University of the Incarnate Word - Logos Yearbook (San Antonio, TX)

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14W mag 5W This sorority is securely distinctive. Its counsel represents that ttunique is the word for Alpha Delta Sigma, the only organization on the campus with an exclusively social aim. It works to increase the social contacts of its members and to foster a spirit of friendship and loyalty. T0 the first event of the year, the rush tea at the home of Elvi Lou Guerra, each member invited four guests. Then the dance for freshmen was held October 13. The pledge service for tthe ninei prospective mem- bers, October 26, was followed by the formal service six weeks later. At the luncheon given at the Gunter Hotel, December 18, in honor of the newly enrolled members, each of the initiates was presented with a gold chain and pendant bearing the Greek letters of the sorority. Subsequent to this occasion, the recently admitted members were hostesses 0f the Christmas party in the Home Economics building and the 901d members were honorees. A second group of pledges, received during the latter half of the year, were formally initiated in April, six weeks after their installation, March 7. The events of the year were brought to a happy close, May 18, with the annual dinner dance. Officers for 1939-1940 were Dorothy McCann, president; Helen Hof- fer, Vice president twith Frann Thulemeyer acting in her absencei; Hibernia Swain, secretary; Consuelo Puck, treasurer; and Lulu Mims, sergeant-at-arms. Included in the membership were: Betty Albers, Winifred Berchel- mann, Bebe Burkett, Hazel Burnett, Rita Ruth Carlin, Gail Davis, Jean Fitzgerald, Barbara Furlong, Elvi Lou Guerra, Betty Kunkel, Betty Jean Lamm, Clare Lawler, Helon Lawrence, Lucy Gold Lytle, Zelime Lytle, Gertrude Martin, Dorothy McCann, Lulu Mims, Betty Ann Moran, Anita Norden, Clare Notzon.

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itAnd the night shall be filled with music, And the cares that infest the day Shall fold their tents like the Arabs, And as silently steal away. One supposes this jewelled thought to have inspired, in part at least, the founders and promoters of the college choral society, an organization made up of music students and students Who love music even though they be not formally engaged in the study. It is distinctively a ttvolunteer society for conferring the benefits of the best of music and song on those Who earnestly appreciate them. To experience the splendid performance of the organization is to know that its deeds of beauteous art are figurative of mercy in that hit is twice blest: it blesseth him that gives and him that takes. Throughout its presentations choristers and auditors share in occasions of greatest delight. If a single offering of the year is to be noted as outstanding, it must be that of the Christmas Oratorio. Officers of the society, 1989-1940, are inscribed as Hibernia Swain, president; Consuelo Puck, Vice president; Hortense Rahlmann, secretary- treasurer.

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To one Who has not observed the work of the college orchestra in its continuous development under the masterly direction of Florian A. Lind- berg, the most severely critical j udgment might seem unwarranted praise. Not so to those who have heard and evaluated its performance in single and successive occasions. The years achievement of the orchestra, of fifty players, has conclusively demonstrated its notable enterprise. It is a singularly praiseworthy institution, an eminent force in the cultural ac- tivity of the college. Its public offerings have consisted mainly of concerts, With soloists contributing to the variety of the entertainment. The first concert of the year was that of November 5. This was followed, in December, by the eminent musical event of the year, the concert sponsored by the alumnae, With the orchestra in support of the Metropolitan Opera singers, Bernice Ripley, Genya Poldi, Robert Ripley, and Don Enrico Clausi. Other concerts, With student soloists, have been given by the orchestra. In all of these occasions the performances have been received With well earned acclaim.