University of Pittsburgh - Owl Yearbook (Pittsburgh, PA)

Text from Pages 1 - 364 of the 1939 volume:

‘Mi wWnfC k THE 1 939 OWL...SENIOR PUBLICATION OF THE Justness Manager Editor Albert M. Kairys £ o '9 o LI II TO PRESENT A year at the University of Pittsburgh in which we have grown with her in stature, in spirit, in knowledge, in character. Particularly have we tried to capture a significant era in our growth as we opened the doors of the Nationality Rooms of the Cathedral of Learning and took our places in an atmosphere of the great achievements of the ancient scholars of the nations of the world. T H S 19 3 9 A RECORD OF THE CAMPUS LIFE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA rO « n5 vs 129879 Aer°'s Frick cres LCaRNIKq . . . where we spend leisure hours in the Aldrtd Room ... or enter tlx artistic piles of tlx Dari nip on Memorial Room to seek out rare volumes ... or pi e expression to our creative natures in the Fine Arts l tbs. STEPHEN C. FOSTER MEMORIAL I STEPHEN FOSTER MEMORIAL . . . in whose vaulted lobby we gather before concerts, plays, assemblies . . . housing, in testimony to the famed Pittsburgh composer, the collection of his original manuscripts . . . his old melodian ... the beautifully draped stage from which tribute ts paid to him . . . those volumes that others have dedicated to him. HEINZ CHAPEL Hknry John Hbinz A STONE'S throw from the urban drabness of Fifth Avenue and Forbes Street on the complacent greenness of the Cathedral lawn rests Pitt’s diminutive Heinz Chapel. As the massive red oak doors of the Chapel entrance close behind the visitor, he escapes from a world of busy noises and changing climates into the almost ethereal Gothic atmosphere of medieval France—an atmosphere of time-reversing calm, of lofty idealistic inspiration, of soaring serenity. The Heinz Chapel, dedicated Sunday, November 20, is a gift to the University from Henry John Heinz and his children. Originally Henry John Heinz willed a bequest to the University to erect a building in honor of his mother, Anna Margaretta Heinz. However, before this plan was carried through, his children, Howard Heinz, Irene E. Given, and Clifford S. Heinz, decided to add to the bequest and to build this chapel in memory of both their father and their grandmother. The Heinz Memorial Chapel now stands completed—a permanent symbol of spiritual growth. No longer is the building merely a novelty or an item in the sight-seers guide book; it has THE HEINZ CHAPEL become a real chapel on the University campus. It goes hand in hand with all education on that campus, being a vital part of that education. The student and the teacher retire there after classes to find rest, to absorb the beauty of the surroundings inspired by soft organ music. In the hustle and bustle of a big urban university we arc apt to overlook the meaning of such things as kindness, faith, spirituality, and response to beauty. The text of the Bencdicite window 0 all ye works of the Lord, Bless ye the Lord, Praise Him, and Magnify Him Forever makes us understand the purpose of the chapel —a realization of these non-material values. The medieval French Gothic architecture of the tiny chapel lends itself toward the lifting of the skill, the intellect, the imagination, and the aspirations of man to a unity of purpose and effect. High pitched vaults, pointed arches, attenuated stone buttresses suggest vertieality. Traccricd lancets extending above the spring of the vaults give illusion of great height. The flcche, the spire pointing upward into space, dramatizing the crossing of nave and transept within and without the Chapel makes the whole building appear light, dynamic, soaring. At every point a close architectural relationship emphasizes a unity, complex yet simple. In the renowned windows of Heinz Chapel lie its glory and splendor. Through their translucent glass the sun pours, emerging within a misty spray of colored light. The symphony of light produced by stained glass of the great windows stirs the worshipers to planes of deep emotion and intense feeling that even the lyric pens of Shelley and Keats could not justly express. All this is Heinz Chapel—an architectural triumph dedicated to a life of good will, of tolerance, of spiritual growth, and of education. 14 . High pitched vaults, pointed arches, attenuated stone buttresses Russei.i. Wichmann Organist i'1 II 15 Purpie robed Heinz. Chapel Choir members . . . Oak choir stalls, hand carved with traditional Gothic ornaments and tracery . . . 16 And now abtdeth faith, hope, chanty, these three; but the greatest of these is chanty.” (I Cor. 13:13) This, the text of the center chancel window sets the dominant theme of the Heinz Chapel. As such it is also symbolic of the part played by these world-renown windows in making the Heinz Chapel one of the most beautiful in the country. 17 To those who in ages past have made their contribution to our present cultural heritage, and to their representatives, the members of the Nationality Rooms Committees, we dedicate this, our 1939 Owl. • • OUK UNITED NATIONAL HERITAGES Stand Dr. kratochvilc, Mrs. Mitchell, Mr . Jan Papanck, Dr. Papanck, J. Vorech, E. O. Tabor, Paul Blazck, Paul Scurman. Joseph Krai, Stephen Zcman, Rev. Juraj Hankovosky. Mrs. Paul Sturman, Mrs. John Ildaa, Mrs. James Salay. Pravda Vitczi”—Truth Conquers—appears on the front wall of the Czechoslovak Room at each side of a bronze relief of Thomas G. Masaryk. Hand polished larchwood beams arc painted with native flowers and ornamented Slovak designs. Mellow white walls arc covered with colorful Moravian designs. Red upholstered oak chairs and intarsio entrance panelling show the Czech craftsmanship. Right portraits of outstanding natives arc in the ceiling at the front of the room. - — Challenging the attention of students in the Czechoslovak room is the motto of the Czechoslovak Republic, Pravda Vitezi”— Truth Conquers which appears above the blackboard on either side of a bronze relief of the President-Liberator, Thomas G. Masarvk. It was necessary for a committee of men and women of Czechoslovak origin who live in the Pittsburgh district to toil for fifteen years to gather funds and to complete the arrangements of the room. In the wall opposite the entrance door is a shrine, in which is a dedication message from Thomas G. Masarvk, written as President of the Czechoslovak Republic to the students of the University of Pittsburgh. This letter, dated 1929, was placed in the shrine by Jan Masarvk, the son, on March 7, 1939, the day of the dedication of the Czechoslovak room. Overhead in panels cleverly forming one end of the ceiling arc portraits of eight outstanding personalities in Czech and Slovak history. They arc Cyril and Methodius, Knizc Vaclav, Jan Hus, Jan Amos Komenskv, Jan Kollar, and Stur and Movzes. The ceiling is also decorated in the fashion of the old Slovak churches with the native flowers found in the High Tatra Mountains of Czechoslovakia. The portraits on the ceiling were painted by Richard Wiesner of Prague. The plaster walls of the room arc of a mellow white, decorated with Moravian designs. These paintings, miraculous trees that grow flowers, leaves, and birds, are the work of Karel Svolinsky. In the niche at the rear of the room, is the tree of life, whose branches emerge from behind a parchment imbedded in the plaster wall. This manuscript is a proclamation of Charles IV when he founded the University of Prague in 1348. The woodwork is of larch, a characteristic wood of the Carpathian Mountains. The furniture is of oak. The scats of the student chairs arc upholstered in red leather, giving the room an atmosphere of vitality. The panels in the professor's desk arc of magnificent inlay such as arc found in palaces of the Czech Renaissance. The actual work of inlay with rare woods was done by V. Kopka of Moravia. The architectural plans for this classroom were drawn by Bohumil Slama, one of the leading architects of Prague. The bronze relief is the work of O. Spaniel, onetime rector of the National Academy of Art in Prague. It was possible to receive all the works of art because of the personal interest of a Committee in Prague headed by Dr. Jaroslav Preis, president of Zivnostenska Bank, Dr. Alice Masarvk, honorary President of the Czechoslovak Red Cross, Prof. Imrich Karvas of the Comcnius University in Bratislava, and many other distinguished citizens of the Czechoslovak Republic. 21 Fritz Ucbcrlc. John Loibl. Peter Fitchcr. Henry Meuschke. Rcinhard Ullrich. Solidity and rich dignity arc the outstanding features of the German room. Notable in the classroom is the inlay work in the doors of the four corner cabinets depicting well-known characters in German literature. Handsome walnut paneling covers the walls and ceiling; the sturdy furniture is of the finest burled walnut. Stern endeavor which no arduous task can shake To the hidden fount of truth attains!” These words, as Schiller wrote them in German, arc emblazoned in red, gold, and blue letters, on the walnut panel above the professor's dias in the German Room. Together with a quotation from Goethe, which is above the bookcase at the other end of the room, it typifies the spirit which the room, in early German Renaissance style attempts to catch. Walnut paneling, richly carved, inlaid, forms the basic treatment of the large room. On the wooden ceiling beams, which separate the ceiling paneling, arc placed the colored crests of fourteen prominent German cities. Carved crests—those of the two oldest German universities, Heidelberg, 1385, and Leipzig, 1409—surmount the entrance arches, which arc supported by carved walnut columns. Above the blackboards and panels runs an archtravc in which arc carved the names of twenty famous philosophers, poets, artists, musicians, mathematicians, and scientists who have contributed to the greater German culture. The furniture in the room is made of walnut. The floor consists of quartered oak planks pegged, rather than nailed, down. Visitors have found the most interesting feature of the German Room to be the six intarsia panels or inlays which are on the doors and cabinets of the room. On the doors are scenes from Rothenburg and Nuremburg, while the closet panels show scenes of four famous characters from German literature: Lorelei, Parsifal, Siegfried, and Hcidcn Roslein. The six wrought iron chandeliers follow the general Renaissance style of the room and were made in Germany. In each alcove at the ends of the room arc two wrought iron wall brackets. The German Room was designed by the Pittsburgh architect, Frank Linder. 23 .■nrrfn SunJt : Rev. Louis Varga, John Beneze, Dr. Samuel Gomory, F. J. Fullavtar. Mrs. Joseph Urban. George Zimmerman, Mrs. Louis deMarkus. The Hungarian Room displays a striking contrast with a ceiling of brilliantly decorated squares offset by fine-grained oak veneer walls. Ornamentation is worked into the veneer walls by use of specially-grained panels and inserts of typical Hungarian carvings. The wood door is also heavily-carved. Hungarian embroidered window drapes add a dash of color to the somber strength of the room. The chairs arc upholstered in blue leather, and arc carved with distinctive Magyar motifs. 24 THE HUNGARIAN ROOM The Hungarian Room was designed by Denes Gyorgyi, who won first prize in a limited competition among Hungarian architects sponsored by the Hungarian Ministry of Education. Professor Gyorgyi, who also designed the Hungarian Government building at the International Exposition in Brussels, has said of the room: It is designed in complete agreement with Hungarian character, but with the American viewpoint of practical utility in mind. The simplicity of the general atmosphere of the room is offset by the brilliant dashes of color which have been added. The walls of the room arc of fine grained oak veneer, arranged into geometric panels, with an oak wainscoting carved with nineteenth century Hungarian designs. The carved oak door is one of the architectural and artistic gems in the Hungarian Room. The door displays several Magyar patterns and, waist high, the name of the country both in English and the Magyar language. The parquet floor is representative of Hungarian style. The five scats of a bench in the rear of the room arc upholstered with robin's egg blue leather. The twenty-five student chair backs are hand carved with distinctive Magyar motifs. The blue chairs arc matched by the blue cloth used in the lining of the cupboard. Additional color is found in the highly ornamented squares, with a red background, which form the ceiling. The decorations on the squares arc characteristic of Hungarian peasant art. Along the upper edge of the walls arc carved phrases from the Hungarian national hymn. The letters, filled in with red, form a binding border for the broad expanse of plain oak wall. Cream-colored curtains, embroidered in Hungarian style, and red over-drapes cover the windows in this room. At some later date a native wall tapestry depicting a phase of Hungary's cultural achievement will be hung on the back wall. Paul N. Barn . Rev. Siarovjky, Rev. Michael Teedick, Michael J. Kormos, John Matick, Dr. Audrey Avinoff. Statui: Rev. John Zitinsky, I. E. Mouronu-aeff. Rev. John Yanchisin, Peter Korpos, Mr . Anna Kalna , Mr . I. E. Mou-romtaeft Joseph Harsky. Moulded flower designs symbolizing the four seasons ornament the white plaster ceiling of the Russian Room. The central feature of the seminar room is the appliqu£ embroidery of St. George and the Dragon in its carved frame. A corner cupboard is built into the wainscoting and stands beneath an ikon. Opposite the St. George vishivka is a purple slate chalkboard, concealed by a triptych with twin grill covered doors backed with red velvet. 26 THE RUSSIAN ROOM Designed and built almost entirely by Pittsburghers of Russian birth and descent, the Russian Room is a seminar classroom. The room was designed by Dr. Andrey Avinoff, of the University Fine Arts and Biology departments. The most colorful and most interesting part of the room is the vishivka” or applique embroidery of St. George and the Dragon made by Mrs. Helen Sikorsky Vincr. The vishivka is symbolic of the spirit of youth going forth to fight evil. The design was inspired by the Novgorod school of fifteenth and sixteenth century painters. Together with its carved frame, the banner is called the kiot or shrine. The frame and the corner cupboard, which holds the book of donors, are decorated with ornaments peculiar to Carpatho-Russian art. The oak conference table is carved in a manner characteristic of the Vologda district in Central Russia, and the students' chairs bear tracery carving characteristic of the furniture in the provinces of Prem and Yaroslav. The professor's chair bears more complex carving, in a style following the ancient type from Ouglich in Northeastern Russia. In each corner of the white plaster ceiling is a moulded flower design symbolizing one of the four seasons. These were modeled by Carl Beato. An early eighteenth century ikon is on the wall high in one corner. The windows arc of decorative glass in a seventeenth century style. A triptych or double winged cupboard conceals the chalk-board opposite the vishivka. The double doors arc carved in a manner similar to the professor's armchair and arc lined with red velvet. The purple slate used in the chalkboard harmonizes with the oak carving, the white walls, and the traces of red velvet that can be seen through the grill-like doors. The hand wrought iron work in the room was done by Hyman Blum. The triptych is surmounted by carved images of ''Sirin” and Alcanost,'' the fabulous rwin birds of Joy and Sorrow, which arc never far apart. All the carving in the room was done by John Luhowiak, who came to Pittsburgh from the Russian Ukraine. 27 Tom Clark, Mr . Thornton, Mr. McRae, Or. John Sutherland, Mitt Beattie, Mr. Brown, Mr . Prentice, Mr . Mitchell. SunJinMr . Reed, Mr. Davidson, Miss Jameson, John McPherson, Mr . Summers. Mr. J. Elliott. Mr . Farmer, Mr. S. Brown, Mr. McKay, Mrs. Martin, Mrs. Burges . Sturdy and individual, yee beautiful in its simplicity, the Scottish room reflects the culture of early seventeenth century Scotland. The traditional emblem, the thistle, is the dominating motif of decoration. Curtains with loose yarn embroidery in dull blues and reds frame the bay windows. Stately carved entrance doors flank the wood-burning fireplace. The oak furniture and hand-pegged floor arc in delightful harmony with the peaceful atmosphere and quiet dignity of the Scottish room. 25 Once upon a time, says Scottish history, the King was rescued from brigands by an aide who drove off the robbers and washed the king's wounds. Ever since then, the lineal male descendant of this illustrious Scotch family has always attended the king upon his arrival in Scotland with the towel and basin of clear water, symbolic of his family's service to the crown. The keeper of this custom today is the architect of the Scottish Room. Reginald Fairlic of Edinburgh has designed the Scottish Room in early seventeenth century style. He has chosen this period because it is the one in which Scotland was the least affected by the outside world. As one looks about the room he is impressed by the way in which the culture of Scotland is reflected in every detail. The plaster frieze is adapted from Elcho Castle in Perthshire and includes the symbols of each of the Scottish clans which have sponsored this classroom. In the upper sashes of the bay windows arc leaded medallions of the coats-of-arms of the four Scottish Universities: Edinburgh, Glasgow, St. Andrews, and Aberdeen; while in the side windows Melrose and Elgin Abbeys arc represented. The carving on the entrance doors duplicates the door of Rowallan Castle in Ayrshire. They were done by a famous Scottish woodcarver, Thomas Good. He has also handsomely carved the cabinet doors which swing back to reveal the blackboard. The cabinet work was done in the shop of Gustav Kcttcrcr, Philadelphia. Above the wood-burning fireplace hangs a por- trait of Robert Burns, painted under the direction of Stanley A. Cursitcr, Keeper of the National Portrait Gallery of Scotland. 29 Standing: G. S. Rupp, Rev. J. E. Nclvon, Mrs. H. Kahl, Mrs. King R. H. Nelson, Dr. H. Kahl, Rev. C. Bostrom, King R. H. Nelson. Stated: Mrs. J. Ellis Johnston. Impressions and symbols of tranquillity and happiness arc strikingly expressed by the gaily, richly decorative paintings in the Swedish nationality room. The ceiling is broken into three panels embellished in blue, white, orange, and yellow flowers, with kings and maidens holding objects of peace. The back wall has four drawings representing St. Catherine and the Three Wise Men; in the center of the orange colored door is a painting of a vase of tulips; the floor is red brick; and against a side wall is a chimney. 30 In material, design, and furniture, the Swedish room is characteristic of Swedish art with its structural simplicity combined with rich but delicate feeling for color and decorative effects. The classroom possesses an atmosphere of freshness, peace, and gay life; and the blending of colors in the paintings seem to have a perfect arrangement in respect to the furniture. The wooden ceiling is highly decorated with tulips and blue, white, orange, and yellow flowers which adorn maiden queens. The walls, of two-hundred-ycar-old brick, are covered with twenty coats of whitewash. The special glory of the room is the rear wall with its frcsco-sccco panels. In rich floral ornament, the four panels depict St. Catherine and gay cavaliers riding out into the world. The inspiration for these pictures came from painted panels which were found in the Nordeskc Museum by Mr. Linton Wilson, the architect and an outstanding authority on Swedish art and design. These paintings uniquely Swedish, strong, dignified, and still colorful and gay, with a dash of sparkling humor,” were done by a soldier in the army of Charles XII known as Gustav Reuter who returned to his native province of Halsingland and founded a school of painting and decoration which flourished during the early eighteenth century around the shores of Lake Dcllcn. Opposite the flower-filled windows is a fireplace of traditional Swedish design. On each side of the fireplace the red fir wainscot supports a bench which extends across the end of the room. These benches arc typical of Swedish rooms which serve as a meeting place for festal or solemn occasions. The red brick floor is waxed and polished. A vase overflowing with tulips decorates the center of the orange colored door. The handle and lock arc of hand-wrought brass. The student tablet arm-chairs, the professor's chair and table, all of sturdy oak, arc stained a soft slate blue. Linton Wilson had the help and advice of Carl Millcs, Sweden's world famous sculptor, whose studio is now at the Cranbrook School near Detroit. The ceiling and walls were painted by Ollc Nordmark, whose works in fresco arc known throughout Europe. The woodwork and furniture were constructed by Hrik Janssen of Philadelphia. 31 Mrs. M. Pckich, F. Ferentchak, Mary Mainnla, John Deem an, John Rodina. Ruth Crawford Mitchell. Steve Babic. Standing: Kosto L'nkovich, Mrs. W'm. S. McAIccr, Sam Zclcznjak. The Yugoslav room is characterized by its solemnity. The walls arc wainscoted in Slavonian oak and four wooden chandeliers cast shadows on the intricate wooden ceiling carved with Croatian, Slavonian, and Serbian folk motifs. Color is brought into the room bv the addition of a bright red and black Kilam rug in the bay window and the portraits of six great Yugoslav personalities. 32 Modeled after the most precious historical monuments of Yugoslavia—the old wooden churches—the Yugoslav Room expresses a quiet dignity with its wealth of native carving. It was designed by Professor Votja Branis, director of the Industrial Art School in Zagreb, who was sent to America to supervise the construction. The wooden ceiling and wainscoting arc of Slavonian oak and arc carved with geometric figures and an old Slavcnian heart motif. Along the corridor wall arc the coats of arms of the Universities of Belgrade, Zagreb, and Ljubljana. The natural grain of the unfinished wood in the furniture is carved with decorative national patterns which stand out in relief. A parquet floor, laid in squares of different kinds of wood, completes the harmony of the paneled interior. The Yugoslav government, besides sending Professor Branis to Pittsburgh, has shown great interest in the room. Gifts of books, rugs, and embroideries as well as a generous cash contribution were received. Several other gifts were donated to the room. Dr. Michael Pupin, world renowned Yugoslav-Amcrican inventor and scientist, gave two of the six portraits in the room. They were portraits of Petar Petrovic Njegos, the last Prince of Montenegro, and Vuk Stcfanovic Karadzic, scholar, painted by the late Uros Predic of Belgrade. Ivan Mcstrovic, one of the greatest of living sculptors, presented two bronze busts and also the portraits of Bishop Josip J. Srrossmaycr, statesman, and Rugjcr Boskovic, mathematician, who represent the Croatians. France Prcscrcn, a poet, and Baron George von Vega, mathematician, arc the subjects for the Slovenian portraits presented by a committee from Ljubljana. 33 Cornelia Nellie Quil, Tang Wo Yee, Yoke Nom Yee, Samuel Kwok Ying Fung. Standing: Gilbert Yee, K. Kohn Kang, John Tsui, Chairman. THE CHINESE ROOM Designed co express the highest goals of Chinese life, the Chinese Room is the work of Henrv Killam Murphy, architectural adviser to the nationalise government, and of Teng Kwei, Chinese artist. The main feature of the room is the large tablet of soft green slate set in a small alcove at the end of the room. In this is carved in quaint Chinese fashion a likeness of the learned and revered Confucius. Carved quotations from the teachings of Confucius frame the sides of this relief. Activity in the seminar will center about the '■moon'' table, circular in shape, of dark-stained vcrmillion wood, which is a gift of the On Lcong Merchant’s Association. It especially expresses the thoughts that the architect wishes to convey, for in the center panel of each of the chairs which surround the table is a carved Chinese character, each one standing for one of the twelve essential qualities of a learned Chinese gentleman: good manners, love of music, leadership, expertness in archery, love of knowledge, mathematical ability, integrity, and ability to adjust, to cultivate, to regulate, to govern, and to tranquilizc. In bright contrast to the dark furniture and the dullness of the gray stone floor, the colored ceiling impresses us immediately with its brilliance. Supported by the corner columns of Chinese red color, the ceiling is of striking and multicolored design, while the beams arc ornamented with painted Chinese dragons. In every way, the best of old Chinese art is incorporated into a modern classroom. Paintings and carvings were made under the direction of Henry Killiam Murphy, the American architect who was the first to adapt Chinese architecture of ages past for use in modern Chinese Buildings. Recreating Chinese culture all the way from Old Cathay to the modern Republic, the Chinese room is intended to be a constant inspiration to all scholars who aim for the highest and best. 34 THE FRENCH ROOM The French room has been planned by the distinguished French architect, Jacques Carlu, director of the school of architecture at Fontainebleau, France. The richness and simplicity of the Empire period of 1810 is carried out in green and gold design. According to present plans, walls arc painted a soft green. The Parquet floor is patterned after a palace floor at Versailles. If we follow the green and gold columns to the ivory-colored ceiling, we see a central chandelier of bronze and crystal with parchment shades. Dark green velvet curtains with gold fringes set off the windows, which, in keeping with the style of the period arc clear and plain. The radiator is enclosed in green painted wooden grille and all of the furniture is solid mahogany enriched with bronze ornaments. Chairs upholstered in thick green leather arc decorated with bronze nails. The cabinet will hold gifts, porcelain, and other examples of fine French work. The blackboard is of the concealed sliding type; the board is not black slate, however, but green to harmonize with the coloring of rhe room. Official sponsoring by the French government insures the authenticity of the design of this room which furnishes an ideal setting for undergraduate and graduate classes in French. The beauty of the French room in particular says the designer, will depend on the decorator. We must select one of great skill, one who will obtain the subtle coloring that will be necessary for that finesse of finish which will characterize rhe French room.” Mr . Louis Vassal, Emile Majerus, Dr. Alexander Mage, Lucicn Chcnc, Mrs. Mitchell. Dr. W. Shelton. Mrs. Donald Clark. Hon. Louis C. Cclcstin. Standing. Pete CopctM, Nicholas Kilmer, Peter Antonopolas, Peter Caloycr, Dr. James Stinchcomb. Mrs. Sam Hanna, Miss Lillian Demcstichas, Mrs. Mitchell, Mrs. Peter Caloycr. THE GREEK ROOM Suggesting a classical Greek temple, the Greek room might easily he a duplicate of one in which Socrates or Plato taught. Designed by a young Athenian classicist, John Travlos, in association with a group of the foremost authorities in the field of Greek archeology, this room achieves its beauty from exact proportion, symmetry of arrangement, and the skillful use of marble columns. The floor of the main room is covered with white rectangular marble slabs with a margin of bluish gray Kokinara marble. Pure white Ionic columns support the coffered ceiling of plaster. The wainscot, of marble, terminates in a border decorated with a painted spiral meander. In definite contrast to the austerity of the white marble arc the rosc-colorcd plaster walls which bring warmth to the classroom. Further color is given to the room by the addition of a frieze below the ceiling adopted from The Porch of Maidens on the Erccthium, the temple of the protecting deities of Athens situated on the Acropolis. The rosette pattern of the marble frame in which the bronze door swings also comes from the most famous of Greek temples. Furnishings arc all fine examples of classical art. The oak seminar table and chairs arc beautiful in typical Ionic simplicity inlaid with ebony. A cabinet containing reproductions of Greek vases unearthed in recent archeological finds and promised by the Greek government will be placed in the alcove. Arrangements have been made for the marble to be quarried and worked in Greece by Greek artisans who have inherited their knowledge of stone cutting from generations past. THE ITALIAN ROOM Reviving the magnificence and splendor of the return to classic style during the Renaissance, the design of the Italian Room reveals the spirit of this period when Italian art inspired the whole of Europe. The entire room is permeated by the grandeur of art that is reminiscent of the unsurpassed dome of St. Peter's and the white marble of the Milan Cathedral, of the decorative work in the Pitti Palace, and the excellence of painting in daVinci’s Mona Lisa. Delicate carving outlines the walnut paneling that rises halfway to the ceiling and takes on the form of an armadio or vestment closet at one end of the room. The carved doors of the armadio open to reveal a blackboard-Above the walnut paneling, against the parchment colored plaster of the walls, hangs a painting of Helena Cornaro Piscopia, the first woman to receive a doctor's degree from a university. This talented Venetian poetess lived in the sixteenth century and attended the University of Padua. Underneath the bay windows that overlook the terrace before the Stephen Foster Memorial, supplementary scats arc arranged on a platform; a fifteenth century choir stall inspired the designer, Lorenzo Romanclli, of Florence. Over each scat, in olive wood inlay, appears the name of one of the great personalities that Italy has given the world. The Venetian glass windows bear coats of arms of the six oldest Italian universities. The two long tables with leather-backed chairs can be arranged to center around the fireplace of blue sandstone, which is flanked by wrought-iron torcheres” and two Savonarola chairs upholstered in red velvet. A bronze bust of Dante stands in the chimney niche above. The dome-shaped paintings over the carved entrance doors arc fresh in their blue-green coloring. One depicts St. Francis and the Birds, symbolizing Humanity, the other portrays Leonardo daVinci and the Birds, symbolizing Science. SeattJ: Mrs. Alphonse Aiello Mrs. Salvatore Sunseri Miss Rose S. Leone SunJin : Mr. S. V. Albo Lawrence J. Purpura Cav. Salvatore Sunseri Mr. R. D. Thomas. SunJmg: John Gray, Win. Zamblauskas, Joseph Balrruiatiis, C. J. Woshner. Mr . Mitchell, Dr. J. Baltrusaitit, Peter Pivaronas, Adonu Marculaiti . THE LITHUANIAN ROOM Similar to the other nationality classrooms in that it suggests the culture of the country it typifies, yet unique in its own delightful way, the Lithuanian room was designed by Antanas Gudairis of Kaunas, the capital city. Linen of soft greenish-gray which has Keen dipped in oak-bark solution will cover the walls above the three-foot wainscot of white oak. Representing the art for which the Lithuanian women arc so famous, this wallcovering will be hand woven in Lithuania and will be of the room. In mak-callcd Flight of the Birds, a design depicting the path of the birds in the heavens as they fly south. Dark, bog-soaked oak, from logs which have been under water for one hundred years preserved at the bottom of the Niemen River is used in contrast to white oak in cabinet work. The door will be studded with bright copper nails and surmounted by two carved horse's heads incorporated into the design of the wooden door-frame. Geometrical strips of alternating light and dark oak contrast to form the cornice between the wall and plaster ceiling of grccnish-grav color while dark oak is used as a footing for the column-like sections of the walls and the top of the radiator enclosure. A rosette pattern is featured throughout the room. This can be seen in the ornamental wood carving around the four small lamps in the ceiling, as well as in the sun ornament in the leaded glass windows, and in the carving on the white oak chairs which duplicate typical Lithuanian furniture. Dedicated to the great men of Lithuania whose names will be carved on the copper-hinged cabinet doors, the Lithuanian room is a pleasant reminder of the tiny country on the shores of the Baltic Sea. )8 THE POLISH ROOM The Polish Room is designed in the style of the Royal Castle, Wawcl. Since the room serves not only as a reminder of the contribution of Polish culture, but also as a practical classroom for teaching astronomy, Polish history, literature, the committee's first concern was to design it so as to create an atmosphere of dignity and beauty which characterized the universities in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries. The room is named in honor of the great astronomer, Copernicus. The most striking note in the room is the artistic ceiling, copied after the beautiful and world-famous Wawcl Castle. An exact replica of the famous Globus Jagicl-lonicus, used by Copernicus in the sixteenth century and still standing in the library in Cracow, is placed in the bay window of the classroom to symbolize the contributions that Poland has made to science. A bronze chandelier hangs from the ceiling in a direct axis between rhe window and the handsome carved Gothic entrance door. The furniture is designed similar in style to that used in the Wawcl Castle during the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. The students' armchairs and the professor's table and chair arc of old walnut. Two shades of oak-arc used in the parquet floor. Beneath the beamed poly-chromed ceiling, against the simple oak wainscoting, a large blackboard hangs on the front wall for the lecturer. Paintings and framed manuscripts indicative of Poland's contributions to literature, art, and music complete the decoration of the room. SunAmg; S. Lcsniewicz, V. C. Kolski, Dr. T. Scarzyntki, A. Czarnecki, J. Roma -Iciewicz. Mr . V. L. Aska, Mr . Mitchell. Theodore Sandru, P. C. Popcseu, D. G. Procupp. StjaJimg: Eugene Lazar, John Cifor. THE RUMANIAN ROOM Medieval in rheme, the Roumanian Room reflects the style and rich color of Byzantine art. The room, patterned after the interior of an old Roumanian church, is decorative yet substantial in design. Fashioned after the sculptured entrance at Horoz, the doorway which frames the heavy double oak doors is of intricately carved limestone. From either side of the doorway, dark oak panels divided into sections by carved twisted columns encircle the room. At one end the five sections of the paneling supports the portraits painted on copper of five great leaders in Roumanian history— Inparatul Traian, Stefan eel Marc, Mihai Vitcazul, Di mi trie Cantemir, and Mihail Emincscu. The pictures arc made of copper to insure permanence and arc done in oil on a gold base. Below the pictures arc engraved the names with the dates of birth and death. In keeping with the theme of the room, both the chairs and the professor’s table arc decorative yet sturdy. The high-backed master's chair is a copy of the carved chair that belonged to Prince Lapusneanu. The student chairs, on the other hand, arc ornamented with motifs taken from the rosette border in the paneling. Concealed behind the panels at the other end of the room is a long blackboard. In contrast to the ornate wood, the upper walls and ceiling arc of white plaster. When Horoz monaster)', a famed place of learning known as the place of the owls, was completed in 1690 under the patronage of Prince Brancovcanu, the names of the architects were preserved in stone. Likewise the name of the designer. Professor N. Ghica-Budesri, a noted writer on Roumanian art, who planned the Roumanian room to symbolize the inscription above the doorway— For the Roumanians, National cooperation through Education —appears engraved in a corner of the room. 40 THE SYRIA-LEBANON ROOM The Syrian-Lebanon room, according to its designers promises to be a jewel box, the results of an art that flourished under contentment of mind, that flourished among a people who had no regard for the amount of time required to achieve perfect finesse of color and detail. The room is a conference room for the use of the faculty and the administrative members who prefer to meet callers on the first floor. Low benches with deep cushions, a practical modification of the Syrian custom of sitting on the floor, arc the chief pieces of furniture. The decorations on the wall and ceiling arc richly painted in the Gesso style, in which a putty mixture is used to make a semi-relief of the picture to which the colors arc added. This gives an appearance of depth and perspective to the painting. Another typical Syrian-Lebanon feature is the oriental rug covering a stone floor. The Syrian-Lebanon room has been placed by the light court in order to preserve the characteristic appearance of the native rooms, which always open onto a central court. Admission to the room is through the Reception Office which is located opposite the Commons Room on the first floor. Standing: Eugene Myers, Sam Sarraf, Dr. James Stinchcomb, Edw.J. Lessoon. Mrs. Beatrice Doty, Miss Sophie Ward, Dr. N. H. Bitar, Miss Victoria Ayoob. THE EARLY AMERICAN ROOM Georoe Hubbard Ceapp . . . cutting his birthday cake at a joint affair honoring his birthday and marking the dedication of the Fairly American Room presented by him to the University. Not included as one of the Nationality Rooms scries, hut a part of the original plan to have each room of the Cathedral represent some phase of the forces in present day Western Pennsylvania culture and education, the Early American Room on the third floor is an example of the practical use of museum pieces. For every detail of this room is authentic and much of the lumber, iron, bricks, and glass is over a century old. The restoration is an example of the kitchen-living room of the mid-seventeenth century pioneer home. Old pine beams support the ceiling. Bricks used in the fireplace are old and hand-made, irregular in color and shape. Window panes of cloudy diamond shaped glass arc fastened together to form authentic windows. Hand-wrought iron is used for the window frames and hard- ware. The entrance door is of thick substantial pine, studded on the outside with cone-headed wrought iron nails. The Early American Room really consists of two rooms. Beside the fireplace is a wood closet, which has a brick wall on the side next to the hearth. This wall moves to reveal the passageway which goes over the hearth into a room above the kitchen-living room. This room is used as an office for the instructors who hold seminar classes about the table in the lower room. The Early American room was built in honor of Dr. George Clapp, president of the board of trustees. The room is symbolic of a period, the Early American, in which he is personally very much interested. 42 THE NATIONALITY ROOMS OFFICE Mrs. Ruth Crawford Mitchell, having been around the world twice and having travelled extensively in foreign countries, is well adapted to be the University adviser on Nationality Rooms. Mrs. Mitchell has assisted the seventeen committees throughout all stages of their ac . tivitics from the organization, through the construction, to the dedication and presentation to the University. Her work with the Foreign Language Information Service has also contributed to her preparation. Mrs. Mitchell was director of the Social Survey of Prague. It was for this later work that she was decorated with the Czechoslovak Order of the White Lion by President Thomas G. Masarvk in 1920. In 1925 Mrs. Mitchell came to the University where she was a lecturer in the Economics Department on the History of Emigration to the United States. Dr. Bowman in 1925 asked her to assist in a study of the nativity of the students at the University, which work later lead to the allotment of Nationality rooms in the Cathedral. Her work as adviser has really been a momentous task. Besides understanding the problems of each sepa- rate nationality, Mrs. Mitchell has had to act as a coordinating power between the committee and the architect, contractor, governments, and the University. Assisting Mrs. Mitchell has been Mrs. Beatrice Smith Doty, who achieved her A.B. in education here in 1931. It has been Mrs Dotv who has cheerfully handled many of the routine arrangements for the nationality rooms, treated their minor problems, and acted in Mrs. Mitchell's capacity when the latter was busy elsewhere. Mr. Albert Klimehek, the University architect, deserves much of the credit for the beauty and balance of the nationality rooms. He came to the University from the office of Charles Klaudcrcr, the designer of the Frick Acres buildings, and has been active in Cathedral construction since the beginning. Mr. Klimehek believes that the Nationality rooms “arc an experience that no architect in this country or elsewhere can buy or obtain by searching for it, because only here, at the University of Pittsburgh, is there a completeness of European cultural representation.” ABMINISTRA In class, in meetings, in their offices or on campus walks, those to whom this section is devoted have been leaders, teachers and friends. For their part in making four years at Pitt an enjoyable, growing experience, we will remember them for many days to come. JOHN G. BOWMAN, Chancellor of the University A university that will bring the qualities of excellence, spirituality, and beauty into the student life at Pitt has been the goal and life-long desire of Dr. John G. Bowman. As Chancellor of the University, Dr. Bowman has watched his plans gradually materialize. He has seen the Cathedral become a reality and a challenge to all leaders of progressive education. This year Dr. Bowman has been a proud participant in the culmination of his most esthetic plans—the dedication of the nationality rooms, a symbol of the completion of the unifying inspirational elements of the Cathedral of Learning. This together with the official dedication of Heinz Chapel has fulfilled an ambitious year for the Chancellor—a year marked by advancement in education and spiritual growth. The inauguration of a series of fire-side chats was the principal means by which Dr. Bowman this year established a closer contact with the undergraduates. He met with the students periodically before the fire-place in his office. There he discussed problems of the University; and there he gave and sought advice. 46 JOHN WEBER, Secretary of the University Known as the busiest man in the University, Dr. John Weber can be found in his office behind the gray-brown oak door of 106 Cathedral—there he warmly welcomes friends and visitors—there the brusque but congenial doctor of science and engineer de-luxe serves his University as its Secretary. Since graduation, Mr. Weber has had an admirable rise in the mechanical engineering department of the University. Beginning as an assistant professor in 1913, he became an associate professor in 1917, and in 1925 reached the heights of full professorship and head of the department. One of Mr. Weber's most admirable accomplishments has been his role in selecting the famous stained glass windows of the Heinz Chapel. To prepare himself for the task, he traveled in the United States and Europe studying and examining this type of window—thus gradually becoming an expert in one more field. RUFUS F. FITZGERALD, Provost of the University Working quietly and accomplishing much seems to be the prime characteristics of Mr. Fitzgerald, Provost of the University. The work of the Provost is the least publicized and perhaps the least known by the great majority of rhe students of any of the administrative officers; but few men touch and affect the activities of the students as docs Mr. Fitzgerald. To him come rhe deans of the schools, the members of the faculty, the undergraduate campus leaders with their problems of scheduling of classes, improving of publications, sponsoring of new activities and organizations, computing relative accomplishments of departments, and increasing faculty-student cooperation. He investigates and gives suggestions. Soft-spoken and sincere, mcriculous and conscientious, Mr. Fitzgerald irons out the problems, and University work and activities roll ahead. George H. Clapp Prtsidtnt BOARD OF TRUSTEES OFFICERS George Hubbard Clapp.............................................................Prtsidtnt Samuel Alfred Taylor.................................................................First Vict-Prtsidtnt Charles Wesley Ridinoer.............................................................Stcond Vict-Prtsidtnf John Weber.......................................................................Stcrttary Clifford Best Fergus.............................................................Trtasurtr G. Stanley Rupp........................................................Assistant Trtasurtr Patterson, Crawford, Arensbhrg, and Dunn.........................................Solicitor MEMBERS The Governor of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Tiib Mayor of the City of Pittsburgh The Chancbllor of the University Edward Vosb Babcock Arthur E. Braun Graham Bright John Francis Casey George Hubbard Clapp G. Greer Coolidob Ogden Mathias Edwards, Jr. Lf.on Falk, Jr. John Gilfillan Frazer Robert Ralston Gaw Howard Heinz Wilbur Darwin Hockensmith Arthur Luther Humphrey Hoi.gar Johnson Hugh Thomson Kerr Norman MacLeod Roy Carnegie McKenna Richard King Mellon-Frank Rbith Phillips Ciiari.15 Wbslby Ridinger Andrew Wbi.es Rober tson Alan Magee Scaife William Watson Smith William Penn Snyder, Jr. Samuel Alfred Taylor Joseph Clifton Trees Edward Ray Wei olein Ernest Tbnbr Weir 48 ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICERS John G. Quick Registrar John Gabbert Bowman........ Rufus H. Fitzgerald........ John Weber................. Stanton C. Crawford........ Elmer Allbn Holbrook....... Charles Sanford Tippets.... William Thomas Root........ William Swindler McEllroy . . Alexander Marshall Thompson C. Leonard O'Connell....... H. Edmund Frieseli......... Wilbur Irvin Newstetter.... Thyrsa Wbalhthkow Amos Vincbnt Wesley Lanfear .... Edward Ray Weidlein........ John Gilbert Quick......... Justus Howard Dice......... George Stanley Rupp .... Frank William Shockley..... Frank C. Jordan............ Bishop Brown .............. J. P. Watson.......... William Morrell............ Robert X. Graham........... H. CurroRD Caruson........ Auleene Marley Jamison..... John Lee Holcombe ......... John Dambach............... Raymond L. Cxws.......... James Hagan ............... Don. F. Saunders........... ..................................................Chancellor .................................................Protest ...................................................Secretary ........................................Dean of the College Dean of the School of Engineering and of the School of Mines ...............Dean of the School of Business Administration ......................................Dean of the Graduate School ..............................Dean of the School of Medicine ..................................... Dean of the School of lutw ............................. Dean of the School of Pharmacy ..............................Dean of the School of Dentistry .............. Dean of the School of Applied Social Sciences ...............................................Dean of Women ...............................................Dean of Men .......Director of the Mellon Institute of Industrial Research ........................................University Registrar ........................................University Librarian .................. niversify Bursar and Assistant Treasurer ! Director of the University F.xtension Division; of the Summer Sessions: cf the I-ate Afternoon, Evening, and Saturday classes: and Acting Dean of the School of Education .......................Director of the Allegheny Observatory ...........Director of the Research Bureau for Retail Training .................Director of the Bureau of Business Research .........................................University Editor ....................Director of the University News Service .......................Director of the Student Health Service ...... Director of the Student Health Service for Women ....................Director of Military Science and Tactics ......... Director of the Department of Physical Education Superintendent of the Department of Buildings and Grounds ........................................Director of Athletics ..........Secretary of the (,eneral Alumni Association 49 ■■ OFFICE OF DEAN OF WOMEN Thyrsa W. Amos Dean of Women Gradually the activities of the women have moved down from Heinz House, and the teas and meetings, luncheons and gatherings have become centered in the attractive offices of the twelfth floor. Gone arc the days of traipsing up Alumni Hill to reach the Heinz House. New freshwomen need only press a button, hop on an elevator, ride up twelve floors, and walk out into the comfortable and pleasing atmosphere of the Dean of Women's office. It is on this floor, over a cup of tea, that the women of the University become acquainted with the activities of the University, academic and otherwise. It is here that they become personally acquainted with Dean Amos and her staff. From the time the freshman enters Pitt until her graduation, Dean Thyrsa W. Amos is interested in developing her character and orienting her to college life. It is Miss Amos’ plan that by personal guidance each girl receives the opportunity to round out her personality and to gain the poise that she should get from her four years at the University. Through her wide experiences in the work, and from the training that she received at the University of Kansas, and more especially at Columbia University, Miss Amos has come to be recognized throughout her profession for her ability and originality in developing new ways of aiding the women to gain the most from their college careers. In recent years she has originated at the University of Pittsburgh a mentor system of orienting freshman women to Pitt life and traditions. Under this system, senior women arc trained by Dean Amos and her staff in the art of introducing new women to college life, of helping them select activities, and of advising them on all those little points of etiquette and conduct that are necessary for success. Miss Helen Pool Rush and Miss Mary Frances McLaughlin complete the staff of the Dean of Women. “Miss Rush, I'm a committee chairman, what should I 50 OFFICE OF DEAN OF WOMEN do?” Miss Rush, what activity should I join? These arc the type of qyestions with which Miss Rush is bombarded. She is in charge of all extra-curricular activities and of the activities point scale. During her six weeks absence in the spring, the twelfth floor was the scene of much confusion as activities women sought in vain for her guidance. It is her enthusiasm, her own joy of living, that cheers the girls when they arc blue. Her kind words and advice arc largely responsible for the girls enjoying their work at Pitt. Miss McLaughlin has the all-important work of providing part-time and permanent employment for the women. She also takes care of the out-of-town girls by finding suitable housing for them on campus. Miss McLaughlin's efficient handling of these responsible duties has made it easier for many women to complete their University education, purposefully. In charge of the secretarial work of the office arc those two popular receptionists, Miss Jane Scott and Miss Grace Quil. Miss Quil left the staff this spring to get married and has been replaced by Miss Kaye Strum. There is little wonder, then, with such a capable and sympathetic staff of advisers, that the favorite phrase of all Pitt women is Twelfth floor, please. Helen Pool Rush Assistant Dean of Women Mary Frances McLaughlin Assistant Dean of Women Grace Quil, Jane Scorr Secretaries to the Dean of Women OFFICE OF DEAN OF MEN Vincent W. Lash-ax Dean of Men Without a doubt the most popular elevator stop in the Cathedral is the eighth floor; for on this floor is the Dean of Men's office, known as 809, the focal point of the majority of campus activities. Here Dr. Vincent W, Lanfear and his assistants meet with the hoys, plan and improve campus conditions, solve housing problems, and help to secure employment. In the modern cycle of fireside chats and courts of domestic relations, the University is represented by Dr. Lanfear who holds open-house for all Pitt males. His role is that of a sympathetic and kindly counsellor to the many who daily trek to his office to unload problems ranging from class and course entanglements to home difficulties. He modestly confesses that at times he is even called upon for advice on affairs of the heart. Dr. Lanfear has built up a strong and close contact with the students despite the assertion that such a condition is characteristic only of small-town campus schools. Next to “talking things over with the boys” he rates the democratic sport of fishing as his favorite pastime; but his association with the boys really becomes a pastime if pleasure derived is to by the defining element. Mr. Theodore Diddle, in point of service, is the senior member among Dr. Lanfear s assistants. Upon his graduation from the University's School of Business Administration in 1929, he secured his present position. The only interruption he has had since then has been the rather constant moving from office to office. Generally speaking, Mr. Diddle is responsible for all student activities, the graduate managership of the Cap and Gown Club being the largest single undertaking. Their consideration of him as one of them is a fair indication of the students' attitude and respect for “Ted. That he is relied upon by the students is best expressed by the campus catch line, When in doubt, see Biddle.” When fraternity men need help or advice, or when they just want to talk to someone, they head for the office of Robert Corley. Mr. Corley is always glad to see them. As general overseer of social and honorary fraternities, Mr. Corley has a job that keep his hands full. This year he introduced a class in parliamentary procedure for the presidents of all fraternities, clubs, and other groups. Another official duty which occupies much of his time is the housing of Pitt men. Although his undergraduate work was done at Bethany, Mr. Corley was a Pitt graduate-student from 1932 to 1934, during which period he 52 became well enough acquainted with the problcms’of the men at the University to become an assistant to the Dean of Men. Getting a job has been an acute matter for University students in the past few years, and Mr. Edward Williams is the man who helps them find positions. A Pitt graduate of 1931, Mr. Williams had experience in market surveys and business research before returning to Pitt in his present capacity in October of 1937. Genuinely interested in the students, his pet project is a plan, as vet incomplete, to have the leading business men and employers come to the University and speak to Pitt men on what is desired of them in modern business. His work at the present time includes the placement of graduates and senior men and the part time placement of undergraduates. His good-natured attitude toward everyone has enabled him to make friends easily and, although only in his second year as an assistant in the Dean of Men’s office, his jovial face is well-known to most Pitt men. Mrs. E. Cubbison Mrs. P. Zehfuss Alice Beatty Secretaries to the Dean of Men Around the corner from 809 is another reason for the whirl of activity on the eighth floor- the office of Bill Mendenhall, executive secretary of the University Y.M.C.A. Although their offices arc separate. Bill is always considered part of the Dean of Men's staff; for his work is basically the same of the Dean's assistants, that of being an adviser to the students. Mr. Mendenhall has spent many years in student work, having held the position of general student secretary of the Y.M. C.A. in the Midwest. His most important and valuable work has been the conducting of the Y program and student projects in the field of religious activity. Robert R. Corley Theodorb W. Biddle Edward Williams William W. Mendenhall Assistants to the Dean of Men 53 ADMINISTRATION Dr. M. R. Gaubert Each year as more and more offices and classes are moved into the Cathedral of Learning, as it is gradually completed, Pitt students become more and more aware of the size of the vast Pitt family. As in previous years, the enrollment of rhe Pittsburgh units of the University have an increase as reported by registrar J. G. Quick early in the year of 425 students, bringing the total to 9100. These figures arc to the exclusion of the extension schools in Erie and Johnstown. At the University this expansion was emphasized by the addition of an eighteenth division, the School of Applied Social Sciences. Under the heading of the S.A.S.S., the University offers some fifty or more courses, among which arc public welfare administration, provisions for unemployment relief, family adjustment, society and the child, social statistics, social work and the courts, juvenile delinquency, psychiatry and medical aspects of social work. The school, an outgrowth of the Division of Social Work, has been placed under the capable direction of Dr. Wilber I. Newstetter, formerly of Western Reserve University and president of the American Association of Schools of Social Work. Several other new courses have been offered this year in the undergraduate schools that have attracted much attention. Under the direction of Joseph Palin Thorlcv Dr. John W. Oi.ivur 54 Dr. Wiu.iam Root Mr. Karl D. Swakiv.hl Dr. Elmbr Grapkr ADMINISTRATION a new course in the art of ceramics was opened and proved much to the liking of students who were particularly anxious to learn to express themselves through the creative work of their hands. In the School of Business Administration with the cooperation of the Evening Division new courses were offered in studies of the American Institute of Banking, of Chartered Life Underwriters and, for real estate brokers and salesmen, real estate fundamentals. In response to a great demand the School of Engineering instituted a study in reinforced concrete design under Professor Adclhert Diefendorf, and in the second semester courses in general engineering to acquaint the students with the part of the government plays in engineering, and industrial hygiene and phases of toxology under Emerson Venable, who is associated with the VVestinghousc Research Laboratory. Col. John D. Holcombe The School of Mincs actually came into its own after more than twenty years. More simply, classes moved into the remodeled State Hall, a building that was originally erected for them but, due to the increased enrollment after the World War, was given over to offices for the College, Business Administration, and Education Schools. In their new quarters, sufficient space was allotted to the petroleum engineering, chemical engineering, aeronautical engineering and mechanical 55 Dr. O. E. Jennings Dr. John Dambaoi Mr. Walter R. Hovky Mr. Henry Leighton ADMINISTRATION engineering departments, so that they might adequately carry on their work. To the new freshman was given the top floor of the building with well equipped drawing labs, while the pride of the school is the modern metallography laboratory in the north wing of the building. Another old branch of the University found a new home on its twenty-first birthday, when the Research Bureau of Retail Training came of age with the dedication of its new quarters on the nineteenth floor of the Cathedral of Learning. Sponsored by the department stores in Pittsburgh, its purpose is to raise the level of jobs and personnel in retail work. During the past year, the annual class of twenty-five students were given courses in advertising, sales promotion, personnel management, and labor relations in their new classrooms where blackboards arc actually white. The Bureau library houses one of the most complete collections of retailing books in the country. As years come and go, the men pictured in these pages' the heads of the various departments, continue to serve the University, keeping constantly new and vital the courses that arc being offered. To many of our faculty have come honors during the past year that unmistakably rank them with the leaders in their fields throughout the country. A few of these include citations through the meritorious awards of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania of Dr. John B. Sutherland, varsity football coach and professor of physical education, for his effort in the advancement of sports; of Dr. Charles G. King, professor of chemistry, for his work in chemical research; and of Dr. E. R. Wcidlcin, director of Mellon Institute, for his outstanding contributions in industrial research. Equally outstanding arc the awards, professional recognitions and honor positions that have come to innumerable others, for whom we can but say, for want of space, your excellent work has made and maintained an academic name for Pitt that causes students to be proud to be your students, for what is yours, you unselfishly share with them. Dr Emanubl C. Elmer Dr. WhitforD H. Shelton Dr. Elmer Hltchisson Mr. Theodore M. Finney 56 ADMINISTRATION Dr. Harrison Colin Bashioum. Mr. Robert M. Black........ Dr. John Dam bach.......... Dr. John Adlum Dent........ Dr. Manuel C. Elmer........ Mr. Theodore M. Finney..... Dr. George Raymond Fitterer Dr. M. R. Gabberr.......... Dr. Elmer Graper........... Col. John Lee Holcombe..... Mr. Walter Reed Hovey...... Mr. Percival Hunt........... Dr. Elmer Hutchisson........ Dr. O. E. Jennings.......... Mr. Henry Leighton.......... Dr. L. C. McCandliss....... Dr. Marion McKay............ Dr. John W. Oliver......... Dr. William Root........... Dr. H. H. Rotrock.......... Dr. Whitford H. Shelton.... Dr. R. E. Sherrill.......... Dr. Alexander Silverman .... Dr. James Stinchcomb....... Mr. Karl Swartzbl.......... ............Prof, in Ed. and Head of Cbem. Eng. Prof, it: Ed. and Head of Dept, of Mining Eng. ........Prof, and Head of Dept, of Physical Ed. ........Prof, and Head of Dept, of Cbem. Eng. ............Prof, and Head of Dept, of Sociology ................Prof, and Head of Dept, of Music ........Prof, and Head of Dept, of Met. Eng. ........Prof, and Head of Dept, of Philosophy . .. . Prof, and Head of Dept, of Political Science . . Prof, and Head of Dept, of Military Science ............Prof, and Head of Dept, of Fine Arts ............Prof, and Head of Dept, of English ................Prof, and Head of Dept, of Physics ................Prof, and Head of Dept, of Biolog}' ........... Prof, and Head of Dept, of Geology ........Prof, and Head of Dept, of Civil Eng. ............Prof, and Head of Dept, of Economics ................Prof, and Head of Dept, of History ........Prof, and Head of Dept, of Psycholog}' .... Prof, and Head of Dept, of Industrial Eng. Prof, and Head of Dept, of Foreign Languages ........Prof, and Head of Dept, of Oil and Gas ............Prof, and Head of Dept, of Chemistry ............Prof, and Head of Dept, of Classics Prof, and Head of Dept, of Mathematics 57 Dr. Marion McKay Mr. Percival Hunt Dr. Omer C. Held Mr. Robert M. Machesnby GENERAL ALUMNI ASSOCIATION OFFICERS Pres.........................Earl Crawford First Vice Pres..John B. Nick las Second Vice Pres.Hardauoii Miller Treas...............Robert R. Gaw Sec...............Don F. Saunders Editor............William Allison The spirit of college still lingers with the 25,000 grads through the General Alumni Association of the University of Pittsburgh. This organization devotes itself entirely to Pitt. Their object is to promote the welfare and interests of the University of Pittsburgh and its Alumni, to foster closer cooperation between alumni and the University, and to support and advance the cause of higher education. In order to keep the graduates in touch with the Alumni of the school from which they graduated, the General Alumni Association is subdivided into nine constituent associations. Every member of the General Alumni Association becomes a member of their particular alumni group. Included in these groups’arc the Alumni Ulhard liangartner ('26). Gail Brigham (’ 8) and Ro c Nugent (A8) campaign workers. . . . Association of Business Administration, College, Dentistry, Education and Graduate, Engineering and Mines, Law, Medicine, and Pharmacy in addition to the Alumnae Association, which offers an extensive program to women graduates and students. Each of these constituent associations has its own organization and carries on its own program. All of these individual active groups arc integrated with the parent group by means of their three elected representatives who serve on the Alumni Council. Wherever there is a concentration of Pitt graduates there is sure to be an Alumni Association sponsored Pitt Club. Although only the Westmoreland and Mercer Clubs have over a hundred members, making them eligible for Alumni Council representation, there arc active groups in such far flung areas as New York City, Philadelphia, Chicago, and Southern California. In Western Pennsylvania each of the counties has its own Club. All of these members, graduates of the nine schools and residents of the four corners of the country, arc informed of the events of interest about their Alma Mater through its monthly magazine, the Alumni Review. It keeps alive the friendship and associations of undergraduate days; it endeavors to exert a driving force for constructive interest in the University. The Alumni Review, which was first published under Don F. Saunders, succeeded the old Pittsburgh Record. 58 Funk McGinnis ('30), and Edwin Bcachlcr ('37), Pharmacy and College campaign chairmen respectively Today, this organ serves as a memory of all of the excellent work Don Saunders had done for the University. First, in his tenure as Review editor and later as secretary of the General Alumni Association, the position from which he resigned in April to take a new position as a staff member of the American Institute of Public Opinion. As in the ease of Mr. Saunders, he too was succeeded by the editor of the Alumni Review, William Allison, now the acting secretary. Assisting both of these men in the tenure of Alumni secretary, Mrs. Justin Foldcssy has been assuming the office responsibilities as office secretary of the General Alumni Association. P. V. M c P r I a n d (Dent CM), Reed P. Rose (’33), and Jean May, Alumnae Chairman of the campaign Many affairs were sponsored by the General Alumni Association to bring the old grads back to talk over old times. Last year such affairs as the Homecoming smoker, the Charter Day Ball, and Alumni Day were listed on the social calendar. Members of the Association were also brought closer as they joined in their an- Alhcrt Barr ('38). and Janet Hallock ('38), enior awardee and queen of their claw plan alumni work nual membership drive, adding many fellow graduates to their group. When members of the class of '39 receive their diplomas on graduation day, they will not have the last tic of college life severed, but instead they can look forward to the college spirit perpetuated in an active General Alumni Association. 59 THE SEN I:or four years we have worked and played, won and lost, all in the comradeship of Life at Pitt. With a sweep of the hand the tassel is tossed to the other side, and the tie with this life is severed. However each moves on, the better for the associations he has made and the contributions he has lent to the life of others. SENIOR QUEEN Dorothy Dering Selected by her classmates to reign as their Queen in embodiment of all that they have sought and achieved in four years at Pitt. ALMA MATER Edith McCormick Reigning as honor attendant to their Queen, Alma Mater joins in the glories of achievement and service. SENIOR AWARD Egbert B. Dannits Service, leadership, scholarship, character—the Senior Awardee is looked upon as the man most representative of the ideals of the University of Pittsburgh Class of 1939. THE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION We trv to teach our students as much about business as we can. But while knowledge and reason arc necessary, what is far more necessary is character and the wish to do worthwhile things—unselfish things. Without this a fine intellect is worthless. We must teach them that life is more than mere financial gain.” This is the philosophy of Dr. Charles S. Tippetts, Dean of the School of Business Administration at the University. Holder of many degrees including a Ph D. from Princeton, and a member of Phi Beta Kappa, Dr. Tippetts has been head of the University School since 1935- Throughout that time he has been regarded highly on campus as one who is not only experienced in his field, but also is a capable administrator who is never too busy to listen to his students' problems. Much of the personal touch that has entered into the student-faculty relations in this large school may be attributed to the example set bv Dean Tippetts as he breaks into a heavy schedule to consider the individual student. Since 1908, when it began as an evening session, the School of Business Administration has trained young men and women to live successful and socially useful careers in The “Biz-Ad” men discuss the last lecture on the way to lunch. Dr. Charles S. Tippetrs Dean oj School of Business Administration business. The student who finds himself willing and able to adjust himself to rapidly changing conditions in combination with an ability to analyze business problems correctly, has found the true spirit of this School. The curriculum is unique in that the entire senior year is lefr to the election of the student. Little attempt is made to prepare the young man or woman for a particular job or to enter a specific industry. Throughout the course emphasis is placed upon high standards of business conduct. To the typically business courses are added those of a cultural nature aimed at rounding out a more complete education for the student who will eventually give his total personality to the business world. An undergraduate club. The Pitt Business Institute, has become famous for its bi-monthly luncheon and evening meetings known as the ”Biz-Ad Buzzers where faculty and students gather for better understandings of their own relations and of problems in the field of business. 65 19 3 9 EDITH (;. ALBERT—Avalon High— Y.W.C.A. 2—W.A.A. 2—P.B.I. 4—Pitt W omen's Club 4. ROBERT A. ALBRIGHT Bellevue High. STANLEY J. AMBROSE—Turtle Creek High-Pitt Rifles —University Symphony Orchestra 1, 2, 3, 4—Inter-cultural Associates 1, 2—P.B.I. 4. CARL H. ANDERSON—McKecspor High—Men’s Glee Club 1, 2, 3, 4. WILLIAM C. ANGEL—Ambridge High—Phi Delta Theta—Glee Club 3 -Cap and Gown 2—Interfraternity Athletics 4 Owl I-Sophomore Hop Committee -Appointments Committee.- ' HARRY R. BELL- Cecil Township High—Lambda Chi Alpha—Kappa Alpha Phi—Scabbard and Blade 3, 4— Pitt Rifles I, 2. ROBERT 3 ANGROS—Leech burg CYRII.1 —Beta ate Cap and (igh—Lambda Ipha Phi—Pitt litor 3 —Owl 4- Intram I Uhl Alpha Kappa 2 -Asst. Sports .1. 4—Pitt P� At High. l.l. 4— rilt J'ia PRISCILLA A. hletice Awt. 2. Township High A' Y.W.C.A. 2, 3, 4- RSB IEI.F.K—Munhall High Sigma -Undergradu-Gown Club—Glee Club 3, Cap and Gown Comptroller 3, 4— pperclassmen Counselor 4 S.F.A. er Committee Chairman 4. 4—P.B.I. BILL Redstone Phi Chi Theta —Italian Club 1, 2. 3, 4-Phi Chi Theta Treas. 2. Sec. 4. ASCII E. BARNETr, JR.—Cross Creek District High West Virginia University Transfer—Pledge Pres.- Tau Kappa Epsilon Intramural Baseball 2. 3. ALBERT G. BOROS East Pittsburgh High Lambda Chi Alpha—Kappa Alpha Phi Pitt Rifles P.B.I. 2, 3. 4 Military Ball Committee 3- Pitt Dance Committee 3—Intramural ketball 3—Lambda Chi Alpha J� Varsity Football 3. Edith G. Albert Robert A. Albright Stanley J. Ambrose Carl H. Anderson William C. Angel Robert J. Aneros Donald J. Balslcy Asch E. Barnett. Jr. Harry R. Bell Cyrill A. Biclck Priscilla A. Bill Albert G. Boros BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION 66 John B. Brand B. Jean Burton Richard I. Callomon Clarence C. Cambal Leroy C. Carton Bernard W. Cashdollar Charles L. Christman Nathan H. Cirota Charles H. Conner Robert L. Conrad Louis E. Corbin Ernest J. Cuda JOHN B. BRAND Coraopoils High Phi Gamma Delta—Pitt Band I, 2, J. 4,1 w B. JEAN BURSON South Hills High — Beta Sigma Omicron Kappa Phi Kappa Phi Treas. 4 Y.W.C.A. 2, J, 4 W.S.C.A. Scholastic Honors Commit-tee 3- W.A.A. 2. 3—P.B.I. 2. 3, 4. RICHARD I. CALLOMON -Taylor Allderdice High Tennis Team 1— Men’s Debating 2 3 Bridge Club 1, 2, 3, 4 Golf Squad 1 Independent Basketball 3, 4. CLARENCE C. CAMBAL Springdale High Phi Kappa—Football I, 2,3,4— Wrestling 2, 3—Intramural Sports I, 2, 3—Intramural Wrestling Champion (Heavyweight) I—Intramural Boxing Champion I—Intramural Softball Champion Team 1, 2. CHARLES L. CHRISTMAN ghenv High Pitt Rifles Tn Symphony Orchestra 1. 2. 3, 4 LEROY C. CARSON- Traflord High. BERNARD W. CASH DOLLAR Mcr-cersburg Academy- Phi Delta Theta S.F.A. 3. 4 Interfrateruity Coti Vice Pres.—Phi Delta Th “ Panther Editorial Board men Counselor 2. 3 Freshman Dance Oh more Hop. H. CONNER—Westing-High—Lambda Chi Alpha— Club—P.B.I.—Pitt News 2, 3, 4— Staff Asst. Business Mgr. Gown 2, 3, 4. CONRAD—Johnstown Sigma—Johnstown Sports Chairman 3, 4. ROBERT High— —Cap and LOUIS E. CORBIN —Phi Kappa. NATHAN H. CIROTA East Pitts burgh High -Cheering Block 4. Vincent Prep ERNEST J. ' ■ n—L J • Boxing Team 3- Italian Social 2, 3. 4 -Italian Social Club 67 19 3 9 JOHN A. CUMMINGS—Wilklnaburg High Sigma Alpha Epsilon Men's Glee Club 1, 2. 3. 4. ROBERT B. DANNIES Westmont High—Phi Delta Theta—Druid —Phi Eta Sigma- Omicron Delta Kappa-Football I, 2, 3, 4- Men' s Council 2, 3 —Junior Prom Business Mgr. 3— Yuletide Festival Chairman 4—Phi Delta Theta Treas. 3, 4,— Panther 4— Interfraternity Athletics I, 2, 3, 4. LEON E. DARLING —McKeesport High—Panther 3—Spring Festival Committee 3. GEORGE R. DAVIES, II Overbrook High—Pi Kappa Alpha—Basketball I —Freshman Mixer Dance Committee I. 2, 3,4—All Greek Basketball Team 3. THOMAS C. DAVIES Bellevue High. WILLIAM M. DOUGALL—Wilkins burg High. ROBERT P. DeCOLLAZ -Setvickley High—Pf Kappa Alpha. L JOHN C. DOUGHERTY—East Pittsburgh High Phi Kappa—Undergraduate Cap and Gown Club—Sophomore Hop Committee—Appointments Committee 2—Appointments Committee Chairman 3—P.B.I. Chairman 3—Spring Festival Committee 3 -Cap and Gown I, 2, 3—Junior Prom Committee. THOMAS P. DILLON—Central Catholic High—Kappa Sigma—Pitt Rifles I, 2. 3 P.B.I.—Military Ball Committee. JOHN M. DOWN IE—Swiss vale High Delta Tau Delta—Druids S.F.A. Pres. 4 Freshman Award -Freshman Dance Chairman—Pitt Panther 1, 2, 3; Circulating Manager 2, 3—Cap and Gown Masquerade Dance Business Mgr. 2 Delta Tau Delta Pres. 4; Treas. 3—Spring Festival Committee 1,2.3 P.B.I. 1, 2, 3; Treas. 2. WILLIS C. DRUMMOND—Perry High Sigma Alpha Epsilon—John Marshall Business Staff Cap and Gown 4. John A. Cummings Robert B. Dannies Leon E. Darling George R. Davies, II Thomas C. Davies Robert P. DcCouIaz Emanuel T. DeNinno Thomas P. Dillon William M. Dougall John C. Dougherty John M. Downic Willis C. Drummond BUSINESS ADMINISTRA 68 Francis E. Durkin Howard W. Edgar J. William Edwards Howard Ewart Adolph W. Filano Joscpn M. Fink Charles L. Fleming Charles N. Gilmore, Jr. Allen L. Grinbcr Raymond W. Gripp, Jr. jack R. Gundcrman esse B. Guttman FRANCIS E. DURKIN—St. Francis DeSalrs High—Druids—Omicroii IX-1-fa Kappa—Beta Gamma Sigma Order of Artus—Cap and Gown 1, 2. 3 —P.B.I. 1, 2; Pres. 3; Vice Pres. 4— S.F.A. 4; Executive Committee; Scholars Day Chairman Y.M.C.A. I, 2. 3. 4. V HOWARD W. EDGAR-Etna High — Sigma Alpha Epsilon. J. WILLIAM EDWARDS—Cressou High Freshman Track Team 1—Pitkin Club 2. HOWARD EWART AspfStall High —Kappa Alpha Phi- P.B.I. 3 Cap and down Business Staff 4- Pitt News Business Staff 3, 4. ADOLPH W. FILANO—Weedville High—Lambda Chi Alpha—Intramural Athletics 2, 3. 4—Kappa Alpha Phi. M. KINK Taylor Aliderdice JOSEPH . High—Pitt RiHes Rifle T ram—Asst. Mgr. Rifle Team 2—P.B.I. I. 2, 3; Pres. 4-Owl Business Staff 3. ALLEN L. GRIN BERG—Homestead High—Pi Lambda Phi—Panther 2— Cap and Gown Business Staff 2, 3. RAYMOND W. GRIPP. JR.—Peabody High Cap and (.'own Production Staff 2. IS CHARLES L. FLEMING New Castle High—Phi Delta Theta Football I, 2, 3, 4—Imerfraternity Sports I. 2, 3, 4. CHARLES N. GILMORE, JR. vue High—Phi Gamma Delta. Belle- JACK B. G UNDER M AN Mount Lebanon High -Alpha Tau Omega. JESSE B. GUTTMAN—McKeesport High-Phi Epsilon PI. ft. 6y 19 3 9 'FfflEINEMAN, JR.— Schen-iHW(tfiir Kappa Psl-Do t iwlents Association Treast 2; U Alpha Kappa Psi Tre s. nstc LEONARD B. HAHN—Taylor Adder-dicc High- -Pitt Band 1, 2, 3. I PAUL J. HANNA—Canonsburg High — Delta Mu Delta—Alpha Kappa Psi— Beta Gamma Sigma -Evening Students Association Pres. 3—Evening Session News Staff 3. RICHARD E. HAUGHTON Ferndale High—Pitt Band 2, 3, 4 -University Symphony Orchestra 2, 3, 4. JOHN C. HECK—Wilkinsburg High. EDWIN C. HORNE—Taylor Allder-dice—Pi Lambda Phi—John Marshall University of Michigan Transfer 1— Pitt News Advertising Mgr. 3—Inter-fraternity Ball Chairman 4—Inter-fraternity Council Member 3, 4—Pitt News Style Show Associate Chairman 2, 3—P.B.I. 3, 4 - Junior Prom Committee—S.F.A. Pep Assembly Committee 2—Upperclassmen Counselor 3 — Pi Lambda Phi Pres. 3—Pitt Peace Council 2, 3. SAMUEL 1IOROVITZ -Oliver High Pitt Players I Pitt News 1. WILLIAM M. HAWKINS Clinton-ville High—Sigma Chi—Grove City Transfer—Pitt Band 3. 4—P.B.I. 4— Cap and Gown 4. Cl,AIR K. HOFFMAN-—Lemoyne High —Scabbard and Blade Omlcron Delta Gamma -Varsity Rifle Team 2, 3, 4—R.O.T.C. Rifle Team I. 2, 3. 4— Military Ball Committee 4. EDWARD W. HUCKI High—Glee Club I. 2, 3, Gown 3. OLIVER C. HURST. JR. Taylor Ajl-derdice High Delta Tau Delta. Leonard B. Hahn PaulJ. Hanna Richard E. Ha ugh ton William M. Hawkins John C. Hcek Albert F. Hciuciuan, Jr. Robert F. Himes Clair K. Hoffman Edwin C. Horne Samuel Horovin Edward W. Huckcstcin Oliver C. Hurst. Jr. BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION 70 Vincent J. Iacurto Frank Irvine Wilma G. Jackson Robert Jacobs Charles R. Jageman Robert M. Jones Albert M. Kairys Julian Kanovskv Robert J. Kanselbaum Harvey Karlin Walter V. Kirkwood, Jr Mary Lou Klingcmmirh VINCENT J. IACURTO Altoona High Panther Cub Business Stall 2 il Boxing 2—Newman Club 4. 1 FRANK IRVINE Scott High Lambda Chi Alpha Scabbard and Blade Kappa Alpha Phi—P.B.I. 1. 2. 3. 4 Pitt Rifle's 2, 3 Kappa Alpha Phi Vice Pres. 3; Sec. 4 Cap and Gown Production 3—junior Varsity Football 3 —Military Ball Committee 3. WILMA G. JACK! —Delta Zeta—W.S mittec 2—Sophomo Committee. Peabody High A. Social Corn-Class Activities ROBERT JACOBS Taylor Allderdlcc —Beta Gamma Sigma Owl Comptroller 4—S.F.A. Scholar's I ay Committee 4. CHARLES R. JACKMAN East High —Erie Center Transfer Delta Kappa Phi Beta Kappa. ROBERT M. JONES Rochester High Theta Chi—Pitt Band 1. 2, 3—Band Association 3—Theta Chi Sec. 3— Sprint! Festival Committee 2 Intramural Sports 2,.3. ALBERT M. KAIRYS .McKees Rocks High Delta Tiiu Delta Omicron Delta Kappa Scabbard and Blade John Marshall Druids Undergrade ate Cap ami Gown i !ut Pitt Rifles Omicron Delta Kappa Pres. I Owl l, 2; Business Mgr. 4—Pitt Rifles C«pli tain-Pres. 3—Lieutenant Colonel K.O. TC. 4—S.F.A. 3, 4—Sophomore Hop Business Mgr. 2—Druids Treas. 2---! Junior Spoon Award 3— Y.M.O.A. i. 2, 3. 4—Freshman Camp Director 3, 4 P.B.I. Vice Pres. 2 Military Ball Committee I, 2. 3. 4-Pitt Chairman 3- Cap and Mgr. 2. Formal Property JULIAN KANOVSKV-Kane High— Pitt News 2. 3, 4—Pitt Players 2. 3. 4 — Cap and Gow n 2. ROBERT J. KANSEUBAUM—Peabody kHifth- P.B.I. HARVEY KARLIN—Cleveland High Sigma lpha Mu. WALTER V. KIRKWOOD. JR. Peabody High Alpha Kappa Phi—Undergraduate Cap and. Gown Club Cap and Gown 1, 2, 3 Freshman Football Owl 2. 3—P.B.I. I, 2, 3 Y.M.C. V. 2. MARY LOU KL1NGENSMI body High Delta Zeta. 7J 19 3 9 ROBERT VT'LEWIS rdlcc la Phi letide KORNHAUSER Taylor lligh-rPitt Band 2—Pan- ther EDWARD High Kiski hall 2, .1, JAMES G. Phi Gamma JACK LEVIN- Taylor Allderdlce Phi Epsilon Pi—Theta Alpha Phi—Pitt Players 2; Business Mgr. 3 S.F.A. 3. Taylor Allderdlce HlgfT— Freshman Dance Committee Cap an l Gown I, 2, 3, 4 Pitt jSedT jf, 2; Comptroller 3, 4 '-Pitt Panther si- Owl 4—Tennis 1, Basket- Spring Festival Committee 1, 3 -Pep - i r Assembly Committee 4— News s,„ LAWRY Allegheny «• Golf 2, 3, High Treas. Festival 4. HARRY D. LEES—John High—Lambda Chi Alpha Phi- Band 1 -P.B.I. 4. CHARLES R. LYNCH—Yandorgrift High Order of Artus- -Lambda Chi Alpha Beta Gamma Sigma—Kappa Alpha Phi Interfraternitv Council 4. PHILIP S. MACLACHLAN—Taylor Allderdlce High. CHARLES E. MANN—Clearfield High. HARRIET N. MANNING Fifth Avenue High Phi Theta Phi—Pitt Evening News Staff 1. 2, 3. 4 Pitt Women’s Club—Phi Theta Phi Sec. 2— Evening Student's Association Sec. 3 Executive Committee 4 Pitt Blog-1 raphv Club Pres. 3. SAMUEL C. MARCUS Schenley High Pitt Rifles Pitt Panther I Owl 2. 3 Pitt Players 1. 2 S.F.A. Building and Grounds Committee a- Robert Kornhausct Edward J. Lawry iames G. Lee larrv D. Lees Jack Levin Robert V. Lewis Daniel K. Lichtenstein Charles R. Lynch Philip S. Mac lac hi an Charles E. Mann Harriet N. Manning Samuel C. Marcus BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION Samuel Markoviu William R. Marshall Charles W, Mathias Carroll B. Matthews Ruth Maury William J. McBride William T. McClure Gilbert Mclnncs, Jr. John D. McRoric David Mead Bliss R Mentzer William J. Moorhead SAMUEL MARKOVITZ- -McKeesport High. WIIXIAM R. MARSHALL South Hills High Freshman Swimming Team-Debating 2. CHARLES W. MATH IAS—Cuyahoga Falls High—Ambda Chi Alpha Kappa Alpha I’hi- -Glee Club I, 2, A P.B.I. 1, 2, A. 4 Upperclassmen Counselor A Golf I, 2, A, 4 -Junloi Prom DecorationsChairman A—S.F.A. Appointments Committee 4—Cheering Block Leader 2—Intramural Basketball 2. A— Intramural Baseball 2. A. V CARROLL B. MATTHEWS- Wilkins-burg High Varsity Rifle Team I. 2, A. RUTH MAURY South Hills High -Kappa Alpha Phi- Kappa Alpha I’hi Treas. 3—Y.W.C.A.—W.A.A. WILLIAM .1. McBRIDE Central Catholic High -Phi Kappa Undergraduate Cap and (.own Club Phi Kappa Pre'. I Football Mgr. 1,1. A—| Varsity Football lgr. 4 Interlru-rernlfy Council A, 4 Freshman Dance Committee S.F.A. Social Committee 3—Cap and Gown 1, 2. J. 4. A j!. GILBERT McINNES, JR.—Schenley High Lambda Chi Alpha Pitt Band 1. 2. 3. 4. JOHN I). McRORIE Schenley High I-Sigma Alpha Epsilon—Undergradu-Cap and Gown Club Pitt Rifles 2, and Gown 3, 4—Pitt Players notion Staff 4. DAVID MF.AD Allegheny High. BLISS R. MENTZER Sharon High® Theta Chi Freshman Dance Committee Pitt Rlfl«s 2 Theta Chi Treas. 3; Pres. 4—Jnterfraternltx Council 3. 4 Freshman Camp Coun-1 selor 4. -South 19 3 9 BERNARD M. MORRISEY Brownsville High Kappa Sigma Interfra-ternity Football 2, 4. ALLEN B. MUSSOFF Taylor Allder-dlcc High—Phi Epsilon PI—Phi Epsilon Pi Treas. 3; Pres. 4 Interfraternity Council 4 Chancellor's Aide 4. NEAL G. MO JEAN F. PANNETON Central Catholic High -Phi Kappa -Pitt News— Pitt Panther Cap and Gown Business Board. ARTHUR G. MUNZINGER Schenley High Capital University Transfer Kappa Sigma Upsilon Kapital Keystone Klub Vice Pros. JOHN L. MURPHY—Swisavale —P.B.I. 3. 4 Owl 3. 4 Cap and G 4—Camera Club 3. DAVID S. IL Peabody High. ■ FRANK J. PETR A US K AS—South | High—P.B.I. 3, 4 Newman Club 3. 4 Y.M.C.A. Council 3. HARRY G. O’BRIEN- Taylor Allder-dlce High Pitt Rifles 2, 3 P.B.I. ALBERT I. RAIZMAN -Schenley High Pitt News Circulation Staff 1. 2. 3; Mgr. 4—Glee Club 2. 3. 4 and Gown 2. 3. 4 Owl 4 S.F.A. Library Publicity Committee 3. Berr trd M. Morrisey Neal G. Moyer Arthur G. Munzingcr John L. Murphy Allen B. Mussotf Sydney Nearman Robert W. Nicholson Harry G. O'Brien Jean F. Panncton David S. Pearl Frank J. Pctrauskas Albert I. Raizman BUSIN ESS ADMINISTRATION 74 Richard M. Raley Ro«crJ. Rapp Dolores M. Rauener Bennett H. Ravlin Jay S. Reich Ralph J. Rosen Edson F. Routch Albert J. Schimmel Robert F. Schoolcy Arnold Schutzman Virginia H. Shirley Clifford E. Simpson Peabody High i Committee 4 Association Vli EDSON F. ROUTCH Ha —Track Team Varsity ft, 3 RICHARD M. RALEY South Hills High—Lambda Chi Alpha—Glee Club I. 2, 3, 4—Swimming Team I, 2, 3, 4 S.P.A. Concert Hours Committee 2. ROGER J. RAPP Strong Venccnt High Beta Gamma Sigma. DOLORES M. R AL'TNER—Car rick High—Phi Chi Theta—Y.W.C.A. I. 2. 3. 4—Panhellcnlc Council 2 Pitt Women’s Club 4 P.B.I. 4 W.S.G.A. 2. BENNETT H. RAVLIN Wesfl Aurora High. JAV S. REICH Taylor Allderdice High Pi Lambda Phi—Omicron Delta Kappa —Freshman Dance Publicity Chairman Sophomore Hop Advertising Chairman—Spring Festival Dance Business Mgr. 3—Pitt News Business Mgr. 3. 4—Freshman Camp 3, 4—Upperclassmen Counselor 3 ALBERT J. SCHIMMEL Allegheny High Men s Glee Club I, 2. 3, 4. E. SCHOOLEY—Schenley Hockey 3; Captain 4. SCHUTZMAN—Taylor Allderdice i High—Sigma Alpha Mu-Sigma Alpha Mu Recorder 3—Yule-tide Festival Committee 4 Owl Sports Staff 4. VIRGINIA II. cent High Sigma Kappa—Erie Center Sigma Nu Sigma — Strong Yin-Sigma Delta I. 2. 3— CLIFFORD E. SIMPSON- Peabody High Demonstration Block Leader 3, 4 Classical Club 4. 75 19 3 9 THEODORES. SNYDER-John Harris Hi h School- PI Kappa Alpha Track 2 Football 1- Plit I’byers 2. I)RED pa Nu Di-lta Kappa Phi enter Transfer,- mit T. SIMRELL—Clark’s Sum ’ Chi—Pitt Rifle — Chi Treas. 3—Freshman Dance Dance Com-Cnuncii 2, 3, 4; Sec. DAVID T. SNOWDON South Hills High- Delta Mu Delta Alpha Kappa Psi Evening Students Association Treas. 2; Vice Pres. 3; Pres. 4- Pitt Evening Nows Editor—Alpha Kappa Btf Sdimflarfship 3.______________' 1 CI.IN ION P. SIPE—Olean High Undergraduate Cap and Gown Club— Glee Club I, 2, 3; Pres. 4 (lap and Gown 3 Sophomore Hop Committee — Junior Prom Committee - Owl Circulation 3 Spring Festival Carnival Night Publicity Chairman 3-S.F.A. Demonstration Committee 4. FRANK M. SMITH-Peabody High Beta Gamma Sigma—Pitt Band 1, 2, 3, 4—Band Association Sec. 4. JOHN C. SLOAN—Swissvale High. WILLIAM STIRLING. JR.—Taylor Allderdice High Phi Gamma Delta Varsity Swimming Mgr. 3 Interfraternity Council Pres. 4 Phi Gamma Delta Pres. 4—Senior Memorial Committee Chairman 4—Cap and Gown Production Staff 2, 3. ROBERT J. TENCH—Perry High Glee Club 1, 2. 3, 4—Circulation Staff, Panther 4—Military Ball Committee 2. DONALD E. HOMPSON Dormont Delta Tau ' ice Pres, mit tee 2. ta—Delta Tau Delta homorc Hop Com- DAVID M. WALTE Issvale High JOHN R. WALTER -Lincoln High Undergraduate Cap and Gown Cap and Gown 2, 3, 4—Spring Committee 1. Robert T. Simrcll Clinton P. Sipc Frank M. Smith John C. Sloan David T. Snowdon Theodore E. Snyder Mildred F. Sopp William Stirling. Jr. Robert J. Tench Donald E. Thompson David M. Walter John R. Waiter BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION John Warren Charles A. Wasscll William R. Watkins Kenneth C. Zcigler Lora Jane Zctsman Selma Zollcr ■Senior Mei ■Spring Ft ior Prom ; News 1. JOHN WARREN—Curtis High—Pitt KENNETH C. Hand 2—Panther- Student Council High. Treas. CHARLES A. WASSf Lebanon High—Phi 1 graduate (lap and (' and Gown F ness Mgr. v --- 3; Varsity s. Committee • 1, : J 2. 4 -L ... Taylor ough High. WATKINS—Derry 1 y High-Festival Committee 3. 77 r h e GF Dr. Stanton C. Crawford Dean of the College Back to the Revolutionary War! That, according to Dean Stanton C. Crawford is how far he has been able to go in ferreting out his family tree. Reading and research work arc hobbies of Dr. Crawford and his curiosity in searching for the interesting details of local history has given him the pleasure of having discovered items concerning his family tree. Dr. Crawford, who himself now owns an extensive private library, hopes that through the College work the students will come to appreciate and later to build libraries of their own. Dr. Crawford balances his scant reading hours between fiction and classical works, and likes a good detective or sea story occasionally. During the summer months his thoughts turn seaward, and he likes nothing better than to board a tramp steamer and cruise for a while. On one of these trips he gathered material for his Ph D. in biology. In 1920 he taught zoology at Pitt and still continues his professorship in biology and his research in this subject. The College, largest of the University undergraduate schools carries the responsibility for studies in the liberal arts and sciences. For more than a century and a half this school has served in this capacity for it is the direct descendant of the original Pittsburgh Academy. The College has accepted another responsibility at the University as the various professional schools have come into being, for the ambitious doctor-lawycr-dcntist-to-bc here lays the ground work for his graduate study. Into the college program have been fitted the many informal contacts that students arc able to attain through campus activities, fraternities, and faculty conferences, all with the full approval and assistance from Dean Crawford. In these latter experiences the Association of College Students has supplemented the College staff. In all, the College, through its various curricula and with its faculty, offers to any capable student the opportunity to study and through his own efforts and with skilled guidance to reach his best and highest level of learning, taste, judgment, discrimination and creative skill. O L L E G E Caesar O. Aldiscrc Charles j. Allen James H. Alton Rudolph E. Alvino Robert Anderson, Jr. Louis Anstandig Falk K. Arnheim E. Louis Averbach Harry C. Bash George Denton Peal Hilda Beck Jane M. Bell CAESAR O. ALDISERT—Carnegie High Sigma Chi. CHARLES J. ALLEN—Bellevue High—John Marshall -Pitt News 1 Owl I. JAMES H. ALTON—Pi Tau Phi Freshman Swimming Mgr. RUDOLPH E. ALVINO—Peabody High -Italian Club 2. ROBERT ANDERSON, JR.—Mt. Lebanon High—Delta Tau Delta—Washington-Jefferson Transfer Owl 2, 3, 4. LOUIS ANSTANDIG Donora High—John Marshall. FALK K. ARNHEIM Taylor Allderdice High Phi Epsilon Pi-Pi Tau Phi-Pitt News I— Scholars Day Committee 4—Upperclass Counselor 4 Owl 4. E. LOUIS AVERBACH Taylor Allderdice High Cap and Gown 2. HARRY C. BASH- IM Lambda Phi Druids Cap and Gown 2 Owl Organizations Mgr. 2 Co-Editor, Fraternity Handbook 2 College Association Treas. 2—College Association Sec. 3. GEORGE DENTON BEAL Schcnlev High Ouill Club Orchestra I, 2. 3, 4—Band I. 2. 3. 4 S.F.A. Concert Hours Committee 3, 4. HILDA BECK Fifth Avenue High Pi Tau Phi Alpha Kappa Delta—Public Speaking Unit Pres. I—Freshman Council Representative 1 Freshman Council Program Chairman 1— Activities Committee Chairman 2- W.S.G.A. Activities Committee 2; Publicity Committee 4 Vocational Guidance Committee 3. M. BELL- Peabody High Kappa Kappa Gamma—Mortar Board Customs Commit-nit Advisor 2 Soph Hop 2 Junior Prom Committee 3 Kappa Kappa Gamma Pres. Senior Mentor 4 Mortar Board Vice Pres. 4—S.F.A. Senior Presentation Committee 4. 79 JACK D. BE 4 7 1tit«ffrai mittee 3. Cabinet 4. n High Sigma d.'hi Sigma Chi I rens. I Sigma Chi Pledgemaster cil 4—Pitt Player 4—Sigma Chi Historian 3 Yuletide Festival Com- JOKL I. BENNETT Taylor Alldtrdicc High—Pi Lambda Phi Interfraternity Council 2 Hockey Mgr. 3. 4 Style Show Mgr. 2. ANN T. BENTLEY Peabody High—7«t:i Tau Alpha Bethany Transfer- Y.W.C.A. Financial Committee 4—W.S.G.A. Transfer Coimnittec 4 Pitt Players 4. LEONARD M. BERKOVIT .- McKeesport High Pi Sigma Alpha John Marshall—G Sigma Phi — Orchestra I Cap and Gown 2 John Marshall Vice Pres. 4 Gamma Sigi amma Sigma Phi tROLl lUNSTOC -PealaKly High. Peabody High—Y.M.C.A. I— Band I, 2, 3. 4 Intramural Athletics JEROME BLACK Sigma Alpha Mu Cap and Gown I Pitt News I, 2 Track 1, 2 Intramural Sports 1, 2, 3, 4 Interfraternity Council 3, 4 Sigma Alpha Mu Pledgemaster 3 Yuletide Festival Dance Committee 3 Men’s Council 4 Sigma Alpha Mu Pres. 4—Intcr-fraternity Ball Committee 4. WILLIAM RANDOLPH BOLITH0 Carrlck High—Phi Gamma Delta Druids- Glee Club 1, 2, 3 Pitt News 1, 2 Panther 1 —Cap and Gown I—Y.M.C.A. I, 2—Tennis I- Pitt Players 1, 2—Freshman Handbook I, 2 Freshman Camp 1, 2 Soph Hop Committee 2. EVELYN I). BORT7. Beaver Falls High Phi Sigma Sigma Panhellcnic Representative 3, 4— Upperclass Counselor 4 Fraternity Handbook Committee 3 Phi Sigma Sigma Philanthropic Chairman 4. BABF.TTE BRAUDE- Northwestern University Transfer Alpha Epsilon Phi Pitt Players 2. 3. ROSALIA V. BRENNAN Mount Mercy Academy Phi Mu Quill Club Class Publicity Committee 3- Newman Club I Y.W.C.A. 2, 3, 4 W.A.A. 4 Social Committee. Phi Mu 3 Quill Club Vice Pres. 4 Quill Club Social Chairman 4 Phi Mu Historian 4. ANITA BRENNER Academy High, Erie- Delta Delta Delta Sigma Nu Sigma 1. 2 Dramatic Club 1. 2 Political Science Club I, 2. Jack D. Bellas Jerome Black Joel I. Bennett Ann T. Bentley William R. Bolitho Evelyn D. Born Leonard Berkovitz Babcttc Braude Harold Binstock Rosalia V. Brennan Harry Fcrrcc Biscl Anita Brenner 80 COLLEGE COLLEGE Paul A. Brinkcr J. Leonard Broido James L. Brooks Robert M. Brown Emily D. Bucar William A. Burke Ralph M. Cadv Mary J. Carey Sidney M. Carl burg Mary Cecelia Case P. William Catena Salvatore I. A. Certo PAUL A. BRIS KER -Taylor Alldordice High Phi Alpha Theta Band 1, 2, 3, 4. J. LEONARD BROIDO Arnold Prep Penn State Transfer—Pi Lambda Phi—Cap and Gown Business Staff 2- Hockey 2, 3, 4—Pi Lambda Phi Social Chairman 3. JAMES I.. BROOKS—Kittanning High. ROBERT M. BROWN—Taylor Allderdice High Quill Club Pitt News 1, 2, 3, 4—News Asst. Editor 3 News Copy Editor 4- Quill Club Pres. 4—S.F.A. Concert Hour Committee Chairman 3, 4 Journeyman Editorial Board 3—Y.M.C.A. I, 2—University Piano Trio 1, 2, 3, 4. EMILY D. BUCAR Clairton High Inter-Cultural Assn. Fine Arts Unit I Pitkin Club 2, 3—Y.W.C.A. 2, 3. 4 W.A.A. 2, 3, 4 W.A.A. Outing Club 2, 3, 4. RKF. Johnstown Central High Engineering Club Sec., Johnstown Center ub, Johnstown Center 2, 3 Newman Club 3, 4. y High Gamma Sigma Phi Y.M.C.A. Council 2, 3, 4. MARY J. CAREY -Cho� (p AChasc Jr. College Transfer I, 2—University of Michigan Transfer— l§itipis«vets 3, LBURu- -Union City High—Erie Center Transfer—Pitt Band 4—University 4. MARY CECELIA G.U — Belle Vernon High—Science Unit I—W.S.G.A. 1, 2. 3, 4—Pitt Players cchnlcal Staff 2, 3- Publicity Committee 3—W.S.G.A. High School Relations Committee 3— Heart Hop Committee 3—W.A.A. 4. P. WILI M ATENA—South Fayette High. SALVATORE I. A. CERTO South Hills High—Italian Club 2, 3, 4. 81 1939 y—Track Team I. -Cross Country- RALPH L. CHRRMOCK -Alle heny Hifo-Collembolae- PI Tau Phi Basketball Mgr. I, 2 (A Field Trip Chairman, Cvlkmbohte J Qal embolae Pres. 4. ■� ' I ; i 1 ITT T'TjT JOHN CHRISTIANO—Fifth Avenue tilth- Italian Club I Italian Club Publicity Chaim ; int hairnian Chairman 2; Pres. J Math Club 3. ntnl Catholic lli£h Community Fund Committee I—Cheering —t TM'1 CHARI,ES II. CONICK Central Catholic ig i Football Mgr. I, 2, 3 Owl Photographer 3, f— Vanity Uockey Teani 2, 3, 4. , { . . DONALD C: CONRAD Second Lieutenant, R.O.T.C ANDREWL. COX—Phi Delta Theta- Pitt Hand I, 2,3,4 Men's Glee Club I, 2,3 Sophomore Hop Committee 2 Interfraternity Sports I, 2, 3, 4 Military Hall Committee 3, 4 Phi Delta Theta Social Chairman 4. ANNE II. COYNE-St. Joseph's High, Md.-Thet Phi Alpha. ISABEL CRA WFORD- South Hills High-Pitkin Club 2, 3 Y.W.C.A. 2, 3 W.A.A. 3 Cheer-ing Block I. CHARLES R. CRISER Jeannette High- Scabbard and Blade—Pitt Rifles- Pitt Rifles Com-m ttee i—Pitt Rifles Initiation Banquet Chairman 3 Scabhard and Blade Smoker Chairman 4 Scabbard and Blade Dance Committee 4. 9 HARRIET CROWS Taylor Allderdice lliih. RUTH M. CUSTER WHkinsbur£ lli£h .eta Tau Alpha Nylon Cwens Mortar Board Owl Editorial Staff 2- Panhellenlc Representative 2 Y.W.C.A. I’ppcrclass Council 1,2 Owl Women's Editor 3 S.F.A. Council 3 Junior Worthy Awardee 3- Zcta Tau Alpha Social Chairman 3 Xylon Social Chairman 3 Owl Associate Editor 4 Panhellenlc Council Vice Pres., Social Chairman 4 Senior Mentor 4 Senior Adtlsor to Cwens 4 Coed Captain 4— Panhellenlc Hall Chairman 4. B OLLEGE James T. Dattilo William Davies Norman Davis Harry Q. Dcaktor Dorothy Dcring Juliette Deutelbaum Richard C. Diamon Saul Dircnheld Robert A. Doyle Robert F. Dudley Charles Duncan, Jr. Mar yon M. Dytche JAMES T. DATTILO—Dormont High—Phi Kappa —Chi Rho Nu— Druids Cap and Gown 1— Varsity Wrestling Mgr- 2 Golf 2. WILLIAM DAVIES—Carrlck High. NORMAN DAVIS—Taylor Allderdice High—Pi Lambda Phi—Pi Lambda Phi Sec.- News 1 Owl 2. HARRY O- DEAKTOR—Sigma Alpha Mu—Intramural Bowling 1, 2, 3—Intramural Mush-ball I, 2, 3— Intramural Basketball 1, 2, 3—Interfraternity Council 2. DOROTHY DERING- East Pittsburgh High—Pi Sigma Alpha—Cwens—Gamma Sigma Phi —Mortar Board—Freshman Committee 1—Cwens Pres. 2—W.S.G.A. Customs Committee 2— Class Vice Pres. 3—Vocational Committee, W.S.G.A.. Chairman 3—W.S.G.A. Housing Board Committee 3—Spring Festival Dance Committee 3—Owl Circulation 3, 4—Senior Mentor 4— W.S.G.A. Pres. 4 Honorary Coed Captain 4. JULIETTE F. DBUTF.LBAUM Perry High Quax Pi Tau Phi Acting Unit 1—Alumni Editor of Owl 2 Pitt Players 2—Secretary of (Juax. RICHARD C. DIAMON—Sewickley Township High. SAUL DIZENFIELD—-Ambridge High—Delta Sigma Rho—Gamma Sigma Phi—Varsity Debating 3, 4—Asst. Mgr.. Debate 4 Delta Sigma Rho Pres. 4 Intercollegiate Conference on Government 3; Chairman 4. ROBERT A. DOYLE—Latrobe High—Phi Kappa—John Marshall—Asst. Wrestling Mgr. 3. ROBERT F. DUDLEY—Wilklnsburg High—Pitt Rifles—Wrestling Team I—Cross Country Junior Varsity 3—Y.M.C.A. 3. 4 Pitkin Club 3, 4. CHARLES P. DUNCAN, JR. Bellevue High Phi Delta Theta. YON M. DYTCHE Academy High, Eric Sigma Nu Sigma Delta Kappa (Erie)—Col-lub 1. 2 Mixed Chorus 1, 2, 3—Dramatic Club (Erie) 3- Political Science Club (Erie) 3. S3 1939 JOHN H. EHRENFEID—Schcnley Hiftli - Pitt Rifles Phi Alpha Theta Newman Club. EDWIN F Vice Pres Leader Milita IS-Central Catholic High—Scabbard and Blade—Debating I —Pitt Rifles tt Rifles First Lieutenant 4- Scabbard and Blade Sec. 4—Demonstration Block monstration Block Chairman 4—Varsity Hockey 3, 4—Sophomore Y Club 2 II Committee I, 2, 3, 4. KNDERS—Ohio St nager 3, 4—W.S.G. Yansfer- Kappa Kappa Gamma Kappa Kappa Gamma sing Board 3- W.A.A. 3. ANITA R. ENGEl.MAN- «So ith High Alpha Epsilon Phi Activities Committee 2 Program ('omniiftee 3- Activities Committee 4—Pitt Players Business Staff I Spring Festival Committee 3 A. E. Phi Historian I Courtesy Chairman 2 Notary Chairman 3. BERNIE W. F.RENSTEIN—New Kensington High. ELLEN M. EVANS—Chaney High—Youngstown College Transfer. EDWARD C. FALK Schcnley High -Chi Rho Nu—Pitt Rifles. MORRIS I. FENSTERSHEIB—Schenley High—Student Council I. JAMES C. FERRARO—Westinghousc High. RUTHE FIREMAN—Taylor Allderdice High—Phi Sigma Sigma—Phi Sigma Sigma Vice Pres. 4- Rushing Chairman—Pledge Master—Student Council. BETTY II. FISHER—Taylor Allderdice High. ANNE K. FITZPATRICK Taylor Allderdice High -Delta Delta Delta. John H. Ehrcnfcld Edward C. Fall Edwin F. Ellis Morris Fcnstcrshcib Margaret Eodcrs James C. Ferraro Anita R. Engelman Ruthe Fireman Bernic W. Erenucin Betty H. Fisher Ellen M. Evans Anne K. Fitzpatrick $4 COLLEGE COLLEGE James C. Fleming, Jr. Sally M. Fogle Armand L. Fontana Richard B. Frankel John E. Fritamcicr John E. Fullerton Betty J. Garrett Adra Gehrett Judith George Ida G. Gigliotti Hclcnruth Gladstone Marshall Goldberg JAMES C. FLEMING, JR. Schonlcy High Sigma Chi—Chi Rho Nu Phi Rho Sigma-Band 1, 2 Orchestra I, 2. SALLY M. FOGLE Mount Lebanon High Delta Delta Delta Pi Tau Phi—PI Sigma Alpha Sigma Kappa Phi—Gamma Sigma Phi Gwens Meda—F'rench Unit Pres. I—YV.S.G.A. Traditions Committee 2—Delta Delta Delta Rushing Chairman 3—Vice Pres.—S.F.A. Assembly J— Delta Delta Delta Pres. 4 Phi Tau Phi Sec. ARMAND L. FONTANA—Taylor Allderdlce High. RICHARD B. FRANKEL—Taylor Allderdlce High—Pi Lambda Phi—Tlieatron Undergraduate Cap and Gown Club—Scabbard and Blade Owl Asst. Organization Mgr. I Pitt Players I, 2, 3, 4—Military' Ball Committee I, 3, 4—Cap and Gown 1, 2 Owl Advertising Mgr. 2—Panther Exchange Editor 3 Co-Editor, Cap and Gown 3—Cap and Gown Dance Committee 2—Spring Festival Carnival Night Business Mgr. 3—Undergraduate Cap and Gown Club Vice Pres. 4 Cap and Gown Masked Ball Chairman 4. JOHN E. FRITZME1ER—Tarentum High Y.M.C.A. Council and Cabinet I. 2, 3. 4 Peace Council 2, 3, 4—German Club 2, 3 Classical Club 4—Debating 2, 3, 4. legist rar 3: So DRA GKHR JUDITH GF.ORGE b IDA G. GIGLIOTTI RTON—Peabody High John Marshall Club—Undergraduate Cap and i—Freshman Football Mgr. 1—Spring Festival Committee I, 2, 3— Gown I, 2, 3, 4—Undergraduate Cap and Gown Club Pres.—John Chairman 3—Owl Editorial Staff 2 S.F.A. Demonstration Block vdgewood High-an 4. -Kappa Kappa Gamma—Kappa Kappa Gamma ont High—Zeta Tau Alpha Gwens - Meda—Gamma Sigma Phi— LA. Activities Committee 3—Cheering Block Leader 4 Zeta Tau W.A.A. 4—Y.W.C.A. 1, 2. 3. 4-Publications Unit Advisor 3. Ills Prep—Kappa Alpha Theta P. C. V. Transfer. South Hills High—Gamma Sigma Phi -Pi Sigma Alpha. Mm GLADSTONE- Schenley High—Delta Phi Epsilon Delta Phi Epsilon Record-VT ocresponding Sec. 3; Pres. 4—Panhellenlc Committee 3, 4 Student Council 3, 4 Cboi‘al 3, 4 Finance Committee 3—Scholarship Committee 4. ARSlLATl. GOLDBERG Elkins High—Phi Epsilon PI- Football I, 2. 3, 4 Track 1 I.F. Ball Committee 3 C.A. Cabinet 3 Phi Epsilon PI Sec. 2; Vice Pres. 3—Spring Festival Corn-fee 3. 85 1 9 LEO] MITH—Union High —Phi Sigma Sigma—Student Council. Taylor Allderdice High—PiTau Phi—Theta Phi Alpha—Cwens— Theatron— ve 1—Sophomore Class Pres.—Pitt Players 2—Pitt News 2—Sophomore ee 2- Heart Hop Commitree 2—Unit System Chairman 3—S.F.A. MVomcn's STEPHEN L. COO Band Photograph )OI IN-South estra 1, Commit n tor h—Phi Gamma Delta r Leader 1. Druids Cap and Gown 1— High—Kappa Alpha Theta—Owens—Mortar Board — Choral 2, 3—W.S.G.A. Customs Committee 2—High an 4—Unit Adviser 3— Kappa Phi Pres. 4—Mortar Board Pitt Rifles 3—Co-ed Lieutenant Col., R.O.T.C. 4. Taylor Allderdice High—Alpha Epsilon Phi—Quill Club— -W.S.G.A. Activities 3—Senior Class Activities Committee 4 Conference Committee Chairman. RfiKR—Peabody High—Scabbard and Blade—Freshman Club I Y.M.C.A. I DORIS J. GRENNAN—South Hills High—Kappa Alpha Theta—Cwens—Freshman Council 1—W.S.G.A. Social Committee 2—Panhellenic Council I, 2, 3, 4—Rushing Rules Chairman 3—Senior Mentor 3—Demonstration Block Leader 2, 3. LEO G. GRIFFITH, JR.—Central Catholic High—Druids—O.D.K.—Pitt Panther Business Mgr. 4—Pitt Panther Advertising Mgr. 2, 3—College Assn. Cabinet 2, 3, 4—S.F.A. 2, 3, 4-Social Chairman 3, 4—Men’s Council 2—Pitt Rifles 1, 2—Freshman Dance Committee .Sophomore Dance Committee—Junior Prom Committee—Cap and Gown Production Staff I -Cap and Gown 2—Y.M.C.A. Council I, 2. HELEN A. HAGER—Oliver High—Kappa Alpha Theta—Sigma Kappa Phi—Kappa Alpha Theta Sec. 4—Senior Mentor 4—W.S.G.A. Customs Committee 2—Curriculum Committee 3. CATHERINE E. HAL LOCK South Hills High Symphony Orchestra 1, 2, 3, 4—Social Committee Chairman 4—Women’s Choral 3- W.S.G.A.—W.A.A.—Y.W.C.A. Council 4 Upper-class Club—Undergraduate Community Work Council—Pitkin Club. MURRAY E. HAMMER—Lake view High—Pi Lambda Phi—Pitt News 2—Cap and Gown Production Staff 2, 3, 4—Boxing 2—Senior Owl Salesman 4. JEANNE P. HAMMOND- Aspinwall High- Kappa Kappa Gamma Kappa Kappa Gamma Sec. 3; Vice Pres. 4—W.A.A. 3; Social Chairman 4—Senior Mentor 4—R.O.T.C. Co-ed Captain 4 Spring Festival Committee 3. Leona M. Goldsmith Doris J. Grennan Lea Goldstein Leo G. Griffith, Jr. Stephen L. Goodalc Helen A. Hager Nfarv Ruth Goodwin Catherine F.. Hallock Edith M. Gorenstcin Murray E Hammer Thomas R. Greer Jeanne P. Hammond fcU 86 COLLEGE Martha Harracicr Adrian F. Hartman Fairbanks B. Hill Ruth Hilscnrath William Hocvclcr Harold W. Hoffman August E. Hofmann Bernard Horn J. C. Johnson Donald C. Joy Jav H. Kane Frederick N. Kelly MARTHA HARMF.IKR Peabody High—KappaAlpha Theta—Gwens— Kappa Alpha Theta Pres. 4 Senior Mentor 4- W.S.G.A. Activities Committee 3 Freshman Council. ADRIAN F. HARTMAN—South Hills High—Pitt Rand I, 2. 3, 4—Tennis Team 1, 2, 3, 4— Concert Band 3. FAIRBANKS BERNARD HILL—Schenley High—Alpha Phi Alpha. RUTH IIILSENRATH -South Hills High Cwens W.S.G.A. Chairman4 Senior Mentor 4— Debating Campus Chairman 4 Class Treasurer 2—W.S.G.A. Class Representative 3— Junior Prom Committee—Heart Hop 3, 4—Pitt News 2—Unit President I Member of Freshman Council I. WILLIAM HOEVELER Peabody High—Kappa Sigma -Druids—Men’s Council Pres.—Pitt Players 1. 2, 3—Cap and Gown I, 2, 3—Men’s Council 1, 2, 3 -S.F.A. 3—Wrestling 3—Track and Cross Country 2 Interfraternity Council 2, 3; Treas. 4; Pres. 4. HAROLD W. HOFFMAN Carrick High John Marshall—Pitt News 1. Perry High Kappa Sigma Theatron Pitt News Sec. 3; Vice Pres. 4 Theatron Sec. 4. Pitt Players BERNARD HORN 'Taylor Allderdice High Phi Epsilon Pi—Undergraduate Cap and Gown Club Pitt News L Pitt Panther 1 Cap and Gown 1, 2, 3, 4 Phi Epsilon PI Sec. 4—Upperclassman Advisor 3. 4—Cup and Gown Dance Committee 3, 4 Pitt Players Asst. Comptroller 4— u (elide Festival Commit tee 3. New Kensington High—Sigma Alpha Epsilon. DONALD C. joy rStrong Vincent High Sigma Alpha F.psilon—Pitt Panther 3 Cap and (.own 3- S.A.E. Pres. 3; Treas. 4. JAY II. KANE Munhall High. FREDRICK N. KELLY Peabody High Phi Kappa Pitt Rifles Undergraduate Cap and Gown Club -Pitt Panther Mascot 2 Pitt Panther Staff 1 Cheerleader I—Freshman Dance Publicity Chairman Cap and Gown 1,2,3- Fraternity Athletics I, 2 Military Ball Publicity' Committee I—Pitt Band Formation Instructor—Newman Club 1, 2, 3—Pitt Chest I. $7 1939 JOHN K. KIF.FFER RICHARD II. KLiEMER • Bellevue llh 2—Pitt pWrr. | 1. JOHN M N'TOR—Peabody High- Pin Players. 1 JAMES P. KERR. IR. Kiski Prep noifci Tiiu Delta. m%i Wooster College Transfer Wooster Publications I, —Wooster Gymnastics 2. igh—Delta Upsllon. Hills High Kappa Signia Pitt Hand I, 2, 3, 4. California High Phi Epsilon Pi—College Assn. Cabinet 1 Interfraternity Council 3 Athletics Chairman 3 Phi Epsilon PI Pres. 3 Spring Festival Sports Chairman 3. JOHN B. KRAEI.ING—Central Catholic High Phi Kappa. VERNON E. KRAI IL—Perry High Collembolae- Cap and Gown Music Composer—Pitt Symphony Orchestra 1, 2, 3, 4. SARA MARIE KRE1NSON Bradford High Phi Sigma Sigma Pitt News 2 Pitt Players Business Staff 4 Social Committee 4 Phi Sigma Sigma Vice Pres. 3 -Social Chairman 3— Scholarship Chairman 4—Class Publicity Committee 1, 2. 3 Class Social Committee 4 Y Student Council 3. 4 Planning Committee of Y.W.C.A. 3. HOWARD KRELL Munhall High Pi Tau Phi Pi Sigma Alpha—Gamma Sigma Phi— John Marshall—Quill Club—John Marshall Pres. 4—Pi Tau PhlTreas. 4—Quill Club Treas. 4 Gamma Sigma Phi Cabinet 3, 4 George W. Curtis Club Cabinet 1, 2 Pitt News I. JAMES W. KRESS Perry High Kappa Sigma. David T Kencor Jack S. Koilcr James P. Kerr, Jr. John B. Kraeling John E. Kieffer Vernon E. Krahl Richard H. Klemer Sara Marie Krcinson John M. Kloptnan Howard Krcll Walter A. Koeglcr James W. Kress 88 COLLEGE George J. Kuebcl Monte Lauter Milton Lehman, Jr. Melvin J. Levine Ixonard S. Levison Paula Levinson Charlotte E. Levy Lawrence M. Leyton Dean H. Lichtcn cls Morris Lieberman Ray Light Homer L. Livingston GEORGE J. KUEBEL—Academy High, Erie—Delta Kappa. MONTE LAUTER—Schenley High—Phi Lambda Phi—Owl Staff 1, 2—Pitt News 1, 2, 3, 4— Cap and Gown 2, 3—Interfraternity Ball Committee 3— Pitt Players 2, 3. MILTON G. LEHMAN, JR.—Taylor Allderdice High—Pi Tau Phi—Ouill Club Druids— Pitt News 1, 2; Editorial Board 2,3,4—Quill Club Pres.3—Pitt Panther 1,2,3—Owl 1, 2—Debating 1, 2, 3 Journeyman 3—S.F.A. Book Chats Committee 2—Student Faculty Forum Chairman 3 Cap and Gown Publicity Committee 2—Pi Tau Phi Vice Pres. 4. MELVIN J. LEVINE—Schenley High—Pi Lambda Phi—John Marshall Club—Cap and Gown Business Staff 2, 3, 4 Spring Festival Committee 2—Interfraternity Ball Committee 3—Pitt Players Business Staff 2. LEONARD S. LEVISON—Taylor Allderdice High—Pi Lambda Phi- Druids—Pitt News 1, 2, 3, 4; Sports Editor 3, 4 Owl Editorial Staff 1; Sports Editor 2—Pitt Panther 1; Editorial Board 4 Druids Pres. 2—Druids Alumni Advisor 3 Pi Lambda Phi Vice Pres. 2 Spring Festival Committee 1—Military Ball Committee 2—S.F.A. Pep Assembly Committee Chairman 4 Hall of Fame Committee 3—Debating Squad 1. PAULA LEVINSON—Peabody High—Phi Sigma Sigma Phi Sigma Sigma Treas. 3, 4—Pitt Nows 2, 3, 4- Y Student Council Sec. 3; Vice Pres. 4 S.F.A. Directory Committee 4—Owl Circulation Staff 4—Hearth Ceremony Committee 2, 3—Caritas 4. CHARLOTTE E. LEVY—Peabody High Phi Sigma Sigma—Xylon—Phi Sigma Sigma Pres. 3, 4; Rushing Chairman 2—Pitt News 2, 3, 4 Student Council Sec. 4 Hearth Ceremony Committee 2—Caritas 4. LAWRENCE M. LEYTON Coraopolis High—Phi Epsilon PI-Phi Epsilon Pi Treas. 4. DEAN H. LICHTENFELS Bolivar High—Johnstown Center Transfer- Pre-Mod. Club 1. 2— Glee Club 1. MORRIS LIEBERMAN- Schenley High—Phi Lambda Upsllon-PiTau Phi—Sigma Pi Sigma— Asst. Football Mgr. 2— Cap and Clown Production Staff 3—Demonstration Block 1, 2, 3. RAY LIGHT—Youngstown South High—Pi Kappa Alpha Druids—Undergraduate Cap and Gown Club Omicron Delta Kappa—Band 1, 2, 3, 4 Orchestra I—Cap and Gown 1-Tennis Team I Cap and Gown Asst. Production Mgr. 2; Production Mgr. 3 Spring Festival Committee 3—College Association Vice Pres. 3; Pres. 4—Interfraternity Council 4 Junior Prom Committee 3—Tennis 3 Pitt Panther Fashion Editor 3- Junior Worthy 3—Upperclassman Counselor 4—PI Kappa Alpha Pres. 4. HOMER L. LIVINGSTON -Allegheny High—Boxing 1, 2, 3—Scoccr 3—Intramural Sports 1. 89 1939 W MAK(A •niof. {Tau Alpha Pi Sigma Alpha Gamma Sigma Phi-Peace Council 2, 3, 4 Unit Adviser 3. tymli Beta Sigma 0 micron- Social Service Co-tlcroA Wee Pres. 3; Editor 3—W.S.G.A. Activities Com Women's Choral 3, 4—Y. W.C.A. 2, 3, 4. [fideHi ice High—Theatron Pitt Players 2, 3, 4 Theatron unit tee 4 Debate Society 2. VlC MAH KEY- TavlfinA IldeJpice High- Pitt Sews I, 2, 3, 4—Pitt Panther I, 2, 3, Jjp and Goun 2, A, 4 Cap and Gown Publicity Mgr. 4 Pitt Players I, 2 Tennis 'Clubu, 3, 4 ■ Junior Vror Committee 3- Cheering Block Leader 3, 4. VASE MARTIS Dmora Iligh-Meda Ouax—Women's Choral 2- Housing Hoard liticc t-j Honors Ihy mnanittee 2—Interclass Sing Committee 2, 4 Quax Pres. 4. JftHXJ’. MAR TlSC y vafogtHigh—Pi Tau Pht-Qulll Club- Pin Sews I, 2, 3, 4; Editor 4 V.M.C.A. 7, 2, X 4 Y (.rjffrict 3, 4 Y Committee of Management 4 Inquiry Forum 2, 3 rtnau J Pi hit PmPres. 4. South mill lliih PM Epsilon Pi Theatron S.F.A. Vice I'res. 4 Theatron Treas. 4-(Jap and Gown 3, 4—Junior Prom Chairman 3 Fresh man Dance Com-rn rtee I -Soph Hop Committee 2- Pitt Players Business Staff I, 2—Pitt Players Acting 3, 4 Spring Festival Committee 2, 3—Spring Festival Tea Dance Business Mgr. 3 S.F.A. Appoint-merits Committee 3, 4 -Upperclass (Jounsclor 3 Freshman Camp Leader 4 Phi Epsilon Pi Sec. 3 Tennis Mgr. 2, 3, 4 Freshman Tennis Mgr. I. FRED N. McCAMIC—New Castle High- Lambda Chi Alpha Freshman Dance I Pitt News I, 2; 3, 4; Editorial Hoard 4—Soph I lop 2 Interfraternity Pledge banquet 3 Interfraternity Council 3, 4- Lambda Chi Alpha Sec.- Junior Prom 3 College Association Cabinet 4. MARY LOUISE McCLAIS- Swissvale High Theta Phi Alpha Theta Phi Alpha (Correspond-ing Sec., 3; Pres. 4 Soph Hop 2- Junior Prom 3—Spring Festival 3 Newman (Club 1, 2, 3,4 Senior Mentor 4 Aide to Chancellor's Reception 3,4 Class Social (Committee 2—S.F.A. 4 Cadet Captain, R.O.T.C.—Owl Circulation 4. FRANK EUGENE McCLIMANS Strong Vincent High, Erie Transfer from University of Cincinnati R.O.T.C.—Freshman Boxing. EDITH F. McCORMICK-Taylor Allderdice High-Zeta 7au Alpha -Cwens Treas. 2-()wi-Pltt News ). W.C.A. Publicity Committee-Class Finance Committee Class Sec. 3—Zeta Tau Alpha Sec.- Co-Chairman of Y.M.-Y.W.C.A. Club- High School Relations Committee of W.S.G.A- Peace Council 3, 4- Y.W.C.A. Cabinet Member i Class Pres. 4 Zeta Tau Alpha Vice Pres. Mortar Hoard Senior Mentor-Demonstrations block (Committee -Owl Circulation -Owl Advertising Heart Hop Chairman 4. JACK E. McCVIKK South llllls High- Hand I, 2,3. COLLEGE PjuIJ. Mclncrnev Bernard McKenna Byron McLaughlin Elmer J. Mcrkovsky Rov C. Monsour Robert G. Monsour John W. Murphy Andrew' Paul Murray William R. Murray Reva N'caman Clifford E. Neubcck Walter S. Nowotnv PAUL J. MdNERNEY—Union City High Kappa Sigma —Delta Kappa—Phi Alpha Sigma-Band 4- Symphony 4—Student Senate 3 Choral Club 3—Delta Kappa I, 2, 3. BERNARD McKENNA- Central Catholic High Omicron Delta Kappa—Delta Sigma Rho— Druids—Pi Sigma Alpha—John Marshall Club— Quill Club—Cap and Gown I—Pitt Players I— Debating Mgr. 2, 3, 4 Y.M.C.A. Cabinet 3 Class Dance Committee I, 2, 3—Journeyman Business Mgr. 2, 3—S.F.A. Assembly 3—Peace Council 2. 3. BYRON H. McLAUGIILIN—Wilkinsburg High—Sigma Chi Transfer, Duke University 2 -Boxing 2 Sigma Chi Vice Pres. 3- Interfraternity Council 4—Tennis 4. ELMER J. MERKOVSKY—Scott High- Freshman Football I—Football 2, 3, 4. ROY C. MONSOUR Jeannette High—R.O.T.C.—Transfer, University of Alabama. ROBERT G. MONSOUR—Jeannette High R.O.T.C.—Transfer, University of Alabama. ANDRE 1. 2—V Curtis PHY—Central Catholic High—Transfer from Duquesnc University. Swissvale High—Gamma Sigma Phi—Cross Country I, 2 -Track Baseball 4—Intramural Sports 2. 3, 4— Newman Club I, 2, 3, 4— Sigma Phi 3, 4. ILUAM R. MURRAY—Peabody High Quill Club—Pitt News 1, 2, 3; Managing Editor 4— Journeyman, Editor 3 Cap and Gown I, 2, 3, 4 Compass 2—Panther 1, 2. ‘A—Nf AMAN -Taylor Allderdice High—Alpha Epsilon Phi—Alpha Epsilon Phi Social Chairman 3- Alpha Epsilon Phi Scribe 4—Pitt Players 2, 3—Soph Hop Committee 2—Junior Prom Committee 3. CLIFFORD E. NEU � ECK—Erie Strong Vincent High Pi Tau Phi—Phi Lambda Upsllon— :t! R S, NOWOTNY—Erie Technical High—Swimming Team 1, 2, 3, 4—Co-Captain of immirtg Team I—Newman Club 3. 91 1939 I.UCILLE C. O'BRIEN Freeport High Delta Zeta—Delta Zeta Treas. 3, 4. STEPHEN P. O'CONNOR—Duqucsne Prep School. ROBERTA M. O'DONNELL - Cathedral High. JOHN P. O'NEILL - Johnstown High- Phi Theta Kappa Editor of Johnstown Onter Handbook 2- Business Mgr. of Collegiate Review 2—Johnstown Glee Club 1, 2. LAWRENCE E ORR. JR.— Taylor Alldcrdice High—Sigma Chi- Band 1, 2, 3, 4— Band Commander and Mgr. 4 • College Association Cabinet 4—Interfraternity Councll—Owl 2. 4 Military Bal 3. CEORC f. ,-M.rs , Triadelphia High, West Virginia. MARY JANE PATTERSON—South Hills High Cwcns—Mortar Board—Freshman Council 1—W.S.C.A. Representative 2—Interclass Sing Committee 1, 2, 3 W.S.G.A. Treasurer 3-Social Chairman, Debating 2—Cwen Advisor 3 Clerk of Senior Court 4 Treasurer of Mortar Board 4. RUBY B. PERNELL—Schenley High -Alpha Kappa Alpha—Y.W.C.A. 2, 3. 4- Pitkin 2, 3, 4— Vocational Information Committee 4—W.A. . 2, 3— Mentor 4. FRANK PERRONE—Turtle (.reek Union High—Band I—Italian Club 2 Ftench Club 1. STEPHEN I.. PETRO Johnstown High -Football, Freshman Team I—Football, Varsity 2, 3, 4. JACK E. PHILLIPS—Central High, Scranton- Phi Gamma Delta—Basketball 1—Pitt News 1—Junior Varsity Football 3—Cap and Gown 3, 4 Tennis Mgr. 3—Pitt Players 3. POMEROY E. POLEVOY Donora High- Sigma Alpha Epsilon- Orchestra 1, 2, 3. 4 Assistant Mgr. of Orchestra 3, 4. Lucille C. O'Brien Stephen P. O'Connor Roberts M. O'Donnell Mary Jane Pattraon Ruby B. Pernell Frank Perrone lohn P. O'Neill tephen L Pctro Law-rente E. Orr, Jr. Jack F. Phillip George F. Paden Pomeroy E. Polevoy 92 Marie Powell Joseph Y. Quil Floyd G. Rector Helen E. Reed Richard N. Rhoda Mary R. Richmond Eugene Ear! Riley George A. Robb William N. Rock Gail L. Rose Samuel Rosenberg Claire S. Rossen MARIE POWELL—South Hills High—Cwens— PI Sigma Alpha Gamma Sigma Phi—Mortar Board -Chairman of Class Publicity Committee 2—Member of Traditions Committee, W.S. G.A. 2—Chairman of Traditions Committee, W.S.G.A. 3—Senior Court 4—Senior Mentor 4. JOSEPH Y. QUIL—Wilkinsburg High -Y.M.C.A. I, 2—Religious Worship Committee 1— Glee Club I, 2, 3, 4—Librarian of Glee Club 3—Secretary of Glee Club 4. FLOYD G. RECTOR Avclla High -Phi Delta Theta. HELEN E. REED—Langley High -Freshman Committee of Y.W.C.A. 2—Social Committee of Class 2. RICHARD N. RHODA—Allentown High—Sigma Chi—Druids—Cap and Gown Undergraduate Club—Treasurer, Sigma Chi 1, 2; Secretary 4 S.F.A. 3—Chairman of S.F.A. Student Directory 4—Pitt Players Technical Staff 2—Basketball Mgr. I—Cap and Gown Technical Staff 2, 3, 4— Cap and Gown Production .Staff 2, 3—Cap and Gown Property Mgr. 4. MARY R. RICHMOND Scwickley High-Delta Delta Delta—Sercetary of Delta Delta Delta 3—Marshall of Delta Delta Delta 4. EUGENE EARL RILEY—Wilkinsburg High Sigma Chi—Theatron-Pitt Players 2, 3, 4— President of Pitt Players 4—Interfraternity Council 4 College Association Cabinet—Cheerleader I, 2 -Head Cheerleader 3, 4—Pitt News—Fine Arts Movie—Cap and Gown Secretary of Sigma Chi —Vice President of Sigma Chi—Demonstrations Block. GEORGE A. ROBB Westinghousc High. WILLIAM N. ROCK—St. Yincent Prep—Phi Kappa—Band I, 2, 3, 4 Band Social Chairman 3— Band President 4—Cap and Gown 3, 4—S.F.A. Music Committee 4—Military Ball 4— Campus President Conference. GAIL L. ROSE—Butler—Phi Gamma Delta—Y.M.C.A. Council I, 2—Assistant Track Mgr- 2 :—Military Ball Committee 1, 2, 4. SAMUEL ROSENBERG—New Castle High—Order of Art us—Orchestra I, 2. 3, 4 Freshman Boxing 1—Varsity Boxing 2, 3—Pitt News 3, 4 Chairman Orchestra Dance 3 Scholar’s Day Committee 2—Order of Artus President 4 Order of Artus Vice President 3—Owl Salesman 4—Tech Bonfire Committee 4- Editorial Staff of Pitt Compass 4. CLAIRE S. ROSSEN—Taylor Allderdice High Science Unit—Y Student Council 3- Debating ' Association 4. 93 1 9 W. ROTH Taylor Allderdice High—1’hi Epsilon Pi—Interfraternity Football 1— rnlty Mushbnll 2 Interfraternity Volleyball 2—Fraternity Social Chairman— ling Secretary, Phi Epsilon Pi. ALICE E. ROTZSCH—McKeesport High —Delta Zeta -Mortar Board—Pi Sigma Alpha—Pi Tau Phi—Gamma Sigma Phi- Choral 2. 3—Y.W.C.A. 2, 3, 4—Chairman, Inquiry Forum 3— Chairman, Public Affairs Committee 4 Customs Committee of W.S.G.A. 2—Camera Art Unit Advisor 3—W.S.G.A. Secretary 3—Editor of Delta Zeta 3—Historian of Delta Zeta 3 - Secretary of Pi Sigma Alpha 4—Senior Mentor 4. a w I JOHN F.. RUSSELL Oil City High—Quill Club. RUTTENCUTTER—Peabody High Panther 1—Fine Arts Movie 2. I'H N. RYDEl —LaPorte High, Indiana Freshman Track 1—Varsity Track 2, 3, 4- ROBERT M. SAFFRON—Peabody High PI Sigma Alpha—Cap and Gown Co-Author 2— Cast of Cap and Gown 3—Pitt News I, 2, 3, 4—Associate Editor of News 4—Varsity Debating 4. EVAN T. SAGE—Schenley High—Pi Tau Phi—Sigma Kappa Phi- Scabbard and Blade— Pitt Rifles 2, 3—Varsity and R.O.T.C. Rifle Team 2, 3, 4 Captain, Varsity and R.O.T.C. Rifle Team 4—Military Ball Committee 2, 3, 4. PETER L. SALVAGID—Hazleton Senior High—Debating Team I. GERALDINE R. SANNER—Academy High—Sigma Nu Sigma. RICHARD K. SAUNDERS—Taylor Allderdice High. PHILIP H. SCHEIDING— Homestead High-Basketball 2, 4—Baseball 4—Pitt Players 4 Curtis Club 2—Amity Club 4. HELEN B. SCHEIN—Peabody High -Alpha Epsilon Phi—Editorial Staff of Owl 2—Business Staff of Pitt Players 2—W.A.A. 2—Bridge Club 2 Publicity Committee of Junior (Hass 3— Social Chairman, Alpha Epsilon Phi 4. Bertram W. Roth Evan T. Sagc Alice E. Rotzsch Peter L. Salvagid John E. Russell Geraldine R. Sanner Robert Ruttcncuttcr Richard K Saunders Kenneth N. Rydcn Philip H. Scheiding Robert M. Saffron Helen B. Schcin 94 COLLEGE COLLEGE William Schrrulzried Marjorie M. Schultz Charles G. Schwartz Frank Scott Jack R. Scott Suzanne Scott James B. Shalcr Leonard L. Shenkan Ruth V. Sheppard Kay F. Simons Lorraine A. Simpson Donald H. Si pc WILLIAM R. SCHMALZRIED Dormont High-Pitt Rifles 2 John Marshall Club 2 Glee Club 1, 2—Orchestra 1, 2. MARJORIE M. SCHULTZ Schenley High -Pitt Women’s Club—Evening Student—Evening Students’ Association Executive Committee 4 Pitt Women’s Club Vice President 4. CHARLES G. SCHWARTZ—McKeesport High—Band 1. 2, 3, 4—Chess Club 4. FRANK SCOTT Westinghouse High Assistant Mgr., Football I, 2—Senior Mgr., Football 4—Pep Assembly Committee 4—Co-Chairman of Bonfire 4- Pitt News Staff 4 C-ap and Gown 4—Mgr., Intramural Baseball 3. JACK R. SCOTT— Mt. I banon High—Basketball 2, 3, 4. SHALER -Staunton Military Academy—Pitt Rifles 1—Pitt Band I, 2, 3, 4 Concert Band I. 2. J, 4. vN w LEONARD I.. SHENKAN - Taylor Allderdice High-Pi Lambda Phi. RUTH V. SHEPPARD—Mt. Lebanon—Kappa Alpha Theta—Transfer from National Park College 2—W.S.G.A. Transfer Committee. r—Peabody High—Kappa Alpha Theta—Vice Pres., Kappa Alpha Theta4 lior Cabinet 3. KAY F. SIMONS Wellsboro High Theta Phi Alpha—Block Section Leader 2 W.S.G.A. Housing Board 2- Theta Phi Alpha Social Committee 3- Pitt Players Technical Staff 2— Club Leader 4. RAINF. A. SIMPSON—Turtle Creek High—Sigma Kappa Phi—Delta Sigma Rho—Mortar W.S.G.A. Commission 2, 3—Women’s Debating Association 2, 3, 4—President of men's Debating Association 4—Gwens 2—Unit Advisor 3—Customs Committee 3. NALD H. SIPE—Peabody High—Pitt Rifles 1, 2—Upper Class Counselor 3—Panther Staff 3. 95 BROOKS SIPES—Schenley High -Gamma Sigma Phi John Marshall—Pi Sigma Alpha— S.F.A. 4—John W. Curtis Club. M ARTIN A. SLADE-Mount Saint Mao ' Prep. Phi Kappa Phi Kappa Treasurer 3, 4 College Association Cabinet 3, 4—Wrestling Mgr. I. 2. 3 Varsity Wrestling Mgr. 3. HECTOR WILLIAM SMITH—Edgewood High- Delta Tau Delta. WILLIAM A. SMITH -Central High. Scranton. CHARLES J. SPIEGL Allegheny High Pi Tau Phi—Phi Lambda Upsilon. EDW ARD SPRINGER Coraopolis High Phi Alpha Theta—Debating 2. 3. 