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J.. ccordins t• AS.A record:J more then 500 r;irla hElve bf! en initiated into the sorority.

He cr:..n et the present momen·~ pn.t our finser on less than 100. Where ~re the other 500? Some of these can be aocotuoted for by locc.tinB them o ,~ the initiation rolls of other sororitieBr The Renc~ol~h-Ma.oon C1'ml,)ter went over to Pi Beta Phi in l'Jl3 after an honorable release, o.nd during the z>resent :.rorr Dcltr. Delta Delta ha3 accol.)tecl tho Brenau and Mt. Union groups.

But this ';muld nccOtmt for no more than 200 e;irls in all l">robability.

What of the other i300? What of ·~he women who served on t·~s Nat i'l'nnl Council as Chapter Officers? 'rhey \7ero all intcnaely interested onca U1JOn n time,. Do they vm.n.t to continuo thei:t interest U: .,ASA? Do. we want them and aa \7e need them? Hou shall we make them grasp the signifinance ~f the ne~/ ASA? Shnll they be reincarnated as ASAs through a reinitiation? How can tl1is be done, if it seems dasirable to make the effort tc fasten to u~ with hooks of steel those who formerly ~ounted as n force in ABA? If there is t(} be suc·h a thing as n reincgrnation through reini·ciation, ·ho\'7 shall this be accomplished, when and through whom? Shall' such reinitiation be offered tf'> all ':':ho have worn the badge in years pact, er shall those who were honorably rele~sed to enter Pi Beta Phi and Deltn Delta Delta be forever severed from ~SA? If we nccide that they are to be debarred, what of the ASAs herenf·~cr who shall so to c~llege and 'maker a collegiate sorority? Will such affiliation break off automctically their connection with ASA? If m~mbers of collegiate sororities should enter normal schll>ols and be bid by .A3f~, sh<ntld they b4:' rernired to resign their previous membership? In other words, is it i~p~ssible for an ABA t1ho went Pi Bsta Phi at Raneolph-'lleccn to remain an ASA while a Pi Beta Phi r1ho goes t~ a normal schGol cr..n become an J...SA withou·c resigning from Pi Beta Phi? Is a Pi Beta Phi pin plus an !..SA badee entirely -;>ossible. ~hile en ASA badge plus a Pi Beta Phi pin is quite the rever1e?

Shall we rank }.::L~ as the ec_:u£.1 of the be'3t, or aq inferior?

Quite a bo.tch o~ c:uestions! Yet all vi tally inri ortant anc1 reC!Uirinc; clef'l.r cut o.nsuera, ac1rni tt ing of no dr.nble or doubtful inter,retations! Suppose we consider ways end meP~3 of an3t•erinG a few of them.

Let ua turn our attentionc::: first to tho::e· nho have never affiliated with any O~her org~niz~tion. This POUld ~robably be trne rf vr~cticnlly all those who were in the rJe-:: i!Jbure, Columb ia, Hery BnlCl·w in, Iauquier, Fairmont, Ward., St. Mary ' s, Shorte:c t:'..nu Hnmilton Chapters . Ho·:,· 3hall they bo located, nnc1. if loce;.ted 1, how interested to e;ive of time and means te advance ASA? Tv:u methods of locr?.ting those ns,trays ~~ suggest themselves.

One is ·co find a prominent sirl in each cha1)ter, who sho.ll cover as much of the GrOlUld as possible by the callinG to her aid helJs ~uch a.s ~ersonnl friendships, sch0~l record3, alumnae as3ociation lists. Another is tc alJpoint in each s'tE'.te an enthusiastic worJ: or nho ;-;hall comb her territary for all 'stray' AS.As. For instance in Ge~rgia, it vonlc1 be a DOOCi plc.n to 3eloct an .Atlc.n·\;o. r;irl, because there o.:re Bevercl ASAs in thnt city uho e.re meml)ers o-f the recently orsanizea. Atlantt. ~Panhellenic. Throueh their co:r.1bine<.1 efforts it might be poss ible to l.Jca te rnfl.ny AS.As in c~ ifferent ')ar·:;s of Georr;ia. If~ when locate£'\, they conld be brought into touch uith the 11resent pQl icies and ambi ti"nf.l of the sorority, either through -perscnnl conference o·r throu;_;h recniving the l?HOENIX regularly, there would probably result a lc.recl:; incre f' ::Jed interef':t ancl a. desire te

