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NUMBER 25

MAY DAY

This is the season when o.l.l youth assumes a festive air, and, forge-'Gting all respons;.biltty, dances around the May Pole, weaving bright ribbons into pleasing designs, so it is not inappropriate at this time for the youthful Central Office to Ja:y aside its cares and find ell use for rejoicing in what has been accompJishea to nate by the reBrganized

ASA.

As has been stated j_r., previouB j ssues of the PHOENIX, there was s.ome talk of !'Ei3:r.ganizat~.on more tha1'2 u year ago, and quite a 1 i·~ ;. le was c1one in prepara··~:i.on for that event during the Summer, yet t:rhen October arrived, there were really onJ.y ii:r·te<:>n people who were deeply concerned in the success of the venture, n~.d whc felt tJ:emseJ.ves irrevooably p ledged to stanct back o:: every :'1.!0 ve mo.d.e. 'l'hese ~i:&.teen were- the nine ASAs Who. retun•-7d ·to VJ.rginj.e., tbetf o'l':r Who :r.etu:rned to Miami, Dorothy Be"tten, a V'i :q;).~.. ia alumna., Ruth Du:ffe~r. a :M·l arni alumna, and the sorority's one hone re.:r.y nte:11'b<.n·. · -· · \Vi thin a. b:r.ief two month~, howt: ~l/e:-c, th~.:se :if ixteen people saw the sorority r ·e 'Brganized at a Conventio!'l, held With the M'io.mi Chnpter ~hich [laC. increased its membershiJ:; b;v t ·9n in:l.tini;es f saw the Chapter Roll doubled by- the a.dditi·on of splendid g.roups in Mis:Jouri and Pennsylvania, and witnessed the inception of a weekly rim.gaz~.ne. There are other iGr·e ek- _ Lette.t organiza-tions that have dou.blcd their chapter roll and quadrupled· their membership roll \'Ji thin two months, but no . ot·l~er haS. ever established a 71eekl'y magazine and carried it through to success as planned . Thtis is an e:chievement of which the soror~.ty has every right to feel proud, an ao!Jievement that no other society will ever approximate, we feel very ~ertain. · Even the Central Office. hopeful as it has been a lways, was not wholly sure that the goal set--100 ::iubscri-ptions--"'lOuld be reached.

A survey of the work accomplished · shows at this opening of our eighth month of. endeavor that we have passed the gt)al in reo·ord time and with ease· Our aim was 25 numbers of a four--page weekly. This is our 25th :tssue, w i~h the subscription list well ove~ 200.

All numbers to · date have consisted of the tour pages, but this is a Jubilee Issue, so you will find _ ~ it much enlarged. 'P.be PHCENI.X M..1'\.l i.ng List is included, in order that . you Ui~Y see 'flhlch of your friends a:r.e not there. and so that you m~y WTJ.te ~nd tell them what ·they are m.Lss ing 'by not Jco::ning in with us a~ th~s t~e • The original plan was to publ:i.sh a !lirt?~"tory thi.s month, but 1.t was d:LSoovered that there wo:t..,_ld ~o3 nE.llY r.1ha:~1ee. ~ t'Luring the S~mer, so it s_eem~a. to ·c11e Council wiser to post-pone _pub J. ··.c.a+.ton ·:mtil t"ile Fall, for by t}IB.t ti:ne those teaching will ha1re signed .:..~ ::n;.traot s , while tho·s e who. have accepted li£e tenure will have come down to en~th again after the1r honeymoon trips. · .

The Phoenix desires at this t:i.mB to tell you bow much he ros enjoyect knowing you all, aud he exp:J:'e-s ,::es ·che hope that you ~ave a;l liked hi.m well enough to incl"J.de him tn y ~~ ur l::.st of close persrJ:u,a.l fr1.end.s for next yea.r. Xing ASA 's royal wo:rd is MIZPAH, -"God. be wi·i;h us till ue meet

ogain."

L?HA

It is with much regret that we have learn ed that this issue of the magazine is to be t b.e last for the present school year . 路::e have learned to both love and appreciate the PHOENIX during our short acquaintance of eight months. tlis coming has been one of t he greatest pleasures of ?ur course this yea r and has inspired us to attempt many activities, both 1n and out of school, that we should never have dreamed of otherwise. e are going to mis~ his visits sadly during the ~ummer months , and we shall all be anxious for school to open again, in order t t at we may know what new mysteries he has in store for us. Ki ng Asa too has been a source of great pleasure to us this year, and we are proud of the fact that we have been able to add six loyal subjects to his 1915 list, as well as seven alumnae who transferred t hei allegiance to him.

