Asa phoenix vol 1 no 20 mar 1915

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!he Central Office bas seen practically eve:17 reoogni'tcion pin usod

by fraternities and serorities, so it s~eakk with aocurat« knowledae and no partiall~y when it says tbat thor« ts ho rocogn1t1on badge 1n Hellas tba't approaches that belonging to Alpha Sigma t~lpha in at,raotiveness or

l!ost of th• are in the form o:C ah1e.lds and an so smnll t bat auOh dooorat1on as they carry 1a not ·dtsttnguishable at a little d1stant~e, se tmless there is elose s.oru:tiny' th-o pin is aora or lass aeaningless to the passerby. The very shape of o~ resognit1on pin, hawove~ •. is its disttnotive q~ality.

It attracts attention tmme~1ately and e~n a ourso~J glance ~111 show the ~bservP.r that it is a bird. What b1rd it is will be a matter o~ interest to membe~s e~ Alpha Sigma ~lpba only, but the pin itsel:! w.i ll be1most pleaaing to anyont1 that s.ees it.

Our •ffi~ial Jeweler bas done an excellent pieae t>f werk 1n the reeogn1t1on pia. It is t inoh in length, i.e. fnm tha top of the h•ad t o the bas.e of tho- fiame·s , and 1t is 3 jo o:£ aa in.oh a()reos s the s1,1re·ac1 of the wings. It is 1n dull f1Ja:1sh and goes beautifullr with all fabr1os and all colors. It ie. of l4X gli>ld and is mado with tbs ·same kind of ph and safe.t y oatoh as tba offi~ial bade"· Yo-u all ra~all the st0ry o:f the two Greo1an sculptors that submitted statues to be placed on the top of a building. One worked his out in the Eost eare:rttl detail. The othe~r a tt.I?toa onl7 tho hea-vy lines. The· people felt that the lnt'bltr bad insulted the god and they rojoeted his statuo with jeers.

VbeD, howevor, the 9ther statue had beon hoisted into pesition, it was ~ound to be characterless, for all the fine 11nas ran together. Tha t:Jtatue wa.r-J hauled dorm an~ the rejected one substituted. The offoot was

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star tling. The heavy, o~~rse outlines seemec to have melted into linos of gre.~. :Membe·r s of Alpha Sigma. ll.lpha. nre most fortune. te 11) having a p.1 n that looks well anywhere ane in any position. The broad outlines doftna it ~learl~, when seen from a distano o, but a olos or inspeotion is not disapr>ointing. Indeed the more (Slosely the pin is viewed, the' more sat1s~aat•ry will it appear, for even tho tiniest de~a1ls are worked up oarefully.

TITrery membar of the sororit7 will wan~ to oun one of these attrnotive badges. EaGh 1s to bo numbore d, however·,. and to he.ve the ovmer' a name ltllgraYed on the baok, so they may be c.rderBtl. only through the llatiomal Seoretary, Miss Elva Doyle, 600 South High Street, Kirks~illo, Miasouri. !:.. ea.re·f ul rocaord is to bs kopt of e'":cry M3A p1ooe o:f jenelry, for -purposes of 1dact1f1eat1$a, if lost~ as well as for promf of ~mbership. /~ ono possessing an unn.umborod badge w11J. not be regnrded as a bona fi e member of the sorority, so do Jlot att<>mp't to order through the jeweler. no may not, under Oomventien ruling, fill any order, unleao it paeses thro the hands o~Miss n.yle. so 1oa will savo both ttme and explanations by sending 70ur order to the proper person at . first. ~&en crdering, please send mo.r..ey b:V Post Office EXI?ress Company Mf)ney OrC:or, or b..., :Onnk Dra:ft.

If you sonG your personal aheok, ada ton conts t~ pay for aolleat1on obargoa. Banks oha.rge ten oonte to 'oolloat' the 'out- of-town' ~eoks, so it will be nec~ssary to . ~ludo that, amonnt when a ptlrsonal eh(i'ck is sent . The official jeweler will keep those roBognitioJl badges in stock, so all orders will bo filled promptly. Hembers sho11.ld romomber, boforo getting impatient over any slight delay, hov:ever, that it will take a lit tl~ t~ for letters to pass through the mail ana for the engraving to

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THE MAIL :?OUBH .

There has been some very int eresting mail rec eived at the Central the let~ e rs from the active chapters speak of t he very great 1nterest 1n the exam1nations that were to be held on March 13th. Each chapter stated tha~ it wa~ studying systematically and hoped to make good grades . Returns w1ll be 1n from the Examination Jommittee by the time the next issue is publis hed.