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s~meihine dP.~tnite for A3A. ~1e ttme ts repidly approaching ~hen all rmal schools rT111 ret:tuire a full four years' cour9e and grant a Ge!':'l'ree T1 en a norme.l school nill be con3 il1ered a profe3s ion&l <Jchool as ar~ le~ and met'licP.l 3chools toc~ay. It r~ill be of 1mnwnac value -~o A:f:)A in that ~a.y to have influential i'Tomen intcrc~ii •c: c1 in l:.cr uc~vc.nce, l-rom1m t;ho r:ill nJ)t onlj recommend the ~or· ori ty str·., nc;ly by ~1ormsl groups, but rrho uill stan back of the sroups at all times~ \1nmen used to tet-- . ch cc.hoal .. bcco.u::3e there na3 nothinG else in QiGht i'•r them to do. Sometiille5 they did it just to ecrn 2ome money te 'enable them tn continue their educc_·l;ion, or to cr rry ont some ~ther oherishec: plo.n. Thn. t dr-.y is pruct"J.cG.J.ly pv.sse<l... There nrc so I!lany pursuits nm"T OlJen to u~,rkers -f;lw.-~ tho!Jc who elect to ··, el'ch 3chool d!!) sc. because they are in love nith the wark, because they feel a. distinct ttall ito it. It vrcs not so very lone ago that nuccess in polit'!cal life pretsu:_>-;:>osed a lec;al trcining~ vrhen to become a te::.cher I!loc.n·~ bur7inrr oneself an<! surre ~Hlorine; all s.mbi ti01n, ft'~>r the ~ull routine 11as not conductive t• indepcndrmt tilinking or the development of ini·i:ii&tion. All that has been i t'ho.nceC:, hone·ver, unc1er the srmr and spell ~f tile nevr educr.: tional ~.;hour:;ht.

The teachinG pro:fessio:1 toc1e.y is devel').pins leP-ders. The PresiG.ent of the United States l"Tas a sch')olr.aaste:r. :tat-:.lrns f::-(>m Penns,rlvania this mon-~h shoi1 -~hc.t a sch-~olmaster ha.s been elected t~ t~G Governorship of that r;reat stuto; Dr. Brumbat:Gh has been nervins as Superin·Gei.1dent ef ' Public Schools in Philadelph~a, ' and bis election t~ the highest effice in lthe state is a tribute t") ,)o·~h the sch1olm.J.ster end ·ljne man. H::_a adva:..1cemen.t, like that ~-_: Wroo·tlra-;v · w~lls,.,.n, -..v111 nttl..atJ"C int<J the professiGn Bl'me of ·the ·briGhtest minds in -t·no co1.u1try. ASAa rr1ll re .i oioe to learn t~hat they are to be :i.n s ,;;_ob g ·)Ort e; c.·mp::..:-.1:y·.

