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Panhellenic Ball
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Chatting at the Panhellenic Ball in the Great Hall of the Memorial Union are sorority housemothers. Seated are Mrs. Ruth Gauchat, Mrs. Nyla Lowell, Mrs. Kenneth Petton, and Mrs. Sarahbelle Slemmons; and standing in front of a windmill, Mrs. William C. Smith, Mrs. E.J. Link and Mrs. O.R. Riday. They are all formally dressed, and some of them are wearing corsages.
February 26, 1954
Stein, Edwin
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