Truman State University - Echo Yearbook (Kirksville, MO)

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La Vera Dye, vice president; Miss Zoller, sponsor; Judy La Frenz, president; Lorraine Gillum, sec¬ retary, Eleanor Evans, Nancy Mercer, Nancy Cox, Dorothy Holcomb, Erma Lee Rieger, Alene Layman, Maysel Lynch, Maria Hidalgo, Doris Reid, Marjorie Magruder, Juanita Greenweli, Elaine Boise, Carolyn Magruder, Mary Fritsinger, Carol Jean Trunnell, Iris Mittendorf, Martha Ruth, Martha Rey¬ nolds, Dorothy Nickerson. A new house across from the Stop ' n Shop started the school year off right for Alpha Sigma Alpha. Later on, our red and white sweaters were a familiar sight on the campus . . Gypsies in gay skirts and glittering ear rings . . soft lights and a glowing campfire ... all combined to character¬ ize the traditional Gypsy Dance which marked the beginning of rush season. The dance was followed by a super progressive luncheon and thirteen cute rushees became Alphas. This event was celebrated with a dinner party at the home of an alumna, Miss Martha Rinehart . . . The pledges enter¬ tained the actives and the Army Air Corps men stationed on the campus with a Country School Jamboree. An old-fashioned box supper was held dur¬ ing recess and gaily wrapped boxes of food were auctioned off to the highest bidder. At the Student Council Carnival in January, the Alpha Sigmas set up a Gypsy fortune-telling booth. Under the spell of candlelight and an eerie at¬ mosphere the Alpha Gypsies revealed many interesting fortunes . . Other high-lights of the year included the Christmas party, the Valentine party, and the annual Founders Day tea at the home of our sponsor, Miss Alma Zoller And, naturally, we ' re pleased as punch to have won the scholarship cup for the year ' 43- ' 441 16

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DELTA SIGMA EPSILON Delta Sigma Epsilon began the 1943-44 school year with their rush sea¬ son. The first event was a coffee, and the concluding function was the Candy- land Dance in Women ' s Gym . . . decorations were gay—candy sticks, lolli¬ pops, with tall glasses of lemonade lining the walls which were draped with crepe paper . . . our pledges, which numbered seven, entertained the actives and sponsor with a chili supper at the new sorority house. Christmas season was shown in the chapter room with a beautifully decorated tree and a manger scene . . . our Christmas party was a banquet, followed by an exchange of gifts . . . after the first of the year, three ban¬ quets were held by Delta Sigma—two of these followed initiation honoring those initiated . . . the third was in recognition of our Founder ' s Day. The latest news of Delta Sigma concerned the addition of our sign at the new house—we were certainly a proud bunch of girls when the sign lighted the front of the chapter house . . . and so we close the school year with a brief resume of what took place in Delta Sigma Epsilon sorority . . we ' re all looking forward to another successful year in 1944-45. Viva Lee Cooley, Secretary; Betty Arm Drakes, president; Miss Lucy Simmons, sponsor, Georgia Warner, Bernice Schott, treasurer; Jennifer Warnock, Gloria Duncan, Marjorie Kanouse, Mary Shuey Maride Arnold, Erlene Peterson, Mary Lou McClanahan, vice-president. 17