West Virginia University - Monticola Yearbook (Morgantown, WV)

Text from Pages 1 - 190 of the 1937 volume:

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' y .f scenes of endless wooing woman s kail ' south hall from petticoat alley maribi kail loans, placements, radio bugs • men s commom looking north toward chemistry personalities m ' ' ' rw: I ' y ' ' dr. c. s. boucher .th e presi ident dr. richard aspinall assistant to president Page eighteen e. g. smith harriet 1. french h. s. boreman c. t. neff, jr. • • • • John cornwell a. b. koontz 1. r. potand Wright hugus Wlf l board of governors Page nineteen eans h. e. stone (a.m.) head of loans and placements w. p. shortridge (ph.d. arts and sciences f. d. fromme (ph.d.) college of agriculture j. n. Simpson (a.b. md.) school of medicine rufh e. noer (a.b.) dean of women t. p. hardman (j.d.) college of law earl hudelson (ph.d.) college of education Page twenty ' ' they served loyally alma mater • robert alien armstrong — able scholar, inspiring teacher, sympathetic friend, kindly gentleman. e his service to west Virginia as an educator, editor, and author, is unparal- leled, armstrong published the first daily newspaper in harrison county, and for seventeen years he edited the west Virginia school journal, he was once principal of west liberty state normal school, and for two years vice-president of the university, and also served as president of west Virginia. • he was a teacher of english and the departmental head under eleven of the thirteen university presidents, his dominant interest in life was the teaching of youth, the influence for good of dr. armstrong has been immeasurable. • Cleveland mc sherry seibert was born in berkeley county nov. 1, 1884. after attending a private military school, he entered west Virginia university, to be graduated in law in 1904. while an undergraduate, seibert was a charter member of pi kappa alpha fraternity at west Virginia, he first entered public life in 1909, being elected to the state legislature, distinguished by being the youngest member of the house, seibert served as mayor of martinsburg several terms. • in June, 1929, he was appointed to the university board of governors by governor conley for a period of four years, in 1934, governor kump reap- pointed him for another four year term, seibert served faithfully, and as one who devoted a lifetime to the welfare of others, his equal will long be unfound in the portals of alma mater. • though not a graduate of the university, louis black, however, devoted almost one-third of a century to the service of west Virginia . . . for that we are appreciative . . . louis black — the pioneer of the music school ... in 1898, he received his artist diploma from the new england conservatory of music . . . after extensive study and teaching on the continent, he returned to the united states . . . from 1909 until 1934 black was director of the school of music at alma mater . . . and it was under his tutelage that the department grew and prospered ... he served as professor emeritus from 1934 until his death last year . . . they rest from their labors and their works do follow them, armstrong • seiberf • black Page twenty-one cropp dotson ailes swing kearns Br adford gibbs • the student council of west Virginia university is the governing organ of the student body, it consists of nine members . . . five selected from the campus at large . . . and the presidents of the four classes. . . . • president of the student body, hosmer cropp, acts as its presi- dent in an ex officio capacity . . . fiscal matters are referred to the budget commission for review, this commission is an entirely separate organization which controls all student finances. . . . • members of the senate this year include: albert colebank, senior man representative; mary francis gibbs, senior woman; Charles swing, junior man representative; billie dotson, junior woman; thomas bradford, senior class president; frank kearns, junior class president; geno ailes, sophomore class president. student council Page twenty-two liller nutter burdette dotson fromme grimr Shaffer gibbs cheesman • each and every gal enrolled in the university is a member of w.s.g.a., the only organization for the weaker sex that is all-inclu- sive in its membership . . . the ' 36- ' 37 council big-shots included : anna cheesman, president; mary francis gibbs, vice-president; Catherine shaffer, secretary; anne fromme, treasurer; marion havener, second vice-president; evelene miller, senior representa- tive; billie dotson, junior representative; June grimm, sophomore representative; carmen nutter, freshman representative; elaine burdette, student union chairman. woman ' s student government association Page twenty-three SENIORS offi icers Ihomas a. Bradford evelyn crowell pennsboro Charleston eileen mc henry charles w. eskey parkersburg Charleston helen f. turley marjorie tillis power arbuckle ■ Wl M Bradford: a b.; sigma nu; fi batar cappar; sec ' y. interfraternity council; track manager; president of senior class. crowell: b.s.; pi phi; orchesis; student council; sports manager of w.a.a.; y.w.c.a.; w.s.g.a.; physical education club; vice-pres. senior class. mc henry; a.b.; chi omega; junior woman representative w.s.g.a.; debate; sec ' y. senior class. eskey: a.b.; delta tau delta; wrestling manager; fi batar cappar; chi sigma delta; interfraternity council; glee club; band; social committee; torch and serpent; varsity club; intramural mgr.; il circolo italiano. turley: a b,; alpha phi, pres.; li-toon-awa; delta sigma rho; speech club, pres.; pan hellenic, jr., sr. representative. tillis: a.b.; phi mu; phi chi delta; la tertulia; w.a.a., treas.; r.o.t.c. sponsor; y.w.c.a.; junior prom and senior ball queen ' s courts. symansic: a.b,; phi sigma kappa; fi batar cappar; baseball ' 36 and ' 37. baker: a.b.; alpha xi delta, sec ' y; monticola staff ' 36; r.o.t.c. sponsor; w.s.g.a.; w.a.a.; beauty queen; social committee. carrigan: II. b.; kappa alpha; phi alpha delta; law quarterly. seibert: a.b.; phi sigma kappa. yost: a.b.; press club; athenaeum; matrix; y.w.c.a.; w.s.g.a.; w.a.a. richard: a.b.; kappa alpha; scabbard blade. taylor: b.s.; home economics club, phi chi delta; y.w.c.a. caplan: a.b.; phi lambda phi. thompson: a.b.; kappa kappa gamma; press club; matrix, vice- pres.; athenaeum, news editor. jackley: a.b.; chi sigma delta, pres.; student-faculty forum; sigma tau gamma (social frat at fairmont state college) . hall: a.b.; delta gamma. baldinger: b.s.ch.e.; delta tau delta. vandervort: a.b. bowcock: a.b.; kappa alpha; fi batar cappar; band, drum major. wilson: a.b. Ilewellyn: b.s., education; tau kappa epsilon; scabbard and blade; rowan rifles. woodford: b.sh.e.; home economics club; w.s.g.a. Cheshire: b.s.c.e.; tau kappa epsilon. thornton: a.b.; w.s.g.a. council, sec ' y.; w.a.a.; orchestra. king: a.b.; sigma chi. bailey: a b. thomas symansic Helen baker John carrigan elm grove lake lynn, pa. moundsville albert w. seibert calantha yost earl s. richard elm grove fairview morgantown opal 1. taylor fred h. caplan mary v. thompson Charleston clarksburg Washington, pa • Wendell 1. jackley anne 1. hall robert baldinger Cameron clay glen dale lucy e. vanderrort John o. bowcock margaret wilson ■ ' morgantown morgantown clarksburg John p. Ilewellyn pauline woodford harold Cheshire morgantown philippi romney helen thornton herbert w. king sarah e. bailey wheeling morgantown morgantown ruth e. talbot-t- james f. easton zelda b. stein Clarksburg romney morgantown Howard I. conlcy Helen I. HugHes milford I. gibson morgantown k ' ngwood kingwood lela y. taylor gordon m. kyle anna m.cHeesman masontown princeton Charleston ernest b. agee jean e. spray w. Herbert welcH dehue morgantown grafton gertrude e. taylor wayne t. brooks margaret simpson harrlsville moorefield morgantown William r. maddy fritzi donnally paul b. martin greenville wheeling martinsburg sara jane evans nunley snedegar mildred wimer martinsburg elkins hillsboro talbott: b.s.; alpha delta pi. easton: a b. stein: a.b.; sigma delta tau; delta phi alpha; li-toon-awa; rhodo- dendron; y.w.c.a.; mardi gras committee; nursery maid of heaven, man who married the dumb wife, and roadside. conley: b.s.agr.; livestock judging team. hughes: a.b.; pi beta phi. gibson: II. b.; phi kappa psi; mountain; fi batar cappar. taylor: b.s.h.e., home economics club; kappa phi; phi upsilon omicron. kyle: b.s.m.e.; pi kappa alpha; sphinx; fi batar cappar; rifle team; a.s.m.e., pres. cheesman: b.s.h.e.; alpha xi delta; w.s.g.a., pres.; phi upsilon omicron; kappa delta pi; y.w.c.a. cabinet; home economics club; student council; mortarboard; rhododendron; li-toon-awa; wom- en ' s hall advisory board. agee: a.b.; delta tau delta; band; glee club; ass ' t basketball mgr.; rowan rifles. spray: a.b.; delta gamma; li-toon-awa, sec ' y; rhododendron; mor- tar board; y.w.c.a., treas.; phi chi delta, pres.; english club, pres. welch; a.b.; phi kappa sigma; athenaeum, editor; press club, pres.; mountain; sphinx; delta nu tau; journaliers; band; inter- fraternity council; fi batar cappar; basketball mgr. taylor: b.s. in music. brooks: II. b.; kappa alpha, phi delta phi; sphinx. Simpson: a.b.; alpha delta pi. maddy: b.s. donnally: a.b.; alpha delta pi; w.a.a., sec ' y. martin: a.b.; sigma chi; mountain; fi batar cappar; press club; journaliers; spiked shoe; varsity club; athenaeum. evans: b.s.; alpha xi delta; orchesis; r.o.t.c. sponsor; w.a.a., pres. snedegar: a.b.; phi sigma kappa. wimer: a.b. miller: b.s.h.e.; chi omega, vice-pres.; li-toon-awa; rhododen- dron; national orchesis; phi upsilon omicron, chaplain; home ec. club, sec ' y. and foods chairman; woman ' s glee club, libiarian; w.a.a., treas.; monticola, asst. bus. mgr. franz: a.b.; pi lambda phi; chi sigma delta. harrison: b.s. in medicine; phi sigma kappa, pres. ' 36- ' 37. kelly: b.s. in home ec. standiford: b.s. myers: b.s. pharmacy. seniors evelene r. miller Clarksburg Charles s. harrison Clarksburg • alice i. standiford elm grove gerrard a. franz Clarksburg margaret kelly terra alta edwin w. myers glen dale charles j. mc kone ruth m. nixon parkersburg bridgeport elmira s. wagoner robert kyle morgantown princeton edmund j. adamek martha williams Clarksburg Clarksburg seniors mckone: b.s.; scabbard and blade; chem. eng. soc, vice-pres.; transfer marietta college. nixon: b.s. in h.e.; woman ' s glee club; home ec. club; theta epsilon. wagoner: b.s. in h.e.; home ec. club, y.w.c.a.; kappa phi. kyle: b.s. in phy. ed.; pi kappa alpha; varsity wrestling, ' 35, ' 36, ' 37; captain varsity football, ' 34, ' 35, ' 36; varsity track; pres. junior class, student council; fi batar cappar. adamek: a.b.; scabbard and blade; newman club, ' 34, ' 35, ' 36; junior varsity football, ' 33; baseball. Williams: b.s. h.e.; chi omega; woman ' s glee club; home ec. club. snyder: b.s. agriculture; alpha zeta, dairy judging team; livestock judging team; ag. council, vice-pres.; 4-h club, pres. ' 35- ' 36; ag. club, sec ' y. grofz: b.s. in phy. ed.; pi beta phi; phi epsilon phi. depue: a.b.; transfer from marietta; band and orch. dyer: b.s. h.e.; chi omega; phi upsilon; y.w,; home ec. club. kayuha; a.b.; phi sigma kappa; chi sigma delta. absher: b.s. in phy. ed.; delta gamma; transfer from bluefield college. stauffer: a.b.; phi kappa tau; sigma pi sigma. handlan: a.b.; pi beta phi. goodwin: a.b.; beta theta pi; la tertulia; sphinx. Simmons: b.s.; chi omega, pres. ' 36- ' 37, vice-pres. ' 35- ' 36; jun- ior prom princess, ' 37; maypole dance, ' 37. ullum: b.s. ch. eng.; tau kappa epsilon; tau beta pi; eng. society, vice-pres.; transfer from new river. Hastings: a.b.; pi beta phi; kappa delta pi; matrix; press club. jarvis: a.b.; sigma chi; alpha epsilon delta; track; glee club, ' 35, ' 36, ' 37. buzzard: a b. blake: a b barker: b.a.; chi beta sigma; press club. kidd: a.b.; phi kappa psi. meadows: a.b.; delta gamma; r.o.t.c. sponsor; y.w.c.a.; w.s.g.a. Webster: band, ' 32- ' 37; rifle team, ' 32- ' 33, ' 36- ' 37. shupe: b.s. in phys. ed.; social comm, morris: a.b.; delta tau delta. Page twevty-eight robert- m. snyder adelaide grotz robert de pue lahmansville Huntington spencer ▼  B lm philena g. dyer alex kayuha dawn absher , philippi tridelphia bluefield 4C? artiejohnstauffer jean handlan carl v. goodwin acme, pa. wheeling grafton mildred simmons Howard c. ullum eleanor Hastings ripley kanawha falls wheeling sHiras m. jarvis lyda eliz. buzzard oliver blake Clarksburg saxman reed llll Janet barker cHarles w. kidd mary e. meadows morgantown fairmont hinton UI ricHard webster Hallie m. sHupe donald s. morris barrackville keystone kayford george e. goff jean dunlop edwin victor Clarksburg camden, n. j. duffy, jr. fairmont esther r. benford james r. tonry marjorie belcher thomas martinsburg welch grady n. alien eiizabeth j. weekley way side g. foster hedges spencer pennsCioro thelma clipfel george b. duquesne, pa. vieweg, II wheeling mabel spray troy John b. smith martha m. waiter james shepherd wheeling morgantown morgantown madaliene george edwin b. hughes Virginia fleming littleton mc mechen fairmont ildred flumm edgar n. jaynes george g. swan morgantown fairmont shinnston goff: a.b.; sigma chi; fi batar cappar; inter-frat. council; chi Sigma delta; spiked shoe. dunlop: a.b.; chi omega. duffy: a.b.; phi kappa psi; men ' s glee club; inter-frat. council; homecoming comm. ' 37; sphinx. benford: b.s.c.e.; li-toon-awa, am. society c.e.; tau beta pi, hon- orary. tonry: b.s.c.e.; pi kappa alpha. belcher: b.s.he. alien: a.b.; chi sigma delta. weekley: b.s.h.e.; chi omega; home ec. club. hedges: a.b.; phi sigma kappa. clipfel: a.b.; alpha phi. vieweg: a.b.; phi kappa psi; chi sigma delta; band; men ' s glee club. spray: b.s.h.e.; mortar board; phi upsilon omicron; home ec. club; 4-h club; ag. council; theta epsilon. smith: b.s. in ag.; alpha zeta, scribe and chancellor; ag. council, pres.; ag. club. waiter: b.s.h.e.; phi upsilon omicron; rhododendron; kappa phi; home ec. club; y.w.c.a. shepherd: a.b.; journaliers; press club; kappa tau alpha. george: a.b.; kappa phi; theta upsilon; y.w.c.a. hughes: b.s he. fleming: a.b.; kappa kappa gamma. flumm : a.b. jaynes; a.b.; scabbard and blade; chi sigma delta. swan: b.a. nekoranec: