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ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, TUESDAY, SEPT. 22, 1936
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New Rules
Are Given
By Council
Executive Board Changes
Pledging From Sunday
To Saturday
Rushing Extended
To Three Weeks
Changes Made To Allow
Rushees And Sororities
More Study Time
Revised rushng rules for this year
have been announced by Betty Ann
Beebe, '37, president of the executive
board for the Panhellenic Council.
The Council also includes Mary
MacIvor, '37, secretary, Jean Hat-
field, '37, treasurer, and Virginia
Spray, '37, rushing secretary. These
rules, which were submitted to the
sororities last spring and accepted by
a majority vote, are a follows:
1. Rushing will be continued for
nearly three weeks, in contrast to the
former two week period, lasting from
3 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 26, to 9:30
p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 14.
2. Rushees may go to all the in-
itial teas on Saturday and Sunday
Sept. 26 and 27, for which they have
received invitations, but they should
not stay more than three quarters of
an hour at each house.
Answers Imperative
3. Sorority cards with invitations
to other parties af the beginnig of
the; next week may be included in
the teainvitations, and the rushee
may make the choice of one of sever-
al parties for each date.
4. Printed tea invitations need not
be replied to, but others must be
answered either at tea Saturday or
Sunday, or before 11 pm. Sunday,
Sept. 27. This is important as the
rushing chairman will be waiting for
a. reply. It is better to get in touch
with the sorority as early as possible
the next morning than not to answer
at all, in casethe house could not be
reached before.
5. Initial teas shall be given on
Saturday, Sept. 26, and Sunday, Sept.
27, and shall last from 3 p.m. to 7
p.m. On the second and third Sun-
day' of intensive rushing season, Oct.
4 and Oct. 11, there will be no rush-
ing of any form.
Saturday Luncheons
6. In place of the nightly dinners
given in former years, there will be1
dinner on Tuseday, Thursday and
Saturday nights during the first two
weeks, and on Monday, Tuesday and
Wednesday nights of the third week.
7. Luncheons will be held on Sat-
urdays, Oct. 3 and Oct. 10, and form-
al dinners on Tuesday and Wednes-
day of the last week, Oct. 13 and 14.
7. Regular dinners will last from
6:15 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.; the formals
from 6:15 p.m. to 9:30 p.m., and
luncheons from 12 noon to 2 p.m.
9. No more than one invitation
should be accepted for each func-
tion. Staying overtime means break-
ing Panhellenic rules, so the time
should be watched carefully.
10. Further invitations will be ex-
tended during partys, by telephone,
or on Panhellenic forms. If there is
any doubt about an engagement, the
rushee should get in touch with the
sorority, as members are allowed to
call her only three time.
11. Sororities are permitted to
take rushee home from the formal
dinners, but they may not call for
them.
Rushing Ends Oct. 19
12. Invitations to the formals of
the sororities in which the rushee
is most interested should be ac-
cepted. Her acceptance does not in-
dicate her choice of a sorority nor
does the invitation mean she will get
a bid from that house.
13. Rushing ends at 9:30 p.m.
Wednesday, Oct. 14 and the silence
period will last from then until Mon-
day, Oct. 19.
14. Preference slips will be re-
ceived Friday,Oct. 16 and must be
handed in to the Dean's office in
Barbour Gymnasium .by noon on
Friday.
Changes made in last year's rules
include pledging on Saturday in-
stead of Sunday; rushing continued
for three weeks rather than two to
allow rushees and sorority members
more time for studying and making
their choice; dinners held every oth-
er night instead of nightly; 9:30 p.m.
made the time limit for formal din-
ner; and permission for the sorority
member to take the rushees home,
things
V
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_ _ _ _ By STEPHANIE
Welcome freshmen . . . welcome seniors . . . welcome one and all. As the
old Maestro says . . . "It's a lonesome old town when you're not around" ..
how true . . . how true . . . but here we are back to start another year .
hopes you like to read these snatches from here and there . . . Stephanie cov-
ers the town and some morning may surprise you by telling where you were
the night before . . .
Does the atmosphere bewilder you? . . . Is it hard to tell the Museum
from the Library? . . . Don't fret and stew for when these Orientation
Advisers get through with you this week you will be able to stand in the
middle of the Diagonal and point . . . 1 . . . 2 . . . 3 . . . all the little spots
shown on the maps of Ann Arbor . . . or maybe you won't . . . but it won't
make any difference for it all comes to you in time .. .
Capacity Crowd Attends.. ..
Soon, my Freshies, you will be reading headlines like the above for next
Saturday's rushing teas mark the beginning of Ann Arbor's social season . .
