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

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The Incarnate Word College Chapter of Alpha Lambda Delta, honorary scholastic fraternity for freshman women, was established in December 1939'. The only national honorary organization for freshman women, Alpha Lambda Delta promotes the development of character, leadership and scholarship among first year college students. Notable among the events of the year were the tea for Freshmen in October, the initiation banquet in April, and the tea complimenting senior members of the N ational Honor Society in city high schools in May. Fall initiates included Barbara Furlong and Hermine Dalkowitz. Freshmen who achieved the average required for election at the end of the first semester were: Doris Bissett, Rita Ruth Carlin, Margaret Ellen Corbett, Shirley Jones, Patricia Ney, Joyce Sallee and Gertrude Schafer. Activities of the chapter, 1939-1940, were carried out under the ca- pable direction of Maxine Whitten, president ; Zelime Lytle, vice president; Alice Ruth Yates, secretary; Carmen Balluder, treasurer; and Hibernia Swain, senior advisor.

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The work of the sodality in 1939-1940 has been manifest of a spirit of enlivened enterprise. New projects have been undertaken and sutcess- fully prosecuted, new devices employed to stimulate interest in fafniliar activities. A program of catechetical instruction for under-privileged children has been not the least important of these endeavors. The enthu- siastic interest developing from this work has made possible the opening of several new centers. Besides administering the Sunday instructions, the catechists have provided special holiday feasts, on Christmas and Easter, for their missions. Seventy-five 0f the sodalists, associating themselves, November 25, as Handmaids 0f the Blessed Sacrament, promised therewith to receive Holy Communion at least once a week and to show special devotion to the Blessed Sacrament. To foster and promote the reading of appropriate subject matter, a pamphlet drive was conducted. Further, in cooperation with like groups, the college sodality formed the Catholic Youth Organization unit that is to be known as the College Sodality Union. When it had sponsored a spirit- ual retreat in January, new members were received after the days of prayer. All activities of the sodality are purposed for sanctification of self, sanctification of neighbor, and defense of the Church. The years work has been ably directed by wetrude Martin, prefect, with the assistance of Patsy McGoohan, Vice brefect; Mary Elizabeth White, secretary; and Clare Notzon, treasurer.

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Edie Iota fbch 6M Designed as an organization to challenge and claim the interest of students who evidence an affection for the theatre, the club purposes to foster the appreciation of drama and the development of histrionic ability, with the aim of encouraging habits of poise and fluency in speech and its concomitant behavior. In keeping with the intention and its objective, the practice is sus- tained of staging a play 01' scene at each monthly meeting. There are, moreover, the public appearances of the company throughout the year. At Christmas it acted the ttLost Star ; during the Lenten season it presented with unexceptionable merit the traditional passion play, ttThe Upper Room ; it offered a play dealing with the problems of modern marriage, ttThe Ravelled Sleeve, to a sodality assembly. The public per- formances 0f the annual cycle were concluded with A Portrait of Carol? a dramatic story which essays to answer the persistent question of how the individual may escape the domination of the family. Among the social activities of Delta Iota for 1939-1940 were its enter- tainment of prospective members with a tea and the morning coffee for the club given by its president, Miss Ellen Shropshire. The membership roll for the year records the names of Ellen Shrop- shire, president; Mary Frances Devine, Vice president; Betty Kunkel, treasurer; and Margaret Pickering, reporter; Margaret Adams, Elizabeth Aman, Virginia Anderson, Mary Theresa Boyle, Rita Ruth Carlin, Jacque- line Conley, Elaine Coutret, Mary Frances Devine, Camille DuBose, Jean Fitzgerald, Barbara Furlong, Shirley Jones, Jessie Kinsley, Betty Kunkel, Lucy Gold Lytle, Zelime Lytle, Clare Notzon, Mimi Ogden, Mary Agatha Owens, Margaret Pickering, Mary Katherine Russell, Alice Sawtelle, Ellen Shropshire, Dorothy Wearden, and Maxine Whitten.