Miami writes of t he election of Ruth Slonaker to the Secr etaryshi of Y. w. c.A. for next year •. (~he Central Office is proud of you • .rmth. and feels very sure that you Wlll not only be a credit to ASA in that position b~t ~hat your wor~ will mean ~uch to the religious life of the university .~ M1am1 also says tnat Pres. Hughes has taken up the subject of rushing rules for next year. He favors a semester of rushing, sensible rushing, no bids to be sent out until the second semester. Such a ~uling might be a good plan for thos~ sororities that are in the Liberal Arts College, but would work a hardsh1p to those in the Normal Department with its two year course.

Alpha Alpha wants the privilege of initiation before Xmas and in this the Central Office agrees. ~he Central Office believes in ea~Af pledging, but a postponed initiation, until the new girls have had an opportunity to show that they are capable of doing good work in the classroom • . . JW.x:othv Batten_ wri tea that she has succeeded in locating the old songbook and has promised to send them on soon. She forwarded a collection of songs that were written and printed for the Baltimore Convention. Two of them had original music. All the songs were bright, but none unfortunately will do today, because they sing of a different patron and of different colors. ~he music for one of the songs was written by Sourie Glover , State Secretary of Georgia. Sourie says that she is re&~y· to tr,wher hand at another, if some one will write the words. Now, who is to have the honor of having her song set to original musie?

Mildred Booker of the Mother Chapter has been elected to the presi dency of the Cunningham Literary Society. This is a big honor for ASA, for Cunningham is one of the four big literary societies, and is a very important factor in the intellectual and s·o cial life of the school. The Phoenix was so pleas.ed when he heard about Mildred's election he sang all day. hen the Central Office told Kind ASA, he said, "Well, what did you expect?

Of course . she got elected. ASA can get anything it wants hard enough to work for it." After getting off these remarks, he looked wiser than ever and quite chesty. ~attie Kell~ has written a long letter telling all about her vis j to Farmville. Sne found the chapter in good shape and was so very enthusiastic over its future in the school under t he inspiration of the new idea] and ambitions. Hattie was deeply stirred by the initiation service, and the desire of her life is to have every f ormer ASA go back for initiation.

She is working hard·' to get subscriptions to the nPHOENIX", and we are all wi shing her every success, because we can do_s~me wonderfu~ t~ing s wit h the magazine next year, if we get t he 25 add1t1onal subscr1pt1ons asked for in a recent issue of the magazine. ~th Duffe~writes that the chapters have been meeting their national oblgations t splendid shape. Thi~ is all very gratifyi_r;tg to _yom President because the sorority has been work1ng under a heavy hand1cap 1n having no treasury whatever to call on dur~ng the months since reorg~iza~i c There were many ambitions that had to be g1ven up, ~cause th» soror1t~ fiad beeiL wi thot~ead :or a lonf time. Now that. it is taking on the _semblancE of a well-~zed society,here are many t h1ngs that may be pr~Jected, a1 with some hope of realizati on in the very near future. Never aga1n, we hopE will ASA know what it means to be tied hand and foot. A new da~ and a new soirit haa dawned. Let us try to make that new day a most glor1ous one. ~ff1ce .

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Those who ara 1nt9roatcd 1n folklore and ~ho will taka the tima nnd trouble to delve dee~ly into the treasure· min~s of tradi~ion will be smnl~ re\7arded for their p&ms. Po~ts, in thai~ desil.·e- to discover a pleasing " raason for the AXistenae o·f eve.rything in the universe have touab.ed nll life lovinSl:r with the wand of romanticism nne have Bi~an to the wo-rld many faneiful tales that have lost none of their charm ni th the passasa . o:r the centuries • 'J!he Greeks esr>e.cially- wen ft:rtile in artiat1o. imagery and 1~ is to them that literature c~es the greater part of the fascinating myths. tbat be-gem the prose of e.,·ery-day l1fo.

If ;rou havt~t never been so for-tunate sa to familiarize yourself u1th the e~Cluia ite iaales that He:lienia fanny has fashioned, you heve· ~ ~erful treat 1n store.. .Allong the more· charming stories that haTe ctome t;J UL' from Hollas are those that explain tho creation of flo~ers and trees. The nar~1sst~ was a beaut~ful youth that pined awn~ for sheer laTe of his own rsfleet1en in a pool and that, beaoming rooted to the SJ!ot, -rms ~banged. into a flowe,.- by tbe brookside-. The hyaaintb s11rang frsm the blood o:r a: boy BGC1dentally killed by Apollo while playing at a game of quoits. ~ first poplar trees were wo sisters that grieved themselTes t .o death over · the untimelj end of their much lover~ brother. Oaks and lincens rrerc acoounted for ala• 1n a most attractive way.

