Asa phoenix vol 23 no 4 may 1937

THE PHOENIX ~===of Volume XXIII

Alpha Sigma

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MAY , 1937

Number 4

TABLE OJ< CONTENTS Pag~

The Association of Education Sororities. . . . . . . . . -+ O ur Professional Outlook. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Alpha Sig's Hall of Fame . . . . ... . .. . ... . .. . . ... 10 In the Limelight on the Campus. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Receive Scholastic Honors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Headliners from Alva. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 From the East to the \ i\T est with Alpha Sigs ... .. . 26 Council Column . . .......................... . . 31 Books for Those Who 路w ou ld be Well Informed . . 33 Ideas That Have Clicked. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Things You Might Miss ......... . .. .. .. .. . . ... 43 Welcome Alumm.e Chapters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 News Behind the News . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Al um me Chapters .. . .. . ........ . . ........... .路 50 College Chapters ........ . ..... . ..... . . .. . . . .. 65 T hings You M ight l\J iss .. ... .... . ............. 99 Exchanges ... ........ . .... . ... . ....... . ... . . 100 List of Missing Add res es .... . . . ....... . . .... . 102 Directory . .. . ........... . . . ...... . . . ... . . . . . 103

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Alpha Sigma Alpha Announces its

Fifteenth Biennial Convention to be held in

Yellowstone National

Park

August, 1938

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The Association of Education Sororities It s Place in the Teachers College BY

).I.\BET. LEE \\ .\LTO :-.r,

Secretary

E dit or1 s No te : Th e address pri11t cd below ·w as read by Miss Walto1~ at the twe nty-first annual meeti11g of th e A merica.n Association of Teachers Colleges i1~ New Orlca11s, F ebruary 19, 1931. 1lfiss vValtm~ ·r epresented the Association of Edncation Sm·orities at an afterlloon session wh-ich had as its general tl1em e : The RelatioHship of T eachers Co lleg es to Som e Other Eduwtional Orga11i:;a.tio11s. It is sig nijica11t that A. E. S . w as auo rdcd a place on this programv. A lpha Sigma Alpha's 1•epresentative at th e meeting of American Associations of Tea.chers Colleges w as Wilma Wilson Sharp.

ILL ROGERS when asked if his ancestors came over on the Mayflower drawled "No, but I reckon they met the boat." If teachers college students lack the aristocratic background of American youth of rich parentage, they do have the heritage of the great middle class of American society.

Dr. lVIileclge Moffett in her i!Jterpretive study of the social background and activities of teachers college students, states that 42 per cent come from rural homes.

In 1911, a survey of American colleges was made in an endeavor to learn in what type of institution sororities were not functioning. It wa revealed that the normal school wa the only one without organized national Greek letter societies. As a result of this study, ~~l and AlA cleterminecl, in 1915, to confine their activities exclusively to the normal school and to university education departments. Both sororities had been founded at the close of the nineteenth century at the State Female Kormal chool at Farmville, \ irginia. and both had exi ted as general ororitie serving liberal arts

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colleges and univers1t1es. Together they established the Association of Education Sororities because they wished to give the student teacher the same opportunities of sorority affiliation which the liberal arts students enjoyed. A t that time the normal school and tl,e education department of universities offered a two-year course. In the evolution of the educational system, the normal school has become the great teachers college of the present clay, and the A. E. S. ha advanced with it. Today no petitioning group from an institution which does not offer a four -year cour e in education may be considered as eligible for A. E. S. membership. Since 1915 five sororities, have qualified for admittance to the Association: IIKl , t..lE, ®lY, AlT and IB.®. Because the Association has had a part in the dramatic growth of the teachers college it keenly appreciates the cooperation it has enjoyed from teachers college administrators. It i aware that "since fraternities exist in the college because the college authorities permit them to exi t, there must be complete under tancl-

THE PHOE 1 IX ing between college and fraternity."

The chancellor of a large uni versity has a id, "There is a law that brings people together in group . It acts like the law of g ravity and regardl ess of what i · clone to divert it, it holds true. T hu we have the college f raternity." The A. E. S . is a fraternity organization that has been planned an d built around the teachers college student. \1\Tithin its chapter units, the organization fo sters friendships, promote team work, stimulates leadership, encourage scholarship, gives executive training and in general develops cultured personalities. In th e effo rt to shape our organi zation so that it can best se rve the teachers college girl, emphasis is placed not only upon professionalism but a! o upon "'th e educational value of ororitv lif e as an opportunity in g roup and education relationships." In the matter of the financial obligation of sorority membership the education ororities have developed a scale of fee s commen urate vvith the limited income of teachers college students.

The speaker, who has recentl y visited many teachers colleges where her own orority functions, has found that th e administrative officers realize and appreciate the value of sorority organization on their campuses. \ iVithout exception, they agree th at our greate t usefulness to the college and to the student body lie in the cultural training from which our set-up of national supervision is so ideally adapted.

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pha e of training, the .\ ciation of Education orontte compiled a booklet entitled ' ocial P recedent and orority Ethic •· \\'hich ha been u ·eel continuously a a ba i for our cultural program. In eptember, 1936, copie of thi booklet \\'ere issued to pre ·ident an I deans of coll ege " ·here chapter of the . E . . do not exi t.

In addition to a cultural program, member ororitie con ider a health program of equal importance a a . orority project. nti-tuberculo i work is an example of thi s ervice.

Other typical activitie of the different ed ucati on sororitie are: tudent loan fund , e tablishment of hospital bed , local ocial se rvice projects uch as crippled children' a si tance and free coun elling at a camp for under-privi leged children.

In our merican colleges increa ing numbers of students are working to put them elves through school and there a ne" · student pirit abroad. hot through it wholesome and se n ou practicality i a cheering return to ideali m. Students are seeking " the sign ificant life" and in their sea rch there is need for directi on and guidance.

The Association of Ed ucati on Sororities considers it a privilege to cooperate with the teachers colleges in a sincere effort to develop in ou r merican young " ·omanhood. e pecially in our p ro pective teacher , a desire for " relat ion hips that broaden, expe rience that enrich, character that tabili ze and en ·ice that spells happine . '

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Our Professional Outlook .Vote: It is our sillcere hope that e~'t:r)' Alpha Siy 111a_\' at so111c ti111c or other gi·lle, in even so111e s111all ~ •ay, her services as a leader of a leisure time orgalli::atiou.

TVe are offering you, in this issue of the PHOEXIX, a short Slllllllla•ry of th e histor3• a11d workillg ideals of three of our oulslalldillg chara cter buildi11g agcllcies for g irls.

E~·ery wo111a1~ who has givell of her ser·uiccs to all)' of these orgalli::atiolls has fou11d a slilllulation and a jo:y in her gift of service. For the 3'011/lg illcxpericllccd girl there is 110 bcllcr place to malw jrie11ds, or to gain experiellce !hall as a ~·o lullf ecr n •orllcr ill a recreatio11al orgall i::atioll .

ETHEL Tosrx, Philalllhropic Chair111all.

GIRL SCOUTS OF AMERIC A

Motto DE PREPARED Slogan "DO A GOOD TUR:-.l DAILY" Pledge I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States and to the Republic for which it stands; one nation indivisable, with liberty and justice for all.

Promise On my honor I will try To do my duty to God and my country To help other people at all times To obey the Scout laws.

The Girl Scouts were organized as Girl Guides in l\Iarch, 1912, by ::\Ii s Juliette Low at avannah, Georgia. ::\Iiss Low was greatly aided in the work by Lord and Lady Robert Baden-Powell who had organized the couts in England.

The purpo e of Girl Scouting is

to help girl realize the ideals of womanhood as a preparation for respon ibilities in the home and service to the community.

Every side of the girl ' nature is brouaht out and developed by enthu iastic captains who direct their various activities.

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CAMP FIRE Password \\'OHELO The Law of the Camp Fire eek Deauty GiYe • ervice Uold onto IIealth G Iori f) \\ ·ork Be HapJ y PreserYe K nowledge De Tru tworthy Campfire' birthday is ::\larch 17,

1912. Mr. \V . C. Langdon of the

on three important factor. : it provides activities f national intere t

Sage Fo undation and ::\Irs. Charl es H. Farn worth of Hanoun amp for -' iris are to be cred ited with it organ ization. T he program of the Campfire Girl is well planned to take care of th e out-of-school time of adolescent girls and it is 1 uilt

to g irl s; it makes the e activities interesting through the appea l to the imagination and it \\'Orks quietly towards beautiful womanhoo I through fun and haJ pine . It i very true that a girl finds in ampfir e, the sati faction of her desires.

GIRL RESERVE Slogan I WILL TRY TO FACE LIFE SQUARELY Purpose TO FIND AND GI\'E THE DE T

Pledge I will do my best to honor God, my co~mtry a nd my communi ty. to help other girls a nd to be in a ll " ·ay:; a loyal true member of the Girl R esen es .

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The Girl R eserve Movement The Y. \V. . :-\. i a fellowship of \\路omen and ai r! . It blue triangle i already well kn own throughout the world. Girl Reserves are the junior member of the "Y" who accept a purpo e and trive toward it. thinking of them elves a a rese rve force growing, preparing for ad ult responsibilities. Inasmuch as a community is an important educati onal force over its girls, Reserve leade r striYe to work not only with their young members but with parent , teachers and other adult groups in bringing about correct environmental and cultural surroundings.

Helen Weis

Code I will try to be Gracious in manner Impartial in judgment Ready for ervice Loyal to fr iend Reaching toward the best Earne tin purpose eeing the beautiful Eager for knowledge Re\路erent to God Yic_toriou over elf Ever dependable incere at all time

Alpha igma lpha can well be proud of Miss Helen Weis of Pi Pi who has had the honor of election to Natiorial vVohelo Order of Campfire-its highest honor. Her ability as a leader can readily be seen by the place she holds in her civic and professional life. She belongs to the Town Club, American Association of University \\omen, Elementary Principals' A sociation, the council of Social Agencie and ha been President of the Campfire Council, The \t\fomens' Teacher's As ociation, the Buffalo Xormal A lumni, and the Buffalo lumn~ hapter of A - A.

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Her leisu re time actiYitie include rraYel, theatre, book . woodcraft and music. f her ne,Ye t hobby she writes, 路').Jy travelincr co mr an ion induced me to try ketchin cr Ia t umm er. I found trying to capture the spirit of the N onveigian fjords rather thrillinrr. 1\o expe rt " 路oulcl o-et the joy from them that I do, but I love my ketche ." ncl to top it off, Mi. \ \ 'eis is expecting her :M asters in Education thi yea r . \\'e are indeed proud to claim her a an lpha w.

Bayonne Gray

Bayonne Gray is a g raduate of th e U niver ity of California at L o A ngeles and a member of Xi Xi chapter where she was one of it mo t ucce sf ul presidents.

Her position as Girl ReserYe ecretary, however, take her to E l Pa o, Texas. She is one of the bu iest young Reserve secretari es in the country. Her calendar for th e last of Apri l read : Dallas-fo urclay convention of ocial \ Yorkers; lbuquerque- week-encl convention

of Girl Reser ves, week-end ampfire conference, all clay ).Iother' meeting-all thi s plus her regu lar work, yet she say she ha time for bo\\'ling and badminton. Her club are the A. . \ V., Du me ocia l and Profe ional \Vomen, \Vorker Club and the oun cil of Soc ial Agencies.

Ye , Bayonne is kept pretty busy he i happy in but he likes it. th e o路oocl he i doing in a character bui !cling agency.

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Alpha Sig' s Hall of F arne the radio department of the Chicago Herald and Examiner. In connection '"ith this work he did some broadcasting of news and women路 features on Station \\ IDO, no longer on the air. ~-\fter three years of experience there, Dorothy became a member of the staff of the Press Department of the N a tiona! Broadcasting Corporation, whose tudios are located on the nineteenth and twentieth floors of the Merchandise 1\Iart.

Her work is quite varied and, she says, not the least bit monotonou or boring.

DOROTHY MASTERS Chica g o Alumnre Chapter

Dorothy Masters, the president of our hicago Alumnce group during the year 1935-36, is a person it would be well to know if you want to make a name for yourself-in radio, that i !

1raduating from Colorado tate College of Education in 1925, where she wa a member of our Beta Deta chapter, Dorothy taught Engli h for three year in the coal fields of southern Colorado. She was greatly attracted to hicago and came here to work during one summer, expecting to return to her teaching in the Fall.

However, she liked the "V\ indy ity'' o much that she decided to tay and secured a job in

The Press Department i the contacting agency between broadcasting and the newspapers and magazines publi bing radio material. Accordingly, one of its biggest tasks is to supply information regarding all kinds of .broadcasts to the various organ for publication. This means that all artists, including those broadcasting from both ::\lew York and Chicago, must be contacted and fi les kept concerning them, ju t a in a newspaper office. This include pictures and any bits of information that can be gathered. The Department arranges for interviews between reporters and artist and secure tickets to the variou broadca t for radio editor . Letters of inquiry from newspaper and magazine editors throughout the midwest are answered by the department. It al o receive and distrib-

THE PH ute · information recra rding 11 \\" . of national r local importa nce, uch as a fire or other el isa ter, portin g e \·ents, etc .

D rothy ay s that mce he ha been with ~. H. ·. fo r fo ur y a r: . she som tim s wond er s if he igettin g in a rut a nd hould try to find ome oth er \\" Ork. ] Io\\·eyer. she is so p rf ectly sati fied \\·ith her w o rk that she can't imagine 1 ein a happy anyw h re else . \\"h at a recomm end ation for the job-and a l:o for Dorothy! :\ext l;all " ·e may expect to ha,·e an a rticl e fr om Do rothy her. el f. ::1he ha booked passage on the .-lquitania, ailing from ::\ew York on Jun e 30. he \\·ill be abroad six \\·eeks. vi si tin g F ran ce ( " ·here the \\" orlcl' Fair will be in 1 rogress in Pa ri s), S wit zerla nd. German y . Belgium.

Holl and and E ngland. and will r eturn via Boston. ] ~ o n Yoyage, Dorothy!

HELEN GRACE SELVAGE Indianapolis Alumnre Chapter

\\·a - it hakespeare wh o ai el. "::\[u sic hath charms which oothe the ·a vag breast ?'' SaY age or civilized. as \\·e like to think our elY e , one finds no oth er agent quite o po"·erful as mu sic. ln our particular g roup I-I elen race elvage especiall y ha sen eel th e potency of mu sic and i yery gene ro us in sharing it with u s. She ha \\"ritten a numl er of songs a nd is much too mode t abo ut it all. \\'h en que ti oned , she confes eel.

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'' \\'ri ting mu sic is an outl et for my emotions. To me, it i a fr ee r, more tangible " ·ay of ex pressing my elf than by mere word . At th e keyboa rd I ca n commun e with my th oug hts. enj oy hap] ines . bani ·h fea r s o r eli olve eli apointment ."

H o \\· \\"Onderf ul to have thi mea ns of relea e when ome of us ca n only re o rt to tear ! "\Vhen two of our girls were marri ed last summ er , th e bridal mu ·ic included the g room ' fraternity ongs, but not a single A lpha S ig ong for the bride ; beca use. unfortunately. we did not haYe an ori rrinal national song . He re wa a need and an urrre which kept me in pired until the 'Hy mn to A lpha ig ma Alpha' wa. compo ed.' ' continued H elen.

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expres ive of our The melody hi <Th ideal a are the word written

by Helen and Geraldine Hutton Holton.- the whole making a treasured cameo.

Hymn t o Alpha Sigma Alpha To Alpha Sigma lpha dear Y.l e sing to thee this Hymn incere.

VIe pledge our loyalty to strive alway To seek, aspire, attain.

Again we pledge our vows to be The highest as inspired by thee \Ve bow our hearts in humble awe to thee, Our own sorority. " Last summer as the convention spirit grew more contagious at each of the pre-convention meetings, the 'Jolly Alpha Sig' came into being," she explained.

Jolly Alpha Sig Oh, it's fun to be an Alpha Sig, Alpha Sig, So jolly, gay and happy ever, 路Girls who stick together ram or shine, all the time, We're Alpha Sig! \Vhere 'ere we are you'll know us by the ongs we sing, !ways there to help with every little thing, Oh, it's fun to be an Alpha Sig. lpha Sig, An lpha Sig!

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A. a bit of in ide information, I hear the Ypsi girl remembered this ong from Convention and u eel it at their Rushing partie . At the Formal Banquet they were Yery proud to haYe it and be able to announce particularly to their alumnc:e who were present, that the mu ic and words had been written by a member of the Indianapolis Alumnc:e Chapter.

As a mo t succes ful pnmary grade teacher, Helen was in pired to write, "l\Iy Doll's Lullaby" and "The Toy Shop \;\ inclow" which her children love to sing. Helen explains that "the marching of the circus parade and the S\\ inging and swaying of the animals brought forth 'The Circus Parade' which is another great favorite."

One night Helen's hobby neighed so persistently that she had to get up and release the "Baker ::\Ian" which fitted in with the Social tudies program of her group at that time.

"There always seems to be some tune that I keep singing or playing until a song seems to shape itself," concluded Helen, as I still at wideeyed and even a little em路ious of such a wonderful and u eful talent.

With our Helen "Life is a Song" and for her contributions to the songs of our orority we believe you will agree she merits a place 111 Alpha ig' Hall of Fame.

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NANCY E. EBY .:\ancy Eby. a Kappa Kappa in '22 ha , since her co llege day . been jumping f rom place to place like th e prove rbi al 1\Iexican bean-all ove r th e globe. he who teache in a n exciting way-d ra matic . play p rodu ction, rad io work, and publi c . peaking, wri te to us _ lpha ig a she peeds over the m ile to ~Ii a mi at Ea ter time. A nd we're g iven th e benefi t of her " ·hole tri p, fo r he fini hes th e epistle on th e homeward journ ey to New Yo rk.

Though he'd have u beli eve oth erwi se , her travels a re just a part of X a ncy : a nother amaz ing thing a bout her being her extraor dina ry dramatic talent. Let's read wh at she pens us in between jous of the tr a in .

"Havana pecia l, 12 noon. oocl F riclayGreetin o·s A ~ A si ter and Happy Ea ter wi shes on thi s beautiful Good F rid ay. T he un i shining, th e frui t tree a re ei re eel in th eir colorful attire a nd the dogwood t ree have th e appea ra nce of th e happy b ride a they display their \\·aving mas e of whi te blo som .

The Havana Special is nearin g Cha rl e ton, . C. on its speedy " ·ay to th e unny outh. I hope to reach ~Ii a mi fo r the Easte r holi days and enj oy a week of summer " ·eather.

--\. letter f rom J a ne T hi erolf a king fo r 111 ) 'pe r onal hi sto ry '' reached me ju t before leaving L ong I la nd, and I decided I'd try writing you whil e on thi JOUrn ey.

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I entered Temple L" ni,·er ·ity 111 1922 ( phy ical tramtnu department ) and much to my or row had to leave Februa ry 1923, becau e of an attack of append iciti . ne of my fir t t111u ua l and very memorable expe rience wa the A ~ A Service, held in the draw inu room of the Good ama r itan ( Temple Ho p ita!) at whi ch time I became a member of lpha igma A lpha . Still too weak to leave the ho pita!, the girl s kindly held the ve ry im pre sive erv ice there.

Fall of 1923 I entered the chool of E locuti on in P hiladelphi a a nd Fo rt un ately g rad uated in 1925. our chool was not fa r f rom Temple a nd I vi ited often, fo r my "roomie," ::\Iary \i\Tagner, was till a tud ent. l\fany, ma ny happy hours were spent there. umm er of 1925 I dec ided to look fo r pleasant summer work a nd was very fo rtunate to receive a po ition a uovern ess vv ith one o f th e du Pont fa milies in Dela wa re. It wa my first experi ence a govern e s and th e fo ur week were f ull of many a nd va ri ed in te rest . \\ ith the Fall ca me ne\\· work ; I t raveled giving recital in hotel , clu b . churches . chools, etc. I enjoyed thi s platform work immensely ! But th en ca me the decline and I began looki ng for a more perma nent po ition; I ecured a teachit1g po ition on Lon u I land a nd have been there ince 1926.

S ince that ti me I have been doino" ·ork in dramatics, ta o·ing p lay ,

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radio work. private teachinO'. etc.

Dut all that i not terribly exciting; I feel the traveling I have done much more glamourou . The following are a few of my experiences.

-:\ever having had a boat trip I planned to spend Easter of 1929 in Dermucla-a hort but very rough voyage! I decided then never to go to Europe, but I soon learned I had used poor judgment in selecting Dermuda for my first trip,-that is. to test my rating a a good sailor.

During the summer of 1930, I accordingly decided to spe nd two months in Europe and the "big eve nt" was attending the "Oberamergau Pas ion Play" and vi iting with St. Peter (. ndreas Lang ) \\·ith whom I had worked during his visit in Philadelphia in 192-t.

I wa fortunate in securing \\·ork in the summer of 1931 and enjoyed nine weeks at a Y. \\'. C. A. Camp in Delaware as their dramatic counellor. :.\Iy greate t thrill was flying via T\VA plane from f\ewark Airport to Los Angeles the summer of 1935! \Vhen school closed in June I wa undecided about my umm er plans.

Suddenly one clay I stepped into a Travel Arrency. \\'hen I left I had made re ervations for a western trip. In a \\·eek I wa on my \Yay. :.\Iy fir t flying experience! Full of O']oriou thrills and ach·enture. .-\ fter pending five ,,·eeks in Lo

~-\ngeles and Hol]n,·ood with friends and relative . I returned via Panama Canal. pending two week on the . Prcsidr11t Taft.

You ask about my hobbies? \\'ell. one I enjoy most i biking on beautiful Long I land. I had been at it for three year before it became fashionable and it was a ight for parents and kiddies ,,·hen they a,,. ":.\lis Eby" flying by on her bike. ~ow times have changed and even though am still " tared at'' I gayly pedal along and ince June, 1936. my pedometer has climbed to 350 units. Last June. three of u had a wonderful sixty mile week-end trip. h,·enty miles of which \\·as along the ocean front, near the famous Long I land re taurant.outhampton.

So come along you biker ; vi it Long Island and enJOY ome real travel. (Oh, ho\v this train is swaying; 'tis the observation car which makes it doubly difficult to write. ) A.fter a cool drink of orange juice at our Ia t top, Ft. Pierre, I am quite cool this warm clay. The thermometer on my de k regi ter 80 degree . \\'onder \vhat the north ,,·ill have to offer when \\·e arrive unclay eve? ~

nd now back to the hi story of my pa t! . . . In between work and play I have managed to attend ummer and winter cia - at ~. Y. 'C' . and Columbia. ~ \t present I am in-

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ter ted in "ho ral • peakinrr and may atten I ummer chool and s tudy ame. o, I 'll bid fare well to a ll lph a ig . \\"i hin g you a ll a v r y happ y and ucce ful umm er both in work a nd play a nd if you ever ew Yo rk City o r Long co m e to I la nd plea e do co m e and vi it with m e !

EDNA McCULLOUGH The m ember of Eps il on Ep il on hapter of A lph a S igm a A lpha a re ve ry proud of :'IIi s E dna 1\lc ullaugh, th eir fac ulty spon or. l\ [i ss Ic ull ugh is director of th e \\!omen 's P hys ical Ed uca tion Department at Kan as Stat T eac hers Co lleo·e. Thi yea r she had the eli tinction of beinrr the pres id ent of th e - entra l Di trict Ph ys ical Ed ucation A s oc iation conference whi ch met in Denver. Colorado, ),la rch 31 to . \ pril 3. It wa sa id to ha ,·e b en one of th e three best com ·ent io ns that th e centra l eli t ri ct a socia ti on has e,·e r had.

D urin g th e preparation f or thi s co nv ntio n ),J i ), [cCu ll ough ha had tim e to attend a ll o f our me tings and help each one of u \\'h en we needed help. ~[ JLnRr::n

GARRETT.

CATH ERINE S TROUS E :\I is Ca th erin e ~ trouse, honorary ach·ise r of Eps il on Epsil on. " ·a elec ted P res id ent of the ou th \\·e t ::-ru ic Edu ca tor Co nfere nce at it Li-an nua l meet in o· in T ul sa . O kl ahoma.

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T he outhwe · t ),[ usic Ed ucator.

Co nference const itute th e state of A rka n a . Co lo rado, Kan ·a ·. :\ risso uri. ::\ ew ),J ex ic , Okla homa, T xas . L tah, a nd \\ "yomin g. I t is the duty o f the p resident to plan th e m eet ing fo r the next confe rence . and a lso se lect th e place . T he meeting in 1939 \\"ill be in :t. Loui s. ),J is ouri . :\li ss ' trouse ha s se rv ed thi s organi zation a trea ur r fo r th e pa t eio·ht yea rs. :\I i s St rouse ha .-e been \\·ith Ep ilon Epsil on for many years : he \\·as a cha r ter member. ountles. o·irl - ha,·e enjoyed her iriendship and th e in piration that comes thro ug h kn o\\·in o· uch a lov ely rerso n.

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In the Limelight on the Campus AT TEMP LE

Kappa Kappa Broadcasters Five o'clock, Monday afternoon , Kappa Kappa Sorority HouseSeventeen girls, and no less, sitting as close to the radio as they could possibly get. Seven on the sofa, two on one chair, two on another chair, and the rest on the fl oor. Five-one, five-two, still the news of the day being broadcast over the radio-five-three-many anxious YOices saying "hurry up," " Oh, do be quiet," "Why doesn't he stop," and many similar expressions. Five-four "Oh, do hurry"at last! Five-five "The girls!" Oh, boy! " Aren't they swell?" "Oh, boy!" " That's Lillian"- "Now, that's Anna." "That is no other than Alice." Five-fifteen-Gee, 1s that all !

I suppose by this time you are all wondering what it is all about. \Nell I will tell you. Our famous trio, consisting of Alice Carl, Lillian 1\Iorri , and Anna Price, were broadca ting over the radio-station WFIL-Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, singing for exactly the third time over the air. You never saw such excited airls ( those at home listening ) . in your life. During the entire ten minutes they were on the air, if anyone would dare to cough or . neeze or utter any other sound, she ,,路ould be pierced with such look of di approval and annoyance,

that she would henceforth check her sneeze and put a hankerchief in her mouth, were she to feel a cough coming on.

The most thrilling part of the program was the theme song. The girls have chosen and Yery beautifully arranged "The Alpha 1gma Sweeheart" song. I am ure you all know it. Then there was a very clever skit based on the three popular songs the girls sang, the announcer and the girls taking part.

Alice, Anna, and Lillian are Juniors in the Music Education Department in Teacher's College. The first time they ever sang together was in sight-singing class, their Freshman year. They sang many hymns and classical number together from then on, and made one of their first public appearance in the Mary A. Simpson Methodist Episcopal Church. They sang many times at the Temple U. Women's Club. They oon decided they would like to sing popular songs. They have sung at many social function s at the university. Among them All Teacher's College Night, Sophomore Class Night, and they won first prize at the Fireside Hour, sponsored by the Blue Key Honorary Fraternity, held in the Great Court of ).1itten Hall last month .

A chance for greater recognition was sure to come and it did! t a Career Conference ponsored by :.Iagnet, one of the lectures \Ya de-

THE PHOENIX Yoted to the field of radio. After the lecture " ur Girls" asked the lecturer the po ibilities of girl trio and he told them he was looking for one. Immediately Alice pop up '路How about u ?" He told them to come down to the tudio of \ iV FIL at trawbridge & Clothier' tore and have an audition. They went!

They were Yery successful and were given a program-ten minutes of every :\londay afternoon-at 5 :055 :15. l\lrs. Carl, Alice's mother heard them way up in \i\filliam port! Wh y don't yon try to listen 1路n!

PEGGY GE~ DIER, Kappa Kappa

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:\lueiier, who we are proud to ay, an A~A. Throughout her four year at D. I. T. he ha been a crack- hot on the rifle team and ha "路on the award for the highe t core for the last three year . To top that off, he was elected captain of the team for 1936 and 1937. If he had done that alone we would have been proud to claim her a our own. But he didn 't top at thi point. he has erved on the .-\thletic Association Council and the Panhellenic Council; he has been elected to Key and Triangle, Delta Sigma Gamma honorary society in the School of Home Economic , and the Phi Kappa Phi. Besides being active in athletic and scholarship organizations, the Glee Club and Dramatics Club has al o claimed some of her time.

Although she has had honor shovvered upon her, he has found time to devote to her sorority in the position of chaplain. Although this year concludes her activitie at Drexel, u N u feels sure that as a Home Economi t, he will continue her excellent record and make u even more proud to be associated with her in a sisterhood, as great as ours.

SALLY P EXNE LL,

n N u.

