Morris Harvey College - Harveyan Yearbook (Charleston, WV)

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Activities

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Seniors Juniors Sophomores Freshmen Janice Thumm Ruth Cooksey Jo Alice Mcllhattan Bob Campbell Angelyn Kelley Betty Hallanan Okey Wiley Bradley Gee I Student Council The Council published a new Student Handbook at the beginning of the current year, sponsored a party for the Fresh- men, joined with the Christian Service Club in staging the all- school Christmas party, successfully promoted drives to raise funds for the World Student Service Fund and the Red Cross, and to collect clothes in the United Nations Clothing Drive. The Student Forum is one of the activities carried on by the Student Council. Among the speakers brought before the student body were Howard Chernoff, Rev. E. L. Honts, Dr. Joseph Clare Hoffman, and Rev. Herman Mees Meyer. The Council presented the college with a $100 war bond to start a fund to purchase a bronze honor roll plaque for the new campus. In the annual elections in May, Student Body officers for 1945-46 were named. They are: Betty Hallanan, president; Mary Jean Groscup, vice president; Okey Wiley, secretary- treasurer; and Vandal I Knapp, sergeant-at-arms. Presidents in S. G. A. Session

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Alpha Mu First row: Stella Cooksey, sponsor; Doris Anderson, Ruth Cook- sey, secretary. Second row: Louise Dearman, vice president; Helen Kessell Mae Marshall. Third row: Jo Alice Mcllhattan, Panhellenic representative Joan Morton, Roberta Riggleman. Marion Hamilton, President This year marks the twentieth anniversary of Alpha Mu, the oldest sorority in Morris Harvey. The chapter remained active throughout the summer term last year, its activities consisting of Red Cross work and social programs. The annual Fashion Tea marked the opening of social activities in the fall. The first semester rush party was carried out with a gypsy theme. A dinner for the new pledges was given at the Terrace after pledging. Rushees for the second semester were entertained with a theater party, and a short time later the active chapter was hostess to the alumnae at a program meeting. Three members of Alpha Mu were elected to Who ' s Who Among Students of American Universities and Colleges, three members are in Student Council, and two members were elected to Chi Beta Phi, national honorary scientific fraternity. Five of the sorority sisters were attendants at the May Festival. Pledges are Bette Pierce, Virginia Younkman, Eloise Kessell, Betty Fisher, and Virginia Bailey.