4—Mgr. of Debate 3; Assistant Mgr. -Y.M.C.A. 3—Inquiry Forum Committee 3—Delta Sigma Rho Vice President—John Marshall Club—S.F.A. 4. HAROLD R. STEBBINS—Williamsport High Phi Delta Theta—Freshman Football 1-Varslty Football 2, 3, 4. ROBERT H. STEINER Eric Strong Vincent High—Delta Kappa—Pi Tau Phi Phi Lambda Upsilon. EDITH STEW ART—Taylor Allderdice High -Alpha Epsilon Phi Quill Club Acting Unit-Sophomore Interclass Sing 2—Sophomore Social Committee 2—Unit Adviser to Literary Unit 3—Member of Unit Advisory Council 3—Member of W.S.G.A. Committee 3—Member of Freshman Council 3—Secretary of Quill Club- Chairman of Interfraternity Sing for Alpha Epsilon Phi 3—Chairman for Float for Alpha Epsilon Phi 3 Sub-Dean of Fraternity 4 Member of W.S.G.A. Curriculum Committee 4 Senior Mentor—Chairman of Senior Progress Committee 4. FRANKLIN B. STOCKTON- Peabody High -Transfer from Princeton. ROBERT E. STOCKTON- University High. HERBERT G. STOECKLEIN Peabody High- Pitt Style Show. Brooks Sipei Harold R. Stcbbins Martin A. Slade Robert H. Steiner Hector W. Smith Edith Stewart William A. Smith Franklin B. Stockton Charlct J. Spicgl Robert E. Stockton Edward Sprinecr Herbert G. StockIcin 96 John Suciu Herbert L. Sullivan Howard W. Swan William Townsend JohnJ. Uhl Karl R. Ulrcy Harold H. Yichmao Joseph J. Vince Christ. C. Walthour Kenneth W. Webb Harry Wein Jerome Weinberg JOHN SUCIU—New Castle Senior High -Transfer from Westminster. HERBERT I.. SULLIVAN—McKeesport Technical High and Kingsley Prep. HOWARD W. SWAN—South High. WILLIAM H. TOWNSEND—Homestead High Chi Rho Nu—Band I, 2, 3, 4. JOHN J. UHL—Ed ft e wood High—Delta Tau Delta—Hammer and Coffin—Y.M.C.A. 1. 2— Pitt Players 1—Owl 1—Cap and Gown 3—Pitt Panther I. 2- Art Editor of Panther 3; Associate Editor 4- Hammer and Coffin Treas. 3, 4- Delta Tau Delta Rushing Chairman 4—Delta Tau Delta Corresponding Secretary 4—Military Ball 2—Spring Festival 3—Interfraternity Handbook 4. KARL R. ULREY—Wilklnsburg High Phi Gamma Delta—Collembolae—Freshman Mgr. of Track 1—Freshman Mgr. of Cross Country 1 Varsity Mgr. of Track 3 Varsity Mgr. of Cross High School Relations Committee 3 Research Bureau for Retail Training. HAROLD H. V1EHMAN Brentwood High—Delta Tau Delta Omicron Delta Kappa John Marshall - Y.M.C.A. Freshman Club I—Y.M.C.A. Council 2 Y.M.C.A. Cabinet 3. 4 Y.M. C.A. Committee of Management 3. 4—Y.M.C.A. President 3 Owl Photo Editor I—Owl Associate Editor 2. 3- Owl Editor 4—Pitkin Club 3, 4 Pitkin Club President 4— S.F.A. Building and Grounds Committee Chairman 3 Spring Festival Committee 2—Cap and Gown Publicity I, 2. JOSEPH J. VINCE New Kensington High—Gamma Sigma Phi—Curtis Club 1. 2—French Club 1, 2. 3, 4 Debating Club 2—Pitt Players 2—Orchestra 3—International Relations Club 4. CHRISTOPHER C. WALTHOUR-Greensburg Iligh-Pi Tau Phi—Sigma Kappa Phi John Marshall—Debating Club 4. KF.NNF.TH W. WEBB—South Hills High Sigma Kappa Phi. HARRY WEIN South High—Cap and Gown Undergraduate Club Cap and Gown 2. 3 Pitt Rifles 1, 2, 3, 4 Freshman Cross Country I. JEROME WEINBERG—Fifth Avenue High Penn State Transfer. 97 WERTMAN South High. V . WILLIAMS Brownsville High Delta Tau Delta—Owl Photography 2, 3 Owl 4 Delta Tau Delta ll«. use Mgr. 4 Delta Tau Delta Tread. 4- Track 1—Owl iterary Editor 4. I 1 r’Ll HARRIET WOLFE New Castle High _______ _________ ALBERT WOLK -New Kensington High. ROBERT WITHKRBEE WORTHING Peabody High S.A.E. Glee Club 1, 2, 3, 4 Y.M.C.A. Cabinet 2, 3 -Chairman. Peace Committee 3 Chairman, Inquiry Forum 3- Demonstration Block Leader 3--Pitkin Club 2, 3. CHARLES B. WURTZ Boys’ Catholic High—Collembolac Newman Club 1 Freshman Luncheon Club I—Co-Chairman of Collombolae F.T.C. 3. DOROTHY E. WYMARD Mt. Mercy Academy Social Committee 4 Spring Festival Committee, 4—Owl Staff, 4. PHILIP D. YANEY Perry High Pi Sigma Alpha-Gamma Sigma Phi Curtis Club I. 2 Pitt Players 1 Owl 2, 3, 4- Editorial Board of Owl 4. EILEEN V. YOUNG Kappa Kappa Gamma—Secretary of Kappa Kappa Gamma. ELEANOR L. ZIMMERMAN Wichita High. Kansas Transfer from Wichita University— Y.W.C.A. 4. JANET E. ZONOFSKY Curtis Club I. 2. ALLAN K. ZUPPON—McKees Rocks High—Swimming I. 2 Pitt Panther I, 2. Kenneth Wcrtman Stanley W. Williams Harriet Wolfe Dorothy F.. Wvmard Philip D. Yanev Eileen V. Young Albert Wollc Eleanor Zimmerman Robert W. Worthing Janet E. Zonofskv Charles B. Wurt Allan K. Zuppon 98 COLLEGE SCHOOL OF DENTISTRY n H. Edmund Friesbll has a tooth—not an ordinary tooth, but an eight foot long tooth—a perfect specimen. It is the tooth of a unicorn whale or narwhalc. Dr. Fricscll purchased this tooth at a whaling station in Norway while on one of his world trips in search of dental oddities. The field of dentistry is both Dean FricscH’s vocation and avocation; he is intensely interested in the progress of dentistry and has contributed more than his share in increasing the wealth of knowledge available in the profession. Toward this end Dr. Fricsell keeps in contact with antique book dealers all over the globe, and sends a rush order for any book that may not be in his Dental School library. The library and the museum of the Dental School arc Dr. Fricscll’s pride and joy, and well they might be, for his own private collections were the nuclei of both. Dr. Fricscll uses what spare time he has writing books and papers on dentistry. Through his extensive research and profound interest in the dental profession Dean Fricscll has brought nation-wide recognition to the University’s Dental School. The school occupies three buildings on campus and additional space in the old Mellon Institute. Its facilities and its faculty arc increased each year. At present there is one faculty member for every 3.1 students. Some of the recent improvements in the department include an addition of diagnostic equipment, sixty new chairs, orrhodentia equipment, and the establishment of the dental library in the old Mellon Institute. The Dental School, however, is conservative in its principles and methods. It will not accept any equipment without first having it thoroughly tested for efficiency and practicability. The Dental School was chartered in 1896. In 1905, under the leadership of Dr. Fricscll, it emerged as an important part of the University. The Dental course is six years in length, two and one-half years of which are spent in the Infirmary doing actual dental work. One of the greatest collections of dental literature in existence, containing early and rare volumes, is found in the department library, acclaimed the best of its kind in the world, and containing thirty thousand volumes in all. A few minutes rest on the steps of the Upper Dental Building. 99 DENTAL FACULTY Dr. E. G. Mbisbl They arc known as the boys up on the hill”; but by no means do they keep themselves isolated. The Dents arc justly proud of their well-equipped laboratories; they claim a monopoly on that intangible thing known as Pitt spirit; and above all, they point with pride to their highly competent faculty of which Drs. Archer, McBride, and Mciscl arc outstanding members. Dr. W. Harry Archer, teacher of post-graduate courses in anesthesia and exodontia, has had a rapid rise in the Pitt Dental School. Beginning as a demonstrator in the department of anesthesia and exodontia in 1927 he now has the title of assistant professor. At the present time, Dr. Archer holds the enviable posts of chairmanship of the Executive Committee of the Eastern Society of Anesthetists and chairmanship of the Executive Committee of the Pitt Dental Alumni Association. Dr. T. F. McBride's imposing list of duties finds him as a part-time instructor in the Examining Department and Lecturer in Ethics and Technical composition, an associate member of the dental staff of Shadysidc Hospital, and a member of the International Association for Dental Research. Much of his work has been in the field of dental journalism, having been alumni editor of Dental Rais for the past five years, which has been stated to be the most outstanding journal in its field. Dr. Emanuel George Mciscl guides the dentists-to-be as professor of Dental Pathology, Radiography, Clinical Dental Pathology, and Therapeutics. His work in these fields has earned the placque awarded to him by the Odontological Society of Western Pennsylvania for meritorious service for 1924-1935- Dr. Mciscl is also a trustee of rhe American Dental Association and Chairman of the Journal Committee of the Association. 100 IN “DENT SCHOOL Planning the paths of a Dent . . . prepared by actual experience we find our places in the profession . . . from here to the new office of: DR. ROBERT L. BLOCK Office Hours 9:00-12:00 A.M. 1:00-4:30 P.M. WALK IN’ . the pause that refreshes” 101 19 3 9 1 ORM. N S. ALS.VKER—St. Joseph’s College Hunter’s Hice, Sydney—Aus-t r.ili.� u Dental Association. CHARLES M. BROWN—Altoona High Psi Omega—Prc . of Junior Class— ntai Student Council Sec. of Psi Omega, 'r-' ' JOHN C. HOMEWOOD—Rockhampton High—Australian Dental Association. RALPH E. BERK! Senior High -Psi O I—Student Council fraternity Council 3 ter, Psi Omega 3. MER—Reading Class Pres. Dental Inter-Grand Mas- ROBERT L. BLOCK—Tyrone High Alpha Omega—Interfraternity cil 4—Vice Chancellor, Alpha O’ 4; Treas. 4; Macer 2—Vice Pres., 2. ANDREW BRAUN—Tau Delta Phi. AMES B. LEAP Lilly High Omega Sec. 2; Vice Pres. 4. Psi EDWARD H. LEVANT- Taylor Allder-dice High. ;a {W HYMAN L. GINSBERG High Geneva College. Beaver Falls ADRIAN F. McMII.LEN—Corning Academy—Psi Omega Student Council I Class Pres. 2—Psi Omega House Manager 3. Norman S. Alsaker Ralph E. Berkheimer Robert L. Block Andrew Braun Charles M. Brown Robert E. Brown Emanuel Davis Hyman L. Ginsberg John C. Homewood James B. Ixap Edward H. Levant Adrian F. McMillcn SCHOOL OF DENTISTRY 102 Robert O. Morrell George Wallace Murray Joseph L. Polk William Ratowskv Alfred J. Silberman Franklin J. Widney Oliver W. Wolfcon Samuel Zariezky ROBERT O. MORRELL—Strong Vincent High—Psl Omega—Treas., Class 4. GEORGE WALLACE MURRAY Oliver High Delta Sigma Delta_ ALFRED J. SI Omega. RMAN—Alpha Football 1 Sec. of Senior JOSEPH L. POLK Braddoek High Alpha Omega -Pitt News. U ILLIAM RATOWSKA School—Alpha Omt ager. Alpha Omega l’res. of Class 1, 2, J—Vice Alpha Omega J— In tor fraternity Council 3, 4 Student Council 1, 2, 3, •4 Chancellor, Alpha Omega 4- Pres, of Student Council 4 Pres., Class 4. FRANKLIN j. WIDNEY—Green hank District High—Alpha Kappa Pi Ph; Eta Sigma—Psl Omega—Dental Student Council 2, 3, 4—Dental Inter-fraternity Council Pres. 4 -Vice PresT of Dental Student Council Rays Staff 2, 3, 4 -Student Dental Rays 4—Pres, of Psl Omega 4— S.F.A. 3, 4—S.F.A. Executive Committee 1 Junior Prom Committee 3. 181. ■. ■ w. WOLFSON Flushing SAMUEL ZARITZKY—Chelsea High. X 103 DENTAL STUDENT COUNCIL Pres.......................William Ratowsky Vice Pres.......Franklin J. Widney Sec...........•.... Ruth Schlesinc.br Treas..................John Cambal Williams, L� kow$ki, Rodgers, Hart, Winslow. Sphar, N'auhaus, Bcndix, Coscntino, Ncft, Lyric, Cohen. Frcnt Rev: Leap, Morrell, O'Laughlin, Widney, Ratowsky, Campbell, Biclski, Murray. To the Dents, the Dental Student Council is a student governing body of high dignity whose aims arc to promote the moral, intellectual, social, and physical welfare of the Dental School, to encourage a spirit of cooperation among students and faculty, and to find solutions to the problems arising among the dental students . To the student body on the University campus it represents a deeper meaning. It symbolizes an association of members that bears a reputation as an initiator of football cheers and parades and as the strongest cohering body of supporters behind our football team. Through the council, the dental students have been taught to mix their educational life with the school social life when they deemed it necessary to do so. At all cheering sections and pep assemblies, the Dents fill the atmosphere with a long cheer that creeps down the spines of all people within hearing distance. No one who heard those chants ever doubted the strong harmony of “those Dents.” They show their school spirit and loyalty at the opportune time, yet, the Council when meeting behind closed chambers is a group of intelligent, fair minded, and serious thinking members. The Council was organized by dental students in 1925- Membership is by proportional representation. Officers of the Senior, Junior, Pre-Junior and Pre-Sophomore classes automatically became a member, and for every fifty students in each class, there is one elected representative. In the Council there arc also five faculty advisors appointed by the Dean of the School. Because of the association with learned faculty members, the representatives have an opportunity to discuss problems of professional concern. They learn to develop leadership through the coordination of undergraduate and upper classmen dental students. Here begins the emphasis on loyalty and cooperation which is a great part in the education of a Dent. 104 DENTAL INTERFRATERNITY COUNCIL Franklin J. Widnby . .William Ratowsky ......Bruce Haman Pres...... Vice Pres. Sec.-Treas. Ratowjki, Miller, Pappoj. Frent Rue: Bloch, Widncy, Bielski. Known as the only council on rhe campus as being quite independent, the Dental Interfraternity Council regulates its own competitive rushing and solves its own problems entirely on its own. To substantiate this assertion, the Council discarded their old Constitution this year and revised and formulated one which will cope with present needs and problems. The amending of the Constitution resulted from the provision pertaining to dental fraternity rushing and from the lack of stated penalties in event fraternities or its members did not abide by the laws set forth in the document. The Council decided to amend only these two conditions, but upon considering the entire document, they found it unsuitable for present conditions. The new constitution schedules meetings for once each month, and enforces its laws through a judiciary composed of three faculty members, one of which is Dean of the Dental School. Although the old Constitution was not dated the Council believes it to have been in existence for about ten years. The Council of six students and three faculty members centers its attention upon the advancement of the Dental profession and the governing of the three professional dental fraternities at the University: Psi Omega, Delta Sigma Delta, and Alpha Omega. It is a branch of the National Dental Interfraternity Council which was founded in Chicago in 1922. Although problems of dentistry is its foremost function, the Council is nevertheless interested in its fraternities socially. It sponsors its own interfraternity athletic programs, and sets up its own trophy which is given to one of the three dental fraternities gaining victory in basketball, mushball, billiards, bridge, table tennis, bowling, and swimming. From the Council come the solutions to the fraternity problems, and legislation for the betterment of the individual group organization. 105 DELTA SIGMA DELTA Grand Master...... Worthy Master.... Scribe............ Treas............. ....E. B. Haman ....M. G. Pappas F. Di Ruggiero .......A. Choby When other dental fraternities gave up their monthly clinics this year, members of Delta Sigma Delta continued their research in this field to further knowledge of dental surgery. Recent clinics on oral surgery, exodontia, and orthodontia were held in the chapter house. At these meetings discussions relating to academic work were undertaken to aid undergraduates with their studies, and prominent men from Pittsburgh dental laboratories spoke on dentistry and its allied fields. Three times during the year the undergraduates held combined meetings with the auxiliary members of Delta Sigma Delta. In contrast to the social fraternities’ full week of rushing, dental fraternities rushed for only five days. During that period each fraternity had its special night. Following the customary house smoker, Delta Sigma Delta brothers and rushccs were entertained at several soirees. Late in October two of the brothers attended the national convention of Delta Sigma Delta in St. Louis. They returned in time to entertain the boys with convention stories at an after-game house dance of which the Delta Sigs were hosts to their alumni and out-of-town undergraduates. At the end of the year the fraternity held its summer formal, always considered the event on the Delta Sigma Delta social calendar. Each year, too, the national organization meets in one of the large cities. This year, officers of the University chapter attended the convention at Chicago and assisted in the annual election of national officers. 106 ylcr D'EG.MCiJc' -Chot University of Pittsburgh jrtgsr 107 PSI OMEGA Grand Master.....Franklin J. Widney Junior Master..............Harry P. Miller Sec......................Charles M. Brown Treat......................R. Emory Brown Editor....................Victor L. Williams House Mgr.......A. F. McMillbn Clean Up might have been the slogan for Psi Omega, dental fraternity, during the past year, for its members applied the words in their several interpretations to make the organization one of the most active in the Dentistry School. The chapter house was painted, re-furnished, and re-decorated, and recreation rooms and a laboratory were built into the basement. Psi Omega also began a movement to put their activities program in the fore and set out to capture the dental interfraternity sporrs trophy. The trophy, a permanent one, is awarded in recognition of competence in sports from bridge to swimming. Psi Omega held its annual summer formal on May 26 at the Charticrs Country Club. Lcn Mahlvern and his orchestra played for the occasion which was the most important social event of the fraternity. Pledge smokers were held also during the year and a banquet and initiation ceremony was held at the University Club. The large alumni attendance at the Easter, Thanksgiving and Christmas banquets as well as the other fraternity functions was proof of Psi Omega's ability to provide a balanced social calendar. The dental clinics which Psi Omega conducted were discontinued this year, but Dr. Bielski's soap models on dental subjects became a satisfactory substitute to aid the fraternity members in their studies along lines of chosen profession. One of the aims of the fraternity is to promote advancement in dentistry as well as establish friendly cooperation berween the profession and students. Founded in 1897 through the efforts of Dr. J. S. Ashbrook and Dr. Fricscll, Psi Omega is a chapter of a national fraternity. It has 22 active members who meet in business sessions twice each month, and it is a member of the Dental Interfraternity Council. The Erater, published quarterly, links together the activities of the 36 active and 61 alumni chapters of Psi Omega throughout the world. 108 19 N. W. SHUMATE E. A. NICOTRA F.O,SHRlVER (Dm R. W. HEAPE DR W. F. SWANSON DEPUTY COUNCILOR H P MILLER JUNIOR MASTER A F. Me MILLEN HOUSE MANAGER 109 ALPHA OMEGA Chancellor. . . . Vice Chancellor Quaestor....... Scribe......... Macer......... Praetor........ .. William Ratowsky ____Robert L. Block Alfred J. Silverman ....Emanuel Davis .......Joseph Polk ....Dr. A. I. Wise During 1938 and 1939 members of Alpha Omega took an active part in the Dental Interfraternity sports program, despite the arduous work expected of dental students. In the fall A.O., the only Jewish dental fraternity on campus, held a smoker for its alumni, members and pledges. Plans for a membership drive and the year's social activities were outlined at this smoker, following which pledges were announced. Later in the semester several new members were initiated into the group, and the active enrollment was also increased by the addition of two transfer students. The intention of the local chapter is to foster social recreation, to spur professional and intellectual achievement, and to make the college dental training a most important force in the lives of the undergraduates and alumni. Since its organization in Philadelphia in 1909, Alpha Omega has increased rapidly. At the present time it has numerous chapters and is international in scope. It was formed by the consolidation of the Ranuch Fraternity founded at the Pennsylvania College of Dental Surgery in 1906 and the Alpha Omega Dental Fraternity founded at the University of Maryland in 1907. In the fall of 1920 the Odons Club, dental organization on the Pitt campus became the Omicron Chapter of Alpha Omega. 110 I emiCRON )aOid Zsna wc Ju c i As cy 111 SCHOOL OF EDUCATION Frank W. Shockley Acting Dean of the School of Education NIr. Frank William Shockley has reached a conclusion: as far as he is concerned a twclvc-month-a-ycar-day-and-night job leaves no time for hobbies and outside interests. As director of the University Extension Division and Summer Session, and as acting Dean of the School of Education, Mr. Shockley proved to be one of the University’s busiest men during 1937-38- And then, to top it all, he was appointed director of Late Afternoon, Evening, and Saturday Classes. Yet, with all his responsibilities, Mr. Shockley has remained the same pleasant, dignified executive with the ready humor and the frequent smile. Perhaps the secret of his good humor is contained in his attitude toward his work. Mr. Shockley finds his work so enjoyable, so rich with human interest, that “life is one grand vacation.” Active in public school work until 1917, Mr. Shockley became interested in extension work at the University of Indiana, of which he is a graduate. Later he became assistant to the dean in the extension division of the University of Wisconsin, and in 1925 assumed his present position at Pitt. Mr. Shockley's reputation is nation-wide, for he was former president of the National University Extension Association, and His name is included in the current Who's Who In America. The desire to serve others, which is the aim of many sincere students, reaches fulfillment in the School of Education. The building of character and the educating of children is a significant problem calling for the assistance of superior people. For this reason, before an applicant can be accepted into the School of Education he must be interviewed for scholarship, capability, teaching, aptitude, and personality. Only those students meeting these exact requirements receive admission to the School. Once admitted, the Education student must choose a major course, bowing to the exigency of an age of specialization. He then supplements this course with a related course and with a study of progressive teaching techniques. The University of Pittsburgh School of Education, one of the most extensive in the country, offers training in all the standard fields of pedagogy: commercial, elementary, kindergarten, primary, physical education, secondary, vocational, and nurses' training. Although the main body of the school consists of its 525 junior and senior students, a great many graduates take advantage of its facilities. Cognizant of rigid occupational schedules which the graduate must maintain, classes in Education have been planned for later afternoons, evenings, and Saturday mornings. 112 “. . . teachers-to-be are taught” EDUCATION Betty Adams Ruth C. Aldinger Jeanne Mary Allan Ruth E. Allshousc Lillian C. Anderson Viola Anuszkicwicz Grace Augcnstcnc Helen H. Bald Rose M. Ballabina Edith Bart Peter C. Bennett Philmena Bianchi BETTY ADAMS Taylor Allderdice High—Kappa Alpha Theta -Owens Xylon—Mortar Board—Freshman Council I—Class Vice Pres. 2 Senior Court 4- Heart Hop Committee 3 Panther Editorial Board 3, 4—Editor, Kappa Alpha Theta—Coed Colonel, R.O.T.C.—Class Pres. 4 Student Directory Editor—Junior Prom Committee 3. RUTH C. ALDINGER—Aspinwall High—Alpha Xi Delta—Siftma Kappa Phi-Classical Club Sec. 3—Scholastic Honors Committee, W.S.G.A. 3—Curriculum Committee, W.S.G.A. 4. JEANNE MARY ALLAN—Turtle Creek High Delta Zeta- Delta Delta Lambda—Delta Zeta Activities Committee Chairman 2; Social Committee 2; Scholarship Committee 3; Guard 3; Historian 4; Publicity Committee 4—Delta Delta Lambda Program Committee 4—W.A.A. 3— Y.W.C.A. Publicity Committee 2; Membership Committee 3—W.S.G.A. Customs Committee 3; Activities Committee 4—Senior Flowers Committee 2—Class Program Committee 4. RUTH E. ALLSIIOUSE- Duquesne High—Delta Delta Delta. LILLIAN C. ANDERSON—Scott High—Delta Delta Lambda—Y.W.C.A. 2, 3, 4—Pitkin Club 4 W.A.A. 3, 4—Classical Club 2, 3, 4—Demonstrations Block 4—W.S.G.A. Curriculum Com- rS7.KIF.WICZ 's Club. A. AUGEnLI A. Activities Co ushlng Chairman J - HELEN II. BALD—Swi ROSE M? BALLAIWN (anmitii t« Erie East High—Sigma Nu Sigma—Delta Delta Lambda—P.I.C. —Brentwood High—Delta Zeta—Gwens-—Freshman Council 1— ittee—Y.W.C.A. Membership Chairman—Delta Zeta Vice Pres. 3-Sec. 4 Senior Mentor 4—Gwens Finance Committee Chairman 2. le High—Phi Mu—Y.W.C.A. Cabinet 2, 3—Pitkin I, 2, 3, 4. erman Twp. High—Italian Club 1, 2, 3, 4—Y.W.C.A. Social Work airman—Housing Board—Italian Club Sec. 4—W.S.G.A. Housing __ ITii BART Peabody High—Cwens—Mortar Board—Owl Editorial Stall 2- W.S.G.A. Social Com ml tree—Panther Business Staff 3—Spring Festival Committee 3—Heart Hop Business Mgr. 3- Junior Class Treas. 3 Senior Court Chief Justice 4 - Coed Captain 4— Senior Mentor 4. PETER C. BENNETT -Brldgeville High Theta Chi Kappa Phi Kappa-Track 1, 2, 3, 4. PHILMENA BIANCHI — Brentwood High—Y.W.C.A. Religious Committee 3—Italian Club Program Committee 2; Publicity Committee 3. 113 1939 MARTHA E. BICKERTON—Clalrton High—Delta Delta I.ambda—Freshman Dance Committee 1—Vocational Guidance Committee 4 Class Social Committee 2, 3- Class Publicity Committee 4—Class Social Committee 4—Delta Delta Lambda Membership Committee 4. OLGA M. BIELEK—M unhall High- -Delta Delta Lambda Y.W.C.A. I. 2, 3, 4—Y.W.C.A. Freshman Committee 2, 3--Office Work Committee 4—Demonstration Block 1, 2, 3. RITA BLASEK—Bellevue High—Delta Delta Lambda—Pitt Players 2, 3, 4. THADDF.US J. BOREK—East High, Erie—Intercollegiate Conference on Government 2, 3, 4—Dramatic Club I, 2—Debating Club I, 2, 3 Varsity Debating 2, 3 Debating Club Pres. 2, i -High School Conference Chairman 2, 3 Political Science Club 1, 2, 3 -Student Senate 2, 3. GRACE A. BOUR—Wilkinsburg High Delta Zeta- V.A.A.- Coed Captain. RUTH BOYD- Taylor Allderdice High Delta Delta Lambda Muskingum College 1 Pitkin Club 2, 3, 4’—W.S.G.A. Vocational Information Committee 3, 4 Y.W.C.A. 2, 3, 4 Women’s Glee Club 3—Scholar's Day Committee 3—S.F.A. Concert Hour Committee 4—Demonstrations Block 2, 3. DOROTHY BRADLEY—Winchester High -Pi Beta Phi—University of Wisconsin 1, 2, 3— Arnold (ktllege—W.A.A. HOWARD M. BRIEN—Schenlcy High-Phi Epsilon Pi—Physical Education Club 3 - Football 3 Soccer 3—Track 3—Baseball 4. ANNABELLE BUCAR Clairton High I.C.A. 2—W.A.A. 1, 2, 3 Y.W.C.A. 1. 2. 3. MARGARET C. BYRNE—Sacred Heart—Mortar Board—Sigma Kappa Phi- Delta Sigma Rho- Women’s Debating 1, 2, 3- Advisor to Public Speaking Unit 3—Freshman Council 3— W.S.G.A. Committee 3—Vice Pres. Women's Debating 4-Sec. of Delta Sigma Rho 4. MARGARET J. CAMBELL—Interclass Sing Committee I, 2 Customs Committee of W.S. G.A. 2—W.S.G.A. Vocational Guidance Committee 3—Class Program (Committee. MARY ANNETTE CAMPBELL- South High Kappa Alpha Theta—Cwen� —Mortar Board— Theatron S.F.A. Treasurer 4 Vice Pres, of Senior Class 4 Rushing Chairman, Kappa Alpha Theta 4— Senior Mentor 4—Coed Captain 4—Acting Unit Advisor 3—Theatron Secretary— Class Cabinet 2- Y.W.C.A.—Classical Club—Pitt Players. Martha E. Bickerton Dorothy Bradley Olga M. Biclck Howard M. Bricn Rita Blasck Annabel le Bucar ThaddcusJ. Rorek Margaret C. Byrne Grace A. Bour Margaret J. Cambell Ruth Boyd Mary A. Campbell 114 ON CA T. Ed. Cartwright Catherine C. Casillo Elizabeth Caw Wm. Charlcsworth Elinor Jane Coburn Peggy R. Cochran Mary E. Cosgrove Ruth Ryan Crosby Violet Czuba Willie Davies Helen L. Dean Dorothy M. Decker T. EDWARD CARTWRIGHT—Clair ton High—Kappa Phi Kappa Scabbard and Blade Band I, 2, 3, 4—Rifle Team 2, 3, 4 Student Director, Band 4 Band Librarian 4. CATHERINE C. CASILLO—Westinghouse High Italian Cluh 1, 2, 3,4—Y.W.C.A. 4—W.A.A. 4. ELIZABETH CASS— Harbor Creek High—Sigma Nu Sigma I, 2—Y.W.C.A. 4. WILLIAM I.. CHARLESWORTH Schenley High—Collembolae- Kappa Phi Kappa -Col-lembolae Vice Pres. 2—Kappa Phi Kappa Pres. 4 Collembolae Pres. 3. ELINOR JANE COBl’RN Peabody High—Frick Training—Women's Choral 2 Orchestra 3 —W.A.A. 4—Pitt Players 4. PEGGY R. COCHRAN—Perry High—Frick Training—Finance Committee Chairman 4— Class Executive Board 4. MARY E. COSGROVE Munhall High Gwens- Delta Delta Lambda 3, 4-Coed Major 4— Senior Mentor 4 Cwens 2 Y.W.C.A. Treas. 4—Academic Dress Committee 4 Delta Delta Lambda Sec. 4 W.S.G.A. 3. tN CROSBY—Brentwood High Cwens John Marshall Club Mortar Board— pt 2 -Y.W.C.A. Cabinet 2 Women's Choral 2, 3, 4—Choral Cabinet 3—John r. 4 John Marshall Trees. 4—Y.W.C.A. Pres. 4—Senior Mentor 4 A Cappella Choir 3, 4 R.O.T.C. Major 4. I VIOLET CZUBA—Schenley High Delta Delta Lambda Classical Club S.F.A. High School Relations Committee 4. WILLIE DAVIES Harrisonville High—Kappa Phi Kappa—Asst. Boxing Coach 1, 2, 3—Football 3- Soccer 4. HELEN L. DEAN Oliver High—Frick Training—Women's Choral 3—W.A.A. 3—A Cappella Choir 3-Glee Club 1. DOROTHY M. DECKER—Clairton High—Choral 3—Pitt Players 3—Y.W.C.A. 4. 115 1939 High— W.A.A. DIMMICK—Mr. Lebanon High-Beta Sigma Omicron-Cwens- Y.W.C.A.— an 3- -Finance Chairman .1 -W.S.G.A. Choral Representative 3—Choral Pres. 4— W - - 4 . L. GRACE M. DODSON Indiana Transfer. PEGGY E. DONLEY—Oliver High Kappa Kappa Gamma—S.F.A. 3, 4—W.S.G.A. Representative to W.A.A. 3, 4—Coed Captain 4—Senior Mentor 4—Customs Committee Treas. 2 Spring Festival Dance Committee 3- C.A. Cabinet 2. EDITH DOUGLASS McKeesport—Pi Theta Phi—Pitt Women’s Club 3, 4. elsie Mae ekstroa mittee 2—W.S.G.A. Traditions Committee 2—Marshall of Delta Delta Delta 3; Vice Pres. 4 Dress Committee 4—S.F.A. Committee 4. FRANK E. EMMONS—Academy High—Pres., Class at Erie Center I, 2, 3—Student Council Pres., Erie Center 2. JACK H. ENGELMOHR—Allegheny High—Football 2—Soccer Club President. Physical Education Majors ESTHER FENSTERSHElB—Schenley High-French Club 1—Women’s Orchestra I—University Symphony Orchestra 1, 2, 3, 4—Y.W.H.A. Student Council I, 2, 3, 4— University Orchestra Social Committee 4. LILLIAN P. FINKELSTEIN—Schcnley High-French Club 1, 2, 3. 4 University Orchestra 1, 2, 3, 4- Orchestra Social Committee 4—Women’s Orchestra 1—Y.W.H.A. 1, 2, 3, 4—Student Council I, 2, 3, 4. LOUISE A. FISHER- Schcnley High Delta Delta Delta—Delta Delta Lambda—Housing Board 3 Senior Mentor 4 Panhellenic Representative 4—Panhellenic Publications Chairman 4—Social Chairman, Delta Delta Delta—Spring Festival Committee 3—Senior Ball Committee 3. ROBERT EDWARD FLOCKEN—Taylor Allderdice High—Delta Delta Lambda Kappa Phi Kappa —University Symphony I, 2. 3, 4 Symphony Orchestra Librarian 3, 4. Jean M. Dclo Frank E. Emmons Isabelle L. Dimmick Jack H. Engel mohr Grace M. Dodson Esther Fcnstcrshcib Peggy E. Donley Lillian P. Finkclstein Edith Douglass Louise A. Fisher Elsie Mae Ekttrom Robert E. Flockcn 116 EDUCATION EDUCATION John W. Francis Lorraine C. Friedman Mary Ellen Gallaher Edwin M. Given Ella L. Goldblum George Hackcnberg Vera V.Harkne Eleanor Haughc Earl J. Henderson Ruth Herring Thom. Hershberger Jean L. Hippie JOHN W. FRANCIS—Trevorton High—Ouill Club Intramural Basketball 1, 2—Intramural Baseball 3—Pitt News 1. LORRAINE C. FRIEDMAN—East Pittsburgh—Delta Delta Lambda—W.S.G.A. Activities Committee Chairman—Activities Committee 3—Vocational Information Committee 1. MARY ELLEN GALLAHER—St. Mary's of the Mount—Frick Training—Newman Club I, 2, 3, 4; .Social Committee Chairman 2; Finance Committee 3; Social Committee 4. EDWIN M. GIVEN—Johnstown—Johnstown Business Administration Club—Pitt Forum— Intramural Football—Basketball—Tennis. ELLA L. GOLDBLUM—Peabody High—Pitt News I—Owl Staff I—Pitt Players W.S.G.A. Vocational Information Committee 3. GEORGE R. HACKENBERG Academy High. Erie- Delta Kappa Editor, Erie ••Cliff-Dweller” ’res. 2—Dramatic Club 1, 2, 3, 4—Political Science Club 1, 2, 3, 4—College I, 3, 4—Erie Peace Council 2—Student Council. aylor Aliderdice High—Frick Dance Club 1—Orchestra 2—Volley- EANOR HAUGIIT—Uniontown Center—Theatron—Literary Unit Council Representative Freshman Council l-Vlnterclass Sing Committee Chairman 2—Sophomore Cabinet 2— Traditions Committee 2, i PlttPlayersi Pitt Players Historian 3 Pitt Players Vice Pros. 4 -Women's Debating 2, 3— Junior Prom Committee 3 Senior Mentor 4 S.F.A. Member 4— mittee 4. KARL J. HENDERSON Ravcnswood High W. Liberty State Teachers College. RUTH HERRING Taylor Aliderdice High—Pitt News 2. 3-Owl Staff 2. 4—Sophomore Class Social Committee 2—W.S.G.A. Social Committee 3—Vocational Guidance Committee 4— Senior Class Publicity Committee 4. f S «F.RSHBF.RCFR—Turtle Creek High—Pi Kappa Alpha—Men's Glee Club 1, 2, 3. J] KL IIIPPLE—Schenley High—Kappa Alpha Theta—Cwens—Women’s Choral 2—Choral .3; Business Manager 4—Senior Mentor. 117 1 9 FABrAN H. HOFFMANN -Central (Catholic—Football 4. HORTON Langley High—Kappa Phi Kappa—Football 2, 3—Boxing I, 2, 3-neon Band 1. 2, 3, 4. DAVID W. ISAAC—New HOWARD C. JACKM Physical Education ibody High—Kappa Phi Kappa—Football I, 2, 3- Soccer 4 ub I—Freshman Mixer Dance Committee 4. LAURA A. JACQUES Tarentum High—Delta Delta Lambda—Kappa Phi 2, 3, 4 Kappa Phi Sec. 4 Pitkin Club 3 Pitkin Sec. 4—Y.W.C.A. 3, 4. ALICE C. JAHN- Allegheny High—Delta Delta Lambda Pitt Players 3 Pitkin Club 3 Pitkin Vice Pros. 4—Women’s Debating 3- Coed Major, R.O.T.C. 4—Class Social Committee 4 — Delta Delta Lambda Program Committee Chairman 3. RUTH E. JOHNSTON-Langley High -Zcta Tau Alpha—Delta Delta Lambda—Customs Committee 2—Meda 1—Zeta Tau Alpha Scholarship Chairman 2 -Curriculum Committee 3 Historian 3—Activities Committee 4—Finance Committee 4. DOROTHY R. JONES—Peabody High-Frick Training—W.A.A. 3, 4. WILLIAM F. JONES-South Hills High-Phi Delta Theta. MARGARET 11. KAHLER—Wilkinsburg High—Delta Delta Lambda—Women’s Choral 2— Choral Business Mgr. 3—Choral Librarian 4—Pitkin Club 2, 3, 4 Y.W.C.A. 2, 3, 4—Personal Growth Committee Chairman 3—Academic Dress Committee 4. STELLA A. KAPLAN—Masontown High—W.S.G.A. Housing Board S.F.A. Scholar’s Day Committee 3, 4—S.F.A. Concert Committee 3, 4—Pitt News 2 Interclass Sing 2. GOLDIE E. KATZ—Taylor Allderdicc High Delta Delta Lambda Customs Committee 2— Pitt News 2—Social Committee 2- Debating 3, 4—Senior Mentor 4 Interclass Sing Chairman 4—Social Committee Mgr. 3—Extension Debate Mgr. 4. US EDUCATION Margaret Kaufman iohn L. Keiser ack H. Kcllcrman Jora V. Kelly Loretta Ann Kirch S. James Kotinski Frances E. Krenz William J Krzton Olive W. Larson Mary Eva Lcgler AlbinJ. Lezousky George V. Lupinacci MARGARET JANE KAUFMAN- Langley High-Kappa Phi—Frick Training—W.A.A. 3. 4— W.S.G.A. Transfer Committee 4—Finance Committee 4. JOHN L. KEISER Edgewood High- Kappa Phi Kappa-Y.M.C.A. Council 1. 2, 3,4—Y.M.C.A. Cabinet 4—Pitt News 2, 3—S.F.A. Lounge Committee 3 S.F.A. Music Committee 4—Kappa Phi Kappa Treas. 4. JACK H. KELLERMAN—Cresson High. NORA V. KELLY— South Hills High Theta Phi Alpha Housing Board 3 -Junior Prom 4— Theta Phi Alpha Social Chairman 4—Newman Club I Class Social Committee 2. LORETTA ANN KIRCH Perry High Delta Zeta Delta Delta Lambda —Class Social Committee 4—W.S.G.A. Traditions Committee 4 Delta Zeta Social Committee Chairman 4. ALBIN J. LEZOUSKY Mahoney High Sigma Alpha Epsilon- Fi otball I, 2, 3, 4. GEOROE V. LUPINACCI Sharpsburg High Kappa Phi Kappa-Boxing I, 2 Football 3. NSKI Sheffield High Football I. 2. 3. 4 Wrestling 2. ivTJI KRENZ Cresson High Women s Choral 2. 3. 4 Mixed Chorus 3— tional Information Committee 4 Women's Choral Social Committee 3— J. KRZTON—Georges Twp. High Scabbard and Blade Kappa Phi Kappa- OLIVE W. LARSON - Taylor Allderdice High-Delta Delta Lambda—Y.W.C.A. I, 2. 3. 4— Pitkin Club 3, 4—Pitkin Treas. 3—Pitt Players 3—W.A.A. 3— Delta Delta Lambda 4. MARY EVA LECLKK Rochester High -Chi Omega Ouill Club Chi Omega Treas. 3—Chi Omega Pres. 4 W.S.G.A. Scholastic Honors Committee 2, 3, 4—W.S.G.A. Vocational Information Committee 3 Interclass Sing Committee 3 Chi Omega Rushing Committee Chairman 3. 119 1939 MacMILLAN- Aliquippa High—Delta Delta Lambda—Brenau College JAMES G. MARKE7.IN—McKee Rock Hlgh-Drulds— Kappa Phi Kappa-Owl Editorial Board 1 U Rifles t. MABEL F.. MARSHALL—-Pea 2- Y.W.C.A. 3, 4—Pitkin Club 4- —Cwentt—Delta Delta Lambda—Customs Committee 8 1. Pitt Plavers Business Staff J -Pitkin Club 3—Pitkin Sec. I Phi Mu Sec. 3—W.S.G.A. Housing Board 4- W.A.A. 4- Y.W.C.A. 3, 4—Pitt Peace Council 4. I.UEI.LA M. MAXW initt«e3—Debarl Urlt$ S Silfc4i Westinghouse High—Y.W.C.A. 2, 3, 4— Y.W.C.A. Freshman (dominance Committee 2 Social Committee 3—Pitt Players 4—Debating JEAN B. McINNES— Schenley High -Beta Sigma Omicron—Kappa Phi—W.A.A. JOHN P. McINTYRE -Freeport High—Kappa Phi Kappa—Pitkin Club. MARY MARGARET McKF.OWN—Homestead High—Delta Delta Lambda Traditions Committee 3, 4— Y.W.C.A. 2, 3. 4—French Club 2—Newman Club 1—Cheering Block 2, 3. NAOMI MUTSCHLER McKINLEY—South Hills—Phi Theta Phi—E.S.A. Executive Committee 2—Phi Theta Phi Sec. 4. LEONORA A. MOLINARI—St. John the Baptist, Philadelphia—Cwens- Dramatic Unit I— Italian Club Social Chairman 1- Cwens Vice Pres. 2—Cwens Social Chairman 2—High School Relations Committee 2- Italian Club Social Chairman 3. MARY F. MOORE Holy Rosary Frick Training—Newman Club 2—W.A.A. 4. VIRGINIA M. MORRISON—Wilkinsburg High-Beta Sigma Omicron—Y.W.C.A. Member ship Committee 3—Interclass Sing Committee 4. Margaret MacMillan John P. McIntyre lames G. Markciin Mary M. McKeown Mabel E. Marshall Naomi M. McKinley Dorothy Marshfield I .eon ora A. Molinari l.uclla M. Maxwell Mary F. Moore Jean B. Mclnnes Virginia Morrison J20 EDUCATION EDUCATION Elizabeth Moulton Ruth E. Nchcr Doris V. Nchrie Murray H. Xclligan Mary Lee Nicholson Sara Jane Owen Jeanne Leith Owens C. Wallace Patterson Gcor gene Patterson Marion L. Patterson Nell Perich Licia E. Pcrla ELIZABETH M. MOULTON South Hills High—Student Council 2—Athletic Committee 3— Social Committee 2—Glee Club 2—Orchestra 3—Pitt Players 4—W.A.A. 4. RUTH E. NEHER -Johnstown Phi Theta Kappa Panther Cub 1, 2, 3—Collegiate Review 1, 2—W.S.G.A. Committee 1, 2—Dramatics 2, 3—Phi Theta Kappa 2, 3—Pitt Players 4-Women’s Debating 4—Owl 4. DORIS V. NEHRIG—Patton High—Johnstown Center I, 2 Glee Club 1. 2—Dramatics Club 1, 2—Panther Cub 2—Transfer Committee 3—Kappa Phi 3, 4—Rushing Chairman 4. MURRAY H. NELLIGAN—Swiss vale High. MARY LEE NICHOLSON—Edgewood High Zeta Tau Alpha Gwens Ouill Club—Mortar Board—W.S.G.A. Sec. 3—W.S.G.A. Vice Pres. 4—W.S.G.A. Publicity Committee 3. SARA JANE OWEN—Johnstown High—Phi Theta Kappa Dramatics Club I, 2. 3 W.S.G.A. Theta Kappa 3—Glee Club 3. JEANNE LET n OWENS—Villa Maria Academy, Erie- Sigma Nu Sigma Student Senate 2— College Education Club 1, 2—Political Science Club 1, 2. :. WALLACE PATTERSON—Clairton High—Pi Kappa Alpha—Kappa Phi Kappa—Glee Club I, 2- Pitt Players -PI Kappa Alpha Sec. 2, 3—House Mgr. 4. GFORGENE L. PATTERSON—Oliver High Phi Mu Phi Mu Sec. 2; Pres. 3, 4—Women’s Choral 2,3,4—Panhel Council 2—French Club 2—W.S.G.A. Activities Committee 3—W.S.G.A. MARION LEE PATTERSON -Swlssvalc High Cwens—W.A.A. Sec. 3—W.S.G.A. Social Committee 3—Spring Festival Committee 3 -W.A.A. 4—W.S.G.A. Representative 4—Courtesy Committee Chairman 4—Senior Mentor 4. NELL PKRICH- -South High—Women's Choral 3, Pitt Player 3. Frick Training—A Cappclla Chorus OCFA F.. PERL A—Saint Mary’s of the Mount—Italian Club Social Chairman 3, 4. 121 HELEN M. POOLE—East MtKfwport Hi Freshman Committee 2-f-Y.W.C.A. Menil man 2- W.S.G.A. Traditions Committee Delta Zeta Rushing Chairman 3 Sop DeltaZeta Pres. 4—-Senior )!entorfc j ISABELLA German C STL Miles Bryan High Phi Mu-Choral 2, 3, 4 Y.W.H.A. 2. — n Club 3 W.A.A. 5. 4 Phi Mu Recorder. MARTHA T. PLATAKIS—Oliver High W.A.A. 4—Frick School Athletic Council I, 2. GEORGE H. POE Schenloy High- Alpha Phi Alpha—Intramural Boxing Title 3—Football 3—Socce?4 Physical Education Club 4f-tAlpha Phi Alpha Vice Pres. tlta Zeta—Delta Delta Lambda—Y.W.C.A. lip Committee 3—Delta Zeta Standards Chair V.S.G.A. Vocational Information Committee 3 Hop Committee 2—Junior Prom Committee 3- P11 YI.rtS'E. .POST—Carr irk lit Choir 4 Pitt Players 3. 4. Frick Training I—Women's Choral 2, 3, 4—A Cappella ELMER HENRY PUCHTA—Westinghouse High—Kappa Phi Kappa Scabbard and Blade— Collembolae Pitt Rifles 2, 3—L.S.A.A. Treas. 4—Math Club 3—Kappa Phi Kappa 3—Kappa Phi Kappa Sec. 4 Collembolae 3—Collembolae Initiation Chairman 4. JEAN P. PUNSKY—Warren High—Alpha Epsilon Phi—Pitt Players I, 2—Interclass Sing Committee 2, 3- Academic Dress Committee 4—Junior Nominating Committee 3—Soph Hop Committee 2—Alpha Epsilon Phi Pres. 4. CLAIRE PYLE—Johnstown High—Phi Theta Kappa —Dramatics Club 1, 2—Glee Club I, 2, 3—Panther Cub I, 2—W.S.G.A. 1, 2, 3—W.S.G.A. Sec. 2—Phi Theta Kappa Vice Pres. 3. MAUREEN LOUISE RAINEY- Wilkinsburg High—Beta Sigma Omicron—Quax—Beta Sigma Omicron Social Chairman 3 Beta Sigma Omicron Sec. 3 Quax Treas. 4—Y.W.C.A. 4. CATHERINE A. RHOADS Westinghouse High—Frick Training—Women s Choral 4—A Cappella Choir 4—W.A.A. 3—Glee Club 2. 3. RUTH A. RICE—Westinghouse High—Frick Training Newman Club 3—W.A.A. 4. RICHARD L. ROBINSON—Pitcairn High French Club. Isabella I.. PlingsrI Jem P. Punsky Martha T. l'larakis Ciairc Pyle George H. Poc Helen M. Poole Maureen L. Rainey Catherine A. Rhoads Phvllis E. Post Elmer Henry Puchta Ruth A. Rue Richard L. Robinson EDI 122 EDUCATION C. Donald Robson Louis L. Ross Leonard F. Sedney Cecilia Senko Mac Shafer June E. Shaffer Feemy F. Shakarian Annalois S iith Daisy E. Smith Janet L. Smith Rita M. Smith Sylvia D. Smith C. DONALD ROBSON—Garrick High—Pitt Player 3—Pitt Rifles 3, 4. LOUIS L. ROSS—Taylor Allderdicc High—Phi Epsilon Pi-German Club 3- Football 4. LEONARD F. SEDNEY—McKeesport High-Pi Kappa Alpha-Delta Delta Lambda—Y.M. C.A. 2, 3, 4—Newman Club 3, 4- Panther Staff 4—Owl Advertising 4—Owl Circulation 4— Pitt Players 3, 4—Cap and Gown 3—Upperclass Counselor 4—Men’s Council 4. CECILIA SENKO—McKeesport High—W.A.A. 2, 3—W.A.A. Dance Chairman 4. MAE SHAFER—Masontown High—Delta Delta Lambda—Pitt Players 2, 3, 4—French Club 2, 3—Student Council 1, 2, 3. Homestead High-W.A.A. 4—Y.W.C.A. 1. Peabody High—Delta Zcta W.A.A. 2, 3, 4—Class Finance Coming Committee 4. AXNALOl S SMI'll I -Perry High—Pitt Players 4- Owl 3—Glee Club—Orchestra. H South Hills High-Frick Training—W.A.A. 3, 4. ANET L. SMITH- Perry High Zeta Tau Alpha—W.S.G.A. 4— Class Social Committee 4— Pitt Players. RITA M. SMCfll- Har-Brack High—Theta Phi Alpha -Theta Phi Alpha Sec. 4—Y.W.C.A. SYl VlA D. SMITH—Peabody High—Frick Training—Pitt News -Pitt Players. 123 1 9 n High. Alpha Mu Cap and Gown Production Staff 1— Interfraternity Council 4—Interfraternity Council ewish Student Council Executive Committee 4. —Delta Zeta—Delta Delta Lambda—V.W.C.A. 1, 2, Social Committee 2—Class Program Committee 3— '4—W.S.G.A. Activities Committee 4—Delta Zeta Social 4—Delta Delta Lambda Banquet Committee 4—Delta 4. lklnsburg High—Cwens—Delta Delta Lambda—College Associa-Committec Chairman 2—W.S.G.A. Representative, Y.W’.C.A. 3— Delta Delta Lambda Treas. 4. LUCILLE M. STUMP Jeannette High—Beta Sigma Omicron—Women’s Choral 2, 3, 4 Woman’s Choral Librarian 4—Senior Mentor 4—Beta Sigma Omicron Pres. 3, 4—Chancellor's Reception Aide 3—Owl Salesman 4. JANE K. SWART—Johnstown—Phi Theta Kappa—Delta Delta Lambda—Johnstown Glee Club 1, 2-Women‘s Choral 3—Kappa Alpha Theta Pres. MARY J. THIMOLEAS—Schenley High—Frick Student Council 3—Volleyball 3—Soccer Team 3—Dramatic Club 3— Pitt Players 4. MARY JANE THOMAS- Washington High—Zeta Tau Alpha-Delta Delta Lambda—W.S. G-A. Housing Board 3—W.S.G.A. Activities Committee 4- Prom Committee 3 Zeta Tau Alpha Social Committee Co-Chairman 3—Women’s Choral 2, 3—Y.W.C.A. 2, 3, 4. MARY L. TIMLIN—Mt. Lebanon High—Delta Zeta—Women’s Choral 1, 2, 3, 4—Choral Sec. 4—Westminster College Transfer I. J. WARREN TITTLE—Johnstown Central—Business Administration Club 2—Pitt Forum 1, 2—Intramural Sports 4. JACK H. TOOHILL- South High—Newman Club I—Y.M.C.A. 1, 2, 3, 4—Chess Club 2, 3. 4 Intermural Sports 4. RUTH A. TOTZKE—Scott High—Mortar Board—Delta Delta Lambda—Upperclass Club Sec. 2—Y.W.C.A. Treas. 3—W.S.G.A. Vocations Committee 3- Senior Mentor 4- -Mortar Board Service Committee Chairman—Y.W.C.A. Pres.—Delta Delta Lambda Membership Committee. Albert S. Spencer Mary J. Thimolca Janie Stark Mary Jane Thoma Dorothy F.. Strong Mary L. Timlin Dorothy.Struble J. Warren Tittle Lucille M. Stutnp Jack H. Toohill Jane K. Swart Ruth A. Totrkc 124 EDUCATION EDUCATION Mary J. Trowbridge Orvin W. Troy Mary Anne Ulrcy Lucille Uptegraff Ruth Vogel Hertha M. Ward Robert S. Warwick Roberta J. Webb Mary A. Weidlc Edna A. Weimann Ethel Weiner Elizabeth Wenerd MARY JANE TROWBRIDGE—Latrobe High Scholarship Honors Committee 3—Class Program Committee 4. ORVIN W. TROY—Huntingdon High Intramural Baseball 3 Baseball 4. MARY ANNE ULREY—VVlikinsburg High—Zeta Tau Alpha W.A.A.—Y.W.C.A. Class Program Committee 2 Class Social Committee 3. LUCILLE UPTEGRAFF—Switsvale High Delta Zeta Cwens—Mortar Board—Freshman Council I—Cwens Sec. 2 Panhellenic Council Social Committee 2—Spring Festival Dance Committee 2—W.S.G.A. Customs Committee 2—Delta Zeta Pres. 3—W.S.G.A. Unit Advisory Council Chairman 3—Mortar Board Pres. 4—W.S.G.A. Senior Court 4—Senior Mentor 4— Coed Major. R.O.T.C. 4. RUTH VOGEL—Westinghouse High—Chi Omega—Phi Alpha Theta—Customs Committee 2—Chi Omega Vice Pres. 2—Panhellenic Council 2, 3, 4—W.S.G.A. Commission 3, 4 -Customs Committee Chairman 3—W.S.G.A. Curriculum Committee Chairman 4- Phi Alpha Theta Historian 4—Chi Omega Rushing Chairman 3. Alpha Kappa Alpha—Y.W.C.A. 2, 3, 4—Housing Board 4. ftAVYCk—McKeesport High—Pi Kappa Alpha—Kappa Phi Kappa -Glee Club PI Kappa Alpha Historian 3, 4—Pi Kappa Alpha Sec. 4—Pi Kappa Alpha i Sec. 4 (iip and Gown 2. ROBERTA J. WEBB - South Hills High—Mortar Board Frick Glee Club I- Drama Club 1— Pltt'Maycr 4- W. AJ.A. Q- W.A.A. Pres. 4—Traditions Committee—Senior Mentor. Lfc St. Joseph’s High—W.A.A. Board 3 -W.A.A. Vice Pres. 4—Newman EDNA A. WEIMANN Allegheny High—Frick Training—W.A.A. 3, 4. I I'll EL WEIM'.R- Jeannette High—Delta Delta Lambda—W.S.G.A. Housing Board 2— Vocational Information Committee 3—Activities Committee 4. Z. BEJfir WENERD—Johnstown— Delta Delta Lambda Phi Theta Kappa—W.S.G.A. r«A-Atudent Council Sec.. Johnstown—Delta Delta Lambda Pres. 125 GERTRUDE W. WILKINSOJ 2, 3—W.S.C.A. Activities Co ELIZABETH J. WILI.-Johnsto Center 1, 2 Pitt Forum Sec., J W.S.G.A. Honor Court 2 Sec. Theta Kappa 3. Perry High-tDelta Zeta—Sigma Kappa Phi—Delta Delta Lambda— mmittee 2 -Delta Zeta Standards Chairman 3—W.S.G.A. Scholastic 3 Classical Club Pres. 3- W.S.G.A. Student Loan Chairman 4—Delta nan 4 Sigma Kappa Phi Corresponding Sec. 4. Ilderdice High Beta Phi Alpha—Women’s Choral igh—Phi Theta Kappa Dramatics Club, Johnstown town Center 2— Panther Cub, Johnstown Center 1, 2, 3-Theta Kappa !—Treas., Phi Theta Kappa 2—Pres., Phi McDonald WILLIAMS South Hills High Alpha Phi Alpha. GRACE MARIE WILSON—Taylor Allderdlce High Collembolae- Kappa Phi—W.A.A. 4. M ADELEINE ZEEDICK Oliver High. PATSY A. Z IT ELL I—Westinghouse High—Kappa Phi Kappa. JANE L. ZULANIK—Tarentum High. Anita Wcstermann Grace Marie Wilson Gertrude Wilkinson Madeleine Zccdick Elizabeth J. Will Patsy A. Zitclli McDonald Williams Jane L. Zulanik 126 EDUCATION ENGINEERING AND MINES Acting as co-ordinator of the various engineering departments is Mr. Elmer Allen Holbrook, Dean of the Schools of Engineering and Mines. Dean Holbrook has an impressive teaching record chalked up for himself. He has held the position of Dean of rhe Graduate School at Penn State, has taught at Nova Scotia Technical College, and was pre-fessor of mining at the University of Illinois. Outside of the classroom, he has acted as technical adviser on coal for XRA, was superintendent of mines in Montana, British Columbia, and Mexico, and has worked with the United States Bureau of Mines at Washington and Pittsburgh. Dean Holbrook has built up through hard and efficient work the cspcct and admiration of all his student engineers; for his vast experiences and good common sense have labeled him as a leader and an adviser extraordinaire. Training in technical supervision and management of engineering industries is the objective sought by most schools for their student engineers. The School of Engineering at the University’ supplements this training with a broad program of liberal arts and cultural advantages of the college which enables engineering graduates to be leaders in society as well as technicians. With the moving of the University administrative offices from State Hall to the Cathedral, centralization of the School of Engineering was made possible. Until they were consolidated in State and Thaw Halls, the departments were scattered over the campus and downtown, making efficient scheduling difficult as well as making unification of the student body almost impossible. Since the change, a marked increase in morale has been evident on the parts of both students and faculty. Indications arc that the School of Engineering will be the first undergraduate school to take part in University affairs as an organized group, a distinction now held by the School of Dentistry. The School is divided into seven departments embracing as many branches of the field, which control almost entirely Mr. Elmer A. Holbrook Dean of Schools of Engineering and Mines their own student groups. They arc the departments of Civil, Mechanical, Electrical, Aeronautical, Chemical, General, and Industrial Engineering. The dean's office is now principally a place of coordination rather than of detailed administration. Nation-wide recognition has been accorded the School of Engineering by outstanding technical schools and engineering societies. The American Institute of Chemical Engineers has placed the School on its accredited list of schools offering chemical engineering. 127 Student engineers take their “I ah work seriously. 19 3 9 A. C. CKENHEIL- Langley High— Sigma Tau A.S.C.E,—Band I, 2, 3, 4 Cross Country 1 President, Stu- dmt Chapter, A.S.C.E. DAVID F. AI TIM IER Dunmorc High—Phi Gamma Delta Druids-Theatron Assistant Basketball Manager 1, 2—Pitt Players Business Staff I, 2, 3, Assistant Business Manager 3 —Upperclassman Counselor 3—Panther 3— Owl Circulation Staff 3, 4— Vice President Druids 2 A.S.Ch.E.— Military Ball Committee 3, 4. HARRY M. ANDERSON—; High—Gamma Alpha Theta Country I —Soccer 3—A.I.Ch BEN P. AS A V ITCH—Wilkes-Ba Memorial High—A.R.B.A. 2, 3. 4 A.S.C.E., Secretary 2, 3, 4— Footbal 2, 3, 4. JAMES G. BASSETT, JR.—Taylor Allderdice High - Sigma Tau—Sigma Gamma Epsilon—President, Sigma Tau 4—Upperclass Counselor 3 RALPH V. BERCKM AN- Qarrick High- I d Chi Alpha-Band I. L C det C010 1 1- 3. l-'c-lee CIub j, 2. 3, 4-Varait L B buartet 2, 3,l4— E. WCfabinet 3. ......E-'wri� TL« KICIIARD JOHN ALFRED BERGER -Allegheny High Sigma Tau—Sigma Gamma Epsilon -Scabbard and Blade—Football I, 2, 3, 4 Military Ball Committee 2—Vice President, Sigma Tau — Vice President. Scabbard and Blade— pipperclass Cou Committee. ■ � ROBERT A. Ba nd— Smr ICK—McKees- i m I „ ALFRED E. BARRY Wilkinxburg High—Sigma Alpha Epsilon- Sigma Gamma Epsilon- Sigma Tau Glee Club 1, 2, 3—A Cappella Choir 3, 4 -S.F.A. 3, 4—Y.M.C.A. Cabinet 1, 2, 3 Jr. Prom Committee 3—Demonstration Block Committee 4 Pitkin Club I. 2 Upperclass Counselor 3. 4. C. RICHARD BICKEI. High. insburg ORIGEN KERR BINGHAM. JR. Bridgeville High Band I, 2, 3, 4 Rifle Team I. 2, 3. 4. A. C. Ackcnhcil David F. Altitnicr Harry M. Anderson Ben P. Asavitch Jante G. Bassett, Jr. Ralph V. Bcrgcman Robert A. Baker Alfred E. Barry John Alfred Berger Richard M. Berwick C. Richard Bickel Origcn Kerr Bingham, Jr. ENGINEERING AND MINES l’S Taylor Brittain William!. Brown Lee W. Cambell Henry S. Chalkcr Kenneth I. Challstrom Harrison C. Chandler, Jr. John L. Chickernco Clifford W. Clarke El wood V. Clauson William J. Cox James E. Davis Thomas H. Dickson, Jr. TAYLOR BRITTAIN— Peabody High - PI Kappa Alpha—Hockey 3, 4. WILLIAM J. BROWN—Schenley High —A.S.M.E. 3, 4—Swimming Team 1, 2, 3, 4 — Captain, Swimming Team 4 Junior Vanity Track 3, 4—Engineering Association 4 -Eastern Collegiate Diving 2, 3, 4. LEE W. CAMBELL—Garrick High-Sigma Tau—Band 1, 2, 3, 4 dee Club 2, 3, 4—Pres., Student Branch of Society for the Advancement of Management 4—Y.M.C.X. Council I. HENRY S. CHALKER—Bellevue High. KENNETH I. CHALLSTROM Dubois High—Sigma Tau—A.S.M.E. 3—Engineering Association 4. HARRISON C. CHANDLER, JR.— Com Technical high, Detroit-Pitt News 1, 2,3_ Busine Mgr.. Pitt I’tayers 3, 4. —a- iiv -i I JOHN L. CHICKP.RNEO Warren OV Harding High -Sigma Gamma Epsilon-Theta Chi Football 1, 2, 3, 4--i Interfraternity Basketball 1, 2 Inter-fraternlty Bowling 1, 2- Baseball 2, 3, 4 Interfraternity Council 3 Vice1 Pres., Theta Chi 3 Interfraternity Dance Committee 3. CLIFFORD W. CLARKE -Swlssvale High—Gamma Alpha Theta-Sec., A.I.Gh.E. I—Wrestling 1—A.I.Ch.E. 1, 2, 3, 4. F.LWOOI) V. CLAUSON —Swissvale I.LIAM J. COX-Allegheny High— A.S.MjEA 4. JAMES E. DAVIS—KUkiminetas Springs High—Phi Gamma Delta-Theta Alpha Phi—'Theatron—Pitt Players Business Staff 1, 2—Pitt Players Business Mgr. 3— Social Committee 4—Men's Council 3—Upper-class Counselor 3—Clerk, Court of Fresh. Traditions 3—Chairman, Transfer Smoker 3—Cap Gown Business Staff I, 2 Pres Theatroi B A.S.M.E. 2. 3, 4. THOMAS H. DICKSON, JR.—Clair-ton High Band I , 2, 3, 4 Chemical Engineering Social Chairman 3, 4 — Engineering Association Cabinet A.I.Ch.E. I, 2, 3, 4. 129 19 3 9 11 HR MAN DIGIOVANNI—Mononga-hela High Scabbard and Blade-Band 1, 2, 3, 4—Italian Club 1, 2, 3, 4 Pitt Rifles 2—Vice Pres., A.I.Ch.E. 3— Pres., A.I.Ch.E. 4. CHARLES E. DIMIT— Bartlesville High—Phi (,'amma Delta—Football Mgr. 2, 3, 4—Freshman Dance Committee 1—Interfraternity Council 3, 4—Treas., Phi Gamma Delta 3, 4— Mines Cabinet 3, 4—Business Mgr., Yuletide Festival 3. EDWARD ALLEN DINES—McKees Rocks High Track 2, 3, 4—Y.M.C.A. 4—Y.M.C.A. Mining Group-Intcr-mural Sports Representative. RALPH E. DORAND—Waynesboro High—Lambda Chi Alpha Boling !, 2, 3—Lambda Chi Alpha Social Chairman 2—Lambda Chi Alpha Treas. 3 — Lambda Chi Alpha Pres. 4—Interfraternity Council 3—Freshman Camp Leader 4—Band I, 2, 3, 4—Intermural Athletics 1, 2, 3, 4—Demonstrating Block—Junior Prom Committee 3. Herman DiGiovanni Charles E. Dimit Edward Allen Dines Ralph E. Dorand Edward E. Edmunds Walter R. Evans Albert T. Eylcr, Jr. Samuel H. Fuller Victor R. Gallagher Clarence Gillis Martin R. Gross Leonard Haniak EDWARD E. EDMUNDS Homestead High Sigma Gamma Epsilon Kappa Sigma -Track I, 2, 3, 4—Mines Association 3, 4 Y.M.C.A. 3, 4— Athletic Chairman 3, 4. VICTOR R. GALLAGHER Central Catholic High—Sigma Gamma Epsilon—Phi Kappa—Vice Pres., l’hl Kappa 4 Social Chairman, Phi Kappa 4— Pitt Rifles 1,2. WAITER R. EVANS—Lake Alfred High -Kappa Sigma--Plodgemaster, Kappa Sigma 2—House Manager, Kappa Sigma 3- Interfraternity Council 3, 4—Pres., Kappa Sigma 4 Mines Council 4—Pres., Oil and Gas Association 4. CLARENCE GILLIS—'Trafford High —Sigma Tau—A.S.M.E. ALBERT T. EYLER, JR. Dormont High-Sigma Gamma Epsilon- Delta Tau Delta-Cap and Gown 2--Sec., Delta Tau Delta 3—Pres., Sigma Gamma Epsilon 4. |MARTIN R. GROSS Langley High-Sigma Tau—Sigma Gamma Epsilon Technical Staff Pitt Players onstration Block 2—A.S.M. A.I.M.M.E. 4 Chapter Editor, Sigma Gamma Epsilon 4 —Seminar Chair-1 man 4. SAMUEL H. FULLER Taylor Allder-dice High R.O.T.C. 1, 2, 3, 4—Y.M. C.A. I, 2, 3. 4. LEONARD HANIAK—South High -Football 1,2— Band 1, 2, 3, 4. k ENGINEERING AND MINES no William F. Hcidcr William Park Heincman Norman T. Hcrcr Harry T. Hcuplc Herbert G. Hock Walter G. Huttingcr Howard A. Jameson Roy L. Johnson Jama McD. Johnston Michael R. Karolcik Thomas C. Keller Thomas Herron Kiefer i WILLIAM F. HEWER Perry High HERBERT G. HOCK East Mauch JAMES MeDONAU) JOHNS VON Tau—Phi Lambda Upsilon Chunk High—Sigma Tau SiRma Blairsvllle Hlfth-Wrestling 2— Track t—Treat., A.I.Ch.E. 2, .1 Gamma Epsilon Mines Cabinet 3,4 Vice President, Oil and Gas ssoc a-—Athletic Chairman 4 Panther Con- Mb 3, trlbutor i, 4 Chairman, Program Com ml mum.i park mm.m t, - or Mhhrdict High Kappa Slpma iuse a i fir., Kappa Sljima 3, 4— tymisrer, Kappa Sigma J, 4 fraternity Athletic Champs 3. IIFMR Ihstin thoiiM F. fan t mod MlOUEl, R. K ROLClR-T� v ot Allderdlce lUfch—Band , 2,3- Track 1-MUltwy Ba Commutes 3—Y.NLC.A. 3—Pitkin C ub 2, V— Newman Chib 2, 3-R.O.T.C. ntm-murals 3- PUt Band Dance Commit- tM 2. L h THOMAS C. KELLER llith Sltma Tau-Sec., ASM. 4 -Glee Glub, Johnstown Gsnvtt A THOMAS HURON kTO| High-Gamma Alpha Theta Ch.E. Cap and Goitt , 2, :ipp;i Mpha Sigma Pi Sigma f-AI.E.E.-Y.M. and Gown Cnderftrad C ub i i MMBH ,1,4 (Ipprfclws (M 2,3,1 Class A ■% man 1, i 19 3 9 ROBERT A. KIENHOLZ Strong HERMAN J. LAUB—Allderdice High Vincent High, Eric Delta Kappa A.S.M.K.! CASIMIR KO Erie—Cross Coun 4. — Boxing 2, 3, 4— Intramural Boxing Champ 4 Intramural 220 Swimming b. Academy High, 3, 4 Track 2. 3, BEN J. KOPEC—Academy High, Erie —Sigma Gamma Epsilon-1 — Football 2—Track 2, Cross onsburg I. 2. 3. Country' 3. EDWARD L. LAIDLAW—East Hlgfl Erie—A.I.Ch.E. 3. 4. JOHN' R. LUCE—Academy High, Erie. JOHN A. MACLEOD—Wesleyville High—Sigma Tau—Phi Delta Theta— Delta Kappa, Erie Center—Vice Pres., Men’s Council 4—Engineering Association 4—A.S.M.E. 3, 4- Wrestling 3 —Mgr., Student Book Exchange 4-Cap and Gown H. M JN Feriulale High VI.Ch.K. Pres., Club, Johnstown Jr. Col-J2—Handbook Business Mgr., Jr. College 1 Dramatics Johnstown Jr. College I. 2- McCABE—Altoona WILLIAM McGANN- Peabody High Vice Pres., Sec., Society for the Advancement of Management 4 -Industrial Engineers Sports Mgr. Jr. Varsity Football Mgr. Staff. Robert A. Kicnholz Casimir Kopec Ben J. Kopec Edward L. Laidlaw Herman!. Laub Bernard Levine Richard K. Lightholder John R. Luce oho A. Maclcod [ohn H. Mall-son n McCabe 'ilium McGann ENGINEERING AND MINES 132 John McKee Richard Maurer Samuel B. Meyer Richard H. Mock Marcus W. Moisakos |ohn W. Moore Thomas P. Mulgravc Patrick T. O’Leary William C. Ohl Paul S. Park, Jr. Julian M. Pasick Stephen Poch RICHARD II. MOCK Ferndalc High —’Treas., A.S.M.E. 3, 4—Glee Club, Johnstown Center—Student Council, Johnstown Center 2—Chairman, Student Relations Committee, Johnstown (Center. MARCUS W. MOISAKOS—Butler High Scabbard and Blade—Captain, Scabbard and Blade 4-Engineering Association 3—Engineering Y.M.C.A. Cabinet 2 -Chemical Engineering Social Committee 2, 3, 4—R.O.T.C. 1, 2. 3; 4 A.I.Ch.R. I. 2, 3, 4. M 'HSW'l JOHN W. MOORE— New Castle Higl Sigma Tau Sigma Gamma Epsilon - Head Mgr., Football 1 Sec.-Treas., Sigma Gamma Epsilon 3, 4. 91 1 THOMAS P. MULGRAVE George Westlnghouse High -A.S.M.E. 3, 4. PATRICK T. O LEARY—Central Catholic High—Sigma Tau —Phi Lambda Upsilon -Gamma Alpha Theta—Track I—Intramural Basketball 3, 4. WILLIAM C. OHL—Langley High— A.S.M.E.—Swimming 1—Cap and Gown 2, 3, 4 Undergraduate Cap and Gown Club 2, 3, 4-Rifle Team 3. PAUL S. PARK, JR.—Southmont High—Signia Tau- Phi Delta Theta— Phi Theta Kappa -Johnstown Center 1, 2—A.S.M.E. 3, 4—Vice Pres., A.S. M.E. 3, 4—Chorister, Phi Delta Theta 4—Interfraternity Athletics 3, 4— Intramural Athletics 1, 2, 3, 4. ' JULIAN M. PASICK-Dorset High-Glee Club 2, 3 -Made an Engineering Report on Light Available for Study in the Cathedral of Learning. STEPHEN POCH Homestead High Sigma Gamma Epsilon (Juill Club Met. Seminar Committee 1, 2, .3, 4 Met. Intramural Football 3 Met. Intramural Basketball 2, 3, 4. 133 JOHN High- GEORGEA. RALPH East Pittsburgh 11 i h Scabbard and Blade Pitt Rifles 1,2- A.I.E.E. 1, 2, 3, 4 -Demonstration Block 2, 3, 4—Intramural Boxing 3—Intramural Football 4— Military Ball Committee 4. ROBINSON I). REA—Sigma Beta Sigma. LOUIS E. REILLY—Perry High- Sigma Tau—Sigma Gamma Epsilon— Kappa Sigma Scabbard and Blade -Druids. JOSEPH J. REIS, JR.—St. Mary s High—Phi Delta Theta—Intcrfrslter-nlty Sports 1, 2, 3, 4—A.I.Ch.E. 1 2, 3, 4—Social Chairman, Phi Delta Theta 2—House Mgr., Phi Delta Theta 3. JOHN D. REMMEN Taylor Allder-dice High—Pi Kappa Alpha—Mines Cabinet J—House Mgr.. Pi Kappa Alpha 3—Rushing Chairman, Pi Kappa Alpha 3- Social Chairman, Pi Kappa A)j ha lr I I HOW RD R High A.S.M.E. Peering Semin MMBMMB I j WALTER E. RILEY—South Hills High - Pitt Band I, 2, 3, 4—Rod and Level Club 4—A.S.C.E. 2. 3, 4—A.R.B.A. 4. Sigma JOHN G. ROHRMAN—Elizabeth High —Pres., Student Branch A.S.M.E. 4— Junior and Senior Representative, Engineering Cabinet—E.A. Dance Chairman 3- R.O.T.C. 1, 2. BERNARD R. ROSENTHAL Taylor Allderdlce High. Ji. EDWIN J. ST. PETER Central Catholic High Sec., Pitt Band Coun- | ■ cil -A.S.M.E. Band 1. 2, 3, 4—R.O. T.C. J, 2, 3, 4 Military Ball Commit tee I, 2. DONALD DEAN SAXTON Union High—Pi Kappa Alpha -Freshman Dance Committee 1 -Sophomore Hop Dance Committee 2—Produ Make Up Staff, Cap and Cow Technical Staff, Pitt Players 1, Band I, 2, 3 Treas., Mines Cabinet 4 Vice Pres., Pi Kappa Alpha 3— Interfraternity Council 3. George A. Ralph Robinson D. Rea Louis E. Reilly Joseph J. Reis. Jr. {ohn D. Rcmmcn toward R. Richards John A. Riise, Jr. Walter E. Riley John G. Rohrman Bernard R. Rosenthal Edwin J. St. Peter Donald Dean Saxton s!GINEERIN( AND MINES 1W D. Blair Schindler Robert F. Schmalz Leonard M. Sikov Nicholas A. Sisak Herbert J. Smith Larry H. Smith William R. Smith Adam Stein, III Robert L. Stinner John G. Thomas Robert N. Tomb Joseph M. Trutz k p. BLAIR SCHINDLER—South Hill High—A.S.M.E. 3, 4- R.O.T.C. I. 2. j, 4—Intramural Basketball 3, 4. ROBERT F. SCHMALZ—South Hills High -Glee Club 2, 3, 4—Vice Pres., Engineering Association 2—Treas., Engineering Association 4. LEONARD M. SIKOV Taylor Allder-dice High pit Rifles Pitt News 1, 2. 