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Independents, Fffiliates Unite in Groups
PERENNIAL PROBLEM:
Women Attempt To
Create
' Hom ' hock
All-Campus Events Sponsored
By Assembly, Panhellenic
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New Freshmen Become
Members of Assembly
First semester freshmen, trans-
fers and women living in dormi-
tories, League houses and private
homes are members of Assembly
Association for independent wo-
men.
. - Presidents of every organized
Independent house on campus rep-
resent their residences at weekly
meetings. Announcements of Lea-
gus and campus activities are re-
ported and house problems dis-
cussed.
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A NEW LARGE-SCALE project
was added to Assembly's already
long list last year when the Big
Sister Plan was inaugurated in
the dormitories to assist freshmen
in orienting themselves to cam-
pus life.
Among Assembly's a n n u a l
projects are its various money
raising activities for the Uni-
versity Fresh Air Camp carried
out in cooperation with other
campus groups. A drive to aid
displaced persons is also on the
schedule.
. "Welcome Army" was the name
of the first social event of the fall
semester held the weekend of the
Army football game. It was the
annual all-campus A/A Hop, spon-
sored jointly by the Association of
Independent Men and Assembly.
IN THE PAST A-Hop was pre-
sented annually by Assembly
alone. Last year AIM joined in the
benefit dance for the Fresh Air
Camp.
Assembly Fortnite, held each
fall, combines three celebrations
which were formerly held on
separate nights over a two-week
period, hence the name, Fort-
nite.
Recognition Night, which honor-
ed outstanding independent wo-
men, the installation of house
presidents and Fortnite which ac-
quaints freshmen with Assembly,
activities are combined into one
evening of gaiety.
LAST YEAR'S FORTNITE, call-
ed "Assembly Goes Country Style,"
featured skits by 14 groups, in-
cluding one presented by the
housemothers. A gold cup is
awarded annually to the house
with the highest participation in
extra-curricular activities.
"Kandy Kingdom," last
spring's Assembly Ball, trans-
ported dancers to the mythical
land of sweets. The annual
dance is open to the entire cam-
pus and is coed-bid.
Assembly also co-operated with
Panhellenic and the Senior Night
Committee in presenting tradi-
tional Senior Night Festivities
when prospective graduates met
for a last-get-together banquet
and attended the premier of the
Junior Girls' Play.
Sorority Women Join
In Panhellenic Ranks
Each and every sorority woman
on campus is a member of Panhel-
lenic Association.
With a principle function of
promoting a strong spirit of unity
between independent and affiliat-
ed women on campus, and a closer
companionship among the sorori-
ties themselves, Panhel works to
achieve these aims through cam-
pus projects such as Faculty-Stu-
dent Teas, Tag Day for the Fresh
Air Camp, Frosh Weekend, Recog-
nition Night and the annual Pan-
hellenic Ball.
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THIS YEAR Panhel also intro-
duced a different twist into the
rushing season with a new coun-
seling plan. Through this system,
rushees received advice and aid
from women who themselves had
once hurdled the obstacles of a
crowded, but fun filled, rushing
period.
Panhellenic also supports the
honor system which has been
one of the mainstays of rushing
at the University for many years.
By means of this plan no soror-
ity seeks new friendships among
prospective rushees regardless of
whether they are upperclassmen
or freshmen.
In line with the same policy
women intending to rush do not
live in sorority houses or annexes,
and visiting in dormitories by af-
filiated women is kept at a mini-
mum.
WITH THE END of rushing,
organize Junior Panhellenic. The
organize Jcnior Panhellenic. The
chief aims of this branch of Pan-
hel are to promote friendship and
cooperation between all pledges
and to introduce them to the ac-
tivities of Panhel.
Pipes of Pan, Panhellenic's
own newspaper, is one of the
mainstays of the spreading of
news of Panhel and its members.
An annual campus event is the
'traditional Panhellenic Ball, when
members of all sororities on cam-
pus combine their efforts to stage
one of the biggest dances of the
social season.
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EACH FALL the annual Panhel
Recognition Night is held and af-
filiated women outstanding in,
campus activities are honored.
The annual Panhellenic Var-
iety Show features such out-
standing entertainers as Danny
Kaye and Skitch Henderson.
Working in coordination with
Assembly, Panhel helps to stage
each year's version of Frosh Week-
end, which is put on by the sole
efforts of the women of the fresh-
man class,
All in all, Panhellenic each year
faces a calendar full of events
which contribute to a year of fun
and activities for not only affiliat-
ed women, but the campus as a
whole.
