Bethany College - Bethanian Yearbook (Bethany, WV)

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PLEDGING, INITIATION RETURNS Sororities ZETA TAU ALPHA Pledges Peggy Anderson Marjorie Davidson Lois Jameson Elvnor Hinkel Kitty Jones Saudra Lee Jones Virginia Joseph Doris Kaiser Mildred Madison Anna Mary Paulson Virginia Pern- Margaret Weimer Eleanor Brooke Elsie Wellman Phyllis Ann Miles Barbara Lee Hart Evelyn Burtis Initiates Nancy Harrington Ruth Rutherford ALPHA XI DELTA Pledges Pat Ann Cramblet Esther McCracken Rosemary Faulds Ruth Wagner Mary Ellen Wilson Marion Culley Fay Radman Gene Grimshaw Alice Yost Mary Edgar Ruth Glassburn Arlene Williams Norma Jean Welsh Barbara Trese Martha Jane Opie Pauline Davies Betty Foley Initiate Elaine Zaworski KAPPA DELTA Pledges Dottie Fallen Robin Goss Kate Rose Molly Crimm Marigene Shepherd Janet Rankin Louise Truxal Carolyn McNerney Altha Stevenson Jene Kohls Shirley Skilton Bet tie Lou Fizer Nancy Cowan Bettie Elaine Condie Second Degree Pat Mohler Betty Ann Reske Initiates Irene Jassen Lee Fiess Jeanne Jordan Nancy Tomasek Frances Johnson PHI MU Pledges Olga Karp Lorraine Parkins Marcie Bright Jane Keefe Betty Hora June Galm Initiates Ruth Judy Lois Keiser Ruth Taylor Eunice Johnston Betty Bannen House Privilege Marian Podelle Fraternities SIGMA NU Pledges Gordon Potts Malcolm Day Edwin Myers John Padden Joseph Adams David Davies Hugh Hamilton George Dueker Jack Fouch Donald Loncasty Waldo Woodbury Joseph Hoffman Lindsay Howard Nathaniel Bullard Clement Rossi Clayton P ' letz Initiates Creighton F. Murphy George H. Murphy Richard E. Hirsch George E. Pohle ALPHA KAPPA PI Pledges Raymond Sheline James Finley William Beggs Frank Buechley Harry Hutchinson Lewis Kuhn Eugene Miller David Perry Arthur Phuntek Willi Schwab Edwin Steinman Roger Tiffany Alan Weiss Initiate John Keppel KAPPA ALPHA Pledge Julian Meyers PHI KAPPA TAU Pledges Jim Angelis Duane Belt Peter Curran Bob Goerss Dan Heatherington Lou Humpton Al Lvth Bob Smith Karl Wassman John Wittiver Ed Harris BETA THETA PI Pledges Donald M. Bell Alfred Carman Donald Cloudslev William Dunbaugh Thomas Ely John Foley John Fulmer Frank Hoak Earl Lowery Richard Miller Donald Nixon Ralph Perrin Toseph Tighe Edward Whitelock Sevencecn

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The summer student body gathers on tht campus for a picnic supper. no cuts at all in Chapel, but most of the pro- grams were good. We were treated to a bit of the ballet one week. The team of Strawbridge and Parnova delighted us with an hour of muscle- bending. However they were slightly hampered in their efforts: they were confined by the size of the stage thus their leaps often came to abrupt stops; the floor, too, had been well-oiled the night before. Miss Parnova, finally sensing the intel- lectual and asthetic level of her audience, did a solo number ending in ogles and flips that brought roars of appreciation from the masculine multitude who nostalgically recalled the Gaiety, the Roxy, the Empire, or the Casino. Mr. Louck and Happy ' repair the Gate steps ti withstand the fred of another hundred years. i I? WI ,«l v i{ Arch and apprentice Johnny Weimer reuno- tate the library during a slack study period. I remember another relief from our scholarly pursuits during the latter part of the summer. One evening an air raid signal blew. Chaos reigned. Screams of excitement were heard throughout the community. We prepared to re- tire to a bomb shelter when one in the know told us that this was sort of a dress rehearsal for the surprise blackout the following Saturday. And so, after two weeks of sleeping in the day and carousing in the night we are back here rest- ing comfortably. We sleep eight hours, have classes every other day, and ignore the daily gym periods. Most of us can say that we have had a taste of real education and now we are doing our best to wash it out of our mouths. Page Sixteen