Be sure and learn your Phi's. . .Psi's. . . and Chi's. . . corner your room-
mate and study the 'Ensian . . . BUT don't study October 3 . . . Kipke's.
men open the football season against Michigan State that day and if you
want school spirit . . . peanuts . . . red hots . . . and maybe rain . . .
be sure and go . . . Don't stay after the final whistle . .. go straight homeI
. don your bestest bonnet . . . hop in a taxi . . . and head for the
League or the Union . . . They are tops after the big games . . .
Probably the Union Formal will be your first glimpse of Ann Arbor's
night life . . . This is the night the new fall formals and the Rainbow RoomI
first meet . . . The men open wide the portals of their stately Union and
it turns out to be a grand party . . .
Next in order comes the Panhellenic Ball . . this takes place sometime
around Thanksgiving. . . It is the first dance to which the women on cam-,
pus do the bidding . . . Although it is sponsored by the sorority 'women it is
always well attended by both Greek letter women and independents . ..I
The 'interval between these two big dances is taken up with fraternity
and sorority pledge formals . . . the actives always fete their newly-acquired
members with a sort of "coming-out" party . . . There are always several
of these each week end in the various houses and it is a gr md way to,.
become acquainted . . . The Interfraternity Ball . . . put on by all the
Greek letter houses on campus . . . Is another big affair before the Christmas3
holidays . . . It is held in the Union and is always well attended' . ..
Pick out your favorite male hero and concentrate on a bid to this affair . .
It always turns out to be a worthwhile venture .. .
Ruthvens Hosts To Students ... .
The first semester is always slower than the second as far as all
campus dances are concerned . . . The time flies by though as the holidays
approach . . . Twice a month on Wednesdays President and Mrs. Ruthven
open their doors to the students for their traditional afternoon teas.
This is the best opportunity you could imagine to meet the President and
his wife informally . . . You will find them as gracious and friendly as
they appear intheir informal meetings. . . and much more fun . . .
The week-ends of the second semester of campus life are one continual
round of social affairs . . . The class dances vie with the school dances for
top honors in entertainment . . . Between semesters comes J-Hop ... the
answer ,to a freshman's prayer is a bid to J-Hop . . . and don't think the
upperclassmen don't cross their fingers and hope along with you . . .
There is really no need to describe this affair . . . It has been publicized
so much and it is just as colorful and gay as it sounds . . . Many of the
houses hold parties over the week-end and the entertainment continues
after the Hop through Saturday and Sunday . . . These are long-remem-
bered weekends . . .
Following close on the heels of J-Hop come the Frosh Frolic and the
Soph Prom. They are both gala affairs with nationally-known bands im-
ported for the occasion . . . These class dances are all-campus affairs
and are attended by members of all colleges ....
Then we have the school dances . . . The long continued rivalry between
the Engineers and the Lawyers is climaxed every year when they hold
their big dances on the same evening. ... Slide Rule for the Engineers .. .
Crease Ball for the Lawyers . . . Which one you attend depends on whether
you prefer Lawyers or Engineers . . . You can never attend them both . . .
or could you? . . . You may be able to figure out a way . . .
edics. Drayg Out Skeletons .
Then one night the skeletons begin to rattle and the X-rays peer around
the corners and we have Caduceus Ball . . . it is sponsored by the Medical
School . . . It really is a colorful affair with all sorts of eerie pictures dec-
orating the walls of the Union Ballroom .. . the Dentists come through
with their Odonto Ball and the School of Business Administration sponsors
the Capitalist's Dancenems
The Military Ball . . . put on by the R.O.T.C. . . . is one of the most
surprising dances of the year . . . During the evening the men put on a
drill performance . . . then around midnight comes the big surprise.
what is it? . . . no one knows until it happens but one year it was a mock
air raid and your nescient correspondent was almost frightened out of her
shoes .. .
Next in chronological order comes the Architects' Ball in May . . . The
hall is always decorated in some special scheme with pictures drawn by the
budding artists in the School of Architecture . . . This is the only all-campus
ccstume ball that Michigan holds . . . You come in any kind of costume
you can devise . . . and the results are both beautiful and amusing .
it is all very informal and very much fun . . .
The Assembly Ball . . . corresponding to Panhellenic Ball in the fall
is sponsored every spring by the independent women on campus ..-This
is the only othe- dance to wvhich the women do the bidding. It is held in the
League . . d and best of all . . . late permission is usually granted to those
who attend . . .