The story goes that wh~n Athens was to bo named, Athene and Posoidon both ~ontended :for the honor of havtnz the toun be&r their namer and the decision was that it should bear the nama of the one that gave it the mora Taluable gift. Poseidon crentoc th~ horso, and Athene produeed the olive. ~he judges ~~eeidcd that the latter was the more valuable and the to~m. ·uas ~ed for the goddess.

This pu~ en idea int o Poseidon's head, so ho went off to the san:: dunea of Corinth end fashioned a tre·c that should be streigh and tall, not gnarled and low li~c the oliva.. Then ho made a ship out of it and fitted it with wings. so that i~ need not b·o rooted to one spot, but oould carry men and merchandise from ~no part of tho world to the othor.

That is how the pine carne into exintonec.

Hermes, as you knO}W, was a famous nthletc, a patron of literature &JJ.d the arts, of music. and the s~ienoo·s, so he was often co.lled u:_Jon in the· heroio ase to preside over the game·s nnd ocmtasts held in various pnrts of Greeeo. In many eases he was the trainer of certain youths and those tra1net'1 by him always won the fkst prize. On oll.e; Qoccasion, HerrnmJ hncl an entry for every prize o·ffered.. There were oontesta tha. t <1omanded phyoic&~.l skill amcl endUl'ano·e, and there; rtere oontest3 1n mnsi.l and ;>oetry as woll. ' The. heroes traine.d by Rerme·s oaptorod every prize offered. In commemoration .,.:r thnt sweep:t.ne, viatE)ey, Hermes tJroated thtll "l_')alm tra.e, accordine to the Greo1an logend. and that is ~hy it is built mth the long, tcugh,sinawy body and wtt,h h-Mds stro-tohe.d out .for the prizes \7o:n. Tha.t ia how it came to pass that th& pa~ among the Greeks atood for the victory of mind and matt.er.

But mind and matte~ are met all. The life 'four-aquara' must omphnsize th~ other sides o~ ita saturn, or fatl of its destinj. Hellenism pren~he~- tba hol1nesA o'£ beauty, but it roma.ined for Rt:'braism to ~reach the beauty o~ HQltnesa. It remained for Christ to show men that thero are far more desirable prizes than th~se ~on by athletic prowess or intellectual power, that he who ruleth h1mael:t is greater tban he who taketh a city that he who loseth his life findeth it. For the Christian the palm han a wonderful meaning. It tn1ifies spiritual streneth and the d:mmnio possib·111t1es to be :round 1n tho ~e'r.:' social orcer 1n9t1tntecl by Christ, 'i7hereby all men are children o! one Fcther e.nd therefore brothers. ~et ~very Af.A a3 she sits 1n church next Sunday under the thrall of s?readtng palms an~ inspiring hanniny, remember that ''tlind anc! so'llll, according t ,7ell, nay make ono musie, as before,

00. · EmCATIOlt FO~ \'WELD LIV:NG Th~ praotioe of poli~i~l d~~uoc~~Y gro~P apaoft. No ona deubts but t •na gront issue f:r.·om the 1J.c-eso~~.~.i~ ot•a ::~.t=t:t.;..i oo~f'li~t will b@ n mor3 pnftrnl and o:t!~ati're oo:::.t-~:"1 oi ~ubli ·, r:.c:~itj!J by pu'blia opinion. Another rosul t will b1 n koe::.B.r ,tJ~roQptiol~ ~:r t·ll.a :noral signii'1oanoe of JIUblio &oti~n. We will ceoett, son1o 4n:v·, to thin.'\t of great soainl and poli tioe.l -

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af!nira na eepa~ate from tha gen~rGl nourao of human n~t1~ na thcugh the,r rore not ~ontrolled tm.a aontrol~r.blo 'oy llka ro·,:e:rs ot :f.,Rling, ju!grr.cr..t cmd will. Xntionr.J. lito is onl7 per3ona.l ohn:raoter ma~1fis-d Alld mov1ug on mnaao . fhe ieaue of nati~~l ~ffa1ra doponds en the aourooa of p~reonal oharnotor, · ~d the deattnr of a pecple d~panda &n the vision 1n the mi~ds of enoh ~• · .

