THE NUNTIUS Official Publication of Eta Sigma Pki, Inc., National Honorary Classical Fraternity Volume 25 NOVEMBER 15, 1Q50 Silver Anniversary Volume Number 1 National President Maurice Contor CONTOR STRESSES GROWTH OF CONVENTION ATTENDANCE IN ANNUAL LETTER The following is the text of the annual letter from the National President of Eta Sigma Phi: "To the Members of Eta Sigma Phi: "I should like to extend to all of you my greet- ings at the beginning of a new year of scholarship- -one filled, I trust, with all life's blessings for you and for our Fraternity. "Much has been accomplished in the short years since Eta Sigma Phi was reorganized. The presence of representatives of sixteen of our thirty- eight listed Chapters at the last Convention was in itself a token of the strength of our union. But a perfect attendance of all of the old Chapters, as well as those admitted last April, is still a goal worth striving for,-only by such close contact can we gain the full fruits of our Fraternity. It might be well, I believe, to reconsider the regulations governing Convention attendance in order to gain this good. "The strengthening of our financial condition in the coming year is also to be desired. Some study was given this problem at the Nashville Meeting, and attempts were made to provide more funds. In view of increased costs, especially of the publications which help to bind us together, it may be well to increase our national dues and ini- tiation fees, as well as to gain new sources of re- REACTIVATED TAU CHAPTER TO BE HOST AT TWENTY-THIRD NATIONAL CONVENTION Tau Chapter at the University of Kentucky, in Lexington, as was announced in The Nuntius of May 15, 1950, is to be host at the Twenty-third National Convention of Eta Sigma Phi. This event is set for April 6 and 7,1951, and efforts have already begun to make the gathering even more impressive and representative than the highly successful meeting .at Nashville in the year just passed. Article X of the National Constitution of the Fraternity, dealing with "Local Chapters", has the following provision under Section 6: "Chapters which have had no representatives at six successive National Conven- tions shall be dropped from the Chapter roll and their charter revoked". Thus far, however, the enforcement of the section has been tempered be- cause of the stress of reorganization. venue. A stronger treasury will, I feel, enable us to expand materially our 'small role in enlarging an appreciation of the great classical tradition'. "I hope, too, that each Chapter will take a re- newed interest in its alumni in the coming year. A card, letter, or published announcement can do much to recall them to our fellowship and to re- vive their interest in our aims and activities. "I sincerely hope each of you will feel free to communicate with me or the other national off icers on any subject you think of interest to Eta Sigma Phi. Any suggestions you make will be appreciat- ed; any aid we can give will be freely given. We, as your officers, are also your servants. Our future lies in our common labors. "Fraternally yours, MAURICE D. CONTOR" National Secretary Lynn Shields
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T H E N U N T I U SOfficial Publication of Eta Sigma Pki, Inc., National Honorary Classical Fraternity
Volume 25 NOVEMBER 15, 1Q50
Silver Anniversary Volume
Number 1
National President Maurice Contor
CONTOR STRESSES GROWTH OF CONVENTIONATTENDANCE IN ANNUAL LETTER
The following is the text of the annual letterfrom the National President of Eta Sigma Phi:
"To the Members of Eta Sigma Phi:
"I should like to extend to all of you my greet-ings at the beginning of a new year of scholarship--one filled, I trust, with all life's blessings for youand for our Fraternity.
"Much has been accomplished in the shortyears since Eta Sigma Phi was reorganized. Thepresence of representatives of sixteen of our thirty-eight listed Chapters at the last Convention was initself a token of the strength of our union. But aperfect attendance of all of the old Chapters, as wellas those admitted last April, is still a goal worthstriving for,-only by such close contact can we gainthe full fruits of our Fraternity. It might be well,I believe, to reconsider the regulations governingConvention attendance in order to gain this good.
