Sweetheart of Sigma Chi

Dedicated mothers of members prepare a waffle breakfast at the Oakes House in honor of the chapter’s first ever Sweetheart of Sigma Chi candidates on March 26, 1950. (University of Puget Sound, A Sound Past, 4741)

An unidentified brother serves waffles to the chapter’s first ever Sweetheart of Sigma Chi candidates at a breakfast at the Oakes House in their honor on March 26, 1950. (University of Puget Sound, A Sound Past, 4740)

Brothers share their scrapbooks with the chapter’s first ever Sweetheart of Sigma Chi candidates at a waffle breakfast at the Oakes House in their honor on March 26, 1950. (University of Puget Sound, A Sound Past, 4734)

Couples dance at the Sweetheart Ball on April 15, 1950, in the Crystal Ballroom of the Winthrop Hotel. At center, facing the camera, are Marian Swanson ’52 and Ralph Mackey. (University of Puget Sound, A Sound Past, 5018)

College of Puget Sound history professor Calvin Brewster Coulter and his wife chaperone at the Sweetheart Ball on April 15, 1950, in the Crystal Ballroom of the Winthrop Hotel. Coulter taught at Puget Sound for 35 years, between 1945 and 1980. (University of Puget Sound, A Sound Past, 5017)

Joan Otterson, who had just been named Sweetheart of Sigma Chi, speaks on the telephone during the dance in her honor on April 15, 1950, in the Crystal Ballroom of the Winthrop Hotel. (University of Puget Sound, A Sound Past, 5016)

Candidate Joan Otterson, center, was named Sweetheart of Sigma Chi at a dance on April 15, 1950, in the Crystal Ballroom of the Winthrop Hotel. Candidate Janet Swenson stands at right. (University of Puget Sound, A Sound Past, 5056)

Joan Otterson of Tacoma, Washington, was named the Delta Phi Chapter’s first Sweetheart of Sigma Chi. (University of Puget Sound, Tamanawas 1950, Page 185)

Joan Otterson of Tacoma, Washington, was named the Delta Phi Chapter’s first-ever Sweetheart of Sigma Chi on April 15, 1950, during the annual Sweetheart Ball in the Crystal Ballroom of the Winthrop Hotel. (University of Puget Sound, A Sound Past, 5056)

Members of Lambda Sigma Chi sorority surprised the men of Sigma Chi fraternity by whisking them in their pajama tops to breakfast at Crawford’s Sea Grill Restaurant on March 19, 1950. From left to right: Joanne Vivian, Betty Rusk ’51, Joan Otterson, Bill Gianelli, Gordie Scraggin and Dick Fraser. Crawford’s Sea Grill was located at 505 Broadway and offered a terrific view of Commencement Bay. (University of Puget Sound, A Sound Past, 1489)

College of Puget Sound freshmen perform in one of five one-act plays in Jones Hall auditorium on September 30, 1949. In “Goodnight, Please!”, we see, from left, Edward Lund as the valet, Joan Otterson as the disgusted wife, Gene Campbell as the tired businessman, Orville Olson as the irate vice president, and Delores Hankins as the cook. (University of Puget Sound, A Sound Past, 4167)

Candidates for Daisy Mae during the November 11, 1949 Sadie Hawkins dance in Warner Gymnasium frolic across Todd Field on the College of Puget Sound campus a few days before the dance. They are, from left, Jane Creswell, Carol Rasmussen, Kaye Klopfenstein, Joan Otterson, and Janet Hunt. (University of Puget Sound, A Sound Past, 4201)