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War, Social Functions
As New Year Begins
All Affiliated, Non-Affiliated Women Are included
In Organizations, Which Are Designed To Bring
Into Focus University Activities, Institutions, Customs
Panhellenic Association, of whicht Last year Assembly sponsored two
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Directors of League fctivities
Meet in Women's War Council
all sorority women on campus are
members, is gearing its activities to
promote, through collective and indi-
vidual participation, the campus' war
projects, according to Peg Lauben-
gayer, president.
The Association will hold weekly
meetings of sorority house presidents,
at which they will consider the indi-
vidual problems of the various
houses, such as the scholarship and
activities participation of the mem-
bers.
"Panhel" gives a yearly dance in
the spring. Last year's Panhel Ball
was combined with the similar func-
tion of Assembly Association, and a
major affair, "Boulevard Ball," was
given in Waterman Gymnasium. Pan-
hel Ball plans are not yet formulat-
ed for the coming year, but it is indi-
cated that the custom will be con-
tinued.
'Broadcast' Held
The traditional Panhellenic Ban-
quet was last year, in favor of war-
time conditions, cancelled, and "Pan-
hel Night" held in its place. The
function was held at Rackham Audi-
torium, and took the form of a mock
radio broadcast, featuring entertain-
ment by members of Panhellenic As-
sociation.
Panhellenic was in full support of
the campus' war projects, notably in-
cluding the surgical dressing unit,
the USO, Ru~ssian War Relief, the
drive for books to send to prisoners
of war, the scrap paler drives, and
similar projects. One sorority took
over the switchboard at the local
Red Cross unit.
Panhellenic Board, which heads the
Association, is composed of Miss Lau-
bengayer as president, Marcia Sharpe
as vice-president, Rosemary Klein,
secretary, Jean Wick, treasurer, and
Joyce Livermore, rushing secretary.
Regulates Rushing
The Board's primary executive pur-
pose is to regulate sorority rushing,
which is the Greek-letter method of
drawing new University women into
sorority organizations. To promote
fairness, Panhellenic Board has
drawn up a series of regulations
which will be distributed early in the
fIll semester to freshman, transfer,
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League Holds
Dressings Unit
main social functions, Assembly Ball
and Recognition Night, and the tra-
ditional events will in all probability
be continued this year under the di-
rection of President Florene Wilkins.
Both affairs underwent modifica-
tion. Assembly Ball was given in
conjunction with Panhellenic Boa-
rd's annual dance, Panhellenic Ball.
The joint affair, the first of its kind
on the campus, was called "Boulevard
Ball," receiving its name from the
street signs set up in Waterman
Gymnasium, where the ball was held.
The entire site was decorated to re-
semble a park, with signs denoting
the various campus dormitories and
sororities indicating radiating streets.
Recognition Night is the successor
to Assembly Banquet, vetoed for the
first time last year by wartime food
shortages. Although dinner gave way
to a brief dessert at Recognition
Night, the traditional talks and a-
wards were presented. Geraldine El-
liott, a radio script writer, spoke, as
well as several campus activity heads,
and scholastic and activities awards
were presented to outstanding inde-
pendent coeds.
Independent, non-affiliated cam-
pus women are led by Assembly
Board, a business and social organi-
zation headed this year by Florene
Wilkins, of Martha Cook Building.
One of the chief purposes of As-
sembly is to support and further
campus war projects by encouraging
independent women to participate.
The hospital project, surgical dress-
ings, and JGP are among the proj-
-ects aided by Assembly support, and
the group plans an organized paper
drive for the coming year as well as
other work in connection with the
war effort.
Assembly recently reorganized its
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Soph Project
Volunteers .Aid
Local Hospitals
Coed volunteers at University and
St. Joseph's Hospitals will start their
third year under the sponsorship of
women of the sophomore class with
the beginning of the fall term.
Soph Project is directed by a cen-
tral committee appointed by the
Women's Judiciary Council. Virginia
Councell will act as chairman of
the committee for '44-'45.
In the past volunteers have con-
tributed approximately 10,000 hours
per year, and over 400 different
workers have helped achieve the
commendable record.
Workers' Uniforms
Members of the Central Commit-
tee act as captains and are stationed
in the volunteers' offices each after-
noon and evening. It is their duty
to assign newcomers to posts and to
see that workers are evenly distribu-
ted throughout the hospital.
