Carnegie Mellon University - Thistle Yearbook (Pittsburgh, PA)

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First Rom: Sciioexbkkckr, B., Reese, J., Teichmann, X. Second Rom: Marcus, S., Goodill, J., Frederick, H., Ulrich, G. Third Rom: Dickerson, V., Parker, X , Seward, j., Skelton, W. Interfraternitv Council This year's Interfraternity Council has had the pleasant opportunity of witnessing the revival of active, full-scale fraternity life at Carnegie Tech. It has seen Tech's fraternities expand and take on prominence in all school activities, as in prewar years. It is gratifying to every member to be a part of the organization which represents such line traditions. In ter fraternity Council has constantly striven to assist with the administration and student body in such school projects as the Community Chest Fund and Intramural athletics. It has served as a mediator through which fraternities can act as a group. It has oecn the coordinating force which has given fraternities a united front—encouraging joint action among fraternities, so that they may better serve themselves and the school. Nor has the Council been inactive socially. Three of the most enjoyable and spirited functions of the year were held under Interfraternity Council’s auspices: Homecoming Weekend House Decorations, the annual Interfraternity Dance, and Greek Sing and Swing. Homecoming weekend found Tech's fraternities ready to welcome the old alums. To foster school spirit, the Council awarded a plaque to the fraternity house or dormitory which put up the best decorations welcoming back the alumni. Later in the year, IF sponsored the highly successful Interfraternitv dance. Interfraternity Council is now very active; it has emerged this year with a larger number of men behind it than in the best prewar days. As a result it has acquired added responsibilities, both to the school and the fraternities. It shall meet these responsibilities by giving Carnegie Tech and the Greek world a year marked lioth by close cooperation among the individual fraternities and between the school and fraternities. Now, Interfraternity Council is ready to make straightforward progress toward those ideals for which fraternities exist. INTERFRATERNITV COUNCIL OFFICERS President Reese, J. Treasurer Gartner, II. Secretary SCHOKNBERGER, R. 28

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Dr. Miner, Eschenbach, R., Mellott, C., Binder, A., Heckman, R., Snoyer, E., Dr. Work. Student-Faculty Few people on campus have heard of the Student-Faculty Liaison Committee of the College of Engineering and Science. Nevertheless, it is an important organization, for it provides a unique opportunity lor students and faculty members to confer and to attempt to understand each others' view-points. The Committee was formed in July, 1944, to provide a means for the students to acquaint the faculty with their opinions, criticisms, and suggestions to improve the effectiveness of the College as an educational unit. Aims of the committee, as stated when it was founded, are: calling attention to problems which ommittee the students believe merit consideration; providing a source of student opinion in matters requiring student-faculty attention; helping to improve teaching methods: and making investigations anti obtaining information that will assist in pursuing the preceding aims. The Committee is at present composed ol I)r. Douglas F. Miner, Dr. Webster N. Jones, Dr. B. Richard Tea re, Jr., Dr. William R. Work, August K. Binder, Jr.. Richard C. Eschenbach, James D. Garner, Richard L. Heckman, Cloyd R. Mellott. and Ernest I). Snoyer. Liaison dent Conference Com The Student Conference Committee is one of the least known but most important groups on the Carnegie Tech campus. The leaders of the important organizations and publications meet with President Doherty once a month to discuss problems concerned with such things as eating facilities, changes in curriculum, relations with individual professors, and other problems important to both the students and faculty. The committee is appointed in part by Dr. Doherty while the remaining students automatically become members by virtue of the prominent campus offices they hold. This year the student members are James D. Garner, President, Student Council; Jean M. Price, Secretary, Student Council; Hubert I. Aaronson, Editor, Carnegie Technical; Richard C. Eschenbach, Editor, Carnegie Tartan; John T. Guvol, President, Men's Dormitory Council; Joanne Hipp, President, Women’s Dormitory Council; John D. Reese, President, Interfraternitv Council; Sarah R. Thompson, President, Panhellenic Council; Benjamin L. Schwartz., President, Intcrhonorarv Council; Donald A. Anderson, President, Citcom Clan; Frank Mihelich. President, Evening Student Council; James Boyce, Chairman of Executive Board, Scotch and Soda; and Harry A. Thor, Commander, Tecvcts. First Row: Price, J., Thompson, S., Dr. Doherty, Girts, B., Hipp, J. Second Row: Reese, J., Anderson, D.. Maley, G.. Schwartz, B.

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. r T- PANHELLENIC COUNCIL OFFICERS President Sally Thompson ice President Sophie Zubroff Treasurer Patricia Baum Secretary Ada Bucy Panhellenic Council As the representative body of all the women's fraternities on the Tech campus, the Panhellenic Council serves as the coordinator of their activities and the policy maker of their yearly rushing efforts. With a strong group as the nucleus of sorority life, the individual Greek-lettcr organizations arc assured smooth, progressive planning, which in turn produces an advancement in the general social life at Carnegie. The power for such active progress is afforded by their ability to make and enforce rules related to rushing, to schedule the rushing season parties, and to establish (he number of girls that each group may bid. Added to this duty is the responsibility of aiding the women’s fraternities in meeting the freshmen girls by sponsoring monthly “coffee hours and a fall “non-rush tea. But perhaps its greatest potential is derived from the active cooperation, and planning of the girls who are interested in sorority life. The Panhellenic this year added to (heir activities an open house during Homecoming for the alumna members of the women’s fraternities. And with their traditional Thanksgiving dance a complete success, the Panhellenic Council cooperated with the IF Council to make the Greek Sing and Swing again a great social event on the campus. First Row: Lattbrman, V., Taylor, E., Kokstkr, B., Prick, J., Thompson, S., Baum, P. Second Row: Zubroff, S., Clark, J., Bucy, A., Hawley, )., Wihtii, B., Grim, J.