University of Nebraska Lincoln - Cornhusker Yearbook (Lincoln, NE)

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K « cc COR Nf USK E[ » » » Theta Sigma Phi THE only professional sorority in the School of Journalism is Theta Sigma Phi, whose purpose is the furtherance and promotion of the interests of women in journalism. This organization was founded at the University of Washington at Seattle in 1909, and has at the present time thirty - three chapters. The local chapter was founded in 1917. The sorority has regular meetings during the course of the school year to which important women in the journalistic field are invited and sponsors the annual dinner for all students in the School of Journalism. The membership of Theta Sigma Phi is limited to upper-classwomen who are specializing in Journalism. Associate memberships are granted to women of state-wide recognition in Journalism, while women who are nationally recognized in this field are granted honorary memberships. Two magazines, The Matrix, a bi-monthly national magazine, and The Register, an employment agency circular, are published by Theta Sigma Phi. OFFICERS President DoROTHY SiLViS Vice-President Maude Schroeder Secretary M.MIGARET Reckmeyer Treasurer Frances Holyoke Archiutst Roseline Pizer MEMBERS Ruth Botsford Margaret Day Francis Holyoke Sally Pickard Roseline Pizer Margaret Reckmeyer Maude Schroeder Evelyn Simpson Dorothy Silvis Lyra Tait Pledges Dorothy Ager Bernice Hoffman Dorothy Howard Marjorie Peterson lean Rathburn Ruth SchiU Top Row — Rathburn, Hoffman, Simpson, Ager. Bottom Row — Pizer, Holyoke, Day, Schroeder. S « « m NIKI€T€€KI Tfl I I TY ONE M HB

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If S« « « COR N+HUSK ER. » j: N y Sigma Lambda ► ETA chapter of Sigma Lambda, honorary art sorority, was founded at the University of Nebraska, March 7, 1924. The society was started to promote the department of Fine Arts, to maintain a high professional standard, to establish a more democratic spirit among drawing and painting students, and to increase interest in the relation that these arts bear to other arts. Alpha chapter ot Sigma Lambda was established at the University of Wisconsin on May 15, 192.V The organisation has the distinction of being the only fraternal society for drawing and painting students. To promote activities in the art department and to provide social benefits for its members, handcraft meetings are held once a month. In addition to these, regular meetings are held every first and third Tuesday of each month in Morrill Hall. Membership is open to students majoring in Fine Arts, who have an average of at least eighty. OFFICERS President , ViRGiNi. ' V Kimball Vice-President Grace Anderson Secretary Margaret Shepard Treasurer Lyda Dell Burry Chaplain Elizabeth Ferguson Reporter Adlyn Moeller Rush Chairman Margaret Sowles Grace Anderson Lyda Dell Burry Katherine Clapp Betty Everett Ruth Eby Elizabeth Ferguson Sara Green MEMBERS Constance Kizer Virginia Kimball Marialice Ley Alice Jean McDonald Adlyn Moeller Jean Marie Ohler Faculty — Honorary Katherine Faulkner Marie Osterloh Elizabeth Pettijohn Jane Rehlaender Margaret Shepard Betty Shields Kathryn Spivey Margaret Sowles Louise Austin Faculty Skudle 8« « Top Row— Everett, Clapp, Rehleander, Kizer, Moeller, Osterloh. Second Row — Spivey, McDonald, Ehy, Pettijohn, Ijey, Sowles, Shichh. Bottom Row — Green, Burry, Ferfjuson, Kimball, Faulkner, Sheperd, Anderson, Ohler. —186— i H IKJ€Tt€l | Tfl t RTY ONE » )» ml

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