Phoenix of Alpha Sigma Alpha: Volume 1: Number 13

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rrirksvilla is still in the lead. It hnB to itn credit the first alumnae 1nitintion, the first graduate chapter, the first ba.by, the first en3ased e~rl, the first bridesmaid9 the first bride and the first bridaerooJt.. The Centrf:.l Oi'iicc: di if n :' t roc.civc ncddinr.; c&rds, S'J it ifi imposs il>le t ·:) ·~ell the ne_zne r: 0f the a:)Ui1le thet brdueht snch ac1C: i tinnnl gl:Jr-· tc Al:iha Beta. Y·:m. zec, Elva Doyle rmn so excitet: tellinG hou the briG.esmnid, Ann I~vnns, va.s go ing ul) t ·J the uedc"!ing f:)r the T:70 11uri1oses that she f·:Jrgot t~ tell the names of the brid~ 1 <1':··uj_1le. Ch yes, there uere ~70 purposes. 0:1 ccaurse, f..nn went primurily f ·. }r t~c '.:edd ing, but she to :) k nlang a bright idee c.s Y:ell as her ~1rett:r c,l -.; thes, and thnt brill inn·.,; iclea was t:') work up a Grad1w te Club in st. Louis, nhere the uedC:ing took :;>lace end where there ar'3 ~uite a few Kappa '.::heta Psi girls, rrhom Ann intenC.ec1 to in-ter<:s "li in the plans oi ASA . . ·FJtom the wn~r tha. ·~ Kirlwville gtrls do everything that they set their m1nc.ls t a E.ccomplish, ·~he Central Office expects any duy ~ (~ hear that Ann wus succP.ssful in both of her roles.

But that was not the only brilliant i<le n that Al:>ho. 3eta !mt!

It has ca.pturell another PIR3'1. It sent in a 5-yer.:r snbscr i'ption for the PHOENIX. Ida JeHett is the .ASA ~vho gets the !)8lM th i:J +.ina, for she is the lady uho :first shmvec.l her faith in ·the PHOBUIX as a permanent institution. You have no idea how pleasec1 th~ PF.:CTIITL": y:as. He flai) j)ed his bo.by itings and lot out such a hig c:~ow tnat ~ou C·ertv.inly must have heard it. Of cDurse be is feeling terri'vl.y ~:lli>ort~n·~. as perky as a small boy with his. firs'fi pair of y>o. nta . C.atl' t you <=lee ~ow he has grown. alrec..dy under the spell nf th2t llttlc pat of npp~oval!

But Kirksvllle is n 0t sa.tisfied \7ith these achie'1Jllents! Mari.on Gardner, 3ta te Secretary, wri tea thE:c the cho.r>ter wa:nts to get out 5C more of the Kap-pa 'I'heta Psi girls to the 1.'tarch initiation. That will be a wonderful record. if it co.n be made . Non, yau. r c1 thinl:. the.t a place like h:irk0ville would be, from its name at lea:; t, a. rather quiet tovm for \Vhen you FJee the name 'Kirksv1lle', Y '~U naturally cnnJ u re up a quiet vlllaee among the trees, with the ch:1rch s~ ir·e d ~ minatlng the lauds cape, but it is fl~ll ,..,f s11iri t cmc1 pu~h.

That' !'1 the plane where the College cf Osteopathy is l0cated, and that ia the OJlle~e Tihere is ma Ge a 9peoinl atudy c f becl~bonee . Ccrt& inly All:>ha Deta knm7s h ow t o put o. bacl:b nne into ev ~, rythins that it d o es. ~Iere ' .-:: uhat t1H? Chapter Hist':lrian 3t:.ys in her Fe'uruc.r~r le·~ ter, the i"ir:r;.;, by the -::·v.y, to ref' ch the Cent:t:>~- 1 Offi r; e.

KIP..ITVILliP!

The Girls re·i:iurned on JEmua.ry f•Jurth and on the seve:1th . the chapter wc.El Ol'ganized with a roll of sixteen. Since then we.have met avery t\TQ weeks, ancl f)Uch meetint;s! There i:.=~ s o much enthuslasm and so much to be done that the tirlle from throe to five o' <1loc.k i3 entirel;~.,. t o o short. "Je a.re think in[; seriousl~r of hevint; C'Hll meet ins:; ooca.s i onally until VIe beoome more ff.mil iar ui th the orzsp.n ization and VJ·J rkint; of .AS.J.., :tSJr so many 'f]U.est.1 0 ns are t :-> be asLefl und un;.;\; ered that two hours twice n month is ~holly insufficient. How much r.e all enjoy the ~{0~~! It is always distributed o.nd a part of it irJ re c.d a -;, our reeuln.r meetings.