St. Valentine has been getting in some f ine work for us here. .

Our f a culty adviser, Professor ~ason , lost his heart to one of our rtichmond Alumnae, Carrie rtennie, when she was back for an ASA banquet. The wedding which was held on April 24th, was most properly an ASA affair. The seven bridesmaid~ere all members of Alpha Chapter and were in school wit h Carrie. We are looking forward with the greatest pleasure to having~ our bride wit h us. 'e feel that ~lpha ~eta Chapter has not carried off quite all t he honors, t hat it will have to look to its laurels in the uture.

Among t he most delightful memories of the year are the Valentine Celebration and the arty given by our new members. We have souvenirs from both affairs for our scrap book toge ther with some Kodak pictures of our memb ers, also one of Mrs. Martin and her 路 ome, which we have framed, until we can secure a scrap book worthy of them. At t he party given by the new g irls , one of t he most enterta ining fea t ures was the voting upon sorori ty statistics, for wnic h individual pictur es will be taken and labeled l or scrap-b ook. ~he fate of t he girls were det ermined as follows:Best All Hound - nildred ~ooker Most Intellectual - ~ lizabeth ~ewia Swe etest - Mary ~ w ain 1ost attractive - ~ordon ~eaman Most Mod est - .1:ary Catlet Most Independent - Al t ha uvall llost Striking - ~ ildred ~ ore Most Dignified - Virginia ~urner 路 ost Sarcastic ~ L ouise iller Daintiest - Alice ~askerville aost Airy - ~lizabeth Blements Biggest Talker - Marie Price Most Eickle - Catherine ~ atkins Biggest Loafer - 1 arguerite uavis on account of sickness 2_Marguerite Davis, our Historian, did not return to school after Master. Mildr ed Booker was elect ed to fill her place. ~ince three of our Seniors are at . .home for the ~ enior holiday, our annual election of chapter offic ers is to be postpone d until the .f irst meeting in May . ~s this is our last letter for the year, Alpha Chapter sends her best wishes to all ASAs and hopes that the coming summer may be t he most pleas ant and\en joyabl~ in. thei: lives. lt hopes too t hat all outgoing seniors will get splend1d s1tuat1ons and t hat all others of the present active g irls 路may return to sc ho ol in the fall pre pared to work harder t han ever for dear SA, so that t he sorority may make a record even more wonderful than to its credit during 1914-15. ""lil~ r ed

Bo oker, hapte r istorian

~1 ha ~igma Alpha has meant much to our Chapter this year. ~oro­ rity life 1s always a wonderful advantage for every girl, but to be an SA is surely the greatest good luck t han can hap pen to any girl in ~ ormal ~allege. ~very one who wishes to teach needs to learn t he value of group work , and to acqui re the ability to cooperate with other people. 1t has been a most valuable experience to our chapter to learn to work as a bo dy . ~o~al group work was obtained in i Alpha ~au, but the r eal test came th1s year, w~~n it~ was a question as to whether ASA was to be reorgan ized or not. ~o g1:1 who has been i n the sorority at Miami t his past year can ~ver forget th1s one lesson of cooperation that has been so thorou 0 .hly 1mpressed u oon us all .

In an experience meeting held by the Chapter r e cently, the girls were ask ed t o state individually what t hey felt ~~ had done for the grou p as a whole an~or the different members . 1t was agreed tha t t ne s pirit of the Chapter had greatly changed, that a ye ar ago . it was utt erly devoid of spirit in comparison with what it possess es now. 1t is re markable to see how ready the membershi p is to get out and do things , and it is still more re mark able how many more t hings t .Q.e Wlapte.r has attempted and carried forward to success. The group felt inspi red t o make great effort, because it knew t hat t her e was back of it something really worth while, somet hi ng on which the group could depend for supp ort in cas e of need.

