Alma College - Scotsman Yearbook (Alma, MI)

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Pl-ll SIGMA PI Top row, leTT To righT: William Presser, Douglas Claclc, AleTha l-lapner, Alice BunTing, Jack Sanders, RoberT Thorn. BoTTom row: Grace MaThews, KaThyrne Lake, Jane Wright Irene FolkerTh, Julia Schaafsma. Alma Colleges honorary scholasTic socieTY, Phi Sigma Pi, is one oT The smallesT and seleclr groups aT Alma. EnTrance requiremenTs are Tixed on a sliding scale, The lowesT being a grade OT under 2.35. The membership in This organizaTion can never be more Than one-eighTh oT The graduaTing Class. Phi Sigma Pi's man purpose is To promoTe and encourage scholarship, and iT has buf a comparahvely recenT Tounding, being sTarTed in l928. Ted l-leTh is The c:urrenT presidenT, and TaculTY members in- clude R. W. Clack, W. E. KauTmann, R. C. DiTTo, and C.bE. Brolcenshire. 55

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PHI PHI ALPHA FPATEPIXIITY Top row, leTT To righT: S. CaTer, R. Bowen, L. Phillips, H. Dean, J. Sanders, C. Elder, H. Nunn, F. Church, B. WrighT, W. SmiTh, A. Macfiarvah, F. Rademacher. FiT'rh row: F. BoaT, R. Trull, W. GelsTon. K. HaThaway, W. HasTings, A. Smi+h, P. Cicinelli, W. CuTler, R. Devaney, R. Adams, W. BarsTow, R. BurTraw, R. Walker. . FourTh row: H. Teak, W. Presser, H. LinTs, W. ForresTer, R. Rademacher, C. Lea, C. Harvie, A. SchmidT, B. JohnsTon, M. Webb, R. Spencer, C. Skinner. Third row: B. Wilson, C. CarTer, E. BouTin, S. Warnaar, A. Lindley, A. Lindley, K. Brown, R. Thorn, D. SmiTh, D. Garrison, G. Purdy, H. PeTers, J. McDonald, C. HumisTon. Second row: S. Cicinelli, H. Barber, M. Adams, G. Olson, W. Wrege, R. Hanzel, H. Garrison, G. BarneTT, F. Graham, W. Frier, G. Lappin, L. Friederick. BoTTom row: W. LinTs, T. Purdy, F. Hill, D. SmiTh, H. Clarlf, C. WahlsTen, R. DeNoyelles, R. Munger, E. Nixon, R. Wilson, W. Webb, E. Ziem. 11 - Lives oT greaT men all remind us We can make our lives sublime, And deparTing leave behind us, FOOT prinTs in sands of Time. -Henry WadsworTh LongTellow. We, aT Phi Phi Alpha recognize The True value OT The greaT poeT's sTaTemenT, and as a resulT have seT Tor ourselves cerTain loTTy ideals, The recogniTion and accepTabiliTy OT which have been endorsed and are being carried ouT by eighT-Tour members OT The presenT sTudenT body. We aT The Phi House are primarily aTTecTionaTe broThers of learning, each sTudenT being urged To Tollow The Teachings oT The class room, wiTh The upper-classmen, who have been Trained in our ideals, acTing as examples. Phi Tellowship does noT end here, Tor While our TraTerniTy is one of The leaders on The campus wiTh her dances, sTag-banqueTs, open houses, she has as well, ThaT in- Tangible someThing ThaT sTamps a TraTerniTy. When Phi men go TorTh inTo The world To become leaders or Tollowers, Phi Phi Alpha can well be proud, Tor in reTurn Tor The aTTecTion They have given her, she has besTowed upon Them The abiliTy To geT along wiTh Their Tellow man. 54-

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STUDENT CQUNCII ci l Top row, leTT To righT: Cassius Lea, Thomas Toler, Howard Clarlc, ProTessor Roy W. l-lamilTon, RoberT Trull, Douglas Garrison, Edward BouTin. BoTTom row: Charles Slcinner, Gene Lewis, Virginia Church, ArThur SmiTh,,lrene FollcerTh, l-lesTer Moon, Tom Purdy. L11- So Tar as sTudenT acTiviTies are concerned, Alma College is governed by a repre- senTaTive board known as The STudenT Council. ln an eTTorT To promoTe a closer re- laTionship beTween The sTudenT body and The AdminisTraTion, The Council Was Tound- ed in The Tall oT l9l9. Since ThaT Time iT has assumed The responsibiliTies oT providing all-school enTerTainmenT Tor The sTudenT, supervising Treshman discipline, and regu- laTing The sTandards abouT which The social liTe oT The school revolves. ln all oT These poinTs The Council has adminisTered conservaTively buT prudenTly. WiThin The lasT Two years The Council uTTerly abandoned The duTy oT supervising The campus year- lings. Funds are provided Tor The Council by The STudenT AcTiviTy Fee. The STuclenT Council is composed oT TiTTeen members. Class presidenTs are auTo- maTically elecTed To The council, and These Tour execuTives are aided by Tour repre- senTaTives Trom The Senior Class, Three Trom The Junior Class, Two Trom The Sopho- more Class, and one Trom The Freshman Class, OEETCERS EOR Tl-TE YEAR T937-I938 PresidenT --------------- ArThur SmiTh Vice PresidenT - - Irene EollcerTh SecreTary - - - - Virginia Church Treasurer - - Wilson DunneTTe