Cleveland College - Square Collegian Yearbook (Cleveland, OH)

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PHI SOCIETY Mary Do, Helen Slaby, Lillian Lieberman In June, 1932, a group of Cleveland College students organized an honor society for the recognition of excellence in scholarship. Dr. A. Caswell Ellis, Director, and Mr. Edward Downer, Registrar, assisted the group. In 1933, the society was officially recognized by the Adelbert Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa. Seniors of good character who are candidates for the A.B. degree and have maintained an average of 2.20 points, as well as juniors with an average of 2.50, are eligible for membership. Annually, during the week of commencement, the Phi Society meets and formally initiates new members. Faculty sponsors are Dr. Frederick I-I. Adler, Dr. Clair R. I-Ienderlider, and Dr. Harlan B. Roney, all members of Phi Beta Kappa.

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ea:-60012 Many attempts had been made during the twenty years of Cleveland Col- lege's operation to put out an annual, but these vague plans never crystallized. Since the school has long had a literary magazine and a newspaper, many felt that in a predominantly adult school these publications were sufficient. Others felt that the cooperative effort required for such a venture would be lacking in a school of this type. In the late spring of 1946, the Student Council again considered a yearbook. This time the opposition was overridden. A staff was appointed and the gathering of material began in the winter session of 1946- 1947. The staff was quartered at a desk in the mailing-room, next to the Life of- fice. Conversation between members of the two staffs took place through an eight-inch peephole cut in the wall between the two offices. Strangers in che building were frequently disturbed at the sight of an apparently decapitated head hung on the wall. Possessing no typewriters of its own, the yearbook staff occasionally spirit- ed one or two typewriters out of the Life office, only to find that, if left un- guarded a moment, they would mysteriously have returned to the Life office. To raise funds and to get an estimate of how many sales to expect, the Sales Committee conducted an advance- payment subscription campaign. When sales lagged, the staff tried contests and stunts to bring in more subscriptions. A Coke and Jam Session given by the staff further to publicize the forthcom- ing book was interrupted by the appearance of a synthetic white horse named Square Collegianf' that had difficulty keeping his front and back ends syn- chronized as he danced and pranced through the auditorium. To promote interest in the forthcoming venture, contests were conducted to choose a name and a cover design for the book. Eloise Allinger won a table- model radio for her submitted title and Gold Kimmick received a twenty-five- dollar prize for his winning cover design. Of all the difficulties encountered, perhaps the greatest was that of selling advertising space. Commendations of the whole staff go to the advertising com- mittee for their excellent sales effort, without which yearbook plans might not have become a reality.

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SIGMA TAU DELTA Back Row: Elsie Shields, Ellen Gatzke, Bruce Wilson, Herman Polen, Dart Petersen, Robert Sted- fcld, Mildred Silverman, June Wrobleski Middle Row: Cecelia McGowan, Bernice M. Holmer, Norma Reyner, Dorothy Jane Clay, Flora True Bowen, Lucille Morrison, Martha Sencabaugh, Olga Kaczmarcyck, Ruth Ziegler, Sara Dussault, Alice Barnett Front Row: Carrie Feisley, Eunice Quayle, May Larsen, Florence B. Michelson, Gladys Clarke, Flozari Rockwood In December, 1926, Dr. Frederick H. Adler called together fifteen students of English who showed marked ability in writing. This group, with the founder and Miss Mary Esson Reid, formed a writers' club, the Hrst organization of students and faculty in Cleveland College. On January 3, 1927, the club was granted a charter by Sigma Tau Delta, national professional English fraternity, and thus it became the Beta Beta Chapter of Sigma Tau Delta. The purpose of the fraternity is the mastery of written expression. Members publish constantly in national publications, both prose and poetry, and many have volumes of their own.