Indiana State University - Sycamore Yearbook (Terre Haute, IN)

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24 THE NORMAL ADVANCE but a number of outings and little informal gatherings were held. On Saturday, October 8, a few new students were'entertained at the home of Miss Margaret Lahey, 215 South Thirteenth street. Two con- tests were given and the prizes were won by Miss Tita Caughlin and Miss Dorothy Roberts. The guests were Misses Roberts, Penna, Lene- hard and Nelson. Luncheon was served dur- ing the evening. On the following Saturday the girls met again at the home of lVIiss Lahey and completed plans for a Halloween party. M U ZETA. The Mu Zeta section has re-organized with prospects for a very successful year. Eight old members have returned to schoOl, Vanessa Rat- cliff, Helen Lee Smick, Anne Orebaugh, Hen- rietta Way, Helen F roeb, Lois Shirley, Helen M. Connor, and Mabel Marshall. Miss Freda Meyer, 10, of the Greenwood school, City, and Miss Mabel Gossman, ,09, of the Collett school, will also be active members. Five new girls have been pledged: Margaret Howard, Terre Haute; Helen Baker, Annabelle Clifford, Estelle Spitz7 and Elsie Crull. These will be initiated N 0V. 6. At the last regular business meeting of the spring term the following oiiicers were elected: Leader, Miss Emma Dwight; secretary-treas- urer, Miss Vanessa Ratoliff; editor, Helen Lee Smick. Miss Dwight will not return until the begin- ning of the winter term, and Miss Connor will fill her place during the fall term. The first function of the term was a marsh- mallow toast Friday evening, Sept. 30, at the home of Miss Helen M. Connor. Saturday afternoon, Oct. 8, the section en- tertained a number of guests at the home of Miss Way. The house was decorated with numerous pennants. In a cake contest the guests had the better of it, and one of them tttook the cake?7 Ice, cake, mints and coffee were served. The Mu Zeta section notes the marriage of one of its old members, Miss Nelle Haberstich, ?10. Miss Haberstieh and Wm. O. Winkler were recently married in Greenfield, Ind., where both had been engaged to teach. On Oct. 19, occurred the wedding of Miss Hazel Holden, a Mu Zeta of last year, and Harrison M. Scott of Fairmount, Ind. The section attended the wedding. The Mu Zetas feel that October has established two alarming precedents. - On Saturday, October 22, the M11 Zeta girls took a jaunt into the woods. The party left the city at 10 olclock for Youngstown, Ind., and tramped out to Johnsonls woods where they spent the day. Dinner and supper were taken in the woods, and late in the afternoon a large camp lire was built for a Wiener roast. The crowd returned to the city the better for their day in the woods. A Hallowelen party will be given by the Mu Zeta chapter in the barn at the home of Miss Helen Smiok. The barn will be decorated ap- propriately for the occasion and the evening will be given up to Halloween amusements. MYOSOTIS. The Myosotis girls who attended summer school had a number of pleasant meetings. Among these were a picnic at Collett Park, evening parties at the homes of Nellie Waller and Norma Failing, a slumber party at the country home of Lenora Rollings, and porch parties at the homes of Mary McBeth and Stella Albright. Mary McBeth was hostess for the first party of the fall term, September 30, from 4: to 6. The writing of progressive romances was the diversion of the afternoon, and dainty refresh- ments were served. The guests of honor were the Misses Letitia Ferree, Maybelle Peck, Fern Garen, and Esther Neukom. The chapter members entertained a number of girls with a 4cLyric Partyll 0n the afternoon of October 7. The fall initiation of Myosotis pledges was

