WOMEN'S SUPPLEMENT N . .g r r: tp£3 _ r . + 3 L C c , y x x Daty WOMEN'S SUPPLEMENT ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 22, 1951 0 Incoming Women To Start Orientation Program; Sept AUTOMATIC MEMBERSHIP: Coed Government, Activities Center in League Building 'Week-Long Program To Introduce Freshmen, Transfer Students to Social, Academic Life Newcomers Will Go to Receptions, Teas, Assemblies, Coke Dates; Many Buildings To Be Visited on Extended Tours Around Campus S w' Carge Building Offers Numerous Facilities Every woman student upon en- rollment at the University becomes a member of the League, which means that all the League facili- ties are open to her. Besides housing the alumnae and student offices, which form the coordinating center for wo- men's activities on campus, the League building is important to coeds for a number of other rea- sons. THE CAFETERIA on the first floor is a favorite place not only for regular meals but also for after-class snacks. The Round-Up Room in the basement is also a favorite snack center. The Rumpus Room, also in the basement, is equipped with ping-pong tables, a juke-box and a television set. A quiet place to study or to browse through a variety of books and magazines is provided by the library on the third floor. The li- brary is well stocked with reading material and is entirely student- supported. THE CHAPEL, located on the first floor, frequently provides an impressive setting for student mar- riages, initiations, religious meet- ings and pledging ceremonies. Less formal meetings may be held in any one of the League's several meeting rooms, while a special room is reserved on the third floor for committees pre- paring publicity and decorations for coed activities. Sleeping rooms for League mem- bers and their guests are available on the fourth floor. Reservations for these are made at the main' desk in the lobby. * * * IT IS THE main desk also that gives out general information on (Continued on Page 8) BigSisters To Give Aid o Freshmen One of the first friends a new coed makes at the University is her "friend in need," her Big Sis- ter, The Big Sister will orient her little sister to college life and later help solve any scholastic worries or social problems that she may have. These "old timers" are able to explain to bewildered freshmen how classes are conducted and the grade point system and can also give hints on how to study. * * * IT WILL BE the duty of the Big Sister to make certain that her little sister understands the cam- pus and dormitory rules of conduct. This includes explaining such things as the system of quiet hours in the dormitories and the ques- tion of keeping hours. Besides being available for ad- vice, Big Sisters are always ready for "gab" sessions in the dormi- tories and coke hours in campus "hangouts." Many of the dormitories plan special big and little sister parties. Big Sisters also escort their little sisters to special events such as Fortnight. * * * THUS, THEY ARE available at all times to help new coeds in v every possible way. The Big Sister plan has been in operation for two years. It was first inaugurated by Assem- bly, the Association of Indepen- dent Women, to insure that all incoming coeds would have some- one to confide in, someone to make them feel more at home. Each dormitory has a big sister chairman who has charge of mat- ching old residents with newcom- ers. All big sisters form a commit- tee working under her. A big sis- ter will have no more than three little sisters and, in most of the dormitories, she usually has only Council Coordinates Coed Organizations Catherine Sotir, as president of the Women's League, is also chair- man of the League Council. The Council, which meets once a week, is the governing body and the supervising and co-ordinating board of the League. Every woman student on cam- pus is a member of the League. THE COUNCIL is composed of the executive board, the adminis- trative committees' chairmen, and the chairmen of associated organi- zations of the League. In order to aid all students, men as well as women, the Council developed and put into practice many new ideas last year. One of the first projects to be carried out was the revising of the League Lowdown, an infor- mative booklet about the League and its function, in order to make it larger, more attractive and easy to understand. ANOTHER original idea of the Council's was to have faculty par- ticipation in Gulantics, annual campus variety show. Two summers ago the Council developed the League Travel Bureau to aid students with their travel plans for tours both in this country and abroad. Another recent project was the