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THE PHOENIX OF ALPHA SIGMA ALPHA

MARCH 1940 VOLUME XXVI NUMBER 3

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CONTENTS

Regional Meetings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Wilma \Nil son Sharp Speaks at Women· Professional Panhellenic Association Luncheon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Dedication of Shockley Hall .... .. ..... .. ....... . . . . ·... 4 Thirty Yea rs of Service. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Catherine Reed, Dean of Women ....... . ...... . .... . .. 6 Mu Mu Has New Adviser .... . ... . ... .. .. . ........... . 6 E li za A. Blaker Club of Indianapoli s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 A lpha's Mardi Gras . .. .. . ...... . ...... . .. . . .. . . .. . .. .. 8 Alpha Beta's Adviser Hono red . .............. . .... .... . 8 Alpha Sig Starts lew Custom at Central Mi ssouri State Teachers College . .................. . ... . ..... .. ... 9 Travel .... ........ . . ........ . .. . ... ....... . ...... . .. 10 Receive Honors .. . .. .. ..... . ...... . . . ... . . . .... . .. . .. 18 Alumn<e News Letters ... . . .. . .......... . . . . . ........ . 23 College News Letter .... . ... .. .. . ... . . . . .. ......... . . 34 Exchanges . ·-· ....... . ...... . ..... . . .. . .. . . ..... . . ... 47 Announ cements ........ . ........... . . . . . . . .......... . 49 Directory

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Wilma Wilson Sharp Speali.s at Women's Professional Panhellenic Association Luncheon national ed ucat ion so ro rT iliti es.ERETh arer ·foseven re, the interf rate rnity relati on hip exist ing among their lead rs is characte ri zed by long- time persona l association · a nd a rather in timat e understa nding made possible by clo e contact s within a ·mall group . T he advantao·e in thi · situation is po inted out by L'sychologi t J ohn ] . U. ::.Jorgan in hi s fra nk statement, "lt is a pro,·ed fact th at the more we know peop le the more we like them even i f th ey a re ve ry pecu li ar in thei r personal characte ri sti c ." The \ ssociation o f E ducation ororities ser~e s as a n official interfratern ity governing and advi so ry body . ln th e quarter of a century whi ch thi s association ha functioned it ha evo lved a cl osely knit, efficient organization composed of one offic ial rep resentati ve from each member fraternity. Th is coun cil holds a reg ul a r biennial co nf erence. Interim bus iness a nd programming i conducted with dispatch and , if circum sta nces require it, with considerable ex tensivenes . It has alway · been a poli cy of the Association o f E ducati on Sororities to be well in formed rega rding the speciali zed field in whi ch it operates-alert to trends, studi ous of cha nges. T his to the end th at ed ucation soror ities may offe r in telligent cooperation to coll ege ad ministrators a nd that they may clare to consider their college chapters a s ed ucational in struments. \ Vith equal energy. definite procedures have been fo llowed to inter p ret the purpose and program of ed ucation so rorities to the p residents and cl eans of won;en of teachers college. Th i spirit and practice of unified effort for common good has not been without recognition. Tvvo years ago, :;. f iss Mabel Lee \ t\1 alton, representing the Association of Education So roriti es, was a guest speaker at the A merican Associat ion o f Teachers oll eges. It vva in a large measure clue to h er own e r vice that she could state before that important assembly, ''T he Association of Education ororities has had a part and a place in th e dramatic g rowth of the teachers coll ege." Thus interfraternity relations among education sor oriti es ha ve know n and achi eved some broad objecti\'e: in add ition to coping with special pr oblems of member oror it ies. an d continuous effo rts "to establish standa rds of excell ence along every lin e o( sorority endeavor." ln the discussion of my subj ect, I have no intention to yield to the temptat ion of becoming

a ::.1 rs. Jone who had a call er . During the polit e co nv c r ation li tt le 1\fary Jo ne was a n a tt cnti ve I iste ner. \1Vhen the call er had taken her leave, ?I I a ry w ith much enthu siasm asked, "i\fother, who a re th ose wonderfu l Jone · you were telling ::.Jrs. mith about- nobody that I know, are they ?" Rat her, let u consider some improve ment s in in terfraternity rela tion s, necesa ry improvement · if de ired goa ls are to be reached not on ly by education sororities but fraternities in general. lt is not enough fo r fr a te rnity leade rs to be imbu ed w ith interfraternity good will and altruism . l'raternity membershi p mu st al so be tra in ed in the fu ndamental princip les of in te rf ra ternity cooperatio n. Th is neve r eas ily possessed qual ity puts dow n shallow roots wh en it i · planted in such narrow doctrines as, ''o ur so rority is the oldest," "we are th e largest,'' ''we a re the most heavily endowed .., I t wou ld be of far greate r advantage if yo u could leave o ff comparisons and teach and practice tru e f raternity . lt is logical to assume that if w e concerned onrselves with f undamentals interfratern ity cooperat ion would become a more effective actuality. Th is goa l is not too idealistic. Its atta inment would not dim the precious lu ster of our own identity. F or in any process of cooperat ion , the basic element involved is individualism-th e g reatest possible development o f the unit whether it be a person or a g roup o ( persons. Sometimes orga ni zat ions, like indi vidua ls, lack balance because they a re prematurely occupied with an interest in others that restricts their own development. In ord er to place our interfraternity relationship on a firm fo undation let us deci sively and effic ientl y take in charge the life of our own f ratern iti e that our achi evements may be in proportion to ou r potentia liti es . Ove r one hu ndred fifty yea rs ago. the fraternity id ea pitched its tent in the camp of the A meri can system of high er ed ucat ion. In that strateg ic and responsible place it has remain ed through cha nge and development and g rowth . Today, in our educational ca mp whil e controversy wages between th e P rogressive Ed ucator and the Essenti ali st, whi le experimentation co ntinue a nd more effecti \'e meth ods a re fo re\'er soLwht. the re a re some fa ctors that remain constant. Irwin Ed man. professo r of phi losophy at Co lumbi a

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4 C"nive r ity, after twenty year::; of teachin<> ube r ve · wi th good nature and no di -couragement that " underg raduate never change. . . . nderg rad uat remain the ame not imply becau f the amene of the culture pattern which produced \merican coli ge: and 11·hich the college continue to affect and reAect . ndergraduate ar th ·ame be au ·e they ar y una men and wom n between the age of 1 and 22." Young women betw en the age of 1 and 22the eve r recurrent Aow of life that feed our na tional organization . And, the ame or variable a yo u will, what do we know of them, of their problem , their hopes, their capabilitie · ? \\'e readily adm it with Jame E. raig, " \\ e have lea rned that the dream · of our youth are more rea l than the r ealitie of our age.'' Yet we become o involved in organ ization promotion that

th re is little time to acquir el m nt:uy kno11 I dge regarding even ur 1 '-year-old · . who hall· b en called, I belie1 e, our ·· fa cinating po tadole cent .' Long ago a wi ·e prophet admoni h d hi . ht I ved people in the -e word , "Enlar e th plan· of thy tent, . . . pare not, I nathen thy r pt and trengthen thy take · .'' The frat rnity . y tem ha enlarged the place of it tent. It r p ~ have been lenathened by pr gre · ion and xpanion, by many privilege . It i to be earn tly hoped that through our interfraternity r lati onhip 11·e may eli cover way to trenathen our takes. It hould be an advent urous unci rtaking and app ropri ate . For fraternity at iL b t d al with tho e intangible value of living that dl'mand trong take that can ultimatel y r ach a g reat depth of good.

Dedication of Shockley Hall at Northwestern State Teachers College, Alva, Oklahoma

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?\ T il E F. \LL , on the af ternoon of un lay, Octobe r twenty- eco nd. ()pen l Iou: wa he ld at the r ·e ntly completed hock l y IIall , wh re ;\[ i h ck ley. the sp n o rs and h u e officer rccei,·ed about fi1· hundr d g ue ·t:. During th e aftcrno n. a c ntinu program was njoyed . . \mong tho. appea rin a < n the pr <rram 11· r ·c,· raJ mcmb rs of .\lpha .· i ma .\IJ ha: Phylli · a rd. oloi t; ,\n na Mae l [ous h ld r. accordiani ·t. and ~farga r t n t, a 111 mb r f th Ran u r Trio. Th buildina i · d i ned to p r vid leeping quart rs f r tw hundr cl gi rl . Jt i · of fir pro f brick an I c ncret c n tructi n. The moderni-t ic loun a popular addit i n to the . o-

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cia! li f at th e coll ege. f ~li :. . \n attra ti1·e p rtrait-ph tograph • hockley, the beloved Dean f \\ 'omen, wa prec nt d by the ' Ia · of 1 durin th . •nice of dedication on Oct I er tw nty-. ev nth . It hang. in the n w re. id n hall. . \lma Lois R dger., th Pre. id nt of th .-\lumn<e chapt rat . \Iva ha . . aid ··~ Jay th girl who live in ' ho kley I Iall, from year t y ar, h in pired by th e hi g h ideaL that have mad :\fi .'hockley o ad mired and I v d. ~fay all of tlwm try t li1· liJ t th e id a l . :\Jay . · hockl t'~ 1!all pr v to b a h 111 and a hav n inc! d to the g irl who come to ~orthwe tern .'tat :· E:\10 E:'\E

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Thirty Years of Service at Northwestern Honored with Banquet

fOUNDERS' DAY BANQUET AT ALVA AT WHICH MISS SHOCKLEY WAS THE HONOR GCEST At speakers' table, reading from left to right : Rosa Lee Montgomery, Louella Harzman, Mrs. Newlin , \Vilma Sharp, Alma Lois Rodgers, Miss Shockley, E rl Lene Ci in e, Ada Smith Lane, Dr. Racine Spicer, Pauline H aworth .

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ni e S hockley with a lovely banquet November 18 at the Bell Hotel on the occasion of her thirti eth anniversary as a teacher at ~ orth western State College. ~peci a l guest were ::-Irs. F red Sharp, of Independence. ::-'iissouri, national ed ucational director of the sorority, and ::-'I rs. Cline Chamberlin , of Tulsa, Oklahoma. In all, Lhere were sixtytwo lphas to celebrate the occasion. The din ing room was decorated in white and g reen, while tables were resplendent with low bowls of tiny vvhite chrysanthemums with tapers and festoons of Aower flame ·. Each place was' marked by a pearl program and a miniatu re framed picture of Dean Shockley. Light shade were shields of A S . A. ·w ith Alma Lois Rodger · presiding, L uella Harzman, an alumna, gave an ad dress · of welcome. Erl Lene Cline, college chapter president, re -ponded. and this was followed by a vocal solo, "The Rosary," sung by l.Ir -. Arthur Lane. charter member of the sorority. ::-Ir . Sharp. national past president and now national educational director, delivered the main address of the evening, "The Priceless Pea rl. '' ,\ toast, ''To ::-Iiss Shockley." was deli vered by :\ rrs. \t\fi ll Lane, first· chapter president. Pre enta tion of the gift, a silver admiration tea service embossed with acanthu s decorative

border from Gamma Gamma chapter foll owed . T he Pearl Anniver ary Book of Homage to ::-Iinni e M. S hockley, letter s from members bound into book form, was presented by :-Irs. Chamberlin as :-r arga ret Host sang a tribute to the be10\·ed dean. Other presentations included gifts f rom alumnee and an attractive basket of Rowe rs from Panhell enic. A so ng fest led by :-Iarguer ite E lliot, accompanied by Paulin e Haworth. preceded a whistl ing solo by ::-Irs. Hollis \t\Taricl<, "\iVishing." Edna Donley introduced alumnce members: Dorothy Riggs. actives, and , nnie :-Iay Ball the pledges.

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Miss Catherine Reed Dean of Women Buffalo State Teacher

Mu Mu Has New Adviser

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AY \\ E pre ent .:\Ii s atherine Reed to all the lpha ig . he i Dean of \\' omen here at Buffalo tate and a more fa cinating w man you can't asily find. 'he ha the merrie t mile that somehow make you want to mile back and the twinkle in her blue eye make you u pect that he can tell ever ·o many interesting things. :\ c!o e friend of Dean Reed c nfided that ).fi · Reed ha a pa sion for fir trate thing. : she love perfection. he doe n 't spare her elf \\·hen anyone a k a faYor and has helped many people find po ition . \ a graduate of yracu e niver ·ity in 1912, Dean Reed majored in the biological cience . with minors in the cia · ical langua()"es and education. You are intere ted in her because she i o vital and doe o many thin()" be ide bein<Y Dean of \\ 'omen . •--\ hort while a()"o she helped start the Home .:\Ianagement Re ·idence Center, a branch of the .:\ ational Youth \clministration. Thi s organization train girls for better ervice in hou ehold:. Among her many ther •·extracurricular" acti ,·ities ar the American A ociation f U niver ·ity \\ "omen, variou s group of the . \merican Education :\ sociation, and the League o f \\'om en \ 'oter . he is a member of the hoard of th J>rotective ' ervice Dureau and has se rved as president o f the 'tate . \ s ociation of Dean . Kappa Kappa Gamma was the Dean· sor rity at Syracu · . \\ 'hen s he begin · talkin g sorority her face g row · ·eri ou · and you just lean forward a nd li sten intently because s he kn " . wh re f he : peaks . ·· ' or rities a ffo rd their member · tratnllw in leader hip whi h i · returned in many way to th oth r orrrani za ti n in th : ch o I. They g i,·e the indi,·idual a ce rtain s curity within her own sma ll r g roup . The ritual · and traditionalism o f so r rity bind th m mbe rs t ether and help to m uld th eir act i n." ~ \\' you ca n why we o f Pi Pi chapt r look t our 1)ea n fo r g uida nce a nd a dvice o n . oror ity c nduct. and innum ra bl the r c llegiate prohlc nL. H t·IIY ~ -

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:\D.\Y even ing, January 1+, ).[i Hilda · Harp ter \Ya initiated into .:\[u Mu chapt r. :\I is · Harp ·ter 1 · a new prof ·: or n the campu ·. ha,·itw joined the ~atural ' ience department in September. Follpwing the initiation a buffet s upper wa · held at ~Ir - . uy Kennedy'~ . January 20, the active chapter h lei a t ·a h noring .:\ ri .. Harp ter and the Detroit and Yps ilanti , lumme chapter . The table wa d corated in yellow. the centerpiece being a . pring bouquet of daffo Iii · and weetpea . . .:\Ir . IJarry ." mith and .:'If r . ] L D. llar :, pat rones. p u re I.

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the Indianapolis Alumnae chapter, A lpha Sigma Alpha, have graduated from what is now the College of Education, Butler niversity, at Indianapolis. This school, knovvn successively as the K indergarten and Primary Training School of Indianapolis, and the Teachers College of Indianapolis, has been E li za A. Blaker most familiarly known through the years as "Blaker's." E li za . Blaker, founder of the school, was born in Philadelphia, E liza Ann Cooper. Her father wa a surgeon in the Civil 'vVar, and her mother worked as a seamstress on clothing for the Union rmy. Through helping her mother arrange the cloth for cutting, and in aiding in the care of her little brother, E li za learned usefu lnes , and acquired an interest in child training. ldeals of industry, patriotism, and civic responsibility became part of her character at this early s a young girl , Eliza determined to become a teacher. She was graduated from the Philadelphia Normal Training School. Miss Cooper held her first position in the Boys路 Grammar School and Artisans' Night School in Philadelphia. She made a splenclicl reputation for her abi lity. But she sought a theory of learning and teaching beyond that she had so far found. In 1876, H.uth Burri s, who had been studying in Europe, exhibited at the Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia a Kindergarten based upon the theory and organization which she had acquired under the direction of Froebel. El iza :\.nn Cooper became thoroughly interested, and thus began her tudy of the Kindergarten philosoph y. About this time Miss Cooper married Louis G. Blaker. he gave up teaching young men, and started work with children graduating from the Kindergarten course given by M iss Burri s. ::\f rs. Blaker now decided to devote her life to the early training of little children. In Indianapolis, under the direction of Dr. Oscar McCullough. a Free Kindergarten Association and Children's Aiel Society was organized. Dr. l\J c ullough asked Miss Dmris to recom-

mend someone to head this work IV[ i s Burris suggested E liza A. Blaker, and she wa offered and accepted the position. In the spring of 1882 Mrs. Dlaker and her family moved to Indianapolis. She began immediately to establi sh kindergartens in the poorer sections of the city, and to interest educators and the townspeople generally in the need that all children have for early training. It soon became apparent to 1\[rs. Dlaker that teachers for kindergarten work must be trained, and she opened classes for them. Moth er's Club classes for Sunday School teachers, and organizations for training children in social activities were established by her. Her helpers went into homes to aiel mothers in their household duties. Domestic science classes were established in the districts to show mothers how to cook, sew, and keep their homes sanita ry. M r s. Blaker attached to her cause the most influential minds of the city and state. On New Year's Eve a Kindergarten Dall was given annually to raise funds to carry on the various enterprises connected with the work. Newspaper accounts of the social life of this period mentioned many brilliant assemblies whose purpose was to further the cause of childhood. Many prominent educators gave their time to help establish the Kindergarten and Primary Training School of Indianapolis. The Superintendent of Schools and many noted Indiana teachers contributed their services as lecturers. So much interest was aroused in the early training of children that it was necessary to establish courses for primary teachers. Classes were organized to train young women for nursery schools, and to act as nursery governesses in homes. Groups of young women learned to cook, to sew, and to engage in various phases of industrial art. Regu lation college subjects were taught, and classe in Children's Literature, story-telling, blackboard drawing, nature study, physical culture, and the fine arts drew special attention. The school became known for its atmosphere of culture. In 1903 new buildings were erected, and the school became the Teachers College of Indianapolis. Eliza A. Blaker was President of Teachers College and S uperintendent of Kindergartens until December. 1926. At that time her death occurred after she suffered only a few hours of illness.

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8 \\' all ·ubscribe to the words oi :\f rs. Blaker. ·'This :chool will liYe !'' :\ot only the school. but Eliza .\. Dlaker li\'e · on in the mind and hearts f th se who kne,,· her. and attended the sp lendid in · titution founded by her. T commemorat thi · beautiful life and liv ing inAuence. the alumme of "IHaker' ·" organized on January 27, 193-+. the Eliza .-\. !Haker Club, with the :tated pnrpo e: '·To p rpetuate and honor the name of Eliza . \ . l1laker. and to keep alive the :pirit of her \\·ork. ., :\fembers of the lub are fo rm er students of the c lle<Ye and faculty members of the coll e<Ye formerly a ·s ciated with :\Irs. m a ker. Three meetings are held eac h yea r, one on the fo urth .~ at tu·clay in :\fay. during which electi on of officers takes place: one in October. during tate Teachers onvention · and one on the , atm·clay in :\[arch nea re t :\[rs. maker' s birthdav. "\J arch _,_ . \ bri dge party is given during the year.