b.s.m.e.; scabbard and blade; baseball; advanced mili- tary. tavenner: b.s.; kappa delta pi; y.w.c.a.; w.s.g.a. bertschy: a.b.; alpha delta pi; glee club. menefee: b.s.c.e. smith: a.b.; kappa alpha. hutchinson: a.b.; delta gamma; forum, ' 36-31; y.w.c.a. cabinet, ' 36- ' 37; freshman guide, ' 36- ' 37. j. j. nekoranec morgantown mary e. bertschy wheeling mary nelson tavenner martinsburg horace b. menefee keyser da costa smith, jr. weston 9 ® hutchinson beckley seniors Page thirty-one seniors William g. brown mary e. chapman parkersburg morgantown mary va. moore a. fay wilson rowlesburg daybrook elwyn g. hughes va. lenore keck staten island, n.y. daybrook d ' dT. 1 brown: a.b.; sigma chi; asst. baseball manager; chi sigma delta; scabbard and blade. chapman: a.b. moore: b.s.; gamma phi beta; kappa phi. wilson: kappa sigma; alpha zeta; rowan rifles, scabbard and blade. hughes: a.b.; phi kappa sigma; univ. orchestra. keck: a.b. wise: a, b.; delta gamma. mudge: b.s.; pi kappa alpha. chenoweth: b.s.h.e.; alpha phi. cox: ma.; athenaeum, business manager. wolverton: b.s.; chi omega, treas. ' 36- ' 37. moyer: b.s.ch.e.; sigma nu; rowan rifles. Steele: a.b.; phi mu; woman ' s glee club; y.w.c.a. lando: a.b.; pi lambda phi; chi sigma delta; fi batar cappar; inter- frat. council; mountain; athletic board, ' 36- ' 37; varsity wrestling manager ' 35- ' 36; fr. prom. comm. stemple: a.b.; alpha epsilon delta; orchesis; w.a.a., vice-pres.; kappa kappa gamma. Wiseman: b.s.ch.e. mclain: b.s. in home ec; alpha phi; 4-h club; phi upsilon omi- cron; home ec. club. menear: b.s.e.e.; r.o.t.c, captain, 2nd It., o.r.c. engineers, mili- tary dept., instructor; a.i.e.e. roth: b.s.; kappa gamma. Jenkins: a.b. fairfax: b.s.; chi omega; w.s.g.a.; w.a.a.; y.w.c.a.; transfer from potomac state college. sims: a.b.; delta tau delta; chi sigma delta; dance chairman, ' 35- ' 36. welch: a.b.; kappa kappa gamma. arnett: a b. boyles: b.s. he. vest: b.s.e.e.; sigma nu; inter-frat. council; a.i.e.e. willetts: a b. elizabeth wise david mudge helen chenoweth moorefield martinsburg flemington harmer lee cox kathryn wolverton robert c. moyer Clarksburg piedmont dunbar, pa. Christine k. Steele Bertram lando margaret stemple bluefield cameron morgantown claude f. wiseman mary b. mc lain waiter r. menear Charleston west union morgantown lois roth jess j. Jenkins mary fairfax fairmont farmington reedsville herchiel sims louise m. welch robert j. arnett morgantown keyser uniontown, pa. mary enid boyles george vest elizabeth willetts winston-salem, arista grant town n. c. Stanley lawton Virginia stone clyde k. waiter powhatan bluefield wheeling Jessie williams earl w. schafer lavonia hilbert rupert elm grove hamlin ichael farmanis jean s. leyman martin m. fahey weirton jeannette, pa. freemansburg lary !. robinson james h. miller corinne neely fairmont morgantown fairmont johnmcavoy mary m. hassner homer j. reed curry , . new clairton, pa. kanawha head martinsville daisy starcher robert h. bright kathryn bonhar spencer beckley Charleston ted kuzner roberta j. wm. Iloyd pyle weirton armstrong morgantown morgantown Pl l Wil seniors lawton : b.s.ch.e.; pi kappa alpha; tau beta pi, pres.; sphinx; chem- ical engineering society, pres. stone: b.s.h.e. waiters: a.b. Williams: b.s.h.e.; phi mu; women ' s glee club; senior orchesis; home economics club. schafer: a.b.; alpha epsilon delta; men ' s glee club, pianist; jr.- varsity football ' 34. hilbert: b s.h e. farmanis: a.b. leyman: b.s. in education. (ahey: a.b. robinson: a.b.; delta gamma; r.o.t.c. sponsor. miller: a.b.; wrestling; freshman boxing. neely: a.b.; kappa kappa gamma. curry: b.s. in agriculture; alpha zeta; men ' s glee club; 4-h club. hassner: a.b.; gamma phi beta; mortar board; y.w.c.a., pres.; phi beta kappa; kappa delta pi; english club; li-toon-awa; rhododen- dron; w.s.g.a. council. reed: b.s. in agriculture. starcher: b.s.h.e. bright: b.s.ch.e.; tau beta pi. bonham: b.s.; kappa kappa gamma; kappa delta pi. kuzner: a.b.; kappa sigma; chi sigma delta; scabbard and blade; w. va. intercollegiate press asso., pres.; athenaeum, bus. mgr.; rowan rifles; regimental intelligence officer. armstrong: a.b.; kappa kappa gamma; phi beta kappa; matrix, pres.; kappa tau alpha; athenaeum, news editor; la tertulia; eng- lish club; press club. pyle: a.b. camp: a.b.; kappa phi; y.w.c.a.; la froyer francais; women ' s glee club. pickus: a.b.; pi lambda phi; scabbard and blade. wilson: a.b.; phi kappa psi; track. myers: b.s. in music; women ' s glee club. cappellanti: a.b.; b.s.; women ' s glee club; beta iota club; new- man club; circolo italiano. baker: b.s.c.e.; phi delta theta; fi batar cappar; a.s.c.e., pres. rosalie e. camp milton pickus Charleston beckley • arch a. wilson Jewell myers wheeling Charleston • • minnie cappellanti e. d. baker, jr morgantown beverly -m-m a. kenley thorn Clarksburg frances w. russell elkins louis d. corson wheeling AaLI dorothy brooks french creek harry n. barton Charleston helen dare criner jeannette, pa. seniors thorn: a.b.; beta theta pi; fi batar cappar; mountain; scabbard and blade; tennis team; phi alpha delta; delta nu tau; cadet colo- nel, r.o.t.c. brooks: a.b.; alpha phi, vice-pres.; phi epsilon phi, pres. russell: a.b.; transfer from davis-elkins college. barton: II. b. corson: a.b.; phi kappa psi, pres.; who ' s who in american universi- ties and colleges; mountain; fi batar cappar; chi sigma delta; delta nu tau; monticola, bus. mgr.; co-founder of shampain; pub- lications board; cabinet member of the council of fraternity pres- idents and house mgrs.; committee on student affairs; moun- taineer week team; student council budget commission; ass ' t. track mgr. ' 34; sphinx. criner: b s. schultz: b.s.h.e.; chi omega. abbott: a.b.; delta tau delta; phi beta kappa; scabbard and blade; chi sigma delta; delta nu tau; student directory, bus. mgr.; sham- pain, bus. mgr. fair: b.s. in education; kappa kappa gamma; r.o.t.c. sponsor. peck: a.b.; phi sigma kappa. rightmire: a.b.; pi beta phi; delta phi alpha; orchesis; il circolo italiano. hall: a.b.; phi sigma kappa; journaliers, pres.; sphinx; mountain; athenaeum, managing editor; press club; university budget com- mission. riley: a.b.; alpha xi delta; rhododendron; speech club; freshman guide. sperow: b.s.e.e. hume: b.s. in music; women ' s glee club; theta epsilon. naumann: a.b.; phi sigma kappa. corker: b.s.h.e. mcdougle: b.s.ch.e.; tau kappa epsilon. house: b.s.h.e.; theta epsilon; phi upsilon omicron; home eco- nomics club. glasscock: a.b. estlack: b s he. umstott: b s. bates: b.s. in physical education; y.w.c.a.; orchesis; phi chi delta; physical education club. shale: a.b.; tau kappa epsilon; chi sigma delta; i-bumma-sig; for- eign relations club; men ' s glee club; delta nu tau; inter-fraternity council; student council. case: b.s.; alpha phi; women ' s glee club; yw.c.a.; 4-h club. runner: a.b.; chi sigma delta; band. smith: b.s.h.e.; alpha phi. Page thirty-six ruth elizabeth schultz parkersburg John abbott helen louise fair morgantown moundsville frederick s. peck mary m. right-mire james b. hall lewisburg fairmont weston nan. w. riley leon h. sperow elizabeth d. hume morgantown hedgesville philippi Sylvester naumann triadelphia margaret corker harold mc dougle hinton parkersburg Virginia house benj. I. glasscock goldie p. estlack philippi morgantown Wallace haven d. umstott juanita r. bates John p. shale keyser morgantown morgantown hazel e. case John r. runner dorothy m. hill cowen morgantown camp hill, pa. emily b. prichard douglas p. rouse henrietta leith mannington switchback Charleston hosmer h. cropp gladys a. lockhart e. bonner ezell Clarksburg wheeling Charleston esther lusebrink edgar b. elder barbara a. armstrong morgantown west union morgantown g. berk lynch Clarksburg lartha jane Williams bluefield wm. fred Conner Cameron Connie d. linton John e. alien marie k. walton morgantown shinnston morgantown Wilbur I. thompson julia miller clyde , I . dieffenderfer Charleston spencer henlawson ruth farley ray b. brown mary slutsky beckley Williamson Charleston prichard: a.b.; matrix; press club. rouse: b.s.ch.e.; pi kappa alpha; sigma gamma epsilon. leith: a b cropp: a.b.; sigma chi; pres. of student body; mountain; fi batar cappar; sphinx; mountaineer week team; football; baseball. lockhart: a.b.; alpha xi delta; mortar board, pres.; rhododendron, pres.; li-toon-awa; y.w.c.a. cabinet; committee on student body; speech club, sec ' y.; women ' s hall advisory board. ezell: a.b.; beta theta pi; mountain; fi batar cappar; shampain, editor, inter-fraternity council; baseball mgr.; chi sigma delta. lusebrink: b s h e. elder: a.b.; athenaeum; journaliers; press club. armstrong: b.s. in education; kappa kappa gamma; university players; la foyer francais; english club. lynch: a.b.; delta tau delta; scabbard and blade; rowan rifles; lieut. col. first battalion; chi sigma delta; glee club; tennis team; social committee; debate team. Williams: a.b.; delta gamma; li-toon-awa; rhododendron; wom- en ' s debating team; delta sigma rho. Conner: a.b.; phi kappa tau, pres.; rowan rifles. linton: a.b.; phi chi delta, pres.; rhododendron; la foyer francais; librarian. alien: b.s.ch.e.; sigma gamma epsilon. Walton: b.s. he.; home economics club; phi upsilon omicron. thompson: a.b.; sigma chi; chi sigma delta. miller: b.s. transfer from glenville state teachers ' college. dieffenderfer: a.b.; delta tau delta; chi sigma delta; band; ass ' t. baseball mgr. ' 34, farley: b.s. in education. brown: b.s. in agriculture. slutsky: b.s. in education. randolph: a.b. kauffman: a.b.; pi lambda phi, treas. and sec ' y.; chi sigma delta; rowan rifles; scabbard and blade; freshman track. ramsey: b.s.c.e.; a.s.c.e., pres. taylor: a.b.; phi chi delta; transfer from greenbrier college. samms: a.b.; beta theta pi; mountain; fi batar cappar; phi alpha delta; beech-nut packing co. jacobson: a.b.; delta tau delta; band; student directory. -A, .. mary v. randolph parkersburg hugh a. ramsey morgantown leroy m. kauffman brooklyn, n. y. kathleen v. taylor renick roy s. samms, jr. carl m. jacobson Charleston morgantown seniors Page thirty-nine seniors roberf g. mahanna parkersburg • donald f. lach morgantown • de witt white morgantown george c. leslie Charleston maurice lisagor princeton george I. michael keyser mahanna: b.s.ch.e.; kappa sigma. leslie: a.b.; sigma chi; delta nu tau; fi batar cappar; sphinx; inter- fraternity council; mountain; phi delta phi; boxing mgr. lach: a.b.; phi beta kappa; delta phi alpha. lisagor: b.s.ch.e.; phi sigma delta. white: II. b.; phi sigma kappa; mountaineer week team, ' 32; de- bating team, ' 31 - ' 34, delegate to great britain, ' 34; chi sigma delta; delta sigma rho; forum; w. va. student religious forum. michael: a.b.; wesley foundation, pres.; international relations club; sociology club; forum. skitarelic: a.b.; transfer from west liberty. berry: b.s.h.e.; transfer from alderson broaddus college. gildersleeve: b.s. in education; rowan rifles; scabbard and blade; first lieutenant in cadet corps; tennis, ' 34. gibbs: a.b.; kappa kappa gamma, pres.; delta phi alpha; kappa delta pi; senior woman representative; presbyterian; democrat. geuting: a.b.; b.s. in education; pi kappa alpha; rowan rifles; uni- versity dance chairman; ass ' t. to dean of men; monticola staff. withers: b s h e. bambrick: a.b. stockdale: b.s.h.e.; delta gamma; home economics club; phi up- silon omicron; kappa delta pi; phi chi delta. mockler: a.b.; phi delta theta. thomas: a.b.; alpha xi delta; la tertulia; matrix; press club. lugar: II. b.; pres. of law school student body; w. va. law quarterly board; phi alpha delta, justice; law school honor court; sphinx. downs: a.b.; alpha xi delta. scholl: a.b. in zoology; alpha epsilon delta; delta phi alpha. Shirley: b she. mckeeyer: b.s. in agriculture. shrirer: a.b.; phi mu; delta phi alpha; phi chi delta. Swisher: a.b.; phi kappa sigma; y.m.c.a. littman: b.s. in music; gamma phi beta, pres.; pan hellenic ass ' n, treas.; orchestra; glee club. rushford: a.b. watson: b.s. in education; alpha delta pi. burton: a.b.; phi epsilon phi, treas. benedict- skitarelic mary berry j. r. gildersleeve, wheeling flatwoods english mary frances george h. geuting ruth m. withers gibbs buffalo, n. y. grafton lakewood, ohio waiter I. bambrick ruth stockdale william mockler weirton morgantown mannington frances p. thomas marlyn e. lugar fairy alice downs Charleston charles town farmington John a. scholl wheeling agnes va. shirley james s. mckeever berlceley east mc l ees- springs port, pa. frances shriver guy swisher, jr. morgantown fairmont mary c. littman albert park t. rushford henrietta watson ralph burton elizabeth new wellsburg martinsville mildred collier richard frantz elizabeth carroll kermit red star morgantown robert mc cue Virginia arnold j. b. huyett-, jr. morgantown alderson • Charles town bernice smith richard oesterle elizabefh randall paden city parkersburg fairmont w fjY William r. pafton harrief hickman gerald a. smith Bridgeport morgantown parkersburg edith I. bell f. duane hill Caroline mc enteer point pleasant Charleston andrews dana f. bennett elizabeth smith fred I. mc daniel fairmont fairmont morgantown Virginia frantz roy a. doman jenny waddell fairmont cameron philippi collier: a.b.; pi beta phi; r.o.t.c. sponsor; regimental sponsor; la foyer francais; y.w.c.a.; w.a.a. frantz: b.s.; spike shoe; football; track, phi delta theta; presi- dent. Carroll: a.b.; mortar board; rhododendron; delta phi alpha; delta gamma. mccue: b.s.; sigma chi; scabbard and blade; rowan rifles; sigma gamma epsilon. arnold: a.b. huyett: b.s.agr.; kappa sigma; fi batar cappar; scabbard and blade. smith: a.b.; girls ' glee club; chi beta sigma; athenaeum staff; news editor; matrix; press club. oesterle: a.b.; beta theta pi; rowan rifles; beta pi theta; chi sigma delta; la tertulia. randall: a.b.; speech club, vice-president. patton: b.s.m.e.; delta tau delta. hickman: a.b. smith : a.b.; freshman football, basketball; ass ' t. bus. mgr. monti- cola; men ' s glee club; scabbard and blade; delta nu tau; chi sigma delta; delta tau delta; cadet hop assoc; cadet captain. bell: b.s.; y.w.c.a.; home economics club. hill: a.b.; chi delta theta; baseball. mcenteer: