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* Fraternities, SOrOrities

 

 

THETA Xi

oThefa Xi ac‘rives spen’r +he week
of February 2 +0 7 puffing +he
pledges +hr0ugh a comple+e course
in "couri’esy." By Thursday +he
pledges had become qui+e accus-
+omed +0 doing wi+hou+ sleep nighf
afier nigh+. The ac+ives +hough+ by
+ha+ fime +he pledges had acquired
enough knowledge +0 qualify for
+he ini+ia+ion degree.

oFriday nigh+. +he pledges were
formally ini+ia+ed a+ +he house. af-
+er which all wen+ +0 +he Normandy
House for +he annual dinner. Those
inifiafed were: Clifford Gorski.
Frank Jencius. Roberf Klein. Joseph
Kovar. and John Koza.

oSaiurday. February l4. TX's
held a Valen+ine par‘ry for +heir bes’r
girl friends.

PHI KAPPA SlGMA

oThe Skull Dance! Thai +ime of
+he year no ma’r’rer on wha+ cam-
pus where +here is a Phi Kap house
is +he +irne fhaf all +he lady friends
look forward +0. The pledge class
has for a long fime been planning
and rummaging +hrough ifs minds
for ideas and is now abouf +0 see
if hafched. This Sa’rurday. +he 2ls’r.
is +he se+ day for +his affair.
, oAside from ge++ing ready for
+he Skull Dance. +he boys have been
praciicing 'baske‘rball wi+h a gleam-
look iowards cap-iuring +he baske’r—
ball for +he house man’rel. They've
also been busy running ofher ira—
+erni+y boys info +heir house by
means of "ye olde snowball brawls."

ALPHA SIEMA PHl

eAlpha Sigma Phi won ifs firsi
game of +he currenf ini‘erfrafernify
season by defeafing Delia Lambda
Xi. 4832. The Alpha Sig players
were DeCook. cap’rain; Arboe. Hus-
sander, Anderson, Coccia. Riffen~
house. Gillespie. Hackbarfh. and
Dambros.

oThe Alpha Sigs have been
brushing up on +heir miliiary +ac+ics
by having nighfly snowball figh+s.
For some reason or o’rher. Senior
Civil“ Sunds+rom always manages
+0 be in +he cen’rer of such melees.

eOver +his lasf week end Alpha
Sigma Phi had a good +ime +0 +he
music of Jack Rhineharf and his or—
chesfra in a Valenfine day parfy.

DELTA ALPHA MU

aLasf Sunday. February 15. mark-
ed +he founding of a new fraferni+y
on +he Armour campus a+ lllinois ln-
s+i+u+e of Technology. A consfi»
+u+ion has been in +he making for
several mon+hs and finally +he plans
of +hese boys have now become
a realify. A formal dinner was
held in +he Con+inen+al Room of +he
S+evens h0+el. The boys have asked
Mr. Roland, vice presideni' of +he
Reid inland Marine insurance com-
pany. +0 be +heir adviser. A’r pres—
en’r +hree rooms on +he +hird floor of
+he Massler ho’rel are being remod-
eled for +heir use. if will be a week
or so before +he fraferni’ry will be
able +0 se+ up permanen’r house-
keeping.

oChar'ier members of +his new
fra+erni+y are: Rober+ C. Johnson.
Arfhur Hall. Roberf Fou’rs. Don Col—
lins. Byron Robinson. Leo Rayl. Don
Sievens. Ralph Davison. John Ec-
ker’r. Harry Callahan. Dick Percifield
and Don Skadden.

SIGMA. OMICRON ALAMBDA

' oFive of +he'six» Lambda pledges
were ini+ia+ed las+ Friday. informally
and formally. The ceremonies +ook
place of +he house of Mary Ann
Knirsch ou‘r in Blue island. The in-
formal ini+ia+ion occurred on Fri-
day evening—-on Sa+urday morning
+he girls were formally accep’red
info +he sorori+y as sis’rers.

sMaxie Smi+h. who was unable
+0 a++end +he 'par‘ry' on Friday. was
formally ini’riafed. in +he Tea Room,
lasf Monday affernoon. Mary Ann
Knirsch has no+ re’rumed +0 Lewis
+his semesi'er. She has now joined
+he ranks of "working women"—a+
leasf for +he fime being.

«Mary Flasher. who was an ard-
enf worker for +he TECH NEWS. is
now offending lilinois Business Col-
lege.

oSince Mary Ann Knirsch and
Mary Flasher. former vice-presideniL
and secre+ary. respecfively. 0f +he
Sigma Omicron Lambda sorori‘iy
have no+ refurned +0 Lewis. +he
Lambdas have elecfed Lorraine
Surdyk. as secreiary; and Margare’r
Anne Anderson. as vice president“.

aThe Lambdas have decided +0
rush +he freshman group of +he
”Lewis Lovelies." +his semes’rer.
Their firsf rush par’ry is +0 be held
ioday. '

eThe "Valeniine Frolic." held on
Friday evening. February l3. was
a greaf success. The dimly lighfed
and beaufifully decorafed "gym".

proved +0 beguife' effec’rive for "

+he iradifional Valenfine evening
fesiiviiiiesl ! !

