THE MICHIGAN DAILY PA itstanding independents and Affiliates Honored by Societi '+> Alpha, was one of four to found the national organization in 1918. The number has since grown to 95 chapters in the United States with close to 30,000 members, in- cluding alumnae. Mortarboard's primary purpose is to honor senior women and to serve the college campus. Past ac- tivities have included sponsoring a Career Conference, serving as orientation counselors, hostessing at President Hatcher's open houses and sponsoring a Cinema Guild movie. Scroll . Scroll is a local honorary for affiliated junior women with mem- bership based on leadership, char- acter and service. When tapping prospective initi- ates, members go from house to house after hours singing, "Out of the night comes a sound of voices, Scroll% now is tapping its loyal crew." Scroll annually offers a $100 scholarship to a junior affiliated woman, based on personal charac- ter as well as need. The honorary also promotes cooperation between alumnae and college students and works to further interest in cam- Pus activities. Senior Society . - Scroll's counterpart for inde- pendent women is Senior Society, which taps junior women with a high scholastic average, leader- ship ability and participation in campus activities. Every spring members parade through dormitory halls singing, "In and out the halls we wander, singing as we go; of the girls we're going to favor with our pin of black and gold." Wyvern * ** Wyvern, also a local honorary, taps women at the end of their sophomore year on the basis of participation in activities, charac- ter and scholarship. Wearing yellow slickers, its ,members tap during dinner time, chanting the traditional "Damn, damn, damn to Michigamua, to hell with Sphinx and Vulcans, too,; to the Druids and the rest, for we, know we are the best. We are Wyvern's daughters tried andi true. Wyvern originated in the years' when there were only a few women on campus. Its purposes include looking after incoming freshmen, serving as guides and. answering questions. Its name is taken from an old Welsh word meaning "protecting, dragon." The symbol for member- ship is a gold pin in the form of dragon curled around the letter Coeds are not notified that they1 are being tapped for honoraries. The ritual is kept a surprise to all but roommates or housemoth- ers, who are notified beforehand to make sure the prospective mem- bers are available for tapping. Michigamua . . Superior leadership in activities' and athletics characterize junior men who are tapped for Michi- gamua, founded in 1902.{ Initiates are coated with brick dust to tint their skin and are dressed like Indians. They are then harnessed to a hawser for the traditional Rope Day duckwalk to the top of the Union. The tribal initiation ceremony is staged around the sacred Tap- pan Oak near the Graduate Li- brary where all new members are given Indian names along with their own. Prospective members must with- stand hours of exercise and cold water baths before they are con- sidered worthy to "Speak-um In- dian talk and speak-um wisely. Speak-um slower and think-um of what you say-um." Druids . . Founded in 1910, Druids tap junior men enrolled in all the undergraduate units of the Uni- versity except the engineering col- lege. Initiates are recognized for outstanding leadership in activities or varsity athletics. New members are dressed to re- semble young trees. Their initia- tion ceremony, characterized by the watering of the young "sap- lings," trAnsforms them until they grow into mighty trees. Joyce Kilmer's poem, ."Trees," is recited during the ceremony and new members are given names which typify their personalities, such as Crudely-Crowing Crab- tree Christopher, Joint-Jolting Jack Pine Johnson and Topling Tamarack Turner. The initial ritual is followed by a solemn ceremony in Druid Cave, located at the top of the Union. Old members participate in the initiation regally robed to corre- spond to their high status of staunch and mighty oaks. Vulcans . . Mighty Vulcan, holding court on Mt. Aetna, yearly calls into his society campus leaders and out- standing athletes who are juniors in the engineering college. Since its conception in 1904, Vulcans has initiated its members by greasing their bodies a gleam- ing black and having them carry flaming torches which light the symbolic anvil near the Engineer- ing Arch. Members then assume mytho- logical names with their own, such as Charles "Adois" Clarkson, Dave "Eros" Cole and Eugene "Hera- cles" Sisinyak. Triangles . . Junior athletes and leaders in the engineering school are