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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 We llesl路ey Farms, Mass. Business correspondence may be addressed to either office, but matter for pub lication and corr espondence concerning the same should be addre路ssed to Julia Lancaster, Wellesley Farms, Mass.

Entered as second-class matter September 4, 1923, at the post office at Richmond , Ind., under the Act of March 3, 1879.

Subscription price one dollar per year.

NATIONAL COUNCIL President- Mrs. Fred M. Sharp, ZZ, 1405 Hardy St., Independence, Mo. Vice-President-Miss Mary A. Wagner, KK, 124 Church St., Iowa City, Iowa.

Secretary-Miss Leona Wilcox, II, 1916 44th St., Des Moines, Iowa.

Treasurer-Mrs. James G. Haworth, t.t., 24rr Barrington Drive, Toledo, Ohio.

Registrar-Miss Evelyn G. Bell, IIII, 8 East Depew Ave., Apt. 6, Buffalo, N.Y. Chaplain-Miss Louise N. Stewart, YY, 1330 Blue Ave., Zanesville, Ohio.

Alumn<e Officer-Miss Doris L. Feeley, PP, 2547 3rd Ave., Huntington, W.Va. Editor-Miss Julia E. Lancaster, 速速, 7 Spring St., Amherst, Mass.

A. E. S. Representative-Miss Minnie M. Shockley, rr, Alva, Okla.

BOARD OF ADVISERS Alpha Alpha-Miss Amy M. Swisher, "The Tallawanda," Oxford, Ohio.

Alpha Beta-Miss Ethel Hook, 202 Conner Apts., Kirksville, Missouri.

Alpha Gamma-Miss Ethel A. Belden, State Teachers College, Indiana, Pennsylvania.

Beta Beta-Miss Elizabeth Luzmoor, State Teachers College, Greeley, Colorado.

Gamma Gamma-Miss Ollie Shattuck, Alva, Oklahoma.

Delta Delta-Mrs. Howard L. Goodwin, 30 Franklin Ave., Athens, Ohio.

Epsilon Epsilon-Miss Edna McCullough, ror7 Rural St., Emporia, Kansas.

Zeta Zeta-Mrs. Orlo R. Nattinger, ro8 South St., Warrensburg, Mo. Eta Eta-Miss Pauline Potter, Pittsburg, Kansas.

Theta Theta-Miss Mabel C. Bragg, 8o Madison Ave., Newtonville, Mass.

Iota Iota-Mrs. W. F. Barr, 2482 Rutland Ave., Des Moines, Iowa.

Kappa Kappa-Miss Laura W. Drummond, 2729 N. 12th St., Philadelphia, Pa. Lambda Lambda-Mrs. Ralph Stodgill, rrr5 W. 2nd Ave., Columbus, Ohio.

Mu Mu-Miss Estelle Bauch, 408 Emmet St., Ypsilanti, Mich.

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Secretary-Miss Carrie Walters, TSU, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Treasurer-Miss Ada Norton, AST, 510 Pearl St., Ypsilanti, Michigan.

Director of Local Panhellenics-Miss Mabel Lee Walton, SSS, Woodstock, Virginia.

Director of City Panhellenics-Miss Minnie Shockley, ASA, Alva, Okla.

Chairman of Eligibility and Nationalization-Mrs. C. P. Neidig, 2033 Hewitt Ave., Cincinnati, Ohio.

EDITORIAL STAFF National Editor Julia E. Lancaster, 7 Spring St., Amherst, Mass.

Chapter Editors Alpha Alpha-Martha Green, 27 Wells Hall, Oxford, Ohio.

Alpha Beta-Emily Smith, I I I E. Patterson St., Kirksville, Mo. Alpha Gamma-Kathryn Meiser, John Sutton Hall, S. T. C., Indiana, Pa. Beta Beta-Marian Behrens, La Salle, Colorado.

Gamma Gamma-Frieda Shirley, 709 Flynn St., Alva, Okla.

Delta Delta-Lillian Goff, Charleston, W. Va. Epsilon Epsilon-Juanita Nicholson, Emporia, Kansas.

Zeta Zeta-Doris E. Johnson, 304 Culton St., Warrensburg, Mo. Eta Eta-Helen Lortz, Pittsburg, Kansas.

Theta Theta-Emily Hall, 58 Warren Road, Framingham, Mass.

Iota Iota-Georgia Barton, 1350 24th St., Des Moines, Iowa.

Kappa Kappa-Norma Rebecca Nyce, 219 Mather Rd., Jenkintown, Pa. Lambda Lambda-Margaret G. De Witt, 70 15th Ave., Columbus, Ohio.

Mu .Mu-Phyllis Powers, 722 Lowell St., Ypsilanti, Mich.

Nu Nu-Virginia Moore, 3320 Powelton Ave., Philadelphia, Pa. Xi Xi-Margaret Knapp, 1265 W. 83rd Place, Los Angeles, Calif.

Omicron Omicron-Betty Moore, 1723 Cleveland Ave., N. Canton, Ohio.

Pi Pi-Alwilda McCumber, Darien, N.Y. Rho Rho-Virginia Shewey, 1726 Fifth Ave., Huntington, W. Va. Sigma Sigma-Celestia Yost, Gunnison, Colo.

Tau Tau-Evelyn Pauley, Custer Hall, Hays, Kansas.

Chi Chi-La Vaune Rutherford, 1603 Central Ave., Apt 315, Indianapolis, Ind. Phi Phi-Evelyn Wiley, Residence Hall, Maryville, Mo. Psi Psi-Lilburne Middleton, Natchitoches, La. Omega Omega-Fleta Jones, 3761 Granada St., San Diego, Calif.

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The arch is flanked by great round towers. Above the entrance arch is a California Mission (or early Spanish) bell-tower.

Skillfully executed landscaping will add unmeasureably to the beauty of the buildings and to their old-world atmosphere.

The planting has been planned to conform to the general Spanish Moresque style. The entrance and the patios will be planted formally; but the canyon slopes will be planted naturalistically, with tropical drought-resisting plants.

To add further to the beauty of the whole it has been planned to build an arched bridge over the canyon at the approach to the main portals. A natural amphitheater and stage will be a part of the landscape near the entrance bridge.

A stadium and athletic field will be added very soon. There is a student-union building which has recently been completed, which houses the bookshops, supply shop and a very beautiful and modern restaurant.

The "N" or Scripps Cottage for Women has been completed this month.

Four major traffic entrances have been planned to accommodate heavy automobile traffic. With between 1,300 and 1,400 students, an average of 1,300 cars pass in and out during a school day.

San Diego State College, formerly the State Normal School of San Diego, was established March 13, 1897. This Normal School, together with all California Normal Schools, became, on July 28, 1921, State Teachers' College of San Diego. The four-year curricula leading to the A.B. degree (with a major in Education) were established in June, 1923. In 1928 the College was authorized by the State Board of Education to offer pre-secondary curricula with majors in Chemistry, History, English, and Romantic Languages, and special secondary certification curricula with majors in Physical Education and Art, all leading to the A.B. degree.

In 1930 the following additional majors in pre-secondary curricula were added: Art, Biological Sciences (Zoology), Social Sciences (with Economics, Geography and History). At this time a major in English (pre-secondary) was added.

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A.B. here last June, is now at the University at Berkeley working for her M.A. in English. Lorenne Laubmayer is teaching in the art department at Oceanside, about fifty miles north of San Diego.

In our own city, Lucille Zweck is teaching physical education in the city school system. Audrey Peterson is assistant

THE PORTALS San Diego State College The twi n tower ent rance mo tive s hows the un ion of loca l fo rtification ideas with Lombardi t heory. The g reat arch stones a r e pecu liar to Cata lonia .

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productive district. Fields of deep green alfalfa alternate with the waving wheat, and in the fall of the year the harvesting and threshing add new life to the landscape.

Next is the town of Lafayette, where coal mining is the principal industry, and then the road traverses a sugar-beet country.