3, 4 Co-Circulating Mgr., Pitt News 4—Owl Editorial Staff 3, 4 Pitt Players 1- Cap and Gown Production Staff 3, 4— Military Ball Committee 4 —Intramural Sports 3, 4. NICHOLAS A. SISAK - Scott High-Sigma Tau Scabbard and Blade— Band I, 2. 3. 4—A.I.Ch.E. I, 2, 3. 4— Sec., A.I.Ch.E. 3-Social Committee, A.I.Ch.E. 3, 4—Pitt Rifles 2— Second Lieut., Scabbard and Blade 4—Sec., Sigma Tau 4—Military Ball Committee 4. HERBERT J. SMITH MoundsriUe High - Sigma Beta Sigma Sec., Sigma Beta Sigma 1, 2, 3—Pres., Sigma Beta Sigma 2—Vice Pres., Evening Students Association 3. WILLIAM R. SMITH—Kingston —A.S.C.E. I, 2, 3, 4—A.R.B.A. 3. 4— Engineering Association Cabinet 3, 4 —Pres., Engineering Association 4 — Lpperclass Counselor 3, 4 Appointments Committee, S.F.A. 4. ADAM STEIN, III—Mt. Lebanon High —Lambda Chi Alpha. ROBERT L. STINNER—Duquesne |Iigh—Swimming 1—Pitt Players 1— .S.C.E.—A.R.B.A. S' G. THOM AS New Castle High Tau Sigma Gamma Epsilon — Lambda Chi Alpha — Y.M.C.A. Council .1, 2, 3, 4—Y.M.C.A. Cabinet 3, 4—Pres., Y.M.C.A. 4—Freshman Camp Counselor 3, 4—Upperdass Counselor 3, 4—Men’s Council 4— Interfraternity Ball Committee._____ ROBERT N. TOM it Johnstown High —Sigma Tau- -Eta Kappa Nu—Phi Theta Kappa -Glee Club 1, 2—Vice Pres., Glee Club 2— Student Council, Johnstown Center I, 2—Pres., Student Council 2—Treas., Sigma Tau 4 - Pres., Eta Kappa Nu 4 Band 3, 4— Orchestra 4—A.I.E.E. I, 2, 3, 4—Vice Pres., A.I.E.E. 4. JOSEPH M. TRUTZ—Homestead High—Sigma Gamma Epsilon Carnegie Tech—Kappa Sigma .Metallurgy Committee I—A.S.M.E. 4. 135 19 3 9 MICHAEL F. VALERINO—Sharps-burg High—Sigma Tau Engineering Association Cabinet 3. 4 A.S.M.E. JOHN F. WI Central High A.R.B.A. 4—Joh Glee Club, Johns JR. - Johnstown 4—A.S.C.E. 4— Center I, 2— Center 1. 1 ROBERT O. WILLIAMS -Taylor Allderdicc High—Sigma Gamma Ep- silon—Delta Tau Delta- Rifles I. ALEXANDER G. WILSON, JR. Johnstown Central High—A.S.C.E. 4 —A.R.B.A. 4—Band 4—Johnstown Jr. College Glee Club 1 Johnstown Jr. College Swing Band 2—Rod and Lew Club 4. WILLIAM G. WILSON- Oliver High —Sigma Tau -Sigma Gamma Epsilon — Band I, 2, 3— Rifle Team 2, 3, 4. 5 JOSEPH B. WOODWARD Mononga-hela High Sigma Gamma Epsilon— Intermural Athletic Director, Oil and Gas Association Basketball I. VuTKOWSKI—Bra lg v ock Hlgh-1pigiSijff«i—R.O.T.qJSJ HIM FAYE Fifth Avenue High. ALB I 11. ZAMI JOHN B. WOOD—Stowe Township High —Pitt Rifles Swimming 1 — Debating 1 Y.M.C.A. k'l Rankin High A.S.C.E. 1,2, 3, 4—A.R.B.A. 4 Rod and Level Club 3, 4 -Track I, 2, 3, 4 Cross Country I, 2, 3, 4 Cap-I tain. Cross Country 3. 4. JOHN D. ZORAND Stowe Townsl High Pitt Rifles- Cross Country 1, 2. Michael F. Valerino John F. Wilton, Jr. Robert O. Williams Alexander G. Wilson, Jr. William G. Wilton Edward D. Witkowski William H. Worocr John B. Wood Joseph B. Woodward Bim Faye Ycc Albert H. Zambortkv John D. Zorand ENGINEERING AND MINES 13ft SCHOOL OF MEDICINE See Bill, he'll fix' it up. You can depend on him for a square deal, is the attitude of the meds and pre-meds when they need help. Bill is Dr. William S. McEllrov, Dean of the School of Medicine. A student here himself in 1912, Dr. McEllrov thoroughly understands the trials and tribulations of all undergraduates. Athletics interested him then as they do now, and he received a letter in football as well as a place on the varsity tennis team. He has risen from the position of assistant instructor to that of Dean of the school. In 1917 a leave of absence was granted Dr. McEllrov to serve as lieutenant, junior grade, in the Medical Reserve of the U. S. Navy. Even though he has much to do in his new position as Dean, he finds time to work on the staffs of the Magee Hospital, the Children's Hospital, the Presbyterian Hospital, and the St. Francis Hospital. In addition to his regular duties he has conducted research studies in blood pigment, protein and iron, metabolism, kidney functions, determination of reducing sugars, and anemias. During his many years at Pitt Dr. McEllrov has seen important and advanced changes take place, not only in the physical makeup of the University, but in the supervisor)’ staff. Where formerly Pennsylvania Hall housed the enrirc Medical School, it now has only two of the departments: Anatomy and Pathology. Other departments have been established in the old Mellon Institute. This expansion has Dr. William S. McEllrov Dean of the School of Medicine created a better environment for the students and makes work easier through the use of advanced types of equipment. The Medical School, under the experienced hand of Dr. McEllrov, is well able to prepare men for professional medical service. Students arc given an understanding of medical crhics and history, which enables them to fulfill their duty in alleviating the suffering of others. Besides the Medical center, the School includes the nearly completed Western State Psychiatry Hospital, to be used for teaching purposes, a new women's wing on the Presbyterian Hospital, and the proposed Municipal Hospital, to be built on University property on Terrace Street. . to the top of the drive- Med School 137 IN “MED” SCHOOL 138 MEDICAL Dr. C. E. Ziegler Growing larger!” Year by year one can watch this very process in the University of Pittsburgh Medical School, focal point of a Medical center that continues to expand. Freshmen and Sophomores moved into the old Mellon Institute building on O'Hara street, altered to provide the finest type of facilities for their first two years of work. The move actually doubled the space occupied by the Meds. The first floor of the remodeled building contains the library stacks and the student lounge and locker rooms. On the second floor arc the administrative offices and the library. The library which formerly contained the Mellon collection, has been enlarged and is now the combined Dental and Medical library. The third floor is devoted entirely to the department of physiological chemistry. The department of industrial hygiene and the department of pharmacology arc on the fourth floor. The fifth floor is given over completely to student and research labs for the department of physiology. Added to the aforementioned growth comes the new Presbyterian Hospital. Conveniently,’ located on the campus, it will be used for the teaching of clinical medicine, and surgery. Within full view of the Medical buildings the shell of the new state psychiatry hospital has risen up, and ground has been broken for the erection of a new municipal hospital. Little wonder that FACULTY Dr. J. D. Heard people have begun to look to this Oakland center to be the greatest Medical center in the world. To the responsible position as dean of this growing school official appointment has been made of Dr. William S. McEllroy. Officially appointed by the Board of Trustees, he was however, the unanimous choice of the Medical School faculty when they were asked to suggest one or more names for dcanship to replace the late Dr. Raleigh Russell Huggins. Himself a graduate of the University school he now heads, he has been associated with it as instructor, professor, and assistant dean since his graduation in 1916, and has been a vital part in its growth. To Dr. McEllroy is given the ability and privilege of heading in the University of Pittsburgh Medical School probably as fine a group of medical teachers and practitioners as has ever been gathered for work in one place. Among those who arc affectionately remembered by departing seniors is Dr. Charles Edward Ziegler, Professor and Head of the Department of Obstetrics, under whose supervision they have worked and studied at Magee Hospital. Equally revered is Dr. James Dclavcn Heard who has seen students leave the medical school and later become successful physicians since 1909 when he became associate professor of medicine and head of the department in 1913. 139 FOUR YEARS IN FRESHMEN Freshman wonder, sophomores ponder, juniors think, and seniors work up at the Med school. Every first year man wonders whether he is expected to learn everything, what the lecturer said about a situation, and how hard the work ahead of him will be. After three months he wonders why he hasn't seen his first patient yet and then dashes off to read the posted grade lists. Awe for the seniors fills his mind and he almost tips his hat as they pass. Instructors amuse and distress him, ending lectures with Carry on, and answering questions with, Look it up in dc book. Sleepless nights before anatomy exams arc burdened with haunting memories and questions: Where did this thing come from?” Anatomy SOPHOMORE With a year of experience” behind him the sophomore becomes used to being called Doctor by reverent patients, whom he doesn’t know what to do with. Applying his anatomy he now ponders over the questions of Pathology, more than ever questioning— Is it lcarnablc?” Faculty observance of rolling bones is annoying; frog tracings evoke strings of epithets. Seniors arc attributed with magic qualities such as walking on water; freshmen arc pitied. Surgery finally shows the path to a goal and the student is on his way. 140 Graphical analysis MEDICAL SCHOOL JUNIOR Junior men arc brain men after two years of preparation. Drugs and applications become new worries. Clinical autopsies and partner s pranks become normal events. Correct diagnosis, differential diagnosis, etiology practically practised, with experienced instructors offering assistance and preventing serious errors, all become the order of the day. Operative technique, Treatment positions, presentations arc everyday observances. Conferences on patients arc decided by formulas; Dermatology is a new interest—all dropped for a hurried trip to Magee. SENIOR The senior works—when he isn't trying to cat. Obstetrical duties at the Magee; blood pressure every two hours; laboratory work all evening; assorted tasks driving him on. Handling of patients: Quiet, Sonny, don't yell so loud, (I’ve studied frogs and rabbits for three years to see what makes you rick). From hospital to hospital, Magee, Mercy, Saturday mornings at the Falk Clinic, the senior dashes. Psychiatry falls in at odd moments. They’re all mere mortals. Graduation looms up, all climaxes into a year of internship. 141 Diagnosis Avenue High—Zeta Phi—Medical Center Interneship. JOHN W. BEST -Clairlon Pres. 2 Student Medical GF. H. Ml MCARbN JULIUS BLOOM—New Castle High-West minster Transfer—Altoona Hospital Interneship. NICHOLAS A. BROSE -Schenlfry High—Chi Rho Nu—Phi Rho Sigma —St. Francis Interne- i Rho Nu—Nu Sigma Nu—Alpha Omega Alpha Class es. 4—Nu Sigma Nu Pres. 4—West Penn Interneship. untingdon High—Juniata College—Medical Interneship. .. BXJVINGER— Wilkinsburg High Chi Rho Nu—Phi Rho Sigma—Cross Coun-'l, 2- -Tratfk I, 2—Stljohn’s Interneship. I CAREY- Peabody High—Theta Phi Alpha—Zeta Phi—Alpha Omega Alpha—Student ty Vice Pres.—Zcta Phi Vice Pres.—Cwens--St. Francis Interneship. KENNETH W. CLARK—South Hills High—Chi Rho Nu—Phi Rho Sigma—Interfraternity Council-—South Side Interneship. MICHAEL E. CONNELLY—Youngstown Evening High—Chi Rho Nu—Phi Rho Sigma—Pitt Rifles 1, 2—Mercy Interneship 4. GEORGE DINES—Chi Rho Nu—Boxing 1 Track 1—Class Treas. 4—Medical School Officers Treas. 4—South Side Interneship. ROBERT P. DUTLINGER—Mt. Union High -Sigma Alpha Epsilon—Phi Beta PI—Phi Beta Pres. 3—Guthrie Clinic, Sayres, Pa., Interneship. WESLEY M. EVANS— Munhall High—Pi Tau Phi—Phi Beta Pi- Harvard Transfer 1- Class Pres. 1—Mercy Interneship. Vera B. Barzd Julius Bloom Nicholas A. Brosc John W. Best George Bumgardncr Lawrence Buvingcr Rita Carey Kenneth w. Clark Michael E. Connelly George Dine Robert P. Dutlingcr Wesley M. Evans 142 school of medicine SCHOOL OF MEDICINE Wm. R. Fitzsimmons Atvan G. Foraker Howard W. Gadd Robert Geer George J. Hcid, Jr. John B. Hcid Helen E. Heinrich Julius Herman Richard L. Hermes Grant E. Hess, Jr. Harry Kanhofer John H. Kcil WILLIAM R. FITZSIMMONS—Zelienople High Phi Beta PI Mercy Interneship. ALVAN G. FORAKER Swissvale High— Phi Beta Pi—Chi Rho Nu—Band I, 2, 3, 4—Orchestra I, 2—Debating I, 2 Pitt Players I, 2 -Class Sec. 4 Allegheny General Interneship. HOWARD W. GADD—Monongahela High—Mercy Interneship. ROBERT GEER Westmont-Upper Yoder High--Johnstown Center Activities Key—Glee Club—Student Council—Collembolae Club Medical School Vice Pres. 3—Johnstown Memorial Interneship. GEORGE J. IIEID, JR. Masontown High—Peabody High -St. Francis Interneship. Chi Rho Nu -Phi Rho Sigma—Phi Rho Sigma Pres. 3—West Penn Interne- 1 JULIUS HEfyMA — Crufton High Pi Tau Phi—Monteflore Interneship. HELEN B. HF.INRICIV South Hills High Delta Delta Delta—Zeta Phi-South Side Interne-ship. RICHARD L. HERMES Bradford High—Phi Kappa-Druids Chi Rho Nu—Phi Beta Pi-Class Vice Pres. 4 West Penn Interneship. GRANT E. HESS. JR Washington High—Washington-Jefferson Transfer—Washington IntumeshifK HARRY KANHOFER— Asplnwall High—Medical Center Interneship. _ IfiflN II. KEIL—Westinghouse High Greemille College Medical Center Interneship. 145 FREDERICK W. KOENIG--Garrick High—Delta Tau Delta—Nu Sigma Nu—Phi Sigma Washiijgron Jefferson College South Side Interneship. S. MACKRELL, Jl Sec. i Medical n-nleKlIigh- Nu Sigma Nu Nu Sigma Nu Historian 2—Nu � ter turprneship. 1939 WILLIAM M MARKLRY—SchwiiliH High Chi Rho Nu Phi Beta PI—South Side Interne-ship. y. W Tm SAMUEL. G. MILLER—S UJW|I� h- Pi Tau Phi—Phi Delta Epsilon—Phi Delta Epsilon Sec. 3—J’hi Delta Kpsilon Pres. 4g-Class Sec. 4—Alpha Omega Alpha Troas. 4 Medical Inter-fraternity Council Sec. Monteliore Interneship. RICHARD FrMt'L HOIA.AND Catholic High -Chi Rho Nu—Class Treas. 4. I r HAROLD E. MULLERS Allegheny High—Thiel (College—Medical Center Interneship. HUMBERT L. RIVA Charleroi High Chi Rho Nu Pi Tau Phi Alpha Omega Alpha Class Pres. 3—St. Francis Interneship. ALVIN V. ROUZER Connellsville High—Alpha Omega Alpha Nu Sigma Nu—Medical CenterInterneship. I.LOVD D. RUGH—Bell Township High Phi Rho Sigma Penn State College—St. Francis Interneship. WILLIAM C. SCHAEFER—Pittsburgh Academy Scabbard and Blade—Nu Sigma Nu Allegheny General Interneship. JOHN M. -SCHWARTZ—McKeesport High—Medical Center Interneship. ALLAN J. SIMPSON. JR.—McKeesport High Phi Rho Sigma Chi Rho Nu Phi Rho Sigma Pres. 4- McKeesport Interneship. Frederick W. Koenig John S. Mackrcli, Jr. William M. Marklcy Samuel G. Miller Richard Mulholland Harold E. Muller Humbert L. Riva Alvin V. Rourcr Uovd I) Rugh William C. Schaefer John M. Schwartz Allan J. Simpson, Jr. 144 SCHOOL OF MEDICINE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE Hugh C. Ward Carl E. Wasmuth Paul J. Whitaker Loyal K. Wilson Joseph D. Wolfe Harry F. Zinsser HUGH C. WARD Wilson High—Chi Rho Nu—Nu Sigma Nu— Morey Hospital Interneship. CARL E. W'ASMUTH—Swlssvale High—Phi Rho Sigma—Western Pennsylvania Interneship. PAUL J. WHITAKER—Weir High—Pi Kappa Alpha—Alpha Omega Alpha—Mercy Hospital Interneship. LOYAL K. WILSON New Brighton High Phi Rho Sigma Allegheny General Hospital Interneship. JOSEPH D. WOI.FE—Bessemer High—Phi Delta Epsilon—Alpha Omega Alpha—Montefiore Interneship. HARRY F. ZINSSER—Peabody High—Alpha Omega .Alpha—Alpha Omega Alpha Pres. 4— Phi Rho Sigma Vice Pres. 4 Phi Rho Sigma—Chi Rho Nu Omicron Delta Kappa—Sigma 145 ALPHA OMEGA ALPHA Pres......................Harry F. Zinsser Vice Pres..........Joseph D. Wolfb Sec.......................Alvin V. Rouzbr Treas....................Samvel G. Miller • 1 ■f ♦ « s mm ffe, AS r •f ! 1 � y 1 rt J f } Riva, Whitaker, Router. From Rtu- Miller, inwer, Carev, Wolfe, Bc� t. One of rhe highest honors that a medical student can aspire to is membership in Alpha Omega Alpha. This fraternity is the equivalent in medicine of Phi Beta Kappa for the academic students and Sigma Xi for scientists. It is the only honorary medical fraternity of its kind in the United States and Canada, and taps only a selected few to membership. Their aim is toward high ideas in thought and action in the Medical School, promotion of the best in medical practice, and raising the standards of scholarship and professional ethics among the students. Fellow students and teachers judge candidates on the following points: scholarship, moral character, and future promise of attainment in their chosen profession, and those judged worthy of the honor of membership in the fraternity arc tapped in the spring, during their junior year in Medical School. A small percentage of the class is tapped to carry on the work of the fraternity during their senior year in school. The Alpha Omega Alpha holds meetings every two weeks in which Medical matters arc discussed. It is in these meetings that the real service of the fraternity to its members is rendered, for all arc inspired to work harder toward perfection in their profession. The first chapter of Alpha Omega Alpha was founded at the College of Physicians and Surgeons in Chicago by Dr. William Webster Root. Other medical schools recognized the need for an organization of this type to promote the medical profession, and as a result forty chapters have been installed. The chapter at the University, Gamma, was founded in 1916 through the efforts of Dr. C. C. Guthrie, the fraternity's faculty advisor. Many of the prominent physicians in Western Pennsylvania arc alumni of the University chapter. The active membership of the Pittsburgh chapter is eight men from the present class. 146 PHI DELTA EPSILON Pres................Samuel Miller See.....................Princeton Nadler Tress......................Edward Meizlik Flom, Aromon, Michaels, Licbman, Daniels, Lichtcr. Iancu, Solow, Weis band, Sachs, Kaufman, Shapiro. Freni Row: Scutch, Silvcrsrine, Nadler, Miller, Wolfe, Snydcrman, Kata. Phi Delta Epsilon since 1912 when Nu chapter was founded at the University, has maintained a high standard of scholarship, activities and personal qualifications for membership into the group. A strong, national honorary fraternity in medicine, if had its start at Cornell University in 1904. In order that they might supplement their classroom knowledge along lines desired by the members, and to get a better view of the medical profession and the problems which confront it, the Phi Dclts have instituted a scries of monthly clinical discussions. Meeting at the Hotel Schcnlcy once every three weeks, they have on several occasions entertained outstanding members of the profession. Among other speakers of the past year was Dr. Shapiro who discussed interesting neurological conditions, and on another occasion the members studied the process and effects of hypnotism. To most Phi Dclts their alumni members arc as familiar as their active brothers. They have found that the associations they make in fraternal activities with both undergraduate and alumni brothers have benefited them in their medical studies and tended to develop the character and leadership that has brought men to the front in the medical profession. In the spring when books have been closed and exams passed, the alums fete the brothers at an annual banquet. Here men who have been pledged early in the year arc initiated into the regular roll of Phi Delta Epsilon. For the outgoing seniors the Phi Dclts give a farewell dance. But it is only farewell to active undergraduate days for once a Phi Dclr, always a Phi Dclt. 147 PHI RHO SIGMA Pres.........................Allan Simpson Vice Pres....................Harry Zinsser Sec.............! .Edward Deverson Treat.............Edward Brkthauer The educational program of Phi Rho Sigma proved particularly advantageous to freshman students in the School of Medicine during the past year, for the fraternity gave the men frequent opportunities to observe and study both the theoretical and practical sides of their chosen profession—medicine. Early in the year the freshmen made a tour of Dixmont Hospital for a first-hand study of the methods and equipment employed in treatment of patients there. They also participated in the surgical clinics which the fraternity sponsored. Movies presenting modern medical problems and their solutions were shown to members of Phi Rho Sigma at their monthly meetings, where alumni speakers also addressed them on similar topics of interest to the future doctors of Western Pennsylvania. Realizing that “all medicine and no pleasure make a poor prescription, Phi Rho Sigma members were entertained at a variety of dances and parties throughout the year. Among these were a Halloween party for members and alumni, a spring formal, and an initiation banquet. The brothers danced in the Continental Room of the Hotel Schcnlcy in March, and their formal banquet on April 21 was held at the Roosevelt Hotel. Initiation ceremonies in which new members were formally inducted into membership in the fraternity were held in November following a party at the Shano-pin Country Club. Dr. Alexander H. Colwell, past president of the Pennsylvania State Medical Society was guest speaker. Phi Rho Sigma, a member of the Inter-Fraternity Council, has established a chapter loan fund upon which seniors may draw when necessary, Dr. Paul McLain, chapter advisor and assistant professor of physiology, is editor of the national journal of the fraternity. Thompson, l’icrcc. Coot. Kraft, Cotter. Front Row: Clapp, Heid, Simpson, Zinsser, Kidman, Deverson. 148 STUDENT MEDICAL SOCIETY Pres................John W. Best Vice Pres..............Rita Carey Treas...............J. R. Weddle Sec..................John Hampsby Hampscy, Carey, Best. One of the best known organizations up at the Medical School is the Student Medical Society. Corresponding to the professional American Medical Society, this group is a national organization represented at the University by a most active unit. Its main purpose is to promote cooperation among members of the various classes of the School of Medicine and to give to its members social activities. In the fall a reception was held in the Old Mellon Institute at which Dr. Davenport Hooker addressed the members and freshman guests. Frequent meetings were held during the school year, at which various guest speakers were presented to the Group. Through contacts with these speakers who arc usually men active in the medical profession, the students were brought in closer touch with the viewpoints and ideas of those already in the profession. New members to the society were announced at the annual spring dance. To record their social and scientific advancement, members of the Student Medical Society published a yearbook entitled Pitt Pancea. The national publication The Journal was issued monthly to the members. In an effort to augment the academic knowledge which the medical students received in their classes, the Society also conducts monthly forums at which place medical matters of current interest were investigated and studied by the members. Outstanding among the contributions of the Student Medical Society to the School of Medicine has been the establishment and maintenance of a student loan fund for deserving medical studenrs who needed financial assistance to continue their studies. 149 SCHOOL OF PHARMACY C. Leonard O'Connell Dean of School of Pharmacy rresident of the Civic Club of Allegheny County, chairman of the Board of Managers of the Juvenile Court, former president of the state pharmacy society, and Dean of the University of Pittsburgh School of Pharmacy. That is Dr. C. Leonard O'Connell, gentleman and scholar, man of varied interests and a sense of civic duty, friend of all the students who enter his division of the University. Dean O'Connell, a native Pittsburgher and graduate of the University, guides the destinies of the Pharmacy School with full knowledge of the responsibilities of a leader of students. And in just such a manner docs he concern himself with his work as chairman of the Board of Managers of the Juvenile Court in which he has been interested for several years. His sense of understanding carries through to Dr. O'Connell's work at school, for he concerns himself with the progress of each student that enters the School of Pharmacy, giving guidance and aid whenever he can. Dr. O’Connell's degrees include a Ph.G., an A.B., and a Phar.D., all from the University of Pittsburgh, and an honorary Ph.M. from the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science. Four years of long and intensive study arc required of the students who attend the School of Pharmacy. In the building at the Boulevard of the Allies and Pride Street, the young men and women work toward perfection in their profession under the guidance of Dean O’Connell. Founded in 1878, the Pittsburgh College of Pharmacy merged with the Western University of Pennsylvania in 1896 and became the School of Pharmacy. Since that time its facilities have expanded until today it holds a prominent place among pharmacy schools in the country. A library of 4800 volumes, most of which arc of special interest to pharmacists and pharmacy students, is provided for their use. Also available arc the principal pharmaceutical periodicals received regularly by the library. An opportunity for students to study, at first hand, plants which yield pharmaceutical drugs is afforded through the medicinal plant garden maintained in Schcnlcy Park. This garden, now in its thirteenth year of operation, comprises two plots of ground, totaling eighteen acres. The course at the Pharmacy School is not all work and no play. There arc several organizations that take students’ minds off the burdens of study. Two fraternities and a sorority sponsor many affairs each year for social enjoyment. A long record of achievement is the proud boast of the School of Pharmacy, for, since its founding sixty-one years ago, thousands of capable pharmacists have been graduated from the school. 150 IN PHARMACY SCHOOL ! ] ROBF.I - Kan ITALO A. BIJ house High. Blairsville High E. BERRY Psi—Kappa Psi Regent 4. CULLI Westing- CARROLL High. Ph VICTOR M. BIANCULl —Westing- house High-Class Vice man of Class—Chairman of Social Committee. HERMAN E. BLANK —A. Ph. A. Clairton Higr MARGARET E. BRUNK Fairmont THELM (.1 ICK Jeannette High High- Lambda Kappa Sigma A. Ph. A.—Social Chairman 2 Sectary 3 President 4 Glass Treasurer 1. ■SkUK® mmm Kappa Sigma Collembolae A.—Secretary Freshman Kappa Sigma, Sec-Pres. J—Y.M. and Y.W. Council 3, 4—'Treas., 4—Faculty Scholas-Award 2. Adder- EM WUEL T. DIAMOND Har-Brack ,'nion High -Sigma Alpha Mu. —A. Class 1 retary 2 C.A. Student : ward 1, 2, dire High A. Ph. A. JOSEPHUS High. R. HUHN. JR Perry R LPII WILLIAM nette High A. Ph. A. Robert E. Berry Italo A. Bianculli Victor M. Bianculli Herman E. Blank Margaret E. Brunk Carroll L. Bryan Abraham E. Collins Emanuel T. Diamond Thelma Glick Wilbur B. Grove Josephus R. Huhn, Jr. Ralph William Kemcrcr SCHOOL OF PHARMACY 152 Cora Jean Klein Robert M. Krause Marcella A. Kunz Sol S. Kurtz William T. MeGausDnd Raymond D. McCoy John Henry Nosidlak Irvin K. Foust Michael!. Pundzak Richard B. Robinson Samuel Rutkin William G. TegethofF CORA JEAN KLEIN Clairton High —Lambda Kappa Sigma—Collem-bolae—lambda Kappa Sigma. Treas. 3, Publicity Chairman 2, 3, Social Chairman 4. ROBERT M. KRAUSE-Washington High-Class Secretary 2. MARCELLA A. KUNZ Millvalc High —Lambda Kappa Sigma—Collem-bolae- A. Ph. A.—Vice Pres., Lambda Kappa Sigma 4. SOL S. KURTZ—Peabody High-Tennis. WILLIAM T. McCAUSLAND Char-leroi High-Kappa Psi -Owl 4 -Cl Treas. 2. MICHAEL J. PUNDZAK—Duquesne High. 'X RAYMOND I). McCOY Class Treasurer 3. 4. JOHN HENRY’ NOSIDLAK Perry High-A. Ph. A.—Vice Pres, of Cl 1 —Class Pres. 3, 4—Pres. A. Ph. School Representative A. Ph. A. Junior Prom Committee A. Ph. A. 4. RICHARD B. ROBINSON High-Kappa Psi. -Allegheny SAMUEL RUTKIN Taylor Aliderdicc High—Alpha Zeta Omega -A. Ph. A. —Bellarum of A.Z.O. 3. 4—Social Chairman 2—Treas. 4. IRVIN K. POUST—Williamsport High —Kappa Psi. WILLIAM G. TEGBTHOFF—Verona High. 153 Edward L. Vithkoff Genevieve E. Winters Rudolph L. Yanda.Jr. Victor D. Zanotti Nicholas J. Zclkovic Susan F. hotter SCHOOL OF PHARMACY 154 ALPHA ZETA OMEGA Pres......................Jambs Sthin Vice-Pres.................Frank Rich Secretary............Milton Grkrnbbro Treas.....................Charles Rich Contributing much in the line of entertainment for its members who work long hours each day learning the fundamentals of their profession at the Pittsburgh College of Pharmacy, Alpha Zcta Omega, one of the social and professional fraternities at the school, sets a pace that is pleasant to follow. Bill Green’s Casino was the scene of the fraternity’s pledge dance held in January. Family night for the members took place in February at the Keystone Hotel. Local district conventions, which gave the members a chance to get together with the alumni and leaders of the profession in Western Pennsylvania, were a regular quarterly feature of fraternity life for the AZO’s. A formal stag was held in March at the Pittsburgh Athletic Association, and new members were initiated into AZO a month earlier. An event long remembered by all who attended was the annual spring formal in May. Aside from social activities, Alpha Zcta Omega has a serious purpose. The fraternity was founded for the purpose of improving and promoting pharmacy as a profession. In following this ideal, the local chapter has made a very important step at the pharmacy school. A fund is maintained for students who, through lack of funds, must borrow their tuition in order to complete their pharmacy education. The organization also maintains an interest in all organizations concerned with bettering the pharmacy profession. There arc 17 undergraduate and alumni chapters of the fraternity in the United States and Canada, with the local chapter dating back to 1928. AZO at Pitt numbers 150 undergraduates and alumni. The official fraternity publication is the A oan. 155 KAPPA PSI Regent.......................Robert E. Berry Vice Regent..........Robert L. Cravin See.........................Charles M. Malley Treat...................... .Edward P. Claus Historian....................Howard W. Jeffreys Chaplain......................Irvin K. Poust Adviser..................Mr. Edward P. Claus One of the largest fraternities in the School of Pharmacy is Beta Kappa chapter of Kappa Psi, national pharmaceutical fraternity. In addition to conducting pharmaceutical research, the fraternity tried in many ways to promote sociability as well as odontology. Beta Kappa's calendar listed social functions almost every month, most outstanding of which were the annual fall dance and the formal dance in the spring. The fall dance was held at Bill Green’s Casino in October and the formal dance took place in May. Several smokers for pledges preceded the January and June “rough session initiation ceremonies at South Park, and third degree smokers for the new members were also held. Publication of the annual Beta Kappa News was resumed this year, and the national Kappa Psi Mask also resumed publication for its 57 active chapters. Dean O’Connell of the Pharmacy School was the first grand vice-regent of the national organization which was founded 60 years ago to unite persons of good character and to encourage scholarship and research. Beta Kappa chapter has been in existence at the University since 1913. Only men ranking in the upper third of the School of Pharmacy were tapped to membership in Kappa Psi which had 24 active members this year. 156 LAMBDA KAPPA SIGMA Pres.................. .Pelly W. Bronx Viet-Pres..................Marcella Kunz Secretary...........................Elvira Gillespib Treasurer..............................Eva Rosenberg Founded with the purpose of promoting sociability and professional interest among women in pharmacy, Lambda Kappa Sigma lives up to that ideal through a program which combines study with social activity. The national fraternity was founded at the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy in 1913- Five years later the local chapter, Delta, was organized at the Pittsburgh College of Pharmacy. Believing that an early start is a good one, the girls held a picnic at South Park carlyjjn the fall, and from that time there has been a constant round of luncheons, parties and other social affairs. The pharmacy mix was held at the William Penn Hotel; the rush luncheon at Gammons. Formal initiation for new members took place in February. Each year, founder's day is commemorated on October 14, when the members usc’thc day to remember and honor the founders of their national organization. Athletics play a large part in the lives of the pharmacy girls. They hold monthly bowling parties during the year, and a skating party in January. Although they arc still talking about their 1938 convention at Boston, the Lambda Kappa Sigs arc eagerly waiting for 1940, and a trip to Detroit. 157 OF FAME As a fitting climax to four years of leadership, service, and scholarship, these twenty men and women have been selected as deserving of places in the 1939 Owl Hall of Fame. Dr. Andrey Avinoff’s hanging of St. George and the Dragon symbolizing conquering youth triumphant over the forces of darkness is truly emblematic of the work of these outstanding seniors. BETTY ADAMS Coed Colonel of the ROTC; Senior Mentor; Senior Court; Mortar Board; Junior Worthy; Kappa Alpha Theta. EDITH BART Chief Justice of Senior Court; Senior Mentor; Mortar Board; Coed Captain. HALL OF FAME ROBERT DANNIES Varsity Football Center; Junior Worthy; ODK; Phi Delta Theta. DOROTHY DERING President of WSGA; Mortar Board; Junior worthy. OWL HALL OF FAME JANE BELL President of Mortar Board; Senior Mentor; Kappa Kappa Gamma. RUTH CUSTER Chairman of Panhcllcnic Ball; Vice President of Panhcllcnic Council; Associate Editor of Owl; Mortar Board; Zeta Tau Alpha. JOHN DOWNIE President of SFA; PBI Treasurer; Delta Tau Delta. EDWIN ELLIS Varsity Hockey; Vice President of Pitt Rifles; Chairman of Spring Festival Wcck;ODK. MARSHALL GOLDBERG Varsity Football Halfback; Junior Worthy; Phi Epsilon Pi. LEO GRIFFITH Business Manager of Panther; Mens Council; College Association Cabinet; ODK. OWL HALL OF FAME ALBERT KAIRYS President of Pitt Rifles, Business Manager of Owl; Junior Spoon Awardee; President of ODK; Delta Tau Delta. RAY LIGHT Manager of Cap and Gown; President of College Association; Editor of Pits Compass; ODK; Pi Kappa Alpha. BERNARD McKENNA Manager of Debating Association; SFA; Vice President of ODK. MARY LEE NICHOLSON Junior Spoon Awardee; Vice President of WSGA; Mortar Board; Zeta Tau Alpha. OWL HALL OF FAME MARY JANE PATTERSON MARIE POWELL Treasurer of Mortar Board; Senior Court; Senior Mentor; SFA; Junior Worthy. Vice President of Mortar Board; Senior Court; Senior Mentor. JAY REICH LORRAINE SIMPSON Business Manager of the Pitt News; President of Women's Debating; Sen- SFA; ODK; Pi Lambda Phi. ior Mentor; Mortar Board. OWL HALL OF FAME HAROLD VIEHMAN Editor of Owl; President of YMCA; ODK; Delta Tau Delta. ROBERTA WEBB President of WAA; Senior Mentor; Mortar Board. ORGANIZA Coming forth only once a year, either on Scholars Day or at Spring Tap Day, to gather new members to their fold, the organizations form a working nucleus in which studies and lectures take on a new, invigorating force, as the individual finds the world and his place in it. STUDENT FACULTY ASSOCIATION Pres........................John Downib Vice Pres..........Bernard Mayer Sec. ..........Mercedes Siiiring Treat...... .Mary Annette Campbbli. Successfully keeping alive the Pitt spirit in the cooperative efforts of the faculty and students, the Student Faculty Association is the governing force behind all-Univcrsity affairs. Since it is impossible to have a good old-fashioned town meeting to decide questions of importance to all students and faculty, the governing power is vested in a University Assembly composed of forty members. Ten Senior men, five Senior women, ten Junior men, five Junior women, chosen by popular election, arc representatives of the student body. The Chancellor or his representative, the Dean of Women, the Dean of Men, and seven other faculty members comprise the faculty group. Griffiths, Cusick, Cashdollar, Springer, Sipes, Oakes. Taano, Dimmit, Riley, Barry, Good, Adams, Whiteman. Haught, Broido, Tesh, Lanfear, Biddle, Ayres, Goldsrer. Front Row; Durken, Gregg, Mayer, Shiring, Downie, Campbell, Widney, Donley, Elmer 172 John Downik President Adopting the precedent of action established in previous years, S.F.A. stepped out in front again this year. Concerning itself with the problems and necessities of the student body, the various policies and projects adopted by this assembly, were carried out by numerous committees. Outstanding this year has been the work of two committees. The Movie Project Committee, headed by Cy Biclck, attempted something new and made a line success of it. Free to the students, they offered such motion pictures as The Crusades and My Man Godfrey. A second new committee was the one in charge of the Cwcns-SFA Student Director)'. Through the work of this committee, the students on campus were offered for the first time a complete student directory at a nominal cost. Thanks goes to the Social Committee for those afternoon tea dances with recordings of hot swing bands. This committee also approved all petitions for social affairs. The chairmanship of the sophisticated Junior Prom or gala Spring Festival may have been yours if you had proved that you know you Susic-Qs1’ before Jack Daugherty and his Appointments Committee and still came through the cross-examination of the Executive Committee. Many distinguished speakers have been brought before the student body through the efforts of the Forum Committee, while the Safety Committee has provided parking space for your car. Then, too, there was Scholars' Day in the Spring, when deserving students received scholarships and were tapped to honorary scholastic fraternities. Included also in the work of S.F.A. was the Demonstration Block Pep Rallies, and the Annual Spring Festival Week. 173 MEN'S COUNCIL Pres......................William Hoeveler Vice Pres...............Alexander Macleod Treas......................Robbrt Forsyth Sec........................Robert Simrell In efficiently administering men's customs, granting student loans, conducting men’s Transfer smokers, and supervising general campus activities. Men's Council has successfully passed through the fourth year of a busy, interesting, and helpful life. Most recent in the extensive list of the Council's wide scope of supervision was the newly installed book exchange, instituted last year as a convenient facility for the profitable exchange of textbooks. Fifteen per cent of the funds collected from the sale of books was contributed to the student loan fund, a project established by the Council for financial aid to needy students. The success of the experiment has been assured and the idea has rendered aid as a much-needed student convenience. Black. Thornat, Rome, Sedney, Vaughan. Front Row. MacLeod, Docktor, Hoeveler, Retch, Fortyth. 174 William Hoevblbr President Freshmen orientation courses would be impossible without the ten weeks custom program conducted under Councilmanic tutelage. Each semester thirteen councilmcn, assisted by campus leaders, introduce freshmen and transfer students to university life. At the end of the training period. Council awards keys to outstanding freshmen in a traditional ceremony conducted by the Senior Tribunal. To foster companionship and to orient students who have transferred to the University from other schools, Men's Council sponsored Transfer smokers during the year. Last semester Council especially held many dinner meetings and Transfer smokers in conjunction with smokers for campus and activity leaders, thus bringing the Transfers into a closer relationship and fraternal conduct that would otherwise be lacking. Men’s Council, in addition, has undertaken in the past year a series of new projects which have added to student comfort and convenience. An activities information bureau and clearing house for commuters was established through Dr. Fitzgerald's office. Blueprints fdr converting the eighth floor into a Men's floor were drawn up and presented to the Administration. Beginning with the Junior Prom, the Council's tuxedo exchange functioned to enable students to rent tuxedos at reasonable costs for many formal affairs. Newly organized, Council's Hobby Group has enabled enthusiasts to exchange ideas and organize hobby programs. Additional activity in this field resulted in the introduction of courses in Business Etiquette,” in which correct office procedure and business manners were presented, and a course in General Etiquette, to which freshmen were eligible, was instituted. In April and May seniors were privileged to enter into interviews with prominent business and civic leaders, to facilitate additional advice and knowledge in job technique. Broad in scope, interesting in detail, beneficial throughout all of its endeavors and programs, Men's Council in four years has become indispensable in University student life. 175 WOMEN’S SELF GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION Pres........................Dorothy Dering Viet Pus........Mary Lee Nicholson Sec.................Patricia Elmer Treat..........................Ruth Manns Chief Justice Senior Court....Edith Bart Ample proof of its aim to enrich women student's life at the University is the Women's Self Government Association's varied program of events. Greeting bewildered freshmen women at the green armband assembly the Customs committee took the coeds in hand until they were well established and deserving of merit panthers some ten weeks later. For the Lantern night ceremony the weather blakcd, but WSGA conquered and proceeded despite the rain, although without the impressive march of lanterns across the hill. The Women's Hall of Fame, featuring prominent Pitt women alumni, was this year originated by the busy tradition committee as a special feature of the annual Women's Day, for which occasion Mrs. Chase G. Woodhousc was the guest speaker. The Presentation Party was another tradition sponsored by the Social committee of WSGA. This year held in Stephen Foster Memorial seven seniors were presented as nominees for Senior Queen. The coronation ceremony sponsored bv the traditions committee was held this year for the first time in beautiful Heinz Chapel. The coronation, always impressive, rose to unparalleled beauty in this chapel of magnificent dignity. To Senior Court, judiciary body of WSGA, goes the honor of promoting the most unusual and vital innovation of the year—weekly student meetings with Chancellor Bowman. This weekly fellowship between the Chancellor and the Students, soon nicknamed “fireside chats is a great step toward greater student-faculty understanding. Goodwin, Adams, Powell, Patterson, M.J., Bickcrton, Lctschc. Langguth, Friedman, Lurie. Douglas, Griffith, Bart, Nicholson, Dering, Elmer. Manns, Patterson. M. L., Burkhart, Glick, G«Kg- Frets Rew: Westerman, McHenry, Shipman, Kuhhach. Davis, Hartman, Hilsenrath, Fagan, Fitch, Ammon. 176 COLLEGE ASSOCIATION Pres........................... Ray Light Vice Pres........ Donald Ckfaratti Sec............................Harry Bash Treas..................Helen Kessler Vacuity Adviser..Dr. Omar C. Held Griffith, McCanic, Hclfgotc, Miller. Frttu R«te Franklin, Light. Kessler, Ccfaratti. To establish a greater unity of spirit and action in the College, to advance social interests, to promote the welfare of the student body, and to establish closer relationships between the faculty and student were the aims of the College Association for the past year. Several of these aims were realized indirectly through the series of dances which the Association sponsored throughout the football season. Not only did the dances afford pleasure for University students, but their proceeds swelled the loan fund maintained for the benefit of needy College students. The traditional and informal Kick-off Dance, first affair on the University’s social calendar, was held on the eve of the Temple game. The Thanksgiving formal was held on campus for the first time at the Twentieth Century Club and featured several novel dances. Tea dances and a winter informal, which was held during men's rushing week so that fraters and rushccs might have a miniature ’‘Inter-Fraternity Ball,” completed the College Association's social schedule. Social functions, however were not the only means of carrying out the Association’s aims. It has been the custom of the College Association to sponsor a yearly assembly and present a prominent speaker to the students. This year the assembly was held in the Heinz Chapel during the Campus Conference on Religion and Life. Dr. Harry N. Holmes, field secretary of the World Alliance for International Friendship, was the guest speaker. Association members ushered. 177 YOUNG WOMEN’S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION Pres..........................Ruth Crosby Vice Pres...................Lbnora Steele Sec........................Beverly Ransonb Treas.........................Mary Cosgrove WSGA Rep..............Mary Letsche The Young Women's Christian Association of the University tries in a practical way to fulfill the spiritual needs of the students and to strengthen the bonds of good fellowship. Up in room 1232, the new Y.W. office, members can be found at almost any time planning with Miss Betty Farrow, their new and popular executive secretary, programs to fill these needs. The officers, cabinet, committees and sub-commit-tccs arc always striving to present their programs in new and interesting ways. Opening the year's work at Stephen Foster Memorial with a Caritas, Y.W. introduced Freshmen women to great women of history. Living portraits of Queen Esther, Jean d’Arc, Catherine the Great, Maud Moyer and other famous women were shown by members. Special music and reading helped make the program impressive as Freshman were oriented to the religious side of a coed's life. To further this idea of religion in college life, special worship services were held in the new Heinz Chapel. The quiet surroundings of the dim Chapel provided an excellent background for the inspirational Thanksgiving and Christmas services. The Y.W. offered other programs to strengthen the feeling of fellowship at Pitt. This was accomplished through the informal Fall Friendship Fry, dinners, commission meetings, and the annual outings. Religious Emphasis Week, the week of February thirteenth, brought new and interesting personalities to the campus. Public affairs, marriage, everyday religion, and international problems were a few of the many vital subjects discussed by these authorities. Special services for religious organizations and campus associations were held daily. The Y.W.C.A. took an active part in arranging the meetings for women during this week. Spring brought the election of new officers and the preparation for summer conferences to find new ideas and thoughts for the coming year. Ranson, Crosby, Farrow, Steele. Riddle, Kimbcrling, Rotneh, Brunlc, Allan. Frtrn R� tr: Thompson. Stout, Yatzlto, Page. Brinev. 178 YOUNG MEN’S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION Pres................John G. Thomas Rec. Sec....................Richard Westbrmann Exec. Sec--William W. Mendenhall Asst. Sec.........David G. Farrelly Office Sec....Mrs. Ruth D. Smelscer To help students experience the friendship of men and women who arc seeking worthwhile goals and to show them how they can live the best college life, arc the chief aims of the University Young Men's Christian Association. So that these aims might he achieved, the Association devoted a prominent place in its program to the discovery of the values which tend to make college experience more significant. In order that informal contacts between members could be made, the YMCA was divided into clubs. Two freshman clubs holding weekly luncheon meetings provided an opportunity for freshmen to meet and talk with students and faculty members informally. The Association also created a five-point plan to provide a basis for student participation in many fields. One of its most active phases centered about the principles of Christian living. Pitkin Club, Religious Laboratory, and intercollegiate conferences and retreats promoted the clearer understanding of these principles, and the Association played a vital part in the Campus Conference on Religion and Life. During the past year the Inquiry Forum met to permit open discussion between students and prominent adult leaders. So that they could visualize some of the theories set forth, students made several trips to points of interest in Western Pennsylvania. Such was the visit to the Westmoreland and Pcnn-Craft housing projects. In addition to its religious and educational activities the association held several social functions. Following Freshman Week, the Freshman Camp Conference was held at camp Kon-O-Kwcc. Throughout the year members attended Association Night social programs once a month where joint meetings were held with YWCA members. Barry, Rubright, Worthing, Wilson, Maxwell, Wcdd, Wcsterman, Ashton. Bassett, Cady. Johnston, Trcmbath, Matccr, Brown, Simpson, Powell, Jones, Brethauer, Shaw. Holloman. Johnson, Robinson. Blcaklcy, Yeager, Fuller, Dctwiler, Dickinson, Sarbcr, Sedncy. Frtm Rmv: Ammann, Wilhelm, Tait, Fritzmcier, Mendenhall, Thomas, Farrelly, Mitchell, Sheris. 179 WOMEN’S DEBATING ASSOCIATION Pres..............Lorraine Simpson Asst. Bus. Mgr..........Freda Jaffe Sec...........................Verne Etter WSGA Rep.........Esther Glick Campus Chair...... Ruth Hilsenrath Hilscnrzth, Mendoza, Goldszer, Bailey, Baumgartner, Keener, Goldstein, Landcrman, Foreman, McMurray. Goldstein, Wilson, Kcnstlcr, Robinson, Dean, Wcrtkin. Rosen, Bonaro, Hallow, Kamaras, Clark, Gottlieb, Simpson. Heinz, Jaffe, Nchcr, Prise, Rosenberg, Lieberman, Akselrad, Kallus, Kandel. Freni Rettv Lurie, Hilsenrath, Lubit, Etter, Glick, Byrne. Under faculty direction the Women's Debating Association has taken upon itself the training of members in self-expression and the clarification of ideas on pertinent issues through stimulating discussion. Toward these ends, the fifty active members discussed and debated such subjects as: the religion of the world, the place of married women in industry, a proposed alliance with Great Britain, and a policy of isolation for the United States. At the same time, the association has worked to orient its members to the general campus program and to bring expression of what the University is to the community and to other campuses. In addition the women debaters were influential in bringing to Pitt several successful coeducational debates in conjunction with the men's denating team. An expanded extension program included thirty debates and panel discussions before civic, professional, business, and political organizations. Eight intercollegiate debates whicn took place on campus this year were sponsored with Wooster College, Penn State, George Washington University, Michigan State, University of Maine, Gettysburg College, Scton Hill College, and Mount Mercy College. Short trips to Penn State and through Ohio and an extended trip including Cornell University, University of Buffalo, New York University, University of Pennsylvania, Trinity College, and George Washington University rounded out the intercollegiate debating. Social affairs, a dinner meeting once a month, the party for transfer students, Beaux Arts, and the annual banquet with the Men’s association, added a lighter informal note. Another important activity was the sponsorship of the freshman Public Speaking unit. A new education program consisted of weekly debate conference meetings and lectures on debate technique with Miss Charlotte McMurray, the association s new coach. The tapping of several members to Delta Sigma Rho, honorary debating society, recognized the outstanding work of these girls in this large, active and growing organization. 180 MEN'S DEBATING ASSOCIATION Manager...................Bernard McKenna Asst. Manager................Saul Dizbnfbld Asst. Manager..............Edward Springer Sec...........................Abe Wolovitz With a new manager, a new coach, new points for debate, and a new itinerary, the Men s Debating Association embarked on another successful season. Aiming to give as many students as possible an opportunity to study and practice public speaking, to join in a public forum program that honestly discusses current affairs before student and adult groups, to represent the University with intelligent and sincere speakers in debate meetings with other colleges and universities, the Men's Debating Association has filled a vital spot in student life at Pitt. Unique in this year's organization was a new forum agenda combining the SFA forum with a lecture, book review, and forensic program. This was inaugurated under Pitt’s new coach and director of debating, Roy H. Umblc, who came here from South Bend, Indiana, where he was director of debating in public schools. Discussing the federal incorporation of labor unions, pump priming, and a proposed Anglo-American alliance, members of the varsity and freshmen debate teams continued last year's work in a trying schedule of competition against the well known teams from Kent, Westminster, Winthrop, Colgate, Cornell, St. Peters, Australia, Boston College, and the Universities of Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. In an effort to stimulate interest in debating among high schools, varsity debaters gave an extension program of demonstration debates before tri-state high schools including Westminster college demonstrations in the Stephen Foster Memorial and the second annual non-decision high school debate conference with freshmen debaters. Highlighting the season, briefs of Pitt debates were published in the annual volume of College Debate, the nationally circulated college debate handbook. The cvcr-formal, cvcr-prccocious, ever-imposing University debating association let down its hair and resorted to informality and frivolity at the annual Maytime banquet and awarded prizes for outstanding work the ultimate conclusion to another of many successful and interesting seasons. Jones, Connon, Hahn, A!di crt, Dizcnfclt. Ziskind, Stark, Sapper, Vcinegar, Rcigcl, Knapp, Rodger , Rohlie. Front Row: Wolovitz, DizenfclJ. Springer, Umblc. McKenna, Waltnour, L-ieber, Shaw, Roth. 181 WOMEN’S ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION Pres.........................Robbrta Webb Vice Pres.......................Mary Wbidel Sec..........................Lillian Zinsser Treas...................Betty Crowe WSGA Rep.......................Peggy Donley Historian.......................Jean Smith Come one, come all to our swimming parties, tennis meets, archery contests, howling parties, invites the Women's Athletic Association commonly heard around campus as W.A.A. Being a member of the Athletic Federation of College Women, W.A.A. tries to create a zestful spirit of play among all the women of the University of Pittsburgh through their recreational sports. This year, W.A.A. began their activities with a membership drive in charge of Betty Crowe, Ed. 40, treasurer. As the membership cards began to file in, schedules of events began to file out. The archery range was set upon the campus for the participation of all girls but later, because of the weather, was moved to the new range inside the Cathedral. The swimming pool was opened on Wednesday and Friday afternoons; the new recreation room for ping pong, darts, and dancing was put into operation; the outing committee began with their first outing at Camp Pitt; and the first W.A.A. News was edited bv Grace Richards. 18 2 In place of the traditional Coed Prom that W.A.A. has sponsored for the freshmen women, the Bal Mystique was held this year. At this event, Patricia Elmer, considered the outstanding woman in the junior class, was presented as the Veiled Lady. Another feature of the evening was the demonstration of the Lambeth Walk, the new dance sensation, by Karl Heinrich, ballet master of the Pittsburgh Civic Ballet. He also led the Champagne Waltz, assisted bv a group of senior women. In both of these dances, Roberta Webb, president of W.A.A., was Mr. Heinrich's partner. As Christmas rolled in, W.A.A.'s traditional Yulctidc Feast was celebrated at the Heinz House in the Old English manner with candle light, pork, baked beans, and the customary bringing in of the yulclog. The feast could not be complete without the two jesters annoying everyone at meal time by stealing their candles, which furnished them their only means of light by which to cat. The boar's head was brought forth in the customary style followed by a procession of young ladies carrying travs of food. Gvm sports were not enough for these active girls. They packed their trunks and took several week-end outing trips to Camp Pitt. Hiking, sledding, snowballing, tobogganing, and singing comprised some of their activities during the day. After they cooked their meals, they built a fire in the open grate around which they sang songs and played games until it was time to call it a day. Health and recreation week was combined with the opening of the new gymnasium this year. The idea was to stress healthful recreational sports. Emphasis was placed upon three days of sports and movies all concerning a healthful way of living. During open house, posters were placed around the gym and recreational sports were played there in the afternoon. W’.A.A. closed its activities with Spring Festival Week, concluding one of the finest years in its University career. 183 DEMONSTRATIONS BLOCK Co-chairman Central Committee ' .. fEdwin Ellis Patsy Gitirrmi Clinton Sipe Toni Hallaran David Buentb Henry DeRociier Al Barry [Earl Riley Brumon, Mill . Brincv, Cooke. Rial, Mangan, Boucek, Halloran, Markcy, Lynch. McEJfresh. Dean, Kaufman, Friday, Whirling, Douglas, Richards. Gibson, Barry. Pyle. Front Rne: McLeod. Hartman, Ellis, Griffith, Walters. A crisp fall day, with the sky threatening snow, a capacity crowd, nerves on edge, anxious eyes scanning the time-clock, a top-notch band, hysterically playing, “Hail, Hail, the gang's all here—the best team in the country easily converting the point after touchdown—but still the picture isn't complete. There is something lacking, and three seasons ago, in 1936, S.F.A. realized that this something was an organized cheering section, a demonstration block. So section seventeen of the stadium was set aside to be used exclusively by some 900 students wearing the blue and gold capes of the first organized cheering block at the university. Responsible for the activities of the block this season were Edwin Ellis, chairman, and Patsy Griffiths, assistant chairman. Their capable committee was made up of the leaders of the small sections into which the block was divided. It was this committee that took the responsibility for placing the 3,000 thumb-tacks which form a pattern for the crouching panther, the Cathedral, the P-I-doublc T which sprang into being, one after the otner. Credit is due Mr. Short of the Civil Engineering Department for drawing these designs, and to Mr. Biddle, facultv advisor. The season started ofT with a brown jug for West Virginia. Then came a top hat and cane for Duquesne. For Southern Methodist there was the wild mustang and lone star. At this same game the band swung A Tisket A Tasker while the Block produced the basket. The highlight of the season however, was the scoreboard at the Fordham game, with the now broken 0-0 tic. The Tech game brought a Scotty and lost the goal posts. At the Penn State game it rained, and the students in the cheering block in their blue and gold canvas were the envy of the dripping fans and students who hadn't been energetic enough to sign up. On this last Saturday the capes were tossed over to the section leaders, counted, stuffed into canvas bags, carried down the stands and handed over to Bud Ellis and Patsy Griffith for the last time. The stadium has ceased to reverberate with student cheers for this season, but thousands of football fans have not ceased to praise the work of the demonstration block. 184 SENIOR ANNOUNCEMENTS COMMITTEE Kelly, Goodwin. Dering, Bell, Barr, Strublc, Vogel, Poole, McCormick. Fnnt Row: Fullerton, Sedney, Remmen. Rosenberg, Light. Williams, Bielek. A blue engraving showing the towering dignity, grace, and inspiration of the Cathedral of Learning is featured on the white cover of the Senior Class Announcement for 1939. Below this engraved picture on the cover is embossed, in raised gothic type, the legend: Univtrsity of Pittsburgh 1939. As a binding contrast the simplicity of an embossed seal of the University appears on the back cover. The cover is either of white roan leather or white cardboard with a blue tassel cord holding together the cardboard booklet, and the leather booklet. The announcement this year centers about the newly dedicated Heinz Memorial Chapel, which is pictured on the opening page of the book. Several pictures of the Commons Room, the University’s Allegheny Observatory, the Stephen Collins [Foster Memorial, the Mellon Institute, and other familiar campus buildings and scenes arc scattered attractively throughout the sixty-two page booklet. The announcement lists all the Senior Week events, the Senior Committees, the Officers of Administration, and the candidates for graduation in all the schools. Effort has been made by the committee, under chairman Leonard Sedney, to produce an attractive Senior Announcement that will be truly worthy of the University of Pittsburgh 1939. 