The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-03-15
Campus Events
Sorority Rushing at Normal
Ends With Informal Parties

Following group singing. Miss
Eleanor Weston. sorority patroness.
gave a short talk, telling OF the his.
tory OF the sorority. and welcoming
the guests. Miss Nancy Afford. lp-
SLANT, and Miss Barbara Keller.
Flint, were co-chairman OF the par
ty.
Guests were Mrs. Francis +.
Lord, and Miss Weston, patro-
nesses. and Miss Doris Millimdn
and Mrs. Bates, faculty advisors.
Delta sigma Epsilon
Miss Chloe Todd, sorority facul'
" advisor, was hostess at the Delta
Sigma Epsilon dinner. which was
at her home Friday evening. The
table was conferred with an arrange
ment OF red and white flowers, with
white tapers. Guests received as
favors white animal figures. while
programs at each place we're In
green and white.
Miss Grace Otto, Saginaw, wss
toastmistress for the program
which followed the dinner. Miss
Betty Baker, Detroit. spoke on the
Sorority House. after which the
history and origin OF the local
chapter was given by Miss Dorothy
Miller. Ironwood Miss Todd read
a poem. entitled my Pin, and Miss
Janet Mitchell, Leslie, told OF a
sorority conclave which she attend
ed last summer. The meaning OF
the sorority to an old member was
discussed by Miss Frances Graham,
Yale, and its meaning to new
member was discussed by Miss
Jean Gillie, Tonawanda, n. Y. The
program closed with group singing
OF sorority songs. led by Miss Vir-
ginia Dykuis, Holland.
Miss Betty Strieter, Ann Arbor.
and Miss Betty Nank, Mt Clemens,
were co-chairmen OF the party, and
their committee members were
Miss Mary Ducklow. Detroit. Miss
Ethel Pink, Pennington. and Miss
Gladys Lander, Crosse Point.
Guests were Mrs. James Breakey,
and Mrs. c. NJ. Loesell. patronesses.
Kappa Mu Delta
Rushees and alumni OF Kappa Mu
Delta we're entertained at a buffet
supper Saturday evening In the
Women's Reading Room OF Charles
McKenny Hall from to 8 p. m.
The tables were arranged with pink
and white tapers, underlying which
were threaded pink ribbons. Sor-
GRITTY colors OF pink and white we're
further carried out in the place
cards which were white, with pink
roses hand painted. The table was
centered with an arrangement OF
pink and white carnations, and
rushees were given roses as favors
Miss Joan Edmonson. Pontiac
was toastmistress for the program
which followed the supper. and first
| introduced Miss Janet Myers, facul
| ty advisor, who welcomed the
guests, and told OF the history oil
the sorority. Miss Martha Craig
Charlevoix, chapter president, dis
cussed the silence week which will
follow sorority rushing, and vel
coined guests. Barbara Shepherd
an alumna. told of the meaning oil
the sorority to her as an alumna
after which Miss Alice Remer, De-
troit, led in the singing OF several
sorority songs.
Miss Gladys Norris, Detroit, gave
reading, entitled Kappa Mu Del
Ia Alphabet, after which the pro.
gram closed with group singing OF
another sorority song.
Miss Craig and Miss Remer were
co-chairmen OF the party, and were
assisted by Miss Norris and Miss
Fdmonson.
Pi Kappa Sigma
Rushces and alumnae OF ri Kap-
pa Sigma were guests at a desert
Friday evening in the Alumni
Lounge of Charles McKenny Hall.
An arrangement of yellow daffo-
dills and blue iris centered the
table, and programs in the shape
of pledge books further carried out
the yellow and blue color scheme,
which are also sorority colors. As
favors guests were given cactus
plants.
A short program followed the des-
sert, with a welcome to the guests
by Miss Lorraine Valade, Vasar.
sorority president. Miss Patricia
Siddell, Charleston, accompanied by
Miss Jean Cranmer, Quincy, pre-