. \n Eliza .\. Ulaker .\ward has b en e:-tahlished. Thi · i · pre ·ented each y ar on I fonor Day at Uutler CniYer · ity to a s ni o r in the 'olle e of Fd ucati on. wh o be ·t repre~ents "\[r ... maker's idea l for the teachino· of little children. Thi award is taken fro m th e intcre t from a fund. uiven by memb rs and friend,., and supplemented by the pr c eds of th bridge parties . . \ :\fem rial mmittee cares for :\f rs. !\Iaker 's oTaYe in ro\\·n Hi ll Cemet ry in lndianapol i ·. . \wreat h i · placed at hri tma · . a nd the urn is filled \\·ith Aowers on ::\ l emo rial Day. • o clo tho e who knew and lo\'ed Eliza .\ . Hlaker keep hriaht the li <Yht she kindled many years aao. \\ 'o rkin o· prom inently in th i. gr ttp a,. office rs and active member are th e members oi the ] nclianapoli s .-\lnmn<e chapter of . \ lpha Si~ ma .-\ lpha . \\' JUl.\

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Alpha's Mardi Gras YEAR on Shrove Tue day we haYe EVERY a !Ilardi G ras here at Farmville tate Teacher Coll ege. I can't say that we reall y run :\ ew O rl ea ns competition, but we do have a great dea l o f fun. T he dance is pon ored by Pi Ga mma "\ ru, a national honor society in Social Science. E ,·e ryone is required to come in co tume a nd masked. .-\ queen is elected with a court of attendants. This yea r our pres ident. \'irgin ia Lee Pettis wa · in the court. The Queen is crown d at nine o'clock, after which there is

a Aoo r how. After a Aoor ·ho\\' there is a rrrand pa rade and prizes are given for the best co · tume ·. Thi yea r Peggy Bellus an I h r date. as Scarlett O'Hara. and Rhett 11utler , took the p ri ze fo r the mo t attractive couple. T hi s dance is espec ially enj oyed b cau e it come in th e middle of the week and beca u-.l' c stume partie. are alw ay · fun. :\f.\ RY .-\ . :\f.\UO:\' E.

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Alpha Beta's Adviser Honored K. Zoller. our ad\'iser . wa elected Ml s:pres.-\lma id ent of the .:\Iissouri ' tate ::\ur ·es' . \ socia ti n at th e organization· · thirty-fourth annual com ·enti n in !-\:an a - ity . :\li ·· lller has sen·ed a. fir ·t Yice-p r ·ident th e ra ani zati on for th past three years. and had been a m mb r o f the board o f directors. She has · n ·ecl a - ·ecretary-tr asurer and then as pr ·ident f the .~ ixt h District of the \' ur: es · . \ · · ciati n. Th ·tate as ·ociarion ha: a member ship f ab ut f ur th usand nurse:. \\·ith only ne hundre I sixty-fi\' b ing fr 111 the :-.ixth district. Thi . i. the tict time that the ·rate pre · ident has been fr m the sixth di:trict \\'hich em-

brace: IJ annibal, Chillic th and Tr tlton. :\Ii · Zoller now hold · the positi n CJf instruct r of health and c li ege nur:e here in our school. 'he r cei,·ed her R::\ d gree from thl' Englewood llospital :cho I of :\ur ing, 'hicag . Jilin is. :he wa: at th Crim-Smith llopita! here for :ix year a a :uperintcncl nt oi nurses. :he m nd to th Teach •rs 'olle e here in 192C t bee m th dir ctor f the ::\orthca"t .:\lis ouri . 'tate Teach r: 'ollege :cho I of , ·ur..,. in<Y, er\'ing until 1c 33 when the sch I wa · di ... iaculty of banded. :\lis · Z ller went to th 'hristian 'oil ge in · lumbia f(lr t\\' year. returning to her po~iti nat the college here in 11J3:>.

Alpha Sigs Start New Custom on Campus at Central Missouri State Teachers College

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th e id ea that no two women can bea r to be seen together dressed alike. members o f /.eta Zeta chapter of \lpha S igma al Ce ntral ;. Lissiouri S tate Teachers Coll ege. at \ Varrcnsb urg. l\ Ji s ouri. have adopted a standard dress for special school function~. such as sk irt sw ings, basketball games, convocations and to top all ''j ell yin g" (a coca-cola date). Heel how ti es a nd [Lo n co ll ars are the sta nd ard

attire. \Nherever or wheneve r a wh ite collar and red chiffon bow are spotted , everyo ne know s '' T here's an Alpha ig." the most p pu lar a nd cutiest girl s on the campu s. The special A lpha bow ti e and the id ea of sta rting th e custom on thi s campu s orig in ated with th e ed itor, Peggy Taylor. l\oti ce how the bow is t ied. 1\ o other orority attempts to use thi s particular type of bow t ie.

Back ro 11路 : J ane Jackson, A nna Ma rga ret McDonald, Frances Reynolds, A lice Jackson, :!\l illi e R usse ll , Sa rah France:; Gray, Ma rgare t \1\Tood, Peggy P orter, Eleanor \ Varnick , Ruth S tormont a nd E lea nor Ray Cobbs. ~fiddl e row:

Patsy Hagemeyer, Kathryn H opkins, A ileen E nsminge r, Betty Lou H erbert, 1'lary Ru th J\I cQuity , GcncY ic ve Bright we ll a nd Doris Barker.

f.'ront ro11路:

Peggy Tay lor, Cleo ra Clements a nd Margaret Brady.

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Travel TWO ALPHA SIGS GO TO EUROPE Part I. BETTY ].

Buffalo

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hapter

·ame June thirtieth, came the long a wait d day of ailing! A. fter much planning betwe n Glady · Young and arol Pierc , and much correponding between arol and me we wer finally ready to ail. Glady and I were leaving for Eur pe! ~lotoring to N w ork with Lynette mith (the f rmer Lynette Terry of Pi Pi chapt r ) I spen t a week on Long J ·land and in Ea t Orange, ;\ew Jer ey with Glady ·. While in ayville Long I land, I met ~Iary Jane ltenburg, who teach in the arne chool with Glady . :\Iary Jane sailed for Europe on June twenty-eighth aboard the S. . Ua11hatla11. In Ea t range, Glady and I pent everal days with lady · aunt, :\Irs. \ illiam l\ewman. a most charming and hospitable lady. If it had not been for her and ~Ir . Young, lady and I would never have boarded the boat "in one piece" (to use a bit of lang ) , what with all of ur last minute hopping and alteration . However, before . ailing, one day wa · pent at the Fair in ~ew York. I decided that I had at lea t better be able to tell any European acquaintance that I had been at the \ '\ orld' Fair. The boat which we were ailing wa the new R . .1!. . .1faurc/auia. It had arrived a week previou from England-on it. maiden voyage. lady and I were thrilled at arol' suggesti n ) to be making a trip on iL fir t voyag a tward. .-\ the boat left at eleven 'clock that night a group of Cladys' friend gave u a grand farew ll dinner in ;\ew Y rk ity. Added to thi tw very clo · fri nd · fr m Buffa! join d our party t hid u ··non Jwt a · dinner rams came and we made n cab which eem d areatly in d mand that \·ening . . \rri\·ing at Pi r 90 at the fo t ·t Fifti th :treet we f unci the p1er m rc than r wded with car: ontaining trav 1 rs and fri nels-all anxious t s the new . hip. ·nab! wait until \\' c uld alight f r m our car unci r c \·e r \\'' to k a hanc ani ran thr ugh th rain. lt wa::. worth it! In th waiting r 111 at th pier w found .lady:· fath r. m th r. aunt. uncle. ar 1

Pierce and a number of friend:'. t )nee n tht• boat we found more friend in our tat r om. Detw en gift ·, flow r · . tel .,.ram· . mail, waitina for u and the f ri nd · wh w re th r tu ·ay ·· dbye,'' Glady · and I w re at th hi he. t p int of excitement that we hav c\· r r ached in our live . Finally the g ng f r the departure of \'i ·it r wa. heard and our aue t · pr c ecled to lea\ l' the boat. \\ stayed on deck and talk d (or rather . houted) to th m a · they tood n till' p1er. I cannot explain my feelings \\·hen the gangplank was finally low red and a I ng bla t ·ound d. It wa a mixtur f fright, excitement, thrill . and anticipation. . \s I lo k back now it wa a wonderful en ation. B ing th Jlaurctauia's first vo ·age ut of ;\ ew York harbor we thought there w uld be music. ticker tape. etc. The unard pier had been gaily d corated t greet the new boat. however, a he lipped out into the Ea t River people tood a · if transfix d. I tried to call to ·arol but c uldn't find the words o I ju~t \\'aved. :\ friend of mme \Yho followed the boat down the water£ ront that eYening aid that he had never ·een a mor beautiful i rht in all her lif as the liner, ablaze with twinkling light . . moved off into the night. To look into the future a · bit. the Ne·w York Times of e\'eral week ago carried a pictur~ of the Jlaurclania a he came into e\ York on December ixteenth in her c at of gray war paint. lt wa a bit difficult t imagine it a the 1 autiful boat n which we had made a trip. \\ 'ell. to go back to June thirtieth. ' lady and r stayed on deck f r two hour to watch the harb r light · fade in th di~tan . \\'h 11 we returned to our tater om I think b th felt a bit queer at the th ught of " ·1 epin 011 the an.'' II \\'e \·er, we : un·i\·ed \'ery w 11·in fact \\' mana eel t ke p ur e 1uilibrium (a" \\' 11 as ther thing. ) f r the entire trip, which is more than man y p pie did becau:-,e it wa a rath r r ugh Y yag . Th next morning wa quit foggy. T ward n n tim w w re on d ck and word wa . ound d that a boat wa pa.' ing u..,. ( )ut of tht mist came a hug lin r and on h r funnel. \\ c uld . th :\azi ·wa..,tika painted. \ . ht: drew n ar r w \\' re abl t eli ern the nam

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Bremen. \'ie\\'ed from the deck of the Uaurc-

tania she \\'as a magnificent pectacle of strength and size. \Vhen just about oppo ite our boat the Brc11tcn salu ted w ith several blasts, and the JfnurctanÂŁa. returned the alu te. T hi s delighted th E ngli sh sailors on our boat because on the trip to :\ew York the !1/e de F?'ance had passed them and had never recogn ized the new boat. They had fe lt extremely chag rin ed at thi s failure on the part of the French liner. O ur voyage was uneventf ul although we met a number of grand people and had several amusin g experiences. ot soon forgotten will be the ''L ift l\Ian," the " International py ," ":\ famma," "Sonny Doy" and others. T he "International Spy" was clubbed as such by us. H e looked no more like a spy (whatever one looks like) than Goldilocks did. ileing on an E ngli sh ship we expected no menti on to be made of the Fourth of Jul y. However, they very generously went to great lengths to help us celebrate. We had a special dinner with favor s, noise-maker s, fancy hats and othe r things. Twice we passed icebergs. O nce it happened at night and near the berg could be seen a coast guard boat, ev idently charting it or illuminating it in the ni ght. The Queen M ary also passed u s but at a very early hour in morning, consequently we did not see her. Our boat a rri ved in Cherbourg at fi ve o'clock in the morning on July seventh. Although we were going on to Southampton we were up at that time to say "goodbye" to some friend who were landing in Cherbourg. Among these friends were a .lady and her son and daughter who were taking the express from Pari s to Budapest. They did not return home until October twelfth and their experiences in returning home are enough to put in one vo lume. After depositing the passengers on the tender which took them in Cherbourg the NI auretania proceeded on to outhampton, E ngland. Vve arrived there shortly after noon of the same day. O ne person on our boat whom we shall never forget was a boy about fourteen yea rs old . His mother and sister had been in England for a year while he and hi s father were in \i\Tinnepeg, Canada. H is father had decided to send the child to hi s mother and had put him on a train in Canada. Sometime before reaching New York the train was delayed and officials knowing that the child had to make th e boat chartered a plane and he was flown to Newark.

At Newark he was put in a special car and rushed to the pier in New York. He arrived there three minutes before the boat sail ed. I don't believe that he ever will cea e to talk of hi s eighty-mile-an-hour ride from ~ewa rk to New York. The day that we docked in South ampton I believe that Gladys and I were as excited as he was to see hi s moth er. He had promised her that he would have a big white handkerchi ef to wave as the boat nea red po rt. I do not think that I ever saw a bigger hankerchi ef . O ur young friend was the first passenger off the ship and brought hi s mother back on and introduced all of his fri ends to her. After locating our baggage, checking through the customs, and cabling home it was four o'clock in the afternoon when we left Southampton. In London we were met by a rep resentative of our travel agency and ta ken to our hotel where we had dinner. As we were taking a conducted tour of E urope we were to meet the rest of our party when th ey arrived in L ondon on July tenth . \"Ale had purposely come ahead of them in order to travel on th e .Mauretania. The next day being Saturday we took a trip to S tokes Pages ( where Grays' "Elegy" was written), W indsor, and Hampton Court-three beautiful and most interesting places. On S unday we joined a ship board acquaintance and went to church in vVestminster Abbey. Later we visited Madame Tussaud's Wax M useum. Here we met every character that history can boast. Later we went to movieto see l\Iickey Rooney in "Huckleberry Finn"! Monday we went shopp ing . An E nglish " bobby" looked at me as if I were crazy when I asked him how to reach the ''shopping di strict." I explained to him th at we wanted to get to Liberty's and several of the other large stores. As we walked away I could fee l hi s glance " boring through" us. That even ing the four other members of our party and our tour conducto r were to arrive. However, we did not meet them until the next mornmg . To our delight our traveling companions proved to be four girls of about our own ageone from New Yo rk City, one from P hiladelphi a. and t wo from Baltimore. 1\Iajor Cobbon who was to accompany us on ou r tour \\'aS a most efficient guide. He is a retired British army officer who now lives in Paris and has traveled extensively throughout all of E urope.

On Tue day we took a mornin u and afternoon tour of London. \\ 'e Yi ited the Tower of L ndon, ·aint Jame · Palace. aint Paul' , \\ 'e tmin ter . \b bey, l~uckingham Palace. ] lou·es of Parliament. Trafalgar 'quare, Piccadilly, Regent and xford 'treets. etc. The following day wa spent in taking an all-clay trip to Oxford and through the hake peare Country, yj iting Stratford-on-. von, hottery, Kenilworth. and \Varwick astle . _\t Oxford we vi ited Christ College. The aae and tradition found here eem to overawe one a he tep through the arch and into the courtyard. The world is indeed small. \ Vhile visiting one of the historic home in ' tratford whom should we meet but I\Iary Jane Altenburg. Time wa limited but we did plenty of talking ,,·hi le the opportunity permittt!d it. The new 'hakespearian Theater at Stratfordon-Avon i a ma terpiece of modern architecture. ln fact it is so modern that it eems out-of-place in thi s quaint village . As \\·e ,,·e re to leave for Holland o n Thursday night we were free to do what we pleased on that clay. In the morning we went to !Juckingham Palace to view the Changing of the Guarclha,·ing mi sed that on Tuesday. \ hile standing out ·ide the palace gates we had the great pleasure of see ing King George drive out and clown l'all }.Jail. For luncheon we went to Ye Olde C he hire ' heese on Fleet 't r eet. e ·tabli ·heel in 1667. This had been a favorite meeting place of J..lo well and Dr. J o hn ·on. I sa t in Dr. John so n 's ia,·orite seat and ate Ye Famou · }.J ea t Pie. \\·hich i said to contain pigeons and any number of things. It wa · ver y good. Quite by accident we met a g irl in Ye Olcle Chc · hire 'hee:e who had cr sed on th Jfaurc1 wia with us. She joined our gr up and we had a jolly luncheon party. . \ fter dinner that e\·enina we took the train to lJarwich and b ardecl th night boat for llook of I Jolland . .-\ I look back no\\· I realize that we cro:secl at a point \\·hich is now ~uite a mine nest. . \rri,·ing- in llolland on Fri lay morning we \\' re taken by m ot r e ach to the [ l agtte. Here in th I lotel du Pas ·age \\' C ate a \'ery good I )utch break fa:-.t and later continued our trip th r ugh f f IIane!. Friday i: cleaning clay in the :\etherland . .\mhitiou women were scrubbinrr window . . ide-

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\\·alks. howe ·. and everythinrr that c ulcl he scrubbed. So many have a ked me if there really are \\·i ndmill · and dyke in Holland. \\'ell there are. becau · e I aw them. In this talwart little country we vi ·itcJ . \m ·te rclam, \'alendam, Edam, }.lonnikendam, and the I le of i\Iarken. .\m terdam boa ·t · the fine art gallery that contain · many of Rembrandt's oriainal· . .:\otable among them 'The )Jight Watch." \'olendam and the Isle of }.larken ar · the places where one see · the native Dutch c · tume~ \\'Orn . . lthouah omewhat commercialized at the present time one see a typical Dutch fi hing ,·illage. 1 am very proud of an extremely large 1 air of wooden hoe to which I wa fitted in \ ·o lendam, and a lace cap of the type worn in thi v icinity. :\ear }. [onnikendam we were shown throu~h a chee e factory where famo u · Edam chce ·e:are made. The cow at this place were housed in beautiful stalls, hand-painted with floral decoration s and be-curtained windo\\·s. Friday niaht was spent at the hotel in the H<wue and on Saturday morning ' e took the expre · train for Dru sel , arriving there about noon. Urussels is a fa cinatina city and I wi~h that I might have stayed there long r. Th · Palace of J u tice, the hi toric Hotel de \ ille in the market square, and the athed raJ a r • rich \\·ith memories of the years. Intere. tinu too. i the \ ' lertz :;\Iuseurn where · Leopold the First allo\\·ed a hal £-crazed painter to do his painting. ( )riginally a house it is now converted into a mu:eum containing n thing but this one man·~ paintings. l..leing no art critic I do not feel free t j uclge them. I Iowever. there is omethincr magnetic in every picture which stwge t. an inner re,·olt in this man's mind. Leopold the Fir r· beautiful mu 1 hall ani the approach to it are other places of intere. t in thi city. From Uru :els w went t Ccrmany. board· ing the train on ' unday 111 rnina. \\ 'e cro. cd the b rder at . \ i x Ia happelle and her it wa necessary t rret off the train and declar all of the 111 ney that we were taking into c rmany. .'tern- lookinrr ~azi officer: policed the :.tatirm but after looking at them a bit they . eemed a human as anyone. I \\·ill admit they fright·nul me a bit at first. From there we "·ent t 'ologne and took a sight-:eeing trip around the city. The ath dral

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is of cour ·e the main point of interest here. It wa · surpri . ing to learn that as old as the Cathedral is it has only recently been completed. Sunday night was spent at Coblenz where we visited a real German beer garden right on the Rhine River. This proved to be a source of great amu ement. Upon entering we were immediately noted as foreigners. One man stood up and asked us if were English. \!\Then told that we were Americans hi s face lit up and he rai sed hi · glass offering a toast to America. The German boys were very generous in offering to dance vvith us and we had a wonderful time. One difficulty was that we spoke no German and they no English. \Ve did know what "'nien" and '·yah" meant and they were highly amused at our efforts to speak German. Nazi officers and a German Youth Movement leader were other intere ting acquaintances of the evemng. In Coblenz we also met three Dutch boys 1\'ho were motoring through Germany. One spoke no English but the other two had traveled in :\merica and spoke English, French, Dutch, and German. They were in Heidelberg, later. when we were there and we had a wonderful time with them. vVe changed our mode of travel and took the Rhine boat trip from Coblenz to i\1ainz. To try to describe the beauties of the Rhine River is rather impossible for me to do. I can feel them but can not express my feelings in words . One incident I shall never forget. \Ve had just started to eat dinner vvhen the captain came into the dining hall and asked if we would care to go on deck and see the Lorelei Rock as we were about to pass it. vVe did so and as we passed by the rock of legendary fame a group of men sang the beautiful "Lorelei" song. A beautiful day on the Rhine River, the imposing height that we were passing, and the music of those voices all combined to make it an unforgettable experience. Our boat docked at l\Iainz and from this city \\·e took the train to Heidelberg. Heidelberg-a perfect setting for all of the romantic stories woven around it. The charm of the old university, an ancient castle on a mountain. and a beautiful setting are all things which make it seem like no place else. While in 1"--Ieidelberg I had the pleasure of meeting a distantly related uncle. Knowing about when we were to arri,·e in Heidelberg he called the hotel shortly after we had registered. Here again we met language difficulties. He spoke

little Engli sh, Auent French. and f cour e German. :.J y French is hardl y con \'ersational. and my German nil. Gladys said th at while speaking to him on the telephone l .. talk ed with my hands .. , I I e came to the hotel later and took us driving around the town and on th e opposite side of the :Nekkar River, on 1\'hich Heidelberg is situated. Our Dutch friend s of Coblenz were a great help. They translated all that my uncle said into English for me and my E nglish they tran slated into German for him. We had a gay time in Heidelberg that evening. One of the highlights of the evening was a visit to "The Reel Ox''-famous for year as a student rendezvous. The walls are lined with student's caps, swords and pictures. The old tables and benches are deeply carved with names. initials, and all sorts of markings-reminders of those who have come and gone during the life time of "The Red Ox." That same evening we al so went up to the Schloss ( the old Castle ) and Yiewed Heidelberg-an illumination of glittering lights below. Earlier we had stood on the opposite side of the river and had seen the lights of the castle far up the mountain. The following clay we saw Heidelberg by daylight. On a tour of the Castle we saw the famous giant barrel in the cellar. For those of you who have not visited Heidelberg I shall not tell you what happens when one rings the bell near the barrel. That will be a surprise for you when you do go there. The university founded in 1386 with its rich tradition of learning boasts the modern Shurman Building, the gift of an American. Since 1914 the Student Prison has not been used but it is still shown to visitors. Here rooms containing only cots are grotesquely decorated with portraits of themselves done by students while they passed some time there. Some even left their photographs and among them is one of Bismarck's son. Even he was human ! In the afternoon we had a delightful time clriYing through the country around Heidelberg. The farm people were so congenial and did everything to leave still more pleasant memories of this beautiful spot. Regretfully we boarded a train late that clay, bound for Switzerland. ;\ot that we did not look forward to seeing another lovely country. but one i bound to feel sad at the thoughts of leaving a place where his visit has been so enjoyable.

