University of Nebraska Omaha - Tomahawk / Gateway Yearbook (Omaha, NE)

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Mel Decker of Pi Kappa Alpha Sigma Kappa Typical Fraternity Man Nancy Andersen of Chi Omega Sig Ep Sweetheart Mary Renna of Zeto Tau Alpha Pi Kappa Alpha Dream Girl

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Cosford Traynor Anderson Willey Houser Herbes Doyle PANHELLENIC COUNCIL rHE Panhellenic Council, composed of two women from each sorority, is the governing body for the four national social sororities on the .Omaha University campus. Besides guiding women ' s rushing, the chief duties of the Council include handling membership limits on sororities and co-sponsoring the annual Greek Help Week activities. Council members also act as hostesses for two teas during the year in an effort to encourage better relations between sorority and un- affiliated women on campus. Officers were Corinne Houser, president; Joan Willey, vice president; Jane Anderson, secretary; and Dorothy Traynor, treasurer. Members of the Council included Joan Willey and Marilyn Herbes, Alpha Xi Delta.; Corinne Houser and Pat Cosford, Chi Omega; Dorothy Traynor and Pat Sommers, Sigma Kappa; and Jane Anderson and JoAnn Doyle, Zeta Tau Alpha. Mrs. Paul Sutton, Miss Margaret Killian, Miss Alice Smith, and Mrs. Robert Alexander were alumnae members. Sommers JUNIOR PANHELLENIC COUNCIL rHE fall of 1954 found the Junior Panhellenic Council in its second year of activity on the Uni- versity of Omaha campus. An all-pledge coffee hour was held in October where representatives of each group participated in a discussion on intersorority relations. Besides helping the Panhellenic Council with Greek Week and teas, the Junior Panhell organized a surprise come-as-you-are breakfast for all pledges. Officers for the year were Sue Moss of Chi Omega, president; Pat Le Barge of Sigma Kappa, vice president; Elaine Reznichek of Zeta Tau Alpha, secretary; and Shirley Palladino of Alpha Xi Delta, program. Other members were Joan Bukowski, Barbara Detherage, Elaine Kelly and Diann Alexander. The Council ' s advisors were Mrs. Mary Padou Young and Joan Willey. Willey, Detherage, Palladino, Moss, Bukowski, Alexander, and Dean Young.