University of California Los Angeles - Bruin Life / Southern Campus Yearbook (Los Angeles, CA)

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Betty Jo Banks Joyce Beuhler Frances Brown Wilma Bruce Marilyn Burnside Margaret Chipman Barbara Dean Ada Ecton Leula Emiey Eileen Fitipatrick Bri Him Karen Beth Jones Polly Ann King Muriel Kipps Nancy Jean Laughlrn Betty Ann Leist Jo Anne McCandless Betty McFarland Patti Madsen Micheal Mansfield Osefa Martinez Neva Moore Pat Noonan Ruth Omey Elizabeth Pearson Mary Rawlings Barbara Ryan Shirley Shernnan Claire Sloggett Betty Mae Smith Rosemary Snyder Mary Jane Walker Charlotte Watson Elizabeth Wright Ipt Playing hostess at the Alpha Omicron Pi pledge dance is Barbara Deane, assisted by pledge sister Margaret Chipman. The Navy is preferred by the girls, judging by the preponderance of Navy blue and bell-bottomed trousers. 294

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Record. ' If ' s time to change the disc, and Betty Purgitt is having a hard time deciding which to choose. Joan He - (ond, Jean Streicher, and Mory Carman put in a word for their favorites, and it ' s almost a sure thing that Sinatra or James will win. Activify girls. Alpha Gams have always been a strong political bloc in elections and the Row takes heed of the candidates they back. They also get their own girls into the three-ring circus of politics, particularly In A.W.S. and the Y . Outstanding ex- amples of these are Jacqueline Tow- ers and Helen Leahy. Campus Theatre claimed the time of Kay Gibbs and May Newcomb, who wore a white Spur sweater on Mondays with sisters Harriet Lane and Joan Helland. Pledge Doret Bruner made appoint- ments for people to have their pic- tures taken by Herb while Mickey Maggiori Nurses ' Aided vigorously and thought up revenges for ditching pledges. Lucky possessors of a tre- mendous house. Alpha Gams have a tradition of staying in on Monday nights, all 57 of them. A characteristic that has become a tradition through the years is the house ' s unity. There ' s usually a bridge game in progress at the Alpha Gam house. At the left, Betty McCarthy kibitzes while Pat Danskin, Mary Michaels, Kay Gibbs, and Helen Roche engage in this favored pas- time. Above, Doret Bruner receives some coaching from Alice Hibbs, as Jean Streicher ond Pat Danskin watch. According to the avid expressions of all con- cerned, it seems obvious that even the photographer has failed to disconcert these prospective Cul- bertsons.

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Iph a omicron pi Fond of boogie and V-T2 exchanges, A O Pis spent a of of fime at the house and liked to socialize among themselves. Conversation revolved around the respec- tive merits of the Army Air Corps and the Navy. Party, party, party was the nightly after dinner cry, meaning big gab tests were in fhe offing. When nof busy making talk, they made knitted scarfs for the Army through Red Cross. Beach and bridge Ulled in other idle hours. Business activity woman was Mary Rowlings, Southern Campus organizations editor. Spur Patti Madsen was another Kerckhoff habitue and an- other Spur Barbara Ryan sat in on the doings of the Sophomore Council. Date girl Muriel Kipps devoted some time to Y.W.C.A. Council, and Polly Ann King and Rosemary Schuyler kept up on fun-time week-end events. A popular new tradition was started by the house mother, who served tea and cookies occasionally in the afternoon to alleviate four o ' clock shadow. Main social event of the year was the annual pledge dance. Pie a la mode is a sure way fo win fhe favor of fhe Navy, and fhese favored A.O. Pis below are Mary Rowlings, Neva Moore, and Paffi Madsen.