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Published in November, January, March and May of each year at No. 30 North Ninth Street, Richmond, Indiana, by the Nicholson Printing Company, for the Alpha Sigma Alpha Sorority having headquarters at No. 1 Lindsey Street. Dorchester, Mass . Business correspondence may be addressed to either office, but matter for publication and correspondence concerning the same should be addressed to Gertrude D. Halbritter, Editor, 1 Lindsey Street, Dorchester, Mass. Entered as second-class matter September 4, 1923, at the post office at Richmond, Ind., under the Act of March 3, 1879. Acceptance for mailing at special rate of postage provided for in Section 1103, Act of October 3, 1917, authorized September 4, 19~. Subscription price one dollar per year.

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President-Mrs. Wm. Holmes Martin, A and AA, 5 Cobden St., Boston, 19, Mass. Vice-President-Minnie M. Shockley, rr, 704 Church St., Alva, Okla. Secretary--Adda Anderson, EE, 509 Laramie St., Atchison Kans . Treasurer- Grace G. Fultz, t::.t::., Rushville, Ohio. Registrar-Wilma Wilson, ZZ, 1405 Hardy Ave., R. R. 6, Independence, Mo. Historian-Mrs. H. S. Toms, BB, 1222 N. Sutter St., Stockton, Calif. R itualist-Ruth Duffey, AA, 1386 Hall Ave., Suite 1, Lakewood, Ohio. Editor-Gertrude D. Halbritter, 速速, 1 Lindsey St., Dorchester, Mass. BOARD OF ADVISERS

Alpha Alpha-Miss Amy M. Swisher, "The Tallawanda," Oxford, Ohio. Alpha Beta-Miss Ethel Hook, 602 So. Franklin Street, Kirksville, Mo. Beta Beta-Miss May Hogan, 1503 9th Ave., Greeley, Colo. Gamma Gamma-Miss Minnie M. Shockley, Alva, Okla. Delta Delta-Miss Elizabeth Garber, Box 215, Athens, Ohio. Epsilon Epsilon-Miss Catharine E. Strouse, Emporia, Kans. Zeta Zeta-Mrs. Orlo R. Nattinger, 405 So. Holden St., Warrensburg, Mo. Eta Eta-Miss Eulalia E. Roseberry, 1610 So. Olive St., Pittsburg, Kans. Theta Theta-Mrs. Wm. Holmes Martin, 5 Cobden St., Boston, Mass. Iota Iota-Mrs . W. F. Barr, 2842 Rutland Ave., Des Moines. Iowa.

Kappa Kappa- Mrs. Sherman H. Doyle, 1815 N. Broad St., Philadelphia, Pa. Lambda Lambda-Mrs. M. 0 . Percival, 1142 Grandview Ave., Columbus, Ohio. Mu Mu-Miss Jeannette Garrett, 306 Normal St., Ypsilanti, Mich . BOARD OF SUPERVISORS Alumnae-Edna McCullough, 1017 Rural St., Emporia, Kans. Art-Caroll D . Pierce, 3 Linden Ct., Ayer, Mass. Chapter Activities-Dorothy Yelton, High St., Butler, Ky. ExtensionMembership- Rosamond Root, Apt. 502, 509 W. 121 St., New York City. Mus ic-Mrs. Harry McMillan, Peculiar, Mo. Scholarship-Christina S. Little, 154 Circuit Rd., Winthrop, Mass. Sorority Study-Sue Edwards, Box 354, Alva, Okla. CHAPTER HOUSES Beta Beta-1732 11th Ave., Greeley, Colo. Epsilon Epsilon-706 Union St., Emporia, Kans. Iota Iota-1118 26th St., Des Moines, Iowa. Lambda Lambda-208 13th Ave., Columbus, Ohio. Mu Mu-945 Sheridan St., Yps ilanti, Mich. ROLL OF COLLEGE CHAPTERS Alpha Alpha-Miami University, Oxford, Ohio. Alpha Beta-State Teachers' College, Kirksvi lle, Mo. Beta Beta-State Teachers' College, Greeley, Colo. Gamma Gamma-State Teachers' College, Alva, Okla. Delta Delta-Ohio University, Athens, Ohio. Epsilon Epsilon-State Teachers' College, Emporia, Kans . Zeta Zeta-State Teachers' College, vVarrensburg, Mo . Eta Eta-State Teachers' College, Pittsburg, Kans. Theta Theta-Boston University, Boston, Mass. Iota Iota-Drake University, Des Moines, Iowa. Kappa Kappa-Temple University, Philadelphia, Pa. Lambda Lambda-Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio. Mu Mu-State Normal College, Ypsilanti, Mich .

COLLEGE CHAPTER SECRETARIES Alpha Alpha-Nellie C. Losh, 17 Bishop Hall, Oxford, Ohio. Alpha Beta-Elizabeth Grigsby, 511 S. Franklin St., Kirksville, Mo. Beta Beta-Evelyn Husband, 1732 11th Ave., Greeley, Colo. Gamma Gamma-Lucille Moore, 1001 Church St., Alva, Okla. Delta Delta-Ruth Hollinger, 72 N. Congress St., Athens, Ohio. Epsilon Epsilon-Emma Jensen, 614 Union St., Emporia, Kans. Zeta Zeta-Pauline Clay, 103 W. Gay St., Warrensburg, Mo. Eta Eta-Jessie Hisle, 1302 S. Broadway, Pittsburg, Kans. Theta Theta-Elsy Jessup, 885 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, Mass. Iota Iota-Opal Callison, 1118 26th St., Des Moines, Iowa. Kappa Kappa-Margaret Brenholtz, 1813 N. Broad St., Philadelphia, Pa. Lambda Lambda-Ethel M. Straw, 208 13th Ave., Columbus, Ohio. Mu Mu-Janet RandDlph, 514 Emmet St., Ypsilanti, Mich. EX-COLLEGIO CHAPTER SECRETARIES A lpha Alpha-Mrs. R. A. Healey, HefÂŁ Apt. 4, Wyoming, O hio. Alpha Beta-Mrs. Roy Hutchinson, 4113 Walnut St., Kansas City, Mo. Alpha Gamma-Mrs. Glenn H. Ferguson, 7511 Hutchinson Ave., Swissvale, Pa. Beta Beta-Jessie M. Autrey, 910 11th St., Greeley, Colo. Gamma Gamma-Mrs. James A. Lane, 801 Centre St., Alva, Okla. Delta Delta-Helen Hudson, Plain City, Ohio. Epsilon Epsilon-Mrs. Everette R. Barr, 620 W. 4th St., Emporia, Kans. Zeta Zeta-Mrs. Edgar A. Kibbe, California, Mo. Eta Eta-Katie B. Nevius, Vilas, Kans. Theta Theta-Caroline G. Wasgatt, 346 Lookout Ave., Hackensack, N. J. Iota Iota-Leona Wilcox, 2423 49th St., Des Moines, Iowa. Kappa Kappa-Irene Parker, 112 William St., Salisbury, Md. Lambda Lambda-Mrs. Paul E. Frederick, 3428 Oak Park Ave., Berwyn, Ill.

ASSISTANT EX-COLLEGIO SECRETARIES Alpha Beta-Elizabeth Romans, 210 Filmore St., Kirksville, Mo. Gamma Gamma-Lucelle Chew, 829 Church St., Alva, Okla. Delta Delta-Emma Helsel, St. Mary's, Ohio. Epsilon Epsilon-Lois Koontz, 1222 Rural St., Emporia, Kans. Zeta Zeta-Mary Mason Wilson, 1233 Central Ave., Kansas City, Kans.

CITY ASSOCIATION SECRETARIES Alva, Okla.-Ethel France, 211 Barnes Ave., Alva. Boston, Mass.-Christina S. Little, 154 Circuit Rd., Winthrop, Mass. Cherokee, Okla.-Elberta Patterson, Cherokee. Chicago, Ill.-Ann Brewington,5701 Kenwood Ave., Chicago . Cleveland, Ohio-Ruth Duffey, 1386 Hall Ave., Suite 1, Lakewood. Denver, Colo .-Ollie Smelzer, 1022 Washington, Denver. Des Moines, Iovva-Beulah D . Dunbar, 1117 26th St., Des Moines. Emporia, Kans.-Mrs. Marshall Randel, 1020 Washington St., Emporia. Greeley, Colo .-Ethelyne Rhiner, 1018 14th St., Greeley. Kansas City, Mo.-Ethel Phillips, Merton Hall, 40th and Walnut St., Kansas City, Mo. Moberly, Mo.-Mae Middleton, 205 Hagood St., Moberly. Pittsburg, Kans.-Helena Van Gastel, 1803 N. Locust St., Pittsburg. Pittsburgh, Pa.-Anna E. Schade, 617 Walnut St., Irwin. New York, N. Y.-Rosamond Root, Apt. 502, 509 W. 121st St., New York City. ' Unionville, Mo.-Nettie B. Dickerson, Livonia, Mo. Warrensburg, Mo.-Mrs. Leslie A. McMeekin, East Gay St., Warrensburg.

ASSOCIATION OF EDUCATIONAL SORORITIES Chairman-Mrs. Orley See, .:l~E, 48 Wildwood Ave., Piedmont, Calif. Secretary-Mrs. A. J. Hathaway, Jr., ~~~. Welland, Ontario. Treasurer-Miss Minnie Shockley, A~A, 704 Church St., Alva, Okla. Director of Local Panhellenics-Miss Anne Wilke, IlK~, 709 Church St., Alva, Okla.

EDITORIAL STAFF

Editor-in-Chief Gertrude D. Halbritter, 1 Lindsey St., Dorchester, Mass.

Chapter Editors Alpha Alpha-Mary L. Harlan, 43 Hepburn Hall, Oxford, Ohio. Alpha Beta-Ruth Selby, 502 E. Normal, Kirksville, Mo. Beta Beta-Grace Dalby, 1732 11th Ave., Greeley, Colo. Gamma Gamma-Louise Glazer, 1209 Church St., Alva, Okla. Delta Delta-Thelma Mercer, Lindley Hall, Athens, Ohio. Epsilon Epsilon-Catherine Brower, 706 Union, Emporia Kans. Zeta Zeta-Dorothy Clark, 114 Broad St., \ t\i arrensburg, Mo. Eta Eta-Minnie Roseberry, Kansas State Teachers' College, Pittsburg, Kans. Theta Theta-Catherine Haight, 68 Wheatland Ave., Dorchester, Mass. Iota Iota-Letha Dailey, 1118 26th St., Des Moines, Iowa. Kappa Kappa-Florence Rimlinger, 1813 N. Broad St., Philadelphia, Pa. Lambda Lambda-Margaret L. Walter, 470 Oak St., Columbus, Ohio. Mu Mu-Mary Humphrey, 414 O live St., Ypsilanti, Mich

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THE PHOENIX

CONVENTION WHEN?

