Evening star., 1932-03-13
Local Sorority Chapters
Announce Coming Events
Colorful Initiation Banquet. Dinner and Dance
and Luncheon Are Among Affairs
of Past Week.

The annual Spring formal dance o.
Beta Theta Chapter of Psi Omega
Fraternity will be given Tuesday eve.
ming in the garden of the Mayhower
Members of the active chapter, COM
posed of students at Georgetown Den
tai Schol and members of the alumni
will be hosts.
Members of the committee on ar
rangementS include Mr.. Karl H. Wood
chairman, and Mr.. Bruce L. Taylor
jr.; Mr.. Henry S. Colitri, Mr. Harold
r. Connolly. Mr.. Eugene P. Coe, Mr.
John E. Maxwell and Mr. George Kopf
Beta Chi Sorority, Eta and Rho
Chapters, are planning an April Fools
day dance at the Kennedy Warren
Hotel Friday, April l. The commit
tee in charge of arrangements is COM
posed of Miss Virginia Porter, chair
man; Miss Alma Nussear, Miss Benji
Robertson and Miss Marjorie Walker
from Eta, and Miss Helen Early, Miss
Agnes Gowan and Miss Madeline
Augusterfer from Rho Chapter.
Miss Maude Yates of the Depart
ment of Justice will be hostess to Eta
Alumnae Chapter of Kappa Beta Pi,
international legal sorority. tomorrow
evening, when the program will feature
the use of law in banking. The sub
ject will be discussed from two widely
different viewpoints, that of a Fed
eral bank examiner by Miss Adele M
Stewart, national bank examiner. and
that of a member of a great banking
organization by Miss Constance Fogle,
assistant secretary of the American
Institute of Banking.
Miss Ruth Hastings of the League
of Women Voters will present tenta
tive study plan of the laws of the Dis
trict of Columbia.
The Palm Court of the Shoreham
Hotel furnished lovely setting for the
initiation banquet of Beta Chapter,
Phi Delta Gamma Graduate Sorority
of George Washington University, last
night. The horseshoe table held
baskets of yellow roses, jonquils, white
sweet peas and freeSia, while at inter-
walls jet tapers burned in gold sconces,
carrying out the sorority colors of gold,
black and white. Gold-covered dinner
programs bearing the coat of arms of
the sorority marked the place of each
guest The honor guests were pre-
sented with shoulder bouquets of yell
low roses and white sweet peas tied
with gold. black and silver ribbons
Miss Margaret Klein, President of
Beta Chapter, acted as toaStmiStreSs
and gave a welcome to the new mem
bers. ToastS to the sorority we're of
fered by three past presidents of Beta
Chapter, Miss Camille DuBose, Miss
Ora Marshino and Miss Emma Thorn.
After dinner the formal initiation
%rNrly v.1o rr,I-1 1. en-
ing were received into membership of
the sorority-Miss Ellen Anderson,
Miss Mary Agnes Brown, Miss Doro-
thy M. Corson, Miss Leo Patricia Cos
nell, Miss Mae Leesnitzer, Miss Ger
trude Speiden, Miss Edna Swenson.
Miss Elise Wildman, Mrs. Robert Page
Burruss. Miss Mildred Hirt. Mrs.
Arnold H McNitt and Mrs. Wilford L,
White An informal program followed
the initiation, at which time Miss
Christine Fassett played several selec-
Arnaud gave reading and Miss Mary
Pearce sang, accompanied by Miss
Miss Klein was assisted in receiving
before the banquet by Miss Bernard
Inc Haycock, Miss Dorothy KembaIl
Miss Phoebe Knappen, Miss Gretchen
Rogers, Miss Anne Bamberry. Miss
tlorence Fritz, Miss Florence Wallace
Mrs. Hampton D. Percy, Mrs. George
Pitt, Jr. and Mrs. u ". Wilcox.
The arrangements for the BANQUET
were IN charge of Miss Mary Pearce
assisted by Miss Nina Booth and Miss
Agnes Lee.
Gamma Chapter Chi Sigma Sorority
gave a dinner and dance at Tilden
Gardens last night to celebrate its
tenth birthday anniversary. Arrange
ments were in charge of Miss Anna
Hawvernlale. The birthday cake
flowers and other decorations carried
out the sorority colors.
Gamma Chapter gave the first and
second degrees to its pledges. Miss
Mildred Coker, Miss Connie Cooksev
Miss Gladys Cav and Miss Elizabeth
Swadley. at the home of Miss Harriet
Little, 2917 Bunker Hill road, Tuesday.
The third degree will be given at the
Mayfower tomorrow.
Washington Alumnae Club of the
National Honorary Musical Sorority.
Mu Phi Epsilon, gave a prettily ap-
pointed luncheon Friday in honor of
Mrs. Ada G. Britton of PHILADELPHIA
Atlantic Province president, who is here
on tour of inspection. The members
were seated at small tables and the
decorations carried the colors of the
sorority, with purple sweet peas as
centerpiece. business meeting fol-