185 OIL AND GAS ASSOCIATION Pres..........................Walter Evans Vice Pres......................James Johnston Sec.-Treas.......................Ray Dimit A constant criticism of any industrial school is that the student, sequestered with his abstract theories and his slide-rule, loses sight of the practical nature of his work. The Oil and Gas Department has developed a method of bringing the theoretical and the practical world together and integrating them. They accomplish this by means of the Oil and Gas Association, an organization meeting weekly, and composed of both students and faculty members. Affiliated with The American Institute of Mining Engineers, it brings together the student, teacher, industrial worker and industrial magnate on common educational ground. The Thursday morning meetings bring opportunity for discussion of the new developments, current phases, and problems of oil work. This past year brought guest speakers on aerial photography as an aid to oil prospecting; on the production of seamless tubing, the address being illustrated with motion pictures; petroleum geology in Colombia and Venezuela; the historical development of oil-well drilling, and safety in the field. As a special event, members of the Association visited a tube-making plant in McKeesport for the purpose of witnessing operations. Outstanding achievement of the year was a revision of the present school curriculum, on suggestion of the Association, which made it possible for students to get practical experience in the oil fields while attending school. In addition to the work done by the Association in bringing men in to give part of their information to the students, the organization has provided a closer contact between the students of the school, and at the same time has given them the chance to become acquainted with leaders in the oil industry, an acquaintance which may be of value in the future. Mcuplc, Karolcik, Sikov, Padolsky, Eastwood, Harvey, Miu. Baker, Eylcr, Hamilton, Stancliffc. Marx, Moore, Tedrow, Finerty. Potter, Thomas, Brigham, R. O. Williams, R. F. Williams, Brown, Graeff, Tanner. Poch, Wilson, Braden, Gallagher, Grimm, E. Doty, Papp, Mattcson, Woodward. Frmi Retr- Bonnett, Schmuckler, Elling, Evans, Riisc, Collins, Leeper. Paganina, Simon. 186 PITT RIFLES Captain........................Robert Boucbk Executive officer.. .Delbert Dornenbf.ro Second Lt........Richard Frankovich Second Lt......................Robert Shaw Second Lt.......................David Buentb First Sergeant..................Peter ViSSAT Drawing its membership from the first-ranking members of the Reserve Officers Training Corp, Pitt Rifles, honorary military fraternity, is unexcelled in military drill proficiency. Because requirements for initiation arc so stringent, calling for scholarship, good attendance, and excellence at military maneuvers, the sixty-five members in the three platoons of Pitt Rifles serve as the pride of the Corps. Initiation to the organization is, in character, akin to that of West Point. Tappccs must do guard duty, memorize long descriptive speeches, ignore co-eds, and be at the instant command of their superiors. Once initiated, members meet twice weekly for one-hour periods of drill, twice monthly for discussions apropos to their purpose. From the Riflemen this year ten men were selected to form a crack manual squad. When the whole fraternity paraded and exhibited for seventy-five thousand spectators at the Stadium during the Fordham game, these ten performed the fancy manual. They repeated it for Army and Navy Day celebrations, and at Logan Armory. Social events this year included several smokers, a Military Formal at the Twentieth Century Club in December, and the Spring Banquet, at which new members were tapped. Riflemen have served the school this year in the capacity of ushers for the various affairs held at Stephen Foster Memorial and at the Freshmen Reception. Here, too, they have evoked praise for their precision and regard for duty. 187 EVENING STUDENTS ASSOCIATION Pres............David T. Snowdon Vice Pres.........Hf.rbertJ. Smith Treas.........Laurens H. McKinley Sec...............Elm a M. Ambler Comparable to the Student-Faculty Association of undergraduate day school, the Evening Students Association, in which all students who register in the Evening Division automatically become members, not only governs, but also advances the social interests and promotes the general welfare of the student body. Although Evening classes have been in existence at the University since 1908, not until the school term of 1919-1920 did the University set aside a fund for the maintenance of a student self-governing unit, a fund to which the University has made an annual grant ever since. Lest old acquaintances be forgot and new ones not made, the Association, nicknamed ESA, started rhe school year off with a number of open-house nights held in the Commons Room. The last echoes of the carolers singing Silent night, Holy night . . had not yet faded away, before all of the students were shagging between falling snowflakes, taming the wild March lion into a gentle lamb, and celebrating the wearing of the shamrock at bridges and dances. Come spring, the students exercised their rights at the annual election. The retiring president prexied the Nominating Committee which further included the Director of the Evening Classes, and two graduating students who had been active participants in the programs and social events sponsored by ESA. In order to qualify for nomination, a nominee must have been enrolled for two consecutive years prior to his nomination, and must have maintained an academic average of C” as well as having earned a minimum credit requirement. But all the anxiety of elections was dispersed bv the downbeat of a swing master's baton at the Spring Prom as fluffy pastel skirts and trim, stiff-fronted tuxes” whirled past the bandstand. Then, before the word Finis was scrawled across a varied and active calendar, one final informal party, held in early June, confirmed the lasting loyalties and life-long friendships that had been made among the students of ESA. Grove. Hanna, Grotl, Dietz, Smith. McElligott Frtnt Christianson, McKinley. Ambler. Snowden, Manning, Bavsett, Scultz. 188 PHI CHI THETA President and Grand Councillor. .Elizabeth Kittell Eakin Vice Pres....................Rita A. McGill Sec.................Priscilla A. Bill Treas.............Leona J. Roblrtson Patroness...................Mr.J. K. Miller Chrijiianscn. Raliton, Lutr. Tabor, Rautner, Schmidt, Bill. Frtii Rtw: McGill, Mr . J. K. Miller, Robertson, Eakin. Tinkling tea cups and flickering candelabra marked the beginning of each semester for Phi Chi Theta, an international commerce fraternity for women founded in 1924. Devoted to Promoting the cause of higher business education and training for all women, to foster high ideals for women in business careers and to encourage fraternity and cooperation among women preparing for such careers, 24 collegiate chapters and 14 alumnae chapters arc active in outstanding universities. This year the business meetings were called on the second Thursday of every month in the Nationality Rooms of the Cathedral of Learning. Talks given bv women who have established themselves in business or the professions highlighted the various teas and forums held by the fraternity. Among these speakers were Mrs. George Wallace, Executive Secretary of the League of Voters, who pointed out to these aspiring business women the importance of a knowledge of public affairs in relation to business, and Miss Ruth Forsht, attorney-at-law, who led a forum on the women's place in business and the professions. One of the most interesting of the educational tours planned for the year was a visit of the KDKA broadcasting studios. Annually, the fraternity awards a key to the “Biz Ad woman who ranks highest in both scholarship and extra-curricular activities. December 17, the date of Phi Chi Theta's annual Christmas Party, scored as the red letter day on their social calendar. Following this, in early March, the fraternity celebrated Founder's Day with traditional ceremony at the College Club. Soon after, not only those women students enrolled in the Evening Division, but also those registered in the School of Business Administration were invited to dance and play party games with actives at an informal get-together. The Spring pledges first met all of the fraternity lassies across a gay luncheon table; then once more tea cups tinkled and tapering candles flickered as the new and old members poured tea in honor of their mothers. 189 Edwin Elms Chairman SPRING FESTIVAL WEEK New as the Jeffersonian nickel and different as the new spring shades in milady's spring outfit. Spring Festival Week inaugurated an unprecedented welcome of spring to the University campus. Having extended the celebration from the customary three days to a whole week not only allowed for more events of merry-making, but also for a greater variety. Following the traditional opening of Spring Festival Week by the formal dedication of the ODK Senior Walk at noon on Monday, May 8, the first innovation appeared in the form of the Women's Archery Contest. For the first time, by participating in a Women's Sports Program that culminated on Friday afternoon, the women, too, had an active part in this week of festivity. Before a crowd of cheering and jeering sports fans the Intramural Sports Jamboree and intercollegiate baseball with a game slated against West Virginia were introduced to campus activities. On Tuesday evening, Pitt Players triumphed their season of fine productions by staging the first world premiere of the startling different play Our Town as an amateur production. Dances, of course, were quite in order. Joe College in his green striped trousers, brown jacket, and cream-colored barges escorted Josephine in her rose colored skirt with a dinky to match and a purple plaid jacket to the first— an informal collegiate tea-dance at the Schcnlcy. Prizes were awarded for the best combinations of dress that typified the Pitt girl and fellow. Thursday, following the afternoon battle of the fraternal brothers for supremacy in track feats, came Carnival Night, the height of fun and frivolity. Even this cvcry-year-cvcnt was distinct in character. In order to accommodate more students, the Carnival was held on 190 SPRING FESTIVAL WEEK Trees Field, a setting that gave reality to the affair. Falling in the groove of the fair” complex that has swept our country in recent years, the Carnival resembled a miniature International Fair. Centered around an International Walk six nationality villages created an atmosphere of gaiety conducive to gambling, dancing, and fun. Returning to ceremonial initiations, all deserving men and women were honored by honorary social fraternities at the Tap Assembly on Friday morning which was held, contrary to precedent, on our indoor campus—the Commons Room. Later in the day, cameras clicked all along Bayard Street to catch a lasting remembrance of the ROTC parade, and the following Float parade sponsored by the Panhellcnic Association which gave a colorful and original panorama of scenes to the onlookers. This year the silver loving cup was awarded to the float that best represented a chosen song title. Then came the hi- larious Interfraternity Sweepstakes. Relying on two-cylinder man power the framed wheels of the model racing car was pushed up and down the race track. Topping off the eventful day the coed and cds attended the informal Campus Circus, a dance held at the Schcnlcy Ballroom. The gay week was formally concluded with the Senior Ball. Wishing to keep the Ball a Pitt affair on our own campus and in a comparatively private spot, the Ball inaugurated a new dance floor at the Syria Mosque. Even as the whole gala celebration of Spring was new, so were the tickets. Instead of individual tickets formerly used, books of tickets for the whole week were sold. Accordingly, more students attended more events and enjoyed one of the most successful and unique Spring Festival shcld at the University, a gala week of celebration that psychologically prepared them for the exms that followed. Friday, Mullen, Morton, Shaw, Cusick, Sipe, Stauff, Duffy, Riley, Frankc, Sedney. Canurata, Schmidt, Kaufman, Harmon. Wasscl, Ruttencutter. Bielck. Sklar, Lazear, Phelps. Mankin, Hergenrocdcr. Rvan, Buicra. Griffiths, Biliary, Mills, Digby, Nathan. DeLco, Halcn. Kristufek. Boucck. F tm Rair: Wvmard, McClain, Sapp, Webb. Halloran, Pyle. Ellis, Lcoche, Nelson, Toddic, Whirling, Clokcy. 191 MAY 8 13, 1939 Mon. 12:40 Dedication of ODK Senior Walk 1:00 Women's Archery Contest Tucs. 12:30 Women's Archery, Cathedral Lawn 2:00 Sports Jamboree, Stadium 2:30 Baseball game West Virginia, Stadium 8:30 Our Town by Pitt Players, Foster Memorial Wed. 2:30 Joe and Josephine College Tea Dance, Schenlcv 8:30 Our Town by Pitt Players, Foster Memorial Thurs. 3:00 Interfraternity Track Meet, Stadium 7:30 Carnival Night, Trees Field Fri. 10:30 Tap Assembly, Commons Room 1:45 ROTC Parade, Bayard Street 2:15 Float Parade, Bayard Street 3:00 Women's Sport Program, Bayard Street 4XX) Interfraternity Sweepstakes, Bayard Street 9XX) Campus Circus Informal Dance, Schcnlcy Sat. 2:00 Track Meet, Stadium 9:00 Senior Ball, Syria Mosque Gene Pyle, Ray Light Associate Chairmen SPRING FESTIVAL COMMITTEE Edwin F. Ellis.............................. Tom Halloran.................................. Gene Pyle, Ray Light........................ ..........Chairman . Business Manager Associate Chairmen Float Parade Committee Nancy Digby, Chairman, Harriet Glasscr, Evelyn Green, Norma Douglas, Betty Philips. Tea Dance Patsy Griffith, Chairman, Herman Schmidt, Business Manager, Hilda Landerman, Jack Philips, Fred Frank, Jane Nelson, Adeline Butcra, Carl Kaufman, Mildred Cohen, Mary Jungc, Dorothy West, Florence Dcutlc-baum, Leonard O'Connell, Kay Bihar) , Mike Mitchcl. Carnival Night Robert Boucck, Chairman, Will Sklar, Business Manager, Mary Gregg, Julia DcLco, Fred Duffy, J. R. Friday, Sam Camaratta, Betty Clokcy, Helen Wilson, Ruth McClain, Leo Griffith. Interfratemity Track Meet and Sports Jamboree Joe Kristufek, Chairman, Emil Narick, Bill Edmund-son. Bill McElwain, Bob Johnson, Don Bright. Womens Sports Joy Hartman, Chairman, Loisbellc Pryor, Betty Sappe, Betty Dils, Florence Spiegel, Betty Todic, Roberta Webb, Mary Wcidlc, Mildred Frobouck. Publicity Committee Dorothy Wymard and Bob Good, Co-Chairmen, Virginia Halcn, Jack Stauff, Lewis Riley, Frank Kristufek, Charles Bergenroder, Bill Morton, Howard Lazear, Bob Ruttcrcuttcr, Jane Whitling. Parade Committee Bcrnic Cashdollar, Chairman, Clint Sipc, Edward D'Erailio. Tap Assembly Tom Smith, Chairman, Mary Lctschc, Anna Mac Durkin, Sam Whiteman, David Bucntc. Interfratemity Sweepstakes Wally Hirsch, Chairman, William Oakes. Sports Dance Larry Rothman, Chairman, Pat Cusick, Business Manager, Doris Wackcr, William Allen, Betty Oestreicher, Walter Lovett, Clint Sipc, Bob Schooley, Mary Louise McClain, Mary Lou Perring, Jerry Licbcr, Florence Regan. 192 PITT CROWNS A QUEEN The Coronation of Pitt’s Senior Queen: Alma Mater blesses the Queen . . . Truth and Valor present the sceptre and orb . . . her majesty before donning the regal robe . . . Wisdom brings the ceremony to a close . . . the procession leads the way to the coronation breakfast . . . where the ladies-in-waiting greet their queen. 193 THE 1939 OWL Harold H. Viehman Editor Back in 801 Cathedral between the Panther and Y.M. C.A. offices is the hatching-place of the 1939 Owl. To this little office overlooking the Heinz Chapel and Schcnlcy Park come daily the staff members to lounge and loaf, to worry and work. Despite a late start and later deadlines, they have made an effort to uphold all that the Owl has always meant to Pitt and to portray the real essence of life at Pitt. It is amazing, though, with the crowded conditions, hustle and bustle, clash of typewriters, and incessant jangle of telephones, that any work at all has been accomplished. In rhe past nine months the staff has waded through tons of copy, engraver's proofs, contracts, photos, paste, and printer's copy to accurately bring to the students those events that have marked four years at Pitt and particularly those that have made the season of 1938-39 so vital. Only through complete comradeship and close harmony has the staff been able to honestly attain what they have set out to do. To give justice to the beauty and quality of the Nationality Rooms and to their significance in cultural education presented many difficulties. Nationality seals, committee pictures, information, and art work, which would honestly exemplify the purpose of the Nationality Rooms, had to be obtained. After numerous disappointments the staff at last feels that they have coordinated the spirit of the Nationality Rooms with the spirit of Pitt to the best of their ability. In the years to come when the staff members get out their Owls, they will nor only drift back in memory to their student days at Pitt but will also recall the happy experiences in 801 Cathedral. 194 Editor............ Business Manager Harold H. Viehmak .. .Albert M. Kairys EDITORIAL BOARD Ruth Custer, Patricia Elmer, Mary Lctschc, Dan Lichtenstein, Merrill Snyder, Richard Weiss, Stanley Williams, Harold Wintncr, Philip Yancy. EDITORIAL ASSISTANTS Edgar Beige! Grace Bonaro Jack Brady John Brosky Julia Clemens Helen DeWalt Betty Dils Alvin Gross Ray Haddcus Joy Hartman Adclainc Haubrick Matilda Hclfgotr Arthur Hurwitz Milton Hvman Mar jorie Johns Edward Kairys Ralph Kallock Fay Kamaras Rosemary Kavanaugh Seymour Kcrbcr William Klinkcnstcin Hilda Landerman Jane Lantz Betty Larson William McElwain Esther Marcuson Caroline Mciscl Frank Miller Mary Mills Ralph Nadfer Ruth Neher Anna Rayz Arthur Rcinstcin Olive Reitz Neal Russo Bob Scott Regina Shipman Leonard Sikov Lcnora Steele Hulda Tully Walter Urling Jane Whirling Eugene Wintncr Dorothy Wymard Albert M. Kairys Business Manager Photographic Staff Irving Stapsy, Manager Edward Ammann Sherman Pochapin Stanley Barish William Sherris Robert Maxwell Steve Yablonsky BUSINESS STAFF Comptroller Robert Jacobs Circulation Staff Sam Whiteman, Manager Sclwvn Locb Morris Levy Hillard Kramer Advertising Staff Robert Boucck, Manager Wilford Sklar Jack Golcman Smvlcs Wilson James McIntosh Betty Shrom Samuel Camarata Organisations Staff Publicity Director J. R. Friday, Manager Jack StaufF Ed Trembath Robert Jacobson 195 THE PANTHER Thomas L. Smith Editor The school year of 1938-39 marked the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Pitt Panther. With the turn of a quarter century of Panther progress, the magazine achieved the final step in its metamorphosis from a straight humor publication to a self-styled “campus magazine. In its new character it seeks lighter brand of humor for its stories, satires and fantasies. This past year it has included informational, semi-serious articles on such sundry subjects as why there arc coed captains in the ROTC, what to do when you forget your wallet on a date, the pros and cons of sending corsages for school dances and the historical importance of mustaches and beards. After twenty-five years of joke-making and story-telling the Panther has emerged from chrysalis a genuine, official campus magazine, with a change of content and a de-emphasis of forced humor. As a campus magazine, the Pitt Panther strikes for pleasant grins rather than hilarity. Photographically, the Panther scooped other publications with a series of action photographs taken during the student strike in the early part of the second semester, which tended to show the true pallor of the half-hearted protest. As publicity stunts, the Panther imported two lion cubs from the Zoo, passed them off as baby panthers, and made the first-floor corridor a miniature zoo. To publicize the November issue, which included a story of a synthetic fire in the Cathedral, a fire truck clanged and roared around the Cathedral block for one entire Friday morning. 196 STAFF Editor Business Manager Thomas L. Smith Leo G. Griffith Honorary Associates B. G. Davis, Panther Alumnus No. I A. J. Schuman, Director Highland Park Zoo' NlCKLOS Phelan-, City of Pittsburgh Eire Chief Associate Editors Contributors Mary Lou Paring Frank Miller John J. Uhl Editorial Board Betty Adams Dick Kay Jack HocveJcr Kal Kalwary Gertrude Licblich John Burnham Patsy Griffith BcrnicCashdoIlar Regina Heinz Lillian Clark Phillip Lynch George Flinn Neil Russo Robert Gcstrick Jack StaufF William Franks Virginia Worck Marjory Johns E. Seymour Kcrbcr, Make-up Mary W. Roche, Woman's Fashions Irving S. Stapsy, Photography Art Staff Anita Barone Russ Lcbo Frank Kristufck Ruth Rea Leo G. Griffith Business Manager Advertising Manager Wilford N. Sklar Comptroller and Business Manager Daniel Lichtenstein Mailing Manager Norma Douglas Circulation Manager Emil Naric Adiertising Staff Alvin J. Gross Edward Ravick Matilda Hclfgott Leonard Scdncy Sherman Jubclircr Dc Vera Syna Ralph Kallock Marcella Levin Donald M. Wassum Assistant Comptroller Joe McCormick Assistant Mailing Manager Dorothy Ridsdalc 197 THE PITT NEWS John Martinco Editor Always new and different, the Pitt News, official student tri-weekly newspaper, again entered a year of student work and special projects that would do credit to any larger and better equipped staff. This year, its first under faculty supervision, the Neus was late in organizing its staff since Mr. Machesney, the publications advisor, could not arrive at the University until after the school term had begun. Despite a late start the members entered upon projects other than those immediately concerned with the publishing of a student paper three times a week. During the year they were responsible for the organization of a committee which concerned itself with the raising of funds to provide for the education of several refugee students at the University. To this was added the work of the business staff as they continue to sponsor the two annual style shows, fall and spring. Not enough can be said for the fine spirit and fairness that the publication has maintained throughout this past year as they worked under the adverse conditions that have beset the University. Always on the spot, always looked to for official student reaction to situations that were constantly arising, a reaction that was practically impossible to ascertain. Editor John Martinco and his associates worked with a fairness and understanding that calls forth nothing but praise from all who have observed their work. 198 afse STAFF John Martinco....... Jay S. Reich........ EDITORIAL BOARD Ruggero A Id i sen Robert Brown Dorothy Clel and George Hyde Edna Kauffman Irving Kaufman Rosemary Kavanaugh Leonard Levi son Alvin Malakoff William Murray Fred McCamic Robert Saffron Sidney Shore ..................Editor .......Business Manager EDITORIAL ASSISTANTS Ruggero Aldiscrt Mildred Axclrad Alice Benovitz William Colker Jane F.pping Jack Hocvclcr E. Seymour Kerber Paula Levinson Gertrude Licblich Gertrude Mcsscrotf Mary Lou Peering Sammy Rosenberg Mercedes Shiring Anita Barone REPORTING STAFF Bert Jaffc Ed Bcigcl . Ralph Kallock Jack Brady Sidney Kalwary John Brosky Fatina Fay Kamaras Dorothy Carrier William Klinkcnstcin Lillian Clark Marion Koclsch Phyllis Cohen Joe Kristufek Meyer Fogcl Betty Larson Leonard Glassner Jerome Leiber Betty Greiner Betty Jane Macquccn Robert Hamilton William McElwain Regina Heinz William Mazefsky Jay S. Reich Mike Mitchell Business Manager Fred Robic Murcllc Russell Neal Russo COPY DESK Howard Schwartz Mildred Caplan Douglas Smith Anna Mac Durkin Sylvia Smith Regina Heinz Isabel Valenti Jean Wald Freda Jaffc Nancy Weller William Patrick Harold Wintner Olive Reitz Joseph Zink Virginia Worck BUSINESS ASSISTANTS Leo Ash Cortland Bacall Jerome Bachrach William Charnell Charles Conner William Eichleay Roberr Goleman Bertha Greenberg Alvin Kipper Florence Nydes Leonard Oliver Edward Ravick Ruth Schloss Louis Schwartz Sylvester Siegal Julian Silverman Mildred Weinstein BUSINESS STAFF Jack Goleman Robert V. Lewi Albert Raizman Leonard Sikov Morton A. Weissman 199 PITT PLAYERS TECHNICAL STAFF F.ltcrrical Mgr......E. Seymour Kbrbbr Asst. Elect. Mgr......•.......Emil Dbily Technical Mgr............... Robert Crooks Prod. Mgr.............................Robert Crooks Hamilton, Kerber, Zischkau, McKIvccn, Hughes, Yabloosky, Deily. Frtni Rfic: Mykytiuk, Simon, Mcitcl, Crooks, Smith, Donaldson, Nathan. The unsung heroes of the dramatic productions at Pitt arc the Pitt Players Technical Staff. This group, consisting of about twenty members, is the nucleus which builds the sets and stages the four annual Players' presentations. Under the direction of James Lindsey, technical director, and Jack McKee, his assistant, who, with the director of the show, do the designing, the Technical Staff builds, paints, and lights the sets. Besides providing the heavy” work for Pitt Players, the group meets once a week for an illustrated lecture on some phase of stagecraft. In these lectures, Mr Lindsey explains various time-saving devices used on stages, and other means of creating effects with a minimum of effort. From the lecture on technique prior to the showing of Kind I tdy, the staff developed the weird blue lighting used in this show. The tremenduous success of Brother Rat, both at Pitt and, even more, on the road-trip, was due to the splendid activity of the Technical Staff in designing and building three serviceable sets. The Technical Staff often works on shows other than the Players’ dramatic productions. It provides the decorations at many University dances and affairs, and forms the basis of the Foster stage staff. The members of the staff also spend much of their time doing other stage work: several arc actors, and many work with marionettes. 200 PITT PLAYERS President..................Earl Riley Treat..........................William Hoeveler Bus. Mgr......................Harrison Chandler Chair. High School Relations.............Morton Lincoff Hofmann, Griffith, Boies, Gabhcrt, Davis, Harman, R.. Napier, Markovitz, Wilson, Sax, Sachs. Black, Pochapin, Hosp, Levin, Gabriclli. Moulton, Coburn, Webb. Harter, Ammon. Gross, Samuels, Hclfgotr, Kreinson, Kiel, Forman, Ortinbcrg, Smith, A. L.,Smith,$., Davidson, IXsuglas. Front Row: Solomon, Marcus, Mciscl, Nathan, Haught, Riley, Whitchill, Mykytiuk, Hoeveler, Chandler. Lolly pops and blotters for the Kind latdy. A cannon bombarding the Cathedral and two plcbcs marking time for Brother Rat. Publicity? Yes! And Pitt Players had plenty ot it this year, for in being one of the most active organizations on campus they delight in letting others know about it. This drama club is divided into three all-important staffs: acting, technical, and business. To become a member of one of these staffs a tyro must appear before director Buell Whitchill and prove his worth. Try-outs for all players arc held for each play. The long hours spent in swabbing paint, fitting silky gowns, covering bulletin boards with gaily colored posters, plus the long hours that dwindled into the wee hours of the morning during rehearsals were not in vain; for each member who earned eight service points was honored with a gold key. Nor did the Players, in working forget time for play. After every production they celebrated with a party; danced at the University Club one afternoon in early December; and shivered through a combination sandwich-wcincr roast and bean feed after seeing the football team off to Nebraska. This year, Thcatron, an honorarv Pitt Player's organization was innovated on campus. Once members of Theta Alpha Phi, a national honorarv dramatic fraternity. Beta Chapter changed to a local organization so that they could sponsor more activities. They chose tnc name Thcatron from the Greek word for theater. The members of Thcatron have two aims that they arc working to fulfill; namely to make dramatics an important and vital part of campus life, and to build a room for Pitt Players properties. To be tapped for membership into Thcatron in the fall or spring, players must have been active in Pitt Players for at least three semesters as a member of cither the acting, technical, or business staffs. Thcatron met regularly every two weeks at luncheon' meetings usually held at the Ruskin Apartments, and planned and discussed the dramatics problems of the world and the next Pitt play. 201 HOLIDAY Phillip Barry's sparkling comedy Holiday was given as the first Pitt Players production of the year with Eleanor Haught and August Hofmann portraying the leading roles as Linda Seton and Johnny Case. Presenting a chapter from the life of the wealthy Seton family. Holiday revealed the opposing attitudes toward the superficial conventions of a society which attracted Julia and her father, but which bored Linda. Julia's fiance, Johnny Case, and Nick and Susan Potter also disapprove of the Seton's characteristic and artificial dignity, and to escape it all, Johnny sails for Europe leaving Julia behind. The climax is reached when he discovers that it is Linda whom he loves, and the play ends when he finds her waiting for him in the stateroom. It was her Holiday too. The efforts of the technical staff and James Lindsay, designerof the sets, aided immcasurcablv the successful production of the play. One of the stage properties of particular interest was the music box, valued at five hundred dollars, which was loaned to the Players bv Daniel Bucchlcr. Appearing in the cast of Holiday were: Eleanor Haugiit....................Linda Stton August Hofmann..........................Johnny Cast Peggy Nelson.......................Julia Stton William Hokvelkr.....................Ned Stton Patricia Franklin..................Laura Cram Dick H arman.......................Stton Cram Robert Ryan..............................Htnry James Napier...........................Charlts Lorenh Kessler...........................Susan Pottrr Dick Klemer..............................Nick. Potttr 202 Tht ttchnicians KIND LADY Following the successful reception of their first play, Pitt Players produced Kind Ladyy a horror-comedy similar to Night Must l:all. The many character roles and dramatic intensity of this play made it a difficult one to perform, but the cast proved more than equal to the characterizations, portraying them exceptionally well from the principal to the minor roles. ‘‘Unusual” describes the plot for Kind Lady, which centers about Henry Abbott, an insane though cultured crook, and kindly Mary Herries, wealthy Englishwoman who offers her home as a refuge for the demented man. Completely unscrupulous, Abbott plays on Miss Hcrric's sympathetic nature to his own advantage. Complications arc so numerous that Mary believes herself insane, and later she is forced to try and prove to Gustave Rosenberg that she has possession of her normal faculties. Unusual” also described the casting of this climaxing scene in which Miriam Harter played opposite her brother, Earl. The Dramatic Personae for the second Pitt Player show included: Mr. Foster....................................James McHale Mary Herries...........................................Miriam Harter Lucy Weston...............................Laura Jean Smith Rose..........................................Roberta Webb Phyllis Gltnning..............................Peggy MeGbp Peter Sanbard.......................... ... Robert Botkin Henry Abbott..................................Bernard Mayer Ada...........................................Mary Walter Doctor........................................David Lepton Afr. F.dttards............................Richard Frankbl Mrs. Eduards..................................Edna Kaufman Aggie Eduards...........................................Nancy W’elfbr Gustav Rosenberg.........................................Earl Harter 203 Jerry helps them make up BROTHER RAT From good, to better, to best was the united conviction of the Pitt Players subscribers, while those who were attending their first Players performance voiced even more enthusiastic praise when they saw what was scheduled to be the last production of the season—Brother Rat. Capacity crowds in Foster Memorial at every performance, all-time attendance records shattered, and the first road tour in several years for a Players’ show; Monks' and Finkclhoff’s drama of life at the West Point of the South, Virginia Military Institute, was a decided hit.” Bing Edward’s secret marriage to Kate Rice, and a later revelation that he is to become a father formed the plot of the highly entertaining comedy which deals with the two most vital interests of the rats, graduation and the success of the baseball team. Billy Randolph's escapades, and the efforts of the cadets to keep Lieutenant Lace Drawers from learning of Bing’s plight provided many laughs, and the affairs between Bill v and Joyce Winfrcc and Dan and Clair Ramm furnished additional romantic interest. Another picture of V.M.I., that of the plcbc, was exceptionally well presented by Mistol Bottomc, while A. Furnam Townsend, Jr., Harley Harrington, Tripod Andrews, and Newsreel” Scott portrayed the several types of boys who arc found in most stories about military schools, though seldom so distinctively characterized as in this play. Those whose efforts made Brother Rat so completely successful were: Dan.................... Joyce IV in free ...... Kate Rice............. Claire Ramm........... Colonel Ramm........... Mistol Bottome...... A. Burn am Townsend, Jr. Tripod Andrews...... ”Newsreel” Scott...... Mrs. Brooks........... Jen� y......;........... Harley Harrington..... Slim.................. Lieutenant Rogers..... Members of the Guard . . ..................Earl Rilby ............Clarencb Shkpard ..............John Fullerton ............Gertrude Forman .... . .Dorothy Ann Carribr ...............Phyllis Post .............Richard Frankbl .............William Patrick .............Joseph Burk ley ................D. J. Bailey ...............Frank Miller ..............Ruth McGregor ..............Virginia Hosp ..............Howard Hanna ...............James Dooley .............Gilbert Mbllin Stephen Goodale, Karl Stark, and Jerome Lif.rer 204 “AT YOUR SERVICE” by CAP AND GOWN Bill Hobvblbr Based on a plot which allowed easy introduction of several features, dances, and songs, the 32nd annual Cap and Gown show, At Your Service, was presented in Harry Brown's Nixon Theater the week of May 1-8. Written by G. Norman Reis, '16, the action centered about rhe activities of two college hoys, Chuck Wynn and Jack Craig, the wise-cracking proprietors of At Your Service, who arc in business to give immediate attention at any and all needs, whether it be diapering babies or escorting errant damsels. All goes well until Wynn and Craig arc hired by Jefferson Nichols, a wealthy perfumer, to go to Egypt and discover the secret of a rare and ancient perfume. Wandering movie scouts, American educated native chiefs, a god-like professor of Egyptology, all hinder the fulfillment of the At Your Service contract, until Joe Slick, the office boy and a stowaway, comes to the rescue. 0 205 Douo Smith Bill Murray Bill Hobvblrr For the first time in a decade, a woman led the Cap and Gown choruses through their paces. She was petite, blonde Ruth Miller, former director of choruses at the Stanley and Alvin theaters, and dancer at the Penn and Enright theaters. Miss Miller was scheduled to direct the Cap and Gown show in 1935, but another contract prevented this. James Lindsay, technical director of Cap and Gown and Pitt Players for many years, was in charge of the technical production and design again this year. Scenic reproductions of Egypt and the Mediterranean Sea, executed by the Cap and Gown art staff under his direction, served as a colorful background for the show. And for another season the orchestra and choral group were under the efficient direction of Gus A. Schnabel, '15, veteran Cap and Gown conductor. The big feature of Cap and Gown this year was the publication of four of the songs used in the show. Three of these catchy tunes were played on the radio networks and recorded by two bands before the show was produced- Director of the production was Martin B. Fallon, C'31, an old Cap and Gowncr himself, who returned to direct this year's show. ' Red'' Fallon has been a member of the old equity company at the Pittsburgh Playhouse, has played in summer theater, and since his graduation has had parr in a show with Leslie Howard. At present he is an assistant in the department of speech at Duquesne University. Bob Ostrrloh and Milt Hoffman Douo Smith 206 George Hartman Merrill Snyder and Doug Smith The published songs were Jupiter Has Nine Moons, and Diary of Dreams, bv Adc Robson, a graduate student, Nothing is Too Perfect for You, by August Hoffman, '39, and Believe Me, by Dr. Benjamin Levant, T9. Interesting specialties included composer Vernon Krahl, '39, singing his own song. Grandma s Back From the City, and the can-can dance which Miss Miller arranged for the girls. Several Cap and Gown repeaters were in the show this year. They included Milton Hoffman, with his third heavy role, the Hocvclcr boys. Jack the quick-quip-witted At Your Servicer—and brother Bill Legs again scoring a hit as leading lady.” William Murrayas the professor of Egyptology, and J. Karl Stark, as the bad boy,” Joe Slick again turned in commendable performances. The Cap and Gown show put on every spring by an ail-man University undergraduate cast, is the annual climax to a year of activity and preparation by the Graduate Cap and Gown Club, a group that finally falls under the scrutiny of Theodore W. Biddle, assistant dean of men and graduate manager of Cap and Gown. Prior to its opening at the Nixon a preview performance of the production was presented before the Syria Mosque Shriners. It was followed by six performances the following week of May 1-S at the Nixon theater. Thirty-two years old, Cap and Gown still remains the high spot of the year at Pitt. 207 Green, Hyde, Oiil, Hahn CAP AND GOWN CAST OF AT YOL K SERVICE “Swing It” Gates, dance instructor for At Your Struct....... Flo Marshall, stenographer-secretary of the concern......... Joe Slick, the office boy, a concern's concern.......... Mazib, Flo's assistant...................................... Jack Craig • 'the bosses we do anything”........ Charles Chock Wynn well—almost anything Mrs. Plumpton, a society leader and a client!............... Jefferson Nichols, wealthy scent dispenser.................. Herpes Zoster, gigolo and Egyptologist ..................... Penny Nichols, a change from her lather...... Cecil D. Meals, movie scout and villain..................... Banford Ban” Quo, the voice behind the throne.............. Hi-Yo, the result of a college education ................... Joe Lbnz, the five line flash............................... Police, Natives, etc. . Robert Osterloii, C42 William Hokvelbr, C39 ....J. Karl Stark, C40 .. Sam Hamilton, BA41 .... Jack Hokvelbr, C40 .....Roscok Byers, C39 Milton Hoffman, BA40 Georoe Hartman, Ed40 . William Murray, C39 ... Douglas Smith, BA41 .. .William Patrick, C41 .........Al Young, C40 .....Edward Ziff, C42 ... Merrill Snyder, C40 Edward Ammann William Angel Thomas Brigham Samuel Camcrata William Hawkins Walter Hunchak GIRLS CHORUS Ralph Kallock Sylvester Kortz Raymond Kramer Robert Owrev Harry Radin Edward Ravick Robert Ryan SPECIALTIES Andrew Fey It a Vernon Krahl Martin Schlesinger Frank Scott Oscar Schcflcr Edward Tait Edwin Trembath David Tucker Maurice Citron Robert Doyle Sigmund Edclman Ned Green Jerry Hahn George Hyde BOYS CHORUS Reggie Johnson Thomas Kiefer John McLain John McRoric Jack Mullin Ralph Myers William Ohl Samuel Onpenheim Louis Reilly Charles Sapper Charles SarlWr Paul Spray Marshall Winfield Lee Campbell Charles H. Conner Ralph Detwiler Clay Figard Henry DbRocher . Robert L. Crooks Charles A. Wasseli. Stanley C. Mar key CHORAL Thomas Hershberger Milton Moskovitz Albert Raizman John D. Remmen Clarence W. Sidwcll H. Gee Skinner Robert Vatz Robert Warwick Production Manager Assistant Production Manager .............Hu tint st Man a fir Publicity Manager 208 CAP AND GOWN BUSINESS STAFF Cyril I A. BIckic Smith Charland Edward D’Emilio Albert Eger Allen Grinberg Charles Hcrgcnrocdcr Daniel Lichtenstein, Assistant Business Manager Melvin I. Levine Morris G. Levy Robert J. Lewis Charles W. Lyons William McBride Leonard Oliver William Rock Gene Tedick Walter Urling Robert Vatz Samuel Whiteman PUBLICITY STAFF Dan Cannon George Hyde S. Sidney Kalwary William H. Mazefsky E. Seymour Kerrer, Assistant Publicity Manager IRVINO S. Stapsy, Photographer Joseph McCormick Sherman Pochapin Lewis Riley Arnold Sampson Samuel Saul Howard Schwartz Jack StaufF John Uhl William Colvin William Donaldson PRODUCTION STAFF Harry Wein, Special Assistant Carpentry Paul Witherspoon, Manager Stanley Simon, Assistant Manager Zanc Donaldson Gilbert Mellin William Heidcr Joseph Roberts Hillard Kreimer John Arnold Albert Boros Pierre DcCharrancc Howard Hanna Richard Harman D. J. Bailey Fred C. Duffy William Atwell Victor Bandy Ray Bender John Brady Howard Ewart Kenneth Grossett Costume Howard Frank, Manager Aaron Fincgold Robert D. Hamilton E. Ren Ugenfritz Frank Irvine F.lectrical Emil Deily, Manager Walter Zischau, Assistant Manager Make-Up Howard Hirsh Arthur Mankin Properties Morris Liebbrman, Manager Fred Frankc George Puhl Richard Rhoda Stage Walter Kirkwood Co-Managers Frank Mateer Ralph Hines Rudolph Holloman Ralph Kallock Miles Kccblcr Henry Nemrod William Klinkcnstcin Ralph Knisclcy Henry Korpaezewski Milton F. Slav kin John McConnon Harold Stickcl Dcs Zubritsky Lawrence Rothman Victor William Ralph Rosen Leonard Sedney Leonard Sikov Jack Stauff Robert Wilhelm Joseph Zink 209 MEN’S GLEE CLUB Pres.....................C. P. Sipe Vice Pres........................R. Friday Sec..............’.......J- Y. Quill Librarian.......E. Van Swearingen Accompanist............George Lacy Manager...............C. L. Shepard The name of the men's group singing organization, the Glee Club, could be taken literally and still would not be misleading for a definition of the purpose of the Club. Meeting twice a week, the group strives to give expression to their enjoyment in song. It was first organized as a hobby club in 1890 and is the oldest non-athlctic activity at Pitt. The Glee Club serves as a training ground for the male vocal enthusiasts. Here, under the direction of Theodore M. Finney, faculty leader, the voices arc trained, the musical minds taught to read notes, and the resultant singers moulded into a choral group. During the year, the Glee Club has made almost fifty public appearances, climaxed by the Eastern concert tour, the backbone of their season. In Pittsburgh, the Glee Club presented its annual home concert in Foster Memorial in the early Spring. These appearances were supplemented by a radio broadcast and high school, church, and special society recitals. Many of the Club meetings were joint dances with the Women's Choral. The big social event of the year was the annual banquet where keys were awarded to deserving members. The scope of the Glee Club’s activities is recognized by the breadth of musical expression their programs represented. The mood of the selections varied from Bach's Death, I Do Not I'ear Thee, to the Club's favorite, Swing Along, by Cook. Entering its fiftieth year, the Glee Club has proved its value both to a campus appreciation of good music and to the members' enjoyment of their work. 210 WOMEN'S CHORAL Pres.......................Isabel Dimmick Vice Pres.......Margaret Johnston Sec..........................Mary Timlin Bus. Mgr.....................Jean Hipple WSGA Rep..........Georgbtta Davis Is there a heart that music cannot melt? If there is. Women's Choral has, thus far, been unsuccessful in finding it. Its members have sung their way into the hearts of church groups and guests at official University functions. The singing you heard every Monday afternoon and Wednesday evening cminat-ing from the Stephen Foster Memorial or the Cathedral was the Choral rehearsing. It depended upon the time of the year just what they were practicing for--it may have been for a Parents’ Council meeting, for the Commons Room teas, or for Beaux Arts, but, whatever the occasion, the singers did their best in every program. One of the Choral's feature programs was the singing of Christmas carols in the Commons Room. Celestial music floating around was mellowed by the presence of evergreens and soft candlelight, and the Christmas spirit was re-created by the Choral. During the spring months Women's Choral was at its busiest. It took part in Pitt night at the Fulton School, entertained at Stephen Foster Memorial Open House, and in April gave its annual home concert. It was also honored by being included in the Music Festival, representing music organizations of Pittsburgh, at Carnegie Music Hall. In addition to its musical activities, Women's Choral found time for social pleasure. Dinner meetings at Heinz House with a program and rehearsal following, were held once a month. Early in April, the mothers of Choral members were entertained at a tea, and in May the choristers completed their social whirl with a formal banquet at which the members bid farewell to the seniors. Mrs. Fred Lissfclt, Director of the Choral, is a source of encouragement and inspiration to the members. It is she who is fostering an appreciation of good music, and it is the Choral which is offering an outlet for the musical talent of the women on campus. 211 ORCHESTRA Central Mgr....................Stanley Ambrose Asst. Mgr......................Pomeroy Poleroy Librarian.......’......Walter Logan Although it has been said that this is an age of‘'swing, the University Symphony Orchestra is proof that there arc still many students with a preference for classical music. Providing an outlet for the talents of its 55 members, the Orchestra, under the capable baton of Mr. Theodore M. Finney, appealed to all who appreciate good music. One of the highlights in the Orchestra season was the annual home concert which was played on April 19. Also this spring, the group made a tour of local high schools, which from the members' point of view, climaxed the season's activities. Rehearsals for these programs were held once each week at the Orchestra headquarters on the twenty-third floor of the Cathedral. Because of the full schedule, frequent rehearsals were necessary, but until four years ago the Orchestra only held scattered practice sessions. But the Orchestra is a social as well as a musical organization. Its social activities began in the first semester of school with a party at the South Park Community House. Later, an Armistice Day Dance was held at the Falk Elementary School. Mildred Gardner, concert-master, and Vernon Krall, who writes music for the Cap and Gown Shows, arc recognized as outstanding members. Stanley Ambrose, manager of the Orchestra for the past three years, was assisted by Pomeroy Polevoy and Walter Logan. Most of the Orchestra members arc registered in the new symphony course, sponsored by the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra at Carnegie Music Hall. 212 Stanley Ambrose As usual, hard working Finney HEINZ CHAPEL CHOIR McLanc, Gardner, Davis, McCullough, Jones, Decker, Schimmcl, Feyka, Barry, Holsingcr, Krenz, Ransonc. Dent, Goldstein, N'cglcy, Crosby, Van Swearingen, Robt. Byers, Ros. Byers. Mackey, Foster, Rhoads, D:an, Haubrick. Frant Rate; Baird, Pcrich. Post. Plank. Bacall. Trembath, Finney, Best, Hazelton, Hall, Colvin. First founded as the A CappcIIa Choir, to serve no purpose other than a self-sufficient musical group, Mr. Finney harnessed the student's enthusiasm and ability to meet a vital University need. Last fall when Heinz Chapel was opened, a matured and experienced choir sat in the chancel, and, when this choral group was dcsig nated as the official Chapel choir, they accordingly changed their name to the Heinz Chapel Choir. The choral's enthusiasm can best be illustrated by observing the attempts of the members to have a program calling for eleven chapel services a week in comparison with three programs a week last year. In addition this mixed choral group, the only mixed singing organization on campus, represented Pitt at numerous formal functions. Notable in this respect was the appearance the Heinz Chapel Choir made at the Board of Trustees dinner honoring Board Chairman George Hubbard Clapp. The Heinz Chapel Choir was recognized nationally when it accepted an invitation to appear in one of New York’s leading churches last Spring. Working with the vitality of precocious youth, the Heinz Chapel Choir has carved for itself an important niche in University religious and church life. If the origin of any one particular activity on campus could be attributed solely to student enthusiasm, that group is the Heinz Chapel Choir. Last year, thirty Pitt men and women approached Theodore A. Finney with the idea of forming a mixed choral group merely for recreation. Mr. Finney moulded this choral-minded group into one which today is just as closely associated with Heinz Chapel as the well known stained glass windows. 213 PITT BAND Twenty-eight years ago, the first hand ever to represent the University performed before a football audience at Forbes Field. Organized largely through the efforts of James S. Oliver and Dr. Earl Miller, the band appeared with seven instruments borrowed from a Pittsburgh music store. The succeeding years since 1911 have been marked by many accomplishments in maneuvering and instrumentation. Reorganized following the War, the Band gained increasing prestige and today it is regarded by many authorities as one of the outstanding college bands in the nation. When the military department assumed supervision of the Band in 1930, the present cadet-style uniforms were adopted and the Band became the official marching band for the student corps. Freshmen and sophomores arc required to be enrolled in the ROTC before they arc admitted to the organization. This year's roster included more than one hundred and fifty students, sixty of whom comprised a special concert unit. Although it is one of the largest in the country, the University Band owes its fame primarily to the skillful execution of its intricate and often novel formations. The basis of these formations is a sheet of paper containing a hundred and twenty dots, twelve rows of ten each, on which the maneuver is planned so that each musician can reach his position with the least amount of marching. Not until it has been perfected through frequent practice is the formation demonstrated on the field, however. Following the successful presentation of the Big Apple, the Band this year interpreted two current dance favorites, A Tiskxt a Tasket and the Lambttb Walk. At the Southern Methodist game the Bandmen formed a mus-tang. Once each year the Band attends an out of town game. This year it went to Durham for the Duke game. On that occasion it added a new formation to its growing repertoire when it formed the words Pitt and Duke in script. The Band also appeared on ice skates at the hockey games, and played for the entertainment of basketball spectators. Selected from the Band for their outstanding musical ability, sixty musicians were chosen to perform in a concert band which toured towns and cities throughout Western Pennsylvania this spring, giving a scries of concerts. The University concert was played at Carnegie Music Hall on March 31. In April the annual five hundred mile concert tour was made. This tour did a great deal to determine the Band's musical reputation, for it appeared before a number of prominent conductors and musical authorities. To relax from the strain of its winter activity and to reward its members for their excellent work during the football season, a dinner-dance was held on January 27. At this affair band keys were awarded and new officers installed. 214 Clarinets Drums Abels, G. Ackcnhcil, A. Baldwin, J. Ball, R. Bergemann, R. Brinkcr, P. Cefaratti, D. Cohen, M. DeNardo, W. Edgar, H. Foccr, W. Hartman, A. Hirsch, W. Hull, R. Janata, R. Klein, E. Kocglcr, W. Light, R. Maffei, F. Mavs, W. Meinernev, P. Mullen, V. Nicscr, R. Noel, W. Parkes, A. Pascul, N. Reardon, W. Schwartz, C. Schwartz, F. Smith, F. Sontag, I. Strang, B. Szura, W. Thom, C. Trumpets Avbel, F. Boslcr, R. Brand,J. Cain, R, Dalzcll, R. Donaldson, W. Dudgeon, R. Dunn, J. Egan.J. Flaherty, J. Frcidrich, R. Goff, J. Golden, M. Hawkins, W. Howarth, W. James, W. Keller, S. Litchfield, H. MeGuirk, J. Mclnncs, 6. Ravich, E. Rilcv, W. Sarraf, W. Schocncwcis, F. Shalcr, J. Smith, D. Stewart, R. Townsend, J. Townsend, W. Westermann, T. Williams, H. Wilson, A. Zora, V. Director............. Drill Coach.......... Major and Manager... Student Director..... Drum Major........... Assistant Drum Major Assistant Drum Major Assistant Drum Major Junior Manager........ Sophomore Manager. . . freshman Manager. . . . Librarian............ Assistant Librarian. .. ... Theodore M. Finney Major Kenyon P. Flagg ... Lawrence E. Orr, Jr. .T. Edward Cartwright ........William Morse ___Alfred E. Baumann .......John M. Sadler . Frederick Schoeneweis .......George W. Best ....Harold N. Hauger .. .Marquard Anderson .......Robert Dalzell ........Richard Nieser Saxophones Bainbridge, F. Baker, R. Bertaccini, A. Davis, W. Dc Simone, C. Doezy, J. Filer, A. Fish, E. Fraser, J. Golanty, E. Goldstrohm, M. Howells, J. Lau, T. McKee, B. Mosko, E. Oliver, L. Rosen, R. Rothman, S. Seiferth, W. Serve)', P. Shidcmantle, J. Uhlman, C. Warren, J. Trombones Ashton, W. Bradley, C. Eckbcrg, J. Hcplcr, J. lee, O. L. Jones, W. B. Jones, W. C. Kramer, M. Kreimer, H. Marplc, E. Merrick, J. Sehaffcl, M. Stottlcmcycr, R. Von Versen, F. Baritones Best, G. Campbell, L. Del Vitto, C. Dickson, T. Hasslcr, E. Rvdzc, R. Yates, C. French Horns Broudy, H. Farberow, N. Hook, T. Jubclircr, S. Price, W. Rienner, D. Tomb, R. Wedd, G. Bassoon Beal, D. Cartwright, T. Oboe DiGiovanni, H. Friday, R. Lasday, A. Bel I-Lyra Carlson, H. Bacall, C. Bentley, R. Bishop, H. Carlburg, S. Colvin, W. Edge, E. Egfv.J. Evans, B. Filer, L. Gall, H. Gargaro, V. Goodfriend, D. Hazlcy, R. Hollstcin, E. Hunter, J. Lvon, C. R(vL- W Sadler, J. Toerge, J. White, W. Wilson, J. Zischkau, W. Bass Horn Balkam, W. Carothers, G. Hoover, T. KaW.yc, Tuba Benner, J. Schwartz, H. Stiffey, A. Piccolo Hancak, L. Lewis, H. 215 FRATERNITIE Those who succeed in accomplishing meritorious work in the many activity and scholastic fields arc rewarded with membership into the honorary fraternities. These students arc the true representatives of the University of Pittsburgh as Petar Petrovich Njegos, poet, scholar, and statesman, whose portrait hangs in the Yugoslavian Room, truly represents the creative spirit of his country. MORTAR BOARD Pres......................Jane Bell Vice Pres.....................Marie Powell Sec...............Mary Ruth Goodwin Treas...........Mary Jane Patterson Historian...................Lucille Simpson Rocuch, Byrne, Webb, McCormick, Nicholson. Bart, Dcring, Totzkc, Campbell, Adams, Powell Front Row: Custer, Patterson, Uptcgrafr. Goodwin, Crosby. Proud indeed arc those second semester junior women whose names arc called on Spring Tap Day to join the ranks of these who have rendered service . . . fostered leadership . . . and honored learning without display. These arc the women who have earned the privilege of donning the black cap and gown of Mortar Board, honorary activities fraternity for senior women. Ushering at the graduation of their senior sisters was the first duty of the new Mortar Board members last Spring. This fall, as senior mentors, they guided and advised freshmen women in the friendly and sincere way traditional with Mortar Board; and when it came time to ask the parents of these same freshmen to the Chancellor's reception, they were among the first invited to serve as aides. Christmas found the Mortar Board girls guests of their advisors, Miss Rush, Miss McLaughlin, and Miss Anderson at a dinner party. In February, the Pitt and Tech chapters of Mortar Board, together with the Cwcns from both schools invited their mothers to a chapel service at the Heinz Chapel. Jane Bell, their president, kept the round of affairs going with a slumber party at her home between semesters. Maintaining their tradition of fostering high scholarship. Mortar Board recognized freshman women having high averages, and presented an award to the girl with the highest average on Scholars' Day. Climaxing their year's work. Mortar Board attracted much attention at Carnival Night during Spring Festival week; and when Tap Day finally rolled around, they graciously stepped down and welcomed the junior women who arc to take their places next year. 218 OMICRON DELTA KAPPA Pushing away their coffee cups and lighting up their cigarettes and pipes, the busiest men on campus lean back in their chairs and take a half hour off for relaxation. These arc the members of Omicron Delta Kappa at their semimonthly luncheon meeting. Here teachers, students, and alumni informally discuss the problems of the organization, the university, and the world. These arc the men who have distinguished themselves in the fields of scholarship, athletic, and non-athlctic activities, for to be tapped to ODK is the foremost honor that a man in activities can achieve. In the early fall and on spring Tap Day names of junior and senior campus leaders appear on the large key designating that they have been tapped to ODK. From March 23-25 all ODK eyes turned toward the campus of Washington and Lee where a memorable celebration was held on the very ground where ODK was organized twenty-five years ago. And, as a tangible landmark, a monument commemorating the birth of ODK was presented to Washington and Lee College by the combined ODK chapters. Gamma Circle rejoiced in the election of her alumnus and former national council member, Stanton Bclfour, as Vice-President in the national office of ODK. Pitt, too, will have its landmark in the form of a Senior Walk which will serve as a lasting memory of ODK and its members. Work on the walk has been completed and the names of all the men honored with the Senior ODK award for leadership will be cnscribed in the stone slabs. Taano, Diddle, Ellis. Cassiano, Thomas, Griffith, Graham, Zchfuss, Martinco, Reich. Batchcldcr, Murray, Drown, Ryden, Shore, Durkin, Jones, McCloskcv, Dannies. Balfour, Vichman, Light. Wright, Brinkcr, Williams, Crawford. Machcsncy. Freni Rate: O'Connei, Lanfear, Suavely, Kairys, McKenna, Olsen. Pits...................Albert Kairys Vice Pres...........Bernard McKenna Sec.-Treas..........E. A. Batciihldp.r Faculty Adviser........Robert Avars 219 C WENS Pres.. . ....................Ruth Beachler Vice Pres........Esther Marcuson Rec. Sec....................Butty Springer Treas.................Jane Ulrich Glick, McMastcr, McLaren, Pryor, Roberts. Fagan, Hoscy, Tullv, I ran. Childrc� s, Halcn, Ulrich. Cheney. Pyle. Green. From Rew: Gibson. Beachler, Marcuson, Nvdcv Happy indeed were those outstanding freshman women chosen to wear the silver and garner necklaces of Cwcns, Sophomore Women’s honorary society, on Spring Tap Day last year. When, later in the spring, they exchanged their necklaces for the symbolic crown and scepter, they were formally initiated into the Anglo-Saxon order. Upholding their high Anglo-Saxon heritage, Cwcns foster leadership, scholarship, willing service, and outstanding character in extra-curricular activities and academic studies. The high standards and ideals of Cwcns parallel those of Druids, honorary fraternity for Sophomore men. The C.wcns's work began just after their recognition on Tap Day, when they served as ushers at the Coronation of the Senior Queen and as aides at the Coronation breakfast. Returning in the fall, they entertained Freshman women at the High Tea during Freshman Week. When charming aides for the Chancellor's Reception were chosen, Cwcns were among the first invited to help. Just before the Pitt-Tech game, Tech Cwcns entertained their Pitr sisters, and in March Pitt Cwcns returned the favor and played hostess. The annual Cwcn-Druid Tea Dance was a novel He 'n She” dance held at Webster Hall. Clever posters drew attention to this something new” dance, and served as the basis for an unusual poster contest. Just before Christmas, Cwcns, combining forces with an S.F.A. committee, published a printed Student Directory which included the names of all the students in the University. Every other Wednesday evening they have their regular dinner meeting at the Heinz House around a candle-lit round-table as was used in the Anglo-Saxon period. In keeping with the Christmas spirit, they exchanged Christmas gifts with jovial poems about the recipient. As their active year drew to a close, they prepared to receive new Cwcns on Tap Day by giving carnations fastened ro a necklace of silver and garnet to worthy freshmen women. At the Cwcns formal banquet, they officially bid farewell to their active membership by handing it over to the new Cwcns of 1940. 