a.b.; kappa kappa gamma; r.o.t.c. sponsor; popularity queen. bennett: b s.ch e. smith: a.b.; kappa kappa gamma. mc daniel: a.b. frantz: a.b.; pi beta phi; w.a.a.; y.w.c.a.; la foyer francais. doman : b.s. waddell: b.s.; r.o.t.c. sponsor; home economics club. chaplin: bac. of music; alpha xi delta; univ. orchestra; univ. glee club. cole: a.b.; sigma nu, president; la tertulia. hammer: b.s.; scabbard and blade; agr. club; collegiate chapter of f.fa.; horticulture judging team. given: a.b. parsons: a.b.; alpha xi delta. moran: a.b.; scabbard and blade; univ. debating team; delta nu tau; ass ' t manager in football. seniors m. jo chaplin robert h. cole thomas ravenswood • • robert 1. hammer harold given weston Charleston • • alice s. parsons william moran, jr parsons parkersburg l tii seniors .41 george bailey sam weiner wheeling logan • • gladys raber Harold f . mc cann morgantown Clarksburg • • philip a. baer will hal lewis Huntington morg antown A bailey: II. b.; theta chi; summit of mountain; fi batar cappar; em- peror sphinx; phi delta phi; proctor in men ' s dorm; student coun- cil; varsity track. weiner: a.b.; phi sigma delta. raber: b.s. mccann: b.s.; phi delta theta; phi beta pi. baer: II. b.; beta theta pi; phi alpha delta; track capt.; quarterly board. lewis: a b. hadsell: a.b.; beta theta pi; scabbard and blade; chi sigma delta; capt. r.o.t.c. hanifan: b.s.; chi omega. hilbert: b.s. hughes: a.b.; pi beta phi. lutz: b.s.; pi kappa phi; sphinx; rowan rifles; senior intramural manager; interfraternity council. ferrell: a.b. dalton: a.b.; sigma phi epsilon. bibby: II. b.; beta theta pi; phi alpha delta; quarterly board; sphinx. parsons: a.b.; sigma nu. Jackson: a.b.; beta theta pi; rowan rifles; fi batar cappar; scab- bard and blade; golf; baseball; boxing. latorte: b.s.; home economics club; women ' s glee club; gamma phi beta. good: a.b.; phi beta kappa; phi alpha delta; fi batar cappar; chi sigma delta; delta nu tau. hiller: II. b.; pi lambda phi; sphinx; inter-fraternity council. cook: b.s.; kappa phi, sec ' y.; home economics club; wesley foun- dation. carpenter: a.b.; sigma nu; chi sigma delta; scabbard and blade; rowan rifles; baseball. wolfe: a.b.; delta gamma. kelly: a.b.; kappa kappa gamma. William m. hadsell w. frances hanifan lavonia hilbert wheeling morgantown hamlin helen I. hughes boyd j. lutx kingwood parsons merle v. ferrell lewisburg clarence dalton james a. bibby richard r. parsons worth Charleston bramwell 1W TO l c. kirk Jackson stella I. la torte albert f. good wheeling morgantown Charleston woodrow w. hiller ruth e. cook j. franklin l?r i Clarksburg mc mechen • carpenter St. marys betty jean wolfe alice louise kelly cedar grove huntington Page forty-five JUNIORS bet-ty sue baker wylie b. mendel ruby dyer morgantown wellsburg hartley Joseph cunnnigham Clarksburg marie hedges spencer howard kinfer fairmont helen w. hall burnsville lark Jones wheeling eloise harvey delharton j. w. mcfarland, jr. grafton June marsh nestorville hamilton cruikshank lumherport ada lee rogers monogah forrest hoff master millville jane grainger edgar williams rita fearnow crystal marlinton berkeley springs wm. a. mitchell,ir. west point, n. y. joan lilly bluefield scott camp Charleston elisabeth watson Jordan O Tt rr i mary e. vannoy pat. h. conley Joan leeming morgantown Williamson fairmont robert mockler gail mc donafd oakley e. hess mannington grantsville mole hill louise neely James wolverton lucille neely jane lew rich wood jane lew • • • Sydney marcus mary 1. lyons milton harr hackensack, n. i. steubenville, Ohio roncevert martha v. Hundley blalne w. engle ruth mc guire mason town morgantown wellsburg harry f. coffman i keyser marjorie mc guire charles q. cox wellsburg wheeling alfa duty morgantown g. I. cox, jr. huntington hazel linger Clarksburg John bowman franklin rachel kemper lost creek anthony frank smithers veria ashworth welch edward a. heflin west union lichael m. mikita holliday ' s cove maryjane cassidy morgantown John I. planseon belleville, n. j. erma phillips hundred george r. clarke wheeling marjorie strausbaugh morgantown margarct cox huntington george f. Johnson lavinia hill morgantown morgantown edwin w. craig wheeling harriet- helwig morgantown James r. dickerhoff scottdale, pa. regina pickus beckley j. w. brown, jr. morgantown eiaine burdett- point pleasant g. arthur shawkey Charleston philip azar new martinsville largaret sims fayetteville howard c. klebe wheeling grace hill morgantown dorman fankhauser parsons Janice champe montgomery John chidester frances j. core uniontown, pa. cassville frank m. kearns alice m. case morgantown morgantown alvin blum Charles town williard de berry david volkin morgantown mt. pleasant, pa. nancy gibson robert burdett sarah bushong vernon bailey alice v. parsons james h. beddow florence becker kingwood morgantown charles town bluefield morgantown slagle bramwell linwood creel, jr. betty faick morgantown wheeling charles r. barnes dorothy tucker william waltr elizabeth crow a. s. banks logan morgantown cheat canyon morgantown newburg, n. y I u n I o rs Page forty-nine edwin powell alberta d. strader eddie wilber miriam miller wm. lee beall maxine June nach karl w. haller grafton philippi west engle- wood, n. j. davis grafton holliday ' s cove short creek • • • • • • • anna m. borror harold a. williams mary e. sullivan taylor cof f indaf fer margaret lewis riley, jr. Jeanne shepherd morgantown fairview hinton morgantown mc nemar logan morgantown morgantown • • • • • • • leroy katz annette miller charles frances plumley robert 1. shuman adrienneanderson wm. c. steber, jr, bluefield mcmechen baumberger glen dale hinton morgantown Charleston wheeling I u n I o r s Page fifty ashby dickerson ruth bush rhodell e. rainelle thompson pearcy parkersburg betty lee bord James seaman gloria reed grafton paden city morgantown • • • edgar heiskell morgantown eileen jarrell beckley michael welshonce keyser harriet hadden matooka w. e. mc comas fairmont ressie e. hill marlinton William moreland morgantown helena baric benwood sterling ronai new york, n. y. mary e. frederick hess ann bailey jarrett summerfield lumberport Charleston fayetteville charles swing katrine robinson paul wm. brown rainelle smithfield, pa. Clarksburg • • • Catherine shaffer paul d. wood opal marie shaw madison fairmont morgantown June finnegan wheeling John sutton mill creek Caroline o ' neale Charleston billie dotson rich wood paul fennant morgantown mildred w. ritchie morgantown mary I. mc enteer robert livingstone Clarksburg clarksburg lloyd erhard, jr. davis ruth roberts richwood samuel j. arnold Helen bright James c. barrett weston gassaway new martinsville John cavalier smithers bernice hough Johnstown, pa. elden f. bowers ann I. dudley keyser moundsville William tucker Charleston katherine traubert don w. morris wellsburg grantsville anna monteith Charleston robert a. brown grant town barbara a. smith fairmont david posten Charleston 4iL)da cp f ry M j •- C f C - t - IT •, jernard gottlieb hope ballard maxwell harvey marjorie cooper nicholas furoff eleanor harner frank neill welch glen jean belle Clarksburg new Cumberland haywood martinsburg • • • • • • • Virginia r. edgar 1. n. kahle, jr. alma g. thomas morton rosenshine katherine vaughan alfredc. prince, jr. doris hess new martinsville elm grove brandonville grafton mc connell lawton wheeling robert white marjorie conley leonard c. mills ruthie schuchat christie batlas margaret e. pierce james byrur Clarksburg gassaway Charleston lewisburg morgantown thomas wheeling juniors Page fiftij-three dorothea peairs Stanley levin philip lowe wayne lawson fannie 1. long James t. criss arnold addison morgantown new york, n. y. Charleston grandeville pine grove morgantown Charleston • • • • • • • Juliana claypool leon kerns frank mc clung ruth dunn dale bonebrake wm. henry marlow ralph alkire montgomery dale ronceverte richwood monessen, pa. sutton lumberport • • • • • • • chas. h. strlder neil hevener sima shor ruth yost florence sloan lillian vaughan Chester hart Charles town albwale owens berkeley springs dunbar mc connell wheeling • juniors i Page fifty-four Ul ▲iL J?4 rJ4 soph omores anne fromme joe p. condry Virginia davis ralph Jones, jr. lucy Jones • James laing margaret morris ben c. byrnside oliva kendrick gustavus hartwell crumpecker, jr. « juanita frances Stewart William m. kincaid mary k. Johnson robert b. Hamilton violet marie cox • Charles allard jean maxwell James anderson grace birckhead richard g. cresap • ruth w. hubbard ernest w. button charlotte congleton zack ellison betty jane moore • glen c. mc coy, jr. barbara wolverton Jerome francis peters georgia sutton francis j. gaydosh • lenore Simmons jos. j. bendkowski nedra jane myers eugene ailes val jean work • paul e. gorrell jean mc quiston richard Johnson jean patterson daniel rogers • nelma Johnson george w. Jewell ruth spencer milton watzman Julia ellison • chandler campbell Virginia boley John Schroder, jr. clara louise trissler warren d. leslie • s oph omores ■ o u.r W: iT - i % Oi- c?l - 5L t lee bird, jr. Catherine I. Clifford William h. powell Wilfred curry William s. may, jr. • ellen ann white frederick tissue June evans robert I. holland aldene morris • harold rist jane downs keith fabianich jean cole Charles e. Jones • nancy wilson waiter s. carpenter ruth lyon charles freeman elizabeth mc neill • charles a. stiefelmaier cora anne miller sylvan franklin alma holland John cather • nancy neil coffman John david anderson, jr. mary r. francis den cornwell lucille V. John • louis pearson white gaynelle werton harold j. madden jane linn osborn paul pitrolo • betsy schuchat harry o. copher martha e. conway george a. vandale macie jane whitehead • dean eisel florence highland lewis Campbell martha jane kindt j. w. watson • evelyn harris William j. carter jane walsh w. j. brown mary e. shingleton • sophomores nancy deegan jack blair roberta dark William musser mary noyes mc gregor correll c. shale June brown thomas edward graham iii 53ra mc dowall deem rahall • dorothy schilansky donald meranda margaret snedegar w. j. rodes helen bippus • david I. Callaway ruth rosen amerigo cappellari bernese I. carter thomas j. patterson • waiter j. dudrow robert woodrow Jackson sam strider harold smith ross garletts • paul mc keel vance randolph Charles p. mc cabe alvin volker henry schweinsberg • jack marshal! Jacqueline a. eperthenes Stanley livingstone mary elizabeth roberts ben tracy, jr. • griffith crichton harold cashman Wallace c. moore kermit booher robert Williamson • homer w. sharpenberg robert thomas deegan ernest h. brown george mullens Charles p. watson • emerson r. carson lawrence a. weinstein charles shinnamon thomas rodney wilson waiter bryson :-)| --4 u p . o O f O D o Q C C soph omores J iD f . J PV i S . J 4 iSiL Si ' A 4 . % IbL ' ' ' ' ' 0.f , f ff 2 f k tJ Jli l i joe pugh katherine thompson ned shott betty marie lyons o. Stuart romick • June grimm george bambrick doris cheesman waiter ridd kathryn kimmell • lawrence mc elhinny marie ferrell r. k. brooks Joanna phipps andrew zepp • jean fyfe halsey c. fink martha thomas matthew kerr barbara jane coombs • Charles manley jack I. garvin peter I. Hoffman zachariah wyatt robert hayne • John e. brown jack hughes guy c. nicholson frank e. hutchinson, jr. John fear • paui a. miller francis clarkson Irving I. vogel trascell mason robert von berg wm. hadsell Page fifty-eight • fresh esnmen VSA - 1 - A P iJPl 1 jf .i ' J i! first row: robert nuzem; lilyan lawton; paul atwell; lucile steber; berness bennett; elizabeth lake; robert markowitz; margery plummer; irving silverstein; elizabeth cattrell; second row: ruth weller; rome c. osborne; helen rhodes; merlin s. bergdoll; nancy walsh; quentin dickens; mary trances sycatoose; lewis baker; barbara j. baker; harold maxwell; third row: raymond a. goodwin; ann margaret mc kenzie; trank cronin; katherine I. sommer; george h. hlusko; martha grace mc coy; charles william blair; eleanor pearsall; arthur w. newlon; carmen nutter; fourth row: dorothy robison; richard liskey; anita baker; robert e. Johnson; barbara c. smoyer; richard davis; Julia nunley; John m. wheller; anita dickers; thomas r. wilson; fifth row: Wilson richards; nellie gallaher; j. david ashworth; rebecca carpenter; william leonhart; jeane fischer; James a. rothwell; margaret waugh; glenn w. kiger; Virginia g. mcgraw; sixth row: Joseph watson; zane b. sloter; James n. mc cabe; thomas f. gibbs; robert flint; calvin paul todd; Wendell s. moore; don adams; John nicholas; lee p. ziler; Page fifty-nine Fresh resnmen first row: mullen o. coover; mary jane Wilkinson; richard t. feller; fern o. patterson; thomas w. smith; mary lou Henderson; william wright; francis coleman; robert caldwell; mary Catherine smith; second row: Virginia lee batson; sam g. rahall; susan leeming; wilbur parker; Virginia mc kane; nicholas krupey; sallie smith; mike zulick; Virginia hare; william t. nutter; third row: John I. Sullivan; mickey mcguire; dark hopkins; mildred dodd; robert m. st. clair; Catherine fortney; james a. freshwater; mary scott; harry a. stansbury, jr.; nonabelle abbot; fourth row: Cornelia mullen; william n. mc gee, jr.; margaret b. brown; anthony romano; helen hamilton; roy a. fitzgerald; Jeanne mc coy; edward resnick; margaret henrichs; alan openshaw; fifth row: w. scott wysong, jr.; mary m. devore; howard r. Washington; betty b. lee; j. carl palmer; bar- bara fromme; william ballard, jr.; betty jane shuman; earl smith Williamson; kitty Campbell Zimmerman; sixth row: dorothy griff ith; aaron rose; jane price; hazlett m. rodgers, jr.; nell hively; bernard k. wasser- krug; mary Catherine poole; c. b. coleman; cora trances board; harry c. morton; Page sixty fresh resnmen ! .0.iIiS -la ' ' ' Tff?n 5 h Hk m Mikiik first row: thelma Johnson; robert o. mcdonald; marjorie anderson; wayne c. Campbell; esther I. John- son; albert megale; alma white; james Stewart; jane ellen barrett; edwin garfield scherr; second row: kline mccomb; eleanore lowe; jack morgan; Catherine davis; frank e. Conner, jr.; phyllis spangler; a. robert kuzner; ruth tonty; joe crane, jr.; jane hill; third row: janey bippus; ralph s. marshall; mary ellen phillips; sam pinion; beverly white; alien