KAPPA PH! DELTA

«Hodge Agnes Grossmann has re-
sumed her s’rudies for +his semes-
+er ai nighf school for she is now
employed as a secre’rary in +he Co-
op offices a+ Armour.

0Agnes as well as her +wo con-
femporery pledges. Ruih Body and
Gloria Kiouzar. are fulfilling i'heir
du'iies of "Hell Week" in order +0
qualify for +he formal ini+ia+i0n on
February 2i. The formal ini+ia+ion
has been pianned for i:30 pm. on
+his day in order i'hai +he alumnae
may be well represen’red. The Da-
nish Room of Kungsholm will see +he
ga’rhering of ihe Kappas for +his 0c-
casion. and af+er luncheon +he
pledges will become official mem—
bers of Kappa Phi Del’ra af+er +he
impressive ri’ruals have been per~
formed.

SiGMA BETA THETA

oiviercedes Brown Gordon and
Connie Curfis have n0+ re+urned +0
Lewis +his semesfer. The girls
plan +0 resume +heir s+udies nexf
semesfer.

oThe formal ini+ia+i0n of +he
pledges +ook place on Sunday, Feb-
ruary 8. of +he home of Charioffe
Rackow. an alumna member. Only
four of +he pledges were formally
ini+ia+ed info +he sorori+y. They
are Angeline Fuscone. Mary Linke.
Jean Michels. and Ann Mossner.
Many of +he alumnae members were
presenf a+ +he very ceremonious af—
fair. The "members +0 be" were
clad in whi+e robes. and received
corsages of whife carna’rions.

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eLas+ minufe defails are being
c0mple+e0l +0 organize a chapfer of.
Sigma Xi, a Nafional Honorary So—
cie+y a+ Illinois lns+i+u+e of Tech-
nology. This organizafion is under
+he leadership of Dr. R. A. Gor‘iner
of +he Universi+y of Minnesofa. A
char+er has already been obi‘ained
and +he fask of engraving +he
names of +he 74 original members is
now being under+aken.

«The firsf inifia+ion class will be
selecfed from a group of facul+y
members and sfudenfs who have de-
vofed much of +heir +ime +0 delving
in’ro research work. These men
have been selecfed for +heir high
scholas+ic records as well as for
+heir effor+s fowards a scienfific

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«Under +he guidance of Dean L.
E. Grin+er. and Mrs. C. Crawford.
+he liT chap+er of Sigma Xi has
progressed +0 +he poinf of plan-
ning ifs firsi" ins’rallafion. This in-
sialiafion ceremony is +0 be held
Wednesday, March 25. W42. of a
downiown hofel. Mr. Bifsel. na-
+ionai secrei'ary of Sigma Xi. will
be +he insfalling officer of +he af-
fair. and Mr. Befhe. who is a no+ecl
aufhoriiy on +he subjec-i of Asi'ro-
nomioai Physics. will be +he guesf
speaker of +he evening.

 

 

 

 

 

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GAMMA RHO

oGamma Rho Fra+erni+y held i‘rs
second meefing of +he year lasf
Thursday and acfion has been faken
+0 sfar’r +he ball rolling for +he an-
nual "Spring Thing." The dance
will be heid a+ +he Mounf Prospeci
Counfry club on +he firs‘r day of
Spring. March 2|. The orchesfra
for +he dance has no+ as ye+ been
decided on. al’rhough several dance
bands are being audi’rioned.by +he
dance commi++ee. Gamma Rho
pledging will be moved up +his
spring due +0 +he shorfening of +he
school year. Prospecfive pledges
will be invifed +0 a smoker given
+his Friday of alumnus Al Falk—
man's house.

eRay Barry. now a iieu+enan+ in
+he Marine Air Corps. dropped in
on his brofhers of Lewis +0 say hello
and +0 le+ +hem know +ha+ he ex~
pecfs +0 see ac+ion soon. He has
been +ransferred +0 +he Marine Base
a+ San Diego. California.

 

 

 

Orga nizatio n s

 

 

ARMoUR PLAYERS ‘

0"Boy Mee+s..C'zirl" is +he +i'lle of ‘

+his year's producfiong of +he Ar—
mour Players. The play is +0 be
preseni‘ed on March 20 and 2| in
+he Siuden+ Union audi'iorium.

oDancing in +he lounge will fol—
low +he play. ,,_.Yes. swinging and
swaying will be feafured wi+h +he
play so bring dem women. Music
will be played by an as ye+ undis-
closed orchesfra.