Last but not least. . . the Senior Ball. . , This last social fling of the de-
parting seniors takes place after final exams are over ,.the Friday before
Commencement . . . It is a fitting climax to a wonderful social year
And yet there is a wistful note about it toonayr
That my freshmen . . . is a brief resume of what lies before you socially
. It can be punctuated with movies and teas and pleasant walks .it
can truly be made the best time of your life . . .
Dean's Office
Announces 24
StaffChanges
League Houses Affected
Most By Broad Shifts
In Personnel
Jean Keller Takes
Dormitory Positi on
Miss Mary A. Gleason Is
New Social Director Of
Martha Cook Dormitory
Twenty-four changes have been
made in the personnel of the Dean of
Women's office this year affecting
the staffs of two dormitories, five
sorority chaperons and 17 league
houses as compared to the 12 changes
made last year.
At Mosher Dormitory, Jean Keller
will take the place of Kathleen Car-
penter as junior assistant director.
Miss Keller was graduated in the
class of '35 and was affiliated with
Delta Gamma sorority. While on
campus she wrote the script for the
J.G.P. of 1934 and received a Hop-
wood award for a play. She attended
Wheaton College for two years be-
fore entering the University.
New Social Directore
Miss Mary E. Gleason of Newton
Center, Mass., will be the new social
director at Martha Cook dormitory.
Miss Gleason spent eight years as
executive secretary for the Encyclo-I
pedia Social Sciences. She was inI
France and Germany during the war'
and spent three years at the Amer-
ican Embassy in Constantinople. At
Smith College she was assistant reg-
istrar.
The five changes in house chap-
erons affect Alpha Chi Omega, Alpha
Omicron Pi, Kappa Delta, Pi Beta Phi
and Zeta Tau Alpha sororities.
Mrs. Edward Goodale will be at the
Alpha Chi Omega house. She is a1
resident of Ann Arbor and acted as
chaperon to the Y.W.C.A. until April
1 of last year. She will replace Miss1
Clara Wilson who has been at thei
Alpha Chi Omega sorority for the
past two years.
From Birmingham Mrs. Mary A.;
Underwood has come to stay at the
Alpha Omicron Pi house. Mrs. Un-
derwood has had previous experience
in this line of work, being connected
with Teacher Packer Collegiate Insti-
tute, Dearborn MorganeSchool, East
Orange, N. J., and Welch Training
School, New Haven, Conn.
More League Houses
Kappa Delta will have Mrs. Lydia
Wilson from Allegan. Mrs. Wilson
was at the Mary A. Burnham School,
North Hampton, Mass. from 1924 to
1927. She is also a member of the
Eastern Star.
Pi Beta Phi will have a woman
known to campus for its new house
mother. Mrs. George Codd was so-
cial director at Martha Cook last
year, being replaced by Miss Glea-
son. Her home is in Grosse Pointe.
Mrs. Marguerite Turner who is as-
sociate editor of the Michigan Alum-
nus succeeded Mrs. Codd.
Mrs. Belle Knight will chaperon
the Zeta Tau Alpha sorority this fall.
She was night chaperon at Betsy
Barbour Dormitory previous to her
new position.
The League will increase its hous-
ing facilities this year by opening
four houses to undergraduate women
which were formerly for graduate
students. Changes have been made
in the chaperons of 13 other league
houses.
Stanley Chorus
Open To First
Year Women,
Orientation Week Plans
Announced At Banquet;
Student Advisers Listed
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Jean Hatfield To Direct
Activities For Freshmen
Women
Grace Snyder Will
Aid New Transfers
4 Luncheons To Be Given
This Week For Student
And FacultyAdvisers
Student advisers for Orientation
Week are being organized this year
under Bruce Telfer '37, who is in
charge of the men; Jean Hatfield
'37, in charge of the women, and
Grace Snyder '37 who will head a
committee for aiding transfer stu-
dents.
Two advisers will be assigned to
each group of 20 new students and
will act in the role of guides, advisers
and assistants during Orientation
Week and possibly for a longer
period. Luncheons for advisers will.
be held today and tomorrow in the
League and Thursday and Friday at
the Union. Faculty advisers are
urged to attend these to aid in the
discusion of problems and to become
better acquainted with the students.
Assistants Announced
Miss Ifatfield will be assisted by
Mary Lou Willoughby, '37, who is in
charge of all the social events and is
planning the luncheons and dinners:
and Gretchen Lehmann, '37, secre-
tary, who will take the attendance of
freshmen and advisers and keep a
report of each adviser's activities.