"The strengthening of our financial conditionin the coming year is also to be desired. Somestudy was given this problem at the NashvilleMeeting, and attempts were made to provide morefunds. In view of increased costs, especially ofthe publications which help to bind us together, itmay be well to increase our national dues and ini-tiation fees, as well as to gain new sources of re-
REACTIVATED TAU CHAPTER TO BE HOST ATTWENTY-THIRD NATIONAL CONVENTION
Tau Chapter at the University of Kentucky, inLexington, as was announced in The Nuntius of May15, 1950, is to be host at the Twenty-third NationalConvention of Eta Sigma Phi. This event is set forApril 6 and 7,1951, and efforts have already begunto make the gathering even more impressive andrepresentative than the highly successful meeting.at Nashville in the year just passed. Article X ofthe National Constitution of the Fraternity, dealingwith "Local Chapters", has the following provisionunder Section 6: "Chapters which have had norepresentatives at six successive National Conven-tions shall be dropped from the Chapter roll andtheir charter revoked". Thus far, however, theenforcement of the section has been tempered be-cause of the stress of reorganization.
venue. A stronger treasury will, I feel, enable usto expand materially our 'small role in enlargingan appreciation of the great classical tradition'.
"I hope, too, that each Chapter will take a re-newed interest in its alumni in the coming year. Acard, letter, or published announcement can domuch to recall them to our fellowship and to re-vive their interest in our aims and activities.
"I sincerely hope each of you will feel free tocommunicate with me or the other national off icerson any subject you think of interest to Eta SigmaPhi. Any suggestions you make will be appreciat-ed; any aid we can give will be freely given. We,as your officers, are also your servants. Ourfuture lies in our common labors.
"Fraternally yours,MAURICE D. CONTOR"
National Secretary Lynn Shields
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NATIONAL PRESIDENT CONTOR PLANNINGTO ENTER LAW OR BUSINESS
LYNN SHIELDS, NATIONAL SECRETARYLOOKING AHEAD TO TEACHING
Following a practice begun last year, TheNuntius is planning again a series of photographsand "interviews" with persons prominent in Fra-ternity activities. The National President, MauriceDavid Contor, has his official letter to the mem-bership and his photograph elsewhere in this issue.He became well known to the membership of EtaSigma Phi in April, 1950, when he took an activepart in the Twenty-second National Convention,held at Vanderbilt University, where he is astudent.
Contor was born in Chattanooga, Tennessee,on Christmas Day, 1925, the son of Isaac and ElsieDicker Contor. He attended Greeta Wort GradeSchool, in Chattanooga, and was graduated in 1941.For secondary studies, he enrolled at the McCallieSchool, also in Chattanooga, completing his coursein 1947. In September of the same year he ma-triculated at Vanderbilt University, where in hispresent senior year he is majoring in businessadministration, with a minor in psychology, in thepre-legal curriculum.
His activities are numerous. He is a Sergeant,Headquarters Thirtieth Infantry Division, Ten-nessee National Guard. He is also managing editorof the Masquerader, the humor magazine; featureeditor for the third year of the campus newspaper,the Hustler; president, Theta Mu Chapter of AlphaPhi Omega, national service fraternity; statechair-man, college council for the United Nations; and amember and former officer of various other camp-us organizations, including Psi chapter of EtaSigma Phi, of which he is a past Vice-President.
His hobbies are fishing and hunting. He plansto make the Twenty-third National Convention ofthe Fraternity a record in attendance and achieve-ment.
"After graduation", says National SecretaryMarilyn Ruth Shields, "I plan to teach Latin or Eng-lish in high school some place, preferably a smalltown in Ohio". During summers she hopes to takeelementary education work at Flora Stone MatherCollege in Cleveland, then go to Europe as an ex-change teacher, and "someplace along the line",she says, "I would like to get my Master's degree".
This may look rather ambitious, but Lynn'slife has been an active one. She was born in Cleve-land, Ohio, in 1929. Her father is David G. Shields,and her mother Wilhemina Elizabeth Nau Shields.She was graduated from Caledonia ElementarySchool, Cleveland Heights, in 1941, and fromHeights High School in 1947. She is now a seniorat Denison University. Her major subject isLatin, and she is qualifying for a teacher's certi-ficate in Latin, English, and Spanish. She is writ-ing, as an honors project in her major subject, ahandbook for Latin clubs in high school.