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THE PHOENIX MAY, 1925

COLLEGE FELLOWSHIP The student who leaves school with an overwhelming fund of knowledge is fortunate and scarce; the graduate whose college career has increased his capacity for enjoying life sociall y is also fortunate and more plentiful. The student, however, who leaves his A lma Mater rich in friendships with hi s schoolmates is most fortunate of ar'l. College is a wonderful place for the making of friends. Similar tastes and pursuits attract college men and women to each other, and the four years spent together provide time enough to cement acquaintanceship into real friendship. Fraternity and soro rity ties often prove of greatest value, since they bring their members into close relationship. That is the chief justification for fraternal organizations . They enable men and women to get the utmost in friendship out of their college life. At the same time, fraternity and sorority activities are not the only agencies for broadening and increasing one's capacity for friendship. T he student who is eager to meet and know people, who realizes that his human associations will be at least as valuable to him as his learning, if not more so, will find new friends everywhere. Friendliness is never out of place on a campus or in a classroom. Students come to school as much to cultivate the art of f ri endship as to cultivate any other art or science, and they should realize it. If college life cannot teach a man or woman how to make and keep friends , the diploma at the end of the course will mean very little. -Tew1-ple Unive1'sity W eekly .

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If thinking were fun, if thinking were easy, and if thinking were popular, we would be pestered to death with thinkers. Professors would not be down on their knees imploring students to think. Group leaders would give up their jobs of thinking for the crowd. Editors would not feel the responsibility of thinking for their readers. If every man and woman were a thinker, it would revolutionize the whole country. Professors, editors, politicians, lawyers, preachers and all those who lead the country's thought would find competition so great that they would quit their occupation and mingle with the common people, for they, then, would only be one in a group instead of the one in a group. But we must admit, that is not the case. People do not think. A hundred different institutions have come into being for the sole purpose of doing the thinking for the crowd. Most people have the ability to think but thinking takes effort and most effort is directed toward earning bread and butter. More than likely the greater portion of our population can never become more than followers of thought. But that small portion of our population now spending their time in colleges can do more-they can become leaders of thought. They can but will they, or will they just pass on the thoughts of those who have gone on before? ~The Northwestern.

TEACHER'S CODE Much interest is being manifested at the present time in ethical codes for teachers. The Tennessee Educational Bulletin published in a recent issue the following suggested code: 1. To think of the business of teaching as a life work. 2. To affiliate with professional organizations-local, state, and national. 3. To be loyal to superiors. 4. To become familiar with school law. 5. To avoid professional jealousies. 6. To take a per onal interest in the progress of each pupil. 7. To leave the child with a desire to know more. 8. To discipline through good comradeship.

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To avoid misunderstanding through co-operation with the parents. 10. To give the best service possible without the stimulus of the dollar. 11. Not to criticize co-workers or predecessors in the presence of pupils or patrons. 12. Not to " talk shop" in the presence of strangers. 13. To seek new educational theories and adopt those of proved value. 14. To be willing to give to others the benefits of investigations and experiences. 15. Not to resign without the consent of the board, unless the contract provides for release upon proper notice. 16. To organize and leave for the incoming teacher such information, data, and facts as are needed for the opening of the school year, 路w ithout loss or delay.

-The Collegia, K. S. T . C. I HAVEN'T TIME That is obviously the most popular alibi used by students of Northwestern. Some students haven't time to study; some haven't time to go to class; others haven't time to enter into school activities; some haven't time for anything else. It would appear that cruel fate had deprived these hardpressed, rushing students of some of their golden hours, but no. Investigation proves that a day still holds for each of them the same twenty-four hours. Grant, then, that the alibi does not mean a real lack of time, an unfair distribution, but is just a polite way of saying " I prefer to do something else which I consider more important." If students would just take time to think, then many other things could be excused. Students seem to like to have the professors do their thinking for the.m ; others rely mostly on books. Neither is sufficient in itself for though reading and listening to lectures are valuable, individual judgment is a prime requisite if one is to really accomplish anything. The real problem is not "lack of time" but is lack of organi-

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zation. To be the most efficient in work everyone should have a regular checlule for the clay and strictly adhere thereto. That does not mean that amusements do not have a place. You should be the j uclge of the relative values. -The Northwester11.

WHEN RUSHING BEGINS The sororities of Temple U niversity have reached a further degree of development than the fraternities in the regulation of rushing prospective members. The work of the Pan-Hellenic Association in supervising intersorority relations, might well be observed by the men 's Greek letter organizations on the Campus, with the idea of forming a fraternity cou.nci l to perform the same function among fraternities . The rushing of Freshmen who seem to be good so rority or fraternity timber is an important part of the activity of every such organization, for its future depends largely upon the sort of new members which it admits . The girls of Temple U niversity have this year adopted a number of excellent regulations which should have a healthful effect upon sorority life. The postponement of rushing to the econcl semester has permitted the growth of acquaintanceship among old and new students. The scholarship restrictions cannot fail to have a salutary effect upon classroom records. Rivalry b@tween fraternal organizations on the same Campus reflects no credit upon fraternities and sororities, nor on the school with which they are connected. Active animosities, poor spirit, and the " let's beat them to it" idea, show themselves especially when new members are being selected. Many times clashes during rushing season have resulted in group rivalries of long standing. The rushing season among the sororities is frequently described as "hectic," but each year it is becoming less o. After all, sorority friendships are not the only friendships, and the ru shseason rivalry need not progress to such a point that outside relationships begin to suffer. - T emple University Week ly .

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MASTER OF NONE Jack of all trades and master of none. How aptly this ohl phrase describes so many of us. How diversified are our efforts, how varied our interests. A smattering of many things seems to be the aim, instead of a real knowledge of a few things. Superficiality is the besetting sin of many students. They, perhaps, have received training in school that was an indirect cause of this evil. The Board of Education is so desirous of the students receiving a general education that they require a smattering of every course in the catalogue. Perhaps this makes a well balanced student, but the chances are that he will be so well balanced that he will not have lean enough to start in any direction. In this age of specialization, we must accept the inevitable. One man, within the short span of years that constitute his existence here on earth, can only learn to do one thing well. He may have his hobby but that does not mean that one must spend half of his time on one and half on some other. The man with the single track mind has been very greatly condemned, but we must; to be really honest, look at this as a proposition that has two extremes. The man with the single track mind is apt to accomplish more than another of equal ability v/ho is too diversified in his activities. 'vVe hurry from one thing to another so there is no time to reflect , no time to think, no time to do anything thoroughly. Vve merely hit the high spots and hurry on to something else. The mania for speed is not peculiar to students. Jt is epidemic Lhroughout Amer ica. Vve ruin our digestion , impai t~ our eyesight, and shatter our nervous systems trying to do in a limited time three or four times the number of th ings we can do thoroughly in that short space. The obvious solution is that we learn to differentiate between essentials and non-essentials. If both seem to be important, choose the better and r emember that, "We can't have ~verything."

-The N orthwestenL

PHI BETA SIGMA AT NORTHWESTERN The organization of a chapter of Phi Beta Sigma, N ational Honorary Fraternity in Education, was perfected at Northwestern in December. The organization was made after a petition by a

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local group was approved by the N a tiona! Board of Directors of the F raternity. The name of the new chapter is Oklahoma Beta Chapter of Phi Beta Sigma. It is the second chapter of this Fraternity to be organized in the state, the only other being located at the State University at Norman. Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity is composed only of students and faculty members of the College of Education. New members are chosen from the Senior class of the College of Education at the yearly convocation which is held during graduation week. Fifteen per cent of those having the highest grades in scholarship are eligible for membership. The local chapter at present consists of the six charter members. These are Dr. J. V. L. Morris, president; Prof. T. C. Carter, vice-president; Prof. E. B. L. Hardy, secretary-treasurer; Miss Amata Camp, Mr. Roy Daniel and Mr. Everett Cosart. -The N 01'thwestern.

KAPPA DELTA PI AT K. S. T. C. That Kappa Pi, scholastic fraternity on the campus, will become affiliated with Kappa Delta Pi, a national order, is assured according to word received by Miss Eulalia Roseberry, faculty sponsor. The twenty-six existing chapters all passed favorably upon the local petition, wrote Dr. T. C. McCracken, grand president. Miss Roseberry states that the Pittsburg fraternity is quite fortunate in receiving the unanimous vote of the Kappa Delta Pi chapters, as a three-fourths majority is usually considered sufficient to allow the entrance of a petitioning brotherhood . Kappa Pi was organized here last year with fourteen seniors and five juniors as charter members . At that time a scholastic standing was decided upon which required that to be eligible for membership one must have not more than ten per cent of his grades C's, not less than thirty [;er cent A's, and no grade below C on his record. The national fraternity, known as Kappa Delta Pi is the highest scholastic order of its kind that can enter a teacher's college . Phi Beta Kappa, also an honorary scholastic fraternity, restricts its membership to chapters in the larger universities.

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Kappa Delta Pi was organized at the University of Illinois and has spread to twenty-six other colleges and universities including the Universities of Alabama, Colorado, Oklahoma, Texas, Drake, and Purdue. There is a chapter at the Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical College and also one at the Kansas State Teachers College at Emporia. 路 . - TJ1e coll egzo

TEMPLE PURCHASES TWO NEW DORMITORY BUILDINGS Two new buildings, one at 1802 and the other at 1808 North Park Avenue, were purchased by the Temple University Corporation recently for the purpose of enlarging Temple's dormitory facilities. The total number of dormitory houses now owned by the University is six, all of which are for women. The new dorms will not be opened until September. Many students had to be refused admittance to the dorms in recent years because of insufficient rooming facilities, according to Mrs. Sherman H. Doyle, supervisor of the women's dormitories. The purchase of the two new dorms will greatly relieve these crowded conditions, as the new dorms will enable the University to accommodate forty more students. Applications for admittance to the dorms are already coming in, says Mrs: Doyle, and she expects to have all dorm facilities for the Fall semester rented out by June. Mrs. Doyle, who has been in charge of the dormitories for the last six years, explained the conditions of Temple's dorms at the time she took cnarge. "When I first came here," she said, "the University only owned three dormitory buildings and those were disconnected and I had quite a bit of trouble in keeping in touch with all of them. They were situated at 1811, 1813, and 1819 North Broad street." Later, one of the dorms was moved so that all three houses were concentrated into three adjoining buildings, at 1811-13-15 North Broad street. Last year a fourth house was purchased, which was the first on Park avenue, its address being 1818; and the present purchase brings the number of houses up to six. -Temple University Week ly .

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The aclvi ers of the sororities at Temple, acting upon a suggestion of Miss Martha Randall, adviser of Theta Sigma Upsilon sorority, are planning an organization of the sorority advisers for the purpose of discussing plans and aims for each sorority. The society's purpose will be to abolish jealousy between the Campus groups, to establish inter-sorority consciousness, and to pool ideas for the good of the entire group of sororities. -Temple University W eeldy. PITTSBURG TEACHERS COLLEGE MUSIC FESTIVAL The two most popular of all oratorios-in themselves an ambitious program-a concert by the greatest of living organists, a high school music contest that will require two whole clays, a concert recital b;r operatic artists famous both in America and Europe, and a colorful entertainment of varied pageantry and dance-these make up the program of the eleventh annual Spring Musical Festival for Pittsburg Teache rs College as recently announced by the Festival board in a souvenir booklet. The Festival will begin on Monday night April 27, and end on Friday night, May 1. The dedication of the new organ by Pietro Yon, distinguished organist, will be a novel feature of the Festival. The recital, the first event on the calendar, will be held in Carney Hall on Monday night. This will be the fifth year for this contest. It promises to include this year a record-breaking number of contestants. Men of national reputation will be secured to act as judges. Over fifteen hundred students participated in the contest Ia t year. The enti re program has been built around the "Messiah," the greatest of all oratorios, which was composed by Handel in the summer of 1741. On Friday night the "Messiah" will be given its fifteenth performance in Pittsburg by the festival chorus and orchestra and the quartet of special artists.