Defense Council. This Council will operate in conjunction with the Red Cross in providing an enter- tainment committee which will send volunteer student entertain- ment to nearby veteran hospitals. * * * ALSO,, as a means to aid the Red Cross, under the Defense Council will be home nursing class- es, motor services, first aid classes and a committee for blood dona- tions for military use overseas. The new idea for opening League dance classes to couples was another project of the Council. In striving for more co-opera- tion with the Men's Union, the Union-League mid-week enter- tainment program was originated and continued throughout last semester. s * " FOR THE first time the Council sent junior, instead of senior, women as representatives to con- ventions. This was done so that the women who attended the var- ious conventions could contribute their ideas and experiences to the League during their senior year. (Continued on Page 8) Freshmen and transfer women will begin one of the most active weeks of their college careers at 8 a.m. Monday, Sept. 17. In the process of becoming oriented to the campus, they will go through everything from phy- sical examinations to coke dates and style shows. A PREVIEW of University life will be presented to the new wo- men by means of a carefully planned orientation program car- ried out by undergraduate women in cooperation with the Univer- sity. Barbara Johnson, orientation chairman of the League, will be assisted by Janice Gerholtz, so- cial chairman for orientation week, and Ann Gilbert, secre- tary. Miss Johnson will help super- vise the work of the group lead- ers, coeds who will be the first and most personal direct contact of newcomers to campus life. * * * GROUP LEADERS will not be connected directly with the aca- demic aspect of the University. They will be responsible for ac- quainting new women with the geography of the campus setup, and for introducing them to cus- toms and activities at Michigan. They will also guide fresh- men and transfers through the necessary preliminaries toi the coming term. This will include the physical examinations, ap- titude tests, registration for classes, and many other events, A mass meeting for freshmen women is scheduled for 8 a.m. Sept. 17 in Waterman Gymna- sium. Freshmen will meet their group leaders, obtain all necessary registration materials and sched- ules for the week, and receive general instructions. MISS JOHNSON will conduct the meetings. Ivan W. Parker, director of orientation for the University, and Miss Ethel A. Mc- Cormick, social director of the Women's League, will be among the speakers. A style show to introduce new women to the activities of the Women's Athletic Associa- tion and its sport clubs, will take place at 4 p.m. Monday in Rackham Lecture Hall. Freshmen men and women will congregate at 7:15 p.m. that same evening in Hill Auditorium for a general assembly. Transfer stu- dents will assemble at 8:15 in Rackham Lecture Hall. AN INFORMAL presentation of new students to Harlan H. Hatch- er, new president of the Univer- sity, will take place from 3 to 5:30 p.m. Tuesday in the League. GROUP UNITED: All-Campus Events Sponsored By Assembly, Panhellenic Independents ... Affiliates House meetings for all wo- men living in dormitories and league houses have been planned for 6:45 Tuesday, Sept. 19. The Ann Arbor Girls Club has scheduled a meeting for all wo- men living in private homes at 7:30 p.m. in the League. SQUARE DANCING out in the open in the parking lot between the Chemistry and Natural Sci- ence Buildings at 8 p.m. Tuesday will entertain transfer students especially, but anyone else inter- ested in joining the festivities is welcome. The dancing will be sponsored by the square dancing club of the Women's Athletic As- sociation. Wednesday evening will be taken up with welcoming pro- grams by the individual schools and colleges. Literary, educa- tion, music, public health, bus- iness administration, architee- ture and design and pharmacy schools are planning programs for their respective incoming students. Assembly Association for inde- pendent coeds and Panhellenic for sorority women will hold a joint informal rleeting Thursday Sept. 21 in the League library. The meeting is optional. Incom. ing women will be given an in- troduction to the functions of each group. * * LEAGUE COUNCIL, one of the governing bodies of the Women's League, will present a series, of skits at 7:30 p.m. Thursday ' for freshmen women. Beside provid- ing entertainment, the program will give information a bout League activities. Skits will include acts from last year's Junior Girl's- play, Sophomore Cabaret and Frosh