SIX THE MICHIGAN DAILY WEDNESDAY. SEPTEMBER! SIX 'I'ME MIEMiEiAN DAILY .,:,.:. u... ,A7AjL 0 7 w XxflTAAArAKkf WOMEN'S PAGE: Editors Welcome Tryouts To Join Daily Staff in Fall Hello Newcomers: Welcome to the University! We hope you will enjoy your college days, Each of you will, we think, find some niche here, with friends and in studies and activities. As editors of the Women's Page of The Daily, we would like to welcome each of you to join our staff as tryouts, in keeping the stu- dents informed about these activities and in being a part of many of them. Our staff members. "cover" all phases of life in their stories-- reporting events sponsored by the League, Union, Women's Athletic Association, dormitory, fraternity and sorority "happenings" and all of the "big" dances and projects on campus. No writing experience is necessary, our requirements being some writing ability, interest and enthusiasm, and preferably, some typing skill, which comes in handy when there are deadlines to meet. Upon joining our staff as tryouts, you will receive training in news and headline writing, and interviewing, and will learn the Daily style rules. While working on desk, you will have a chance to practice these skills by helping to put out the page. At the end of one semester you will become "soph" staffers and will receive a regular beat to cover, as well as special events. At this time you will also begin training in copyreading and editing and in page make-up, in preparation for night editor positions. As juniors, you will have the opportunity to petition for the po- sition of Women's Night Editor, of whom there are five at the pres- ent time. These women are responsible for putting out the paper once a week, editing the stories that are handed in by staffers each day and making-up the pages. Night Editors are also assigned the more important beats and help in the training of "sophs" and tryouts while on desk. The Women's Editor, and her associates, heading a staff of ap- proximately 20 women, are chosen from the night editors. We are hoping to see many budding reporters at the first tryout meeting, which will be held Wednesday, September 28. Be sure and stop in at the Women's Desk any day from 3 to 5 p.m., and we will be :glad to show you around and explain more of our work to you. Best of luck, Mary Helithaler, Women's Editor Elaine Edmonds, Associate Women's Editor Various Honoraries Recognize Hard Work, Effort of 'U' Students By BARB HECHT and BEA MINKUS Hard work and effort are two things which should always be recognized. The University pays tribute to those who deserve the right to some kind of recognition by .ad- mitting them to a number of vari- ous honorary societies on campus. New members are chosen on the basis of scholarship, service lead- ership and participation in campus activities. The goal of these societies is to get the students together who have many characteristics and likes in common. The combined groups work together to solve many problems concerning the University or a certain part of the University. Service Projects are carried on each year by the honoraries. Among the- activities engaged in by the organizations are charity functions, sponsoring dances and manning election booths. Coeds are informed of their membership by tapping ceremo- nies. The time that tappingoccurs is kept secret although it usually occurs in the fall semester and again in the spring. Alpha Lambda Delta Alpha Lambda Delta is an hon- orary open to all freshmen women who have obtained an average of at least 3.5 during their first se- mester or two semesters on cam- pus. Their initiation usually takes place on a Sunday in the spring. It is followed by a breakfast in honor of the new members. It does not have any campus projects as most of its members are just beginning to become ac- tive in other campus organiza- tions. The pin of this society is a gold lamp of knowledge with the Greek letters, Alpha Lambda Del- ta inscribed on it. Wyvern The society honoring junior women is called the Wyvern Hon- or Society. It's name is taken from 'IN AND OUT"-Senior Society, a local honorary for independent "BEAUM DAMN HUMBLE"-Michigauma, honorary for senior women, goes "tapping" in the spring and fall. Its members, men, has a highly unusual tapping ceremony. Covered with war dressed in black robes and white collars, sing their traditional paint and feathers, they drag their new members out of bed, "In and out the halls we wander ,. ." Their pin is a black rec- dump them on the lawn, strip and douse them with beer by the tangle with two gold S's intertwined. light of kerosene fires. Initiation lasts several days. an old Welsh word meaning "pro- tecting dragon." The symbol for membership is a gold pin in the form of a dragon curled around the letter "W." It is composed of 12 to 20 wom- en who have been recognized for outstanding scholarship, campus activities and leadership. Tapping usually takes place in the spring. The members are dressed in brown skirts and yellow sweaters with yellow bows in their hair, as they wander through the corridors and rooms of the dorms and sorority houses, singing their traditional chant, "Damn, damn, damn to Michigauma." The Wyverns perform many services throughout the year which include counting votes at election time, raising money for a scholarship fund and presenting record concerts at the League. Mortarboard The Mortarboard Society, na- tional honorary for all senior women choose their new members on the basis of service, scholar- ship and leadership. The present Mortarboard mem- bers, dressed in black caps and gowns, tap the newly chosen members, who must wear their mortarboards the following day, everywhere they go. The purpose of the society is to serve the campus by performing certain activities. The group has worked in the Student-Faculty Lounge, aided the local chapter of the League of Women Voters, raised money for books to complete