.
burn who has been detached from the unit. . . . Pi Kappr
Alpha had their annual Christmas party at Melrose Parl,
with fun and frolic for all. . . .And Sigma Nu feted theii
rushees with a rush party at one of the parks last Saturda.s
..(everything happens on Saturday, doesn't it?) . . . Sigme,
('his had a wvonderful time at their p)arty Saturdlay night ir
the non-commissioned officers' clu:b. . . . And as a specia
treat of the evening, Dick Vanderv'een, Jack Whitlock, Chicl
Shiels, Hugh Carrier, and Al Wall gave one of those floor,
shows during the intermission. . . . Jack Whitlock, Presideni
, of the Order of the White Cross, is b)ack in civilian clother
again. . . . The Phi Kappa Signias 1'ad one of those spaghett
p)arties up in the frat rooms. ..And the ASCE is planning
a formal banquet to start the New~ Year off right.
SO LONG FOR A WHLE . . . AND) MERRY CllRIST.
MAS.
May your Christmas vacation be a happy one and may
your Christmas be white.
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Day Banquet
The Chi Omega chapter of the
Kappa Sigma fraternity celebrated
Its 76th annual Founder's Day ban
quet -n the Palmetto room of the
Hotel Wade Hampton on Sunday
night, December 9, at 7:30.
Alumni and visitors from other
chapters were present. J. B. Heath
erly presided as toastmaster and the
principal speaker was Tom McCut
cheon, alumni from Bishopville,
who spoke -% the topics, "Whether
Fraternities are fulfilling the pur
poses for Which They were Found
ed" and "Fraternity's interest in
the individual".
Visitors included Pfc. E. D. Crain
of Fort Jackson. Lieut. Hutch Bass
of the Columbia Army Air Base.
Bill Cook and George Coleman who
are enrolled in the lawv school here.
and Edwin Zobel andt Roscge Rtog
er-s.
Officers or the Kappa Sigma Fra
ternity for this senmester ar-e George
Helow, president: Don Somnmers.
vilce-president; Phil Pfannebecker
master of ceremonies; Gerry Kiib.
secreta ry; Beach Ga t t ma n, I rea s
urer; Ralph Ferguson, Germsan
Club representative and "Foots"
James, Interfraternity Council rep
resentative.
Kappa Sigma gave its annual
Christmas party Saturday night,
Dec. 15. at 8 o'clock at the Legion
Hut. There were gifts for all of the
fraternity brothers and their dlate's
The gifts were dlistibiuted by .be
Piedmont acting as "Santa Claus
Chuck Rudolph and Lou Ma ssnnucci
were in charge of the party.
Pi Kappa Phi
Hohls Blanquet
Sigma chapter of Pi Kappa Phi
frater'nity at the University of
SouthI Carolina (celehbrated their an
nual Founder's Day anniversary
with a-. hanquet at lIar vey's Cake
teria Monday night from 7:30 to
9'-30.
Guest of honor was Dav'e Moirris.
Pi Kap Aluimnus firom the univer
sity several years asgo. Also preseni
were several membeirs recently dis
charged from the armed foirces
back with the fraternity for the
first time since the beginnIng of
the war'.
The after dlinner speech was de
liveired by Ed Parler.
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(lower right, for Jim Hudson.
KA Festivity
Is Big Campus
Holiday Event
Highlighting the mid-winter so
cial whirl at Carolina was the Kap
pa Alpha fraternity Christmas for
mal last Friday night Dec. 14. ;n
the ballroom of the Hotel Colum
bia. Roy Neal and his University
orchestra played for the hundreds
of students who were present at
the first dance of the fall term.
The ballrc>rn was decorated with
Kappa Alpha colors, red and gold,
with holly and mistletoe bordering
the bandstand and colored spot
lights furnishing the light. On the
backdrop of the bandstand% was the
fraternity name in tall gold letters
and in the front of the stand was
the KA badge. At one end of the
room was a large lighted Pnd dec
orated Christmans tree surrounded
by a white pirket fence.
During the leadout headed b.x of
ficers and their sponsors who ear
ried bouquets of American B3eaauty
roses tied with red ribbon, the fra
Lernity membiers selected tromi un
ler- the trtee a gold p)endent enerust
ed with the KA crest and presented
it to t hitr dates. The orchestra
p)layed the fraternity song, "Kappn
Alpha Rose" for the leadotut.
Officers and their sponsors werr
Joe Reinijes, president, with Mat na
Mahry; litat>ld liewell, vice prest
dent. with Bletty Rawlings; Robley
McDonald. secretary, with Jto lCgg
erton; and D)ick Dusentbury, treas
utrer with Carolyn Hatrwell.
The guests were greeted at th
dloor by Jlim Johnson and .Joe Retnt
ies. Charerones w-te Mr. and Mrs
R. M. Stephen, and Pres. and Mrs.
Normani M. Smith.
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Christmas Parly
The Sophomore Y entertained 50
to 55 children from the Carolina Or
phanage in their annual Christmas
party Thursday night from 7 to 9
o'clock in the lobby of Wade 1lamp
ton dormitory. Children from 2 to
12 years of age were present.
Gifts to all of the chlre were
distributed by Jerry Meachan who
acted as "Santa Clnus". Christmas
carols were sung by the entire
group.
The Sophomore Y boys were in
charge of decorations for the party.