Weekend. Freshmen women will draw to determine which of the Frosh Weekend teams they will be supporting; the Maize or the Blue. Friday evening will be reserved for programs by individual church groups. New students will be en- tertained with suppers, dancing and other activities. THE STUDENT Religious As- sociation will hold a party at 8 p.m. Saturday in Lane Hall. All new students are invited. Individual orientation groups will plan events during free time depending on their preferences. These may include general2 i s of the campus or University build- ings and coke dates' with the men's groups. Visits may also be made to view the student loan print collection. The International Center, too, has issued an invitation to new stu- dents to go over and become ac- quainted with the facilities of the center. 'WHERE GOOD FRIENDS GATHER'-The front entrance of the Women's League swings open continuously as men and women pass in and out. Cbeds are attending committee meetings or other League doings, or maybe dropping in for a quick coke to talk over the last hour's lecture with class- mates. sC I'a S1 iLoans Available Man Coeds; pp I- sc Mae at Dean of Women's Office Every incoming freshman wo- man, transfer student and woman living in a League house, private home and dormitory is a member of Assembly- Association for in- dependent women. At weekly meetings of presidents and representatives from every or- ganized independent house on Undergraduate and graduate fered by Regents of the Univer- women in need of fiancial assis- city, alumni, the various schools tance.will find a score of available and colleges, sororities and fra- scholarships and loans on hand ternities, and industries, or are for application. taken from bequests and memor- All scholarship applications can ial fur;. be made at the Office of the Dean of Women or at the Scholarship Academic ability, character Division, Office of Student Affairs and need serve as bases for in the Administration Building. A awarding most of the stipends, booklet, "University Scholarships, which range from $50 a semes- Fellowships and Prizes," is also ter to as much as $2,000 or $3,000 available to those who are inter- a year on research fellowships. ested. Many students, who are resi- THE SCHOLARS dents of Michigan, are eligible for SHIPS are of- H e g e n t s - Alumni scholarships, MAIZE AND BLUE BATTLE: Trosh Weekenl' Becoles Tr aitiona I eT "Go blue"-"Go maize"-fresh- men women will carry these foot- ball yells through into the spring semester as they support their re- spective teams in the presentation of Frosh Weekend. Frosh Weekend originated in '48 and has since become an establish- d campus vnt ranking with the annual Senior Night festivities, the junior production of JGP and the sophomore presentation, Soph Cab. ALL FRESHMEN women are divided into two teams, the Maize and the Blue. Each team plans and presents a dance in the allotted weekend. Skits and publicity stunts are presented by the coeds for weeks in advance of the dances. "Maize" and "Blue" days are us- ed to prove to the campus that their dance will be the best. The dances are judged on the basis of decorations, floorshow, publicity, program designs, ticket sales, scholarship and dues collect- ed. FOLLOWING THE dances, the name of the winning team, along * * * * * * with their class, is announced and engraved upon a plaque which re- mains in the League Undergrad- uate Office. Last year the Maize Team re- ceived the honors for the first time since the rivalry began. Blue teams had proved to be winners the previous two sea- sons. "Deuces Wild" was the theme of the victorious Blue Team of '52. Cards and card games were de- picted by the decorations and pro- grams while the floorshow was a take-off on the annual male pre- sentation of Union Opera. DAVY JONES' locker provided the focal point for decorations and floorshow in the Maize Team pre- sentation of "Commotion in the Ocean." The Blue Team of the class of '53 took . top honors the next season with their theme, "Watch the Birdie." The photography motif was carried through into the floorshow which consisted of three still-life scenes that be- came animated to depict life in Ann Arbor-the last scene was appropriately entitled "Rain." The "good old days" when Ru- dolph Valentino was the rage was which pay tuition for one year and are renewable for three addition- al years. Other alumni clubs of- fer aid to persons from their towns and areas. SPECIAL scholarships are avail- able in the various schools and colleges of the University to stu- dents in specified fields. Women students are eligible for numerous general scholar- ships. Alumnae Council