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

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FIRST ROW: 4 Virginia Anderson, Mary Belcher, Mary Jane Bowles, Maude Ellen Brite, Vivian Broussard, Estelle Cappuyns, Margaret Coughlin, Jane Chinner, Virginia Collins, Elaine Coutl'et, Jean Craig, Sophy Dalmas, Gail Davis, Wilma Derden. SECOND ROW24 Patricia Duffy. Mary Early, Helen Edelstein, Alicia Elizondo, Agnes Fallwell. Martha Franza. Dorothy Lee Freeman, Marjorie Hast- ings. Jane Ellen Hillje, Amy Heard, Gwendolyn Hynes, Nan Ivey, Shirley Jones. THIRD ROW:eBetty Kendall, Peggy King,Betty Jean Lamm. Le Claire Leslie, Mary Libert, Mary Lundeen, Peggy McDonough, Marjorie McKinley, Gertrude Martin, Mary Alice Murphy. Patricia Ney, Clare Notzon, Amory Oliver. FOURTH ROW:4Elizaheth Oliver, Ofelia Onderdonk, Louise Oswald, June Pike, Olivette Rheiner, Elsie Richter, Mildred Schlosser, Edna Lee Shaw, Fredericka Shaw, Virginia Smalley, Jeanne Thompson, June Watson, Eugenia Wilson, Nancy Wilson. This honors society functions primarily in promoting student interest in the physical sciences. The social activities of the club for 1940 - 1941 were begun With a card party Sep- tember 30 and were brought to a successful close with a picnic supper at the home of Margaret Pickering. Of the other occasions of this kind that are entered in the record most notable were the dance, held November 15, the tea given in honor of the pledges at the home of Gail Davis in December, the mock initiation J anuary 13, the luncheon given by the initiates J anuary 18, the formal initiation January 20, and the annual dinner dance, May 17. Throughout the year lectures were sponsored to keep the members informed of the latest developments in the physical sciences. More specifically memorable, however, were two events of Wider than local interest in which the society participated. The annual convention of the Texas Academy of Sciences was held in San Antonio November 8-10. During this meeting J une Pike was awarded third prize in the collegiate division in recognition of the merit of her paper, The Calibration of the Photelometer for Practical Use in Clinical and Industrial Lab- oratories. The second of these larger events was the meeting at Incarnate Word College February 18, 1941, of the Texas Division of the American Chemical Society. At this meeting Dr. Maxwell A. Pollack, nationally known authority in the field of physical science, spoke on 9Some Reactions of the Double Bond. Officers of Phi Sigma Kappa for the current year have been: Gail Davis, president; Mildred Schlosser, Vice-president; Shirley Jones, secretary; Jean Craig, treasurer; and Constance Jones, reporter.

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FIRST ROW:eMary Helen Caesar, Rita Ruth Carlin, Betty Jean Lamm, Maria Liebscher, Lucy Gold Lytle. SECOND ROW:eZelime Lytle, Gertrude Martin, Dorothy Mae Regini, Mary Kathryn Russell, Marian Seng. 74a swat, The continuing traditions of the Sodality were capably sustained in the many worthy activities of the Sodalists during this year. Numerous projects undertaken under the notably competent direction of the Moderator, and with the enthusiastic cooperation of officers and other members were carried to creditable achievement. Among the distinctive, memorable promotions of the organization was that of the move- ment to foster the reading of Catholic literature. In the development of this program, appointed groups were assigned to the reading and reporting of several specified Catholic novels. To conclude the course of this activity a general discussion was held in assembly, and the results were appraised in a commentary on the benefits derived from the prosecution of this noteworthy engagement. Since! the purposes and objectives of the Sodality are fami- liarly known, as well as are its many achievements, the record requires no more than passing mention of them. Hence, there are noted no more than an indication of the main of these accustomed activities: the weekly meeting each Monday of the Sodality and its committees, the regular recital of 'the office one day each month, the catechetical instruction of under- privileged children at Guadalupe Center and other places, the articipation of the Sodalists in the Diocesan C. Y. 0., and their enterprises in the several fie ds of influence peculiarly apt to the apostolic ventures of a college Sodality. The officers, 1940-1941, appear on the roster as: Gertrude Martin, Prefect; Mary Katharine Russell, Vice-Prefect; Lucy Gold Lytle, Secretary; Dorothy Mae Regini, Treasurer. Committee Chairmen are announced as: Catholic literature committee, Rita Ruth Carlin; Apostolic committee, Helen Caesar; Our Ladyis committee, Betty Jean Lamm; Eucharistic committee, Maria Liebscher; soc1al committee, Zelime Lytle; publicity committee, Marian Seng.

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FIRST ROW:eMiriam Ruth Beck, Mary Jane Bowles, Ellenita Buckley, Rita Ruth Carlin. Gail Davis, Constance Jones. SECOND ROW:eShirley Jones, Ada Koenig, Zelime Lytle, Patricia Ney, Janet Roak, Gertrude Schafcr, Maxine Whitten. mm rimm- :zezza Incarnate Word College Chapter of Alpha Lambda Delta, honorary Scholastic fraternity for freshmen women, was established in December, 1937. The national organization proposes as its aim the development of character, leadership, and scholarship among first year college students. Since the institution of the local chapter the members singly and unitedly have given capable testimony of the aim of the organization and its continuing achievement. Noteworthy among the events sponsored by Alpha Lambda Delta, 1940-41, were the tea for freshmen in October, the annual spring banquet, and the tea given in compliment to the senior members of the National Honor Society of the city high schools. Of merited record also is the winning 0f the first Alpha Lambda Delta fellowship of five hundred dollars by Miss Louise Houssiere of J ennings, Louisiana, one of the charter members of Incarnate Word College Chapter. In this contest Miss Houssiere competed with women students in colleges and universities throughout the country. Initiates of the Chapter at the beginning of the fall term were Constance J ones. J ane't Roak and Miriam Ruth Beck. The freshmen who distinguished themselves by achieving the scholastic average required for eligibility at the end of the first semester were Ada Koenig and Mary J ane Bowles. The roster of the notably capable officers of the organization, 1940-41, bears the inscription of Patricia Ney, president; Rita Ruth Carlin, Vice-president; Gertrude Schafer, secretary; Shirley Jones, treasurer; and Mary Schulze, senior advisor.