L. Kathryn Shaver Nu Nu-1937

C. Jean Mueller Nu Nu-1937

One of the mo t outstanding rrirl on our campus thi year 1 Jean

\Ye feel honored and proud to be able to say that the \\omen's Student Government Pre ident of Drexel Tech thi year 1 Kitty haver an out tanding Alpha 1g-

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ma Alpha member. This little g irl with the big personality i from Baltimore, Maryland, bringing with her a sunny disposition characteristic of the outh.

Efficient!! well that su its her perfect ly. \iVith all her office in connection with cia ses, student goYernment, and organizati on, she found it possible to maintain a scholarship record suffici ently high to gain for herself the J. Peterson Ryder scholarship. As a leading member of thi s year's senior class at Drexel she has led the women students through grave problems heroically, winning the love and respect of all of them.

It is hard fo r a school to lose such an asset yet the world into which she is going '"ill profit more for having her in it.

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class day, Dramatic Club, enior Glee Club, P i Pi's ong bird.

J ane Terry: pring play, vicepresident Dramatic Cl ub. ~Iarg Sanborn: Associate Editor chool Paper, enior Glee Club, Pre ident ReYel Club.

Ruth Haenszel : ;\ ew Alpha Sigma Alpha Secretary. eni or Glee Cl ub, Secretary Junior Class.

AT BUFFALO STATE Betty M urray: P resident A lpha Sigma A lpha, co-chairman cla s clay, in cast of Sp ring Play, president lpha Society on scholarsh ip and activities, Senior Glee Club.

D ramatics Club.

Harriett l\IcMillan : Lead 111 Spring play, D ramatic Club, Kappa Delta P i.

Peg O'D ri en: Kappa Delta P i. chairman moving up clay.

June Eggle ton : X ewly appo intee\ regi trar of college, P i P i' beauty.

Jo ephine Phi lli ps: Registrar lpha igma .-\lpha, \ ' ice-pre ident of Junior Clas , Kappa Delta Pi. hi rl ey Passage: Co-chairman

Doris \ Vyatt : ;\e,,路 P resident Alpha Sigma . lpha . Chairman Home Economics Day . ecretary Seni or Glee Club .

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KANS AS STAT E Evelyn Wenrich Campus Queen

This month the .-\lpha ig chapter of the Kan a tate Teachers Coll ege of Emporia campu s has

THE PH made hi' ton·. The Campu · UueenKing cont ~t 11·as held in conY cation in Olll' of the mo~t democratic clecti(,n~ ' ' cr held. Jt was a popular election. Cl'eryone havin g the opportunity to 1nitr in his r h er choic for th e most b auti ful gi rl n the ca mpu s. the b !>t dre. ·eel. the mo. t o ut~tandin g gir l I ader . anclthe girl with tlw IJe-.t personality. The I'Otcs ca. t for all four were pooled and the queen was the girl with the Ill st YO( S. l ~ve l yn \\ ' ·nrich 11·as lec tecl first p lace in both th e best dress cl gir l and the m ost beautiful g irl n the campus: these t11·o firsts along 11·ith her margin in th o th e r t11·o qualifications gayc her the c veted titl e o f Campus Queen. Edna Louis Turn r. our ne11· president was e lected th g irl 11·i th the b st per.· ona lity.

Ruth • tone and :\!aryan I \rooks w e re elec ted to seco nd ancl t.hird place respect iv ely for the I aclr ship h nors . . \!th o u g h -:\faryan placed only once in th uppe r three brad: ts of th e four qualifications. sh e rece ived nough Yotes form all four t place her third in lin e for th h o n r of Campus Queen. This is the fir t tim e for . ve ra! y a rs the ,\l pha Sig. have been able to claim th e ampus Queen a . a member, and with thi s having been such a n n-po litical lection we are a ll hio·hly pi asecl 11·ith the outcome. ne of ur m ost interestino· ancl o u tstandino· membe r -:\I a r cra r et -:\fary \\ 'oo clmansee.

Jn adcliti n to h e r o r o rity actinties she a . a m em b r of Kappa :\I u

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Ep~ilon,

:\]athematic-; l: raternity, < )m ga Lit rary ~ucicty, and th .'unflo11·er Staff. our school annual.

Thi s yea r _he is our Social Trea~­ urer and a 111 mber f Kappa J)elta Pi. honorary . cholasti · fraternity. l Ter 11·o rk in dramatic~ has been another feature in h r college exp n ence.

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Detty

reel, .)'iyllla Siy111a

llarri tte -:\fc:\lli ster: :\e11· Si gma . 1gma ig ma pre. id nt. h en -:\Ji s Per a nality at \\ .este rn State's . \nnual Co-eel Prom.

Barbara ast el : The o-ecl Pr m' -:\Ii ·s . \ttractiY ne ·s. I one f the s ix most beautiful girl at \\'e · tern tate.

Hetty C reel: Chosen f r -:\Ii Re1 r sentat iYe Ci rl at the o-ecl Prom.

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Receive Scholastic Honors ALPH A GAMMA

and cholastic tandard and to recognize out tandino路 contributions to education.

Dottie Smith, our commercial seni or. is a member of Pi Omerra Pi a national honorary and profe sional fraternity for men and women in business ed ucation. The purpose of this organization is to encourage high scholarship and high ethical standards in business and professional life. A creditable cho-

Angie Holman, Alpha Gamma

Alpha Gamma chapter feels very fortunate to have six of its girls taken into honoraries on our campus. Angie Holman, Libbie R ussell, Sally Stewart and Jean Bryson are all members of Alpha Phi Gamma which is for those students who render valuable service in journalism and who maintain a high scholastic standin rr.

A ngie Holman and Lillian Porter were initated into Kappa Delta Pi, an international honor society in education. Kappa Delta Pi endeaYors to encourage high intellectual

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lastic standing and a professional attitude are the necessa ry requirements for entrance to this fraternity.

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ZETA ZETA Zeta Z ta is always happy fo r an opportunity to tell of her cholastic ach ie\'ement:.. for we a re o prou I of th m. Each year Panh ellenic sponso rs a S ·holar. hi p Tea, at which time a loving cup i pre ented the orority having the highe l cholastic average, an t we placed econd this year.

V ivian S utton, a sen ior, and who " ·a. last year our chapter pre ident, is this y ar president of Kappa Delta J i. S he also hold s m em bership in A lpha l hi Delta, junior college honorary for g irls, Y. \ V. C. A., "\madrams, co llege dramatic clu b,

\'ivian

utton, Zeta Zeta

and i treasurer of the Rhetor, college yea r book. he will ret resent Rho chapter of Kappa Delta P i at a eli trict meeting m \\' ichita.

I a n a , pril 17.

Helen Ha nn ers, our retmng p re. ident, rec ntl y recei ,·eel her ma ter' s degree in Alpha P hi !O'ma.

Helen is al o a member of Alpha P hi Delta, :\maclra m . and Panhelleni c.

E lma L eebrick. a junior. i , a member of lpha P hi Delta a nd of th e college cience Club . Charl otte R eidenbach ha ju t rece ntly been elected to Kappa Delta P i. Sh i pr ident of Alpha P hi Delta, and and i Zeta Zeta's chapter president fo r 1937-3 .

Let us tell you al o of th e reco rd of our pledge . T hree of them haY e recei,·ed the app rentice degree in :'\.lpha P hi igma. T hey are: Ruth Dueker. Do rothy Jane \\'ilcoxen a nd -:\Ia n · Lou oe.

Ge raldine J ohn s ha been elected to .\l pha P hi Delta. a nd i a member o f the coll eo·e orchestra.

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::\Ii Loi · Reilly has recen tly been elected to the honorary society of Stoics. The members of thi organization are taken main ly from the sophomore class and include the seven r~ce iving the highest grades, the even rece iving the highest number of faculty Yotes, and six others of hi gh cholarship whom the society con icier especially worth,·.

Loi s is also a member of the \Vomen's L eague Executive Board, and has been nominated for trea urer of the \ \'omen's League f or 1937-38.

PI PI

Harriet ).fc).Iillan and P eg O'Brien

_-\mona Pi Pi · member : Frances Cummin i the recently elected vice-president of Kappa Delta Pi,

honorary chola tic sorority· it other members are Harriett 1\Ic::\Iillan. Peg O'Drien, 1\Iargaret Dopp, Jo ephine Phillips and Helen Pratt.

In the Home Economics department, Phi Upsi lon Omicron, i the honorary organization and Lucille Fenton, Beverly Fisher and 1\Iarion Lew is hold member hip in that.

OMEGA OMEGA Kappa Delta P i, national honora ry educational fraternity at San D iego State College claims tvvo Alpha Sigs, Margaret Corbett and l\Ii lclred Swint. In the competition for the campus sorority scholarship cup we ranked third last fall. Needless to say, we are working hard to capture it this Spi·ing under the guidance of our " brainy bowers" ::\I ilclred and Margaret.

Honored Sophomores Cetza, the honorary fraternity for sophomore women who have clone senice for the school also has two Alpha Sigs . Ethel Fried ancll\Iacleline Taylor. They represent the sorority well with their official sweaters.

Ahem, the Biologist Biology and zoology peciali have formed Phi S igma X i, honorary fraternity for the furtherance of biol ogical research. l\Iargaret Harvey is an active member in thi scientific club but refrains from bringing her specimens to sorority meeting .

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Headliners from Alva Lors RooGER , Alva Alumnae Chapter

NEW COLLEGE BUILDING DEDICATED

1Ii story was in the making Friday aftern on, :\Jarch 12, 1937, at .'\ orth western State Teacher. ' ·ol1'ge, Ah·a, ( >klahoma. "Cnde r an overcast sky, thousands of visitors gathered before J e~se Dunn Hall to hear prominent national and state pC'rsonalities take part in the dedication c •remoni es of the two new halls built at an estimated price of half a mill ion dollars.

The cl dication of I lorace :;\.[ann Hall. a m del demonstration chool, and Jesse Dunn I Jail , the latest in college tructurcs, mark cl a hirrh road for ed ucational hi story of the State. Scores of dignitaries spoke brieRy on the importance of the new building add it ion . 1\f r s. H.oo ·evelt, honored gue t of th oll ege for the big day of c r monies, gr eted the huge crowd that mill c1 around th e dedication platform.

In making the actual dedication aclclrc s, tat e · up rintendent, A .

L. rabl e d clarecl, "It is a plea ure to dedicat th new building to the youth of not only northwe. t Oklahoma. but also to all youth erved by thi · institution; to the opportuniti of tho. e who pas through the halls of thi ollege to better equip them eh·e for life . Some haYe aiel we cannot afford to spend so much money {or education; but I ay ''"e cannot afford not to! \ Ye are capa-

ble of proYiding the t; and we are doing thi and \\·e intend to continue thi · policy."'

Friday wa a rrala day £ r A.h·a and ::\ orth we tern . Jt i · not o [ t n a college enjoy the honor of dedicating new buildincr · a fine a Je ·se Dunn and Horace :\Iann hall ·, and it i elclom that uch ceremoni are taged in conjunction with the vi it of an outstanding personality like :\Ir . Franklin D. Roo evelt.

The entire dedication program, CO\'Crincr Thursday thr ugh unday. wa s handled in a ·way that could only CYoke the utmost in admiration from Yi itor . Each part of th e ceremonie eemed to fit and \\·ork more smoothly than one could have thought possibl o[ uch a series of large e\·ent · cov ring talk . in pection of colleo·e plant. luncheon, tea, and adclres es. It \\·as a big job well clone!

MRS . ROOSEVELT FILLED BUSY PROGRAM ON MARCH 12 :\Irs. Franklin D. Roo v It the tall lady with the quiet smile, took part in :\ortlnYe tern's g rand cale dedication program Friday and rraine I ne\\· friend by thou and s.

Three important ad Ire e . e\ era! in formal talk s and numerou confab co\"ered the bu ic t clay he ha ever put in, the Fir t Lady dedar d.

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On the morning of March 12, l\lrs. Roosevelt spoke to a closelypacked audience of two thousand Northwestern students and friends in Wyatt Gym. It was no Pollyanna talk. Bluntly admitting that one-third of the nation is "poorly housed and living in poverty," Mrs .

Roosevelt warned the students to keep their heads up and to attack their problems, not as youth questions alone, but as part of the larger economic and political puzzle besetting the entire United States.

Following appearances at a luncheon served in the new library reading rooms of Jesse Dunn Hall and the dedication services on the campus, Mrs. Roosevelt described to one thousand four hundred district high school seniors in Herod Hall, "A Typical Day in the 路w hite House." Amusing incidents, the rigorous schedule of the Chief Executive and the tremendous responsibility of his office were depicted in an engrossing and often humorous manner.

The third public address of the big day was a stirring appeal for international peace before a capacity crowd in the college auditorium.

Pointing out that peace on a universal scale can come only from constant study and the establishment of understanding between all classes in all nations, the famous visitor asked for a new outlook on debatable ground of patriotism. " \i\ e must get public opinion for peace. F rom the youth to the older people, peace ha become more

prominent in conversations. We must not try for peace by force."

"Force to settle our own difficulties within our nation will lead into the same feeling in regard to other affair s."

Mrs. Roosevelt and her ever-present secretary, Mrs. Scheider, left Alva early Saturday morning. The distinguished visitor is on a twentytwo day lecture tour of the greater southwest. She will make several appearances throughout the State, although no stops call for the extended program that she presented at Northwestern .

SISTERS, WE ARE PROUD OF YOU! '[iss Shockley was a hostess on all occasions during the dedication ceremonies in March. She also served on many planning committees. Her short reminiscences on the program "Forty Years at orthwesteri1" were enjoyed.

Mrs. Clay Fisk (Jennie Vinson) again delighted us with a piano solo on the Thursday evening program of Dedication \iVeek.

Mrs. Jessie N all was a member of the Historical Program Committee and the Dance Committee.

Vivian Chew, Gamma Gamma President-elect, J adeen Leeper, and Ruth Riecker prepared lunch for Mrs. Roosevelt on March 12. Just try to exchange places with these actives!

One might accuse Katherine Lowther, Jadeena Leeper and Nan-

THE PHOENIX cy Beth Galyean of getting too much publicity-but their picture looked o nice! Fifty-two papers in three states carried tories of Alva's Dedication Program and forty-eight papers had photo and stories for four consecutive weeks.

The committee for the reception given on the afternoon of March 12 was composed of pre idents and very active members of women's clubs in the city. Alpha Sigma Alpha alumn~ and patronesses composed one-third of this large group assisting with the Tea. Al o worthy of note, though not in connection with the Dedication Exercises, are the foiiowing news items: Vera Leeper, Gamma Gamma sponsor, was elected to Kappa Kappa Delta Pi as an alumna member.

Mrs. Mary Trueax D'Atley of the University Preparatory Coiiege faculty in Tonkasa assisted in organizing the A lva Chapter of A merican Association of University \!\Tomen on February 21. Mi s Lois Rodgers was elected vice-president a nd international chairman of the local oToup and Miss Minnie Shockley will serve as secretary.

Lois Rodgers, Director of Physical Education for Women at Northwe tern, attended the convention of the Southern Di trict of merican Phy ical Education Association in Houston, Texas, March 17-20. She and four of her majoring student were among the seven hundred delegates from thirteen tates who enjoyed southern hospi-

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tality although the un did not hine and the weet magnolia failed to blo som. In order to compare the work of different I hy ical Educatiou Department . nineteen college camp use were vi ited by the X orthwe tern group. gain we ay. " i ter , we are proud of you": you have been instilled with the pirit of doing thing !

NORTHW ESTERN HOSTESS FOR STATE MEET "Play Day" is fa t becoming the pa sword for co-ed at Korthwe tern this Spring. The college i to be hostess to the Kinth College Play Day for a dozen klaboma colleae on Ap ril 9 and 10.

Preparation for this big occa ion has required the cooperation of townspeople, faculty member , and student groups. To the call "Rally Sisters!"; came the reply, "Loi , here are two beds." fter room accommodation " 路ere arranged it wa noticed that practically each A:::SA home in town ha been opened to these college guest for Friday evenmg. \Ve are delighted that l\Iis hockley is to be a dinner peaker.

Edna Donley is helping with regi tration and officiating. In the food class are Yivian Chew, Ruth Riecker, and Ja deena Leeper ( all A :SA acti \'es ) to erve del iciou meal to our o路ue ts. It i nice to have si ters \Yho are " 路illina to a sist in different pha e of entertainment. l\Iay it be a glorious day!

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From the East to the West with Alpha Sigs COME ON OVER, SISTER! HELEN

B. BrsHOP, Pillsburgh Alumua.' Chapter

really is something to be active Alumnc:e Chapter! How ea ) ! uclclenly J ittsburgh became not o said for the "Everlasting Joy of being an Alpha Sig"! Suddenly, far away and surely not so barrenin November of last year, I learned for clicln t I have a sister livino· that my husband "·ould be trans- · there? And there would be more ferred at once from our home in sisters through the medium of Philadelphia to Pittsburgh! Christ- the chapter meetings. Therefore, mas coming and we were going to through that sisterhood, I could moYe to ome terrible place "·here never any longer feel that I was I "oulcl be forever miserable be- leaving home for some unfriendly, cau e I knew absolutely no one indifferent and foreign land! there!

Now I'm in Pittsburgh. I've been Just before leaving Philly I would here long enough to attend the have time to ay "hello" to all of Alumnc:e Chapter's mo t recent the Kappa Kappa alumnc:e who were meeting and to meet all the girls returning for our annual Reunion present at that time. I had such a Banquet at the orority house on happy day! Ruth l\Iiller enterTemple's campus. A.t the same time tained the group at her home with I would be bidding goodbye to all a delightful luncheon followed by the girls and I felt I was aymg the meeting and then bridge-very goodbye to life itself, for I could "chatty" with prizes and everything think of nothing but months of grey nice. . ncl the next meeting will be colclne s and isolation. Pittsburgh very shortly, so I'm looking forward loomed on the horizon of my mind to another grand afternoon and to as the most desolate spot 0\1 earth. knowing more Alpha Sigs!

But,-ancl that is such a happy So, that little, jeweled pin placed conjunction,-I'm an Alpha ig and over my heart almost ten years ago there are Alpha Sigs in Pitt burgh! i con tantly doing its bit to as nre .-\t that very Kappa Kappa banquet me that I belong to a large, happy, June mith heard I wa going to live friendly family and that wherever in Pitt burgh o cia heel me over to there i someone else privileged to a table to meet Mary l\Iauntell \\·ho wear that insignia, I need not ever i Pre iclent of the Pitt burgh's very again be afraid of being alone .

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SUNDAY DINNER IN AN AMANA KITCHENHOUSE Fu:: REx "E HARLEY,

Des .1/oillcs Aluunuc Chapter

(.\"oil': ,·Is a 1l'riter, Florc11ce Harle_\' has attai11ed quite a11 o11101111 t of rccoyllil'ou will [i11d her articles i11 'l!arious maga:::iucs of today, so111ctilllcs 1111dcr her ow1~ no111c a11d so 111 cti111es 1111der the 110111e of Roberta Earle Tl"i11dsor . .\"at lo11y ayo she was hollarccl by being elected to the Pem •o 111e11 of A111erica11. She is a11 acti1·e 11:C111bcr of Grace ;llethodist Church, th e A 111erica11 Associatio11 of Clli?•crsih· l/"o111e11 aud also of a local proup of u•riters.) · tiall.

crisp, bronze red and gold June, 1932. hange haYe been takautumn unday morning we ino- place quietly a new and modern drove to mana. Seventy miles an and worldly way have 1 een hour in a late model treamline car adopted; but r Yerence for the imv r a ribbon of mooth paved high- ple rel ig ion of mana, the colony of way to reach thi place, the very true in pi ration. still preva il atmosph re of whi ch made u s con- although the church i now eparate scious that here it was Sunday in from the tack cooperat ive. the true meanin g of th e word. It The kitch enhouse. our de tination . was quiet, peaceful and re tfully re- is in the modern sen e a publ ic eatfres hing. T here were no children ing place. Ho \\·eyer. forme rl y, there playing out-of-doors, no men com- were kitchen house in each neio-hing in from golf, no radios perturb- borhood \\·here the re iclent of that ing the atmosphere. And yet this vicinity had their mea l togeth er. stilln e was not clepre. sing. O nly Sometime there were a many as the gasoline filling station and the forty person s takino· their meal at kitchenhou . e, influenced by the a ingle kitchenhou e. :'\ow, f "world '' were open to serve us and course, each fami ly ha it own thes attendants seemed to move kitch en and not only take the rein quiet dignity in keepi ng with sponsibility of preparing it O\\·n th e clay. meals but has the added worri es of mana, a yo u may know, i the paying the butcher. the baker and ociety whi ch owns 26,000 acres of th e grocer. land and sev n villages in ea t-cen\t\ e drove our car into a nar row tra l Iowa. For ninety yea rs the way between hYO unpainted houses A mana people successf ully practiced and parked in the doo r-yard. communi m here and then when the plain sign with merely the word outside world o·ot itself all in a dither "kitchenhouse" and an arrow po intover such matters, they voted unani- ing the direction wa the only admou ly among their fifteen hundred vertising. \\'e went clown a flight member to change over into a of steps in a screened encl o ure and capitalistic stock cooperative. ncler opened the door on the fa r end of the superviSIOn of a busine s a cement-floored hallway whi ch led manager hired from the out ide, u into the dining room. It wa thi reg11ne has been in effect since a plain room with wall and ceiling

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painted a light blue. Red checked curtains hung at the short windows, for we were in the basement level.

Long, plain ''"ooden tables and benche painted this same blue, an old fashioned wood stove, two or three wooden rockers, shelves with old fashioned pottery, and a coffee mill and a dish cupboard across one corner were the furnishings of the room. One waitress took care of the needs of the room which " 路as nearly filled with Sunday dinner guests. Her shoes made a friendly sound as she moved across the scrupulously clean, u n p a i n t e d wooden floor.

First she brought us Amana cucumber pickles, a plate heaped high with slices of Amana bread which is baked on a hearth, and butter.

No cloth was spread on the bare blue boards of the table. Then meat

orders came in, each served in a deep bowl with a spoon. Imagine working on a steak with a spovn !

A large bowl of Amana fried pctatoes and another of sweet creamed peas completed that part of the meal.

The dessert was fresh apple pic, almost spiceless, and the top crust lightly covered with powdered sugar. Almost with groans, we got up from those backless benches, signed our names in the gue ts' register and then went out into the sunshine of a lovely fall afternoon.

Our every meeting with Amana people has increased our respect and our regard for a people who after so many years of successful communism could change to a capitalistic system and yet lose none of those fine qualities which characterized Amana, the colony of true inspiration.

ZELDA SWANSON ENJOYES SCHOOL IN HONOLULU MILDRED SwiNT,

~IAGINE

being a student at a school

I where each classroom is a separate bungalow, open to the air and the sunshine on one whole side and surrounded by a lawn and a garden; or picture reciting your lessons on the campus during balmy weather.

Such was the lot of Zelda Swanson, our most widely traveled member in Omega Omega chapter, when, at the age of eight, she attended the English Speaking School in Honolulu . Small wonder that, of the twenty or more schools where she has studied, Zelda most enjoyed the

Omega Om ega

one in Hawaii. It must have been the magical beauty of the islands which inspired her to become the clever artist that she is today.

Zelda has lived also in Maryland and in the State of Washington.

She is now enjoying California sunshine at San Diego State College.

Her foreign travels include (besides Hawaii): Victoria, Vancouver, and the area in Canada north of the Great Lakes, and the northern part of Mexico. Of all her journeying she liked Hawaii the best, and hopes some day to return.

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THE THRILL OF BEING A FIR EMAN'S WIFE ]o

Greeley Afwmur Chapter

EPHIXE SA:>:OERS,

every mall boy thinks the to1 of ambition is to be a fireman and th e top in thrills to be able to ride on the fire engine. Perhaps many of their mall i ter agree.

I had never gi\'en it a great deal of thought until one morning early Ia t 1 rovember when my hu band was tmu uall y late in coming home. \\ hen he arrived he told me that during the 1 receding night they had been called out to fight a fire in a tran sportation truck. One of the gasoline tank had exploded, burning one of their men and erious injuring another. Thi terrible tragedy had a profound effect on the emotion of not only the men but al o on the emotion and inmost thoughts of their wives.

There was a time when I heard the wail of the siren I'd think, "\iVell, there they go." Kow when I hear that mournful ound, my heart turn a complete ommersault and then almost stops as I clash to

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the door to ee if I can tell in which direction they are peeding. Then all m) ear are li tening for the engines to return. If they are out a long time, I hurry to the telephone to learn if e\'eryone i all right.

The wor t part i waiting for my husband to return home in the mornmg. If he is a few minute late I can imagine all sorts of thing . 1ways I remember that one morning he \\"as late-and there is an everpre ent fear that tragedy will strik~ again. nd, yet, when tho e big red trucks come clo e enough for me to ee them, everything seem to change. As they race madly along the street, bells clanging and sirens screaming, I see my h u band standing so confidently on the back platform, red helmet a little awry. And suddenly I realize there is a thrill in being a fireman's wife.

Perhaps the small boys are right.

AN ASTRONOMICAL JAUNT KATHERINE H uNS ICKER,

Los A 路11geles Af11mna! Chapter

time ago I vi ited Metro.

Goldwyn-Mayer tudio and saw some of the sets for their coming productions.

Here can be found almost any location one could imagine-from modern penthouse drawing room to small huts in a jungle with its accompanymg nvers, trees and

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mountains-all man made.

I saw the jungle where the Tarzan pictures are made. Everything including cocoanut palms, banana tree and many rare tropical plant not found any place el e in thi country are here. It all seemed o real that when I heard a deep roar I vvas startled but not surpri eel!

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There on the other ide of a movie mountain was a complete setup of a circus with its hot-dog stand. , game of skill, conces ions and animals. O n one of the sets was a large wooden box. The only opening was a small round hole in the padlocked door. One sound man became curious, as were the rest of us, to see what was in it. He peered in the opening and found a chimpanzee on the inside.

K ext we visited several stages which have many sets for the Broadway Melody of 1937 . One set was of a tenement district with its fire-escapes, clothes lines and board fences. There were gardens of flowers and cabbages in the small enclosures back of the tenement buildings. On another set we saw hundreds of miniature trucks and cars which will be used as a novelty number. This is on the highest movie stage in the world and the men operating the light receive their instructions through a loud-speaking system.

There were ome retakes on the latest Marx Brothers picture, "A Day at the Races." Much to my surprise the dumb brother was talking to members of the cast. If you see the picture be sure to look for the strange passenger of the ambulance and 路watch the bystanders scatter when it begin to rock back and forth.

Production on "Madame vValewka" with Greta Garbo has been held up everal times becau e of the

tar's recent illnes . The et for thi picture are yery large and give an impre ion of magnificence and grandeur. This story, you know, i. about the famous Poli h mi tres 01 ::-\ apoleon I. One cene that I remember particularly '"as of a village partly buried in movie snow which looks like salt and smells like moth balls! For falling snow they u e finely ground feathers or a form of bleached cornflakes (o ur ordinary breakfast food).

"Parnell," the picture based on the life of the Irish tatesman is almost completed. Some of the players are Clark Gable, Myrna Loy, Edna May O liver and Billie Burke. \\'e saw them taking a breakfast scene, with the players partaking of good old American bacon , eggs and toast. An interesting eli cus ion arose over the use of bananas in a bowl of fruit on the table; whether they would be available at that date. \\'e were unable to remain until they reached a decision.

After leaving the Parnell set we came upon a street scene with buildings partly demolished. It is being used in a new war picture temporarily titled "They Gave Him a Gun" and has as its director Van Dyke, the director of "San Francisco."

By the time you are reading this all of these pictures may have been released and some of them you may have seen. Although I haven't told you much, I thought perhaps you might like to hear a little of what goe on in "reel life."

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Council Column a Sig' D puhliyoucatikno''"n - arethatnotA lphlimited to ID

the PnoE ;'\JX, the "~legis, A . . .·l."s " fill ies ( ''on\'cntion paper ) . our I [anclhook and other w ith which we all ar more or le s familiar?

II a\'e you ever een a copy of Ticker Tape Dope or Chaplai11 Chatter edit cl monthly by our Xational Treasurer and Xatio nal haplain respecti\'ely?

1 Jews co nta ined therein i compiled fro m material sent by the allege Chapter Treasurers and Chaplains to their corre paneling Xational Officer. lolly ch los er' edition i a h\·ocolumn affair carrying the out tanding financial new , with each new item very approp ri ately sepa rated with the " oat of rms" of her office- The Dollar ign-$ !

