Alma College - Scotsman Yearbook (Alma, MI)

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Back Row: left fo right: Jean Merrill, Virginia Feighner, and Vera Baney. Second Row: Marjorie Hines, Virginia Reiberg, Doris Koppin, and Elizabeth Mayville. Front Row: Marian Spalsbury, Veda Crewe, Gloria Albinana, Lois Hawkins, and Dona Peterson Election time for Pi Sigma Nu members comes once a semester. For the first half of the present school year, the president's duties were capably handled by Lois Hawkins. Doris Koppin was elected vice-president. Financial affairs were under the supervision of Treasurer Veda Crewe, and the meetings were recorded by Secretary Dona Peterson. Virginia Reiberg was the Almanian reporter, while Virginia Feighner acted as critic. Dona Peterson ably filled the president's office for the second semester, while Virginia Feighner acted as vice-president. Elected as secretary and treasurer were Doris Koppin and Lois Hawkins, respectively. Critic Betsy Mayville and Almanian Reporter Veda Crewe completed the list of officers for the last semester. 91

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PHI SIGMA NU Pi Sigma Nu, Alma College's infant sorority, is in its fourth year of existence. Former Dean Florence Steward instigated its organization in the spring of 1939 with the cooperation of a committee appointed for that purpose. The patronesses of the society are Mrs. Henry Howe, Mrs. Paul Rice, and Mrs. Lyder Unstad. The Pi Sigma Nu girls are proud of their scholastic record, and with good reason. The coveted scholarship cup, given each semester to the sorority which has maintained the highest average as a group for the previous semester, has rested in their hands for all but the first semester since the sorority's foundation. As a group they rate second only to Phi Sigma Pi, the campus honor society. To produce girls who will be well developed not only intellectually, but will also be interested in athletics, social functions, and the general campus activities is the aim of Pi Sigma Nu. This well-balanced development is expressed by the Greek letters of the sorority's name. After starting the social season with a tea and later a successful Homecoming banquet, the society decided to arrange some entertainment equally enjoyable, but less formal. A picnic at Turck's Park followed. The Pi Sigs sponsored the Saginaw Eastern High School A Cappella Choir for their Thursday chapel program. Last November, the Pi Sigma Nu girl-bid dance, open to all girls of the college, was the outstanding social event of the month. Striking little Scotchmen made up the programs and formed the decorations. George Washington and his hatchet was the theme upon which their rushing party for freshman women was based. Tiny hatchets were the invitations. At their many spreads, the sorority members have proven to be equally gracious hostesses. Gloria Albinana was inducted into Pi Sigma Nu as an honorary member. She has been attending Alma College for the last year on a scholarship from the New York Institution of International Education. This girl from Mexico has carved for herself a place on the Alma campus. At home she studied for and obtained her lawyer's degree. At the end of her year of study here she was awarded a bachelor's degree by the college. Pi Sigma Nu had real reason to be proud of her, for although she did all her studying in a foreign language, she maintained better than a 2.5 average. Marjorie Hines and Marion Spalsbury were other new members welcomed into the sorority. Their initiation was climaxed by a formal banquet in the spring. The mem- bers of the sorority had their choice of attending the formal dinner-dance of one of the other three sororities if they desired. 90

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ZETH SIGMA With the close of school in May, Zeta Sigma, the oldest fraternity on the campus, completed its fifty-fourth year. The men of the fraternity started this highly successful year by redecorating their house. The walls and woodwork were painted throughout the house, new linoleum was laid, Venetian blinds were hung, a new pool table was purchased, and the base- ment ceiling, walls, and floor were painted. This gave the house a more favorable atmosphere for work, study, and play. On Sunday, October 12, Zeta Sigma initiated the campus social whirl by acting as hosts to the class of 1945. On October 18, the weekend of Homecoming, Zeta Sigma again took honors by receiving first and second prizes in house and float decorations. November 7, the eve of the Alma-Albion championship football game, the fraternity staged their very successful Premiere open house, inviting the entire campus to an evening of entertainment and informal fun. A week later, Zeta Sigma again opened its doors, this time to the freshmen men of the campus for their annual smoker. The setting for the fraternity's spring formal, held on March 27, was the Midland Country Club. Co-chairmen for this affair were Bert Katzenmeyer and Warren Heit- man. The fraternity was also active in all phases of school life. Various members participated on the football, basketball, track, and golf teams. Various members were active in the Drama Club, and others held positions on the Almanian 'and Scots- man staffs. The waiters' force and campus workers were also well represented with Zeta Sigma men. With the trend of world events constantly developing into a national crisis during the past two years, more and more members of Zeta Sigma have been enlisting for service to their country in the United States army, navy, and marine corps. Heading the list is Colonel Frank Knox, present Secretary of the Navy. In the army air corps are twenty-five others, while the navy air corps has claimed ten of the men. Six have enlisted in the marine corps, while some twenty are serving in the regular army. Richard Ginther, class of 1940, has shown his exceptional ability as an army aviator by already claiming an Axis submarine, while his brother William, also of the class of 40 , is doing his part by driving a tank. Edwin Riggs, of the class of 42 , is an instructor in an army air corps school in Texas. Robert White, class of 44 , has enlisted his services in the United States Naval School of Music at Washington, D. C. 92