Lynn has been very active in campus life.She is President of Zeta Chapter, Eta Sigma Phi,vice-president of Chi Omega social fraternity, anda past junior adviser cooperating with the Dean ofWomen in work with freshmen. She is a memberof Phi Society, the Spanish honorary group SigmaDelta Pi, and the Y.W.C.A.
During high school days Lynn took part in anessay contest sponsored by the Ohio ClassicalConference in 1945, winning a twenty-five dollarprize for herself, and receiving the HildesheimVase for her school for a year. Her main hobbyat present is art, and she is also fond of collectingpoems and quotations.
CHARTER MEMBER PROFESSORCLYDE MURLEY RECEIVES NEW HONORS
FROM CAMWS
ANN BLOCKER FLEMING NOW IN GRADUATESTUDIES AT NORTH CAROLINA
The winner of the Delcamp Greek ScholarshipAward of The Classical Association of the MiddleWest and South in 1950, Ann Blocker Fleming, isnow pursuing graduate work for a Master's degreewith a major in Greek at the University of NorthCarolina. She is a graduate of Birmingham-South-ern College, Birmingham, Alabama, where she wasactive in Pi Chapter of Eta Sigma Phi. In a letterof September 30, she writes that her courses arein Herodotus, Aeschylus, and Horace.
Professor Clyde Murley of Northwestern Uni-versity, whose association with Eta Sigma Phigoes back to the days of its foundation, was honoredlast year by The Classical Association of the Mid-dle WestandSouth in being appointed to the editor-ship of The Classical Journal, to succeed ProfessorNorman J. DeWitt of the University of Minnesota,who had served as editor for five years. ProfessorMurley will remain Chairman of the Association'sCommittee on Latin Week. For this annual eventhe will again write the Latin Week Bulletin, makingit a detachable part of a regular number of TheClassical Journal.
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Double Winner Janice John
WINNER OF TWO FIRSTS IN 1950 ETA SIGMAPHI CONTEST PLANS GRADUATE WORK
When the votes, duly confidential and cast forpersons known by code designations only, came tothe Executive Secretary's office for the 1950Special Greek Translation Contest and the FifthAnnual Essay Contest, one name made a veryprominent appearance in both events. That was thename of Janice John, then a junior at Trinity Col-lege, Washington, D.C., who tied with BernardRichard Gunstra of Houghton College for first placein the translation event and carried first honorsalone in the Essay Contest. By the announcedterms, she received fifty dollars as the first prizein each contest, with a bonus of fifty dollars fromthe translation event because of placing in bothtrials.
This year Janice is back at Trinity as a senior.She is not quite a native of Washington, though shehas been living there for a number of years, sinceshe was born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1930. Herparents are James E.and Helen McAlear John, andshe is the eldest of five children. In Washington,she attended Saint Gabriel's Grade School, andafterwards Holy Cross Academy. At the latterinstitution she was co-editor of the high schoolpaper and co-founder of the Latin Club.
She won a Pepsi-Cola Scholarship which sheis using at Trinity College, where she is pursuinga course with a major in English and minors inGreek, Latin, and philosophy. She is at present amanaging editor of The Trinity College Record, aliterary quarterly. During the summers she hasbeen doing clerical work in the office of the Secre-tary General of The Catholic University of Ameri-ca.
Her leisure hobbies are walking, rowing, cycl-ing, and community singing. She hopes to continueher program of studies for a graduate degree aftercompleting her work at Trinity College this comingJune.
TWO NATIONAL CONTESTS AND A POSSIBLETHIRD PLANNED BY ETA SIGMA PHI THIS YEAR
Eta Sigma Phi will sponsor on a national scaleduring 1950-1951 a Sixth Annual Essay Contest anda Special Greek Translation Contest, with prizesagain supplied through the generosity of the Anony-mous Donor who has provided for these events forthe past several years. In consideration, too, isthe "Satterfield Original Version Contest", pro-posed by Dr. Val B. Satterfield, well known SaintLouis psychiatrist, which would offer a passage ofLatin as yet untranslated into English for effort bycollege undergraduates.