Lo ui se tewart's mimeographed heets are divided into three section , the first of which contains so me appropriate m essage of intere. t to hapter Chaplains. The second section 1 entitled "Dull etin Board " and carries important announcement having to do ,,·ith ha1 lain r epo rts. paraphernalia, Dook of Devotions, etc. The section entitl ed " :\mong O ur eh·es" tells of the philanthropic activitie of our various chapter, personal new of chapter chaplains and ome of the more impo rtant chapter events.

The following are a few excerpts from th ese ''inter-offici al" man u-

cript : The e,·en ..\~...\ cha1 t r in Penn ylvan ia ha,·e contributed 70 to the Fell ow hip Loan Fund thi · yea r.

A lpha Gamma ha a izeable a\'ing accoun t and P i P i ha a building fund. " hen ring , bracelet and oth r noYelty je"·elry are ordered from Balfou r the National rganization r eceives a 20 per cent royalty.

Patroni ze our official jeweler.

The A uditor of tudent Organization Account of ::\Iiami Uni\'er_,ity send A lph a _ I] ha financial report to the .National T reasurer each month. ::\Jarvella chridd of Tau Tau completes her third succe sful year as treasurer of her chapter.

Xi X i get finan cial advice in person from AlA's former ational F inance Chairman, ::\Iiss E li zabeth mall.

F rom Fa rm ville come an interestin rr program of the Sophomore presentation " ::\1other Goo e Goes to Town," under the direction of A lpha's chaplain, Pattie Round . In add iti on to Pattie, four other 1pha's were part of the production which wa said by one of the critic to be the best ever g iven on the campu . ince the building hou ing th e oro ntt e \\·a torn down, l\Iinnie ::\Ierle F land ers, Psi P i. ha join d the ranks of tho e of u who must carry paraphernalia in uitca e and '' what haYe you" to the place of

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servtce. Minnie Merle had her first journey in the rain and certainly we all know exactly how extensive the paraphernalia must have seemed to her! But we know it was a very lovely service just the same.

F o r additional philanthropic work, Tau Tau has arranged for two girls to give an hour or two a week teaching and entertaining the crippled children at the hospital.

HH pledged twenty girls. This

is the greatest number pledged by any group on the Pitt burg campu .

A "W. P. A." party was KK's way of getting a splendid group of pledges. Everyone came dressed appropriately and "\\ e had plenty of shovels standing around for atmosphere," writes Iva Hellman.

An "After the Flood" party was given to Rho Rho by the Huntington alumnce. It sounds interesting, doesn't it?

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of you who still have years ahead, there is offered the challenge to build yet more gloriously for Alpha Sigma Alpha and your college in the same environment,. regardless of the office you fill. To those who will no longer be college Alpha Sigmas, may I say that your Alpha Sigma Alpha days are not over, they are merely beginning. From being an Alpha Sigma at N u N u or Pi Pi or Beta Beta, you are graduating into a group of girls who were initiated at Nu Nu and Pi Pi and Beta Beta. 路with a Mis ouri address, you may find yourself working diligently with a girl from Virginia on some alumnce project, or, though you acquired your pin in Ohio, the instructor in the classroom next you may have been bid in Indiana. There are THOSE

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dozens of opportunities to serve the sorority as an alumna, and there are equal opportunities for you to form fine friendships with other alumnce regardless of college affiliation.

Further, there is that real opportunity to be of service by utilizing the procedures and the ideals gained in sorority life. Community organizations need women who know how to do the things we try to do in our sorority and to be the type of women we strive to be. Someone has said that Charity is really share-ity.

Perhaps, as we take our places in the world, if we shan the talent~ and the things we have acquired by being college women, we shall in truth be pursuing Alpha Sigma Alpha's ideal of Charity, the "love the vVise Men ought."

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Books For Those Who Would Be Well Informed THE INFLUENCE OF WOMEN AND ITS CURE BY ]OH N ERSKI N E

is a clever treatise on the woman plays in modern civilization as seen by a man . One does not choose to quarrel with his view for there are so many thoughtprovoking statements.

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In discussing marriage he says, "The dynamite in marriage is manufactured from the egotism of men and the possessiveness of women."

One ponders with him as he muses, "I often wonder why, in the

war of classes, men quarrel o much over money and o little over lei ure.

Money is power, of cour e, but leisure gives you the chance to mold the direction in which money and power will be used. If you wi h to steer human destiny you should first ask for free time . . . . To control even yourself you mu t pause, at least for a while, and join the idle on the idelines. In life it i the audience, to a surpri ing degree, who make the rules for the show. "

THE INFLUENCE OF MAN -INCURABLE

BY EUDORA

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only is this readable book a witty answer to Professor Erskine, but also a factual presentation. In a delightful manner she responds to the issues, chapter by chapter, with details gleaned from

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research, experience, and understanding.

These two books will make ideal twins for you in the reading nook some week-end soon.

L o r s R o DGERS,

A lva A lumu a: Chapter.

AUDUBON

BY C oNSTANCE Ro u RK E

dark arches of deep virgin fore ts, the flooded Mississippi, the swamps of Florida, the quietmoving Susquehanna, the Ohio and the Perkiomen form the background against which Constance Rourke draws her word picture of the life of John James Audubon.

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In 1 03 Laptain .-\udubon sent John J a me to :\merica; whether for political rea on or in order to look after his many bu iness interest i not definitely known.

Going to Mill Grove, Penn ylYania, where he liYed with a Quaker family, John James proved to be good company, handsome, gay and fond of his fine clothes. Every spare minute was spent in the woods sketching and painting birds, which at that time were o plentiful in young merica. At the age of twenty-three he married Lucy Bakewell and they immediately set out clown the Ohio for Louisville, where Audubon went into the traclino路 business. When occasion arose necesitating trips into the wolderne s, _ uclubon went himself rather than hi partner, for it gave him an opportunity to find new species of birds to be painted for his ever growing collection.

Married life was a continual strugale again t poverty. for Audubon often neglected hi bu iness for his painting. For a time he tried to put hi hand at painting portrait and teaching art. Lucy, who deserves a volume to herself, a i ted him by securing a position a governess.

Finally Audubon left America and went to England where after another long struggle his "Bird of America" was published in 1838.

For thirteen years following this publication he lived quietly in merica with Lucy and his grandchildren, painting and drawing until his sight failed.

The book i illustrated with twelve colored plates of Audubon's bird paintings which, while not up the original paintings, have a rare beauty. The book is a worthwhile contribution. ]ULIA MATTHEWS STIJ\ISON ,

Denver A!uJ/llla! C/w.ptcr.

GONE WITH THE WIND

BY MARGARET MITCHELL

HO hasn 't read or been impatient to read "The Great /\merican Novel"?

1\Iy first di appointment came before I had read the first one hundred fifty pages; Scarlett married Charlie and not Rhett Butler. However, after another chapter or two, my intere t rose and I could hardly wait to learn how long it would be until Rhett married carlett.

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One cannot help but admire carlett for her bravery-from the time she tayed with Ielanie while she waited for her baby to the end of the book when Rhett left her and

THE PHOE . he was forced to begin another new period of life alone . However, to me it seemed that clinging to her youthful dr ams of happines with .\shley \Vilkes was an incon sistent note. urely three marriages, a thriving lumber busine s, plenty of social life and three children would fill most women' lives, o that childish dreams "路ould at lea t be pushed far into the background. Dut then, Searl tt was an unu sual woman ! She never once lo e sight

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of her inborn de -ire to keep Tara. her father' plantation, and tru to her nature turn to the arth for healing '"hen he belieYe her. elf too deeply hurt to ever r coYer. ' 'Gone \\ ith the \\'ind" i fa cinating and ea y to reacl. The \\'Ord fairly race in an effort to tell an intere ting yarn in 1037 paae . Dut rrive me "Anthony Ad,er e" 路 it much more beautifully written.

LILUAX ]A OB OX,

Des Jl!oi11es

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BOOK ENDS intriguing book is "Canary" by Gu tav Eckstein. As a report of a numerou tribe of canarie that have had free run of hi s laboratories it is filled with intere ting and keen observations of these birds seen as individuals and not mere pretty songsters.

The observations are written in an enchantingly new and fresh style; on which will please many classes of readers. Eckstein has revealed him self as a poet, in the fanciful manner he treats h is subjects, as well as one of \merica's foremost sci ntists.

"Lo t Horizons" by James Hilton carrie us to a delightful lamasery hirrh in that ancient land of Tibet. arried away by a great flight of imagination we lo e the world of reality; we dream and philosophize with tho e most wise and graciou centennarians who inhabit the lamacry; and return vvith a shock to

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the world of today. In fancy ,,路e are led to earch for thi my tic place and end our days in peaceful olitude. book valuable for it common ense lesson in human relationship and fascinating for it wealth of anecdotes and experiences i Dale Carnegie's "How to Vlin Friends and Influence People." The author says of his book that it wasn't written in the u ual ense of the \\路o rd but grew and developed out of the experiences of thou ands of adults in his cla ses. Since, during the past twenty-four years, he has trained more than fifteen thousand men in public speaking and in the technique of handling people, Mr. Carneaie i well able to write uch 1::> a book. He handle hi ubj ect upe rbly and hi book should erve as a text for many people.

LoursE BAIRD. Hays

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LIVE ALONE AND LIKE IT

BY MARJORIE HILLIS

highly entertaining dissertation on the noble art of catching a husband should have been, and could have more aptly been entitled, "Live Alone and Bear It Until an U nwary Male Steps Into the Net." However, it is short and fairly

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snappy, and as good a way a any to pass an idle two hour . Note: Girls, it do<:;s contain some worthwhile hints-I particularly enjoyed one on how to impress a former snobbish acquaintance, by entertaining in bed!

THE VEILED EMPRESS

BY BENJAMEN MoRTON

first part of this book deals with colorful Martinique, the birthplace of the veiled empress, and sketches the costumes and customs with such vigorously bold splashes of crimson, purple and amber as to make the most unseamanly amongst us wish to go and view it for ourselves.

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The latter portion is a good presentation of a not-much-bruited angle of the apoleonic defeat at Waterloo, in which the veiled empress and her son played a most important and practically unknown part, involving several kingdoms. Readable and informative.

OLD BUDDHA

BY PRINCESS DER LING

book is a marvelous tale.

The author, Princess Der Ling wa for three years the favorite companion of the great Manchu Empress, Tzu-hsi. From her memories of the years in court, she has written a very romantic biography of the Empre s. It is written half in the tyle of an old Chinese fairy tale and half like a Hollywood scenano .

Princes Der Ling writes with ease and has a thorough command

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of the English language. The story is filled with thrills and has plenty of heart interest. The facts of the book a re strictly the truth, but it is elaborated to make it a readable narrative.

I would recommend this book to all those who desire to know omething of Chinese history but do not care to read text book histories. The story is intensely intere ting from the first to the last word.

DoROTHY LINDEN,

Xi Xi.

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COME AND GET IT

BY EoN A FERBER

"Come and Get It," Edna Ferber has presented a vivid description of th early lumber industry and life in a logging camp. She has shown how a man, Barney Gla gow, through ambition and ability made him elf a "lumber king." Though money gave him po session of all the luxuries an ea y life can de ire, his early life had so embedded in his character the liking of the rugged life, that he often longed to go back to it. He longed to get away from conventions of society in which hi wife desired to gain a high position. His on responded to his mother's teaching and gained an interest in the society life and paid heed to the new fashions of the day in the indu try. His daughter received more of the rebellious spirit against society and conventions.

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a re ult of one of hi return to the logging camp he met and fell in love with a girl he met there.

He brought her and her family to the city where he lived under the pretence of aiding her father, an old lumberjack.

Barney's son fell in love with the girl also. They quarreled and as a result Bernie, the son did not go on the next yachting trip with the family. The yacht blew up. nly Bernie was left. He married the girl and took over the lumber mills. They continued successfully. The family , chiefly the wife, became well known in society of both America and London. In 1928 much of their wealth was lost in the era h and they found themselves just where they began with the lumber mills and logging camps.

RoBERTA BLA CKWOOD,

Zeta Zeta.

THE NINE OLD MEN

BY DREw PEARSON AND RoBERT ALLEN

"Washington Merry- Go-

T 'Roundists" present to us the SuHE

preme Court, in anything but glowing hue . A fairly clever bit of sati re, directed at an apparently none-too-innocent object, with the interest of their bread and butter in mind. Iconocla ts Pearson and

Allen, on a par with other pede talyanke rs do their bit to unveil to the American public the nine old men of the Supreme Court, in all of their senility, in a manner which might not quite accompli h what they et out to do. \ hat price propaganda?

Lo u rsE EwVALT,

Ca m111a Cam111a.

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FOLLOW-UPS vVho are you r favo r ite among the contempora ry authors. and what arc their latest offe rings? Their newe t books are not necessarily their best, but if you want to judge fo r you rself, here is a brief li t of new things done by old friends.

Author

Earlier W orks

B. St reeter A ldrich

Lantern in H er Hand

\ -era B rittain Pearl Buck

J oseph C. Lincoln R. C. Sheriff Hug h Walpole P. G. Wodehouse P. C. Wren

Testament of Youth The God Earth The Exile ( H er Mother's Life) Mary P eters Jalna Finch's Fortune Mag nificent Obsession Green Light Good-bye M r. Chips Lost H orizon Oil for the Lamps of China P oint Counted P oint J oanna Godden Years A re So Long If I Have Four Apples Cap'n Eri J ourney's End The Cathedral J eeves Beau Geste

F. Yeats-Brown

Lives of a Bengal Lancer

Mary E ll en Chase Mazo DeLaRoche Lloyd Douglas J ames Hilton Al ice T. H obart A ldous Huxley Sheila Kaye-Smith J osephine Lawrence

Did you read James Harvey Robinson's " Mind in the :Making"?

E nthusiastic things are being said about hi s new one, " The Human Comedy."

If you've read "Live Alone and Like It" and \ Vake U p and Live," you will be curious to ee the one that combines their titles,-"\1\Take Up A lone and Like It" - author anonymous - title the cleve rest thing about it.

N ewest

Man \Vho Caught the Weather ( hort Stories) Honourable Estate Fighting Angel ( Her Father's Life) Thi England \i\Thiteoak Harves t White Banners We A re Not Alone (To be pub. in March) Yang and Yin Eyeless in Gaza R ose Deeprose Sound of Running Great-Aunt Lavinia Greengates Prayer for My Son Laughing Gas Th e Spur of Pride ( India) Lancer at Large

The biggest bargain in poetry, 1t you are a Dorothy Parker devotee, is her "Not so Deep as a \"!ell." It combines her prevwus volumes, " Death and Taxes," "Sunset Gun s," and "Enough Rope," along with several additional poems of hers, and the total price for all thi s feast $2.50, from the \ iking Press.

VERA CA?\IPBELL,

Denver A lrmmce Chapter.

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Ideas That Have Clicked To the end that the PHOENIX may be of some assislauce to alullllla' chaf'l<'rs cOizfrollled w ith P1'0blems having to do with organi::aliou set-up, uo·ucl eulcrlai11111 c11 t, program or pm-ty features, and 11tane)•-mal?iug suggestions, we arc iulroduciug i 11 t/11 s issue a ucw section bearing the above captiou. Whereas it ems appearing ;, this issu,· cousist maiuly of excerpts from aJumua' material which has con1e to our alte 11 tio 11 it is our aim to ha?.te subsequeut issues carr)/ oue or two detailed z •rile-ups 011 idea; which ha? •e proven successful when tried by oue of our alum1la' groups.

Contact's the Thing! .\ number of our alumn<e chapter adopt a tentative program for meetings at the beginning of each year and mail a copy of thi s to their entire membership with a reque t that the member designate whether or not she de ires to have her name continued on the mailing li st. Respon e to this letter serves a b,·ofo ld purpose. It eliminates unnecessary mailing expense, except for the more " pecial occasion ."

Naturall y if a member indicates she wishes to receive other notices, because of the expense involved, it can be assumed he will pay her dues to parti al ly cover this amount.

Along with the program copy, man y of the chapter mail a letter.

Perhaps it i the clever opening parag raph ·which has been re pan ible fo r the splendid attendance at the meetings of the Boston A lums. \ Ve quote: "One of our a lumn<e sister conceived the brilliant idea that a Jetter should be sent to each and every one of you-to tell you what a remarkable oro rity alumn<e we are.

S ince time and space and eloquence vvill not permit further description ,

why not plan to join us and ee what you've been mis ing ?"

How to Make It-How to Spend It Pittsburgh Alumn<e Chapter tell. us how"Since our active roll ha increased considerably due to per onal contacts we have about five girl on each committee. The gi rl eemed to concur with the suggestion made that each committee tand the expense of her own party-and with a charge of fifty cents to each member who attends the meeti ng our t rea ury beings to gro\\ ! " \ i\ e have, for the past two year , sent a $5 award for the most worthy Alpha Sig in each of three college ; namely, Indiana Teachers Coll ege.

Drexel Institute and Temple U niver ity. Vve hope to continue thi s in the years to come.

"Conventions may be held in almost any part of the Un ited State .

As we are the first A. E. . orority to pay part expen e ( hotel bill ) of alumn<e delegates, it behoove our chapter to do it part and cantril ute toward the transporation of our delegate. o we have decided to e tabli sh a Convention F und. Part

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of the proceeds from our regular meetings will be placed in that fund . \Ve hope to build an adequate fund for the delegate who attends the 1938 convention!"

Philadelphia Alums Suggest

For those who "like to be surprised, - a covered dish supper.

Nobody knows what is being brought and strange to say it usually turns out to be a balanced meal. o expense attached to the party and guarantees a record turn-out.

At least, we have found it to be so."

For those out of touch with college chapters- "Date Books. These booklets were mailed by Drexel College Chapter to its alumnce, giving time of business meetings, ntsh parties and alumnce events. Result: some alumnce present for almost all occasions. Perhaps one of the other alumnce groups might wish to ask nearby college chapters to try this scheme."

Pennies Fron'l. Heaven- For Boston Alumnre Chapter "The Annual Penny Sale-Come Prepared!" 'N uff said for the members of Boston Alumnce Chapter.

They come in swarms-for it it means fun aplenty! They come sounding like tinkling bells-but in reality they're jingling pennies.

They come bedecked with packages, big ones and little ones, wrapped to deceive the most discerning eyebut containing only some knick-

knack. But come they do-from far and near-for once having heard and seen the auctioneer, Florence Haley, in action, never do they pass up such a chance for enjoyment! Try it some time-it's guaranteed to liven up any meeting day. And-ten dollars and twenty cents was made this year, which money is used for some worthy cause.

Get Acquainted Denver's first party of the year took the form of travelogues-From a Breezy Point Convention report to all points of the compass (by those who had been there during the past summer) including North, South, East, West and Northwest, the Orient, Alaska and the Southwest-ending in a roll call introduction and reports by all other members. If graduation has bestowed upon you new members from various college chaptersthere's no better way to get to know them. Try this Get Acquainted Party!

Worthy of Note The letter mailed by our Los Angeles group at the beginning of the year contains an appeal for membership and sets forth the objects of their chapter. Parts are reproduced here.

"The officers of Los Angeles Alumnce Chapter of Alpha Sigma Alpha are happy to extend to you greetings and best wishes for a new year. v\ e take great pleasure in

THE PHOENIX bringing to you the opportunity to reaffirm your belief in your orority and invite you to become members that you may enjoy the benefits, inspiration and fellowship that only Alpha Sigma Alpha can give.

"Whether you graduated twelve years or twelve weeks ago, from the east, midwest or Pacific Coast, you will find old friends and enjoy making new acquaintances. Don't feel obsolete or lost since out of college.

In our A~A alumnce chapter you will find a continuation of that college spirit of sisterhood. You need A~ A and A~A needs you. If you will just allow yourself to remini ce for even a short time we feel sure you will become homesick for the sight of an Alpha Sig and long to sing some good old A~A songs."

"The object of this chapter is four-fold: 1. To foster a spirit of fellowship among the alumnce members living in and near Los Angeles.

2. To promote a feeling of good will and cooperation between the college chapter Xi Xi at U. C. L. and the alumnce chapter.

3. To keep in touch with the proceedings of the National Council by means of correspondence, publications, conventions and inspectional visits.

4. To always keep the ideals and purpo es of Alpha Sigma Alpha ever before our organization by means of special celebrations and programs."

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i to be filled in and r turned t th ecretary: "Reaffirmin<Y my belief in A you can count on me a an ( activ inactive) member thi ear.

"I hall (be ready, not be ready to pay my due of 1 to the trea urer at the fir t meeting.

"Plea e (send, do not end me notice thi year.

"I shall (endeavor, not be able) to attend all meeting ."

Another Idea From Boston Ever hear of an alumnce chapter sponsoring a Baby how? That' what we find scheduled for Bo ton lumnce' May meeting. But wh y not?

Surely we "old married folk " can share the limelight '' ith our younger i ter who, particularl y at this time of the year, are "flashing olitaries."

What Shall We Study?

Rita Selvey, Pre ident of the De l\Ioines Alumnce Chapter for the past two years, ha many interest out ide her home and Alpha Sigma Alpha, and still find time to keep up with the affairs of the day in her reading. he ha been a very enthu ia tic supporter of the peace program this year-perhap an excellent rea on being that he ha a young son of her own. In the following article he give a re ume of the Des Moines hapter' pro<Yram of the year.

The Des Moine â&#x20AC;˘ lumme hapter has been pending the year ac-

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quainting it elf with the intricate problems of "International Relations." WHY?

Because-

v.,r e

have hospitals filled with maimed.

We have remnants of broken homes.

V.fe have thousands of women who are giving and serving the world otherwise who might be building and uplifting homes and at the same time satisfying a natural urge within each heart. 'vVe have a spi rit abroad which is the result of a previous passion to fight. vVe have dictatorships in many principal countries . vVe have extreme taxes caused by huge war debts.

V.fe have unkept treaties by the hundreds .

Vve have unfulfilled debt promises.

We have a Nation of over-production clue to unnatural growth on account of enlarged demands during war times .

And yet we deeply believe that Above all nati ons is humanity.

Above all political parties is a nation of human need.

Above all political ambition is an innate desire which needs stimulation for service to the common encl.

Our topics have varied and have included the following : I solation and Neutrality.

Cooperation or Chaos .

The United States and Latin America.

Testinc:r of the Peace Machinery in the Pacific Area.

Disarmament and P eacef ul Change.

A Changi ng Covenant.

The U nited States and the League.

ome of the new book read and reviewed by various members are "Peace with Honour," "On the Rim of the Abyss," " World Prosperity." â&#x20AC;˘ n older book reviewed by the writer was "Law or War" by Lucia Ame Mead, who has been a delegate to many European Congresses before and after the great conflagration. She has conferred with international leaders and workers in many countries and has lectured throughout America. I hope this short quotation from her book will stimulate each PHOEr IX reader to secure her book for meditation.

"War is not a natural calamity like the tornado or the earthquake, but an evil for which man is responsible and which it is man's duty to remove. . . . The framers of our Federal Constitution did not wait for any change of human nature and we do not need to wait for the conversion of the world to Christianity before educators and statesmen of the influential nations banish the stupid effort to settle questions of justice by explosives."

O n the night of April 6 we will listen to a radio program on peace.

The speakers are to be Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt, Admiral Byrd and Harry Emerson Fosdick. \i\ e commend this year's program

to our sister chapters.

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Things You Might Miss Edna :\ kCullough, ( EE) an acti ve member of the Emporia Alumme Chapter, presided over the Fourth nnual Convention of the ])j trict Physical Education Association at Denver, Colorado, held March 31 to pril 3, 1937. Her presidential address "Rena ence" sounded the keynote of the convention at its opening meeting. Edna i head of the Department of Physical Education for \!V omen at State Teachers' College, Emporia, Kansa and i al o adviser of Epsilon Epsilon chapter on the Emporia State Teachers' campus. :\fis. J\Iariam ·w aggoner, Phi Phi, of Northwestern State Teacher College at Maryville, Missouri. spoke at one of the Section Meetings of the Central D istrict Physical Education Convention. Her subject was "Posture for the Co-eel." .;\riss Waggoner is adviser of Phi l hi Chapter of Alpha Sigma lpha and her home is in Indianapolis, lncliana. l\Iiss Jane Eggleston (Pi Pi) has recently been appointed a sistant re<Yistrar and assistant in research at b Buffalo State Teachers' College to ucceed Mrs. Mayer, resigned . Jane enter tate in January, 1934. and graduated January, 1937. While at tate, Jane worked for two and onehalf years in the office of Dr. Bertzbergh, head of the department of psychology becoming expert in makinotuclies of scholarship, correlab . tions and psychological data. It I

Jane's plan to continue with work toward s a master degree, . pecializing in educational p ychology and te t and measurement .

After fini hing reading of the t.

Patrick' Day partie of the Kent and Buffalo Alumn~ hapt r-to say other than "green \\'ith envy''would not be in harmony \\'ith the color scheme of the occa ion .

Mi s Mary Gayle Reece (TT .

President of the olorado tate League of Hiah School irl ' . thletic . s ociation, gave the adclre .. of welcome at one of the ectional :\Ieetings of the entral Di trict Physical Education onvention.

Mary teach es at Canon ity, oloraclo. :\I iss Katherine trou e ( EE) an active member of Emporia :\lum n~ Chapter wa elected P re ident of the South\\'estern :\Iusic Ed ucator ' Conference at the annual convention in Tulsa, Oklahoma, :\J arch 11-13.

1937.

For their April meeting, Hay Alumna~ Chapter i planning a buffet ·upper, to which they are inviting the patrone sc and faculty sponsors of all the ororitie on campus.

Columbu girl celebrate t. \ ' alentine's Day and ' ay it with hand kerchiefs and \ ' alentine gift ·.·· O ut of the twenty-four organi zations for women on the campti - at Drexel, >Ju N u girls hold thirty officersh ips.

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Welcome!

Alumnae Chapters!

W

E are happy to greet Ypsilanti, Michigan and San Diego, Cali-

fornia, our two new chartered

Alumn~

chapters, and we are proud to add their names to the 'official' roll of

alumn~

groups working in the national

alumn~

organization.

We hope that like the older

Alumn~

chapters, our youngest Chapters will enjoy their associations in the local groups, and that they will derive pleasure from their contacts with the national organization.

To both Alumn~ Chapters we offer best wishes for success in their progressive alumn~ progrems.

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YPSILANTI, MICHIGAN ALUMNAE CHAPTER

Charter Members

Mary R. Max\\"cll , XX Geneva Bond Ri key, I:i\1 Frances Edward Morley, l\Il\1 ileen Fi sher Brown, I I Lyleth Turn er

nderwood, l\Il\1

Mildred Granger 1-I elfrich , Mi\1 Blanch vValters Kres , lVIM H elen Burbank

herman, l\Il\1

Lyleth Turner Underwood Pres ident, Ypsilanti A lumna: Chapter

SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA ALUMNAE CHAPTER

Charter Members

udrey B. Peterson, 1111 Marga ret Self Basinger, 1111 Helen LaZelle, 1111 Geraldine Hoppin Cunni ngham, 1111 A nn E. Powell, 1111 Bess ie Amundson E lliott, 1111 Lucile Zweck, 1111 Doris vVright Cota, 1111 Bernice St. Clair, 1111 Dorothy E. vVright, 1111 Julia Green Stephenson, 1111 Helen T. Stevens, 1111

Cleo T ilton Pres ident, San Diego A lumna: Chapt er

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News Behind the News ORGANIZATION OF YPSILANTI ALUMNAE CHAPTER IIE

organization

of

Ypsilanti

T :\lumme Chapter was a very informal one. A group of girls who had been closely associated in sorority during college were holding a reunion at a cottage at Wamplers' Lake in the Irish H ills. For some time, a number of Alpha Sigs who had graduated, had felt that an alumn;:e chapter would be beneficial, not only to them but also to the College Chapter, which was facing a membership crisi . The girls gathered at the reunion felt that here was a splendid opportunity for starting such an organization. So one afternoon, Miss Musolf, college advi er, and Lyleth Turner, newlyelected chapter president, drove out from Ypsilanti, and without any formalities, an alumn;:e chapter was organized. It was decided to have at least four meetings a year,-one each term of the college calendar and one during the summer. The following officers were elected: Pre ident, Frances Edwards Morley; vice-president, Alice \ an Aken Griswold; secretary, Helen Burbank Sherman; trea urer, Kathryn Hinclelang.

The next year was a very splendid one for the newly-organized alumn;:e group! There \Yas so much enthusia 111 that durina the year everal more than the four scheduled meeting were held. The big event

of the fall season was the chocolate at the sorority house Homecoming week-end.

Over thirty alumn;:e were present. In the winter the alumn;:e assisted the active chapter in their rushing-not financially, of course, as thi would have violated campus rushing rules, but by attending and helping with the work for the ru bing parties. In lVIay the alumn;:e chapter joined the college group in a dinner dance at Charles McKenny Hall. The alumn;:e chapter sponsored the dinner, while the active chapter made all arrangements for the dance. A large number of both groups attended and everyone had a splendid time.

