Memphis State University - DeSoto Yearbook (Memphis, TN)

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J asset Tassel, senior women ' s honorary group, is an organization which emphasizes leadership, scholar- ship and service among women students. It was organized in the Spring of 1950 to petition as soon as the proper requirements are met for membership in Mortar Board, national senior women ' s hon- orary. At the beginning of each year Tassel members serve as counsellors to freshman women students and on registration day help all freshmen find their desired subject or professor. An assembly is held at the beginning of the year to give women students some ideas of the DO ' s and DON ' T ' s of Memphis State. In fostering scholarship and leadership, Tassel sponsors an honorary group for freshmen women based on high scholastic averages, Lambda Delta. A series of luncheon forums which consider problems affecting women today is conducted b Tassel to stimulate thinking among college women. Tassel ' s aim is to encourage college women to be better students and citizens on the Memphis State campus. ;v; ;;3i;:;:.: ' y-i ' M Diana Brown Anne Law Marilvn Sanford Joe Ann Corbitt Jean Claire McDermott Ida Stanton Carol Cratin Phyllis O ' Callaghan Phyllis Stimbert Julia Goode Connie Sue Pope Nancy Thompson Faculty Members: Miss Flora Rawls, Dr. Mary Francis Gyles, Miss Elma Roane Emogene Gordon Pauline Rosenberg Eva V allis 13

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Leon Hardison President Ronald Gruenewald Vice-President Charles Homra Secretary =JJ)eua CLDDCI w Delta Kappa, Memphis State ' s honorary leadership fraternity for men, selects its members from the junior and senior classes. Membership is determined by a student ' s qualities in leadership, character and achievements in campus activities. Recognition is made in the fields of religious and social activities, journalism, scholarship and athletics. This leadership fraternity chooses new members on a point system. They are announced at solemn tapping ceremonies in the fall and the spring each year. The organization limits its membership to one per cent of the student body. It was chartered at Memphis State in 1950. Projects during the 1952-53 year have been the counseling of freshmen during registration and evaluating campus news for an anticipated alumni bulletin. The group is presently seeking national recognition from Omicron Delta Kappa. First Row, left to right: Wayne Adams, Johnny Burns, Howard Ezcll, Berl Garey and Joe Gibbs • Second Row: Charles Howell, Ralph Messer, Todd Miller, Louis Pritchett, and O ' Neil Williams. Members of the faculty who are associate members are Prof. Jesse W. Fox, Dr. Charles S. Brown, Dr. Don Streeter, Dr. Robert C. Anderson, C. C. Humphreys, Lamar Newport, Dean R. M. Robison, Dr. Eugene Lambert and President J. M. Smith. 12

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' .• ' ■ ' ■.-•■ S«i«i«» Phyllis Stimbert Sec.-Treas. Joe Ann Corbitt Vice-President Vivian Rogers President Artpka l sL C wieaa f The objectives of Alpha Psi Omega are to de- velop dramatic talent and the art of acting, to cul- tivate a taste for the best in the drama, and to foster the cultural values which we believe dra- matics develop, and to unite the dramatic forces of the colleges and universities — members of this order — in mutual brotherhood and service. Membership is based on participation in dra- matics at Memphis State College and is based on work done in both technical work and in acting. Membership is by invitation only, from members of Sock and Buskin. Alpha Psi Omega, in an attempt to encourage the best in dramatic work, every May holds a tra- ditional Awards Banquet followed by the semi- annual invitation. Following this banquet, open to anyone interested, awards are presented to the best MSC actor and actress, best supporting actor and actress, and two technical awards. Last year ' s acting awards went to Toby Sides, Peggy Clay- pool, John Riles and Mary Katherine Baxter. Technical awards went to Joe Ann Corbitt and Agnes Moore. Members include, left to right: Peggy Claypool, Dixie Golladay, Johnny Lovelady, Nancy Madlinger, Macon Mr- Calman, Carlton McFarland, Agnes Moore, Mary Franres Ramsey. 14