Sixth Annual Essay Contest
The Essay Contest will be open this year toundergraduates pursuing a course in Greek or Latinat an approved American college or university.Papers must be original, typed, and limited to amaximum of 2,250 words. They must be submitteddirectly to the Executive Secretary, with a post-mark not later than March 15, 1951. A board ofjudges will be appointed, and the carrying out ofthe Contest in full will be dependent on the submis-sion of a minimum of fifteen entries from fifteendifferent institutions.
Prizes will be as follows: first, $50.00;second, $35.00; third, $25.00; fourth, $17.50;fifth, $12.50; sixth, $10.00.
The topie will be: "Democratic Ideals inPericles' Funeral Oration (Thucydides 2.34-46)".
Special Greek Translation Contest
This Contest involving sight translation of apassage of Greek will be open to undergraduatesenrolled in a course in Greek in an approved Amer-ican college or university. The passage will besuitable for a student in the second year of thelanguage or beyond. It will be held in all partici-pating schools for two hours on March 15, 1951,for two hours. A carrying out of the full terms ofthe Contest will be dependent upon a due numberof entrants. Notification of a desire to take partmust be sent in writing, not later than March 1,1951, to the Executive Secretary.
Prizes will be offered in the same way as forthe Essay Contest, save that a person placing inboth Contests will receive a third award equal inamount to his prize in the Translation Contest.Full details of the Contests will be announced byletter.
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T H E N U N T I U SVolume 25 November 15, 1950 Number 1
Published four times during the academic year: November 15, January 15,March 15,and May 15. Sent without charge to all active members of EtaSigma Phi, for each year in which dues are paid. Price to others: $1.50per year. All communications regarding publication or business shouldbe addressed to The Editor: William C. Korfmacher, Saint Louis Univer-sity, 3650 Lindell Boulevard, Saint Louis 8, Missouri.
Official Publication of Eta Sigma Phi, National Honorary Classical Fra-ternity. Founded in 1914, Nationalized in 1924, Incorporated under theLaws of the State of Illinois, June 20, 1927.
OFFICERSMaurice Contor—Vanderbilt University,
Nashville, Tennessee National President
Theodore Pappas—University of South Dakota,Vermillion, South Dakota... .National Vice-president
Matityn Shields—Denison University,Granvitle, Ohio National Secretary
Dolores Neff—Ohio UniversityAthens, Ohio National Treasurer
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Professor Victor D. Hill (1952), Ohio University, Athens, Ohio, Chairman
Professor Grace L. Beede (1953)University of South Dakota, Vermillion, South Dakota
Professor Lillian B. Lawler (1952)Hunter College, New York 21, New York
Professor H. Lloyd Stow (1951)University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma
Professor William H. Willis (1953)University of Mississippi, University, Mississippi
HONORARY PRESIDENT
Professor Gertrude SmithUniversity of Chicago, Chicago 37, Illinois
EXECUTIVE SECRETARY
Professor William C. KorfmacherSaint Louis University, Saint Louis 8, Missouri
ANOTHER ANNIVERSARY
During 1949-1950, the four numbers of TheNuntius carried as a slogan for the year, at thetop of the front page, "Growth and ExpansionYear". Events during the period, happily, justi-fied to a satisfying degree the motto. There wasgrowth, and there was expansion.
During the year now well inaugurated, thereis a new slogan, calling attention to the fact thatthis is the Silver or Twenty-fifth Anniversary vol-ume of The Nuntius. It has been a varied and fre-quently changing quarter century of publication,indeed, from the four-page, mimeographed firstnumber of the first volume, carefully bound in flex-ible purple cardboard, with a gold-imprinted "EtaSigma Phi", to the publication as we have it today.The first number was edited by Marjorie Cooperof the University of Chicago, was to appear fourtimes a year for a subscription price of fifty cents,and had its office on University Avenue within thebounds of the University of Chicago. Each chapterwas requested to appoint its own reporter.
The first page listed a "roll-call of chapters"numbering nine in all, with three additional onesset down as "not yet installed". Nine of thesetwelve are at present active: Beta, Gamma, Delta,Epsilon, Zeta, Eta, Theta, Kappa, and Lambda.