Officers for the next year were elected at our meeting in l\Iarch.

The fo llow ing were chosen: President, Audrey Eckert; vice-president, Alice Van Aken Griswold; secretary, Lyleth Turner Underwood; treasurer, Mildred Granger Helfrich.

The next year went along with much the same spirit as the first and in the Spring another party was held at l\IcKenny Hall-this time, just a dance. ew officers were again chosen at the end of that year.

This time the list was a follows: Pre ident, Lyleth Turner Undervvood; vice-president, Helen Burbank Sherman; secretary. ~1ildred

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Granger Helfrich; treasurer, :.rargaret Gripton.

For some rea on or other in the !;all of 1936, attendance at the meeting and enthusiasm for the chapter dropped considerably. The leaders were alarmed and called a meeting at Ypsilanti in January, 1937, to try to get things going again. The meeting was a decided success! It was apparent that everyone was still interested but had just become careless about attendance at meetings.

Realizing what this was doing not only to our organization but to our college chapter as well as Nation, our girls resolved not only to attend regularly themselve but to bring all the lpha Sigs in their vicinity with them. To give permanence and stability to the organi-

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zation, it wa decid d t p titi n ur :\ational Council for a charter . . \ petition \Yas drawn up and ianed .

This eriou taking t ck of th situation and re olvina to do :omething about it, ha already b rn fruits. Last month at Initiation of the .l\1u :\1u chapter a number of alumnce were pre ent and ,. raJ took part in the ervice. \iVith the tability offered by the fact that the group i now a chartered organization and the know ledge of the con cientious . upport necessary for maintaining the chapter, the girls feel that the ensuing year will see l\1 u l\I u chapter taki noits place with those at the top. Their message to you at this time i. " Ju t watch u . lpha Sigs; we're on our FRAN I MORLEY. way up! "

ORGANIZATION OF SAN DIEGO ALUMNAE CHAP TER HE an Diego Alumnce Chapter of Alpha Sigma Alpha i very happy to make its long deferred debut in the PIIOENIX. The organization of our chapter has been de layed for two reasons. l'ir t, clue to the fact that Omega Omeo·a itself has been in ex i tence only seven years. Therefore, it has been only within the last few years that we have had a strong enough nucleus of graduated member to form an alumnce chapter. Secondly, as we all know , those same few year have been year fraught with difficulties for sororiti es in general.

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However, an active chapter of tvventy members on the campus of San Diego State College surely i deserving of th e prestige and backing of an organized and chartered alumnce group! \Vith this thought in mind we began to bu y ourseh·e . ren ewed our or01·ity intere ts and made preparations for the organ izati n of an alumnce group . Due largely to the ready and willing cooperation of the :\ational Officer , we have found that proce a comparati,·ely simple one. \\"e are proud indeed to be li ted among other A:::SA alumnce group.·

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and are happy to present to our sisterhood our officers for the coming year: President, Cleo Tilton, who has for her vice-president, Mrs. Jack E. Stephenson (Julia Green).

Mrs. Stephenson is one of our youngest alums- a tall, slender, pretty girl, with plenty of ambition for Alpha Sig and many splendid ideas. For secretary we have a charter member, Mrs. Betty Elliott, who teaches part time, has a small son, but still finds time to be a most reliable and efficient secretary. Ann Powell, our treasurer, is a tiny, curly-headed girl with a most unOur u ual sense of humor.

PHOENIX correspondent is Helen Stevens who is also our world traveler. And we are fortunate indeed

to have in our group, and also a our historian, Audrey Peter on.

Just at present we seem to have nothing to talk about but ourselve ; we are so thrilled. However, we hope that in some future number of the PHOE IX we may have some nevv ideas to present. In the meantime we extend most cordial invitation to all visiting Alpha Sigs to make themselves known and vi it with us. We promise to do our part to make their stay in Sunny California more pleasant; everything, that is except to promise that it won't rain.

Last, but not least, greetings to all Alpha Sig chapters from your "Baby Sisters."

CLEO

TILTON.

WE ARE SEVEN AND HOPEFUL Gmce Fultz Haworth, a lo yal A lpha Sig living in Toledo, has been !lind eno ugh to prepa:re for this issue of the PHOENIX C/1 resume of the year's activities of a group of our girls who are iJ~feJ'ested in the welfare of Alpha Signza Alpha. and continue to hope that in the near future they may again secm路e the coveted eight in active membership."

OLEDO Alpha Sigs have found it impossible to maintain the ranking of a chartered alumn;:e chapter for the past two years owing to an activity li st of only seven members.

There are really more alumn;:e girls living in and near the city but many are located elsewhere (teaching ) during the winter months. However those of us who are permanent residents are resolved to keep ou r monthly sorority gatherings

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alive with the hope that in time we may again be enrolled as a chartered chapter.

Our activities so far this year have been of the u ual get-together type. In I ovember we celebrated Founder's Day in the home of Mrs. Merrill Cook (Helen Robinson, AA). It was our first meeting following summer vacations so naturally there were many interesting topics to be discus eel. Vve missed

THE PHOE 1Iargaret Laycock, LL, \\1ho ha been one of our most faithful and intere ted members since the organi zation of our chapter. 1\Iargaret wa marri ed in eptember to l\1r. Paul Hous and is now living in Newark, O hio.

Helen K lag, UU, was hostess for our annual Chri stmas Party and she made an ideal one with her cleve r plan for jolly games and gift exchanges. Everyone voted the evening th e be t ever and we were sorry more girls were not hom e for their Chri stmas vacation so they might enjoy the party with us.

O ur January meeting was with l\Irs. E dwin Carr (Edna F uller, LL ) and all of us enjoyed hearing the seve ral communications from our National V ice-Pre ident read to the merry click of wooden kni tting needles. A Christmas me sage from our National P resident was also greatly appreciated .

February found us gathered in the home of Mrs . James G. Haworth (G race Fultz, DD), with an unu sual Valentine program in the form of beauty demonstrations given by M rs. M . S. \ i\Tilliams of the Donna Lo Studios. The girls apparently enjoyed their "facials" and made careful note of pointer given on "The rt of Getting and Holding a Sweetheart." O ur very nice t Valentine, however, was the membership of 1rs. Roy _-\. \\ esselman (Do rothy Oakes, NN) who recentl y moved to Toledo from Cleveland, O hio. Dorothy's charm-

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ing per onality make her a mo t welcome addition to our mall group.

T he ::-.1arch meetina with Martha Tom, U , howed a marked ( ? improvement in individual beauty as well as a bubbling over in pirits with pring vacation and everal new spring outfit in the making.

There will be two more eYening of fun before we part for the ummer months. In the meantime if any PHOENIX reader houlcl know about Alpha Sigs moving to Toledo please pass the good new along.

SONG Tune: :r..ly Barney Lies Ov r th

Ocean.

I. T he T he The 'Tis

Alpha Sigs Jiye on a corner, house is surround ed by g rass, girl s all possess one " reat vi rtue, what is best know n as "some cla s."

(HORU

A lpha Sigma, T he sorority be t by fa r, by fa r , A lpha S igma, vVe'll say yo u rate high above par.

II. \Ve pend lots of time on our make-up, To be sure that we'll have good looks, But most of the time that is wa ted, By goll y is wasted on books.

(HOR S

III. \Ve love to have date with the fe llows, Provided they've good sen e and uch, \Vhen we say good sense we mean brain cel l Do we care about dollars . .. not much !

CHORt:S

BETTY

FA1."

T, Beta. Bela, Pledge.

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Alumnae Chapters Are YOU affiiliated with an Alumn~ Chapter? If there is not an alumn~ organization in your city. the National Vice-President will be glad to furnish the names of Alpha Sigma Alpha's in that vicinity. From an informal get-together grow the desire for an organized Alumn~ Chapter.

In accordance with the Constitutional requirement an Alumn~ Chapter of eight or more members shall receive a charter. If you are a member of an alumn~ group eligible for a charter grant, A lpha Sigma Alpha is eager to give you official recognition!

ALVA, OKLAHOMA From A lva Alumnce's Correspondent comes the following letter: "My alibi for the lack of a 'permanent fixture News Letter' is as follows: Can feature no work from our A"J..A's as a group because 111-

J antta1'Y- Regular meeting elate changed for Miss Shockley 's line party.

F ebntar'}'- Emogene and \ era had planned a clever Longfellow Party- but- Gamma Gamma's Birthday Celebration and attendance at parties for and by half the town, postponed our adumnce meeting.

M aYch - Ada baked too many cakes to give that Japanese Party and Lois went 2,525 miles in eight clays (in Texas). Besides folks here were rushed to death with concerts, guests and dedication activities.

April- Luella and Lucile have moved up their date for entertain ing because a number of us are busily engaged in preparations for College P lay Day. l\Iis Shockley i to peak at the dinner, Edna our pre ident is a busv member of the committee and I am 'Annk-ee.'

111aJâ&#x20AC;˘- 'vVe have ever y reason to believe Eva and E ula wi ll be able to hold this meeting as per schedule in our year's program. I'm hoping our Alpha Sig sisters " ¡ill en joy the write-ups under "Headliners From Alva" which I am enclosing for the PHOENIX." Lars

RoDGERS.

'vVhat say- ye PHOE IX readers- do we give Lois a vote of thanks for writing us, when she seems to be "head over heels" in doing things? And certainly our isters in this littl e college town are far from idle!

BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS Greetings! I'm still green all over from Kay's party! March 12th saw about tw~nty green-tinted alumnce at Kay Sargent's lovely apartment.

A gay time was had by all. Our business meeting was short and to the point for nonsense was uppermost.

It was good to see Edith Bundquist again after her absence for several months .

1ost delicious refreshment were served-ice cream with shamrocks, cake with thick green fro ting, candies and much else!

THE PHOENIX ( Jur \ pril meeting is t b held in \\'i nchest r on .\pril lOth at th home of 1Tazel 'ran ]one ·.

Whereabouts ;\ 1any of yo u wi ll he inter ted to hear of Jn a l ~a in .'a rre' · ne ,,· address. r fer husband' · new po ilion takes him to , ' ew York ' ity.

1na fo und a fi\'e-room cottage t her liking in Ridgefield Park, ;\. J. The address is 21 I fome stead Place. 1 Jer mov in g i. a loss to Doston .\lumn;:e Cha pter a nd w are hoping she will vi ·it her hom e in Q uincy often nou gh t come to a n occasiona 1 meeti ng. So. attention Theta Theta in (;rcater , :ew York. O ur lo. 1. your gain ! ::\fartha L ea\'itt call ed at the School o f Education the oth er clay a nd reported th at she enj oyed her teachin g posttt on in E dga rtown.

Martha's \ 'ineyard, Jass.

Those of you who recall Ruth Cam ero n will he thrilled to hea r that . he made an Easte r vacation call on the Sch ol of Ed uca tion . Ruth is to be congratula ted on her uccess in the pro fess io n. S he is principal of the Halstea d School in Yonkers, N. Y. H AZI':L

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;\"T VAl X.

BUFFALO, NEW YORK Old Busin ess-The t. P atrick 's Party for th e Coll ege hapter apparently enterta ined the ho te e . at least. That i not area m. Your reporter wa. absent and ha • not had an opp rtunity to in ter view the

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g ue ·t . llowe,·er, it is known that tho ·e 111 attendance ar . till latwhmg. :.\Iarg II u ton mu t have app a recl be£ re th aucli nee when h I ast exp ct d to do . o and :he still wa nts to discover the culprit.

Fay I eid y aave r ad in g ·. Costume" were donated f r 111 the mu~ mn pieces of \ · ictorian . \Jelen. 1n oth r word Gi n Donnigan ran ack cl the ,·illaae attic . ( )bvi usly-tho · not pre ent mi eel many a laug h ! /\few Busincss-L ui e ,-\li en oe ha im·ited u: to h r hom e for a Supper P a rty in . \pril. ~ t on ly that ; . he a l o promi e u. chil e con carne and will take charge f pr paring the food! :\ semi-f ormal dane on .\pril lOth i a certainty. The ll ege hapter, pring initiates and graduates will all be togeth r on thi · evenmg. :\Iarg liou st n, the eYer-reou rceful, pr mi es u even ''Trojans'' to supply the mu sic. (Ro e Kraft a ks if it will be all ri aht if she brings a ~ partan for her esco rt. ) Then an April Dire tors' me ting at Dori · Palmer' on the ni neteenth. \ \"ith talk about a nomi nating c mmittee. new dir ctor. and only t wo more meetings, we reali ze that another year i nea rly over and \\'ith it t\\'O very happy year as a eli rector.

DoROTHY

. },fARLEY.

Verily, 'tis the Talk of the Town Do we eY r ha ,.e fun ? Y ep. the B uffa lo Alumn;:e are . till ''goin ' to

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town." On pril 5th, we entertained the College Chapter at a St. Patrick's Day Party. St. Pat might well be proud of the homage paid to him.

The entertainment in charge of Shirley Finch was a series of kits in which members of the alumnce group demonstrated their various and sundry talents ( ?) . The announcing of the skits was done by yours truly, but due to the hisses received upon first appearance, \Ye think the less said about that the better. Doris Palmer, as \Valter O'Sinchell, "dished out the dirt" of the year; the most important of which was Kay Johnston's sparkler which she had just received the night before. The swing orchestra, consisting of everything from tin pans to sandpaper blocks and whistles, gave several selections from "The Refrain from Spitting"

by O'Phlegm.

During intermission Rose Kraft in the inimitable Kraft manner (need we say more?), with F ran Holbrook at the piano, conducted one of those well-known community sings in which the Irish songs were literally torn apart ( rendered, to you!). Shirley Finch put on thenews of the week ( by pinning a piece of newspaper on herself ) .

Fay Leidy gave several readings which were really super-and we're not fooling here.

Following Fays recitations, a playlet entitled " Lizzie's N ite at the St. Pat's Ball" was presented. mong the players were 1\Iarg Houston,

Alumnce prexy, Alice Gregor, Lynette Terry, Virginia Donnigan and Betty Stratemeier. Marg Houston, fi ve feet ten inches in height, as Lizzie the maid, and Alice Gregor, five feet , as the ice man, supplied the love interest, which beginning in literal ice-man fashion was climaxed by his "melting" and climbing atop a ladder so as to reach his loved one to embrace her. The scenery, through the courtesy of the Houston arti tic pen, was complete in every detail, even to the chairs painted on the wall , \ovhich were used quite successfully ( ?) by the players. The curtain closed mid loud guffaws and a dash to the refreshment table-sandwiches, cake and coffee as prepared by Louise McCracken. Good? . . . we'll say!

Food gone-tummy full-fmlhome-bed-hi Morpheus!

BETTY MURPHY,

one who was there!

Late Edition The pril meeting of th e Buffalo Alumnce was a supper meeting at the home of Mrs. George Coe. \\ e had a turnout that was a turnout!a total of forty-three alumnce attended.

Perched upon everything perchable-from people's heads to chandeliers-we managed to have fun, eat chille con carne (thanks to the culinary skill of our hostess) , talk and balance ourselves-all at the same time. Attendance at Buffalo Alumnce meetings makes one very adept at the e things.

THE PHOENIX l ,lan.., were mad for attend ing the joint informal dance with our college chapter on :aturday, pril l Oth and for a :!. lather' Day Tea 111 .:\1 ay.

What Have We Here? .\tt('ntion .\lpha igs!

To arouse the active. out of their pa-.sivity and to mak th pa ive active. the .\ctive and Pa sive hapt rs are having a joint dance, ,\pril lOth . at Hotel Fi llmore-1\fezzanine floor, from 10 to 1 o'clock. ome on. l1rush your teeth, fil e yo ur nails, grab a man and dance with the mighty Trojan . for only one dollar! ( 1.00). \\·e arC' depending on your upport to finance thi s dane . - ll "ill be 1\'0rth your while and buck. . \ t tent ion again! .\t last a goo d ''ole'' fashioned supper meeting is on it way. It will he h ld at th e home of ).Jrs. Ceorge Coe. 92 \\est Yenue, on \\. 'clnesclay, . pril 7th, at 6 :30 ; fee 50 cents.

Strct h a point and come to both!

HuHato Alum Committee.

E dit or's P . S.-\ Vho could resist such an invitation? No wonder they had forty-t hree!

CENTRAL PE NNS YLVANIA .\ gain news of brief . The entral PennsyJyania Chapter has had no meetings or pecial doings. However, with pring in the air we will aO'ain begin our activities.

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\\'e haY btained th u e f a ru tic . tone cottag in th c untry a a it for the next meeting \\'hi h \\'ill be held 'atu rday, . \ pril _4th .

Each member will be a k d to bring a contribution for the lunch . ( )ther tha n ref re hment , we need plan no elabo rate program, for it will be a treat ju t '· eeing each other" acrain. . t this . pril meeting plan: for our coming bu ine m etin 111 ).Jay " ·ill be di cu . eel.

LILLIAX

G.

E ' HEL:\[AX.

CHICAGO, ILLINOIS Spring ha com in hicago! :\ot that we've een many rob! in. or Rower beds bur ting into blo m but the lph a Sicr hou ewiYes are talking such things a hou ecleaning . deco rating and movinO'; \\'hile th e busine s girl s ar planning glamourou vacations abroad or \\'eekends of golfing and re ort. ,-\!together we've had . ome intere tin oconversations at our r cent meeting .

1arch 13th, ~ lie Raney \\·a ho tess at a lovely tea in her home on the nor h ide of hicago. . nne Ball, two-and-a-half year oil. ,,.a pre ented and added con iderably to our enjoyment.

Afte r makincr the round of man y tea room s and re taurant in the city . we have e pecially appreciated these ex cursion to variou 1 a rts of Chicago where we have had ome most pleasant experience Yi iting th e home of se,·era l of our girl·. \ Ve hope that an occa ional Yi it of this sort will increase the at-

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tendance at our meetings and bring to the g roup many Alpha S igs who mu t be in the city and who haYe not made them elves known to us.

FLOREK CE GEE BoYSE:-<.

COLUMBUS, OHIO Cheerio Alpha Sigs!

It seems to be time for the vValter \ Vinchell of Columbus A lumnce Chapte r to go on the air again. The period of time ensuing between the publi hing of th e last PHOENIX and this one have been full of social events for our local members. All you who have failed 路to attend these functions, plea e get in touch with one of the active members of our alumnce group. Life is short and time i fleeting; why not make the most of those college ties and join in our fun and good fellow ship!

Of course we celebrated St. Valentin e's Day with a very special party at the home of Ethel Wolfgram. Each girl brought a lovel y handkerchi ef and a Valentine.

These \vere all numbered and each girl al o was given a number. Then we matched our numbers with those on the Valentine gifts. And what a time we had! Several round s of bridge were played- and more lovely prizes fo r the high sco rers. vVhat eats! F resh strawberri es and ice cream in l\laryanns. Vve were certainly pleased to welcome l\largaret Laycock House, one of our member who ha just moved to Newa rk, to our party and feel con-

fident we shall see much more of her.

Janice Radebatwh Boror ent ertained the g irl s in ::\larch, but much to your corre pendent's regret. I was unable to be there. (Inci dentally, I was on a committee for a skating party that ni ght and if you think you are too old to skate, let me advise you to go out and try it. Such fun!) They tell me Janice's four-month old daughter is quite the sweetest baby one could imao-ine.

A future A lpha Sig-we hope!

The clay before Easter ''"e gave a luncheon at Dunn-Taft's Depa rtment Store. \ iV ith twenty girl present it was a huge success. \\"e "路ere more than glad to welcome ome of the girls who live out of to ,,路n and are unable to be with us yery often.

Evelyn \iVhetzel Bryan of Charl e ton, \ i\1. Va.; Martha vVarcl Dell of \ i\1 esterville, O hio; l\largaret Laycock House of Newa rk ; and ::\Iary Gaal, Grade Groff and Lucille \\ ebster, who li ve in Columbu . but but teach out of town, were with us.

Come again girls; we certainly love to see you. Ruth Ludwig blu hin gly displayed a diamond ring \Yhich sparkled merrily on the proper finger of her left hand. Cong ratul ations, Ruth !

Girls, if any interesting piece of new has been omitted. plea e write your corre ponclent. She tell allbut-sometimes she does not know all. Selah, I have spoken .

DoROTHEA ZoRN Vl' rxoo)L

THE PH DENVER, COLORADO lleart (lmt no Hower ) were the th ·me of the February I arty at Yivi Dobbin . · \\'c Farmi , with P lly ~chlosscr and :\fa .Ailinger a. a sisting host sses.

1\riclge was the <iiversion f the e\·ening and after buffet refreshments wer served 1 [elen \\'iscomh, our president, called a . hort hlLine ·s mt'eting . . \t this time Polly r ad to us from Financial Studv ~beets and distributed que tion whirh sh · had prepared. Each question hnre a number an I each girl took her turn reading the que tion she held and answering it to the best of her ability. Polly of course was the tea her- for doe n't he know all the answer ! . great deal of interesting eli -cu sio n developed and f rum it we 1 arnecl much about the financial policy of our rority.

E\'l-ryhody thought the idea a grand one- for who doesn't love C)Ue tions and an . wer -and we are hop ing she'll try it again. :\I arch brought u to E leanor Tupper's home, gai ly decorate I in honor of good old St. Patrick. ::\Iargaret 11edford a . istecl E lea n r. .\ gain bridge and d licious refreshment took up most of the evenin g . . \ t the brief me ting wh ich was held it was decided to abandon the co-;tume idea originally planned for our . \pril meeting and to come a civili zed pe pie. !<or this meeting [abel ~- " ·itzer will be our ho ste sand we hope ~p rin o· will be here.

In ::\fay we are plan ning a l\Ioth-

E. I X r' Day Tea at Ifel n Hay. · home while our June 111 tin will he a ::\I untain Party at \ 'e ra ampb 11' · delightful cottage . . \t thi · m ting ,.e will have el ction f offi r and will eli . cu . plan f r next Year.

Notes \\'e have enjoyed havin with us thi year ten n \\' girL. Pauline Fenton Dlack. I ta Iota, ha again moved to De ::\Ioine . It wa a plea ure to have her with u for a number of our m etinas. \\ e a re happy to be able to announce that w hav been able to meet our financial obliaations a a chartered alumnre hapter-having paid the Fello\\' hip Tax and met the r eq uir ment for Life ::\femberhip due .

O ur very b t wi he to everyon eve rywhere for an intere ting and rejuvenating summer! \ rn DoBBrx ..

DES MOINES, lOW A The ::\larch meeting of the De ::\Ioine A lu mnre hapter wa held at the hom of Fay Lee. Florence Harley and Geo rgia Darton were assistant ho te se . Decatt e of illne s, many of our girl were ab ent therefore no forma l proaram or meeting \\·as held . Thi gathering became "str ictly ocial" with everyone either knitting or ewing. Dut thi wa laid aside pronto "·h n ur hoste se called u to a cleliciou lunch of open-faced ancl\\'iche . oli ve , cocoa and nut . The and-

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wiches \Yere so pretty and dainty and looked almost like French pa tries! Our ab ent sisters not only missed this treat but the news which Fay had to tell us regarding her approaching marriage in June.

Our April meeting was held at the home of Lillian Jacobson and Albertine Geist was hostess. Helen Bradley, National Alumnce Chairman, was a very special guest. An invitation extended to Helen at the Breezy Point Convention brought both she and her husband to De~ 1\Ioines from Iowa City especially for our meeting. (But her husband and mine returned from a movie just in time for refreshments.)

At our business meeting, the Nominating Committee for new officers \Yas appointed and plans fo r earning money were discussed in detail. As part of our "Peace" Program, we then turned in to hear three talks sponsored by the Emergency Peace Council, given by Admiral Byrd, Eleanor Roosevelt and Harry Emerson Fosdick.

Our ::\Iay meeting will include election of officers for the coming year and a bower for Fay Lee. In between time we shall endeavor to raise that much-needed-sum-ofmoney.

June means our last meeting of the year-usually an outdoor picnic Though this is always an enjoyable get-together it brings thoughts of separation for the summer months.

LILLIAN JACOBSON.

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EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA aturday afternoon, 1arch 13th, was the occasion of the Eastern Pennsylvania Alumnce group's la t meeting and the place was the home of Norma Nyce Heberling in Bangor.

After exclaiming over the beautie of orma's home-a very old one which she and her hu band are redecorating with great skill and good taste-we all sat clown to a delicious buffet luncheon prepared by our hostesses, Norma, Margaret pry and Kay Dietrich. Later ,,.e had time for our business meeting. some Alpha Sig songs and some A~A chatter.

Thelma Stortz, our president, had gone to Temple University for the Kappa Kappa formal Rushing Party, so our vice-president, Anna Grimm, presided at the business meeting. Our treasurer brought up the question which always confronts us-How can our alumnce group make money? Someone suggested Christmas card , so a committee was appointed to investigate the po sibilities.

At this meeting we also decided to invite the Central Pennsylvania group to attend our next meeting which is to be held in Catasauqua on May 8th, at the home of ::\1argaret Brenholz Gohn .

The following members attended our March meeting: 1Iaraaret Gohn, Mary Kirlin, Ann Grimm, Eleanor Carpenter, Helen Poser Heckert, J\Iargaret Kingfield, Anne

THE PHOENIX Willaner, Phyllis Kittelberger, 'o rma . 'yce IT b rlino-, ::\Jargaret Spry and Kay Dietrich.

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KITTELBERGER.

In The Spring!

• pring is here! and with it comes the announcement of engagement · of two of our girls-Anna ::\lae Grim to L. .\rnold \Voolley, Jr. of Long Branch, X J. ; and fary f~llen Kirlin to 'arro11 Van de Boe of Shinglehouse, Pa. Both girl are rc ·idents of Allentown, Pa. . \nn and l\1ary graduated from T •mple niversity in 1935 and were mcmb r. of Kappa Kappa all ege "hapter. " Fleet" \ Voolley graduated from Temple in 1933, while "Reel" \'an de Doe graduated in 193.;. l\fary is at pre ·ent teaching first grades in th e Hershey, Pa. School , and .-\nn is teaching Home Economi cs in the Ea t Stroudsburg Junior 1Iigh. Incidentally, Mary and .-\ n n have gone to the very a me schools and haYe been the close t of friend . since they started in the first o-ra le of Lincoln School in lien town.

L<']eet. while at Temple, was a Sigma Pi and is now employed by the ' he terfielcl Company and is located at Lono- Branch, T. J. Red al o wa a igma Pi at Temple and live at laymont, Del., where she is a . ociatecl with the Texas Oil Company . :\'either couple has, up to the pre ent time, set the elate for their wedding.

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EMPORIA, KANSAS Fifteen member of th Emp na Alumnce hapter attended th :\1pha igma .\lpha prin Formal, arranged by memb r of Ep. il n Ep ilon and held in the ::\f emorial nion Building on .\pril 3rd. .\ supper at the :\fit-way Hotel wa included a part of the occa ion.

The regular .\pril m etin of our alumnce group will b a dinner at the Mit-way Hotel, the econd Tue clay in pril. The Ia t meeting of the year will be h lei in :\lay with Mis Catherine trau e. ::\Ii s Edna 1cCullough and ::\J r . Faye Dougla the hostesses.

O ur annual A:SA. reunion i . cheduled for the Ia t week in July and we are anticipatinrr a larrre attendance.

Personals Lori eta Luce Thoma. , who moved to New O rl ean Ia t fall \Yhere her husband i the district manager of the ::\1ills 1\'oyelty Company. ha been visiting in Emporia for the Ia t three week .

Jennie Jansen .\greliu and her husband. who for the pa. t four years have been livin o- in Eureka.

Kansas, have return ed to Emporia and are now living at 101.) hestnut Street.

Mary hannon Allee of .\rkan as City spent the week-end of .-\pril 4th with \ ivian Laughlin Fleming and attended the . lpha 1g pring Formal.

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City also came to Emporia for tlti 路 special occasion of the year.

MARION MoTT DEBAUGE.

GREELEY, COLORADO \Vhat a time we have had getting started! Almost began to despair of ever getting together. However, since the first of the year we have had several meetings. Bridge, a great deal of talk and laughter, and lengthy discussions of what to do with the huge sum in the treasury occupy our afternoons.

Our first party was held soon after Christmas at the home of Louise Nelson with Inez McKinley a sisting. Two members of Beta Beta who now live in Wyoming attended, Mrs. Pat Lehan from Green River and Mrs. Howard \i\Tood from Rawlins. \i\Te sincerely hope they will be with us on many more occasiOns .

In February we honored our patron saint by a Valentine Party with Helen Hargrove, Katherine Baab and Jackie Ken del as hostesses.

During the same month we were entertained by Florence Anderson, Fern Fender and Winfred Johnson.