The memb ers hip felt also t hat t he Chapter had been greatly broadened since it had be~n ~b liged to consider every move made. Conside r ation of othe r people is something t hat so me g irls never learn, but somet hing a sorority g irl cannot hel p lear ni ng , for it is no t only nece s sary, in a ~ati ona l, t o consider the group membership , but evexymember must take i n t o co nsideration every ot he r chapter, as well as t he general sorority. ln t he cas e of our local org~ization, t he aim was more for self-interest. while now self ranks second, and sorority first.

One of t he girls at the ~x p erience Meeting r emarked t hat s he be lieved t hat s he had actually •grown up" duri ng this ye a r, that s he had learned to judge pe op le as never b efo re bec ~ use of her associati on with t he ot hers in t he Chapter, and t hat s he had re al ly come to unders t and ot her personal iti es and t o sympat hize with t hem. One of t he older gi r l s, when asked what ASA had meant to her r ep lie d , 11ASA girls are no de a rer to me than t 11e old .?AT girl, but 1 never t hink of ASA without a gl ow of pride, without a realization of ho w muc h bi gger and grander it is , of what ~ o nderful possibilities it nas for growt h in t he years t o come, and how very muc n more it is g oi ng to mean to me t han PAT ever coul d '.

The Miami ~lee Club gave its regular concert h e~recently and presented a partic ularly fine program. Oxford College, one of t hr ee in t nis town, gave an enterta inme nt, ca l l ed a Kermess, in our auditorium, somewhat later. The program was principally dancing , most of it don e by t he Oxford Colleg e g irls t hems elves. Anot her inte res ting evening was t he one given over to an exhibition of t he gymnasium work. '.!!his is an annual a~fair, but it was unusually good this year, much be tt er t han ever before, according to general testimony. ~he ASA girlsware quite promi nent in drill s and fancy dances . A fourth entertainment was t he . j oint meeting of t he Pierian Literary Society, to whic h all A S~ s be long , a nd one of t he menis societies. Our Preside nt,· Lucinda Lee dom, had charge of s ome s hadow pictures which were given very successfully. ~ut not all of our leasures have b een of t he indoor t yp e. Last Sunday was such a delightful warm day, and it nas been so hot indo ors, t hat we packed our lunch and went out to t he woods on a qui ~t little picn ic. ~ ou will s ~ i le when 1 tell you that we al l decided to go wading in t he 'l 'al l awanda ~reek. The water was not more t han t ·;,.o feet dee p , and everyo ne had such a good time paddling i n t he water that ~e are planning

a breakfas t out o f doors next ~unday .

'J.'here has been a great de al of exci teme nt and wo rry here rec ent ~y over t he possibility of losing our lJean of .omen . After d ue consi der a ti on she ~inally decided to stay with us and t he Bis nop Hall girls arranged a party in the din ing roo m in her honor. Everyone was dressed in t he college colors, red and'white, and the tables were decorated with red candles.

Some beautiful red roses were sent to Miss Hami l ton . ~hen during dinner eac h table sang a song composed by its girls . Our De an was muc h move d by t he demonstration and made a lovely speech. nowever, just as we had set our minds to rest , in came a representative from t he college that wants her and said,"Well, I have come to stay until you acce pt " . Now we are all stirred up again.

The rus ing rules for next .ll'all have not as yet been settled.

2he Normal r anhellenic held a meeting the other evening t hat lasted long after eleven o'clock, and Miss Hamilton , wit h whom it met, agreed to see President Hughes and to try to have us ~ ormal people gran~a postponed day of bidding , so we can have a chan ce to look over the girls. Under t his plan we could do no rus h ing, but even t hat would be much better t han bidding upon sight. If President Hughes refuses, we have deci de d to make a ~ormal Panhellenic rule of a postponed bidding day , because he has said nothing wha tsoever as to destrpying our anhellenic , and, if we can com~t h e agreement among ourselves, all will be well .

There i s one more t hing t hat Al pha Alpha has to tell, and it will just ma e you all burn with jealousy. We have had a visitor. ~he loc a l chapt er o·f Delta Delta Delta was inspected last week by the _.Nat fonal Vice President, a [rs . rludson, who was recen tly a guest in Mrs. Martin's home, and who, of course, had heard a great deal about ASA • . Well, it was t he next best thing to meeting ~ ~ rs. Martin herself. D.D.D. was perfectly lovely about letting us have her. She visited us for a while on Saturday morning and again on Sunday immediately after dinner. On Sunday s he met all of ou.r girls and fairly made us breathless while she talked. She told us just heaps of things about our ational President, and she said that wit h such backin we ought to accomplish just wonderful t hin s _ t hat t here were lots o people r1g now mo env1ous o • o~~re is where we have to make goo~ says Alpha Alpha. Mrs. Hudson told us a gr eat many th1ngs we haa_never before dreamed of i n connection with sorority life.