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THE NORMAL ADVANCE 23 SOCIETY ATHLETAS. Miss Marie Rucker of Ohio Boulevard, was the hostess for a 6 otclock dinner given by the Athlete Sorority 0n XVednesday, Oct. 5. The parlors and the dining room were beautifully decorated with cut flowers and with the colors of the sorority, red and gray. iMusiC and danc- ing were the chief features of the evening. The guests were: Misses Louise XVilson, Hattie Cut- shall, Alberta Horsetine, Elmira Champe, Neonia Harris, Edith Hartley, and Gertrude Lewis. The following members of the sorority were present: Misses Edith Samuels, Edna Fisher7 Marie Rucker, Jessie Andrew, Edith Brunker, Flora Saupert, Mae Bowsher, Estelle Doerschuck, Ida Irminger and Elizabeth Kadel. On Saturday, Oct. 8, the Athletes. gave a wiener and lnarslnnallow roast at the home of Miss Edith Samuels on North Fifth. Music and dancing were the diversions 0f the even- ing. The Athletes held their initiation at the home of Miss Edith Brunker Of North Center street, F riday, Oct. 21. The new members taken into the sorority were Misses Louise WViIson, A1- berta Horsetine, Hattie Cutshall and Elmira Champe. After the initiation a theatre party was given in honor of the new members, after which refreshments were served at the Rose. The Old members present were: Misses TVIarie Rucker, Edith Samuels, Edna Fisher, Jessie Andrew, Edith Brunker, Flora Sanpert, Eliza- beth Kadel, Ida Irminger, Estelle Doershuck and J essie Brown. Miss Mae Bowsher left for California Oct. 11. LLAMABADA. WVhat the Llamaradas lack in numbers this term they certainly make up in spirit. The active members in school are Anna Forbes, Margurite Sevengel, Haziel Woolen, Mercedes Penna, Margaret Lahey and Mrs. Roscoe Hyde. There are a number of girls in town Who are going to be active members. The oflicers for the year are: Leader, Margaret Lahey; secretary, Haziel Woolen; historian, Mrs. Hyde, and treasurer, Anna Forbes. Last J une the Chapter had one of the best attended reunions of its history. A number of little informal affairs were held, but the big- gest feature of the reunion was a picnic held at Forest Park on J une 21. The active members present were Bertha Bickhart, Lenore Burnam, Grace Burba, Orpha Cole, Fern Colglazier, F lorence Earlle, Anne Forbes, Portia Fuqua, Margaret Lahey, Lora Love, Gertrude Mcv Comb, Katherine McLaughlin, Francis Mont- gomery, Golda Uantz, Grace Nantz, Louise Pickett, Minnie Parsons, Nellie Paul, Alice Reem, Lucille Stibbins, Haziel Woolen, Mar- garet Hagan and Minta Headen. The guests of the section were: Nelle Stibbins, Nelle Bick- hart, Elsie Coss, Mae and Nelle Lamb, Helen Leonard, Clara Sexson, Lena Admire, Pearl Jolly VanCleave, Ethel Burton, Anna Paul and Orrelle Fidlar. ' On June 23 Mrs. VanCleave entertained at her home, 501 South Fourth street, in honor of Miss Lora Love, bride-elect. Numerous games were played and refreshments were served. The active and visiting members of the section were the guests. Miss Love was married August 2, to Frank Nantz. They are living in Little Rock, Ark. Two other members of the section were Inar- ried during the summer. On J uly 6, Miss Edna Trueblood became the bride of William Arthur Smith, and on September 18, Miss Elsie Coss . became the bride of Roscoe Hyde. During the summer the chapter was not or- ganized, and no regular business was transacted,

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THE NORMAL ADVANCE held Saturday evening, October 15, at the home of N ellie Waller, who is the Chapter leader for the present school year. The Misses Minnie Rollings, Esther Neukom, Fern Garen, and Letitia Ferree are the new members. An amus- ing initiation program was carried out under the direction of Cecilia Black, Coradel Wade, and Mary McBeth, and later in the evening de- licious refreshments were served. lVIyosotis girls who returned to school this fall are Nellie Waller, Helen Sale, Coradel Wade, Nellie Clark, Ada Tichenor, Olive J Ohn- son, Belvea McCorkle, Norma Failing, Cecilia Black, Minna Wissing, Stella Albright, and Mary MCBeth. PHI SIGMA TA U. The Phi Sigma Tau chapter has organized for the fall term with the following OfIicers: President, Nelle Mahley; Vice-president, Grace Lowe; secretary-treasurer, Claudia Miller; edi- tor, F ern McFarland. Saturday evening, October 8, the members of the chapter held a meeting at the city Y. W. C. A., after which they enjoyed a Lyric-Varieties party. Friday, October 14, the Chapter was enter- tained at the home of Miss Grace Lowe 0n Mul- berry street. The hrst degree of initiation was given to the following persons: Fern McFar- land, May Groff, Verna Humphreys, Jennie Edson, Leone Kenton, Emma Dean Wright, Dolly Barracks. After the meeting luncheon was served at the Rose Pharmacy. . I PI ZETA. The following members of the sorority have returned for the year: Nelle Broadhurst, Kate V. Black, Ethel Irene Carr, Georgia Cole, Louise Harris, and Helen Helt. 25 September 11, 1910, Mr. Clarence E. Craw- ford 710, and Miss Nelle Fitzgibens were mar- t ried at the bride,s home in Mitchell, Ind. Miss Fitzgibbons is a member of the Pi Zeta Sorority. June 28, 1910, BIr. Clarence Church and Bliss Estella Harris were married at the bride,s home in West Terre Haute. The bride is a graduate of the Normal School and a member of the Pi Zeta Sorority. June 28, 1910, Mr. George Carr and Miss Fanny Thorp were married at the home of the brides uncle, Mr. F rank Tharp, West Terre Haute, Ind. During the last week of the summer term, Mrs. Fanny Thorp-Carr entertained the mem- bers of the members of the sorority at her home in West Terre Haute, Ind., with a pennant party. Besides the members there were present Miss Ruth Carr of West Terre Haute and Miss Margaret Carr 01 Beaumont, Texas. Miss Helen Helt, who taught at Scotland, Ill. during the last year, has returned to hnish her senior yeafs work. The first degree of initiation was given Octo- ber 18, 1910, to the following girls: Nina Davidson, Hazel Neil, Hazel B. Neal, and Thirza Parker. PSI THETA. Atthe Boyer home on North Sixth street, Miss Edna Campbell entertained the Psi Theta , chapter of the Indiana State Normal on Oct. 8. Light refreshments were served. The mem- bers are: Louise Peters, Edna Newman, Ella Morford, Blanche Johnson, Ethel Hyde, Blanche Boyer, Nelle Flesher, Madge O7Haver, Erba Hinkson, and Mayme Nicholson. Miss N elle Flesher entertained the Psi Thetas on Oct. 22 with a sewing party. Light re- freshments were served, and all reported an en- joyable time.