220 DRUIDS Munching hot dogs and sipping soda pop, freshmen men signed up to he prospective editors, business managers, thespians, and musicians as the Druids welcomed them into the realm of campus activities at the annual fall smoker on September 21. Upholding the standards of activities among sophomore men arc the wearers of the black sweaters with the yellow emblems, the Druids. They arc the members of that cvcr-activc national sophomore honorary activities fraternity that serves as the ideal of freshmen men. In January, Druids joined with Cwcns to be hosts at a tea dance at the Hotel Schcnlcy. Rex Edwards, popular campus maestro, played for the affair which was known as the He ’n She dance. Co-chairmen Virginia Childress and Ruggcro Aldiscrt conducted a successful publicity campaign which included a poster-quiz contest, the winners receiving complimentary tickets as well as a chance to win one of the door prizes: a ticket to the Junior Prom, or tickets to any Pitt hockey game. Rounding up their cycle of social events, Druids enjoyed another tea dance, their formal initiation dinner following the tapping ceremony, and their long-anticipated Spring Formal. However, never forgotten is the Druid program of Service, Leadership, and Scholarship which found them assisting at the Commons Room teas, as aides at the Chancellor's annual reception to parents of freshmen, and as leaders in the freshmen camp program. Pres.............Joseph L. Roberts Viet Pres........William Vaughn Sec................John P. Doktor Treas...........Irving R. Kaufman Soc. Chair................Ruggero Aldisbrt Rothman, Matter, Rial, Cannon, Jones, McElivain, Bacall. Front Rou Robic. Hahn, Aldiscrt, Roberts. Kaufman, Dock tor, Sheris, Shaw. 221 BETA GAMMA SIGMA Pres........................Montiort Jonbs Vice Pres............Charms Lynch Sec.-Treas............Frank Willett Faculty Adviser................James Rossell Hanna, Sapper. Dannies, Tippetts, Durkin, McKee, Watkins. Kansclbaum, Albright, Bielck. Frtnt R w: Balsley, Rossell, Rautncr, Jones, Lynch, Willetts, Horovit . Every member of Beta Gamma Sigma has had his day on the speaker's platform. This opportunity was granted at the annual dinner-initiation. One after another, nineteen initiates addressed a talk on some business topic to the actives and alumni sitting around the dinner tabic in the hotel Schcnlcy's French Room. Authoritative speeches were made on subjects ranging from What People Don't Know About Liquor” to Casket Production.” The Alumni, who spent idle minutes talking about the speeches they had made as far back as 1921, when the Pitt Beta Gamma Sigma chapter was organized, stumped the initiates with bombardments of queries pertinent to their talks. As toastmaster for the evening, Montcfort Jones, Assistant Dean of the School of Business Administration, whose reputation as a toastmaster has spread across many banquet tables, was in good form. Several of the nineteen new members in the Business Administration Honorary scholastic fraternity were tapped in the fall at a luncheon held in the Schcn-lcy Hotel; the remainder were tapped at the regular Pitt Scholars Day tapping in March. These nineteen junior and senior men and women were tapped for their excellent scholastic attainment, initiative, leadership, and personality. This year’s award to the freshman attaining the highest quality point average, was presented to A1 Ludwig at the tapping luncheon. 222 Ncwlv decorated rooms—Fort Pitt Hotel—Monday evening at 9:30 P.M. —members of Alpha Kappa Psi gather after a day spent in business and studies for a meeting of their fraternity. Members of this professional commerce fraternity arc drawn from many phases of the business life of Pittsburgh. An Evening School fraternity primarily, it is, however, open to undergraduates in the day school classes. Gathered in their new quarters members of the group carried on their regular organization business and added discussions of merchandising, advertising, and salesmanship. During the past year, speakers have come to the group from the larger business firms of the city to tell of their experiences and answer questions set forth by members so that the latter might better adjust themselves to the problems that they face in their even-day work. Many of the leaders brought with them motion pictures taken at their respective business houses, to set forth their ideas more realistically. In addition to these lectures, several trips were taken around the Pittsburgh area. The Irwin Works and the Clairton Steel Works were the high spots of these trips. They were not limited however to the study of steel and its manufacture, other plants being visited among which the Liberty Baking Company trip proved exceptionally interesting. The entire year was not given over to forums and trips, for the A.K. Psi's enjoyed the fellowship of many parties in their meeting room and others outside. Mr. C. C. Shepard was the founder of Alpha Kappa Psi. ALPHA KAPPA PSI ALPHA KAPPA PSI Pres.............W. Bruck Hosack Vice Pres..........J. McEluoott Sec...............Louis Troppman Treasurer............Jack Hukill Master of Ritual..W. V. Kirkwood Scully. Adamt, Yeakel. Kirkwood, Brunk, SimjwOJi. Snowden, Troppman. McElligoct, Hosack. Hukill. Hanna. Front Row Stout, fariman, Me William . Bchcrcnbcrg. 223 CAP AND GOWN UNDERGRADUATE CLUB Pres..............John Fullerton Vice Pres........Richard Frankel Sec...............John Daugherty Treas.............Thomas L. Smith Members of the Undergraduate Cap and Gown Club have relegated its formal purpose to a secondary position and have defined for themselves the desire to make the spirit of Cap and Gown felt all year round. Only men who have been active as members of Cap and Gown shows arc eligible to be tapped to this campus honorary, with the result that there has been gathered a nucleus of men who arc capable of and interested in carrying forth this work. They have succeeded this year through the media of smokers and dances in addition to the regular routine activities of the Club. One of the outstanding extra-functional contributions that the Undergraduate Cap and Gown Club made to the Pitt campus came with the announcement that the annual Cap and Gown fall dance, introducing the Pitt formal dance season, was a precedent setting no corsage affair. The other social functions were given in collaboration with the Graduate Cap and Gown Club. These included three smokers open to any of the student body interested in Cap and Gown, either through participation or from other active support; and the final affair of the year, the annual Cap and Gown banquet given in honor of the staff members of At Your Service. As has been the custom, rapping of new members was held at their Fall formal, the winter smoker, and during Spring Festival. Perhaps the outstanding achievement of the combined Graduate and Undergraduate Clubs has been placing the Cap and Gown show in the national lime light which has been its due for many years. It was largely through their effort that for the first time in the history of Cap and Gown shows the songs were published bv a national company. Hoffman, Frank, Hyde, Hollstcin. Byerst, Wein, Dougherty, Whiteman. Front Rou: Hocvclcr. Fullerton. Light, Waadl, Lichtenstein 224 CHI RHO NU Pres..............Jack W. Morrow Vice Pres................Rickard Rowse Sec.................John P. Goff Treas............John P. Docktor Vacuity Adviser.Dr. Omar C. Held Piergorcc, Osheka, Bcrkcy, Bars lack, Swiharc. Grant, Lewis, Boat, Brown, Falk. Lowe, Townsend. Frtrt Riu: Rowse, Golf, Morrow, Docktor. Salko. At the end of each year outstanding freshmen of the pre-medicine group arc recognized for their ability by membership in Chi Rho Nu. Organized in 1922 as the Chiron Club, Chi Rho Nu became an honorary pre-medical fraternity in 1930 when its present name was adopted and standards for membership were raised. Once each month the fraternity meets for the purpose of promoting stronger relations among its members and arousing interest in the medical field. A balanced program is worked out each year to include both educational and social activities. The program this year included visits to the Mercy, West Penn, and Magee Hospitals, as well as a trip to Mayvicw in the spring. Members were permitted to inspect the hospitals, their equipment and their methods. Initiation into the fraternity was conducted in February, following a smoker held to acquaint members with freshmen eligible for membership. The smoker, at the YMCA dubrooms, had as speakers Dr. Paul McClain of the Medical School, and Dr. Williams of the biology department. A feature of Chi Rho Nu's social program for the year was a large and successful dance held in April. The smoker and the dance were only two of a number of the fraternity's social events. An incentive to greater achievement in pre-medical studies is given the group by an annual award to the member with the highest grades. The winner of rhe honor this year was Luther Spochr. DELTA DELTA LAMBDA Pres................BETTY WeneRD Vice Pres.........Howard Williams Sec................Mary Cose.rove Treas.....................Dorothy Struble Delta Delta Lambda, local professional fraternity for students in the commercial education department, was organized primarily to recognize and encourage scholarship among the undergraduate students in the field of commercial education; to act as a medium for discussion of social and technical problems of the business world; and to introduce to its members outstanding leaders in commercial education work who would acquaint them with relevant facts and current business situations. Officially recognized by the University on March 2, 1935, the fraternity chose for its name the Greek letters Delta Delta Lambda, the initials of Mr. D. D. Lcsscnberrv, director of courses in the commercial education department, and faculty advisor to the group. The present chapter, the Cathedral chapter includes an active undergraduate membership of approximately thirty-five, with many of the graduate members participating actively in the various group functions. The two major social events during this last school year were the Spring and Fall initiation ceremonies. At the Fall initiation banquet held on November 19, at the Grcystonc Manor, the Hon. Ralph H. Smith, Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County was the principal speaker. About seventy-five alumni members besides the undergraduate members, were present. A supper dance at the William Penn Hotel was the occasion for the Spring initiation. At other times the organization held a Saturday afternoon luncheon for all members, and a High School Day which was planned as a meeting of high school graduates of this district, who were particularly interested in Commercial education, with members of Delta Delta Lambda, and faculty members in the Commercial Education Department. In this way, pre-college students were given an opportunity to learn the types of courses offered by the department, and to more clearly understand the general opportunities present in the commercial education field. 226 JOHN MARSHALL CLUB A desire to discuss mutual problems and obtain a glimpse into their profession gave prc-lcgal students the idea of forming an organization wherein students might derive extra benefit from their class work. In 1921, students organized the John Marshall Club named in honor of the famed justice of the United States Supreme Court. The present members of the club, chosen from classes of Political Science and Economics, spend most of their time on the fourteenth lloor of the Cathedral, the new home of the Law School. These prc-lcgal students arc given a premature glance of the practice of law bv prominent lawyers invited to speak to them at the regular monthly meetings. Judge Henry Ellcnbogcn, a member of the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas, spoke about The Place of Lawyers in America at the fall initiation meeting. Another noted attorney was obtained for the February tapping program in Mr. Robert H. Klccb, regional attorney of the National Labor Relations Board. His subject at the meeting was The Truth abour the National Labor Relations Board. At this meeting the Constitution of the student lawvcrs-to-bc was considered for revision. At the regular Scholars Day Assembly the names of those tapped in the two Tapping programs of the year were added to the list of members. The culmination of John Marshall Club activities was the annual banquet in May when departing seniors bade farewell from active membership to success in Law School. Pres...................Howard Krell Vice Pres...................Leonard Berkovitz Sec.-Treas...........Ruth R. Crosby Goehring, Parne� , Levine, Allen, Horne. Krell, Berkovitz, Yancy, Crosby, Sipci, Fullerton. 227 KAPPA PHI KAPPA Pres.............Wm. Charlksworth Vice Pres...........Harry Goldby Sec................Elmer H. Puchta Treas...............John L. Kbiser Smokers arc an important function in the social calendar of the Kappa Phi Kappa fraternity. They serve to introduce new men, eligible for membership to the men's honorary and professional education fraternity, to the active members of the group. A smoker is held just before each of the spring and fall initiations. The first chapter of the fraternity originated at Dartmouth in 1922 and four years later a chapter was started at the University. Six members of the faculty and eighteen undergraduate students chartered Tau chapter in 1926. Today Tau is one of forty-seven widely spread chapters at various universities and colleges throughout the country. At luncheons and dinners that doubled as meetings of the fraternity in the past year the fraternity has listened to guest speakers who talked of pertinent education problems that have arisen in our modern industrial society. Two times during the year, in spring and fall, those men of sufficiently sound moral character, possessing recognized ability to engage in the study of education and promote its cause, arc tapped to membership. The new members taken into the fraternity this year were honored at the annual initiation banquet, held at the Cathedral Mansions, and took their places as brothers of Kappa Phi Kappa, to foster education in general as well as in the University of Pittsburgh. Ttf: Lchner, Schnupp. Portella, Henderson. Robinson. Slack Lupinacci. Kachun. Isaacs. Jone� , Givens, McIntyre Scdney, Floikcn, Krzton, Scarlcs, Keiser. Patterson Puchta. Goldbv. Woodsidc. Davies, Brien, Warwick 228 PHI ETA SIGMA Pres......................David Tucker Vice Pres................John Paul Goff Sec.-Treas..............Alvin J. Ludwig Vacuity Adviser........Robert R. Corley Gould, Van Swearingen, Pilgrim, McElwain, Wimncr, Smith. Glecjon, Monier, Metcalfe, Noruin, Wirnmer, Allen. Front Ron Kay, Sonncnfcld, Ludwig, Tucker. Corley, Janata, Powell. One of the youngest honorary fraternities on campus is Phi Eta Sigma. Founded with the purpose of promoting a higher standard of learning among the men of the Freshman class, this fraternity has already found a permanent place among the groups at the University. The national fraternity was founded at the University of Illinois in 1923, and 43 chapters have been established since that time. The 41st chapter was installed at the University of Pittsburgh in May 1937- Outstanding among the activities of Phi Eta Sigma has been the tutorial service which it has established for all freshmen at the University. Free instruction has been offered in Chemistry, Biology, Political Science, Mathematics, Fine Arts, Physics, and many other subjects. Both men and women were offered the advantage of this service, and many made use of it during the first trial period early in the school year. There were two tappings for Phi Eta Sigma: spring and fall. The spring tapping took place at the annual Scholar's Day ceremony. A minimum quality point average of 2.5 is required for tapping, and men may be tapped at the end of the first or second semesters of their freshman year. A smoker for freshmen with honor averages at the eight-weeks grade period was sponsored by the fraternity. Dean Tippetts spoke on the application of scholarship to everyday life. The most outstanding scholar of the freshman class was awarded a plaque at the regular freshman honor assembly. Phi Eta Sigma is justly proud as it points to its campus record, and again as it finds an increasing number of men in its ranks who arc equally outstanding in University activities life. 229 PI TAU PHI Pres.............. .John Martinco Vice Pres.. Milton G. Lehman, Jr. Leaii Goldstein Sec..........................Sally Fogle Treas.......................Howard Krell Pi Tau Phi, senior honorary scholastic fraternity in the College, is a purely local organization, open to second semester Juniors in the College who have attained a cumulative quality point average of at least 2.5. With Dr. Omar C. Held, Assistant Dean of the College, as its advisor, and consisting of a highly selective membership, Pi Tau Phi has as its purpose the spread of the aims of scholarship, culture, and idealism, the stimulation of serious thought, and the establishment of true intellectual standards. Through its regular monthly meetings, the organization provided a means of social fellowship, and an opportunity for exchange of ideas. At these meetings, speakers met with the members to discuss various subjects of current political, economic, social, or cultural interest. Dr. John C. Amundson, Dr. Putnam Jones, Philip C. Elliot, Dr. B. J. Hovdc, and Mr. Robert Graham have spoken at these Pi Tau Phi meetings. A mid year banquet held in January was one of the organization's outstanding social events. This year Dr. A. Robinson, was guest speaker at the banquet addressing the fraternity on the Application of Scientific Methods to the Social Sciences.'' Though tappccs arc formally inducted into the College scholastic honorary at an initiation banquet held in April, they arc named at Scholars Day exercises. The membership is usually restricted to approximately thirty. On Scholars Day, too, Pi Tau Phi gives an award ro the senior student in the College showing the greatest scholastic improvement, during his last two years. This year's award went to John J. Uhl. In line with the traditions started last year, and, in hopes of making it a permanent tradition, the fraternity presented a gift of money to the University Library, with which to buy books as needed. 230 QU AX Whence this unusual name? Members will tell you that q stands for the ultimate question, 'V for the unity of things in the universe, and a for the advancement toward x , the unknown. Club colors arc green and gold-brown, symbolic of the seasons and the progress of life. Membership is open to Juniors and Seniors who have science majors and a scholastic average of 2.0 in all science courses. The purpose of the society is to inspire and develop interest in science, and a spirit of good fellowship among student members. It is the intention of the group to help create an interest in science among the student body as a whole. Informal meetings were held at which outstanding speakers such as Dr. Samuel H. Williams, Dr. Alfred Wall, Dr. Margaret Doutt from Pennsylvania College for Women, Dr. Peter Gray, Mr. Adolf Dc Werth, consulting horticulturist at the Bureau of Parks, Dr. H. B. Conn, and Dr. Walter Donaldson took part. Other activities included field trips such as the trip back of the scenes in Carnegie Museum and the excursion to the Allegheny Observatory. The members of Quax instituted a new social event for this year when a joint Christmas dance was held with Phi Sigma and Collcmbolac. This year the organization instituted something new in the way of an employment bureau sponsored by the alumnae of Quax to help place members in positions of scientific work when they graduate. Pres.....................BbttyJane Martin Vice Pres.........Peggy Laschinobr Sec.............Juliet Duetlbbaum Treat......................Maureen Rainey Publicity Chair.. . . Betty Rutii Phillips 231 I.aschinger, Phillips. Higbcc. Dcutclbaum, Martin. SCABBARD AND BLADE Pres..................Mark Moisakus First Lieut...............Al Berger Second Lieut................Nicholas Sisak First Sergeant................Edwin Ellis Outstanding upperclassmen of the ROTC department arc eligible for the distinction of becoming members of Scabbard and Blade, national honorary military fraternity. The local chapter, in keeping with the Scabbard and Blade chapters throughout the country, attempts to develop capable leaders, to unite the military departments of the universities of our country, and to spread intelligent information concerning the military policies of the United States. Scabbard and Blade is an important social group on campus as well as being a highly selective military organization in itself. A smoker given for new men introduced them into the inner realm of militaristic circles and acquainted them with requirements for membership. At the annual Military Ball, the fraternity presented for the first time in public, the impressive formal tapping of new members. On the eighth of November, eighty-three chapters of Scabbard and Blade convened at Bcrkcly, California in their national convention. Mark Mosoikos, president and captain of the local chapter, crossed the country as the University representative. New members have been tapped into the fraternity on three occasions during the past year. At a formal dance held on November 11, twelve new men were tapped for membership. Again at a later date six more tappccs were extended the award of distinction in ROTC work. Finally six additional men were deemed worthy of membership to the fraternity on the annual spring Tap day. Following each of these tappings came the famous Scabbard and Blade ' hell week” which culminated in the early morning initiation service. During this week, upperclassmen go through the manual of arms, patrol the entrances and passages of the Cathedral, drill, and perform other tasks set for them by their brothers-to-be. Reporting to the designated meeting place, usually in South Park, the new men arc initiated after an all-night vigil in an impressive ceremony held at the break of day. Tested and tried, men of strong character to begin with, they then become loyal members of a strong fraternity. Bert. McCormley, Gibson, Rusnak. Puchta, Boucek, Dornenburg, Camarata. Bell, Irvine, Krzton, Criner, Frankcl. Huttingcr. Greer, MiCamic, Di Giovanni. Reilly. Frrit Rou■: Ralph, Sage, Hoffman, Berger—First Lc.. Moisakot- Capt., Sisak Second Lt., Ellis—First Lt., Cartwright. Kairvs. 232 SIGMA GAMMA EPSILON Pres...................Albert T. Eyler Vice Pres..............Herbert G. Hock Sec.-Treas...............John W. Moore Historian............M. Robert Gross Woodward, Barry, Riitc, Berger, Collins. Thomas, Gallagher, Potter, Brigham, Poch. Frent Row.-Gross, Moore, Eyler, Williams. Hock. Sigma Gamma Epsilon, national honorary fraternity of the School of Mines, tapped to membership outstanding mining, metallurgy, petroleum engineering, and geology students who have excelled in campus activities as well as scholarship. Not only did Sigma Gamma Epsilon act as an organization to unite students interested in the same field, but through its presentation of prominent speakers at the monthly meetings, it helped students to become acquainted with the outstanding men in the mining and allied fields. These practical lectures served, too, to stimulate interest in recent developments in the industries, and to provide accurate information about them. Qualifications for membership to Sigma Gamma Epsilon include practicability and sociability in addition to scholarship. Twice during the past year, at the end of the first semester and again in the spring, tapping ceremonies took place at which seniors and juniors who met the qualifications were invited to become members of the organization. Not long after the tapping, formal initiations were held in the YMCA club rooms. The social calendar for Sigma Gamma Epsilon was then rounded out by farewell parties in honor of the graduating brothers. Each year a senior award has been presented to the top-ranking student who has successfully and capably completed four years of undergraduate study in the School of Mines. This award is in recognition of distinctive personality, character, practicability, and an activities record, as well as attainment in scholarship. The presentation of the senior award this year was one of the most important events on the program of the fraternity. 233 SIGMA KAPPA PHI Pres...............Miriam Harter Vice Pres..........Ruth Aldingbr Sec..........Christopher Walthour Walthour, Simpson, Wettcrmann, Harter. Aldinger, Byrne, Webb. A fraternity to encourage and recognize high standing in the study of foreign languages and to foster the study of these languages has been the purpose and the proud record of Sigma Kappa Phi for 18 years. This group of students arc a national honorary language fraternity who gather at dinner meetings once each month to discuss their subjcct-in-common and to hear guest speakers from the faculty. The fraternity has followed an active social program for the past year under the guidance of president Miriam Harter. Among features enjoyed by the members in addition to the regular meetings were informal get-togethers to hear songs, recitations, and music of foreign flavor. Outstanding among these was a melodrama given in German by members of the group. In the future, dances and formal dinners arc being planned to popularize the organization with more students. Sigma Kappa Phi, since its inception in 1921 by several faculty members, has grown to a set membership of forty students. Members of the faculty group who maintain an active interest in the group arc: Faculty advisor Dr. W. H. Shelton and members Johnson, Bccklcy, DcVitis, Fairfield, Gnatkowski, Henry, Lohstactcr, Raschin, and Scribner. The annual award of four medals to seniors taking French, German, Spanish, and Latin is the culmination of the organization’s activities for the year and furnishes the members a fresh incentive for study of languages in the next year. 234 SIGMA TAU Valerino, Bearer, O'Leary, Barry, Campbell, Caldwell, McKee. Reilly, Moore, Challstrom, Levine, Ackenhcil, Park, Anderson, Keller, Colteryahn, Gross, Hock. Sisak, Thomas, Heidcr, MacLeod, Wilson, Foner, Shumachcr, Bigos, Gillis. Front Row: Johnson. Berger, Bassett, Brinkcr, Tomb. Pres..................J. G. Bassett Vice Pres.............Alfre Bbrobr Sec...................Ray Johnston Treas...................R. N. Tomb Faculty Adviser.. Mr. William Brisker Founded at the University of Nebraska in February 1904, Sigma Tau is an honorary engineering fraternity established on the principles of service to engineering education. Its aim is the recognition of personal attainment on the part of engineering students. Psi chapter was established at the University in 1930, the twenty-third chapter to come into the national organization. In that year the Association of College Honor Societies, composed of Phi Beta Kappa, Tau Beta Pi, Sigma Chi, Phi Kappa Phi, Alpha Omicron Alpha, and the Order of the Caif, extended an invitation of membership to Sigma Tau, the first chapter to be admitted to the association since its beginning in 192$. The symbol selected to represent the outstanding qualifications of the fraternity is the pyramid and rail section. The pyramid symbolizes stability, calling attention to the permanence of the organization. The rail section stands for progress. Requirements for membership to Sigma Tau arc scholarship, practicality, and sociability. Students in the upper one-third of the junior and senior engineering classes arc eligible to be tapped to membership. Following judgment by the active members of the fraternity to determine his practicality and sociability, a candidate must receive unanimous approval before he is elected to the chapter. Each year its spring tapping ceremony. Sigma Tau awards two medals to the sophomore engineering or mining students who maintain the highest quality point average during their freshman year. The award is made in recognition of scholastic achievement, and it is sought as one of the highest honors accorded freshmen students by campus organizations. 235 XYLON Pres...........Mary Lou Perking Vice Pres...........Marion Conn Treas..........Gertrude Lieblich Clcland, Pcrring. Levy. Frtmi Rne: Srcclc, Lcibiich. Leitchc. Elmer. Xylon is an honorary journalistic fraternity for women who hope and try to further their journalistic interests. To women with a decided flair for the art of writing, it is a glowing flame of crcativcncss. To become a Xylonite, one must be an outstanding member of one or more of the campus publications. In December Xylon held one of its several forums, at which Miss Maxine Garrison of the Pittsburgh Press gave an interesting and worthwhile description of Women in Journalism. Freshmen women were invited to this forum. A luncheon meeting for Xylon members was held in November with Miss Mary McKenna, faculty advisor for the Xylonites, as guest of honor. This year, Xylon has been working on a pamphlet, similar to a newspaper done on the feature angle, to be given to the parents of the women of the University of Pittsburgh. Xylon Day was held on May 22, at which time editors of high school publications were entertained at a tea on the twelfth floor of the Cathedral. Editors from city and Allegheny county high schools were invited. At this time, a cup was awarded to the high school publication considered the best journalistically. Tapping and initiation of new members took place in the spring on Activities' Tap Day. Here several promising women journalists were given green and gold ribbons symbolic of their honor, and later were duly initiated into Xylon. 236 PI LAMBDA THETA Pm............. Vice Pres...... Rec. Sec........ Corns. Sec...... Treas........... Ass!. Treas..... Keeper of Records Dorothy E. Pickard ... .Gertrude Taber ____Agnes McClain .... Lois Follansbee .......Nan Reiners ... Jennie Watson ... Harriet Morgan The first Tuesday of every month the members of Pi Lambda Theta meet for dinner and a business meeting. Here graduate teachers and seniors in the School of Education become better acquainted and exchange undergraduate and professional ideas thus fostering a fellowship among teachers and future teachers. Their program was varied this year with lectures, music, and trips to the art exhibits. Gertrude Taber discussed her recent “Japanese Jaunt. The description of The Child in Juvenile Court” was given by Mr. Walter J. Rome, chief probation officer and superintendent of the Detention Home, and Dr. Florence Teagarden talked on Catching Up with Ourselves.” Pi Lambda Theta numbers among its members many outstanding women including Katherine Foulkc, a charter member who is at present employed in the education department in the Board of Education building. The group’s chief contacts with the students at the University arc through a tea for Junior women and rhrough semi-annual tappings of senior and graduate women who have been outstanding in their educational fields. Every year a Founder’s Day Dinner is held so that the growth and accomplishments of the fraternity may be reviewed. Each year this fraternity contributes to the student loan fund. Pi Lambda Theta's Delta chapter on the Pitt campus grew out of the activities and interests of Kappa Pi. The key of Kappa Pi was adapted to bear the rhrcc Greek letters of the new national organization, and through this move it became the official key of all chapters. The year’s work was finished up on May ninth with the conferring of keys and installation of officers. 237 I T I E It is in the social fraternities that the fraters and sorors learn the real significance of the words '■friendship” and ‘‘cooperation. Robert Burns, whose portrait enhances the beauty of the Scottish Room, Ivricizcs this fraternal spirit in Auld Lang Syne: And there's a ban , my trusty fare. And gies a ban o' thine! And we’ 11 tak a right gude willy-waugbt for auld lang syne. PANHELLENIC COUNCIL Pres........ Vice Pres.. . Sec......... Treas....... WSGA Rep. Recorder---- . Betti- Batty Ruth Custer . Dorr ITT Bock Betty Phillips . . Betty Fagan . Junk Siiafbr Soft candlelight, autumn gold and brown leaves, formal dress, and the friendly atmosphere of Heinz House, formed the background for the first of Panhcllcnic’s traditional events—the Reception for Freshman women. Mingling with the sisters,” perhaps stopping to talk about the new up-swept hair-do, the freshman women were officially introduced to women’s fraternities on campus. The freshman-fraternity relationship climaxed in spring rushing under Panhcl Council’s supervision, as the freshman dashed from one fraternity house to another, first to a yachting parry, then to a Mammy Breakfast, then wound up with a treasure hunt. Panhcllcnic Council docs not concern itself with freshman alone however. Unifying friendships between the fraternities is encouraged by the council under Betty Batty. New pledges of all the frats hob-nobbed across the table Johnson, Shirk, Lovrcncic, Fisher, Bom. Clccvcr, Kuhbach. Grcnnan. Fagan. Bock. Custer, Batty, Phillips, Gornstcin, Kavanaugh. Iren Rev: Bailey. Glasser. Green. Gladstone, Heinz, Nydes, Richards. 240 At tht Panhel Reception at the Panhcl Pledge Luncheon in March while mass meetings throughout the year depicted the ideal fraternity girl, how to promote a better student-faculty relationship, and discussed common fraternity problems. Tis said that friendly competition adds flavor to ordinary routine. And so across the Panhcllcnic screen flashed Pouer, Speed, and Pick-Up, Watch the Fords Go By, and We'd Rather Be Right, as the different fraternities competed in the traditional Interfraternity Sing. Kappa Alpha Theta proved that It Pays to Advertise by taking first prize. Then marking time to the tick-tock rhythm of Tommy Tucker's orchestra, fraternity women danced at the William Penn Hotel to climax their social year with the Panhcl Ball. Ruth Custer, Vicc-Prcsidcnt and Chairman of the affair, led the dancers to the close of a busy year. PANHELLENIC REPRESENTATIVES Marjorie Kuhbach. ... Wilma Lovrbncic..... Edith Gorenstkin .... Evelyn Green........ Ann Bannon.......... Bkttie Morie........ Rosemarie Kavanagh. Doris Bauer......... Ruth Vogel.......... Gertrude Shirk...... Jane Cleaver........ Louise Fisher....... Helenrutii Gladstone Regina Heinz........ Betty Phillips...... Elizabeth Richards Doris Grennan....... Lillian Zinsser..... Dorrit Bock......... Lynn Norman......... June Shafer Mary Bailey......... Evelyn Bortz........ Isabel Nydes........ Betty Fagan......... Betty Baity......... Ruth Custer......... Peggy Nelson........ ......Alpha Delta Pi ......Alpha Delta Pi . Alpha Epsilon Phi . . . Alpha Epsilon Phi ......Beta Phi Alpha ......Beta Phi Alpha . . Beta Sigma Omicron . . Beta Sigma Omicron ..........Chi Omega ..........Chi Omega . .. . Delta Delta Delta . .. . Delta Delta Delta . . . . Delta Phi Epsilon . .. . Delta Phi Epsilon ..........Delta Zeta ..........Delta Zeta . Kappa Alpha Theta . . Kappa Alpha Theta Kappa Kappa Gamma Kappa Kappa Gamma ............Phi Mm ............Phi Mu ----Phi Sigma Sigma .... Phi Sigma Sigmu .... Theta Phi Alpha .....Theta Phi Alpha ... . Zeta Tau Alpha .....Zeta Tan Alpha J 241 Jane McCracken .Jean Richardson Wilma Lovrencic .. .Virginia Hosp ALPHA DELTA PI The ADPi's proved themselves the tops scholastically this year when they were awarded the Panhcllenic cup for having the highest scholastic average among the girl’s fraternities, theirs being 2.17. PrexyJane McCracken proudly accepted the cup presented by Miss Margaret England, representative of the City Panhcllenic association, at the Panhcllenic mass meeting in March. Another ADPi that had taken part in the program was Georgetta Davis, member of the women's choral, who sang two solos. Not limited to scholastic attainment, these girls were rewarded also for their vocal superiority at the Panhcllenic Sing in February. They bowed only to the Thetas and took second place with their skit. Socially the entire year was a busy one for the ADPi’s. It began when they entertained their mothers at a lively luncheon last fall and later gave a tea with their patronesses as honored guests. Early on their December calendar was their winter formal at Highland Country Club. The decorations were carried out in the blue and white, the colors of Alpha Delta Pi. During the holidays an informal dance was held at the home of Georgetta Davis. Those holidays will not be soon forgotten by the ADPi's because as Christmas gifts they received beautiful white linen table cloths from their mother's club and a complete set of initiation robes from the alumnae. When their province president, Mrs. J. C. Lontren, visited in February, the ADPi’s acted as hostesses at a dinner party, a luncheon, and theater party in her honor. Shortly after Mrs. Lontren's visit, the girls had a Valentine party at which they played grade school games and recited nursery rhymes and Valentines for everyone was the theme. The finale for their social season was the traditional farewell luncheon for Seniors in May after which the ADPi's began to look forward to the coming year, their twentieth as a fraternity on the Pitt campus. Cerra, Kuhbac, Thompson, Locke, Mahonsak, Lett. Frent Rtu : Hosp, Lovrencic, McCracken, Richardson, McLane. With cups ami albums ti e rush ALPHA EPSILON PHI The year 1939 marked a thirtieth anniversary for Alpha Epsilon Phi. It was thirty years ago that the first chapter was founded by seven girls at Bernard College. The local Nu chapter had two reasons for celebrating, however, one for thirty years of growth, and the other for the habitation of their new quarters in the Centre Court Apartment. The official business and social activity of the fraternity seemed to take on added interest at these new headquarters. Here they capably handled a large variety of projects. Among their philanthropic activities, the A.E. Phi's have maintained a scholarship fund which is used to send to colleges all over the country, girls who could not otherwise secure a college education. To do their part in adding to the fund the local sisters gave a benefit bridge in October. Like every other fraternity. Alpha Epsilon Phi aims to obtain a balance between its social and cultural interests. To keep the cultural activities in the limelight, the Monday night sessions on several occasions were devoted to the presentation of book reviews or speeches by prominent persons. In addition to the October benefit bridge, there were three other high spots in the A.E. Phi’s social calendar. In December their winter formal dinner dance at the Chatterbox pleasantly interrupted studies. White and green, the colors of the fraternity, were the color scheme for rhe Mother s Day tea in May. The spring formal dinner dance turned out to be a fitting climax to a highly successful season. Neaman, Rubenstein, R., Roth, Ruhemtein, C., Schcin. Hamburg, Benovitz, Ziff, Labbic, Engclman, Biron. Freni Rett' Green, Gorenttcin, Purnky, Stewart, Braude, Click. For a short while, pledge duty Pres..........................Edith Stewart Vice Pres..............Jba.v Punsky Rec. Sec............Ruth Rubinstein Corns. Sec.....................Reva Nkaman Tress.......................Babette Braude 243 BETA SIGMA OMICRON The Beta Sigs arc the proud possessors of a new house on Craig Street known as the Beta Haunt. To this new home, go pledges and actives for meetings, parties, teas, and informal dances. December was a busy month socially for the Betas. Proudly they celebrated their fiftieth anniversary of their founding with a banquet. Their annual informal Christmas party was held at the house. During the holidays, the local and the Westminster chapters merged for their traditional mid-winter formal at the Penn Lincoln Hotel where the Yulctidc spirit prevailed with the aid to the usual holly, mistletoe, and pine tree favors. Adding to the busy schedule, the Mother's Club entertained the girls at a Christmas party in Heinz House. The Mother's Club, a member of the National Mother's Club of Beta Sigma Omicron, hold meetings once a month and have dinner at the house. Shortly after the holidays, Florence H. Orth, national inspector, visited the local chapter and was entertained at a luncheon at the Schcnlcy Hotel and a formal dinner at the Culinaire. Later in January, the Betas went skating at the Diamond Rink. After spring rushing, the new pledges entertained the actives. The party was held on St. Patrick's Day, but the pledges abandoned the usual theme ot green shamrocks for a new idea, that of a Salli Magundi party which included playing all games from a miniature Vox Pop to a School of Swing. Completing their socially-succcssful year, the Betas danced at their “Star-Dust Formal” in April, after which mothers and daughters planned together a Beta family picnic for June. Pres..........................Lucille Stump Vice Pres........................Jean Bursox Sec........................Ruth Scott Treas................... Doris Bauer Burton, Dirnmick. Mclnocs, Robinton, Lewis, MacKenzic. Kavanagh, Shipman, Bauer, Stump, Scott. Page, McCulloch. Frent Rue. Mofriton, John� on, Kamaras, Speirs, Greiner. When we are pledged 244 CHI OMEGA The Chi Omegas arc always bent for pleasure when they head for their new fraternity apartment on Dithridge Street. Many happy hours arc spent there experiencing new thrills and delights, for the apartment is still a novelty to them. During the Christmas holidays the girls turned tea hostesses. Their new patroness, Mrs. N. Andrew eleven, wife of the professor of history at the University, was honored at a tea, December nineteenth. The following day. Phi Beta chapter poured tea for the Pittsburgh residents of Omicron Delta chapter from Westminster College. In February, the Chi O's were feted at a theatre party at the Pittsburgh Playhouse where they saw Noel Coward's Tonight at 8-30. On Scholars' Day, Phi Beta chapter awarded twenty-five dollars to the woman student excelling in the social sciences. This local award parallels Chi Omega's National Achievement Award, which is presented each year to a woman of notable accomplishments in the fields of public affairs, art, the professions, business, education, and literature, by virtue of the Personnel Research Federation, and of the American Association for Adult Education. In the spring, the girls spent several active days entertaining Miss Helen Gordon, their national representative. Plans were made to again send a delegate of Phi Beta chapter to the Fireside conference for active chapters, as Chi Omega, locally and nationally continues to step ahead. Lcglcr. Vogel. Brendlingcr, Pease. Bunting, Shirk. Studies still come first Pres.................Mary Lkglkr Vice Pres.......Rosbmaryb Bunting Pec. Sec.................... Ruth Pease Treas....................Gertrude Shirk 245 DELTA DELTA DELTA The local Tri-Dclt chapter played hostess at their province convention in Pittsburgh between semesters. Thirty representatives arrived early on Friday morning, February third. Before lunch, the sisters compared notes on every topic close to the heart of a fraternity girl: rushing, dances, pledging, dues, and such subjects. That afternoon Dean Amos and Miss Rush were the speakers; discussion followed on their topics. After the buffet supper, the local chapter gave a dance in the Venetian Room at Webster Hall. The visitors made a tour of the Cathedral and the Oakland district Saturday morning. In the afternoon Dr. Aulccn M. Jamison spoke on marriage and Louise Thaden, prominent Tri-Dclt alumna, reviewed her newest book, High, Wide, and Frightened. The final affair of the convention was the formal banquet at the Greystone Manors. Sally Fogle, prexy of the local chapter, was one of the speakers. Each representative felt that the convention was a grand success for each had contributed and received in return something really worthwhile. Save your Phillip Morris wrappers was a battle cry last fall as fraternities competed to win the radio-victrola, the prize for collecting the most wrappers. The Tri-Delta cry proved the most effective when the final count was made and the prize went to them. They have a novel way of keeping up-to-date on records. At their pledge dance in March, the admission was a new record for each couple. A Pansy breakfast for the departing Seniors is a tradition for the Delta Delta Deltas. Thisycar, the breakfast came the morning after the Senior Ball so the very sleepy Tri-Dclts stayed overnight at the house to l c on time to arrange pansy corsages for the guests of honor. This event and the spring formal at the Shannopin Country Club in June completed the 1938-39 calendar of active Delta Delta Delta. Pres...................J ally Fogle Vice Pres..............Elsie Ekstrom Rec. Sec...............Betty Clokey Cones. Sec..........Helen Fritchman Treas..................Betty Davis Fisher, Richmond. Mills. McLaren, Fairall, Fritchman, Brunson. Riddle, Allhousc, McMaster, Cleaver, Owen, Merritt , Brenner, Toddie. Frtvt Rfu FitrPatrick, TuIIy, Stout, Davis, Fogle, Ekstrom, Clokey, McHenry, Stollar, Miller. Sally calls the meeting 246 DELTA ZETA When Delta Zeta held their national convention at Pasadena, California, last summer, two members of Omicron chapter were marked present. Helen Poole, president of the chapter, and Lucille Uptegraff made the long trip to represent Pittsburgh Delta Zetas. In the convention's Parade of Flowers, Omicron entered a miniature of the Cathedral of Learning made in roses. Back in Pittsburgh, Delta Zetas were busy getting their new house in order for the opening of school. Football Saturdays found the Delta Zeta's and their friends celebrating the victories with hot-dogs, coffee and doughnuts, and dancing to the best bands of the land. Chapter meeting programs were built around careers for women. The topics of the great speakers ranged from the held of medicine to the study of new hair lines. The founders of Omicron chapter led a discussion on Why Delta Zeta? The fall pledge dance was carried out in true pledge style with decorations and programs in the shape of pledge pins. December found the D.Z.'s dancing in the Chatterbox of the William Penn Hotel at their annual winter formal. The Mothers' club of Omicron chapter was busy this year with card parties, showers for the house, luncheons, teas, and parties for the Fathers. The mothers presented the girls with many lovely gifts for their new house and taught them the art of home economics. Spring brought the end of the social activities for the school year and was climaxed by the Spring formal at the Shannopin Country Club. Then the house was closed up for the summer as the Delta Zetas set out for picnicing and camping at Ligonier. Westermann, A.. Bour, Roberts, Jackson. Klingensmith, Phillips, Allan, C. Sieherr, Stultz, McKccvcr, Eibs, Timlin, Westermann, E.. Thatcher. Strong, Brunk, Richards, Shakarian, Kirch, Uptegraff. Freni Rev: Augenstene. O’Brien, Poole, Rotzsch. Malevich. Allan, J. On special occasions . . Pus..................Helen Poole Vice Pus........Grace Augenstene Rtc. Sec...........Olga Malevich Corns. Sec.................Alice Rotzsch Treas....................Lucille O'Brien 247 KAPPA ALPHA THETA Social activities of the Thetas were ushered in with a dance last fall, hut the affair they will long remember is the combined slumber party and open house held during the Christmas vacation. While the snow whirled against the window panes outside, the Thetas, clad in pajamas and housecoats played bridge, danced, “gabbed, and ate. Before morning, it was evident that the slumber party had been misnamed, after the bull sessions which lasted far into the night, the girls slept only three hours. They were up bright and early to prepare for an afternoon party in honor of the Kappas, who had entertained them in November. This party later became an open-house affair when women from other campus fraternities dropped in during the afternoon. March brought forth an alumni party and a dance in honor of the new pledges. No special occasions were necessary in order that the members and pledges might enjoy a full social program, however. They held Wednesday afternoon teas, lunched together, and enjoyed an occasional Sunday night spread. Last summer's vacation was spent at a cottage by Conneaut Lake, where the Thetas swam, boated, rode, and danced. So well liked was this sojourn that the group has planned to return to Conneaut this year. Something old and something new seems to have been the motto at the Theta house. Early in the year they had their downstairs modernized into a new chapter room furnished in Early American style with an open fireplace and pine wainscoting at either end of the room. Pres.................Martha Har.mkikr Vice Pres...................Sue Scott Rec. Sec........................Helen Hager Cones. Sec.......................Jean Hipplk Treas...........................Betty Shrom Euwer, Cabbert, Stevenson, Brincy, Zinsser, Sutphen. Lewis, Glasscr, Teal, Childress, Fedigan, Gibson. Plummer. Goodwin, Adams, Wray, Campbell. Rooms, Sheppard, Rowell. Front Row: Coulson, Smith, Grennan, Scott. Harmeicr, Hager, Shrom, Hippie, Brown. A championship sing team 248 KAPPA KAPPA GAMMA This year newly decorated Kappa Kappa Gamma house was duly initiated and christened at an open-house tea, to which all men's and women s fraternities were invited. So proud were the Kappas of their beautiful new home that they adopted a new policy for their social year— A social party every month.” This policy went over in a big way, with a house dance being held on this schedule regularly. In October, the Kappa Alpha Thetas were guests, and in December, the Theta Phi Alphas were entertained, each having a house dance held in irs honor. Christmas brought the annual Christmas party with a silly gift and nonsensical poem for everyone. Also included in the Christmas festivities was a charity party for eight children from the Soho Settlement House. To enter into the true spirit of the party, the Kappas reverted to their childhood days, entertaining their young guests with various games and songs. With Christmas vacation so hectic, the Kappa House became a veritable haven for these socialites, when it became headquarters for a thrcc-dav house party just before classes resumed. Kappa Kappa Gamma was the first Women's National Fraternity to have a magazine, and was the first to call a Pcnhellcnic meeting. In her philanthropic work, she has sponsored a Hearth Stone Fund, which is used in erecting houses in which alumnae sisters may live during their later lives. There is now one of these houses in Florida. To round up their activities for the year, the Kappas held their Spring Formal at the Pittsburgh Field Club in June- and then said good-bye for the summer. Roughton, Ridsdalc, Garret, DeMarkus, Wclday, Bock, Walker. Donley, Dig by, Bcachlcr, Young, Williams, Bell. Walter, Hammond, Junge, Spencer. Front Rtu: Eodcr , Ewart, Dougherty. Pyle, Wacker Another (hump . . . our flea: Pres.....................Jane Bell Vice Pres..........Pbgoy Hammond Rec. Sec...........Pegoy Don lb y Cones. Sec......... Nancy Walker Treat..............Betty Williams 249 PHI MU Unique is the word for the Phi Mu’s ncw-facc party, an excellent get-acquainted affair. Each Phi Mu escorted a friend who had never attended a Phi Mu event which make their social calendar novel among the campus fraternities. Early in October, June Shafer entertained her sisters and their beaux at a house party at her summer home in Foxburg. Tennis, golf, dancing, and a moonlight hike filled an enjoyable week-end. In September, several Phi Mus visited the chapter at the University of West Virginia. A week later, when these sisters came to Pittsburgh for the Pirt-WestVirginia game, the local chapter gave a party for them. At the fall rushing tea held at the chapter room, a rose and white color scheme was carried out even to the dainty sandwiches. The lucky Phi Mus did nor do all the entertaining during the year. One moonlight night in February, they drove through a heavy snowfall to a party at the home of their patrons, Dr. and Mrs. Engeldcr. The following night, the mother's club, which had been organized in September, gave a theater party at the Kilbuck theater. Last August Phi Mu which is the second oldest women’s fraternity had a national convention in Ashvillc, N. C. This spring the district convention was held at Penn State late in April. Several girls from the local beta Theta chapter represented their sisters, to help carry forth bigger and better plans for Phi Mu fraternity. 250 PHI SIGMA SIGMA The twenty-fifth anniversary of the founding of the fraternity and a convention in New York set the pace for the Phi Sigs. The national project recently undertaken by Phi Sigma Sigma fraternity was to provide sccing-cvc dogs for blind persons who arc unable to afford them. Naturally, the Phi Sigs at Pitt took their part of the project and gave a benefit bridge at the Schcnlcv Hotel to provide sccing-cyc dogs for girls who were offered scholarships to college, but who couldn't accept them due to loss of eye-sight. After this project was successfully brought to a close, the girls eagerly looked forward to their national convention in New York during rhe Christmas holidays. The Bilrmorc Hotel was the home for the girls in New York. From the Biltmorc radiated all events of the grand and glorious convention. Here all the problems of the fraternity were solved, all elections held, and all business settled. But they ail claim that rheir stag parties in the rooms of the various girls about three each morning were the best part of the fun. The eleven Phi Sigs who went to the convention came back with a new national project. The delegates chose the popular problem of student refugees and decided to provide scholarships and homes at Phi Sig chapters all over the country and in Canada for these refugees. However it cannot be said that the Phi Sigs let their social activities at Pitt slide because of their national undertakings. Their traditional winter dinner dance was held December ninth, at the Chatterbox. Combining social and cultural activities, the girls went to plays at the Nixon, to lectures and the like several times during the year. Phi Sigma Sigma put a finis to the year with a spring formal dinner dance before final examinations. Goldszcr, Landertnan, Prise, Schloss, Smith, Lowy, Krcinson. Licbcrnun, Gottlieb, Goldsmith, Miller, Nydes, I, Nydes, F. Fw R«u Kandel, T., Fireman, Levinson, Bortz, Rosenberg, Levy, Victorhaus. Pres...............Charlotte Levy Vice Pres. ........Ruth Fireman Sec................Ruth Rosenberg Treas..............Paula Levinson After any Monday night meeting . . . THETA PHI ALPHA Confetti, balloons, gay colorful costumes, the T.P.A. house decorated in crepe paper in true New Orleans style made the Theta Phi Alpha's Mardi Gras a real success. Roulette wheels whirled, fortunes were told, bingo was played, and darts hurled by the guests who represented every organization on campus. Grand prizes for the evening were a Philco radio and a large basket of fruit and candy. The Mardi Gras came just a few weeks after the T.P.A.'s held their annual winter formal at the William Penn. This year's dance was a supper dance in the charge of the social committee. The first affair of the year was the traditional fall dance held the first Saturday in October. Appropriately the house was decorated in autumn leaves and football colors. Several additional informal dances were held during the months of October, November and December. Like every fraternity, Thera Phi Alpha has its traditional events. In addition to their winter and spring formals, they have a pledge dinner for which Father Rock and Miss F.llcn Geyer were guest speakers this year, and an Alum-nac-Activc get-together. At this year's get-together Mary Lou McClain, president of the local chapter, spoke. Entertainment was provided by the actives. Another custom started this year which the T.P.A.'s hope to make a tradition is their open house every Sunday Afternoon. Something different from the usual Mother and Daughter or Father and Son banquets was the T.P.A. Father and Daughter dinner in May where the often-neglected poppas were guests of honor. Pres..........Mary Louise McClain Vice Pres...........Mary Jane Gross Rec. Sec..........Patricia Franklin Corns. Sec.............. Rita Smith Treas.........Mary Louise Walters Gaync, Kelly, Ammon. Wallace. Reexe, Fagan. M.. Firch. Storing. Simon , McGowan. Ho ev. Epping, McCahill, Griffith. Fagan, B., Nugent, Durkin. Front Rcu Grow. Wear, Franklin, Waller , McClain. Smith, Batty. Keefer, Lally. Always a convention somewhere . . . 252 ZETA TAU ALPHA The ZT.Vs kept the spirit of close fratcrnalism nourishing during the summer months at a barn dance, picnics, parties, and meetings so that when they finally assembled for their first Monday night meeting, there was little vacation gossip to catch up on. Particularly memorable to the ZTA's was the first affair of their highly successful social season. On a brisk October night on wagons piled high with hay, singing Zetas, and their best beaux, had horses pull them over the South Hills. Tea dances celebrating football victories; a Thanksgiving dance with the traditional fall leaves, pumpkins, and candles; a gala Christmas dinner with poinsetta favors and surprise presents; the winter formal at the Churchill Valley Country Club bedecked with pine trees, holly, and mistletoe; and Sadie Hawkins Day at the Craig Street house kept the ZTA’s on a gav round of social affairs. A wee bit o' Erin came to the Zeta house with the pledges as guests of honor at a St. Patrick's dance. The rugs were rolled back, and shamrocks and Irish pipes hung on the walls. With the spring came the loveliest of all Zeta affairs, the spring formal at the Shannopin Country Club -flowers, filmy dresses, moonlight, and a midnight supper. Despite their many active social affairs, the Zetas can always be found scattered over the campus in Stephen Foster, the Publications offices, the Common's Room, and the twelfth floor participating in University activities and keeping the name of Zeta Tau Alpha in the limelight. Hoclcndoncr, Bentley, Cone, Lctsche, Newlon, Pryor, Dili, Baer. Perrin , Hartman, Nirdlinger, Richards. Steele, Crowe, Ulrich, Brahm. Kessler, L., Langguth, Custer, Elmer. Lure. Nicholson, Andrews, Smith. Frtt.t Rtu Kessler, H., Wilson, Gchrett, McCormick, Her . Douglas, Booth. Johnston, Ulrey, Thomas. Pare tall . . . seniors . . . Prts.................Adra Gf.hrbtt Via Prts..........Edith McCormick Stc.......................Maroarbt Bkro Guard.......................Helen Kessler Trtas.......................Helen Wilson 253 INTERFRATERNITY COUNCIL First Strutster Prts................William Stirling Vtct Prts........Bernard Cashdollar Stc..............'.........James Stark Trtas....................Albert Eger Second Stmts ter Prts.............Bernard Cashdollar Vtct Prts................James Stark Stc.-Trtas...............Albert Eger - ■ Ball Chair..................Edwin Horne Yulttidt Festival..................Bob Dannies Handbook...........................Bob Simrbll Rushing Chair.......Hunter Davidson Atblttic Director......Wallace Hirscii The apron string for social fraternities is the Interfraternity Council, the leading fraternal group on campus. Launching forth upon its twentieth year of guidance and supervision, the Council has completed two successful decades in promoting the cause and general interest of the social fraternities. Organized to improve and augment scholastic, athletic, and general educational activities, the Council has bound together and fostered fraternal organization by means of cups, dances, sports programs, scholarship and athletic trophies, sings, swings, balls, and dinners all under the vigilant eve of Robert M. Corley, Assistant to the Dean of Men. Twenty-six boys from thirteen fraternities met monthly to mold fraternity policies and activities. Last year brought forth a brilliant harvest of projects. For the second year, an All-Point trophy was awarded to the house amassing the highest number of points in interfraternity athletic and scholastic competition. Coupled with this award was the interest and participation of all the fraternities in the intramural athletic program, as well as in the stiff competition for the scholarship cup. In the fraternal atmosphere of the annual Inter-fraternity Ball, held in March at the William Penn Hotel, the All-Point Cup was awarded to Phi Delta Theta fraternity. Winner, Good. Clifton. Bell . Light. McLain. Kennedy. Muwoff Front Rm Smith. McBride. Stark. Stirling, Ca hdollar, Downie. Hirtch 254 Analagous with the year's program, a successful Sing and Swing carnival and competition was featured in December, climaxing in the selection of champion “Ed” and ''Co-ed swingsters. The Christmas holidays were enjoyed after an extensive canned goods campaign conducted under the auspices of this philanthropic organization. Progressive dances were held throughout the year, promoting an economical, friendly means of enjoying intcrfratcmal hospitality. In strictly parliamentary fashion, Council sponsored classes in parliamentary procedure for the presidents of campus organizations. And looming before a temporary committee as the most viral issue ever before an I-F Council is the suggestion for building a Fraternity Row on campus. Closely knit, fraternal, progressive, the Interfraternity Council brings to fraternity men a helpful hand, promoting friendship and entertainment for the men, at the same time advancing the reputation and respect of the University. In behalf of the Phi Delts, All-Point Trophy winners of 1918. 