Ohio State University - Makio Yearbook (Columbus, OH)

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Phi Delta Theta ' s delight the DCs with a campaign skit con- cerning famous men in history. Pictured are a few cave men, Cyrano De Bergerac, and Jim Heitiko who almost didn ' t make it into the picture. He was cam- paigning privately for a date for the Golddiggers ' Dance. The Sig-aires, Sigma Chi quar- tet, gained quite a favorable reputation for themselves as they backed up casual Dick Cleveland as their candidate for Golddiggers ' King when he crooned I ' m In Love w ith You . The Golddiggers ' Dance in the Union ball- rooms was the chief entertainment for the evening ... it was there that Beverly Klunk presented King Al Germanson with his crown. I J

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Crooner-King Al Germanson does his bit in appre- ciation for being elected 1953 Golddiggers ' King. Golddiggers The men never had it so good. Gentlemen, you never had it so good . . . and they never did! For the gals outdid themselves this year when WSGA ' s annual Golddiggers ' Eve hove into sight. So- rority house mothers and house presidents and dorm cooking staffs planned fabulous meals in accordance with an old adage that says something about the way to a man ' s heart . . . young women all over campus plagued tele- phone operators for the numbers of their favorite escorts and badgered unsympathetic fathers for bonuses in the weekly allowance. Tillie Winterkamp and Nancy Vesper, stalwart members of the WSGA committee on such things, catered to the wishes of Council of Fraternity Presidents and planned King Eliminations . . . The men, meanwhile, delightedly answered an increased number of phone calls with Fm sorry, Fve already made plans for Saturday night , happily weighed the prospects of an evening at the Ionian Room or a dinner at exclusive (and expensive) Columbus dinner spots, and frantically discriminated among fraternity brothers who could sing as well as Barney ' Vavroch. Travelling combos, ukulele players, quarters, chorus lines, tap dancers, and witty emcees emerged from 16 of the fra- ternity houses to back debonair candidates for Golddiggers ' King. Favorites proved to be Al Germanson, elected King to the delight of Beta brothers who backed a winning candidate last year, and members of his court: blonde ukulele strummer Doke Keener of Delta Upsilon; John Easton, backed by an energetic ATO quarter, cooly de- tached Dick Cleveland of Sigma Chi; double-jointed Sig Ep, John Crawford; and Phi Delta Theta Jim Heitiko, who was majoring in Home Economics. The girls not only called to make dates, arranged transportation, and picked up checks, they held doors, coats, and chairs at dinner and men of Alpha Tau Omega took full advant age of the situation.

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Past Baker Hall comes the parade of open conver tibles announcing the beginning of Greek Week . . Greek Week Alpha Xi Delta chorus line swings into a precision perfect dress rehearsal of their Greek Week skit . . . Interfraternity hustling — competition and co-operation A harried week for every sorority and fraternity social chairman, Greek Week this year was also a huge success. Art Kaplansky of Sigma Alpha Mu and Sara Kreglow of Chi Omega collaborated as co-chairman of the seven day merry-go-round of Greek activity. Exchange dinners — two of them for every sorority and fraternity — were the main weeknight activit} ' and Tuesday night the gals prac- tised their favorite sorority songs to serenade the men. Wednesday night, fraternities played host to visiting so- rority women at individual open houses. Thursday the men foorsook their studies to attend the inter-fraternity stag party held at the Macedonian Club (Macedonian, Greek — all in the spirit of Greek Week, we presume). Saturday afternoon of Greek Week-end was devoted to an extended March of Dimes drive for which sororities and fraternities teamed up to collect well over three thousand dollars. DGs and Sammies proved most success- ful with their collection campaign — an improvised street- corner show at the corner of Broad and High Streets in downtown Columbus. Best of all was the annual Greek Week Stunt Night competition won hands down by ingenious AEPi ' s who presented a take-off on WSGA proceedings with original words and music. Phi Kappa Sigs placed second by pok- ing fun at Social Board, and Alpha Delta Pi took the third place trophy. Prize winners were announced at the Greek Week Dance Saturday night to the accompaniment of Elliot Lawrence and his band. Alpha Epsilon Pi ' s go into the grand finale of their prize-winning Greek Week the workings of the WSGA office. The song the moment the picture was snapped — skit — a clever take-off To Hell With WSGA . » 1f