Arthur Jordan Conservatory of Music - Opus Yearbook (Indianapolis, IN)

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Peggy ' s room-mate of last semester was Billie Brown. Billie has left us to be with her husband down in the deep south. We also miss Jeanne Havens who was in the dorm until February. We don ' t blame you for preferring your sister to us — as long as we get to see you often. Poor Marilyn Fisher. If it ' s not one thing, it ' s a million others. She had not come back from mid-semester vacation more than a week before she was taken to the hospital for an appendectomy. We hear she ' s getting along nicely. Another one to leave us is Betty Roberts or Queenie . She stayed out this semester in order to help her grandmother, but hopes to be back on a full schedule next year. The new-comers to the dorm are Billie Cole, Edith Mae Brizius, Jane Jeffries and Elsie Ruth Young. Orchids to Mrs. Woody. She certainly makes a super house-mother.

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DELAWARE DORMITORY Poor old Benjie has been gone some years now, but as long as there are plenty of girls in his house I imagine his spirit will always enjoy coming back to visit the old homestead. Again this year he made his annual ghost walk which can be verified by any freshman — particularly Dorothy Sorg. Poor Dorothy — that incident has certainly left its mark on her. Anyone who knows Dorothy will agree that of her many striking features, perhaps the most outstanding is her feet. You see, they are not just ordinary feet. They ' re more like small boats. While she was working in the library the first semester, we heard that she was caught with her feet on the desk — shoes off! Don ' t worry, Dorothy, it pays to have a firm foundation. Wee Doris Miller, a senior this year, has many responsibilities thrown upon her. As head usher she is usually scrambling around hunting for ushers. Work like hers should make her frail. Another senior, Betty Lou, is one of the glamour gals of the campus. She receives the largest percent of all the telephone calls. Oh, yes, some people have all the luck. We are anxiously waiting to see which will win out in the end — the Army, Navy or Air Corps. If you haven ' t noticed a mournful far-away look in Carolyn Burd ' s eyes — notice now. There is a good reason too. She has acquired a lovely diamond and plans to be married in June. There has been quite some change made in the dormitory since the beginning of the second semester. With the arrival of new students the rooms became more crowded so a double decker bed was placed in one of the smaller rooms. Mrs. Woody and Alice Jean both were wondering, Will she fall out of bed tonight? Muriel Oeth makes a very efficient substitute for Mrs. Woody. Peck ' s Bad Boy is Martha. We know you mean well with all your little tricks, so we are not mad at you. If you have ever seen her in a skirt, you will agree that she can look feminine. She seems to prefer slacks and blue-jeans. Muriel ' s good friend and room-mate (also the Pollyanna of the dorm) is Dot Steinert. She always has a smile for everyone. Someone a great deal like Steinert is Rowena Lackey. We have all depended on her soothing back rubbings to help us go to sleep. As tired as she might be, she never says no. Judging from the array of pictures on her dresser, it seems she prefers the Air Corps to the other branches of the service. One of the most faithful listeners of the symphony is Peg Warner. She can almost always be found on Sunday afternoon in the basement of the dorm listen- ing to the New York Philharmonic. She has quite a collection of records, too.

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PENNSYLVANIA DORMITORY This year there are thirteen gals who Uve at 1213 N. Pennsylvania. If you aren ' t superstitious, just ask Mrs. Page, housemother whether thirteen isn ' t an unlucky number or not. The first ones to gossip about are the frosh. First, we meet Florine, one of the swellest gals ever to enter our dorm, who is always worrying and belittling herself for no justifiable reason whatever. With her talent, ability and good disposition, she never need worry about getting ahead in this world. Incidentally, she gets practically all the mail around here. Willie is our little problem child. Problem number one is getting her out of bed in the morning, and problem number two is getting her into bed at night. She doodles all the time, too. But the worst problem of all is that she has periodical controversies with the man in her life. In Harold ' s case, love and career don ' t mix. Really, though, Willie is a good kid, affords us all a laugh when we need it, and makes darn swell cocoa. Bert keeps us all in a dither as to what Purdue man will show up next — every week a different one. But confidentially, her heart is out to sea with a cer- tain little (?) sailor from ye old home town. That takes us to Helen, whose heart belongs to a daddy in the Air Corps. Her vocal chords gave out with a nice war whoop the day she heard that Griff was just next door in Illinois. Helen is the one who faithfully composes at least one letter per day to her big wonderful air cadet. And the smallest of all our freshmen girls is Connie, who is hoarding a pre- cious pair of nylons. How we envy her of that possession! I have a feeling that those stockings are being saved for a special purpose — namely Merrill of Uncle Sam ' s army. We must all look our best for the servicemen, you know. Janice is our art student. She keeps us supplied with pin-up girls — and boys — from John Herron. We especially liked Agnes. Jody, as we all know, is the girl with the handsome Midshipman at I. U. Medical School. We all envy her plenty for having her man so close and handy. They really make a dandy couple. Chick, at present, has more important things to occupy her mind than men. Those big brown eyes of hers really have plenty of that old spark though. Frances is sporting a very beautiful diamond this year. At the present, her Cecil is at San Diego, California. That makes their romance a long distance affair, but with the use of pen, ink and air mail stamps, it is continued with a large degree of success. Mary Jane is the little gal who keeps the other little gals in the front room in line. What with Mary V. embracing an 8 x 10 photograph and Susie eagerly hugging a much read letter, there is a definite need for someone who can keep a cool head under such circumstances. Sometime soon, however, some disturbing influence will no doubt enter her life, causing her to be just as utterly insane as all people in love. Now for a few more details about the affairs of our front room girls. Colleen has not encountered her ideal as yet, but there are several factors which are perplexing. Her sales resistance is quite high, thereby making a certain salesman in England have a pretty hard time.