Another meeting is scheduled for the early part of April and we are hoping an April shower will not deter any of our members from being in attendance.

Do 'you think us an extremely dull group for contributing no travel or hobby articles. Such is not the case! However, if we go anywhere, it is to the mountains-and that is

an old story to u . None of our girls seem to con ider themselve "famous" enough to warrant a place in the Hall of Fame. And if we have a hobby, it must be raising "boy friends" for the future .-\lpha Sigs. vV e feel we could at least take a prize for the number of baby boys we have. Do I hear a murmer?

JosEPHINE WHITLOW SAxDER .

HAYS, KANSAS Our 1\Iarch meeting was a pot luck supper held at the the home of l\lrs. Chester Hanson. Although there were only ten of us present, we enjoyed the evening immensely.

After the business meeting. several remained to play a few hands of bridge.

The meeting which we are planning for April will be a buffet supper, entertaining the patronesses and faculty sponsors of all the sororities on the campus . vVe have felt for some time that we would like to do something for the patrones es of our active chapter at Fort Hays, Kansas, State College, and finally decided that we would entertain patronesses of all active sororities. vVe are anticipating a pleasant, if a busy, evening.

The president of our alumn<e group, Kathryn Parsons, has been seriously ill this spring, having to remain away from her teaching for almost two months. v\ e all rejoice in that she is nO\Y back on the job and is feeling "practically as good as new."

THE PHOE Fr da \\'inters. x-p re. ident of 1Iay'i chapter, i · now in Topeka where ~ h e i ~ taking a ecreta ri al C()ur-.e. From all report coming to us, she is enjoying the work very much and is waiting anxio u ly for that time when she w ill be able to sit by the radio and ''take down., the \\'Ords to popu lar ong w ith her pot-hooks and curli cues. \ \ ' have a new chapter babyJohn King 1\'elson. on of Mildred King ~ I on.

TURLEY BATRO.

HUNTINGTON, W. VIRGINIA < )ur fir t get-together after the flood occurred on :Jfarch 1 t, at the home of Dorothy Smith. To get clown to busines · wa quite ha rd a we were all interested in hearing of one another's experi ences during th e recent flood. At last we were call ed to order a nd among other thin gs we discussed plans for the formation of a n .-\lumnc:e Chapter in Charl e ton. It seems there a re at least ten alumn c:e there and we hope to interest them in orga nizing. \ Ve a re planning to call a m eeting as soon as we hea r from the g irls.

O ur pri l meeting wi ll be held on Friday, the 15th. Mis Mary Lilyan Gersuch wi ll act as hostess.

Now for a few new s items.

New has reached us that l\I r s.

Ralph Lemke (E, a Beckett) gaye birth to a baby boy on February 23 .

1937-name, Stephen Lemke. Thi is th e econd child of ::.rr. and l\Ir .

Lemke.

A nn E rwin has ma rri ed recently.

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but I do not know the details. \\'ill write later. \ ' irginia ::.rc ullough of • t. ::.rary:· \\'. \ ' a. (my i t r) wa · married on February 22. 1 37. at Oakla nd , ).Jd. to ).Jr. liar ld Eddy of Clark lurg, \\'. \'a. The announcement wa made Friday, ::.Iarch 26, at a party rriven by the bride's i ter, ).fi Elinor ).JcCullough at Parker burg. \\'. \ ' a. \ ' irgin ia wa. an ,\lpha ig at :Jiarhall in 1935. ).Jr. an 1 ::.rrs. Eddy wi ll reside at 13.3 W aldeck tr t.

Clark burg.

This is al l the ne\Y. for th e time : will be w ith you in the fall.

LTCE {lf c

' LLOt:GH BL·c K.

INDIANAPOLIS, INDIAN A Sprin o·'s ad \·ance agent wa a guest so predominant at our ).Jarch 6th meeting with Detty Soland and Helen E mi ck, that co nver ·ation might eem like the rrra hopper type to an eave dropper.

Of cour e, all the ne\\' pring ui ts and acces a ri es had to be oh d and abed over and the ne\\· hat · tried on. E loi e Proctor, our knittinge t member alway throw u into ecstacies at each meeting as h r nimble fin gers fa hi on the lovelie · t dresses \Y e have ever een. \\'e are hoping to ow n a '' I roctor reation some clay.

Ho" ·eyer. l\Iarie Kingdon. in her perfect parliamentary manner. called the meeting to o rd er and kept u~ co ncentrat ing on bu. iness long enough to read the Study beets sent out by Polly Schlo. ser. ur . a-

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tiona! Treasurer. \Ve were enabled to air our knowledge of fundamental sorority facts, some of which have been dormant ever since our initiation days, and to learn intere ting new ones compiled for the last convention. Realization of the splendid backgr-ound, organization and purpose of Alpha Sigma Alpha was again keenly felt as we discussed this questionnaire.

Plans were completed for our annual Mother's Day picnic, May 8th, at 1\Irs. Heckman's (mother of Letha Gaskins), in Brown County. vVashington boasts of her cherry blossoms and we of our Brown County's concentrated loveliness. At this time the dogwood, redbud and varied green leafiness of the hills will be at their height so we are looking forward to that date.

BETTY WINN RI CE.

KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI In February the Kansas City Alumnce group was entertained at tea at the home of Jean Hutchison.

Jean was assisted by Phon Johnson and Alice Broyles. Jean has a lovely new home and all of us were glad for the opportunity to see it. For the first time in recent years our meeting was held on Sunday after.noon and many girls, who ordinarily are unable to attend meetings because of other duties, were in attendance.

E ther Bucher. Laura Sherman and ::.rary Hamlin entertained the group at the l\Iarch meeting at the

home of Esther Bucker. The main business of the meeting \\·a the planning of the benefit bridge which will be held at the auditorium of the Kansas City Power and Light Company on April 21st. \i\ e expect a large cro,Yd at this party " ·hich will take the place of the regular April meeting.

Personals Karol Oliphant Greeson and Irene Smith of St. Louis visited in Kansas City recently. \i\ e were all happy to hear news of little Karol Ann Greeson.

Word has reached Kansas City friends of the recent birth of a daughter to Dr. and Mrs. George Stafford of Salina, Kan as. She has been named Mary Lynn . and is the second daughter of Dr. and Ars. Stafford (the former J o Greenwald of Zeta Zeta ) .

Vve in Kansas City hope that all Alpha Sigs have a most pleasant summer. Vve'll be with you again in the Fall.

MARY HA~.fLIN .

KENT, OHIO The last meeting of the Kent Alumnce group was a perfectly grand St. Patrick's Day part}·· Our hostess, Tony Link, invited u to The Robinhood, one of Kent University's trysting spots . After a short business meeting, we \\·ere all presented with clay bubble pipes trimmed with green ribbon. On the bowl Tony had printed tally numbers for a bridge game. which

THE PHOENIX furni bed our ev ning's entertainment. . \ nother surpri e in store for us when it wa time for refreshments . .t\t our places we found baJJoons with hamrocks painted on them. .\fter we were all eated, upon a giv n ignal, w each took a deep IJrcath and then began puffing and panting. What competition there was to see who had the trongest blow and could display the biggest and hest balloon ! Janet J one demonstrat d her superiority and succeeded in winning a prize- one which he generously shared with us a ll. Iler can of smoking tobacco wa pa s cl around so we could each fill our clay pipes. What gaiety and Iri h fun there wa ! Really, it was one of the most delightful parties of the season. ( )u r next meeting is going to be one of busine s combined with pleasure. \Ve are planning to go to Youngstown to meet with a gro up of Alpha igs. Vve hope to leave behind us evidence of the friendli..: nes and inspiration we have received si nce we've been affiliated with National o these Alpha igs may become desirous of orcranizing and petitioning for an alumme charter. Becau e our national affiliation has been a source of pleasure and helpfulness to us we de ire that every lpha Sig become aware of the value of such affiliation. \Ye hope to do our part to acquaint those living near us with the benefits and joy to be derived a a char-

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LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA It doe n't eem po ible that thi the Ia t contribution for the PIIOEXIX due thi year!

How the time doe fly! ince our last letter, Inez Done. pre iclent of our Lo :\ngele crroup resigned. Decau e of her father' illness, she could no longer plan to give her time to orority work. he has done so much for th chapter and our member have caught the spirit of her enthu ia m, that we regret her inability to be our leader the rema inder of thi year.

At our February meeting it wa deci led to give up the March benefit a well as the Ap ril theatre benefit. However, the allege hapter has taken over our elate for the benefit at the theatre and we have been trying to ell ome ticket for them. \Ve are all looking forward to our ~Iay meeting which i to be a joint breakfast with our allege Chapter.

Now for some

News Bits \Vith the present boom of building going on in Lo ngele , it i only natural that ome of our members hould be bu y planning hom e . \\ hitney and Loui . e Hinde with baby nne Loui e have moved into their own home at 2707 Euclid . ' 'enue, anta ~I onica.

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:;\Ir. and 1Irs. James E. Cantrell (Ma ry Davis) are living in their new home at 8713 Twelfth venue, Inglewood. l\Ir. and Mrs . Fred C. Hinrichs (Lilian Criswell) announce the arrival of a baby sister, Lois Lilian for their young son. She was born March 15th. dda Anderson spent Christmas vacation in V\lellington, Kansas, flying there by T. vV. A. Nell Grant drO\路e to San Diego during one of our recent rain storms and as roads were closed before her return she left her car and flew home.

The C. A. Youngs (O rrel Hester ) are going to make it a threesome in J uly.

Over at l\IcDonnels on V\filshire the other day I met Dorothea Lind and her mother. Dorothea is now working in the Los ngeles Po toffice.

Betty F ellovvs is now in San Jose on her new job with the State Relief Department.

Miss E lizabeth Bird Small has moved to Long Beach for the remainder of her time before she leaves us in l\Iay. She comes up to Los Angeles every Monday. About two weeks ago she spent the day with the Hunsickers. It was wonderful to have her and I do hope to haYe another good visit with her before she leaves.

K ATHERIXE

TAYLOR

HUNSICKER.

MARYVILLE, MISSOURI In lieu of news or special articles, I send these few lines:

Resent \\hat shame-when all around me Have bur t their winter semblageThat I, too, cannot open wide my throat Like some gay breasted bird And burst the heaven with my song.

Wisdom of Seasons I know the craze of autumn days And silence of a winter's sno\\" ; I know the renaissance of spring A nd dying summer's glow.

MARY WRAY KuRTZ.

PHILADELPHIA, PA. It's an occasion of no small import when a National Officer visits a chapter! So felt the Philadelphia alums when June Smith, National Extension Officer, came to the Quaker City for a visit. June is a delightful guest of honor, and we look forward to her visits. o, on Saturday afternoon, February 13th, we held a tea in her honor in the \1\ omen's Lounge at Drexel. Refreshments and decorations carried out the idea of St. Valentine's Day .

Romayne Gregory Williams and her splendid committee made this a huge success-and we all enjoyed seeing June again and revelled in a deal of sociability, for a month's absence "the one from the other" is conducive to heavy gabbing!

THE PHOE aving up another month' new until the covered di h upper at the appa Kappa Chapter Hou se at Temple made for a noi y and hilarious meeting. Twenty-three of th e alumn s came around with all sorts of tempting di she and the waitresses had their own troubles trying to keep the hungry mob from ". ampling" away all of the food before it reached the tables. Of course we had all brought our far•o rit e foods , but sha red quite freely eve ryone else's fav orite until we were ready to lie down for a nap. But-for such waste of time " there's always tomorrow."

At the business meeting held after the supper, the following were nominated for next year's officers: P resident, E lizabeth \ iVilson ; vice-pre ident, Jane Thierolf; secretary, Edith Bu rtout ; trea urer, Katherine i\rcCoy. Fo r th e Ap ril meeting there is an exciting plan brewing and the proa ram com mittee promise a "rushing party" for the present active seniors of N u u and Kappa Kappa chapter . A chance to meet them and they us-in a so rt of mutual adm iration society.

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THlEROLF .

PITTSBURGH, P A. O ur P ittsburgh A lumn c:e hapter held its February meeting at the home of Ruth Sutherland l\I iller in l\IcDonald. The hostesses served a very delicious luncheon after which a bu siness meeting was held. T he

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remaind er of the afterno n wa: spent playina bridge.

The pril me ting wa a bridcr luncheon at the ookyhn Tea Ro 111 in Bellevue. Twenty girl · pent a very enjoyable aft rnoon together.

Plans for the dance for om n arest active chapter lpha Gamma at Indiana tate Teacher ' allege, hav e been completed. \r\ e are holdina it at the Penn-Lincoln Hotel in Wilkinsburg on l\Iay 2 th. A cordial invitation to attend i extended to every Alpha Sig in thi vicinity. ur attendance la t year wa over one hundred . \i\ e are out to double thi s record.

MARY

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PYLE.

WICHITA, KANSAS For our February meeting. \\'C met at Innes' Tea Room for a luncheon. Thi being aturday, no one .was in much of a hurry and we were able to li nger and chat.

In l\Iarch, Gladys Popkin acted as chairman for a Line Pa rty. The a irls met in the lobby of the La ·en Hotel and from there went to a mov1e.

O ur April meetin a will be in Dorothy Fields' home with Margaret Ha rmon, Ann Cleveland and O live l\IcGlammery a haste , es. \ Ve will be very happy to welcome some new alum . Irene ltrtis Stringer, who is from Jya hapter. ha just recently moved here with her husband, from _-\beli n , Kansas. Marguerite Clark Gee ·lin ( from Emporia ) and Eva K. \ ark-

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entine have already attended two of our parties this year.

Greetings from the Wichita alumns and best wishes to everyone for a most enjoyable summer. Expect to have lots to write about when we next meet in the PHOENIX in November.

MARY

ALICE

LAX CE

HAMILTON.

YPSILANTI, MICHIGAN Our annual Dinner Dance for alumnGe and active chapters was held Saturday, April lOth, at McKenny Hall with almost sixty present. Table decorations were spring flowers and green tapers. The occasion was a hugh success from every angle- dinner, weather, crowd, music, etc. Our patronesses surely did support us; Mr. and Mrs. Kennedy, Mrs. Smith and Mr. and Mrs. McLane were present. In ad clition to Mrs. Samson, college chapter advi; er, Dean Jones, Assistant Dean Beal and Mrs. Lyman, Social Director were there.

Immediately following the dinner we held a business meeting, the main purpose of which was to elect officers for the ensuing year. The results of the election were as follows : President, Kathryn Hinclelang; vice-president, Kathryn \i\Tilcox Hubert; secretary, Aileen Fisher Brown; treasurer, Beatrice Keusch ; PHOENIX correspondent, Blanche Walter Kress. These newly elected officers will take office at our

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next meeting which is scheduled for Saturday, June 12th, in Detroit.

Miss Elsie Musolf, adviser for our College Chapter and a most faithful supporter of our alumnGe group, gave us a big surprise by announcing she had been married during the spring vacation to 1r.

Paul Samson. However, we are delighted that Mr. Samson is a member of the Physical Education Faculty of the State Normal College, for this means they will plan to live in Ypsilanti and we really won't be losing Mrs . Samson. In appreciation for her faithful service to Alpha Sigma Alpha, at this meeting, we alums presented her with a lovely silver relish dish.

Mr. and Mrs. John Fai ly (Katherine Lang) announce the birth of a son, Jon J., on March 23rd. The Faily's are living near Ypsilanti as Mr. Faily is enrolled at Michigan State Normal College this year. \i\T e are hoping to make the June 12th meeting the largest and best of the year. So save this date and let's make it a real get-together of the Ypsi alums and all Alpha Sigs anywhere in, near or around Detroit. \ i\T e've received our charter and let's make this a real celebration!

We'll be with you in the PHOENIX again next Fall-and in the meantime-greetings from Ypsi .

BLANCH WALTERS KRESS.

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College Chapters ALPHA State Teachers College Farmville, Virginia

. \ncl another spring! Tra, Ia! Jsn't it wonderful! A nd thing arc: rolling right along for the ole gals in Alpha- ot long ago we had ur elections for next yearSusan Lane, our president for this year, will preside ov.er us for another yea r ; so will Jacque Johnson our vice head. The other offlc r are Caroline Upshur, secretary; Patty Bounds, Chaplain; Gracie :\li en Pittard, Registrar; Kitty Roberts, E ditor.

In the major elections two of our gi rl s hold important positions for next year- Caroline Upshur is \ -ice- President of the student body and Kitty Roberts is secretary. Vle didn't fare so badl y in other lections either: J ac Johnson is a tudent Standards Representati,·e of the Senior class, and Loui se nthon y will be treasurer of the Junior class. Marie Eason, one of this year's pledges, will be a Sophomore representative to the tudent Council.

The week end of th e 17th wa the annual Spring Cotillion- It was grand seeing o many of our old girls back with us- and we're to haY e another dance this yearJunior-Senior prom durin g Commencement week. Every one is looking forward to it eagerly be-

cause it will be the fir t time we\·e ever had a dance during graduation. And peakino- of radu ati n reminds me- Four of u - \\"ill be packing our trunk and biddinoweepy farewell very hortly. It' going to be hard leavino- e\·er\'body, but we feel that the time h;s come for us to try our wino· . and so we fare forth into th \\"Oriel to see what it holds.A nd so for us, l\Iary Lib . latc.:r.

Midge Davi s, Pol ly \\"all ·n· me we'll sayLove alway in ~A , Er.SJE

A BELL.

AL P HA ALPHA Miami University Oxford, Ohio

Alpha A lph a i proud to ha,·e as it advi er Mi. Anl\' ~I. Swisher, a form er actiYe member and now the a ociate profe or of Art Education at Iiami tllversity.

Some of th e mo enj oyable times had by the orority are at parties g iven in 1i s \\·ishcr' game-room at her O\\·n home.

Despite much tim e and effo rt our gracious spon or ha s to put in on her uni versity work. she ah,·a y plans some entertainment and urprise for the lpha . lpha girL .

Work. as ,,·ell a pla y. i a large part of so rority life. In thi too, Mis S\Yi her lend a helpino- hand

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and ever-guiding thoughts. At our meetings, she aids us to make decisions with her excellent advice and helpful suggestions.

Too much cannot be said about our thoughts of Miss Swisher, but we hope that he knows how much all of the girls appreciate her guiding hand and her devotedness to the a1ms and achievements of Alpha Alpha.

ALPHA BETA State Teachers College Kirksville, Missouri

It seems that there isn't much to write about, as nothing exactly exciting has happened this quarter, but we have been planning on quite a few things. Our annual Breakfast Dance will be lVIay 16th, the Panhellenic dance will be some time in pril and we are working on our part in the All School Carnival on April 30th.

As it is nearing the end of the school year the activities are piling up on us and we will be路 quite busy for the rest of the quarter and then a long vacation to look forward to.

Initiation services were held for Hilda Sloop at Miss Hook;s apartment on March 30th.

Marjory Gregory was married Easter Sunday to Nelson Hagerty.

ALPHA GAMMA State Teachers College Indiana, Pennsylvan:a

'vVe have had so much going on here in Indiana that I hardly know ju t where to start. First of all

our rush ea on is over and we have enlarged our ranks with nine new members and fine girl they are too. 'vVe have already initiated four of them into final degree. The four are Dorothy Hoey. Rheva Miler, Blanche Stufft and Mary Messner. The rest will be initated next fall.

On March 13th Miss June Smith was on our campus . And \Yhat a grand person she is. She \Yas so helpful and she had some excellent suggestions to offer. In the afternoon Panhellenic entertained her with a tea and in the evening we had the Activities Cottage and our new pledges had charge of the party. It was carried out in the St. Patrick Day idea and you have no idea how clever our pledges were in their skits and games. A grand evening was had by all even if it had been the fullest week we have had for ages.

After initiation April 1st, we had election of officers. The result were : President, Arlene Miller; Vice-president, Claire Cressman; Secretary, Ruth Cox; Treasurer, Rheva Miller; Editor, Helen Mellott; Pan - He! Representative , Dorothy Hoey; Chaplin, Margaret Messner; Collegiate Representative, Jean Bryson. We had mstallation tonight and now "路e are all set for the coming year.

Our formal rush party was our last big social event but \Ye are now planning for an annual pring-Mothers' Day dinner. But

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all and I really enjoyed d ino- all th e e ta. k .

AR.\ n

My Diary During Pledge Week :\Ionday- Today started our week of pledge duties. Everyday we " ·ill have a different spo n or.

I ,,·o rked for the president today but she wa n't o hard on me. A ll I had to do was go to meals with her and typewrite a li st of our pledge duties.

Tue day- Ruth was getting behind in her correspondance so I helped out by writing two letters for h r. She also asked me to bo-o down street and purchase a few little articles for her. \\ 'ednesday-\1\Te pledges are not being asked to press dresses, make beds or clean rooms so Betty didn't ha ,.e much for me to do today.

Thursday-Iva was planning an ent ertainm ent so my duty was runnino- all over the dorm and elsewhere, trying to borrow the propertie which she needed for her sk it. (My heels now need ne,,· taps.)

Friday-Jean wants a pillow with A~A and all the girls nam es embroidered on it, so that seems to be my pledge duty. I'm o glad that she has . given me to th end of the semester to do it.

Saturday-My last clay of pledge luti es ended with my going down treet in the rain for one cake of soap . I also had to po e for Margie to sketch me. I don't think it wa such a hard week at

~I ILLER,

Plt:dge.

Dear La t week certainly wa a mixerl up one for me. ur pledg clutie began on unday and continu d on through Saturday, which mark ed the last duties of the crim on and white ribbon worn on our wri. t. \\ e A lpha ig pledge didn't have such a hard time of it thi year compared to those of pr Yiou yea rs. No hard work uch a cleaning rooms or pre ing an entire wardrobe \\'a o-iven to u . ur duties were mostly er rand , and I believe some of the pledo-e \\'Ore themselves out runnin g from fourth floor to fir t and back ao-ain in an attempt to find om mall trinket needed by a member.

There is still one more ta. k facing me-the job of \\'riting my autobiography. It will probably mean lots of work, but since our pledge dutie w re o imple thi hould be taken with a smile as a true A lpha S ig would do.

An A~A P ledge, MARY ~I ESS:\ER .

D ea r Diary- It's really happened, I ut omchow I just can't belieYe that I am reall y joinino- the orority that I have lono-ed to join.

My heart just wouldn't behan· when they pinned tho e re I and white ribbons over it. It eemecl to me that eyerv one in th e room

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must hear that throbbing thump, thump, t h ump o f "I' m so h appy. " I'm so glad that they were the ribbons of Alpha Sigma Alpha because it represents everything that I want to be. We've had so many good times together already, and I know that this is only the beginning of long friendships and happy associations. I sometimes read through you to recall little things that I have done, but I will always cherish the beautiful memories of this red-letter day-pledgmg day.

MILDRED BAUMGARDNER,

Pledge.

My advice to the weary, The lonesome and the depressed.

Is to become an Alpha Sig, And find interest at its best.

the question sounds rather absurd, because Alpha Sig has been. and always will be, the one and only sorority as far as I am concerned.

When we freshman girls first came on campus 路who made u feel less like strangers and more like one of the group? The Alpha Sigs.

Who explained all the "whys" and "wherefore" when we were in a dilemna as to what to do?

The Alpha Sigs. \Vho cheered us up when we felt depressed and homesick?

The answer is always the same-the Alpha Sigs. It is little wonder that I should choose this sorority. the one with the best, most friendly, and most sincere girls on campus .

RHEVA

The girls are bright and cheery \i\fith seldom a howl or moan, And they open their hearts in welcome To make you feel at home.

They're girls with pep and vigor, But they have something else as well, Our mothers call it charmSomething you can't buy or sell.

DoRoTHY

]A :;r E HoEY .

Musings of an Alpha Sig Pledge vVhy did I choose Alpha Sigma Alpha for my sorority? That is a question I have been asked many times in the past month. To me

MILLER.

A Pledge's Morning Reverie There's that alarm again. Oh dear, I'm so sleepy. If I wouldn't have to take her to breakfast I could sleep this morning. I think I'll sleep for just a few minutes yet-Good heavens, seven o'clock and I have to get down there in ten minutes. Brrrr it's cold, no wonder the heat is off. I wonder what I will have to do today. I hope I get time to wash my hair. Where is my other shoe?

I had it here last night. Here it is--. \iVell, I guess I'm ready now. Oh dear, such is the life of a pledge.

BLAXCHE STUFFT,

Pledge.

THE PHOE

Why I Pledged Alpha Sigma Alpha I did not know many of the girls in Iph a Sigma Alpha until rush season began, but I was soon righ'.: in their midst and was made to feel like one of them. After associating with the girls for a very short time and after attending a very lovely rush party, I decided I liked these g irl s better than any others on campu s and would like to share their fun. One of the outstanding characteristics of these girls was the fact that they always seemed to be sticking together. Along with this they were a happy, friendly. ambitious group of inv iting girl~.

Becau e I wished to be like them .

I pledged to Alpha Sigma A lpha orority.

LoRMA

QUERRY,

Pledg e.

BETA BETA Colorado State College of Education Greeley, Colorado

It is at the .end of a happy day that I begin this epistle. I say "happy" because it was only this morning that Beta Beta r eceived five new pledges into her midst.

They are Fern Phipps, MacDonald, Kansas; Gertrude Gustafson Mac' Donald, Kansas; Doroth y Hughes, Denver, Colorado; Claudia Capps, \\ alsenburg, Colorado; and Margret Dunn, Longmont, Colorado.

Yes, this has been Spring Quarter rush week. Vle had a clever tea on Tuesday. Oh, we're bragging about it-a lthough we mu st admit

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that Mary brought u the id a from convention. \\'e fashioned a very stunning Iighthou e and life-saver in red and white, and using lemon yachts in the tea cup and candy life-savers, we felt very smart as hostesses to uch an affair. No w tl1a t we I1a ve succeeded in pledging the cream of our choice, we are looking fon\路ard to a very gay quarter. \Ye feel that it must be e pecial h 路 o-a v to celebrate the fini h of a .;ood ~路ear and to prepare the new pledrr ; for next year which will undoubtecl lv be one of Beta Beta' be. t. u-r new officers are: Pre ident. llelen Nel on; Vice-Pre ident, Plwlli Green; Secretary, Mary Fra~1ees Holder; Trea urer, Martha Che nut; Chaplain, Elisebeth E ld eredge; Regi strar and Ru h a pta in, Kathryn Maxwell ; Editor. Florence Thompson; Collegiate Repre enlative, Patsy Meehan; Pan Hellenic Representati ve, Helen Holtorf. I neglected to tell you that we very r ecently en larged our acti\路e chapter by initiating four of our pledges.

And now about our plan !

Thursday and Frida y, pril 16 and 17, are the dates for the annual Booster's Voclvi l, new! y nam ed "Booster's Brightlight ". For thi event, each campu oro-anization prepare an act and trie out-the succes ful one being cho en hecau se of Beauty, riginality. l er fonnance, Humor, and CJeyern _.

At the annual Boo ter's Dance fol-

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lo,,路ing the performance, a trophy is awarded to the organization preenting the best act, according to the judgement of a secret committee of faculty members and townspeople. Our act will consist of a vocal trio singing Etiquette Blues, while it is acted out by Gertrude Gustafson and Helen Lieb. It is a comedy song and should prove to be very entertaining for Helen and "Gus" are noted for their clever antics.

On April 23 we will have a semi-formal dance in the Grotto of the Student Club. The Grotto is a charming place and is just the right size for a friendly evening.

Then the next event on our calendar is the Junior-Senior Prom, which will be held in Gunter Hall on April 30. Helen Nelson (our new Prexy) is our candidate for Prom Queen and we feel sure that she has an excellent chance for winning the honor. In our excitement about her, we will probably fail to digest the Pre-Prom Dinner we are planning for our escorts.

The rest of our quarter will include the Mother's Day program, which is yet a bit incomplete except for the fact that it will include our fath ers as well as our mothers; a mountain party, which will take form as a week-end party at our housemother's huge cabin near Estes Park; and our annual Spring Formal at the Greeley Country Club, which is always the big event of the cnti re ye:1 r. Tt will

haYe to be especially big this year to outshine our Pledge Dance, which we had in February. Let me tell you about it.

The theme of the decorations portrayed a scene from Old Holland. At one end of the room (the ballroom of the Faculty Club) stood an eight foot windmill painted a gay blue and white. Before the windmill was a huge flower garden, in the center of which the orchestra played. At the oppoite end of the room a huge wooden shoe, which on close examination proved to be the punch table. Unsuccessfully concealed in the false sky of blue were gaily colored balloons tied to miniature windmills. The dar1ee programs were in the shape of wooden shoes and were decorated with a blue silk tassle and cord.

Our crowd was honored by tlie presence of Mr. and Mrs. Reinard Schlosser of Denver. Need I say that we had a glorious time?