Colorado is the sugar bowl of the United States, and here is c;me of the regions where the beets are most successfully grown . .{\.t Longmont and Loveland are large factories; W~1ere sugar is ¢xtracted from the beets and refined for table use- -· ' At Loveland the road turns westward 'and soon piunges into the precipitou§ canyon of the Thompson River, where it follows the turns of the dashing stream, walled in by towering cliffs.

Soon the village of Estes Park is reached, at the edge of Rocky Mountain National Park and half surrounded by it.

From the green of the meadowland the eye follows the slope, up, up, up, over timbered hills and rocky cliffs, past timber line to the crest of the Continental Divide, where snqw lingers.

Longs Peak is the king of the mo~ntains in the park·and rises to a height of ·14,255 feet above sea level, higher even than famous Pikes Peak. As one looks at the mighty array of peaks it is hard to believe that in two hours one easily can drive to a snow bank on a mountain crest. i

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AES COUNCIL MEETING The Hotel Cosmopolitan, Denver, Colorado, was the Mecca to which many members of AES sororities wended their way in August. First the national council of our own Alpha Sigma Alpha held its conference. This was路 followed by a similar conference of the national council of Theta Sigma Upsilon.

Both of these were held in the Cosmopolitan and the members were present for the opening session of the Biennial Conference of the council of the Association of Educational Sororities.

The most commendable spirit of this meeting was the harmony which exists among the members who make up this council. All were imbued with the idea that the good of all was the important thing to be considered. Reports of the chairmen of the several committees showed that a real fraternal spirit exists in this association and that each labors to make its development add to the strength of the others.

There are forty-seven colleges on the roll of the Association of Educational Sororities. Every one of these is rated as first class and holds membership in the American Association of Teachers' Colleges, or kindred associations which determine educational ranking of such institutions. The growth of the roll of AES is very significant. In 1927 only thirty-four colleges were listed.

Pi Delta Theta, organized in 1925 at Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, was accepted as a member of the association. We are glad to extend to this group a. most cordial welcome and wish for it abundant success in its development. Athens and Kent, Ohio ; Emporia and Pittsburg, Kansas; Buffalo, New Yark and Ypsilanti, Michigan, have this group on their campuses. Greet them. heartily and show them that we wish them all good things.

Rules and regulations for the nationalization of other groups in the field of education were adopted. Any local desiring information or assistance may communicate with the chairman on Eligibility and Nationalization, whose address is given in the AES Directory in this issue of THI~ PHoENIX. A revised edition of the AES Constitution is being prepared and each chapter will receive several copies. Other copies may

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To our younger sisters in the college chapter, autumn brings a joyous season-back to college-the greeting of old friendsperhaps a new sorority house-the meeting of Freshmen girls and potential Alpha Sigs-the whole wild and yet never tiresome cycle of football games, classes, ru~hing, teas, parties and initiations-another year of precious memories!

To those graduates of last June, perhaps autumn brings a twinge of sadness-a wish that they might relive that happy, venturesome Senior year-that they might again enjoy those intimate associations with college friends and fraternity sistersyetTo those alumnx of longer standing the fading greens of autumn portray an interesting but never-vanishing memorypicture of "those good old college days"-those shrieking football cheers, those midnight feeds in the dorms-hobo hikesformals-yes, and mid-year exams. All those experiences concommitent to, as well as part of, a real college education. But the golden yellow of the goldenrod and the corn points to the future. Our summer brides look forward to a life of happiness -a brighter future lies ahead! Our Alpha Sig mothers relive all the hopes and aspirations of their lives as they plan for the future of their babies. For those in a professional field it may mean a new teaching position, the opening up of wider opportunities and experiences, or maybe simply returning to an old job with new enthusiasm and courage.

Green and Gold-autumn signals in a secret code to Alpha Sig Alumnx that golden yellow is the brighter-it shines into the future lighting the path to unclaimed "acres of diamonds" for those who dare to follow its rays!

S. June Smith, K K .

WHAT ALPHA SIGMA ALPHA MEANS TO ME To me, Alpha Sigma Alpha is symbolical of sisterly love, charm, culture, and refinement. Once an Alpha Sig has taken the sacred vows of the organization, she feels bound to each member by a tie of friendship, love, and duty. As long as Alpha Sigma Alpha lives, its members will have something tangible, something real, and something fine, of which they can be

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A HIGH SCHOOL GIRL'S CONCEPTION OF THE QUESTION OF A HOME OR A CAREER? This young girl's idea of a woman with a career is hard to express. She is the head of a business firm and spends the time in her office with time out for lunch. At four or five o'clock she gets in her car and drives home. '~orne," to her, is· an apartment, richly furnished and managed by servants. Everything is always in its proper place and always spick and span.

It does not have the "lived in" atmosphere. She eats there, sleeps there, and calls it "home." But would she not enjoy it more if there were loved ones, a husband and children, there with her, for her to care for, and if it was disorderly with books and toys once in a while?

"Women of the· Home."

Her home is her palace and she is unconsciously the ruler.

She has built it for her. husband and her children. It has grown as quietly as a flower grows, and she has watered, trained, and tended it. Each dollar was doubled in expending.

Her home is hospitable because her heart is large. She started building when she was in her 'teens and did not finish until she lay down to her last rest. She has made it a place for her husband to come when he is weary. It's like a harbor from the world. He is allowed to bring his friends there and they enjoy it. For the children it is a real home. They work, play, study, and entertain there. In short, her home is "lived in."

As a housekeeper she has a passion for cleanliness. Dirt is "misplaced matter," but this does not make her hate it less.

Frankly, she believes that cleanliness is next to godliness.

Even when she is "Grandma" hers is not faded glory. She was never more delicate or dainty in her life. She wants her husband and her children to see her at her best. She believes her beauty of old people is their gray hair. Her own white hair is like a crown of glory.

It has taken thought, time and study to build this home.

She has given her whole life to it. When she goes on to meet

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THE PHOENIX Somehow we feel that the thing we most desire in friends is good sportsmanship. They must have the ability to see things from a broad point of view and must not be influenced in decisions by petty prejudices. Of course they are expected to play fair under all circumstances.

Don't think for a moment that to be a good sport one must have a physique like a professional fighter-thick neck and muscles that resemble mountains. We usually find good sports interested in athletics to some extent, however. It is largely through that means that a fair play idea is really instilled into us. To be a gracious winner and a good loser is certainly a requisite for a good sport. Do we agree?

A person who is weak, pale and not very active will find it harder to play the role of good sport at times, for that type of person is usually so accustomed to getting her own way that being a good loser is almost impossible. 路 Isn't it true that when we meet a clean, healthy looking girl we feel sure she has most of the requirements of a sport within her? It is quite natural for a girl to like active exercise to build her body and train her along the line of sportsmanship. A strong body is usually suggestive of a strong mind, and aren't most strong mindedpeople good sports?

So come on, ASA's-let's build our bodies and minds by wielding our hockey sticks a little oftener, by smashing our tennis serves a little harder, and by swimming a little better, so that we may each qualify for that rating of being a really good sport.

Phyllis Wright, A r.

SIX DAYS (Apologies to Elinor Glyn)

A play with one act( or).

CharactersThe First Comer.

Extras appear increasingly often and in great numbers.

TimeCovers six days.

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THE PHOENIX "Oh my, excuse me, but there is the telephone man and I'll have to show him our special little telephone booth.

"Well, that's done now. Yes, sure the fireplace is real.

We're going to burn wood, too-if we can't get wood, we'll burn paper, maybe-who knows-or even old textbooks, but don't tell anybody."

"0 o-G ee-0 o. I sn ' t 1t . great.I" "Well now, at last one person arrived to help with settling."

"To bed again, Mrs. Clarke-I'm nearly dead."

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Wednesday"Oo-Gee-Oo. Isn't it great!"

"Oh, for heaven's sake, can't a guy .sleep ?-imagine arriving so early when I want to rest. No, I must get up-there's loads to do today."

