Alma College - Scotsman Yearbook (Alma, MI)

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Top Row: left to right: Marian Metcalf, Ann Carter, LaVon Keenan, Ruth Reed, and Elizabeth Miller. Second Row: Florence McDonald, Ruth Kolvoord, Betty McCulloch, Carolyn Sanford, Emma Richter, and Catherine Wilkie. Bottom Row: Betty Pecsenye, Marjorie Kuehn, Eileen Carrier, Irma Niedersmith, ond Ann Fullerton. For the fall semester the Philomatheans elected Ruth Kolvoord to act as president and Anna Jean Sommerville as vice-president. Kay Wilkie became recording secretary, and Ann Carter took care of the correspondence. The sorority funds were under the control of Treasurer Irma Niedersmith. The second semester Eileen Carrier moved into the presidential position, with lrma Niedersmith taking over the vice-president's duties. Secretary Mariorie Kuehn had charge of the records, and Marian Metcalf and Mary Jane Slyfield tilled the offices of corresponding secretary and treasurer, respectively. 87

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PHILOMATHEAN Philomathean Society was officially organized on November TO, 1909. Not till twenty years later, however, did this literary society assume its present status as a campus sorority. This year Philos again were active in campus life, both as a group and individually. During the first semester of the school year the Philos established the fact that they are patriotically inclined. Ruth Kolvoord, who was president of the organization at that time, made the necessary arrangements and acquired the names of a group of soldiers stationed at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri. Each girl in the society was assigned one soldier to whom it became her responsibility to write. A thriving corres- pondence between Alma and the Fort was developed. ln Alma's Methodist Church the Philos held their annual Homecoming banquet. We've got 'em hooked was the slogan upon which their float for the Homecoming parade was based, with Alma football players supposedly hooking Adrian suckers . The implication was that the Homecoming football game was in the bag. An early winter social success was the sororityis girl-bid dance, Rendezvous in Rhythm , held on December 5. Fritz Carrier and his orchestra provided the swell music for dancing in the chapel recreation room and the decorations further carried out the rhythmic theme of this party. Under the stars, the milky way, the big dipper, and other heavenly hosts transferred to the ceiling of Wright Hall's recreation room, the Philomathean rushing party was held. Next on the calendar came a tea for the patronesses and freshmen girls. After their formal initiation banquet, a bridge party was sponsored by the patronesses, who are: Mrs. Don M. Howell, Miss Margaret Foley, Mrs. C. Carney Smith, Mrs. William Season, Mrs. Leontine Netszorg, Miss Katherine Ardis, Mrs. Ben Lobdell, Mrs. Albert Anthony, Mrs. Don Sullivan, and Mrs. Spencer Miller. The sorority concluded the social season with a dinner-dance at the Midland Country Club on May 23. The Philomathean chapel program showed both originality and wit. The girls imper- sonated outstanding faculty members to the amusement of the students and professors themselves. Betty McCulloch and Betty Pecsenye shone in the roles of Miss Foley and Miss Steward, respectively. Dr. Brokenshire's double was Kay Wilkie, and Irma Nieder- smith's interpretation of Dean Gillard was superb. Characterizations of Prof. Johnson and Miss Smith fell to Liz Miller. Her performances were excellent as were the por- trayals of other eminent Almanians. 86

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KHPPH IOTEI Kappa lota became of age this year, celebrating its twenty-first year on the Alma College campus. Dean Elizabeth Roberts founded this society, the second youngest sorority, in 1921. The members strive to promote interest in literature, inspire higher ideals, and further the social activities of the college. The Kappa Iota social calendar for the year was a full one. Last fall the society held its annual informal closed party in the chapel recreation room. For this occasion im- pressive curtains of purple Spangled with gold K.l. emblems. For the Homecoming Parade, the sorority float was a clever portrayal of the slogan H99 and 44f10O percent pure . In the evening of Homecoming Day, a banquet was held, with many former members of the society returning for the event. Later in the year, a tea was held in honor of the patronesses. The patronesses, in return, gave a Coke Dance for the members of the chapel recreation room. The Saddle Shoe Shuffle, an all-college, girl-bid dance sponsored by the sorority, was an outstanding social success. Song of the Islands would have been an appropriate theme song for the society's rushing party for freshmen, which was an authentic tropical affair, complete even to bare feet and grass skirts. Other social highlights of the year were the formal initiation banquet and the annual formal dinner-dance at the Midland Country Club on May 16. The group presented a riotous burlesque of Little Red Riding Hood for their Thursday chapel program. The cast included Marjorie Croft as the cigar-smoking, gum-chewing grandmother, Lenore Meyer, as the big bad wolf, Rama Kirkwood as sweet, innocent, little Red, and Dorothy Champ as the lisping hero. All of the members contributed to the success of the affair, but much of the credit was due to the fine supervision of Lois Fowler. The entire sorority, under Phyllis Dunnette's guidance, made Bundles for Britain in a scheduled sewing class every Friday afternoon. Those who could, knitted sweaters and caps for children, while the others made flannel night gowns. The project was completed in time for Christmas. Kappa Iota is grateful for the interest its patronesses have shown in it. The patronesses are: Mrs. Jess W. Ewer, Mrs. Gordon MacDonald, Mrs. Edward Lobdell and Mrs. C. F. DuBois. Three honorary members, Mrs. Herbert Wiltsee, Mrs. H. Woodley, and Mrs. H. McClure, were welcomed into the sorority this spring at its annual formal banquet. 88