roush; ruth sayre; charles 1. capito; harriet roeser; carl r. morris; fourth row: harold friedman; diana toussaint; Justin m. henderson; Virginia irwin; frederick austin dud- derar; eliene engle; donald worrell; jane burnside; robert fleming; bernese bennett; fifth row: samuel black; John a. guyton; j. robert jones; richard d. heironimus; margaret rohr; cecil b. highland, jr.; waiter hupp; russell r, smith; louis gundling; evelyn davies; james e. tetrick; sixth row: jack morris; John ray tyson; richard c. anderson; roy chapman; c. griffith Johnson; clifton lew portnoff; richard dolly; louis young; John dawkins; robert j. jones; james mc laughlin; Page sixty-one inter-fraternity council swing :ill eagle byrum leslie wilson morris duffy mc keever blair lando seibert bowman lutz vest tourney officers Harold eagle president guy wilson ....vice-president edwin V. duffy secretary James byrum treasurer • serving as a common ground for meeting the various problems of the fraternities on the west Virginia uni- versity campus, this organization, comprised of one representative from each member fraternity, performs regulatory duties in matters relating to rushing, pledg- ing, and the initiation of men. • this year a new constitution was devised. • the pan-hellenic dance the first semester afforded terpsichorean toes an opportunity to tangle to the tingling tangoes of red nichols. the social committee put the bug on a second semester shin-dig. . . . Pane sixty-two pan -hell enic counci ii- chapman baric de berry harvey kemper burdett jarrett turley shepherd ritchie bastings sloan n 1 • in an endeavor to keep i-n harmony the eleven sorori- ties on the west Virginia campus, and cooperating in other times than rushing periods, the women ' s pan- hellenic council is an integral part of the university social life. • member sororities include: alpha xi delta, alpha phi, alpha delta pi, chi omega, delta gamma, gamma phi beta, kappa kappa gamma, phi mu, pi beta phi, sigma delta tau and theta upsilon. • two formal dances were sponsored by the women ' s pan, one each semester. . . . officers mary elizabeth chapman president florence sloan vice-president grace hill secretary Cecilia littman treasurer Page sixty-three beta theta pi 4 M iflk vi M ,9 Page sixty-four off icers John t. gocke president robert storck vice-president William gulliford treasurer first row: a. kenley thorn; John thomas gocke; paul chambers, richard c. oesterle; bonner ezell; richard cresap. second row: robert burdett; roy samms; lewis riley jr.; charles r. barnes; robert I. storck; thomas mc henry. third row: robert o. mcdonald; jack hughes; jack blair; russell smith; ralph Jones, jr.; harry stansbury, jr. fourth row: Justin m. henderson; John d. anderson; w. m. hadsell; James g. mcclure; philip baer; karl w. haller. fifth row: jack young, francis r. clarkson; francis j. gaydosh; william gulliford; ben tracy jr.; James a. bibby, jr. sixth row: James r. dickerhoff; r. w. Ingram; John I. sullivan; tayior coffindaffer; hazlett m. rodgers jr.; carl v. goodwin. seventh row: wylie b. mendel; francis langfitt, william h. powell; robert davison; charles k. Jackson; edward c. fabler; charles e. Jones. eighth row: jack morris; richard anderson; joe crane; charles w. blair; wendell s. moore; arthur w. newlon; James k. mc laughlin. • established .n 1 839, beta theta pi was the first fraternity to organize west of the alleghenies. beta psi chapter was estab- lished at west Virginia in 1 900. a member of the famous miami triad, the fraternity was founded at miami university, oxford, ohio. the flower is the rose, and the colors are delicate blue and pink. Page sixty-five delta tau delta .M ' ' .- V3s H P5 o f - Cj , % r ( ' l!!) ? r o. ( -r m l- 4- Pajre sixty-six officers j. r. tuckwiller, jr president Julian k. Henderson vice-president donald s. morris secretary george huber corr. secretary dale bonebrake treasurer first row: James h. heinze; frederick m, tissue; joe a. groves; paul f. carrell; edward a. heflin; j. ray tuckwiller. second row: richard bowman; clyde s. dieffenderfer; wayne c. Campbell; John fear; donald s. morris; michael welshonce; j. h. beddow. third row: harry f. coffman; Clifford h. taylor; w. scott wysong; frank e. hutchinson; James t. criss; dale bonebrake; f. a. dudderar. fourth row: j. dean cisel; charles j. smith; carl moran; scott camp; Stanley livingstone; eugene rogers; carl m. jacakson. fifth row: Julian Henderson; ernest beberly agee; wilbur parker; william s. tucker; her- chiel sims; robert livingstone; Joseph a. Cunningham. sixth row: jack moran; roy a. fitzgeraid; James archer freshwater; paul s. tennant; waiter s. bryson; ralph alkire; Howard b. kinter. seventh row: r. w. baldinger; charles a. stiefelmaier; gerald a. smith; John abbott; george mullins; vincent v. chaney. eighth row: charles e. swing; richard patton; william musser; g. berk lynch; w. c. mc cor- ner; Harold given. • delta tau delta fraternity was founded at bethany college, west Virginia, in 1859. the number of active chapters totals 74, and it also Has 59 alumni chapters, the total membership is approximately 24,000. fraternity colors are white and gold; the flower is the pansy, gamma delta chapter was established at west Virginia in 1 900. Page sixty-seven kappa alpha hi mi Page sixty-eight officers wayne brooks president William e. adams vice-president r. k. brooks secretary guy Wilson treasurer first column: wayne t. brooks; thomas c. rogers; george g. megrail; richard t. feller; william a. moreland. second column: w. g. wilson; marlen s. bergdall; John o. bowcock; joe pugh; thomas franklin gibbs; frank Conner, jr. third column: dacosta smith, jr.; jack kemper; russell vernon hardman; alien s. may; william e. adams; gambrill Jones. fourth column: John s. cather; earl s. richard; Jerome francis peters; r. k. brooks; John e. car- rigan. • kappa alpha was founded at Washington and lee university in 1865. the aim of the founders was to preserve the basic southern characteristics, other than sectional, in a fraternity confined to the southern states, three chapters in California form an exception, k. a. was established at west Virginia as alpha rho in 1 897. it has 67 active chapters, with a total mem- bership exceeding 25,000. Page sixty-nine k appa Sigma m I ; t l; Paflfe seventy officers r. c. pifer president michael mikita vice-president rolla Williams secretary j. b, huyett, jr treasurer • first row: James s. mc keever; rolla williams, jr.; j. b. huyett, jr.; ted kuzner. second row: michael mikita; jack chidester; waiter moody; zachariah w. wyatt, jr. third row: j. waiter dudrow; paul atwell, a. robert kuzner; keith fabianich. fourth row: r. c. pifer; a. fay wilson; waiter j. ridd; thomas rodney wilson. fifth row: don carter corbit, buy c. nickolson; r. g. mahanna; william hugh miller; John dawkins. • kappa sigma was founded at the university of Virginia, 1 869. it was the first southern fraternity to attempt northern expan- sion, the total number of chapters is 107. the membership in kappa sigma exceeds 36,000. gamma phi chapter was estab- lished at west Virginia in 1918. the fraternity flower is the lily- of-the-valley, and the colors are green, scarlet, and white. Page seventy-one phi delta theta Page seventy-two officers Howard klebe president edward w. craig- secretary James byrum treasurer first row: richard alden frantz; mark Wallace jones; thomas Joseph patterson; george b. byrum; charles quincy cox. second row: Samuel black; robert woodrow lackson; charles r. irons; howard charles klebe; James a. byrum. third row: edward d. baker, jr.; I. n. kahle, jr.; homer sharpenburg, william mockler; henry schweinberg. fourth row: george dark; John david ashworth; albert megale; edward craig; James Stewart. fifth row: richard owen; robert nuzum; John roy tyson; robert flint; leonard charles mills. sixth row: robert mockler; duane hill; kermit booker; j. alien woodburn. • phi delta theta, founded at miami university, oxford, ohio, is a member of the celebrated miami triad , at present, it is considered as having among the largest number of initiates of any fraternity, more than 43,000. the phi delt colors are argent and azure, and the flower is the white carnation. Page seventy-three phi kappa psi f f, - ' - - U r .Uy«..t n ' ft JL yk ftk t 1 a Page seventy-four officers louis corson president ruskin bland vice-president edwin duffy, jr treasurer etiey p. smith secretary first row: robert w. white; thomas w. smith; william nutter; eugene ailes, jr.; louis corson. second row: lloyd r. shaid; ruskin bland; paul w. brown; george b. vieweg, ii.; robert b hamilton. third row: etiey p. smith; charles e. allard; milford gibson; harry byrer; James watson. fourth row: paul mc keel; dark hopkins; edwin v. duffy; robert caldwell; robert a. shiffler. fifth row: chandler campbell; harry copher; arch wilson; charles w. kidd; richard John- son; richard davis. sixth row: John r. davis; ralph s. marshal!; Jamison w. brown; cecil b. highland; andrew I. blair; charles h. strider, jr. seventh row: John I. Schroder, jr.; ernest w. button; c. v . shinnamon, r.; joe park beatty; robert I. holland; daniel r. rogers. • phi kappa psi fraternity was founded at Jefferson college, now Washington and lefferson, Washington, Pennsylvania, 1 852. phi psi has a total number of 52 active chapters, and 40 alumni chapters, with the total membership amounting to 26,000. west Virginia alpha chapter was established 1 890. the fraternity colors are hunters green and cardinal red. the flower is the jacquemont rose. Page seventy-five phi kappa sigma - eSi 5p C9. - dM Pajre seventy-six officers John bowman president Herbert welch vice-president robert a. brown secretary first row: jack marshal!; John bowman; John w. casey; herbert welch. second row: robert a. brown; guy swisher, jr., william lee beall; william henry marlow. third row: robert thomas deegan; elwyn g. hughes; biaine w. engle; kenneth r. hough. fourth row: richard dean heironimus; george paul hlusko; albert robey, jr.; richard dolly; paul pitrolo. • phi kappa sigma fraternity was founded at the university of Pennsylvania in I 850. forty years later, in 1 896, alpha gamma chapter was established at west Virginia, the national frater- nity is composed of thirty-six active chapters, the flower of phi kap is the white rose, the colors are gold and black. Page seventy-seven phi kappa tau Page seventy-eight officers dwight cruikshank, jr president francis b. eberhart vice-president art tourney secretary francis b. eberhart treasurer first row: maxwell d. harvey; hartford tourney; william fred Conner. second row: robert s. lowther, george w. Jewell; dwight p. cruikshank. third row: donald meranda; Joseph watson; philip I. azar; francis b. eberhart. fourth row: zane braden sloter; hamilton c. cruikshank; a. j. stauffer; marcy e. mc millan. • phi kappa tau was founded at the mother of fraternities — miami university, in 1906. since the founding date, the fra- ternity has grown to contain forty-five national chapters and numerous alumni groups, alpha xi chapter was established at west Virginia in 1928. the phi tau flower is the red carnation; the colors are harvard red and old gold. Page seventy-nine hi phi Sigma kappa k. ® wr ! . m M I I Poffe eighty officers Charles b. Harrison president ben. c. byrnside vice-president William t. green secretary William hazlett treasurer first row: William |. carter; Joseph condry; James wolverton; harold madden; c. f. hedges, jr. second row: James b. hall; frederick s. peck; george a. vandale; Sylvester naumann; ben c. byrnside. third row: c. glenn mc coy; j. o. seaman; nunley b. snedegar; j. carl palmer; alex kayuha. fourth row: linwood creel; james b. anderson; John m. wheeler; leo j. littman; david Wil- liams. fifth row: de Witt white; richard c. liskey; John plansen; samuel arnold; earl s. Williamson. sixth row: david Callaway; thomas symansic, altred prince, jr.; thomas wilson; albert w. seibert, ii. seventh row: kline mccomb; raymond goodwin, oley hedrick; John nicholas, paul d. wood. eighth row: loundes friend; nathan cheesman; lawrence thrush, harold maxwell; calvin paul todd; charles s. harrison. • phi sigma kappa fraternity was founded in 1873 at massa- chusetts state college, delta chapter, one of the oldest greek letter organizations on the west Virginia campus, was estab- lished in 1 891 . there are at present fifty national chapters of phi sig. the colors are silver and magenta; the flower is the red carnation. Page eighty-one pi kappa alpha ' - tiKa V ' C-T. ' ' ,W- ■ f m Page eighty-tivo officers richard linger president douglas rouse vice-president William phelps secretary david gatrell treasurer 5 ;v : -v-- first column: William phelps; Stanley lawton; mullen coover; richard tonry; edward powell. second column: gordon kyle; james mc alpine liang; david mudge; samuel rahall; anthony romano; edward sherr. third column: george henry geuting, charles reed; alan openshaw; michael zulich; richard linger; andrew a. zepp. fourth column: William may, jr.; douglas philip rouse; gordon I. cox, jr.; nicholas crupy; nicho- las geeza; deem frank rahall. fifth column: franklin f. neill; stuart oscar romick; robert kyle; oral Justus Jones, jr.; gus- tavus hartwell crumpecker, jr. • pi kappa alpha was founded at the university of Virginia in 1868 resulting from the close friendship of five men who served together in the confederate army during the civil war. pi kappa alpha has 82 active chapters and 93 alumni chapters, the total membership exceeds 30,000. alpha theta chapter was established at west Virginia in 1904. colors, garnet and gold; flower, lily-of-the-valley. Page eif hty-fhree • pi lam ibda phi f f% o Page eighty-four officers fred b. oliker president sterling ronai vice-president milton watzman secretary le roy kauffman treasurer first row: f. b. oliker; Harold friedman; bertram lando; charles freeman; david volkin. second row: lawrence a. weinstein; milton pikus; bernard k. wasserkrug; edward m. res- nick; wood row w. hiller. third row: aaron rose; le roy kaufman, sylvan edward franklin; william k. leonhart; a. robert markowitz, fourth row: fred caplan; irving I. vogel; clifton lew portnoff, milton waltzman; gerrard a. franz. fifth row: Sidney marcus; Stanley levin; sterling ronai. • in 1895, at yale university, pi lambda phi was born, from the date of the founding the fraternity has grown to include eighteen national chapters, pi lambda phi was established on the west Virginia campus in 1924. the fraternity colors are purple and gold. Page eighty-five Sigma c hi f:j d ,! -;s « |i W «t r, %. !t. Po£fe eighty-six officers paul b. martin president robert w. gressang vice-president j. thomas gilmore secretary William lee thompson treasurer first row: hosmer cropp; Herbert king; thomas e. graham, III; paul b. martin; george c. goff. second row: John h. waugh; george c, leslie; charles p. watson, jr.; william c. steber; John thomas gilmore. third row: e. d. conaway; griffith crichton; lee bird, jr.; william g. ballard, jr.; william g. brown. fourth row: rome osborne; shiras jarvis; george j. Johnson; thompson pearcy; wilbur lee thompson. fifth row: James mccabe; James lyttleton; charles lewis capito; charles mc cabe; robert Williamson. sixth row: george bambrick; emerson carson; george ruck; w. e. rodes; robert hayne. seventh row: louis white, warren d. leslie, william e. wright; robert I. shuman, david posten. eighth row: phillipe. lowe; robert gressang; arthur shawkey; william gilmore; lewis baker; robert b. mc cue. • sigma chi is a member of the miami triad , finding origin at miami university, oxford, ohio. within six months of the founding of the mother chapter, another was established at ohio wesleyan. mu mu chapter was established at west Virginia 1 895. fraternity colors are blue and gold, and the flower is the white rose, sigma chi has 96 active chapters, and 128 alumni groups. Page eighty-seven Sigma nu m 1 SH i I 1 Page eighty-eight officers robert h. cole president robert c. moyer vice-president William a. mitchell treasurer William h. belcher secretary first row: robert h. cole; thomas a. bradford; william a. mitchell; george paul vest; oakley e. hess. second row: pat h. conley; John e. brown; robert c. moyer; frank g. mc clung; ned shott. third row: waiter s. carpenter; harvey c. bailey; franklin j. carpenter; richard r. parsons; Oliver blake. fourth row: grady m. alien; lewis Campbell; donald t. worrell; matthew kerr; lee p. ziler. fifth row: paul a. miller; william h. belcher; louis gundling. • Sigma nu fraternity grew from a secret society, the legion of honor, at Virginia military institute in 1868. sigma nu has active chapters in 48 staves, totaling 98. the total member- ship of sigma nu approximates 32,000. gamma pi chapter was established at west Virginia in 1904. the fraternity flower is the white rose, and the colors are gold, white and black. Page eighty-nine sigma phi epsilon T J J - b % it ) f tik m 4. 1 Page ninety officers bert kirk president frank kearns vice-president clarence dalton - treasurer William vaughan secretary Wl I ' , i first row: Clifford h. bungard; frank m. kearns; harold eagle; leon kerns. second row: bert a. kirk; edgar f. hiskell; arnold s. banks; Stanley d ' orazio. third row: ashby dickerson; robert j. |ones; sam pinion; clarence dalton. fourth row: lawrence r. mcelhinny; william j. vaughan; francis v. quackenbush; rox I. zickefoose. fifth row: leon friend; jack I. garvin; robert h. harwood; david ware. • Sigma phi epsilon was founded at the university of richmond in 1 901 . the fraternity has a total of 68 active chapters, with a membership of 16,000. west Virginia beta chapter was founded in 1903. the flowers are american beauty rose and violet; the colors, red and royal purple, many outstanding mountaineer athletes have been sig eps. Page ninety-one tau k appa epsilon Page ninety-two officers don morris president Howard ullum vice-president Harold mcdougle treasurer cHester Hart secretary first row: halsey e. fink; charles g. manley; correll c. sHale; joHn p. shale, jr.; dorman c. fankHauser. second row: Harold w. rist, cHester Hart, robert fleming, Harold w. cHeshire; joHn p. Ilew- ellyn. third row: troxell o. mason; elden fairfax bowers; nickolas I. turoff; don w. morris; c. b. coleman. fourth row: Harold h. casHman; Howard calvin ullum, vance randolpH, jr.; Harold e. mcdougle; carl r, morris. fifth row: haven d. umstott; robert von berg; Harry b. wolfe, don I. Cornell; James a. rothwell. • tau kappa epsilon fraternity was founded at illinois wesleyan in 1899. the rho chapter was established on the west Virginia campus in 1923. the national fraternity consists of forty chapters, the teke flower is the red carnation and the colors are cherry and grey. Page ninety-three phi sigma delta •!• - «J C ' -J •- first row: abe tomchin; alvin norman blum; Harold tomchin; harry n. barton. second row: bernard gottlieb; maurice lisagor; louis young; bernard zappin. third row: eddie vvilbur; le roy katz; sam weiner. • phi sigma delta was founded at Columbia university in 1909. since that time it has spread to twenty campuses throughout the country, in the last few years its major work nationally has been to bring young Jewish students from germany. these students have been sent to various chapters and are studying under scholarships granted by the individual universities, the local, upsilon, was found- ed in 1927. its colors are purple and white, upsilon has lead the university scholasticaliy four times in the last five years. officers bernard gottlieb president sam weiner vice-president eddie wilbur secretary leroy katz treasurer • ■ sororities 1 alpha delta pi Page ninety-six officers elouise harvey president annette miller vice-president jean mc quiston secretary margaret rohr _ treasurer first row: jean mc quiston; veria ashworth; margaret Simpson; marjorie mcguire. second row: dorothy griffith; margaret bohr; ruth estelle talbott; macie jane whitehead. third row: elouise harvey; mary Catherine poole; annette miller; leanne mc coy. fourth row: June marsh; mary eleanor bertschy; henrietta I. watson, hallie mae shupe. fifth row: fritzi ann donnally; helena baric; ruth mcguire. • alphi delta pi has the distinction of being the oldest secret society for women in the world, the organization having been founded at wesleyan female college in macon, georgia, in 1851. since that time the sorority has become international with chapters throughout the united states and Canada, the total membership exceeds 30,000. alpha upsilon chapter was founded at west Virginia in 1924. the colors are blue and white, and the flower is the violet. Page ninety-seven alpha phi - officers Helen turley president dorothy brooks vice-president opal shaw treasurer clara I. trissler secretary first row: lavinia m. hill; mary Barbara mc lain; Virginia hare. second row: Jacqueline a. eperthener; dorothy brooks; Virginia lee mc kane. third row: Harriet helwig; clara louise trissler; Jeanne shepherd. fourth row: martha jane kendt; hazel ellen case; Helen turley. fifth row: dorothy smith; martha elizabeth conaway; Helen chenoweth. sixth row: gaynelle Hayes weton; opal m. shaw; thelma clepfel. • alpha phi, one of the first greek-letter sororities, was founded at Syracuse university, October 10, 1872. it was the first woman ' s fraternity to build and occupy a chapter house, to Have a visiting delegate system, and to publish a History, beta iota chapter was established at west Virginia in 1930. alpha phi has 36 chapters, flower: lily-of-the-valley and for- get-me-not; colors, silver and wine. Page ninety-nine alpha xi delta -  «it Page one hundred officers grace hill president florence becker vice-president roberta dark secretary eleanor harner treasurer firsf row: Helen baker; alberta strader; fairy alice downs; eleanor harner; frances pauline thomas; jane hill. second row: roberta dark; sara jane evans; margaret jo chaplin; doris I. hess; bernice car- ter; ruth tonry. third row: katherine thompson; lilyan lawton; elizabeth cattrell; margery plummer; eliene engle; jane burnside. fourth row: mary rebecca groves; elizabeth wrick; elizabeth lake; mary e. phillips; doris cheesman; hazel linger. fifth row: alfa duty; gladys lockhart; betty marie lyons; marjorie belcher; barnese ben- nett; beverly white. sixth row: hope ballard; nancy wilson; dorothy robinson; anna cheesman; florence becker; jean leyman. seventh row: marjorie strausbaugh; betty falk; Virginia rose edgar; martha jane mc coy; Helen bippus; nan w. riley. eighth row: janey bippus; jeane fischer; mary mcgregor; alice s. parsons; grace hill; eliza- beth crow; alice v. parsons. • alpha xi delta sorority was founded at lombard college (knox college) in 1893. west Virginia iota chapter was taken into the national sorority in 1905. at present, alpha xi delta Has 46 active chapters, the flower is the pink rose, and the sorority colors are double blue and gold. Page one hundred one hi omega Page one hundred two officers mary elizabeth summerf ield president rachel kemper vice-president mi Id red simmons secretary martha v. williams treasurer first row: evelene miller; philena dyer; nancy walsh; jane walsh; sallie smith. second row: lenore simmons; evelyn Harris; mildred simmons; mary Virginia fairfax; mary Catherine smith. third row: marie ferrell; marjorie ann cooper; mickey mcguire; willa frances hanifan; ruth elizabeth schultz. fourth row: mary jane Wilkinson; susan leeming; jean dunlop; rachel kemper; Joan leeming. fifth row: mary elizabeth vannoy; jean weekley, ruth weller; lucille v. John, eleanore lowe. sixth row: billie dotson; martha Virginia williams; Virginia lee batson; ruth sayre; eileen mchenry. seventh row: ruth w. hubard; mary elizabeth summerfield; kathryn Virginia wolverton; bar- bara wolverton, marjorie anderson; nedra jane myers. • few sororities have had a member of the opposite sex to help in the founding as did chi omega, the sorority was founded 1895 at the university of arkansas with the aid of dr. charles richardson. the theta chapter came to west Virginia in 1905. the sorority flower is the white carnation, and the colors are cardinal and straw. Page one hundred three delta gamma t O C ' ' § t ' ?. t£ Page o?ie hundred four officers anne lorentz hall president mary louise robinson vice-president louise neely secretary e leaner meadows treasurer first row: Harriet hadden; nancy deegan; louise neely; lucille neely; fern patterson. second row: mary louise robinson; Catherine shaffer; charlotte congleton; eileen I. jarrell; martha jane Williams. third row: elizabeth carroll; lydia mary staab; anne lorentz hall; olivia kendrick; alma Holland. fourth row: ruth stockdale; eleanore pearsall; betty jean wolfe; betty jane shuman; jane patterson. fifth row: martha thomas; dawn absher; Julia nunley; margaret grey snedegar; Janice champe. sixth row: cora anne miller; frances plumley; sara mcdowall; grace Hutchinson; mary scott. seventh row: dorothea peairs; Juliana claypool; mildred dodd; Harriet roser; mary eleanor meadows. eighth row: mildred wilmouth ritchie; phyllis spangler; jean elizabeth spray; mary e. Sul- livan; bernice hough; ruth roberts. • wearers of the delta gamma anchor date their founding back to 1 874, when three girl students at lewis school, oxford, miss., organized a new society, they chose the name, badge and con- stitution without consulting anyone, alpha xi chapter was es- tablished at west Virginia in 1922. the delta gamma colors are bronze, pink and blue, the flower is the cream colored rose. Page one hundred five gamma phi beta Page one hundred six officers Cecelia littman president williard de berry vice-president ruby dyer secretary lillian vaughan treasurer first row: margaret hassner; grace bonnel birckhead; williard de berry. second row: ruby hayner dyer; mary Virginia moore; margaret m. kelly. third row: majorie conley; katherine vaughan; Joanna ellison phipps. fourth row: Stella a. latorte; lillian vaughan; marycecelia littman. • gamma phi beta was founded at Syracuse university in 1 874. there are 47 active chapters, including three international ones, the colors are double brown; the flower is the pink car- nation, west Virginia alpha pi chapter was established in 1 930. gamma phi beta has a lindsey burkee scholarship of $1000 awarded biennially in the field of social sciences, gamma phi beta stands first in the list of pan-hellenic sororities in the average value of houses and lots. Page one hinidred seven kappa kappa gamma f a Q 3. A Page one hundred eight officers mary frances gibbs president alice louise kelly.