University of Nebraska Kearney - Blue and Gold Yearbook (Kearney, NE)

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Officers President .......................................Clare Malone Vice President ......... ......... ...........Bryce Newman Secretary ........................ Dorethea Hoog Corresponding Secretary ... Sarah Lee Weld Treasurer ...............................Dean Lindgren Sponsor ......... Miss Alma Hosic McKerney, Betty Murrish, Walter Newman, Bryce Sigman, Zelda Stout, Roberta Tollefsen, Robert Weld, Sarah Lee Beta Pi Theta, national honorary fraternity tor students of French, was founded in 1926. The purpose of the organization is to create a better under- standing of the French people, their language, literature, art, music, and customs. 1 I I ♦

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i i Sigma J au Delta Officers President ............................... Secretary ................... -.......... Treasurer .... .......................... Reporter ................................ Sponsors ............................ - Mr. C. T. Ryan, Miss Mary Crawford. ......Lenore Sit tier .Arvilla Walkinshaw ....Louise Petersen ....Bryce Newman Mr. J, Clark Weaver Members Christensen, Wilma DeYoung, Julia Frerichs, Miriam Murray, Margaret Newman, Bryce Walkinshaw, Petersen, Louise Rebhan, Anna Sanders, Teresa Sittler, Lenore Thomasson, Andrew Arvilla Xi Beta, Kearney chapter of Sigma Tau Delta, national honorary English fraternity, was organized in 1928 with Mr. C. T. Ryan, head of the English de- partment as sponsor. The Antler, annual allcollege literary publication, sponsored by the fra- ternity, has come into its fourth year this spring. Present staff heads are Wilma Christensen, editor, and Bryce Newman, business manager. Each year the fraternity sponsors a freshman essay contest and medals are awarded the winners. The '37 winners were Miss Zola Van Skike of Greeley, first; and Miss Maxine Sokol of Sidney, second place. Page 25

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 M 1937 BLUE GOLD i ft Pi Omega Pi Officers President ................................... LuciJe Fortna Vice President....... .............. ....... Lenore Sittler Secretary ....... ................ ... . ..Grace Mathews Treasurer ................................... Ann Harris Historian .........................................Charlotte Clark Reporter ............................... Myna Turner Sponsor .................... -.............. Mrs, Boasen Members Clark, Charlotte Fortna, Lucile Goings, Doris Harris, Ann Harris, Estelene Matheny, Frank Mathews, Grace Payne, Vernon Percy, Josie Priebe, Paul Sheeks, Mina Sittler, Len ore Turner, Myna Weidenhaft, Gaillard Wilson, Ellen Nu chapter of Pi Omega Pi, national honorary fraternity for commercial teachers, was organized at the Nebraska State Teachers College in Kearney July 20, 1929. Mrs. Ethel Boasen has been sponsor of the chapter since its installation. Among the qualifications for membership are superior standing in com- mercial subjects and above average in all other courses. Six members were initiated this year at an informal dinner at the Midway Hotel. The chapter now maintains, as a service to commercial students, a bureau for placement in secretarial positions. Other activities sponsored by this organization are convocation programs, printing of the Nu News, and machine demonstrations. The unit has been represented at every national Pi Omega Pi meeting. Page 27