Southwestern University - Souwester Yearbook (Georgetown, TX)

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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

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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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Who UiKt M0NG STUDENTq IN AMERICAN UNIVERSITIES WDCOLLEGES Jimmy Baines David Cardwell AMONG STUDENTS N AMERICAN UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES is a national honor society for outstanding and representative students on American university and college campuses. Each year a secret faculty com- mittee nominates certain such students from among the junior and senior classes for membership in Who ' s Who. These candidates are approved by Who ' s Who, and members are officially notified of their membership and honor. Each vear Who ' s Who publishes a book entitled Who ' s Who Among Students in American Universi- ties and Colleges, and it is in this volume that the honored students receive their prime recognition. Frank Douglass Loy Estes Roland Folse Mary Hallauer Charles Malesky Brad Miller Lois Muckelroy Elinor Wyatt