Student advisers under her are
Mary Frances Adair '37, Mabel Alli-
son '38,Janet Allington '38, Mary An-
drew '37, Helen Aner '38, Ruth
Bertsch '38, Mary Margaret Barnes
'37A, Mary Bennett '37, Josephine
Cavanaugh '37, Jane Carson '37, Ma-
bel Campbell '37, Marion Cannon '37,.
Ruth Clark '37, Margaret Curry
'38Spec., Janet Carver '38, Helen
Douglas '38, Virginia Eaglesfield '38,
Mary Jane Frye '38, Margaret Ferries
Lit., Jane Fitzgerald, Betty Gatward
'38, Hope Hartwig '38, Jean Hollen-
beck Lit., Charlotte Hamilton '37,
Mary Ellen Heitsch '37, Jean Harri-
son '38, Virginia Hunt, Spec. SM.,
Helen Jesperson '38, Helen Johnson
'39, Mary Johnson '38, Virginia Jack-
son '38, Nancy Kover, Lit., Janet
Karlson '38.
Others Named
Joanne Kimmel '38, Jacqueline
Kolle '37, Gretchen Kanter '3,7, Mary
Kilkenny '38, Jane Lewis '38, Bar-
bara Lovell '38, Angelene Maliszew-
ski '38, Jean MacGregor '37, Betty
Miller '37, Janet MacIvor, Lit., Mary
Jane Mueller '38Ed., Virginia Nimmo
'37, Nancy Old '37, Mary Parsons '37,
Elizabeth Powers '38, Catherine Peck
'37, Helen Purdy '38, Rose Perrin,
Virginia Rapp '37, Mary Redden, Ed.,
Jayne Roberts '38, Jean Steere '38A,
Irene Stilson, Lit., Betty Strickroot
'38, Katherine Shields, Margaret
Souter '37, .Ella Wade '37Ed., Virginia
Wyatt '37Ed., Betty, Whitney '38
Ediht Zerbe '37 and Betty Ronal '38.
Orientation Director
President Ruthven Will
Welcome New Students
In AddressTonight
WAA Reception To
Be Held Tomorrow
League Council Members
To Give Talks; Campus
Movie To Be Shown
JEAN HATFIELD
New Program
For Transfers
Is Originated
Committee Of Ten Directs
Upper Class Activities
In Orientation
Upperclass transfer students as
well as freshman will have their ad-
visers this year when plans for or-
ganizing a group of women students
for this purpose under Grace Snyder,
'37, go into effect.
No special program has been plan-
ned, but Miss Snyder will be in the
League Council Room all this week to
meet any transfer student for an in-
formal discussion of her program of
studies or of extra curricular activi-
ties. There will be a tour of the li-
brary Friday morning for these stu-
dents if they wish to attend and they
are also invited to the dinners be-
ginning tonight in the League ball-
room for freshmen and their advisers
and lasting through Friday.
This is the first time that any or-
ganization attempted to aid transfer
tudents has been undertaken and
Miss Snyder will be in complete
charge. She will be assisted by Mary
Bennet, '37; Hope Hartwig, '38, Char-
lotte Hamilton '37; Mary Johnson
'38; Jacqueline Kolle '37; Angelene
Halizewski, '38; Jean MacGregor
'37; Nancy Olds '37; Virginia Wyatt
'37E and Edith Zerbe '37.
An attempt has been made to take
womens from the different depart-
ments of the University so they will
be familiar with any problem which
may arise. A faculty adviser will be
in the League Council Room to solve
difficulties with credit.s
Miss Snyder has been active in the
University during her past three
years. She was a member of Alpha
Lambda Delta, freshman honorary
society.
Orientation Week began officially
resterday with a meeting of student
dvisers in the morning and a ban-
luet in the evening for the Faculty
Executive Committee and the men
nd women student advisers. Char-
otte Rueger, '37, president of the
League, was toastmistress and intro-
luced Grace Snyder, '37, who is in
harge of upper class transfer stu-
lents, Brue Telfer, '37, head of or-
entation for men and Jean Hatfield,
37, in charge of women's orienta-
ion. Miss Hatfield in turn intro-
luced Prof. Philip Bursley, chair-
nan of orientation, and President
Alexander G. Ruthven who spoke to
the assembled committee.
Sport Exhibition
Plans for the week as announced
were as follows: Tonight President
Ruthven will welcome the freshmen
with an address in Hill Auditorium.
romorrow morning the freshmen will
ake an English examination in Hill
Auditorium and women will spend
the afternoon being entertained by
the Women's Athletic Association
which is sponsoring an exhibition of
port, a fashion show and reception
for the new students. In the eve-
ning there will be a dinner for new
students, both men and women, and
their advisers in the League ball-
room and following this an introduc-
ion to the League Council in the
Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre at which
Viss Snyder, '37, and Miss Hartwig
who is chairman of the Junior Girls
Play central committee will speak.