 

oCas+ing under +he direc’rion of
Dr. Richfer. insfruc+or in German
and French. and Hugo Geissler.
senior chemical and +reasurer of
Gamma Thefa. is progressing rae
pidly and only a few of +he smaller
roles are lef+ +0 be filled. Several
more men and women wi+h ac’ring
experience are needed on +he sfage
and +he +echnical sfaff under +he
direc’rion of Bill Hasskarl. a senior
archiiecf. is shor+ several men.
oVirginia Braker. a free lance
blonde ac‘rress, is one member of
+he cas’r deserving your special af-
+en+ion a+ +he play. She is no+ con-
necfed wi+h +he school and has vol—
un+arily offered her +irne and acfing
experience +0 +he Armour Players.
oAn appeal is being made +0
underclassmen who have acfed in
plays or have worked behind sfage
+0 +urn ou‘r for +he produc+ion. A+
presen’r. +he members of +he cas+
arelargeiy, juniors and seniors and
+here is a definiie need in +his ac~
+ivi+y for freshmen and sophomores.
New s+uden+s who have had previ-
ous experience a+ ac+ing are re-
quesied +0 +ry 0u+ for parfs a+ +he
nex‘r rehearsal in room 307 Chopin.
These rehearsals are held every
Wednesday affer classes.
oMembers of +he cas‘r already
chosen are Barney Ellis. Jim Law-
rence, Hugo Geissier. and Roberl'
Klein who have been in previous
plays of +he Armour Players.

A. A. S.

oThe open-mindedness of +he
archi’rec’rure depar‘rmen‘r's facul’ry
was conclusively shown by an open
forum meefing‘held af Ar+ lnsl'ifuie
on Tuesday. January 20. The obiecf
0f +he forum. sponsored by +he Ar-
mour Archi+ec+ural Socie’ry. was +0
clear up s+uden+ problems and pro—
mo’re an even more firm bond be-
+ween s’ruden’rs and facul’ry.

0A week before +he fortim fook
place. AAS represen+a+ives passed
ou+ cards +0 all archi’recfure sfu-
denfs. requesfing +he sfuden’rs +0
make any sugges’rions or ask any
ques’rions aboui +he depar‘imenf's
courses. These cards. when collecfed
and classified. formed +he backbone
of +he discussion.

eProfessor John B. Rodgers. fac—
adviser of +he AAS. opened +he
mee’ring and in’rroduced Professor
Mies van der Rohe. head of +he de—
par’rmenf. who explained +he circum~
siances which effecfeol his coming +0
Armour almos+ five years ago. and
wen'i 0n +0 explain +he basic phil-
osophy of +he courses in archifec~
+ure.

 

LEWIS DRAMA CLUE»

oOnce more +he Lewis Drama
club is abou'i +0 announce +he name
of ifs spring produc+i0n which
will be en+i+leol "A Hundred Years
Old." As ye+ +he daie of presen-

+a+i0n has nof been decided upon.

alfhough if will mosi likely be given
some +ime in mid April. The play is

an old English classic +ha+ hasbeen V

very popular in England for +he las+
+w0 decades.

oPapa Juan. +he hero of +he play.
has iusi' celebrafed his l00+h biri‘h-
day and is +he head of a family of
abouf eighfy. This li++le family
ranges from +he very wealfhy +0 +he
very poor. and +he drama/concerns
ifself wi+h bringing ‘iogefher +his
cross seci'ion of 'humanify around
one fable and makingveveryone like
H. H is spiced wi+h, of humor
and sa‘rire and will pro l’ofl‘h'aleS-
ing and enfer‘raining.

   

nCasiing has begun now. and al-
+hough several of +he ve'l'erans are
back +his year for +he play. There
is. however. plen+y~ of oppor+uni+y
fer newcomers +0 share in +he pro.
ducfion: in as much‘as i'he‘drama
club is always on +he lookou+ for new
falenf and new personali'iies. Par+s
have been i'amporarily assigned
+0 Bob Meyer. Sylvia Wcislo. S+eve

 

Mendak. and Helen Marzullo.
DANCE CLUB
oHear yel Hear yel You men

wi+h +he ligh+ feef and dreamyeyes: ,

There will be girls galo'rié"’a+”+lie
Dance club +his Wednesday. Fueh-
rer Tachau announces +ha+ five car—
loads of women from Sf. Xavier and
5+. Luke's will be convoyed +0 +he
audi+orium in +he S+uden+ Union
Jromorrow af 5 pm. The car own~
ers are being amply compensa‘red
for The use of +heir gas and rubber.
Tachau declares +ha+ +he supply of
girls is unlimi+ed, so if you wani- +0
mee‘r some beaufies and ge’r ac~
quain’red. bring your car and join
+he Dance club. l+ cos+s you n0+h~
ing and look wha+ you ge+ OUT' of
H. No new memberships will be ac-
cep’red af+er +0morrow nighf.

 

oMr. De Wald promises +0 bring
charming Miss Lucille Paxin fomor-
row nigh+ +0 ac+ as his dancing pari-
ner. Miss Paxin is one of +he gor-
geous beau’ries whom Mr. De Wald
employs as dance ins+ruc+ors in his
s+udios. The bes+ par+ is +ha+ Miss
Paxin also dances wi+h +he fellows.
and do +hey love i+l

eNOTES: John Koza was ap-
poin+ed new publicify manager of
+he Dance club. A par+y is being
planned following +he Junior For—
mal, al+h0ugh no defini+e dafe has
been se+ ye+. Pefe Minwegen
wishes +0 announce +ha+ his Da+ing
Bureau is willing and able +0 fake
care of all members in good sfand-
ing if +he unexpecied happens.
why no+ look up Peie?

 

 

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