It 1::: a s·.1 urce of reel pleasure. ~7e think 1 ".:; is the be.:;t p ossible mean3

50. t'he ilif:~erent ohaj_1ter:l, :::.nc1 d f mc~:.inc t he mc3ucre :reel doP.ro:Jrt.J one a:n ~·: ther . ·.-rc uc.~.·e n.ll d is ~·1 1-J intet. thc.t the PIIOTINIX did in 'time f ·J r uistri"uution at ou~ l~.?;t n:o P. tinc, but Elva, whu us. 1>roueht lu~rJ t ~; t;"le neo tine; c.nd re:: .d I>ar~;s of it .

Our school year here is diYl.<lof. int:-> G,uarters , n !1.d uc have one ll~'nth of the seoond quar~tier remaintng.

All tho g 1rls nre vmrking very harcl, in order thnt their srndca f ·J r tile ~) resent qunr ;;or ma~, a ~~mpa.re favorably uith tho3e of any -o-ther gl'01.! p of girls in school. From a purely social stnndp~int, there hn3 been very little accom:>lished this quarter.

However, several 1nterest1j1B programs have been s:!.vcn. ':J:hc Uus ic Depa rtmont, 't"thich is especially strong here . gave the annunl oporn on January lvth and 16th. This yenr they presented 'T.l Capitan· with their usual ruoccss. It uao very gratifying to see the acti~e ?art the ASA girls took in the opera. Then, our lecture course program is usually quite strong. This week we heart: Johr. Kendrick Bang~ ann our next number is n lecture by Helen Kellar. irhila all theae things are good, we all feel that s·~~ent life would be more plecccnt, if r.e c ould have more sooinl entertainments to break ~he monotony of the regular routine.

I must tell you how ue are goine t ·J oeleb:r:·ate Valentine's D&y.

Dlvs anc1 Gertrude D-oyle are g n ing tc cntax-tain A.SA at their h -..me the Snt~r~ay before.

All ~ f the girls are l ooking forward to this as o no of ·~he most pleasant events of the y ear, fnr· ~1-va and Gertru.de are fnm o u~ en·terta1·.1 ers. tie expect to aslt several girls \7ho will :>robnbly be 1.rur.:ttlcd t 'J join !:..~A at the encl of the quarter . "Je have seleot:. d Harch 27th for our nc~t init1a -~ion. J~t that tiMo ue eX':)eot t f!l initiate the reme.incle r o! the old r:a:~;a .c :,irls, uho o0ulu n •1t be -present at our lnr:t initiation, as !lell c.s a fe\7 11en girls. rle ~hall probably arrange t o entertn in the T1a1tors uhile they are here.

Elizabeth Uhc, Cha ter Hist ian. of unit inc anC cl0ser not arrive meets '\71th

T'ae Central Office wishes thct it miGht look in on that varty,for the plans ~ertainl:r S 'J ttnd fpod. Besidea, the Central Offi ce ha3 te.$ted Urs. Doyle's fruit oolw, e.nd tl1a. t tH:s e;~oush t o make anybody' 9 mouth 1m tel' a·.; the tl1ought o.f a :_1arty at the Doyle :' $ .

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ASSOCI.ATIOHS

Hrs. A .H. Ho& ,_ an 'O_LAlg ha r.ruduate and of whom mention was mnae in the lest PRO IX ha3 noccpte ~ tho ~tate Secretaryship of rras t Vir"'inia . She ma1~es the sixth servine; in that caJ.1acity. We want t\1 o Jto r~ t o r ounC. out a go odly ASA nmnber . ~he Oen tral Office has trie<l t o find some one in s~ other state3. but t date there have been no more acoe?tances. All who have ent ere<l up on their official auties are busily engaaed in adyanoing tbe interests of ASA in their respective Districts, nnd unless all signs fail, we shall be able shortly to announce the formation of 0 Graduate Che.pters or CJ.ubs . Of course, the Cei:!.'~ral Office would a greet deel rnthor announce 16, but naturally must have S before we can have 16.

But this is not all thnt tho Ststo Secre taries are trying t o do , for the't7 are earnef,l tly seeking t 0 l oca t e every Birl . who ever i'lore the four-pointed pin, whether her chapter is de ad or not, and at the same time to aollect all possible data about her for the card catalogue. In s ome cases uhere ehapters have gone over into ether a o r ~ rities, it he.o not been poss ii>le for all the ex-oollegio member:1 t o be affiliated r!i 1fu the nolleg1ate sooietiea in question, for these same c olle3'e, s orori t .ies bD.ve very r:trict rulings as tn who mn""r and who may no t be ta . . ~ en O)f tho3e not in sch·:10l at in3tallation time. On"tt- Stat e nocrP.tarien e.re particnlnrly an.."t1ou!J t '.) lcern t 1-~ e uheronb ·Juts of o.ny t::.w ma:: n e t he.ve been affilia ·~ e <} . boco.u~e it t:r aul c1 se~n us t houe~i. sn cl). wo nld be unusually glnd

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tf) rasune active ass~)<Jiation nitht:u sororit·,· tt.-.t h Es every prom 1se o f ·~: being n potter 1n Hallas. "' Tir~1erienae has shown that a girl \7ho goa~ into a c:~llesio.te sorori~ a!ter membership in anather is apt to 1 e interes-t in her :first l'.'l1'8 anu to _give all her available tine, ntrength a11d m.. me: to the second.