-The Collegia.

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MIAMI OBSERVES "SCHOLARSHIP DAY" "Schola rship Day," a new feature to be observed for th e fi r st time at M iami thi s year, was held on Thursday, March 26 at 10 :00 A. M. This day was observed at O hio State last year and its success was such th at it has been repeated th is year in many other colleges . The intention of this day is to g ive recognition a t one time to all students who a re doing excellent scholas tic work, to th ose who have been elected to the va rious honorary societies in w hi ch excellence in some scholastic fi eld is the bas is for electi on, and to th ose wh o have been a warded prizes for schola r ship during th e year. D ean Frank 路Wadleig h Chandler of th e U ni ve rsity of Cincinnati, was here on th at day and sp ok e on the subject "Schola rship and Cha racter. " Classes were shortened a nd the entire facul ty and student body wer e reques ted to attend the exercises at ten o'clock. T he faculty members appeared in academic costume. O ne of the featu res of th e day was th e awa rd of the schola rship trop hi es whi ch a re g iven to fraterniti es whose freshmen have th e best a verage for th e g r st semes ter of th e present year. A lso th e P hi Beta K appa trop hi es were p resented to the fraternity a nd so rority whose mem bers had th e hi g hes t average for the fir st semester. A nnouncement was made of th e electi on of stud ents to such honora ry organizations as P hi Beta Kappa, Kappa Delta P i, Lambda T au, Delta O mi cron, P hi Eps ilon, A lpha T au Sigma. O n th e evening of Ma rch 26 many of th e honora ry societies held their initiation a nd their initia tion banquets. - Th e M im!J1i Student

SP EED WORK ON N EW BUILDING AT MIAM I The size of the n e ,~路 classroom building cannot be realized until one in spects it fr om within. Three spac ious stairways will g ive room for an excepti onall y la rge number of student s hurrying to get to classes on tim e. The class rooms themselves are comm odious and well lig hted. T he heating and ventilating systems a re being in stalled, g iving promise of a n equalized temperature in every p orti on of the building . A lth oug h it will be some m onth s before th e building will be complete, it will be one of the g reatest imp rovements on th e campus and a much needed one. - T he Miami S tudent

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CJUJZ CJI/IP:ZR_8 ALPHA ALPHA Dear Girls, If you have never been on the Miami Campus, you cannot know what a thrill always attends initiation time and the banquet. But you know how exciting a time it is with you, so you can imagine the thrill of arriving alumnce, of the "dark secrets" kept from our pledges, of 'phone calls, of busy, busy days and sleepless nights, and then, the deeper feeling which comes when the real service of initiation begins and we each live through the time when we were making our vows to A. S. A. 'vVe feel newly consecrated and very solemn, as we welcome each new little sister into our sisterhood. You know all that, for you too have felt it all. Then, too, our clay February fourteenth, our Saint Valentine's day was appropriate. Initiates ;-Helen Bennett, Dorothy Brewster, Donra Gray, Sara Huber, Cretora Mowery, Vera DeLong, Elizabeth Quellette. Ruth Keller, Helen Robinson, Edna Sellers, Martha Wadsworth. Pledges ;-Louise Hodges, Leina Utter, Dorothy Swelker. After we had initiated our happy eleven, we donned our party clothes and hurried to "The Spinning \i\Theel," where our banquet was held. Instead of Saint Valentine's colors of red and white, we used the color scheme of green and gold. Our table fairly radiated A. S. A. sunshine from the gold shaded candles and the masses of golden daffodils and narcissus. Our menus were very attractive in dull green and gold. Beside each newly initiate's place was a lovely corsage of roses and sweet peas, and you can imagine the delighted looks which they gave each other across the table when they saw their flowers. The party was A. S. A.'s tenth Birthday party and we celebrated by using for our toasts, the Seven Ages of Man as given in hakespeare's "As You Like It." First, there was "The Infant," which wa ably given by Helen Bennett, one of our new sister . Then, the "School Girl" by Sophia lVIcSherry, the "Young

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Girl" by Miss Cone, one of our patronesses, "The Lover" by our beloved Miss Amy Swisher, "The Mature One" by Dorothy Clason, one of Alpha Alpha's charter members, and "Old Age" by Mrs. Frances Richard. We made merry between courses by singing our sorority songs. We had eleven alumn~ back for initiation and the banquet. Those returning were; Viola Warren Healy, Bernice Berry, Mary Helen Clark, Grace Marvin Allen, Perlina Albright, Gene Converse, Sara Laughlin, Juanita Wolfe, Serelda Wood, and Ruth Stevenson. They were all just as proud as we are of our new " little sisters." A few weeks ago we pledged a new little brown-eyed sister, Dorothy Snelker, from the School of Music. We are sure you would love her as we do, if you could see her. She has soft brown eyes and a ripply little laugh. We are all looking forward to our Spring Dance on May sixteenth, but at present we are buried in Manuals, Phoenixes and Handbooks, studying for our national "Exams" which are only a week away. In true A . S. A . form we are hoping now to develop the intellectual and then later, May sixteenth will come our chance for social development. But we are hoping that Alpha Alpha's " best" may be Alpha Sigma Alpha's " best" also. Now don 't you think we are amYours in A . S. A., bitious? MARY HARLAN, Editor.

ALPHA BETA Dear Alpha Sigs, Alpha Beta exter\.ds to you her very best wishes and presents thirteen new members for this year. The girls who were initiated during the fall quarter were Daisy Peters and Norene Foster. The winter quarter brought to us : Mary Bentley, Bernice Humphrey, Sallie Bet Haldeman, Betty Weatherly, Emma Self, Elizabeth Wierieks, Mabel and Marian Christy, Mary D . Glasscock, Dorothy Sens, and Edith Swank. We are quite proud of all of them and think we are quite fortunate in having them. Daisy is in the art department and her artistic ideas have lent themselves quite often to our parties. Norene left us at the middle of the year for a position in Hammond, Indiana. Bernice takes all the leading roles in the operas put on at school and has

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great promise for a musical career. Betty Weatherly and :M ary Bentley are also in the music department. Betty is the niece of Eugenia Moorman, one of the founders of our chapter. Dorothy Sens is the sister of Katherine Sens Jones and is a brilliant student. Sallie Bet is our baby, as she was only sixteen when we enrolled her. Edith is one of the room teachers in the Demonstration School and will graduate next summer. Elizabeth, Mabel, Marian, Mary D. and Emma are preparing to be grade teachers and are making excellent grades in their studies. I mustn't forget to tell you about our brilliant dance we had this year to celebrate St. Valentine's birthday. We had it on Feb. fourteenth in the ballroom of the Travelers Hotel. The decOl路ations were in red and white. In one dance we had little red and white baskets in which nestled perky little 'kerchiefs which were given to the ladies. The men's favors were silver match boxes with our crest on them. Balloons painted like little girls with big hair ribbons on and 路caps were also presented . I know you'll all say that -vve must have had a wonderful time and we certainly did. A change in the administration of our school has recently been made. Dr. Eugene Fair will supplement Dr. John R. Kirk as president of the school. Dr. Kirk has been made President Emeritus. Dr. Fair, the new president is the husband of our Alta Lorenz Fair and father our our Elizabeth Fair. The two new members of the Board of Regents also happen to be fathers of A lpha Sigs. They are W. L. Shouse of Shelbiana, father of our Mary, Virginia, and Bess Shouse and J. E. Weatherly of Hannibal, father of our Betty. This quarter has found us working perseveringly on our national exams and rushing for the spring quarter. Yours in A. S. A., RUTH SELBY.

P ersonals Dr. and Mrs. F. B . Farrington announce the marriage of their daughter, Gertrude Mildreri to Mr. John Vlesley eff on February twenty-seventh in the "Little Church A round the Corner," New York City. They will reside in New York City where they are both studying music.

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BETA BETA Dear Alpha Sigs, 'vVe have had a number of worthwhile people come to our campus this quarter. On January fourteenth, Mr. M . Meinz, who is considered a very fine pianist, gave us an enjoyable evening's entertainment with his delightful selections. A week later, Mr. M. Crooks, a well known tenor, afforded us another enjoyable time. Miss Sarah Wambaugh, who is an expert authority on the League of N ations, spoke to us on "International Cooperation." She has such a wonderful personality and is so well 路 informed, that one feels that one has really gained something by having come in contact with Miss Vlambaugh. Mrs. Forbes Robertson Hale is to be with us tonight. She will speak on "The Community Theater and The Rising Generation." This lecture promises to be a very interesting one. We have had a number of very exciting Basket Ball games. Our boys did well ,in the conference, especially when we consider that this is the first year we have been a member of the conference. We got second place and feel proud of our boys. January twelfth we held initiation for the following girls ; Barbara Oxley, Denver; Naomi Myers, Hotchkiss ; Ruth Wood, Canon City; Dorothea Wycoff, Esther Schillinger, Geneva Whicher, Zelma Baker and Marjorie Scott, Greeley; Pearl Lininer, Sargent, N ebraska and Ethel Alpenfels, Denver. We were very happy to get a faculty adviser after having been without one for so long. Miss Mae Hogan, who is assistant professor of student teaching in the English Department, was initiated as our facultx adviser on January twenty-sixth. We entertained at a most successful tea-dance February tenth in the Woman's Club House, from four to six o'clock. The grotto was decorated with strings of paper hearts. The guests were the members of the other sororities and the members of the fraternities on the campus. Punch and Valentine wafers were served during the afternoon. Mrs. H . S . Ganders and Mrs. F. L. Fitzpatrick, patronesses -of the chapter, chaperoned the dance. About two hundred enjoyed the affair. The winter quarter is about to close and we are all busy with -usual extra work that comes at this time. The week end of March

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fourth promise to be a very busy one. Registration for the spring quarter will be held Saturday mornmg. Our sorority test also comes this week end. We are having our Winter Dance on Friday evening, March sixth at the Woman's Club House. It is to be decorated with Japanese lanterns and parasols and various other Japanese ornaments. The dance programs are in the shape of Japanese lanterns. We have one new pledge now. Her name is Elizabeth White. She is a very sweet girl and we all think a great deal of her. We will not initiate her for sometime, as we are planning to rush two or three girls. On February sixth, we gave a tea dance for all the other Greeks on the Campus. We had the Club House decorated in hearts since it was so near Valentine's Day. The affair was a real success and every one said she had a splendid time. We attended a formal tea given by the Pi Kappa Sigma Sorority for all the Greek organizations last Saturday. They used cut flowers and floor lamps for decoration. It was a lovely formal tea. The members of Beta Beta were the guests at a carnival dance given by the newly initiated members in the club house. February sixth. Confetti, serpentine and balloons added to the carnival spirit. The high school girls wh~ assisted in the serving wore bright colored ballet costumes. Punch was served during the evening in the grotto. At eleven o'clock a candle light supper was served in the dining room. Mr. and Mrs. Albert F . Carter and Miss Mae Hogan, faculty adviser, chaperoned. Sincerely yours, GRACE DALBY, Editor.

