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THE PHOENIX of ALPHA SIGMA ALPHA _ _ _ _ _.

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Omicron Omicron-Miss Helen M. McClaflin, 237 E. Main St., Kent, Ohio.

Pi Pi-Mrs. Carolyn W. Heyman, IO Granger Place, Buffalo, N. Y. Rho Rho-Mrs. Margaret D . Seidel, 1661 Fifth Ave., Huntington, W. Va. Sigma Sigma-Miss Lucy E. Spicer, 6o1 No. Taylor St., Gunnison, Colo.

Tau Tau-Miss Mae Paul, 409 W. 8th St., Hayes, Kans.

Ph i Phi-Miss Nell Martindale, Missouri State Teachers College, Maryville, Mo. Psi Psi-Miss Marian Nelkins, Louisiana State Normal College, Natchitoches, La. Omega Omega-Mrs. Gertrude Bell, San Diego State College, San Diego, Calif.

ASSOCIATION OF EDUCATION SORORITIES Chairman-Miss Carrie E. Walters, 0:SY, 3815 Chestnut St., Philaphia, Pa. Secretary-Miss Edith Manzell, A:ST, Monterey, Highland Park, Mich.

Treasurer-Miss Mabel Lee Walton, :S~~. Drawer E., Woodstock, Va. Direct01· of Local Panhellenics-Mrs. Fred M. Sharp, A:SA, 1405 Hardy Ave., Independence, Mo. Director of City Panhellenics-Mrs. C. P. Neidig, ITK:S, 2033 Hewitt Ave., Cincinnati, Ohio.

Director of Eligibility and Nationalization-Mrs. Orley See, 6.:SE, 48 Wildwood Ave., Piedmont, Calif.

Director of Publicity-Miss Lula McPherson, llA0, Pittsburg, Kans.

ROLL OF COLLEGE CHAPTERS A lpha-State Teachers College, Farmville, Va. A lpha Alpha-Miami University, Oxford, Ohio.

Alpha Beta-State Teachers College, Kirksville, Mo. Alpha Gamma-State Teachers College, Indiana, Pa. Beta Beta-State Teachers College, Greeley, Colo.

Gamma Gamma-State Teachers College, Alva, Okla.

Epsilon Epsilon-State Teachers College, Emporia, Kans.

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EDITORIAL STAFF NATIONAL EDITOR

Mrs. B. F. Leib, 317 East Fall Creek Blvd ., Indianapolis, Ind. CHAPTER EDITORS

A lpha-Sallie Perrow, State Teachers College, Farmville, Va. Alpha A lpha-June Harpster, 236 Oxford College, Oxford, Ohio.

Alpha Beta-Anne Russell, College Farm, Kirksville, Mo. Alpha Gamma-Myrle E. Fox, 410 S. rrth St., Indiana, Pa. Beta Beta-Edna Wise, 1545 1rth Ave., Greeley, Colo.

Gamma Gamma-Kathlyn Boyce, 902 4th St., Alva, Okla.

Epsilon Epsilon-Margaret Mary Woodmansee, 1509 West St., Emporia, Kans.

Zeta Zeta-Ragina Myers, I I I Grover St., Warrensburg, Mo. Eta Eta-Ruby Fulton, 8or West 9th St., Pittsburg, Kans.

Theta Theta- Villette Powers, 328 Bay State Road, Boston, Mass.

Iota lota-LaVona Parrott, Drake Dormitory, Des Moines, Iowa.

Kappa Kappa-Jean Wolf, 1917 N. Broad St., Philadelphia, Pa. Mu Mu-Lyleth Turner, 107 Elm St., Ypsilanti, Mich.

Nu Nu-Elinor Emory, 1538 Hartrauft Drive, Norristown, Pa. Xi Xi-Frankie Sutton, 1426 West 99th St., Los Angeles, Calif.

Omicron Omicron-Jean Hollander, o/o Mrs. Parker, Brady Lake, Ohio.

Pi Pi-Betty Murphy, 120 St. James Place, Buffalo, N. Y. Rho Rho-Elizabeth Steel, 1713 3rd Ave., Huntington, W . Va. Sigma Sigma-Nancy Jane Salter, Box 176, Gunnison, Colo.

Tau Tau-Marjorie Wallerstedt, 412 W. 13th St., Hays, Kans.

Phi Phi-Sarah Frances Rawlet, 504 S. Fillmore St., Maryville, Mo. Psi Psi-Elizabeth Middleton, Box 124, Normal Station, Natchitoches, La. Omega Omega-Corinne V. Heller, 4249 Ridgeway Rd., San Diego, Calif.

CHAIRMEN OF NATIONAL COMMITTEES Constitution-Mrs. Wayne R. Fuller, 430 Starin Ave., Buffalo, N. Y. Historian-Mrs. Roderick McCullough Thomas, Green Hall Apartment Hotel, Baltimore, Maryland.

Songbook-Miss Ethel Tobin, 5443 Romain Ave., Los Angeles, Calif.

FellowshipAlumnaePhilanthropicScholarship-Miss Joy Mahachek, State Teachers College, Indiana, Pa. Somrity Examination-Miss Mary Gaal, 275 Deshler Ave., Columbus.

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Founders' Day

in Alpha Sigma Alpha 1934 Alpha Sigma Alphas everywhere are called to the observance of Founders' Day, November fifteenth. With the significance of this Founder's Day heightened by the inspiring presence of our Founders at our 1934 national convention, let the day be held, by group and individual action, in Respectful tribute to our beloved Founders, Renewed allegiance to the ideals of the sorority, Purposeful resolution to add to the good and growth of Alpha Sigma Alpha.

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RE-ELECTED COUNCIL MEMBERS The following quartette is vvell-known to college and alumna: members of A:SA. They have served on the National Council for several years and were re-elected by delegates to the biennial convention.

EuzABETH B. SMALL: Finance Chairman of the National Council.

Although her former title of Chairman of the Board of Trustees was changed by vote of the convention, Miss Small remains the respected adviser of the National Council in financial matters. Her unswerving loyalty to A:SA, her sound judgment and farsightedness have been of real consequence to our sorority.

EvELYN G. Bnc National Vice-President, Pi Pi Chapter.

Re-elected to the National Council but in a different capacity-for Evelyn served as National Registrar for four years. Her other National services to A:SA have included the re-writing of the National Constitution and Chairman of the Social Service Committee.

LEONA WILcox: National Secretary, Iota Iota Chapter.

Alpha Sigma Alpha is indeed fortunate to have as National Secretary a person of Leona Wilcox's calibre and ability . In spite of her very active professional life Miss Wilcox has found time to serve on the National Council for six years. Her re-election bodes well for A~ ..\.

LoUISE STEVVART: National Chaplain, Upsilon Upsilon Chapter.

Following an active participation in college chapter work Louise was first elected to the National Council in 1930. As Chaplain she has worked conscientiously on a variety of projects to unify sorority rituals.

Miss Stewart's most recent accomplishment is the Book of Devotions that college chaplains will find inspiring and helpful.

Miles may separate us as we work together for the advancement of our sorority but by cooperation and loyalty to our National Council members we can do much to bind ourselves together in a spirit of unity that mere distance cannot weaken.

RETIRING COUNCIL MEMBERS It is with feelings of sincere regret that we announce the retirement from active Council work of four outstanding personalities. Alpha Sigma Alpha will ever be appreciative of their loyalty and unselfish cooperation. In each case their influence and good works will stand as a lasting tribute to their service for A:SA.

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OCR PRES IDENT AND OFF I CI AL IIOSTE 'S \\' il ma \ Vil so n Sharp, H a tti e K e ll y Th omas

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THE PHOENIX ARRIVAL AT CONVENTION One refrain, "Carry me back to Ole Virginie," has for years kindled hopeful desires. Humming the melody, sincerely wishing, and carefully planning for its fulfillment brought many Alpha Sigma Alpha girls to the realization of the loveliness of being in Virginia.

In spite of the boldness of wishes no one dared to hope that they would be welcomed on their first visit by a true Virginian, but such was the good fortune of A'f.A groups as they reached Old Point. Only one who has arrived in a strange place at an unexpected hour can fully appreciate the joy these girls felt in being met and welcomed so graciously by the hostess, Mrs . Hattie Kelly Thomas. Because of well-laid plans ~he knew where, when and from what direction all wer~ to come.

Boats from the North and South discharged their passengers who were still aglow from the glorious experience of being on the real sea. From the West came girls accustomed to the level plains still in awe of those endless winding curves through the mountains. Groups of girls arrived by way of the train, happy in their new found friendships and anxious to know what more was in store. Eager, yet hesitant. they climbed the stately, hospitable steps of the Chamberlain, crossed the carpeted lobby to be greeted. The enthusiastic members shattered the languid southern tranquility. The atmosphere was electrified by the interest and sincerity of the girls, ::ISsembling for the event of a life time, the Alpha Sigma Alpha Convention.

Mary and Grace Martiny .

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Throu h dtt: courtt:'>) of the: ditor-tn- hid of Tm. p11 m ..-,, Mr.... c:tb, I am ivc:n rhi-. opportunity to talk of .. :0.1v ;rown up hild." Wh .. t I am o;ayinu may not exactly mt:~t the: rc:4uin.:mc:m.,, howc:H·r I .m1 grateful f r the opp rrunity w pc:ak fr m the fullne · of in c:re feding. 1 hope I m.t h · p.trdoned f r dealing in 1er'>onalitic:s but the v ry n.llurc of thi' ani le mpd uch.

FiN of .11! I wish to r.. te that 'The ouncil" of '9"2- 4 ha-. my admirati n b tb for it per nnd and ac ompli ·hmcnt. I Gmnot n:f rain fr m repeating what I have ·aid 111 pre;\ 1 u' .uti It: - I ha II b · fore,·er grateful for their w nkrful loy.tlty aml dev tion hown t me per onall and to .til lpha 'tgrn:~ lpha of tho e earl • day . Headed b Wilm:1 Wd m h:1rp, wh has my re pect, .. ppreciati n and love, I h. m : c:n:rv n:a on t bt: proud f tht: unci\ f lph , igma lpha. M. try Wagner icc-Pre i lent, i n It: fint:. I am dt,trt:.'> cd w lo,e her valuable servi e ; Leona Wilcox, i a m t dfi tent .tnd I veabk c:cn:tary, 'ra e Fultz Haworth i a m t dl.trming, lo ·al w rker; it i .. regret to me that he i no Iunger at tht:. hdm. In her p iti n. I hope we may nor lc·se her . t tivc intere. t; Loui e . te\Nart, a hapbin. ::.ecm m .. de for the pl.t c. ont: could be finer an I wn:tcr · ~ vd ' n Bdl h.t been exccpti nally dti ient an I loveable all Rcgi trar, wlulc I am ' rry to ha\c her leave thi pot, it is a ddiuht to know 'he i'> to -cup · . motht:r; and the E. tl:n ion fficcr, Mr . mall, hairman of ulkr. endeared hers ·If t > me as di I li Tntslct:. .

The ~ h .tirmcn of the \ Jri u gr up jud ring from the few it h.t been m privilegt: to know-Mis . June mith. Mi s \1.m \\ .t~nc:r .tnd Mr . B. F. Lt:ib, :1re urely all that n<.: c m de 1rc. 1 ht: oard f <h i~er mu t ntt:d. hare the prai'>c I n dHfullv fed f r all. Mt H k, Mi M ran, Miss wisher, \It · M J.t lin. M1 Richmond n I Mi Mu If, l .. n \urd\' JX.l~ \nlume for thts 1r up. \\hat w uld wed with ut th<.:i~ d 1 i ·n .md lo .tl uidan ·:

THE PHOENIX Under the able leadership of Miss Julia Lancaster, our publication, THE PHOENIX, is certainly a most creditable magazine; indeed it is splendid. The "Aegis" Edition I would especially commend, with my deep appreciation. Miss Lancaster and her entire staff are worthy of highest praise for their achievement. I regret that Miss Lancaster's duties call elsewhere.

It is with real pleasure that I extend hearty good wishes to the following in their new positions and assure them of my loyal support; Miss S. June Smith, Miss Evelyn Bell, Mrs. Crook, Mrs. Schlosser, and Mrs. Leib.

The Alumnae present at the 1934 convention is a grand loyal representation. I wish I might call each by name, with a personal message. It must be one to all-here is hoping that we may meet again at the 1936 convention.

Last, but by no means least, I would speak of and to "The Dear Little Girls" who "carry on" so faithfully in various institutions. Those who attend the 1934 convention are a charming, attractive, delightfully bright, interesting group. I lost my heart to each and some day I am going to acknowledge each nice letter I received with a letter in reply.

It is the total of this organization which makes me proud to wear the lovely emblem of Alpha Sigma Alpha so feelingly presented to me at convention, by our beloved President, Wilma Wilson Sharp, on behalf of "The Sorority."

This was an occasion when my feelings were too deep for words. I cannot convey the full meaning of the 1934 convention, to me my first since 1910. My active work for Alpha Sigma Alpha had ceased in 1918. In this renewal: my love, loyalty and devotion has even a deeper, richer meaning-if such were possible-than in those early days. I hope to be present at all future conventions so long as I am able to travelsuch is the inspiration you have given me. May the same high aims and ideals upon which Alpha Sigma Alpha was founded and upon which it is maintained today always radiate from the "Guiding Star" and may the keynote of "Service" . "T o one anot her. " a l ways remamHattie Kelly Thom as.

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' L . YIR L -L\ L.lte l~l'>l 'l nng, during one of our hu,inc . meeting , our prt,ttlu1t .tnnouncctl that the r .H lpha igma lpha onwnrion would meet in \'ir 'ini.t. ~1o t f u n:~e tt:d t h c .tnn un cmcnt ith mi ·ed feeling f pri le happtne\s, and c. ·citement intermingled with th :ll of re'P n ibi lity. W e were pr u I that ur 1. ter hapters wanted t< me t ur tate- t h e Iph a tate. ha1 p · I e ame we ould ' ntertain the members of our :.i terh I, excited- ju t exited O\'er the first con enti n after ur rein tatement, , nd feeling re p n ible bel.lll · we '' .mted our si ter l en j · , nd :11 preciate ming ro \ tr,'tnia. \\ e;; wante I ir t be a gran d h m -c min , nd H ".1 1 \\ e Jrt: proud that we were h n red by having the wnH·rHton hc.:re; we , n: pr ud f ur haptcr and ur tate; .md m< f .tiL w .tr · proud that it wa p \ible f r u t be rt:·in 1.11ed. 'tn e the 11\ enti n we ft:el in I .cr fdl w hip an I comrade htp with the ther chapte r f ur i terh d .tn l we do mo t in ercl · hope that he 1 4 .t much to }Oll ,,., it ha\ t l u . e fe 1 n tq. mon: than '\t:r hd n:, t m, ke lpha hapter stand f r .til he.: hi h idc.:JI et ,j le , . the aim. f the ., r ritv. ur id .II i to ··.\ pirt:, ·c.:k. ttain" in fiell f ~en i c' an I t rem mber:

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THE INFORMAL RECEPTION An informal reception was held at 8:30 Wednesday evening, in the Ladies' Parlor. The Officers, Founders and Members of the National Council were in the receiving line and graciously greeted all the Alpha Sigs.

Mrs. Fred Sharp, the President, was lovely in a yellow net dress; Mrs. Thomas, official Hostess, and one of the earliest members, wore white lace. Other founders present were: Mrs. Gillian, Mrs. Noell, Mrs. Carper. Members of the National Council in the receiving line were Miss Mary Wagner, Mrs. James Haworth, Miss Elizabeth Small, Miss Louise Stewart, Mrs. Wayne Fuller, Miss Julia Lancaster, Mrs. Leona Wilcox, Miss Evelyn Bell, and the advisers, Miss Musolf, of Mu Mu; Miss Richmond, of Nu Nu, and Miss Hook of Alpha Beta.

After passing down the receiving line, we renewed acquaintances with the Alpha Sigs we had known, and met many new ones, which proved a very pleasant experience since all of the girls were so friendly.

CONVENTION MEMORIES My only desire after attending our national convention is that each and every Alpha Sig might have the memory of that conve:!ti~n , with all its deep significance, locked tight in her heart-to grow and to make her a better and more understandmg person.

It was a thrill just to meet the Alpha Sigs from every corner of the United States-and to be a part of the special car we had, going to Old Point Comfort. We knew we had true friends waiting for us both on the train and at Old Pointfriends whom we had never seen but who were known to us through the PHoENIX and through our common aims, made evident to the outside world by the badge above our hearts.

This convention, too, made each and every one of us realize that Alpha Sigma Alpha has a history of which we may well be proud; for the founders-those heretofore mythical founders-were at convention, blending the sweet joyous person-

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uf chc tir t .\~ .\\ with the vivaci u one:. >f the y unger \~ \\. ro '1\c' a truly in pirin r cr ~ ·ection of ur belov d rorH\'. \h: n:altzeJ that over thirty year .tg th . e arne \\orne~ had cone i' e I the ide. s aml ideal of Iph a igma \lpha. <tnd that in them we had plendid e ampl_e of friend'hip' forme: I in lpha igma lph a and b ttng through the ·e. r .