"Great! There's the furniture truck with the rest of our things-now we begin to look a little civilized." . "Good morning, Mrs. Clark-oh, good morning, what are you selling? You're from a laundry? Well, there's no one here yet, and I think there's nothing ready for the laundry but my disposition, which is quite black."

"Oh, here's Peg!" "Oo-Gee-oo. Isn't it great!"

"Just a minute, Mister, will you please move those beds upstairs before you start cleaning the cellar? Yes, I'll show you where. What, the painter here! Well, we'll have to stack these beds here until he's through in that room-" "No, neither of my roommates is here yet. The room is big and bare without them. Hardly know how we'll fix it. We'll do something, though, to make it cute- Gee, I'm sleepy."

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ThursdayRing-Brr-Brr-Brr-Brr-Brr-Brr! Clop-clop-clop-clop (mules going down stairs).

"Oh, that's alright. Of course, you couldn't help ringing when it was a registered letter. Thanks." 路 "Well, there's no more sleep for this little one-may as well get up."

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"Oo-Gee-Oo. Isn't it great!

"Yes, there's one now."

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"And another one with her."

"Well, well, here's our other roommate-welcome to our city, lady. More stuff! Well, pray don't anyone come into the room without a walking stick and their mountain climbing shoes on, or it will be woe unto them."

"What color scheme shall we use, Zil ? You want black, and Jimmie wants blue! I'm going to sing 'Why am I black and blue' and hold out for green. Good-nite, sleep tite."

"And now, I lay me down to sleep. I pray the Lord my soul to keep. If I should die before I wake, I pray the Lord my soul to take. Dear Lord, please take good care of the fourteen Alpha Sigs under the Alpha Sig roof and help to build about us a stronger bond by living together in peaceful harmony. Good-nite."

Margaret Eves, '32, K K.

A DAY IN SCHOOL Greetings: Would you like to go on a Drexel tour with me ? I knew you would love to! Well, Friday is a busy day. Up, a shower, breakfast, then a dash for a nine o'clock class. English class with Prof. MacDonald is a whiz, and didn't it seem great to get into a class that keeps you on your ears! One agrees that both men and women are funny and truly resemble the ancestor, the ape. Then to Ed. class with Dr. Taft. What a joy to find out that you had passed that quiz which was so hard.

On again to Ed. II class to hear what the Greeks, Romans, and Christians contributed to education-but then 路 who cares, because isn't this the season for individual rushing and aren't there two of the best sports you have ever seen waiting for you in the Court? You just know that they will be be~ming when you rare madly in to get them. There can be no doubt that Freshmen drive away that withered look! Then to lunch-

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"Mildred, where do you want these boxes put?" Down I came and just about to talk when a thud from above made me realize the men upstairs were to put the beds up and I was supposed to tell them where. Some continual flying was done.

I never wished for a sliding board and an elevator more than I did that day.

When all -was unloaded I found three mattresses missing, our davenports and stuffed chair, and small chairs. Ooooh!

The house looked very nice-if you looked where 路 there was furniture. We laid the rugs, and were really delighted with the filling qualities they gave to our living room. (Just minus some large pieces.)

Well, after much unloading and placing here and there, hurrying to buy odds and ends and in between times greeting sorority sisters just returning, someone reported that two beds were stolen from the dormitories. I hurried down to see what was the matter. The movers had taken new beds instead of old ones we were to get. After trying to convince the movers that it was their fault, I had to wait until those provoked men changed the beds. The day was almost over and we decided to leave the rest of the work for the next day. We returned home and I had the soundest sleep I had had all summer.

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A DOG'S LIFE Poor thing! She seemed to slink away knowing no one cared whether she was there beside the fireplace or off on a night's spree in some neighbor's back yard. Yet, her condition and unaccustomed place in the household was obvious as soon as I arrived.

There she lay with nary a breath of air stirring and everyone gone to bed. My position as week-end guest did not warrant my doing anything about the matter, but it was plain that she occupied no prominent place in anyone's heart. The look on the face very much resembled that of a dejected lover and could not have been more expressive-or should I say expressionless.

What was I to do? She seemed even too forlorn and pathetic to even offer any reason for her resting place. That she was unaware of her infirmities was obvious, yet she seemed to accept them and ask nothing in return except that no more intruders interrupt her romantic dreams. .

Not being one of the kind to interfere or offer any suggestions, I tried to get as much路 of her history as was possible, yet very tactfully. Tears trinkled down her slightly soiled face as she told me the minute details. I might have been stirred by the pathetic tones of her "barking" voice, but any native born American is of sturdy enough blood to forestall any such actions when the part of a good samaritan is being played and a life is at stake.

Slowly, her whole history was revealed. Her ancestors had "thrown the dog" for years, but finally the wheel of fortune was turned one day, in a busy city street, she was "thrown for a loop." Since then she had go enthrough life with her hindquarters slightly awry and her back pushed forward into a sort of camel's hump. Formerly, she had been the pet of the family, and Pomeranians, Collies and Terriers had been drawn by her "aroma." Now she was an outcast (a tiny tear could not be withheld here) and, the people who had so graciously taken her in, only gave her the scraps and bones from the table.

The meager diet had left her pale and forlorn. To make matters worse she had just recently had a serious attack of rickets and the veterinary was pressing harder each month for larger

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MUSIC-WHAT IT MEANS TO US Music possesses power; a power greater than we ourselves can possess. The power of music is a social art which all of us should appreciate. Music furnishes dullness and gloom or gladness and joy in life. Caressing, soothing tones at a time of sadness bring peace and contentment. Music appeals to the emotions. A lively tune makes one feel far more pleasant than a solemn processional. Music is beautiful. I do not mean beautiful as a form of amusement, but rather that it is pleasant to hear and is worthwhile as an earnest pursuit. This social art called music has a power of its own that no other study or art can claim, a power so strong that even animals are affected by it and the child too young to notice other arts is strongly influenced.

The social life of our home should be the cause of our musical activity. Much pleasure is produced in the family circle in which Mary plays the violin, mother the piano, dad the 'cello, and John the mandolin. Such a musical family has good times and they furnish good times for those about them. Many people earn their living in the musical world, many become popular at social affairs, and finally as one grows older it furnishes a means of enjoyment in the schools, colleges and even in the community.

While discussing the sadder phase of music think for a moment of the tunes "Lead Kindly Light" and "Jesus Lover of My Soul." Is there not something which makes you feel the touch of its strains? Music fills your heart with solemnity.

There is something about a lonely tune on a church organ which soothe's.

For the brighter phase think of the Indian Music and Negro Folk Lore. If we can but imagine the Indians as they are assembled around the campfire dancing the war dance to the odd tunes of Indian Music. Each heart is moved by the stirring strains of "Dixie," and as one writer has said, "those who listen to it are ready to say with uplifted hands, bared brows and reverent lips, 'We give our heads and our hearts to our country.'"

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THE LIFE OF A STUDENT DIETITION Picture, if you can, a wide-eyed Drexel girl, green as grass as far as hospitals go, walking into one of those aforementioned, foreboding institutions. I was met at the door by that familiar hospital smell, and somehow or other arrived, at last, at the Dietitian's office, which was to be my headquarters for three months.

The Dietitian dressed me up in my white uniform, which helps to give that so necessary professional air and with many apologies for the old equipment and its condition, showed me the Dietary Department. Having never seen a Dietary Department before, it didn't look bad to me at all. All that first day I was introduced to help, nurses, heads of departments and the complicated hospital system for doing this and that. By five-thirty my mind was in such a muddle trying to remember names and procedures that I was a mental and physical wreck.

On the second day I made my acquaintance with Diabetic formulas and diets. Of course, this was very strange at first but I soon came to enjoy juggling grams of carbohydrates, fats, and protiens. On this same day I met numerous salesmen and wondered if I eyer would be able to talk as intelligently to them about good prices on this and that, as the Dietitian did. I shall never forget the feeling I had when I was told for the first time there was a salesman in the reception hall, where I was to go and interview. I knew the best day to learn was by meeting the problem, but oh, my, how I hated it.