T!iuse 1;ho are familia:!' wit-!1 -t:1e ner: :::-i t~1al -rrill be m·11ch interestec1 to learn ·~ha. ·i; mo:as Dr. Ertlf!l"'.lc..ngh' s educo:liional pol iciet~, which attra.ctec1 so much attention t~ the man and his me ·l;h.,dr:; was his str~ng belief th~. t ef. nc:ltion has a iot:::--f:,lJ mi.ssion, Le"', to c1evel~·P the indivitltw.l. 1!h7si.1P. lly ~ m~ntall~r. 3 ,cially and m~rally. The ASA nim is ~recisely like this, save for ~he 9~ ts titution of 1 spiritually' for 'morally'. Dr. Brun bnuGh unc1o•:tbtcG.ly meo.ns ~ ·s:;:Jiritue.lly' -r:he:n he use3 the uorf 'morrlly', but cho2:e the l~.:'.l;ter lest there ·!Je .my misu;·,dersta.nc1ine on the pert of th3se paren-ts w·ho mi3·n t be fearful of a po:.=~!J i"ule tumperin~ uith the spiritual bcJ.iefs of their children. rn1en Dr. Bnunbaush first stated hi3 educational -vim::.rs , there were nc.n:; nho . mc.intained thn·(; he had plowed more ls.nJ. the.n he Jonld sow, but the Sur>erintendent $f Schf}Ols S!l}On sho-::reC:. Philadel:Jllic. thg.-i; her had asencies to use •i' uh ich they had ne·ver drer~::ned , His v iJ ion t1as more than reulized, and Philac~ el)hia has been teaching other cities bo\/ to handle their educational problemE. It may seem to the ca'l tw.l o11server that 1..31... has nn airo bi[;ger than its bcdy, t:,at it is t~C" tryine; to plow mC':re land than it can sou, but let such :i"ememuer that it is not the boc1y tb.n.t countn, bl:.t the spirit.

The opiri t has no limitations. oave of its s·un iorgir.a. I~ct .!SA keep before itself aluays its i_1resen ·~ hit;h eoal, am~ its nmbitions cnnnot fail to be cr-ovmecl with success. to the c;rea. t benefit f) :f.' the en tire meob-ership.

It is such ~ aim as this &f AS.t". . a.nt: its n:tainment that ts going tC' i1Te<luc€ .•: caclers am one; our e;1.1·ls. The r:orld has al\vays needed lendors, but never so much so a.s new with ·::;his ter:-:-il'l~ war clouc1 hanr;ing ~~· er ·che earth a:;-..c1 enfolcling so me.n~r net ions in i tr- sh£_dcw. I wonder Vlhether any ~f ycu Girls have give~ a thouGht as to whet i~fluencd the preoent t1P.r may have on yl\u,. o.ncl for "'hnt y~ur influence may ccunt after it '!..s ever.

Let me tell you what it may ~ean, but first let me tell you Phat another war has meJmt to y~u, the w&r that he:pper.ea. in yo:ur grandmother r s time,. the Civil W~l·. Have yc-u been taught only that it weant -the ernan....

That is what it mea.n;J to the superficial obo1p~tioll ~f the blacks?

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11. of the Amorion.n r1oman. l3ef'or') the Civil rlt.:r, "://l."l.nn lived ouiet.ly in tho homo. ~here ua.a n("tth:Ln~ f.'r ·r-~_ .. L t<.J ao but -~() atay nt home either as l71i'c, mother, dc:ughter, (').!" r.cl,er There \7an little need for education sa.ve rtf the· aimplest soz·t , lJ. fetr C.n.uehters ci' the ;.real th'lT \7ere fortunate euoueh to secure fl. somewhat ex tenQ~d ccluo!l t ion 1 "bnt rnfbl io opin i.,n uaa de-. ., aiclcC:ly acoj.nst this, and it \7as oonsHicrcd a waste of time and money since the fcnin~.nA mind was ~cnera:'.ly regarde C: eo vastl-y inferior to the masculine. · The ·:vr.r nltel.cd all that.

Thousands of men uere killod thousanc1s more o::.·ip-pled, at ill m.ore t;hon~a.nC.3 incv:paci tatcd fol' the u~rld 's uorh.

But that vrurl: han to be <\::>r.e. ~he dead co·u ld not c1o 1 t, the arip':'>lec! c.:or:..ld not do it, the incape.uJ.tate C: c cm.lC. not C:r:' it.

Tho btu·de:n and ros:>Onsibility fell on the Sh0n~.ders of \7oman, B.Iid she was un?repared!

That is how :3he ha:;_1pened ·~o eo ";;O· high Sl'hool, to normal school, to college, hovr she hn:;l1ened to ·lo~e ~nto r..er ewn.

