tunity came to unveil my hidden talent. As a fraternity stunt, some- one was to try to be pledged into a sorority. If we could swing it, it would sure lower some snooty noses. They laughed when I volunteered but my TV ego would not let me pass this up. I talked the house mother into altering my "sister's" dress to a perfect fit.

I can remember the scene as if it were yesterday: A room filled with boys studying, you could hear the clock ticking. Someone look- ed up as I entered from the kitchen. "There's a lady in the house." This was the required alarm so as not to catch any of the bath towel brigade by surprise. Our president came over to greet what he thought was someone's relative.

"Don't you recognize me Tad?" I asked. "Sorry Ma'm, I'm poor on faces and worse on names". "Well Tad, if I can pass you, don't you think I can fool the girls down the block?"

His face was puzzled, so I took off the wig and he turned pale and gasped, "My God, your own mother wouldn't know you."

Suddenly I became the star attraction. I side stepped all of the questions on how I knew so much about dressing, makeup, etc. Great plans were laid--much like the Normandy invasion. We had to get inside info on the procedure for sorority pledges. To do this we had to let one of our brother's girlfriends in on our little plot. She co- operated beautifully even wrote me a letter of introduction. Well, to make a long story short, I got through the reception line and through the tea (I spilled some on my skirt I was so nervous). The interview wasn't easy, since our 5th column on the panel couldn't keep a straight face. I thought sure I'd crack and give the whole scheme away. When I was excused and walked to a car we had wait- ing, you can imagine my relief. The next week, when our contact delivered a letter for a final interview, the brothers believed me that I could complete a successful stunt. I wish now I had returned but I'll always remember overhearing these same girls say, "I wonder what ever happened to that tall girl Roberta from Chicago, none of the other sororities have pledged her?"

After graduation in 1950, I found that engineers who would travel got extra pay. Since I was to marry my high school sweetheart, I wanted her to have the extras that this added pay would provide, so I took a job that required a lot of travel and my wife quickly grew accustomed to this mode of married life. I've travelled ever since and have never been unfaithful to my wife.

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