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Sorority Rush JVeek-cont. The Phi Mu ' s — ah, such a grand sorority. The one for me, sighs she and tumbles into bed. A new day swept in by the night winds also bring an invitation to a party and a wedding! Meanwhile she has met some of her Alpha Xi friends at lunch and again the old ego gets a lift without even using the thumb. Well, what shall she wear tonight? A wedding, a real live one too, and only slightly reversed. She can hardly wait to hear the strains of Lohen- grin. An afternoon that had fled came back to whisper, remember that Biology assignment and vanished as quickly as did her memory. An orchestra that plays the latest in hep and jive makes her wriggle happily but briefly — and she is once more back in her room. She stares at the ring that looks so nice on her finger — the one she had found by her plate at the wedding — and again reverts to her one track — the Alpha Xi Delta ' s. A grand sorority. The one for me. Before she realizes it, Wednesday stopped by with an invitation to a garden party given by the Zeta Tau Alpha ' s. The excitement had not worn away by erosion as one might think, and the ex- hilirated state still persisted. At the party that evening she cats hors d ' oeuvres at the lovely Zeta House, and from there to the Masonic Hall for dinner. The decora- tions fairly amaze her. Even the interruption by Moo Moo Moo ' s is hazily remembered. Pep rallys, college parties. Came here to study didn ' t you? she says to herself as her conscience gives a wicked sneer, How would you know? A miniature Cinderella comes home with a gay flower in her hair and a song on her lips. Tonight as she prepares to collapse in bed she says to her- self, I just can ' t say it again, I just can ' t. But she does. Zeta Tau Alpha. A grand sorority. The one for me. With a speed that only time can follow, Thursday comes and almost passes before she realizes she is a very lucky girl to have another invitation. This one to the Kappa Delta party. After this I can decide. I ' ll know what I want, she confides to herself. What fools these mortals be! With what men- tal material do they delude themselves! This is a lovely party, too. With punch and crackers before and a short skit about sorority life from Freshman Days to Senior Days after dinner. Really, she should have been chosen as typical rushee with hair askew and the perpetual baggage accompanying her eyes. After some more dancing and singing, this time she receives a little glass hand with the letters KD on it, into which she places a rose. Because she has become an addict, a positive addict to habit, her lips mechanically form the magic formula — Page Eighteen Kappa Delta. A grand sorority. The one for me. Can it be possible that all the parties are over? The lull is almost unbelievable. Time and silence hang so heavy over her head that all her thoughts rumble in their seclusion. Do they like me? — gee, she ' s so nice, but she ' s a Senior and leaving this year — wonder which way Jean will go — wouldn ' t it be terrible if we weren ' t in the same sorority — the national rat- ing is good and that counts a lot — mustn ' t be influenced by any of those things — well, what should influence me ? Friday afternoon is preference slip time. The dorm is amass with girls in little groups buzz- ing about each other ' s ideas. The telephone rings every three minutes and girls wait impatiently on the steps with jingling coins in their hands — I ' m calling home! Feet tap hurriedly. All is hub-bub and confusion. The only comparative calm is seen on the faces of those who have gone through this before . . Yes, the upperclassmen are resigned. By supper time the deed is done. Her nervous system again resumes duties and she is like one bathed in calm with the cool hand of decision. When asked about the sorority she chose she says, Didn ' t I say all along it was the best? So our Freshman conforms. She finally becomes a sorority gal — a menial handmaiden for initiate 294 — Ah pledgework! As to the actives they still have somewhat of a face left on the smile and have prepared to en- joy their handiwork. Why not? They are the true Bethany girls and they ' ve just added more to their ranks of the best ones around — And so life speeds on . . Requiescat. v -0 0000 0000000s: 00 «, n e Fraternity - Sorority Fashion Center 0 00000 00 000 W.ff !! l .e ll .! ..J.!.l.l«P milUII Mil IUJI.I I! I