THE PHOE IX

Part II. L. Yon;c;, Pi Pi Xcw York .\lumncc Chapter

GLADY

After ·pending a · ummer in E\trope I'm one of the e pe pic who come home ayinu there is no place like the L'nited 'tate . Ilenry \ 'an Dyke' poem ".\merica For ~Je'' thoroughly expre · e my cntiment ·. However, Europe doe have many beautiful iuht that leave one with many unforgettable memories. 'w itzerland i · a country who e sce nery and cha rm i · un surpa ed. \\' e arrived in the city of Lucerne late one night after a ix-hour train ride from Germany . Heautiful Lake Lucerne g li tened beneath the moonlight urounded by snow-capped mounta in . ( )ur hotel wa right n the ·ide of one of the ·e mountain overlooking the lake. . \ queer little cable car known as a "finickula'' took u · up the mountain ·ide to the main floor of the hotel. Here we were shown to a heavil y carpeted room with a balcony overlooking the town below. The view one witne sed as he ate hi s meal in that hotel dining room wa a never-to-be-forgotten sight. The bluest of lake was st retched out below urrounded by th e greene t of mountains which changed to hrown then white a the eye caled their height . ft i my mo ·t beautiful memory of Europe. t night a thousand tiny light were all one aw a he looked aero s Lake Lucerne. \ alking clown the back mountain road from the hotel one came to a charming well known quaint church whose chime oundecl hourly throughout the city. Proceeding through its grounds and clown numerou tep many delightful hops met the eye. ' hoppinu in Switzerland is perhap. more attractive than in any other European country. \ in dow after window of t·an·ecl toys. figures. b xe . clock . and weetsounding music boxes lure the traveler. The carvi ng is incredible. 'mall embroidery hop are catterccl h re a nd there wher again the ~k ill ed work of the clever wt eli played. La ·t but n t least the _ wiss jewelry hop are ~cen on many a street corner. Their faithful time-pi ce · ar a sight one can't forget. Tray after tray of watches i . hown a cu tomer. ne couldn't begin to c unt their variety of model . Each one i. a guarant d masterpiec . fo r twelve dollars ne can purchas a watch which ell fo r fifty d liar~ in our c untry. o. tume jewel ry i · als displayed which I i: dainty and different. L a \'ing Ltt rne w t k a trip by aut bu • mer the .\lp, through Furka Pa .. . \\'e climbed n>n tantly for three hours. The r ad wound rnund and r und. \\' \\' ncler d how the dr:,·er

could make the grade. Finally our ele\'ation reached 11,000 feet. . \ mall blizzard welcomt!d u . \\'e topped for lunch at a charming Swi.. hotel. . \ fter a deliciou · meal we threw no\\ball and then were again on ur way. Ln about an hour we topped be ide a beautiful ma ·s of blue green ice. lt wa the well-known Rh ne lacier. It had been tunn led out ·o Yi itor-. might walk in ide. To actually I e in ·ide a glacier wa thrilling but it beauty wa - in it c lor. • fternoon tea found u · in Interlaken where we pent two day . ?\ ot a beautiful a Lucerne. it till had its high pot . From it · main tret•t one could Yiew the famou · J ungfrau . Day or night it beautiful now-capped peak wa always in evidence. Interlaken. too, i the home of a famou wi ca ·ino where concert , dancing. and roulette go on nightly. On it ground i · a world- famed floral clock which keep perfect time even though it i con tructed of flower and hrub . It wa · ad to leave charming Switzerland with it magnificent cenery and alluring hops but the day finally came when it ''a timc to pa on to Paris. Paris i different from other European citic:-;. It i spread out, not congested and crowded together. It is the city all Europe love . Thc streets are never quiet and life and gaity art everywhere. Its night life i all it i aid to be. The French arti tic sen e i it fine t in it unurpassed tage and floor shows. hile staying in Pari one i hown the huge and famou-. Louvre, the Tombs of the Emperors, \ er aillc~. t\ otre Dame, and the Ei ffel Tower. It i fun doing the Paris shop buying glove an I perfume. Leaving gay Pari one evening we went on to the quaint French province of Normandy ancl Brittany. Here one ee the real life of France. liard working pea ant till their . mall patche~ of land, live in tiny g ray ston cottages. thankful for bread to put on the table. France i~ a land of churche . Every t wn i centered about 1o church is ever vacant a one. always C)lll' ·ee the pea ant . mark t ba:ket over arms. topping to pray on their way to the villa~c. The church i their ''all'' in life. Brittany i the more colorful of the two French province. . It i the home of the J\rcton :ai lor . With hi red hirt and btu pant:-. he daily . ai l hi red- ailed fi. hing . ch n r. \\'hen at h me he Jeep in a bed imilar to an .\mer· ican china clo et. only long r. [ [e him~ elf made it during a winter when . torm kept him home. I Te and hi family alway wear wo den shoe :tuffeel with . traw to incr a fit and comfort. - ome familie can'e . mall wo den hoe and

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llreton heels to sell to tourists during the sumr. These people are the backbone of France. II ere and there i a fa ·hionable summer resort such as Deatl\·ill and Dinarcl but on the whole, li fc is most simple and quaint. Then it s back to Pari s and on to Cherbourg where the gorgeous 86,000-ton liner Qneen Mary takes us back to 1 ew York. It was a thrill to be one of her 5.000 passengers but a far greater thri ll to have ''Lady Liberty" greet ye weary tra\'elers one early Augu t morn. I knew then that it wa " ,\merica for me." Ill

VISITING HOLLAND MARGARET

Los Angde

Xi Xi A lumn;,e Chapter

UENO D,

Once, years ago, I saw a squib Ann Kinney I looper did for the PHOE :\'IX about the strange and fun-loving inhabitants of Los Angeles, and no\\· she's living here and takes an awful beating for the crazy things she said about us. \tVhat if I should some day live in Holland? I couldn't face them really. Do I clare write anything about them? There doesn't seem to be much choice in the matter, so I'll say what I can in a few minutes, and then run and put my head in some nice cool sand, where I can hide peacefully. My introduction to Holland was a peaceful, gliding trip clown one of the many large waterways which make all the large cities seapo rts by proxy, as it were. The flat co untry on either side of the boat was checkered with little farms, lined with canals and ditches. and spotted with tiny windmi lls. It is a tiny country-tiny farms and houses and mills. tiny locomotives to haul the vegetables and cheeses to the markets, and \\'hen we began to buy things--even tiny money. Tt was like a visit to toyland at first. Our fir st city was La Haye, Graven-Hague. or if you prefer English. The Hague. The Hague is the diplomatic and social capital of Holland, just as Amsterdam is the commercial capital, and the old palaces and gates and gardens made one feel the beauty and antiq uity of Holland. An early introduction to the bicycle as the primary means of transportation is essential to a real Dutch treat. \,Yhen in Rome. you know. and \rere we ever in bicycle-land! V•/ e saw families of four and fi e all on the same bicycle-the mothe1· and father on seats, a child in front of each parent in a little wicker basket, and perhaps the dog in a third basket in the rear. The payoff came when we rode primly to church on Sunday morning with our hats and gloves at their most sedate angle, peddling away with the

15 be t of them. It' · a wonder we weren't napped by American shutter-bugs with an eye to ''local color." The other important thing that happened to me in the Hague was thi - I learned that baths are expensive and difficult in Eu rope. In the hotel in the Hague, they managed to urrouncl a simple bath with all the mystery and pomp and ceremony of a coronation, and with almost equal expense, so that we Americans soon learned that a bath was a lu xury only for plutocrats, and not for us third-class traveler . From the Hague, we bicycled to Scheveningen, the Coney Island of Holland, which wasn't very different from its namesake, but the: bicycle trip was wonderful. In Holland they have "Rijksviel pads,"-bicycle paths, as well as sidewalks and roads, and the bicycle paths wind in and out through woods and over streams and canals. It's such a relief from the rather hectic bicycling I've done at home. Another bicycle trip was from the Hague to Delft. the home of that lovely blue chinaware with the Dutch scenes on it. I had to learn to pronounce the name because if you say "Delft?' ' to people in asking them the way, they don't know what you mean. You have to say "Delluft ?" ( like fillum) or they don't get you at all. I went a little beserk on the way to Delft. I was bicycling along all alone, and there was a huge bouquet of flowers fastened to my handlebars. I was peddling alongside the loveliest little canal, and the first thing I knew I was singing "the F lowers that bloom in the spring, tra-la" at the top of my voice and casting a flower into the canal with ever tra-la. Bicycling in Holland does strange things to people. From the Hague . we went by bus to Amsterdam , the scene of the \Vorld Conf erence of Christian Youth which I attended. representing the Y. \,Y. C. A . There we "conferenced'' from early morning until late at night. and hardly had a chance to see the sights of the city. The bicycle traffic was terrific there-something I ike one hundred thou. and bicycles in the city. and we learned to weave in c. nd out of bicycles and automobiles as easily as a messenger boy in New York City. There we had the experience of living in a Youth Hostel. ours was a 1ittle six-room bungalow (fifty to a room) with real honest-togoodness straw mattresse . \Vhat fun! From Amsterdam we sailed on a real Dutch sailboat, with a Hollander for a captain to the Island of Marken. On the way, we passed a number of little Dutch towns that made us feel that the civilization at Amsterdam was only skin deep. for in those little towns the people lived

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r6 and dre · ·ed a · they had for hundred of year , and w f unci the ame to be true on the island. It wa · intere ·ting, though, that ·orne of the ood :\Jarktn ladie · had picked up a little American sian Y, and insi ·ted on adclres ing the concluctre ·s of our party. a thoroughly charming and eli nified ladv a "kid" and ''babv." When a :\Iarken ,,-m,;~n discoYered that th~ hu band of the lea ler of the party wa back in the tate , ·he a id. ··He tay there and makes money. You come over here and pend it. You ain't so dumb!" After the conference wa over, we went to a camp near Utrecht, Holland, for a \Vorlcl' Y. \V. C. A. Conference. \Vhile we were there the .Prince · Juliana wa'i thoughtful enough to have a baby for u . and we had the thrill of watching a country celebrate the birth of a Royal Princess. Herald came to our camp to announce the event arri1·ing, if you please, with a complete public addre · ystem and sound truck). :\Iu ic ,,-a played, and the members of our conference danced on the green-each dancing the traditional folk dance of her own country. It might be mentioned here that the Americans eli tingni · hed them.·elve by doing the Big Apple. Orange Aag ( in honor of the Hou e of O range ) were worn on the handlebars of our bicycle , a nd people : houtecl ''Oranje'' and danced in the ·treet of trech t. \ fter Holland . ermany and then witzerlancl and France . . . each place so full of experiences that it would be impo· sible to tell it all, o I gue s thi i the end. O ne thing I want to ay- the f ur lands that I 'i ited before some 11·ere blacked out by a silent, bloody darkne s, 11·ere countries like ours with people like u ·. .\11 the negative propaaanda in the world could not make me nor mv fello11 traveler hate them.

GIVE ME TH ESE WIDE OPEN SPACES! .-\x x TAXIH S H . O mega Omt'ga an Dici!O lumn;:e hapter

ln only five minutes I can walk due a::-t. tup a ri e. face about and there lie· ur b auti ful bay, fifteen mile long with the famou · 'iln:r ~ trand and Coronado :eparating it from the Pacific. On and out the ·ea stretches, holdina ronado I land on its urface · outh and thirty mile ~ off hore in :\Iexican water . outh lies :\ lexico; a Yalley first with Tiajuana and the river (ye . a dry bed) and then the rOll'S upon row of flat , rollina. barren hill·waste land b) the hundred · of acres. but lint: cenery. Turning north, I can ee ·an Diego with it fringe of ~ avy boat filling the channel. (There are many at anchor this holiday eason. l The city is creeping rapidly ca tward ver the hill s which sweep up to meet the uyamaca and Laguna :\fountains with their oak and pine wood ·, recreation ·pot supreme. p over the forty-five hundred foot ummit to th ast lie~ a de · ert expanse beautiful an I fascinating. treacherou but productive. A thirty-mile highway with exactly ti\U cun·e lead fr 111 the foot of the teep d cent down ::\ft. prings grade at the we tern dge to El entro. the laraest to11·n in Imperial \'al ley. . s one Yiew s this valley from the we tern rim. alton Sea is seen calm and vividly blue on the valley's north rim. lt look mall heside the boundle s areas all about, but in rcalit) it is more than thirty mile IO]lg and fifteen mile' wide. The ea. two hundred twenty-£ ur fctt below the urface of the Pacific, one hundred fifty mile away, i- fed by rain s and irrigation canal drainage clitche which are the tas: I ending · of the Colorado Ri\·er. Oh, ye -ten minute from the city limit in thi section of our and y u're in the ''wi(k open pace ''-boy do I love it!

YELLOWSTON E NATIONAL PARK

~[AR G.\R F.T

]AKF.

I may ha,·e liYed every year of my life right her in Southern alifornia. but I can till get a genuine thrill out of the va tne of thi untn·. [ you ha1· ex1 erienced thi thrill in your wn localiti · -th mid-we tern plain , the h auty f larg lak :. pan rama f ulf and . \tlantic. but nj y with me the Yariety of "wide pen ·paces .. which urr unci u . I liY in a Yillag just 'Outh an I iego.

a child and a a high ·chool ·tudent, had alway dreamed of ome day aoin to Yellow tone ;'\a tiona! Park, a nd t now I k back and realiz my dream ha'i b n fulfilled i hard to write in word . La.·t ummer I applied for a po iti n and received a job with the nion Pacific Railroad. )£ cour:e, b ing my fir. t jol and havin a dream com true all at once, I cared. wa · excit d a - w II a .\rriYing at \\'e t Yellow:ton aiter a tiring trip. I found the w ather rather cold and the

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placl' wry di t-Terent from what L had expected. J "a. met at the sta tion by several charmina sorority g irl s who held po ition s at th e lodg:. 1 wa~ made to feel at home and a the weeks passed 1 found myself lov ing the place. enjoying my ,,·ork and making friends with girls of differmt sororiti •s. 1 lodged in a very lovely dormitory with the other girls. j\J uch of my I ime. \\"hen 1 was not working. I spent taking trips through the park, swimming, horseback riding. dancing and in rreneral enjoyed myself with my new friends. The highlights of my summer were: Seeing the orthern Light which l had read about but had ne'er seen before; trips through the park to places ~nch as ~fammoth Hot Springs, O ld Faithful, Grand Canyon, which is the most magn i ficenl spectacle l ever hope to see; and meeting several Alpha Sigmas, who were also working at the park. ] might add that as a hobby T started a ''gue t book" and have names of vi~itor: from almost eYery country in the world. It was grand to be home again but that was a summer I'll never forget. I am now looking forward to another ummer there and hope I "·ill be ahle to make many new friends as " ·ell as see the old ones. :\ o \\"Ord s can ever express the beauty of nature. that God has g1ven to us to enjoy m Yellowstone ~ ational Park.

of the finest and large t e\'er cast. oncerts are gi,·en daily by the Carillon player. and pe ple from far and near go to I is ten to the mu sic and meditate among the multi -colored Hower ' . This is what Mr. Hok has given to Florida for millions of touri sts and the lo\\·nspeople to enjoy.

A MEETING BEFITTING THE CHRISTMAS SEASON RosA LEE :MoNTGOMERY, Ga llllll a. Ga 111111a

Alva, Oklahoma, A lumna: Chapter.

