West Virginia Wesleyan College - Murmurmontis Yearbook (Buckhannon, WV)

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I Witness Some Special Events In nam (anipiis acli iti(s, . i ncs Howard Hall had a part. There were serenades ior instance. A boy and his girl were pinned: the whole lralcrnil sang to her and all the girls got to hear the niiisir. It was an ottasion for the tou- ple, and a social specialty lor evervone. There ' s no place like home the saying goes, . gnes Howard Hall presented the closest resemblance: no small reason for having the Christ- mas festivities there. The big drawing rf)om seemed cheer- ful and homey, and the tree- lighting ceremony was a mem- orable occasion. ll took a long time to dis- (o er Wesleyan as it is. . gnes Howard Hall holds a warm spot in my memory. I.ife at Weslevan seems to commence there. There it also finds its end. The seniors line up be- fore its front porch and par- ade across the campus to grailiiaie. T«i--

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I See A Bob Kitten Li ' e Out Her Dav With privileges giamed royalty, I was escorted around the campus. Mv ciiriositv was aroused. The bell rang. We hurried to the Science hall, . nother 1x11, another hotir. How coidd a hiunan mind remember every- thing? I was spellbound. . t noon mv guide and I joined the crowd heading lor Agnes Howard Hall. Chime-like hells called the girls to the drawing room. I was introduced: Mr. Robert de Cat. .- pplause. Girls to the left. Ciirls to the right. II 1 weren ' t so nervous, it could be fun. Linich compkliil, we start- ed off again. Miss Kitten was a senior, a chemistry major. That meant lab all alternoon. 1 decided to browse around (ampus nnsell. Nights are as busy as days on the campus. .Studies, meet- ings, rehearsals. We made the rounds until nine o ' clock. Deadline by regulations for some students: ctntew by study habits tor Bobbie K. Miss Kitten ' s boy friend ;uul I returned to the Men ' s Resi- lience Hall. .Several hours and a grand bidl-session later I flicked the light. The end of a typical dav.

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Barbara Barron. Helen Cliidesler. Dottie Moser. Ike lav Cral)l) Liin l eMim Barl) West. • ' Three Sororities Make Panhcllenic One nioiiiins ti ' is Wilson calktl nic into lici ollice and told nw aboiii Panhcllenic C;ouncil. which is composed of girls from each of Wcsleyan ' s three sororities. Bee Jay Crabh is president: Barb West, x ice president: and Helen Chidester, secretary-treasurer. Other members arc Barbara Barron, Dottie . Ioser, and Lucy Peyton. The Coinicils main pinposc is to allow the three sororities to work together as one group instead of three. They determine the type of rushing Ijest-suited to the sororities, and de- termine rushing rules. .Any violations of these rides are disiusscd before the Coundl. Panhellenii has a ban(|iiet each lall and workshop in which problems common to the three groups are discussed. .Also sponsored b the Council this year was a Panhcllenic break- fast in . gnes Howard Hall. The purposes of tlu- West X ' ir iuia eslc an College Panhellcnic Council are: To maintain on a high plane fraternity life and interfra- ternity relations within the college. lo fintlicr line iniellcctual accomplishnienis :ukI sound scholarship. To cooperate with ihc lollegc administration in the nKiiMtcn:uue of high social standards. To be a lorinu lor the dis- cussion of cjuestions of interest to the college and fraterniiv world. To compile rules gov- erning rushing, pledging, and initiation on the campus. The Panhcllenic Creed, as followed by the sorority women of Wesleyan, is as follows: We, the fraternitv undcrgiaduale members, stand lor good scholarship, for giiaiding ol good health, for whole-hearted cooperation with our college ' s ideals for stmlent lile, lor the maintenance of line social standards, and for the serving, to the best of our ability, of our college community. Good college citizenship as a |)reparation for good citizenship in the laiger world of alumnae days is the ideal that shall guide oiu ' chapter activities. 20