Evening star., 1933-06-18
Council of Sorority
Conducts Its Annual
Initiation and Dinner
Fifteenth Banquet of Tau
Phi Held With Miss Hilda
Volka Presiding.

The fifteenth annual initiation and
banquet of the Washington Council of
Tau Phi National Sorority was held last
night at the Shoreham Hotel, west ball
room. with Miss Hilda Volkman, council
| president, as toastmistress.
| After the final rites of initiation.
which were held by candlelight, the
sorority pin was presented to the fol-
lowing II initiates;
Miss Genevieve Baugh. Miss Pattie
ReVelle and Miss Bernadette Lange of
Alpha Chapter; Miss Marie M. Burkle
Miss Dorothy Killers and Miss Sara
Ann Crawley of Beta Chapter; Miss
Mildred Gertrude WEIGH, Miss Elinor
Tyler Evans and Mrs. Clara Clements
of Delta Chapter: Miss Cecilia Moore
Miss Frances Elliott, Miss Katherine
Schmeltz, Miss Mary Conrad, Miss
Dolores Piozet, Miss Vernon Brooks and
Miss Elizabeth Holcombe Of Zeta Chap
ter; Miss Jessie Keir and Miss Kathryn
McCogney of Pi Chapter.
Corsage bouquets were presented to
the guests Of honor, Mrs. Erma Pat
terson, national president: Miss Virginia
Ferris, Baltimore Council president;
Miss Hilda Volkman, Washington Coun-
Gil president Miss Leonora Smith, Miss
Ruth McAleer, Miss Elizabeth Hunter,
Miss Winifred Kohler, Miss Martha
Bean, Mrs. Louise Green and Mrs. Isa-
belle Williams.
The initiation was under the direc-
ton Of Miss Louise Duckett and the
banquet under the direction of Miss
Peggy Murray.
Decorations were Of flowers ana the
sorority cOlors maroon and gold.
The Washington Council Of Tau Phi
National Sorority will honor its newly
initiated members today with a tea at
the home of Miss Marie Reichman, TAPS
Thirteenth street northwest from to
pm.
Hostesses will be the members of the
committee who are Miss Virginia Bush
ong, chairman, of Mu Chapter; Miss
Dorothea Ehlis of Alpha Chapter. Miss
Betty Frazier Of Beta Chapter, Miss
Sally Fin1ay OF Delta Chapter, Miss
Jean Hester Of Zeta Chapter, Miss
Martha Bean of Pi Chapter and Miss
Mary Lippold of XII Chapter.
Mrs. John Gardner Ladd Of Wesley
Heights is leaving on Tuesday to visit
her mother, Mrs. James Irwin Steel in
Mechanicsburg, Pa, before going to
Chicago. HI, to attend the convention
of Delta Zeta Sorority which meets
there the latter part of June. Others
from Washington going to the conven-
ton include Miss Mary Whitney and
Miss Loretta Cunningham Of the alumni
group and Miss Virginia Gummel and
Miss Dorothy Smith Of the active chap
ter. Mrs. Ladd Is director of the 4th
province which includes Maryland,
Virginia and the District Of Columbia.
Pi Chapter, Tau Phi National Sorority
will be host to their two new members,
Miss Jessie Keir and Miss Kathryn
McGogney at breakfast this morning
at o'clock at the Iron Gate Inn. The
national president, Mrs. Erma L. Patter-
son and Washington Council president
Hilda Volkman will also be guests. Small
gifts will be received by each member
from her Pollyanna sister.
Immediately after the breakfast. there
will be the installation of newly elected
chapter officers They will be installed
by Miss Ida v. Lyons, who remains In
the office of president for her second
term. and Miss Martha NJ Bean, ma
tional secretary, will act as conductress.
The officers to be installed are: Vice
president, Miss Margaret Burchell;
secretary, Mrs. Evelyn Sparshott; treas