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THE PHOENIX
FOUNDERS' DAY 1933 An Appreciation Founders' Day last year was memorable in our sorority for upon that day, Alpha Sigma Alpha girl were privileged to respectfully call our five Founders by their names. So long Founders Day had been only the occasion for tribute to remote and unknown personalities. To have the actual fact of the founding of the sorority and to be introduced to our Founders, even through the printed page, brought to the entire sorority membership much joy and gratification. Founders' Day, 1933 will be of greater significance. One of our Founders, several of our charter and early member have forever implanted the charm and graciousness of their personalities upon the memory of those Alpha Sigma who have been honored by fellowship with them. The re-instatement of Alpha Chapter was deeply meaningful to the installing officers. It was a beautiful experience to know and to initiate into our sorority the very lovely college girls who will again wear the Shield of A. S. A. on the Farmville campus. It was an inspiration of the rarest nature to read our initiation service in the presence of a Founder, Charter members, and others of our early initiates. It is impossible to justly describe them, our older i ter who came back to their college to recall other glorious day in Alpha Sigma Alpha, and to repledge their loyalty. Their very presence, their genuine joy upon reunion, their happy recital of events in their college sorority-life, formed a potent argument for sorority affiliation-and proved the joy of membership in Alpha Sigma Alpha. There was Louise Cox Carper, perfectly beautiful and absolutely satisfying, like a lovely dream come true. Our Hattie Kelly Thomas Charter member, whose name ha been dearly and familiarly spoken since our last convention came from Baltimore, Maryland. Ye Hattie Jake Vir inia Kelly charming youthful, dynamic to whom Alpha Sigma i o deeply indebted for her fruitful efforts in the "restoration ' of our Founder and Alpha alumn::e. There wa Margaret Patte r on