The Megaphone (Georgetown, Tex.), Vol. 40, No. 21, Ed. 1 Tuesday, March 26, 1946 Page: 5 of 6
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TuesdaV, March 26, 1946
THE MEGAPHONE
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Pi Gamma Mu
Holds Initiation
At a recent meeting twenty seven
were initiated into Pi Gamma Mu, a
National Honor Society in Social Sci-
ences. Any otficer, member of the
teaching staff, alumnus, graduate stu-
! dent, senior or pin'or vli. se chief
work and mten st is in the social sci-
ences, whose scholarship is high, and
who manifests special aptitude in so-
cial science, is eligible for member-
ship. The following were among the
new initiates:
Marianne Marcus, Caroline Bird-
well, Lottie Boyd, Beth Brandon,
Shelly Conquest, I.illie Trotuhardt
Cooper, Peggy Cooper (denis Costin,
l Ruth Marie Davis, Melvin Dusek,
Jane 1 lallauer, Bob 1 Limner, Lt.
j Cmdr. G, I\ Howe, Peggy Isbell, Sara
| Jamison, Billie (Bootsie) Johnson,
I Lleaner Knipp, Tommy 1 ee Miles,
Marilyn Moses, Margaret Phillips,
Joyce Porter, Vivian Simmons. Lau-
: ralee Smith, limm.i Stoker, Winfrey
| Strasburger, Martha Tomlinson, and
Joycelyn W ard.
| At the conclusion of the initiation
ceremonies, a short business meeting
was held in which new officers for
I this semester were elected. They were:
Tommy Lee Miles, president: Mari-
; mine Raretts. vice president and Peg-
I gy Cooper, secretary. Refreshments
were served hy Miss Imogene McNeil
and her II. E. Students.
Phi Mn Frat Has
Phi Delt Activities Are Varied And Many
Texas Gamma of Phi Delta Theta entertained brothers who
were leaving, with a sta<>' banquet at the elose of last semester.
The banquet was held in the banquet hall of Sid’s Cafe. George
Nelson welcomed the guests and expressed the regrets of the
chapter to see ttie men leave. Brothers John, Earl, Laurance
and Barry Sparks were transferred to pre-flight training in
California.
Phi’s leaving to enter the armed
forces included Earl Hancock, Ralph
Record and Walter Davenport. These
three men spearheaded the Phi bas-
ketball team that defeated the K.A.’s
and Kappa Sigs’ in the recent intra
mural basketball tournament. Don
Skillern transferred to Sam Houston
State Teachers College to do further
work on his engineering degree.
Tommy Miles was given recognition
for having the highest average of his
pledge class during the previous se-
mester, after which the group sang
Phi songs.
After the banquet, the group re-
turned to the chapter house, played
various card games and prepared for
a serenade to be presented later that
evening. "Grandma” was the first
to he serenaded and was presented
with a bouquet of gladiolas. The
Phi’s later serenaded the girls’ dormi-
tories, the hoys’ dormitory and Dr.
and Mrs. Score.
*****
The first rush party of this semes-
ter was held at the Chapter house on
the evening of March 8. A stag sup-
per for Phi’s and rushees preceded
the party which began at 8:00 p. m.
The program included Mary Lou
Thompson, Trudy Evans, Howard
Young and Jack Smith forming a
quartet to present their arrangement
of "Cuddle LJp A Little Closer” and
a Phi song. Special guests were
Miss Rosemary "Suggie” Millholin
and Lieutenant A. Lorentson.
*****
On Saturday evening, March 15,
the Phi’s entertained rushees and their
dates with a slack party. Activities
began with the playing of such games
as "Red Rover,” "Three Deep,” "Fly-
ing Dutchman,” and some folk games
on the backyard lawn. Among the
casualties were Joyce Porter, Mary
Lou Thompson, Ronald Guth, and
Anasue Chadwick. The group were
then taken into the chapter house
where card games and dancing were
the main source of entertainment.
Later in the evening the center of
attraction was again transferred to the
Crone*s
Barber Shop
back lawn where a weiner roast was
inaugurated and supervised by Tom-
my Miles, Mollie Keyes, Louis Pitcock,
and Frances "Bebe” Bethea. Special
guests of the evening included Lieu-
tenant (jg) Lynn, Miss "Suggie” Mill-
holin and Lieutenant Lorentson; Mr.
and Mrs. Angus Springer, and Moth-
er Richey.
*****
Three boys were initiated into the
brotherhood recently. They are Don
Wobbcr from San Francisco, Cali
fornia; Bill Quarg from San Mateo,
California; and Wash Pool from Dal-
las, Texas. The Phi’s are also happy
to have Louis Pitcock and Mark
Everett hack in the chapter after
having received their discharges from
the army.
*****
Formal pledge services were held
for six promises at the last chapter
meeting. The new Phikieas are Guy
Smith, Mexia; Joe Fischer, Fairfield;
John McNeely, Temple; Charles
Davis, Iowa; and Tony Rister, Gran-
ger. Guy, Joe and John are veterans
who entered school at the beginning
of this semester. ' Tony, Ronald, and
Charles are members of the Naval
V-5 Program on the campus. Tony’s
name will be found in the number
two position of the Dean’s distinction
list for the past semester and Charles’
will be found in the number four po-
sition.