This sr.me th'lng is oominr, t :.. 11ass in EnrL1pe. rlhen this v1ar is over man:r of the -r1omen ·,1"'.' Enro:1e n.nc1 .Asia , bereft (.;f the 11rotect ion nnc1 shelter a.lwc.:rs accorcled them by m~n t \"il.l~. be fo rcec1 into tho \70rld as the .American nomnn hnG been. 'Jiho <lelr';; that ";he . 1.me:l~ica:1 . woman as an older ais ·~er in e:x-.i.1erience . :<wTes t•) thcAe younge:.~ 3i.Htcn: .ts O!l\:>rinOUf:J, und j?reoious is the priv r lege of in Hom~ -vte.y sufo-gun.reling them fr~m the dangers e.nd p~1zzling circumstnn..:-er; ~": :r an ~:r..i:irely n-err era :!.n their lives. 'l'hout;ht:lul pe0-plo are already bet;innine to }:'>J.an for thiR irlperative nee-d by takinG the first steps toward the norld-wJ.de extension of th~ Y.W.C •.A.. v;rork. Those of us '\Tho li11"e in b1g 0itte e rmc \7hrJ ['. :..·~· familiar 11ith the million Clo1lal" e ~ui'pm.ents of tl1e Y .VI .a .A. an:\ wi"th the wo:a.c'le!':f,ll \7~rk 1 t is cr~ing. th.ose f}f us ·Nho are fmniliar wit> -cho r:ipJ.endid results obtained by the org.a.n.iz.a:ii~('ln aR i"'~ is .know·.::l in the colleg<H~ nnc1 schools :.f tho aountry, \'/ill reaj.iz•> w1 t·A difi" ic-;u.1 t;y :>erhc.:pa thn t this safog.J.ard, this inspirinG fl):;.•ct> 7 · is abs olu'te ly ID1)\.UC'1.m 1n 'F}'L.L:-:-.m.e -. Enr~pen:1 nnd A3 in tic girls \vhol!l the '~ar w'lll f roe out of tl1e home :l.n~f.• t'ha bu:3ina9s ~10rld \7111 fc.oe a fu:'uu1·e fu:tJ. of dnnger .,wing ti~ thei!" 'l.L:'lP'i"'elJared":J.Oss to meot the demand of the bus ina as 7101-:..•ld. It ~ill "t1e very rn:1ch he. :cc~er :for them thnn for the girl of the Civil ~7ur peri'ld, 'btJco.use Big Bus inesn has mac1e grent S'trides since then and p::-e-parJdnesfl is the fi.i.·st rsc1ulsi t.J. Ju3 ·~ as the men rttll ho.ve tv trtrn tc• t.ne D':'li t~~d States as a mediate~ in ~cttline differences n ~ ~ bringine aborrt pe a ce, eo will the women hc.v<'! to turn to u~ "'~o help them ee·c atl,iuatecl to the new mode of life soon to be forced upon thom. The OlJ WQrl~'s cry f0r lender3 .11111 be imr>erntive, a.na. lunnric[ln VTomanhooCl I!lu3t be pr 3pare t1 to &n8ver that appeal by furn1Jh1nc women YTho nrc: ~Jhys ionlly, intollcotu.c.ll:r, socially and s~irituo.lly equipped to net as lnaders.

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THE COAT OF ART1S

Tb.Gse of us who are beginninG to thin1: of the Phoenix aFJ a m•st important 11art of the .ASA. Rymb~lism wi 11 aertainly he interested to leo.rn tha-'c the University o:C Chioo.~o e.e. cpteC: i ·..: as cne ,,f its sytnbols ~hree or fours aeo. Its aoat-of-arms oonslsts of a Phc 8nix ri a inG fr~m the flnmes, an(! above an oven uook be e.rine; the motto, O:..· escat Sci en tin, Vita Ex~ls.~ which trm1:::lo.ted means - Lot lrnowJ.er.ge 1ncrev.se end ~.et life be ennobled.