The Dietitian visits the private patients as often as possible; consults them about their food and service. About the fourth day I had my first experience at this. Well, chicken-hearted Tudy felt so sorry for every patient she saw that she almost wept instead of cheering them up. It didn't take me long to be cured of this when I found how unreasonable some patients were about the food; requiring a special menu for each meal, and never thinking of what would happen if every patient did this. However, it was nice to find this to be the exception.

Most of our 路patients did their best to make the best of it and like it.

My most interesting problem was a diabetic. She claimed

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mail boxes-all the comforts of a hotel. I wandered into the living room-and gasped. I can't begin to describe it. 'Way down at the far end is a fireplace-a big one. Everywhere there are big, comfortable chairs and divans. And even a grand piano (which I might here state is kept in tune and is actually used)!

About that time I required same breakfast, so I went down to the dining room. It is very charming-and they say that it is delightful to work with the new equipment in the kitchen!

After breakfast my trunks required attention, so I journeyed up to my room. I was surprised then! I had seen it 路before, without furniture, and I worried all summer about just where they intended to put me! But-there stood the wash basin, a medicine chest, a desk, a bureau, and a bed with a tricky little gadget in the back to prop up one's weary head when it is too much effort to study at the desk. A pewter lamp graced the desk, and another dominated the mirror. (Now our make-up has no excuse for being on crooked!) I almost forgot-we also have two chairs-a desk chair and a comfortable one!

Then I had a surpressed desire for a cigaret! I didn't surpress it very long. I whispered in some one's ear and we went up to the roof-pardon me- the loggia. After a brief stay on the roof top (you can see to the Delaware River bridge) we called an elevator. And it was most annoying! It wouldn't go anywhere I wanted it to go. I pushed the "down" button and landed in the basement, pushed it again and was returned to the eleventh. Oh, well, when there is nothing else to do I can go joy-riding in our eccentric elevators!

Betty Dawson.

COLLEGE LIFE The new girls are all wondering what this new life is all about. The upper-classmen should show these girls how to get the most out of college.

People always preach about extra-curricular activities. The person who disregards these soon gets in a tedious rut. An outside interest is a good tonic and helps very much. We all have a proud feeling wh~n we are able to point out a sister

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When he has failed at every earthly task?

I do not know-1 merely ask.

Velma Krause, T T. AUTUMN HAZE Across the pearly distance It lies on bank and stream, On slopes of airy turquoise, As softly as a dream.

A slumberous smoke that rises From incense-breathing mold, Autumnal woodland blazing In flames of ruddy gold.

Geraldine Reinecke Glow, T T. REVERIE Day dreams, Cobwebs of thought, Intangible fancies, Clothing the commonplace with gay Romance.

Geraldine Reinecke Glow, T T. REGRETS Through fear of taking risks in life I've missed a lot of fun; T.P.e only things that I regret Are those I haven't done.

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typing, shorthand and bookkeeping all that is taught in the commercial course. The subjects are many and give one a large choice for specialization.

Evelyn Aiken, '32, K K.

COMPOSITION CAKE Whole Title.

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FATE The professor gives you work to do; You study your lesson through and through; The very next day does he call on you? No! That very same night you go to a ball; You don't even study your lesson at all; You go to school. On you does he call ?

Yes! Emily G. Hall, E> E>.

REPORT OF ALPHA ALPHA OF ALPHA SIGMA ALPHA FOR NOVEMBER We began ciur rushing this year with a garden party at the home of Mrs. Kenneth White, one of our own Alpha Sigs. In her back yard is a lily pond. Around this we placed the tables

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groups. The afternoons were full of excursions to Mount Mitchell (the highest mountain east of the Rockies-Geography -urn-), Biltmore Mansion, Sunset Pass, and other places.

Rhododendrum, laurel, columbines, azelia, and countless varieties of flowers made a fairyland of Blue Ridge. Early risers climber High Top Mountain to see the sun rise (it's three o'clock in the morning!) but it was worth missing a little sleep to see.

The Conference ended much to the regret of the girl from Louisiana. To further satisfy her spirit she paused at Chattanooga, Tennessee, to view the historic battlefield at the top of Lookout Mountain. Then she went back to her swamps, but she says she thinks she'll some day live right on top of a great mountain. The girl's name is Kate Flanagan. I belong to Psi Psi chapter of Natchitoches, Louisiana.

ALUMNAE NEWS The Kansas City Alumn~ of Alpha Sigma Alpha held their September meeting at the home of Gladys Rice, 134 West Sea Avenue, Independence, Missouri. Miss Ruth Bryant and Mrs. Harriett Norvell were assisting hostesses. Vacations were reviewed and plans for the year were discussed. Mrs. Wilma Wilson Sharp met with us and told us various bits of interesting news about Alpha Sigma Alpha.

Mrs. Meredith, Phon Johnson and Mrs. Ruby Waterbury were hostesses to the Kansas City Alumn~ of Alpha Sigma Alpha on October 17, 1931. Those present were: Mrs. Margaret Bryant, Esther Bucker, Mary Hawlin, Laura Brown, Mrs. Lida Hale Wade, Lucille Christopher, Mrs. Josephine Dixon McMillan, Frances Broyles, Irene Alley, Marie Burrus, Ruth Grigsby, Gladys Rice, Ruth Bryant and Ethel Phillips.

After the business meeting a few rubbers of bridge were played. Later delicious refreshments were served. Then the crowd disbanded .until the Founders' Day meeting on November fourteenth, at the home of Mrs. Lida Hale, 4510 Forest Avenue.

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Each member is allowed invitations for two guests and the association as a whole extends invitations to the faculty of the College of Educ4tion of Drake University and to members of the other faculties which we feel might be interested in the certain speakers. Representatives of the other educational sororities and some teachers and supervisors of die city schools are included. We usually plan on about one hundred guests.

We aim to make our guest day an 路outstanding event, one that will be remembered in connection with Alpha Sigma Alpha whenever the sorority name is mentioned.

Sometimes our guest day has been a tea on a Sunday afternoon in spring. Several of our most successful guest days have been held at the home of Lillian Hethershaw. We always plan for some music and for a speaker who is an authority in his field. One year we had Dr. 0. D. Frank from the University of Chicago. After his very delightful talk, he conducted a short field trip identifying all sorts of common weeds. I am sure there are others who were there besides myself who never see our common pest, the dandelion, without thinking of the description Dr. Frank gave us. "He is a dandy-lion with his jagged-toothed leaves. He lies flat on the ground and sinks his roots far into the earth so that he is hard to capture."

One year a ~ell-known artist from Chicago g~ve a very enjoyable talk on art. We invited the heads of the art departments of our city schools for that occasion. One time our speaker was a man who unfolded some of the mysteries of poetry for us. Another time, when we changed our date to a January night so that more of the husbands could attend and we felt there would be fewer conflicting engagements, the thermometer ran down to eighteen below zero, the coldest night o拢 our winter. Our city librarian talked on "Books to Burn" and nearly seventy-five men and women braved the weather to hear him.

We always have printed invitations and mail them to our guests. Each girl takes her own two to mail and a committee gets out the general ones.

The committee in charge of refreshments plans something that is attractive from every standpoint. It is a nice party and

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We held two benefit bridge parties, one at the Chapter House and a larger one at the Southern Hotel, at both of which we received very gracious support from our friends and local merchants. A rummage sale was planned for the early spring and yielded a nice profit to our treasury.

Our Christmas gift to the girls of the local chapter consisted of two fireside benches, and a lovely bridge lamp and electric toas.ter came to them through the generosity of our president and Miss Kay Stoffer, who were lucky enough to draw them as house prizes at our bridge parties.

Social activities amongst our own members have been many, and the parties have included evening bridge and dinner bridge as well as our annual banquet the week of Commencement, when our past presidents and the newly elected president are the honor guests. We are planning a gift of some fine pictures to adorn the walls of the Chapter House and these will be in place shortly.