255 DELTA TAU DELTA Pres.................John Downie Vice Pres............Jim Kbnnedy Sec., Rec............Robert Frost Sec., Carres.............Jack Uhl Treat, and House Mgr.Stanley Williams faculty Adviser..Richard P. Sloan The hoys at 4712 Bayard Street tore away from summer pleasures a little earlier this year and after a frenzied flourishing of brushes faced the oncoming season with a bright, newly-painted house. §oon to take advantage of their fresh surroundings the Dclts started off the social season with a house dance to get the boys together before rushing season. The Dclts were ahead of the field in presenting the first year men a chapter paper with fraternity songs, an informal history, cartoons, and biographies of members prominent on campus. The Panther Delt, edited by Stan Williams, house manager of DTD, featured several advertisements that emphasized the advantages of going Delt.” Another feature of the rushing program was a radio broadcast dedicated to DTD by KDKA. The Alumni Homecoming, held the weekend of the Pitt-Fordham game, found the Delta Shelter completely covered on the outside with corn stalks and large cartoons by John Uhl, corresponding secretary of the fraternity. The unusual display was lighted by floodlights and had large cut-out letters placed in the windows. The Winter Formal, big dance of the first semester, was held on February 4, at Churchill Valley Golf Club. The Delt men made an issue of scholarship and came up with a first place award for the second semester of 1937-38 and third place for the first semester of 1938-39. An incentive to scholarship in the house is the plaque given to the chapter by Lieutenant Colonel O. H. Schrader, former faculty adviser of the fraternity, for the purpose of honoring the bov with the highest quality point average in each senior class. Not alone in scholarship docs the Delt name stand out, for in Intcrfrarcrnity ping pong, bowling, and indoor track the Delt teams placed right up front. Each year the Dclts look forward to the pledge-sponsored Bowcrv Brawl held in the house and the big Spring Formal, held at Churchill Valley Golf Club; this vear the dances were again true to form—successful dances to finish a successful year. Bretch, Weber. Morgan, Timblin, Stickel, Kccblcr, StaufT, Bentley, Gregory, Kairys, E., Lowe, Geiger. Bcerbower, Trimble, Graf, Lewis, J., Cooper, Phillips, Holt, L., Holt, H., Cannon, Schrader, Hawkins, Jones, Kamerer, Miller. Gust, Botkin, Hepurn, Thompson. Corace, Naric, Young, Kairys, A., Viehman, Lewis, H., Hamilton, Buentc, McIntosh, Milo. Fnm Rcu Williams, R., Eyler, Williams, S., Sloan, Downie, Kennedy, Uhl, Hurst, Smith. 256 KAPPA SIGMA Here's a house of hoys who work. For several weeks the brothers donned overalls and proceeded to paint, paper, and completely renovate their residence on North Dithridge Street. And their work was not in vain, for the Kappa Sig house shines as one of the handsomest on the Pitt campus. Their versatility is unquestioned, for, besides being general carpenters, painters, and house renovators, the brothers include among their lot football, basketball, and track srars; a composer whose songs appeared as hits in the Cap and Gown show, and who played the lead in last year's Ceiling Zero as produced by Pitt Players; a brother who carried off the Interfraternity Yulctidc Festival Swing Cup; the prexy of the School of Mines; and a chapter president who serves duty as a gymnastic instructor. The Kappa Sigs have also won fame for keeping a high scholarship rating. Wishing to encourage their fathers in the fun and fellowship of rushing, the Kappa Sigs have made it a custom to include an annual father and son smoker during rushing week. With an enthusiasm that has won many trophies for the fraternity house, the Kappa Sigma brothers claim the distinction of having been the first recipients of the Interfraternity All-Point trophy. The events in which the fraters were listed as champions included basketball, mushball, volley ball, and indoor track. Kappa Sigma fraternity had its traditional founding at the University of Bologna in 1400. It was founded in this country in 1869 at the University of Virginia, and in 1920 the local Gamma Omega chapter was chartered. Throughout the United States and Canada there arc 107 active chapters, among which Gamma Omega takes no back scat in fratcrnalism, scholarship, or general activity. The first steps . . . and then Pres...............Walter R. Evan'S Vice Pres....August R. E. Hofmann Sec.................Robert C. Lowe Treas..............Louis E. Reilly Pledge Master_William P. Hebnman Vacuity Adviser.......George Yates Bosler, Norris, Ice, Frankovitch, Leach, Rodgers, Anthony, Tanner. Gray, Frazier, Bruce. Rowsc, Burns, Parke, Lowe, J., Art . Hilinski, Galcy, Hammer. Ramson, Ross, Wucrtcnbergcr, Mclncrncy, Doty, Conrad, Dillon, Fanaritis. Morse, Kocgler. Fr� nr Rtu•: Konetsky, Edmunds, Kracum. Lowe, R.. Evans, Hcincman, Reilly. Kish, Shirk. 257 LAMBDA CHI ALPHA Upon becoming a brother . . . Pres............. Ralph E. Dor and Vice Pres............Georgb Puhl Sec.................Fred McCamic Trcas..............John G. Thomas House Mgr...........Charles Lynch Faculty Adviser..Edward Williams The past school year will not he just another year” to Lambda Chi Alpha, but it will linger long in the memories of rhe boys as one of outstanding achievement and advancement in the local fraternity world. Early in the year, the local chapter absorbed the entire membership of Kappa Alpha Phi, a local fraternity previously affiliated with a national business group. Discussion and approval of the merger plans came at a dinner meeting of the officers of both houses. Both undergraduate groups approved of the consolidation and the national office of Lambda Chi Alpha gave the necessary permission. Initiation of the Kappa Alpha Phi's into the national fraternity was completed previous to the fall rushing season. The merger of the two fraternities was a decided advantage and it greatly strengthened the roster of Lambda Chi. Construction of the new Municipal Hospital on the grounds of their home necessitated moving from Terrace street to Fifth avenue. Their new house is closer to the campus and more modern than the old one. Putting it in the words of the Lambda Chi's, We have the most modern and best equipped house on campus. Starting a move that may gain a foothold among the fraternities at Pitt, the Lambda Chi's have an art gallery of their own. Pictures line the walls of the bedrooms, halls, and study rooms, and even their ping pong room houses part of the collection. The paintings were given to the boys by the Pittsburgh Art Studio which formerly occupied their present house. Swing tunes of Artie Shaw and his orchestra provided music for many house dances and social events held at the house, for the boys arc rabid Shaw fans and have more records waxed by the new King of Swing than any other house on campus. At one of the recent house dances the decorations were the fraternity colors in soft lights. When they were hosts at the Progressive dance, they poked fun at the fact that they arc on the opposite side of the Cathedral from the other houses and decorated the house as the last oasis in the desert. Ilgcnfrit . Davies. Blandford, Gonzalez, Bunder. Leber, Toth, Lynch. Renton, Rubrighr, Warren, Brown, Hotchkiss, Stimpson, Davis, W. Bell, Raley, Lecper, Mad-docks. Mclnncs, Besch, R. Schafer, Lees. Bergcmann, York, Boros, Filano, Conner, Stein. Front Row: Angros, Irulnc, Thomas, Puhl, Dorand, McCamic, Mathias, Lucas, Stewart. 258 PHI DELTA THETA It was intermission at the Interfraternity Ball. All eyes were on the Phi Dclt hoys as their fraternity was named the winner of the annual Intcrfratcrnitv All-Point Trophy for 1939—the trophy symbolizing all-round athletic and scholastic achievement gained in competition with the other fraternities on campus. Phi Delta Theta has always managed to gather an extra share of trophies and awards, for its well crowded mantel as testimony to good sportsmanship and winning ability, the characteristics of real champions. This year's athletic competition found them out in front in the Intcrfratcr-nitv and Intcrmural touch football leagues, having been declared champions in both divisions. In other sport events—track, mushball, bowling, basketball, ping-pong, and volleyball,— they were consistent enough to bring in the coveted IF cup. The Phi Dclts did not confine their activities to the field of athletics, but notably spread their membership into the band, glee club, and publications activities. In the elective offices of the student government organizations, this fraternity was well represented. Ten members of Phi Delta Theta were members of the varsity and freshman football teams. During the past year, also. Phi Dclt alumni served as coaches of schools and colleges throughout the country. Between their many athletic events, the Phi Dclts took time out to celebrate their victories. Fall Saturdays were occasions when the brothers hurried down from the stadium with their dates to enjoy tea dances at their Dithridge Street home. After the football season, hav-ridcs, treasure hunts, and skating and swimming parties replaced the afternoon dances. The fraternity also had the honor of giving the first of the series of progressive dances among the social fraternities this fall. We assume tbe angle . . . Pres............Bbrnib Cashdollar Vice Pres.............James Smith Sec.............Judd Poffbnbergbr Treas.................Bob Dannies House Mgr...........William Angel Kunkcl. Park , Straightiff, Goodwin, Smith, Neff. Reimer, Neely, Urling, Anderson, Altman, Harry, Hughe . Schulte, Barclay, Sever, Jones, II, Black, Niece, Ferris, Todd. Benjamin, Jonc , I, Croaier, Hill, Dunbar. Defoe. Rector, Young, Fullerton, Cox. Witherspoon, Schaeffer, Zeisenheim. Sherriff, Ric Haword, Snyder, Chandler. Frttti Reu: MacLeod, Springer. Fleming, Stebbins, Smith. Cashdollar, Dannies. Eltninghant, Poffenberger, Angel. Miller. 259 On Saturday morning. . . Pres...............Allen Mussoff Vice Pres......Marshall Goldberg Sec................Bernard Horn Treat............Lawrence Leyton PHI EPSILON PI This year saw the Phi Eps celebrating their Silver Anniversary—twenty-five successful years on the Pitt campus. Today their house at the corner of Bayard and Neville Streets is one of the finest of the fraternity group. During the summer the Mothers Club sponsored a number of large card parties, the proceeds of which went into a gift for the house. Early in the school year the entire house was redecorated, and now displays an up-to-date homelike atmosphere with modern furniture and colorful paint work. The Silver Jubilee celebration lasted for two grand fun-filled days. Features of the program included a formal Stag Banquet and an exclusive New Year's Eve Dinner Ball at the William Penn Hotel, with the nationally known orchestra of Tommy Blue providing the music. Combined with the Anniversary was the annual convention, at which the yearly award of recognition to the person contributing outstanding service to the Jewish cause was bestowed upon Jonah B. Weiss. A cocktail party and supper dance held at the Phi Ep manor concluded the Anniversary celebration. Phi Ep’s Wally Hirsh chairmanncd the Soph Hop this year, and set a precedent on campus by establishing a no-corsage policy. The boys lost no time this season in beginning their social activities. They invited the Freshmen women to the house for a tea on October 2, and have held several informal dances since. One of their big affairs was a novelty masquerade given in honor of Marshall Biggie” Goldberg. The fraters have a habit of kidding “Biggie about being a mountaineer down from the West Virginia hills, so everybody donned hillbilly and farmer clothes and, amidst broken wagon wheels, held an old-fashioned barn dance. The affair was quite a success with due credit to the helpful services of the Mothers Club. The Phi Ep house set an early date for breaking records at Pitt this year by clasping the triangular pledge pin on twenty-eight new men. Probably the swing orchestra with the hot-stepping floor show on the last night of rushing had a telling influence. Goldstein, Shakespeare, Lcnchncr. Good friend, Greenblatt. Kovacs, Barish. Cohen, D., Briskin, Cuddcn, Sadja. Stern, Winer, Cohen, M., LincofF, Silver berg, Wcisbcrger, Seaman, Biron, Coplin, Goldberg, Byers, Schwartz. Sachs. Altshuler, Cohen, H., Dietz, Golcman, R., Coleman, J., Skirboll, Schmidt, Klein, Hirsch, Micheal, Wechslcr, Kaufman, Freedman. Sax, 7... Arabella, Leyton, Roth, Mussoff. Horn. Mayer, Katz, Guttman twt R u Roscnson, Bachrach, Oliver, Liftman, Harris, Nadler. Kramer. 260 PHI GAMMA DELTA The spacious Phi Gam house, formerly Chancellor McCormick's home, gained a valuable addition this year in its masculine recreation room, panelled with knotty pine in the same manner as their den. Little wonder the boys arc tempted to linger there for just one more game on the billiard table or across the ping-pong net. The Fijis certainly radiated the football spirit last fall, holding the distinction of being the only house on campus to celebrate each game with a dance in the evening. And under the able coaching of Bob Thurbon, Fiji junior on the varsity squad, the Phi Gams finished second in Interfraternity touch football. This year's prized Intcrfratcrnitv Sing cup went to the Phi Gams at the annual contest in Foster Memorial last December. In fact, the boys have made several additions to the trophies lining the shelves in the den. At last year's Spring Festival they took second place in the Sweep-stakes, carried home the first place cup for outdoor track, and received the runner-up cup for indoor track. The well-known Phi Gam social events have been unusually successful this year. A week before Christmas vacation the pledges presented the brothers with a Christmas dance. With the help of the Mary McCay Club (Fiji mothers) the entire house was covered with silver tinsel and large red and green puff balls. The evening's climax came with a Grand March, when everyone received a novelty present from beneath the lighted tree. To help get into the Junior Prom mood last January the Fijis had a dinner at the house with their dates before 1 aving for the dance. Speaking of dinners, the Fijis make it a custom to hold a combined active and alumni chapter annual dinner dance which they term the Pig Dinner. This year’s Pig Dinner” was held on March 18 and, true to form, the main course consisted of a whole roasted pig on a sizzling platter. A friendly game . . . Pres.......................William Stirlino Sec......................Ray Dimit Treas......................William Edmunds Faculty Adviser. Dr. Jambs Stinchcomd Hart, Newbury, Forsyth, Colvin, Williams, Panyity, King, Ullora, Ashton, Hamilton, Kreider. Detwiler, Quick. Janata, Mitchell, Grossett, Pressel, Schieber, Rose, Thurbon, Roberts, Lurting, Alexander. Brand, Bowman, Eitel, McClaren, Hall, Lee, Shidemantle, Roofner, Keiper, Jones, Perry. Frtnt Rev: Bolitho, Altimier, Walters, Dimit, Stirling, Edmunds, McClure, Phillips, Davis. 261 PHI KAPPA King for tht first week . . . it's rushing Pres............William J. McBride Vice Pres.....Victor R. Gallagher Sec......................Robert A. Doyle Treas...................Martin A. Slade Faculty Adiiser......James B. Finn Known for years as an activities and athletic fraternity, the Phi Kaps arc equally as proud of another side of their life. The hoys take great pride in the home life created hv their house mother and justly so! She is the one who secs that everything is just right at social events in the house for her boys.” Being the only Catholic fraternity on campus, Phi Kappa has as one of its purposes encouragement of loyalty to God and clean living among the members. The fraterniry has a chaplain from the local parish who visits the house from time to time, and all the boys think that he's one swell guy and a person with whom they share their problems. Throughout the year they hold retreats which they attend in a body. During the Lenten season, a three-day retreat was held at St. Paul's Monastery on the South Side. Accompanied by their chaplain, the boys spent the week-end in religious thoughts. Sparc time is spent in preparing the A-mu-ser, local publication of Phi Kappa. This printed newspaper, one of the finest on campus, is issued three times a year and is the delight of all the members. Editorials, stories, articles, and jokes arc written by the journalistic-minded Phi Kaps, and advertisements arc secured from local merchants by the silver-tongued solicitors from the business staff. The Winter and Spring Formals arc the top social events of the local chapter of Phi Kappa. Held at the Edgcwood and Shanopin Country Clubs respectively, the dances join the alumni, brothers and pledges in the fellowship of traditional ly-grcat evenings. After 17 years on campus, the Phi Kaps look back on these years with satisfaction, for they have set records in every field of endeavor on campus. Another year has passed, and the same high standards continued at the Phi Kap house. Kelly, O'Connell, Charland, Connell, Phelan, Hughes, Fuchs, McGraw. Maffci, Miller, Vaughan, Mayoclc, Gurcremki, Dolan, Wohlfarth, McCarthy, Crowe. Oakes. Uhlman, Halloran, Quick, Sheplcy, Glenn, Hcrgcnrodcr. Davidson, Godell, Herron, Panncton. Freni Rru IV iighrrry, Datcilo, Slade, Gallagher, Rev. Donald Ncalis, McBride. Dovle. Wasxl. Corbin. 262 PI KAPPA ALPHA Pictures of girl friends, red, blue, and gold triangle football emblems, flags of foreign countries, and candid camera phorographs decorate most of the rooms in the PiKA fraternity house. But one room boasts its originality in no uncertain terms, the PiKA's amateur radio broadcasting station, owned and operated by Bruce Taylor, their Vice President. The monotonous clicking of the telegraph key and static dors and dashes, ring through the house all hours of the day. Electric wires wind about windows and hallways; radio tubes and other apparatus clutter all the chairs; and the transmitter and receiver reposes on the top of the clothes closet. Acknowledgment cards of communication from stations in United States, Canada, and foreign countries arc pasted on the wall above the mantel. The brothers fail to understand the code, but they arc proud of the one radio station the PiKA's have ever owned. Rushing week provided all around good time and entertainment including a dance at the Monte Carlo, and a trip through the Mellon Institute. Earlier in the year, the pledges held a Bowery dance at the fraternity house. Atmosphere was a typical old-fashioned bar-room dance floor with all members bedecked in overalls and checkered shirts, and with barrels and sacks of hay strewn about the floor. The regular bull sessions” have been enlivened this year by Ed Hollstein and Ray Light who vacationed in Europe last summer and bicycled in Denmark, France, Germany, and several other countries, while Ted Snyder, envy of all the brothers, spent his vacation as a camp director in Canada. Displaying their best in harmony, the PiKA sing team added a cup to their mantel for placing in the annual Yulctidc sing competition. To the fame with bills on Pres................. Vice Pres............ Sec.................. Treas................ Faculty Adviser...... .......Ray Light ....Bruce Taylor .. Robert Warwick Henry De Rocher .Mr. T. W. Biddle Tedick, Dcrocher, FiczPacrick, Sarber. Donaldson. W'cdd, Klingensmith, Stephenson, Sully. Malone, Bailey, Cerveris, Williams, T., Sedney, Hollstein. Tait, Spenee, Svenson, Litchfield. Eichlcav. Williams, A., Mahaffer. Cooke, Matccr, Docktor, Crosby, Ohl, Filing, McClain, Clark. Front Reu Hershberger. Davies. Warwick, Patterson, Light, Taylor, Remmen, Snvdcr, Nap:er. 263 Prtxy Weiss calls order . . . Pets.............Edwin C. Horne Vice Pres.......Samuel Whiteman Sec.................Norman Davis Treas..............Arnold Levine Pledge Waster........Albert Egbr PI LAMBDA PHI Anniversaries bring back memories, and celebration of the silver anniversary of the founding of Gamma Sigma chapter of Pi Lambda Phi has given actives and alumni alike the opportunity to look back over twenty-five years of scholastic and activity achievement on the Pitt campus. All Pi Lams took time out to remember and talk over the experiences which have clung to their memories in the past quarter century. Alumni made the celebration an occasion for renewing their acquaintanceship with the house and its undergraduate members. Climaxing the festivities, which included a banquet, a stag smoker, and an open house, was the annual spring formal, held this year at Churchill Valley Country Club, the affair where laughter and en joyment took the place of serious thoughts for the evening. Winning the 1937-38 Interfraternity Scholarship placquc was an honor which increased the prominence of the Pitt Pi Lams who mounted the much-desired award in their campus-renowned Blue and Silver Room. A high scholastic rating has always been the goal of this fraternity. Social events gave the Pi Lams more opportunity to fcarurc their originality in dance ideas, such as the long-to-bc-rcmcmbcrcd Barbary Coast affair for the first Interfraternity Progressive dance. Guests were greeted by the mayor” and led into the bar, where the black-mustachcd bartender dispensed eider from a huge keg mounted on a make-shift bar. A movie rushing dance found the house decorated with hundreds of advertising signs and pictures of many of the great movies of the past decade. News that Pittsburgh has been awarded the 1940 Pi Lambda Phi Convention has all the fraters eagerly awaiting the coming of this annual festive week. Jacobson. R. M., Etseman, Stein, Liebcr, Kreimer, Lynch, Cohen. Engelshcrg, Ravick, Aaron, Levison. Klinkenstcin, Sklar, Levy, Spier, Rothman, Grow, Locb, Goldman, R., Katr. Myers, Kaufman, Barr, Lefton, Silverman. Sable, Goldman, J.,Jatfe, Solomon, Weissman. MalakoiT, Grinberg, Hammer, Stapsy. Hershman, Krasnow, Jacobson, R. L., Weinchal, Weisberger. FrtKt R«r: Lichtenstein. Reich, Levine. A.. Whiteman. Horne, Eger, Davis, Weiss, Levine. M. 264 SIGMA ALPHA ESPILON An addition to their already overcrowded mantel of cups and placqucs came when Sigma Alpha Epsilon was awarded the cup of the Co-operative Buying Association for the most efficient and best managed fraternity on campus during the past year. To the SAE’s this was a reward for their well placed efforts of the past years. In the entertainment field, dances at the SAE house were noted for originality in plan and execution. The Bowery Brawl featured decorations and entertainment in accordance with the style and customs of the “Gay '90's.“ The success of the affair started talk around the Bcllcficld Avenue house about the gayer ’30's.” To celebrate the coming of winter and to play host to visiting SAE's from Carnegie Tech Chapter, a winterset party was staged shortly before the Christmas holidays. Decorations were carried out in traditional winter style and drew many comments from visiting fraternity men. Another unusual dance idea of the past year at the house was the “Blind-date Dance at which the men had an opportunity to enlarge the acquaintanceships. During the rushing season, SAE’s entertained with the usual smokers, dances and theatre parties, but added an unusual feature when they held a steak fry in North Park as a part of the week’s festivities. One of the largest and oldest grcck letter fraternities in the country it was founded in pre-Civil War days at the University of Alabama and now has a membership of 40,000 with 112 chapters throughout the country. Pres................... Robert Good Vice Pres..........Donald Cefaratti Sec........................William Kidd Treas....................Donald Joy Faculty Adviser_Mr. Karl Oermann Knox, Barry, Kay, Polevoy, Givens, Bazjrlc, Larson, Cambal, Kline, Machin, Berardino. Price, Halpinc, McElfresh, Drummond, McRoric, Kier, Worthing, Humes. Dwyer, Mascioli. Frtnt Rev: Loop, Creps, Crawford, Cefaratti, Oermann, Good, Joy, Johnson, Cummings 265 SIGMA ALPHA MU lu tlx nee small hours . . . Pres...................Jerome Black Sec...............Arnold Schutzman Treas..............Joseph Bernstein Faculty Adiiser........Dr. A. Lowv Another year in their twenty-year stay on the Pitt Campus has come and gone, and the members of Sigma Alpha Mu look back on 1938- 39 as a successful chapter in their history. Rushing season saw them entertaining at one of the alumni’s homes in Coraopolis Heights. A dance celebrating the Tech game was planned as a victory affair but although the game was disappointing, the dance brought some measure of relief to the SAM's. In the line of journalism, the boys continued to put out their local organ, the Psi-Ren, while reading The Octatfiniatt, national publication, for news of other chapters. One of the most important activities of the year at the Bcllcficld Avenue house was the reception of the Sigma Alpha Mu National Secretary, James Hammcrstcin, who honored Psi chapter with a visit in December. Pledges learned fraternity history and customs and local members and alumni entertained for the secretary's visit. In a burlesque of the present-day business conditions, the SAM’s held a hard times dance soon after the secretary’s visit. Another house dance was held during March when Sigma Alpha Mu was one of the hosts at the Progressive Dance. The national convention, held during the Christmas vacation as usual, found the delegates travelling out to Kansas City to meet with the representatives of other Sigma Alpha Mu chapters. The visit of the fraternity's regional advisor, Hy Kopp of Syracuse, was another occasion to show off the house, its members and pledges. Sapolsky, Ncmrod. Wasscrman, Heller, Hursvitz. Kurtz, RoMcn, Farbcr, Levin, Glass, Wintncr, Miron. Frwt Rfie: Hoffman, Bernstein, Black, Schutzman. Stark. 266 SIGMA CHI The brothers of Sigma Chi have what they term a darn good rushing chairman” in Andy Canccllicrc. That he deserves such a title is shown in the results of this year’s rushing: Sigma Chi was second in the first semester rushing and first in the second semester rushing. Nor content with this, the Sigma Chi's hit the hooks and came out on top in the scholarship race for the first semester. The local Beta Theta chapter ranked fourth in scholarship among ninety-eight chapters of the fraternity for 1938. Sigma Chi was founded at Miami University at Oxford for the purpose of promoting a spirit of friendship and to encourage scholarship. Beta Theta chapter was established at the University in 1909 and has preserved the original purpose for thirty years. The Sigma Chi's took part in three conventions this year, the national biennial convention held at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles being the most important. Jack Bellas represented the local chapter at this convention. The province convention took place at Buckncll University in March, and the dedication of the Constantine chapter memorial in Georgia gave members a clearer view of their fraternity's history. Outstanding on the Sigma Chi social program was the spring formal dance which Jack Bellas successfully managed on May 20. Prominent, too, were the smokers and parties given for rushccs in the fall and again this spring. For th formal . . . Pres.................George Clifton Vice Pres........Andrew Cancellibrb Sec.........................Richard Rhoda Treas........................Walter White Faculty Adviser. .. Lt. Col. Ralph W. Wilson Marshall, Coates, Reiger, Dzicnkicwicz. Smith, Egly, Fino. Ottic. Ball, Donaldson, Andolina. Anderson, Aldiscrt, Vonfcld, Sadler, Busch. Ventura, Householder, Bantly. Friday, R., Orr, Starzynski, Hosvard, Grant. Parmlcy, Frankc. Noah. McLaughlin, Lyon, Hawkins. Frfitr Rtte: Bellas, Riley, Cancclliere, Clifton, Rhoda, White, Friday, J. R 267 THETA CHI With tht best . . . at tht house . . Pus............... B. R. Mbntzbr Vice Pus................J. Thomas Sec..................A. J. Ludwig Tuas...............F. F. Vbrnallis Faculty Adviser. Mr. E. A. Batchelder Innovation has been the byword of the Thera Chi s this year. Starting with a refreshing coat of paint for the front pillars of the house and new, green leather upholstery on the furniture, Theta Chi has inaugurated many novelties. First of the new ideas of the fraternity was to have alumni preside at the initiations of new members as a means of promoting closer contact between undergraduates and alumni members. In order to determine what type of dances the members enjoyed most Theta Chi's experimented with many different ideas in house decoration for their social affairs. Attractive costumes of the period furnished an authentic setting for their Bowery Brawl, when the house was dressed as typical of the Gay Nineties.” The pledges were given a chance to show how they could decorate the house, when after the Pitt-Pcnn State football game, members of the Penn State chapter, Omega, were entertained with a posr game dance. Another innovation of the year is the Alpha-Bet, the local chapter's publication, which is put out by actives and alumni together. Musically inclined members have formed a vocal group, the Alpha Beta Glee Club, which not only provides music at the chapter house, but also went to a local night club to sing The Sweetheart of Theta Chi accompanied by a prominent alumnus, Sammy Kaye, and his orchestra. A visit by Alfred H. Aldridge, national secretary of the fraternity, gave the boys a chance to show off their modern house and enlarged membership, for the local chapter recently absorbed Theta Delta Psi, local Engineering fraternity to add much to an already srrong, versatile chapter. Lotz. Peace, Ludwig. SimrclI. Thomas, Vernal I is. Potter, Spence. Anderson. Freni Rev; Dunn. Hobc, DaJdio, Bennett, Sutton, Murphy, Geary. 268 AROUND THE CAMPUS Druids Fall Tapping, Proxy Roberts . . . ODK National Vico President Stan Balfour at Gamma Circle's Banquet . . . Al Kairys, ODK Prexy . . . Bashful varsity men . . Johnny Grove, Director of Evening Division . . . Jock Sutherland . .. Coach Olsen at the Annual ODK feed. 269 A T H L E Greater participation for all has been the cry, and good Pitt men responded heartily. Thro ugh out the year the teams have battled, and win or lose, the spirit was a continual part of each and every contest. ATHLETICS Jim Hagan Director of At hi (tics Jim Potts Director of Intramurals Following a trend which has been sweeping the country's educational institutions, athletics at the University this year have been spread out to offer healthy activity to more students and to lit in more with the general plan of an institution of higher education. Prime factor in this drive was the inauguration of a highly organized intramural competition to arouse student interest. Touch football, basketball, bowling, volleyball, mushball, ping-pong, tennis, golf, horseshoes, handball, track, and swimming competitions were held for both fraternity and independent groups which represented school divisions, clubs, and classes. A special feature of this plan to increase athletic participation among the student body was the rigid enforcement of scholastic requirements both for participants in the intramural and varsity sports. Intramurals, started last year, have proven to be farms for the varsity squads, especially in the minor sports. Meanwhile the major athletics, football and basketball, besides the minor traveling teams, continued on their way as brilliant, and not so often bright, stars in the intercollegiate sports world. The football squad, though championshipless, received the most prominence of the University teams as it won eight contests in a backbreaking ten game schedule. Until upset by Carnegie Tech, the first eleven was hailed as the greatest team in the land, the ''Dream Team,” and even as the greatest team of Jock Sutherland's in all time. Even after this most outstanding upset of 1938” until the Duke defeat, the Panthers were still red-hot candidates for the Rose Bowl and the Eastern Championship. The largest crowd ever to see a football game in Pittsburgh, 72,867, watched Pitt not only score on Fordham, but wallop them, 24-13 This game, coming after three Pitt-Fordham scoreless tics, was adjudged the outstanding of any collegiate game of the season, and left both teams in a weakened, but satisfied, state. Marshall Biggie Goldberg, senior left halfback and fullback from Elkins, West Virginia, for the second consecutive year was a country-wide choice for All-American honors. Rising in prominence to the number two spot in University athletics, John McSorlcy's two-year-old hoc key-ires again won the city title, but lost their chance for another Eastern crown when they were defeated twice by John Carroll, 3-2, in the playoff. Larger crowds than last year, which certainly must have been gratifying to Athletic Director Jimmy Hagan, who introduced the skating sport to the Blue and Gold in 1938, filled the Duquesne Garden to watch the lee Panthers. The increased fan-support was rewarded with a five extra-period 272 A spill in the inttrfrat sweepstakes McSorley, Bennett and Schoolky Big three of hockey game against Duqucsnc which ended, at two o'clock in the morning, in a 1-1 tic. “Doe'' Carlson's 1939 “glamour hoys slightly improved the previous year's record, hut more important was Jimmy Hagan's announcement of cessation of court competition with Duqucsnc and withdrawal from the Eastern Conference. Varsity baseball, under Ralph Mittcrling, grew out of last year's intramurals, and, after an absence of fifteen years, returned to broaden the roster of University sports. The team barnstormed through a fourteen game schedule from April 11 to June 10, creating a marked fan interest that showed possibilities of making baseball an important feature of University competition. Late in the year plans for improving the intramural setup of Engineering, independent, and fraternity leagues, with the respective fall, winter, and spring programs, was announced. These included organization for better officials, by training impartial physical education majors, for more adequate space, and for more enthusiastic participation. Scotty 273 A feed for intramural managers “JOCK y y To the students, to the football men, to the faculty, and to the alumni the evcr-popular Dr. John Bain Sutherland is more than a football coach; he is a leader, a teacher, and an inspiring example for all men who know him. In these traits lies the distinction which other coaches known only for their football prowess lack. It is his constant concern not to glorify himself nor his great nation-renowned football teams; but rather he pushes on toward that higher ideal, the advancement of education in his Alma Mater. Dr. Sutherland has expressed these sentiments time and again with the words, “Pitt is my school and it is yours. Forget about football and bend your efforts toward making the University of Pittsburgh the outstanding educational institution of the country. All who have come in contact with him on and off the gridiron have felt the tremendous force of his personality. It is the opinion of many that Jock has always done more than any other individual to exemplify those fine ideals of manhood, leadership, loyalty, and character which any great university should aim to develop. The deep-rooted and sincere faith which Dr. Sutherland's players have in him is well-known and oft-repeated. “Anything the 'Old Man' said always was right has been a typical comment of a Sutherland-coached Pitt man. Loyal, human, and altogether firm and strong in character, Dr. Sutherland is a splendid inspiration to those he has taught. 275 Jack and the boys V « . « Coacii Sutherland VARSITY FOOTBALL Koocokr. Gurczcnski, Kracum, Chickcrnco, Lczou� ki, Sckela, Stcbbins, Mcrkov� ky, Gonzalez, Asavitch, Haler. Ben . Fullerton, N'aric. Hoffmann. McBride,Coracc, Kish. Dickinson. Rettinger, Horton. Goldberg. Dannies. Daddio, Kristufck, Holt, Berger. Fridley.J.Camball,Sutherland. Scott, Cassiano, Goodridge, Frick, Cooper, Gradisek, Shord, Hawkins, Petro. Lewis, Raskowski, Klein, C. Cambal, Peace. Kluezka. Presscll. Fnnt R it: Goodcll, Bonelli, Thurhon, Kluezka, Kosinski, Soroka, Shea, Fleming, Sylvester, Leber, Foley, Curry. The Pitt football team didn't win all of its games this year, it lost two. Pitt didn't win the mythical national championship this year; it didn't win the eastern championship, and it didn't win the city of Pittsburgh title. Pitt didn't receive any trophies, nor even a ''feeler'' for the Rose Bowl. Impressions such as these were the ones left by the 1938 defending national championship football squad of Dr. Jock Sutherland, whose teams usually arc synonyms for best” each year. Nevertheless, Coach Jock rated this 1938 eleven one of his greatest reams; just a great team that lost two games. 276 Macintosh cutting tape Opening the season this year on September 24, the Panthers started off in impressive style by soundly trouncing a threatening band of Mountaineers from West Virginia, Pitt 19—West Virginia 0. Marshall Goldberg made his debut as a fullback by going over for the first two Pitt touchdowns, while Joe Rettinger, sophomore end, hit the headlines in his first varsity game by picking a ream-mate's fumble out of the air, then stepping across for the final score. Leading 6-0 at half time, the Pitts scored early after the next whistle, this time a 33-yard slash through tackle by Harold Stebbins. The third score was the result of a typical Pitt sustained drive of 80 yards, with power-running, junior halfback Larry Peace doing most of the ball carrying. An opening game victory for the Gold and Blue being nothing out of the ordinary, it wasn’t until after two decisive defeats of Temple and Duquesne that fans again began to visualize a national championship for the Cathedral Campus. The Pitt first eleven emphasized its titular reputation as it marched for scores almost every time it took possession of the ball for and easy win, Pitt 28—Temple 6. Five minutes after the opening whistle in the Duquesne game, Dick Cassiano again went over from ten yards out, Bill Daddio converting after each six-pointer. Pitt 27—Duquesne 0. The unusual spectacle of 18 passes being thrown bv the ground minded Panthers held a Stadium crowd spell-bound. • v • •« •; Vi'jt • .t+n Kish finds the path wide open “Goldberg around end The Oakland Footballers massed 60 points in the next two weeks, surprisingly overwhelming two reputed opponents, Wisconsin and Southern Methodist. Driven back to its own 18-vard line early in the first quarter by the only Wisconsin offensive thrust of the day, the visiting Panther rushed back with a roar that all Madison must have heard when it scored four touchdowns and t.wo conversions in the last three periods to take its fourth straight, Pitt 26—Wisconsin 6. Gody” Gilc received a 24-yard pass from Jack Tennant in the end zone for Wisconsin's first score in two years of play against Pitt. The next week the rising Panthers were back in Pittsburgh ready to greet a new name on the Pitt schedule, Southern Methodist University. The Mustangs came out of the Southwest with a hot swing band and plans to upset the vaunted Pitt Panther. They went home with a hot swing band and a Pitt 3+—S. Methodist 7, defeat. Five prominent decisive victories indicated that the Jungle Cats of Oakland might be well on their way to another national crown, and an opponent of three previous scoreless tics listed for the week put football spirit on campus at a climatic peak. The final score was Pirr 24—Fordham 13- Bill Daddio had the honor of breaking three years of point famine when he dropped back to the 13-yard line to kick a field goal. The Sutherland Scythe gathering momentum in rhe scoreless third canto, then carved out 21 points in the first ten minutes of the closing period. After keeping themselves dcfcatlcss for 23 consecutive games with teams from all corners of the country, the Pitt Panthers, the dream team,” was embarrassingly awakened by its across-thc-srrcct rival, Carnegie Tech, with a Carnegie Tech 20-—Pitt 10, defeat. Curly Stebbins took the opening kickoff, was escorted safely past midfield by magnificent block- 278 The charging panther FOOTBALL SEASON ’ Hot dogs, ten cents' . . . What, no seats inside? . . . the stadium is a bit crowded . . . Pitt 24, Ford-ham 13 . . . Open these Rates, I have a ticket . . . Something to sit on mister? . . . Naric Goldberg Cassiano Stebbins 279 ing, and pranced across the Tartan's goal line 97 yards away. Daddio converted. Condit's pass to Gene Muha plus Car-nelly’s extra point evened the score for Tech. Minus Biggie Goldberg, Pitt was no match for the victory hungry Skibos in the second half, Muha assuring a Scotty win bv crashing over for a third touchdown from the one-yard line. In the next two-week period, Dr. Sutherland’s team raised itself from the realms of the humiliated back into the national spotlight with powerful wins over Nebraska and Penn State. Biggie Goldberg's injured knee kept him on the sidelines the next week for the entire game. Breaks gave Pitt its first two scores, but the last was a well-earned Cassiano number, on the tail end of a 68-yard drive. Dick Cassiano, the Panther junior left halfback, furnished the major thrills to a damp crowd of 14,000 which braved the rain and chill of the only poor football day of the season to watch Pitt's Powerhouse roll over Penn State, Pitt 26—Penn State 0. Taking the long train ride to Durham, North Carolina, for the final game with Duke, the Panthers could contemplate their one final chance for outstanding recognition for the year. But snow and Eric Tipton, whose toe has since become famous, won a victory and the Rose Bowl assignment for the Southerners. Time after time the aggressive Blue and Goldcrs were pushed back by the offensively weak but defensively strong Blue Devils. Tipton's toe kept placing the ball out of bounds inside the 20 and 10 Pitt markers. Chickcmco kept successfully kicking the ball out of danger from the end zone. Finally Perdu blocked the last of Johnny’s goal-shadow boots, and fell on it for a six-pointer and victory; Duke 7 Pitt 0. SEASON'S FOOTBALL RECORD Pitt 19 West Virginia 0 Pitt 28 Temple 6 Pitt 27 Duquesne 0 Pitt 26 Wisconsin 6 Pitt 34 Southern Methodist 7 Pitt 24 Fordham. 13 Pitt 10 Carnegie Tech 20 Pitt 19 Nebraska 0 Pitt 26 Penn State 0 Pitt 0 Duke 7 280 Perfect blocking for Thurbjn BASKETBALL Coach Carlson Although his crew this year was composed almost entirely of green sophomores, in contrast to last year's s:nior-ladcn first five. Skipper Carlson steered his Panther mates through a stormy campaign that showed 10 victories and 8 setbacks, an improvement on the former year's passive record of nine wins and a dozen defeats. The record included second honors in the city race and a third place deadlock in the fading Eastern Conference. Significant developments which took place off the floor were the Carlsonitcs' secession from two competitions. First, Pitt and Duquesne decided to call it quirs after a long-standing, heated rivalry. Later, the Blue and Gold, deciding on a free lance schedule, withdrew from the Eastern Conference. In their first game at Evanston on December 9, the Jungle Cats tamed the Wildcats of Northwestern, 48-37, but at Peoria, the next night, they bowed before a highly-geared Bradley Tech offensive 36-39. From the West, the freshly monickcrcd glamour boys of Pitt swung to Dixie. There they first avenged a football loss by swamping Duke, 31-37, on December 16, and then took Richmond by a 47-24 count several days later. After celebrating their home inaugural in gala style by upsetting a rangy Cornell outfit 50 to 39 during the Christmas recess, the Jungle Cats saw their winning ways come to a halt when they stumbled before their 1938-39 nemesis, Carnegie Tech, on January 10. Over 3,000 fans jammed the Tartan court to watch Tech lead most of the Varsity Basketball Team Pataky, Schcidtng. Cunningham. Reeve . Coach Carlson. Milanovich, Klein, Scherer, Vujnovic. Front Row Paffrath, Kocheran, Johnson, Scrolosky, Port, Wasscll. 281 Studies for basketballers Vujnovic, M lanovich, Wetzel. way, finally winding up in front, 55-50. The scores add up to the highest total ever registered in an Eastern Conference game. Although Pitt kept lagging behind within striking distance. Combs, Stark, and company ruffled the nets often enough to stay a step ahead. A second defeat followed that same week when Westminster's tall Titans took a 45-37 triumph home from the Stadium. On the fray which rang down the curtain on their cage relations, the Panthers were easily overpowered by Du-quesne’s dazzling Dukes at the Stadium on January 28 by a 40 to 29 margin. Coach Chick Davies' speedy sophomores used a tight blockade zone defense to stem every advance made by the Pitt lads, who had to fire away at the basket from back court. The Dukes held sway all the way, for only Straloski's long heaves caused them trouble. Thus came to an end, at least for the present, a colorful competition between two strong basketball squads. Revived by the injection of Sam Milanovich into the lineup at center, the Jungle Cats snapped out of their brief slump of three straight losses as they finally turned back Temple, 42-36, and as they did the same to Carnegie Tech, 51-43 at the Pitt Pavilion. In the Tartan skirmish, the glamour boys,” again paced by Eddie Straloski, whittled down an 18-9 Skibo margin to romp off with a well-earned verdict. Tumpanc and Stark of Tech tossed in shots from all corners during the early stages of the game, but the Carlsonmcn stymied the Scots with their tricky figure eight” as the game wore on. Pitt and Duquesne battle for ball off board Suffering their worst drubbing in eleven years, the Pitt cagers went down before the onslaught of Penn State here, 41-22, on February 8. Definitely in rare form, the Panthers missed no less than 60 out of 66 flings at the hoop, whereas the Lions made it their night to howl by tossing in fourteen consecutive free throws. In addition, the tilt broke the jinx the Pitt floor squads held over Lawthcr-coachcd teams. Before 3,500customers in Philadelphia's Convention hall three days later, the Panthers fared somewhat better as they handed the Owls of Temple a 36-27 win. 282 The real highpoint in the Panthers' season, as far as victories were concerned, was their pair of wins over Georgetown, leaders in the Eastern Conference most of the way. Each time that the Hovas were ready to sew up the Conference crown, up came Pitt to take the wind our of their sails. Bacting Georgetown in a hectic contest here on Frebruary 13 by a 43-41 tally, the Carlson Cats repeated over the Hoyas at Washington three weeks later, 44-39- The second upset sent the Eastern Conference into a three-way tic. Between the Georgetown clashes, the Pitt passers bowed to West Virginia here 45 to 42, clawed the Ford-ham Rams at Madison Square Garden 40-34, and tumbled at Penn State 36-35- The Panthers wound up their up-and-down season by whipping West Virginia at the Pitt Stadium on March 4, 49-43- Vujnovic btats Duqutsnt to th( ball Resting upon this record, the Carlson boys have raised the basketball hopes for the next two years with experienced material and heavy schedule. PITT BASKETBALL RECORD Pitt 48 Northwestern 37 Pitt 39 Brad lev Tech 56 Pitt 51 Duke 37 Pitt 47 Richmond 24 Pitt 50 Cornell 39 Pitt 50 Carnegie Tech . . 55 Pitt 37 Westminster 45 Pitt 29 Duquesne 40 Pitt 42 Temple 36 Pitt 51 Carnegie Tech 43 Pitt 22 Penn State 41 Pitt 27 Temple 36 Pitt 43 Georgetown 41 Pitt 42 W'est Virginia . . .. 45 Pitt 40 Fordham 34 Pitt 35 Penn State 36 Pitt 44 Georgetown 39 Pitt 49 West Virginia... .43 283 TRACK Coaches Olson and Potts Although Coach Olson’s hospital list and AAU. squabbles drew most of the early indoor season publicity, a come-back by Johnny WoodrufF and the rise of several sophomore stars to prominence salvaged some belated glory for the Panther trackmen. The late indoor spurt points toward an even greater outdoor record than last season when the Gold and Blue thinclads dominated the Penn Relays as well as finishing near the top in both the I.C.4-A. meet and the outdoor Central Intercollegiate Conference meet. A series of ill-fated trips tied up Coach Olson’s men during the greater part of the year. At the Millrosc Games, February 4, Johnny WoodrufF sprained a tendon in his leg. A week later, in Boston, Larry Tregonning, sophomore speedster who had replaced Long John, injured his foot. On February 18, in New 'iork, Kenny Ryden aggravated a throat ailment by competing in a special N.Y.A.C. invitational hurdle race and spent the remainder of the indoor schedule in the hospital battling a severe ease of scarlet fever. The first good showing did not come until March 11 at Notre Dame in the indoor C.I.C. championships. Long John's return to form was the turning point in the fortunes of Coach Olson s troupe. The 1936 Olympic 800 meter champ captured first place honors in the C.I.C. half-mile and helped teammate Frank Ohl score a victory in the 440 the same evening. The following week-end at Indianapolis he returned to the anchor slot in the mile relay, breaking the tape for his teammates ahead of Michigan and Ohio State, two of the nation s fastest quartets. Before Woodruff’s return, the mile relay team enjoyed fair success. The combination of Ohl, A1 Ferrara, Clyde Graf, brilliant sophomore speedster, and Al McKee fin- 284 .shed third n both the N.Y.A.C. games an 1 ,hc LC4.A championships, then led the pack by more than fifty yards at Notre Dame. At Indianapolis the 3:20.8 mark that the Ohl-Fcrrara-Graf-Woodruff combination reeled off was the fastest indoor time ever recorded by a Pitt mile relay team. The most consistent individual performer of the indoor campaign was John Bazyk, husky junior shot putter. In addition to over-shadowing the field by more than a foot in winning the C.I.C. contest, Bazyk placed second in the N.Y.A.C. games and Butler Relays. He created a new University standard at New York, when he heaved the iron ball 30 feet V2 inch, VA inches past his own former mark set last year. His performance stamps him Two mile relay team . . . Trepanning, Boulanger, Anderson, Graf as one of the front ranking collegiate shot putters of the narion. Sophomores Dave McDowell and Joe Newman and senior George Clifton also contributed to Panther point totals in the indoor carnivals. McDowell hovered around the six foot mark consistently in the high jump and placed in the I.C.4-A s, the C.I.C. meet, and the Butler Relays. Newman, being groomed to fill Kennv Rvden's shoes as number one hurdler, copped third place in the C.I.C. 70 yard high hurdles. Clifton's score in the pole vault came in the Butler Relays at Indianapolis. Frank Ohl's broad jumping efforts were also productive of Pitt scores in the I.C.4-A's Butler Relays. Mile Relay team . . . Woodruff, McKee, Ferarra, Ohl 283 HOCKEY McSorlty, Rennert, Schoolej, Hockeys Coach, Manager and Caps Jin A mathematician could easily prove that the Pitt Hockey Team had only a good, rather than an unusually successful, season in 1938-'39. In his proof, he could show that the Panthers won fourteen, lost eight and tied three, that they scored 35 goals to their opponents' 41, and that the ten leading scorers in the eastern division of the Oh io-Pcnnsyl vania Collegiate Hockey League included only three Pitt men. His figures would be correct enough, but they would be inconclusive. Actually the puckstcrs coached by John McSorlcy were one of the two outstanding athletic squads at Pitt the past year. Six of the eight defeats were by one goal, another by two, and the eighth an 11-0 walloping administered by a near-professional Yale team which was clearly out of Pitt's class. Ignoring the Yale score, a non-league game, makes the Cathcdralites defensive record look better, while offensively it wasn't that the Pitt boys couldn't run up big totals, they just didn't bother. Rising early, practising Sunday when the Duqucsnc Garden Rink wasn't being used, Coach McSorlcy’s two-year-old proteges, have carried an athletic spirit and fight into their contests that figures do not show. To Pitt fans who constantly filled the stands at their contests, the Panthers were the hit of the season. Over the regular season, Pitt collected two victories each from Case, Western Reserve, Baldwin Wallace, and Fcnn, knocked off Carnegie Tech three times and tied the Skibos once, battled John Carroll to a 2-2 standstill and later dropped a 3-1 decision to them and produced one triumph in four starts against Duqucsnc who finished 286 Goalie Fllis on top of the league. The win over the Dukes was by a 2- 1 margin in the first meeting of the two clubs. The Bluff sextet took the next engagement, 2-0, and the third, 3- 2. A fourth game also went to the Dukes, 3-2, after McSorlcy removed his team from the ice in the second period as a protest of referee Terry McGovern's decision in overruling the goal judge and awarding Duquesne a goal during a scramble at the Pitt net. It was in the playoffs that the Panthers really showed their courage and ability. Although James Hagan, director of athletics, was willing to concede Duquesne's superiority and opposed divisional playoffs, Duquesne and the league officials insisted that the series be run through. Unluckily for the Dukes, McSorlcy's proteges did not concur with Hagan's opinion of their strength as division leading materials. The Hilltoppcrs won the first game 3-2, but when the second clash resulted in a 1-1 stalemate after five over- times, 115 minutes of play, the Panthers came back to take the next two battles and the series, 3-1 and 2-1, with goalie Bud Ellis displaying sensational form. Still tired from the Duquesne matches, the Panthers lost twice by 3-2 counts to John Carroll, western division titleholdcrs. Pitt tied up both games in the third period after trailing but on each occasion the Streaks' Eddie Arsenault won the game in the overtime with scorching shots. Ellis, Bob Schoolcy, Taylor Brittain, Chuck Connick, and Lenny Broido will be gone from next year's squad, but Dick Friday, the team's leading scorer who beat out Schoolcy with 18 points to 17, will be back as will Bob Lowe, Pat Cusick, Clyde Shiring, Irv Artz, Vic Williams, and Burgin Digby on the line, and Bill Schildccker and Walter Lovett, two fine defense men. Jim Lowe, Bob's brother will be a sophomore next season and should be a help, while George Dressier, another freshman, promises to be pick of the crop of the league goal tenders. Hockey Squad 287 After an absence of fifteen years from college baseball, the Pitt Panther returned to the diamond game. Long a major varsity sport until it was discontinued after the 1924 season, baseball this year snatched the spring limelight from golf and tennis. Coach Ralph Mittcrling, a former Philadelphia Athletics’ outfielder and a baseball coach for twenty years, called out the baseball candidates early in the season. Anxious to get a line on his 1939 outfit, Mittcrling began spring training midway through February. Preliminary workouts for the battcrymcn were held on the Stadium basketball floor. While batting was impossible indoors, the remainder of the squad reported for practice shortly afterward to work the kinks out of their throwing arms. Last spring’s intramural baseball tournament, which put nearly five hundred into diamond action, supplied Mittcrling with most of his material. Although several varsity football men, who were leaders for regular positions—Johnny Chickcrnco, Ben Kish, Frank Goodcll, Rudy Gradisak, and Joe Rettinger—had to drop out because of spring football practice, there was no lack of good men. The pitching department was adequately eared for by moundsmen Red Pommcrschcin, Ed Lawry, and Joe Trcola. Johnson and Haluska were relief hurlcrs. Top men in the catching position were George Red” Hartman and Bill Schildccker, sophomore hockey player. Salko was also an outstanding candidate for the mask and mitt spot. Outstanding players of the intramural league formed the nucleus for the varsity infield. Bob Funkhouscr, Phil Schciding, Ed Straloski, Bill Brown, Bob Foliart, Eddie Hughes, A1 Holbrook, and Gus Troy all filled the infield. Several outfielders engaged in a red-hot battle for the three outer-garden positions. Alfred Butch, Andy Murray, John Snyder, Howard Hershman, Edward Keiper, Howard Uptergraf, Walter Lovett, Charles Kranc, Sol Metlin, Milton Ripp, James Dugan, Richard Maukcr, and James McCann were outfielders on the team. The squad appeared in fourteen games, beginning April 11 with a four game junket through the South, and closing the season at State College on June 10. 288 High lintr oar first The opening trip pitted the Panthers against Georgetown at Washington, D.C. on April 11. A brace of games with the Duke Blue Devils at Durham, N. Carolina, followed on April 13 and 14. The South Carolina Gamecocks furnished the opposition on April 13 at Columbia, S. Carolina. After a rest of nearly three weeks, the Pitt-mcn tangled with the West Virginia Mountaineers on two successive days. May 3 and May 6, in the opening games on the Stadium diamond. Encounters with the Penn State Lions on May 9 and 10, again at the Stadium, brought the brief home season to a close. The team traveled East to meet Temple in a single game at Philadelphia on May 13- Seven days later, Indiana Tech opposed the Panthers at Indiana. The Panther diamond aggregation then journeyed to Morgantown, there to play the West Virginia Mountaineers on May 26 and 27. Two games with the Penn State Lions at State College on June 9 and 10 completed the baseball slate. Pitt's four home games were played on the Stadium diamond, with home plate located in the northeast corner. A screen was erected in front of the right field stands to prevent ''cheap'' home runs. With the erection of this screen, the field compared favorably with any major league park, both in size and seating capacity. Hartman signaling for an inside ball 289 I atirj, Marcia, Haluska and Pom-mcrschcin . . . Pitchers Hartman drives one over Joe Kristufek . . . No. I man TENNIS SWIMMING The Pin tennis team completed a successful season last spring with an impressive record showing nine wins and one loss. The Panther nermen were led by their captain and number one man Ralph Bald, whose all-court game made him a hard man to beat. Tireless Joe” Kristufck's stamina was too much for most opponents, too, and Joe at the number two spot, won many long, drawn-out engagements. Bill McKenna, at the number three position, turned in several impressive wins. Adrian Hartman depended on his usual chopping game to down strong opponents. Johnny Mogan s sharp forehand and Dudlc Weiss' flashing backcourt stroking added many points to the team's scores. Light and Kaufman, white not playing regularly, participated in several net battles. The Panthers opened tnc season by routing Bethany, 9-0. Then followed wins over Allegheny, Grove City, Indiana State Teachers, and Carnegie Tech. Ohio State administered the lone Panther defeat in the sixth match, 6-3- But the Pitt team took up its winning ways again to defeat Wayncsburg, 8-1; Grove City, 9-0; West Virginia, 8-1; and Carnegie Tech, 6-1. The netters closed the season again trouncing Wayncsburg, this time by a 9-0 score. The Pitt swimming team, or the Pittsburgh Water Follies of 1939, as it may well be called, directed by Pat Corr and featuring co-captains Bill Brown and Walt Mowotny, with Milt Lcdcrstcin, A1 Beacon, and a great supporting cast, fully lived up to the traditions of successful Pitt Swimming teams. Performing in comparative obscurity, except on the night on which they swam before a packed house of seven thousand at Ohio State, these hidden heroes compiled an enviable record. The Panther splashers came out on the long end of the score six times, while losing only twice. After scoring onlv one first place (in the fifty yard free style by Walt Nowotny) against a Big Ten champion, Ohio State, the Corrmcn gained at least partial revenge two nights later by outstroking the Ohio Conference Champion, Kenyon, for their most important victory of the season. One more blot marred Pitt s record; they couldn’t quite make the grade against the powerful Franklin and Marshall squad but they were far from disgraced. In local competition, the Panthers were supreme, as they swept through Slipper)’ Rock, Temple, Allegheny, Penn State, and Western Reserve with the loss of but two events. Varsity Swimming Team GOLF Daddio . . . ffilftr deluxe Ed lutwry RIFLE TEAM The Pitt Golfers, coached by Art Snyder, travelled far and wide last spring, finally to return with eight wins to their credit as against two losses, maintaining their position as one of the strongest teams in the F.ast. The divott diggers were able to carry their independent campaign without a defeat. However when they reached the competition of the Middle Atlantic Division of the Eastern Intercollegiate Golf Association, they were forced to be satisfied with third place. Members of the strong Georgetown and Princeton teams gave the Pittites plenty of trouble. The first three men in the lineup of the Pitt team were ranked with the best Collegiate golfers in the East. Frank Souchak, No. 1 man, copped the decision nine times out of ten; while Barret Melvin lost only two and Tony Kaye, No. 3 man, went undefeated. Another successful but somewhat obscure team among the University sportsters was the varsitv Rifle Team. Wending their way up the hill to the rifle range under the stands in the stadium, the boys drilled long hours under the guidance of Captain Mitchell making ready for the regular matches. Throughout the year the boys maintained an average that few teams have been able to maintain. Three wins out of every four telegraphic matches saw the boys at their peak. Shoulder to shoulder matches with Carnegie Tech, Penn State, Ohio State, and Akron, along with the National Intercollegiate Rifle Shoot at Annapolis were the season's high spots. Number one man on the team was Evan Sage, captain. Hoffman, Purnell, Stiffcy, Diefcndorf, and Frankovich were holdovers from an outstanding team of the year before. Several new men reported to Captain Mitchell and, proving their ability, were given a chance to prove that the University sharpshooters were second to none. New men to fire were Peris, Berkcy, Hittingcr, Ayers, and Bridges. Evan Sage's early score of 383 out of a possible 400 points set the high mark for the season. 