Another item worthy of mention is the Pan Hellenic tradition that vvas introduced this year.

On March 1, the dining room of the Faculty Club was the scene of an inter-sorority formal dinner. The theme of the affair was the rainbow, with each of its seven colors representing one of the following institutions: love, religion, fidelity, immortality, service, truth , and patriotism.

Each so rority was given a color to carry out in the uniform placecards and introduced

THE PHOENIX a peak r to talk on the institution repre ented by that color. The program closed with each sorority singing one of its songs. The event was most successful in its purpose to promote democracy among the so rorities and its annual repetition will undoubtedly prove to be very beneficial in years to come.

It is with sorrow that I say Au Revoir to all the Alpha Sig chapters for Beta Beta's graduating seniors, including myself. However, we will keep in touch with you through our Alumnc:e chapter.

E \"ELYN FESE NJVIEYER,

Editor.

Lorna MacGinnis Shipley, a Beta Beta alumnc:e writes the following: Dear Mr . Leib: I get so much pleasure from reading about my old friend s in the PHOENIX, I thought it mio路ht be a good plan to send you the facts to bring my own record up to date, a some of the girls may be mterested.

Cordially yours in A~A , LORNA

M.

IIII'LEY.

Maiden Name, Lorna Charlotte MacGinnis.

Former Address, Buena Vista, Colorado. Married Name, Mrs. George Arthur Shipley. New Address, Alamogordo, New Mexico. (Am a practicing attorney in office of m y husband.)

Date of Marriage, December 25 , 1929. Chapter, Beta Beta. Children: Charlotte Caroline, born

January 20, 1932. Georo-e 2d. born larch 5, 1937.

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GAMMA GAMMA State Teachers College Alva, Oklahoma

St. Pat Holds Sway Our sponsor Mis \ " ra Leeper. 路 of entertained actives and ])lcdo-e t> Gamma Gamma ha] ter at a t. Patrick' 路 cleverl y appointed Day party on March 16th. Tahl games were played ca rryin g out the theme of the party. and ta lJles were charm ingly d co rated with huge green hamrock table cloth s.

Candles of green were et in I ri~h potato holder , and each rrirl wa given a shamrock to wear. a a favor.

High prize for the evenin~ was awarded to Loui e Ewalt. Pr ent were, Katherine Lowth er, \ "eyian Chew, Ramona Baker. Lenora Belknap, \ iVilma Greer. Loui s Ewalt, Ruth Riecker, Ethel Green.

Margery Mote, Jadeena Leeper, Phyllis Card, Nancy Beth ,alyen.

Everette Marie l~ ulmer , Betty Lou Heaton, Loldena Ellison. \ ' ada Paris, Erl Lene Cline. and lola Ricks.

Pledge Services Held On March 30th, prior to the Pledge party, two new members were given the Phoenix degree .

They were \ iola Armold and Fa~ e Huff. Both of the e o-irL are pretty and talented mi e . and it

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i with pleasure that we welcome them to our august assembly. vVe now have ten pledges, and ten actiYes.

lead pencils to boxes of chocolates fit to give any body's best gal! \\ e hope that we will make money, but we know that we will make merry!

Officers Installed Ac.tives Entertained \\"ith many a tearful sigh we relinquished our tried and true officer and welcomed with great expectations our new and equally true. although as yet untried, leaders. Outgoing officers were, President, Ethel Green; VicePresident, Vevian Chew; Secretary, Katherine Lowther; Registrar, l\Iargery Mote; PHOENIX Editor, Louis Ewalt. New Officers are President, Vevian Chew ; VicePresident, Wilma Greer; Secretary, Ja deena Leeper; PI-IOEr IX Editor, Ethel Green. Officers who continue in office are, Treasurer, Ruth Riecker; Chaplain, Lenora Belknap; and Student Representative, Ramona Baker, who is also doubling in the place of Reporter until we can elect one of the three new members who are planning to be initiated before school is out.

School Carnival Planned Plans are being carried forward with gusto for Gamma Gamma Chapter's participation in the AllSchool Carnival sponsored by the Colleo-e Student Council.

Each organization is to have some conce ion, and ours is to be a fishpond with wooden fish and marvelous prizes, ranging' from

We point with pride to our pledges, and view with alarm the sort of entertainment we are going to have to provide for them, to keep our reputations as hostesses intact, after the party that they put on to entertain the active girls on March 30, 1937. Each active, as she was allowed to enter was dressed in a huge dunce cap, in sorority colors with the letters .A~A across the iront.

Balloons hidden under cushions in chairs provided extra merriment when dignified actives sat down heavily and burst them.

Potato races, fortune telling games, group singing, and various April' fool stunts furnished ample entertainment during the course of the evening. At the end of the games Ethel Green, out-going president and Vevian Chew, incoming president were presented with clever favors.

Refreshments carrying out the April fool idea in all but quality and quantity were served, and all actives went home declaring that they must certainly "look to their honors" to do as good a job of entertaining the pledges later this spring.

THE PHOE We Present a Play On pril 21st Gamma Gamma Chapter will present to the student body of Northwestern, in chapel assembl ed, "Curse You Jack Dalton!" a good old m eller-drammy. in which the villain i foiled aga in, as usual, and the beautiful shero gets the manly hero and mother's blessing at last ! The all-star cast includes Lenora Belknap, Phyllis Card, Katherine Lowther and Everette Marie Fulmer. vVe were forced to impress into service three of the leading male campusites to do a bit in this play. The gigantic spectacle is being coached by Louise Ewalt, and the result is on the lap of the Gods. \Ne hope that their laps are capacious.

Gamma Gamma Hobbies

\\Toe be unto th e stray dog who e owner is foolish enough to turn her back in the presence of Everette Marie Fulmer. Marie has a coll ection ranging from beagles to pointers, and including daschounds, scotties, police dogs, and kye terriers. \ Ne hav e heard it said that she talks to th em in their own language, and her room-mate swears that she awakens many a dark night, terrified, to hear t!arie growling and barking in her sleep !

Pagine Profes or \Vhattasnozzle!

Lenora Belknap objected to our leavin()" her hobb y out of the last ed ition. Said she," He's lots cuter

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than orne that you put in. and ju ·t because he ha to work ni ht - at the Bell Hotel i no rea on f r omission." W admit that at lea t he is more carefully cultiYated then some-a , for in ~ tance, Margery Mote , which i making thing from wood, like wa te-paper basket , what-not heh·es . bookend , and other thing \\"hich I had best not mention for fea r of error. Says 1argery. ''Ther:.. i nothing und er the heaven. I do 1~o t aw." (\tVith h r little coping saw, of course. 1ay we neYer reap our due reward for uch a ptnk pun.)

Phyllis Card and ancy B<'ti1 Galyen play tennis, and it i really a treat to watch them attempt to hit that cute little white ball! _-\!<:o. it is a lesson in tendern es to \\"atch them smack it! May th ey confine their macks to the ball , ven after this reading!

Mothers Honored Gamma Gamma Chapter plans to honor their mothers in a ::.Iot her ' Day Tea, to be held May 9th, at the Hotel Bell, during th e afternoon. A varied program \\·ill be presented and the mother \\"iII b~ shown our appreciation of : heir efforts and sacrifices in our behalf in the best manner we kno\\·. \\ 'e plan to make thi Mother's Day Tea an annual affair a the fun· tion met \\·ith uch acclaim I ;~ t yea r.

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EPSILON EPSILON State Teachers College Emporia, Kansas

Our Ammal Spring Formal was held the night of pril 3 in our Student Union Hall room.

After the dance we had a midnight supper at one of the hotels in to\\'n; and, as one might say, "a good time was had by all." I believe it was one of the nicest formal s "路e have had.

In a few days we are planning a picnic with one of the other sororities on the campus . This, as far as I know, has not been done here before. The two groups of us belieye this is the easiest and mo t effective way to get better acquainted. There is only one thing \\Tong- the weather. If vVinter eYer "lets up" and gives Spring an opportunity, we can get out-of-doors and have a grand time.

NmY, to tell you about some of th e mu sic attractions we have coming to K . S. T. C. The San Carlo Opera Company i coming here to play "Faust" the night of :\.pri l 12. This is the first opera Emporia has had in years.

I kno"路 it will bring a good crowd becau se I think there are many other like me-we have never seen an opera. Emporia is uch a small tO\m that I doubt if the majority of those who go will "dre s." However, the sororities are all " 路earing evening dresses.

I only hope we can start the tradi-

tion for eyeryone of \\'earing eyening dresses to entertainment at which they are appropriate.

The Kansas Music Festival to be held here April 20-23. Even though it is only high school students that take part in it,we will all be busy greeting friends from the "old home town" and keeping our eyes open for pro pective rushees for next Fall.

Oh yes, we have a Queen and other campus notables. \\ e also have some who rightly belong in the Hall of Fame, but I'm sending those articles separately.

MARY LOUISE B U TCHER.

Tuesday, March 31 , 1937, Mildred Garrett, an Alpha Sig and also the President of the Women's Athletic Association of K. S. T. C. at Emporia, left for three glorious days in Denver to attend the Central District Physical Education Convention.

After riding all night, at about six o'clock V\ ednesday morning, she caught the first glimpse of the snow capped mountains. "I'm just wild about the mountains," sh e said. She arrived in Denver at 9 :20. Until four she spent her time sight seeing. She went through the Colorado State Museum and the State Capitol.

She saw the Denver City Library.

"Denver i a lovely place," she stated enthu iastically. That night was the opening se sion of the conEdna McCullough vention . Mi our own Epsilon Ep ilon adviser

TH E PHOE JIX and p re id ent of th e corwention pre ided.

T hursday, M ildred attended va riou s meetings on the dance, health, and various oth er ubj ects pertaining to phy ical ed ucation.

At four, a la rge party left for a mountain trip which took th em through th e park and up to Mou nt Lookout. They saw the Continental Divide a nd a beautiful sunse t.

Ju st as the sun di sappeared behind the m ounta ins, the lig hts of th e city came on, which was ve ry effective. That night they had dinner at one of the Country Clubs ju t out of D enve r. Here Miss Trilling and M i s McCull oug h spoke.

Every evening, there was a big dance sponso red by th e C. D. P. E. A. whi ch was held at either the Country Club or the Cosmopolitan Hotel.

Friday was th e S tate Luncheon ; each state had it ow n table.

There were nine states repre ented at th e conventi on . It was Friday also th at she met M r .

Reinard Schlosser, the National Treasurer of A lpha S ig ma A lph a, and Mis Ma riam G. 路w aggoner, th e Phi Phi adviser at Ma r yv ill e, Missouri.

Two of the most intere ting people th ere, were Mr . and lVlr .

Seton of the Seton Institute at Santa Fe, New Mexico.

T hey have been all over the world and teach th e Indian Dance and culture. The Juni o r H ig h of the Cheyenn e Mountain School demon-

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trated folk dancing. Thi - a-roup is very well known; it ha - en~n gone to California to pres nt it program .

Mildred return ed aturday. tired but happ y: however, he wa not too tired to attend our pnng Formal that eyenm o-. }AXE Frxr11. Y.

ZETA ZETA State Teachers Colleg e Warrensburg, Missouri

Spring activ itie are 111 full swing on ou r campus ! \Y are planning our pring formal for May 7, and it wi ll be in th e form of a " balloon fi esta". .\ large number of alumnce a re planning to attend, as usual, and we a re looking for ward to it with a g reat deal of enthusiasm. \ t\fednesday evening. April 7. we in stall ed our new officers . They are as follo ws : P re ident, Cha rl otte Reidenbach; vice-president. E lma Leebrick; sec retary, J ewel Bank ; coll egiate representative . Helen Hanners; trea urer, nna =-.rargaret McDonall ; and chap lain .

V ivian Sutton. fter installation se n 路ices we had a small ru h party at Ri o-o-le's Blue Room , which i a popular recreational center for all tudents.

Pan-Hellenic Picnic The Pan-Hellenic organization is plann ing a picnic which "路ill be held Apr il 23. It will be a plea ure to ao-a in b with the g irl s of the

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other four sororities on the campu , for they are all lovely girls, and we are so proud of the fine sp irit of cooperation between th e sororities .

E ngagement Announced The engagement of Miss Jewel Banks, Zeta Zeta, to Mr. Noel Morgan of Kansas City, has recently been announced.

'Do you dance Friday night' think he'll send a corsage?' 'Oh, we had a lovely time'--. Remembering- yes - remembering forever -the grand times, the friendships, too sweet and rare to forget, the fellowship that abounds in daily life, and the great joy of all: that I was an Alpha Sig !"

HELEN

HA NNERS,

R etiring Preside11.t.

(HARLOTTE REIDENBACH,

Editor.

ETA ETA State Teachers College P ittsburg, Kansas

" Thoughts of a Retiring President"

Visit of National Officer

"I am retiring from office-leaving behind those letters to writethose reports to send in-those questions to answer-those many duties to fulfi ll-leaving behind the 'may we have the roll call, please,' and 'any new business?' 'Balloons probably would be cheaper,' and so on .. . . forgetting the fact that invitations must be out by the twenty-fourth-that red candles must be purchased before Wednesday nig ht-that we should have a rummage sale to replenish the treasury-oh yes, forgetting it all -leaYing it all behind.

I am retiring from office; and . . . leaYing behind those beautiful letter \Yhich in pired me and gave me hope - thos e reports which taught me to be dutiful-those questions which caused me to think more clearly-those duties which chall eno-ed my ability to leadleaYing behind the 'Let's have a

The members of Eta Eta chapter were quite fortunate to have, as their guest, Miss Mary Mae Paul.

On Friday evening the active chapter entertained with a formal dinner at Carney Hall. Following this formal initiation vns held for: Pauline Butler, Thora Faye Nunn, Harriet Parsley, J eanne Malcolm, Dorine Bowman. After th is Mrs .

Charles Davis was initiated to the patroness degree.

Saturday Miss Paul was honored with a luncheon given at the Country Club by the alumme chapter.

A tea was held at Mrs. K. A. Spencer's home on Saturday afternoon. The members of the Panhellenic Council were present at this.

Saturday evening th e pledges gave an informal dinner at the college cafeteria. It was really the best party of all. After the official

THE PHOENIX program wa over, request " ·ere made for different numbers. Included \Yere : Betty Boop, Pop Eye, Green Fedora, O ld King Cole, and such .

S unday morning there was a breakfa t at th e Hotel Stillwell.

Follo"·ing this we all went to the Pre byterian Church.

There is only one thing we found we didn't like about a national officer' Yi it. We didn't have a long enough time with her.

E ta E ta chapter have as th eir new pledges; Georgia Lukens of Med icine Lodge and Betty Simons of Galena, Kansas.

Queen Contests In co nn ection with the annual P hi S ig Frolic a queen contest was held. Harriet Parsley, our representatiYe, won th ird place.

This year , in connection with the annu a l Tri-state Music contest here, a dance pageant is to be presented . In thi s is to be a queen and two maids of honor. Betty Dor ey of our sorority ha s been cho en as a maid of honor.

THETA THETA Bost on University Boston, Massachusetts

Thi has been a busy and happy time for th e m embers of Theta Theta chapter of A lpha Sigma . ur fir t problem was that of seeking and " rushing" new member , whi ch we accomplished very app ropiat ely at a St. Patrick's Day tea.

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Participation in chool affair. ianother item on the time budg t of many of our member . On Ma rch 17 and 1 the .-ch I of Education Glee lu b put on a delig htful operetta. "In lei Yienna." in which a number of our Air ha Sigma Alpha CYirl took part.

A nother thing which made u proud and happy wa the election of three of our member . .race Caron, Phylli Dunphey, and Helen Newhall to Phi Lam! cia Theta. honorary fraternit y for women in education. They were initiated at an imr res ive formal dinner on March 29.

Then there wa th e tuestion of new officers for Theta Th ta chapter. The nominating committee submitted a li st of name . and at our busine s meeting on l\Iarch 30, the follow ing officer. wer lect cl: President, V iolett K ing; \'ICCpres ident, Glenn a Gibson; ecretary, P hylli Dunphey; trea. nrer.

Berth a Rolfe; regi trar. Alice Moore; chap lain, Helen e\\'hall; ed itor, Dori Corbett; coJleCYiate rep resentative. to be filled.

Another event of im portance was our pledge upp er on pril 3 at th e home of one of our alumnc:e members, l\fr . Guy H. \Yil son. at \ Vellesley Hi ll s. \\·e were . en·ed a deli ciou buffet upper, after which we pledged two new members, Marjorie Horne and Lillian Lane. The remainder of the e,·cning \Yas plea antly . pent in mu:ical entertainment and game . Then

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we turned homeward, happy to know that our sorority was bigger and better by two new sisters.

ETTA

CHRISTIA::-<SEN,

Editor.

The following is a list of our members now at school, and the eyents in which they have participated: Grace Caron, Senior. Y . W. C. A., Hosanna Club, Pi Lambda Theta.

Etta Christiansen, Senior. Pi Lambda Theta, Cosmopolitan Club, Editor of Alpha Sigma Alpha 1937. Scholarships, Junior and Senior years .

Doris Corbett, Junior. Glee Club, Newman Club, Ozanum Club, Chairman of programs and advertising for show. Participated in "In Old Vienna" and Convocation.

Phyllis Dunphey, Junior. Newman Club, Pi Lambda Theta, Ozanum Club.

Glenna Gibson, Junior.

Glee Club, Y. Vv. C. A. , Vice-President of Alpha Sigma Alpha 1937-8.

Participated in "In O ld Vienna" and Convocation.

Grace Gowen, Graduate. 路 Pi Lambda Theta, Cosmopolitan Club, Glee Club, Treasurer of Alpha Sigma Alpha 1937. Participated in "In Old Vienna."

Alfa Guyer, Graduate. Registrar and Vice-President of Graduate Group of Alpha Sigma Alpha 1937.

Lois Johnson, Senior. Dramatic Club, participated in "Candlelight" and "Caleb Stone's Death \Vatch."

Scholar hips, Junior and Senior years.

Hazel Killam, Graduate. B. U. Symphony Orchestra, Secretary of Alpha Sigma Alpha 1937. Played with orchestra at "In Old \ ienna."

Violett King, Senior. \路icePresident and President of . lpha igma Alpha 1936-7.

Ethel Mack, Senior. Glee Club, Chaplain of Alpha Sigma Alpha 1936.

Alice Moore, Sophomore. Glee Participated in "In Old Club.

Vienna" and Convocation.

Mary Moran, Senior. Cosmopolitan, Newman Club, All University Glee Club, Harriet E. Richards Club, Vice-President and Chairman of Social Committee.

Helen Newhall, Junior.

Pi Lambda Theta .

Ellen Owen, Senior. Pi Lambda Theta, Chaplain of Alpha Sigma A lpha.

Charlotte Pearson, S e n i o r .

Teaching Kindergarten at Bro\\"n School, Somerville, Mas .

Bertha Rolfe, Junior. Glee Club.

Greeting Our New Rushees After our mid-term vacation, our thoughts turned to ne,,路 members who might be asked to join our sisterhood. After carefully studying the personality of tho e suggested as possible new members, we made plans for an afternoon tea.

On March 15, 1937, we entertained our new ru hees at the

THE PHOE N IX arti ti • apa rtment of A lfa Guyer (one of our isters) which oYerlooks the hi storic Charles River. harmina Miss Guyer 111 her ho tes gown cordially greeted ea ·h new member with her pledge.

Dear ~ t. Patrick would have showered bl ess ings on us all, could he haYe . een the deco ration s in his honor. \\·e "·er ver y fortunate, in spite of inclem nt weather, to hav e so many g uests and members attend th e tea. \Ne were happy to have our spo nsor, Mrs . R uth N. F letcher, \Yith u s for the afternoon, for this our last meeting with her until he returns from her fi ve week of a well-earned vacation.

Our afternoon was not quite complete du to the absence of our faculty adv iser, Miss Mabel C. Bragg, who, because of a prev iou engagement co"ul d not be with u .

Tea was pou red by Miss Guyer, and andwiches, cakes and coffee c mpl et ed the refreshments.

Afte r an enjoyable afternoon in thi attractive apartment, th e rushees and members left, each ca rrying a St. Patrick's Day favor to remember this joyful after noon spent in getting better acqua inted with our isters-to-be.

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nature, in religion, or in human relation . That i why it i rather difficult for me to tell ju t how J felt on becoming a pledo-e of Alpha igma A lpha. ).lay I imply . ay that the time are a ll too few when we dedicate ou r elYe an w to o-o to g reater heighL in our phy . ical. intellectual, social, and . pi ritual development. Too often in th • hurry and bu tie of lif " . for ·ct where we are go ing, what w are aim ing at, and then we fail in our biggest task- that of being of rvice to our world and of bringing true joy to our elve and to others .

While th e mere making of pledg-e to aim for better phys ical. intellectual, socia l and spiritual li ving cannot alone achieve re ult , a dedication of thi kind , mad e in an ear nest spirit in the pre ence of th e people with whom one enjoy working and playing and wh o haYe pledged th em elves to the same purpose, goe a long way toward the achieving of the ere ults. The solemn beauty of the occa ion i. haunting and keep brino-ing hack to tho se who haYe o dedicat d themselY s their aim . so that they are motivated to keep on tnnn g for better and better fulfillm ent of their idea ls.

CORBETT.

K AP PA KAPPA

On Becoming a Pledge of Alpha Sigma Alpha

Temple University P hiladelphia, Pennsylvania

It i often hard to exp re s the more beautiful, deeper experiences of life. wheth er th ey be tho se in

By thi s time we ha,·e otten m·cr our di sappointment in the re ult of T mpl e's Ia . t basket ball o-am of

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the ea on. You see, Temple was a lmost assured of the Eastern Conference champ ionship, and then along came P itt! Anyway - we did get a try at the champ ionship. \\' e do have some winners at the house, however. Four of themor maybe you would call them fiends-bridge fiends . From a nice fri endly little game one day in February, th ere aro se a Tournament, with every woman for herself. The winner is to be g iven dinner in town by the losers. A t the present writing, Helen is ahead by t\\路o points. But th e others are n't discouraged; th ey have until May 14 to catch up on that tremendous lead. Good luck, you future Culbertsons. \\.e've also done some winning after ru sh season. Ten swell girls -a very ni ce ending to two very nice ru sh parties. O r at least, we thought so. Speaking of rush parties, Mickey Smiles tell s you all about our dance, somewhere else in this issue. A nd Peg Gensemer tells you about our famou s trio.

They really are famous , just like th e Boswell sisters, because they sing over the radio and everything.

To get back to th e results of ru shing . \ Ve had a pajama party for th e prospective pledges. It was a g reat success, with hamburgers and everything.

Especially hamburgers-for two days afterward.

I could talk about national inpection, too, but Becky Phil on has really done some work on it; her article will be foun d somewhere in this issue. ( It I eYer get it) .

It's too bad that this i n't June, because then I would haYe pacres and pages of news. You ee . fifteen of us are graduating in June, the tenth to be exact, and being Alpha Sigs, th ey will probably figure a g reat deal in th e acti ,路ities at that time. A nd then there ts the subj ect of the May Court, in wh ich we hope to be well represented . And we still have to hear th e res ults of the electi ons of class officers. Will we be su q rised if we don't have two Kapp a Kappa's come through ! Also, with our new girls com ing in, we should be well rep resented in departmental offices. And- flas h (a Ia \\'alter \tVinchell)-we're going to have Hal Kemp for the Senior Ball. One of the best bits of news we have had in some time, and it ju t came in today, in time for this ne\\路 letter. But since th e Ball i held on May 5, I won't be able to tell you anything about it. HoweYer, maybe Kitty Dunavant, erstwhil e a sistant editor, will remember enough to write about it next year. although she will probably have plenty else to write. Any\\路ay, lots of success, Kitty. }AxE DrcKsox. Editor.

TH E PHOENIX The Visit of Mrs. Crook, Our National Vice-President O f cour e the arrival of our nati onal officer arou ses excitement which u ua ll y turn into goose pimples before the door bell rin gs, or even perhaps the day before he come . But M r . Crook came on time and became so much a part of one of u s we soon lost our uneasiness and had one g rand week-end.

Friday night th e so rority had a dinner in the facult y dining room.

There were about fift y present including Mrs. Crook, Dean Peabody (D ean of 路women at Temple University), Miss Glascock, a patroness, M rs. Clarke our housemoth er, two al umn ~, the rest included officers and membe rs. As son as all were seated we began singing so rority songs, between courses follow ed by a few short acts by three of the girls. These acts had previously been given at our fir st ru sh party and were requested by th e g irls. Mrs. Crook gave u s a ver y short but worth while talk about sorority and its values. Dean Peabody said a few word and the dinn er was complete.

The model business meeting was scheduled to start soon after th e dinner. Everyo ne hurried to th e house, arranged all chairs, hoping they could get a co mfortable one for th emselves. The meeting went along smoothl y. It ended with the singing of "The hi eld of lph a Sioma A lpha." Then a mad ru h

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for the girl "ho had date - for the Commerce formal, that niaht.

Next da y conference beaan at nine and Ia ted unti I one o'clock.

The re t of us were 1 u y makin the dance prooTams for our . econd ru h party.

P ledging wa cheduled for two o'clock-Libby Landi wa pledaed at that time. Tea wa en路ed between the P ledging and Initiation ser vices. O ur trio ang three yery delightful number .

Initiation follow ed. Jane Lewi wa initiated leav ing us with onl y one pledge.

The week-end was a rand- \ \' e enjoyed Mrs . Crook so much . Sh gave u s many helpful ugae tion , and made u feel clo er to the national organization .

BE KY PrrrLsox.

Kappa Kappa Formal Rush Party The Manufacturer and Bankers Club - Impress ive title for the place where Kappa Kappa ente rtained its twenty-eight ru hees at the form al dinner dance " 路h ich completed our ru h sea on. \\' ith the customary orchid co rsage and chicken dinners to plea e our g uests, and a fl oo r ho\\' between courses, the dinner wa a huge uccess. Unknown talent were revealed a the enterta inment progre sed. Chickie Hey! gaye an excellent imitation of PaY IO\\'a in an entrancing ly lovely toe dance.

J ane Lum den tapped her way through the intermi sion bet,,路een th e soup and main cour se. and our

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dessert was made more appealing through the delightful harmony of our famous Morris, Price and Carl trio. As an added attraction Edna Meunier gave her interpretation of Joe Penner singing "When the Pussywillow Whispers to the Catnip," followed by an initation of Martha Raye, with not only her singing but also with her swinging.

All the guests vented their enthusiasm by the aid of tiny hammers, working out tricky combinations on the silver and glasswear.

After the dinner and welcoming speeches by our officers, and advisers, we all adjourned to the ladies room where we made ourselves more beautiful while awaiting the arrival of our escorts. The music for dancing which followed was furnished by Morry Helzner and his Commanders. During the intermission we were again favored with everal selections from our Sorority Trio. \Ve were fortunate and happy to have with us President and Mrs .

Beury who entered into the fun like regular Kappa Kappas. Our other honored guests were Mrs. Rita Clark, our house mother, Miss Marjorie Jones, our adviser, and Mrs. herman Doyle one of our patronesses. Mrs. Beury also is one of our patronesses.

Promptly at twelve, like Cinderella, our wonderful evening came to an end and we put on our wraps and tucked the ru bees into cars and whisked them away to their

homes. Everyone agreed, rushees, actives, guests and alums alike that it was "The bestest rush party ever." \Ve were overjoyed to learn a few days later that ten of the girls had signified their wish to become Kappa Kappas.

MARION S:IIILES .

MU MU State Teachers College Ypsilanti, Michigan

Busy Days for Mu Mu's It's rushing season again and you know what that means. \\ e are all through with one week of it now, but the worst is yet to come. There will be parties coming off thick and fast this next week. We have some unique ideas for some-such as a sinners party, an elephant party, a jaunt if it doesn't rain, and a minstral show.

Besides rushing we are kept busy looking for a house for next year. We have decided to live together again as we did formerly and now we spend our spare hours looking at houses and interviewing landladies. It is great fun.

On Mother's Day we are planning a Mother's Day breakfast and Sunrise Service. We are trying to ,路eorganize the old Mother's Club and are taking the opportunity of Mother's Day to get this started.

Surprise!

When we returned from Spring vacation we were pleasantly sur-

THE PHOENIX pri ed by the fact that our faculty adviser Mi s Musolf, had become Mr . amson during our ab ence.

Although we are happy for Mrs. Samson, we aren't so happy either, for now we will have to look for another facutly adviser.

Mrs. amson can no longer remain on the faculty a her hu band is also a member of that exalted body. 'vV 11 , anyway we were fortunate to have her kind assistance for a long a we have, but we feel that no one can quite take her place.