I wi h thJt all th uirl · uld ha,·e known the national " o cr .t, we ltd; for meeting thL pc pie \ h are vitally inh:rt:. re I rn our welfan: .md the \ clfare of ur h::tpter ornehow bnn.r~ the per nal, more vita l dcm<.:nl into . orority, .m l . j,c, u .tn idea thal after all , d1c coun il are livincr pernalitite well w nh anyone's tru t, , nd that they :ue cone rncJ about us. They , re the entra l, moving force in rhe rnrity, and ret th y are human an I near enough to u to n:all · un lt:N.tnd and appre iate our problem . he one thing. however, that tand out in my mind as rhe mo t imprt:'l ive and a\ e-in pirin.T f the whole convention. wa, the r .tli.tati n that lpha i rna lph a girls everywhere, .m: rri' ing tow nl a mmon goal-and are fa ing the arne pr blerm with qual c uraue and ingenuit . It give~ one re.H \,lti,fa ti n to know that all ver thi broad Unit eel t.llt:~ arc girl · who arc ~ rking with u for the c mmon ~ 1- trl, whom "''e met in per ·on on d with whom we made l:.l'. ting friend hip · thi pa ·t su mmer, at ne of the most thrilling ~tnd in pirati nal meeting l have ever atte nded. thll<.:

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K pp.t K. pp~t pre:: crued a .,krc h wing the liffi ultie of I m, m .1 haunted hou . lkt.t R t.t joined I ta r ta in m urning th · Ieath f a pl l•c; whc worked her elf t her d m \triving t attain h r •r.td .

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THE PHOENIX Pi Pi sang their way to Convention, a tune for every State they traversed as they passed along.

Alpha Gamma and Theta Theta gave us a lesson in crossing crossings cautiously.

Tau Tau answered the Roll Call by creeping under the table for refuge.

Xi Xi acted out :m original song about "Progress from a Rushee to a convention delegate."

PLEDGE SERVICE To me, a ledge service should first of all be as impressive as possible. What should mean more to a pledge than her first impression of the sorority from the "inside"? And that is just what the model pledge service at Convention wasmost impressive!

Imagine, if you can, a huge hotel on the sea shore. Then imagine yourself to be high up on the roof garden, above the pounding waves. Your hair will be blown by the cool, early morning ocean breeze and the sun will just be coming up.

One hundred girls or more dressed in pure white will be about and a model pledge service will be in full swing. Miss Elizabeth Bird Small will be reading the service while you and your companions listen attentively to the words that never fail to thrill you to the depths of your being. You say again to yourself as you have already said so many times already, that you are in Virginia, in the state where the sorority, your sorority, was founded. Standing near you are three of those founders, your sorority sisters, as are all of the girls around you; and you feel glad that you are there, glad you have met so many nice people, and, oh, so glad and proud to be an Alpha Sig! Roberta Helmecke, ~1.

CONVENTION INITIATION Specifics are usually lacking in memories of a sorority service. One synthesizes rather than analyzes impressions. Color, form, and sound are merged into a composite which discour-

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.1•c: inquiq into tht: wh , nd h w as long a·. we remain .:n the ·m ti nal lc,·c:J anend. nt up n uch a en 1 e as ur \ lr•ini.t initiation. l 1 hid · u 1ma 1ine white and gold f ilk and l ras in rhc: tlKhring Ii rln of m. ny l per ·, hadow a t b stat ly palm , rich. dc:c:p hue:~ f u u t Hower . the rim on of the n ,1(- f-arm . the: hid I f chapter fr m Alpha to Omega me .t, .til a •ain t a backgr und f blui h-gray, the beautiful phr.1 e ami 'c:ntenu~ which have rown o familiar a to he: me like a I ve I 1 m where w rJ di appear and only the: mcanm n:m in , ft train f musi , metime put into wur I hy a I i t or the gr up, and face f newly-met si ter h lf-r ·,·ealed in the dim light. Thi wa the 1 4 crvice durm • whi ·h thn.:e pled 'C of Kappa Kappa, u, and Rho Rh w ·rc: admined r full member hip . un il and tw ational Com• kmlx:rs f the ati nal h. irmen, ..:ne\ ieve Leib and Junc mith , fill ed the n e , the irl were p ns red b ' member of th eir own c:haptc:r , and the two Mi. mi girl Martha reen and ancy 1mpkin n. furni hed the mu i . t the I · f the ervi e when the: ver Ia t initiate ha I hnn led from rhc: altar, the r t initiate f the or rity Hattie ndu ted there t recei e a jeweled badge Kdl Th m. '· \\a .m I ommend.nion f r her unu ual erv ices thr ugh ut the c:. r . \\ 1th our ear he. t and ur late ·r initiate gathered in the .1mc: mall arc::1 .1nd with three four F un kr 1 re ent there lUUid have hcen no m re nvincin T pr f of the trcn th u the ric which m:tkc: u a i. terh d. Alpha igma Alpha h.HI " ·orne h me:" t \ irginia in 1ers n and in . pirit.

lTI \ Tl \\'ith fond 111emc m: I I k ba k up n Ia t ummcr , hich r lr me: one the rt·al ··rct.l-lctre::r" event of m lift.:. ft w h rc:.li~L.Itlon uf 111} Ire:< ~s t u with K ppa Kappa 0\ 'nl1on will h wa held in \ ir inia bell.lph:r I \ .....\ lU. lht:n I wa "tth c thc:r " I ph ig." fr m :11! vc; the nu I · r.u . T . ,,.. h. I the plea urc of being with the \\,1

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national officers whom most of the girls only get to know through their official correspondence.

But I was only a pledge, who had long anticipated the Friday of convention week when I would be initiated into the sorority by the national officers and before girls from all the chapters.

Louise Stewart, National Chaplain, had told me that I could choose my own sponsor. It is no wonder that I was very happy to have Ruth Nailer sponsor me. Is it not wonderful to be able to have the one who first told you about A'f.A sorority to also have her for your guide when you are initiated into the sorority?

I was certainly glad I could have the unusual privilege of having companions for the initiation from two other chapters.

It makes me feel that we are sisters in the national org~miza足 tion and not just in the chapter of our own Alma Mater.

I know that it is the desire of all to be taken into the sorority with the beautiful ritual of the initiation ceremony performed by our national officers, and we three new members are proud of this honor.

I shall aim to be loyal always to Alpha Sigma Alpha and to be worthy of her name for I can never forget the impressiveness of the ceremony, and how my heart swelled with joy at the good wishes expressed by the members to the new initiates.

Kath1"yn Blood, KK.

INITIATION AT NATIONAL CONVENTION When our President, Euphemia Whitlock, called me on the 'phone one day during the early part of the summer and informed me that I had been chosen out of six of Nu Nu's pledges to go to convention to be initiated, I was simply overcome. There was nothing in the world that I would have wanted anyone to tell me more than that. For the rest of the days until we left for Old Point Comfort I was thrilled by the idea.

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((>me in a ,eq ),h rt ttme. I urin, the opentng day f conH:ntion, when we were all bu. · with mcerin rs, lun he. n. , dinm:r'>, motor lrtpll, I oulu n ver forger that great ~tahr whi ·h wa'> to orne. H ur by hour I l ecame more rhnllcd, nd when I aw all m 1re nerv us, more an iou. than ever. th( c people who w uld witne · the . en· ice I was still mNc thrilled than en:r.

Then rid a · came at Ia t. It wa one f the Ionge t, mo. t intcre ttn/, thrillinu da . f my life. and I hall never f rget ir. \\ e ~t. rted at ix 'cl k in the m rning with a model plnlgc ' rvi c n the r f f the ew harnberbin Hotel at unn c. This wa a m t beautiful and imprc . ive er i e ·with our • ti nal e retary, Mi Wil ox, offi iating.

In the aftern n v e were c ndu ted n a ery irttcre-ting, nlu -,tiona!, and beautiful tour f three of ir1.1inia' histori al . p ts-n mel ·. Y rkt wn, William burg, and Jamest wn. We w ·n: thrilled b · the entire trip and really fell in love v ith the little t wn of William burg an I the William and Mary .olkge ituate I there. Jame town wa an ther beautiful pia e.

It w.' u h a I vel ', bright unny day and the water f the J.tm ·s River eemed aim and peaceful that I felt a though f would ju. t like to sit d wn n it shore · ::md gaze endles ly a ro it' · wide !>p:m. fter ur :.t.ty at J, me town 'vVt: left f r ld P int mfon .tnd a' we were ridinu al ng in the bu e ju t at du k I h.tppcn ·d t I k t ward the ea t and there before me I beheld a hu c ball f g ld- it I ked like a 1.1reat bi~r or:mge-but ''hen I I ke I :t • e ntl time l aw that it v • . the m n omin up. I nc,·cr in m · life . aw anything m re beautiful ~md I ,,d than that m n n that particular Jay in ugu t. ,r. luallr it amc nc rcr the timt:: f r initiati n and gradu.tlly I becJmt m rc ncnou, than ever. Finall •,. t nine o'clo k. th · three pl~tl~c . Ka1 pa K ~pa' pled e, Rh Rho's pledge, .tnd • u u plcu rc .tnd thetr sp n r a sembled ut. ide f l~t: m' cnti n room '-''attin; ncrv u ly f r the signal t enter. tr we wcr h t nd then we were c ld, we would sit d wn hut nc t till. and then Wt w uld p. c the A r for a while. \'h t .tn alt .'ether ncnou timt: we had. t Ia t the,·. ignaled ~

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Another thing which I shall never forget is Mrs. Sharp's tender, loving, gracious smile which she had on her face when she gave the three pledges their last vow. To me Mrs. Sharp, the Initiation, the Convention, and every AY:,A girl present are unforgettable in my mind-something which I cannot and will never be able to forget as long as I live-what an honor, thrill, unforgettable experience to be initiated by our National President, Wilma Wilson Sharp, at the National Convention, August 24, Old Point Comfort, Virginia, state of our founding.

Catherine Brackin, NN.

* * '"' Dear Alpha Sigma Alpha Sisters : During the past summer two thrilling moments occurred I will never forget. The first was when I found I could be initiated at the national convention; the second was being initiated. I am very proud to think I was initiated by the National Council, and it certainly was an impressive ceremony.

You just don't realize what it is to be an Alpha Sig until you meet the girls from other chapters and the officers, and find what lovely and interesting members belong to our sorority.

To explain all my reactions during the ceremony would be impossible, but I can say it made me want to be a better member, and to give all I have to \'l:,A. Sincerely, Evelyn McDonie: PP.

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Talk about your uthcrn h pitality, girl-.!! Y u I n'r u'n: bet:n t c m·ention ~mel know anything about 1t umil h:.i\C I~ ·n cntcrt. in d by th lpha irl . vcn though orne nf u · wcrcn 't n:ry f. r fr ~ .h . me, we were m.H.le t feel we I ·lon ·d n ht there in trgmta. [t g.n:., y u a grand thrill t live in anticipation .f . uch a v.tc.ttt n a. lpha igma lpha nn:ntion wa , but Lt 1 e\·en .1 1r atc.:r thrill t arrive in irginia n a clear ummer day, eros'> rhc.: Jamc. River n b at watch the un c me up and e tt. fir r r y hint: a r the w, ter and make • path in whi h thc I at oulu rr. il dire tl y t ur j urney' end. For. long hd rc we: d ked we ould ee our hu e h tel in th li ranee wc:l minrr u amJ givin u the.: urge to get there quickly. f the deep an ti ipati n you ha ve harl, Howt:ver, re ar lie I think \\'C all fdt mewhat an em1 ty or lo t feelina a we dtmbtd the t ne tep t the hu "t: p r h of that beautiful hotel. But it didn' t b t 1 n . Ju t when we got in ide that d r, early th ugh it wa we were met by the Alpha girls wh immediatd made u feel ri ht at home.

Mr . Th m s, th official ho te f r otwt:ntion, met us all an I from the r t day called u by name. Th raci u manner 111 which he a mpli bed everythin he di I rna le u I ve hc:r m rc th n t:\' ·r. p r n with a more energetic pirit .tnd n · that ju t . bubble ver with per on~llity ca nnot be f und- 1 I n't think the ' eve n exi t-and ertainly Alpha Iph t nd ne. re t t her heart fr m the undivide I .Htcnti m ,h · gave t i . nd u dele ate . \: c wen. bu · from m rn till ni ht, alway havin somethmg pl. nne I f r ur entertainment by ur h te e when we were: nor oc upie I \ ith nventi n bu ine . It v a · ur fir t da there: that w h. d ur inf rmal n:cepti n and eight h urs .tfrc:r ur con ntt n' ffi i I pening I w uld clef • any ne to t th · ~ Ji n't kn . .,.,, everybody el e there. That wa due t:\'er let it be ai I they fell d wn n a tai~ ro >~r h l · e . the: J b. 1 he · were m t gra iou at all time . . T~ur tl _\. trl . }' u mi ~ d it. e were taken out n a n1 tn pmat the aftern n an I aw the ~ enery

THE PHOENIX around Old Point Comfort, including a tour of the important bridges. Mrs. Thomas arranged for us to go across the James River Bridge-the longest single span bridge in the worldand to our suprise we were all allowed to get out of the cars, go up on the "draw" and at a height of 150 feet above water look down at the rolling waves beneath. "Watch out, girls" was a familiar phrase while up there. Hats disappeared and floated on down the river much too easily in the strong wind, and I think those Virginians were afraid we might be blown away too.

Then, girls, the grand surprise! It was announced to us by our hostesses that we would have a formal dance on the roof garden of the hotel that night. Men? Oh, we weren't to be alarmed at all. Alphas had looked out for that. Men for all the delegates had been imported and we were to be introduced formally in the reception room of the hotel and from there proceed to the roof garden with our escorts. We expected anything, for that many men cannot always be collected so easily, but we had a grand time. A closed dance and we found that night that Alpha girls were not the only hospitable people in Virginia although we think they were responsible for our most entertaining evening. You can imagine us all riding down the elevators alone, parading around the lobby to the reception room, meeting a young man you had never seen before, and then very formally being escorted back up the elevator to the roof garden. It was great!

The white clouds rolling across the sky, a full moon, lots of stars, the United States Marine fleet out in the harbor with the airplanes doing night Hying, and a romantic southern boy by your side-girls, you should have been at Convention! No entertainment you could ever find in Virginia could possibly compare to what the Alpha's prepared for us.

But, never let it be said they allowed a day to go by without entertainment. Again on Friday, in private cars, the official delegates and any others desiring to go spent the entire afternoon traveling around to the places of historical interest. They certainly didn't leave a stone unturned to keep us from thoroughly enjoying ourselves-and I will say-the men from the dance helped the rest of the week to show us what we hadn't seen before.

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The wcck \\ il' drawing t a clo~e mu h wo <.Jlli kl '. One mun: dav of omenti n and the lpha' cert,tinl} must han: fc:lt th.ll . the nt:c.:dnl ro uin.: m . methtng r be forever r mc.:mocrnl-a rhnll of a lifetime. m·wav. Mrs. Thoma made arran •cmcm~ for u t bc gue. t on .the .ditten:nt boat of the nited tate. ' Aett. nd . aturday afterno n we spent our time rra\dtng fr m deck r deck on the b at • being entertained tn the .tpt:un\ abin. and havincr a grand time with ailor' c.:n:q when: giving u the " n e-O\'er'' and we feeling it .1 'ft:Jt 1 ri' ikge t !)et: what they called ''h me." Many :m tntc.:rormg cxpcm:nce w" n.:lated t us that afterno n. \\ eren't wc lu k)? Ju. t I k what y u mi ed. Let thi. be a htnt- never mi ., an lpha igma Alpha nvention. lt'. a challenge to anr ther gr up that ev r trie t entertain Alpha tgm. lpha. 1 tell you! Y u'll have to go a lonu \ ay hc.:at or keep pace with Mr. . Th m:t and her Alpha Tirls a. ho\tC \eS. Mary Cribb,;.

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M · f ur d. y in \ ir inia gave t me trengthcned ide.tls :m I t.mdard t war I which to work,, nd m re pO\Vt:r to ]i,·e In} life. a an lpha igma lpha , irl hould li\'e it.

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Sig's were dashing out of the convention hall to take the thrilling trip through Yorktown, Williamsburg and Jamestown.

It is any wonder that the Virginians are so proud, when they can take you to such places as historic Yorktown and say, "This is truly the birthplace of the nation, see the fortifications and the old battlefield roads where the RevolutionarY troops once marched, here is the Nelson House with the cadnon balls still imbedded in its walls and that monument commemorates the spot where Lord Cornwallis surrendered to Washington."