To spend Chri stmas vacation in anada! It was as fanta tic as going to Europe for the summer! Possible, yes, but highl y improbabl efor thi s Oklahoma girl. nut here it was December 21, and I was going-on December 25th in fact. 1 had been elected to go as a delegate from ::-..l orthwestern State College, Alva, Oklahoma, and the community church groups, to the 1\ orth American Conference on \ Vorlcl l\Iissions, called by the Student Volunteer Movement, to be held at Toronto University, Toronto, Canada. from December 27th to January 1st. Accompanied by a hilarious send-off by fourteen friends at the station at \ iVichita. Kansas, I set out to meet the group of other Southwest delegates at St. Loui s. They were all strangers to me so it was with curious expectancy tl1at I posted myself at the appointed place in the station . Here they came: one boy and one girl THE SINGING TOWER from the U niversity of O klahoma, one bov 'tnd GLADY S E. s~ IITIT , Thrta T hrta. mversity, F.nid. -Oklaone girl from Phillips ( )ne of the most interesting places I visited homa. fiye boys from the U niversity of Texas, in Florida thi s winter was the Ca rillon Tower. one girl from Hawaii-she was studying in a ln Lake \\ ales, F lorida, stands a magnificent \\"estern college-and planned to go back to Habuilding ri sing high into the clouds, called the waii as a teacher, two negroes from A rkansas :-lonntain Lake S inging Tower. It is built on colleges, one negro boy from J efferson City, ~tc .. the hi ghest land in Florida and stands in majestic etc. There were twenty of us to take the . pecial beauty -;nrround d by landscaped grounds con- coach. \i'/as it true that this ,,·as to be a " missionsisting of forty-eight acres . .\t the foot of the ary meeting" with boys in such a majority? The Student Volunteer ~rovement, whose Tower. Edward Hok. who gave thi s Singing To\\"er to F lorida, li es buried. Peace and serenity watchword is "The evangelization of the world abounds among the Rowers and trees and this in this generation" began back in 1906 with a group of vVilliams college students. who, one restful !'pot is called The Sanctuary. The tower is built of coquina rock and clay on a picnic were overtaken by a sto rm :md Georg-ian marble. and is two hundred five feet Reel to a haystack for shelter. The thought came high. -\n exqui site reHection is cast in the stream to them there of a movement which would bind that quietly winds in and out throughout the together groups of Christian students of the grounds and completely encircles the tower. Yari ous American colleges for the realization of Little bridges cross the stream at intervals. and thi s purpose. And eYer since this meeting has in the \',:;-t ter Hamingoes with incredibly long, thin · been referred to as the Haystack Prayer Meeting. Through five decades it has been the custom legs sport about. The Carillon , with 71 bells varying in weight of the Student Volunteer l\f ovement to hold a i rom just ;1 few pounds to eleven tons, is one great International Convention once in each stu-

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dent generation of approximately four year . Th Ia l c nvention \\'a held four year ago in Indianapoli , Indiana. .\rrive I in Toronto all regi tered, and a igned to our r om , we gathered for the fir t evening m al at 't. 1lilda' olle<Te. omewhat eli ff r nt from our we tern colle<Te re idential halls, we w re received at the door by maid ( r a! Engli h maid ! ) and the meal wa care{ ully ·erved by uniformed maid -not by fellow · tud nt · a we are accu tome I in our middle we tern college . At onvocation Hall we were welcomed by Rev. H. ]. Cody, pre ident of Toronto niver ity; and li ten to Henry P. \ "an Du ·en from nion Theological eminary, who poke on "The burch at work around the world." ~Ir. \"an Du en had made a careful tudy of this ubject by a year of travel before <TOing to the Madras Mis ionary onference in

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The conference was conducted by emmar group meetin<T (about twenty-five) for the five hundred delegates in morning and afternoons and followed by Plenary meeting in Convocation I [a ll at night. v\ or hip e rvice were held every morning at nine o'clock in Knox hapel. II del <Tate met at the famous Great Hal l in Hart liou e for dinner every evening. Quite a treat thi , a it wa strictly a man's abode, with No \\ omen Allowed rule! AI o, it wa where the king and queen of the e faithful British ubject had been entertained a few month ago. To it in the ame chair that had once been occupied by the charming queen. Quite a thrill! Plenary es ion were led by uch " ·o riel- famou · peakers a Dr. T. Z. Koo, from hina ; Dr. D. T. Ni le of India; and Dr. Harri on, from . rabia.

The climax of the conferen e '"a - the • · ew Year· Eve pr gram of choral mu·ic unci r the in pired direction of the v ry much lik d Dr. ook from Harvard niver ity. Thi wa followed by New Year wi he in the nativ language of ·ome twenty international dele!!ate~. Fi,·e lay of li tenin<T to the in pir d mc~ age of the e great men, of meetin<T d I gate-. from all our great . merican uni,·er itie . Quite a mental train on orne of u proYin ial p oplc! I mu t not for<Tet to mention th d light of being per onally hown around by charmin Toronto Universit tudent wearing th bad<Te of ' 'u her·. trip to Ca a Loma, famou· old ca tie of Toronto, on a beautiful now night, dancing anadian way. li tening to th ir En li h peech. I ne er cea ed being tartled wh n I wa met with that clipped "Eh ?'' when I did not speak clearly enough. r have that mu ical and lightly que tioning " o ?" come back at me in tead of our drawling ' ure nuff''? \!together it wa a wonderful and neverto-be-forgotten experience meeting w ith fiv hundred intelligent, gay, and yet eriou tudent: from all over the world, to eli cu why we have a world at war when nineteen hundred and f rty year. ago God ent a avior to the earth, with His me age of Peace on earth, <TOO I will toward all men . urely the future dir ction of the ' orll mu .t come largely from the tuclent who lik the:e five hundred delegate are now be<Tinning to c1 dicate themselve with ab olute devotion t Je u::. C hri t a Lord. and tand ready to take their order from Him, placin<T them ·elve in IIi. ervice in whate,·er capacity He may ee fit to place them .

Receive Honors ALPHA BETA miling, dark haired , Martha Decker, a senio r tudent, wa crowned Homecoming Queen of 1 3 , "\Tovember 3, by pre ident of the B lue Key fraternity, . pon or of the Homecoming celebrati n. The cerem ni took place in front of toke Field at two-thirty 'clock prec din th openin<T kick-off of the Kirk Yill -\\'arr n burg fo tball game. r\ bri<Tht un · hone d ' n over the qu en' A at and ,·er the cr wei in the tand while a h a uti ful cr \\' n wa plac d n th JUe n' head. :\fartha wa · als pr ented with a b uquet of t\\· h·c ·mums.

The queen' float on which :'11artha occupied the place of honor wa drawn by two white hor e . Gold cloth wa u ed to f rm the Aoat. The queen wa eated at the back of th A at in a huge throne effect with her maid -of-honor and attendant eated on a rai eel plat£ rm at her feet. f her attendant , two w re •\lpha ig:. Edith La Bonta and Helen ampbell. Th llue-ey d. milin que n i a daughter of 1\Ir. and Ir . harle :\f. Decker, of allao. he wa a nior in cho I but i n w tea hing in :\facon public chool in the fir. t grad . Be ide :.\[artha' affiliation with .\lpha Beta. he i a member f th . \ .. o iation for 'hi lei-

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hoo<l Education .. \lpha Phi wma, a cholastic fraternity, ancl the \ Vomen 's Ath letic \ social ion. 1n th se ni or cia ·s she held the office o ( treasurer.

English. In 1938 he was elected pep queen I y the student body, she was a cheer leader that

PHI PHI The names of :\ rarj ori e Perry and i~Iary Anthony, both members of I hi 1 hi were among the fifteen elected from the Senio1· -lass for ·w ho's Who Among Students in . \merican lJni versities and Coll eges . The selections were made on the basis of out tanding qualitie · in character, leadership, scholarship and potentialities. l\larjorie has tw maj ors, one in English and the other in Commerce. She has been very active in campu activi ti es while in schooL For two years )larjorie was vice-president of Phi Phi chapter, she is pledge captain of Pi Omega Pi, national com merce fraternity, and for two years was president of the Green and White Peppers. For four years she has lived in Residence Hall and has served as vice-president and also on the Hall oun cil. She is a member of the Book Club and has worked on the annual and newspaper staffs.

Jeannctte

Mary Jeanne tte Anthony, Phi Phi

year and a member of the Green and White Peppers of which she is now vice-president and captain. She is president of the Association for Childhood Education which is the organization of majors in the primary field. For two years she has been active in Dance Club and is now editor for Phi Phi chapter. The purpose of Who 's Who is to serve as an incentive for students to get the most out of their college career; as a mean s of compensation for what they have already clone; as a recommendation to the business world ; and as a standard of measurement for students comparable to such agencies as Rhoades Scholarship and Phi Beta Kappa.

BETA DELTA

Marjorie Perry, Phi Phi

Mary Jeannette is a major in Primary Education with minors in Art, Social Science and

Beta Delta chapter is proud to mention two recent honors among its membership. In December, Ruth Martin, president of Beta Delta, was given an interview by the St·~tdent Printz, campus weekly paper. The article and Ruth's picture appeared under the heading of "Who's Who," a weekly showing of campus personalities. She was listed as secretary of Panhellenic council, member of International Relations club, a seniOI-

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of 'harm :chool. and a .'ocial 'tudie · maJ o r. I I er ambition. bobbie ·. peculiarities. and ~pecia l like~ ma c intere:;ting reading for eYeryun ·. Jn January. ~fary Louis llarksclal . trea ·urer of Beta Delta chapter. "·as honored by being ·elected a ~ a t a girl at the inaugural reception of ~J issi:sippi' · new go,·ernor . The reception \\'as o-iYen at the ~o,·ernor' · m ansion in Jacks n. :\lary Louise ,,·o re a model f a 1ua blue starched net ,,·ith Eton jacket of gold. Her acce ·s ries \\·ere al o of gold. Th inatwural activities were of ·pecial intere t this yea r since I fatti sb urg is the home of (,overnor Johnson and his family. jE .\.\'ETTE · li.D I .\.\', Editor.

LOCAL GIRL MAKES GOOD BY CRASHING 'LIFE' MAGAZINE WITH K. U. SORORITY GROUP J Ielen :\Lark\\·ell, a Hay tu lent at the nl" r:ity of Kan a , i the fir t local person to rate pictures in Lifr ~1aga:::ine. The December 11 is ue. featuring Kansas girl ·, include her in the Kappa A lpha Theta orority o-roups.

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a tow I on her head. 'ittino- b i le h r is Ruth ( >Ji,·e Brown of llill ~ ity. who i · cuttin•• a banana. Un another pag H I n appears on thl· Theta sta irway wearino- a formal. Uther groups f atured are the Kappa Kappa c;amma. amma Phi Ueta and hi mega . or rities: \Vat kin , :\Iiller and orbin halls: appr ,·eel colleo- hou es; uniYersity laboratoric.·: and D Ita ' ioma Th ta, a ::-\e ro s rorit ·. J lay could haYe had no b tter r pre entati' e, a I Ielen i - a hio-h type of th glamour-coed. .-\n a ll-around air!, :he wa a a od tuclent at 1 fay s l figh School of ' hich he is a crrad uat . and Fort Hay · Kawa ' tate olleae which . h attended for two years. an I "·here he \\'a a member of the .\lph a igma . \l pha ·orority. La~t year she \\"a taken into th college women's leadership organization. Tw y ar ago · he was college I eauty queen and during he r eni r year of high -cho I he reigned a · queen of ':\fay. \ Vith a ready smi l and vivac iou · manner. the Life · ubject ha s held a popu lar pia e in flay s ociety. Thi · year ·he is beginning her major in journalism. ller sto ri ~ · have app ar d in high chool edition of the Hay Daily .\" nvs 11·hil e he wa a tudent here. Recently he 11 as pleclg d to the 1-. U. chapter of Theta igma J'hi. national honorary and profe ional fraternity for \\'Omen in journali m. In the summer l [elen pencls mo t f her leisure ti me sw imming an I as a re . ult ·h qualified for _uack lub. the univer ity air!. · . \1' 1111ming organization. Hay Daily .\' r~ •s.

NU NU'S PRESIDENT

I lclcn :\[a rk" ell. fl ays . .".' ansns

Jfclen. \\'h

i. a daughter of :\fr. and :\Irs. f I fay · i h \\'11 in ne picture l'ating an o ran::- . R I eel for br akfa ·t. she ha!>

h. .-. :\lar k\\'ell

nctty Towner is our president and he d ·se n ·e: all the credit and hon r clue that p s ition . So m body around Dr xel noticed ''Tor hy" about the sec ncl day f scho I hack in ,' ept mber. 193o. and 1 eop le around here ha ,. been nuticing he r e1· r :·in ·e. for there's om thing ab ut "Torch~· ·· that makes y u take notice. ( 11 th e stage . or in cia · meetings. Pan-IT , , unci!, o r "just ar unci," she's right out in front \\'h e n thing: ar being clone. .'he' · been president of h r la:s th e e Ia. t t wo years. In tlw l'i 1\."ap ~hem: and Larry linton' Dr xel . ' ight on the radio . sh was a big attraction. • he' em ted for Rouge t " Robe and . \lpha I' i <>mega now and then. and there 's a lot of oth r things \\' ha\·en 't room to menti n. n tty liv out in Pr spect Park and commute: to l rex '1. :incc : he g raduates thi s year. we . hall mi ... I cr hut ur im·itation to return i perman nt.

MARCH, 1940

KAPPA KAPPA MEMBER HAS LEAD IN PLAY

FEMINAE NOBILES AESTIMl.N ABILES

Jt \ras just routine work fo r France s Parry, when she won the lead in Robert E. Sherwood's "The Petrifi d Fore t'' in the Templ ayer production at Temple University recently. She had plenty of fun at rehearsals where she wrot new. paper stories on the side and li stened to her leading man prof ess "I . love you honey: 1 love you, honey; I love you" while the stage crew practiced machine gun sound effects. Gabby ~Iaple (ali as Fran) is a waitress in a lun ch room and gas station somewhere on the . \rizona desert-and she could play the part since ·he has had experience playing it in real life at school. Th is was Frances' first part in a Templayer production and she had receiv ed her introduction to the footlig hts while attending Avalon High School in Pittsburgh . In an inter view Frances ·a id she wouldn 't like to go to Hollywood because-as the heroine 111 the play expressed it : ''A Holl y\\'ood career is too common. " .-\cting is to her not a profession but a hobby and Fran intends to toss it over when she graduates in favor of a writing ca ree r. On of her keenest desires is to travel-something whi ch she has never done. \ Vhen he left Pittsbu rgh last year to come to Templ e U ni versity in Phi ladelphia, it was the fir st time she had ever been outside of the Smoky City, with the exception of the times when she " ·as a baby, and she says that doesn't count. At one time Fran was worried as to whether she would rather be a "famil y girl " or a "Career \roman .. , S he finally comp rom ised and decided "a li ttle hit of both would be the happy medium. "

~o, we Greeks at Indiana haven't become Lat in s, but one of our si ters has been invited to join thi honorary l:_Iome Economic society with such a high ounding Latin nam e. ln E ngli sh the members really don't sound so formidable fo r they are ~ob l e, \\ orthy \1\'omen. \ Vinifred E itner. an . lpha • ig, was elected vice-pres ident at the club's initial meeting in ~ ovember when it wa · formed on our campus. \~V ini is the onl y junior member. The qualifications for membershi p into this society are : no F's or D's in any subj ect during the semesters spent at Indiana and at least a 2.:i average in Home Econom ics subj ects. A girl mu st have spent at least one year at Indiana to be eligible for membership.

THOUGHTS A you thin k, you travel; as you love, you attract. You are today where your thoughts have brought you ; you will be tomorrow where your thoughts take you . You cannot escape the re. ul t of your thoughts, but can endure and learn, can accept and be glad . You will realize the beautiful and ugly, or a mixture of both , for you will gravitate toward that which you earn, no more, no less. Whatever your present environment may be. you w ill toil , rema in, or ri se with your thoughts, your wisdom, your ideal. You will become as small as your controlling desire, as great as your dominant aspiration. REN .\ MAE LONG, Tulsa , O kla.

REMEMBRANCES Remembrances are so beautiful to collect for they are the jewels of dreams. Remembrances are so wonderful to collect fo r they are the collector's own ; each <me is priceless and unique, to be treasured by the owner alone or to be shared with oth ers for greater joy and pleasure. F rom the treasure box of my remembrances, there is one of which I am very fo nd. lt is a beautiful summer clay at a camp and ix eager little girl s of ages six to ten have just awa kened to find invitations to a tea party in the grove where the lady of the Land of \iV ish-Come-T rue lives. It is not an ordinary tea party ; it is a Costume Tea Pa rty. T hi s is excitement indeed! Such chattering and scurrying as each little girl tries to decide what kind of costume she would like. Then the tucking and the pinning and th e stitching as the costumes are made. Eve rything is ready not a moment to soon. Little Fairy S ilver Wings, Red Riding Hood, V isiting P rincess, Mary the Cook. Juanita the : -. 1 exican lad~· . and P ierrette the dainty French dancer, it is time! So ac ro ss the campus to the grove they sta rt with ve ry best party manners and impossible-toconceal excitement. O h. for th e surpri se to follow S hyly they greet the Lady of W ish- ComeT rue Land and with delighted whi spers they seat themselves demurely. Then other visitors arrive: a Count ess in regal robes , a visitor from Africa with a white helmet, Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Fi nn . Grown-ups we would say,

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but h! r member thi ~ i · the Land of \Yi ·h' ome-True. The action · of Tom · awyer and Huckleberry Finn bring peal · of lau.,.hter from the nest·. The brave tales oi the ,.i ·itor from Africa and the ' onderful ·torie · of the Counte are received with a ·p of delight. It i uch fun to ip range JUice tea and cat tea cakes . and to have ra pberry tart from the Queen of I feart ·. Th i i e pecially wonderful when you know the true tory of the e ( ra pberry ) tart s ! , II too ·o 11 it i · time to leav the Lady of \\ ' i ·h- orne-True Land. Little Fai ry's wing are lightly a\\'1·)' but her face hine \Yith happine ; Red Riding Hood'. cape and ba ket lie forgotten on the ground, but he is chatter ing gai ly; and Cook' tall white hat need much ·traightening. but :\Iary is too happy to think of such thing · nO\L The Princes in he r trailing gown take · Reel Riding Hood's basket and cape " ·ith a sweet mile, the Mexican lady takes Silver v\ ing · · hand " ·ith motherly affection while the little French dancer hum a lilting tune to xpre her gladness. o with a thank you and a goodbye each little crirl. ca refully holding in her hand a g reen and pink candy mint. scamper back aero s t he campus from the g ro \· of \Vish- ome-T rue Land. . !ready this is a joyful remembrance to each little g irl. To me, thi i a rare gem in the t rea ure box of my remembrance that are the jewel of dreams. \\ JLIIEUIL'\ .\ :\Il DiE T heta T heta

THOUGHTS ON VIEWING YOUR CAMPUS l fave yo u taken a good look at your campus? .\ · y u look a round. what type of emotion do you feel r is y ur mind so filled with other thing. that you cannot ee. l f you ,·is it cd uur chool \\'hat would you :ee ? \\' uld the I ng c I tre haclo\\' · lie o pea cfully 11 the g rass in th princr? \\' ould the - ky ·ee m like ,-eh ·et and the light · fr m the buildings g l ,,. bri crht r than tars in the oft curta in f the 11 i ht ? ould the ·pi res of the t wer ilh uett ed ;w a in. t the winter un s t ·ud lenly ause y u to catch your breath and fe I re,·er nt b a usc t ;o I ha 1 ut o much beauty on the a rth. 1 dou bt it. Y ou \\'Ould e rta inlv app rec ia t the bea uty but the fee ling f uri ·it;. a b ut th t w r mi ht ,·e rc me th : un - t and ,,·onde ring wh r th pa th I d might v rcome the ,. h· t night. The place I not b long to

you and the glow of posses ·ivenes and pride is not there to f urni ·h a ba · is for y nr delight. Lo k around on your ampu . Th place bel nu to you. Doe n't that clump of tree. down there hav a pecial meanin.,. b cause th . rority ang there in the moonlight one ni ht . Ilea ant as ociation make thing beautiful. Y ur campu i a lovely place in which t b happy. Open your eye wide. It's beautiful. 1\1 .\R\' ELLEN ORN\\ ELL, fli hi.