Jessie Barnes Kersey, Secretary.

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Marriage 4nnouncements Alpha Beta chapter of Alpha Sigma Alpha announces the marriages of: Mary Emison to Vaughn Coe, in May. Ethel Cassity .to Fred Schwengels, in August.

Emily M. Smith.

ALPHA GAMMA CHAPTER Hello everybody! Station ASA, broadcasting on a frequency of good will from its studio at Indiana State Teachers College. We are about to present the fifth of a series of programs from Alpha Gamma Chapter.

The first week-end in May added a most important chapter to the history of Alpha Sigma Alpha on the Indiana campus. It was an honor and a delightful pleasure to entertain Miss Evelyn Bell of Pi Pi Chapter. The inspection of our chapter by the National Registrar was not the dreaded ordeal we had fearfully anticipated but a real joy and pleasure. Miss Bell captivated us all by her magnetic and charming personality.

Saturday afternoon our initiation was held at the home of Mrs. Harry Neale. The new members of Alpha Gamma Chapter are Margaret Cravener, Roberta Walt, Bernice Anstead, La Rue Graden, Kathryn Meiser, and Phyllis Wright.

Saturday evening a formal banquet was held at the Yellow Lantern Tea Room. Honored guests were Miss Bell, Mrs. Neale, Mrs. Simpson, Mrs. Stevenson, and Mrs. Rink. We were glad to have many of our alumna: with us. It was a real home-coming week-end for the chapter. After the banquet the active members of the sorority gave a very extemporaneous performance of the "Mock Opera" which appeared in an earlier issue of THE PHOENIX. This second presentation was even more thoroughly enjoyed than the first when they presented it to the Y. W. C. A. on sorority stunt-night. Imagine a young couple attired in formal evening gowns, being unable to pay the rent; the janitor, broom in hand, bent with age, stumbling over a long gown; a gorgeously gowned houselady with an expensive shawl wrapped about her head, demanding the rent! The incongruity of the costumes only made the performance more ludicrous.

The next event on our program was a picnic dinner at Rustic Lodge.

Preparatory to rushing season next fall, each sorority girl invited a friend. It was a jocund company. We even became quite childish and played such games as Drop the Handkerchief, Three Deep, and The Cat and the Mouse. An impromptu concert was given in which the outstanding voice was that of a most talented art student. Our members are quite versatile. The time passed all too quickly. It was a glorious picnic. An almost indistinguishable bun in a flower bedecked

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We are planning to have our pledge service within the next week for four darling girls. We'll tell you all about it at our next broadcast.

One of our girls, Elma Getty, was married this fall. We have also received announcements of the marriages of these alumn~: Thelma Sterling, Martha Wert, and Lucille Johnson.

And now, dear sisters, our time is up. Station ASA signing off from its Indiana Studio until January. Tune in Again! Goodbye!

Kathryn Meiser.

BETA BETA CHAPTER NEWS Hello girls: Just coming up for a breath of air and to tell you what Beta Beta is doing now.

We have been. celebrating Home-coming on the campus this weekend. There was a parade before the football game so Panhellenic had a Boat and each sororitiy had a car decorated. We decora~ed a roadster in red and white and the five of us who rode in it wore our Alpha Sig sweaters.

After the game we had a tea for the Alumns.

Oh yes! We had our house decorated too. It was very attractiveespecially at night-as we had two flood lights focused on it.

Formal rush week started on Sunday, October eleventh. We started the rush week by having Open House.

On Monday, the traditional Japanese tea dance was given. Silver and gold fans were the favors.

Wednesday 路was chosen for the Eruption Bridge Party. All decorations were in red and white.

The formal dinner-dance was held on Thursday at the Faculty Club. Leather photograph books with rushee's name and ASA printed on it. The ceiling was covered with balloons and then serpentine hung from the balloons. 路 The Alumn~ gave a very lovely Autumn Breakfast on Saturday mornmg.

A small luncheon was given at the Chapter House on Saturday afternoon.

Besides these parties we had a Hallowe'en Luncheqn on -Tuesday and a Purple and Gold (Teachers' Colors) Luncheon onFriday.

We are hoping, of course, to get some grand girls-and as far as we can see now, we will.

Beta Beta wishes all the other chapters the best of luck in rushing.

Marian Behtens.

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The Alpha Sigma Alpha Sorority held the first open house of the year in their rooms September 21. About seventy-five girls attended with their sponsors. Bridge, dominoes, and dancing were the chief entertainments during the evening. Punch and wafers were served all during the evening. At a late hour the girls departed to their homes.

DELTA DELTA CHAPTER ,NEWS "Peanuts, candy, chewing gum, and popcorn," came the cry. Confetti trickled down each one's back. Balloons filled the air. Shouts of laughter arose and everyone was merry-making. This jubilee took place at no other house than the Delta Deltas. It was a carnival opening our rushing season of this year. On Sunday afternoon following this party a large number of rushees were entertained at tea. Monday night a supper hike to a beautiful knoll overlooking the college town marked a great success. The next night a pajama bridge was given, and Wednesday night we concluded rushing with a formal dance at the Betty Shop, a very attractive gathering place. - Pledging and initiation followed, and we are very pleased to ha.ve such lovely girls in our chapter.

I am sure they will come up to the expectations of the sorority.

By the way, we are indeed glad to say that our own vice president, Dorothy Jefferson, is the president of Y. W. C. A. on the campus this year.

Has anyone heard of the Green Goat Contest? Well, it is a contest for selling路 the monthly campus paper. This opposition has started again, and Alpha "Sigs" are out once more to win. Our mantel is now covered with Green Goat Cups, but we are thinking about filling the house with them in order that we might call our place the Green Goat Museum.

Delta D~lta Chapter is happy to announce the marriage of the national treasurer, Miss Grace G. Fultz. Best wishes Mrs. Haworth.

Lillian Gaff.

EPSILON EPSILON CHAPTER NEWS After holding a two weeks' general clean up consisting of scrubbing, sweeping, painting, remodeling, and what have you, the Epsilon Epsilon girls discarded their housedresses and dust caps, donned their party clothes, and anxiously awaited the first day of rush week and all the thrills that it would bring. When the three days of enrollment dates, luncheons, dinners, and parties were over, the Alpha Sigs emerged from the struggle with one of the grandest groups of pledges that any sorority, anywhere, could wish for. We love everyone of them and we feel that we have an unusually talented group. There are fourteen in all. They are the following: Hazel Ronen, Eureka; Eleanor Grentner, Topeka; Phyllis Thew, Myrtle Good, Burlingame; Ruth Abilgard, Oxford; Beth

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Kathryn Shortridge, an active member. A four course dinner was served to the members, sorority sponsor, and rushees. The home was attractively decorated with beautiful roses, lending a refreshing atmosphere to the party. We presented our guests with animals which were captured in the wilds of Africa. It was very difficult for us to tame them, but by the time we were ready to give them as favors, they had become quite docile. At present, they are reclining on pillows and rugs in the rooms of the rushees to whom they were given.

We became very well acquainted with the new girls, for whenever a n active had a few spare moments, she would make it a point to be with one of the rushees. We felt that we were very fortunate in being able to welcome the following seven pledges into our midst: Margaret Bailey, Warrensburg, Missouri; Dorothy Gray, Sedalia, Missouri; Clara Dooley, Platte City, Missouri; Lucille Kueker, Sedalia, Missouri; Elizabeth Bennett, Green Ridge, Missouri; Ellen Galloway, Elsberry, Missouri; and Blanche Schooley, Odessa, Missouri.

Doris E. Johnson.

News Articles of Zeta路 Zeta Chapter Eugenia Land, a member of the senior class, was honored by her fellow students when they elected her as class secretary for the coming year.

Rachel Brenneisen, our chapter president, and a major in the field of physical education, was elected president of the Women's Athletic Association of Central Missouri State Teachers College for the coming year.