Men P fessiona;t fro. terni tios, which u:m.ally :follor. after the collegiate frnternity, are claiming tho.t n Givide~ allegiance ts not vise. an4 so they ocoaaionnlly raise the bar3 nzain~t t~e admission of men vrho are members of oollecia t ,e orders. Onr !11nmi Convention however lert that mntter to the individunl to decide. so it ret"'.e.ins fnr'us t~) let them sh~w ua how the idea uill work out. The Centr~l Offioe onn oert in17 put lQ proof P.nough t BhJw thR.t a menber of n collegiate aorvri ty later 1n1t1~. tec1 int0 AS!.. he.!=J e.s much in·~eres t in the or~nniznt1on es eny other A11\ ever he.d. but t0 C!l'. te t·e ha~e n ·~ }roof thn t .-..~ !:. rrh· ) went intJ & o~ller;ie.te sor·:~ ri t~ mny nlur.-~";1 be c:eponCed upon t ·') put A~!. first anl if 9he u~nrs bnth ba~:e~ et the same time t o uear the f dur-pointeG ' ?in ai>·J ve her ca;J.lec;ir'. te bat GP.. ~!~hat i~ a teJt that tine muA ". mnl:e for us. BDt tthiJ.e \Te are t~lkine o.b()ut r:here ann h~u the A1A bat~Ge ~h~ulil be trorn, rre nnnt to ov.ll t'i1c nttentia·'l of c.11:r en~ace~.~ .:-;irl to t:1e :ro.ct J.;hat trhen she uenrs her fiance' pin it ~n.':it nl\tc-:;rn be vorn '.:lelow th@ ASA badt:;e . . The-5 is n 'l>t a ru.linc; mate by the Convent1en. ~ r the Council, or the Central Cf:fiC'' , ".JU'li a custom in Hello.s that bar; good ·~a.s'te, as \7ell as ehivalr;r, hack o! it, a custom that o. fr~ terni t;~;' mo.n al11r9ya rc~ognize,s as eoinently fit and );>r·)per, since it mec.na that nomanho0d should be exalted.

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There is anothe·r matter thaij har; been s(! ·;tlei for ns Gree1:~ b~l ou.atom nnCl good usn;:;e and tlmt 1s the pr·:per Si.,ell int; of the wDrll used to ..~es1cnn.te the women sra<'tuntes of a sc) L o~l tJr o -:.> lle ~ e. The Lntin wnrd 'almnnns 1 , nhioh menns 'fos t~r-son' , has a fcrainine form 'almnnn 1 , which menno 'fo~ter-dan.shter 1 • The pln.rals of these two wor(1s, ~s yon vrill. or oourae, 1 1:nort, if you 1mve stndtecl La tin, are 'alm.mi' ana 'alnBnae' . ~c \7.ir<1 alnmni 1 is often usee:.. in the cnRfl of a oneducv.ti onal school or colle;;e, uhen groupins tho men and ~omen under one head, bnt only one fom -'alumnae' -is i')erm1sG1ble l7hen referring t<' \7omen graduates snly.

Attention is oollef1 to this mt'.tter nt this tif.lo, beca.u:1e the Central Office 18 in reoetpt of letters u11ich nh ow tim t the vrr1 -ters are n ot quite (}e·rtain in Ji;heir O\o7n minds as t ·."l ,...hi()h form t 0 use. If -rTe l=7ish in a sentence or pnragraph to &void t-:> avnid tl1e nee of the worc1 'graduate beceuae it has alrecdy been uritten neverel timen, ue may hnve rec0urae t'.i 1ts n~monym 'alumnae' , and mny refer to the 'lllnmnne Chapter 1 , (\r the Alnmn~c Club'. i

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':'he Cabinet rortfol i fl ·J f ~· .... oil'. l Li fe ·· hna be en acce:_1 :.ec1 by Jlian n fjrc c~uo. ::e of the 71reinia Chc..~1tor . :iss :~(' lJ.' uns a che.r-'.;.--: r member of the !11 ·:1 t~1er Cha";')ter, ha. :? s P.rvo r.