Then a few miles farther on they can show you the Colonial Capital, which has been so completely restored that you feel that you have dropped back to the r8th century and should be riding in a rig instead of a bus down the cobblestoned Duke of Glouchester Street. The guide became so enthusiastic when he began to point out the famous old buildings such as the Governors Palace, the Capital, Raleigh Tavern, the Old Court House, the Powder Horn, Market Square Tavern, the Whyte House, the old Wren Building at William and Mary College and the many colonial store rooms and houses overlooking brick courtyards with hitching posts and petrifying trees here and there, that we almost expected to see old Governor Whyte or some other Colonial gentleman to come out and greet us.

From Williamsburg they take you to Jamestown and as you stand on the banks of the James River and think of all the hardships the colonists endured, when they established this first permanent English settlement in America, it makes you appreciate more this fine country we have today. We followed Mrs. Thomas through the old iron gate in to the burial ground of the colonists, on around to the moss and vine covered Anglican church. The musty old walls and floors are lined with slabs, which seem to have been taken from the graves of various early settlers and Christian Indians. We walked back along the banks of the river past the statues of Captain John Smith and Pocahontas who seem to be watching for the ships to come from England with supplies.

We leave Jamestown with heartfelt sympathy for these

fir t cttkr who 1.: 1 ted m ,pite of famine .1nd lmhan ma acre . ). ou ma\ t c . urc the trip ba k to the h tel wa a dn:arn\ one rdk tmg n the panorama of early men · n h 1 ton: which h.lll bn:n unfolded t u · tlur ahcrn n. . jane Folt~ McDttt'lll.

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1L w.t th · twcnr . -hr!>l of ugust, a I remember hO\-\' c. n I f r ct that w · f ur lpha ig , Miss Ri hmond, Frannie ayl r. add ' Brack·n :md I left Philadelphia for tro-inia and ld P inr omf rt, ::> the.: ·ene of our gloriou · ath-cn r or it v onvention. turc.:nd trul it ' a~ n adventure :.tn I ne long to he rem ·rnhered. a pledge 1 thought much of or rity and the girl~ a!. I came t knov.• them; their aim , and tandar 1~ an I idea!... lr1Hll 1dt tu nKht and all that cluracterizcd them J n lto~llcr . .\u ' "' I> h· at< l th• rinr th .:lou, \ u ' u' In itt l c.~ a lpha ig~. I realized what J-r '" c \ lnr .. u 'u' \ 'u.·, l' n ulc.·nt :1n h n r it a:. to he r ken mt their memhcr-.hip :1 • one f them, and rc~ lvcd to d my I · t m ner · w y. an initi.te the ·c ide I .tn I gl rifi au n be amc.: mine an I I WJ bein drJwn m re I s ·1 . into their irclc .md, with them wa. triving t rea h the goal \t'l h\ >r riq. But it wa. nvemion that br u rht me to the rority and Jll thJt it me. m. 1r wa-. rc.ll i mfic nc · f .10 m 11rauon and a thrillin 1 revelati n f the clo'>encs f dlt: bond which hold all lpha i r l gcther, gl\ in r th<:ir I ~ t and in turn, re ei' in I! the bt:-.r that life hold for rhetn.

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realized, but it was wonderful to find them so much as I had pictured them-girls of high ideals and willing service, peppy, and sociable. I had not dared to air any special expectations but they had fulfilled any desires I might have had. The pleasure I received from meeting them was exceeded only by the joy and privilege of knowing our National Officers and Founders who are, every one, dear and true Alpha Sigs.

Of course, a word must be said about our trips to the James River Bridge, Jamestown, Yorktown, and \VilliamsburgJ and to the battleships. They were all very pleasant surprises and were much appreciated. Then, too, the fun of just being together was immeasurable. Miss Richmond certainly had her hands full, for it seemed that Susie, Susette, and Susabelle (as we were) just could not stop giggling and behave as they should so as to make their Teacher proud of them.

But it surely was the most enjoyable and helpful convention ever and I want to thank the Nu Nu girls most sincerely for selecting me as Convention alternate and to thank Alpha Sigma Alpha Sorority for a most inspirational and lovely week.

Jean Mueller, NN.

REMINISCENCES A heavy gong, a shrill whistle and our boat was gradually pulling away from the dock. The ship was leaving Virginia, the birthplace of our Alpha Sigma Alpha Sorority, but each girl aboard was carrying with her the happiest thoughts of Convention days.

That night as our ship sailed through the rain toward Washington I sat on the edge of my bunk and reminisced.

Remembered those joyful happenings that were crowded into a week's time.

It was exciting to be in Virginia, it was inspiring to meet the founders and early members of AL.A, it was thrilling to be welcomed by Alpha Sigma Alpha's first initiate, Mrs. Thomas; it was gratifying to become acquainted with the outaoing and in-coming officers of our sorority. b I cherish the memories of the beautiful initiation and the impressive pledging services.

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f all the amu ing in 1dent in the dining ro m, one will lx fon:m ,t in m · ~ind a typifying m\ fa,orit · of Virgmia waiter .

Three of u. went to the dining r m for breakfast and were eated at a table b · ur elve . The kin I e ro waiter grtnned bro. Jly, .. s I m 'ning. Mi "· h }O' hungry dis . m .. ntn.

"I ccnainly Jtn," l replied with ab lute posni' ene ·.

Ht pre entcd me with pen il and pad. I made out rhe order f r all due . The \i aitcr t k the h1ll • nd read :tl u I. " ne pineappl juice, one range jui e, one tomato jui e, one atmeal, ne bran Aake ·, ne grape nuts. one ham eg~s. one ba n eg , one bre. kfa t teak, ne hot r II ·. ont.: dry toa'lt, ne bunered toa t, ne Ace ne • nka, one milk," gain he grinned and chuck! d, "Y · h · i hungrv, i~n·t M ' >" 1 1 0 · Y Eli-::abf'th Farnngton.

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and reflected our images, rather grotesquely, I admit. In passing the kitchen, the "gobs" slipped us some apples which were munched not too audibly. Between bites, we endeavored to ask intelligent questions.

The mess hall, the wheel house, (or whatever its scientific name may be) and narrow stairways receive<t our undivided attention. Naturally the signalling system intrigued us, perhaps because the secret would not be divulged by our guide.

In a few minutes we tried to learn the meaning of several of the near-fifty flags which are used at different times on board, to say nothing of memorizing the stripes which told the rank of the officers.

After. observing at a distance the sailors at work, play, and rest we returned to the cabin to be refreshed with coco-cola, lemonade, and cakes under the cooling breeze from electric fans. We agreed unanimously that the others couldn't possibly have had such an enjoyable time as we had on the Texas.

Alice Weinheimer, TI 11.

"A THRILLING TWO AND A HALF HOURS" On Board the U. S. S. L exington

The day was Saturday, August twenty-fifth, and we had been promised a trip out to the battleships. Long had we gazed from our window on the seventh floor of the New Chamberlain Hotel, at the boats, ships and battleships as they came into Hampton Roads; for people who live in Kansas only see such sights in pictures. Now we were really going to go on board a battleship.

First there was the excitement of getting together and jumping down to the little boat that took us to the battleship.

This involved dropping of purses in the water and breaking of heels. There were two ships, the U. S. S. Lexington and the U.S. S. Texas.

When we arrived at the battleship we were helped up on a little platform and then climbed about three flights of steps.

This brought us on the deck. Here we could see where the airplanes land, and the guns and cannons that would be used in time of war.

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\\'c.: n found that the !>hip was a great deal i:lrger than it looked t bt: from a di tance, and if we diJn 't tick together we would get I L V.. c were taken thro~gh r m ~fter ro m.

The pl.lCe when: the boys lcpt. the kit h n, bakmg ro01:'s. the librarv and the drug st rc. Here you c uld buy c ke , tee cream. and uH:nir .

W • were n the hip • ut tw and a half hour , explormg c.:\t:r 1 iblc p int an I a king que tion , which were pr b. bl · very f li h.

Be ide the attraction · of the . hip it ·elf there \Vere the th usand or m re regular pa en cr , me of v hom were \er · intcre tin , nJ hand me. o u can ea ily ee rhe girl were Jmu ed, entertained and enj ed them elves thoroughly ever · m ment of their . ta • on the battle. hip.

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Bur the menti n wa not , It ether ·eri us- there were .1 number f amu in t epi de v hi h added to our cnjo ·m nt almo t • s mu h as the love! • ccremonie we \Vitne'l. e I. For 10 t n e, I m ure. that ever • time 1 think of on\t:ntion. I ,·ill rem ·mber the I. I dr pped m ' pur e in the hes:q e. ke. an I m · kind ail r re ue I it f r me; n r will we forgt..L the d • June mith' r aim t did a taiLpin n the ro. 1-of ~.: ursc:, that \\' ::t n r . funn • at the tim but now it d c.. · ·m hum r u. n I. t , we were 1reatly urpir ed t meet EH:l n Bell .md hc.:r Pi P1 .'irL • t • tur, I Bri lge. and t le.trn that thev h.l I h,t I a Aat tire and had t b · t wed f r mile., over th~ • h nan I ah Mountain b · a cattle rru k. 'Y.lc • ho learned fr m them th. Mr . haq .lmo t mi. '>t:d her boat when he

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while on an expedition to Yorktown, broke the door of Jean's fiance's car, which they were driving. Two very dejected Alpha Sigs returned to Old Point that night, greatly in need of Comfort. These same two girls were fortunate to meet an ensign when they visited the Lexington, and arrived home in the Captain's launch.

Another of the KK girls knew an ensign on the Saratoga} and three of the girls went to dinner on that ship one night.

As a climax to the perfect four days, one of the girls left her glasses at the hotel and worried all the way home for fear they would be lost. However, they were returned safely, and all's well that ends well!

Anne Ruppin, KK.

FORMAL CONVENTION BANQUET As is the usual history of our Alpha Sigma Alpha conventions, the banquet at the New Chamberlain Hotel on the evening of August 2, proved the climax of all the lovely things that had gone before.

The tables were beautiful with their decorations of yellow flowers and lighted tapers. The girls, in their lovely evening dresses of pastel hues as they assembled, reminded one of a huge bouquet of sweet peas. At the speakers' table were seated the national officers with the founders and early members of Alpha Sigma Alpha. As we were seated we discovered at each olace the banquet program, together with the pin with its crest, which was the gift of the L. G. Balfour Jewelry Company, to each person present. The menu was typically Virginian, served by the colored waiters. The whole banquet, with its setting at Old Point Comfort, with the battleships of the United States Navy brilliantly lighted, anchored in plain view outside the window, left no doubt that we were in the birthplace of our organization, Tidewater, Virginia.

In the absence of Georgiana Newby Page, Miss Hook, sponsor of Alpha Beta Chapter, acted as toastmistress. The program was in keeping with the entire convention program, that of honoring our founders. To those present, it was a

THE PHOE IX ur. The on! · regret being that cYcry member of our great r antzati n oukl not be pre ent to lo k upon . the di nifietl per n . wh were our f under , an I h • r the sm_ r and tJrring talk in whi h th y lifte j hie:h the carl tdeal of lpha i rna lpha, and p inted the wa ' for the pre nt r aniz ti n to it · early bright and hining g al.

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nounced the winner of the cup. Kappa Kappa and Alpha Gamma had tied in efficiency! A duplicate cup has been sent to the tying chapter.

So ended the last official business of our gay southern convention.

Julia La11caster.

COUNCIL TROPHY Here we are-back at school after a grand summer that included a trip to Virginia and the Alpha Sigma Alpha Convention. Now I ask you, could any summer be more delightful? And, may I, in these wanderings (I never could write coherently) tell you how delighted Alpha Gamma is to display "our scrumptious" trophy? Our chests, individually and collectively, have expanded considerably. Then too, we have our snap shots, plaques from Alpha Chapter, our favors, souvenirs, and what-not to show off. But this cup, the honor of which we share with Kappa Kappa, is the pride and joy of every one of us.

And, in our storehouse of memories, we are holding fast to glimpses of southern life and people, of Richmond, of pine forests, of Yorktown, Jamestown, the James River, Mount Vernon, the Potomac, and Washington, D. C. Then-northward through Pennsylvania with its green-covered, majestic mountains-and back home again!

We thank you, our founders, our officers, and national sorority for a lovely, memorable time. ((Pat" Freyermuth,

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THE ATTENDANCE TROPHY During a breakfast that was being rushed through by some who were ready to begin their journey homeward, and leisurely enjoyed by others not so anxious to depart, the awards of the 1934 convention were presented. I was one of those who was thoroughly and unhurriedly enjoying a very substantial breakfast. My boat did not leave until late in the afternoon .

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TO OUR ADVISER Tune: "Reuben, Reuben, I've Been Thinking"

Please, oh please Won't you allow us To introduce to you Our Advisor, Miss Jean Richmond, She's the best pal through and through.

Let us tell you more about her, She's the best one of us all.

And there is nobody like her, She is the Queen of them all.

Bul: we haven't time to tell you all about her, But we will guarantee She's loads of fun and full of pep, And always packed full with glee!

Miss J ean M. Richmond Nu Nu's Adviser

Tune : "Smile, Diane"

We're in heaven when we think of you, You're so grand-you're true blue.

All the little things that you have done Surely have won Our love for you.

Through the years you have guided us Stuck with us-trusted us.

Now we want you to know what we think, You're the only One for us.

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as well as groups are welcomed by the National Vice-President.

We seek to make A"f.A's alumnae organization of real importance to individuals and a credit to the national sorority.

Evelyn G. Bell, National Vice-President.

BUFFALO ALUMNAE CHAPTER On a particularly miserable rainy, cold day-as can be produced in Buffalo only-we began our sorority year. About twenty-five noble souls braved the whistling wind and steady downpour to lunch at an apartment hotel.

After consuming delicious food, we settled down to business, although it was difficult. Our program sounds very festive-but we do have to raise funds-that point being the cynosure of the business meeting. Reducing dues to one-third of those of the previous years, has made us seek other sources. To swell the depleted treasury, our annual bridge party in late October, a Weckerle luncheon in November, at which only the "trimmings" have to be supplied and later a trip through the Wheats Ice Cream Company all seem to solve this problem.

Besides these on our calendar appear a Christmas luncheon, a tea, a progressive luncheon, a Valentine party with the college girls, a party for the graduates in June. Of course, our Founders' Day and initiation we always join the college girls.

Although these seem entirely social, there is always a half hour tucked away in some obscure corner for a really peppy business meeting made short by the board of directors predigesting business details.

Regardless of all this joy, a cloud has descended to dim some of our pleasure. For we shall all miss the kindly frank opinions of our Margery Kraus who just recently has been taken from among us. We loved her as one of our sisters.

IN MEMORIAM MARGERY R. KRAUS, a member of Pi Pi and Buffalo Alumnae chapters October 16th, 1934

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Tau Tau Sisters Tau Tau is proud to have ten pairs of real sisters as well as sorority sisters on their chapter roll. They are: Geraldine Reinecke Clow and Marjorie Reinecke Muirhead, Susan Chittenden Ekstrand and Eleanor Chittenden Phillips, Mildred King Nelson and Dorothy King Steeples, Eunice Bradbury and Marvel Bradbury, Freda Winters and Eleanor Winters, Evelyn Pauly and Viola Pauly, Beth 路Harkness and Marjorie Harkness, Stella Hupfer and Josephine Hupfer, Shirley Baird and Nell Baird (pledge), Ethel Miller and Alta Miller.

Hays, Kansas, Alumnae Officers I9J4-I935 President-Mildred Lee Ward, Hays, Kans.

Vice-President-Priscilla Wilson, LaCrosse, Kans. (Nekoma, Kans., teaching).

Secretary-Treasurer-Katherine Pratt Mermis, Hays, Kans.

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Shirley Baird, an ex-president and treasurer, is teaching English this year at Rexford, Kansas, in the high school. We hope the literary-minded Shirley will be a success.

We loved each one of these girls and certainly miss them this year. We miss them in their contributions to our strivings, in their presence and in their inspirations. In other words, we miss them.

Dean Wiruth, TT.

INDIANAPOLIS ALUMNAE CHAPTER Mrs. Jane Foltz McDavitt and Miss Frances Shaw were the hostesses for our first meeting of 19341935. The many thrills of this meeting are still with us due to the splendid report which was given by our official delegate to National Convention, Jane Foltz McDavitt, our president for this year. We lived those four eventful days of Convention, the meeting, the girls, the business, the social events and all the late hours. After such a report we were J a ne F. M cD avitt, Margaret Schofield , grateful tO Jane for repreGenevieve Leib, Indian apoli s Alumn ae sentl路ng our Indianapolis Members at Convention.

Alumn;r and supporting our national organization in all its splendid work. We are indeed proud to have one of our own fine girls in such a responsible position, National Editor of ~HOENIX, ~one other than Genevieve Steele Leib. You will enJOY knowmg Gene-

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vicve through her new work. he will prove to u h w worthy he i of thi honor. Ye , enevieve had pi nty to a when Jane ha I c mpleted her talk a did ur ther memb r anendin nvention, Margaret chofield. We mu t try d perately to attend onvention of 1 , what a g <I, 100 percent. ur program committee had f r u a m t intcre tin~ pror::.m for thi ear and we are all doing ur p::trt t help m. ke thi a mo t ucce ful year.

