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

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l37 ' 1'-1 l' I ' awk gy 0 Qi-vi fab x f , WM ' 5' N , 'slim 4, ll QQ A X Omicron Delta Epsilon OFFICERS Morris Wattenmaker Morton Cordish Charles Mishler Philip Kramer Leo Clug MEMBERS - Seniors Edwin A. Breitner William Fellman, 2nd Milton Geller Abe Sheer juniors Leo Clug Morton Cordish Philip Kramer Charles Mishler Freshmen Sidney Berman Sheldon Brown Alvin Cohen Morton Eclelstein Bernard Eger President Vice-President Treasurer Secretary Social Chairman Samuel Schein Milton Schiffman Herbert Z. Schmidt Bernard Rubenstone Benjamin Sobel Aaron Tell Morris Wattenrnaker Alex Friedman jack Lozowick Albert Perelman Sidney Rubin

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THE 1935 IRIS First row: Schiffman, Schmidt, Kramer, Wattenmaker, Cordish, Clug, Schein Second row: Lnxowick, Perelman, Sobel, Fnhen, Ezer, Rreitner, Rubenstone Third rnw: Tell. Geller, S. Rubin. Ftrnwn. Sheer Fourth row: Fellman, Berman Omicron Delta Epsilon During the year i934-35, Omicron Delta Epsilon expanded her member- ship from sixteen to twenty-four. For the first time in its two years of official existence, the fraternity is represented in all three classes of the college. joining with the other four fraternities in maintaining the integrity of the rushing code established last year, Omicron Delta Epsilon's activities in that respect were both dignified and effective. With eleven neophytes as a nucleus, a season of pledgeship was invoked for the purpose of training the pledgees in the ideals of the fraternity. Of this group, eight finally received initiation and, in an impressive ritual ceremony, were admitted to full mem- bership. The past year etched Omicron Delta Epsilon more firmly into the fra- ternal picture at Pennsylvania State College of Optometry. While emphasiz- ing the curricular activity of the members, a calendar of extra-curricular functions was prepared and expeditiously carried out to the complete satis- faction and gratification of all the members. Banquets, smokers, and dances were interspersed throughout the year, offering variety and pleasure to all who attended. ' l36

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lHE l7JJ IIXIJ First row: Miller, Leavitt, Austin, Bracken, Carlson, Robinson, Mounce Second row: Provencher. Whitney, Dyer. DeGroat. Mnnre, Post. Munso Third row: Haves, Perron, Russell, Rarr. Witzke, Wilson Fourth row: Konopka, Keeport, Compton, Merrill Omega Delta The Omega Delta National, Professional, and Social, College Fraternity, and Society of Doctors of Optometry, concludes its eighteenth year of activity. lt can boast of being the largest, if not the only, active national fraternal or- ganization of optometric college men in existence today. The Grand Chapter is located at Chicago, lllinois, and there are some two hundred active mem- bers representing the many chapters in the various optometric educational institutions of this country, along with seventeen hundred alumni members in the practice of optornetry. Epsilon Chapter at the Pennsylvania State College of Optometry is out- standing in the affairs of the national organization. This group was host to the Eastern Regional Conclave of Omega Delta during March l935. Epsilon Chapter, in itself, has carried on its educational program this year, as in the past, and may well be proud of its scholastic, social, and fraternal record. To our graduating Brothers of the Chapter we offer our most hearty congratulations. We, who remain to carry on in the College, will look forward to meeting you and your fellow alumni both abroad and on 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 ' 8