New England Conservatory of Music - Neume Yearbook (Boston, MA)

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C ommuteri C lu OFFICERS MARION ANUSBIGIAN, President; WILLIAM MURPHY, Vice-President; ELSIE ALEGI, Sec- retary; MATILDA PROTANO, Treasurer; JOHN BOOMER, Editor-in-Chief; WILLIAM MURPHY, Assistant Editor; CLIFTON J. FURNESS. CHARLES K. TRUEBLOOD, Faculty Advisors. ACTIVE MEMBERS Mildred Oliver, Jacqueline Powers, Nancy Mercer, Ardis Lee, Nicoletta Davelcos, Sylvia Chilson, Beatrice Vaitieltus, Niki Voorthamis, Edna Mayer, Calliope Constantinides, Olive Brown, Joan McNeil, Jean Sullivan, Theresa Videtta, Nancy Perry, Roberta Turner, Walter Targ, Mary Burns, Edward Grigoli, Antionette Roffo, Julia Carr, Marion Gray, Lucille Dugas, Connie McKerrow. In March 1944 a group of students of the New England Conservatory organized a new club. This club, contrary to the custom of most clubs, grants membership to both young women and young men provided they are commuters and are accepted as such according to the newly drawn constitution of the club. It is the purpose of the Commuters Club to promote school spirit and to encourage friend- ships among students of the Conservatory. Moreover, by participating in the organization of a school paper which shall keep the students thoroughly aware that they are a part of the Conservatory and that the Con- servatory is a part of them, the club hopes to promote close harmony between students and faculty within the Conservatory. The commuter — one who must reach for his toothbrush two hours earlier than he who dozes peacefully near the school, has finally realized his ambition. There is a cha nce for him and for many others, who are enthusiastic, to lend a helping hand! — 28 —

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a mecjci OFFICERS BETTY HILKER. President; EVELYN DANIEL- SON, Vice-President; DOROTHY ROBINSON, Recording Secretary; NINA VOLCHAK, Cor- responding Secretary; ELEANOR TOWER, Treasurer; BARBARA FOSS, Publicity Editor; MARION WILLIAMS, Warden; DORINNE ALGER, Chaplain; EATHEL FINLEY, Alumnae Advisor. ACTIVE MEMBERS Doris Riedel, Jean Ellerson, Vincenza Pepe, Priscilla Dorr, Eleanor Craig, Frances Craig, Cora Turner, Constance McKerrow, Amelia Altamari, Helen Lucas, Mildred Milford. Pledges: Patricia Sanborn, Stella Morton, Phyllis Storey. Alpha Chi Omega was founded by seven women students in 1885, at De Pauw University, Greencastle, Indiana: 10 years later Zeta Chapter, the only strictly musical chapter of the sorority, was installed at the New England Conservatory. Zeta Chapter has given the sorority two national presidents — Evangeline Bridge Steven- son and Gladys Livingston Graff. They are also proud to number among their prominent mem- bers Ruth Culbertson, winner of the Mason and Hamlin Prize, and Mrs. Edward Mac- Dowell. Activities of the year include a spring eon- cert held in Recital Hall, and several parties given for students held in the chapter room. Many of the girls have done their share for the war effort by being blood donors, knitting, and buying war bonds and stamps. — 27 —

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l jew ( ngfand C oniervatot ' y C lub OFFICERS MADELINE MERRILL, President; B. ANDREA ROUVALIS, Vice-President; ELEANOR TOWER, Recording Secretary; EMILIA LERA, Corre- sponding Secretary; JEAN TAYLOR, Treasurer; MARY GRUPPOSO, ANN DUFFIE, Wardens. ACTIVE MEMBERS Isabel Butterfield, Barbara Foss, Alice Duck- worth, Eunice Fitton, Margaret Bromley, Betty Kay, Marion Jacques, Joan McNeil, Alice O ' Brien, Lois Schaefer, Nancy Trickey, Doris Riedel, Betty Wood. The New England Conservatory Club was -founded in 1920 to promote closer association and friendship of women students. The Con Clubbers are very fond of their room and any hour of the day will find members there en- joying it and the friends they find there. During the year parties, musicales, and dinners were enjoyed. Members aided the vic- tory program by being blood donors and participating in shows given for service men. — 29 —