the Alice Crocker Lloyd Drama Collection in the League Library and has helped to sponsor SL movies. In addition, the Mortarboard's members raise money for a $100 scholarship fund to be awarded to an outstanding junior woman. Their pin is a black and gold mortarboard. Senior Society The Senior Society is a local honorary for independent women. The new members are selected as examples of those who have shown leadership ability, participated in r1 i _ THE WORLD'S FINEST SPORTSWEAR AT THE TN SHOPPE MlRIL o\C N P TAC LN LADY /MANHATTAN OP NS R P MPNN Try FOLLETT'S First USED BOOKS cat BARGAIN PRICES STATE STREET at NORTH UNIVERSITY AJ ~-- Welcome to "MICHIGAN" and to BALFOUR'S .. . Our store is located conveniently for your shop- ping pleasure, and we invite your visits often. s Official Jewelers and Suppliers of all major Social, Honorary and Professional Fraternities and Sororities at Michigan. Large selection of Michigan Seal Jewelry, Gifts and Novelties always available. Traditional Michigan Seal Beer Mugs, Glasses, lnd Keys and Pins. Designers, and manufacturers of the Official Michigan Rings. 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Scroll Another local honorary for sen- ior women is Scroll, a local society for affiliated coeds, who are tapped on the basis of leadership, charac- ter and service. The new members must bike through the campus, wearing black robes. As each new member is tapped, she receives a cardboard scroll which she must wear around her neck the following day. At the initiation at the League, the members receive a necklace with a small gold scroll on it. This organization raises money from the sale of "Michigan Alum- nus" magazines and the Scroll Jazz concerts in order to finance a $100 scholarship for. an affiliated junior woman. Michigamua There are several honorary so- cieties which pay tribute to the outstanding men of Michigan. One of the very highest and most select is the honorary for senior men, Michigamua. This society was written up in the June 7, 1954 issue of Life mag- azine which described the tapping and initiation ritual. Covered with war paint and ea- gle feathers, the Michigamuans dragged the new members out of bed, dumped them on the lawn, stripped them, 'doused them with beer by the light of kerosene fires, where the candidates were ad- jured to "beaum, damn humble" and left with a birchbark of in- structions. After that the candidates had to go through several days of initia- tion procedures. The Michigamu- ans get together once a week to discuss campus problems. Druids The Druids, another men's hon- orary, honors senior men who are outstanding in various campus activities. The new members are chosen from the senior class or from members of the junior class who will be seniors the following fall. The tapping begins at night when the older members quietly spirit out th'e prospective members and take them to a secret place wheredcertain rituais are per- formed. The following day on the Diag- onal, the new Druids perform cer- tain public demonstrations to symbolize their loyalty to the so- ciety. The ceremony terminates around the Druid rock near the site of the old Haven Hall. Several days later, a banquet and secret initiation are held for new members. The men receive a Druid pin of a sickle and a serpent at the initiation ceremony. The Druids have worked togeth- er to sponsor parties at the Michi- gan Children's Institute. Sphiny The honorary which recognizes outstanding J u n 1o r men is Sphinx. This honorary acquired the name Sphinx from the great Egyptian monument of that name. It signifies the qualities of *isdom and silence which the Sphinx em- bodies. The traditional tapping cere- mony is held on the lawn of the new member's residence the night he is tapped. On that night, the candidates are dragged out of bed, carried outside, drenched with water while the Pharoah reads a proclamation concerning the rit- ual of the River Nile. The following day the candi- dates perform a demonstration in front of the library in which they must publicly "swim the Nile." Later a formal initiation is held which is followed by a banquet. The new members are then pre- sented with a gold pin on which there is a sphinx head. Sphinx holds meetings every two weeks in order to bring the men together and to provide time to discuss problems. This society has held parties at the University Hos- pital. They have also worked.on the J-Hop and on other campus activities. Vulcans There are two societies which honor outstanding men in the En- gineering School. The Vulcans honor the senior men and the Tri- angles honor the outstanding jun- ior men. These honoraries tap their new candidates, and hold in- formal and formal initiations ac- cording to the traditions of their society. Triangles For example, the new members of the Triangles are blindfolded and driven away from the campus. Then they are. left to walk back to campus. The purpose of this is to enable the new members to become better acquainted with each other Each society has its own pin which all the new members re- ceive. The members are chosen on the basis of activities anh on an acceptable scholastic average. The main purposes of these two honoraries are to perform services and to,promote the interest of the University and the Engineering School. These are just a few of the honoraries which serve to recog- nize the earnest efforts of the stu- dents of the University. Amerian Friend Program To Aid Foreign Students The International Committee of the League in association with As- sembly and Panhellenic Associa- tions hasundertaken this past year an "American Friend" program to help new coeds from foreign coun- tries, who are coming to the cam- pus this fall, feel at home. American students who are in- terested in helping foreign coeds receive the names and addresses of all new foreign women attending the University. 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