A DIFFICULT TASK ne of the mo t difficult ta k an unwilling Engli h teacher can ha e i to crive for an a ign ment a written compo. ttton . ] t e\ idently i · one of the trait of mo t men, not to want to put his thought or id as in writing. T acher ee thi r eaction freque ntly in the clas r om. (The expre ion " um illing Engli h teacher" i · probably puzzling om of my reader · . 1 u e that adjective to describe a teacher who has majored in the field of cience math matic . and history, and who find her elf t aching Engli sh . Did you eve r ·ee a cienti t o r mathematician who could u se the flowery languacre of th writer? They are too practical a nd accurate and never use more word than are nece ary to tate their facts.) Thi morning the Engli h cia ret urn d the recitation room ready to attack any problem the K ew Yea r might pre ent to them. \\hat doe teacher do? "The a ignment for T hursday will be a compo ition en titl d ''i\f y Life.'" A ll plea ure died from the faces of the tudent~. Comment and question were heard: '' ~ othin cr intere ting ever happened to me." " h, do we ha~·c to write ab ut ur O\\ 11 li ves? '' "Do I have to tell yo u about the plans for the future? I haven't a ny plan·.'' Finally a ll que tion were an wered and th pupils ettled down t the ta k of c ll ecting their thought · and wit ·. They will ace mpli h their ta. k b cau ·e they left with a determitPd lo k in their eye . They are conqu ring ne of th obstacle life ha placed in their path. T ach r still ha her prob lem t s I \'e, that f correcting and grading the paper . he know he has a t ndency t be t o leni nt a written c mpo. ttton wa alway · he r bugbear in ch ol. but he mu t al ·o r member that it i h r duty to mark n th · ,·alu f the \\' rk. :he mu;t help t enc urao-e th m to impro,·e th ir writt n e xpr ion and t c n ]Uer that hatred of writing. _ 1'- \Til \RIXE :\[. H .\LJ::. Theta Thctu

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News Letters-Alumnae Chapters ALVA, OKLAHOMA Greetings to Alpha Sigs everywhere! We wish to express our thanks to all Alumna: chapters who sent us Christmas greetings. We appreciated so much the clever "A. S. A. Notes" from the Buffalo Alumna: Chapter. It must be fun to print such a clever news letter. Last Fall's calendar was full to overflowing and interesting as could be, what with Miss Shockley's thirtieth anniversary of teaching and its attendant celebration, entertaining Wilma Sharp, dedicating Shockley Hall, the Christmas party, and so on. In memory of Louise Harzman, Mrs. Sharp placed a spray of flowers on her grave. All of us appreciated this tribute from a National Officer. Those who accompanied Mrs. Sharp were Alma Lois Rodgers and Electa Lee Montgomery, Louise's close friend. Dr. and Mrs. C. 0. Newlun were at home to the Northwestern faculty members and their husbands and wives November 17 between the hours of 8 and ro o'clock. . An informal evening was enjoyed by the many guests. Tea was served from an attractive serving table centered with a bowl of colorful fruit. Miss Minnie Shockley, Mrs. T. C. Carter and Mrs. Guy M. Lisk poured during the evening. A series of social events for Mrs. Fred Sharp, who arrived in Alva November r6 to inspect the local chapter of Alpha Sigma Alpha sorority and to help celebrate Miss Shockley's Pearl Anniversary, came to an end Saturday night as she boarded the 10:15 train. Upon her arrival Thursday, Mrs. Sharp was taken to Nail 's Cafe where Miss Minnie Shockley entertained at dinner. Those who shared this courtesy were Miss Alma Lois Rodgers, Miss Rosa Lee Montgomery, Dr. Racine Spicer, Mrs. Essie Nail and Miss Emogene Cox. Friday morning Mrs. Sharp held a conference with the chapter officers. Dr. Racine Spicer honored Mrs. Sharp with a luncheon at high noon at which she entertained Mrs. Sharp, Miss Shockley, Miss Rosa Lee Montgomery and Miss Alma Lois Rogers. In the afternoon, Friday, the local Panhellenic entertained with a tea to honor Mrs. Sharp. Those who received the guests were Mrs. Sharp, Elsie Fae Peters, Sigma Sigma Sigma; Ruby Wright, Delta Sigma Epsilon; Gwendolyn Dee Julian, Pi Kappa Sigma; Erl Lene Cline, Alpha Sigma Alpha. Those who presided at the tea table were Irene Walker, Reba Anderson, Estella Rackley and Rosa Lee Montgomery. Music was furnished throughout the afternoon by Corinne Huckleberry, Velma Keck, Dortha Shorter, and Margaret Bost. Solos were sung by Gerry Ross, accompanied by Electa Lee Montgomery, and by Elsie Fae Peters.

The guests at this tea were members of the four sororities, the faculty women and the faculty wives. T~e Panhellenic sent lovely corsages of red roses to Miss Shockley and Mrs. Sharp for the occasion. . In the evening the Gamma Gamma chapter entertamed Mrs. Sharp and Miss Shockley with a dinner at Coffman's. Following the dinner Mrs. Sharp hela a conference with the pledges. Later an initiation service was held for Evelyn Benefiel followed by a model business meeting. A breakfast for Mrs. Sharp, Miss Shockley, the patronesses, Mrs. Edith Ames, Mrs. Mel Provost, Mrs. Hollis Warrick, Mrs. C. A. Traverse, Mrs. Clifford Mann, Miss Alma Lois Rodgers and Miss Rosa Lee Montgomery was held at Hotel Bell at 8: r 5 Saturday morning. The faculty sponsors for the other three sororities entertained Mrs. Sharp, Miss Shockley, Dr. Spicer, Miss Montgomery and Miss Rodgers at a luncheon Saturday noon. The Founders' Day of Alpha Sigma Alpha was observed by honoring Miss Shockley and Mrs. Sharp with a banquet. At this event the local alumna: entertained the out-of-town alumna: and the local actives. After the banquet the actives and alumna: formed a line party to see Mrs. Sharp off on the train. EMOGENE Cox. This year was the Actives' turn to entertain at the annual Christmas party and they really did it in a splendid way. There were fifty-six present to enJOY the festivities. The quartet tables had lighted tapers as centerpieces, and places were marked by tiny white reindeer that wore red bells with guests' names. The red, green and white Christmas motif was emphasized by tree decorations and dessert course. Elsie Converse conducted the games in which Evelyn Benefiel was the winner. A variety of table games were played, and dancing was enjoyed . Margaret Bost sang "Santa Claus is Coming to Town" and "Don't Wait Until the Night Before Christmas to be Good." Then the gift exchange was held. Following the merriment aroused by breaking seals and unwrapping pretty packages, Erl Lene Cline read several Christmas poems as a fitting "good-night ." Today at Pendra Road, India, there is a cottage for tubercular patients erected in memory of Mary Miller Michael, former Gamma Gamma, who died October r 3, I934路 This cottage was dedicated to her because of her zeal in missionary work in India. We are indebted to Mrs. Michael's sister at Nardin, Oklahoma for this news. We feel that such an honor to one of A S A's faithful ones should be made known even at this late date. We wish to extend deepest sympathy to Lucille

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24 Moore Kramp and \ irginia Parker Beem in the recent loss of their fathers. Lucille is a niece of Luella Harzman and a cou in of Dorothy Harzman. Mi s hockley ha been saddened this Christmas eason by the death of two of her dearest friends, Mrs. Fulton and [r. John B. Doolin r. Mr. Doolin was a friend before she moved to Iva, and the Doolin's ha\'e eemed like her own family. [iss hockley ha helped to comfort Mrs. Doolin and the two ons in their loss.

BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS Hello, Everybody. Here's to a Happy 1ew Year to all "Alpha Sigs" from the Boston Alumna: chapter. Edith Lundquist was hostess at our first meeting in October. Words and ideas certainly Hew around in the air that afternoon, as we planned our program . We decided that this year the meetings would not only be social but also must send us away with iJeas and thoughts that would benefit us in our everyday world. With that in mind, we planned the following gatherings: October-Program planning November-Trip Meeting December-Penny Sale January-Supper Meeting February-Fun Night March-Covered Dish Luncheon April-Movies May-Historical Meeting Spring Dance The ovember meeting was at Edith Howley's with Florence Haley and Kitty Hale as co-hostesses. (Kitty and Edith decided, after living together for even weeks last summer that they could cooperate on the luncheon.) This was a very interesting meeting as we spent most of the afternoon traveling in the West with Josephine Ray, Christine Little, and Kitty. Josephine had a fine collection of "snaps" and postcard that she made during her tour of the West. hri sti ne howeJ her beautiful colored movies which included such place of interest as Grand Canyon, Zion and Bryce anyons, Los Angeles, and Salt Lake ity. Kitt y showed the colored !ides that she made during her travels with Edith last summer. The highlights of her collection were Pri matjc prings in Yellowstone, the Mission at anta Barbara, Bryce an on, and Lake Louise. The slide of Lake Louise was a prize picture with the un shini ng on the glacier, the hadows on the mountains and the turquoi e blue of the lake it elf. H er colored pictures of the Ro al I lountie in hi red jacket. blue trou er , and tet on hat, and of the National Park Ran er cau ed a few hearts to beat a little fa ter. The \nnual Penn ale wa held at \Iar y McAule · home. in \ inchester, in December with Loui e Hockad, a o-ho te . Fortunately the weather wa ideal, as we had not received our first now of the year, o that the member turned out

to the tune of twenty-three. The uccess of the . ·tic was proved by the increase in the trea ury balance;. even after Kitty Hale had been given the money to make the Chri tmas of the family one of her ~tu· <.Ients a little cheerier. This i the main rea on for holding the Penny ale in December. It certainly increa es one's Christmas spirit to know there i · nc more family in the world, who will ha,·e a happier Holiday eason due to the efforts of .. \. The lew Year is starting off with a upper ~feel ing in Boston with Etta Christian en as chairman. ,\fter dinner, four of the girl are going to give book reviews on some of the latest books. IV e will havt: more to tell about this the next time we meet in fa).

TH.\Rl:-1E

HALE.

BUFFALO, NEW YORK The lpha Sigs "around these parts" ha,·e had a busy year so far-with plenty of fun and entertainment. Our first regu lar meeting ~a held at the love!}• Youngstovm home of Katherine Suitor. October 7 was a beautiful autumn day so we all enjoyed e\·er minute of the drive that took us to the "Fall Reunion" of Alp ha Sigs. The high spot of the fall social calendar wa ovember 4-ou r bridge party and fashion show at the Hotel Statle r. It was fun to chat and pia} bridge-mostly chat- and al o to see the latest fall and winter fashions . The fact that A. . A. girls were models, added to the attractiveness of the styles. A good number of Alumna: attended the FounJers Day Banquet o n ovember 18 at the Hotel Lennox . We enjoyed meeting the new ctive girls and joining with them in their _granJ celebration. The regular ovember Alumna: meeting wa held at Mary Blackstone's home. It wa an excellent get together-and the chicken pies- Yum! Yum!! ~!r. Robert Hoffman of the Forum rvice spoke after the business meeting. Hi topic was " D emocracy Versu Dictatorship." We had a ery merry Christma meeting becau~1.: o many "out-of-towners" were with us. We ate. we talked, we took care of some bu ines we beameJ over brand ne\ diamonds. \ e had fun at Loui'l Coe's! Here's to a Happy ew Year for everybody . DoR0T!IY

. FRICKE.

ANTON, OHIO nd o \ e swing into a brand new yea r anJ you r correspondent into a brand new job. Bear with me i ters we all ha~·e to tart omewhere. I' e been warning m husband that orne day I hall write a cook bo k. Perhap thi will lead to something el c Thi ha been an extremely trenuou holida). \ e didn't even tart to bounce back from the Christ· ma excitement when the now tarted-and with 1t

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skiing . .My son, age five, and my husband, age 29 chronologically developed over nig ht into outdoor men. The son does it without rhyme or reason but the husband says he's practicing just in case. Instead of joining the foreign legion (if I get too rough) he will join the Finnish Ski Troops . But what does all thi s have to do with us ? Just a round about way of telling you your reporter is tired and trying to make excuses for her shortcomIngs. Now to tell you what we are doing. We had a bride-Berdein Shoemaker Holsingwhich gave Emmy Schlott Calhoun an excuse to let herself go on our October meeting. We gave Berdein a pantry shelf shower and Emmy did the rest in lovely decorations and lunch. The hi g h spot in the November meeting was election of officers. President-Margie Schlott Crawford Vice-President-Dorothy Stough Secreta ry-Treasurer-Mary Carmella Carfagna Correspondent-Sue Campbell Chaplain-Berdein Holsing Vve co nducted the above business 111 a very "Robert's Rules of Order" manner. And Berdein retires from the presidency after a very successful year. Margie let the gavel fa ll on the first meeting of her regim e in her own home. She had everything planned a nd well-catalogued for the coming year. The hostesses are all named and a program committee selected. We played bridge and had our annual Chri stmas exchange. And now to end with a New Year's Resolutionwe shall surel y remember to send Christmas greetings to other alumn<.e chapters next year. W e did truly app reciate and enjoy the ones we received this yea r. SuE S ANFORD CAMPBELL.

CENTRAL, PENNSYLVANIA So far this yea r, two meetings of the Central Pennsylvania A lumn<.e have been held . The first was on September r6 at the home of Kay Lowry Pratt in Slousca, Coatsvill e, with Evely n Schrach L attam us as assista nt hostess. After the business meeting luncheon was served on the lawn . The second m eeting was held at the home of Kathryn Be nder in Millersville on D ecember 2. Each gi rl was asked to bring a gift-something they did not want. After refreshments Santa Claus appeared with the g ifts, beautifully wrapped. Imag ine the hilarity when the packages revealed articles the gi rls definitely did not want, old chewing gum, broken flashlights, etc. The next meeting will be held sometime in April and the hostess will be Betty Wilson Post. CHRI STI NE KLINE.

CLEVELAND, OHIO D ear Alpha Sigs: We haven't written to you for so long so we"ll try to make this letter worth whi le. In the first place, we are looking forwa rd to seei ng some of you at the regional meet here in Cleveland in October. At our fir t 1940 meeting at Ruth Selby Vorhees' home on February 10, we bega n our plans fo r our part in your entertainment. By the way, that was a g rand luncheon that Ruth had fo r the twelve of us who showed up o n that rainy day. We were especi ally glad to welcome Loi s Reilly, from our Ypsi chapter, who is here at Western Reserve taking graduate work. Perhaps she'll get a position so she can become a permanent member of our group. It was nice seeing the Bluim sisters from the Delta Delta chapter. Jea nette was married June 30, 1939 to Willi am Hess. Of course you know Marian is now Mrs . Barber. Martha Kananen Barch, Lambda Lambda, told us all about little Kay Antonette, who came to Fred a nd her on June 27, 1939. Others that attended our meetings were Olive Baker, Ada Harvey, Augusta Mitchell Besse, Georgia Turner, Ethel Goddard, Bernice De T ehan a nd L eta Briner Crawford. We m issed Virginia Carpenter, Omicron Omicron, who was ill with flu. She has her M .A. from W estern Reserve and is now teaching Home Economics in Warren, Ohio. This year we are having our meetings on the first Saturday in the month. They will be dessert bridges (gab sessions to you). The next meeting will be at Augusta Besse's home, 2603 Traymore Road, University Heights. Leta Briner C rawford is planning a get-together for the "west-siders" who seem to have a terriffic time getting themselves out to m eetings. We hope enough turn up so she ca n work some " mob psychology" on them and make them swea r to show up at the next meeting. 'vVe miss them at our luncheons and they mi ss us but they aren't aware of it. If you are in Cleveland at any time we'd love to talk to yo u. Call up Bernice D e Tehan, 364 3 A val on Road or Ruth Vorhees, 3300 Grenway Road, and they will see that someone meets you. Bernice was reelected president and Ruth named secreta rytreasurer for 1940 at our last session. That mea ns we'll have another successful yea r. W e will keep you informed as to our plans for our convention at the Hotel Cleveland in the fa ll of this year. That will be our chief interest betwee n now and then. We'll \.vrite you more chatte r in the next issue. LoRA M. JoNEs SM ITH.

COLUMBUS, OHIO First of all, we wa nt to wish all of you Alpha Sigs, a very happy and prosperous New Yea r .111d to acknowledge the Christmas cards we received from you girl s, w hich made us very happy. October being the month of spooks and goblins,

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a Hallowe'en party wa held at the home of Leota Merion. fost of the girls wore co tumes. A prize went to Katy Loechler, our president, and Johnny Jones, fo r their costumes. When the new and original programs for this year were pas ed we knew someone had worked hard to make them possible. We lea rned that Ruth H essenauer, Carolyn Southard, Katy Loechler and Clara Oden v ere responsible and to them we owe our thanks and appreciation. After the business meeting, Mr. Van Buren, a magician, entertained us. There's a tricky man- he's young, just beginning in his profession, but we know he is good because he fooled us and not many men do ! The ovember meeting was held at the home of Dorothy Cummings. An informal discussion of " Conditions of Present Russia" was given by Miss Skilkin. She told of many amusing experiences and also discussed the more serious side of affairs. The refreshments consisted of little cakes with the A. S. A. motif and ice cream. Then Christmas was with us once more. This time the "children" broug ht their toys to the home of Vi Roush. Prizes were given for the most bea utifully wrapped, the most difficult to wrap, et cetera. Ruth H essenauer took charge of the toys we wrapped and saw to their distribution . We sa ng Christmas carols and some of the sorority songs and also played games along the "brain teaser" line. With the exchange of Merry Christmas and Happy New Year, we brought to a conclusion our 1939 season. ow fo r a littl e new of individual girls. Mary Gaal has spent many winters away from Columbus as has Marguerite Lowmi ll er, but both were gladly welcomed back this year. W e have a new m ember, Perlina Hubert from Miami a nd we hope she'll be able to be with us every meeting. Thelma Glick who is preparing a Scrapbook of and fo r, ou r group promises to let us include our pictures whe n he gets fa r enoug h along, so that her re i tance to shock is built up better. Will be looking fo rward to readi ng news about the rest of you, oon. OREY LEPPERT.