She also talk ed anhellenism and made it all very clear, showing us what we could accomplis h locally, if t he di ff erent organiz a t ion s wo uld work i n harmony. Some how or ot her, we had never thoug ht of an Hel, a.s we call it, as anyt ' ing but a· place in which to settle our quarrels. ~ ow we see that it can be made a most constructive force. Mr s . rludson also explain ed very ful ly about City ~ aahelle n ics, and gav e us many splendid su.g0estions about establis hing t hes e in our home towns. Another t hing she did t hat we all appreciat ed greatly was her cal l ing upon our Deans and discus sing with them t he question of t he Rormal Sorority here at Miami • . e were v ery s orry t hat we did not have an opportunity of biddi ng rs • .d.udson good-bye, f r we wo uld have liked to thank her again for all she did for us .

At our recent meeting t he followi ng officers were elected · Pr esident Vice Pres.

Secretary Treasurer ~ hap lain

lJibra rian Historian egistrar

.Nora Moser Helen ~dwards lsabelle Key ~t h el cKinney Louise cFall l:) ernadin e ::>utlcamp ltut h ~:Honaker .Nelle berry

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.l::ielen Boggess, Chapter istorian

~hie na beEn mo t eventful year for our c t ar. t t i ngs n ve hap ened t t it i a diff'cul t t a k to deci e e l believe 1 can mak e tLe ituation cle rer b most important l ittle historical sketch of ..10.. o r g17ou ~ became a ch pter of Chapter of J:{ nna · · eta . .:>si , ad existed in t he ir sville • or m 1 ::>c many years. lt had est blished a cha , ter at t ' e •e cera Colle e r ~ .lfalla . Iowa , and an alumna c hapt er in ::>t . Louis .

In t e er o lYl ' , beta Uha tar wrote somet hing about joining a ional ormal ::;ororit • ~ e idea was di c sed here .i n irk ville , but no one seemed e nec ial y interested . Beta Chapter wrote again in t e f all of t he same year . ' ere as some more discussion wit h t he same result . r he Kirksv i lle grou p as at isfied wit h its local existence , and t l e girls seemed conte nted ith t i e round of gayety and go od comradeshi p . by give up ap pa f eta i ic had meant so much? hat more could be~ coming Iat ional under anot her name mean to t uemY In ·arch of the follo i ng year , so me memb er of bet Uhapt er attended t he annual Kappa vance in Kirksvill e and brought ith t em letters from rrs . artin , toget her it h ot hers fro m t e girls in vir i n ia and Ohio. hen t hese had been read lig t began to da , and muc h of the hesitat ion and doubt was cleared away. fe of the number here de t ermine d to put t ne idea through. During t he Summer an active correspondence as carried on wit n Mrs . Martin and i th members of the two SA chanter • s a result delegate s were sent t o t he iami Convention in ovember, 1914. j!jlva .Do!le was ves ted with the po er to make :the decisi on for us, should she £1n everyt hing satisfactory . ~ he i n ter esting news that Ka ppa Theta si would 'go national' reac hed Kirksv i lle before he did and caused muc h r e joic ing .

Kappa ~ heta si was made officially a chapte r of loha Sigma Al a on Dec embe r 1 2t h , and t he installation and f irs t i nitiat ion was nreceded by a period of weary waiting and some anxiety. ~o t every g irl bad yet been fully convinced t hat nationalizatio.tfoas the gr eat est good any loc al could attain , or t hat t his group was es pecially fortun t e i n eing i nvited t o affiliate wit h _SA . At t he initiat i on , ho v1ever , every doubt vanis l ed . The reverential and sweetly s olemn ceremony made a deep i mpressi on , and every girl who t ook t he SA vows felt wit hin ner a n ew impulse for a better sisterhoo d , as well as a higher conce ption of nerself as a sorority girl. t l ast the idea had crys talliz ed and t he dream w~s realized .

