Truman State University - Echo Yearbook (Kirksville, MO)

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Martha McDuffie, treasurer; Barbara Henderson, president; Miss Bracy Cornett, sponsor; Janice Timson, vice-president; Doris Brenneche, Vera Motter, Frances Shouse, Ruth Harrison, Juanita Epperson, Mad¬ eline Martin, Jean Mueller, Dolly Creamer, corresponding secretary; Mary Sangster, recording secre¬ tary; Annabelle Buchanan, Eileen Oldfather, Maxine Scott, Opal Dorris, Elgie Atturbury, Coralee Barnes, Betty Robinson. PI KAPPA SIGMA Another grand year in Pi Kappa Sigma . 1943- ' 44 found the Pi Kaps rolling merrily along . . Yes, with the first rush party held in Science Hall . . a U. S. O. center, with Red Cross nurses serving punch, dancing, soft lights, and music, all adding up to a wonderful time. Then the next party, a dinner at the Masonic Temple with airplanes, hang¬ ars, beacon lights and runways decorating the tables. Alumna Ruth Curtis entertained with some favorite readings and the evening ended by singing Pi Kap songs . . Founder ' s Day found the Pi Kaps together celebrating with a spaghetti supper and all the trimmings. Then the annual Christmas party with its contribution for a war bond . . Mrs. C. P. Neidig, our national president, honored us with a visit which was helpful and inspiring . a fine year indeed, and Pi Kappa Sigma is looking forward to many more happy ones to follow. 18

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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

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Tri Sigma came smiling through this year with the largest membership of any social organization on the campus . . . rushing season started with two swell parties, a Hobo party complete with red and blue bandanas and old clothes, and a banquet at the Travelers with corsages for the rushees . . . result, twenty new pledges. Mu Chapter was visited by Mrs. Idabell Daudell, our national secretary . . . pledges gave a lush Valentine dance for the actives in Sociability Hall on the evening of February 12 . . . election time again, and the Tri Sigmas took an active part in boosting for the Progressive Party. Spring came, and everyone was neck-deep in rummage sales and the annual Founder ' s Day celebration . . . Martha Thoelke elected president to keep up the good work during the coming school year. Louise Lansdale, vice-president; Mary Violet Martin, Margaret Ruhwedel, Mildred Ann Cornwell, presi¬ dent; Miss Viola Magee, sponsor; Hortense Agee, corresponding secretary; Martha Thoelke, treasurer, Mary Margaret O ' Connor, Ann Dunbar, Julianne Stryker, Lois Drennan, recording secretary; Carol Ashby, Mary Evelyn Thurman, Nadine Robinson, Geraldine Hunter, lulie Maddox, Maxine Mitchell, Marion Ridgway, Beth Dougherty, Joan Trefiletti, Helen Mitchell, Betty Graubner, Betty Anne Eggert, Doris Gardner, Nancy Roy, Eleanor Thomas, Elaine Carroll, Jayne Glaze, Bernice Stoops, Charlotte Haley, Mary Frances Ruhwedel, Marjorie Miller, Jean Young. 19