DENVER, COLORADO When the member of the College chapter of lumna: chapter of Denver get Beta Beta and the togethe r "a fine time i had b all." . nd that is what happened at our Founder ·' D ay Luncheon held on October 26 at the Park Lane Hotel in Denver. Thirteen member of the ollege chapter and fortyone lumna: member were pre ent, making a grand total of fift •-four happy lpha igs. Mi Elizabeth Lehr chapter advi er. wa introduced with lowing prai c b the colle e girl . [orca Booth Bailey, lpha Bet., president of the Denver Alumna: chap-

ter, presided as toastmistress. She introduced the new officers for this year. Members of the different coll!!gc chapters arose as their chapters were named and news of rushing and returning members wa given. We find that the Denver Alumna: chapter i ~om posed of members representing even diA'erent colkgc.: chapters. The presentation of the annual award ''·'' made by Grace Dalby, Beta Beta to Marian Lancaster, Beta Beta's most outstanding initiated pledge of I \l year. This award of five dollars for Life Member hip dues is made to encourage high scholar hip and participation in campu activitie among the young r members of the chapter. Among Marian 's honors art membership in Sigma Pi Lambda, honorary education fraternity, a four point avera re in cholar hip anJ the secretaryship of Beta Beta chapter. The part of the prog ram contributed by the college member was greatly enjoyed by all of us. The thirteen girh gathered around the piano and sang Alpha ig song with a zest that filled our heart with joy. Then Peggy Cull en gave a talk about campus activitie' and Alpha Sigma Alpha personalities and Betty Bean told us about the social activities of the College chapter. We Alumna: members were ve ry glad to hea r aomi Erickthese reports from the College chapter. son Stone, Beta Beta, closed the program with a tribute to our Founders. December 27 found us gathered together at tht: home of Marian Wierman Thornton for our annual Christmas breakfast. We had a delicious brunch served by the hostess and her assistant . We enjoyed looking at the many Christma g reeting card received from Alumna: and College chapters. Morea Bailey presided over a short business meeting. It was decided that we again contribut to the Lawrence Street ursery School F':'nd, the purpose of which is improvement and social betterment for underprivileged children. Polly chlo.ser brou).{ht news that i of importance to all chapters and led e lett the discussion about reg ional conventions. afte r having had an enjoyabl e time visiting with everyo ne present. R CE D ALBY.

EMPORIA, KANSAS The lumna: chapter of Emporia had a mo't interesting Fall and holiday season. We ar boa tin)! about our membership thi year, thirt y-t hree actit•t, the largest group we ha ve had for seve ral yea r . Marga ret Pepers Ptacek our former vice-pre ident. ha moved to Wichita, and we are certain that thl \ ichita Alumna: chapte r will welcome her into the•r group. During the Homecoming Week in tober, the \ ctive Chapter entertai ned the alum na: at a buffet upper. They al o included th alumna: in thetr hristma dance held at invitation to their annual the ountr Club. ur earl hri tmas project i adopting a need} and ' orth family . Each alumna gives an articlt:

MARCH, 1940 of food and the Active chapter gives a large dressed turkey and a Christmas tree. During the holidays, Helen Brickell was at home from the East, and how we did enjoy the afternoon with her! She had news for us of four others from our group now living in New York City. MARIE DuMM.

GREELEY, COLORADO On November 8, 1939, Mrs . Eti Anderson entertained the Greeley chapter of Alpha Sigm:'l Alpha Alumn<e at her home, 1326 Fourteenth Avenue. Twelve members enjoyed a pleasant evening playing Tripoli. During the business meeting the Alumn;e completed arrangements for the party they gave during rush week, November 15. Actives and Rushees of Beta Beta chapter were graciously entertained by the Patronesses and Greeley Alumn.e chapter at a Wassail Party from 4 to 5:3o o'clock in the Student Lounge on November 15, 1939. A table decorated with tall pastel tapers surrounding a wooden bowl of fruit was the center of attraction. Monte Carlo Whisk provided entertainment and during refreshments a group of five girls from Honolulu sang several Hawaiian selections. A happy, frolicking time was enjoyed by eleven Greeley Alumn<e November 22 during the evening when Katherine Baab entertained at her home, 1706 Eighth Avenue . We were all so happy to have a former Greeley alumna with us, Helen Hargrove. Helen is now teaching at Englewood, Colorado. Plans were made for the Christmas Party. Monte Carlo furnished much amusement during the evening. With Santa Claus coming "Just Around the Corner" the Greeley Alumn<e met with Florence Klinger at her home in Eaton, Colorado, Wednesday evening, December 13, for their Christmas Party and exchange of gifts. Since it was somewhat early anyway for Santa to be coming Florence had arranged for us to spend some time playing games. The evening's diversion was playing Contact and also a Chinese Give and Take Game. Santa arrived ladened down with gifts just after Florence had served delicious refreshments. Since we had all been such "good girls" all during 1939, he had a nice gift for each of us! With the Yuletide Season so near the pleasant evening was ended by each wishing all a Very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. 路 The Greeley chapter of Alpha Sigma Alpha extends a Hearty New Year Greeting to all Alpha Sigs and hopes that all their plans may materialize KATHERINE BABB. throughout the year 1940.

HAYS, KANSAS The December meeting of the Hays Alumn<e was a lovely Christmas party at Mildred Murray Older's. Everyone enjoyed the exchange of twenty-five cent gifts. The members at this time donated old and new books to be sent to Sr. Marjorie Hope for the

benefit of the children at the orphanage where Sr. Marjorie is stationed. Miss Mary Mae Paul entertained the alumn<e for January. A most interesting talk was given by Senorita Mae on her recent trip to Mexico and we all felt we had a delightful trip with her, although, of course, ours was a hurried trip all in one evening. We could not have been guided by a better person than Senorita Mae. The February meeting will be held at Mrs. R. S. Markwell's. At this time the shield will be awarded to Zoe Barker for her outstanding work during her pledgeship. RuTH TwENTER.

HUNTINGTON, WEST VIRGINIA The Alumn<e chapter gave a benefit bridge in the recreation room of one of our leading department stores as a Fall enterprise. The tables were decorated with Fall flowers. The chapter colors were carried out in the decorations and refreshments. The proceeds were for our philanthropic work. Our former President, Evelyn Johnston took leave of us on the twenty-sixth of last December, when she went to join her husband at Macogdochee, Texas, where they plan to make their future home. The Alumn<e chapter gave a farewell dinner for her in the Crystal Ballroom of the Hotel Frederick. Members of the group brought toys to be given to the Kiwanis Day Nursery. It was our honor and pleasure to have Wilma Sharp visit us for several days in the early winter. Mrs. Francis Booten entertained at dinner for her. After the dinner, a delightful gabfest took place, as well as a very instructive and interesting discussion led by Mrs . Sharp, on the activities of other chapters, the present and future of alumn.e and active chapters. We left that meeting inspired by the discussion and by Mrs . Sharp's presence and her interest in us. FLORENCE A. DAVIS.

An Alpha Sig of 1927 Thirteen years ago I was a proud member of Alpha Sigma Alpha at Marshall College, Huntington, West Virginia. I proudly displayed my beautiful jeweled pin over my heart. Today I look at the pin and it takes me back to those days and to my sorority sisters. We were a happy group together, and "come what, come may," I'll never forget them. I wonder where these girls are, the members of Alpha Sigma Alpha in 1927. As for me, my life has been full of ups and downs since that time. I have taught school for several years and have been happy in the profession. A few of these years were not so pleasant as I was very ill. Two years ago I was just about to be myself again when I again had another down. I was 'going to Bluefield, West Virginia one cold winter Saturday morning and the train wrecked-and I wrecked too. I am married to a very dear man and we have a happy home. In this home I proudly have my Alpha

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igma Alpha certificate framed and hanging on the wall of my den. l read the PHo E. IX from cover to cover. I wear my pin just as faithfully as ever and I claim it an honor to belong to lpha igma \lpha. How 1 would like to hear from my lpha Sig friends! If any of you Alpha igs of 1927 read this let me hear from you for you know I'm still intere ted in you and I always shall be. I am interested in \lpha Sigma \lpha, past now and forever.

IR . PA ' L K. J C K ' O t\"" (Dora Lee Gammon, Kimball, W. Va.) l

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\ e missed Jean M Cammon who was sojourning in Florida, and Letha Gaskins, down in ew Orlean and \delaide McCarty, who wa in the Ea t; but we are glad they had such good trip during the holidays. We all visited and chattered in our usual heart) manner. Seems there is so much to talk about when we get together! It wa such a snowy, slippery night. And we here have been sliding about most of the time ince. Have all of you, wherever you are? May this be the happiest year ever for all of your WILM ME Wou.

INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA Please credit Jane McDavitt with giving me notes on thi meeting, as your correspondent was in an accident a week before the meeting. (And what an accident !) Esther Burge was hostess, and Helen Emick assistant at the regular monthly meeting on November 4· Betty Rice presided. Jean McCammon told what was needed at the Day ursery, the organization we help at Christmas. She brought the material for scrap books. Wanda Gambl e offered to take the material home and pink all the books. Toys and magazines were brought to the meeting , and after adjournment, the girls cut pictures for the scrap books. Jean showed an aluminum cooking set and a tea set she had bought for the children at the Day Nursery. Announcement was made that the ational Panhell enic Council question had been settled, with a clear definition of . P. C. and A. E. S. fields . We are all g lad that this problem has been settled so sati sfactorily. Genev ieve Leib told about the installation of our new chapter in Harri onburg Virginia. Welcome into A. . A., Beta Epsilon chapter! There was a most impressi ve memorial service for Ann e Fern, charter member of our group, and former ad viser to the active chapter. Dear Anne was kill ed in an automobil e accident that occurred on October 2 0 . Helen oblitt sang during the reading of the en •ice by Bett y Rice. W e all mourn . nne's passing ve ry deepl y. n Tuesday evening, ove mber 2 we met at Fra nces Peltier's home to work on scrap books. Had a gay time cutting, pa ting, and matching pictures. W e co ng ratulate the Philadelphi a alumn.e on getting Fra nces Peltier fo r a member. he moved to Philalelphia ea rl in 1940, an d her going is a lo s to the I ndiannpol i chapter. n the evening of Dece mber 2 , a beauti ful hr i tma pa rt was hel d at the home of lr . el vage b the mother fo r the lumn.e. Turkey d inner, with all the trimmi ng -d re ing, e ca lloped potatoe green bea n . hot roll , alad, ice crea m, coffee-d elicious! \\ e cn jo •ed a fi ne program . r-.tr . Burge told ther W i e H enr y Va n 0 •ke' lovely tor , " The Ian.'' ~!r . Hu tto n ang " ilent 1 i ht .'

JOHNSTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA The lpha Sigs of Johnstown are a little back with their news to the P1-1oE IX, but the chapter •~ still alive and making much better progress. La t year the attendance at our meetings was a Iittle Ia k, but the old stand-by' kept holding meeting and having fun, determined not to let our chapter fall through. This fall we started off with a bang. Quite a [ " old members are coming regularly, and ome ne\~ ones. Our meetings are usually held in the Spani h Room of our local Dairy-Dell Tea Room. They consist of a luncheon served around twelve o'clock fol lowed by a social hour of card playing and comersations. We have had some very nice meetings held in various homes. One wintry afternoon Mrs. Mar) D. Curran, of Windber, honored us at a tea held in her home, and we had a very delightful timt . After our journey there, that hot tea, and tho e ta ty sandwiches and cakes certainly hit the spot. Another very enjoyable meeting was held on wintry night at the home of Irs. Phyllis (Wright) Mostoller of Riverside. The e ening wa spent playing card s and of course another very delicious lunch wa · served on a decorative candle-lit table. La Rue (Graden) Fleckenstein and Elaine Hat· ings ha ve entertained us at their home , when we played games or cards, and had deliciou food erveJ to u . The Gree n Gables along the omer et Pike, wa the scene of a pleasant afternoon meeting. The g~rl played cards on the veranda followed by a lunch served late in the afternoon. The chapter is planning to have our fir t s wl affa ir in the pring and hope our plans can be carri ed out. These are the girls who can be depended on to attend meeting : Mis es rl ene Miller Elaine aMing , Mary Jane Wilson , Mar auer Jane rbcr. Mar Jo ' onnor Mary chnabel, Maxine He · ketch. Jean Br on, lr . Berni ce Berkebil e, Mr . 1..3Rue Fl cken tei n, frs. Alma Hare, Mrs. Jta 1cKel vie, (r. Mary urran , Mr. 'Donne!, , lr~. Beth (Kol er) chick and lr . Ph IIi Mo toller. MARY

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KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI On a perfect autumn afternoon, October 21, twenty-three members of Kansas City chapter gathered together at the home of Mildred Hanthorn in Indepe ndence, Missouri with Lois French and Mildred Epperson as the assisting hostesses. After a delicious Hallowe'en dessert luncheon contract bridge was enthusiastically played . Jo Wady and Rubye Watterbury were the lucky prize winners. We were very happy to have Faye Teas, Eta Eta, Betty Cramer, Tau Tau, and Doris Batthis, Zeta Zeta, visit us and sincerely hope they will join us every opportunity. 0\'ember 18th was a genuine red letter A. S. A. day and will long live in the memory of those present at th e Founders' Day luncheon held at the Hotel Newbern. The table was beautifully decorated with a large Aoral ce nterpiece of deep red and yellow chysanthemums. The place-booklets had deep red covers and A. S. A. shield of green and yellow . After an excellent luncheon was served, Phon Johnson presided as toastmistress. Recognition was given to our two National Officers in our chapter, namely: Esther Bucher, Vice-president and Wilma Wilson Sharp. Ed ucational Director. Introduction of m embers by chapters followed and we were thrilled to ha ve eig ht chapters represented as follows: Alpha Beta, Beta Beta, Epsilon Epsilon, Zeta Zeta, Eta Eta, Theta Theta, Tau Tau, and Phi Phi . Ruth Stone refreshed our m emory with the legend of King Asa. Our founders history was retraced inspirationall y by Ethel Phillips. The founding of the Kansas City Alumn<r chapter was presented by our president Dulcie Baird. Old and new Alpha Sig Songs were played and su ng. We felt grateful indeed to the founders of our beloved A. S. A. Our C hristmas party was held at the home of Rubye Waterbury, December 14, with Phon Johnson, Ethel Phillips and Mary Mason Wilson as eo-hostesses. Contract bridge, Chinese checkers and other games made a lively party until Santa arrived with gifts for eve ryone. Prizes were won by Margaret Bryant, Mary Margaret West and Dorothy Kreek . Refreshments of fruit cake with hard sauce, coffee, nuts and mints were served by candle light. Favors were miniature Christmas trees . Twenty-one girls were present, which number included three new members. Anita Begole traveled all the way from Liberty, ~fissouri to be with us for the first time. Mary Margaret West of Epsilon Epsilon and Mary Alice Hamilton of Eta Eta are now Ji ving in our vicinity and we hope to see them at all our meetings. We welcome all new members to our chapter as

well as those girls who have not been with us for some time.

Personals Personal news is scarce says Mildred Harmon, our regular correspondent. Mildred and Bob Harmon are tht: proud parents of a baby boy, Robert Eugene, born November 17. Mildred hopes to be with us at our next meeting, January 20. Alice Broyles and Gerald Thomas were united in marriage at a lovely home wedding on December 30 at four o'clock, Saturday afternoon. Her sister, Mrs. George Ewing, was her only attendant. Dulcie Baird, our president, has announced her engagement. She will be married in February. R uBYE WATERBURY

"Emergency Correspondent"

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA The members of the Los Angeles Alumn<r chapter carried on their seasons meetings with an "Alumn<r Rush Tea," the purpose of which was to bring out more of the Alumn<r who had not been attending meetings for some time. This was held on October 14 at the home of Louise Petersen Hindes. We were all very pleased when Nell Nonamaker Fay came, for although she was a charter member of Xi Xi, she had never attended Alumn<r meetings since graduating from U. C. L. A. Rosa Mathews, who had not attended for quite some time, was welcomed back into the fold. Amo ng the members who attended more often there were; Barbara Held, our President, Gladys Ludlow, Katherine Bolton, Marie Berry, Altha de Camp, and Mrs. Nobel. Our next meeting was a joint dinner with the Xi Xi active chapter to celebrate Founders' Day. At this time we made our regular Scholarship Cup presentation; the cup was given to Mary Jane Rose. W e all enjoyed the pleasant gathering and the speeches honoring our Founders, and closed our meeting with A. S. A. songs. On December tenth the Alumnx attended a very lovely buffet supper given by the Active chapter at the home of Eleanor Bohn, their Presid ent. Several of the Mother Patronesses were also present and I am sure everyone will list this among the most e njoyabl e gatherings they ha ve attended. The meeting was very well attended, and after the delicious supper, we exchanged Christmas gifts. During the evening we heard that Emily Wetmore Trusty is still teaching in the grade school at Tehachapi , as well as Doroth y Linden, who is in the High School. Rosa Mathews told us that she had been elected the Treasurer of the Orange County Panhellenic Association ; she is teaching in La Habra. Ethel Tobin thrilled us all with stories of her bicycle trip through New England, and perhaps we will be able to per-

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suadc her to ...vrite lhe trip that you can all hear about With the be t of good New Year for lpha igrna

up for the PHOEKJX o it. wishe for a ucces tul Alpha. inet!l·ely, LOt;! E PETERSE HINDE .

P. . -At the October meeting [ wa selected to take over the work as lumn<e Editor since Catherine Fitzgerald Bolton was unable to continue.

MARYVILLE, MISSOURI Greetings from Maryville lurnn:e. re you having any fun? ll right, we are. Our officers for the year are: President-Ludrnilla Voura (Mrs. Ben Wier) Vice-President-Mary Louise Lyle Secretary-Barbara Zeller Treasurer-Mildred Hotchkins (Mrs . Frederick Meyers) Correspondent-Belva Goff (Mrs. Robert Geist) Our first meeting this winter was a chili supper held at the home of Ludmilla Wier with Barbara Zeller and Miss Marion Wagoner assisting hostesses. The chili was delicious and a grand time was had by all. During the evening we drew capsules for our pal during the Christmas season. For three weeks we received gifts through the mail, on our door step or the gift was handed to us by some unknown person. Finally the day before Christrna carne and we gave our last gift with our name attached. There were many surprises and thrills as to whose name each per on had. Miss Virginia Watt, one of our alurnn:e, has accepted a position as Head of the Home Economics Department at Centralia, [issouri. We wish her luck and we miss her. [rs. Albert Kuchs the ational Chairman of the Constitutional omrnittee has been confined to her home with a broken ankle but is irnpro ing readily. 1 !rs. Ryland !ilner and her hu band, the co:~ch of football at the college here, attended the Rose Bowl game at Pasadena. t the Founders' Day luncheon we were l'ery happy to have one of the charter member of the Phi Phi chapter, Vada li er, from Toledo, Ohio \ ith u . We hope to ee you ag:~in, ada. We know the Toledo lurnn:e chapter enjoy having you . The lurnn<e are very happy :~bout the ctive chapter Phi Phi ha and the fifteen beautiful new pledges they have. far 1 ille hapter wi he to thank the Alurnn<e chapter that 1 ere o thoughtful at hri trna time, and we wi h every chapter a ver pro p rous , ew Ye. r in lpha igrna \l pha. BEL

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NEW YORK, N. Y. For the ake of the record we ha1e to go all the way back to Ia t fall to report the Gotham o ember meeting wa h lJ chapter's doing . Our on \rmi tice Day . . . a rather unfortunate hoi c: for a downtown luncheon date . .. but we bore up despite the holiday crowd and met in Lord ami Taylor' delightful Bird age Re taurant. Everyone: else in town seemed to have cho en the same plan so we had little privacy! After lunch we had planned on meeting in the: lounge but that also was too popular. a pot. Finall , undaunted and undefeated, 11 e held our meeting smack in the middle of the fifth floor outhern Cruise Shop and there planned a upper part for our next get-together. Lenore Lind ey Fager trom offered her horne as our meeting place, and o on December 8 we had a very delicious supper :tnJ a very nice quiet uninterrupted meeting in the c: elusion of her apartment . At that gathering officers for the remainder ol the year were chosen. Rosamond Root wa elected President; Esther Robinson Vice-Pre ident; and Ethel Peterson, Secretary-Treasurer. During supper ell Russell entertained u with tales of her experiences at two Adirondack Mountain dude ranches where she had spent her vacation last fall. Most of us thought we'd have to go West to see a real dude ranch, so it was gratifying to learn that there were some full-fledged varieties right in our own State! For our next meeting we're having a aturday luncheon at the Hotel Shelton, which we hope will be a convenient spot for our commuters to reach . With members coming in from Long Island New Jer ey, and Westchester County-our ever-present problem is where to meet next . If only we could et up hou ekeepi ng in the Empire tate Building!