Fa t b ating pulse , excitement, thrill , bright new gowns, lick coiffure -it's the night of lpha tgma lpha's formal dinner and dance.

11 this excitement took pla e on the night of April tenth.

It was a lovel y affair, or o they say. I really wouldn't knovv becaus ye ed came down with a lov ly new case of the hive and had to stay at home and scratch on the night of all night . From the reports of the other girls, however, I gather that it really was a grand party. Everyone had a perfectly marvelous time, but I expected that, of cour e. 'vVe had the dinner and dance at our Union building. The alum 1lanned and gav the dinner. There were, I I elieve, al out sixty who attended that. Th dane wa held in one of the loung . . Sw ina music and just plain music was furni hed by Moe and arter, college mu ician t interfrom our wn campus.

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mi ion refre hment wer en路 d to the gue t at the oda fountain .

Dancing lasted until twelv o'clo k and talking Ia ted far into th night.

We Get Philanthropical 'vVe Mu l\Iu' tried to do our little bit toward helping mankind this last term by making kerchi f for one of the local Girl out One of our member troops. the mothers, Mr . Delaforce troop leader so we ju t offered our services and mad the scarf at one meeting . Tru t of our bu ine me, they really looked nic , too.

NU NU Drexel Institute Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Practice House for Alpha Sigma Alpha's Each year at Drexel, girl are required to enter the Practice House of the chool in order to complete their Home Economic course. Thi house is a real hou e and has in it a real baby. It i the duty of the senior girl to manag the house in as effi ient a manner as possible and to care for the baby just a it own mother would . everal of the Nu Nu girl were required to enter the house thi ) ear, so five of them decided to ao together o that they would hav a closer a ociation with one another and reinforce their friendsh ip which had already had a firm

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hold. They were, ~Iary Lentz, Eleanor Coffman, ally Pennell, Jean l\Iueller and Sally Johnson.

The girls had a splendid time and their life there was in the form of a long sorority meeting (which lasted for four weeks). Parties featured their life which were to such an extent that they were seldom without company. This exemplified their perfect hospitality and their active lives.

This occasion was anticipated throughout the lives of every girl in the practice house and it fu lfilled their every anticipation. It was a fitting climax to their four years as Drexel Horne Economists.

Officers Entertained During our Easter vacation at Drexel, Dottie Crook - our esteemed alumna-entertained the officers of Nu Nu at a party which proved most enjoyable and peppy -but why wouldn't it with Dottie at the helm? vVe played "4-5-6 Pick up Sticks," we made A~A motifs with chewing gum, and we tried our skill at a fascinating marble board.

In recognition of their superior ability, Margie Chambers won first prize and Phoebe Maxfield won second prize.

However, even though these two gained reward for their powers, we all profitted after our keen competition by the luscious refreshment which revived our spirits and prompted a li,路eh路 o-ab-fe t.

The party was a grand succes and gave relief to a " rnonotonou " life.

New Officers of N u N u At a meeting on March thirtyfirst, the new officers for the year 1937-1938 were elected by the u Nu chapter. Vve feel fortunate in having such a fine group of girls to lead the sorority and maintain the high standard and good name which has been ours during the past year. Out of the twenty-four organizations for women on the campus at Drexel, Nu Nu girls hold thirty officerships.

This record illustrates our vital force which we feel sure will continue under the new officers who are: President, Marjorie Chamber ; vice-president, Hope Morrison; secretary, Betty VVing; treasurer, G e o r g e t t a Marlor; chaplain, Dorothy Ritchie; collegiate representative, Sally Hall; editor, Marian Marsh .

To Marian Marsh-Nu Nu's New Editor It has indeed been a pleasure to contribute to the PHOENIX as N u Nu's editor and to work with Mrs. Lieb during the past year. But now I relinquish my place to my successor, Marian Marsh, and wi h her good luck in her work. I know she will support the PHOENIX earnestly and will be an asset to its continued success.

SALLY

PE1\KELL,

Rctiri11g Editor.

T HE PHOENIX XI XI Universit y of Californ ia Los Angeles, California

Scholastic Honors Given \\. a ll know t hat one part of t he four-fo ld ob ject of our Sorority i int llectual developm ent; in fact, a our pledge manual tell u , " good chola tic standing is one of the greate t services that a member can render to her chapter."

In Xi _r i chapter, this i emphasiz cl by t he awarding of t h e lumn;:e ch olars hi p Cup each sem ster to the g irl who receives th hi g h t grade average. The nam of the w inner is engraved on it each time and then the cup is passed on the foliO\Ying seme ter.

If ne g irl succeeds in keeping it three time consecutively, he is awarded the cup. Margaret Cuenod, now one of t he Alumna::, has won one of th se cup s for her self .

Thi , tim the cholarship cup was presented to Doniece Rose as the girl with th e hi rrhe t average, a nd it is to h er that congratulations are g iven.

Lor . McDo:\'ALD.

Our New P resident able n w pr sident, Doniece Rose, i a nati ve daughter, ha\¡ing been born in Lo n eles . \\hi! attending th e Lo Juni r olleg he wa of the Fr nch society of ( ;amma. and the Alethian chapter of Tau Epsilon Pi: . he wa a l o a rn emher of Tau A lph a Ep il on. â&#x20AC;˘

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he i an Educati n maJOr and enter her enior year next fall.

Doniece wa award d our Alumna:: cholar hip cup thi m . ter for the member haYing th high , t grade average, 2.4.

Besides beino- uch a brilliant tudent, our pre ident ha qu ite a few hobbies; he make darlinohat , having gone to a millinery chool for a time, doe \\'OOd burning, make or help with mo t of t he favor and dance proaram. , has grand ideas for partie .

In other word , we are " ry proud of our pr ident and I k forward to next year for a very ucce sful sea on.

DORIS

l'RRIER.

OMICRON OMICRON K ent S tate U niversity Kent, Ohi o

The second eme ter Rush Party wa a big ucce . It wa held at the sorority hou se in the form of a Kid Party. The vanou r oom were cia room for pellin arithmetic, mu ic, and anatomy.

This is the second y a r \\' ha Ye held a Kid Party and it lo ok a. t hough it would beco me traditional.

The rushin rr a on end ed \\'ith three new addition to the micron O micron Pledge chapter. Th y ar Dorothy pple, Henrietta Griffith , and Marjorie \Yoocl . The G irl w re o-iven the pledge degree on larch 9 . 1937.

The old pledrr ntertain d the

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active at a dance on March 12.

The actives had to agree that it was as good as the one we gave them in ovember.

The event of most consuming interest this spring was the election of the new officers. Vv e regret very much to see our own Dotty Fitzgerald go out of office. But we do feel that she is being replaced by one who has all of her qualities, and is just as well known on the campus. Allow me to introduce her-Miss Jean Ulmer. Jean is a

officer are as follows: VicePresident, Marjorie Dunfee; secretary, Jane Ann Tatgenhorst; treasurer, Jean Davi ; chaplain Billie Beidler; collegiate representative, Virginia Fredericks ; registrar, Roberta Van Fleet. The new editor for 1937-38 I'm sure you will enjoy knowing through her clever articles . She has done extensive work on the school paper, and is noted for her crazy idea .

For this issue of the PHOENIX she has chosen to explain the ad event of the death of the sorority fi . h, Aloyious. May I present the new Omicron Omicron editor-1'Iargie MacNab .

VIRGINIA (ARPE)ITER.

Hail Sisters !

This is more or less of a debut for me, and unaccustomed as I am to public debuts I take my pen in hand (typewriter to you) to record the eventful life of one Aloyious Alexopolous .

True Fish Story

J ean Ulmer, newly elected president Omicron Omicron

sophomore this year. She won a blues singing contest not long ago, and is now singing with a few of the local dance bands. She served out Marie Stambaugh's term as secretary this year. The other

As we throw away the outward signs of deep mourning . . . let us pause to remember the eventful life of our dear departed mascot of mascots, Aloyious Alexopolous, a finny golden-colored denison of the deep.

'Twas early in the academic year that we wended our way to the local dime emporium to purchase for ourselves a soulful goldfish appropriately named Aloyious. In

THE PHOE to a cry tal clear bowl we dumped him with tender care, feeding hi ever hungry mouth three time a day faithfully by the clock (my roommate and co-owner also fed him). nd now, on with the woeful tale. . . A loyious waxed fair and fat. .. hi beautiful eyes lent in sp irat ion to our toil ome pondermg.

Change of Scenery ne unny day .... how well we remember ... the filth in the water obliterated the fish ... a change of s enery was necessary. So Hanadean (m ine roomie) carefully, with lo ing hand carried lo yiou ( in the bowl, of course) to the kitch en to change the water. One minute Aloyious . . . ob . . . ob .. . was gulpin g huge gillful of the lear cold wat r. The next moment he lJing ... tortured lav~ !!a a ....__~ . ' sufferin bJ up n th floor. An innocent app aring suitca e wa kicked furiou ly aside as a hand cooped up the fi . h and dropp Li Iii' lo yious hurriedly into the remaining water 111 the bowl.

Heroic. Rescue r\.loyious with the aid of an aspirin recovered hi former handsomen ss, but his per. anality su ff r d a ma rkcd change .... ome . ay h wa. nev r right a ft r the accid nt. Time pattered along and all wa. s rene I ut the day came

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when a carele irl poured poor Aloyiou out of the bowl and he lodged in the drain ninly flopping his fins. hoe horn ... pen il .. a vvild call for Philbert ... a pair of eyebrow tweezer , and ll y wa once again grasped from the great beyo nd.

Final Roll Call But, Ala ! \Yoe! The fatal dav fell upon u . The roll call wa taken and dear departed loyiou lay in state on a velvet eve nin g wrap thrown over a tabl e in the li ving room . Fortunately the a! were plentifully uppli ed with flowers from a tyle how the evening before and they willingly layed them before the o路)a bathtub casket. orrowing friend came and at upon the sorority' eight white chairs and crO\\ ded into the adjoining room offerina th eir condolence . The grief became so overwhelming during the ermon that it wa nece ary to pa s out box after box of kleenex.

Eight honorary pallbearers, (member of the hand ome Gammas) , carried the handles of a dres er to distinguish them from the other mourners. \Ve the ma ter , weeping copiu tear and lowl y chantina a dirge, bore loyiou to his final resting place which wa a hallo" graYe hollowed out with tea poons by the pallbearer .

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State Teachers College Buffalo, New York

Introduction are in order aga in this month-this time for you to meet Mrs. Rosamond Aba te who is act ing adv ise r in "Heym ie's" absence. "Heymie" is "edjacatin" herself ome more at New Yo rk University this semeste r. M rs.

Abate is an alumna of B. S . T. C. and also of Alpha Sigma A lpha.

S he's pretty swell! On second thought she's pretty and swell!

Take your bow, Rosie!

"Oh no! can't make it! Big sorority week-end!" Exclamation s of this so rt were hea rd last week when anyone approached an Alph a S ig and asked her to go anywhere or do anything. A nd we were just that-tied up! Last week-end we had national inspection with Ev Bell doing th e " inspecticating".

Orchids ought to be given to those in charge, especiall y Jerry Hatten who was general chairman of th e week-end and who is summarizing all events in a ve ry special article.

T hose of P i Pi chapter are not gold-diggers. We're just out to make money!

The committee assures us of clear profit in raffling a fi,路e dollar gold piece in our 'Pot-0 -Go ld" adventure. everal ha ,.e made hideous threats to us in ca e they don't win but we're not the least bit afeered !

About three weeks ago a big eyent took place on our campus.

Annual Stunt nite \\路as held in

charge of which wa Harriet 1 son a P i P i gal. A nd what's more -the winning stunt had six Alph a Sigs in it who are we to say "no wonder" but we say it a ny\\路ays !

Panhellenic has been O ur pring planespeciall y active thi ning teas for Freshmen o路i rl s so that so rority g irls may become better acquainted with so me of the F ro sh previous to compiling ru sh lists. Anna Lou Marks, p res ident of Panhellenic (a nd incidentl y an A lpha Sig) announced at meeting recentl y that there will be a second tea soon. It seem s a g rand way to see some Frosh that haYe perhaps been too studious so far th i year. Also Panhellenic Day will be in about three week s and the proposal before the " house" now is that we all get white linen blouces and embroider our insig nia on the pockets to wear on that occasion.

Excellent idea-sez mos t of us !

This about co ncludes the news from P i P i for this m onth.

MARY ZERBY,

Editor.

Thing were buzzing in Pi P i chapter the week-end of Ap ril 912, not only becau e it was a sorority week-end, but it wa also National Inspection by Evelyn Bell, national president. It eemed so good to have Ev with us aga in .

She has had to share her time with other chapters this year.

O n Saturday morning there was a model initiation, expertly manao-ed by Margaret Sm ith. chap lain.

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were g iY en by th offic r . Pre iMarian Thoma , being a Home Ec. girl knew that we would appreciate dent, Betty -:\Iurray, o-ave u · ome food and prepared a luncheon heartening fact about our tandwhich we all did justice to. " nd ing ocially and chola tically a · after that," Evelyn Bell talked to compared with other roritie on u about what a sorority can do for the campus and al o ome word of its members cooperatively and ound advice well worth followitw. individually. Ev has such a perDori ·wyatt, v ice-pr ident adfect way of saying what she m eans v ised u s to continue our clo e conin a forceful, delightful manner tact with our alumn::e. ur . ecrethat eac h g irl increased her detertary, Jerry Hatten had a f w good mination to work for Alpha Sigma suggestions for our future ecreAlpha. tary which, if he folio" s, will ease In th e evening many lpha Sig , her burden.

Frieda Beck, both active and alumme found treasurer sugge ted that we elect themseh·e amidst spotlights at a formal dance at the Hotel Fillmore an a sistant treasurer to h lp out in time of practice-teaching. he We owe a perfectly smooth time to Iargaret Mi ller, chairman. also had three page of writt n O n Sunda y Miss Bell was advice to offer to our new trea urer. honored at a tea at the hom e of Editor, Mary Zerby urged that we Betty Iurray. Lucille Finton and send in more photograph and Ge rtrude Van rsdal e were renews . Chaplain , Margaret mith. spo nsible for its succes . Faculty enior Panhell enic rep resentati ve. member s and a lumme also atA nna Lou Mark and Juni or Pantended. hell enic rep resentati ve, J ane olby A nd a all good thin gs mu t a lso spoke their words of ad vice come to a n end, th e week-end wa o-lea med from a year of experience. conclucl ecl by a busin ess m eeting on fter the old and new bu ine s Jond ay e \·ening. was over our nati onal in spection ]ERRY HATTEI\. officer, Evelyn Bello-ave u a hort. vital speech . Among ot h r thin 'Y . \.lph a tg m a \lph a held its sh e advi ed u s not to o-et o model bu iness meeting on Mo nd ay wrapp ed up in our chola tic evemn g . pri l 12, 1937. The meetattainment that we foro·et about ing \\" as preceded by a " mod el'' our ocial ide and that alway to upper cook ed by three of our remember that In nitv Home Eco nomi cs g irl Phylli Harley. Beve rly F isher a nd -:\1ar- st reng th." g-aret Urban. .:\t the m eeting . a nnual r epo rt

Respectfully subm itted.

MARGARET l.IRCAX,

Ne11' Editor .

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Meditation on Being E lected P i Pi Chapter P r esident I hardly think any coherent thoughts were present in my muddled brain on being informed of this great honor. It was a great thrill but as the first thrill wore off the realization of the immense respon ibility gave me a case of full-size jitters. After that, trying to think of something other than "Thank-You" to say to the congratulations of my sisters occupied me till meeting was over.

DORIS WYATT.

RHO RHO Marshall Co llege Huntington, W est Virginia

After the Flood Party The alumnce chapter was very kind in having an after the flood party for the active chapter and their guests. vVe all wore gingham and aprons although there was two inches of snow and ice had formed on the street.

Everyone had a good time playing bingo, singing sorority songs and dancing. Vve are very proud to say that from the guests at this party, we got four very lovely new pledges.

P ledging Service Rho Rho chapter of Alpha Sigma Alpha held a formal pledge service at the First Presbyterian church at four o'clock. The organi t played Perfect Day through the ceremony and after the services

were read Jo ephine and Pauline Conley sang, All Through Your Life.

Those pledged were: Ida Kathryn Smith, Ripley; Jean Jolmson, Parkersburg; Katherine Carr, Ravenswood; and Maxine Le ter of Huntington. 路 Rho Rho Rho Rho chapter held installation of officers at the First Presbyterian Church at five o'clock. .After installation services the actives enjoyed a lovely dinner in the Grill Room of the Governor Cabell Hotel. Afterwards the business meeting was held with the new officers being in charge. The new officers are as follows : Esther McQueen, pre ident; Phyllis Maderia, vice-president; Madeline Priddy, treasurer; Roberta Blackwood, secretary; Jo Conley, editor; Nina Grace Mcquinn, collegiate representative; Pauline Conley, chaplain; Elizabeth Cary, registrar.

My Impression of the Initiation On the way to the church where our initiation was to be held. about the only thing we could thiBk of was the rain. It was pouring in torrents . But a soon as \Ye cia hed from the car the rain \\'as forgotten. \Vhile \\'e waited till all was ready I believe we were more than a little awed. \Ve hardly knew just what to expect.

THE PHOENIX Then we began. The Herald joined u and signaled at the fir t door, all was ilent. While we waited there had been a tendency toward excited chatter but that wa gone now. \i\To rd cannot expre s the thrill I felt when I signed my name in the membership book and my spon or fa tened the pin and aga in after all was over and everyone wa telling me how glad they were to hav e me with th em. Nor can words express how proud and glad I wa to be a member of Alpha S ig ma lpha.

RoBERTA

BLACKWOOD.

SIGMA SIGMA Western State College Gunnison, Colo.

pring, and another school year i almost completed. It's time for our pring formal, and then we'll all be off for summer vacations. " I ice in Wonderland" is to be the theme of our dance thi year. Tiny, gaily painted figures, the Mad Hatter, the March Hare, th e imp riou Q ueen of Hearts- wi ll all be th re.

Pledcre week, another sp rin g cv nt ended with a mock initi a' tion for the pledges in the collecre club hou e. ~ inging recipe to popular melodies was only matched in in enuity by extemporaneous debate on uch gra e subject a "\Vhi ch is the more important to

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Polly chlo er, national tr a urer, pent that pril week end with us, and three of our girl went act ive at a twilight formal initiation, Mary J one , Ruth Fauber, and nita Allen. fter a ucce ful y ar a pre ident, Betty Creel, who i graduating this Jun e, turned over h r office to Harri tte 11cAIIi ter.

V ice-president i Loretta Miller; secretary, Ruth Fauber; trea urer , Esther Morrison; coll egiate representative, Barbara a tee!; editor, Mary Katherine Yoklavich; regi trar, Phyllis Cole ; and chaplain , Patricia Thomas. nd as enior , we leave these gi rl all our trial and tribulations, but a l o th e joy and fri end ship we found in Ali ha igma Alpha.

AnA }A::\E I KG LEDE W.

Pledge Song, by the Pledges of Sigma Sigma Chapter Tune : Leibe traum

lpha igma Alph a, we dream of you and love you. \i\Then college day are oe'r, Those vows we took, May we remember alway , nd hold in our heart , o dear Alpha igma lpha, our orority.

The red and white will alway lead u onward.

P ledge loyalty unto death.

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TAU TAU F ort H ays Kansas S tate College Hays, Kansas

Inappropriate P arty Tau Tau chapter entertained with a party in the \楼oman's building February 27. Everyone was instructed to dress inappropriately.

This same theme was carried out in using varied dance programs and decorations from previOus parties.

The pledges were in charge of the party and music was furnished by a nickelodeon. No refreshments were served. A good time wa had by all.

LuciLLE

Hoer-r.

Pledging Services Tau Tau chapter of Alpha Sigma Alpha held formal pledge services at the \Vomen's Building, Thursday afternoon, March 11, at 5 o'clock. Our new pledge is Arlene Jennings of Spearville. }EWELL BARINGER.

Tau Tau chapter of Alpha Sigma Alpha held formal initiation services Thursday evening, March 11, for Kathryn Brenneman of Goodland, Kansas.

MILDRED MURRAY.

Installation Tau Tau chapter installed their new officers March 22. They are a follows : President, Flora Lu Cochran; vice-president, Elizabeth Leidigh; secretary, Ruth Twenter;

treasurer, 1\Iarion Holzmeister; registrar, Lucille Hoch; chaplain, Eunice Gaines; collegiate representative, l\lildred ch\\"artzkopf; editor, Jean Fuller.

A Carnival What is more fun than a carnival? A carnival that ha all the trimmings and a dance thrown in for a special attraction. It was such an affair that the tudents of Fort Hays attended on the tenth of April.

The K club and W. . ..-\. sponsored the gala affair \Yhile the sororities and fraternities had sideshows and booths. One sideshow consisted of Indian dancers. hula hu la dancers and a ven路 clever strip tease act, another was a tour of campus buildings, one booth sold noise makers and confetti. The Alpha's had a bingo stand and gave as prizes, balloons and candy bars. .The orchestra wa provided by the K club and the \\". served refreshments. Each organization set its own price and then received the profits from its booth.

VVhat with the noise and confusion, balloons, confetti, barkers and hands it was a great carnival and heaps of fun.

MARVELLA

ScHRIDDE.

Formal Dinner Danc.e Tau Tau chapter held their annual spring formal dinner dance April 17 at the Lamar Hotel.

The room was decorated to

THE PHOENIX represent a flower garden. The tables were arranged in the form of a star and in the center wa a maypole with various colored streamer s goi ng to each place.

The orchestra pit was arranged as a flower garden and pastel balloons formed the center of the flowers. Nosegays and buttonnaire were given as favors.

One of the pecial dances wa the winding of the maypole.

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The Country lui wa di o-ui 路ed beyond recognition. Becau. we wanted our dance to 1 a ''hea\' nl y thing", what could 1 more fitting than a heayenl y atmo phere? Rio-ht there we had the plan for our decoration . But wait, I am o- tting ahead of my elf.

At 8 :00 on Friday night. ;.ray 14, the gue t arrived to b c nducted down tair to P ur <Yatory!

But wh y Pur<Yatory? B cau e one ]EA N FULLER, Ed路it 01路. does not "get to heaven in a ingle bound." In reality, Purgatory wa Why I pledged Alpha Sigma the dinner of the dinner-dance.

Alpha There were two de vil at the f ot of the tairs who let us into a room Two years ago two girl friends of mine from my hom e town came where flame s hot up the walls and to Fort Hays State. Before their devil faces leered from behind fre shm en year was over they both them . The table wa U hapecl were A lpha Sig's. The experiences with devils (forked-tail , pitch-fork, and fun they had along with the and all) as place card . Th fine things the sorority accom- crownin g achievement of th e dinplished appealed to me, and I de- ner was the de sert, vanilla icecided then and there that I would cream with th e r cl A-:i.A ere t on it!

Then, up the olden tair to like to be an A lpha Sigma Alpha if the Pearly Gates where t. Peter they would have me. \iVhen I reand an angcl gave u our dance ceived a bid to this society I accepted without he itation, and programs (the requirement for you may be sure that I have not entrance into H aYen.) And uch heavenly sound a we did hear been so rry. from the di stance, furni shed by ARLENE }E NN I :\'GS. Anna Mae \\ in burn and her Thirteen Cotton lub Boy . F inall y, PHI PHI to v1ew Heav n - cloud and State T eachers College cherubs floatin <Y everywhere, the Marysville, Missouri orchestra in a bank of cloud , and In the spring an lpha ig's the angels o,路 rh ead, blowing on fancy turn to thoughts of her big clarinets, axe and a ba fiddl e! social event of the year, the pring Needle to ay. our dance wa a formal. And what a tim thi s year big success. ).[ ARY Tt:R:\'ER. - a dinner-dance!

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On April 4, Phi Phi chapter of Alpha Sigma Alpha and Alpha Epsilon chapter of Sigma Sigma Sigma held a Fireside Tea Cozy at Residence Hall for the actives, pledges, alums, sponsors, and patr~nesses of both sororities. This Cozy was held to further a better relationship between the two sororities on our campus. The result was very successful and we plan to hold a Cozy once a month, inviting the faculty and other organizations of the college.

E lizabeth P lanck, Phi Phi president and Mary Peck, Alpha Epsilon president, poured.

1ARY T URNER.

CHI CHI Ball State Teachers College Muncie, Indiana

The annual spring formal dance of the Chi Chi chapter of Alpha Sigma Alpha of Ball S tate College was held Saturday evening, March 20 in Recital Hall of the Arts Building. Paul Barker and his popular orchestra provided the music. The sorority crest was the theme for the decorations.

Hampers of Yell ow flowers and ferns carried out the idea of spring.

At eleven o'clock a canopy of yellow and green balloons, with the Greek letters of the sorority painted upon them was showered over the g uests.

Mis June Wilkin on, pre ident of the sorority was attractive in a metallic taffeta gown, fa hioned

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with bows and rhine tone clip .

Her cor age was red roses. Mi s Jane Baker, dance chairman was lovely in a peach chiffon gown, fashioned in simple lines.

Members of the dance committee were Jane Baker, Jean Mitchel, Vera Hughes, Grace Richey and Betty Huston.

The invited guests were Dean Grace DeHority, Dean and Mrs. Harry Hawick, Dr. and Mrs. L. Harper Whitcraft, Mr. and Mrs. Mark E. Studebaker, Miss Anna Marie Yates and Miss E lizabeth S imkins.

Our adviser, Mrs. L. Harper "Whitcraft is acting as chairman for the Mother's Day Tea sponsored by the college.

A committee of twenty members from the faculty will assist her in arrangements.

An invitation bringing both pleasure and disappointment came to the sorority this month. Mrs. 0 . K. Gaskins of Indianapolis extended a cordial invitation to the active members of Chi Chi to spend a day in Brown County.

Mrs . Gaskins has a lovely rustic summer home there. The time conflicted with the Mother's Day program at the college, hence the great disappointment of having to send regrets.

Chi Chi Cabin Cram \iVith the coming of the grand spring weather, Chi Chi of Ball State felt the urge of the wonder-

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The committee of cour e, went out early and had everything in perfect order by 6 o'clock. When the rest of the girls came, the cabin was cozy with the soft refl ections from the huge fireplace.

At 6 :30 a cafeteria picnic lunch wa served. All thirty of us sat around the large table and devoUJ路ed ham salad and cheese sandwiches, sacks of potato chip s and cookies-and as can be expected not a crumb remained . .After lunch the girls gathered around the fireplace and sang songs from our Alpha Sigma Alpha Song book.

It really sounded grand, not bad harmon y eith er . Helen R eed had planned a number of clever games which were thoroughly enjoyed.

The committee then surpri sed the g irl with marshmellows which were quickly roasted over the fireplace-and did we girls eat ? Just ask any of us. The party ended all too oon, but of course we sang a lot more.

Rachel Kern and V irg ini a Belle !l:rs. L. Mey r were our guests.

H. 路Whitcraft, M rs. M. E . tudebaker, and Miss Betty Simkins chaperoned. Here's to a lot more parties before the uccessful "grads ' leave us.

IR IA GREIVE.

Pledge Week

The pledge of hi hi chapter went through a v ry intere tin pledge week, preceding th ir initiation. O ne day they carried "o-ood'' chocolate and bowed before very member they met on the campu .

They wore red hair ribbon in their ha ir all week to de io-nate that they were pledges of .;\lph a igma Alpha. For variety the g irls carried something ach day for the members to munch on. The menu con isted of potato chip , chocolate and "choi ce" nut . .A good fre h co untry egg wa carried to the variou frat ernity houses and the ignatures of 25 boys were placed on the eo-g. (Thi gave them a chance to make themselves known-whether they did or not I wouldn't know-but you guess.) The poor pledge were not allowed to date or speak to boys. They were to dre up and look th eir best during pledge week.

At the conclu ion of thi trenuous week there wa a small party held at the college hang-out. Here the eggs were checked for ignatures and broken into a bowl to prove that each egg was real and that each pledge was a good eo-g.

The g irl s who planned pledge " 路eek were Marjorie Harper, chairman, Helen Reed, Grace Richey and June \ ilkin on. The pledge. that survived pledge week ar Beth Bartholomew, Thelma Bla:del, Carmine Cree, Ruth Evan

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).laureen Brown, Dorothy Mabes, Virginia McCarty, Betty eil, and Kathleen ·w ilson. } U :-IE WILKI N SON.

Scented Money The Chi Chi's at Ball State are again at it trying to make money .

Every way and any way with honesty is our policy. Every member has a box with twenty -four perfumed sachets to sell for ten cents each. Many salesmanship talks are being heard. "You could sure lu re your girl with this." " You \\'ould never need buy any more perfume." "Just a mere ten cents for this smell- ooh just think! " These are the many overheard statements that are bringing in the seventy-five cent p ieces to our treasurer from each box sold.

