 Of the women's organizations, Kaidishan affiliated with Kappa Delta, Kalir with Alpha Delta Pi, "Les Choisites" with Alpha Phi, Marpessa with Chi Omega, and Tooanoowe with Gamma Phi Beta.In 1959, ETSC established the Forum Arts Program, which endeavored to bring "distinguished speakers and cultural attractions" to campus, and encouraged students to attend by granting them half a semester hour of credit for participating in the program.Among the luminaries who came to Commerce due to the Forum Arts Program were then-senator Lyndon B. Johnson, Austrian Chancellor Kurt Schuschnigg, writers Pearl S. Buck and Alex Haley, historians Henry Steele Commager and John H. Plumb, the Dallas Symphony Orchestra and San Antonio Symphony, the Ballet Folklórico de México, the José Limón Dance Company, the Preservation Hall Jazz Band of New Orleans, and the artist Hal Holbrook.