GAMMA GAMMA Dear Alpha Sigs, Since last we wrote we have resumed our bi-monthly luncheons. The last one was given as a rush party, in the sorority room. Covers were laid for fourteen Alpha Sigs and three guests. A lovely luncheon was served by three of the girls and we vvere all glad to have a chance to meet some of our rushees. The time after lunch was spent in dancing and playing Rook. We were sorry to have to go back to classes after our delightful time. Miss Shockley was to be out of town on St. Valentine's clay

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so we held our celebration the Monday night before. A short business meeting was held and then the evening was turned 路over to the working of Valentine cross-word puzzles and other equally interesting games . The next Monday night was given to the celebration of the birth of our first president. This party was held at the home of Lucille Moore and the city association were our guests. The house was prettily decorated with hatchets and the cherry trees. The evening was spent in games appropriate to the season and Miss Shockley owing to her superior knowledge of slang words won the prize. The evening was concl uded with refreshments of Cherry Pudding and Whipped Cream, Sandwiches and Cocoa. The District Parent-Teachers Association met here for a convention February sixteenth to eighteenth . Their meetings were held in the college auditorium. There were many people here from all over the district and several prominent speakers from various parts of th~ state . Our new auditorium is now complete except the furniture and we are all anxious to have our chapel exercises in it soon. The Alva Chamber of Commerce held a housewarming in the form of a banquet in the auditorium on February seventeenth. A large number of the patrons of N. S . T. C. attended and pronounced the new building a thing of beauty. The A. S. A. girls held open house during the recent interhigh school basketball tournament here. There were more than 50 teams entered in the tournament and the girls made our room a resting place. We met a number of prospective rushees. Tea and cocoa were served during the afternoons . A number of Gamma Gamma alumnce returned as chaperones of the teams. The Home Economics department of N. S. T. C. served the meals throughout the three clays. The morning of March fourth the Radio Club set up a receiving set in the auditorium in order that we might hear President Coolidge's InaugLtral Address. A set was also put up at the high school and was enjoyed by us all. Gamma Gamma has been rather small this year compared with other years but we are keeping up our pep and gaining new girls each term. Wishing you all many good times, Sincerely yours, LoursE GLASER, Editor.

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DELTA DELTA Dear Alpha Sigs, \iVhat a busy and happy school year this has been, and how much more we have to do before the year is over! \Ve have done so much, it seems at times, and then again it seems as if we have not accomplished half what we had hoped and planned to accomplish. But we hope to be able at the end of the year to leave everything finished that we started, and to leave college knowing that we'll have a strong chapter next year to "carry on." \ i\Te have had many good times this year together. O ur chapter at first was not very large, because only eleven of the old girls came back. One more was added to our group when Catherine Book came to us the second week of school. Catherine had been with Delta Delta in 1919, but since that time had been teaching. We were very glad to welcome Catherine, and our number became twelve. Twelve we were, including: Lauretta Suntheimer, "Sunny," our "Prexy;" Lillie Mae Greer, "Lil," our Vice-President; Ruth Hollinger, our Secretary; \ iVinifred Rosina, "Vlinnie." our Treasurer; Anna Lois Saum, "A. L. ," our Registrar; Frances Gray, our Chaplain; Thelma Mercer, our Editor; Anna Mae Jeffries, "Anne;" Helen McLaflin, "1\IIac," lVIabel Dorsey, "Mabe ;" Ethel Lowe, "Tommie;" Catherine Book. Rushing was what we might call a strenuous, yet joyful, task. It lasted two weeks, the second and third \veeks of college. The first vveek being "Silent vVeek," nothing pertaining to sorority life was mentioned or displayed. This week was filled with greeting our returned sisters, and looking over the new girls whom we wished to rush. 'We had many clever rushing parties-teas, dances, theatre parties-at which we all had a wonderful time. In between our big rushing affairs we did personal rushing. As a result of our work and worry we succeeded in getting a "Yes" from each rushee whom we bid. They were pledged October 10, and then we were twenty-one-twelve actives and nine pledges. O ur pledges were : Eunice Boesel, "Judy;" Christine Johnson, "Chrissie;" Luella Fry; Mary Beck; Virginia Beck; Mary Agnes Cole; \ iola Doxsee, "Vi ;" Esther Batey; Mildred Bradfield. Tuesday, January 20, we bid Juanita Tefft, and she was pledged on Wednesday. One week later we bid two other girls, Emma Gotshall and Dolores Uetrecht . They both accepted our bid, and

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were pledged. Thus in one week we increased our chapter roll by three. 'vVe considered ourselves very fortunate in getting all our pledges, as they are all flawless girls, and much sought after. Each girl has a charming personal ity and we feel quite confident that we have started some mighty fine girls on the road to being good Alpha Sigs. V.,Te were unfortunate, however, in that we lost two 路 active girls, and one pledge this second semester. Ethel Lowe received l1er diploma at the end of the first semester and is now teaching in New Lexington. Catherine Book and Mildred Bradfield were both unable to come back to us because of illness in their fami lies. 'Ne are hoping that they will be back with us next year. Now our chapter consists of twenty-two, eleven actives and eleven preps. \file are very proud of the college honors won by our girls this year. O hio U niversity certainly has reason to know that A lpha Sigma Alpha is on her campus. Sunny, our P resident is a member of the Social Science Club, membership in which is elective on a basi s of scholarship; she also belongs to the Revellers, a dramatic organization. Frances is treasurer of the Art Club and a member of the Glee Club. Mac is president of the Glee Club, and President of Sigma Alpha Iota, honorary musical sorority. Whenever anyone is needed to sing at special convocation exercises you can count on Mac being that one. Anna Lois is a member of the Y. W. C. A . sub-cabinet. Ruth is a member of the Revellers. Winifred Rosino is a member and officer of the Commerce Club, membership in which is by invitation. Thelma is President of the Kindergarten Club. Eunice is a member of the Glee Club. Christine is a member of the University Orchestra, Glee Club, and a pledge in Sigma Alpha Iota. Viola Doxsee is a member of the Freshman Commission of the Y. W. Juanita was chosen for the Freshman Skit. Sunny, Ruth a nd Eunice were elected for the Sil ver Mirror, that section of the college ann ual in which appear the pictures of the most beautiful gi rls on the campus. On Friday afternoon, December twelfth, our pledges entertained all the other pledges on the campus at a Christmas Tea held in our A. S. A. Room. The pledges of last year established thi s custom, and we hope that it will soon become an established tradition, both with us and on the 0. U. campus. We think it is a very

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worthy function because it enables our pledges to become acquainted with other pledges, and it fosters a spirit of friendliness and democracy among girls of different organizations. Each Greek letter organization on our campus is permitted to hold two dances each year, one each semester. Delta Delta of Alpha Sigma Alpha held its first dance of the year at the Student's Union Saturday, January twenty-fourth. \lYe were glad to welcome as guests representatives from Alpha Alpha and Lambda Lambda. Several of our alumnc:e were back for the affair. We are quite sure that every one had a very delightful even mg. Mrs. Smith, one of our Patronesses, and wife of Dr. E. B. Smith of the University proved to be a charming hostess to the actives and pledges of Delta Delta at a Tea given at her home Saturday afternoon, February fourteenth. The decorative scheme and lunch were all carried out in a manner fitting to Saint Valentine. As the girls were preparing to depart, much to our surprse and joy, the Patronesses presented us with two dozen silver spoons. We are very proud of them and greatly appreciate the thoughtfulness on the part of our patronesses. Delta Delta pledges entertained with a dinner at the Varsity Inn February twenty-seventh, and from all reports it was quite a jolly time. The actives and pledges entertained the patronesses at a dinner Wednesday evening, 路March fourth, at the Colo_nial. The table decorations, flowers, and favors were suggestive of Saint Patrick's day. Every one had a lovely time, and the patronesses seemed more than pleased with this expression of our love and esteem for them. Sunny returned to us Saturday, March seventh, after having spent four weeks in Florida. On her return trip she was in Washington for the inauguration ceremony. \lYe were certainly glad to have her back with us, for we had missed her greatly. Our 路 only consolation while she was gone lay in the fact that she kept us well supplied with fruit. We were very glad that Sunny could enjoy such a lovely vacation. \lVe Delta Delta girls expect to路 hold initiation for our pledges on March twenty-second. I o definite plans have been made, but we are eagerly looking forward to the occasion. Delta Delta announces the marriage of Esther Kenney to

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Lorin Staats on December 31, 1924. They are residing in Washington Court House where Mr. Staats teaches in the high school. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Armstrong announce the birth of a daughter, Barbara Jeanne, at their home in Evansville, Indiana, January 30. Mrs. Armstrong was formerly Zelia Willis . Delta Delta was very sorry to learn of the death of Ruth Baker Shindler on December 30, 1924. Ruth was one of our charter members. Anne Jeffries, Thelma Mercer, Lil Greer, and Mabel Dorsey were guests of Lambda Lambda Saturday, February twentyeighth, at a formal dinner dance at the Hotel Deshler. The girls enjoyed their visit very much, and are very grateful to Lambda Lambda for their hospitality. Our alumn<e who have visited us at various times during the year are: Garnet Gooley, Columbiana; Sara Long, Lancaster; Mary Mercer, Weirton, W.Va.; Ruth Green, Mt. Vernon; Dean Davidson, Wellsville; Katherine Webb, Moundsville, W. Va.; Florence Rannels, New Plymouth; Pearl Mace, Chillicothe. In closing, I am expressing the sincere wish of all Delta Delta girls when I say that we wish you all much success and happiness during the rest of the year. Very sincerely, THELMA MERCER , Edit01'.

EP SILO N EP SILON Dear A. S. A.'s, Our campus has been replete this semester with very excellent entertainments 'Of various kinds . Helen Meinken in "The Seventh H~aven" did, I believe, the most enjoyable acting which any of us had witnessed for some time. Otis Skinner in "Sancho Panza" and "Blossom Time" were also much appreciated . Dr. Curry was here for a week, giving lectures and holding discussion meetings on religious questions. Dr. Lovett lectured one evening at the high . school. We are not iacking in local talent. The Rhythmic Circle, together with the K. S. T. C. Orchestra, ga~e a joint recital, which consisted of an Egyptian Ballet. Both organizations exhibited the results of hard, conscientious labor, and th El program was an unusually artistic one. A great many of our girls were in both the orchestra and in the dance.

