Through a system of numerous governing groups explained here, ISC women practice the motto...  Happy living through cooperative living

Grout, Mary

Holmberg, Elinor

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Through a system of numerous governing groups explained here, ISC women practice the motto... "Happy living through cooperative living."</p

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Through a system of numerous goverrung groups explained here, ISC women practice the motto "Happy b)' Mary' Grout 1/omt hr·onom ln junio' Elinor Holmberg 1/ouu Fro uomir \ \ o jJiuntunt (Q E FRE~llni.\N , CL\~S CH '51i, ma be '>Ome-I...JJ what perple,ed when 'he '>tatt'> he r ln<,t e'-peri -encc in dotmitOJ y life, and hear~ abolll the ma1c ol olliccr., and coull(ih that do the gmetning which i; nc·ce-.~aty lot all g t oup li,ing. 'iu<: will -.oon find th.tt a latge netwotk ol o!licet; and councih at te.,pomihle lot ditecting college lite within the otgani1ed t eo,idcnce women\ gtoup> at Iowa Stat<:. Each of theo,c coull(ilo, tal..e> aniom which allen Sue and hct toommate \et ditenl •- in mal.. -ing the tule., 'he will lollow and e>tabli.,hing the ttaditiom o,he will come to know. fo,L ol all, ' ue '> hould 1 calitc th.tL e.tch ol Lht''>C councih ha., a., it'> Jll imat] obJC< uvc and 1 ca,on lot being making het l.llllf'll ' lil e mote· lntcte,ting ,ltld valuable '" well a'> h d pmg 'Hie' IH·l '>C' Il lO bee ome a mot c m,ttua• c ollcgc WOill .ln . Fit'>L to g tect ~u<: .tnd welc o me het to Iowa St ,ttt' i-. hct ,,dvi.,ot . Su<:\ advio,ot, hc·t new col k ge It icnd , wi ll be an indcpl'ndcnt '>nphomot c, junw1 , ot 'elliOt wom.111 . She wa., chmcn brcau'>c o, hc " 1cally intct C\ted in h e lping gii Jo, OVCI the lOUgh '>jlOL\ in the toad of college li vi ng j>illlicuhnly S ue\ lno,t yc•at. I lw advi'>ot i., thC' '>m .tlle'>t and one ol the lliO'>l llll jJOttant unit\ in ilw d01mitot y ' \LCm , lot o,he i., c lo" t to the• 1110\ l \ llal pat! ol the ' '>LCtll the gi tl'> 1 h< tmd, \n ;u h i\ot muo,t bt• a H't, adaptabiC' \\ .dltng IIIC \ <I<>j JC'cl t.l ol C:onllllOJt .111;1 ' <' <l' \\,11\ Kno\\ 1<- cl gc l eu l o\\,t " lilt' \Vomc•n ," .thl e to iln'>Wl'l IIi Living mo t of ue·, que Lion . She mmt abo be endowed with that delicate combination ol qualitie; that om-mand rc;pect and till invite do e lri endline '· he mmt abo have a cenain amount ol time lor her ad-,i.,or dutic .... ~ J o.,t rcqui~ite . howc,er, i a big heart -that real interc t in her girl>. Fre.,hman hall have one advi\Ot lor ever • >ill. or eight girl>, with one for even I I to 16 in upperda>, donn>. Officers Each dotmitot govern> it>ell b) electing it'> own o flic ct'>. I he women arc elected in 'Pring quarter and -.ctvc that quarte t and the lollowing tall and wintct quartet>. btth hou e council plam it'> own '>pedal ;orial C\ e tll> and aCL'> on minot di>ciplinal') ptoblctm. Dorm cou neil For ' ue Lo look up w at the wp ol the \\>tem " Dotmitot Council, the main govcrnin!!, bOth ol the 'even undctgntduatc donm. Thi., \Ca t it i' headed b) Joan 'tmng, II. b . 'it., of Birch. Each hall pte'>i-dcnt \Ct \'C'> on the tounc il. whit h di,cm'>e> all -dotm ptohlClll'> and WOtl..\ lO J>WillOtC illl " e'>pllt de tOI)l'l .. in the dotmttot\ '''ll'l1\. ub.udiriF)' COitllclU Fotll '"b.,idiat) tonne ih \Ct vt' undct Dotmitm) Co11nnl. the chaitm.tn ol each aho 'et\tng on the dotm <<>lltHII. OldC'>l ol the lotn " . \ dvt\01\ ttltiiHtl. o tga ni ted in I !Ill when the ach 1\01 ')'ll'lll wa;, be-gu n . I he dcc:-ptc,idcnh of Cath donn mal..c up thl\ ( Oll lll il, hl'adl'd hy all -dOtlll ath 1\01\ (hid l)oJOtl'\ Bauman. II. l· <. St. \ tthiue., .ltld Scholal\htp toutHil include' the ,\l thitil''> ch.tnmcn !tom t' >tth ol the women\ dotnh. ltn lcl\1 \ llll\11\1\ldR rough Cooperative Under Shirley Bruckner, H. Ec. Jr., the council tries to coordinate and boost extra-curricular campus ac-tivities among dormitory women. Each fall the coun-cil sponsors the Activities Carnival to give Sue a preview of activities which she may work in during her years on the campus. Social council, headed by Pauline Lane, H. Ec. Jr., takes in all the dormitory social chairmen. They have regular "bull sessions" to talk over dormitory social problems. The group cooperates with the social council of the independent Men's Residence Association to plan for even bigger and better ex-changes. New group Newly-organized Publicity council has as members all the dormitory publicity chairmen. Under the di-rection of Mary Grout, H. Ec. Jr., the group will work to see that "dormitory women, their achievements, and the dormitory system as a whole become better known on campus - especially among the dorm women themselves." SororitieS lf Sue chooses to make a sorority her home during her remaining college years, she wi ll find another; system working for her. Each sorority has its own set of officers, elected during winter quarter each year. Although the off:cers' duties vary from one house to the next, all have about the same functions. Panhellenic Council, governing body for the eleven sororities, is composed of 26 women. Each sorority has two representatives- the president and one other woman chosen by h er group. Each house takes its turn in providing the president and secretary-treas-urer of the counci l. Mrs. Vida Benson, head of the OcTOBER, 1952 Living" Social Office, is Panhellenic adviser along with three sorority alumnae who also rotate from sorority to sorority. Panhellenic Panhellenic Council's primary purpose is to sec that their houses work together. ·working with Inter-Fraternity Council, central governing body of the social fraternities, they sponsor a number of projects each year. Last year the two groups inaugurated Greek Week, held during spring quarter. Panhel and IFC take turns sponsoring the annual Greek Dance. Working with Panhellenic Council are two smaller groups, Rush Council and Pledge Trainers' Council. Rush counci l is in charge of rushing regulations, which have a profound effect on Sue if she is interest-ing in p ledging. Rush handbooks arc sent out to all new students each year by Rush council. Pledge Trainers' counci l is somewhat comparable to Ad-visory council in that they both work primarily with new Iowa State women. At the top Above all this maze of officers is the head of the Department of Residence, Dr. J. C. Schilletter, as-sisted by Miss R achel Peisen, associate Director of Residence in charge of women. When Sue has reached the wiser end of her freshman year she will have seen first hand how all the groups on campus -both sorority and independ~nt- cooperate with that administration in carrying out the motto, "Happy Living through Cooperative Living." It makes {or maintaining a friendly, democratic, and wholesome family life within each residence group of Iowa State women. 17 

Happy Living Through Cooperative Living

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