University of Nevada - Artemisia Yearbook (Reno, NV)

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© 3S AJ EMISIA. DELTA ALPHA EPSILON t First Semester Nellie McWilliams, President Avis Lothrop, Secretary Gladys Dunkle, Business Manager Virginia Higgins, S erg eant-at- Arms Second Semester Helen Cahill, President Helen Fuss, Vice-President Virginia Higgins, Secretary Margaret Barnes, Biisiness Manager Gladys Dunkle, S erg etant-at- Arms DELTA ALPHA EPSILON was organized in May, 1916, by the members of Dr. H. W. Hill ' s class in Shakespearian Drama. Its purpose is to develop histronic talent among the young women of the University, and to awaken appreciative interest in dramatic interpretation by the presentation of standard plays. The society plans to put on two plays a year. This year the society staged a variety show composed of vaudeville acts and a short play in the gymnasium. It is to stage a short play for the Century Club sometime in March. Members of the Delta Alpha Epsilon are elected from the Sophomore and Junior Classes at the end of the year. Requirements for membership are a major or minor in English, good schol- arship, and genuine histronic talent. En ric 5i :22s! 169 t

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vlISIA- CLIONIA SOCIETY Wallace Walter, President Emily Burke, Vice-President Adele Armstrong, Secretary Charles Miller, Treasurer Morris Badt, Debate Manager Geryy Eden, Dramatic Manager Professor A. E. Turner, Faculty Advisor Ray Law, Publicity IHE Cliona Society was organized seven years ago under the name of the Debating Club. The main purpose of this club was the fur- thering of debate among the college students. With the growth of the University the organization likewise expanded, so three years ago it was reorganized under the name of the Clionia Society and a new constitution was championed to include debating, literary and dramatic work. The name Clionia is a Greek word meaning a proclaimer of the truth and it has always been the aim of the officers and members of the organ- ization to uphold all that it symbolizes. One of the principals in the reorganization o f this Society was Pro- fessor A. E. Turner. Professor Turner has taken an active and untiring interest in its work from the time he first became a member of the Faculty and much of its success can be attributed to him. Clionia meetings, which are held on the second and fourth Wednesdays of every month, are conducted under strict parliamentary rules, with Rob- erts ' Rules of Order being used as a guide. After some of the meetings throughout the year a course in parliam.entary law is given under the supervision of Professor Turner. At these times different members of the organization are called upon to take the chair and the order is turned into a House of Parliament. Once a month a portion of the meeting is devoted to social work and this gives all members an opportunity to present readings, dramatic skits and musical numbers. During the year nineteen-twenty Clionia fostered the inter-class de- bates, an inter- collegiate debate with the Brigham Young University, of ' .• ' ' .1 ' ■— rn 171