Ripon College - Crimson Yearbook (Ripon, WI)

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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

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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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r r i „ r- 'Hire mav not be am men, but that doesn’t stop Mary Gray or Jackie Baida from dancing. Irene Schneider is handling the orchestras most in demand. 23