- vice-president ann louise dudley secretary barbara coombs - treasurer first row: ellen a. white; Caroline a. mcenteer; louise welch; mary I. lyon; phyllis hart; mary v. thompson. second row: mary j. cassady; kathryn m. boham; Virginia boley; mary I. mcenteer; barbara j. coombs; elizabeth mcneill. third row: anne fromme; helen I. fair; merle ferrell; mary f. gibbs; barbara j. baker; gloria reed. fourth row: betty I. bord; mary k. Johnson; margaret morris; sarah bushong; anna dudley; aldene morris. fifth row: Virginia fleming; nancy j. gibson; betty b. lee; margaret cox; alice kelly; bar- bara fromme. sixth row: mary e. chapman; martha j. maxwell; florence highland; elizabeth r. smith; marie e. hedges; roberta j. armstrong. seventh row: barbara a. armstrong; lois roth; wilfred b. curry; margaret stemple; barbara a. smith; cora f. board. eighth row: June grimm; Catherine davis; elizabeth watson; nonabelle abbot; kathryn kimmel. • kappa kappa gamma is one of the oldest of greek-letter sororities, it was founded at monmouth college, Illinois, in 1870. kappa was the first sorority to hold a national conven- tion, to publish a sorority magazine, to form a uniform budget system, beta upsilon chapter was established at west Virginia in 1 906. the national has 7 1 chapters, 95 alumni chapters, and a membership of 25,000. the flower is the fleur-de-lis, and the colors are dark and light blue. Page one hundred nine .hi mu officers marjorie tillus president ann jarrett vice-president elaine burdett secretary frances shriver treasurer -:r -p first row: frances shriver; Jessie eleanor williams, majorie edith tillis. second row: katherine lub sommer; kitty Campbell Zimmerman; elaine burdett. third row: val jean work; fannie lou long, margaret Hendricks. fourth row: Christine kurtz Steele; ruth yost; ann bailey jarrett. • phi mu, the second oldest secret organization for women, was founded January 4, 1852, at wesleyan college, macon, georgia. it was not announced publicly until march, 1852. gamma beta chapter, first called the woodburn club, was or- ganized at west Virginia university in may, 1 926, by twelve girls and continued as a local sorority for a year and a half, in 1 927 a charter was obtained and eleven girls of the woodburn club became active members of gamma beta chapter of phi mu. Page one hundred eleven pi beta phi I ' Si i % - i l««aF ' W ' i ' Y .i C- if- 4 P jT jT r ? .? ' Page one hundred twelve officers eleanor Hastings president Helen louise HugHes vice-president Caroline o ' neale secretary June finnegan treasurer first row: Virginia lee frantz; Virginia davis; June finnegan; June I. evans; lucy Jones. second row: jean Handlan; Helen louise Hughes; Catherine Clifford; adelaide grotz; jane linn osborn. third row: Caroline o ' neale; betty sue baker, evelyn rowena crowell; mary louise Hender- son; lillian pennington. fourth row: jane downs; cornelia mullen; nancy neil coffman; Joan lilly; mary e. sHingle- ton. fifth row: Janice boone; margaret cricHton, rutH lyon; ada lee rogers, mildred louise collier. sixth row: jane grainger; katHerine traubert; jane gilmore; mary racHel francis; eleanor Hastings. seventh row: diane toussaint; mary m. rigHtmire; anna randoipH monteitH; Virginia irwin; jean cole. • pi beta pHi, the oldest national fraternity for women, was founded at monmoutH college, Illinois, april 28, 1867. pi pHi Has 79 active chapters with a membership of 26,000. the soror- ity flower is the white carnation, and the colors are wine red and silver blue, west Virginia alpha chapter was established in 1918. Page one hundred thirteen sigma delta tau officers florence sloan president betsy schuchat... .vice-president ruth spencer secretary ruth schuchat treasurer first column: dorothy ann schilansky rut h rosen betsy schuchat second column: ruth spencer regina pickus zelda b. stein florence sloan third column: ruth schuchat sima shor anita balcer • sigma delta tau is the youngest sorority on the west Vir- ginia campus, having been established in 1934. the national sorority was founded at Cornell university in 1917. the colors of sigma delta tau are cafe-au-lait and old blue, the flower is the tea rose. • beauty keten hak Ke Page one hundred sixteen p u emi irace A ijer Page one hundred seventeen mene ferreLL Page one hundred eighteen jLimor prom queen beiiij lee bora Page one hundred nineteen mountain men and gals in action! ff m I 14 ' J. , footbal • the georgetown game byrum, head Jones • cheerleaders a — hosmer cropp — tackle; sen- ior; Clarksburg, w. va. b — emmit kelly moan — quar- terback; junior; long beach, cal. c — ashby dickerson — tackle; junior; rochell, w. va. d — moose hodges — tackle; junior; morgantown, w. va. e — oley swede hedrick — center; junior; fairmont, w. va. f— Harold zip lorenz— half back; sophomore; east brady, pa. g — chief nebera — end; jun- ior; grant town, w. va. h — robert kyle — halfback; sen- ior; princeton, w. va. i — glenn carder — halfback; junior; anmoore, w. va. charles trusty tallman head coach errett rat rodgers backfield frank anthony line a — dayid issac — halfback; jun- ior; Charleston, w. va. b — sam audia — fullback; soph- omore; Charleston, w. va. c — murino de angelis — end; sophomore; monessen, pa. d — david volkin — guard; jun- ior; mt. pleasant, pa. e — robert neilson — center; junior; long beach, cal. f — William wendel — guard; junior; keyser, w. va. g — Herbert babe barna — end; senior; anmoore, w. va. varsity football coaches • the fighting mountaineers! first row; ncui. ix, lonai; nebera, iuiciiz, iicioun, .lupp, atty, barna; wcriueii, nuugcs. second row: baker; issac; eller; kyle, swartzwalter; gilmore; mc cabe. third row: phares; mccue; audia; moan; de angelis; dickerson; frantz; volkin. west Virginia 7 40 _..... 28 summary of the season opponents waynesburg Cincinnati 6 Pittsburgh 34 Washington and lee 7 15 - west Virginia wesleyan 26- centre 13 33 western ma ry I and 20 georgetown 28 western reserve 7 2 george Washington 7 ' . .  west Virginia 33 . . . western maryland 20 basketball • west yirginia-duquesne larshall little sleepy glenn head basketball coach • the 1937 basketball campaign was to be the most brilliant of any in the history of the mountaineer institution . . . sleepy glenn had barna . . . and squint phares . . . and jack gocke . . . veterans of former wars . . . and sleepy also had coming up from last year ' s sensational freshman team . . . dribble lothes . . . and stan d ' orazio. yes, the west Virginia hardwood demons were to be hot! • then old lady fate interceded with the proverbial five fickle fingers . . . and babe barna ... in the last minute of the george Washington football game . . . received a broken ankle . . . question : who would sleepy find for the center position? . . . what to do . . . mountaineer basketball stock sank to a new low . . . for without a big center — we just never had a chance . . . • then from out of nowhere came a dark horse and only a sophomore — fisher was the name . . a veritable flash . . . and he fitted in pretty beall, mgr. • heiskell • gilmore • condry id M M lothes • marcus • meranda • fisher • d ' orazio Page one hundred twenty-eight ' graduating gocke phares barna swell at forward with Stan d ' orazio . . . gocke took over the center post . . . and phares and lothes were the flashiest pair of guards to cavort around the field house hardwoods for many a moon. . . . • it looked like a pretty keen set-up . . . and the opening game of the season against waynesburg found sieepy ' s prodigies pile up a 42-35 victory . . . with plenty to spare . . . and with plenty on the bail . . . the next victim was a strong marietta five who succumbed to a 42-29 licking . . . yep! the boys were living up to predictions of the prognosticators. . . . • the team slipped on the next one, and dropped a tough 32-34 contest to akron ... in several overtime periods . . . but they came right back against west Virginia wesleyan, whipping the old state rivals 63-42, and later spilling georgetown to the tune of 41 -32 . . . well, sir, four wins in the first five starts wasn ' t bad . . . nope . . . especially against those tough babies. . . . • then came the dawn ... or something! . . . the team lost to salem, 21-27 . . . Carnegie tech made it two in a row, 37-46 . . . penn state upset the dope sheets by pinning a 28-21 loss on us . . . then, as a last straw, pitt, friendly enemy that it is, whipped us 44-36. • something was wrong . . . the powerhouse was on the downhill drag . . . and sliding fast . . . pleas of the fans . . . efforts of the individual players . . . coaxing of all concerned availed naught . . . because what happened? . . . the losing streak extended five additional consecutive games ... to constitute the longest slump experienced by a west Virginia team in a decade. . . . Page one hundred twenty-nine ' they ' ll be back next year ' lothes fisher meranda marcus d ' orazio • then the prodigal son returned to the fold . . . babe barna recovered enough to play . . . and the long streak of something-or-other ended: we trounced penn state 36-31 . . . eureka . . . aha! . . . but then george Washington put the bug on us, 33-39 ... we retaliated by gaining wins over w. and j.; wesleyan . . . marietta . . . duquesne . . . temple . . . most of them by big scores ... of course, something ' d happen at the last mo- ment, and we lost another tough one to pitt, 49-39. . . . • potentially, this team should have been the greatest that mountaineer fans have seen in years . . . but that unexplainable something went amiss . . . bad breaks . . . oh, lots of things . . . but — winning or losing, sleepy ' s boys fought . . . always fought . . . and in numerous instances, it was only that west Virginia spirit that kept them in the win colmun. . . . • jack gocke . . . the red-headed scoring sensation . . . topped all uni- versity scoring records . . . and established himself as a mountaineer im- mortal by even surpassing that mark of sleepy ' s . . . and eddie cubbon . . . and joe stydahar . . . squint phares performed as to elicit praise of sport writers to the effect that he was the greatest all-around basketball player in the history of west Virginia . . . gocke topped all scorers in the eastern inter- collegiate conference . . . and phares was third in position. . . . • squad members included . . . John mc cue . . . gilmore . . . condry . . . heiskell . . . fisher . . . meranda . . . lothes . . . marcus . . . barna . . . d ' orazio . . . phares . . . gocke . . . william beall, ' 38, was manager . . . of the really great 1 937 basketball team. . . . Page one hundred thirty • boxing • dickerson still undefeated mc intire 145 miller 125 previll 155 lively 145 harold 115 Johnson 115 • battling lou mc intire . . . only a sophomore ... is already considered one of the most out- standing ringmen of recent years . . . before dame graduation takes him away . . . lou should chalk up plenty of championships . . . miller is another who promises to have plenty of stuff on the ball in the next two years . . . that unor- thodox southpaw . . . previl . . . scored several knockouts in the 1 55 pound class in the course of the season , . . tom lively ... a junior . . . also shows promise . . . the red-head is fast . . . and aggressive . . . only a freshman . . . harold was not eligible for varsity competition . . . but the banty came through in great style in sev- eral exhibitions . . . Johnson, a sophomore 1 1 5- pounder, should be up ' n ' at- ' em next year . . . captain puzz vacheresse . . . undefeated in conference matches . . . showed himself to be one of the greatest I 35-pound class fighters in the history of boxing . . . puzz is a fast, aggressive boxer . . . and finished his college boxing career in true vacheresse style . . . sammy littlepage . . . 165-pounder . . . and a veteran of three campaigns . . . suffered a broken thumb at bucknell . . . and up until that time . . . the Charleston lad was plenty hot! . . . sam audia . . . another Charleston boy . . . and only a sophomore . . . will be a mainstay next season . . . ashby dickerson . . . rated among the best college heavyweights in the country . . . completed the season undefeated . . . win- ning each bout by a knockout or a t.k.o. . . . only a junior . . . the state heavyweight cham- pion . . . and eastern inter-collegiate champ should go great guns next year. . . . ' the unholy three ' littlepage audia 165 • 175 dickerson heavyweight seasons results west Virginia opponents 7 - - toledo 1 2 - duke - - 6 3V2 - bucknell - 4V 5 - temple 3 5 ---- --- w. and j - 3 6 - pitt 2 3 ' 2 - Wisconsin -.- 4 ' A riley, mgr. • previll • littlepage • audia • dickerson • dr. vacheresse Johnson • miller • lively • mc intire ' west Virginia men of might fight! fight! fight! Page one hundred thirty-three wrestling ' three grunt ' n ' groan champs ' hedges • cap ' t kyle • moreland • the varsity wrestlers opened the mat season against waynesburg college and came out on the short end of a 21 to 1 1 score . . . case was the next oppo- nent, and the ohio school pinned the gwynnmen again, 21-13 . . . then the rasslers got hot to put the stuff on pitt, 23-1 3 . . . ohio state ' s tough team defeated the mountaineers again, 22-10 . . . and Chicago followed suit, 29 to 3 . . . then in a return match with waynesburg, the grunt and groan boys from these mountings whipped the yankees, 19-11 ... the next week west Virginia also defeated washington-jefferson to the tune of 3 1 to 3 . . . and later whipped temple in a close 1 4 to 1 2 match. . . . • outstanding were captain bob kyle . . . who lost only one match and that a time advantage . . . bill moreland, a junior . . . and paul moose hodges . . . the heavyweight. . . . • whitey gwynn completed another successful season as coach, and sterling ronai, ' 38, was manager. . . . gwynn, coach; captain kyle; spiker; moreland; atwood; williams; hodges; ronai. carter; mc cardie; garfola; pasquale; lancaster. Page one hundred thirty-four ■Uiki baseball 1936 • coach rat rodgers ' 1 936 baseball edition, at times attaining great heights, finished the regular season with a record of eleven victories and seven defeats . . . with al morgan, jack gocke, benny rubrecht, and joe zaieski doing the twirling, and cropp, poiiek, and tucker behind the bat . . . bonner ezell was manager . . . and bill Jackson was captain. . . . results of the season west Virginia opponents penn state 8 20 fairmont 4 1 4.. fairmont 1 3 9 maryland 21 5 quantico marines (17 innings) 6 3.... - georgetown 9 4 george Washington 1 1 6... george Washington 14 6... salem 1 1 salem 8 salem 1 salem 5 3 St. Vincent 2 8 ohio university 4 14.... ohio university 5 1 2. fairmont 1 1 1 fairmont 3 1 3 alumni f f f I I I f % first row: carter; mc cue; tucker; captain Jackson; cropp; symansic; scalli. second row: manager ezell; nekoreneck; rubrecht; gocke; barna; onder; hall; azar; hill Page one hundred thirty-five track art smith dean of track coaches considered by many as one of the outstanding tracl coaches in the country, art smith, for- mer Olympic instructor, has led the destinies of west Virginia track teams for more than a decade ... his greatest asset is ability to take raw material and develop finished stars ... art smith — the humorous . . . the likeable ... a real moun- taineer. . . . Page one hundred thirty-six • the 1936 track season saw numerous indi- vidual stars . . . including the spectacular bar- ney gedwallis . . . phil baer . . . ken riskey . . . harry hogue . . . patsy slate . . . gene hester . . . dave issac . . . kelly moan . . . and others. . . . • three major meets were scheduled . . . and the smith mountain men came out on the short end of all . . . against penn state . . . west Vir- ginia lost 72 to 54 . . . pitt crashed through with a 76 to 50 victory, and temple scored an 81 to 45 win. . . . • captain barney gedwallis . . . the greatest distance runner in the history of the university was undefeated in the mile and two mile runs . . . setting west Virginia records in both events . . . phil baer . . . captain of the 1937 team broke the university pole vault mark . , . and ken riskey set new times in both hurdle events. . . . • mason . . . dawson . . . mc queen . . . and, of course, gedwallis ... in the distances . . . hester . . . moan in the high jumps ... bill simp- son and baer in the pole vault . . . slate in the shot put . . . frantz . . . issac in the broad jump . . . and hogue . . . issac in dashes . . . scored consistent points throughout the season . . . plenty of individual man-power . . . but not too much mass production. . . . tennis first row: paul tennant; John hesse; Howard klebe. second row: scott camp; selma mason; mgr.; dave Jacobs, coach; james dickerhoff, assistant mgr.; sam littlepage; berk lynch. • under the tutelage of coach dave Jacobs, former mountaineer tennis star, west Virginia racqueteers completed a season of five victories and three defeats . . . losing to the strong georgetown, george Washington and washington- jefferson teams. . . . seasons results west Virginia opponents 7 fairmont 2 4 wesleyan 1 2 george Washington 7 georgetown 9 4 Cumberland 2 6 wesleyan 3 2 washing ton -Jefferson 7 6 alumni 1 Page one hundred thirty-seven go IF back row: captain kirk Jackson; thomas graham; chan Campbell; cliff taylor. front row: j. loar; ernie button; John fear. • under the direction of captain kirk Jackson . . . the west Virginia golf team is on the up-grade . . . taken under the actual interests of the athletic department for the first time this year . . . with allotments for more trips . . . and a generally more elaborate season. . . . • at the time of writing . . . the 1937 golf team was undefeated in three matches. . . . 