THE PHOENIX Our formal party was a decided success. It was given at the Broadview Hotel, and the ball room was beautiful. There were reel hearts everywhere, and reel and white streamers hung from every conceivable place. Practically everyone agreed that the room looked more tasteful that night than ever before. Iva Ferrier was in charge of the decorations, and showed a real ability for organization and co C.peration. It was a rather dignified party, but none the less enjoyable. Favors were reel felt address books for the mer, and small reel felt programs for the girls. The programs for the men were placed in the front of the address books. Grade report the other night was very encouraging in most cases. We hope to initiate the remainder of our pledges at the end of the semester. Aline l\lartin, one of our new initiates, has brought upon herself much praise as a dancer and a teacher of dancing. She is a skillful and graceful toe-dancer, and has organized this year a class of small girls who now clarKe beautifully. Her recital was last Friday night. Aline originated the dances, designed the costumes, everything quite inclepenclently, and put over one of the prettiest, most artistic programs that have ever been given here. She and several of her pupils are to dance at the Strand Theatre this week, and we plan to have a line party there. We are most proud of Aline. In the Beauty Contest this year, the six prettiest girls from each sorority were chosen, and their pictures sent in to a critic at Kansas City, who chose the six most beautiful from the entire number. Three of these were Alpha Sigs-Nola Slingsby, Dorothea Gufler, and Inez Plum. Of course we are very proud of them. Our plans for the remainder of the social year are in a clecicleclly embryonic state at present, but we hope soon to have formulated more definite ones . There will be quite a few of the girls who will remain for summer school, judging from present indications, which will be quite interesting. Vle are all thrilled over the good tidings that Helen Brickell, our last year's president, is to teach in the high school here io. Emporia next year. Everyone is overjoyed to have "Brickie" back again. Yours in A. S. A., C.\THERINE BROWER, Editor .

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ZETA ZETA Dear Alpha Sigs: Our annual bazaar was a wonderful success, thanks to our loyal alumnae who sent such attractive articles . VIe cleared more than one hundred dollars. The sorority voted to establish a student loan fund and we now have loaned one hundred and twenty-five dollars which has enabled a splendid student to continue her work. Miss Ball, an Alpha Sig patroness, will return to her work in the English department next term. She was absent because of injuries which she received while riding horseback. She has been in St. Louis most of the time. The students of C. M. S. T. C. have been fortunate in having an opportunity to hear excellent numbers given by the "Artists Course." Miss Bertha Farmer, the noted soprano, presented one of the programs. We thought ourselves especially fortunate to hear the noted 路contralto artist, Werrenrath. William Wade Hinshaw presented Mozart's opera comique "The Marriage of Figaro" in the college auditorium on March eleventh. The Crescendo Club was responsible for bringing this opera with its cast to Warrensburg. The Class in Dramatic Art presented three plays, "Sunshine" a three-act 路 comedy by Walter Ben Hare, "Her Husband's Wife" a three-act comedy by A. E. Thomas, and "A King's Daughter," a three-act comedy by Rachel E. Baker. The active chapter, alumnae, and patronesses were entertained on February fourteenth at a buffet luncheon at the home of Mrs . Theodore S hock. Mrs. Shock was assisted by another patroness, Mrs. \iValter Morrow. We are proud to announce that Margaret \iVagner, our president, is a member of Kappa Delta Pi, Kathleen Clark and Min路am Baile are members of Alpha P hi Delta. Louise Whitman is president of the Royal Rooters, and also is 路a forward on the All Star Basketball Team. Margaret Squires is secretary of the Student Council. Edna Gehlken, our vice-p resident, was put up by the Senior Class1 Science Club and Kappa Omicron Phi Sorority in th e popularity contest and came out a close second. On Tuesday evening, March seventeenth, the Music Department presented Kathleen Clark in a piano recital. Kathleen

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has been a pupil of Mrs. Courtright for several years and is a splendid musician. A local art fraternity, Beta Alpha, has been organized at C. M. S. T. C. and we are proud to have Dorothy Clark a member of it. The pledges and initiates for this winter are Louise Whitman, Faythe Payne, Dorothy Clark, Marguerite Young, Mary R. Mann, and Mary Roberts. Our new members made us very .h appy by presenting us new curtains for our rooms. In the spring term we pledged one girl, Elizabeth Farmer. The pledge service was held by the side of a lake at Pertle Springs just after sunrise. Afterwards some of the town alumnae .joined us for our picnic breakfast. Our campus activities have been extremely interesting this year, especially athletics. Our team, the "Mules," tied for second honors in the conference race in football, and won first place in the basketball conference. The "Mule Colts," our little brothers in the Training School, have also gained honors for our school by winning the district contest in Warrensburg, and the State Championship at Springfield. The girls have had basketball games this year too, chiefly inter-society and inter-class games. Two of our number, Faythe Payne, and Louise vVhitman, played on these teams. We are sorry to lose one of our new members so soon from our active roll. Faythe Payne, our editor, was married in February to Mr. Chester Van Noy of Butler, Missouri. Yours in A. S. A., FAYTHE PAYNE A ' D DOROTHY CLARK.

ETA ETA Dear Alpha Sig Sisters, Eta Eta Chapter of Alpha Sigma Alpha held its annual Valentine Celebration at the Pittsburg Country Club, February tenth. The Club Rooms were beautifully decorated with pendants of hearts and cupids. There was a profusion of confetti and serpentine to add to the fun. The evening's entertainment consisted of table games and dancing. Music was furnished by the Black Friar's Orchestra. There were sixty people present among whom were; Mr. and Mrs. G. A. vVeecle, Mr. and Mrs. S. J. Pease, Mrs

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E. V. Lanyon, Mrs. N annie Rogers , Miss Jane Carroll and Miss Eulalia Roseberry. Alpha Sigma girls enjoyed a line party to the Colonial Theatre the other night, where the saw the play "Janice Meredith." After the show they had a luncheon at Gray's. Kappa Delta Pi, honorary scholastic fraternity will be installed at K. S. T. C. of Pittsburg, March fourteenth. Among the charter members are Marjory McFarland, Eulalia Roseberry and Jane Carroll. Alumn<e Alpha Sigma Alpha girls who have recently visited K. S . T. C. are Bertha Bachtel of Severy, Kan., Reba Anderson, Miami, Okla., and Mrs.· Harry Zook of Piedmont. Nettie Lauhlin spent a portion of ·the diphtheria epidemic time in Mt. Carmel Hospital. Miss Roseberry was out of school a week and is just able to be back again. Miss Carroll has returned from an attack of diphtheria. · Speaking of pr~wess in athletics reminds me, that Eta Eta is quite proud of K. S. T. C. of Pittsburg skill along that line. In less than a year, we had two ·victories, one when we topped the Conference in trad< and another when our football team plunged through its conference games without a single defeat. It now seems quite probable that we shall be at the head when the Basket Ball conference closes. The next important date in our coming events will be the Annual Hobo Day which comes this year, April sixteenth. Thi s is the time when all revert to the " \tVeary Wi lli e Order" and impossible as it may seem to some, we are able to find tackier looking apparel than usual. There will be prizes given for the best "hobo" and " hoboess" and it isn't an unusual occurrence for an Alpha Sig girl to capture one. Having viewed the reign of the "Wearies," please come at night and· see the Stunt Fest. It is here that the organizations vie with each other .in putting on the best stunt. Yes, we occasionally get a "first" for that also. And did you hear about our new pipe organ that is being in·stalled and will be ready for the Festival Week? It is the very best that our President and his Committee could buy. Are you interested in_' Seniors? You should be, not because the writer is one, but because Eta Eta has ten of the specie this year. Maybe you'd like their names; May Harpole, Thelma Hall, Net-

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tie Laughlin, Pauline Phillips, Maxine Smalley, Jesse Hisle, Gladys Craig, Ruth Gray, Lottie Vehlow and Minnie Roseberry. We are having some clark problems to solve now, about caps and gowns, memorials and all those "Seniory things." Four Eta Eta girls were recently elected to Kappa Delta Pi. They are; Thelma Hall, Mae Harpole, Nettie Laughlin and Minnie Roseberry. y ours f or A . S . A ., MINNIE RosEBERR Y, Editor.

THETA THETA Dear Alpha Sigs, February brought with it the beginning of a new semester, the consequent arrival of several new girls at the School of Education and a new determination in the heart of every Theta Theta-ite to make A . S. A. live a still more powerful force in the University. Yet during that month we were, . so to speak, a flock without a shepherd. Our President, Julia Lancaster, went to Florida for her health and for a whole month we had to work without her. That month we had three business meetings for there was much planning to be clone for our annual dance and for our second rushing season. The dance was our celebration for St. Valentine's clay. It was held at the Buckminster Hotel on the twentieth of February. The committee in charge of the dance, with Edith Berntson as chairman, provided for us a most delightful evening. The dance orders were the prettiest things, little red hearts with quaint little heads on the covers, which opened up and held the list of dances. \ iVhistles and balloons added noise and color to the occasion. And still more color was added in the novelty dance, when the girls chose their partners by twisting rolls of brilliant paper around them. The feature of the evening was the elimination dance with a big heart-shaped box of candy for the prize. We were delighted to have it won by our loyal alumnce and adviser, Christina Little. As the evening drew to a close, we had the happy feeling, that another delightful memory had been added to the calendar of Theta Theta Chapter. In February, the School of Education had its second GetTogether Party for the year in order to get acquainted with the students entering this semester. Olive Place was in charge of the

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entertainment and Margaret Roberts took charge of the games. You should have seen the fellows, half lying, half sitting on the floor, their hands locked behind them, trying to eat an apple. The fourth of March the Sch9ol of Education got together again . This time we had luncheon in "Peep Inn." Dr. Andress addressed us in a most charming way. I wish I could draw a picture of him for you. He's one of those men who never grow up,-jolly, good-natured and unassuming. Ruth Twiss is advertising manager of our Junior Year Book, "Sed," and has the honor of getting the largest amount of advertising ever published in a year book of the School of Education. Edith Carel ton is editor-in-chief . The officers of the School of Education student body include Elizabeth Dickey, president; Jessie Thomson, secretary; and Ruth Twiss, treasurer. Mrs. Lucy Jenkins Franklin, University Dean of 路w omen, addressed the women , students of the School of Education at an assembly held Thursday, February twelfth. At this meeting, she outlined for us the duties and qualifications of a clean of women. We have just finished our second rushing season, which ended last vVeclnesclay evening in the pledging of three girls; Verna Clarke, Marion Colby and Gladys Ray. But most delightful of all our patronesses, Mrs. Guy \i\Tilson, accepted our invitation to become an honorary member, having full membership privileges; so she too was pledged. And now we are looking forward to our April Fool's Party. Initiation, Alumnce Party and House Party, which will bring this year to a close. . To you all, Theta Theta extends the season's greetings, the Spring Message "that you may have Life and have it more abundantly." Yours in A. S. A. , CATHERINE L. HAIGHT, Edif01'.