Hut what effect did nat ionalizati on have on the chapt er, and how did it di ffer from a local group'f New life began to manifes t its elf in the organizat i on , and t here was evidence of a de eper interest i n all sorority a ctiv ities . ~he memb ers no w attended t he m eeti n~ of their own accord a nd no t from a sense of duty . Special call mee tin gs were well re spond ed to . Greet i ngs from ot he r chapt ers were r eceived and read . T e "PHOEiii X" was di scus s ed a nd every girl felt t hat she was a member of a s pl endi d organization t hat stood for more t han any other one thi ng ln her life . o bids s ent out by ASA were lost to our rival , t hus s howin g that the new birls real ize d the prestige a national organizat ion has . ~he idea of a sor ority examinat ion was entirely n e ~ , but in t he study and pre paration for it , t he girls ga i ned much v luab le info rmat i on alJout . t he gen eral fraternity system . ~ h e ~ponsor ?l an was also an innovation , but the chapter soon reali zed the marked advantage of hav i ng t he n ew girls und er training the first year , and even be f ore taking their f i nal vows. ~ h i s prepar od the m more ful ly for t 1e duties and res ponsic i li t ies that came with the new privil eges and obligations .

Tne s econd initiat ion was even more i moressive. · any Ka ppa gir l s came i rom l ong distances to take t e ASA vo v;s . Imagine, i.i.' you can , _j_.iftyfour s orority sisters s itti ng at one ban ~ uet table , listen ing to t he . ent husiastic toasts and r epeating messages f r om ot her cha ters an d d1s -

tant alumnae, who wer e n ot able to be reeent but h ~ ant e d a share in the festivities. ~ ' You will r ecall t hat ~ irksville is an all-year ~cho ol. o ing to this arrangement, Alpha ~eta vha ter can n ot celeb r ate l~ae vay on May 25~ h , as t hat date occurs during the ~pring Vacation. Arrange~ ents are be1ng made to hold the celebration on June 19th or 26t l duri ng the ~ummer Term . There wil l be an initiation held at t he sa e time for t ne ~ccommodation of such alumnae as did not find the previous dates c onven1ent. As s oon a~ the time is defi n itely arranged, notification will be sent to all unin1tiated members of Kappa ~h eta Psi . 1t is most gratifYing that we have been able to locate nearly all former members. Only a very few have not been heard from to date. ~hose ho are planning to come to Kirksville for the June i nitiation are:- Uecil and uary Hutler, who have been this year at ellesley Uollege, lice Haker, Beulah ills, ~loy olfenburger , lfeorgia Vauglm , rs. Adda .J::Sondurant Kapfer , .l!'rankie estfall, ell Lewis, 路 abel Vaugnn , ~uth . ay, earl 0herry, ~allie V. eathman, rs. Leanora ~aine Uondit, Oakley ~homas of Pine ~luff, Ark .

Daisy ~ ank in, Ora Vaid, Maud Cooper, Mrs . Lucille ilson, udekam of l'lashville 'l'enn., Cecil '拢hompson, Mabel cHendry, Vivian , al ther, lielene Maintyre, Unice ~chofield of acomb, Ill., rs. abel Hollaway Rossiter of Sheridan Mont., l!'lorence Kerr of orcester, o., Marie Simmons, .l!:va ~tout, hyllis liunningham, vlrs . Minnie . v. all ace, tell lljUbanks, li-enevieve ~ oses, rs. ~1 rancer Orner Suedeker of vetroi t: ichigan.

Elizabeth Uhe, C~a9ter Historian.

