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

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THE IRIS i934 0 Omicron Delta Epsilon Officers Herbert Z. Schmidt President William Fellman, 2nd Vice President and Treasurer Edwin Breitner Secretary Morris Wattenmaker Social Chairman juniors Edwin Breitner Samuel Schein William Fellman, 2nd Milton Schiffman Milton Geller Herbert Z. Schmidt Abe Scheer Freshmen Morton Cordish Leo Clug Phillip Kramer Charles Mishler 'bww-al 61634 5142 Albert Perelman Bernard Rubenstone Benjamin Sobel Aaron Tell Morris Wattenmaker ,..JlN:.fl-5.,..., One Hundred and Thirty-five

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'THE IRIS l Seated: Kramer, Tell, Breitner, Sheer, Schmidt, president, Schiffman, Schein, Geller, Cordish Standing: Rubenstone, Sobel, Wattenmaker, Clug, Mishler, Perelman, Absent, Fellman Omicron Delta Epsilon Omicron Delta Epsilon, the latest addition to the family of fraternities at the Pennsylvania State College of Optometry, had its inception during the school year of i932-33. Founded by seven members of the, then, Fresh- man Class, the close of the present school year finds the group swelled by the addition of nine members of the present Freshman Class firmly en- trenched as a distinct professional, cultural and social fraternal unit in the College. The sixteen men, constituting the charter group of the fraternity, look back proudly upon the achievements of the past scihool year. During that time the ideals of the group were successfully interpreted, an official fraternity emblem and coat-of-arms were chosen and a charter was drafted. All members will return next year imbued with the determination to malke Omicron Delta Epsilon significant among the fraternal groups of the College. One Hundred and Thirty-four

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Q I m 'piraml i -v, f- V '- , 1,' I o H E I R I 5 I9 3 4 . Seated: Sherman, Fleschutz, Fahlen, Dr, Florence Fitch, advisor, Kupperstein, Nemtzow, Cianfrani Standing: Gandel, Sullivan, Leonard, Krasno Phi Beta Rho The first organization meeting of a group of women students of the College was held on january 29th, l934 at the Women's Residence Halls. The organization was brought into being because many of those pres- ent believed that women studying optometry as a profession might acquire a bettergunderstanding and that they might become better fitted to fulfill their social obligations as professional women if there were a closer bond of association. lt was also felt that extra-curricular activity might be made more enjoyable through a sorority. One Hundred and Thirty-six 'fAQ44?i4',aw 1