A movie of campus scenes will be
shown.
Betty Ann Beebe, '38, president of
the Panhellenic Asociation, will speak
on rushing rules and rushing clothes
at dinner Thursday night.
Course On Studying
A psychological test will be given
Friday morning in Hill Auditorium
followed by a reading test. Grades for
the latter examination will be com-
pared, and students found deficient
will be assigned to a "How To Study
Course" conducted by Dr. Francis D.
Curtis, professor of secondary edu-
cation at University High School. The
course will be compulsory this year,
as it is felt to be an aid to students
who have trouble learning how to
study when they come to college
Following the dinner Friday night
there will be a treasure hunt and
mixer for women at the League.
The dinners which will be held dur-
ing the week are moderately priced
and are for the purpose of aiding the
new students to become better ac-
quainted with the faculty and with
their advisers.
Lecture Topics Announced
The program of orientation let-
tures for women this year will be
presented in a different manner than
formerly. It will consist of half
hour talks by each speaker, and two
of these will be given each Wednes-
day in the Lydia Mendelssohn
Theatre at 5 p.m., the second im-
mediately following the first.
The tentative lecture program will
include Miss Alice Lloyd, dean of
women, who will speak on "College
Conduct"; Charlotte Rueger, '37,
speaking on "Your University";, Dr.
Howard McClusky, professor of edu-
cational psychology, speaking on
"Compromising Intellectual and So-
cial Activities"; Maryanna Chockley,
'37, chairman of the Judiciary Coun-
cil, on "How To Budget Time and
Money"; Prof. Bennett Weaver of
the English department, on "Intellec-
tual and Cultural Opportunities";
Dean Lloyd on "Personality and
Values" and Prof. Paul Mueshke of
the Engilsh department, who will also
give a talk, of which the subject is
as yet undecided.
Variety Of Room Furnishings'
Reveals Originality Of Owner
Glee Club Holds
For Freshmen
Second Semest
Tryouts
During
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New League Library
Shelves 1,300 Books
A place to study in peace and quiet
where people are not constantly walk-
ing around is offered by the League
in its new library on the third floor
which was opened for the first time
Graduate To Spend
Year At Columbia
Dorothy Gies, '35, winner of a
major Hopwood prize for a novel
entry last spring, left Ann Arbor Fri-
day to spend a year studying English
at Columbia University. Miss Gies
is %attndinewColuhin nn n cr'.,,
The Stanley Chorus formerlyk
known as the Women's Glee Club is
open to freshmen women the second
semester of their enrollment in the
University.
Three years ago first year women
had a glee club devoted entirely to
freshmen which they could join dur-
ing their first semester. Caroling par-
ties were held at Christmas time and
a concert was held in the spring in
connection with the Women's Glee
Club annual spring program. How-
ever, due to inactivity, this organiza-
tion was annexed to the regular club.
Stanley Chorus is named after Al-
bert Stanley who for several years
A decided shock is thrown in everyk
incoming freshman's face when she
views her barren dormitory room, de-j
void of originality and charm. Im-
mediately she attempts to remedy the
condition of her abode with colorfulg
bedspreads, drapes, wall decorations
and other knicknacks.c
The shops of Ann Arbor offer a dis-
concerting array of room furnishings;
and the freshman usually plunges
into an orgy of buying without any
central decoration scheme in mind.,
As a consequence dormitory rooms
often resemblenmuch too closely a
gift shop.
It is a good idea to bear in mind
that this one small room will have
a provide sleeping, studying and liv-
ing accommodations for you for one
whole year. With this fact in mind
the wise freshman will restrain her
desires for frills and furbelows. This
however does not require one to leave
and the usually prevalent wrinkles
just don't appear.
Over the light beige curtains which
are permanent fixtures in most dor-
mitory rooms orange drapes in the
aforementioned monks cloth with a
deep borderof brown would produce
i most gratifying aspect. A rug is
a pleasant addition to any room 'for,
putting one's feet on a cold, cold
floor is an unpleasant way to start a
day. A plain brown rug or perhaps
severalyscattered ones would blend
in very nicely with the general
scheme.
Choose a brown leather desk set but
buy at least two blotters in orange
and green to vary the monotony. A
well-chosen desk set can brighten
many a gloomy hour of study. Book-
ends in yellow-green would provide
a certain note of individuality.
For the walls do put up some un-
bedspread.
You can lounge about