SINGERS ALSO DANCE-Versatile Women's Glee Club members
participated in a dance concert last semester. Those "tripping the
light fantastic" include from left to right, Nancy Watkins, Joanne
Borsos, Martha Bryant, and Joanne Weaver. They are performing
"La Raspe."
Ann Arbor Set
Aided by Club
For Localites
Women Not Living
On Campus Organize,
For Representation.
Coeds whose homes are in Ann
Arbor or who will be commuting
to school need not feel left out of
activities and student government.
The Ann Arbor Club was organ-
ized in the fall of 1948 torhelp
freshmen women who would' not
be living in organized residences
get into the swing of campus life.
UNDER THE sponsorship of the
Dean of Women's Office, the club
will hold an organizational meet-
ing in September.
Although the club was origi-
nallydesigned for freshmen on-
ly, last year's club indicated an
interest in retaining member-
ship throughout their college
years to better help the incom-
ing members.
The club is usually most active
during the 'first semester of the
year. It is most needed at this
time because first semester fresh-
men may not join sororities or
enter into activities.
THE PRESIDENT may repre-
sent the club on the Board of
Representatives of the women's
League, one of the coed governing
bodies.
She may also attend house
president's meetings to get an-
nouncements of League activi-
ties and other campus events, as
well as to vote on issues which
arise from time to time.+
Activities of the group has in-
cluded skits for Assembly Fortnite,
a basketball team and weekly lun-
cheon get-togethers at the League.
Last year members were entertain-
ed at Alice Lloyd Hall, where they
became acquainted with dormitory
life and met many other coeds.
Not only does the club help
Washtenaw County coeds meet
other students, but it also enables
homesick out-of-town coeds to get
to know local girls and to visit
Ann Arbor homes.
Time and place for the first
meeting of the semester will be an-
nounced at a later date. All local
freshmen coeds will be invited to
attend and it is anticipated that
upperclasswomen, either members
from last year or new members,
will also join.
By MAXINE RYCKMAN
What can be done to a dormi-
tory room to give it individuality
and a "homey" look?
Coeds have been solving this
problem every fall for years. There
are probably as many ways of
decorating dormitory rooms as
there are women living in them.
Most of these rooms have certain
basic features in common, how-
ever.
FOR EXAMPLE, there is the
problem of how to disguise the
very necessary, but usually some-
what unsightly radiator. Radiator
covers of all varieties and colors
are the obvious answer. A cover
that matches or harmonizes with
drapes can actually be an asset
to a room.
Most dormitories provide neu-
tral colored drapes and have a
rule that any other window
hangings must be hung inside of
these so that they do not show
from the outside. This, however,
presents no particular problem
as far as decorating the inside
of a room is concerned.
Not only do they find that they
are adept at hanging drapes and
finding bedspreads to match or
contrast with them, but many co-
eds also find that they can even
Dance Series
Slated for .Fall
A popular course on campus ev-
en though it does not give credit
toward a degree is the series of
dance classes sponsored each se-
mester by the League.
Men and women students have
an opportunity to learn to dance,
improve on the two-step that car-
ried them through high school
days, and learn rhumbas and tan-
gos besides the latest dance steps.
Men are charged a fee for the
eight-week course, while coeds re-
ceive lessons free because they act
as hostesses and assistant teachers.
Dancers are divided into three
groups - beginners, intermediate
and advanced. Instruction is based
on the ability and preference of
the class.
The groups meet for one hour
each week in the League Ballroom.
Enrollment is limited to 65 men
and an equal number of women.
Time and place for registration
and tryouts for the advanced class
will be announced in The Daily.
make slip covers for chairs, in
case they want to carry out their
own personal color scheme in all
the room furnishings.
IN ADDITION to the big things,
like bedspreads, drapes and slip-
covers, there are numerous little
accessories that give a room a
"finished" look, as though it were
designed especially for its occu-
pants.
Pillows are such an accessory.
Huge ruffled ones can transform
a bed into an attractive lounge
by day. Small tailored ones are
attractive in plain colors. Bright
yellow ones on a navy bedspread
carry out the Michigan maize
and blue color scheme and
brighten up, any room.
Pillows also provide suitable
backgrounds for names, initials,
autographs or even poems. These
can be stenciled on with teN
paints or embroidered.
PICTURES AND bulletin bo'
make up another category of
cessories that have come to
almost a must in the college ro
In most dormitories these mus
hung from the molding with he
to avoid damage to the walls.
Bulletin boards themsel
can be dressed-up with ruff
of all sorts or they can be cc
ered with material that mate]
drapes or slipcovers.
