Lawrence University - Ariel Yearbook (Appleton, WI)

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Top Row Chadwick Hoffman, M Johnson Haugen, Keplinger Snyder, Normington Shields Klema Stauber, Barnes, Dew Ild Second Row Zuelke Hicken, Garcia Weidenaar, Frost Hornberger, Peare Schulze Luiss Kvool Armitage Lipkc Iirvt Raw Finley, Williams, Larson, Huff, Nelson Simpson Miller, Horrig Kasper, Bell Fox Neverman Alpha Delta Pi The wearers of the black diamond of Alpha Delta Pi look back with longing and satisfaction on a winter and spring that were fllled to overflowing . . . Maggie Miller, our capable president, led us through thick and thin with the able assistance of our other officers . . . November and December meant numerous get-togethers that we wont forget for a long time . . . there was that surprise Christ- mas party for the pledges . . . breakfast in the rooms . . . Saturday badminton and bowling tour- neys . . . song fests . . . exchange suppers with the Phi Taus . . . dinners at the West End . . . those many times we got together for a game of bridge or a knitting session . . . our January formal found all the girls there with stars in their eyes . . . February brought more snow, and that meant the traditional sleigh ride, followed a few days later by a sweetheart serenade on St Valentines Eve . . . the newly activated members will never forget March how they suffered the tortures of hell week, and then, at long last, were able to wear the coveted black diamond . . . spring came to the Law- rence campus, and the ADPis were ready and waiting for it A . . what could have been more natural than rollicking Sunday evening picnics, bike rides, and that flrst icy dip at the quarry to welcome the new season . . . spring meant many other things too . . . it meant saying goodbye to that grand group of girls, the seniors . . . we'll miss them very much . . . HCorny Nelson will be leaving us . . . Marilynjohnson may not be around next year, but we certainly won't forget her wonderful basketball playing . . . when we think of johnnyf' we think of our Vice- president, jo-jo Kasper, who served as a counselor and also worked on the WAA Council . . . when the rest of us return next fall, Maggie will be in her own home, keeping house . . . we will always think of Lois Normington as the one weid most like to have around when we need a helping hand . . . the Sig Ep house, home of so many of the ADPis, will miss Dolores Horrig next semester . . . our meetings wont be quite the same without Shirley Fox and Barb Neverman to liven things up a bit with their wit and wisdom . . . welre sorry to see them go, well miss everyone of them.

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Top Row: Hill, Kallen, Miller, Wilmer, Reade, Madden, jensen Second Row: Scheu, Bandelin, Gebert, Playman. Huyck. Cantwell, Mack, Perschbacher First Row: Dysart, Lewis, Stidham, Baumann, Baker, Leney, Dunning, Brooks, N. Wood Alpha Chi Omega Once more, we Alpha Chi's may look back on a wonderful year of work and fun . . . after a week of rushing, we found ourselves with a truly fme pledge class . . . we started our year by hav- ing a rollicking sleigh ride . . . the high light of the winter season was our formal . . . while we danced, quaint masks and a sparkling mirror ball looked down upon our Mardi Gras . . . we will never forget the great success of our doughnut sales given for benefit of Alpha Chi's worthy project, the alumnae-sponsored nurseries in Detroit and Milwaukee . . . all of us thoroughly enjoyed the tea that we gave for the faculty members; it's really fun to talk to the professors without a desk intervening . . .. june Gebert began the second semester with a beaming face and a sparkling diamond ring from her Bill . . . we were very sorry to see Polly Durgin and R02 juergens leave us, but we were amply repaid when, after a grueling week of being lowly crumbs under orders, there were many new wearers of the golden lyre . . . president Alice Cantwell won the coveted election to Sunset, after turning in a marvelous performance in the major all-college production, The Women Have Their Way . . . Vice-prexy Lynn Kallen is to be highly complimented for the fme work she did as pledge supervisor . . . the weekend on which our national Vice-presiclent and province president came up to Lawrence to visit us was an especially busy and happy one for this chapter of Alpha Chi Omega . . . our officers, Alice Cantwell, Lynn Kallen, janet Playman, and jo Stidham presided at the tea given in honor of the Visiting dignitaries . . . we all greatly miss Gidge McDonnel, who left us to attend the Vogue Art School . . . also Dorsie Blaesingi head proctor at Sage Nall and secretary of the Women's Judicial Board . . . Dawn Wilmer, however, capably took over these two jobs and handled them splendidly . . . after turning in a praiseworthy performance as the chairman of the campus paper drive, Jo was selected as head of the War Board . . . so we bring to a close another wonderful year for the Alpha Chi Omega chapter of Lawrence.

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Top Sow: NISIrthl; Stillman, Meyer, Moeller, Dammers, McEaChran, Duffus, Buesing, P. Wheeler, Rosendalc, Passmorc, Lindsay, Schulze, yden, ar ert Third Raw: Leverenz, Montz, Copple, Herbert, Dickinson, B. Wheeler, Albright, Fountain, Gmeiner, Donohuc, Spalding, Pctcrsm Second Row: Harwond, Lewis, Bushnell, Quinn, Pfeiffer, Quade, L, Hartmann, Thompson, Cruhn. West, Leigh, Hamrc Firxt Rmu' Eilcrt, Ructh, Haas, Morris, P. Hartman, Balza, Pepoon, Van Horne, Kuepper, McKay, Hedges, Hartquist Delta Gamma In retrospect . . . they did a wonderful job, every Delta Gamma, to keep up our chapter's splendid record . . . worked devotedly under our energetic president, Betty Fountain, who supervised the integration of our thirty eager pledges with the rest of the group . . . we can't forget that spirited Christmas party given by the pledges . . . everyone an angel except udevilish Betty Van Horne . . sweet potato music . . . our own voice ignoring the cold for our serenade . . . so proud of our Best Loved, Pat Wheeler . . . beauty queens, Pat, Phyllis Leverenz, Carroll Hedges, and Dottie Ruddy . . . prom queen, Betty Thompson . . . tons of sandwiches and pans of chili were consumed at the Neenah lodge after our hay ride . . . how we worked on war projects, fmishing the afghan, completing fifty scrapbooks, rushing to meet the Red Cross knitting deadline, following war news on a map in the rooms, having weekly talks on the war fronts . . . adoption of a foreign student . . . grade point announcements found DG heading the campus again . . . Saturday afternoons we gathered at the rooms for songs, cards, and the fun we always have . . . our Saturday night social calendar provided activities for those whose hearts belong overseas . . . wholehearted participation in campus activi- ties . . . Betty Fountain ran business end of the Ariel, later being chosen co-editor . . . Beth Schulze headed LWA . . . Shirley Buesing served as vice-prexy of WAA . . . others had membership in Sunset . . . leads in major dramatic productions . . . offlces in campus clubs . . . worked faith- fully in intramurals . . . came through with the inter- sorority basketball championship . . . served on staffs in every phase of college life . . . new members had a chance to meet our province secretary, Mrs. C. L. Banker, at a tea given in her honor . . . sophomores were chosen to whip up the winter picnic supper, held indoors, after the hrst initiation . . . a formal banquet climaxed the second worm week, inaugurated early in the morning . . . new offlcers are: Betty Thompson, president; Beth Schulze, vice-presi- dent; Nancy Bushnell, corresponding secretary; Mary jo Donohue, recording secretary; and Lois Hartmann, treas- urer . . . the wearers of the golden anchor remained busy . . . so ends a happy and successful year in DC. Page 25