College of Charleston - Comet Yearbook (Charleston, SC)

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Chi Omega Sorority was estab- lished in 1928 and is located at 38 Coming St. Cheryl Whittet is presi- dent of 100 sisters this year. Their purpose is to combine service to the College and community and to promote scholarship in a social at- mosphere. They sponsor the Sa- die Hawkins Day Race as well as an annual boat cruise on the har- bor, in addition to donating to the American Cancer Society. Alpha Kappa Alpha’s purpose is to ‘‘promote sisterhood and high academic achievement among black college women.’ As a group the chapter is helpful to the elderly at community nursing homes. Indi- vidually they tutor students in read- ing and other subjects. Annette Green is this year’s Basileus. “Working Together, Rendering Service, Improving the Human Condition” is the motto of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority. They sponsored | “Blue and White Week”’ which in- cluded service projects and a semi- formal dance, along with a Christ- mas party for the Jenkins Orphan- age. Octavia Gethers is president, and Susie R. Jones is advisor. 116 XQ AKA

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TTTT TTT TTT ppeiterenecnrennr oy Da MACHEN) (OADIUI | nad ‘i Phi Mu was chartered at the Col- lege in 1939. Debbie Chunn is this year’s president. There are sixty members in the sorority, with Mme. Andree C. Parrott serving as facul- ty advisor. The Phi Mu chapter par- ticipated in the Hike for Hope, the Carnation Ball, the Annual ‘“‘Think Pink’? Week, won the most events in A Phi O’s Roach-a-Thon, and claim the honor of the reigning Roach Queen. Panhellenic is the steering com- mittee for the sororities at the Col- lege. Each sorority sends a dele- gate to help improve sorority rela- tions and to plan Rush Week. Sylleste Helms is president. The Eta Lambda chapter of Zeta Tau Alpha boasts a membership of 105 sisters. Under the leadership of Doris Schmidt, the sisters raised money for the Association for Re- tarded Citizens, the American Lung Association, and the John- ston Cox Memorial Fund. ZTA also holds the 1982 Intramural Football Championship. 118 -M Panhellenic