Mr . Letha Heckman a kin and Mi Mar ret h field were the ho te e for our October meetin fter the bu ine e ion, we pent a mo t delightful hour with d ¡laide Meart traveling abr ad and vi itin the m:.m un ric curio hop , people and buyincr many thincr f r ur family . nd friend at home. Our ima ination were ver bu y an I ' c were all a ery happ crroup. We were afterward . crved tea in an unu ual tea hop in Merry Old En land. What a plendid time we all nj yed.

The Indiana tate Teacher Con ention which convene in Tndianapoli i alwa a great event and a et-t gether time for our Alpha who for the mo t part :1re graduate of Iaker . We planned thi year t have our lun heon for ur oirl who were attendin n enti n combin with the Eliz â&#x20AC;˘ . Blaker lub luncheon at the pink Arm Hotel t ber tQ. We were lad to have o many of our girl at thi h mcc ming time and we till find the old Alpha i pirit and oneniality. There wa uch a plendid roup that we will pbn t have ur luncheon combine a ain next year.

We would like to have our irl thr ughout th tate to c me to me f our meetin thi ear if at any time the are in Indianap li n the fir t aturday f the m nth. Ju t c:tll enevievc Leib Jane F ltz Me avitt or m elf and we will be gl d t help ou find y ur way to our meetin and the irl will be ver happ to have y u. H pin t cc m f you n, Hd~JJ Graa avag~. PH E lX rn: pondent.

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KANSAS CITY ALUMNAE CHAPTER The Kansas City Alumna: Chapter of Alpha Sigma Alpha met on Saturday, September 29th, at the home of Mrs. Raymond Miller, 200 South First Street, Lee's Summit, Missouri. Marguerite Cooper was the assisting hostess. A very complete and delightful report of Convention was given by our delegate, Ruth Bryant. Plans for the coming year were discussed, several types of social service work were suggested and a committee has been appointed to investigate these. A few rubbers of bridge and delightful refreshments completed the afternoon meeting. Members attending were: Phon Johnson, Mildred Burks, Jo McMillan, Georgia Oldham, Margaret Oldham, Mary Mason Wilson, Esther Bucher, Laure Bucher Sherman, Margaret Bryant, Ruth Bryant, Mildred H anthorn, Lucille Stalsworth, Mary Ella Sheppard, Martha Mae Marquis, and Ethel Phillips.

Ethel Phillips, PHoENIX Correspondent.

THE KAPPA KAPPA CHAPTER'S ALUMNAE Our chapter's alumna: usually are quite fortunate in securing something to do. Every year the problem "What am I going to do when I get out of college," seems to renew its strength. However, we have been doing remarkably well considering conditions.

Ruth Stewart is teaching in a night school, but her sweet and charming personality keeps them from napping in her class. Then we also have another teacher, Katherine Dietrich, who lends variety to the regular classroom activities by teaching foods and clothing.

Although Evelyn H artman has remained at home because of a recent operation, she is still considered a loyal football fan, for she is the source of a great deal of inspiration for one of our handsome heroes. One of our girls, Betty Janaske, has gone up the Hudson-no, not Sing Sing-but to a girl's reformatory where she is doing case work.

I hear bells ringing in the distance-school bells, door bells,

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Finally, getting down to new business we elected officers for the coming year: Hattie Kelly Thomas, Thirty-third and St. Paul Streets, Baltimore, President.

Esther Mable Berkshire, 1603 K Street, Washington, D. C., Vice-President.

Helyn Brookhart Bishop, soo6 Denmore Avenue, Baltimore, Secretary-Treasurer.

As a pleasant surprise, Mrs. Thomas served tea with delicious sandwiches, cookies, and fudge in honor of the new bride, Helyn B. Bishop.

We each re-newed our pledge of loyal support to the National Council of our Sorority and said goodbye until our next meeting which we plan to have in Washington at "Berkshire Inn" with Miss Esther Berkshire, Vice-President, as hostess.

Helyn B. Bishop.

PITTSBURGH ALUMNAE CHAPTER Officers 1934-35: President, Mary Cribbs; Vice-President, Mrs. Clark Wimbles; Treasurer, Mrs. Wm. B. Marshall ; Secretary, Virginia Karlen; Publicity Chairman, Mrs. Glenn Ferguson; PHOENIX Correspondent, Ruth Sutherland.

The first meeting of the fall was held at the College Club on October 6. During the business, Mary Cribbs, president, gave a resume of the convention. Jane Staltz also attended the convention. Upon suggestions of several members, we are planning to give ideas for favors and parties to be used by the active chapters at Indi0.na and at Drexel.

At an executive committee meeting, regular dates and definite programs for the entire year will be made.

Ruth Edwards, Jane Staltz and Mrs. J. C. Mantel are hostesses for the December first meeting.

Ruth Sutherland, PHoENIX Correspondent.

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De pitc.: the fa t that ever · ne wa eager to hear all • b ut the onvention fr m our two delegate • the pre ident of the Toled lumna hapter f l1 ha irma Alpha managed to ct the meettng c lied t or ler I nv enough to properly cle t fficcr f r the coming ·ear. The follo-.ving were ele ted: uncan, Pre idcnt; H elen o k, Vi c-Pre. ident; Mar g. ret Hden Bennett, Tre. surer; lara Kuney. ecret.try; and Helen Kl ag, Pu E ·tx rre p ndent. A hort time bt r, ... lara Kuney received an , ppointmcnt for a teaching po ition ncar Man fie! I, hi • for the year, nd n e }ll ntly turnt:d in her e retar •. H wever, during the h lid.ty. • nd other vi it that lara find it p s ible to make I ack to T led , we t:'<l e t t have her with u.. lara h.. been very tive in our gr up an I we kn w her keen inten:'it in lpha ig ' ill brin her ba k to ut meeung a. ften ::" po iblt:. Edn. ulkr arr wa ele ted to the offi e f ecretar •. t our three meeting thi Fall, we have lx:c.:n entertained in the h me of Ina arr, Helen Bennett, and b H elen R bins n k at the home of her mother. t the e ond mcetinrr, b klet whi h on i ted f pr gr .. ms f r the yc:.tr, and dire t r ' of the member · o[ thi alumnae haptcr wac gi\'en ut. The e were prepcred by Helen Klag. t this meeting, L , we were gi,·en m t intere ting reports ah ut the nn:nti n in every detail. ur tw delegates, Margaret Dunan, , nd Helen Bennett, rna le the trip to ld P int omf rt by rn tor. nroute they t ppeJ at .. tural Brid,re an I White ne ni, ht they ta •ed in them at the: ulphur pring . lpha ig h u e. n the way h me, within the Ia. t hundred mdes, the · h. d a orry en lin to their otherwi. c mar,clous trip. Tht: · were in • n ac ident in which Mar r~tn: t's ar wa . tcmporaril · put ut f runnin rder. Howe,er afrt:r <I ftw hour dda}, the d ma e wa repaire I, and they were: , gain on rheir \\' ·. dmner i being pl. nned 111 elcbrati n f Founder~· I av. :md i\lar aret uncan ha im ited u all to b h<.:r gu<.:~t f~r dtnncr and tht theatr · n ne eH:nin durin r the month f • on:mbc.:r.

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Now that our treasury is again highly in need of funds, we have started to work on ideas which we hope will materialize into some definite money-making projects. We felt we were most successful in our first attempt at this last year, particularly were we pleased by our sale of the Anna Elizabeth Wade products. Our delegates at the convention suggested this plan to a group with whom they met, and we most heartily recommend it to any group of girls who earnestly are endeavoring to raise money to replenish their treasury. The girls were able to sell these products with very little effort on their part, and the proof of the satisfaction of the people who at first bought these products patronizingly from us, was in the fact, that after they had used them, they re-ordered them, If anyone is interested in getting information to help her chapter's finances in this way, Margaret Duncan, 1804 Freeman Street, Toledo, Ohio, will be very glad to give the information. The usual bridge parties are being planned for the winter, for although they are given primarily for the purpose of raising money, we all enjoy preparing for them, and participating in them.

The highlight of Helen Bennett's summer was the convention, although she did make several week-end trips here and there, one of which was a trip to the Century of Progress in Chicago. The time spent at the convention was the longest period of time that Helen could manage to tear herself away from Toledo, due to heart trouble-savez-vous?

During the latter part of the summer Edna Fuller Carr and her husband made an extensive tour of the Southern States.

The lovely pictures on the walls of her home give evidence to the beauty of the scenery and the ability of her husband as a photographer.

Helen Robinson Cook's plans for attending the convention were frustrated by illness which confined her to the hospital for three weeks, and to her home for several ensuing weeks. Helen has now resumed her duties as a "school mar'm," and looks and feels fine.

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of her '>ummcr wtdl the excepri n of the conn:ntion, here in T le l . Htr wctkne f r the theatn: though. rather help d t makt: up f r any trip he mi ht thcrwise h.. vc made. rJ e Fultz Haw rth an I her huband l k a three thou\and mile trip through the uthcrn tatcs. f c mrse, race. unlike m t f u , ha the opp rrunity of taking trip throughout thc year, and not nly Juring the ummer, but those of u , wh tar r~Hhcr lo e t h me, enjoy hearing race's de, cription of her travels. or cn:ral week-ends during the ummcr , largarct La c k visited her si tcr, Lillian Layc k J nc\, ,dso an lpha ig, t nn rb r, lichi an. Margaret's trips u uall tend to f llow a uthwar I direction that i when a ertain ung pr fe or take up hi dutie Jt hio tate niver it •, or when he is n t \· i~iting here in T led ur f rmcr pre ident, M rtha T m pent the gn::atcr h:u of the ummer at the University f Michigan, tJking cour e in ; logy. n mi , • n I . . . f :1!1 thin r.,) the Ru ian l nguage! Howe\·er, he ha remained underscan lahlc in Engli. h, and as vet we ha\·e been unable to dcte t anv tr::t c of a foreign a e~t. · This ummcr, a · f Ia t, Helen Klag taught in the acatton uth hi a ei hb rh d H u'>e in hicago. h I .t th The hildren wh attcn I Jre f f reign born parenh. and a c rding to Helen, the c chillren ffer a n::ry intcrc.,ting and dt tin l hangc fr ~1 the type f children ~he h.ts in tht· publi h I during the winter. For the five week that 'ihc w:t~ hi ag , he h:td a w n lcrful pp rtunity of ~cc.:ing the rll'. Fair, and a . ure · u that he t k Jtkantagc of it.

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Ruth Keller Haskell .......... 2276 Fulton, Toledo, Ohio Grace Fultz Haworth . . . 24n Barrington Road, Toledo, Ohio Lois Heyer . . . ..... 531 Collins Street, Toledo, Ohio Helen Klag ........ . ...... 3924 Revere Drive, Toledo, Ohio ........ 1047 Oakwood, Toledo, Ohio Clara Kuney Margaret Laycock . . 425 Melrose Avenue, Toledo, Ohio Katherine Long ................ South Walnut, Ottawa, Ohio Mildred Morgan .. . . . . . . . . . . 427 Alva Street, Toledo, Ohio Martha Tom ..... . . . . . . . . . . . 2306 Putnam, Toledo, Ohio Truly yours, Helen Klag.

YPSILANTI ALUMNAE CHAPTER There is a new Alumnae Chapter in the ring of Alpha Sigs. This summer several of the alumnae of Mu Mu met at Margaret Gripton's summer home at Sand Lake for the purpose of forming such a chapter. Frances Edwards Morley was elected President; Helen Burbank Sherman, Secretary; and Kathryn Hindelang, Treasurer. October 6th, 1934- w~s set for the first meeting.

The following week-end, Elsie Musolf, Mu Mu faculty adviser, entertained the girls at her home in Ypsilanti.

Notices were sent out, and on Saturday, October 6th, twenty-two of the alumnae girls met at the Chapter House in Ypsilanti. We were honored to have among our guests Margaret Duncan of the Toledo Chapter, Phyllis Powers Miller was there with her infant son Zea-the only masculine member of our meeting.

In the afternoon the alumnae girls took charge of the initiation services. Johanna Dovnorowicz of Detroit, and Dorothy Stellwagen of Ypsilanti were the two girls initiated. After the initiation there was a tea given by the Active Clupter.

Miss Estelle Bauch, former adviser of Mu Mu Chapter, presided at the table.

The business meeting was called to order by Frances Edwards Marley. The reports of the secretary and treasurer were given; and Lyleth Turner, president of the active chapter,

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ran: an intae~ung a counr f tht lpb.t • •gnu lpha Jnn:nti n in Vtr inia. ked to be ath·i er f the new hapter.

• tdle Bau h wa Her le i i n i pending until the ne. t meeting. uncan g. ve us me very interc ting m neyth t her hapter ha. found u essful. We deCided t end f r the 1elarin de erL he . ug e tcJ, :md h:l\'t.: them di tributeJ at the next meerin . we'll .ll be bu y durin th m nth f v ·mber, and we'll mg" h. pter. . ; and as vember third is H mec ming at M. m t f the irl will b back at that time, we de idcd it w uld be • n ex client time to h ld ur n xt meeting. We :m: expe tin at lea t thirt · girl • t that time. Frida ' ni ht there will be the u ual the tn: ru h , nd lumnae an e. The H me ming arne i t be aturda m rning. Blan he Kre s ha invited u t her h me f r a cho alate after the ~arne: .1n I ur bu inc. meetin will be hdd in the aftern n.

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I ntc:nng ollt:gc: 1 .1 \\ ondcrful thing \\'uh .tll tt\ nch friend hip :md the jo)' that thq hnng: But all the richer ur friend hip grow .\\the more' r rity girl you kn w.

Tht l!rc:et )Oll and treat ou '' ith the grcatc t of ''Yk \nJ mal-e ) ur h I llic rcall · \\ rth whtk.

The:. T. '. wouldn't ccm qun o great lithe: \ lpha ' tg dtdn't gi\c you a brcal.. : lt:t' all g ·t t gcthc:r • nJ do our har .\nd l.t>ep thi r rn~ ,, drc:amc:d t afTatr; L t' h ut from the hou t' tops f the tutton Th.\l tht· .\lpha • 1 • I\ a •rand reauon.

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Alpha Beta: Ruth Robinson to Marshall Estep on September 1, 1934.

Catherine Burk to Clyde F. Rowe on July 18, 1933.

Florence Cassity to Charles Sears on February 14, 1934.

Dorothea Grim to Rollo Morey on March 29, 1934· Kathryn Stephenson to William Buchinger on June 9, 1934.

Evelyn Dodson to Dr. Ray Ote (Announced June, 1934).

Alpha Gamma: Cathryn Dinsmore to Roy Ward Stahl on June 3, 1933· Alta Welch to Clare C. McKelvy on March 29, I934·

Beta Beta: Louise Sanders to Gerhard Nelson on May 4, 1934·

Gamma Gamma: Helen Johnson to Orville Wilton on January 28, 1934.

Pearl Roll to Nolan Boyd on May 23, 1934· Thelma Kaarle to Ben Ruff on June I, 1934·

Eta Eta: Marjorie Slocum to Carlton Zachary on March 5, 1933· Dorothy Weede to Derwood Bethel on February 7, 1934·

Iota Iota: Mayme Clapp to Archie Meston on February 25, 1933.

NuNu: Helen Williams to Walter Henneberg on June 21 , 1934· Louise Plumley to Gordon Louis Jensen on August 19, 1933· Frances Bishop to William Harry Baker, Jr., on March 17, 1934· Eleanor Henderson to Troy Engelbert Rhoades on June 30, 1934· Helen Williams to Walter Henneberg on June 21, 1934·

Xi Xi: Cecil Johnson to Gilbert Rudisill on June 23, 1934·

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MuMu : Lulu ~l:lry Fridlllg to II. Kenneth llhofT on )unt: 23, 1 34· Ph lli Powers t Paul R. ~lillc:r on . O\cmbe r 25. HJ2.

Kathie n Garren t Jame \ldri h on Jul · 1, T9H· I ri Billm. n to M. 1\rthur (,ustaf on on Jun 10. 19 3· E,eJ n Fairbank to \llan D. Forbe on June 17, 19H· France Edward lO D i k M rley n ~lay 2 , 19 4· .\ l1ce \'an .\ken to I toward rri wold on .\uguM )1 . 1934·

p, Pi: ll arnet :ealander to Harr • \V eillenbach on •\pril ;. 19 4· Eleanor Gre nw d to Ja k l\fcJ\fullen on June 30, 19 4· .\1 \\ilda ~fc ,umber to Fred l\[uxworth on Jul y 1, '934· Gertrud McKernan to Floyd Palmer on Jul 4, 19 4· Edith Reiss to Cord n ea er on July 7• r 34· L. ura Hall lO Theodore [ocnch on "-larch 3' . 1 t H· l\fyra Barth to George Epworth Haldwin on Junt 12, H)34· ' lean r • hier ing to Walter Kranz on ,\ugu t 4• H) 4· .\ lice Hann I to Robert Wolf on .\u •u t 2) . '9H· \largar l ~b in to Robert William Demery on ' ptcmb·r 2. '9H ·

Pili Pili: ;\l.mon Tollal..,t.n to llc nn. n fo~ ph i her on Ju ne 21, 1934.