IOTA IOTA Dear Alpha Sigs, Heartiest greetings to you all from Iota Iota Alpha Sigs. I suppose, without ~ doubt, you have all been as busy as \Ve have this last month. The most important phase of our active life this month was the fact, that we initiated seven new girls. Of course, they neces-

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sarily went there with the ups and downs of probation week and came through showing the metal they were made of. Last Friday evening, February twenty-seventh, at 6 :30 o'clock, we had the initiation dinner at the Hotel Savory. Following the dinner, initiation took place in the Savory parlors; everything was perfectly lovely. The girls initiated were: Alberta Esslinger Zetta Esslinger Dorothy Haley Gladys Horney-Hunt Josephine Boterman Ingabor Trygstad Paulina Eddy

Perry, Ia. Perry, Ia. Des Moines, Ia. Des Moines, Ia. Excelsior Springs, Mo. Bellingham, Minn. Osceola, Ia.

The remaining pledges are; Dorothy O'Rourke Dorothy Smith Hazel Neal La Von a Auestad Ruth Hardeback Alice Jensen Beulah Sherman Edna Wright Leah Trygstad Elsie Halfpap Mildred Nighswonger Leone Nelson Helen Redman

Des Moines, Ia. Murray, Ia. Des Moines, Ia. Des Moines, I a. Des Moines, Ia. Clear Lake, Ia. St. Ansgar, Ia. Batavia, Ia. Bellingham, Minn. Ft. Dodge, Ia. Mystic, Ia. Redfield, I a. Charleston, Ill.

The eight sororities 111 social pan-hellenic had a basketball tournament this year. - Our team won in their first two games, but lost in the finals. The Kappa Kappa Gammas won; the score being 33-18. It was an exciting game and we did so want to win the cup, but the Kappas had the team work and that was where we were weak Saturday noon, February twenty-first, we entertained our mothers at a Washington luncheon. Those girls, whose mothers could not come, invited someone in the city, so we all had a mother. \li,Te had a very lovely luncheon; we remembered each mother with a rose. Following the luncheon, a short program was given consisting of readings, musical numbers and toasts from a mother. an active and a pledge. Everyone seemed to enjoy it so much and we girls felt that we knew the mothers of our girls much better too.

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Miss Bonnie Andrews, our much beloved facu lty adviser, is not with us this second semester. She obtained leave of absence and is now touring E urope. Of course, we miss her and surely hated to see her go, but we are also happy that she is enjoying the wonderful happiness of being with her people in Europe. Mrs. F. S. Barr is serving as our adviser now and it seems rather natural, as she was our adviser last year too. Clare Lockhart and Lora Shipley are active members, that have been elected to Kappa Delta Pi, national honorary educational fraternity. La Vona Auestacl was captain of the Freshman Hockey Team. La Vona Auestacl and Lesta Byers were successful in being chosen for parts in the musical comedy. That is a whole university activity and is a traditi onal affair at Drake . The music and words of the songs, the steps, the plot and all is written by Drake girls. It is one of the big affairs on the campus during the year and only a few are selected put of many who try out. Clare Lockhart is a member of the Cosmopolitan Club, that is a society made up of foreigners in the school, and for every foreigner , there is an American elected. We held our formal dance at the Crawford Studio, February fourteenth. Valentine's Day programs were carried out, also the decorations were of this nature. We are very happy to write you all about the arri val of a darling baby girl at the home o.f Mrs. H. E. Schreiber (Inga Tesdahl ) . We are especiall y happy about this little girl , because she is our first Alpha Sig baby, Evangeline Faye. Wishing for you all the most joy and happiness possible, as ever, ' Yours in Alpha Sigma Alpha, LETH A DAILEY, Editor.

KAPPA KAPPA Dear Alpha Sigs. You, no doubt, are just as busy as all the Alpha Sigs here at Temple, so we take this opportunity of letting you know just why we are so busy. The clays past have been fu ll of mem路o ri es of good times, clear to the hearts of all the A. S. A. girl s, as well as other girls on our campus. To begin with, rushing season began for us on February seventh, which was later than ever before. T he faculty of

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our University deemed it wise to postpone it from October to the above date. It is needless to tell you, that because of this, we knew our new girls much better and wanted them all the more. Our first rush party took place on Friday, the thirteenth. You may surmise that the date was unlucky, but I beg to disagree. \ Ve gave our big affair in the form of a theatre party. As you may ee, it was the eve of St. Valentine's Day, so we sent out our invitations in the form of white hearts upon hearts of red, and with printing in green ink. The name of the girl was printed on the outside and the heart was folded lengthwise and sealed in gold. Thus we carried out our color scheme, in honor of our Patron Saint. The show was Constance Binney in "Sweet Little Devil." You, who have seen it, do not need to have me tell you how thoroughly we enjoyed it. Our programs were reel hearts, enclosing the theatre program, with A. S. A. in large white letters and tied with white ribbon . vVe passed candy in heart shaped boxes between acts. Five of our almnn;:e girls am! our adviser, l\Irs. Doyle, and three of our patronesses were with us. It was a gala affair and held sway in our memories and our scrap books for some time. The next clay was the birthday of our clear patron saint and our patroness, Miss Ethel Belden, entertained us at her apartment. She is Director of the Commercial Department here, and we all love her dearly. V•.,Te played games, sang ·Songs and Helen Reese told the story of the dear saint of love. At a late hour each one was asked what kind of a sweetheart she desired, and clark, blond and red, in the form of Arctic Sweets were served us . Another evening was added to our list of pleasant times. On the following Monday, Founders' Day, and Dr. Conwell's Birthday were celebrated together. Doctor Conwell is our wellknown Pre ident and we always pay him homage in the form of a big birthday party. \11/e gathered in the Temple and the crowd of about three thousand students ·wished him health and happine s on his eighty-second birthday. All the different schools give him gifts, which may seem quite humorous to some, but to him, · they are his heart's desire. Mildred Christman, in behalf of the Home Economics Club, presented him with his favorite walnut cake, baked by herself. "Our Mildred" is a good cook as well as a good Alpha Sig. Our other member on the program was Florence Rimlinger, who pre-

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sented him with a camel's hair robe from Teacher's College. He received the dearest dog, chairs, fruit, rug, flowers and even two back tires. In the evening there was a big dinner party and we all donned our evening gowns and sallied forth among the elite. Dr. Henry Morganthau was the guest of honor. Temple was quite honored by conferring on him, the ex-ambassador to Turkey, the degree of Doctor of Laws at the celebration that evening. Our other distinguished guest was Dr. Roland S. Morris, ex-ambassador to Japan . vVe then settled down for a few short clays and at the end of the week quite a few of us went to spend \Vashington's Birthclay at home or with friends. When we came back, we had the great pleasure of having as our guest for four clays Miss Chri stina Little, Deputy Supervisor of Theta Theta. It is now about two weeks since she left, but it seems ages. We miss her so much and have almost extracted from her a promise to return before June. She surely \VOn our hearts, and we envy you girls of Theta Theta. While Miss Little was here, we gave our last rush party at the home of Louise Bare at Camden, a short ferry ride from here. vVe invited the girls, on little reel, white and blue hatchets, to take a trip across the Delaware on the good ship A. S. A. They came, one and all, the nine we invited and have not forgotten it yet. V\fe gave the " Spirit of '76" after which recruits were called for and we all joined the ranks of Alpha Sigs, with our little hats, and marched around the room to the tune of a fife, drum and a "uke." A large cherry was suspended from the doorway out of which we pulled leather signature blotters . . The blotting paper was of our colors and our letters were cut into the leather. The good ship A. S. A. stood at port on the mantle with its white sails floating in the breezeless room. It bore the flag of our sorority and one of our clear old Temple . Vve played games and sang songs and last, but not least, we indulged in deviled oysters (bearing little flags with "Pep," " Sisterhood," "Loyalty," "Truth," on them), hot rolls, vegetable salad, stuffed celery, olives and coffee. Boys are not the only ones who have appetites! We came home tired but happy. Then on Tuesday, March third, our hearts stopped beating until twelve o'clock, when we went for our bids and found that everyone of the nine, whom we had invited, had accepted. "Happy" is a mild term to use when describing the feeling we

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had. Our pledges are: Margaret Eby, Barbara Gish, Elizabeth Little, Ruth Nailor, Myra Prentice, Ann Slifer, June Smith, Catherine Stauffer, Elizabeth Wilson and Mary Wilson. \Ve held an informal meeting that afternoon and welcomed them into our sisterhood. On Monday, March ninth, we will give them the ribbon pledge and expect to have our other pledge service on the twenty-first. Initiation will not be until April and we expect to make a Reunion Day followed by the Panhellenic Dance that evening. Thus time rolls on nearer and nearer to the fourteenth, the day of our examination. We, of Kappa Kappa, wish you all the luck in your, shall I say, ordeal? With this luck goes an abundance of good wishes for the remaining days of this college year. Lovingly in sisterhood, FLORENCE M. RIMLINGER, Edif01'. LAMBDA LAMBDA Dear Alpha Sigs, At the recent annual Hi-Jinx, Lambda Lambda won honorable mention for its dancing skit, "The Checker Game." The counters when left to themselves finished the game, the coming counters celebrating in a gay pierrette dance. The success of the skit was largely due to Leota Wheeler who devised it. Twentyeight sororities tried out for places on the program. Thirteen were successful. In competition so keen as this, Lambda Lambda is proud of its success. Three of our girls are also members of the Dancing Club, one of the prize winners in the contest. The Club is small and carefully chosen, and we are proud to have Leota Wheeler, Bernice Lincicome and Esther Headley in the group . Vve have also a basketball team playing in the inter-sorority games this year. V./e have won one game and lost one. We hope for better luck. Our annual formal party-a dinner dance-was given at the Deshler Hotel Saturday, February twenty-eighth. We had some of the girls from Alpha Alpha and Delta Delta with us, as well as several from our own alumnc:e. Our programs were very attractive white leather folders bearing the sorority seal and tied with gold cord. Dr. and Mrs. Boyd H. Bode, Dr. and Mrs. Milton Percival and Mr. and Mrs. Harry if. Johnson acted as chaperons. We had hoped to have Miss Conrad, our Dean of Women, but she was out of town at that time.