OXFORD, OHIO the dawn broke on the morning of October

28 many Alpha Sigs from various home o1·er th tate took the road that led to xford. Fraternit) decorations sorority float , st reamers band mu tc, orsage , lack of parkin space and much activtl) announced that another homecoming wa again in progre . In the midst of all thi din the ,\lumn of lpha igma \lpha gathered them elve together ew England Kitchen for a brief lunch ·on in the hour an I for that time forgot that anyone els wa in xford. After the football game in the afternoon my wi h ·r the girl met again at the home of Mi ior tea. Everyone was glad to note how the xfonl t\lumn<e group wa growing. December 9 found your editor in the mid t of a dre rehear al for her play, "The Prince anJ th Pauper," o he didn t get to the lumn hn tmJ party in Da ton. However he Joe know that ~(, ry Helen Ferguson wa in charge of arran •emenl

MARcH, 1940 for a luncheon in Rike's dining room on that Saturday. Many Alpha Sigs from the southwestern part of Ohio (so large has the territory covered by the Oxford Alumn<e chapter grown) exchanged Christmas gifts and holiday cheer with their sorority sisters at this party. Even though the year is well on its way the Oxford Alumn<e chapter wishes to send a greeting to all its Alpha Sigma Alpha sisters. Its wish for each of you is a year filled with glorious adventure, and, at its end, a memory that you will cherish as the years roll on. JUNE HARPSTER.

PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA Late in the fall all of the Philadelphia Alumn<e who had been good little girls and had paid their dues received one of our new booklets through the mail. These little booklets contain our calendar of events for the year and list the chairman for each meeting. All paid up members now automatically have reservations for all our coming meetings. We hope by this means that everyone will be less apt to forget our "coming attractions" and that we'll have bigger and better meetings. Also these booklets contain a directory of all our members, names, addresses, telephone numbers 'n everything so they are a very big help in keeping in touch with everyone. November 4th was the date of our second formal dance which was held at the Delmar Morris Ballroom in Germantown. Kay McCoy and Jane Thierolf were co-chairmen and certainly deserve a lot of credit for such a nice dance . It was a shame that more weren't present, but those of us who were there certainly had a fine time and really enjoyed seeing all the Alpha Sigs turned into glamour girls for the night. December brought with it our covered dish supper at the Kappa Kappa House. vVe were very pleased that the K K's living at the house had dinner with us and particularly as they cooked a delicious meat loaf as their contribution to the dinner. Betty Campbell and Lois Anderson were co-chefs. It happened to be the night the K K's were awarded a beautiful record player and we were all very glad to be present for the presentation. After eating much more than we should, we had a short business meeting. Peggy Kirk, our Social Service Chairman, took up a collection with which she bought a Christmas basket for a family in Philadelphia. The next affair on our program is our big money project of the year-our annual card party in Strawbridge & Clothier's English Room on January 2oth. By the time you are reading this our treasury will, we hope, be filled to overflowing. So we hope you all had a wonderful time battling over the lovely prizes and that you didn't eat so much of our home made candy that you had any bad recollections of the card party and you'll hear from us again next Issue. S:\LLY OGDEN.

PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA We've been so busy lately, we members of the Pittsburgh chapter, that I had to get out my year book to see just what we have accompolished since I last wrote this column. First of all, back in November about eleven of us drove up to spend Founders' Day with Alpha Gamma chapter at Indiana, Pennsylvania. The weather was fine for the drive up and back and everyone who went had a fine time. We would like to compliment the active group for their grand entertaining. We hope that we can do as well when the active chapter comes down to spend an afternoon with us again this year in April. Then the next event on our calendar was our annual Christmas party held December 28 at the College Club. Twenty-two attended including several guests. Mona Power was chairman of the occasion and among those serving on her committee were Jane Stoltz Cupples, Marion Cox, Iva Arnold, Blanche Landau and Helen Worth. We exchanged small presents and spent a most enjoyable afternoon celebrating the holiday season in true fashion. Our January meeting was held at the home of Ann Viola, and the entire theme of the afternoon hinged on the splendid book review presented by Mrs. L. E. Frost. Her subject was Stuart Chase's "Mexico". The decorations were done in true Mexican theme and we lunched on chili with rice and hot tamales. Then too, later in the afternoon we had the pleasure of making the acquaintance of hostess Ann's charming two-year-old daughter. Those also serving on the committee were Mary Alice Ferguson, Mildred Weber and Virginia Squires. We also had as our guest for this meeting, Mrs. Gulick, Virginia's charming mother. Then to bring things right up to date, in honor of our patron saint, on February 17 the Pittsburgh Alumn;e held a Valentine supper-dance at the University Club. All the arrangements were in the hands of our capable president, Edith Simpson, and we can thank her and Mr. Simpson for the extraspecial good time that was had by all. So you can see that the Pittsburgh chapter has been both active and entertained this season, and we aim to continue. Interest has been higher this year than for some time in the past, and we are really getting to know each other a lot better. Now for a few personal items. We too have been the victims of winter ills, to mention a few, Marion Wilson, Blanche Landau, and Ginny Lee Straw. Mary Alice Ferguson is looking fine again we are glad to report. Another Pittsburgh Alumn<e couple is moving to Chatham Village. Soon it will be the official residence of our chapter. Kay and Jim Davey are joining our two other A. S. A.'s who already are firmly established in the Village, Ginny and Ted Squires, and President Edith and Harold Simpson.

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32 SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA The San Diego Alumna: chapter's tr~ditional hristmas party was held on Monday evem_ng, J?ecember r8th, at the downtown apartment ot Conna McCall Wright. Festive Yuletide decorations greeted us as we entered the apartment. fter many greetings and much time spent in exchanging ~ews items, the Alpha Sig drew numbers for the Chnstmas g1fts ( not to exceed twenty-five cents in cost) each g1rl had brought. There was much " ohing" and "ahing" ove r the lovely wrapping and eve n more over the novel and lovely gifts-so many original ideas. The party was climaxed with the serving of delicious refreshments. Since her retirement from the San Diego State ollege fac ulty a few years ago, Mrs . Gertrude S. Bell has been associated with liss Jessie M. Ostrander in olferi ng their services as consulting psychologists. On November 4th and 5th, Mrs. Bell and Miss Ostrander held ope n house at their new clinic. To their staff have been added a physiotherapist and a speech therapist. Alpha Sigs who asisted Mrs. Bell as hostesses at the open house included Bernice St. C lair, Margaret Standish, and Ann Powell. The San Di ego Alumna: ha e contributed to the Occupational In fo rmation Survey planned and sponsored by the Women's Vocational Council. This Council consists of representati ves from business and professional women's clubs, service clubs, the A. A: U. W., the Y. W. C. A. and other organi zations ot si milar nat ure in San Diego . The sur vey will revea l the employment opportunities for women and girls in the city and will aid gi rl s in training fo r job they wis h a nd in preparing for a job fo r w hich there will be a demand when they ha ve qualified them. elves. This information should prove extrem ely valu able to those co ncerned with counseling a nd placement ' ork. ELLE . H. CHRI TE NSON.

ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI St. Loui Alumna: are carry ing on this year under th e leade rship of t-.1la rgaret Sutton, o ur new president. ur fir t meetin <I was held on October 6 at the Fore t Park Hotel, with ~ ! argaret utton, Karol Greeson, and Jea n Patrick as hostesses. We were g lad to see all the old faithfuls back, and welcomed Mildred alley, of Lambda Lambda who is in t. Loui · this car doing g raduate work in the Department of ocial Work at Washingto n University. The tate Teacher ' sociatio n held its convention in our city this (all, and ' e had a very e njoyabl e reunion with orne of our vi iting alumna:. Our luncheon wa held at " The Ca tilla' on ovember 17, and we celebrated Founder' Day, in addition to ' elcoming the vi itor . Jea n Patrick our Program hairman for thi •ear, acted a toa tmi tre s. and Helen Griffith as ong leader. :\largaret utton welcomed the 'i itor and each per on pre e nt then re-

sponded with a brief account of herself. Ruth Bryant, our very efficient secreta ry, made a talk on the Found ing of lpha Sigma lp~a. ince she attend_ed the con ention in irginia a few year ago at wh1ch the Founder were present, she was able to give u' some interesting details. We are alway so happy to greet old friends who come to our Teacher ' on\'C.ntion luncheon. vVe met again on the first Saturday in Deceml'k:r at the home of your editor Elizabeth Wood). Maurine L emley and Mildred Nalley were a i~tant hostesses. We were entertained by a group of tu dents from Jea n Patrick 's classes in W ebster GroH: Junior High School, who gave a marionette shm, and some dramatic readings. This was a privikg~.: which we appreciated very much , and we wen: much impressed with Jean's abi lity to train uch a group especiall y her ability to sit nonch~lantly 111 the audience and let the tudents do everythmg themselves, instead of hovering anxiou sly backstage. upcrvising every detail. fter the play everyone wa n:freshed with tea and dessert. Then a busines melt ing was held. Our January meeting i to be a book review ,wd tea. Meetings are always held on the first aturda\ of the month, and all alumna: li ving in St. Lou1' or its vicinity are in vited to get in touch with us. ELIZABETH RoMA • s 'vVoooY.

TOLEDO, OHIO Greetings fro m Toledo Alumna: chapter and the wish that this ew Year of 1940 may bring you new faith , hope and courage; good health , peace and plenty. Our October m eeting wa po tponed a week h\ our hostess, Clara Kuney, who cam e home from Mansfield for the annual Northwestern hio T each ers meeting. Business was dispen ed with o all could enjoy a ve ry pleasant evening of bridge with two of C lara ' friends as special g uests. Nove mber brought some news events in ~tdd1 tion to our regular meeting. Toledo teachers were pre ented wit h a six weeks vacation owing to school conditions-a nd how \lpha igma tea her did en joy that rest period! Hele n ook has three perie th lovely dres e added to her \ a rdrobe of her 0\\ n designing and making and H elen 0 mun h a~ .1 number of book reviews to give on the latc~t ''l'k: t seller ." Helen Bennett Pauly dc:cidcd to entcrt.un with an afternoon meeting due to o much sp;Irt time, but weather conditions were agai n t her and a very few enjoyed her delicious lunch and pro •ram. Grace Haworth was in \ Va hington, D. . and mi ed this meeting. H er husband Colonel Haworth, rdnance Re erve \rmy, was order J to two \\Ct·lactive dut in the Industrial ollege of the nllc:tl tate War D epartment. race enjoyed a mo t interest ing \acation in \Va hington and pent a \Cf\ delightful evening with Georgianna . ewb)' Pat: .

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one of the first Alpha chapter initiates. She was sorry not to ha ve seen Billie Ball, Gamma Gamma alumna, and policewoman in Washington who was away on sick leave. December 29th we ended 1939 with the real old time pep by gathering in the attracti ve apa rtment of Helen Robinson Cook fo r a planned pot luck dinner. It was wonderful to linger over the appetizing food and make plans for a bigger and better 1940. Here's hoping for a record breaking attendance when we meet with Grace Fultz Haworth, January 19th in her home in Barrington Drive. GRACE FuLTZ H AWORTH.

TULSA, OKLAHOMA Alpha Sigma Alpha reports the following actiVIti es fo r January, February and March: On January 27th, we were co-hostesses at a Panhellenic tea at the University Club. The book, "Artillery of Time," was reviewed by the honor guests, Mrs . McSpaden , of Cheslea, Oklahoma. February 3rd, D. Edna Chamberl ain , our President, was hostess at a bridge-luncheon at her home . Interesting plans were begun for the May meeting. REN A M AE Lo NG.

WICHITA, KANSAS Alpha Sigma Alpha's wish all A . S. A.'s everywhere a happy a nd prosperous ew Year. But going back over the past thre months we wa nt to tell you what we've been doing. Way back in October Bess Hackett, Fern Jackson, and Ann Cleveland entertained us wi th a Hallowe'en frolic. In November we had a delicious covered dish supper at Gladys Popkins' home and we made plans fo r a rummage sale held later that month. Our D ecember meeting was of course a Chri stmas party with Dorothy Bethel, Margaret A nn Weaver and Dorothy Field acting as hostesses. For Christmas we packed a basket fo r a fa mily of fo ur. Our regular meeting is on Tuesday night which means running competition with the Pot of Gold radio program, but most of the members manage to tear themselves away from their radios one Tuesday night a month to get together with other Alpha Sigs. Our plans for the next few months are va ried, so we'll tell you about them later. MARGARET AB ILDGAARD.

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News Letters-College Chapters ALPHA tate Teacher College, Farmville, Virginia Dear lpha 1gs: ince the last issue of the PHOE~IX wa so long ago we really have a g reat deal of news. lpha chapter pledged thirteen most attractive girls at our winter rush sea on.

Jean and Peggy Bellers have important pan 111 the pring Play "The ircle ., give n b our DramatiC lub in conjunction with the Dramatic 'lub ot Hampden- ydne a men ' college quite near Farm vi lle. Peggy Bellers was presented over the raJio in .1 fifteen-minute program from Ri chmonJ, \ irgini . on January 26. he sang " H ere is I H eart" anJ several selection . Pegg ha a lovel oprano v ice. We of lpha chapter are looking fo n a rd to the regional meeting. We expect to send a large d ·It:· gation and al l of u are looking forwa rd to meeting the girls from other chapters. Mi\RY

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Editor.

ALPHA BETA State Teachers College, K ir ksville, Mi ouri La t fa ll twenty-one gi rl s pledged l ph a Bct.l and are they a g rand gro up! In D ecember they gave the rest of us a perfectly well bacb ard dan c. Everyone had to call fo r her date a nd everything was in complete rever e order. There \ e re favor\ a nd lots of punch and cookies. In intram ural at hl etics we ha ve had two teams: voll ey-ba ll headed by captai~ Jea nette lonroe .1nJ basketball by captai n H elen T erry. t our Ch r istma~ party everyone brought a toy that later w:ts giv n herwarU\ to the Salvation \rm y for distribution . the members a t the orority house went ca roling.

ildred Ligon, Betty Fahr, irgm1a L the corne r Edna Harris

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We had a Christmas party a buffet supper in the chapter room on the Sunday before we went home for the hristma holidays. t these partie · we always have a Christmas tree and foolish pre ents with verses. Thi year we had an exceptional ly nice party becau e of some u11expected guests. The Washingtoll and Lee 7lee lub wa si nging here that same unday and almost all the girl in the chapter had date with member of the Clee lub and brought them up to the chapter room. We had a lovely time. \ irginia Lee Petti , president of \lpha hapter ha been elected Lady-in-waiting to the May Quee n. The following members of the chapter ha,·e been ourt: , \nne Billups, Marie elected f r the i\lay Ea on, Bett Fahr and Peggy Beller . \nne Burgw n. Dearin Fauntlero , Jean Hatton, Bet y Jenning , Ella i\1 r h Pilkerton, Iaine Ro , and B bby Tripp were elected to otillion lub. Jean Hatton. ,\nne Huff, liza 1cDaniel , Elaine R \'irgina dnor and Bobby Tripp ha,·e b~en dected to the Dramati lub.

Edith La Ron a: .1/plru N, In

MARCH, 1940

Our vice-president, Mary Besse Monroe, accepted a position in the high school office in Memphis and to fill her post, Martha Decker was elected. In a course of a few weeks Martha went to Macon to teach, and Marjorie Rouner was then elected to serve as our new officer. Alpha Beta has had many honors this winter. There has been two queens; our president, Edith LaBonta as Demolay queen and Martha Decker as Homecoming queen. Edith was also selected to sing the leading role in the opera "Erminie". Our adviser, Miss Zoller is now president of the Missouri State Nurses Association; and one of our pledges, Amy Ayres, made the highest scholastic rating of all recipients of the Regent Scholarship Award. During Homecoming the sorority house day and night flashed a huge welcome sign from the porch roof, and in the lawn were symbols of the Kirksvill e Bulldog team and the Warrensburg Mules. Our Founders' Day banquet was held at the Travelers Hotel. Tables were decorated with bowls of red roses and the placecards were a red PHoE, IX on which each name was inscribed in white ink. Our president acted as toastmistress and announced the program. Miss Zoller, adviser, gave a word of welcome; Lorraine Taylor, president of the pledge group gave the response. Joan Morgan, a pledge, entertained with a piano solo, the original of ''Deep Purple"; Mrs. J. J. Wimp of the Alumna: chapter gave an original poem. Una Lee Green, also of the pledge group, sang "One Alone"; Miss Ethel Hook, former adviser, spoke on the "History of Alpha Sigma Alpha." Our annual Valentine formal dance ws held February 10. The gym was decorated with a false ceiling of red and white paper while the dance floor was in the shape of a heart formed by a little white picket

:tviartha Decker, Homecoming Queen, A lpha Beta fence . The entrance was formed by a heart outlined in white lights. Behind the orchestra was a back drop of white crepe paper that surrounded a huge red heart bearing an electrically lighted A. S. A. Punch was served at intermission and favors of white carnations were given to all guests. There is no way to express it except to say, "It was lovely."

ALPHA BET A'S FOUNDERS' DAY BANQUET

JL'NE

WESTERN.

THE PHOE .