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Al pha uamma has four splendid new memb ers, as a result of t he rush, Anna Hebecca Young of ?unxsutawney, a., uoula Sechler of ~utler, Pa ., Mary Ada Nalley of Butler, a ., and Ella Lovell Rahbun of ~atrona, Pa. I am sure that every member of ASA would be proud to know these girls and to have them for sisters, for they a r e as fine as ever attend ed our Normal Schoo+ . ln addition to our long rushing season set by the faculty, we were up a gainst another problem, since there is a rus h ing to t he effect that no girl may be invit ad to join a sorority, unless she has an average of 83~ in her studies. ~here is no question but that the f a ct of our being l ational had much t o do with influencing the new girls to favor ASA. .l!:ven our Chapter has improved greatly as a result of our nat ionalization. ~h e whole school looks upon us as a much better sorority in ev ery way. The HCENI X did much to interest and impress the girls with t he dignity of our national organization, bu.t when it came to i ni tiat ion time, about t wo weeks ago, they .were t hrilled by the beautiful s ervice. All four girls are strong in character and will make excellent cha pter workers next year. ~ h e have already shown evidence of executive ability and power . ~ here is no question but what the ~r 路 having to work so hard to attain such hi gh grades wil l make them try to hold to that standard tnro hout. I thi nk, t hat 1 can ' truthfully say for all the girls, old as well as new that they are certainly glad that t he opportunity came our way t o become memb ers of A A. ~eatrice Jeffir es, Ghapter rlistorian. ~ . B . Alnha. Gamma Chapter h~a not had any so c ial functi on& as yet this term but is - planning to have quite a numb er a litt l e later. ~he c ountry r~und here is wonderfully beautiful, and t he girls are all very anxious to g e t out into the woods for picnics, bacon bats and other si ~i 颅 lar j olly times.

1'.tlli hlAI L ? OUU H

Alpha has t wo new girls, Elizabeth .uewis of .l!'armville, va., and ary Handolph Uatlet of ~ridges, va. .

The Vaughn twins of Kirksville Cha~ter, Alice and Alma , rote to say how wondertul they think ASA is and how anxious they are to help it make an even better record next year. When the ?HC~NIX arrives, they can hardl~ wait until they dismiss classes, so eager are they to read the magaz1ne.

Mrs. Mabel Holloway tiossiter, who lives in far,raway Montana, wri~ e after receiving her second instalment of the dO~ lX, that she is 'simply bubbling over with enthusiasm for ASA, that she can hardly wait for June to come'. he is planning to take her two lovely cherubs and hie her back to Missouri for the initiation.

Anna Margaret ~arhart , who is teaching in uayton, \ ash., sent t he Central Office a most attractive picture of her scholars of last year in gala attire dancing around a May _ole that was placed against a most attractive background of pines. ~aloma ~mith is glad the Kirksville group went ASA , because ·s he is sure t he sorori ty is going to mean a great deal to her. She is teaching in a high school at Uentralia, o., and is looking f orward eagerly t o June when her sister ~ess can get back for initiation. Saloma not only of fered her services to help advance A~A but s he sent in a five-year subscription to the "PHOENIX ."

There was one letter commenting on the Mary Heunion at Kir "svill e s o good t hat the uentral Office cannot refrain fro m quoting at considerable lengt h. "No one who could have attended t he initiati on and banquet could · ever fail to see the many advantages of membership in a s orority. The r e were more than a score of girls from out of town, former Ka ppa Theta sis, whom the r est of us had never seen, but from t he hearty gr eetings the interested questi ons and answers, the ceaseless flow of conversation, you would never have guessed that we had met for t he first time. Surely the most confmned skeptic could not fail to be convinced that memb ership in a sor ority constitutes a tie t hat is something more t han that resulting from the possession of t he same pins. Then, t oo, our ske ptic would have been forced to admit t hat the traini ng t he undergraduate girls got in carrying out this successful meeting will be invaluable to them. They did all the work with ~lva 's help, and t her e was a great deal of t bat to be done Suc h t hings as these, wi t n the administra ti ve and executive e xp erience ga in ed in t he regular business meetings, develop power and ca pacity, and lay foundat i ons f or the success that our girls are to make of their lives. ~eing obliged to speak be f or e such an audience as we had gives the practice in appearing before the public t hat means su pplemess, ease and selfconfidence. When one of our alwnnae, rs. Alta Lorenz Fair was asked to offer a toast, she said that it was so' long s nee she a dune anyt hing of the sort t hat s he did not expect to be able to make any showing alongs ide of the younger girls, but she added, 'I will do my bes t'. No refusing or expecting to be begged! 'l!han she went on, 'You o.eople will have all yo u car. do t o entertain t he girls who are coming and you m~y count on me for my s ha r e of t hat. I haven't mv.c h room for guests, but. l will be glad to hel p out'. T.hen to cap the climax, she made about t he best s peech ever! She had t he true orator•s · gift, of swaying her audience, as she s~ept us from laughter at her re f erence to her own nervousness to tears as s he toas te a deceased Kappa, her girlho od chum and one very dear to most of us D.here. ]Ollowing hard upon the sad memories came t he relief of mir t again as she gave us a little verse she had composed to t ne new ASA that had replaced t hE old Ka ppa Theta 1- si. Wit h the letter came t he 'Good Ni ght" song written and sung by t he t hr ee new initiates.