But ll1 l..ernell to Carl LeH } Fi her on June 2, '9H· Karol Olaph. nt to Kenneth (,ret.:,on n De ember '>• It B·

Kapp1 Kappa: Fliz;tllt:th Lmlc to Ronald I brnt.r on )unt: 25, '932· \f,trg.trct harnhlan to Frank K1ngfidd on ju ne 27, HJ32. llclyn Brookhart to W.JhJm l lenr) H1~hop n · ptcmlx:r Ekanor Smuh 10 \\',ll,am C. rl Thoma\ on ;\larch 17, t(JH.

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Tau Tau: Freda June Denman to Floyd McDowell Lee, August 5, 1934· Velma Krause to Francis William Griese on June 2, 1934· Lela Marie Pitts to Albert W. Hawkes on May 26, 1934.

Katherine Pratt to Richard A. Mermis on July 23, 1934· Maybelle Schaefer to Emerson Cline on June 3, 1934.

Effie Denison to Orval William Small on May 28, 193+

Chi Chi: Carolyn Bareford to John R. Wayne on June 15, 1934.

Lois Herring to Hubert Euchenhofer on June 14, 193+ Katherine Haas to John Richard Huber on June 30, 1934.

Jeannette Wood to Fred Doeppers on September 20, I934·

Sigma Sigma: Marguerite Hendricks to Marvin Gill on February 23, 1934·

Omega Omega: Ethel Gild berg to Homer Joseph Fallai on April 21, 1934.

BIRTHS Pi Pi: To Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Heimerle (Jeanette Diemer) a daughter, May 2, 1934.

To Mr. and Mrs. Howard Beale (Arline Marx) a son, May 17, 1934.

To Mr. and Mrs. Philip Fleck (Ellen eunder ) , a daughter, Patricia Ann, on August 29, 1934·

Chi Chi: To Mr. and Mrs. Eikenberry (Alice Myer) , a son, Peter, April 25, 1 934·

MuMu: To Mr. and Mrs. Paul Miller (Phyllis Powers) , a son , Zea Edward, April 2, I934· To Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Dittmar (Beatrice Bird) , a son, Arthur, Jr., August r 4, I93+

Alpha Beta: To Mr. and Mrs. Moe (Edith Franklin) , a son, Franklin Alexandar.

Tau Tau: To Mr. and Mrs. Ray Clark (Belv:1 Motz) , a son, Ray Houston, Jr. July 23, 1934·

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ALPHA NEWS Here we are, back at school again and ready to go! On the seventh of October we had an informal tea in the chapter room. This was our first real "get together." Our alumna: who live in town, joined us and thus we spent quite an enjoyable afternoon .

Alpha boasts of having three out of the small number of girls making the dean's list for the fall quarter: Burnly Brockenbraugh, Dorothy Glover, and Louise Wamsley. Louise, by the way, took a course at Columbia University this summer and is now the assistant swimming instructor at Farmville State Teachers College. We have a brand new swimming pool and we're ever so proud of it. This is the first time we've been able to boast of a pool.

There is a scholarship cup which is awarded each year to one of the six sororities on the campus. This cup goes to the sorority maintaining the highest scholastic standing for the year. Although we did not win the cup for the year 1933-34, we are proud to say that Alpha chapter of Alpha Sigma Alpha ranked second.

The fall dance to be given by the Cotillian Club will be held the first week-end in November. Jonny Long and his Duke Collegians will furnish the music. Everybody, both the new and old girls, is looking forward to the dance. "Cotillian" is quite an event at Farmville. The Alpha Sigs are not only looking forward to the dance, but also, to the breakfast which our adviser, Miss Moran, is planning to give us and our alumna: who will be back at that time.

Sallie Perrow, Chapter Editor.

Alpha Rushing In approximately three months, rushing fo r new girls and freshmen begins. A lthough the length of time to wait employs many difficulties, it likewise gives time for more detailed plans for the rush season and a greater length of time to observe prospects and find those who will live up to our high sorority standards and add much to Alpha Sigma Alpha. There is a greater number to choose from this year and each Alpha Sig is using her eyes, ears, and head in getting a group in line without the definite knowledge of the group. Our prospects this

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·t:m \a) good .tnJ \\t: art: hoptng i r .t lint: bunch ot p~edge,.

The ru,hmg at farnn tlk J ., not lxgtn unul alter Chnstm•t anti it Ja,t, t\\0 week -tht hr t week. a peri J ol . tlenn· and the ~ec nd th.tt of actu<tl ru h1ng . . \ II ent rt.tinment i Jone in the chapter room~ during th.u tinal \\ld,. The Panhellenic .- \ ~oci:uion h ·rc allow no exJ>t"ll,IH: entertainment \uch J\ dance . JXtrtie . te.ts. etc ·1ch ru hcc. lx111g rmhed b) m re than on rorit '. i allonetl a ·cn.un amount ol tinlL bt:t\\t:tn 4 and 6 o'd k to \i\l t in the r m ot th or ntie b) "hich he i~ being ru heJ. ,\ le ru,hee may peml the cnllrt: umc wnh the group th:n 1 rushing her. ,\ lpha boast C\· t:·ral hriJgc.: hark~. "!>m th" Jan cr.. s ng birJ , anJ thcr who a!Tord t:lllcrtalllm ·nt of \ariom orts. \ Vc.: ltkewi e boa~t \L\ r.l honor stud ·nt for tho t \\ ho arl cxcc.:eJingly intellectual( • 1nclined. I uring ru h "ct:k. thc'e girls "tak the fr nt eat.''

The: fall ru h i~ on a~ thi is b ing written. Fall ru!>hing ~~ ior tho c oiJ girl in \ch I who either ha\t: n t made their schola\tic record nr h.I\C I ·en \t:rlooked h u before. Thi ru h la t for ne week. ,\lpha 1 ru'>hing one girL ,\ lpha i wi~hing all of the h:lpt rs the \er • ~ ''>t o( lu ·k in ru hing. and we ho1 th:n .\ lph.t Sigma \ lpha. like ,\ bou Ben ,\ hdcm . ma) kad .til thl rc'>t.

Carolin Hml. )t' .lr

All for Alpha tg \VcJne day night- the purchasing of leuu c. tom.ttocs, 111.1 onn.ti~e. chcc\C. b:~n.uta . nuts-a coli ·ction of uten il -! To ~omc pc pie thi'> mtght be the C\ idcnce oi :1 ica t , but to us it mean~ tht: \dling of \,tnd'' trht:s for the ch. ptt:r. .\ t o'clock th ru hing i m.tking thl'm h ·· gm . Fir t we. rc minm ur prize knife, then a bowl i\ broken or a p.1n h.t\ dis.tppe~ut:J. \Ve c:1n u uallr c unt at least three or lour mi'· h.tps ta h Lime w dday the work. Finally. we get down to the .tctual m.tkmg. but none too \OOn; for the girl , at the cent of fcxld, come in drO\t:\. t'.lch l.tmonng t be waiteJ on. S me \\Jill little lettuce and much tom.tto. otht·n the re\cr c. :1nd there arc alwa ' g1rl~ who (lfl · 'l' JH U\ \\Jth Joll.u bdl, and thu~ ritl u of all our changl. ,\ Ia) 1 ~.1}. , J\ one.: \\ho kno\\~, ".\l,lll} are tht: trial oi the sandwich commllll'c." .\t 1.!\t .til ot th .tnd" ichc\ arc ld. \V . th rough( urcd. wunt up <lur protit. lu t think. calh lime we arc a little nearer that beautiful nt\\ turnuun: \\C need f r the ·haptcr room. anJ t:ach ol u\, .t\ \H l ·a\c th~ klt( ht'n. kc:h th.n the elTon wa' well w rth our whtll. \Vc.: \\tr l \\mk111g lor .\lph.1 .'1gma ,\lph . . \lurgwa Clurk.

WII at is It? t \ tr h.l\ in • hun to .1 soront\ comcnuon. n.ttur.Jll}'. I didn't ~n~\ h w mu~h it '' ould mean to me. : meth1ng. how '\t:r, on thl: 10 rdt l.:t:pt tdhng rm. ")ml mu t go.

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It is needless to say how very much impressed I was. The exhibits were most interesting and I thought all of the Alpha Sigs were swell. Just what it is, I don't know, but I do know that, although I spent only one day at the convention, I gained something fine that I can't seem to define or express. I do, however, know that I'm ever so proud to be an Alpha Sigma Alpha, and I am thankful for the opportunity which led me to the convention.

Sallie Perrow.

ALPHA ALPHA NEWS "School days, school days Dear old Golden-rule days" Yes, here we are-twenty-one Alpha Alpha girls back to begin another year that promises to be a very grand one. With twelve new pledges to carry the laurels of Alpha Alpha onward and upward, we are settling down to begin our work in earnest and to build plans for the future which will lead to the ultimate goal of girls of "poise, purpose, and personality."

We are all anxious to cooperate with our Alpha Sigma Alpha sisters everywhere in "giving full measure" and building up the sorority to a higher level than it has ever known.

And so we are sending our greetings to A~A girls over all the land and wishing for them a happier and more progressive college year.

June Harpste1路, Chapter Editor.

A lpha Alpha Rushing College life for a newcomer to Miami begins with the varied activities of Freshman Week designed to acquaint the new collegians with the campus before the upperclassmen arrive. Things really start whirling when the upperclassmen do arrive because we immediately plunge into the dashing hither and thither of rush week .

There are no organized parties for the first night, but we gathered our crowd together at Heck 's-a new "ye old time" coffee house on our High Street. Our first party was held in the Molyneaux home which is a lovely dream-house-come-true. We had a good time playing bridge and getting acquainted. Isn 't it fun to look around at all the strangers and wonder who will be wearing the four-cornered badge of A~A after the final gleaning of rush week?

Most of the afternoon four to six rushing was done in informal gatherings in Oxford's tea rooms, sandwich shops, and coffee hou ses.

Between sips of cokes, bites of hot fudge sundaes, and nibbles of sandwiches, we did our best to remember names and to connect who's who with what's what. One afternoon the actives entertained the rushees with a crazy, clever skit, "Common Clay." It was really good.

T HE PH E IX :\h· ruonHnJtc and 1 happen to be jumor' in a tr~ hman dorm1tur} ·ohcn hcan.l nJtchc\ f om r .!lJon th.lt pr babl} ''er n't in tended form. but it mad u fed 'oo0 t h ar 1t ~.ud '-O oft~:n: .. mmm. ,,c h.tJ the •r.1nde't ume '' Hh th .\lpha ~· 1g tim afternoon. The) nul-c u fed c mfortable beGlU c the arc '-O n<Hllr31. ..

The wt:ck end \\lnJ -up ''"'a bu ne 1ntkcd. Fml.t) aftern on \\l' haJ .1n mformal tea in the • pJrtrn m of our ·hamung i\(i,s ' " i her.

C ur ,h,lptc.:r pJtr nc., wer th r t recei\e the gue l\. \\ e heard the ru,hc ·. ay. "It \\a u h a lricndly tea." ·nJ.1 n1ght we haJ our f m1al b. nquct at hforJ \[anor n the Bluth. \\' · wer right!} proud of the group of g1 rl "e had. hlord' '' ·athcrman had been on his good beh.n ior .II \\' k pouring sun htnc.: and nice blu \kie O\ er the t wn, but Frid.1 night he \t;tncJ to trown n u and dcciJcJ t gin: the ta:-.i compani ' .1 break. :aturJa} we ru h d all Jay in pite ( th · hill) do\\ npour of rain. \\'c.: tartcd in \\ith a breakf:lt, went to the football game in the aftern<xm .. nd end ·J up with • nappy n:nlli l part} in the hoP1 · f ~ f r .

Ktnnt:th White who i n of our alumnae.

I don't nceJ t tell y u about the big que~tion nurks that h Ycr d o\l:r the perioJ of ilcnce. You, who ha\t: ru hed, kn " ho" it i . But when it wa all over, we came through with t\\ch pledges. \ V ertainl} were proud to take them to the chicken dinner that \\'3 the finale of org. nizcd ru\hing f r Alpha ,\ lpha .hapter.

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On · ·ptc:mbc:r tenth thi c llc:ge town of our lx:g;tn ll\ .1cti' Ill\.,. :llldcnts wnh their care-free \\3 drifted merrily back, eager to rene'' old triend,hip and make new anJ t get back int th "1ng of thing . : hoot tancd and the e h.1ppy-go-lu k • people wleJ down cndc:;noring to learn fro·m their profe r . And we, member of .\ lph Bet.J haptcr of .\lpha 'igma Alph tartetl \er • hu car. \V1th our prc:\ldcnt JU l b3 k from the n,·ention and brimming full f id ·a' for nur chapter in thi prc\ent year, we hould ha'e a \cry happ) and prot1tahk car.

There are 111.1n new frc hmcn girl '' h m we th1nk w uld rn k · •O<XI \ ~ \ \ and we 1mcnd l keep right after them. On : ptembcr t\\t'nt\·hr t ''c.: had .1 tea for our ;~lumn.·. p.1tr ne' . pro,pc·ll\e IJII .1nd "IIller ru hce'. It ".1 a 'en dd1ghtful alTair. Fall Hower' wt·r · u c.: I in thor.ni n.

I niu.llton ·n 1cc wc.:rc hdJ I r . \\1\ \\'h atcr.th. Ltpl.u.t. \fj, uuri . .md <•t:r.1ldinc Bon lur3nt. K1rk nile, ~l1 un, on •ptcml ·r t\\ mr\t'llth. ( >ur furm.tl i.11l rmh p.tn y w;~ held ptcmbcr twcnt -ninth .n uur pre idem. Eliz.1l ·th F.trrington' h 1nc. The im itati n \\Cr \111. II

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pennants, the same idea was carried out in decoration, pennants and blankets gave it a collegiate atmosphere. Crazy bridge was played and afterward a lovely buffet supper was served. Three out of four of the fall rushees pledged. Pledging Service was held at our sponsor, Miss Hook's apartment on October first. The three new pledges are Mildred Brockway, Blackwater, Missouri; Dorothy Jane Hilt, Kirksville, Missouri and Marjory Gregory, Greentop, Missouri. After the service we went to a cafe for dinner.

A nice evening was enjoyed October eleventh when we with our prospective rushees for winter quarter made candy and danced.

Our annual gypsy dance is to be held October twentieth. Elaborate plans have been made by the alumna: for it. It is also to be a home: coming, for from October eighteenth to October twentieth there is a teachers' meeting and we are expecting nearly a hundred couples at the dance. At noon of the same day a luncheon is to be served.

We, at least, are off to a good start and I only hope we are successful in getting the girls whom we know would make good Alpha Sigs.

A nne Russell.

ALPHA GAMMA NEWS Excerpts from Alpha Gamma's Diary Are you all keeping a chapter diary? Indeed its quite fun! During Miss Evelyn Bell's visit last 路 year she suggested writing a "Scribble-In" or "Line-a-Day Book." A hint to the wise is sufficient!-(Don't form erroneous ideas, now, I'm not claiming to possess wisdom)-so here are a few of our gossipy notations.

September 13, Thursday. Back to college again! Sure is grand to see all the Alpha Sigs! At our first meeting our President, Mary Jane Altenberg, and Vice-President, "Pat" Freyermuth, gave informal reports on the national convention. The announcement of having been awarded a trophy was received with pride and gratitude.

October 4, Thursday. A~A held pledging service for six upper classmen: "Peggy" Harris, a slim, winsome, blue-eyed blonde; "Ruthie" Shaffer, a vivacious, brown-eyed, peppy girl; "Milly" Weber, a charming, sophisticated, sociable person; "Libby" Russell, a peppery, talented red-head; and "Dottie" Birch, a diminutive, doll-like lady with fluttery, bird-like hands, and "Peggy" Burns, an art student with a flashin g smile and "dancing abilities."

We're proud to claim them as sister Alpha Sigs!

October 6, Saturday. Guess what the mail man brought! Correct-our most beautiful and much-cherished trophy. We crowded into Mary Jane's room to view the silver cup as it reposed majestically on her book shelf. Indeed it is a trophy worth striving for!

October 8, Monday. A short, brisk walk in the cool, crisp October

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\H.Hht:r . • \ hla11n •. ro.mng lin. \\ 1th flame\ lc.tp1ng .1nd d.tnc1ng. curlin r and t\\ 1 ung tn blue anJ orange ~piral . . .\n "autumn.tlly-Jrc ·d" '' ooJ . ''eanng •Jrtnu1t\ ot red . gol<.lt•n . .md brO\\ n •\ ru~tic t. ble laden \\ ith ire h, buttered roll : l.tt, juiq .. ,, 1cner ": tluiT\ m~u,hmallow . :wJ ,picy pi ·kl 1 \ nd .t peppy gr up ul .\lph.t 'ig t~ nuk · the pi turc complete.

