University of Wisconsin Oshkosh - Quiver Yearbook (Oshkosh, WI)

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INTER-SOCIETY COUNCIL President.............. Ken Smith Vice-President.......Mary Kasai Secretary ............ Sue Duex Advisors.......Dean Leyson, Dr. Thedinga The Inter-Society Council, usually functioning very quietly in the background at OSTC, came into the fore and let its existence be known to the students last winter. During January the Council found that planning for the Frostbite Frolic made it necessary for weekly meetings. The idea of the winter carnival was originated by last year's Council and its popularity was responsible for its becoming an annual event. After the excitement was over the Inter-Society Council settled down to its average once-a-month schedule and usual business. The Council was organized with the intent of creating a mediator among the social societies on campus, governs over them and has the final say on rules that go into the constitutions regarding the societies. This group is made up of representatives from each of the societies. The Council makes its own governing rules. Miss Leyson and Dr. Thedinga, deans of women and men respectively serve as advisors. It is at the beginning of the first semester that the Inter-Society Council undertakes one of its most important duties. This is to plan a social calendar to avoid conflicting dates for scheduled campus activities. Despite rumors about deferred rushing, informal and formal rushing weeks were specified early in October. Second semester rushing was set for the week February 19-26. Societies were delegated certain nights of these weeks for their parties. Another matter of importance discussed by the Council was in regard to persons withdrawing from one society and joining another. The type of action to be taken in such cases os put forth by the constitution of the Council was considered. The Council requested that this matter should also be carried to each individual society. Row I: Mams, Dean Leyson, Droeger, Kasol, Ducx Row 2: Kroenke. Woldron, Hucbner, So I lord, Belling Row 3: Smith, Neumann, Kocster, Wendt, Nielsen Page 7

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STUDENT COUNCIL Firtt Semester John Moody .... Jim Spaulding Gordon Braun .. Advisors O fice Second ..... President............................ Boyd Kohn ... Vice-President...........................Robert Lee Secretary-Treasurer.................. Shirley Kroenke .....Dr. E. O. Thedinga, Dean Harriet Leyson The year 1950-51 gave evidence that politics is often a very noisy business; not so, however, at OSTC where the quietly running student council performs its duties without benefit of press conferences or lobbyists. To an outsider, in fact, their activities may seem unimportant, because generally unpublicized. Members of the group, however, are convinced that allocation of all activity funds, appointment and supervision of the Social Life Committee, and control of all school elections are of vital importance. Allocation of funds included grants for athletics, publications, dramatics, assemblies, social activities, and incidental expenses in remodelling the Reeve Memorial Union. Members of the committee which met with faculty members on February 15 were Bob Lee, Shirley Kroenke, and Mickey Edler. A major project of the year was the organization of the OSTC skating rink. The Council arranged for schedules and supervision while members issued rink buttons to college and Training School students. Election of two members from each of the education divisions and the preprofessional group was done by balloting in the main corridor. Student Council officials hoped to increase the percentage of voting students by the new system. Seated, I. to r.- Prasher. Huebner, Chipman, Zimpel, Edler, Kroenke, Lawless Standing, I. to r.: 8roun, Lee, Dees, Russell, Popke, Kohn, Wciskc, Swanson Pago 6

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Alcthcon dcmomtrotcs its versatility by oppcorirsg first os moids of the Gibson Girl period (topi ond os minstrel men in their trophy winning Songfest ond Vod-Vil entries. This autumn the L'Alethean French Cafe was reopened to entertain rushees at the home of Miss Marie Hirsch and Miss Louise Scott. The guests were served by cigarette girls and French waiters while having their portraits painted by two artists who wandered from table to table. After refreshments were served, a French fashion show featuring members as models added to the candle-lit atmosphere of Paris. The formal rushing party was a dinner held at the Raulf Hotel a week later, after which try-outs for the play selected for contest entry were held. A fiftieth anniversary celebration made Homecoming an especially important event for Alethean this year. A brunch attended by almost one hundred members and alumnae was held Saturday morning at the Raulf Hotel. Alumna present represented almost every year since the club was formed in 1900; two charter members, Mrs. D. K. Allen and Mrs. Jane Spaulding were present. We'll Cook the Quakers' Oats! was the slogan on the float entered by Alethean in the Homecoming parade. The main prop was a huge replica of the Quakers' Oats box. In the Kappa Gamma play contest Alethean's entry was Lily with which they captured third prize. The drama, concerning a girl and her mother in prison, was directed by Jane Ellen Blahnik and Shirley Friedrich. Second semester activities included the annual Alethean-Philakean spelling bee which was expanded to include representatives from every society this year. The girls were outspelled by the men but only after some fancy maneuvering by Jim Mader and Jane Blahnik, m.c.'s of the program which was broadcast for Your College On The Air show. The traditional formal held with Philakean was given at the Twentieth Century Club on February 3. At a party held Monday, February 19, at Suzanne Duex's home, Janice Sense, Joanne Teteak, Pat Snyder, Betty Lunde, Ruth Pazen, Arnita Scharf, Jean Kadow, and Bonnie Jean Gibson became full-fledged members of Alethean having completed their pledging period successfully. February also marked the departure of Jo Miller, one of the group's advisors for a new job in the public health field. First prize was won by Alethean in the lota Song-fest. They sang Winter Wonderland while wearing striking costumes of white blouses, blue crepe-paper skirts, blue head scarves, and white muffs. Also present on stage was a white cotton snowman which a late February snowfall made most appropriate. The director was Sue Duex. The society was active in athletics participating in both the volleyball and basketball tournaments. A Vod-Vil entry was planned by Donna Barber as chairman. Alethean activities continued after the closing of school with a cottage party held at Waupaca. Page 8