The colors uae<l are sil7er, red anc1 c;oJ.d 7 the ·~:~ook beinG o:C silver v1 ith let·ters of red, the Pho(:jniR l1eing of re(: nne: risins f.rCim red e.nd geld :flames. The Syt"tlbolism i~ expl~.:i.:r.. ed in several ways s :!:irs {j a3 the rise · o:r the ··" >resent Unjve::s i t~l of Chicae~ Gut of the old Chicago University ··t · and aeeond na ty-p'!cnl of the eteJmaJ. yo1Jth, which ia sc charauteri3tio tf a collese. When the Oentral Of:f:i.cc sugtieuted the use ~:r tho rho.onix for ASA, it had no Ja:l:ov.rledge of i~n use by 'hhe University of Chicago.

It was thro reoe iving a l~ >cter fr~m a student, and '"' ri tten n:1 college _ _ _......'-"!o.'-"':tioner~r that the f1.rs t knonledge cru-:1e ·liha t "'.ihe c0a 't-o:r-arms selected

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11: ~~10 Univcr:11·~7 o~ Qh1aago diapl~yed the Phoenix as ita prino1i'al aeooration. The use b1 th1a univernity, howev~r1 is no reason why ABA should not adopt the bird as ita di3tinot1ve symlJol. outside the badge.

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A CREED 0~ tYORY.: FOR 7."0l!Eir'. .

I believe that every woman needs a _skilled occupation developed to tho decree o:r posa ible self-support. .Sho needs it commer.o 1ally, for an a~s11rence aeainat rever3e3. She need~ it socially, for a cociprehendine aympe-~h1 tri th the VTorld' a worker3. She needs 1t intellectually. for a c ·J n3truotive hnbi t of mind. uhioh makes lmowledt:;e. effective. She no eels 1-~ ethicclly, for a. o0uraBeous willin(;lless t ·J do her she.re of the world 'a wark.. · I believe that every vromnn should -practice this 3killed ocou·.,ction up'tto the ·t;ime of her marr1e.crc, !·:ir c;e.in:ful enc~c f7ith tleli1tfJrnte intent -t o acquire therefrom tho uides·\i possible proioasional and :financial ex-.._1er-·· iences.

I believe that every vmma.n sh~uld expect marria3e to 1nter?upt f .1r some yee.rs the r>ur~ui t of any regular occupation; that she shonld p:tearranse with her husband some equitr.ble divi~ion o:r the fc.mily income, such as 'till insure her position in a )artnership, rather than one of independence·; that :::>lle shonld foou3 her chief thought dnrinG the early y •Juth of her ahilclren upon the science o.nd art o:t wi;,e io.mily lifo.

I believe t~u1. t every woman Ahon.ld hope to return, in the le isurc of mid<:le e.r;e, to aomEi application o:r her early skilled occupation, ei~her as &n unsalaried wvrker in · some of ita sdcie.l phases; or if incomo be an objec·~, . a~ a so.laried worker in a phaAe of it re~niring mo.turi ty anG sooial experience.

Laura Drake Gill.

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·JIRATERU!TY SERVICE

It is our earnest deoire to 1nculce.te in our various ohapters the prino1ples o:r true womanhood and manhood; to promote ·the morc.l ,-.elfa.re of all our members; to . enco,lrage and stimulate scholarship; to prescribe obedience to all authorit.y; to encourage loyalt? to an~active interest in the inati tut1on whe·re they ma:v be loce.tec!: to foste:::- a democratic and fl'iendly S)irit between nur members nncl all others with whom they may be associated: and to inspire among our membe!"~ a tru_e , lo";ral anc1 lasting friendship.

• Adopted by 55 fra.ternitiea at tho Chicago ConBre3s, May, 1913.

i'he mo!Jt 0.0mmon objecti·.Jn brnucrht agc.in:J~ the fraternity ays -~ em is the ohr:-rge of ~xtre.vnge.nce. There is no doubt that tho :fraternities hcve respvncled ta the nationuiue impulse toward luxury and unnecessary ex,enditure. Tivery writer U?On the subject of the extr&vagant tenGencies of the day p0ints ont t'imt it is confined to no clo.aa 0f people, or even groups of classes, but is a ?rev~iling chc:uctoriati~ of Americans ~n general. The fraternities are not mo~e gu1lty in thlS rcGo.rd than ~he rest of .AI!lericnn ins-titu."tions, nor arr. frute:rnity men anti. women more guilty than their elders.