University of Maryland College Park - Terrapin / Reveille Yearbook (College Park, MD)

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Putting their own Good Neighbor Policy into effect, the Phi Sig ' s entertained in November in honor of their campus neighbors. It was discovered at the time that the local chapter house is the oldest house in College Park, the estate having formerly enveloped all of what is now College Park. Although house- parties are not as common as they used to be, the sis- ters held one in honor of their national officers, and representatives from four eastern chapters spent the weekend of February ninth as guests of the local chapter. Representatives from Hunter College, Adel- phi College, George Washington University, and Temple University sampled real Maryland hospitality. The traditional housemother ' s affair, a dessert this year, was held in March. Jhc porch icrts ii ' oiuftr nl in Ibe spriiut JMcMiht ' fs. Bettv Barban, Lila Berkman, Annette Bernstein, Ber- nice Biron, Rickye Brendler, Irene Caplan, Vivian Davis, Jeanne de Laviez, Jeannette Feldman, Sally Friedman, Zara Gordon, Marcelle Katz, Aiieen Levin, Vera Margolies, Ruth Meitzer, Arlene Raskin, Marilyn Rubin, Lucille Stein, Lenora Shapiro, Evelyn Weinstein, Phyllis Wolpert. Plcdile : Harriet Abramson, Eunice Belaga, Phyllis Berman, Phyllis Biscarr, Brenda Blunianfeld, Edna Bralower, Geraldine Brown, Lenora Caplan, Rita Chasen, Selma Cohn, Eleanor Fishman, Anita Gold, Merle Karp, Harriet Krakow, Ann Levin, Jane Liebling, Maxine Ronibro, Bernyce Stark, Edna Stark, Charlotte Schneider. Tint Kou ' : Barban, Berl man, Bernstein, Biron, Brendler, Caplan, Davis. Second Kow: DcLaviez, Feldman, Friedman, Cordon, Katz, Levin, Margolies. Jbird Row: Raskin, Rubin, Shapiro, Stein, Weinstein, Wolpert. 149

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Phi Sigma Sigma BETA ALPHA CHAPTER Founded at HUNTER COLLEGE in 1913 Established at the UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND in 1936 AFTKR completing a successful rush season, the Phi Sigma Sigma ' s began a year of hard work socially, scholastically, and philanthropically. Vivian Davis, the Phi Sig Philanthropy Chairman, kept the girls on their toes sponsoring a stocking drive and winning the Fifth War Loan Drive. Lennie Shapiro and Rickye Brendler were busy throughout the year at the Stage Door Canteen in Washington, while Irene Caplan and Marilyn Rubin helped enter- tain the boys at Walter Reed Hospital. With the addition of some Phi Sig blood the Red Cross Blood Hank became a bit wealthier and the girls became a little happier. Lila Berkman, Phi Sig ' s own Thespian, held her own in Footlight productions and also acted as social chairman of the club. Another talented sister, Char- lotte Schneider, won a modeling contest in Wash- ington. Arlene Raskin was tapped for Sigma Alpha Omicron, bacteriology fraternity, whi le Harriet Kra- kow was installed in Alpha Lambda Delta, women ' s freshman honor society. Despite their numerous activities up the hill in Women ' s League, Pnn-Hel, W.R.A., and Victory Council, the sisters had time for mischief. Bett Barban, president, with all her dignity, was guilty oi charging up and down the stairs in the fashion of the Teddy Roosevelt of Jrsetiic rtitW Old Ldce. Botsie Weinstein couldn ' t seem to get out of the habit of pie-bed making, much to the chagrin of William Wolpert, whose plots for revenge evolved around wet washcloths and cornflakes. The Phi Sig telephone seemed to ring constantly, for calls from camps all over the country, and even cables fiom Russia came through to the girls. With pinnings, engagements, and weddings, the sis- ters were busy all winter munching chocolates from the well-known five-pound boxes. Annette Bernstein Often and Ruth Singer Taubman ranked with the gal- lant souls who returned to school with their new degree of Mrs. Jhh IS lI ' C IIMV ll l( ' lI . Ucth. 148

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