Educa- tional awards of $200 each are granted to undergraduate wo- men in residence halls. Helen Newberry offers scholar- ships to women living in or eli- gible to live in the residence if awarded the scholarship. A 2.5 average must have been made by the applicant the semester before application is made. Contribution to the house in citizenship is also judged. SCHOLARSHIPS are offered in Betsy Barbour House similar to those in Newberry. Junior and senior womenex- celling in scholarship and acti- vities are eligible to obtain one of the Ethel A. McCormick scho- larships. Character and need are also judged. Three awards of $100 each are made annually. Thirteen stipends, awarding $200 each, are available to women living in Stockwell, Mosher, Jor- dan, Henderson, Alice Lloyd Hall and Couzens Hall. Delta Delta Delta sorority last year awarded two scholarships, one to an affiliated woman and one to an independent woman. Notice as to 'when application can be made for many of these awards will be found in the Daily Official Bulletin. Women's Staff Seeks Tryouts IN ADDITION to this function, Assembly also sponsors several ac- tivities and projects that keep its officers and independent women busy. A recently inaugurated pro- gram that is designed to aid the incoming freshmen and transfer students is the Big Sister pro- gram. Through a scheme of as- signing a, big sister to each in- coming woman, Assembly hoped to make her orientation into col- lege life easier and quicker. Another of Assembly's biggest projects is the annual A-Hop that is sponsored by independent wo- men in conjunction with AIM, the association for independent men. Proceeds from the dance are con- tributed to a charity by the two groups. LAST YEAR'S dance was en- titled "Moon Midst" where couples were transported to the "moon" for the evening. Among decora- tions including a rocket ship and a setting of the mountains on the moon, couples danced to the mu- sic of two bands in the League Ballroom. The informal dance that was held in the fall during a foot- ball weekend, was sponsored by AIM and Assembly for the third consecutive year. Also held during the fall is the Assembly Fortnight, which now combines three celebrations that were formerly held during a two- week period. Included in the one evening's programs is the installa- tion of house presidents, recogni- tion of outstanding women and houses on campus and the fort- night skits. THE THEME for last fall's fort- night was "The Eyes Have It." Placed about the auditorium for the evenings entertainment were huge eyes which were focused up- on independent women. A major campus, ties, and cussed. announcements, activi- house problems are dis- * * * FRIEND AND ADVISOR: Dean Bacon To Begin Second Year as U' Women's Guide Although Miss Deborah Bacon, Dean of Women, has been on campus for only a year, she has become a welcome advisor and friend to all her students. Dean Bacon began her admin- istrative duties last fall, following doctoral dissertation at Columbia University last summer before commng to the University. Dean Bacon has also had many years of professional experience in nursing and public health, in- cluding three years in the Army Nurse Corps with an evacuation hospital attached to General Pat- ton's Third Army. She attended St. Timothy's School in Baltimore, Md., and en- tered nurses' training at Bellevue Hospital, in New York, in 1930. In 1936-37, she went to Fort Yu- kon, Alaska, with an Episcopal missionary hospital. Returning to the United States the following year, she enrolled as a student at New York Univer- sity and in 1941 received the de- gree of bachelor of science in edu- cation (public health). She spent 1941-42 in Oneida, Ky., as super- One of the most active organiza- tions on campus is the Panhellenic Association which serves as the representative body for the 20 so- rorities at the University. Approximately 1,000 campus women are members of sororities. * * * PANHELLENIC Association acts as a coordinating and integrating unit between sororities, University officials and other student organ- izations such as the Women's Lea- gue and Assembly Association. Among the many functions on campus sponsored by Panhel- lenic are the Panhellenic Work- shop, the Panhellenic Variety Show and Panhellenic Ball. For the freshmen women Pan- hellenic and Assembly combine to put on Frosh Week-End in the Spring so that the freshmen on campus can become acquainted with one another and the Women's League activities in general. - * * * . THE MAIN BODY of Panhel- lenic is the Panhellenic Board which consists of eight members. These girls help to promote a (Continued on Page 8) nm EM 1, Mix.-