Bernactine Sutkamp is a member o:.: the c11o.mpion freshman basketball team at Miami and vms ! 1 -".gh~;_;y· compllmer;.tec1 for her splcnG.iG. work in a re~cnt issue of the "ot·cl"~Gnt".

She ruH~ o"thcrs c·i Alpha Beta are in trainlng and eager to meet 8SS, for the Chapter is very anxious to Wrest the laurels from its rival • .

Reports received at the Central Office from outside sources show that ASA at Miami has made ererybocly sit up nnd take notice this year·.

It seems to be a very general op1.nion that no bunch on the campus has made s~ much progress within the college year as Alpha Beta so o arc eryeet1ng great ·t hings !'"rom our group when college opens o.ga.in.

Ruth Duffey has received 4 of the 6 subscriptions she was after, anC: feels confident she · oan B t the otl:ers. · Eunioe Schofield, AB. ·who is a training teacher at tle Western !~1 ~no~·s State Norma ool, has accepte(! the State Secretary h p o Ill1no1S. She has tounC: the :PHOENIX a weluome visitor and consic..e c: -t ci far mar value to the alumnae then to the active g1.rls, since it io the only touch of ·sorority life that c;racluates oan have. She believ s that no ASA 'who was' or 'who is' can afiort to G.o without it.

Two new subscribers are Cecil .ant Carey Butler, who are atteni:.ing Wel. esley College this year. They were grac~uates of Kirksville, but went later to Rockford· College, then to the Universi t~r of Uebraska, whe·rc th.ey joined RXG. They were also in summer school one ·year at the Univer sity of Colorado. · · The most recent subscriber is ilillie Geor&.e, who is teaching at £o 1 Idaho. . ·· Alpha Beta had such u goo~ time at its Reunion that it felt it coulc not go through April t7ithout some sort of celebra tion. As a 1 :S!1ower' seemed most appro·) r iatc to the month, they decided to hold. one f or -- Elva Doyle. Now, Ei va ~1al. fully expectc:tl that she was going to 3teal a march on the girls, but they were just :1. little cuter than she rm s~ for she walked right into the trap that t=:.e sev Jn girls boarding at t ~1 e Denniston House set for her. Elva fully Sll!'Posed tllat she was going t an informal party, given by the seven to the other actives, so w11en 5.10 ,got there ana founcl the seven in boys r attire. and heard them ex:;> la in that they were going to blinG.-fold the visitors, sl1e thought she 'TJ2.S only one of many so treated. , Something 'brushet: her fo.ce as s11e sat· i a chair, and she began to suspect soma special joke, but by that time t11~ blindfold was off and she found herself insic-:.e a large green ant'.

1~1i ·'· ~ ring to l7hioh were attaoheG. many paokages, which, when opened, r ev aled· a great variety of gifts from C:aintyy, 1 ~C:-made linge·rie to 1 inen , silver and china. Then the girls thought"'-'\_ w oulu be less e~baras~ee. e:c ho1." wedding if it was all staged beforehand, so they had a tr1al cere wo ny with Helen Pfeiffer as best man, Rita Huste~ as bri~esmaid, Claire McAl lister as briue Sue Parr as groom, and Ethel Newmeyer as minister . .,he wedding lunolle~n was a two course affair, the napkins bein.s decorlli ecl with Kotalt piotures of Elva.

Alpha Beta has helc1 two elections, one for the Summer Session, the other for the J'all Session ,resulting as follows~-

summer President Vioe Pre§· Secretary Treasurer Historian Librarian Chaplain Registrar

Jeanne Willett r.enna Hall Zoln Christy Celeste Noel Nita Bra.wforC. Hazel Whitelock

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Lenna Hall Lena Newmeyer Celeste Noel Nita Brawford Hnzcl Vlhitelock Ethel Newmeyer Rita Rusted

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