DZ Drop-In Held
Sunday Evening
Beta Delta of Delia Zeta cli
muxed the rush season with a i op
in in honor of their new pledges in
the sorority room Sunday after
noon. 4 to 7 p. m. Parents oh pledges
aniid act ives dIrop)pedt in bet ween 4
andt 5 while the room was filled
with students from 5 to 7 p. m. All
alumnae, parents, soroity and tra
ternity memb)ers. and friends weree
invited to this .occasion. during
w~hich DZ act ives showed off their
new little sisters.
The Christ mas theme was carried
out withI decoration, the Chiistmas
tree, mistle-ioe, red and green
cakes, mints, nuts, etc. Dena God
shall was in charge of all arrange
ments.
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Rush week ended Thursday,
ig of 126 girls by the eight so
ay followed a week of rush r
referential parties on Satu
ights.
During the day the eight so
iws: Alpha Epsilon Phi, 10; Y
D; Delta Delta Delta, 14; Del
'i Beta Phi, 15; and Zeta Tau
Ipha, 21.
The pledge list Includes the fol
owing:
Alpha Epsilon Phi: Arnetle
rane, Jacquie Braverman, Ronald
legel, Pat Greenspan, Sara Fried
ian, Carolyn Baruch, Dene Yas
hik, Helene Stein, Shirley Gergel.
nd Judy Zinger.
Alpha Delta Pi: Dorothy Kilpa
rick, Ann Stone, Jean Turner, Mar
aret Scheper, Sally Rickman,
Slanche Swartwout, Betty Ruth
Itephen, and Eliza McCracken.
Chi Omega: Glenn Addison, Les
le Bennett. Corinne Cockrey.
Jancy Craver, Juel Doscher, Caro
yn Harwell, Lynn Hook. Patty Hoo.
,er, Sara Jewett. Mary Jumper.
'rances McDonald. Betty Ann
)dom, Claire Parler, Mary Doug
as Riley, Mary Helen Shawhan,
tose Marie Stewart, Peggy Swy
,ert, Harry Lee Thompson, and
dary Agnes ("Booty") Wall.
Delta Delta Delta: Kate Ellison.
3etsy Fridge. June Henry, Mary
King, Jean Lumpkin, Ann Moore,
Byrd Murray, Norvelle McMaster,
,ancy Nash, Martha Parker. Marl
inne Reaves. Nancy Ruff, Delores
Shuler, and Pauline Trotter.
Delta Zeta: Barbara Binnicker
Bet'y Brown, Kathleen Bryan.
Becky Burgdorf. Martha Ervin
Barbara Hawthorne, Lillian Kella
han. Rose Knox. Jessie PhaseyI Ray
Rice, Gene Sawyer, Norma Tozier.
and Johrsie Woodward.
Kappa Delta: Mickey Black, Ade
le Bowman. Frances Bradley. Eve
lyn Chambers, Jeanette Chiles. Re
nee Goyette. Frances Guerry,
Martha Hagood, Bert Hemingway.
Sidney Jones, Mary Lou Kirkland,
Lillian Love, 1.thel McCants, Bart
tene McCormick. Mary McQueen.
Lucy Jane Owings. Barbara Pen
darvis, Caroline Ravenel, Sarah
Rogers, Adelaide SOx, Laura Speed,
Mary Vin Tucker. Jean Wallace.
Frances West. and Beverly Wood.
Pi Beta Phi: Lucy Clarkson, Bar
ara Dudd. Helen Harbin, Barbara
,ester. Betty Lou [Hood, Elinor
lowell,' Norma Kirby. Margaret
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December 13, with the pledg
7orities on the campus. Pledge
arties, hcld twice a day, with
rday, Monday and Tuesday
rorities chose students as fol
klpha Delta Pi, 8; Chi Omega,
ta Zeta, 13; Kappa Delta, 25;
McFaddin, Jackie Pearson. Dorothy
Perkins, Evelyn Preston, Sue Rives,
Darian Robertson, Doris Schmucker,
and Mary Shoun.
Zeta Tau Alpha: Alsie Blume,
Iris "Penny" Burbage, Jean Chris
tian. Mary Clark. Margaret Elea
zer, Wilhelmina Fletcher, Marilyn
Ham, Virginia Higgins, Margaret
Lunn, Louis May. Carolyn McGow
an, Betty Joe Mortcn. Betty Ne.
vill, Juanita Owens, !?etty Jean
Peake, Laura Roberts, Ann Rogers,
Marjorie Sackett, Elizabeth Stew.
art, Catherine Turner and Martha
1-laltiwanger.
Orphans Given
Holiday Party
In Flinn Hall
A Christmas party for 24 Negro
chidren from the Wilkerson Or.
phanage was given by the Coed As
sociation Tuesday afternoon from
3 to 5 o'clock in Flinn Hall. The
children were from 7 to 15 years
old.
Joe Siedeman was in charge of
the pror-am which consLted of
musical games and race games.
There were a cocoanut race and a
cracker eating contest, and pri7-s
were given. Christmas carols were
sung by the whole group and quar
tet numbers were given by the
orphanage children.
Each ch:ld received a present
from under the Christmas tree and
a stocking full of candy, fruit and
nuts, and a dollar bill. Money for
the presents was donated by mem
bers of Coed. Refreshments of Ice
cream, frosted cakes, and pop corn
were served.
The children came to the Unt
versity by a chartered bus. Doris
Schumucker was in charge of the
party.
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