T H E N U N T I U S
The successive history of The Nuntius--which,incidentally, always kept its name unchanged, un-like many more enterprising publications, bothprofessional and general--was one of triumphs andretreats, of bulk and thinness, of regularity andintermittence. The Nuntius has appeared in printed,mimeographed, and planographed form. Its sizehas varied greatly, as have its dimensions. Itseditors have been many. Its contents have been in-terestingly diverse.
Sometimes a single number has consittuted avolume. The last publication to appear before thepresent editorship was, seemingly, that by Mr.Kinchen W. Exum, then of the McCallie School, inChattanooga, Tennessee. This was a neatly printed,sixteen-page booklet, about nine inches by six andone-quarter, marked as volume 20, number 1, inMay, 1946.
Nothing further appeared until the presenteditor's "Special Reactivation Number", datedAugust, 1947. It was subsequently decided to callthis number"volume 21". Since that time, the nowfamiliar eight-page, four-issues-a-year, magazinehas been appearing.
In this anniversary period, thanks, surely,must go to all those who have carried The Nuntiusthrough a quarter century and have given to us to-day their experience and the fine heritage of theirachievement. The Nuntius is the official organ ofEta Sigma Phi as a national organization. For thebest realization of its purpose, it must rely withincreasing urgency upon the genuine interest andhelp of all the chapters. May this anniversaryyear see a continuance and a growth in that neededcooperation!
A SALUTE TO THE RETURNED AND THE NEW
The back cover oi the present issue of TheNuntius lists forty-three "currently active chap-ters". Missing from last year's list is Alpha Kappa,at the University of Illinois, which has temporarilybecome inactive. On the credit side is Beta Chap-ter at Northwestern University, which throughfaculty effort and the able work of Miss FlorenceSachtscnale was reactivated last spring. Listed forthe first time, as new chapters, approved by actionof the Twenty-second National Convention are: BetaXi, Rosary College, River Forest, Illinois; BetaOmicron, Mount Mary College, Milwaukee, Wiscon-sin; Beta Pi, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville;and Beta Rho, Duke University, Durham, NorthCarolina; Beta Sigma, Marquette University, Mil-waukee, Wisconsin.
To all of these—and to certain additionalchapters yet to be installed--a hearty and an en-thusiastic welcome. May they find stimulation andhelp from their affiliation with Eta Sigma Phi, andmay they in turn contribute fully their initiative,their freshness of outlook, their drive, and theirfraternal zeal, that the spirit of earnest endeavor,good will, and friendship may pervade the body ofEta Sigma Phi and bind us all together.
T H E N U N T I U S
FEDERAL JUDGE HAROLD R_. MEDINA WRITESAN APPRAISAL OF CLASSICAL STUDIES
At the suggestion of Mr. Jack Alexander, ofThe Saturday Evening Post, the Editor of TheNuntius instituted correspondence with The Honor-able Harold R. Medina, Judge of the United StatesDistrict Court, New York City, with regard to theworth of classical studies. Judge Medina, in thenow celebrated American trial of the eleven com-munists, has of late added immeasurably to hisalready distinguished record among this country'sjurists.
Classics as a Hobby
Over a period of many years, Judge Medinahas continued his classical readings as a hobby.He has recently been made acquainted with TheNuntius, and has expressed appreciation at beingon the list of those to whom the publication comes.On being invited to do so, he has sent in the fol-lowing endorsement of classical studies, with theword that, if it "is the sort of thing you wish, youmay publish it with my blessing".
Judge Medina's Statement
"As a young man the study of the ancient clas-sics was what was then regarded as an indispen-sable part of the formal studies leading to theBachelor of Arts Degree. As is doubtless the casewith many others, I have but a dim recollection ofmost of the books I read. But a junior course inlyric poetry of the Augustan Age took hold; withthe result that, after the first ten or fifteen yearsof ceaseless labor at the mastery of the tools ofmy profession, I again took up the study of Latin,This time I really mastered the forms and the es-sentials of the basic grammar and syntax and Iwent on and on, rereading Caesar and Cicero andOvid and Vergil, with a certain amount of Sallustand Tacitus thrown in for good measure. This hasgone on for some twenty-five years; and I believethat this work has been of inestimable value not onlyin mental discipline but also in greatly stimulatingmy imagination in connection with my professionalwork. Moreover, due in large part to my study ofLatin and doubtless also to my reading of Englishliterature, I have noticed that my style of writinghas become more flexible and more attractive ingeneral. It is hard to explain all this in a word ortwo.