eligible for membership in Triangles. Ini- tiates "sail" across the Diagonal on a roller skate, wearing a white dunce cap. Part of the soapy initiation ceremony includes scrubbing the floor of the "sacred" Engineering Arch. Sphinx . . Junior men enrolled in all col- leges except engineering are hon- ored by Sphinx for excelling in sports and extra-curricular activi- ties. Neophytes, covered with brick dust, march across the campus on initiation day, carrying a ladder and chanting, "Looking for the River Nile." The ceremony is climaxed by a swim in the "River Nile," which in this case, is the the fountain in front of the Women's League. Egyptian names are then con- ferred upon the slaves of the Pharaoh, who have been tapped since Sphinx was founded in 1905. Scabbard, Blade * * Scabbard and Blade is the all- campus honorary' for men in either of the three ROTC pro- grams. Its purpose is not only to honor outstanding ROTC members T AND OUT THE HALLS WE WANDER, SINGING AS WE GO. "SPEAK-UM INDIAN TALK AND SPEAK-UM WISELY." By CHARLAINE ACKERMAN Whether it is at a banquet or a sweat 'session,- the University's honoraries annually initiate men and women who are outstanding in scholarship, leadership and service. Ranging from nationally estab- lished Greek letter societies to local organizations' honoraries are found in many of the University's schools and colleges and extra- curricular activities. Circle, Mortarboard, Scroll, Sen- ior Society and Wyvern honor out- standing women. Michigamua, Druids, Vulcans, Triangles, Sphinx, Galens, Hectorians and Scabbard and Blade are among the organi- zations that compose their mem- bership from prominent "Michi- gan, Men." Circle . . Circle, newly formed residence hall honorary sponsored by Assem- bly Association, tapped for the first time in the spring of 195744 The twofold purpose of Circle is to recognize women who have given extra service to their dormi- tories, and also to stimulate and promote interest within these areas. The first initiates of this hon- orary, organized to recognize women who have excelled in lead- ership, citizenship and service in the residence halls, were selected through recommendations by house directors and house coun- cils. The final selection was made by a committee of representatives from every residence hall.. Mortarboard,. . Each spring members of Mor- tarboard tap second semester junior women who have main- tained a 3.2 scholastic average and who have shown outstanding serv- ice and leadership while on cam- pus. Attired in black academic robes,. wearing mortarboards and carry- ing flashlights, members of the society march through the dormi- tories and sorority houses singing "Thy Ideals," The Michigan chapter, Pi Sigma but also to disseminate military service career information through speeches by its members. Prospective members are tapped for squireship in both the spring and fall. Initiation includes guard- ing the scabbard and blade in front of the flagpole on campus, and roaring for the otherwise silent lions in front of the Natural. History Museum. Hectorians . . Founded in 1953, Hectorians honors junior fraternity members who are outstanding leaders in their own chapters or in Inter- fraternity Council activities. Its counterpart for independent men livings in residence halls is Quad- rants. Several Greek letter socities also have chapters on campus. Alpha Lambda Delta and Phi Eta Sigma, freshman honorary societies for women and men, respectively, honor freshmen who have made a 3.5 scholastic average during their first semester. Senior Honoraries Among the other societies that honor outstanding students are: Phi Beta Kappa and Phi Kappa Phi, scholastic honor societies; Pi Kappa Lambda, music honor society; Phi Sigma, biological hon- orary fraternity; Rho Chi, phar- maceutical honorary fraternity; Eta Kappa Nu, electrical engineer- ing honor society and Sigma Xi, scientific honor society. Others are Beta Gamma Sigma, commerce honor society; Chi Epsilon, civil engineering honor society; Pi Sigma Alpha, political science honor society; Kappa Tau Alpha, journalistic honorary fra- ternity; Alpha Pi Mu, industrial engineering honorary; Tau Beta Pi, engineering honor society; Pi Tau Sigma, mechanical engineer- ing honor society; Alpha Omega Alpha, national medical honor society; Tau Beta Sigma, honorary band sorority; Delta Phi Alpha, German honorary fraternity and Sigma Delta Pi, Spanish honor society. BRICK DUST ... tinted skin ou 312 South State Street Desk and Floor LAMPS Desk Book Racks Thick Pile 79c to 1.00 from 2.39 THROW RUGS { { A 1 DECORATOR ay :r3 ' :'! a { .