Virginia Sue Brown, an active member of Zeta Zeta Chapter, and sister of Laura Brown, an alumnus of Zeta Zeta Chapter, has brought to us her very charming and attractive sister, Martha. They are both staying at the chapter house, and set a good example of the beauty of sisterly love. We think it is quite a family affair!

Saturday evening, September 26, the Alpha Sigs were happy in having Alice Gwinn and Mary Greenwald, of Falls City, Nebraska, alumni members of the Zeta Zeta Chapter, as guests of the sorority. Both girls are teaching in the rural districts . near their homes. We hope other former members will get lonesome for Alpha Sigma Alpha very soon.

Miss Catherine Oglesby, of Warrensburg, Missouri, another Zeta Zeta alumnus, left recently for New York, where she will attend the New York School of Dramatic Art. We were very glad to have Cath. erine visit with us quite often before she left.

Mrs. Frank Hull, formerly Elizabeth Farmer, an alumnus of Zeta Zeta Chapter, is making her home in Warrensburg, Missouri. We are planning to entertain our pledges very soon with a chili supper at her home. 路路 Miss Marguerite Van Meter, who is teaching in Warrensburg this year, is a frequent caller at our chapter house. She is an alumnus of

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Barnes and Lucina Hulet sing in the School chorus, and. Betty is on the Music committee also. Emily Hall was elected to the Social Committee this fall and we certainly all do turn out to the social affairs. Winona Prouty is our valued "artist" that sends out clever and fetching invitations, plans our social meetings, and does other delicate, time-taking, work. Alma Bowles is teaching again in Springfield and there is no question but that she has profited by her course of study here and is now the perfect teacher.

Enough for personalities! We are just getting things into working order now, so that we are looking forward to a year of better understanding and closer relationships between our members.

Our time is up, but we will be with you again next January. Here's " Best Wishes" to our sister chapters in their new year and the hope of a personal meeting at convention!

Theta Theta signing off, Good-bye.

IOTA IOTA CHAPTER NEWS The Alpha Sigs at Iota Iota met at the House on Monday evening, September 28, and after the meeting went to hear Bohumir Kryl and his famous band at the Drake field-house. The program was most worth while, consisting of aesthetic dancing, vocal solos, harp and cornet solos; xylophone numbers, and the many internationally known compositions 路 played by the band.

Friday evening, October 2, two rushees were entertained at dinner at the sorority house, after which the girls attended the Drake-Simpson football game, the first of the season. Of course, the Bulldogs were victorious, 26 to o.

Our June graduates are by this time full-fledged "School marms."

We're very proud of them all.

Nellie Everling has a rural school just three miles out of her home town, Creston. She reports that her enrollment of eleven comprises the best "kids" in Iowa.

Ruth Miller of King City, Missouri, is teaching at Waukee. Helen Stouffer of Colfax, and Florence Iseminger had the good luck to be assigned the same school in Altoona. Doris East, another Iota Iota alum is also at Altoona.

Florence Banning of Ankeny has the school at White Oak, while Carmabelle Hartson of Boulder, Colo., is teaching near Gunnison. Irene Priest is at Urbandale, a suburb of Des Moines. Gwen Tackaberry of Waterloo, has dropped out of school for a year because of illness.

We are proud of two of our members who have just been elected to lead their classes for the year. Velma Jordan is the president of the Senior class in the college of Education, and Marian Haven is president of the Sophomore class of the same college.

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She can be seen gmng swiftly from one task to another showing her capabilities, whether it be gliding gracefully on a ballroom floor, or dashing madly down the library aisle. When she speaks her brown eyes gaze straight into mine, making me feel a wave of seriousness, but her merry, high-pitched laugh comes in time to break the spell, and brings me back to earth again .

Jennie Shuey.

Jennie Shuey, House President: Jennie, otherwise known as "Jen" is a typical southern belle. Her black eyes bespeak a vivacious and pleasing personality. During Jennie's sorority life she has typified our motto "Pearls grow, and that is what we expect our pledges to do."

She has grown from an exceptionally shy girl into an independent and very stable individual. Jennie is not only a very dear sorority sister, but one of the closest friends I have ever had, since she has been my roommate for the year.

Tl elma Jordan.

Leona Gabrielson, Treasurer: Leona is a real blonde, with a passion for blue. It is she who plays most of our Alpha Sig songs, as well as jazz for us, since she is a Junior in Fine Arts. Last year Leona served 路 as Secretary, and a very competent one at that.

Helen Sailer, House Treasurer: Helen's line is music. Her major study is voice, and her rich contralto may be heard in any song-fest at the house. Helen's fondness for sauerkraut is a standing joke, as. are also her frequent "re-decorating" spells. At present apple-green and black is the combination used in her room.

Dorothy Hull, Chaplain: "Dutch" as she is fondly called, is the quiet member of Iota Iota. In the summer she is the "all around" clerk at her father's drug-store-and what she doesn't know about a "coke"!

The most striking thing about Dorothy is her straight black bob, worn brushed to the front.

Faye Lee, Secretary: Everyone was mighty glad when Faye walked into the house and announced that she would be back at school this fall. She was graduated in June, but was able to return for her third year work. She is the chapter "clown," and a marvelous dancer. IE there is a joke, Faye is always at the bottom of it.

Georgia Barton, Editor: Reporting for the Drake Times-Delphic keeps Georgia busy most of the time. When anyone goes home over the week-end, or entertains a guest, they are fairly certain of seeing it in print,-inches, don't you know.

Marian Haven, Vice-President: Marian can best be described as capable. Under her guidance, rushing was a marked success. In fact, the whole Haven family "rushed." Marian is an accomplished pianist, and something of an artist.

Doris Milligan: Doris is majoring in Drama, and has appearep in nearly every all-university play that has been presented. Recently she has been heard in one-act plays over radio station WHO at Des Moines.

THE PHOENIX Although we don't know our pledges very well yet, we have discovered some mighty nice things about them. Margaret's father runs a creamery in Humboldt, and "Marg" has promised to bring along enough ice cream for the crowd, next time she goes home. Harriett is a golf enthusiast. Her major is Spanish,-and she takes French at the same time. Juanita is a Des Moines girl, and seems to know everyone.

All three girls are registered in the college of Education.

KAPPA KAPPA CHAPTER NEWS Great has been the excitement among the Alpha Sigs on the Temple campus this fall. It seems to us that a fairy story has come true, for we are now the proud possessors of a simply marvelous sorority house.

Now we have proof that dreams do sometimes materialize. Beginning this fall there are four sorority houses at Temple; but we have the privilege of being the nearest one to Mitten Hall, which is the center of most of the activities on the campus.

Almost all our girls came back early this year for of course they were all interested in fixing up the house. There was a committee of 路 two girls who worked in conjunction with Mrs. Swan, who is the wife of one of our faculty and is a gifted interior decorator, and Mrs. Keen, one of our patronesses. It was great fun choosing the furniture and thinking the while about just how it would look in the house. Oh, I mustn't forget about our double decker beds. We have three and everybody wants to try them at once for none of us have ever slept on such beds before. We thought it a good idea to put the Physical Ed. students on top, for they have had more practice in hurdling bars than the rest of us. One grand thing is our new house mother, Mrs. Clark.

Freshman week started with a bang on Wednesday, September twenty-third. I'm afraid that that was not such a pleasant day for the Freshmen for they were given those horrible placement exams. But the evening made up for the rest of the day for they were entertained in Mitten Hall. Thursday was registration day and in the evening another dance which was given by the Interfraternity Council. Our Freshman week dances are very informal and friendly. There were a good many upper classmen back who helped to make the new students feel at home. On Friday night we won our first football game. This year the first game was held a week earlier than usual. Almost all our games are being given at night; they are perfectly thrilling with the bright lights, the mobs of people, and last but not least the white football.

