Ripon College - Crimson Yearbook (Ripon, WI)

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A big conclave is held on the stair with Proxy Hockenhull, Miriam Beil kc, Betty Roeske, Mary Jane I) illic, Roberta Jack on and Shirley Barnard. “Bert i always in demand when Hetty Kocskc, Mary Hockenhull, Lois Kriedeman and Miriam Bcilkc feel like singing, A Pi Delt Girl Am I. 21

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Phi Delta Omega I'rcsidfnt - - Mary Hockemiui.l 1‘iff I'm'ulrttt - • Betty Foeske Secretary - - Lots KIrirdr mA y Treasurer - Miriam Heii.ke Rushhuj Chairman Roberta Jackson Cor. Sec. • - Roiirkia Jackson This year, which started out as a rather bleak one for the handful of returning Pi Delts. has turned into what promises to be a rosy future. An outstanding group of freshman girls, some of them already experi- enced in student leadership, is forming an excellent nucleus around which the Park- hurst girls may base their plans for next year. Although a small house, the Pi Delts man aged to walk off wtih many of the campus honors. A junior affiliate of Phi Alpha, three consistent honor roll members and one member listed in Who’s Who in American Colleges and Universities, takes care of the scholastic recognition for Parkhurst. At the head of this year’s Intersororiry Council was a Pi Delt girl, as well as in the position of WSGA secretary. Pi Delta Omega was also well represented on the Union Recreation committee, in Pi Delta Epsilon and heading WAA sports. To make up for their lack in numbers, the Parkhurst girls have taken on heavier indi- vidual loads—many of them being active in several branches. Although two prominent members will be lost in June, the very com- petent freshman group makes up for the depletion. The unity and cooperation of the sorority is steering them along the way of success. Each girl has in mind the desire to bring further prestige to her house. With that kind of spirit the new year is bound to bring them further good fortune. Easy chairs In the fireplace are always filled . . . this time In Mamie Pease, Joyce A vent, Cyn- thia Barbour and Carol Hulen. 20

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Pi Tau Pi With ;« gay lire, Smith MallS rtc room i a cheery iglit mi .« rainy «lav. Here four of the Pi Tan’?. j;;u1ki mi a la afternoon—Kn Jenkins, Loi Sonclcrs, Kathy Phillips and Shirley Wedge. President - - Jacqueline Bai.da Secretary KATHLEEN Pliu.i.ll 3 Treasurer - Gladys Roc km li.lkk Rushing Chairman - Lois Sanders Early in the year a group of unaffiliated girls met to form an organization for the independent women on campus. Out of that first meeting grew slowly, the pian for a new sorority. Realizing that the odds were against them, the girls worked long and hard to make their organization strong enough to stand up against the strong competition of the other four, well established sororities. Finally, after a long period of planning with the administration, they were granted a three year probation period by the Inter- sorority Council of March 25, 1945. and chose the name Pi Tau Pi. Then began some more hours of work, under the guidance of the newly elected officers and with the help of two very able advisory members. Mrs. Wm. J. Peterman and Miss Jean Douglas, pledged their sup- port to the sorority immediately after it was formed. The group planned their ritual, wrote a constitution and had many meetings discussing colors, mottoes, pledge pins and sorority pins. Already. Pi Tau Pi has started to function as an active group on campus. During the third quarter rushing period, five new girls were pledged and initiated into the group. Plans for fall rushing, pledging, hell week activities and other sorority activities are being drawn up now. The girls of Pi Tau Pi still have a hard road ahead of them . . . they’ve just begun! The sucess of the few activities that have been carried out point the way to future years of promise for Ripon’s new sorority. 22