, 1935-05-19
Valley Students
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Of Texas. Dead Week begins Monday,
May 20, and finals start Saturday,
May IS. Charles Hayes and Jack
Ross Of Mercedes are already up here
preparing to enter summer school
at the University when 1t starts.
With Dead Week all extra curricular
activities on the campus come to a
close and most students put in their
time studying.
Thirty-six Longhorn Band mem
bers will receive band sweaters this
year if they continue the record OF
attendance which they have already
made.
Awarding the sweaters. white ones
with an insignia in orange composed
of a IT. and a music Tyre. Is based
ON attendance at regular practices,
concert rehearsals, concerts, ana
playing for all athletic events
throughout the year. The band
makes about 100 appearances and
rehearsals a year and earning a
sweater represents an achieve
ment."
valley boys who will receive sweat
ers II they continue their record OF
attendance are Drexell Carr OF san
Benito, and Charles Van Berg OF
Mercedes.
Rachel Elizabeth Barnes OF
brownsville is a candidate for bach
elor of science in education to be
taken in June. according 70 an an
nouncement by Dean B. T. Pitten-
ger, dean Of the School Of Education
Herbert Pike OF Weslaco. Charles
Van Berg Of Mercedes, and Drexen
Carr Of San Benito were graduated
Arom freshmen" TO upperclaSsmen
the Longhorn Band at a meet
ing held last Thursday night.
KELSEY stuart Of Harlingen pass
ed the examiners Life Saving exam
nation which was given IN the Wo-
mems Gymnasium Tuesday night.
Zeta Tau Alpha alumnae enter
tanned the Zetas Saturday with an
~al fresco" luncheon. Kate Jones of
San Benito is a member of the zeta
Tau Alpha sorority.
Alpha Chi Omega sorority OF
which Betty Rockwell Of Browns
Vile is a member, will entertain its
senior girls Sunday with a picnic at
Barton Springs.
Gail McDavitt Of BROWNSVILLE,
ANAL Runyon Of Brownsville. John
Sanders of Harrington. Morris Mckay
Of Brownsville, Tony Gomez, and
Volney TAYLOR Of Brownsville were
guests at Breckenridge Hall Dormi-
tory when IL entertained-wlth-it Its
spring formal dance last Friday.
The Mems and Glee Clubs enter
tanned with an informal dance Sat
urday night at the Texas Federation
Of Women's clubs building.
Doc weaver and his ~collegians fur
nished the music.
Valley students belonging TO the
Glee Clubs include Matte Belle Ross
OF Edinbu-g, Janice Moeller of Wes-
laco. and Morris Mckay Of Browns
vile.
Sigma M fraternity entertained
Univei sity and out-of-town guests
at an informal spring dance Sat-
an,day night on the roof Of the Steph-
T.. Austin hotel.
valley students belonging TO the
Sigma M fraternity include j. B.
Kent of Brownsville. Morris Nc
KAY Of Brownsville. John Sanders
Of Harrington. Volney Taylor OF
brownsville and Herbert Thomas Of
Brownsville.
University students from the VAL
ley attending the dance were Gail
McDavitt and Tony Gomez OF
Brownsville.
Out-of-town guests included Billy
McDavitt. J. G. George. Mickey
West, and Lloyd Parker Of Browns
vile.
on the same spot on which the
senior Swing-O Out was held Friday
evening. between the Library and
the Architectural Building, Mortar
beard, senior honorary organization
held initiation ceremony for its new
ly elected members at an early hour
Saturday morning.
Dressed in white. members and
candidates stood in a Semi-circle
during the ceremony. and mortar
boards, pins. and yellow and white
ribbons were presented TO the new
members.
After initiation. a breakfast was
held in the junior ballroom Of Tex
as Union. Following a tradition OF
Mortar Board. the new members
wore their mortar boards all day
Saturday while they were on the
campus.
Gail McDavitt is a lev member
of the organization.
"The Serpent's Tooth" a one act
play directed by Helen Margaret
Hanchey Of San Benito. placed sec
ond in the second annual n act
play tournament OF the Inter-Church
Dramatics League. The play was
presented by the Wesley Players OF
the University Methodist church.
The Dominican Sisters CT Newman
Hall entertained Tuesday night
with a buffet supper honoring the
/. senior residents OF the dormitory.
I Corsages were presented to honorees.
/ Lillian Runyon OF Brownsville was
y one OF the honcrees.
! ANAL Runyon Of Brownsville was
in guest at the supper.
'NFfs. Robert Ernst