Saturday night the Freshmen were entertained at dinner by the Blue Key and Magnet Honorary Societies. Here they were welcomed to the scholastic and social activities of the school by several of our J?eans. On Sunday were special vesper services under the路 management of the Y. M. and Y. W. C. A.'s. This gala week was brought to a conclusion by a dance on Monday under the auspices of the Panhellenic Association, (Mildred Cramer, one of our sorority girls was chairman of the committee) ; and another dance on Tuesday by theY. M. and Y. W . Every-

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Back Business · On May 8, I9JI, Lambda Lambda chapter initiated into the Sorority five girls. The ceremony, held at sun-set was very beautiful and impressive. The girls were: Alice McRichie, Ed. 3; Mary Louise Welsh, Ed. 3; Genevieve Parmer, Ed. 2; Norma Johns, Ed. r, and Margaret De Witt, Ed. I. On May 23, 1931, Lambda Lambda entertained at the Elks Home with a formal dinner dance. A large group of actives, pledges, alumn:r:, and their escorts were present. Music was furnished by the "Tennessee Tatters," a local orchestra.

May 24, 1931, bright and early the whole chapter of AA awoke and fed on a delightful breakfast planned and given in honor of the nine seniors by the former pledge chapter. At the breakfast the seniors were presented with sterling bracelets marked with the ASA crest.

Margaret De Witt .

MU MU CHAPTER NEWS The opening of college brought back twenty-one girls to Mu Mu chapter. We feel very fortunate in having so many of the old members back and we are looking forward to a ·very fine and successful year.

We are especially happy to have Miss Estelle Bauch, our faculty adviser, with us again. Miss Bauch spent the past year traveling and studying in Europe.

The past two weeks have been busy ones for the Mu Mu girls.

Fall term rushing began with the opening of school and rushing time means busy moments for everyone. We are not allowed to rush Freshmen girls who have not been one term on the campus, so our rushing has been confined to Sophomores and upper class girls. We have had several informal bridge parties at the sorority house and we are planning an outdoor event for some time next week. 'There will be no pledging until the fifth week of school. When the next issue of THE PHOENIX comes out we hope to have a long list of pledges on our chap• . ter page.

We are all looking forward to Home-coming which is the week-enJ of October 24. Home-coming alw~s · brings back many alumni and it is 'a happy time for everybody. However we have a good deal of work to do to get ·ready for it. All the houses are decorated this weekend and the com.mittee on decorating the house have been holding weighty conferences thinking of new and clever ideas.

This year's Home-coming will be an especially delightful time as we have a splendid new building to show the alumni. It is Charles McKenny Hall, the new social building on the campus. The dream of six years has been realized in the construction of that building. It contains a magnificent ball-room, lovely lounges for the men and the women, club rooms, a fine cafeteria, besides numerous pri vate dining rooms.

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THE PHOENIX But it is useless to try to describe it to you. It would be much better if you could visit Mu Mu chapter and then we could show you all through it.

NU NU CHAPTER NEWS Dear PHOENIX: All the Nu Nu's got back to Drexel on September twenty-first and have taken up where they left off last spring. Two of the girls, "Freddie" and Mary, were at summer school and have been telling us about the good times and the warm weather.

At our first chapter meeting, on September twenty-second, "Tudy" told us about the Tea Dance and we all rushed to make tickets and sell them before Friday, the twenty-fifth. The dance was held in the Art Gallery at Drexel, "Benny" Prichard's orchestra furnishing the music.

On October fifth, our second chapter meeting. Miss Macintyre talked to us about renewing our pledges to Alpha Sigma Alpha. Each time we hear those lovely phrases, promising loyalty and fellowship, they seem to mean so much more to us.

On October tenth, the Nu Nu girls will pack up and wend their way to the Drexel Lodge at Newton Square. Miss Gordon, one of our two lovely house mothers, will be our chaperon. In my next letter, I'll tell you all about it. Heigh ho! It's a great life if you don't weaken!

Until JanuaryYours in ASA, Virginia Moore.

School News All Drexel has been路oh-ing and ah-ing. The reason is our miniature skyscraper, otherwise known as the Sarah Drexel Van Rensselaer Dormitory for Women. The headline in the Drexel Triangle for Friday, October ninth said "Women's Dormitory has homey atmosphere despite skyscraper size and Hotel Environment." We second the motion, lustily.

But we can add that our good times and O)Jr problems, for problems naturally arise when a system is as new as ours is-never overbalance; and, quoting someone,-"We're a happy family " instead of "The Student House Girls."

Drexel's first football game was played with and won from Moravian, on Saturday, September twentieth by a score of 26-o. On October third the Dragons were sadly walloped by Rutgers at the opponents' field. Score 27-6. Local forecasters say Drexel is slated for a successful season on the gridiron. We're hoping to see them "even the wins" on October tenth when the Dragons meet Juianita on Juianita's field.

Something new and, incidentally, progressive! The Drexel Triangle has become a weekly paper instead of a fortnightly one. This is a big step in the right direction. The staff will be needing additions to the reporting lists. Come on, Alpha Sigs!

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THE PHOENIX PI PI CHAPTER NEWS Since you last heard from Pi Pi Chapter, we have been doing things, as usual. To tell you all about it, I'll have to start way back last May with our Mother's Day Tea. This is an annual occasion, and was especially nice this year because it was held in one of the very lovely Social Centers of our new college. Nearly every member was there with her mother or a guest. Isn't that true Alpha Sig spirit? Next, some of our girls proceeded to getting themselves elected to very important offices: Vernabelle Barlett, as president of the Sophomore Class; Dorothy Duffy, as Vice-President of the Junior Graduating Class; and Margaret Daly as Vice-President of the Senior Class, as well as Secretary of Phi Upsilon Omicron, an honorary Home Economics Fraternity of which she is a member. The Commencement program, very impressive in that it was the first ever held in the auditorium of our new college plant, brought about the ending of a very happy college year, and a successful one for Pi Pi Chapter of Alpha Sigma Alpha. However, we sincerely regret the loss of four of our finest and strongest sisters, Dorothy Marley, Thelma Corcoran, Ruth Puis, and Winifred Allen.

Of course you realize that we couldn't think of enjoying our vacation without first having our annual house-party at Dot Marley's in Attica. Just imagine having twenty-five girls in one house for three days and nights-well, what wouldn't they do? And, what didn't they do! You see, this was a special treat for us, because we don't have a Chapter House, and it isn't often that we're together for an occasion like that. Dot was a perfect hostess. On Friday, we had a p~cnic at Devil's Hole, which really is much nicer than it sounds. Coming home, we who were riding in Dot Marley's car suffered the indignity of having to get out and sit on the grass to wait while Dot searched for a kind neighbor to fix our flat tire. We were greeted with exclamations of, "Well, with eleven girls and all that luggage (pop cases, etc.), I should think you would have a flat tire."

College classes were resumed on September eighth, and our sorority activities were begun under the leadership of our new officers who were elected in the spring: President, . Beatrice Simmons; Vice-President, Dorothy Duffy; Corresponding Secretary, Edith Reiss; Recording Secreretary, Harriet Sealander; Treasurer, Betty Lynch; Chaplain, Doris Palmer; Junior Panhellenic Representative, Marjory Moreland, Senior Panhellenic Representative, Margaret Daly, Registrar, Vernabelle Barlett, Editor, Alwilda McCumber. And of course, our own Miss Small is still our Faculty Adviser.

This year, we expect to have only one rush season. This is in the fall, and only upperclassmen are rushed. So you see we had to start right in with our plans. Our first party was an "Around the World Flight" in the form of a progressive supper party, on Saturday night, October third. The bids were little red and white airplanes. The first 路 landing on our flight was made at the home of Harriet Sealander, in

THE PHOENIX carrying out the color scheme in the tallies, pri zes, and refreshments.

The guests included the dean of women, patronesses of Alpha Sigma Alpha, the faculty advisers of all the other sororities on the campus, assistant dean of women, and several of our alumna:.

This was the first of a series of parties especially for the faculty and executive membc:;rs. We are planning to have at least one social func路 tion each month for them so that we may become better acquainted and have more harmonious relationships.

