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The Beta Eta Chapter of Tau Beta Sigma was installed on April
14, 1957, by the Beta Epsilon Chapter from Lycoming College in Pennsylvania.
We are the 55th chapter of Tau Beta Sigma. Beta Eta's Charter members were Doris
Ann Baumgardner, Caroline S. Cook Cherix, Mary Margaret DeNeane, Margaret
Louise Foster, Margaret Jane Gates, Sally Gibbons, Judith Ann Hill, Laura
Elizabeth Hinkle, Harriet Ann Husted, Helen Jeannette Juten , Aija Livins,
Dorothy J. McCarty, Patricia Russell, Nancy Jean Nystrom, Jeanette Amanda
Rudy, Marilyn Sanders, Phyllis Yvonne Snyder, and Patricia Alizabeth
Tatspaugh. Dr. Hubert P. Henderson, who was director of bands when Beta Eta
was installed, was the first to be awarded honorary membership. Beta Eta was preceded at the University
of Maryland by a local organization - Upsilon Upsilon - founded in 1951 by
the women of the University Bands. We work to produce the Sournote, our
away trip publication. Throughout the year, we do many things to serve the
University of Maryland Band Program, including: the Hump-Day Dance, hosted
for the Marching Band in the middle of Early Week and providing a social for
the Concert Band. Beta Eta also produces an alumni publication, Continuing
the Bond, each
semester. Beta Eta recognizes those who have aided
the University of Maryland Bands and other musical institutions in various
ways. Within the sorority, members are awarded the Outstanding Service award.
Other people who either continue service after graduation or are not sorority
members can be inducted as honoraries.
Beta Eta's chapter hymn is the Bond. |
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