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During February, the Y. W. C. A. conducted its study campaign. Meetings were held each Monday night at the various sorority and rooming houses, a capable leader sent out by the Y. W. C. A. led the discussion. '0/e have enjoyed these meetings and have learned something, too. "Are Sororities Democratic?" proved a very provocative question, especially as our leader seemed to think not. Vve have found the month a busy one. First there were our sorority examinations to be prepared for; our study group and our formal have also taken time; and our quarter examinations are only two weeks away. Sincerely yours, M. LuciLE WALTER, Editor. MU MU Dear A. S. A.'s, The girls of Mu Mu Chapter have had an extremely busy and successful year thus 路far. They are particularly busy now preparing for the sorority examination. They are all working hard, however, so I am sure all will be well! Perhaps you would like to hear of some of the campus honors that have come to A. S. A . 路 girls this year. Three of our girls were elected to the Stoic Society, the sophomore honorary society at the Michigan State Normal College, and these girls, Ruth Bayler, Janet Randolph and Florence Gee, will be formally received as members in that organization at its annual banquet March fourteenth. Mary Humphrey and Gladys Zuck were elected last year. But this is the best part of it all , two of our girls are to receive Stoic scholarships! Gladys Zuck will be presented with the Elizabeth Simpson scholarship, one of the three given by the society and will be presented with seventy-five dollars in gold on March fourteenth. Gladys was just recently initiated into Kappa Delta Pi, national honorary educational fraternity, at its annual initiation on February sixth. But before we leave the Stoics, let me say that Ruth Bayler is the faculty editor for the Aurora, the college annual, and is also president of the Women's League, an office which was also held last year by an Alpha Sig girl, Mary Humphrey. Janet Randolph, the third girl to be initiated Saturday, has been awarded the Julia Anne King scholarship, which will be presented her during her Junior year in college (next year). Of the girls here

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this year, Lois Schilds, Jennie Darling, Iary Humphrey, Gladys Zuck and Carlotta Corpron are all members of Kappa Delta Pi, while Carlotta is a member of the Student Council; Glady is a tudent assistant in the library, Lois is on the Aurora Board and Mary is a member of Pi Kappa Delta, national honorary forensic fraternity. 1\Iary is the only woman on the campus who has ever belonged to all three of the honor societies on the campus, and only three men have ever vvon that distinction, tvvo of them being on the college faculty at present, while the third is a law .;tudent at the University of l\[ichigan. VIe are sorry this Jeter has to be in before we can send a list of pledges for the winter term, but we are sure of a half dozen fine girls. Nine girls were initiated on January thirty-first. They are; Aileen Fisher, Mary Heiler, Violet Jones, Esther Kitti, Helen Maniex, Jane Murray, Ruth Raff, Dorothy Zimmer and Gladys Zuck. Esther Kitti set a fine example for all of her sisters 路 last quarter by getting an all A record . Next \tVeclnesclay morning in assembly, the Varsity Club Song Contest will take place. Each class is competing with two original songs. Mu Mu Chapter has clone its share in providing songs and of course, is interested in the contest and the winning of the cup . Last \iVednesday, we heard our college orators, Miss Reva Jarkman and Paul \ iVarcl, who competed in the state contest at Kalamazoo on Friday and Saturday. Although they were only placed fourth, we were very proud of them just the same. The last of a series of four debates occurs March twelfth. Of the six already given, Ypsilanti lost four and won two. An all girls team will also debate soon. The College Comedy will occur in l\Iay this year. Proceeds are for the benefit of the college Y. M. C. A. and theY. \i\T. C. A. l\Iu l\1u Chapter is planning to tal<e part and put on a clever stunt of ten or fifteen minutes. Our sorority had a most delightful Valentine Party at the house this year. After the party, the girl surpri eel Mr. and l\Irs. Darwin Wagoner with a miscellaneous shower. Mrs. Wagoner was Bernice Raycraft. Our open party will be held on May twenty-third this year. \t\Te have a full program of activities checlulecl for the rest of the year, which includes at least one program meeting to which two representatives of the ororities of the campus will be invited路. MARY HuMPHREY, Edito1'.

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.1Jn :!llltrmnriam In our Beta Beta Chapter since nineteen-twenty, there has been one among us whom we have all known and loved. For the first time in five years, the circle of our sisterhood has been broken by that sinister visitor-Death. When we learned of the death of our beloved sister, Irene Me \1\Thorter Evans, on October twenty-first, nineteen twenty-four, we were deeply grieved by the suddenness and sorrow of it. Those of us who knew Irene, found her a true Alpha Sigma Alpha type of girl. She carried on with such high purpose, her work, which was having such an adm irable beginning. So fevv . short days ago, she lived and laughed and loved among us. Now after her supreme sacrifice to humanity, she has passed on. Death seems cruel indeed when it takes from this beautiful world one who ha<;l so much to live for, but it is not ours to question or doubt the wisdom of the Omnipotent, but to accept with sorrowed hearts His Will . We, her sisters in fraternity, will not soon forget the beloved one of our sisterhood, who has gone from us, but we will cherish her memory in our hearts always. Beta B eta of A lpha Sigma A lpha.

IN MEMORIAM

IRENE McWHORTER EVANS , Beta Beta Chapter Initiated February 28, 1921 Died October 21, 1924

IN MEMORIAM

RUTH BAKER SHINDLER Charter Member of Delta Delta Initiated April 20, 1917 Died December 30, 1924

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Alpha Alpha Alumnae Personals Perlina Albright is teaching in Columbus, Ohio. Gene Converse is teaching art in the Chillicothe schools. She came back for our Initiation in February. Nellie Lash, one of our actives, was operated on for appendicitis and had to leave school. She has almost recovered but will not be back with us this semester. Annis Rudder was back for a short visit with Alpha Alpha the last of February. We extend our sincerest sympathy to Ruth Duffey in the loss of her fiance. Emilie and Dorothy Yelton are now living in Rive 路side, California. Dorothy is teaching in the Riverside Schools and Emilie is attending Junior College there. Bernice Berry is teaching in Junior High School in Cincinnati. She was back for Initiation. Ruth Berry is teaching in Columbus, Ohio. Helen Boggess is teaching in I veson, Arizona, this year.

Denver City Association At the annual sorority banquet held during the Colorado Teacher's Association last November, we discovered ourselves, or rather discovered each other. Plans were made then for a meeting of all the girls who were to be in Denver for the year. Our fir t get-together was . a candle light supper with Irene Greggs. Vera Campbell and Irene were hostesses. But it was a stormy evening and not well attended, so all definite plans were postponed until after the holidays. vVe played bridge one January afternoon at Mrs. Neal Brenkert's home (Edris \Varner) with Mrs. Brenkert and Ollie -melser as hostesse . At our business meeting Vera Campbell wa elected president. ~1 argaret Phelps, treasurer and Ollie Smel er secretary. vVe also decided to have a one o'clock luncheon the second Saturday of every month at Daniels and Fisher '

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Tea Room. All the out of town girls are welcome, so plan your shopping trips to the city on one of our luncheon days. Ruby Worley and Elvira Bjork were hostesses at a most delightful bridge party and luncheon, commemorating St. Valentine's Day. The very elaborate sorority decorations took us back to our clear old college days, before most of us became peclagogs. Everything from "soup to nuts" carried out the heart idea making the luncheon very delectable. At each place lay a tiny white scroll tied with reel ribbon and sealed with a gold star. On thi s scroll typed in red was the following legend of St. Valentine; "Once upon a time there was a beautiful fairyland called the Friendship Garden. To this garden a number of happy carefree girls wandered one Spring clay. They looked about for some sign, which would tell them where they were. Everything was beautiful with the loveliest of flowers everywhere and fairie s flitting here and there. O 'er their pathway hung a Star and along the way a guide-post, seen afar, gold lettered with A. S. A. The Star led them straight to Happiness Town, to a grove of palms and to a Royal Crown, to sunlit Eldorado, the "Land of their Heart's Desire.'' The Fairies who welcomed them told them that amid all this loveliness there dwelt a happy people who knew only youth ai1d youth's ecstasy and were pledged to high ideals of love and service. The leader of these happy people was St. Valentine, who was none other than King Asa in one of his many manifestations. This personality of his was that of the love and friendship of youth. While helping his good people, he was sentenced to death by the invasion of the enemy into this happy land, but it is believed that he escaped martyrdom through the kind offices of the wise Phoenix. The absence of any trace of the body and finding of the glowing heart, added to the fact, that love never has died in all the centuries since, will be proof enough for ar~_y A. S. A. that St. Valentine still lives." We were glad that Vive and Rubye, true A. S. A.'s that they are, brought back to us again such a rare bit of our beloved sorority love. There are twenty of us in and near Denver working or teaching. Next year we hope to have a much stronger organization. Most of us are here for the first time and we have been so busy making adjustments and getting used to city life, that sorority

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interests have not been uppermost in our minds. But from now on we want to try to make our association one that savors of the good old college "days of real sport," and not forget that our pledge to Alpha Sigma Alpha was for college days, and for-life. The girls in Denver this year are: Eldred Nulton, Ruth Woods and Lucy 路w anamaker of Alpha Beta; Mrs . Charle Lamb of Epsilon Epsilon ; Vera Campbell, Margaret Phelps, Mrs. Edris Brenkert, R uby 路w orley, E lvira Bjork, Esther Wheaton, l\Irs. John \!\Tells, Gertrude Snow, Helen Hoy, Frances Scott, Lena Mayer, Mrs. Frank Davis, Mrs. Fern Johnson, !J:yrtle Mcintyre, Irene Gregg and Ollie Smelser all of Beta Beta. OKLAHOMA ALPHA SIGMA ALPHA'S LUNCHEON

A few years ago the alumnce of Gamma Gamma decided to have an annual luncheon during the meeting of Oklahoma Educational Association in February at Oklahoma City. Each year since its beginning this meeting of the Gamma Gamma clan has been one of the most pleasant events of the association . This year the time was just r ight for our Valentine celebration. The pa rlors of the Huckins Hotel were used for the assembling of the girls. Special tables reserved in "The Dungeon" of the hotel were all that one could wish for the celebration. Though the day was Friday the thirteenth , there was nothing to mar the pleasure of the gathering and nothing but joy reigned during the luncheon hour. This is one of the bright things that calls our A. S. A.'s to the Oklahoma Educational meeting. Here once a year we have a chance to meet the girls who were in school with us and others who were there before and since. \1\T e wish that every A. S. A. in Oklahoma would try to be in the city during this 0. E. \.. meeting and come to the H uckins at noon on Friday of the week of thi s educational assemblage and meet with us and eat with us. Gamma Gamma is very anxious to have all A. S. A.'s there . Alumnae News of Zeta Zeta The Warrensburg Association meets the first Monday of each month. We have a small membership, but we have some very enjoyable times together. Miss Hatz and 1rs. Nattinger meet with us.