"If I were to specify the one particular subjectwhich I regard as most important for the trainingof a lawyer, I would unhesitatingly select the studyof Latin".
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AMONG THE CHAPTERS
BETA, NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY
Florence Sachtschale, Prytanis of Beta, cameto Northwestern as a transfer student from Law-rence College, home of Alpha Omicron. In a cardwritten last May, she told of plans for a reactiva-tion initiation at Northwestern on May 24. ProfessorGrundy Steiner has been among the faculty membersactively cooperating.
GAMMA, OHIO UNIVERSITY (ATHENS)
National Treasurer Dolores Neff is beginningthe year with letters to all the chapters on theirfinancial obligations. Gamma Chapter, she writes,is planning again an active year.
DELTA, FRANKLIN COLLEGE
Officers for the year are: President: MarthaHanes; Secretary, Richard Muterspaugh; Treasur-er, Clayton Peaslee. The membership includes aFaculty Adviser and an honorary member in addi-tion to the active members.
EPSILON, STATE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA
An initiation is planned this fall, according toword from Jim Sandrock, who is President for1950-1951. Eugene Links is Secretary-Treasurer.
PI, BIRMINGHAM-SOUTHERN COLLEGE
Professor H. R. Butts, who spent the summerin Europe, is again at his post, and Pi expects tohave its usually active and successful year.
TAU, UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY
Tau, Convention host for 1950-1951, will stagean annual banquet in its own program and willsponsor two lectures. The officers are: President,Dianne McKaig: Vice-President, Austin Lawrence;Secretary, Eliza Rowland; Treasurer, Ann Grubbs.
PSI, VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY
As of March 10 last, Psi had an active mem-bership of eighteen. This group performed noblyin staging the Twenty-second National Convention.This year Psi is honored in having one of its mem-bers, Maurice D. Contor, in the office of NationalPresident. On May 11 fifteen active members andone associate member were initiated. James La-Penna is President for 1950-1951; Vice-President,Virgil Whitesides; Secretary, Jane Wright; Treas-urer, Edward Armstrong.
ALPHA DELTA, AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE
There are at present nine active members,with additions ahead from an initiation planned forthe present quarter. President is Ginnie Feddeman;Vice-President, Anita Coyne; Secretary, Mary LeeStunnicutt; Treasurer, Katie Berdanis.
ALPHA EPSILON, LEHIGH UNIVERSITY
R. Andrew Shackles, President of Alpha Epsilon,is in correspondence with the national ExecutiveSecretary with regard to plans to set up the Chap-ter at Moravian College for Men, approved at theTwenty-second Annual Convention.
. ALPHA XI, WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY
There will be the customary monthly programscentered about a classical theme, according toword from past National Vice-President WilliamDonovan, who is continuing this year his usualactive participation in student activities at Wash-ington University. Robert Mollenhof is the newChapter President; there are two Vice-Presidents,Don Wells and Arthur Babad; Patricia Brood isSeer etary- Treasurer.
ALPHA OMICRON, LAWRENCE COLLEGE
An initiation is planned for November 16, anda celebration of the Saturnalia on December 14.Bette Bohl is President for 1950-1951; LynnCasper is Vice-President; LaVerne McKay isSecretary-Treasurer;and BeverlyKivell isNuntiusReporter. On April 21 last, Alpha Omicron enter-tained classics students from Appleton High School •records from the Medea were played, and after-wards Miss Edna Wiegand was hostess for refresh-ments. At the final meeting of the year, on May17, Dr. Louis Baker spoke on "Your Words inEnglish".
ALPHA PI, GETTYSBURG COLLEGE
Seventeen new members were initiated onOctober 12, and the total active membership istwenty-eight. President for the year is Louis J.Hammann; Vice-President, Marion Jones; Secre-tary, Evelyn Ray; Treasurer, John Wagner; Door-keeper, John Hershberger. Professors John G.Glenn and W. Frederick Schaffer continue asFaculty Advisers.
