Eureka College - Prism Yearbook (Eureka, IL)

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The seniors this year have chosen for their annual play Night Must Fall. When you come down for graduation, we'll go see it. lt's going to be swell. There has been a new interest in drama here at Eureka in the last few years. Last fall Eureka was granted a chapter in the National Radio Drama Guild, which has a central office at Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The chapter has done fine work so far this year in presenting six monthly programs over Radio Station WMBD in Peoria. This summer five members will be granted scholar-V ships to Milwaukee for advanced radio work. Bob Kittleson and Iohn High- lander have both studied there and consequently have acted as leaders in the organization. Since the party at the Tomb House was on a Friday evening, all the guests had copies of the Pegasus, the college paper. As usual everybody had their eyes glued on the Grapevine, the gossip column. Gar Braun is editor of the Peg and is assisted by Betty Trenary and Bob Kittleson. The business manager is Charlie Pifer who just manages to get the papers distributed on time. After cussing and discussing the Grapevine, some intellectual soul noticed the article on the Pi, Kappa Delta speech tournament. Pi Kappa Delta is the national forensic fraterniy. Their season has been very successful this year. Prof. Norton, advisor, said that he believed that this present group should go far in next year's tournaments in debate, extemporaneous speaking, poetry reading, and oration. Dorothea Hayman is president of the organization and is doing a swell job. Since l have told you of most all of the activities at Eureka, it wouldn't be fair to close my letter without telling you of the separate organizations on campus. For the girls who are active in sports there is the Women's Athletic Asso- ciation. Miriam Pottenger is president of the organization with Miss Millington as advisor. Besides meeting to play games, the association also sponsors the all-school election for the May King and Queen. The Y. W. C. A. has been unusually active this year with thirty members. The purpose of this group is to encourage Christian living upon the campus. They sponsored the very successful Heart Sister Dance and are planning a lawn festival in May. Aldena Goetzinger and Mary Pearson are serving as co-presidents. Miss Greene is chairman of the advisory board. . To govern and determine the athletic policies of the college, is the duty of the Athletic Board. The Board makes recommendations for letter awards and supervises the college intercollegiate and intramural athletic activities. Prof. Lathrop was chosen as the representative to the Illinois lntercollegiate Athletic Association of which Eureka College is a member. I know, Dad, you will be interested in the governmental activities on the campus. Well, they are in the form of the Central Assembly, and its two addi- tional committees called the Social Board and the Program Committee. The Central Assembly is composed of two representatives from each of the social sororities and fraternities, and two representatives from the non-fraternity men and the non-sorority women, three faculty representatives, and the officers of the Assembly. This year Betty Lamp is serving as president. The Assembly attempts to find a thorough picture of student opinion and to adapt the policies of campus life to fit the needs of the students. Your son, Charles

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Prof. Lathrop has set May I7 as the day for the presentation of The Chimes of Normandy, by Planquette. Mary Pearson, Loyd Lovell, Virginia Detweiler, Charles Pifer, Roger Ross, and lack Magnuson have been given the leading parts. I want you to come to Eureka for this if you can and see your old friend show oft--in the chorusl There will also be several piano and voice recitals this spring, so it you can't see the opera, I especially want you to hear one of these fine presentations. Edith and I were very glad to stop our quarrel when we heard some ot the dramatic students discussing the all-school play Mrs. Moonlight. As I have told you before, the Alpha Epsilon Sigma honorary dramatic fraternity chooses its new members from the students participating in this play and the one-act plays given in the 1 earlier part of the year. It's quite an honor to belong and I'm going to go out tor all the plays I can next year. I meant to ask you in my last letter if you saw the play given at the old home town high school by tour members ot our dramatic fraternity. The name of the play was Write Me a Love Scene. Iohn Highlander, Ray Beadles, Charles Piier, and Francesmary White completed the cast. THE PEGASUS STAFF THE TI-IE SOCIAL BOARD -27- CENTRAL ASSEMBLY

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