*****
Alumni recently visiting the chap-
ter include John Score, Charles,
Stephenson, John Riley, Downs Mat-
thews, Charles Brown, and Earl Han-
cock. Dick Dailey and Jim Gray,
former pledge of the fraternity, have
also been recent visitors. Dick will be
remembered as one'of the outstand-
ing members of last season’s football
squad. Jim was recently transferred
QWENSON
© FOOD MART
Cor. 12th and Church
KA Party Climax
To Rush Week
Xi Chapter of Kappa Alpha ended
a successful rush week with the an
nounccinent of eleven new pledges.
They are Dan Stevens, Bill Pack, Har-
old Leatherwood, Marvin Gray, Ed
Gnida, Jerry Dusek, Jimmy Roberts,
Frank Martinets, Ben Hamric, E. Y.
Seale and Bill Vernon.
The rushees were entertained with
informal get-togethers during the
week. Saturday night a supper-dance
climaxed the week’s activities. Sand-
wiches, potato chips, pickles, olives,
iced tea and cookies were served. Mrs.
Ferguson and Mr. Boren were guests
of the evening.
The others present were: Reagan
Cates, Jimmie Roberts, Bernice Mur-
ray; Frank Martinets, Mary Hubbard;
Melvin Dusek, Pat Gray; Boh Ham-
ric, Mazic Nolan; E. Y. Seale, Doris
Cook; Dave Stanford, Mildred Men-
denhall; Calvin Loykasek, J«rry Bell;
Bert Young, Mildred Rogers; Roy
Pickard, Marilyn Moody; Bill North-
way, Virginia Palmer; Bill Vernon,
Julie Matlock; Jack Coffman, Sisty
Babb; Marvin Gray, Marianne Bar-
cus; Dan Stevens, Joveda Murphy;
Harold Leatherwood, Sonny Paul;
Bill Pack, Betty Duffy; Ed Gnida,
Martha Palmer; Jerry Dusek, June
Gunter; Jimmie Wells and John UH-
rey.
by the Naval Program to a preflight
school in California.
Officers for the present semester
are: President, Georgp Nelson; Re-
porter, Howard Young; Secretary,
Louis Pitcock; Treasurer, Tommy
Miles; Warden, Babe Pitts; Choister,
Jack Smith; Chaplain, Wash Pool;
Librarian-Historian, Tommy Gam-
mill; Pan Hellanic Representatives,
Roy Henry and Babe Pitts.
Nurse: I think that he’s regaining
consciousness.
Doctor: He just tried to blow the
foam off his medicine.
—Notre Dame.
QERVICE
Station
— Phone No. 3
GEORGETOWN, TEXAS
Geological Gems
How old is the earth? What does
it consist of? How may a knowledge
of the earth’s constituents he applied
to today’s economics? These ques-
tions and many more are asked and
answered in the geology branch of
the science department.
Interest in geology increased last
semester and is continuing this se-
mester, with record-breaking enroll- |
ment. Possible aid to this increase is
the increase in total school enroll-
ment. Whatever the reason may he,
Dr. Blank has 37 students in his Ge-
ology 411 and 412 classes.
Geology 411 has a phenomena un-
known to wartime classes of the dc
partment—20 hoys and 3 girls. Yes,
believe it or not . . . the girls are
outnumbered. What a relief from
the study of rocks and fossils! Bever-
ly Hollingsworth would no doubt
agree with this! The classes contain
a large number of returned veterans—
some of whom have'expressed a desire
to major in geology.
During the war, boys who were in-
terested in geology as a career were
caught in the draft before being able
to finish their education. Dr. Blank
is pleased, therefore, that many voter
ans are interested in this good scien-
tific field.
The Navy students flocked to the
geography course, outnumbering the
civilian hoys 14 to 2. Perhaps they
want to study the countries they may
some day visit.
An advanced course—physiogra-
phy—is being taught this semester hy
Dr. Blank.
The geology department has its
family skeletons, its established indio-
osincracics. There is Pete, Dr.
Blank’s dog, who sleeps through his
master’s classes but hasn’t been caught
napping hy the biology department;
Mollie Keyes, who specializes in an-
chor fossils; Roy Pickard, who car-
H. & H. TAXI
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Phone No. 312
Spring Rush Party
Xi Kappa Glia pier ol Phi Mu held
their Spring Rush Party at the Kappa
Alpha House March 1 3. It was an
informal coke party with Phi Mu
songs hy the entire group and a short
explanatory speech hy Eleanor Knipp,
Rush Captain.
Preferential bidding was held that
night and Phi Mu is proud of its
four new promises, Flo Warnock,
Jerry Bell. Sue Martindale, and Bev-
erly Hollingsworth. Promise services
were held in the chapter room.
ries rocks around in a suitcase; Nor-
man Spellman and Ed Spann, who
are "brains” on the subject; and a
certain feminine student who fell in
a creek on the last field trip and
then decided to become a geologist.
Doesn’t make sense, does it?
BILLFOLD
From Yoakum, Texas,
comes this handsome Tex-
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traying the now-vanished
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ranges. A beautiful exam-
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master leather craftsmen.
Double Longhorn and
branding iron embossed
on finest TexTan leather.
Texaco Station
East, of Postoffiee
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The Megaphone (Georgetown, Tex.), Vol. 40, No. 21, Ed. 1 Tuesday, March 26, 1946, newspaper, March 26, 1946; Georgetown, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth620987/m1/5/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Southwestern University.