1936 results west Virginia opponents 1 1 2 washing ton -Jefferson 6 ' a 41 2 waynesburg V2 kingwood 9 21 2 - waynesburg SVz Page one hundred thirty-eight , publications I ' aJ the 1937 frank neill, ' 38 editor-in-chief louis corson, ' 37 business manager editorial frank neill linwood creel. .editor-in-chief .managing editor assistants: thomas smith, ' 40 William kincaid, ' 39 William nutter, ' 40 george geuting, ' 37 o. Stuart romick, ' 39 nedra jane myers, ' 39 david Callaway, ' 39 business louis corson business manager evelene miller assistant business manager assistants: junior brown, ' 38 evelyn harris, ' 39 mary jane wilkinson, ' 40 William sprigel. ' 40 charles allard, ' 38 ned shott, ' 39 evelene miller assistant business manager linwood creel managing editor m o n t i c o la top row: mary jane Wilkinson; evelyn Harris; jane downs; nedra jane myers. second row: william kincaid; thomas smith; george geuting; william nutter. third row: david callaway; o. stuart romick; bernard zappin; junior brown. Page one hundred forty-one the daily James b. hall managing editor Herbert welch editor prof. p. i. reed head of journalism department • the department of journalism at west Virginia university is considered by authorities and by actuality to be one of the outstanding newspaper schools in the country . . . under the direction of dr. p. i. reed . . . and instruction of prof, george rinehart . . . and h. b. michelson . . . the daily athenaeum is published every week day with the exception of Sunday . . . offers numer- ous opportunities for training in many phases of journalism ... as has been proven by graduates . . . now successful in the professional world. . . . business manager -- harmer I. cox, ' 37 editor-in-chief - herbert welch, ' 37 managing editor james b. hall, ' 37 Page one hundred forty-two a t h e n a e u m • in September, 1887, the first copy of the athenaeum was published with u. s. grant pitzer as the first editor, it was planned to put out an issue every two weeks and the printing was done by Julian fleming, proprietor of the new dominion steam printing house. • in order to promote the literary taste of the students; to narrate college events; to keep alumni interested in their alma mater, and to express the life growth and attainments of the university, c. w. waddell and a. w. smith took over the editorship in I 899, publishing the paper every first and third Saturday of each month. • with the issue of September, 1901, the athenaeum was changed into a weekly paper, devoted chiefly to the local news of the university and personal items about its students, friends, and teachers. the paper became a semi- weekly publication in 1921, appearing every tuesday and friday, and in 1923 it appeared as a tri-weekly publication, coming out every tuesday, thursday, and Saturday. • in march, 1926, at a mass meeting, the student body voted in favor of an increase in fees to cover the cost of publishing the paper five times a week, but it was not until 1933 that the daily athenaeum was an actuality, it now appears in tabloid form every morning except Sunday and monday. • the first editor-in-chief of the daily was harry j. marker; robert shaffer was managing editor and william smith, business manager. Page one hundred forty-three university publication board . 1 f y prof. c. c. Williams • frank neill monticola I ' r prof. o. p. chitwood • louis corson monticola prof. p. i. reed • paul chambers shampain prof. g. p. boomsl • herb welch athenaeum Page one hundred forty-four lournahers James b. hall frank m. kearns paul buxton martin herbert welch • edd e wilbur jack chidester richard cresap tom mc henry • James w. shepherd rolla Williams edgar elder morton rosenshine h. b. michelson • don meranda george rinehart, p rof. al volker charles barnes ch ristie batlas h. a I Page one hundred forty-five delta gamma scott and sigma chi graham promenade . . . boxers pose before a workout . . . buf- falo geuting atop the pi k a house . . . ernie — friend! . . . the crowd goes wild at a tense moment . . . prexie kearns . . . davie issac . . . engineers have things under control . . . any mail today? h onoraries i I fi batar cappar first row Heft to rightl : gocke; lando; riley; busquets; neill; polick; r. kyle; dickerson; bowcock. second row: marcus; bradford; mason; hogue; symansic; bowman; klebe; g. kyie. third row: corson; gibson; littlepage; eskey; rubreck; moreland; wolverton; goff; ronai. fourth row: byrum; mc cue; Cunningham; eller; hodges; leslie; good; volkin. • fi batar cappar was founded at west Virginia on march 13, 1914, for the purpose of boost- ing the university, the founders adopted as a badge a small square of leather emblematical of the goal of college life — the sheepskin, it is fastened to the coat with a small piece of brass from the ancient brazen calf, the meaning of which is one of the secrets of the organ- ization. • alfa chapter has as honorary members such luminaries as will rogers, hal kemp, lowell thomas, pop warner, major sasse, rat rodgers, art smith, gov. conley, trusty tallman, greasy neale, senator neely, John roscoe turner, charlie hodges, doc. spears, major baldwin, col. devore, major smith, capt. iincoln, prof ennis, beanie grumbien, ted neff, d. a. burt, sam morris, and many others. officers first semesfer I. h. c. p jack gocke vice-!, h. c. p jib byrum keeper of conklin bert lando keeper of hoard ...al seibert keeper of front legs ..--joe Cunningham keeper of hind legs buck martin second semester 1. h. c. p jim byrum vice-l. h. c. p syd marcus keeper of conklin Howard klebe keeper of hoard bill moreland keeper of front legs frankie neill keeper of hind legs - roy samms Page one hundred forty-eight • scabbard and blade first row: a. k. thorn; James s. mc keever; paul s. tennant; John r. gildersleeve; g. berk lynch; e. d. con- away. second row: robert s. lowther; James r. dickerhoff; don w. morris; a. fay wilson; karl w. haller; edgar nor- ris James. third row: ashby dickerson; sterling ronai; robert burk mccue; wylie beall mendel; william moran, jr.; edmund adamec, jr. fourth row: leroy m. kauffman; hobert hoover; John prince llewllyn; leonard charles mills; robert I. shu- man; robert I. hammer. fifth row: ted kuzner; roy a. doman; j. franklin carpenter; blaine w. engle; John thomas gilmore; maxwell d. harvey. sixth row: William g. brown; earl s. richard; charles j. mc kane; gerald a. smith; John I. abbott; w. m. hadsell. seventh row: scott camp; j. b. huyett, jr.; trances b. eber- hart; george f. Johnson; charles ray barnes; Joseph John nekorance. CS C O fs ,a fs • the scabbard and blade is a society of cadet officers; a national honorary military society, with subordinate organizations called companies, at several universities and colleges which have departments of military science and tactics. Page one hundred forty-nine mountain first row: jasper pearres; bonner ezell; abe tomchin; bill eiland; roy samms. second row: mike mikyta; dave volcan; george bailey; hosmer cropp; a! morgan; jack gocke; bert lando; kenly thorn; herb welch; george seibert. third row: James hall; louis corson; James heinz; george leslie; herbert barna; joe gibson; bill Jackson. Page one hundred fifty phi delta phi first row: berry, gibson, armistead, lewis, fowler, colson, williams, donley. second row: hardley, shaid, anderson, lynch, alcott, beneke, eardley, wilkison. third row: wilson, brooks, leslie, blair, belcher, carson, jaynes, radcliff. fourth row: hill, brown, byrer, waugh, Williamson, heinze, chaney, bailey, carroll. absent: merricks. • phi delta phi, the oldest legal fraternity in existence, was founded at the university of michigan in 1869. brooke inn, the west Virginia chapter, was founded in 1922, and at the present time has thirty-two active members. • listed among the membership rolls of phi delta phi are the names of presi- dent roosevelt, homer holt, governor ot the state, and others. . . . dean hardman, and professors williams, donley, and colson are also members, judges baker and wilson are honorary members. . . . prof. c. c. williams is the local advisor for phi delta phi. officers magister charles armistead exchequer e. o. berry clerk - - baker fowler historian James heinze Page one hundred fifty-one sp hin • the early history of sphinx is found to be somewhat hazy, around a quarter of a century ago men student leaders founded what was to become in later years, the most active group on the campus, it is believed that the group was founded as a senior men ' s honorary, the exact activities of the group during the early years cannot be definitely determined, but it is thought that the term honorary was interpreted literally and the membership was bestowed upon a student leader, after he had distinguished himself in some campus activity, if this was not the idea originally, it became such in succeeding years, about the only activity participated in by sphinx, until some five years ago, was the annual sphinx dance, a highlight of the yearly social calendar. • in later years sphinx men were not want to sit idly by after having such an honor bestowed upon them; being active is being alive, seemed to them to be a desirable maxim to adopt, therefore, about five years ago we f nd the group undergoing a radical change, the organization no longer would give the student lead- ers membership as an honor, but would build student leaders by making its membership a case of organized campus activity. • during the fall of each year, sphinx plans a home- coming program during the football season, for this event the organization sponsors a parade and the deco- ration of all fraternity and sorority houses, two years ago sphinx introduced the first inter-fraternity sing to be held on the campus, this sing came as the climax of the annual link day ceremonies and aroused com- ment of a favorable nature to the extent that it will easily establish itself as one of the most beautiful of sphinx traditions. • sphinx has carved for itself the distinction of being the most active group on the campus, the organization adopts as its aims: sponsoring and maintaining campus traditions and fostering the well being and interest of freshmen. Page one hundred fifty-tivo gordon m. kyle charles armistead george bailey hosmer h. cropp Stanley lawton Herbert welch wayne t. brooks george leslie James heinze Clifford bungard John I. hesse marlyn e. lugar John e. poster edwin duffy, jr. fred caplan V ' Joseph e. hodgson woodrow w. hiller Paqe one hundred fifty-three mens gl ee c lub the university men ' s glee club, un- der director frank cuthbert experienc- ed a most active season, concerts giv- en in Clarksburg, fairmont, morgan- town, and Charleston, the group ap- peared also before a joint session of the state house and senate, the glee club presented a musical-dramatic travesty in morgantown in connection with greater west Virginia week. it also broadcasted from station kdka in Pittsburgh. frank cuthbert director quartet fast steber sydenstricker kindt Page one hundred fifty-four 4th row standing: sabalo. raymond, barbara, george; Jones, gambrill; burdett, robert, fike, milton; haller, karl ; mason, John; baker, charles; riley, Jacob I.; griffith, frank; craze, james; bane, david; shinnamon, charles; rodgers, haz- lett; corson, louis; waiter clyde; cruikshank, Hamilton; jarvis, shiras. 3rd. row standing: frere, emile; warlop, william; cappellanti, lawrence; reed, homer; cla ' setti, benny; megale. al- bert; baber, powhatan; morton, harry; bess, thomas; quigley, harold; mcqueen, henry; forman, wads; lee, robert; haden, Samuel; marshall, jack; post, george; gilmore, william; Johnson, robert; director frank cuthbert. 2nd. row sitting: decoster, alphonse; littman, leo; coch ran, robert; vickers, lawrence; zulick, michael ; marlow, will- iam ; cavallaro, lucius; fleming, harold ; summerfield, mary e. ; ware, latane; dorsey, dana ; hess, fred; Stewart, william; Hamilton, robert; bertschy, alien; mcgregor bernard, assistant director. 