In ·a natioz. oommittod to .domeorac-r it is pe.tont that t'k.o root of: sll g<~ners+, nntional vell-~ing lies in ·Lhe well-being nnd goCid. will o:f tha · pereor..a wbo ·c onstitute the state. It wn w01.1.ld ha.vo ir.ternational poG.ce-, ao far as ve are oo~oerned, wo ttuat oe.'llo~/iio ou.r yo't,·!ih tn its a-pirit sna. prin-· oip laa~ It ia strange that with othor ~p:e a"C adva.no(ja in ideals we st:tll remain very much in the military cl~or e:c..~. 'bloody-hero stago so far os our international thinking is oo:b.uo:r:.ueO'., \7~d;h all our sympathy for suffor1ng BG\lS1"m the:ro ts but li ttlo so:.r:c·ow oYe:r ·the ahatto1·ing of int(lrn:~J:~ :i. o:r.r.. · ti~ , little mcm:rr..ing over the mo :..:ol cJof~l~c.:lo:~loll of FJtl·!.!o betwcer. :poo_ (.; l G Ia this not booauso our ohilttt·on b!'. 'vt3 ~:It~'&: 'b(}Cn ·t;~:vgh·b ·bo think olfllU:l~ a "' to worfare, tbnt tho ton« on or of ..~he nc:~ho u:i bas 'tc.--ez. mo!'o to glorify ·~ho fi ghter and to idonliz&. tho battlo fH'c:!:·.~S than to point to the highfir Ticto.r1es of peaoe and t., the devol·rJ::t.:i.o:nn..cy tondonuiOJs of the appenl to :ror o~?

But that kingdom of peace and good will ombrmoi~ all mnnkind, for whio.h wo so :forvontly hopa r.nd towA:r·d whio.h wo oonf'idcn-t.ly look; will not, como about simply bif tenohing ~n poaC'. t;~ ·.md its observa:noe. It waits for men and wo.mon who ronlly aro d~minut~~ by tbo spirit of cood ~111 and who ro alizo that lifo's ul timn·i;e. rnluee. l i o not in the thincs tbn.t ure to 'bo. obto.1.ncd by foroa nnd oor..fliot bllt in tho riches f}f th•'l spirit.: thnt thosroat interests of n tntion nPe, nftar allt not trnde or dominioh but soul &.l:d charact-er. I:f our ed·a.oo: ~ion dc,e·a not tonoh us that we onn· be noithor r!. oh n.or great exoept as we are ~1o ·i~h i n ourselves:,. it is, n !r.11u.r o. If ou.: rel i gion d.oaS not ra:voal to us :r: inhos for whj oh wa gladly snori:f'ic:tct all t1at o-an bo handled end mes.su::-ed, !.";, too, is n failuro. It is folly to t nJ k a.bCYttt r"l1gious e-du6ati.,n it' t.~~11·~ 6.:--·oo not lll{J.rm trninincr p~rsone to rnt:.J izu nnd to livo f~r ~hoso '!l:t.ghor val.ue tJ of life "biab lio me>re in c;oodr.c Es an4 just!oe t~ .,tho.rs thro:J. in an.y an in \7e oa.n mnkrt for ourttolves, morl3 . in n'bili ty to find th&t kir..r.,<dcm w1 th·.l.:u..)whi()n does I4o·h dop~r.d ur.o~ forae, wl:.:.ch is wholl7 aontrary to tho sp'lrit that atr ~vos 1n pride n:nd vainglory or demanns a tr:tb.ute or delights i:c. tlltl md~fe:d.~g of "·thors.

RoJ.1g1ous oduMtion, in the sonso ·o f ·tno.·ii lifo - t:tnining which de·,..

Tol ops approciattor. o:r spiritll.nl -vaJuos aa i"irst in l i f o , strikes at tho v·try roots of the disonS'G of wh:i.oh \1e.r .I.B an etvide.'l.oa . It die::tolvaa tho ft3 lusion ·o:r the p·r imaoy of ttings, of the 'll'li i:"Lat e :ro ign of the physical.

1 J11 :i.s the' onlY' permanent eture.- for 1 t reachoo to t ·hCJ minds and souls of pa o]?le:. It adf3kB a righteous pao:plo through r ig1l'te ou.s persons liTing in a r ightly n4juated eo~1ety.. It re.oogn.izes that r.:e shall n ever havo p·ermar.. on+. ~eaoe until we haTo peoplo who love poao~ and ch oose r ighteousness first of all, peoplo who week first tha kir~do~ of good will and tho good Will of God. The program of rel1g1oua oduoation io, th en, tha moat important oon .. tr:tbution that oon btl ml\t~ o to tho p1·opngandn for enduring , right.o ous, wo~l d-wido p aaoe, for 1t sooks to insure that t.ha ~ew sonorntion s~~ll know snu. lovo aLd bo-Go.m& b8b11iua.tod t.o tho lifo ('i" .iuat i oo and lovo and tl'\lth toward all mnn , shall learn the lifa o£ tho aommcn di\ino family.