University of Maryland College Park - Terrapin / Reveille Yearbook (College Park, MD)

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PETITE PLEDGE WINS Pretty Carol Lee Towbes walks off with Pledge Queen title during Panhel dance Each year, the sororities choose the most kiscious of their new members and send them out to be judged for the Pledge Queen contest. The judges select one and she is crowned as Pledge Queen by the editor of the Diamondback. (This is the major reason there is such a rush for the editor ' s job every year.) Sixteen pledges faced the judges ' eyes this year, and a lovelier group of coeds has never been gathered in one room. The results of the judges ' ballots were released at the Panhellenic Dance. This year ' s Pledge Queen was Miss Carol Lee Towbes, an 18-year-old pledge of Alpha Epsilon Phi. Runners- up were Miss Martha Hayward, Kappa Delta, and Miss Gay De Nike, Delta Delta Delta. After the coronation by Editor George Cheely, 500 couples danced to the music of Tiny Meeker and his orchestra. The Armorj ' windows held huge replicas of the various sorority pledge pins. Streamers of the sorority colors led up to the center, where they were held by the Maryland seal. As the band played their sorority songs, the pledges stepped through a flowered arch in the center of the Armory. This semi-formal dance is given annually by the Pan- hellenic Council, in conjunction with the sponsorship of the queen by the Diamondback. This year ' s judges were George Cheely, editor of the CAROL LEE TOWBES, 1949-1950 PLEDGE QUEEN Diamondback; Frank Masterson, Senior Class Presi- dent; Charles Shaeffer, Old Line editor; and Louis Eisenhauer, former S.G.A. President. The criteria for their choice were beauty, poise, and personality. And Carol won them over. ■4 MARTHA HAYWARD, QUEEN CAROL LEE TOWBES, GAY De NIKE. PLEDGE QUEEN AND ADMIRING PUBLIC, SHORTLY AFTER THE CROWNING BY EDITOR GEORGE CHEELY.

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I I PHIL BETTENDORF, PANTOMIMING DOCTOR BYRD. PRESENTS A PANORAMA OF THE UNIVERSITY ' S ALL- 16