It' not nece aq to ay that our "\\icnt:r ro.t~t" .It Ru tic Lodge \\<I' ctlJO)'ed h 1 n or . member,, and our i' n .,, pledge . \Vtth a harmonized train oi "Cood-nitc Ladie,·· the group di,. h.tndul and loitered leimrely. bzil homeward.

H appy Th ou hts ".Mary Jan·!"

"Beth ." "(, sh! .\ m I gl.td to ~ce you: " D id you ha'e a nice time thi ~ummc r ?"

"CranJ! DiJ }Ott? Oh K id . W - - - - - - : · Th.t' ju t one bit ( the many con,er ation we .\ lph.t S1g' cn •a •cd in aft •r we came ba k thi c. r. ,\ much a we hatcJ le:\\'ing our home~. famili '· and C\Cll our kitten , it certain! gave u a th rill t hear the f.miliar ,\ lpha 'ig whi,de once again. H ow proud we were to inform the almost-grown-up br thcr and to impr s the KiJ i ter with an-"Oh that-it\ the .\ lpha 'ig ''hi tic."

I own deep in our hearts we were happy becau · we kne'' that an enure new h I ye:tr who c plea. nt experiences in Alpha .·1gma .\ lph:t hly bd re u . .\ ll gloom wa dispcllcJ! Another ear of interc~ting meeting,, lute fre~hmcn. k\cr partie, dan e\, picni , and educ.lllon.11 .tcti\'itic\ I< >med bdor our e e .

Oh .\ lpha Sigma .. \ lpha how thankful I am th;n I 3111 p:trt f }Ou' H~th J....'ol ~~~-

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Thur OJ\ e\cning. ) tobcr f unh. ix girl were forrnall} pledgeJ .\lpha ;,;nun.t 'hapter i ,\ lph. ' igma ,\ lpha. The g1rl were \l1ldred Weber (Millie , a junior in the lntermc<.liale c ur\e, I oroth) H1rch. Dottie) ~brgarct llarri (Pegg ), nnd Ruth ShatTer. ,oph more' 1n the lntermedi. tc department, Elizabeth Rm ·II ( Lthbte ). a )ph more .trt tuJent and ~larg:trcl Burn . .1 jun1 r art \tudcnt who \\,\ replcJ •cJ. \\'e. rc all \er gl.1<.1 th:tt they ha'e dcctd ·J to bee me \lph•l ' i' ~tnd hope thq t.nt · bein member~ f .\ lpha (:amm ~h.tpta ~~ we Jo. ure thq'r • going t be. htg help \\hen ru~h · Ill' 'Cl ll1 \t;lrl in J, Oll:lf}. to

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THE PHOENIX BETA BETA NEWS Rush week is over, and we have had the honor of pledging eight lovely girls. Pledging for Lucille Doolen, Ruth McGee, Helen Nelson, Marguerite Colvin, Grace Bellwood, and Geneva Hawley was held at twelve o'clock, midnight, Saturday, October 13. Marion Rose Phelps and Doris Carlson were pledged on Sunday, October q. After pledging we attended church in a body.

Beta Beta chapter entertained at three parties rush week. The first, a mountain party at Glen Haven was given us by our alumn<r. and patronesses. Mountain leaves and berries served as table decorations.

Place cards were colored leaves with burnt-edged brown paper pasted in the center. A very lovely dinner was served and part of the afternoon was spent in dancing.

Our traditional Japanese tea was a huge success this year. The girls who served and those in the receiving line wore Japanese robes and pom-poms. Japanese wall hangings, incense, parasols, and pictures provided Japanese atmosphere . Favors were small parasols stuck into gum-drops . Names were on tiny lantern-shaped cards.

Our last party was our traditional Bubble Formal. It was held at the Faculty Club. Cl usters of pastel-colored balloons hung over the lights along the walls. The center of the floor was made very attractive by floral decorations. Favors for our formal were Dresden China perfume bottles with tiny figures painted on them. The favors were wrapped in red cellophane and tied w ith white ribbons to carry out sorority colors.

We feel that our time was very well spent and we are more than thrilled with our new pledges.

Edna 路w ise .

. Convention Our days at convention were very pleasant days for C\'eryone, I am sure. Besides our very interesting business meetings, we had some ,路ery enjoyable parties and trips.

How exciting our first day was! Everyone was so anxious to see Old Point and especially the New Chamberlain Hotel which was to be our new home for the next four days. After meeting our charming hostess, Mrs. Hattie Kelly Thomas, we all rushed to our respective rooms to unpack our wrinkled clothes and to see what our rooms were like.

The rooms were delightful as was everything else Virginia had to offer. We saw many interesting places, such as Yorktown, Jamestown . the College of William and Mary, and the four and a half mile James River Bridge.

Sunday was our saddest day; for then everyone was leaving. I am sure that everyone who was there will remember Old Point as long as they live. I only wish that every Alpha Sig could have been there.

Marie Snydal.

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Rushin \\'h.1t .1 •rand timt '' c: h.tJ ru hing thi ~cme Ler. Oi cour e. then: '' ·•' I t ol hard '' rl... but, oh. mu h fun . .1l .

The llr L \Hel.. oi ch I \\.JS giH·n t the Y. W. . .\., but b) the lxginnin • of the: S<:coml '' t.l.. ru h '>C.l on wJ_ . n.

Tl11 , c:ar t.Jch ~oronty ''a' all '' ed on mt rmal p.lrt}, nd one form.tl. It,,.~, our lucl.. to draw Frid.1y night for our inf rm:tl and the iniiO\\ ing ~!onJay I r the i rmal. .\ht.r all the: u UJI furor e\t:r)thing \\;h 111 rt.l line'>.

The inform.tl ''"l~ gi,·en 3t the hom · oi our Pre 1dent, Peggy ul !Jo,Hn placed in cry tal b.tskct .1b ul the r >Ins. t gcther uru . '' llh the Je ora tin: lighting dTect , m.1Je a 'cr ' pn.:ll ba ·!..ground.

The fir L p•lrl f th C\ening \\C pent mform:tll , gi\ing m a dl:tncc to get beut.r .tcquaintcJ with the ru hec . L.uer we •athereJ around bridge table f r ome v:trieJ game of card-. . . \ t the c n lu i n f the cnten.tinment a two-cour-.c thnncr wa~ ,en d b) the h tes c at the bridge t.tble~ ''hi h were o.:tnt ·rcJ '' 1th mini.uur · cut-gla ba ket t flower .

The formal w hdt.l ~fonda e' ening. ' cptember 24, 111 our ororll} r ms in the" IJ a tie n the I Jill."' The r m\ were tr;tn ( rmc:d 1nto a night garden em:.

The girl \\ere u hcred through the •arden gate under th bluL '"-> anJ twinkling tar t a .\ lexican dining room. wi1Ln.: the \\tre \Cated . r und quartet tables. The · were urrounded b) .1 !exican atm 'Pht:rc: oi Howen. tree , b1rJ .tnd all that goe t m.tkt up th beauulul ~le\ican garden of nature . . \ thrt•e-cour Jinn •r \\.ts enc:J. Fa\or wen c.tnJy tlowtr, .1nd plao.:c: \\Lrc: marl..eJ hy card , each be:tring a JilT rem .\fc\lo.:,\11 bird maJe ir m the: rc:.tl le.uhc:r · of the: lmd f ld .\ 1 \ic . Th1.. program g1H:n het\\n:n c ur e~ carried ut the garden mouf b~ comp.tnng the \ororll\ w .t gard ·n.

The progr .un \\,1\ a !olio'' : Tht Cardc.:n. Our : ronq. Ruth ~ laro.:um; the ' un hinc. 1allonal '>morit}. Lur,t W,n.ln : the: . 't:w Plant , the PI dge,, race ll rnt : the rount.t in. Our :pon or, \\r.t Leepu; the 'oil, Jur Prt:,tdt:nt, Pc 'g} :un1 . \ ht:r dnlnt:r the: •uc: h \\en.: u hc:rcJ to an thc.:r part oi the •arucn ''hue thq J.tnct:J under the; \tar .

Ru hn: were ; Ol.t M.t) Y.1lt: . f) r th Alfn.:J, Winiin;J P.trk . llelen Llllon, Rub) Terrdl. Ruth hur t. J· ran r;, T.tylor. }hl.t \\' I nlc.: • Ram()na B.tktr. La\'crne ~I r. )l amine r ono,an . .mel fk 1e nuth . .hll' l ' and pled •n '' ho ·nnl .1 ho tc\ · were Ruth .\f.1rcurn.

THE PHOENIX Lura Winans, Peggy Curtis, Kathlyn Boyce, Eddith Jaekel, Grace Horney, LeNora Highfill and Vera Leeper, sponsor.

A special guest was Miss Mabel Chew, an alumna.

Kathlyn Boyce.

I only wish every member of Alpha Sigma Alpha could have attended the convention for it taught me to love A~A in a different way than I had before. I have always been proud to wear her badge but now I am vastly more so. I know now that A~A stands for the best wherever it is found, and that to be recognized as a member of our sorority is to be recognized as a woman of the highest type. The representatives from all the chapters were girls whom anyone would be proud to call sister.

I shall never stop thanking the good fortune that permitted me to be a delegate to the 1934 Alpha Sigma Alpha national convention at Old Point Comfort, Virginia. I only regret that my sister (Irene) and I were the only Gamma Gamma girls to have such a glorious experience.

Peggy Curtis .

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EPSILON EPSILON NEWS With much fun as well as labor, we Emporia Alpha Sigs cleaned our house for the fall semester and rush week. New, clean wall paper certainly helped inspire us to shine things up a bit. Then, with much anxiety and a house smelling of soap, gasoline, ammonia, and wax we awaited rush week.

The house cleaning must have been effective as Epsilon Epsilon certainly had some fine pledges. They are so full of life and pep that they nearly run the actives out of the house.

In active meeting last week our president gave a report on the Convention. We were all very interested, especially in the model pledge service and initiation. It would certainly be ideal to have such services in the chapters. Convention must have been very wonderful and inspmng.

We are all looking forward to our pledge party which is to be given early in November. The plans are secret, but we are hoping for big things.

If the rest of the semester goes as rapidly as these first five weeks have, it will be Christmas time before we know it.

Mm¡garet Mary Woodmansee.

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a ommon one 1n fact, ami that i tr mg t lind a mean of crowding a hundred dt!Terent a tiYitie in each hool month. 'urely the m nths

would haYc been lengthened if ur ancestor c uiJ ha' dreamed I uch a bu y organization a the \ lpha 'i' .

Ru lun, WJ made mu h mor imprc i\C this f:1ll by h. \ing a new! de omted and remodeled ororit \\ c feel quite proud f it • ppe:1r:1n e, but wh houldn't we when ever one tell u th. t our hou e i one f the be t on the campu . \Ve tarted ur ci, I activitie of the }ear with an open hou e tea, given f r all Greek lcuer organization and m mber of the facull . ur ru h ea on opened b gi,·ing a lumber party :n th hou e. \Ve pent the e\ening in entertaining the ru h e in ,·arious wa . \ V h,td a deli iou midnight lunch of waffie and coiTee. Ev ry ne had plenty f xerci e trying to keep a friend out f hi pi 11 the bed, by u ing uch gentle method a tickling and ho' ing. Life l gan t one-f ny when nc of the girl crept out of bed, and in a har h t nc of ' ice dcm, nded that " John" move over o a to gi'e her room enough LO breathe.

• The next party wa a outhern Break fa t gi' en at eight o'clock Saturda morning, during the third week of ho I. Little Jimmy, a c I red white boy, greeted the gue t good morning and dir cted the ru hee up tair . B the time that br akfa t was en·ed c\er one wa grateful to the uthcrncr for their lamou fried hicken breakfaq .

E\cry plump girl forgot her diet ca h time the teaming hot biscuits were pa \cd, but one might a well when C\'eryone I e w s \ r-lndulging. )ur rowning ucce wa our F'ormal. It wa a f rm.tl progrc i' e part} gi' en t the home of our alumn . There wa a great • nJ rude of tr:Jiling kin when thirty-one actiH: pi dge, , nd rvcd at the left the rorit h u e for the main dinner cour h me f ~lr . . ,\lex ;reer. Foil wing thi , • bd w:1 ervcJ at the home ot !r . L . •\ . Me leekm and d crt wa at the rc iden e of ~ I rs. l lc:r~ !Tee. mint and fa,•or~ n luded the C\ening program. \(r . M. ude 'attinger, hapter pon r, and Mr . F'red :liven, hou L mother, ffi i:Jted • t the dinner. \\'hen all wa :1iu and d nc.:, Thur da . t ber 11, we pledged li\ c ~1rl : ~I. \inc ~Ia , 1-.lildrcd rich. ~ l ar} Lolli c I udlc , En:! n L '1 and ~!argarct Hrown. \V e are glad th. t all of our g1rl arc of rc.:.tl '' nh wh1ch ''ill mean a great d .I tn m k1ng our rorn · a l'I\:Ucr one .

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ETA ETA NEWS Rushing Eta Eta's rushing season this year was one of the most successful it has ever had. Under the capable and enthusiastic leadership of Anna Hill everything went off beautifully. Our three parties which we were allowed were called "Cocktail Hour," "Luncheon at the Ritz," and, "Manhattan Nights."

The cocktail hour, held at Mrs. Kenneth Spenser's, was a relief, the rushees said after they had been drinking tea all afternoon at the other sorority houses. Our second party was at the home of President Brandenburg. It was a lovely luncheon prepared by the alumn~ girls followed by bridge. The rushees were all given small blown glass animals for favors. Manhattan Nights was a formal dinner which we planned to have on the roof of the Hotel Besse. However, because of weather conditions it was necessary to hold it inside. At each rushee's place there was a corsage and a metal ball containing nail polish, cuticle oil, and polish remover. After the dinner was a program in which an active, an alumna, and a sponser told the rushees what it meant to be an Alpha Sig. After the program we all went to Mrs. C . F. Spenser's for demi-tasse and music .

R. Fulton.

Pledging Eta Eta chapter announces the pledging October 8, of Marjorie Thomas, Rosalie Jensen, Dorotha Fadler, Maxine Sarton, Anne Frogue, Nadine Morris, Helen Panneck, Mary Ellen Bethel, Linnea Lofg ren, and Barbara Benedict.

October ninth Dorothy Brunswick was pledged and Mary Ellen Shinn was initiated.

Ruth Pease, Harriette Bumgarner, and Alice Dail were initiated on October second.

Ruby Fulton.

Parties Just after Rush Week when preferences had been turned in, but before we had had a chance to pledge any of our girls, the Alpha chapter of Sigma Tau Gamma, one of the fraternities on the campus invited all the actives and our preferences over to their house for a hou se party. The evening was spent in dancing, and we all had a glorious time.

On October eleventh, Miss Carrol entertained the actives, pledges, and their guests with a dance in the Cafeteria Annex.

A lice Dail.

THE PH OE IX Conut!ntion lncidt!nts f ori Thoma anJ I tarteu from Pitt burg h.tppy anu thrilleJ bec.u..c wt were on ur ''·>to meet the founuer of. \ ~ .\ and were to be wnh the other girl anu women who h::td the arne feeling for \lph::t S1gm:1 ,\lpha in th ir heart a did we.

We went lots of place , Jiu lot of thing , aw ::1 battle hip. which i a r.uc treat for • girl from Kan a , and met lot of intcre Ling people. \\ e met (r . 'ha rp, one of the mo t perfect women I ver ~aw. W · came t know Hauie Kelle Thoma, Alpha' lir t initiate, anu a: ,·cr c.tpable woman. he it wa who arrangcJ the trip for u , planneJ th whole convention, , nd m«..le it uc e (ul. We met Mary \\'::tgner '' h i g in to tudy the u t m ::tnd manner of the wedi h pco,te next year anu then i going to be married < nd live in weden. \ c tayeJ in \ a hington for two day- where \\' vi itcd m::tn of the mo~t intcrc ting ight incluJing a hington lemorial, Lincoln i\1 nument. apitol Building, mithsonian In titutc, and the ongre ~ional Library. )ne f the mo t cnjoyabl parts of our trip to Vir rinia ' as the boac trip from \Va hingtOn tO ld Point ince it was the fir t ume ei ther J) ri or I had had thi experi nee. But none of thi can omP· re to tho c five u•onderful day at ld Point om fort . . 1nne Prell.

KAPPA KAPPA NEW Kappa K. ppa i all pepped up with ne\ ugge tion from com·ention. On our bulletin board i a po ter: "Forget cl thes and pa your due£." \Ve who were not o fortunate a to be there feel a~ if we had been. Jea n Kerr, \lma heely, Jean MacDonald, Mar immington.

Rlllh T land Rlllh da wen, and Anne Ruppin. K.K member .menueJ. K. y BlooJ_, our ani t, ' a initiated at onvcntion. Huth l\'::til r, June mith, ~lildred Mel himer, and i\lary Wagner, K.K alumn ', al enjoyeu it advantage .

