Pennsylvania College of Optometry - Iris Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

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. ., . e Ti-iuefiiaisi x- x Rear row: Wilson, Carlson, Bigelow, Austin I V Middle row: Provencher, Leavitt, Holland, DeGroat, Witzke, Weisel, Miller, Robinson- Front row: Campbell, Lopez, Doland, Bracken, Neale, president, Clegg, Scott, Stief, Cruse . Omega Delta The Omega Delta National, Professional and Social College Fraternity and Society of Doctors of Optometry is the largest optometric fraternity in the United States. lt is, if not the only national fraternal organization of optometric college men, the only active national group. There are some twenty-two hundred members of Omega Delta practicing optometry throughout the world. The Grand Chapter, established on May Zi, l9l7, is located at Chicago, Illinois and' there are many chapters located in the various optometric educational institutions of this -:ountry. Epsilon Chapter is probably the most active of the various chapters and is the group at Pennsylvania State College of Optometry. The national fraternity is a distinct advantage in optometry because of the rapid advancement shown in the profession. National organizations are important factors in the dissemination of new ideas and Epsilon Chapter is doubly important because it is located in an institution which has and which will to an ever increasing degree alone stand for professionalism and technical advancement in Optometry. Epsilon Chapter of Omega Delta continued to present the largest and most complete educational program of any fraternal organization in the College just as it was the first group to introduce these affairs. The Chapter takes this opportunity to congratulate those of its ranks who are graduating and assure them that they have the best wishes of the group. In the future, the Chapter will be pleasedyto receive them as well as the rest of its alumni when they visit the Campus. COLLEGE CHAPTERS ALPHA-Northern Illinois College of Optometry BETA-Inactive GAMMA-University of Southern California DELTA-University of California EPSILON-Pennsylvania State College of Optometry ZETA-North Pacific College of Optometry ETA-Inactive THETA-Inactive One Hundred and Twenty-six

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THE lRlS i934 0 A G Inter-Fraternity Council Advisor Dr. Edwin F. Tait Omega Delta Arthur R. Neale, jr. john W. Bracken Gamma Omega Phi Milton L. Palmer jackson M. Weber Phi Theta Epsilon Walter Glaeser james H. Lewis Omicron Delta E-psilon Herbert Z. Schmidt Benjamin Sobel Phi Beta Rho Ethel Kupperstein Edla L. Fahlen One Hundred and Twenty-five

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THE IRIS l934 0 Omega Delta Officers Arthur R. Neale, jr. President john W. Bracken Vice President Harry H. Mounce Scribe Lawrence O. Clegg Treasurer Gerald H. Leavitt W. K. I. C. Robert W. Scott Chaplain Fratres in Collegio Seniors Colin Campbell Lawrence O. Clegg Lyle M. Cruse Charles K. Doland Ralph B. Lopez Arthur R. Neale, jr. Robert W. Scott Anthony j. Stief, jr. juniors john W. Bracken Gerald H. Leavitt Harry H. Mounce . Frederick H. Witzke Freshmen Robert F. Austin William E. Bigelow Paul j. Carlson Robert W. DeGroat William F. Holland, jr. Fratres Dr. julius Neumueller, '24 Dr. William j. Tait, '29 Dr. William O. Vivian, '30 Oscar G. Miller , 9 Donald R. Provencher ' MP Harland W. Robinson, jr. CW William C. Weisel Earl C. Wilson in Facultate Dr. Michael Curcio, '30 Dr. T. Richard Simpson, '3l Dr. Frank M. Stever, '33 Dr. Frederick W. Sinn, '33 One Hundred and Twenty-seven