ALPHA RHO, MUHLENBERG COLLEGE
There was an initiation of new members onOctober 12, and a Christmas party is planned athome of Professor R. C. Horn. Harold Iverson isPresident for 1950-1951; Gene Angstadt, Vice-President; Thomas Bollwer, Secretary; and GeneKreider, Treasurer.
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ALPHA CHI, TULANE UNIVERSITY
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BETA ETA, WESTMINSTER COLLEGE
Professor G. W. Regenos, on September 26,writes that plans for the year were then incomplete.Some forty copies of The Nuntius will be needed,however, for a year which is expected to be active.Joseph N. Cathcart is President for 1950-1951;Regina Gunthorpe is Vice-President; Harper HuntComer, Secretary; Maria Fulham, CorrespondingSecretary; James B. Roberts, Jr., Treasurer.
ALPHA OMEGA, LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY
Papers of classical interest will be the pro-gram at the meetings for the year. The officersare: President, Donald J. Muller; Vice-President,Austin Meng; Secretary, Joyce Willis; Treasurer,Helen Wimmer; Doorkeeper, Mary Ellen Dore.
Discussions of Aristotle's Poetics and ofPlato'sMeno are plannedfor the first two meetings.John Tranborger is President, and Ross Lilly isTreasurer.
BETA THETA, HAMPDEN-SYDNEY COLLEGE
The officers for the year are: Robert H.Ramey, President; William R. Williams, m, Vice-President; Marcellus E.Waddill and R. M. Frazer,Secretaries; R.B. Chichester, Treasurer. A variedand active program for the year is planned.
BETA KAPPA, COLLEGE OF NOTRE DAMEOF MARYLAND
BETA ALPHA, UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH DAKOTA
Beta Alpha plans again to enter a float in theUniversity of South Dakota Homecoming Parade.The Chapter added three members last spring.Officers are: President, Francis N. Sever; Vice-President, Warren Dirks; Secretary, Lois Jones;Treasurer, Carol Renner; Historian, Ted Pappas;Doorkeeper, James Vandiver.
Plans for the year included, according to wordsent on September 26, the initiation of five newmembers; a talk by a visiting lecturer in October;and a discussion of "The Vatican Excavations" inNovember. President for the year is AlmaHomrig-hausen; Secretary, Lucy Vash; Treasurer, AnnConnor; Doorkeeper, Loretta Vogel.
BETA LAMBDA, MARYMOUNT COLLEGE
BETA GAMMA, WESTHAMPTON COLLEGE
Word from the President says, "We are con-ducting a tour of Richmond City for all freshmenand new students. One who has recently visitedRome and Athens will give us a summary of hertrip". The President is Anne Plunkett; Vice-President, Jane Slaughter; Secretary-Treasurer,Claire Carlton.
BETA ZETA, SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY
The Chapter is planning an initiation on No-vember 20. It will have four meetings of its own,and will meet in alternate months with The SaintLouis University Classical Club, whose programfor the year will be a continuing discussion of"Some Aims of Liberal Education". Chapter of-ficers are: President, James Harte; Vice-Presi-dent, Lily Vitt, of Fontbonne College; Secretary,Janet Ludwig, of Webster College; a Treasurer, tocome from Maryville College, will be elected atthe November meeting.
Six active members were reported on October4, with plans for the initiation of one new memberin November. The officers for the year are:President, Pat Austin; Secretary, Margaret Cleary;Treasurer, Janet Sakihara.
BETA MU, BUTLER UNIVERSITY
The Chapter held a dinner party on October 6,and elected the following officers for the year:President, Marion Hopkins; Vice-President, HaroldCline; Secretary, Virginia Irrgang; TreasurerArnold Wagenberg; Doorkeeper, Robert Logue.
BETA NU, MARY WASHINGTON COLLEGE
Included on the year's program will be a teafor high school students and a white elephant sale.Nancy Stump is President; Betty Jean Snidow,Vice-President; Virginia G. Wallace, Secretary-Treasurer.