The ong hook cup i on our mantel. v e initi::tted it by , It having ::1 drag of ginger ale (for want of root beer). It ta ted fine. ,\ raJ10 Jan e wa held in the hou e on alllrday, ctober 13, ::tftcr the g me with lndi na. ' hool work i being done around her , but it' purely inciJcntal. .\II color of ·:~rn arc ing woven into intricate pattern :1nJ de ign .

The mu 1c 5llldent arc back. too. and entenain the re t with thctr tir l lc'' n on the clannct. trumpet, and violin. while we knit. Three r.ul1 s add a tou h t the general bedlam.

F ur new girl, ~far} Amo. ,\k Hellman. Jeanne Wright, and Phc? I!J mor bc:c.1mc .\lpha 'ig' on i\londay, )doher 15. They r· ••11 hne ••rl~ anu we .trc gl. J to add them to our It t. /can Wolf, Jnor.

THE PHOENIX Our New AdvÂŁser While Miss Laura Drummond, the adviser, is taking a year's leave of absence, Miss Marjorie K. Jones, of the Music Education Department faculty, is taking her place in helping to guide Kappa Kappa's destinies .

Miss Jones is a native of Canada. She attended Toronto Conservatory of Music, Toronto University, and New York University.

She is a most delightful person to know. At once you are impressed by her vivid personality . It is impossible to describe Miss Jones without laying great stress on her innate musicianship. She herself is an accomplished viola player. She conducts an a coppelle chorus, in which everyone is thrilled to sing. She would not miss a concert of the Philadelphia Orchestra, especially when Stokowski is conducting.

Perhaps this description tends to give you a one-sided impression of her, but that conclusion would be far from true. She is interested in everything connected with the activities here at Temple.

She loves golf, and enjoys playing a few holes after classes are over for the day.

It is impossible to do Miss Jones justice in verbal description. We girls can only say that we are fortunate to have an adviser who may be looked up to as such an ideal.

Louise Stryker.

K. K .'s New Patronesses Kappa Kappa girls are happy to count among their eight patronesses two interesting and enthusiastic women, highly esteemed on the Temple campus. Mrs . Glenn S. Warner, the charming wife of Temple's coach, "Pop" Warner of football fame, has recently consented to take part in the sorority activities, as has Miss Edith S. Glasscock, a m ember of the Home Economics faculty here, a graduate of Kansas State Agricultural College, who has for several years managed the university cafeteria.

Kappa Kappa is righteously proud of her two delightful and enthusiastic new patronesses.

Jane Thierolf.

Football at Temple Hey Dotty! how about a red scarf? Do you have a red beret, any body? If you get out there first, don't forget to save us seats! How many-well, about fifteen. We'll try anyhow. That's a typical Saturday afternoon at the house before we go to a football game.

Pop Warner's second year at Temple, as head football coach has been quite successful so far. We have beaten Texas A. and M. 34-o, and V. P. I. 40-6. Our third game, with Indiana, one of the strongest teams in the "Big Ten," ended in a 6-6 tie. We still have six more

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•.unc to pl.1y, nJ it we win them all the team C\j'lCCl a trip to th n game with one f the trong alifornia pia} a po t dc\C:n . \\ c'rc h ptng.

Th rcm.unmg gam are a foil w : >-Lober ry--We t \'irginia. ro .

'0\cmbcr 3-l Iol 'o,embcr ro-C. rncg-ie Te h.

Novembt:r 2-4-\ illanova. ov mber 2g--Hucknell.

Eleanor Cm penter. · ;ht lO

ur Hollywood News Reel Party n ' turJay, tober , at o'clock, Kappa Kappa chapter held a wood 'ew~ Reel part at the orority hou e, r 17 orth Broad trcet. ur fi,•e pleJg anti four ru hee ' ere the gue t of honor.

Each per on came in osturne, repre enting orne famou movie actre athlete. r politi al dignitary. When every one had a sembled, Mr .

Roo ''cit (Jane Thier If, h:~irman of the Program omrniuee for thi ha I ca h girl put on a hort one-minute kir. after whi h we gue d wh th e real characters were. The imitation of Mae 'Net, :lc patra, ,\nn I larding. Kay Franci , D. nny Testa-Temple football ~l<H,-the !nvi ible M. n. and hirley Temple were about the bet of all. ard table h:~d been et up in the living room and adjoining club room, which were decor, ted with pictures of cinema tar po ters ad\ rti ing m 'ie . opie of Temple student publication , magazine cover . etc .. and n them we played variou progre sive game . t 4:,0 bullet rcfre~hmem on i ting of fruit punch. okie and canJy, foil wed b • , urpri c pa kagc of an icc cream hocopick for each girl, wac n J. The girl had a grand time getting to know the new plc<.lg : .\Iva Hellman. : valine 'mith, Ph be Hamor, and Jeanne Wright; and the ru hee :I Jelen Brook , fargarct Fi her, Anne culley, Ruth ll111kd. who enainly entered into the pirit of the alTair. Thi " the nly f. II rush party we are allowed by the loc.l Panhellenic and I think we m. Je the be t f it.

Ruth Toland.

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The onn:nti n i pa t but wh, t a lot of gr. nd memorie we all haH:. I made m · report to th · new ,\lumn chapter anJ the J\ctivc chapter. l her 6. Twcnt ·.fi, · alumni came ba k to the fir t bu inc ~ mccllng ot the ,\lumn h, pter. France Edward lorlc), pre idcnt, conducted the tnlllJtion n1 e for D rothy ullwaA n and Jennie I .1\"n rWitZ . •\ tea '' •IH:n toliO\\ing the bu inc) me trng at which • fi B.tu h. f rmc:r ad\i r pour J.

THE PHOENIX A wiener roast was held as the first rushing party October 3, twelve girls were our guests at this time. 路W e have planned a progressive dinner for Tuesday, October r6. This is to be held at the patronesses' homes. For our last party, to be held October 20, we are going to have a "Crazy Card Party" and we plan to play all the crazy games we can.

By our next news report we hope to have some pledges to contribute to the PHoENIX. Miss Norma Welch is promoted to Head of Economics work m Sherroud School, Detroit, Mich.

Lyleth Turner, Editor.

NU NU NEWS You will probably be interested in knowing just what some of the girls have been doing. As you perhaps know, Helen Williams, one of Nu Nu's members until her graduation last June, was married in June just following the completion of her course here at Drexel. She is now Mrs. Walter Hennenberg. Euphemia Whitlock, our new President, is still very much engaged and seems quite happy. Many of the important offices here at school are held down most ably by Alpha Sigs-Vice-president of Student Government; Frances Saylor, President of Y. W. C. A., Elinor Emery, Cabinet of the Home Economics Club; Mary Fisher, and many others.

In your letter you asked for some information about our Rushing Plans. First, we are planning to follow the precedent established two years ago by our chapter, that of giving a Harvest Moon Dance. Although our Rushing Season does not officially open until after the opening of the second term we have found that the girls have a much greater opportunity of getting acquainted with the chapter members if we. do give a dance, for the whole school, before this time arrives. Our season will officially open with the Panhellenic Dance for all sororities. Following this we will give an informal party which will, in all probability, take the form of a dinner and novelty party. We will also give a formal dance at one of the large hotels here in Philadelphia.

Elinor Emery.

XI XI NEWS Xi Xi's first reunion after the summer holidays was held at Lucca's famous restaurant. It served both as a welcoming affair for Louise Peterson and Margaret Cuenod, who had just returned from Convention and as a farewell luncheon for Rosa Matthews, a June graduate, who left immediately afterward to take charge of physical education for the upper grades at Barstow Grammar School at Barstow, California.

Almost immediately afterward, Rush Week began. The first affair was an Autumn Tea, held at the home of June Howell. The colors

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wen: c.trricJ out in whitl. anu reJ. .\fter a great Jeal w rr ·in to whether or not the :tke w uld Jrn\e. the cY nt came to a uccc ful du~. The El ncanto wa the - ne of a De. en Lun heon on Tue Jar of thi c\entful week. T::~blc decoration w rc carried out in the form of and and actm and indi\ idual f::~vor - f tiny pot with liulc actu plant tn tde them. •\ tcer kull on tht: ideline :~I .tdded atm phcre. Then on \Vedne day, Xi Xi !PVC a Deep ea Lun heon at I li r r liege Ollrl, I pular rcndez\ ou of the collegiate \et . . \ r c .. rt Bridge n the following d::ty wa h ld at the h me of Bell) Fellows. The lin::~l ev nt of Ru h \ eek wa a formal dinner held in the \'enwan Room of the exclu iYe Be,erl -\ il hir Hotel.

Then Je::~r old d1 I began. f uring the fir ·r meeting of the ernet r. we were entertained by Loui e Peter on and ~largarct uenod with thrilling t ric f on,enti n and the hicago \ orld' Fair. At that tun we were pre cnted with a h tray , which the girl o thoughtfull brought to u from the a t.

One f th fir t eYents wa the intiation f Frankie u•t n. he wa informall} initiated :n the beach home o( athe rine Kelley on • 'Ptember 29. Iter formal initiation followed on the next night at the h me of )un I I well.

While at the b ach, we were plea antly urpri ed when L ui e Peter on, pre ident f our haptcr, pas ed the traditional box of cand , .ann un ing her engagement to V. hitney Hindes. They ' ill be married ne\t ummer. During vacation da , t\ o m mbers of the alumnre of Xi ·, \ere married. The were e il John on :tnd live Jack on .

La t night the girl were invited to the home of Bayonne Gra , .1 f rrn r h:tpter pre ident, for dinner. /\ fe, ru hees wer :tl o pre em. 'ext :aturda , the m mber plan t ha\'e a F tball Luncheon and then pr eed l the . L. \ .- ~lontana game. where we hope to witne .1 'i toriou batd .

Frankie ullon, ditor. .1

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Fourtc n aCli\'C and even pledge have returned to good old Kent :tate ollegc and to a year of new experienc and new ucce e .

L1 t car pro,eJ a triumph for micron micron on the Kent t.te : liege ampu , when our chapter brought forth two queen , one of the mo l be. uuful fre hrnen women . and three newly ele ted member of tht car ' tud nt un il. \V hope t equal our ucce thi year and we: h.1v n t onl} ur pa l in ptration to maintain ur high tandard, hut al our ne'' tn pirauon to d better thing which w, br ught ha k b the: i-.. girl '' h attended the m cnu n. Who an a k for m

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\\'c ar rr to report that Je. nne H II. nder. our hapter edtt r unn her illne llilda .-\u tin i acting a i tll ' tth t~ph 1d f ,- r. ed itor.

1/,/du lustm, Edtt r.

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Winifrede Schram, Omicron Omicron President, has been nominated for Kent's Fall Homecoming queen . If Miss Schram is elected, she will be the second A~A to receive the honor in three years. Dorothy Bowers, Secretary, was homecoming queen in 1932.

Rushing is now well under way and Louaine Schram, 00 social chairman, is making plans for two rush parties, the first, a hay ride, to be held November second, and the second will be November fourteenth.

Omicron Omicron has a new sorority house this year. We are planning a house-warming November eighth. The mothers of the 00 girls are furnishing our kitchen, and in appreciation for their cooperation and interest, we entertained them at a tea, Sunday, October seventh.

Hilda Austin.

PI PI NEWS Pi Pi is just havmg one swelegant time getting everything in readiness for rush parties, initiation and dances .

On Wednesday, October 3, we held our first informal rush party which was a "Peking Party" (for more reasons than one), at the home of one of our ex-collegios- Pi Pi's ever-faithful HildeA Group of the Pi Pi Girls at Convention garde Kayser. The invitations were written in purple ink on real Chinese scented stationery. (If you've ever smelled Chinese paper you can appreciate this scent.) When the rushees arrived they were announced by the ringing of a big Chinese gong, and greeted by members of Pi Pi all decked out in Chinese costumes. We labeled all rushees with name tags in the fo rm of Chinese dolls. The place cards were tiny hand-painted Chinese parasols stuck in gumdrops. Dinner was served by the ever-loyal ex-collegios at small tables amid incense and shaded lig hts-and did they go for that Chinese food! We had chow mein with noodles and rice, imported Chinese fruit in syrup, Chinese almond cookies and Chinese teaenough to tempt any 'fushee's palate.

After dinner an operetta was given in the Chinese Theater downstairs (no one would have recognized it as a cell ar after it was decorated

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with lantern and hinc figure . The ca t in th J'lereua wore co · tume that w uld d hon r to the be t of 'hin e lo , It). After the peretta \ arge L ave put on her h pnotizin' act which ncar! • ared the ru h e to death . . \ftcr thi ther wa d :ln tng. go iping and geta quaintcd game up tair . The p:my br ke up after the member \C:r · ubtly ng "(,ootf-night a Thou and ood-night ." ach ru hce rc eived a tiny hand-painted hine e incen e burner on her way out.

The ccontl party, a f rmal dinner, \\'a our traditional ourt Part •, hclu .t the Park L ne on ctober 24. Each ru hec r ceivetl a cor age of red and white ro e at her place at th table. After tlinner Queen ~lar aret (Hou ton) held court. (, rionette perf rmcd, the court eer fore a t the future of our ru hee ant! eight ladic -i n-wai ting Jan ctl a minuet, and then pre entcd the ru hec to the queen. Dancing and go iping rountlcd out the evening and oncluded an th r ru h cason f r Pi Pi.

Belly Murphy.

Pi Pis in

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When Alpha girl are pledge , the orority require that th )' ca h take part in . t lea t two activitie in the chool. Thu , the girl n be ome "activity-mi nded" and keep up their club-\ ork :1 :tcti,•e . This car every girl i enrolled in at lea t two lub and orne, three r four. :liz. beth Epp tcin, larvella hriddc, larjoric Waller tedt, Katht n Fi her, June Rader and Kathryn Par on belong to the tate ollege Pbycr , a dram. tic club. The lub wa organized Ia t ear ant! one mu t be rc ognized by the tryout committee before admiuan c. Four of the girl ha\ taken part in two play thi year, pre entcd in two adj inin' t wn . Bee Jacquart i vice-pre idcnt of the Little Theatre group, another dramatics group, ne\ ly organized. fan lla hridde, liz. beth Epp tein, and Kathr n Par on arc al o in thi lub. [) an \<\ iruth, Kathryn Par on , and Margaret hant ing in th ollegc \V men· (,lee lub . . Three Iph a girl are in Debate, M, rjorie \ aller tctlt, June Rader, and Elizabeth pp tein. La t year, th two girl . that were ent to the 7a ti nal Pi Kappa Delta fr m F. H. K. ,·emion at Lexington, Ky., were June Rauer, and Lela Piu now a member of our alumni chapter. rlene Iarri on Kathryn Fi her, De n \Vtruth. and Margaret hazo are member of the ollegc Pep lub.

M, nella hridd , \rlene Harri on, Margaret hant are in ngli~h lub. Two f th girl , June Rader, • nd Bee Ja quart are on the Leader t, IT. The Leader i the weeki hoot paper. i\1 o, • farjorie \V allertedt play tn the bantl , ntl i on the Reveillt: tafT. The Revedlt: j the c liege · ·arbook. In the Women' Ph sica! ducation depanmcnt, ~!argarct I c haz i a member of the Women ' .\thleuc \ octatt n, I can Wtruth, f ~f. 1 r and Min r lub, and Kathr •n P r ons, of rch u . We fc I that we ''ant our pledge . and our he to be outt.lnding •n hoot • nJ we tr} t accomplt~h thi purpo c, t orne extent thr ugh • ti\·iuc .

Kathryn Parsons.

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RHO RHO NEWS Our chapter had a very successful rushing period and ended it by pledging twelve girls. We hope that from this number we may find some real talent to enable us to contribute to the PHOENIX from month to month.

Elizabeth Steele, Chapter Editor.

Actives of Rho Rho Chapter Marshall Coll ege Huntington, W. Va.

SIGMA SIGMA NEWS Sigma Sigma had a successful rush season and believe me, it was rush week. I haven't seen some of the actives move so fast in quite a spell. Joysa Wood was our rush captain and put on some attractive affairs . One party was particularly interesting-a Motor Luncheon.

It was given for some fifteen rushees at the home of a patroness. Quartette tables were decorated each in keeping with a different country.

There were France, Scotland, Iceland, Russia, and Hawaii with the little, grass shack. And the food! Rush week was ended with the formal dinner-dance at the Hotel La Veta. It was lovely. So, we announce the pledging of: Marcelle MacGuire, Helen Woods of Gunnison; Harriet Peake, Barbara Burnett, Durango; Jeanne Hauser, Delta; Betty Creele, Ouray. Pledging was on the following Monday.

Oh, Yes, we'd like to have you know that Lois Hillman, last year's registrar and a grand pianist went to Eastman School of Music at Rochester, N. Y., this fall. At the time we go to our typing, there are rumors that she is knocking away at a great rate. Sh~ gave an audition on September 12 and won a $100 scholarship. Of course, I know she is swell-she was my roomie last year.

Success to our new Editor, Mrs. Leib.

Nancy Jane Salter.

