Marjorie Webster Junior College - Web Yearbook (Washington, DC)

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THE WEB 1- oro1'z'tz'es SIGMA Rl-lO EPSILON MARTHA ADAMS ........ President FRANCES BRUNT . . . . . Vice-President MIRIAM PRETTYMAN . . . . Chaplain MARY WALKER . . . . . Treasurer BETTY SANDS . . .... Secretary CAROLYN DAY ...... Sergeant-at-Arms IGMA RHO EPSILON is one of the two active, growing social sororities on the Webster Campus. Although only two years old under the presidency of Martha Adams we have progressed amazingly this year and are now an influential factor in the school. Rushing week proved to be most exciting and Sigma Rho Epsilon captured a large number of the Freshman girls. The outgoing Seniors feel safe in leaving the black and white colors in the hands of the new initiates. The idea of a sorority is to promote a sisterly feeling among its members and to create an enthusiasm which will carry its ideal on through the years. This Sigma Rho Epsilon has splendidly begun and we wish her every success, ETA TAU OMEGA HELEN WRIGHT . ........ President BILLIE BROWN . . . . Secretary-Treasurer BEATRICE SONDHEIM . .... Chaplain DORY MCFETRIDGE . ........ Marshal PRECIOUS goods come in small packages. Thus it is with Eta Tau 'V Omega, for although small in quantity we are high in quality. With the loyal support of her new initiates Eta Tau Omega is planning many more activi- ties throughout the year. The two most interesting events so far have been Initiation and the Hallowe'en Dance. The latter was a huge success and not only the Eta Taus but her sister sorority, too, had a good time. In striving towards high ideals, loyal companionship and scholarship, Eta Tau Omega inspires her members towards greater heights in every phase of school activity. Her motto, Reach for the stars, is a real stimulus. Vive Eta Tau. 32

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THE WEB ij HO! 'Ml Spring was in the air! I sniffed it again while little shivers of excitement ran up and down my spine or vertebral column as the Phys. Ed. students at Marjorie Webster would say. All of which set my mind off on a different angle. Spring always reminded me of Marjorie Webster sunbaths, gold fish and chocolate cones. Wouldn't it be fun to see everyone again? No sooner said than done and just as the sun set in a glory of rose and violet the train chugged out of the station on the trail of memory. Soon the scenery grew tiresome and I turned my attention to a theatrical magaf zine I had brought with me. Dn the first page I saw the name of Jessie Eaton and sagely read the article. jessie had achieved international success in her poetical in- terpretations but, tired out after so many engagements, was spending the summer in Switzerland to recuperate. Helene Prycefjones was to join her there later after finish- ing a dancing tour of Russia. Her husband, Brook Dennison, was staying in America looking after business and the children. A little farther on I read that the Hotfcha dance team, starring Franny Brunt and Miriam Prettyman, were entertaining boat- loads of passengers en route to Europe on one of our largest ships. I decided to stop in the mountains of Tennessee awhile and visit Tootsie Small- wood and Billy Brown who were running a school for mountaineer children. As a sideline Billy and Tootsie taught them how to play the uke and harmonize 'lazy River -they told me that Betty Sands was playing for the New York Giants and had more home runs to her credit than Babe Ruth. I always knew that Marjorie Webster trained them. I was rather surprised, though, when they told me that Billy Carter was head of a big banana plantation in Brazil and that Carol Kohen, who was her overseer, had finally persuaded Billy to play bridge with her. The foursome was complete with Bea Sondheim, who was singing in a night club in Rio de janeiro, and Billy Buswell who broadcast her famous f'I.aughing Course over the radio in that same city. Much refreshed by my visit here I continued my journey, stopping over in Virginia, where Daisy Day was managing a training camp for Gywnette Willis, Dorothy Dinger, Hazel Harris, Lois Green, and Erances Greely who were preparing for the 1950 Olympics in Cal. Since Helen Wright was coaching football at V.M.I. nearby, I took a little jaunt over there to see her. She told me that janet Trusler was coaching a young lawyer for his next law case. Since Peaches Labaw was making her debut in Hamlet in New York and Dorothea Parker was advertising manager for her I was anxious to be on my way and took a plane on which Kitty Murphy as hostess entertained us. Dn arriving on Broadway I visited the NBC. studios where Kitty O'Neill was broadcasting sea stories and Mary Walker was giving a series of talks on what every young girl should know. Before leaving for the West to Visit Wilda Kilbourne, who was con- ducting tours through Yellowstone Park in her Ford, rather decrepit now, and I 34