We have been well represented at the various social affairs in honor of Miss Napier and feel that her kind and helpful advice will help us to be much better Alpha Sigs.

Mary L illyan Gorsuch .

On Monday afternoon, October fifth, Rho Rho entertained forty rushees with a rose tea at the home of Mrs. A. W . Hayes. The house was beautifully decorated with chrysanthemums, asters and other fall flowers. The dining room was softly lighted by tall red tapers in crystal candleholders, the table was covered with a lovely lace cloth and was graced by a beautiful silver tea urn and cups. A centerpiece of red and white roses and asparagus fern was used. Our house mother, Mrs. Vivian Richardson, poured tea from four until six o'clock. In the receiving line was Miss Doris Feeley, our national alumni officer, Mary Lillyan Gorsuch, chapter president, Miss Mary Jane Alexander, our faculty adviser, and Mesdames A. W. Hayes, W . J. Harvie and H. G. Wheat, the chapter patronesses. Among the guests was Miss Frances Eloise Keller.

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Rho Rho's second rush party began with a hilarious ride to Aracoma Lodge where the spirit of Chief Aracoma hovered over the campfire and was wafted higher by the singing of Alpha Sig songs, and later weird ghost stories told by a flickering log fire, and with popcorn, candy and apples playing a large part in the evening's entertainment.

After a mystifying treasure hunt for the tiny bags of gold wrapped candy which were the favors, the rushees were much better acquainted with each other and with us. A radio and a victrola provided peppy music for dancing which was enlivened by a "rushees tag" and a "members tag."

We crowded around the campfire under the light of a glorious harvest moon, toasting marshmallows and roasting wieners. After playing several games, hot barbecues and cider were served to the guests, chaperones and members.

It was a wonderfully successful party and everyone regretted its ending in a scramble to get our twenty rushees safely home before the eleven o'clock bell.

Elizabeth A. Martin.

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Mary Lillyan Gorsuch is a member of the Commerce Club and a Panhellenic representative.

Eloise Keller is a member of the French Club, College Theatre.

V it"ginia Shewey.

SIGMA SIGMA CHAPTER NEWS "Thirteen's our lucky number." Sigma Sigma chapter starts the year with thirteen actives: Ruth and Ruby Buhrmester, Mary Murphy, Gertrude Holesworth, Luree Stevens, Gladys Dill, Alice Rachel and Audre Peck, Jean McKee, Vivienne Gratton, Marguerite, Besse. and Celestia Yost.

The sororities at Western are having three weeks of rushing this year, and we're all busy with bridge parties, teas, Hallowe'en parties, pot-luck suppers, breakfasts, tacky parties-in fact-every kind of party we can think of.

Our formal rush party is going to be a big Southern dinner. The hostess and the rushees wear formals, while the rest of the girls portray different Negro characters-porters, maids, cooks, and what-haveyou. We're hoping it goes over big because we've set our goal for ten pledges.

Alpha Sig is the only sorority out of the five on our campus that has a sorority house now.

October 17 was home-coming and a number of our girls were back: Rosalie Corey, Mildred Stevens, Lucille Stevens, Viola Bullington, Marjorie Foreman, Gertrude Morrison, Vesta Baker, Ruth Steel, and Irys Osterman.

Our patronesses are helping us in a big way. They seem as thrilled over rushing as we are-which is a "terrible lot" of thrill.

Next month we'll tell you all about our pledges. Till then, we'll be doing lots of rushing, hoping, and worrying.

Celestia Yost.

TAU TAU CHAPTER NEWS The Tau Tau's started, Rush season September II, with an informal dinner at the Lamer Hotel. The guests included rushees, our sponsers, and our faculty adviser.

On Tuesday, September 15, we entertained our rushees with a two ring circus. The two ring idea was carried out with a double ring of clever calico animals which we're placed in the center of the floor. One corner of the room was reserved for the fortune teller, portrayed by Mary Gayle Reece. In another corner was a red lemonade stand where refreshments were served. Each guest rec'eived an animal as a favor by spinning a wheel for a tagged bag of pea~uts. The tags corresponded to tags on the animals. 路 This caused a lot of confusion and merriment.

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function was a formal acceptance dinner given by the Indianapolis Alumna: Association. We were very successful in pledging: Mildred Morgan, Indianapolis, Indiana; Mildred Hanger, Sellersburg, Indiana; Carolyn Frankel, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Mildred Inman, Peoria, Illinois; Margaret Isenhour, Martinsville, Indiana; Frances Peirce, Hutsinville, Illinois; Dorotliy Thompson, Indianapolis, Indiana; Eileen Brown, South Bend, Indiana; Edith Baum, Delphi, Indiana; Margaret Palmer, Robinson, Illinois; Elizabeth Kidwell, Washington, Indiana.

Every day I think how true "the tnore the merrier" for we are having such good times now.

And now dear sisters, our time is up. Station ASA signing off from its Butler Studio until January. Tune in again. Good-bye.

La Vaune Retherford.

PHI PHI CHAPTER NEWS Officers of Phi Phi chapter who were elected last June are: President, Katharine Gray; Vice-President, Isabelle Stalcup; Recording-Secretary, Margaret Maxwell; Treasurer, Betty Hickernell; Registrar, Virginia Meyers; Chaplain, Dorothy Whitmore; Alumna: Officer, Irene Smith; Editor, Evelyn Wiley; Reporter, Grace Helen Goodsen; Corresponding Secretary, Mary Powell.

Phi Phi chapter announces with pride the pledging of the following girls: Grace Englehart, Gallatin, Missouri; Mildred Hotchkin, Maryville, Missouri; Georgia Schulte, Oregon, Missouri; Lenore Skelton, Oregon, Missouri; Lucille Ste~art, Savannah, Missouri; Virginia Utz, St. Joseph, Missouri.

Many of the girls of the chapter have been elected to prominent offices in various campus organizations.

Senior Representatives to Student Council: Katharine Grey and Isabelle Stalcup; Vice-President of Senior Class, RDell Chick; President of W. A. A., RDell Chick; Sophomore Assistant to "Tower," Margaret Maxwell; Secretary of Alpha Phi Sigma, Margaret Maxwell; Vice-President of Kappa Omicron Phi, Thelma Somerville; President of Residence Hall, Evelyn Wiley.

Several Alpha Sigma Alpha girls were elected members of the Green and White Peppers, the girls' pep squad: Luretta Gooden, active; Grace Englehart, Lucille Stewart, and Georgia Schulte, pledges.

The Panhellenic organization, of which Alpha Sigma Alpha is a member, entertained guests at a tea on Monday, September 21, 1931.

Phi Phi chapter of Alpha Sigma Alpha held its annual rush party at the chapter house, 421 College Drive, on Wednesday evening, September 23, 1931. The rushees arrived in carriages drawn by handsome horses. They found the house decorated in "old time style." In the living room which was cleared for dancing was an old-fashioned spinning wheel and an old music box. On the walls hung attractive

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MARRIAGE ANNOUNCEMENTS Maiden Name-Sue Edwards.

Married Name-Mrs. Ralph Trenary.

Chapter-Gamma Gamma.

Date of Marriage-August 5, 1931.

Maiden Name-Eleanor Houts.

Married Name-Mrs. Clifford Sterba.

Chapter-Gamma Gamma.

Date of Marriage-September 4, 1931.

Eleanor Hickey, II II, to Dr. John Bethel, on July 31st. At home in Springfield, Massachusetts.

Lois Bell, II II, to Mr. George Conroy, on August 4, in Buffalo.

BIRTHS Mrs. William Wratten (Geneva Dusing) announced the birth of a son, Perry, on September ro.

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ALPI:JA SIGMA ALPHA EFFICIENCY REPORT 1930-1931 Chapter

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7· Phi Phi ... . . . . ... . . . . .

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9· Iota Iota IO. Epsilon Epsilon . .. . . . .

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