Everything from lamp-shade
stuffed animals help make a rn
attractive. Many coeds deligh
employing their ingenuity- as ai
teur interior decorators, to m
their college abode a more liv
'place - something they can s
off to Mom with well-desei
pride.
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re 'Homey' Look,
Id wiauautty in Decorating Dormitories
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"If you want the thrill of singi
in concerts, going on tours, ma
ing friends and having a lot
fun, the Women's Glee Club is t
place for you," declares Jane Bu(
president of the club.
The University of Michigan W~
men's Glee Club, first organiz
in 1885, has passed through va
ious stages ranging from the d
creet and formal concert gro
of the 1890's to the war-time dan
band chorus of 1944 and 1945.
Women in the club give tw
big campus concerts each yea
The Christmas concert is pr
sented in conjunction with th
Men's Glee Club, while th
Spring concert is solely a wo
men's enterprise.
Tours take up the first half
Spring vacation. This year, t
club plans to give concerts
several cities in Illinois and Wi
consin.
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THE SPRING CONCERT a:
those given on tours usually b
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ng gin with a series of formal choral
Lk- numbers. The second half is per-
of formed in costume according to a
he specific theme.
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ALUMNI AUDIENCES continue
ed to enjoy the closing medley of
Michigan songs arranged for the
Glee Club.
up Concerts are not the only ac-
ice tivities of the club. At the an-
nual Spring banquet awards
vo and, scholarships are given to
x. deserving members. The scho-
r. larship is to be used for lessons
e nany field of music.
ie No previous musical training is
.. necessary for membership in the
Club. Women from all schools in
of the University are eligible.
he Officers for the coming year be-
in sides Miss Buell are: Martha Bry-
is- ant, vice-president; Jean Allen,
business manager; Ellen Traxler,
secretary; Marian Stepanauskas,
nd publicity chairman; and Ina Suss-
e- man, librarian.
Despite its strange sounding
name, the League's Merit-Tutorial
Committee does a very important
job.
Its activities include the keeping
of a record of coed extracurricu-
lar activities and recruiting of tu-
tors for students desiring help in
certain courses.
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THE MERIT SECTION of the
committee keeps a complete card
file of all undergraduate women
and the activities in which they
have participated.
Attached to the cards are per-
sonnel reports made out by var-
ious committee chairmen and
heads of other activities.
The file is used by the Office of
the Dean of Women, the Social Di-
rector of the League, Judiciary
Council, League committees and
the various honor societies.
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AFTER A COED graduates her
card is kept for reference use by
prospective employers.
Students desiring academic,
help may contact the tutoring
service at the League and re-
ceive the name and telephone
number of a tutor.
Tutors and students make their
own arrangements concerning
time and place of tutoring. Hourly
fees of 75 cents are charged and
tutoring ends two weeks before fi-
nal examinations. 1-
THOSE ELIGIBLE to tutor
students who, have received
grade of A in the course if it
not their major and a B if it is
their major field of study.
Tutors are available at the b
ginning of each semester for E
students except first\ semest
freshmen who may have tuto
after they receive their fiv
weeks grades.
The Merit-Tutorial Office in
League is open every afternc
during the week except Saturc
and Sunday and is operated by
eds who receive activity points
their work.
Head of the committee for
coming school year is Marian L
son. Her junior assistants are M
ian Dane, Liesl Ellenberger, M
ian Gessner, Virginia Gish a
Judith Sinclair.
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Alumnae Help Future Members
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the fund up to the $100,000 goal.
All alumnae clubs worked on the
project.
The fund will go into effect this
fall after a lapse of^52 years, when
a woman is added to the faculty
of the psychology department.
G R A D U A T E FELLOWSHIPS
awarded through the Alumnae
Councilinclude. the bi-annual Lucy,
' Elliott and annual Alice C. Lloyd
stipends of $750 each.-
The Council sells many ar-
tieles such as English Wedge-
Vood, cook books (compiled by
Calger Group of Ann Arbor
alumnae), playing cards, and
engagement calendars. These
areiall available at the council
office in the women's League.
Although alumnae of the Uni-
versity have been active since the
first coed graduated in 1871, they
did not organize into a group un-
til 1917. This group, known as the
Central Correspondence Commit-
tee, officially became the Alumnae
Council in 1920.
Not only was the University one
of the first large universities to
become coeducational, but it was
the first one to be represented at
an early national alumnae con-
ference sponsored by the Associa-
tion of Collegiate Alumnae, now
known as the American Associa-
tion of University Women.
The Alumnae Council began a
drive for a women's League build-
ing in 1921. When half the sum of
$1,000,000 had been raised, the Re-
gents donated the land on which
the building now stands.
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