Volunteers may work on private
floors or in wards or clinics. They
may also help at the Galen's stand
which sells candy, newspapers and
various other luxury items to pa-
tients.
Four Hours Weekly
A minimum of four hours per week
is required of each volunteer. Every
effort is made to see that volunteers
maintain a conscientious, cheerful
attitude toward their work.
St. Joseph's Hospital is especially
in need of workers at mealtime to
pass trays and to feed some of the
patients. Volunteers at St. Joseph's
are not required to wear uniforms,
but are asked to wear light colored
cotton blouses.
MAR GE HALL AND NATALIE MATTERN are the heads of the coed
campus for.1944-45. Marge is president of the Women's War Council
and Natalie is president of the Women's Judiciary Council.
Local USO Club Offers Variety
of Servicemen's E'ntertainment
The Michigan League Surgical
Dressings Unit is a part of the Ann
Arbor Red Cross Unit, but is organ-
ized and directed by coeds.
The Unit is open on week day
afternoons from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.
Coeds who volunteer to work are
given instructions in rolling various
types of bandages. They are given
Red Cross headdresses which must
be worn while they work. Cotton
blouses, smocks or dresses must be
worn in place of wool sweaters, as no
lint must be allowed to enter the
bandages. Nail polish is also pro-
hibited.
Since D-Day coeds have felt that
more bandages are needed than ever
before. They have shown their will-
ingness to do their part in the war
effort by continuing to work at the
Unit during the warm spring days
and throughout the entire summer.
Headquarters for the Unit are on
the second floor of the League. An
extra room is kept in readiness to
handle any overflow of workers. The
Ann Arbor Red Cross sets a quota
of dressings for the Unit and supplies'
it with materials.
Transportation difficulties forced
the Unit to temporarily close during
the spring term, but increased atten-
dance after the reopening enabled
workers to coinplete their quota.
To keep local G.I.'s occupied, the
Ann Arbor USO, backed by the par-
ticipation of University coeds, main-
tains perpetual entertainment throu-
ghout the week.
The lounge, writing room and
kitchen provide opportunity for
relaxation and refreshment, and
servicemen may wander in at any
time of the day to read the news-
papers, play cards, chat with jun-
ior hostesses, play the piano, listen
to the phonograph or nickelodeon,
write letters home and so forth.
Since "the way to a man's heart is
Women's Glee
Club Tryouts
To e Nov. 8,9
"An opportunity to learn and sing
fine music under able direction" is
offered University coeds by the Wo-
men's Glee Club, according to Jean
Gilman, president of the Club, who
announced that tryouts will be,held
between 4 and 5 p.m. Wednesday and
Thursday, November 8 and 9, in the
League.
Miss Marguerite Hood, a member
of the faculty of the School of Music,
will direct the group this year, Miss
Gilman announced. Miss Hood is
known to students chiefly as direc-
tor of the Youth Chorus, which an-
nually appears at the May Festival
series.
In addition to several concerts
which will be given throughout the
year, the Glee Club plans to hold a
weekly radio broadcast, Miss Gilman
said. Out-of-town performances will
be scheduled later, as will benefit
programs, a spring operetta, and
Club parties.
Freshman women, Miss Gilman
announced, will be able to join the
Glee Club during their first semester,
as long as they maintain an accep-
table scholastic average, and they
are welcome to attend the tryouts.
Each year the Glee Club presents a
scholarship to one of its members to
further her musical education, Miss
Gilman said.
through his stomach," the USO
starts the week off with a Sunday
morning breakfast, which is served
free of charge to all G.I. comers be-
tween 10 a.m. and noon Sunday. The
rest of the day is spent on a trip to
Greenfield Village, listening to a
program of classical recorded music,
or in the general open house at the
club.
Monday night is officers' night,
when the building is turned over
to local officers. Tuesday is the
"Sing Swing," with group singing
and refreshments, and every Wed-
nesday a dance is held. Thursday
is "ruckus night," with games,
charades and other forms of enter-
tainment, and a dance is held each
Friday from 8 p.m. to midnight.
following a dancing class from 7 to
8 p.m.
Saturday climaxes the USO week,
with picnics, swimming parties and
special dances planned by the coed
and Ann Arbor "regiments." The
groups decorate the ballroom along
various themes, and provide special
entertainment.
Information Booth
Is Open at League .