291 Varsity Rifle Team INTRAMURAI. Intramural Coach r In the heavy barrage of epithets and comments set up by outsiders, the new intramural policy set up by the University was smothered under as far as the general public was concerned. To Pitt students, however, and those concerned in any way with the campus, the intramural competition was the biggest thing of the year. More University men joined in this program than in any feature the campus has yet seen. Over a thousand men, experienced players and greenhorns, fraternity and independent, commuters and campus residents, engineers and Y.M.C.A., all took time to build and exercise the bodies that housed growing minds. At Pitt, despite any- thing that has been published to the contrary, athletics js every man s interest and not that of the selected few. To the head of this broad program was appointed James Potts, assistant track coach at Pitt for twelve years. His wise planning and judgment, his unexcelled management of a large and often untrained staff, and through all an untiring effort to establish not a new program alone, but actually a new idea in athletics, directs much of the credit for rhe remarkable success to him. He and his assistants divided competition among three circuits, a league comprising the social fraternities, an Engineering league with representatives from the ATHLETICS Intramurals tit a flying start at Frtshman Camp Intramural Rifertts various divisions of the School of Engineering and Mines, and an independent league made up of all other teams not included in the first two sections. All three league champions in each sport met at the close of that particular season in a playoff series to determine the outstanding club of the entire group. The schedule for the year was split into three seasons, Fall, Winter and Spring, with five or six sports included in each season. Although the original plan had been to appoint a student manager to oversee each season, and other student managers to each sport, the plan was found too complex for immediate use, and a few standbyes were entrusted with the administration. Oliver Stiff, long an employee of the Athletic Department, had charge of and did most of the clerical work of the program, as well as notifying the contestants personally or through their team managers, of the time of the games. Track star Frank Ohl headed the staff of officials and acted as general handy-man for both Potts and Stiff. Included in Ohl’s contingent of whistle blowers were basketball players Sam Milanovich and Joe Barron; Track men Larry Tregonning, Bill Nurmi, and Larry Katz; and Physical Education Instructors Jim Jackson, Charles Radi, Karl Oermann, and Dave Ward. Varsity cheer leader, Clarence Shephard, acted as sport manager for the fall tennis tournament. Lasr, but of tremendous importance to any well regulated intramural program, were the managers of the various teams without whose cooperation the whole setup would have been seriously weakened. 293 Although the intcrmural fall program started out very ambitiously, only touch football was completed on schedule. Tennis and horseshoes were popular, but rain and cold weather brought noth sports to a close before the tournaments had reached the semi-final stage. The chief difficulty encountered was in making contact with various boys to let them know the time of their matches. While no definite conclusions could be drawn, some of the combinations looked very good in both tournaments. Had there been championship matches, it is probable that the teams of Mycr and McArdle would have met Engh and Wyar for the horseshoe crown, while Basset and Martin, Rau and Kinsey, and Burns and Larimer should have fought it out for the tennis laurels. Of the other fall sports, little can be said. The decision to throw open the annual track and field handicaps to all men in the University came too late to publicize the fact sufficiently to the student body, and the meet was devoted almost completely to competition among the freshman track team. A proposed cross-country race was abandoned when the weather became too cold for men not in condition. They were able to come back! Those six words characterize Phi Delta Theta, 1938 in-tcrmural touch football champions. Defeated early in the season by Phi Gamma Delta, the Phi Dclts fought their way back to the fraternity league championship, then followed with two climaxing triumphs in the trileague playoffs with the Metallurgists, engineering league champions. The Mets previously had eliminated the Newman Club, independent league titclists, in the first round. in the championship game, the Phi Dclts squeezed out a 7-6 win over the Metallurgists by striking early, then being content to sit back and break up all the Metallurgists’ thrusts. Shortly after the opening kickoff Bcrnic Cashdollar of the Phi Dclts passed to Larry Smith in the end zone for a score, and then added the extra point by passing to Black after raking a lateral from Park. The Mets scored when Mann intercepted one of Cashdollar’s hurried passes on his own 25 and chased his way to a touchdown. After a successful extra-point try was recalled and the Mets were penalized for offside, Mann's pass was batted out of Reilly’s fingers on the one-yard line. 294 A ringer in the making More extensive and better received bv the student body, the intramural winter program far outstripped rhe fall program. With five sports actively participated in by the better than one thousand boys enrolled in the venture, the 1938-39 winter campaign was the biggest thing in Pitt intramural athletics history. As during the fall period, the three league setup of fraternities, independents, and engineers prevailed. Basketball proved the most popular sport, all three leagues taking part. Bowling and table tennis rated next in appeal. The fraternity league had complete entry lists in both sports but the lack of response from the engineers and independents caused a consolidation of the two leagues in each sport. The independents and the Greeks played volleyball but the engineers entered no teams. Handball enlisted only five teams, all fraternities. Lest it be thought that the independents and engineers were indifferent in their reactions to the program, the point should be made that although the fraternities had previously played all of the five sports but handball, only basketball had been offered to the other teams under the old intramural organization. Thus, the turnout by non-fraternity groups for sports other than basketball should be taken, and is taken by the intramural department, as an indication that future participation in these sports by all teams will increase. Fraternities gathered in all of the five intramural trophies, defeating independent and engineer representatives in the inter-league playoffs at rhe close of the season. Lambda Chi Alpha and Delta Tau Delta, handball and table tennis champions respectively, were awarded the titles without the necessity of playoffs since few table tennis and no handball matches were played by the non-fraters. The outstanding team of the season was the Phi Kappa basketball dreadnaught. Only once during the entire season did the Phi Kaps fail to overpower their opponents. That night Phi Delta Theta, which later won second place after a playoff with Phi Gamma Delta, scored a 33 26 upset win. But every other night Phi Kappa was a smooth functioning machine that ground out points and more points regardless of the opposition. When the Phi Kaps had clinched the fraternity crown by beating Sigma Alpha Mu, they kept right on rolling to coast through the playoffs with scarcely a break in srridc. Glenn, huskv center, led them to an 293 New and popular handball . Schaffer hitting Champion Delt team in action easy win over Oil Gas, engineer leaders, as he contributed 25 points to their 52-19 triumph. Against Newman Club, ace five of the independent division, it was Captain Dick Cassiano who pushed in 10 points to help trim the Newmans, 31-20, after the frat champs had been behind at the half, 13-12. Then, after the Newmans had dropped a 21-16 verdict over Oil Gas, Phi Kappa put the finishing touches on a great season by flattening the Newmans again, but this time by a decisive 48-28 margin. Though not the finest team ever produced in Pitt intramural competition, the new champions were good, very good, and Phi Kap rushccs will probably be hearing for years to come about tne feats of Tommy Halloran, Joe Connell, Jack Glenn, Dick Cassiano, Joe Herron, Steve Goodcll, Chick Wasscll, and Bob Ryan. Newman Club had a stiff fight before emerging with the independent league top honors. Both the Newmans and the Pitt Club ended the schedule with seven wins and only one defeat, necessitating a bcst-out-of-thrcc playoff. Snyder had a field day in the first game and his 22 points were just half of his team's total as the Newman's took a 44-42 battle. Then, as Tratar and Ruskin ran wild, Pitt Club evened the series with a 41-36 win. But with the chips down, Joe Kristufek paced the Newmans to a 31-26 victory in the deciding game. If any one man can make a ball club, then Joe Kristufek made the Newmans. Although Snyder, Dunn, and brother Frank Kristufek had occasional bursts of scoring power, it was Joe who led the point-making, was a one-man defense, and worked the ball up the floor from his guard position. When Joe was hurt early in the second half in the final game against the Phi Kaps, the Newmans were definitely finished, without Joe the supporting cast of Murray, Czyzcwski, Dornenberg, Wyar, and the three boys previously mentioned would never have reached the playoffs. In the engineering league, the Oil Gas uuintet finished unbeaten with seven successful conquests on its string. With its first five made up from the squad of Hendrickson, Watson, Collins, Smuklcr, Woodward, Mat-rcson, Leeper, Crokcr, and Saunders, the Oilers never had a definite starting ream although Crokcr, Watson, and Woodward were usually 296 A smash at the net the men on whom the Engineers' success rested. In the playoffs, the Oilers were a definite third power, although Crokcr's absence in the first game was a handicap. After considerable resistance from Pi Lambda Phi and Phi Epsilon Pi, Delta Tau Delta took the table tennis title in the fraternity division with a record of 126 games won and only 18 lost. In the few games played in the combined engineer-independent branch, the Medicals took the league lead and were awarded intramural keys as independent winners while the Industrials, finishing third, still rated the engineer championship. Outbowling Sigma Chi by a three game margin, Theta Chi's Bill Daddio, Bob Simrcll, Hal Crippen, Roy Anderson, and Donny Lotz took first place among the fraternities, then knocked off the Chemical Engineering Seniors in two matches to win the intramural ten pin trophy. Ed Laidlow, Chem Senior, who had the highest average among the engineers during the regular season, was not enough to counter-balance Theta Chi's powerful lineup. Phi Gamma Delta and Phi Delta Theta battled throughout the entire season on equal terms in volleyball, but a final surge put the Phi Gams in front with 32 wins, one setback, as compared to the Phi Dclts' 30 and three. Newman Club completely dominated the independents but lost four out of five matches to the Phi Gams in the playoffs when Milt Ripp, ace spiker, went out with the flu. 297 Intramural swimming Although delayed several weeks hv bad weather, the spring program was no less successful than its predecessors. Almost a thousand boys took part in the intramural setup proper while the freshman sports program brought the total to about 1500. In the four sports including mushhall, tennis, golf, and horseshoes, there were one hundred and one teams entered. Naturally, mushhall had the most adherents, twenty clubs being organized. Tennis, horseshoes, and golf, in each of which two man teams were used, ran next in popularity, tennis drawing thirty-two pairs, horseshoes twenty-three, and golf twenty-one. The fraternity league placed fifty-one clubs in the various sports, while the independents and the engineers each signed up twenty-five outfits. The number of entrants from the ranks of the non-fraternitv men was significant, indicating an increased desire upon the part of those students to participate in intramural sports. The “5 o’clock commuter s complex” seemed to be losing its grasp. As during the fall and winter, a lack of facilities was a problem. Mushhall diamonds were laid out on Trees Field and on the soccer practice field behind the gymnasium. A third playing surface was the football practice field, but it was available only a short time until spring grid drills started. Two sets of horseshoe boxes had been built next to the tennis courts during the fall, and were used again this spring. The tennis players did their volleying on the Trees Field courts and the golfers used the Schcnlcy Park course when it was free from most of its regular foursomes. 298 McLaughlin rets off Intramural Robin-Hoods Fitted into the athletic schedule at Pitt is the program of Freshman Sports for men, designed to give the student instruction and playing experience in a minimum of six different sports during the freshman year. Each individual is made to select two different sports (one team and one individual) for each of the three seasons of the school year. The fall sports, in order of popularity, arc: touch football, swimming, archcrv, tennis, and horseshoes. The winter sports arc volleyball, handball, swimming, badminton, and table tennis. Mushball, swimming, tennis, golf, and handball gained favor in the spring sports. Popularity for the less familiar sports as handball, badminton, archery, and horseshoes has increased much since students have learned the rules and skills of the sports bv actual participation. Adequate facilities in Trees gym and the adjoining fields, plus the fact that there arc at least two instructors for each class, have also helped popularize the men's Freshman Sports program. One hundred and twenty-five more Freshman men than in 1937-38 were enrolled in these classes this year. All students registering for the first time were required to have a complete medical and health examination before participating in the sports program. On the basis of this examination students were assigned to appropriate activities or given prescribed work where required. James Potts, director of the Division of Freshman Sports, is assisted by Ollic Stiff in charge of the office at Trees Gym, while Scottic handles the equipment room. James Jackson, Charles Radi, Karl Oermann, and Dave Ward were added to the athletic staff of instructors within the past year, providing capable direction in the various lines of athletic endeavor. 299 WOMEN’S Easy does it . . . The past year has been a landmark in the women's athletic history at the University of Pittsburgh for as the year rolled around they were blessed with a new gymnasium on the lower floor of the Cathedral of Learning. No more long tramps up the hill for classes! Officially dedicated, the gym was thrown open to any person desiring to use the floor provided that it was not in use of regular classes. Facilities were made available for basketball, volley ball, badminton, shuffle board, ping-pong, deck tennis, hand ball, and numerous other sports. Complete in every detail, the gvm has modern dressing rooms. showers, basket rooms, lockers, and cupboards for equipment. Two other conveniences made available for women athletes were the swimming pool in the Y.M.H.A. across from the Cathedral and the large room on the eighth floor of the Cathedral for dancing classes and recreational sports. With these facilities, new impetus was given to the women's athletic program. More than two-thirds of the incoming freshman women enrolled for gym work, although the course is elective. Once registered they were given the privilege of choosing from hockey. 300 A fam:liar campus scene ccnnis, swimming and creative dancing for their class work. As sophomores Pitt women round out their work with other phases of these sports. To juniors who have chosen to become physical education majors, opportunity is given to study recreational sports. They learn to make shuttlecocks fly true, ping-pong balls bounce, and hand-balls rebound sharply from the wall, beside maintaining an interest in basketball and hockey. But that isn’t all. Juniors also learn what to do and when while on the ballroom dance floor. To the seniors is the honor of practice life saving with a Red Cross life saving certificate to the successful. Such a certificate is a prerequisite for teaching swimming. Practice teaching with the juniors occupies much of the senior's time also. For those women who prefer to ride a class is held once each week at Malone’s Riding Academy. Other outdoor recreational sports arc also held here. During the winter season, sleigh rides, skiing, sled-riding, and tobogganing arc popular. In the fall and spring, hav-ridcs, rifle shooting, and long hikes arc prevalent. Actually Pitt women want for nothing in their sports program, and the courses arc growing rapidly. 501 A rule in the country T U D E N T When classes are over and studies are laid aside, we still find time to join in an occasional dance or to take our places in those traditional events that have marked Pitt life for us. To our record of these events we have added photos, reminders of everyday scenes, that have enlivened our campus experiences. LIFE FRESHMAN DANCE When it conics to new ideas, fresh enthusiasm, abundant energy, we turn to the Freshman, but the class of '42 outdid previous classes with the Frosh Hop. For two weeks before December second the school was bombarded with publicity. Red, blue, green balloons were floated about in the Commons Room, on the eighth floor, in the Tuck Shop. Handbills were passed out at the Fifth Avenue entrance, in classes, at committee meetings, spreading the news of two dollars -two ballrooms—two orchestras! On the eighth floor a stand with streamers, balloons, posters, was put up. Here, the committee kept vigilance, ready to nab anyone that came by. Thursday, the first, arrived and the committee circulated around the Cathedral in costume and with signs: a pretty girl in jodphurs— informal ; a Scotchman in kilts - two dollars ; a musician in tails, white tic, and top hat— two orchestras! There was no escape for the upper-classmen; the Freshmen wouldn't let them forget December second and the dance. Friday night most of the school showed up at the Schcnlcy. Reggie Child's orchestra was in the Main Ballroom, Jack Walton's band in the Continental Room. The record crowd received giant green and white match folders for programs and favors (the matches really worked) and waltzed from ballroom to ballroom from nine till one. The music was great, there was enough room to dance, that most popular topic of conversation was obligingly cool, and there was a quarter moon—so they say. For once advertising did not lead astray, and we don’t doubt that it paid. 304 Chairman......................................William Allen Business Manager...............................Howard Hanna Earl Stimpson Thainc Coates Ralph Deewiler Ralph Nadlcr Jack StaufF Hiram Milton Morris Levy Gertrude Foreman Leonard O'Connell Grace Gillen Ted Rossen Jean Hahn Dave Galcv Jane Nelson John Milligan Adeline Butcra Byron Svenson Betty Sap Leonard Oliver Eleanor Factor Gar Creps Betty Turk Don Sira it iff Peggy Couison Florence Deutclbaum 305 SOPH HOP Bank balances were unusually high at the Soph Hop, for the unique programs were checkbooks, and none of them had been drawn upon before the night of this first big event of the Pitt dance season. Pay to the order of Wally Hirsch,” wrote Lydia Mae Stern, first lady of the evening, as she made out her first check to head man Wally—all the other escorts accepted their checks and promised to cash them in immediately—and there were no N.S.F.'s! In return the men presented the ladies with gold bracelets, favors which the girls were proud to wear. Cares of the day and worries of tomorrow’s game with Tech slid easily off the Schcnlcy Ballroom floor that night when George Hall and his orchestra swung out in easy rhythm and vivacious Dolly Dawn poured her melodies into the microphone. This was one of the first affairs of the year to be hit by the no-corsage policy, but occasional bits of shrubbery sprouted unconcerned wherever they pleased. A galaxy of the new hoop-skirted gowns marked the dance as a fashion-conscious one, and added a wistful, quaint touch to the affair. The only decorations necessary were the stars and the full moon outside the open windows. Before the dancers knew it, November fourth was over, and November fifth had rolled round with only one more hour of dancing left for the first formal of the year. When the dance was over, white tics were not quite so perky and taffetas and brocades not quite so smooth, but the idea at the start had been to have a good time, and the Sophs had certainly put it over. So when top hats and capes were donned and the couples journeyed to Childs or Gammons no one denied that the entire evening was a success. }06 Chairman Business Manager Edgar Cook Publicity Jack Gi.bnn Jack McClain Bill Price Bob Ryan Mary Lewis Mary Jane Firth Larrv Rothman Dick Jones Harold Winter Dick Bcsch Don Parke Bob Goodwin Jane Ulrich Morton Lincoff A1 Ludwig Betty Ocstrichcr Frank Miller Bob Shaw Dick Mchlcr Bernice Ornheim Bill Smith Dorothy Ann Carrier Betty Toddic Ruth McLain David Buentc Hilda Landcrman 507 INTERFRATERNITY YULETIDE FESTIVAL Who doesn't recall the hushed anxiety in the burnt-orange atmosphere of the Foster Memorial on that December evening. The fraters of every house on campus entered with the memories of a last minute sing practice still fresh in mind. Each man visioned the big Interfraternity Sing Cup on the house mantel and the thundering ovation accorded a winning sing team. The boys were nervous and their dates were nervous for them, especially when the Phi Gams got off to a flying start with their peppy, streamlined version of On a Cannibal Isle. The Phi Dclts had no end of trouble when their placard fell in the midst of the excitement, and ''crooner-extraordinary'' Curly Stebbins was overcome by the discordant notes of his brothers. The Sing is long to be remembered but no more so than the Swing that followed. The first Swing contest to be held at a University dance proved to be the hit of the year as informality and jitterbugs ran rampant all evening to the strains of Jimmy Earl's orchestra. Remember the beads of perspiration that formed on A1 Young's forehead as he tried to clear the way for the contesting shaggers? There was plenty of cause for dispute during this jitterbug contest, but a Kappa Sig hcp at was finally announced the winnah ! Bob Dannies led the affair with Bobbie O'Donnell on his arm. Chairman Dannies announced the Phi Gams as the winner of the sing and presented the intcrmural football cup to the Phi Dclts. The Greeks worked wonders when it came to decorations for the Schcnlcy Ballroom. Evergreens, holly wreaths, and mistletoe all helped to make the dancers real c that Christmas was only two weeks away. The Sing and Swing, or Yulctidc Festival, really went down as a high spot during the 38-39 fraternity year. 308 Robert Dannies, Chairman...............Phi Delta Thera Daniel Lichtenstein, Business Manager...Pi Lambda Phi Jack Cummings....................Sigma Alpha Epsilon Leonard Skirboll......................Phi Epsilon Pi Wallace Patterson.....................Pi Kappa Alpha Louis Reilly...................................Kappa Sigma Jack Bellas................................Sigma Chi Al Ludwig..................................... Theta Chi Al Young............................Delta Tate Delta Martin Slade.....................................Phi Kappa Charles Gilmore..................... Phi Gamma Delta Bon Angros..........................Lambda Chi Alpha V)9 JUNIOR PROM It was Friday, the thirteenth. Wet, and snowy, and slushy, and cold; you were going to the Junior Prom—remember? Several hours before, you had viewed from the Cathedral windows the whirling flakes of white snow, and the thought of the coming evening filled your mind with vague apprehension. There would be chains on automobile tires that crunched against and dug up the hard-laden snow; there would be wet rubbers and boots piled up in the checkroom at the William Penn; there would be gaily printed umbrellas held over black velvet hoods and wide circling hoop-skirts. Hardly the calm, moonlit evening that you would have liked it to be. But you forgot the snow and slush outside once you were engulfed by the brightness of the atmosphere and the liveliness of the music on the seventeenth floor. You loved the smooth, restless syncopation of Larry Clinton’s orchestra. There, amid dazzling lights and decorations, was a perfect rhythm band, that favorite of college dances. The quickening, jungle-like beat of the drums in Shadrach caught and spread like wildfire among the stomping feet, giving the ballroom the feeling of a native ceremonial dance. As each note shimmered forth into the air, it was like a harmonious bubble, pricked by an imaginary pin to give a musical pop” with an irregular rhythm. Then beautiful, petite Bca Wain would step up and croon, in her own distinctive manner. My Heart Belongs to Daddy and My Reverie with a quality of tone that was as lovely as herself. The Juniors had certainly been discriminating in their choice of music and atmosphere. Amusing caricatures of various campus luminaries were placed against the balcony railing; they formed a large border-like strip at one end of the room. From the balcony you would watch the endless gyrating pattern of color that made the merges of pale pearly shades in the scene below appear as the inside of a glossy scashell. Among the hundreds gathered around the bandstand you caught a glimpse of Chairman Emil Naric, squiring the lovely Marian Woollctt. In her hand, Marian carried the clever dance program in the form of a billfold which was another unusual feature of this Prom. Late in the evening, a drowsy lull mingled with the scent of gardenias and orchids, and the whole affair assumed a dignity and grace which is apart from everyday life. You left the Junior Prom feeling that you had just been a part of one of the best dances of the year. 310 Chairman..................................Emil Naric Business Manager..........................Roy Walters COMMITTEE Arnold Levine Gene Taano Norma Douglas Charles Hergenroeder George Pappas Harold Klein Jack Hocvclcr Alice Bcnovicz Edmon Holstein Joseph Kristufek David Mackey Karl Stark Eugene Wintner Mary Lou Perring Mary Gregg Kathryn Stultz Nancy Digby Ann Goldzcr Fred Frank Jane Epping Francis Vcrnallis Charles Wucrtcnbcrgcr James Smith Patsy Griffith Betty Davis George Puhl Doris Wackcr Robert Boucck Betty Teal Marjorie Kuhback Marion Brincy Ruth McHenry 311 HEART HOP Soft feminine voices anxiously asking, Will you be busy ncxt Friday night?” Hesitant boys not quite knowing what they should say. That was the week before the Heart Hop; the week of turned tables in the eternal social whirl. Many a male heart must have been broken when the night of February 10th finally brought the evening of the dance. Not a few of the girls had their fingers crossed as the heavens opened and water reigned supreme. Hours in time, however, the evening sky cleared and the dancers descended happily on the Hotel Schcnlcy and its spacious ballroom. The dancers, one inside, were presented with valentine programs and were greeted by the queen of hearts, Edith McCormick and George Airman, her escort. In the ballroom, high above the dancers' heads revolved little red and white flecks of light from the large silver ball at the center of the room. Through all this sounded the Mega-Muted Music of maestro Brad Hunt. Many of the old favorites found a place in the evenings melodies, while the famed Hunt version of Dinah earned an encore. Winning all hearts for the evening, however, was rhe former Miss Pennsylvania, Peggy Nccnan. Several of the boyssported boutonnieres in spite of the no corsage policy of several of the other dances. The girls managed the dance quite well in the money-making way and put the men to shame in reimbursing their treasury. 312 Chairman................... Business Manager........... Gene Pvlc Betty Teal Mary Lcrschc Marv Annette Campbell Alice Lally Kitty Kountz Betty Springer Beth Hughes Peggy Cochran Goldie Katz Marion Brinev Caryl Covert Jane F. Miller Jean Brink Betty Fagan ......Edith McCormick .........Glenda Fitch Marion Lee Patterson Christina Allan Mary Wilcox Ruth Hilsenrath Jane Spencer Florence Nydes Ruth Holbrook Vivian Marsh Dorothy Strublcr Peg Brown Grace Steele Jean Odlc Grace Augcnstcnc Betty Kiefer Estclla Stout 313 INTERFRATERNITY BALL Color! Color! Harmonizing color; contrasting color; complimentary color. This was the glamorous Interfraternity Ball. This night of March third the seventeenth floor of the William Penn was transformed to reflect the sparkling gaiety of the Greek affair. Pale blue, violet, amber, and green clusters of full-blown balloons, held in rein by interlocking twisted streamers, hovered about the chandeliers like huge tinted effervescent bubbles from a glass of champagne floating through the air. Late in the evening rhe balloons drifted down among the dancers and, to those who watched from the balcony, appeared as bright speckles moving about the floor. Blending with these pastel shades was the overspread glow of the soft lights which were caught in glints on top-knots of shiny curls. The warm color of harmony came forth under the baton of Artie Shaw and His Swingsters. When jitterbugs responded enthusiastically to his discordant harmonics, the walls fairly tumbled with rhythm. Tired feet could not resist the tantalizing music as Artie Shaw's clarinet rolled beautifully down the scale and up again. The famous swing leader had used the unique idea of individual name placates for the different musicians in the band. The dancers swung and swayed around the floor overflowing into the lovely Cardinal Room where the up and coming Bill LcRoy's orchestra continued to satisfy the migrating couples. This year the favors that glittered from the feminine wrists were tiny gold-linked bracelets with IF inscribed in the small, attached University seal bordered on each side with the tiny circles of PI and TT. Contrasting and complementary color . . . spring tones of blue and red taffeta gowns swishing and brushing amidst frothy aqua nets and gaily printed silks . . . merging shades interspersed to form a crazy quilted pattern of color around the ballroom . . . the highly colorful dresses of the girls contrasted by the rigid black and white tuxes of their IF escorts. Coming directly from formal rushing parties, many fraternity women and their rushccs were able to enjoy this beautiful IF Ball among the gala affairs of the busy rushing weekend. After the dance was over, in the elevators and the checkroom, radiant eves and flashing smiles expressed the brilliant success of the colorful Intcrfraternitv Ball of 1939. 314 COMMITTEE Edwin C. Horne William Angel. Jack Bellas.... General Chairman Business Manager ......Decorations General Committee Jerome Black James Lee Jack Cummings James Napier James Dattilo Marshall Solomon Ralph Dorand Bcrtam Roth William Hcineman JohnJ. Uhl Francis VernaIIis Chaperones Mr. and Mrs. Bishop Brown Mr. and Mrs. Robert X. Graham Mr. and Mrs. Edward B. Williams 315 MILITARY BALL This year s Military Ball was a modern version of the old cotillion dances of the Civil War days. Reminiscent of the lovely belles of the 1860’s with their hoop-skirts and upswept hair-do’s, were the charming girls who leaned gracefully on the arms of their handsome uniformed escorts. But this evening, led by Colonel Al Berger and Alice Jahn, the dancers stepped more lively around the floor than those who curtsied and bowed in the quadrilles of long ago. Coed Colonel Betty Adams and Howard Schwcppc, joined the thousand couples crowding the main ballroom—black tuxes and a few severe blue uniforms with gold stripes intermingled with dainty feminine gowns -billows of foamy net and clouds of pale chiffon, heavy clinging satins and strapless rustling taffetas. The entire seventeenth floor of the William Penn Hotel had been reserved to insure adequate space for dancing, with the well-known Kay Kyscr playing in the main ballroom, Owen Pieper in the Urban Room, Jimmy Earle in the Cardinal Room, and Joey Sims in the Silver Room. Depicting Springtime, garlands of new leaves hung in deep scallops from the balcony railing in the main ballroom. Almost beneath the decorative balcony, Kay Kyscr with his Southern drawl, led his Musical Kollcgc orchestra in the turbulent rhythms of modern swing. As quickly as he would drawl, ' Yes dance, Chillun,” the crowd became restless, escorts flitted here and there with their partners, weaving in and out, swinging back and forth among varicolored patches of dancers. In the smoother songs, Kay Kyscr's muted trumpet spurted out smoothly, like a fountain, as he hit and dived easily over each note. Many couples on the balcony were content to listen to the sweet tones of lovely Ginny Sim's voice, to the high tenor voice of Harry Babbitt, of singing song-title fame, and to Sully Mason, whose antics put the crowd in a jolly mood. Looking down on the fluctuating crowd, one saw the scintillation of the tiny gold squares inscribed with the military insignia, the Military Ball favors that adorned each feminine neck, twinkle as fixed stars when caught in a soft flood of light. This year Scabbard and Blade, honorary military fraternity, gave its first public tapping ceremony at the Military Ball in a very militaristic fashion. At midnight, in the main ballroom, the ten men from the advanced corps were formally tapped as each sedately walked under the arch of majestically crossed swords—a very impressive ceremony. As the gay throng dispersed at the close of the evening, the breathless joy of happiness and the tinkle of the mirthful laughter rippled among these modern cotillion dancers of 1939. 316 General Chairman.........................J. Alfred Berger Co-Chairman..............................Miss Betty Adams Business Manager.........................Elmer H. Puchta Co-Chairman.......................Miss Mary Ruth Goodwin FINANCE Claire Hoffman.................. Miss Grace Bour................. CORPS TICKETS Edwin Ellis.................... Miss Peggy Donley............... GENERAL TICKETS Sam Fuller..................... Miss Edith Bart................. INVITATIONS Evan T. Sage................... Miss Ruth Crosby................ PRESS Dick Frankel................... Miss Peggy Hammond.............. PUBLICITY Fred McCamic................................Chairman Miss Mary Lou McClain....................Co-Chairman FAVORS A LBE RT K a i r YS.........................Chairman Miss Ruth Custer.........................Co-Chairman DISPLAYS M a rc us M a IS a KOS......................Chairman Miss Dorothy Dering......................Co-Chairman MUSIC Thomas Cartwright...........................Chairman Miss Mary E. Cosgrove....................Co-Chairman DECORATIONS Joseph Bigos................................Chairman Miss A LICE J AHN........................Co-Chairman FL(X)R Nickoi.as Sisak.............................Chairman Miss Helen Wilson........................Co-Chairman ARRANGEMENTS Louis Reilly................................Chairman Miss Mary Annette Campbell...............Co-Chairman RECEPTION Lar r y Or r................................Chairman Miss Sally Brunson.......................Co-Chairman .. .Chairman Co-Chairman . . .Chairman Co-Chairman . . .Chairman Co-Chairman . . .Chairman Co-Chairman . . . Chairman Co-Chairman 317 PANHELLENIC BALL In a background of charm and dignity, the Panhcllcnic Bali was impressive for its striking simplicity. Pitt fraternity women chose the formal black, white, and gold of the Urban Room at the William Penn for its basic color scheme. Chairman Ruth Custer, who led the Grand March with Sam Werlinich, keynoted the color scheme in white marquisette and black lace in combination with her escort's white tics and tails. It was April, and the air held the warm fragrance of a spring night. It was the first real spring dance of the season, and fraternity girls blossomed forth in a colorful array of refreshing pastels. The multitudinous color combinations reflected soft splashes of color in the highly polished onyx panels of the walls, so that each panel was a living painting framed in gold. This reflection of color, together with a profusion of banked ferns, was the only decoration needed to adorn the simplicity of the black and gold walls. Even the music was in the keeping with the simple charm of the surrounding. Tommy Tucker's orchestra with its Tick-Tock” rhythm filled the ballroom with a warm blending of harmonious notes. Friendly smiles were exchanged over broad black shoulders as one Grcck-lctter woman nodded to another in passing. Between dances, couples studied their black and gold celluloid programs to find the name of their next partner. At this ball, the boys gloried in the favors the latest in men's evening jewelry, gold inter-meshed key chains. In the lobby and elevator, Panhcl escorts expressed admiration for this gala affair which the fraternity women of the University had so successfully led—the Panhcllcnic Ball of 1939- 31S Chairman..................................Ruth Custer Business Manager..........................Dorrit Bock Marjorie Kuhbach Betty Phillips 319 SENIOR BALL Setting a precedent and leaving his stuffy labs at the School of Mines, chairman Victor Gallagher waved his magic wand and somehow mixed the right things together to produce the nicest Senior Ball in years. Behind us as a perfect background were the memories of the gay activities of Spring Festival week—the parade, tea dance, and Carnival Night. Then, still in the festive mood, our fun was rounded our by the happy combination of Will Osborne and his sliding trombones, who recently played an engagement at New York’s Cocoanut Grove. As a special feature Vic and business manager Bill Matthias chose the biggest ballroom from New York to Chicago, the newly remodeled hall in the Syria Mosque. Added to this was the spring-like atmosphere which lingered everywhere from the tropical palms surrounding the bandstand to the farthest nook and corner. White-coated men with lovely ladies in the filmiest of formals glided past and drifted lightly back and forth to the rhythmic lilt of the music. We pointed with pride to Vic and lovely blonde, blue-eyed Mary Jane Gross as well as to Bill with attractive Jane Bell. Soon we discovered that another attraction had been added to the already delightful concoction of springtime, catchy rhythms and pastel colors which was Pitt's one and only warm weather prom. Gold dress clips adorned with the Pitt seal were our favors, a unique reminder of a never-to-be-forgotten evening. 320 Chairman............... Business Manager....... Tom Halloran Charles Mathias Nora Kelly Jane Bell Dick Raley Anita Brenner James Johnston Francis Durkin Jack Bellas Boh Conrad ....Victor Gallagher ........Bill Matthias Jack Phillips Leonard Sedney Cyril Biclck Bcrnic Cashdollar Mary Cary Gene Pyle Doris Wackcr Len Broido Ray Light Edwin Ellis 321 bALL MISTIQUE: ???? The veiled lady, who is she? . . . doing the Lambeth Walk, Hoi! . . . she speaks . . . the lifting of the veil . . . the audience is over. 322 CAMPUS PERSONALITIES «M .own 0 4 � «ra Mr. Finney, the Band Maestro . . . Mrs. Miller, Commons Room Hostess . . . GustofF Kctcrcr, Carver of the Nationality Rooms . . . George Olsen, Pitt rooter at the Southern Methodist Game . . . Trainer on the job . . . Ruth and Dave, YMCA secretaries. 323 SHE ENTERS PITT She gets writers cramp at registration . . . and receives the traditional green armband . . . cuts in at a Freshman Mixer Dance . . . ''learns the ropes from her senior mentor ... is welcomed to campus religious traditions by YWCA's Cariras . . . drinks tea with her future sorors . . . and, if a good freshman woman, is awarded a Merit Panther. 324 HE ENTERS PITT He smiles as he registers . . . and meets the campus leaders at the Freshman Banquet ... is awarded his label as a Pitt Freshman . . . Meets the Dean at Freshman Camp . . . and joins the new men in a skit that night . . . appears before the Senior Tribunal after six weeks to be deemed worthy . . . and meets Freshman Athletic Director Potts at the Druid Smoker. 325 FALL Wc push our way through the stadium crowd . . . and traipse down the steps of the old Heinz House ... or practice up for the intramural touch-football games . . . and i( worthy, wc arc tapped to ODK as Juniors or Seniors . . . wc stand by as the pre-meds capture the Freshman Camp trophy . . . wc arc presented with a merit panther . . . and enjoy the frolics of the Panther between plays ... or usher in the intramural season with a lavish banquet. 326 WINTER Wc hunt some shelter . . . and at the Chancellor's reception our parents learn the first principles ... as scholars wc arc capped ... a few can become coed captains as Mary Ruth Goodwin turns her cape over to Helen Wilson . . . the Coinirons Room for carols . . . 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V....................................................340 Beau Beauty Studio ..................................................348 Boulittc Co..........................................................345 C Campbell Pharmacy....................................................330 Commonwealth Trust Co................................................338 Consolidated lee Co..................................................331 D Dunn-Scott Co...................................................... 333 F Fidelity Trust Co....................................................334 Forbes National Bank.................................................335 G General Electric Supply Corp.........................................337 Greater Pittsburgh Linen Supply Co...................................333 Gilmore Co., W. J....................................................337 H Heinz Co., H. J......................................................342 I Iron City Electric Co................................................339 J Jahn and Ollier Engraving Co.........................................346 K Keystone National Bank.............................................. 339 M McNulty Bros. Co.....................................................331 Meade Johnson Co...................................................345 Mellon National Bank.................................................341 N New York Life Insurance Co...........................................340 P Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co............................................341 Pittsburgh Printing Co...............................................347 Pittsburgh Stained Glass Co..........................................338 S Shalcr and Crawford Co...............................................339 Smith Co., S. K......................................................348 Snyder and Swanson Co................................................343 Steel Products Co....................................................335 Strem Studios........................................................335 T T. W. A..............................................................336 U Underwood Elliot Fisher Co...........................................343 Union National Bank..................................................333 University Book Store ...............................................344 W Weber Dental Mfg. Co.................................................331 Wcstinghousc Electric Mfg. Co......................................332 Wirth, Andrew G......................................................339 349 INDEX A Administration..........................................................54-57 Administration Division....................................................44 Administrative Officers....................................................49 Advertising..............................................................330, 348 Advertising Index.........................................................349 Alma Mater.................................................................63 Alpha Delta Pi............................................................242 Alpha Epsilon Phi.........................................................243 Alpha Kappa Psi...........................................................223 Alpha Omega..............................................................110, 111 Alpha Omega Alpha.........................................................146 Alpha Zeta Omega..........................................................155 Alumni Association....................................................58, 59 Amos, Thyrsa W., Dean of Women.............................................50 Athletics.............................................................272-299 Athletics Division........................................................270 At Your Service .....................................................205-207 B Band, Pitt...........................................................214, 215 Baseball.................................................................288, 289 Basketball............................................................281-283 Beta Gamma Sigma..........................................................222 Beta Sigma Omicron........................................................244 Board of Trustees..........................................................48 Bowman, Chancellor John G..................................................46 Brother Rat .............................................................204 Business Administration....................................................65 Business Administration Seniors, School of..............................66-77 C Campus Views.............................................................8-12 Cap and Gown Business and Production......................................209 Cap and Gown Cast and Chorus..............................................208 Cap and Gown Undergraduate Club...........................................224 Chinese Room...............................................................34 Chi Omega.................................................................245 Chi Rho Nu................................................................225 Clapp, George H., President of Board of Trustees...........................48 College Association.......................................................177 College Seniors, The....................................................79-98 College, The...............................................................78 Crawford, Stanton C., Dean of The College..................................78 Cwcns.....................................................................220 Czechoslovak Room.....................................................20, 21 D Dean of Men, Office of................................................52, 53 Dean of Women, Office of..............................................50, 51 Delta Delta Delta.........................................................246 Delta Delta Lambda........................................................226 Delta Sigma Delta........................................................106, 107 Delta Tau Delta...........................................................256 Delta Zeta................................................................247 Demonstrations Block......................................................184 Dental Faculty............................................................100 350 Dental Interfraternity Council...............................................105 Dental Student Council.......................................................104 Dentistry, School of..........................................................99 Dentistry Seniors, School of............................................102, 103 E Early American Room...........................................................42 Education, School of.........................................................112 Education Seniors, School of.............................................113-126 Engineering and Mines, School of.............................................127 Engineering and Mines Seniors, School of............................. 128-136 Evening Students Association.................................................188 1 F Fitzgerald, Rufus H., Provost................................................ 47 Football.................................................................276-280 G German Room..................................................................22, 23 Golf.........................................................................291 Greek Room....................................................................36 H Hall of Fame.............................................................160-169 Heart Hop...................................................................312, 313 Heinz Chapel. .............................................................13-17 Heinz Chapel Choir...........................................................213 Hockey......................................................................286, 287 Holbrook, Elmer Allen, Dean of Engineering and Mines.........................127 ‘Holiday ....................................................................202 Honorary Fraternities........................................................216 Hungarian Room...........................................................24, 25 1 Interfraternity Ball........................................................314, 315 Interfraternity Council.....................................................254, 255 Interfraternity Yulctidc Festival...........................................308, 309 Intramural Athletics.....................................................292-299 Italian Room..................................................................37 J John Marshall Club ..........................................................227 Junior Prom..............................................................310-311 K Kappa Alpha Theta............................................................248 Kappa Kappa Gamma............................................................249 Kappa Phi Kappa..............................................................228 Kappa Psi....................................................................156 Kappa Sigma..................................................................257 Kind Lady ..................................................................203 L Lambda Chi Alpha.............................................................258 Lambda Kappa Sigma...........................................................157 Lanfear, Vincent W., Dean of Men..............................................52 Lithuanian Room...............................................................38 M McEUroy, William S., Dean of School of Medicine............................. 137 Medical Faculty..............................................................139 Medical School, Four Years in..............................................140, 141 Medicine, School of..........................................................137 351 Medicine Seniors, School of...........................................142-145 Men's Council............................................................174, 175 Men's Debating Association................................................181 Men's Glee Club...........................................................210 Military Ball............................................................316, 317 Mortar Board..............................................................218 N Nationality Rooms.......................................................20-42 Nationality Rooms Office...................................................43 O O'Connell, C. Leonard, Dean of School of Pharmacy.........................150 Oil and Gas Association................................................. 186 Omicron Delta Kappa.......................................................219 Orchestra.................................................................212 Organizations Division....................................................170 Owl, The 1939............................................................194, 195 P Panhcllcnic Ball.........................................................318, 319 Panhcllcnic Council......................................................240, 241 Panther, The Pitt........................................................196, 197 Pharmacy, School of.......................................................150 Pharmacy Seniors, School of...........................................152-154 Phi Chi Theta........’................................................... 189 Phi Delta Epsilon.........................................................147 Phi Delta Theta...........................................................259 Phi Epsilon Pi.......................................................... 260 Phi Eta Sigma.............................................................229 Phi Gamma Delta...........................................................261 Phi Kappa.................................................................262 Phi Mu....................................................................250 Phi Rho Sigma.............................................................148 Phi Sigma Sigma...........................................................251 Pi Kappa Alpha............................................................263 Pi Lambda Phi.............................................................264 Pi Lambda Theta...........................................................237 Pi Tau Phi................................................................230 Pitt Band................................................................214, 215 Pitt News, The...........................................................198, 199 Pitt Players..............................................................201 Pitt Players Technical Staff..............................................200 Pitt Rifles...............................................................187 Polish Room................................................................39 Psi Omega................................................................108, 109 Q Quax......................................................................231 Quick, John G., Registrar..................................................49 R Rifle Team................................................................291 Rumanian Room..............................................................40 Russian Room..............................................................26, 27 S Scabbard and Blade........................................................232 Scottish Room.............................................................28, 29 Senior Announcements Committee............................................185 Senior Award...............................................................64 352 Senior Ball...............................................................320, 321 Senior Division.............................................................60 Senior Queen................................................................62 Shockley, Frank W., Acting Dean of Education...............................112 Sigma Alpha Epsilon........................................................265 Sigma Alpha Mu.............................................................266 Sigma Chi..................................................................267 Sigma Gamma Epsilon........................................................233 Sigma Kappa Phi............................................................234 Sigma Tau..................................................................235 Sophomore Hop.............................................................306, 307 Spring Festival Week...................................................190-192 Student-Faculty Association...............................................172, 173 Student Life Division.....................................................302, 303 Student Medical Society....................................................149 Sutherland, Dr. John Bain............................................ 274, 275 Swedish Room...............................................................30, 31 Swimming...................................................................290 Svria-Lebanon Room..........................................................41 T Tennis.....................................................................290 Theta Chi..................................................................268 Theta Phi Alpha............................................................252 Tippetts, Charles S., Dean of School of Business Administration.............65 Track................................................................ 284, 285 W Weber, John, Secretary......................................................47 Women's Athletics.........................................................300, 301 Women's Athletic Association..............................................182, 183 Women's Choral.............................................................211 Women's Debating Association...............................................180 Women’s Self-Government Association........................................176 X Xylon......................................................................236 Y Young Men's Christian Association..........................................179 Young Women's Christian Association........................................178 Yugoslavian Room...........................................................32, 33 Z Zeta Tau Alpha.............................................................253 353 IN APPRECIATION Beneath the pages of this the 1939 Owl are the hearts and hands of our many friends whose cooperation and willingness were ever with us as we prepared this thirty-fourth volume of the Owl. For their contributions to our work may I offer the heartfelt appreciation of the staff. —The Editor Chancellor John G. Bowman Secretary John Weber Dean Thyrsa W. Amos Dean Vincent W. Lanfear Mrs. Ruth Crawford Mitchell Mrs. Beatrice Smith Doty Mr. Albert Klimchbk Mr. Robert Machesney Mr. Theodore W. Biddle Mr. Robert X. Graham Mr. William Allison Mr. Louis Edward Wise Mrs. Maxine Christenson Holbrook Mrs. Ruth Smelscer Mr. Frank Carver Mr. Thomas M. Jarrett Mr. Luke Swank Mr. George Langdale Offices of the Dean of Women and Dean of Men Jahn Ollier Company Pittsburgh Printing Company Photo-Reflex Studio S. K. Smith Company 355 MCAj