University of South Dakota - Coyote Yearbook (Vermillion, SD)

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ALPHA LflfllBDfl DELTA Bock row, left to right: Shirley Von Ferney, Catherine Cotton, Irene Landkof, Roberta Jockheck, Donna Mae Blessing, Jane Warkentin, Mer- rie Swanson. Front row: Dr. Beede, Janet Swab, Lois Kofmehl, Doloris Jackus, Coralie Machmiller. Other members include Anne Hoff- mann, Ruth Kempter, Betty Isaak, Joanne Stepanek, Cara Lee C ornelius, Forestine Weller, Joon Chase, Nancy Juhl, Morrelyce Fillbach, and Mary Hedges. A select group is Alpha Lambda Delta which has only a very few members. In order to qualify for membership in this freshmen women ' s honorary scholastic group, a co-ed must attain a grade average of 90.5 during her freshman year. Officers of the local chapter are Janet Swab, president; Doloris Jackus, vice-president; Lois Kof- mehl, secretary; and Coralie Machmiller, treasurer. PHI EIH SIGITIR The year 1930 brought the founding of the South Dakota chapter of Phi Eta Sigma, national men ' s freshmen scholastic fraternity. In the years which have followed, 1 76 men have been initiated. A 90.5 semester average qualifies any freshman male student for membership. Back row, left to right: James Cope, Dean Ubben, Walt Krallman, Ralph Tuttle, James Rice, Don Isaok, Virgil Heidbrink, Norman Meyer, Charles Schoeppi, Don Steele. Second row: Craig Schmidt, Clifford Graese, Ralph Bickner, Phil Maier, Philip Ostlund, Steven Sherwood, Don Vellek. Front row: Dean Julion, Robert Heck, Bob Curtlss, Jim Peterson, James Costar. 100 ■ •! ' wammm mm

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PHI BETA HflPPfl Phi Beta Kappa, founded in 1776 at William and Mary College, is the oldest national scholastic society in existence. The local chapter was founded in 1926. Membership in Phi Beta Kappa is the highest scholastic honor a college student can attain. In order to be eligible for membership, students must have maintained an average of at least eighty-eight percent for their four years in college; they must be enrolled as a senior in the College of Arts and Sciences, have broad cultural interests and good moral character. New members are elected in April, too late for inclusion in the Coyote. Each year a committee of local administrators and students selects from the senior class a number of students whose names will appear in Who ' s Who Among American Universities and Colleges. Choice is based on service to school, leadership, practical qualities, contributions to extra-curricular activities, scholarship, and potential usefulness to business and society. Nineteen students qualified for the honor in 1949. First row, left to right: Mary Ann Lyons, Madison, English; Ruth Hallock, Mission, Music; Carolyn Cowles, Flandreau, English. Second row: Norma Jean Westre, Volm, radio-speech; Delorez West, Aberdeen, dramatic art, Shirley Schwengle, Broken Bow, Nebraska, Spanish; Jane Buntley, Sioux City, music. Third row: Henry Haugen, Platte, law; Clifford Graese, Canova, account- ing; James Kuehn, Mobridge, journalism; Derwood Eisenberg, Humboldt, journalism; Rod Moulton, Can- ton, journalism. Fourth row: Jack Howe, Sioux City, law; Ted Dolney, Vermillion, law; James Rice, Martin, his- tory; Donald Barrett, Plankin- ton, law; Robert Cameron, Ver- million, journalism; Ben Viedt, Winner, radio. 99

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mORIHR BOARD Exemplification of scholarship, leadership and school service is the basis for membership in Mortar Board — ■ national honorary senior women ' s organization. To be selected is one of the most desired honors for a senior woman at the University. The girls, in their familiar red blazer jackets, sponsored the weekly no- date dances and also the annual Mothers ' Day cele- bration. Members are capped in their junior year at the Spring Swing-Out. The members this year in- cluded Carolyn Cowles, president; Mary Ann Lyons, vice-president; Marie Hallsted, secretary; Jane Bunt- ley, treasurer; Shirley Schwengle, historian and editor. Dakotans pictured are, seated, left to right: Bruce Crary Dorwin Schmidt Dale Fritzel Keith Donovan Reed Jensen Virgil Vail Standing: Darrell Booth Don Siekmeier DflHOTflflS Dakotans is an honorary organization of senior men whose members are chosen on the basis of scholarship and participation in school activities. There are eight members — one from each of the fraternities, one from the Independent Student Association and one from the law fraternities. They help with Dakota Day preparations and pep rally, Skip Day, and the Interfraternity Sing. Officers for the year were: Dorwin Schmidt, president; Dale Fritzel, vice-president; Donald Siekmeier, secretary-treasurer. 101