Co unci nnd 1m ~ fl '~Jiicnc,.ec severe_ convws ions.

'Jhq sE'.7S nn · s she a c. ::c.t there uc~: 'J j,)e a l ·~ nrn onven ·J n -;he cert2inl "'7 vr ~~ P.ld !.ave there ~~ f _ o.:;n.rse. she \till l>e a -~~ th .1 e nnt1, lu:m ~ lins -~h e Portf ·~ li ~. t~1 ~. e.. d·:)es, y ·: u may e:~;>ec1; that she t7ill nrran ·e ·J r ~ ~Ii!.e r1 lian-li a:J.fa1rs an tne:t-o s ·:1n. .... s1 ~-e. y -n:, 't es yet be<'..n initi n e <.l n t> ·tiJle r eor"· · ganizetl A.3.l:.. , 1mt she ;u::. ~ se ·, c s ide the BirtlH:;, y J i t 'i::.e ::-.-~ t~ ~ er of his Co1m.tr:r for that l">n.rr> ose, so 1 t' 3 up~ o Al~1ha. t ·1 s !;.c.w :ter t7!!B ~~ AS~ means \ ·~of..ay, anti it' :: U)\tO Charlie Jonen. otute Sc ere ·..;,·1·y ,.t0 r ·. nmd up a~ many ns Dlva :)~1 yle ili~ in U.is ~J •uri :Cor t11e firs ·~~ alm.1n a e J.nitiuti on. h ias 1 IUiJJ;y, ho·wever. isn't g -.) 1ne t.:J vmit thnt long t-o> stcrt i) r :;anir.in3 her

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depar t ment. ~ he has s ome wonderf ul pl an i n her wis e l i ttle head . One of her plans 1S to make a s tudy of t he kind of s ocill life that our chapters, undergr aduate an ~ graduate, now have and how t l is may b e improved. .

Anot her plan is to have a scrapb ook into whi ch s hal l go all t he souven1rs t hat you will s end her of y our good times. She wants to make a collection of t~ese, so s he.can pass around the best i deas to chapter s t hat want suggest1ons f or soc1al affairs or rus hing students. On e of the best plans, however, is for STATE MEETS Next ~ovember we are going to have a regular oelebr~te £~__fLrE~and 14th anniversary.

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jollifi ca ti on to are t wo t hi ngs that w:ll have to be ?elebrated, Miss Kelly is g oing to see t hat everybod has ~w1c~ as good a ~~me as they ever had afore. She is plann ing to have a b1g ~ ASA meet 1n every State that has any ASAs in it. Thear Meets will be real homey gatherings, for they will be . family affairs, so t here will be plenty of good things to eat, and after tha t t here will be rousing songs and stirring speeches. Anybody who feels that s he ( simply must get up and testify had better write early· to Miss Kelly at 221-33rd st., Newport News, Va., so as to get on t he program. The / central Office has asked for t he first rese rvation, feeling confi dent ; that there will be a lot t hat it hasn't said by State Meet time t hat it bas been dying to say.

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MIAMI De ar Mrs. Martin, Not being accust omed to bring up the correspondence end of t he sorority I scarcely know where to begi n or what to say. And perhaps you will wonder why it falls to my lot to do it ton i ght. Helen Boggess has not been at al l well and her chances of r eturn ing for t h is half of t he yea r are not very good, as she is n ow at home. We t hi nk tha t t he las t PHOENIX is even better than usual. We all en j oyed reading it. We were so sorry when we noted the engagement anno uncement t hat we had neglected to mention tho s e of our girls, and especially of .Ruih_Uuffey . ~he ot hers a r e Kat hleen McClenaghan, who i s now teaching i n Georgia, and Edith Smith of Upp er Sandusky.

We t hi nk that y ou pro phesy about right as to Al pha Sigma Al pha making rapid progress. We s hall pled ge anot her gi r l this week, Louise McFall of Camden, o. This will rais e our number to 17. Too bad we could not have sto pped at 16, b ut we do all love Loui s e so muc h . The following r emark may give you some s ugge s t i on of our p ro~ress here.

One o-irl said to one of our freshmen jokingly, "Aren • t you a f r aid y ou '11 wear your colors out?" It only served to give us an insight into what a few other peo ple t hink.

Hoping t hat ASA may ever reali ze its amliti ons, I re mai n, as always, Yours i n fraternal bonds Lou Leedo ~ , Cha pter Pre s i den t • .P .S. We have a pledge too, Helen Edward s, Marysville, 0.

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~he Chanters are using some very attractive stationery. The Central Of fice has seen t hree designs, a simple embo ss ing i n wh i t e of the three letters in sequence, a heavy emboss ing i n gold of a l a r ger style, and a facsimile of t he badge, jewele d wi th s i xteen pearl s .

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