May luck be with us to sell all.

proud to think one of our girl is an active member of this fraternity.

Pi Omega Pi rates fourth in the ho1:10rary fraternity and we are fortunate to have a member in that fraternity.

Our hope for the future years is to be the highest of sororities and fraternities .

FLORENCE HowE.

Honors to Alpha Sigma Alpha It was announced at the Annual Spring Banquet of the \iVomen's Athletic Association, a national sports organization on ou r campus, that one of our A lpha Sigma Alpha's, Betty Neil, was awarded a \ tV. A. A. letter for her good work in W. A. A. sports.

Such an a ward is quite an honor for a sophomore.

KATHLEE N DARROW .

THELMA \VALTZ.

The Scholarship Rating The scholarship rating of the sororities and fraternities has just been announced. vVhere on the list does Alpha Sigma Alpha fall? \1\Te-Alpha Sigma Alpha's-feel glad and yet sad . \1\Te rate fifth this year as compared to ninth last year, but as yet we have not reach ed our goal-the top place.

V•l e seek-aspire-attain to be first next year.

The Sigma Pi Rho, national Latin fraternity placed first in the scholarship rating of campus organizations. \Ye feel mighty

PSI PSI · State Teachers College Na tchitoches, Louisiana

Pledge Servic.es Psi Psi chapter of Alpha Sigma A lpha held pledge services for Doris Emmons on March 18, 1937.

Installation Services Psi Psi chapter of A lpha Sigma Alpha met at the Newman House on April 3, 1937 to hold installation services for the officers for the year 1937-38. T he new cabinet is composed of: Jessie Jones, president; Mildred Smith, vice-presi-

THE PHOENIX dent; Ro emary Thomas, ecretary; Lida Wilson, corresponding secretary; Jimmie Burkhalter, treasurer; Marie Hearne, regi trar; Manette Sweet, chaplain ; Jo ephine Tarlton, Panhellenic representative; Roberta Fluitt, coll egiate representative and G Ioria Griffin, editor.

Initiation Service Psi Psi chapter of Alpha Sigma Alpha held initiation services for Jo Jo Tucker, Josephine Tarlton, La Verne Killen, Angie Dell Ballard, Isabel Williams and Jimmye Burkhalter on March 25, 1937.

Alumnre Luncheon The a lumnre of Psi Ps i chapter of Alpha Sigma Alpha met at a luncheon in the Fountain Room of the \iVashington-Youree Hotel in Shreveport, Louisiana on March 27, 1937. Members and Alumnre present were Geraldine. Lyons, Beth Ricks, Shirley Ricks, Mi ldred Rhode , Faye Price, Marguerite utton, Mr . Murray vVoodyard, Mrs. Carlie B. Floyd, Pattie Virginia Sharp, Louise Roger and Jean Johnson.

GLORIA GRIFFI:\".

Birth Announcements Born to Mr. and Mr . Herbert Hanggi (Ollie Hagood) of Shreveport. Loui iana; a daughter, \ irginia Lee, on 1\Iarch 12, 1937.

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OMEGA OMEGA San Diego State College San Diego, California

The mo t important new from our chapter thi month i the introduction of our oon-to-be new member . \Ve were v ry ucce ful in ru hing thi sea on and tive of smartest campu co-ed are sporting A~A pledge pins. They are Joanna Harve , Elva Ga rdner, A'Voine Steele, Mildred wint and Helen \1\fueste. Their enterta inment give an example of their extraordinary talents. They think nothing of play , monologues, dance and accordian solo .

The Formal of Formals \\'ith th e Spring came the formal Inter Sorority-Inter Fraternity dance at renown Hotel Del oronado. This lovely affair wa given in honor of all the pledges on the campus. To tart the evening off in gala fa hion, a buffet supper was given at the home of Majorie Hathaway. ( t which a large Virginia Ham wa the guest of honor.)

And More Dances Going collegiate, our pledges were given a sport dance in th eir honor at the country hom e of Bernita and Regina fferman .

HonorinO' the mighty member next \\eek-end \Yill be a mountain party gi,路en by our littl e pledO'e~.

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Although dubious of the probable prank , we will attend en masse.

Came the Election The rare sport of polititics has been the main topic of the discussion with the result that our president, Ruth Walker handed over the gavel to Rosemarie Zinkand.

Ruth was the "ideal president," one of those delightfully efficient executives but also the life of the party type. She was our 路representative at National convention last summer, and is now having an exciting time with her practice teaching for her elementry teaching degree. A senior and soon to leave us, Ruth will take a share of our hearts too. And now for Rosemarie, our beauty representative and also a prospective petegag.

We are looking forward to a jolly year under her leadership. The other officers are: Bernita Offerman, vice-president; Pearl Steele, secretary; Virginia Hughes, corresponding secretary; Margaret Harvey, treasurer; Zelda Swanson, registrar; Madeline Taylor, chaplain; Margaret Corbett, editor; Ethel Fried, campus editor and Muriel Thomas, inter-sorority representative.

The Arty Of cour e we have some arti t in our chapter, namely: Zelda Swan on and ancy Taylor. They are proud members of the college Art Guild and have been striving for months to inveigle the orority into having a surrealist party.

The Dramatists Scull and Dagger, honorary drama fraternity is well maintained by three A~A's, Madeline Taylor, Bernita Offerman, and Ethel Fried.

(How we do love them when time comes around for the semi-annual Feminine Frolics.)

Our Geographers Rosemarie Zinkhand, Zelda Swanson, and Margaret Corbett are members of the honorary geographical society, Roadrunners. They have been threatening us with a field trip but we are proud of them ju t the same.

Summer Consciousness vVith eyes already roving towards the blue Pacific, we maintain a studious atmosphere by doing early scouting for the annual summer beach cottage. Fifteen girls are all set to go. We are also looking forward to our weekly summer meetings. Ah !

Success to all of you in your finals and a happy vacation.

NANCY TAYLOR.

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Things You Might Miss Pi Pi Chapter, Alpha Sigma Alpha Educational Sorority of Buffalo State Teachers College is planning a sorority week-end beginning Friday, pril 9th, to entertain its ationa! President. Tomorrow morning Miss Margaret Smith will present a model initiation which will be followed by a luncheon for college and alumnc:e members under the chairmanship of Miss Marion Thomas. The National Pre ident, Miss Evelyn G. Bell, will meet with the old and new cabinets in the afternoon and the evening will be occupied by a semi-formal dance in Hotel Fairfax with Margaret Miller in charge. The Misses Gertrude VanArsdale and Lucille Fenton are co-chairmen of a Tea to be held Sunday and the week-end will close by a business meeting Monday evenmg.

Reprinted from B1tffalo Evening News Friday, April 9, 1937.

Of more than ordinary intere t is the new contained in I ews Letters from Kent and Huntington Alumnc:e Chapters, of their efforts to organize the A~A alumnc:e in Charle ton and Youngstown. Success to their undertaking to muster the Alpha Sigs in these cities!

Alpha Sig was well represented at the Convention of the entral District Physical Education s ociation recently held at Denver. Those in attendance included: Miss M ildred Garrett (EE) of Emporia, Kansa , Mi s Elizabeth Fergu on

(ZZ), Miss Elizabeth Foote ( DD .

M rs. Za Lawren on (BB) and ).lr .

Polly chlosser (BB) all of Denver. Three A~ 's as m ntioned in preceding item , participated in the program.

Obviou ly the Yp i alum arc "On their way up." ttendance at the dinner which they pon ored preceding the College hapter Formal Dance totaled ixty! \\'e have heard there were one hundred twenty in attendance at the dance as well as the two Dean of the College and three of the patrone es of the college chapter. ne of their most succes ful affair of this kind in recent year .

Alpha Sig alum are becoming more "PHOENIX conscious"-both in their contributions and sub criptions. The number of alumnc:e ubscribers has almost doubled that of last year!

In this issue of the PnoEN"IX there i a contribution from each of our twenty-three alumnc:e chapter .

Kappa Kappa ha a trio compo ed of Alice Carl, Lillian Morri and nna Price who broadcast over radio station every Monday night from 5 :05 to 5 :15, tation \ FIL, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. i\Iargaret Cuenod, an alumnc:e of Xi Xi Chapter, ha as her permanent property a cholar hip cup which he won three ucce ive time .

Doniece Ro e won the cup thi emester.

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Exchanges lpha igma Alpha' badge i ' a conca ye quare of black enamel, di playing in gold the sorority letters A~A, a crown and a star, borered in gold or m ixteen pearls. " \.lpha igma Tau's badge is "a modified six-pointed shield of black enamel, bearing the sorority letters A~T in gold in the center of the badge and bordered with pearls."

Pi Kappa Sigma's badge is "a modified triangle, shield form, of displaying the black enamel orority letters PK~, and lamp carrying a diamond surrounded with thirteen gold rays."

Pi Delta Theta's badge is "a monogram of the sorority letters, the Delta jeweled with nine pearls, and superimposed upon the Pi and the Theta, which is hand carved."

Sigma Sigma Sigma's badge is "a triangle of black enamel displaying the skull and crossbones and the sorority letters S. S. S." Theta Sigma Upsilon's badge is "a fiye-pointed shield of black enamel, jeweled with pearls and turquoises displaying a torch and the letter T~'lt."- Th e Shield of

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Irene eal Rail back, general chairman of the Kappa Kappa clubhou e fund committee, reports that a Heart tone trust fund has been officially started and that she

had placed a izeable number of contribution in the bank toward this project.- Banta's Grcek Exchange. * * * Kappa Delta ha recently made its latest gift to the ho pita! in Richmond, Virginia, in the ha1 e of a blood tran fusion outfit . Heretofore this paraphernalia has been borrowed from one of the priYate hospitals in Richmond . -Banta's Creel~ E:rchange .

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Rushing chairmen at the University of Illinois this past season because practical minded about prospective pledges, and with an eye on future schola tic rating for their houses, secured the high school averages of all rushees.

They made past scholastic records of rushees one of the main points for or against a girl when con iclering her for pleclo-ing. The rushees' scholasdc records were available at the office of the Dean of \Vomen.-Banta' s G1'eel~ Excha11gc.

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time arriYe a k , ''What kind of a coke would you like?''

Cor age include everything from vegetable and cio-arette to ear muffs made of chry anthemum , tiara of violet and weet peas, or huge lilie droor ing from * * * the coat lapels.

King for a Day One girl arrives in hor e and "The 路 cene Change " and the buggy, anoth er driv e an ambulJoe Coll eges become kings for a ance, and there is the in tance of clay at the annual Mortar Board the lass pushing her date to the party at the University of Ne- party in a wheel chair. braska.

Tired feet, a adly depl eted The party is held the week end purse, that feeling of infinite reimmediately following the Military lief in being a girl, and th e Mortar Ball, which opens the formal sea- Board party is a thing of the pa t. son. It is cu tom for each girl to The Mortar Board society is a invite the boy who escorted her to senior women's honority organizathe ball. tion composed mostly of orority The perfect escort is the girl women. The list thi year mwho waits patiently while her elate cludes the following prominent finishes his bower, stands in a activity women: Pre ident, Jean line of seeth ing femininity to check \iValt, KKr; vice-president, Mary his overcoat, car ries a shaving kit Yoder, KA庐; E lsie Buxman, AXO; or over-night bag in lieu of the Rowena Swenson, unaffiliated; Ercompact he usually carries, and ma Bauer, 6. 6.6.; Barbara De Putfinally looks at the check for a ron, A<I>; Marylou Peterson, A<I>; Jeanne Palmer, <I>M; Eleanor Clizsteak dinner without flinching. be, xn; Eleanor McFadden, <I>M; On the other hand there is the Margaret Phillippe, AOIT; and g irl who ends her date a cor age Jane Keefer, 6. 6.6.. of onions, arrives an hour late -Banta's Greek Exrha11 ge. dri\路ing a hearse, and \Yhen eati ng

twenty will pay 10, those from twenty to thirty-four members will pay 15, and chapters with member hips over thirty-five will be a es eel $25.- Banta's Greek Exchange.

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List of Missing Addresses The following is the list of names and addresses from which the PHOEXIX ha been returned. If you know of any corrections please send them to the N a tiona!

Editor, Mrs. B. F. Leib, 317 E . Fall Creek Blvd., Indianapolis, Indiana.

Alpha Beta: Mrs. G. C. Alexander (Faye Fowler) 1140 Elizabeth St., Denver, Colo.

Josephine Gilliland, 193 E. Pierce, Kirksville, Mo. Mrs. E. F. Grisby (Ruth Crookshank) 3027 First Ave., Kansas City, Mo. Lettie Merrick, Lancaster, Mo. Nada Reddish, 346 S. Market St., Memphis, Mo.

Alpha Gamma.: Mrs. William Thayer (Julia Mintier) 45 Gibes St., Rochester, N. Y.

Beta. Beta: Katherine F. Stewart.

Gamm.a Gamma : Faye Ward, Yukon, Okla.

Mrs. Harris Johnson (Helen Deal) 3090 Husband, Stillwater, Okla.

Delta Delta : Mrs. David E. Jones (Helen Hudson) 280 Whalley Ave., New Haven, Conn.

Mr . R. M. McCoy (Thelma Groome) Station B, Riverside Dr., Columbus, Ohio.

Epsilon Epsilon:

Mrs . Jessie Risley Jenkins, Sedgwick, Kans.

Mrs. Dan Ross (Marie Potter) 2513 W. 47th Terrace, Kansas City, Kans.

Mrs. Raymond Heady (Eleanor Wilson) 103 E. William, Pittsburg, Kans.

Mrs. R. E. Corey (Lodenia Wiley) 3111 East 5th St., Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Iota Iota: M rs. V{. D. Irons ( eva Kriner) 1-18 Myrtle Ave., Kansas City, Mo. Mrs. Walter Johnson (Zylpha Walker) 45 E . lOlst St., Chicago, Ill. Mrs. Dorus H. Myers (Leona 'Vetch) Elkhart, Iowa.

Kappa Kappa: Mrs. Frank Kingfield ( Margaret Chamblin) 3033 16th St., . W., Washington, D. C. Mrs. C. G. Tripner (Helen Lutes).

NH Nu: Mrs. Theodore Allan Jones (Marjorie Bull) 1201 3rcl Ave., Ashbury Park, N . J.

Xi Xi: Mrs. R. S. Dalton (Mona Sachs) 361 Clofore St., Rialto, Calif.

Mary E. Forde, Orlando, Fla. Audrey Fraile, Broughton, Kans.

Mrs. W. A. Jones (Maude Barrigar) 1113 Alameda Dr., Portland, Ore.

Mrs. Emerson Cline (Maybelle Schaefer) 330 9th St., Sal ina, Kans.

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Phi Phi:

Alice Cronin, Casper, Wyoming. frs. John Heavy (Martha Rogers) Pierre, S. Dak.

Vada Cliser, Webster Grove, Mo. Mrs. Fred Barbee (Thesis orwine) Albuquerque, N. Mex.

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DIRECTORY NATIONAL COUNCIL

Preside1zt-Miss Evelyn G. Bell, 8 East Depew Ave., Buffalo, New York.

V ice President- Mrs. William Crook, Narberth Hall Apts., A303, Narberth Pennsylvania.

Secretm路y- Miss Esther Bucher, 4134 Eaton, Kansas City, Kansas.

Treasurer-Mrs. Reinard Schlosser, 2800 Dexter St., Denver, Colorado.

Registrar-Miss Mary Mae Paul, 413 ~ West Sixth St., Hays, Kansas.

Chaplain-Mi ss Loui se N. Stewart, 3644 Lake Shore D ri ve, Chicago, Ill inoi .

Extensi01t Officer- Mi ss S. J une mith, 354 Manor Ave., Mill ersville, Pennsylvania.

Editor-Mrs. B. F . Leib, 317 East Fall Creek Blvd., Indianapolis, I ndiana.

Fina11ce Chairman- Mr s. F red M. harp, 1405 Hardy Ave., Independence, Missouri.

BOARD OF ADVISERS

Alpha-Miss路 Grace B. Moran, Farmville, Va. Alpha Alpha~Miss Amy M. Swisher, Oxford, Ohio.

Alpha B eta-Miss Ethel Hook, 202 Conner Apts., Kirksville, Mo. Alpha Gamma~Miss Ethel A. Belden, State Teachers College, Indiana, Pa. Beta Beta-Mrs. Wallace T. Wait, 2211 8th Ave. , Greeley, Colo.

Ga.mma' Gamm.Qr--Miss Vera Leeper, College and Choctaw St., Alva, Okla.

Epsilon Epsilon-Miss Edna McCullough, 1017 Rural St., Emporia, Kans.

Z eta Z eta-Miss Myrtle Downs, Warrensburg, Mo. Eta Etar--Miss Jane Carroll, 706 South Broadway, Pittsburg, Kans.

Theta Tlletar--Miss Mabel C. Bragg, 80 Madison Ave., Newtonville, Mass.

Kappa Kappa-Miss Marjorie K. Jones, 1904 No. 13th St., Philadelphia, Pa.

M11-Miss Elsie Musolf, 11 2 S. Washington Ave., Ypsilanti, Mich.

N1t N11-Miss Jean M. Richmond, 1411 S. Broad St., Philadelphia, Pa. Xi Xi-Miss Ethel T obin, 10648 Blythe Ave., West Lost Angeles, Calif.

Onncro1~ Omicro n~Mi ss H elen I. McClaflin, 237 E. Main St., Kent, Ohio.

Pi P i - Mrs. Ro amond Abate, 430 Connecticutt St., Buffa lo, N. Y. Rho Rh o-M iss Irene Glazik, 1408 6th Ave., Huntington, W. a.

Sigma Sigma-Mi ss Lucy E. Spicer, 601 No. Taylor St., Gunnison, Colo.

Tmt Tau-Mis s Mae P aul, 41 3~ West Sixth St., Hays, K ans.

Pili Phi-Miss Mariam G. W aggoner , Missouri State Teachers College, Maryville, Mo. Chi Chi-Mrs. L. H . Whitcraft, \ e twood, Muncie, Ind. Psi Psi-Miss Marian Nelkens, Lou isiana State Normal College, atchitoches, La. Omega Omega- Miss Audrey P eterson, 1835 Meade Ave., San D iego, Calif.

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NATIONAL COMMITTEE CHAIRMEN

Co 11stitution-}..hs. Clyde J ones, 3 Salisbury t. , Winchester, Mass.

Historian- Mrs. Roderick McCullough Thomas, 1305 Obispo Ave. , Coral Gable , Florida.

S ong Book-Miss Helen McCJaftin, 237 E . Main St., Kent, Ohio.

Conventi01v--Mi ss Georgia Anne chulte, William v\ oods Coll ege, F ul ton, Io. A lumnae-Mrs. Lewi s B radley, 63 1 East J efferson St., Iowa City, Iowa.

Scholatrsmp-Mi ss J oy Mahacheck, tate Teacher s College, Indiana, Pa. Philanthropic-Mi s Ethel T obi n, 10648 Blythe Ave., \Ve t, Lo Angele, ali拢.

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ROLL OF COLLEGE CHAPTERS Alpha--State Teachers College, Farmville, Va.

Alpha Alpha--Miami University, Oxford, Ohio.

Alpha Bela--State Kirksville, Mo.

Teachers

College,

Alpha Gamma-State Teachers College, Indiana, Pa. Beta Beta--Colorado State College of Education, Greeley, Colo.

Gamma--State Teachers College, Alva, Okla.

GamtiUJJ

Epsilon Epsilon-State Teachers College, Emporia, Kans.

Zeta Zeta-State Teachers College, Warrensburg, Mo.

Mrt Mu-State Normal College, Ypsilanti, Mich.

N a N u-Drexel Institute, Philadelphia, Pa. Xi Xi-University of Angeles, Cali f.

California, Los

Omic1·on Omicroi£-Kent State University, Kent, Ohio.

Pi Pi-State Teachers College, Buffalo, N.Y. Rho Rho-Marshall College, Huntington, W.Va. S igma Sigma--Western State College, Gunnison, Colo.

Tart Tau-Fort Hays Kansas State College, Hays, Kansas.

Phi Phi-State Teachers College, 1\Iaryville, Mo.

Eta Eta.- State Teachers College, Pittsburg, Kans.

Chi Ch1"-Ball State Teachers College, Muncie, Ind.

Theta Th eta-Boston University, Boston, Mass.

Psi Psi-State Teachers College, toches, La.

Kappa Kappa-Temple University, Philadelphia, Pa.

Omega Omega--San Diego State College, San Diego, Calif.

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OFFICERS OF ASSOCIATION OF EDUCATION SORORITIES

Chairmm£-Miss Edith Mansell, Alpha Sigma Tau, 161 Highland Ave., Highland Park, Mich.

Secretary-Miss Mabel Lee Walton, Sigma Sigma Sigma, Drawer 271, Woodstock, Virginia.

Treasurer-Mrs. Fred Sharp, Alpha Sigma Alpha, 1405 Hardy Avenue, Independence, Mo. Director of Local Pa11hellenics-Mrs. C. P . Neidig, Pi Kappa Sigma, 3632 Paxton Road, Cincinnati, Ohio.

Director of City Panhellenics-Mrs. Orley See, Delta Sigma Epsilon, 48 Wildwood Avenue, Piedmont, Calif.

Chairman of Eligibility and NationaJization-Miss Carrie E. Walter, Theta Sigma Upsilon, 3815 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa. Chairman of Publicity-Miss Mae Warfield, Pi Delta Theta, 717 Linden St., Allentown. Pa.

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ALUMNAE CHAPTER PRESIDENTS

Alva, Okla.- Miss Edna Donley, 1103 Church St., Alva, Okla.

Thomas, 131 6 13th W .Va.

t., Huntin tun,

Boston Mass.-Mrs. Clyde E. J ones, 3 Salisbury St., Winchester, Mass.

Indianapolis, I11d.-Mr s. v illiam Kingdon, 3025 N. Meridian t., Apt. 505, Indianapolis, Ind .

B11ffalo, N. Y.-Miss Margaret I. Houston, 88 Long Ave., Hamburg, N. Y.

Ka11sas Cit:y, Jllo.- 1rs. H . H . herman 4134 Eaton t. , Kan as City, Kan as.

Cclltral, Pa.-Mrs. Frank Eshelman, 912 State St., Lancaster, Pa.

Kent, Ohio-Miss Alice Jane turgill, 217 University Drive, Kent, Ohio.

Chicago, l/f.-Miss Ethel G. Llewellyn, 322 W. Lincoln Ave., Wheaton, III.

Los Angeles, Calif.-Mr s. Sydney Bone, 1105 San J ose Drive, Glendale, alif.

Col11mblls, Ohio- Mrs. Ralph Tibbals, 506 Milford, Columbus, Ohio.

Mar)•vi/lc, M o.-M iss 1arga ret utton, Residence Hall, Maryvill e, Io.

Dmvcr, Co/a.-Miss Helen Wiscombe, 2317 Vine St., Denver, Colo.

Philadelphia., Pa.-Mrs. Walter B enneberg, 6114 N. Franklin St., Philadelphia, Pa.

Des Moines, Iowa-Mrs. Walter Selvy, 3712 Adams, Des Moines, Iowa.

Pittsburg, Ka11s.-Miss H elen F itton, 613 W . Kansas, Pitt burg, Kans.

Eastern

Pittsburgh , Pa.- Mrs. C. I. Uauntel, 4218 Greensburg Pike, Wilkin burg, Pa.

Pa. - Miss

Thelma

Stortz,

Emaus, Pa.

Emporia, Ka11s.-Mrs. Andrew Sughrue, 1427 State, Emporia, Kans.

Grcclc:o,•, Colo.-Mrs. Eti Anderson, 1326 Fourteenth Ave., Greeley, Colo.

Hays, Ka11s.-Miss Kathryn Parsons, 509 West Twelfth, Hays, Kans.

Hwzti11gt01~,

W. Virginia-Mrs. Robert

San Diego, Ca lif.-Mis Cleo Tilton, Cargeni e Apt ., an Diego. Cali f.

Wichita, Kans.-Mrs. Fred Field, 504 N. Broadway, Wichita, Kans.

Ypsilanti, Mich. -M rs. George nderwood, 1376 Benneville Ave., Birmingham, Mich .

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EDITORIAL STAFF

National Editor Mrs. B. F. Leib, 317 East Fall Creek Blvd., Indianapolis, Ind. A- Elsie Cabell, State Teachers College, Farmville, Va. AA-Betty Nellis, 218 The Pines, Oxford, Ohio.

AB-Geraldine Bondurant, South High St., Kirksville, Mo. Ar-Ada St. Clair, 935 Philadelphia St., Indiana, Pa. BB-Evelyn Fesenmeyer, 1731 11th Ave., Greeley, Colo. rr-Louise Ewalt, 503 Normal, Alva, Okla.

EE-Mary Louise Butcher, 512 West 12th St., Emporia, Kans.

ZZ-Charlotte Reidenbach, 304 East Culton, Warrensburg, Mo. HH- oma Matter, 704 North Woodland, Pittsburg, Kans.

80-Etta Christianson, 35 Appleton St., Boston, Mass.

KK- Jane Dickson, 1917 Broad St., Philadelphia, Pa. MM-Isabelle Volay, Ypsilanti, Mich.

NN-Sally Pennell, 6747 Walnut Ave., Merchantville, N. J. 88-Myrle Patterson, 801 Hilgard, West Los Angeles, Calif.

00- Virginia Carpenter, 945 Lee Road, Shaker Heights, Cleveland, Ohio.

II II- Mary Zerby, 807 Elmwood Ave., Buffalo, N. Y. PP--Elizabeth Cary, 622 Sixteenth St., Huntington, W.Va. ~~-Ada Jane Ingledew, Gunnison, Colo.

TT-Louise Peterson, 4130 W. 6th, Hays, Kans. ~<1>- Thelma Patrick, Residence Hall, Maryville, Mo. XX-Kathleen Darrow, 500 N. Calvert St., Muncie, Ind. (!!4>--Gloria Griffin, Normal Station, Natchitoches, La. QQ-Nancy Taylor, 130 West Laurel St., San Diego, Calif.

Alumnae Chairman Mrs. Lewis A. Bradley, 631 E. Jefferson St., Iowa City, Iowa

Alva-, Okla.- Miss Lois Rodgers, 916 Third St., Alva, Okla.

Boston, Mass.-Mrs. Clarence Vaux, 43 Mudge St., Lynn, Mass.

B1t[fa!o, N. Y.-M iss Dorothy A. Marley, 20 Orchard Pl., Buffalo, N. Y. Central, Pa..-Miss Jean E. Wolf, 323 7th St., New Cumberland, Pa. Chicago, Ill.- Mrs. Raymond Boysen, 1508 N. State Pkwy., Chicago, Ill. Columbus, Oh io-Mrs . Loren G. Windom, Reynoldsburg, Ohio.

Denver, Colo.-Mrs. Christopher Dobbins, 2890 Wee Farmie, Englewood, Colo.

Des Moines, Iowa-Mrs. Earl N. Jacobson, 1317 Morton Ave., Des Moines, Iowa.

Eastem, Pa.-Mrs. W. Kittelberger, 220 Lafayette St., Palmerton, Pa. Emporia, Kans.-Mrs. Lawrence J. DeBauge, 216 E. 7th St., Emporia, Kans.

Greeley, Colo.-Mrs. H oward Sanders, 1124 Thirteenth St., Greeley, Colo.

Ha3•s, Ka11s.-Miss Shirley M. Baird, Hays, Kans.

Huntingt01~,

W. Va.-Mrs. Mortimer P .

Buck, 3309 Crane Ave., Huntington, W.Va. Indianapolis, Jnd.-Mrs. Richard A. Rice, 5254 Park Ave., Indianapolis, Ind. Kansas City, Mo.-Miss Mary Hamlin, 2029 Swift Ave., N. Kansas City, Mo. Kent, Ohio-Mrs. John C. Hobson, Box 165, Kent, Ohio.

Los Angeles, Calif.-Mrs. H omer Hunsicker, 1536 Amherst Ave., Los Angeles, Calif.

Maryville, Mo.-Mrs. John Kurtz, 315 W. First St., Maryville, Mo. Philadelphia, Pa.-Miss Jane C. Thierolf, 59 Bonnell St., Flemington, N. J. Pittsburgh, Pa.-Mrs. Ralph Pyle, 140 Fourth Ave., Wilson, Pa. (Clairton, P .O.) San D·iego, Calif.-Miss H elen Stevens, 3765 lOth St., San Diego, Calif.

Wichita, Kans.-Mrs. Carleton Hamilton, 3015 E. Orme, Wichita, Kans.

Y psila11ti, Mich.-Mrs. Otto E. Kress, 1210 Pearl St., Ypsilanti, Mich.