Any student finding himself lost,
strayed or stolen during the coming
week may solve his problems by re-
porting to the information booth in
the lobby of the Michigan League.
The booth has become a traditional
part of orientation week and is held
over for registration. Upperclassmen
as well as freshmen are urged to
make use of the booth which is open
daily from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Information on various schools and
colleges of the University is available.
Maps of the city and campus will be
given to persons who are unfamiliar
with Ann Arbor streets.
Possible jobs for students wishing
part-time employment are listed by
the workers at the information booth.
Employers interested in finding stu-
dent help are urged to leave their
names and addresses at the booth.
Information on the housing situation
can also be given.
Marge Hall, Natalie Mattern
Are President, Judiciary Head
The Michigan League, center of
women's campus activities and gov-
erned by the Women's War Council,
is functioning at full speed in a war-
time program of activities which
have supplanted the old pre-war ex-
tra-curricular work traditionally car-
ried on by college women.
As a governing board, the Women's
War Council is headed by an execu-
tive board whichhdiscusses the pro's
and con's of all problems which have
come before the board and presents
alternative solutions to the Council.
Heading the War Council is Marge
Hall, of Martha Cook, who has be-
come well-known on campus as an
associate women's editor of the
Daily, an active member of the
Women's Athletic Board, and head
of three major wartime campus
drives.
Other members of the executive
board are Natalie Mattern, who is
president of Women's Judiciary
Council; Pat Coulter, vice-president
and personnel administrator; Jean
Loree, secretary; and Deborah Parry,
treasurer.
Project Leaders Included
Members of the War Council in-
clude the chairmen of the various
class projects: Nora MacLaughlin,
who heads the junior class stamp and
bond sales work, entitled Junior
Girls Project; Virginia Council, in
charge of Soph Project, which pro-
vides volunteer workers at University
and St. Joseph's hospitals; and the
head of Frosh Project, who will be
named later.
Also on the War Council is the
chairman of the Surgical Dressings
Unit, Harriet Fishel. The group is in
charge of rolling bandages for use
by the armed forces. Similarly, the
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Four Campus
Societies Honor
Superior Coeds
Mortarboard, Senior Society, Scroll
and Wyvern, are names signifying
superior achievement in the fields of1
both scholastic and extra-curricular
activities, and the pins worn by the
limited number of women eligible for
the four campus women's honor so-
cieties are marks of distinction.
Mortarboard, the top national hon-
orary society for senior women, takes
into membership only those second
semester juniors who have a schol-
arship rating three tenths of a point'
above campus average, the general
point rating being a B minus aver-
age. In addition to the scholastic
achievement, Mortarboard members
must be the most prominent women
in the junior class, those women who
will direct campus affairs during
theirsenior year.
SENIOR SOCIETY, which also has
a membership of twenty women, is
an honor society for senior independ-
ent women only, and bases its re-
quirements for membership on quali-
fications similar to those of Mortar-
board, with the principal exceptions
thatthe scholastic rating is not as
high and that no affiliated women
may be pledged.
Similar to Senior Society is
SCROLL activities honorary for sor-
ority women. The principal differ-
ence is the rule that no member of
Mortar Board may be tapped for
Scroll, so a greater number of coeds
are consequently included in activi-
ties honorary societies.
Wyvern, a junior honor society for
both affiliated and independent wo-
men, has a membership limited to
seventeen. The society works with
the University in contacting winners
of Alumni and List scholarships.
Wyvern members are taken from the
second semester sophomore and first
semester junior classes.
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SHELBY DIETRICH
Coeds Urged
To Try Out
For Daily Staff
Coeds interested in joining the
Women's Staff of The Michigan
Daily are urged to attend a meeting
at 4 p.m. tomorrow at the Student
Publications Building on Maynard
Street.
The meeting will be for old and new
members. Beats will be assigned and
appointments of new night editors
will be announced. All coeds who
are anxious to participate in an
activity which will give them invalu-
able practical experience as well as
an opportunity to take an active part
in campus life are particularly asked
to attend the meeting.
Work on the Women's Staff entails
general news writing about all wo-
men's activities on the campus.
Social functions including dances,
plays and other student affairs are
also Women's Staff beats. Instruc-
tions are given in page make-up,
feature and editorial writing and
general journalistic work.
Opportunities for rapid advance-
ment are open to any newcomer who
proves herself capable and interested.
First semester freshmen as well as
upperclass women are eligible to try
out.