TAU TAU NEWS Summer Activities of Tau Tau Despite the terrific heat of Western Kansas this summer Tau Tau managed to keep from melting long enough to have some very good times . Picnics were the most popular pastime and not only actives "got together" but alumna: also enjoyed the picnics.

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.md w.1 both pie;~ .tnt ;~nJ profitable. \\ c: hdJ our ..:omcmion m the rc ·t:ml rcJccor.neJ Women' budJmg on the F n llJy campu . [ wthy .\lorri. on, a emor, cnt rt.uncJ all the .\lpha 'ig with hrcJkl.l\t Jnd a GtnneJ gooJ h wer for FrcJ:t r nman who was married in ,\ugu l. rollowing the delightful breakt.m regi tration began .1nd c nunucJ until noon "hen ;\!I ~lary ;\lac Paul, our bd 'ed ponr, aml ;\!I Eliz. hcth ,\gncw entertained .11 the girl with a lunchc n .tt the colic •c tafctena. We had a lovcl ' time during the lun heon mc·tm • alumn, ·and t.1lking over " ld time" with one another. .\ ftcr takm• ptcturc of e\CC)One a general bu ines meeting \\'a held at whu:h ume the trea urer • nd ru h captain made report . R 11 call f r di the enure haptcr was called and general bu iness anJ ~ lan w ·d. The time pa cd all too qui kly and after a h rt di cour e our third nnnual local omcntion was ended.

Marjorie Wa/lentedt,

haptcr - ditor.

Rush Week Ru h w ek i the time for all good girl to omc to the :.tid f their oronty. Tht 1 the time when e:.tch girl i given the opportunit t '' ork, be rc pon ible and accompli h gre:.tl thing for her rority. We had a urplu · of frc hman girl in our college thi year and ru h week wa 3 \er · exctting :.tnd bu )' time . \ · ru h captain I am proud to s:.t' th.t each .\lpha ig did her be t to give the b l po ible repre entation of her rority which re ulted in our pledging ten new pledge who po \C • purpo e, poi e, power, and per onality anc.l whom we wi h t atd tn acquiring h. racter, culture. alibre and charm.

Our mformal ru h pany on i ted in a mall night club at which we danced, pia ed bridge. and reall became acquainted with e:.tch and e\c:ry gtrl. The room w, de orated with m.ll c:.trd table n either ide \\lth danCing pace in the center. Large bnlloon were tied on ea h chair, wtth lighted cai1dl in beer boule forming the enterpiece of c.tch t.tbk. Bohemian goola h wa served with r ·e bread, while .II kmu ol pop were ened from the b:.r during the entire party. A f1 r hem which coni ted of d nee number and 'ari u ong ung by a crooner of tht · hoot w re announ cd by· our w uld-be radio . nnouncer .1nd were rc ei,cd •r:.tci u I b the audience.

To Tau T.tu hJptcr 3 ormal progre ivc dinn r i almo t tr.tuition.tl. Thi )C<lr the ru hee were called for in :.tr b~ the acti\C .

The:) were then t. ken to the beautiful h me of ~lr . Art Ilemphill. one of our JXtlronc . "here cock tat! ''a cned nnd menu '' tth hp uck n.tpkin \\ere •i,en t the girl . I tnntr nd lad were ·n d ;\l the Lam.tr II td. where we · n • rorit ong for entenatnrnent. .\lr~. F. H. Lee. an th r f our p tr nt: . w:1 h te at our uc rt course. whic:h "·' •ivc:n t her •rant! h me on 'IXth 'trcct. r ·c,tal were Lnor . \her the de n we all an • ng after

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which we escorted the rushees to their homes. I don't believe there is anything that will make any member of Alpha Sigma Alpha happier than to feel that she has aided in securing desirable girls for her sorority as so many of our girls have.

June Rader.

A party at the Lamer! What a queer feeling runs all over you, as you walk into the large hotel and on into the function room. The music has started and already there are several couples on the floor dancing.

Yes it's the first Alpha Sig party, other than rush parties, of the year and for many of us it was our first sorority party. Do you wonder that we enjoyed it?

Nell Baird, TT Pledge.

New Pledges of Tau Tau Now that rush week with all its flurry and bustle is over we have all settled down to regular college life. The rushing was certainly worthwhile for Tau Tau as we pledged ten very lovely girls.

The pledges chose Jean Underwood as their president, Nell B a i r d, vice-president and Rita Jacobs, treasurer. Rita is the only Hays girl we pledged; all the others are from towns around Hays. The other pledges are: Pearl Ottley, Mildred Murray, Jane Culbertson, Hazel Rupenthal, Maurine Hunsicker, Kathryn Vaughn, and Ruth Sutcliffe. Ruth is the only sophomore pledge; all the others are freshmen girls.

Tau Tau is expecting much of its pledges and they in turn are expecting to give much to Tau Tau and with this spirit much can be accompli shed in Tau Tau. Margaret O'Shant. u

Impressions of a Pledge," by Nick Ottley

An Alpha Sig! How little did I realize when I left home for college that in a few weeks I would become a pledge of that sorority. And, little did I before realize how proud I would be to wear a pledge pin.

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1 think I hall alwa} remember my fir t unpre ton of the \ lpha 't •ma .\lpha gtrl . \eq girl I met eeme<.l t ha\ jmt the quali tie that ar aura ll\ . I oul<.l hardly belic'e l wa tn • tmngc pia c. \\'her w;l that ion tng for home, and friend left behind? Where \\',1 th.n mi~trable .111 alone feeling [ had c pected to en ? Gone! and in tcaJ a happy feding that here were friend \\' nh kn wing. I w.t iar too bu · getung a quaimeJ to mi what I had JU t left at home.

The fir t week of hool pa ecl into ru h week. The Alpha ig ru h parue are arcfully tored among my h. pp • mcm ric . )n the m rning I ,,.a pled cd I thought I had reached m go:.tl oi happine , now I know th:.tt I re:.t h J onl • the fir t tcp tow. rd it.

I [owcver, I ~ull h:.t\C omething to I k forwarJ to, anJ in the me:.tntime I'll hout, "Here' to the \ lpha ig, long may they (i,e!''

I ick Ott/~ •, TT Pledge.

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F ur o'cl k!! That memorable hour!! ,\ t last we can t.lk to our pled •e !'! The ene i at the front door of the I orm. The ilen e ha been broken n t m re than ne hundred time , " I wi h that Ge rgia w uld hurry up and come on!" Fin.lly in di gu t we all go up t the one (that \\t:'r ure of) pledge' room, to fini h up the ch ol:.tte, angclf cake her m ther ent. Between bite :.tnd "Mmmmm, i thi go d" there come utteran e of "Why Joe n't he come on!'' 'uddenly the d r bun open . nd there he i . all out o( breath. "Girl , we g t twelve pledge !!" 'Twelve!!" come the echo from .II. " \ ho?" (reorgi. begtn to read ofT the li t.-Eiin r rater, Lucy Mac Ben on. \ irgtnta Watt, Mary Loui e Lyle. ~brian K irk, Martha Tippit, France T It n. Lu tile Gr h, Nelle Kellogg. ~ !ary France utton (the ne ''hoe mother em the hocolate. angel-f d cake) 'Jar. Ellen \ olfe and Bernice Lynch. . amh Franas Rowlett.

Phi Phi chapter of Alpha igrn. \ lph. held it ( II pledging en·icc for twchc girl 'eptember 2), 1 34· The following junior : France Tolbert of .all.ni n, ~!i uri; Lucille ;roh, t. Jo cph, Mi ouri; · 'die Kellog . ~ratg ~It un; and the following Frc hmen: :linor 'rater. R,l\ CO\\ • ~li un: Mary Loui · L •le kidmore, i\ !i ouri; Man.tn Ktrl.., I I pkins, i\!t ouri; \ irginia \V,m, i\1 r ,ilJc, Mi uri; H ·rnet c: Lynch. lh:Jdi ng. IO\\ : lara Ellen \Volfe, Grant it . i\ !i oun: ~(aq ranee: 'uu n. Patton burg, ~ l i un, Lucy Mae Ben n, • t. Louts. ~~~ un; am! ~f. rtha Jlen Tippett, Jcffcr~ n tl ', It ouri, \\ere plcJ •c:J. .\Iter the pled •ing ervice, the a ti\C cntertatned the pled •c: ~nJ a number f alumn . with :1 coffee. The: pledge made • ., ral of the ,\ lph. ·tg ng~ hdore ' r) •cxJ;.l l •innin: by learntn the C\c:ntn • '' O\ ·r.

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Phi Phi Chapter is quite happy over their new patroness, Mrs. F. M. Townsend. Mrs. Townsend was given the patroness degree October the 5th. Following the ceremony coffee, mints, and nuts were served by the pledges. Miss Martendale told of the patroness that the chapter had had. After Miss Martendale's talk, all of us sang.

Sarah Frances Rowlett.

Since I have been a pledge my day's routine has been completely planned for me by those very dignified actives. At their beck and call, I have carried trays in the dining room, made beds, run errands, and pressed dresses. I have tried to be very courteous and very meek at all times. Always ready to do just as my future Alpha Sig sisters say. It is terrible being a pledge, but wouldn't it have been terrible not to have been one.

Frances Tolbert, Pledge Phi Phi.

PSI PSI NEWS With twenty-seven loyal girls back on the Hill this year to strive for her, Psi Psi chapter knew she would have a glorious rushing season.

And she did when on October the sixth at the close of rush season she welcomed thirteen of the finest girls on the campus as little Alpha Sigs-she had issued bids to fourteen. Is it any wonder that her members are still "floating in the clouds? " The new girls are Evangeline Lynch, Jean Hall, Pattie Virginia Sharp, Clara Powers, Dorotha Hardaway, Ruth Estelle Alcock, Jessie Jones, Gloria Griffin, Rosemary Thomas, Jerry Lyons, Shirley Ann Ricks, Vernice Davis, and Frances Westbrook.

Ice, snow, igloos, and northern lights-this was the scene which greeted A:SA rushees, Friday evening, September 28th, when Psi Psi chapter of Alpha Sigma Alpha entertained with her annual rush party of the season. All felt as if they had truly arrived at the North Pole upon entering the women's gymnasium, so fittingly was it decorated for the occasion. White streamers enclosed the dance floor. Overhead white moss and icicles hung, along with gay and colorful balloons.

Quartet tables were used and in the center of each was a tiny igloo. At one end of the floor the Northern lights were seen and on each side of this there was an igloo at whose door stood a penguin. At the opposite end two huge icebergs were seen .

The menu consisted of fruit cocktail, creamed chicken, snow-ball potatoes, olives, open cheese sandwiches, polar bear sandwiches, polar salad, ice cream, angel food snow balls, and frozen drinks .

The following program was rendered during the evening:

THE PHOE IX Ruth ~L n~in r Julin I IoCTpauir Emily Mac FrcJnid..: .md Belly B liet r A~ .\

l UCl Rending \'ocal ' olo Ice D;~n e

lauchn Willi. m i\lyrti '\ton and Loui e Roger La \'erne Whitner \ lpha 'iq Ru,hee, Eul lia Tu kc r Julia HofTp:lllir anJ Ruth Burn

F.a h ru hce wa pre entcd with • boule of Evening in Pari p rfurne whrch wa in the hnpe f an icicle • nd al a tiny china pengui n.

Tho c pre ent in luded: Ru,hcc : Jean I fall, Pattie virginia h. rp, ' hirle Dorotha llardawa •, lara Power , Je ~ie )one. , J rry L on , R m. r Thoma , Rlllh E t II \ !cock, ~I. ri Kenn ·Jy. \' rnice D;ni , Franc· We tbr k, Gloria Griffin and vangcline Lyn h. ,\ lumna:: Lilburne i\!iddl ton, Beth Ri k , ' ulalia Tucker, .\ zil I lath rn. Fannie and Ruth Faulke, and Gwendolyn \V d. thcr guest were our faculty .thi cr. ~l is i\ lirinm 1dkcn. ur pon~or, {r . ~. 1\ . \ agner, patronc c Me.: dames R. : . arnwa , \ V. E. Br k. \ . llargi . ;, H. Pier on and al o Mn . •\ .A. Frcdcri ks, ~ l r. ~!. Woodyard. t-.!i Dean Varnado, i\ li s Iamie Bowman and ~ l i t\ ladelinc \ illiam , who al o furni hed the mmic for the C\'ening.

The e word were om posed b vel n \ nder~on :1 nd ·I i e H n g d and were ung to the tune o( 'The Man n the Flying Trapeze" by the ,\ lpha ' ig at our ru h party: Oh. we've rome on our kate , \ !though it' been low \ e r cl on our lei •h \ ml we walked in the n w.

Our igloo are 1. \ e hav a red no e But ,\ lpha rg aren't afraid of the old )h, the ener · we I 'cd a we came here From the we t and the outh t the north But the ·en f our li,ing will bring cheer, >h, ru h c , plea come to the northh. we ·,c come on our kate , (etc. . thcr aCTair gi\ en the rmh c Junng the ru hing a~n w re: athcnne \Vood}ard, one of our altern n l t J .n the home t M.1r n~l· mhcr , drnncr at the • ·.kat h Hotel, ;~nd a p1cnic al th log c brn ol our • pon r. Mr . . .\. \\'a •ncr, on ,Jilc; Ri\cr.

THE PHOENIX OMEGA OMEGA CHAPTER A Miniature College "One golden day in summer came Junipero Serra With all his pious brothers lean and fat.

There wasn't any school at all in California Now what do you think of that?"

"But when Father Serra comes again he'll motor up the hill, And the President will meet him at the door .

And nothing but the n1ocking bird s and sunshine will be still The same as it was before."

For San Di ego has changed greatly since the days of Fra Junipero.

Rolling hills and grass covered mesas have bee n replaced by a beautiful California city. Being Californian and also so close to the Mexican border, the architecture of its buildings has tended toward the Spanish Mission type. And it was fo r this reason that San Diego State College went to convention. We thought it would be interesting to have a model of our "brand new" school at convention, because it is so different from the eastern and middle western colleges.

Margaret Standish, President, and Clara Bollo, Treasurer, were responsible for the plans and construction. Clara spent days on the campus sketching the buildings and working out spacing and proportion.

It was impossible to use the exact dimensions and to include all the buildings. Our new gym is across a canon some distance from the school, and although it is one of our most bea utiful buildings it could 110t be included.

The buildings were made from cardboard suit-boxes, the edges and joints being glued together with passeportout. It was quite difficult to make all the different corners and extensions, but, neverthel ess, these were worked out in perfect detail. The roofs (in reality tile) were made of corregated cardboard and were perfected to the extent that there was a row of tile along the peak of each. The two round towers at the entrance (known loca lly as "silos") were made of buckrum because this material was easier to roll than the cardboard. The windows, stairways, arcades, railings, banisters, etc., were accurately done and took much time and patience.

When all this had bee n completed the buildings were glued to a foundation of four-ply wood, 40 inches by 40 inches with hot glue.

Then they were painted. By putting sand in white poster paint, and in some cases house paint, a stucco effect was obtained. All of the build ings were covered with this mixture, excepting the windows and doors.

These were outlined in blue and the inside painted a smoky gray to give the impression of glass. The roofs were painted tile reel with unadulterated poster paint.

THE PHOE IX ·e t. the pJth and L:m n were p.unted. :and "a abo a ldcd lO the •recn 1aint to giH: ~1 "gr. ' ·· etTen. The ong1nal plan called for :~ndpapcr painted green to repre~cnt the n,, but tunc thd not per· mit cuuin • and glut' In •.

1ra) and black ''en: 1111\cU for th a phalt of the walk and trcus. The hrubber , p•c e of pongc. ''ere p. in ted and glue I in place \\ ith libr,try pa te. The palm tree (not quite like the one on the campu. but good nc jut the <line) were made of n;cd , nd paper. The tem were p1ecc f reed :tb ut fi,e in he long and the fohage gre n p;tper, cut in the hape of palm branche and " \liced" to rcpr •nt lea\es. The e were al glued with hot pa te to keep them ccurc. ,\lmo t a h.ml .1 th making \\J the packing for hipm nt. A wooden h ' "a built around the ba ·e ;lnd up port were placed at each c rner to k ep the found:ttion from falling on the building wh n the l'lO\ '' .1 · turned up id down.

It wa lin, lly pa ked and hipped, :tnd we were \Cr) doubtful a t what condition it woulJ be in when it reached Old Point. Hut due to the ex client workman hip :wd ardul cr.1t1ng not a roof r hrub wa mi~placcd r damaged.

W e arc vef) proud of our trophy anJ it, along with the modd, will 'o·m he on e\hihlt in the c liege library.

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Ther wa n 't • girl that failed to be 1. t )n ' eptember twentieth et f r the date.

The: part} w.1 a be. utiful cuing rare rown ·d with utmo t care. . \ nd the 'q ueen w The ('lOll or~ and patrone • were there to sec The ro}al dance go on in glee.

The p.~rt} progrc eJ and we came to part \\'nh .t feeling of luppine~ in our heart . . \nd a future before u in collt:g · l1fc \\'llh th t \~ \ in all thc•r tnk.

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