Southwestern University - Souwester Yearbook (Georgetown, TX)

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A proposed member of Cardinal Key shall be a student leader of good Dersonality, character and prominence in extra-curricular activities. Her scholarship shall be above that of the average for all women at the insti- tution for the semester preceding initiation. A proposed member shall be of junior standing. The major purposes of the organization are to recoanize achievement in scholarship and extra-curricular activities; to advance religion, patriotism, and service by affording training for leadership in the college community; and to develop character by application of the cardinal virtues of living. First Row: Hazen Lewis, Beverly Dague, Muriel Wittbold, Jane Gale. Second Row: Mary Hallauer, Elinor Wyatt, Ina Ruth Garrison, Marjorie Zim- merman. Third Row: Jane Gillett, Ann Wilkinson, Shirley Davis, Janey Smith. Not Pictured: Lois Muckelroy, Betty Jean Robertson. Cardina Key OFFICERS Mary Hallauer President Jane Gale Vice-President Lois Muckelroy Secretary Elinor Wyatt Treasurer Muriel Wittbold Historian Betty Jean Robertson Reporter Mrs. Ruth Ferguson Sponsor

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Blue Key OFFICERS Loy Estes President Roland Folse Vice-President Frank Douglass Secretary-Treasurer David Cardwell Corresponding Secretary Joe Bert Sissom Alumni Secretary Dean Berglund Sponsor ' -. Active membership shall include only men who have completed two full years of college work and are of good character and personality, recoqnized as leaders in scholarship and college activities, and who shall have maintained for the next preceding semester or for their cumulative average, an average above all men ' s average of the institution. The organization has a three fold purpose: 1 The belief in God will be perpetuated and intensified, the government of the United States will be supported and defended, and the established institutions of society and the principles of good citizenship will be preserved. 2. An ambition for intellectual attainment and a desire to serve colleae and fellows will be fostered among students in institutions of higher learning. 3 Student problems may be studied, student life may be enriched, and the arogress and best interests of the institutions in which the organization is found may be stimulated and promoted Kneeling: Albert Sanders, Dick Werner, Joe Bert Sissom, Frank Douglass, Billy Dipple. Standing: Roland Folse, Myron Dees, Loy Estes, Charles Malesky, Robbie Sledge, Stanley Horwood. Not Pictured: David Cardwell, Timmie Baines, Paris Gibbs, Brad Miller, Guinn Williams.

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Alpha Chi Seated: Frank Douglass, Elinor Wyatt, Mary Bert Hewitt, Mary Eddins, Lucille Reed. Standing: Dr. Claud Howard, David Cardwell, Alfred Seitz, Ken Clapp, Fred Kight, Loy Estes, Muhammad Asaf, Ithiel V. Master. Not Pictured: Roland Folse, Ann Wilkinson, Robbie Sledge, Hal Kennedy, Chuck Malesky, Guinn Williams, Betty Carolyn Blalock. Alpha Chi originated at Southwestern as the Southwestern University Scholar- ship Society in 1915. Later it became organized nationally and the name was changed to Alpha Chi. Members of the Texas Alpha Chapter, the local society, are elected from among the top or ranking tenth of the junior and senior classes. Its aims are stimulation, development, and recognition of scholarship and character. Membership is considered the highest scholastic honor that can be conferred upon a student of Southwestern. Scenes from the regional convention of Alpha Chi held at the home of Texas Alpha chapter in Feb- ruary, 1953. OFFICERS David Cardwell President Elinor Wyatt Vice-President Ann Wilkinson Secretary-Treasurer Dr. Claud Howard Dean Ruth Ferguson Faculty Sponsors