1st. row sitting: parsons, richard; sutton, lyle; parsons, robert; gaal, frank; derosa, ugo; arkwright, edwin; steber, william; fast, dwight; sydenstricker, william; kindt, charles; curry, John; rowles, John paul ; duffy, edwin; krupey, nick; taylor, charles. Page one hundred fifty-five women s gl ee c lub o ' Ip:; s£ Page one hundred fifty-six • the university women ' s glee club was or- ganized in 1928 under the direction of miss lydia i. hinkel . . . since that time the group has added greatly to musical contribution on the campus . . . yodeling and warbling over radio stations . . . and presenting excellent concerts on the campus. first soprano bailey, sara e. berry. Josephine camp, rosalie cappellanti, minnie carpenter, rebecca carter, sarah cikovic, matilda davis, roxine dickens, anita douthat, evelyn ferguson, marie Hatfield, bonnie Johnson, mary louise Jones, trances Jones, gladys kelley, margaret kemper, rachel la torte, stella lorant, ruth lough, beatrice mac queen, mary mattingly, pauline absher, dawn dark, roberta comley, dorothy curry, phyllis davis, Virginia de biase, victoria dyer, ruby eious, Julia ellison, Julia gould, jane harner, eleanor hoult, eleanor hume, elizabeth Johnson, helma second soprano lewis, florence littman. mary c. grainger, jane lyons, marie maxwell, jean myers, jewel! sims, margaret sommer, katherine taylor, eleanor tucker, dorothy thomas, alma Williams, Jessie Williams, kathryn Williams, martha miller, alma miller, evelene murdock, evelyn nutter, carmen pavlech, helen spaur, mary stahl, marjoretta summerfield, mary e. vannoy, mary e. montagliani, trances rose, helen scott, mary shuttleworth, evelyn Stewart, nonda maurin, madeline morris, muriel nach, maxine nixon, ruth parsons, alice pietrowski, stella poole, mary rich, victoria shepherd, Jeanne smoyer, barbara staab, lydia steber, lucille Steele, christine sutton, georgia Swisher, mable tyler, ruth vandevort, lucy waiter, martha watson, Henrietta hall, helen wilkerson. Virginia white, beverly white, eleanor c. zangara, melba alto cassady, maryjane chaplin, m. Josephine davies, helen engle, eline brown, Virginia lanegger, eleanor lee, betty iopinsky, frances liston, lucille watson, barbara .h ome economics c ub • in order to stimulate interest in the various divisions of the college of agri- culture for women the home economics club was organized some years ago to develop leadership and cooperation within the groups, speakers of different phases have been obtained for the meetings which are held once each month either at moore or oglebay halls, these speakers give the members a direct application of their major subjects with the advantages and disadvantages of each. • any student majoring in home economics is eligible for membership in the club and each year before the official opening of the organization, the officers plan and conduct a membership campaign with a representative from each of the four classes to assist, the representative who obtains the greatest number of members receives a gift at the first meeting, which is always a party in honor of freshman students, the cabinet of the club is the hostess for this meeting while the following meetings are conducted by the various members. • the largest project each year is the serving and entertaining of guests dur- ing farm and home week. the yearly program also includes a charity meet- ing at which time sewing for the red cross is done. Page one himdred fifty-eight officers ruth stockdale president louise berry vice-president barbara mc lain rec. secretary mary elizabeth berry corr. secretary willa jane wolfe _ treasurer philena grace dyer historian phi upsilon omicron I • phi upsilon omicron is a national professional home economics fraternity ... it was founded at the college of agriculture, university of minnesota, on february 10, 1909 ... the local chapter, lambda, was established in 1923 the local chapter has two national honorary members: miss rachael h. colwell and miss nell nesbit . . . and two national officers: miss nell leonian and miss ruth d. noer . . . the purpose of the organization is to strengthen bonds of friendship, to promote the moral and intellectual development of its members, and to advance and promote home economics. . . . first row: willa jane wolfe; barbara mc lane; louise berry; ruth stockdale; philena dyer; mary elizabeth berry; mable swisher; evelene miller. second row: martha thomas; Stella la torte; louise givens; martha waiter; ruth Jackson; lavonia hilbert; anna cheesman; elizabeth house; hortense hogue. third row: lillian riggs; marie walton; ruby marie schinn; mary core; ruth bush; jean weekley; coradel hamilton. fourth row: gladys raber; viola taylor; phyllis curry; werneth wilson; evelene hall; mable spray. Page one hundred fifty-nint: i - toon - awa B. .m.k. JHHI sophomore women ' s honorary • founded at west Virginia university in 1 927, li-toon-awa is the outstanding soph- omore organization, the aim is to be help- ful and to serve as a group on the campus, the members attempt to assist freshmen women adapt themselves to the university life. • candidates for membership in li-toon- awa are judged on qualities of character, personality, scholarship, extra-curricular activities, and leadership ability. • the name li-toon-awa in Indian lan- guage means friendship , members are pledged at the annual link day ceremony held on the circle in may. initiation oc- curs at a later date. members mary noyes mc gregor clara louise trissler Virginia boley cora ann miller nedra jane myers floss highland anna fromme ellen ann white aldene morris oliva kendrick betsy schuchat officers cora ann miller president Virginia boley vice-president nedra myers secretary ellen ann white treasurer oliva kendrick reporter Page one hundred sixty hododendron billie dotson betty lee bord m ear «a ruth bush ■ elaine bu rdett 1 i Connie linton 7 p« harriett helwig dorothy tucker grace hill tt i • ■ A martha m. waiter zelda stein fiorence sloan junior women ' s honorary organization • object: to give recognition to women students ot the junior class who have given promise of excellency in scholarship, character, leadership, activities; to give junior women an opportunity to work together for service to west Virginia university; and toward the future developing of their talents. officers billie dotson president connie linton vice-president fiorence sloan secretary elaine bu rdett _ treasurer grace hill keeper of cauldron members elaine burdett ruth bush betty lee bord harriett helwig dorothy tucker June metz grace hill billie dotson connie linton fiorence sloan Winifred Judy american institute of electrical engineers first: beddow; pasculle; cales; dr. forman; Henderson; prof. Jones; prof, seibert; prof, hall; sperow. second: fisher; henderson; graham; ashcraft; furfari; steber; harris; mc comas. third: munsey; moate; moyer; dickerson; menear; pierce; newman; lively; vest. fourth: pedgonay; ballentine; umbarger; lombard; arler; riggle; harwood; rosier; lively, absent. • the object of this organization, composed of junior and senior electrical engineering students, is to enable students to present technical papers before an audience, each student being required to present, during the entire year, four speeches of a technical nature. • the group is a student branch of the american institute of electrical engi- neers of which the students may become members after they have obtained their bachelor of science degree. officers w. w. henderson president a. h. graham vice-president g. p. vest secretary w. r. harris treasurer m. g. munsey publicity dr. a. h. forman... advisor Page one hundred sixty-iwo tau beta pi , • tau beta pi was founded at lehigh university in 1 855. it is the oldest of the honorary engineering societies, the purpose of the organization is: to mark in a fitting manner those who have conferred honor upon their alma mater by distinguished scholarship as under-graduates or by their attainments as alumni. • west Virginia alpha chapter of tau beta pi was installed in 1 922 through the petition of the local theta psi. • tau beta pi is the only honorary engineering society at west Virginia univer- sity to whose membership all male engineering students are eligible. officers Stanley lawton president harris . vice-president henderson recording secretary sperow secretary diamond catal ballentine treasurer r. p. davis c. r. Jones a. h. forman g. p. boomsliter s. p. burke members in faculty c. h. cather w. a. koehler I. I. amidon w. w. hodge h. w. spieder a. w. friend c. b. siebert m. c. holmes first row: amidan; koehler; Jones; hodge. second row: diamond; bright; henderson; tablor; seibert. third row: townsend; ullum; ralston; sperow. fourth row: harris; lawton; speiden; ballentine. Paffe one hundred sixty-three Sigma gamma epsilon first row: t. carmarella; d. rouse; prof. w. staab; r. mccue; I. lo fiego. second row:j. ballentine; j. mcfarland; r. gressary; c. ballentine. third row: h. pratt; j. alien; s. galpin; d. bennett. fourth row: s. vines; e. eckert. • sigma gamma epsilon is a national honorary geology, mining, metallurgy, ceramics, and petroleum engineering fraternity, it was founded at the univer- sity of kansas, march 30, 1915, and has for its object, the social, scholastic, and scientific advancement of its members. • epsilon chapter was installed on the west Virginia university campus may 27, 1 927, and has progressed in every respect to date. officers robert mc cue president ed eckert vice-president harold pratt secretary-treasurer c. ballentine editor Page one hundred sixty-four delta nu tau first row: r. tyler; w. moran; v. bailey; n. grace. second row: w. mitchell; h. klebe; c. cox; h. fleming. third row: w. carter; I. corson; I. miller. fourth row: f. pietranton; a. cappellari. • delta nu tau is an honorary pre-legal fraternity founded at west Virginia university in 1932. ... its purpose is to bring the members of the pre-legal curriculum into closer contact with the law school proper. ... to become eligible for membership, a candidate must have a b average scholastically for at least two semesters of pre-law study. Page one hundred sixty-five alpha epsilon delta first row: s. jarvis; j. mervis; j. trenton; j. Jenkins. second row: e. clubb; g. nicholson; r. bradley; w. nunnally; e. wershbole. third row: e. schafer; r. Jones; e. heiskell; g. clarke; f. concilus. fourth row: a. antalis; I. veach; w. leslie; w. marlow. • the date of conception of alpha epsilon delta was april 28, 1925; when, according to an old historian ' s book, fifteen leading pre-medical students, under the leadership of dr. jack p. montgomery, met in tourney hall at the university of alabama, to discuss the writing of a constitution. • since 1926, chapters have been installed at howard college, birmingham, alabama; university of south Carolina; university of texas; baylor university; university of florida; university of georgia; west Virgini a university and ala- bama polytechnical institute. • as a result of much work on the part of a few students and of the zealous efforts of dr. a. I. darby, epsilon alpha chapter of alpha epsilon delta was estab- lished at west Virginia university, may 30, 1 93 1 . • the fraternity attempts to incorporate the motives and ideals of the pre- medical students and to anticipate in a degree the nature of medical activities, it provides a goal toward which pre-medical students may work and it serves as recognition for work well done. Page one hiuidred sixty-six italian club first row: nick geeza; edna falbo; charles allard; pietro; dr. a. I. darby; victoria de biase. second row: william sydenstricker; margaret simms; alice valatto; lena ferrara; sara smith; mary rich; melba zangaro; bernard sum- mers. third row: charles kindt; benny classetti; tony borrelli; lucius cav- allaro; george barbera; John cavalier; secondo dalporto; paul piticolo. fourth row: william mary; david bane; elmore ciubb; ben ru- brecht; charles taylor; robert kuzner; elmer martin; jim milano. officers charles allard president dr. a. I. darby honorary president victoria rich secretary-treasurer Pacje one hundred sixty-seven mi alpha zeta first row: John curry; fay wilson; j. b. smith; eldon leonard; lester miller. second row: william conkle; william carpenter; j. g. hall; moffett williams. third row: clyde snyder; ford milom; charles ross; william Jones. • alpha zeta fraternity was founded at ohio state university in 1897. it is the oldest and best known agriculture honorary fraternity in the country, west Virginia chapter was chartered in 1922, and since that time has been the only honorary fraternity in agriculture on the campus, there are now forty-two chapters located at forty-two land grant colleges in the united states. • alpha zeta has as its purpose, the development of the farm and the farm home, particularly in the state where a chapter is located, through an organ- ization controlled by agricultural students, it is advised by an agricultural faculty, and stimulated by the bonds of fraternity around a membership chosen after an earnest agricultural motive and an executive ability have been dem- onstrated. • in considering any candidate for membership, consideration is given to scholarship, leadership, and character. officers j. b. smith - - chancellor robert g. snyder censor John curry scribe eldon leonard treasurer fay wilson chronicalier Page one hundfed sixty-eight chi sigma delta first row: dr. a. j. dadisman; robert cole; franklin carpenter; wilber thompson; John solkolosky; paul termant; e. keller. second row: anthony george; grady alien; John runner; benjan glasscock; John sutton; lewis nightengale. third row: scott camp; leroy kauffman; benjamin rubrecht; betram lando; James mc kinley. fourth row: wendell jackley; edgar jaynes; John bowcock; Clifford taylor; paul gray. • chi sigma delta was founded at west Virginia six years ago. the purpose of the organization was to promote the general interest and scholastic enthu- siasm in the study of economics. • this past year, the society was reorganized to be a strictly honorary frater- nity for students who have maintained scholastic leadership in economics, to further this leadership, chi sigma delta gives an award each year to the most outstanding junior, scholastically, in the economics department. officers wendell jackley president wilber thompson vice-president anthony george treasurer le roy kauffman secretary dr. a. i. dadisman advisor Paae one hundred sixty-nine women s athletic association evans Henderson pennington Hendricks o ' neale tillus HougH cox willitts stemple donnelly officers jane evans president margaret stemple vice-president fritzi donnelly secretary marjorie tillus treasurer June metz intramural manager Page one hundred seventy advertisements In The METROPOLITAN THEATRE TRADITION- GREAT NAMES- GREAT SHOWS! 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