Tomorrow's meeting is for any coed
interested in knowing about The
Daily as well as for those who have
definitely decided to join the Wo-
men's Staff.
The staccato of typewriters, the
click of the teletype as the news
comes in ,the roar of rolling presses
lend their song to The Daily atmo-
sphere as student reporters put out
the next day's edition.
Shortly after the opening of the
fall term, a mass meeting will be held
for all women interested in working
on the women's staff, the time of the
meeting to be announced in The
Daily. All freshmen and undergrad-
uate women who are interested are
eligible to try out for the staff.
The Daily women's staff offers an
opportunity for coeds to gain a toe-
hold in campus activities. In addi-
tion, there is the thrill of getting the
news first hand, of hearing the bells
on the teletype when a big story
comes over.
Fashions, social affairs, weddings
and engagements have been left far
behind as the women's staff has been
converted into a war activity. It is
now the chief source of news of many
campus projects such as the hospital
volunteers, women's recruiting for
the WACs, WAVEs, SPARs, and Ma-
rine Corps, the bond and stamp drives
and Bomber Scholarship.
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WAA Offers Variety of Sports
To Members of Athletic Qroups
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Shelby Dietrich Heads
Athletic Association
"Fun and fitness" are the bywords
of the University Women's Athletic
Association, which with 18 sports
clubs and varied events throughout
the year prevents the coeds of the
campus from falling into an aca-
demic rut.
The motto is "Don't strain your
brain" as the University coed popila-
tion throws itself, in leisure hours, in-
to games of archery, badminton,
basketball, bowling, dancing, fencing,
hockey, skating, lacrosse, outdoor
hikes, golf, rading, rifle, swimming,
softball, table tennis, tennis, and var-
ious intramural sports.
Shelby Dietrich heads the WAA
Board for the coming year. Vice-
president is Barbara Bathke, secre-
tary is Barbara Wallace, and Betsy
Perry is treasurer. Pam Watts will
be AFCW representative, and Jean
Gaffney will be in charge of awards.
'Rec Rallys' Are Custom
During the year, WAA will prob-
ably continue its "Rec Rallys," events
which open to the entire campus,
students and servicemen, sports fa-
cilities for an enjoyable and active
evening. The Rallys are during the
wintertime held in Barbour-Water-
man gymnasium, and usually offer
square dancing, badminton, volley-
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Juniors Begin
Third Season .
Of Stamp Sales
Auction Sale, Junior-Senior
Night To Highlight 1944-45
Events of Project's Activities
A stamp-and-bond auction sale,
the traditional Junior-Senior Night,
and varied sales and publicity activi-
ties will this year keep the campus
aware of the war stamp and bond
campaign which has been Junior
Girls Project for the last three years.
At the auction sale well-known
persons will be asked to contribute
articles which will have more sou-
venir than practical value, and the
entire proceedings will be carried on
with war stamps as the medium of
exchange, according to Frances
Goldberg, assistant JGP chairman
in charge of special events.
Skits To Be Given
At Junior-Senior Night the junior
class group in each large campus
house will be asked to present a skit,
which will be based on a central
theme to be selected for the occasion,
according to Miss Goldberg.
The activities wnien have charac-
terized JGP for the preceding terms
will be continued: bond and stamp
sales in the coed residences through
special representatives, sales in
stamp booths on the Diagonal, in
University Hall, and in the League,
and special events, such as bow days
and stamp dinners.
JGP Reached $30,000 Goal
Last year's Project topped its goal
of $30,000, which was determined on
the basis of one dollar in stamps per
coed each month. JGP also present-
ed a play, "Jabberwackey," which
featured original songs and lyrics by
University women and a script paro-
dying local campus life.
The 1944-45 JGP central commit-
tee is headed by Nora MacLaughlin,
chairman, . and includes Frances
Goldberg, assistant chairman, and
Claire Macaulay, Betty Hendel, Rita
Bregman, Jane Strauss, Betty Vau-
ghn, Ann Schutz and Jean Hotchkin,
ghn, Ann Schutz and Jean Hotchkin,
Jane Arner, and Lady Martz.
Ann Arbor Won't Rival Lake Placid, But Local Facilities for Recreation f
ire Good
As the campus gathers its beer
bout the University campus: And|
teams keep the sjsoAt fan occupied
bath in the basement of Barbour
diminished in hnumber, a few impor- l
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