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On January seventeenth, the Association entertained the patronesses with a luncheon. The color â€˘ scheme of yellow and white, the patroness color, was very effectively carried out in the table decorations as well as the menu. After the serving of the luncheon, bridge was played with Mrs. Morrow receiving the bridge favor. Ethel Warwick's mother, Mrs. Cordry, was an out-of-town guest. Âˇ Mrs. N attinger and Miss Hatz entertained the town alumn<P with a supper in the college cafeteria. After supper we went to the sorority rooms and enjoyed a good "get-together." Hazel Slusher, who at the first of the year was principal of the schools at Belton, Mo., has been elected Superintendent of Schools. We are proud of Hazel,-who wouldn't be? Vesper Taylor, who was very ill with typhoid fever for two months, is now fully recovered and teaching at De Soto, Mo. Christine Basham is teaching in the Foster School at Warrensburg and Ernestine Thomson is supervisor of art and music in the Public Schools at \iVarrensburg. These two girls just like us so well , they can't leave us. Mrs. Shock and Mrs. Morrow , two of our patronesses, gave a Valentine Luncheon to the active chapter, the alumnCP. and the patronesses. The event was held at Mrs. Shock's home, beautifully decorated with valentine decorations and cut flowers in red and white. The guests were seated at six tables for the serving of the deliciou s luncheon. After the luncheon, bridge and mahjong were played with Mrs. Luther Hunt winning the bridge prize and Miriam Baile the mah-jong favor. The prizes were A. S. A. stationery. \i\fe are indeed sorry to lo~e Nelle May Hunt from 'Warrensburg. She has moved to \iVindsor. V./e are glad she did not go very far away. Mable Lobban is in business in \iVarren sburg now. She and her brother are owners of the Candyland, the popular confectionery. Pauline Jaqua Taubert and her husband are here now, manaers of the Standard Herald. \iVe hope to keep them here always. Did you know that Mr. and Mrs. \ iVallace Burrus ( Susan Gregory Burrus) were the parents of a son, Thomas? Eleanor Greer had a brother, David Hoover Greer. \i\1 e

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haven't seen him yet, but guess Billie will show him to us some day. Marianna Parker, daughter of Ada Campbell Parker, has the whooping cough. Sophia Ann Russell, daughter of lela Wolfe Russell had her first birthday, February ninth . That all the rest of the babies with these I have mentioned are the best babies ever and will make a grand chapter in 1941? vVe have seen a picture of John Carter Kibbe. He is adorable and looks some like our Darling Bess. If those whose names do not appear here are at all hurt, it is because they do not make their whereabouts known and do not keep in touch with the active chapter. Officers of the W arrens.burg Association President, Mrs. Leslie McMeekin, Warrensburg. Vice-President, Mrs . Otto Heberling, \i\Tarrensbmg. Secretary-Treasurer, Christine Basham, Warrensburg. KAPPA KAPPA EX-COLLEGIO CHAP TER The newsy octaves of Kappa Kappa are very much welcomed by the alumnce when the Round Robin nests in the mail box of each girl. vVe now have four octaves in circulation which are proving to be very interesting and are effectively holding the interest of the girls. Several of the alumnce were back to our Alma Mater for the first rushing party of the season which was a formal theatre party. In every robin the girls are planning to be back for the initiation and alumnce reunion which is to be held the last of this month. Our Cradle Roll is growing rapidly since you last heard from the alumnae Frances Atkins Duffy and Mary Seltzer Reeser each have a baby girl. And diamond rings seem to be circulating freely. Helen Elias and Hermione Traub are wearing solitares and Elizabeth Smith went a step farther and is now Mrs. Hoffecker. if ary Lawrence took Helen Lewclrop \i\Toocl's place as teacher of Home Economics in Phillipsburg, . J. 1ary Brenholtz was succeeded at Northampton, Pa., by Mar-

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garet Bache. Since the beginning of the year Mary has accepted a position as teacher in the Commercial Department of the High School at Forest City, Pa. Adelaide Zearfoss left the South and came nearer home to teach, while Margaret Chamblin did the opposite and is now teaching in Richmond, Virginia. Mary Shallcross is now convalescing after an illness of scarlet fever. '0/e all hope she will soon be able to resume her duties. Irene Parker, '22, is teaching Home Economics in Salesbury, Md. Mary Brenholtz, '22, is teaching in the Commercial Department in Vandling, Pa. Alice Garretson, '22, is working in a real estate office in Philadelphia. Frances Atkins, '22, is now Mrs. vV. L. Duffy. She is living with her husband and young daughter at 144 Christie Street, .Philadelphia. Mildred Strunk i's living at her home at Bangor, Pa. Harriet Thelma Nall, '22, is teaching kindergarten in Clearwater, Fla. Dorothy Sexton, '21 , is teaching in Deals Island High School, Maryland. Margaret Chamblin, '23, is teaching Physical Education in Richmond, Va. Mary Parsons is teaching P~ysical Education in Snow Hill, Md. Mary Shallcross, '23, is teaching Kindergarten in Atlantic City, r. J. Irene Benner, '24, is now head of the Home Economics department of Slatington, Pa. Helen Edwards, '24, is teaching Home Economics in a Junior High School in Reading, Pa. Mildred Angle, '24, is now working at Shippensburg, N. J. Margaret Bache, '24, is teaching in the Commercial department at North Hampton. Betty Barry, '23, is Faculty manager of Girls' Basketball team. and is teaching Physical Education at Oxford. She announced her engagement to Willian Pounain at Christmas. Helen Elias, '23, is teaching in the Commercial department at the Vineland, N . J., High School.

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Peg Fisher, '24, is now Head Dietitian at Homeopathic Ho pita!, Camden, N. J. Josephine Cayle Sullivan, '24, is teaching Private Kindergarten in Oak Lane, Philadelphia. Helen Kelly, '23, is now a substitute teacher in a Philadelphia school. Beulah Johnston, '24, is playing the role of housekeeper at home. Marion Kinback, '24, is in the Commercial department 111 Cape May Court House, N. J. Mabel Marshall, '24, is teaching Physical Education in York High School, Pa. Helen Stranahan, '23, is teaching Physical Education in Erie, Pa. Hermione Traub, '23, is teaching Kindergarten in Vineland, N . J. Ethel \i\Tinkler, '23, is teaching first grade in Perryville. Mel. E lizabeth Eby, '23. is teaching in the National School of Elo...:ution and O ratory, Philadelphia.

Des Moines City Association The Des Moines Association of Alpha Sigma Alpha for the year 1924-1925 has been holding the regular monthly meetings on the third Saturday of each month at .the homes of the members. \i\Te have tried to vary the nature of our meetings this year in order to broaden and extend our mental scope. We have brought in outside speakers, had musical programs. held discussions on educational topics, and will have a "Guest Day" at our regular meeting of the year, when each member will bring one or more friends who are representative of educational and community interests of the city of Des ~1o i nes. We published a year book again, which includes the li st of officer 路, the tanding committees, the program, and hostesses. and the membership roll with telephone numbers and the address of each girl. It is printed on white paper with reel ink, carrying out the colors of the so rority. Each of us has found the year book almost indispensable. Founder's Day was fittingly celebrated by having a banquet at the Grant Club. The active and alumnae chapters went together for this banquet. Mrs. Ruth ::\fcGlothlen was toast-mi stress and

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responses were given by Inga Tesdahl-Schreiber, Lora Shipley and Bonnie Andrews. The Annual Christmas Party was at the home of Mrs. Ruth McGlothlen assi ted by Mrs. Hildegarde issly. It was a real Christmas party. The McGlothlen home was _very attractively decorated in accord with the Christmas season, with a tree lighted with colored lights and strung with pop-corn and tinsel. The committee hostesses served Christmas refreshments after which there was the exchange of gifts. We have aimed to assist the active chapter in any way that they might need our help. We have an alumnre adviser, Nelle Gabrielson, who has proved to be a most resourceful person. She has kept us in touch with the actives and has been of great help to them. A wonderful spirit of coSperation and compatibility prevails in the association. Each is interested in the professional and mental growth of herself, as well as for the group. Group solidarity is being developed and the association is making a place for itself in the city. The aim of the as sociation has been to live up to the ideals of Alpha Sigma Alpha and to help each member to lead a richer and fuller life. In a measure, at least, we have succeeded .

Iota Iota Ex-Collegio Chapter Personals Many of our alumnre who are teaching are holding the same positions they had last year. In the Des Moines Public School system are; Mrs. Norma Adkins, Louise Boller, elle Gabrielson, Ruth Hooks, and Albertine Ringrose Geist. All of these have the same work as last year. Edith Burr has the Physical Education at Sabin School and Beulah Dunbar teaches history at Greenwood School in Des Moines. Edith and Beulah are recent initiates of the sorority. Leona Wilcox is teaching history at Longfellow School, Des Moines, after a year 's leave of absence from the work. Edna Parsons is teaching at Sioux City, Iowa, again this year. Laurel Pascoe has the Domestic Science and Art work in the High School at Luther, Iowa, again. Lela Stringer is doing primary work again at Stuart, Iowa.

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Margaret Bork is teaching fifth grade at Perry, Iowa, this year. Dorothy Curtis is in the primary department of the chool of 1\Iuscatine, Iowa. Gladys Fairchild is doing primary work at Harlan, Iowa. Florence Harley is back in Drake this year getting her Ma ter Degree. Miss Bonnie Andrews, who resumed her position at Drake last September after two years' leave of absence, when she was at the University of California working for her Ph. D. Degree, is on a trip to Europe. She left about February first for a cruise of the Mediterranean Sea, including a trip up the Nile River, a visit to Venice, Greece, the Holy Land and many other places of special interest. vVe all know she is having a most delightful tour. Lillian Hethershaw is filling the vacancy in the College of Education at Drake made by Mi . s ndrews' leave of ab ence and has taken charge of her classes for the seme ter. :M ary Hughes is at the University of Iowa at Io va City this year, working for her A. B. Degree. She is specializing in Art. Zela Hyten is teaching in California. Lyda Larson is back in school at Drake, working for her B. Degree. Margaret Meek is at home in Leon, Iowa. Her health has improved very much. Stella Schalk is teaching in her home town, Monroe, Iowa. Mayfred Stone this year has second grade work at Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Mayfred likes Cedar Rapids very much. Mildred Voiland is still talking about the delightful trip she took last summer. Leaving early in June, she spent eight weeks travelling by the Southern Route to Los Angeles, California, then up to San Francisco on through Oregon and \iVashington, spending some time visiting at various places en route. She returned via the Canadian Rockies, stopping at Banff and Lake Louise. Our recent graduates are out this year getting their first experience at teaching. Dorothy Battershell is doing primary work at Peterson, Iowa. Catherine and Christine Corbett are at Valley Junction, Iowa, teaching Mu ic and English in the High School. Grace Davis has Latin and History in the High School at Manning, Iowa. Isabelle Diehl is doing Physical Training at Phillips School in Des Moines . 1ary King is teaching in the primary de-

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partment at Marshalltown, Iowa. Pauline Womeldorff is at Cooper, Iowa, teaching second grade. Mildred McElderey is spending the year in California with her mother, who has been in poor health. \ 'Ve hope her mother is much improved by now. Velma Redmon is taking Nurse's Training at the Iowa Methodist Hospital in Des Moines. \Ne now feel that most any deep secret can be entrusted with Edith Cain for she has kept a certain secret longer than most of us could. In December 1923, Edith was married to Lee Liike of Knoxville, Iowa, and kept the fact from us until August 1924, when the marriage was announced. Ethel McCormick is again in the Vocational Training School 111 Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Myrtle \'Volford is teaching at Zearing, Iowa. Mabel Payne is continuing her work at the University of Michigan, as secretary to the Dean of the College of Dental Surgery. Hildegarde Browning is now Mrs. Geo. L. Nissly. She and her husband are living in Des if oines. Mr. Nissly is connected with one of the large banks of the city. Leona vVelch was married last June to Dares Meyer. She and her husband are living on a farm near E lkhart, Iowa. Our deepest sympathy is extended to Cleo Brown Patton and her husband, who lost their little son, Bobbie, November seventeenth. Cleo has been in ill health all winter. We hope she is much better now. She and her husband are living at 516 Frank. lin St., Keokuk, Iowa. Zylpha Walker Johnson is living in Chicago. Fae McClung is teaching in the Biology Department at Drake this year. As assistant to Dr. Ross, the head of the department, Fae has charge of the freshmen zoology classes. Along with thi s, she is doing work for her M . A. Degree.

NOTICE Change of Address

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Return to Editor-Gertrude D. Halbritter, 1 Lindsey Street, Dorchester, Mass.