36 ALPHA GAMMA tate Teacher

ollege, Indiana, Penn ylvania

anothe r college yea r i rapidly drawing to its clo e, ' e remini ce over what ha happened to our ri rl , the sororit y itsel f and the gi rl which we hope to call our isters' oon. ur fo ur entor who ' ere tudent teaching "off cn mpu " bst emester are back in the fo ld agajn and thi erne ter we were luck y to lo e only one tri rl thi way . Ruth Taylor a junior, is teaching Home Economics rn Penn Town hip Hi g h chool nea r Pitt burg h. The fir t now of the season ushered in the fir t ,\l pha ig fre hman party. On aturday afternoon, ctober 2 twent y- even lpha igs and their g ue t boa rded the bus fo r the College Lodge whic h > as decorated in regular Hallowe'en fashion . fter the Ipha Sigma lpha thespians had presented a drama of " Pokey Huntus," the lights were turned off and lice Moorhead sta rted a ghost story. Eac h gi rl then added an idea to it until at last !i ss Relden, our ponsor completed the ga me. Thur day evening, ovember 8, both pl edge and ini tiation en ·ices were held at Miss Belden's home. Saturday, ovember 18, was a g reat day fo r Alpha Sig acti ves and alumna'. t one o'clock all m et in the ollege Inn Tea Room fo r our annual Founder ' Da y Luncheon . Sorority songs were sung betwee n courses and chatter. It reall y was a great day. Mr . Edith Simpson, pre ident of the Pittsburgh Alumn;e chapter spoke to us representing her organi zation . fte r the luncheon we moved en masse to Recreation Hall on the ca mpus where several of the gi rl prese nted a prog ram fo r the guests. For tho e who wished to see the campus and visit the new building a tour had bee n arranged. The others atte nded the football ga me. n a dark, rainy aturday a fternoon in midD ecember we gathered around Miss Belden's cheery fi replace . The occasion wa the annual hristmas pa rt y w hich he g ives . fter much chatting and the tea and cooki es had gone the way of all tea and cookie we bega n to open our presents. Each girl wa made to g ues w hat was in her package before he ope ned it, and then w ho had g ive n it to her. T hi '' a load of fu n and man y a g irl was surpri sed when he ope ned her gift. n Thur day evening D ecember 14, the pledges, ble thei r little ouls gave a party fo r the ac ti ves . The party wa given in the ctive ottage and it wa a g reat ucce s. ow we reali ze what ingenou pledge we have. Thur day e ening December 2 1 \ a the g rea te t even in of the ea r fo r all the Greek at Indiana. ur ann ual Panhellenic D ance, \ ith Baron Elliot's rche tra wa the festive occa ion. From 1 o until 2 we danced to hi weet mu ic, and then we aid oodbye becau e our hri tma vacation had be un. t ou r fi r t profe ional meeting in Januar , ' e held initiation en•ice fo r lr . F. H . Ruddock , our

li Florence \ alia e. on of our patrones informally about her trip abroad thi s ummer. \ allac attended the \ oriel hri tian Youth onference in .\ m t rd.tm sociation of a nd al o the International \• omen ' onference in tockholm. Ju t before erne ter ' vacation Helen ' tra ncr Rus ell an lpha ig. and pre ident of Panhellcntc ociation handed in her re ig nation beca u e ~he did not intend returning to chool. he al o announced her marriage to Burwyn H all Ru sell of lndra na. We're all so sorry to lo e Helen, one of the ve ry be t lpha Sigs. s thi s is our year for Panhellenic pre iden y we elected ara Miller a senior to fini h H len· t rm. ally ha had ex perience as a Panhellenic repre entati ve. ow we're going into the final tret h of our ru shing. We ha ve our formal ru h party ne ·t month and then come Silence Week and that fa teful night of March 21. Hope for u lpha ig . GwE • o LY . GRI FF ITII , Editor.

BETA BETA Colorado State College of Edu ation, Greeley, Colorado Dear lpha Sigs: When you were a rushee did ou ever feel that yo u would like to know eac h g irl of a sorority more intimately before you pledged ? If you did here' s you know, a little suggestion that might help. here in Greeley we in ite friend and ru hee to tea every Friday afternoon. This quarter when a girl arri ves at the hou e he is taken upstair to on oi seve ral rooms whe re Yarious game or other entertainment are in progress. In thee small, informal g roups the g irl s ha ve an ideal opportunity to get acq uainted. In introducing our new pledge, instead of th usual afternoon tea, we invited all the sororitie and fraternities for " fte r-Dinner Coffee ." I gue everyone was ve ry much impres ed by our beauti ful girl , our lo ely decorations, and our tyle of erving a several other organizations copied the idea. re '' c eve r proud of the fact that we used the idea fir t! nd pea king of idea our pl edge really h:n c them! (They won't give th active a chance. Money had to be raised for the pledge dance and this is ju t a brief idea of how the went about g tting it. Fir t, they ponsored a bridge benefit then a rummage ale, and finally held a doughnut ale. \ :1 re ult their dance wa a brilliant ucce . Th theme ' a that of a winter carnival. Pol ar bear , no\ ball , and even the orthern Light played :a ver ignificant role. Well, to urn it all up, you hould ha ve bee n here to enjo it with u . I mu tn 't for et to tell outhat you ca n be proud too-at a recent o tume Ball, Pegg ullcn. one of our mo t trikin brunette , \ on fir t pri1c for her dre . It wa an 1 m del - bu tie back,

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feathers, and material of an imitation peacock pattern-very difficult to wear-but she wore it beautifully. i\nd in direct contrast, Inez Helterbran, one of our most graceful and charming pledges, won a jitterbug contest which was held in assembly. It has been rumored that the Alpha Sigma Alphas have very excellent dancers. Do you suppose this has any bearing on that thought? Before closing I must add that we are having another sorority picture made. From all reports it promises to be the best one of all. I just remembered-this is my last letter to you all and I'm sorry. I know I shall miss my little chats. But I shall always read your letters-that's my only consolation. Loyally in A. S. A., LYDIA ANN CrcMANEC,

Editor

GAMMA GAMMA Northwestern State Teachers College, Alva, Oklahoma

This is station Gamma Gamma calling to all Alpha Sigs everywhere. Since hearing from us, our rushing season is over but in spite of this, we all have been in a rush with other things-from the visit of Mrs. Fred Sharp, the Founders' Day Banquet honoring Miss Minnie Shockley-to our recent Formal Dinner Dance. Many clever and interesting parties were held this year, beginning with a Hallowe'en party where a most outstanding ghost ushered the sorority girls into the home of Mrs . Edith Ames, where she was cohostess with Mrs. Mable Provost. The house was dimly-lighted and decorated to further the Hallowe'en scheme. Various games were played and refreshments ended the evening of one of the nicest parties of the season. The pledges entertained the actives at a Thanksgiving dinner in the home of Miss Bertha Alice Green. The lovely buffet dinner was served at quartet tables which were decorated with carnations of red and white. The evening was concluded with the entire group singing sorority songs. Hi Yo Silver and I might add blue, for these were the colors used for the Annual Stardust Dinner Dance when the girls entertained their guests February 2 , in the Hotel Bell. Silver stars glistened against a blue background. The tables were centered with silver stars. Stars hung from blue and silver streamers completely covering the ceiling. The moon lovers who were reaching for the moon were accommodated by a large silver moon hanging from the center of the room. A short program was given immediately preceding the dinner, Margaret Bost sang "Stardust"; Erl Lene Cline, president, gave a talk, "Dust from the

Stars"; and a solo " Alpha Sigma Sweetheart" by Vern Oblander concluded the program. The remainder of the evening was spent dancing. We are proud to say we now have twenty-two actives and hope to have more before the close of this school year. LEOTA LEEPER.

EPSILON EPSILON Kansas State Teachers College, Emporia, Kansas

The initiation of fifteen pledges into active membership, and the pledging of three new girls marked the beginning of Epsilon Epsilon's activities for the second semester. Concerning last semester's activities, perhaps one of the most important in which you'd be interested was our annual Christmas Snowball Party. We really go to lots of work on decorations, and for several weeks beforehand, girls at the house are busy twisting narrow strips of white crepe paper into long strands of tiny snowballs. The party was held at the Country Club and at eight o'clock Saturday morning the entire chapter turned out to help decorate, and by 9 p. m. the Club had been turned into quite a "winter wonderland" with ceiling and walls entirely covered with the snowball strands. Alumna: from all over the state return for this party, and the event this year was one of the most successful we have yet held. Another Christmas activity which is always popular with Epsilon Epsilon is the Christmas House Party, at which the pledges have charge of entertammg, and it is the custom to have each pledge "favor" the group with a solo rendition of a song she has written herself. The pledge songs this year resulted in our chapter's adopting a new Sweetheart Song. Marjory Crill and Darlene Bohen are the pledges who receive credit for this accomplishment, and we feel that it is definitely worthy of passing on to other chapters, so here it is: My Alpha Sig Sweetheart is true, I love him, no other will do, He's handsome, he's charming, he's grand, I thrill to the touch of his hand. My dreams every night are the same, They end and begin with his name, And my dear let me tell you, Believe me it's true My Alpha Sig Sweetheart is you! Another contribution EE would like to make is in the form of a poem written by Darlene Bohen, who is a freshman from Minneapolis, Kansas: THOUGHTS ON AN EIGHTEENTH BIRTHDAY Oh, isn't it lovely, Oh isn't it swell! And then again you think, "Oh Hell-" After years and years I'm eighteen at last, But gee-those swelegant years that have past!

From now oo they'll attach the " Mis " Unless it's changed by a wedding kiss! ow that is a brand new thought indeed, 'Cording to the laws I've now been treed . They say I ca n marry now, if I wish 'Twould be best to marry a wealth y old fis h 路 But [ m a lot different than that- I am, For a wealthy millionaire I don 't give a dam! want to rise and sit on the top nd me, by a man ca n never be stopped! I really expect to be famo us some day, Be it docto r, or nurse or "tra di ng away" . H oweve r, I'll probably marry two or three men, But afte r I'm old I'll think way back w henTwas Ja n. the nineteenth, in "39"That I reached that elegant eig htee nth shrine! But all in all I don't think it's bad, In fac t I'm really exceedingly glad, Cause I don't feel old, just frightfully young, In fac t, my li fe has just begun! P . . - (Pardon the profanity u ed at this time, But ordinary words just do n't seem to rhyme!) P.P.S.-(1 fea r I never will reach H eaven Cause this I wrote in Church at 'Ieven!)

of 1939 to the Alpha Sigma Alpha Founders' Da) Banquet.

ZETA ZETA Cent r a l Missouri State Teachers College, W arrensburg, Missouri

Mother and Daughter Sisters in A. S. A. 1918-A lovely young bride enter college in Warren burg w hile her husband , Ray Warnick, serves with the Allies in France. Ethel became a m ember of the Double X Club which a year later is made Zeta Zeta chapter of lpha Sigma Alpha 192 r-The war over, Ethel and Ray set up housekeeping and a baby daughter named Eleanor a rri ves . he is hailed by the Iph a Sigs as the first Zeta Zeta daug hter. 1922-Eiea nor is " upid " at an lpha Sig party. Dressed in a big red bow, and not much else, he pre ents the sho\ er gifts to Bess Carter ad iser to the chapter, who e announcement party this was. Eleanor an adorable baby makes a big hit a " upid". 1 9 June-Eleanor, now a tall lovely gi rl of eighteen. graduate from hi gh school.

eptember-Enters college ororitie -but pledge lpha of cti es and lumna:. of r

Eleanor Warrick, Zeta Zeta

ru hed by all the i r, much to the joy

ovembcr 15-Ethel ordrey v arnick the bride 1 , proud! ac ompanie her dau hter pled e

1940, February 2o--Eieanor, daughter of Ethel a nd Ray Warnick, becomes an active member ol Zeta Zeta chapter of Alpha Sigma lpha . May all Alpha Sigma Alpha daug hters follow Eleanor's footsteps! PEGGY T AYLOR , Editor

ETA ETA State Teacher

College, P ittsburg, Ka nsa

"They' re White With Fright" was the theme ot our Homecoming decorations which placed econd in the sorority divi sion. For second pia e we were presented with a beauti ful white table lamp. ttacking the Buffaloes of W est T exa T eachers aerO)\ a barricade the Golden Gorilla had frightened th retreati ng Buffaloes white with the machine gun barrage. Thi s wa placed on the roof of the porch. Below were red and white strea mers from the root to the porch railing . cro the top of the doon: ~n were si lver letters pelling "welcome" and a canl路 board coed pointing into the house. The winning decorations were the brainchild ol adi ne Hirni and Betty Jo oulter. Following the Homecomi ng footba ll >arne 10 which Pitt burg was trounce , the cti ve a nd lum路 na: chapte rs had a Homecoming-Fou nder ' Day ban quet. By combi ning the Founders' Da y banquet with the homecoming e ent many more of the old r \Jpha who live away from Pitt burg \ ere able to

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anend the banquet. After the banquet a short program was given. Then we all went out to the school to the Homecoming Dance. At intermission the prizes were announced for the house decorations. Chinese, Dutch, ghosts and many other costumed people were dancing in the cafeteria annex and having a good time . The pledges were entertaining the actives with a Hallowe'en dance. Bails of hay, scarecrows, autumn leaves, and candles in odd-shaped bottles were used in the decorations. During the intermission cider and doughnuts were served . The pledges really showed the actives that they knew how to entertain. Jeanne Malcolm, one of our senior girls, was elected to Who's Who of American Universities and Colleges. Jeanne has been a very active worker in our organization. Besides being an outstanding student, Jeanne is a past editor of the Collegia, our school paper; a member of Sigma Tau Delta, national honorary English fraternity; a member of Kappa Delta Pi, national honorary scholastic fraternity; and partakes in many other campus activities. Moving of furniture around, sweeping, and dusting the Alpha house on the afternoon of December 5 showed that the Alphas were holding open house that night. Other sororities, fraternities, and the administrative officers of the school were invited. After showing the guests our house we served them punch and wafers. On the night of Decemb~r rs, the beginning of Christmas vacation, we had our Christmas formal. White Christmas trees strung with multi-colored lights and holly wreathes decorated the Collegiate Room of Hotel Besse where we gave our dance. There were quite a few alumna: present for the dance and we all enjoyed getting together. Two of our senior girls who finished at the end of the first semester have schools. Leota Lance is teaching English in the uppergrades at Cherryvale, and Jeanne Malcolm is teaching English, journalism and mathematics in the high school at Haven. Juanita James also completed her work on her degree so she won't be back. Juanita is our vice-president and Leota is our secretary. At our regular meeting on January 23 election of officers to fill the vacancies was held. Betty Davis was elected vice-president; Frances Hunt, treasurer; and Betty Jo Coulter, secretary. Mary Kay Reiff was elected editor of the Collegia, the college paper, for the second semester by the board of publications in January. Strangely-garbed girls walking across the campus pulling toys behind them and carrying suitcasesYes, the Alpha pledges were going through their "Courtesy Week" along with other sororities and fraternities. Besides the attire the girls were required to brush themselves away from the actives with a whisk broom and speak to everyone they passed on the campus. On the third night they all were required to come to the house at seven to perform for the actives.

39 On Tuesday night, February 6, formal initiation services were held for eight girls in the social rooms of Carney Hall. Dr. Jane Carroll and Mrs. Perva Hughes, our advisers, presented the newly initiated members with red roses. After the services we all adjourned to Harry's for dinner. _Glittering and cutting stars and preparing decorations to carry out the theme of "Star Dust"-the Thetas and Alphas are getting decorations ready for the Panhellenic formal dance February r6. Who's going to be "Miss 1940 Kanza Queen?" That's the question everyone is asking. Alphas are represented by four candidates who were nominated by the members of fraternities on the campus. The queen and her two attendants, selected by Allan Jones, are to be crowned at the Kanza Stunt Fest March 1. All the Greek organizations are busy working on their skits for the fest. After the presentation of the stunts and the coronation of the queen and her attendants, there is to be a coronation ball. Another honor to be conferred on the queen and her attendants is that Allan Jones in person will present the gifts to them on March 6 when he appears here for a concert. All of us are looking forward to the regional meeting in Kansas City. MARY KAY REIFF.

THETA THETA School of Education Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts

Nineteen thirty-nine has left its mark of a successful year in the annals of Theta Theta chapter. Nineteen forty bids fair to become a keen competitor. The total number in our chapter is fifteen, an increase of eleven, new, staunch Theta Theta's. In early November the Pledge Service was held at the office of Dean Davis. This was followed on the tenth of the month by the initiation exercises, which occurred at the Boston University Women's Building. Our guests included: Miss Bragg, Mrs . Wilson, Mrs. Woodruff, Miss Wilde, and many alumna:. The outstanding speakers were: Mrs. Woodruff and Miss Wilde. The former gave a delightful account of the N. E. A . activities (she is the past president of the Association). The latter speaker gave a lecture on education for crippled children. At the close of the exercises, our new members were presented with intriguing wooden sorority pins as souvemrs. At the Christmas party we celebrated with the exchange of gifts which had been requested and purchased at a "five and ten". The Christmas carols were sung at the close of the evening. Our last January meeting was of a different type than the previous one, for we bade au revoir to three of our departing members. May the future bring to them the peace, health, happiness and success, which is the wish of their chapter. Theta Theta has had two of its members receive distinctive honors. Wilhelmina Milne, our

pre ident be arne an honorar m ember of the Pri cilia P. L. T., the national honorar, ociety. Fletcher wa cho en fo r the role of fr . McCann in th coming pril operetta 'The Belle of Bagdad .'' ur econd erne ter ha ju t begun . To man y of u it m ea ns the last ' tretch. ' ommencement mea n ' the reali zation of our diploma award, t he begin ning of our li fe' voca tion and the end of our clo e as ociation in our sorori ty li fe . ur tea r which g li te ned at the departure of our three members will overflow in June, for it will be fa rewell a nd Godpeed to Theta Theta chapter of Boston nive rsit of M .\RTIIA K ELLY, Editor.

KAPPA KAPPA Temple Univer ity, Philadelphia, Penn ylvania

The Kappa Kappas are back at Temple ra rin ' to go after survivi ng exa m s and enjoying a short mid-semester vacation. Ru hing cason is upon us and on the afte rnoon of F ebrua ry 1ot h our P en helle nic ssociation 's President, Dorothea Dodd of \. S. A ., welcomed fre hmen women at a formal tea, with all of T emple's orority girl acting as ho tes ·e . W e a re planning an Old Fashioned lovie Party with real pictures, a well a boos and hi e fo r the villai n; and a forma l dinner d a nce as our rush affairs. Dori s Be nner and Dorothea Dodd are in charge . ow fo r the past- Wa y back in the fall in co nnection with T emple's \lumni Homecoming week-e nd two pri zes were awa rded ; a il ve r cup fo r the mo t cle erly decorated sorority hou se and five dolla rs for the be t emry in a parade taged before our big foo tball game w ith T exas C hristi a n . We are happy to announce that the Kappas ended the week-em] with a new cup fo r ou r mantel a nd fi\·e doll a r for our treasur y. t the e nd of foot ball season we co ntinued our winning strea k by receiving the pri ze in a footba ll conte t run by a well-known ci •a rette company. It' a bea ut ifu l combination rad io l'ictrola and it looks ju t g rand in our club room . \ e had to move the radio we won last yea r dow n to ou r cellar game room. 'Ne' re d ressi ng our house up a little a nd have acq uired a new ru g. The next thing on our program i to be an electric refrigerator which E lea nor onrad and her committee will elect. Y e particular! need thi now becau e quite a few of the irls are e. tin' lunche and dinner in the hou e ince we've hired a cook. ( he' a go d one, too.) Dot !corn, Ruth l niepen and hri · Kn obloch are the bu inc manager . \ h·adee Hutton, our president, ha been appointed ·ditor-in- hief of the Temple ews and \ a~ rece ntl y featured in a whole p geful of picture in ne of the Philadelphia ne1 paper . \ e're al o proud f Fr.nce Parr ·. who pia ed the leading role in a T mpla ·er pr duc tion of herwood' " Petrified f rre t". vel n Wolf came ba k fr m hri tma va :nion with • n engagement ring. and .\-laxine rroll and Libby Landi who graduated Ia t June have

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ed in red and white afte r pa . Ill • They 11• ·1l

th e judg ·s' ·tand in the . lumni Paradl·.

returned to school a m ember of the taff. largar t Messner of Alpha Gamma, Indiana tate Tea ht:r, allege ha been visitin the Kappas with her i u:r lary one of our alums. he tudyin an 111 Philadelphia. W e had a formal dance at the orority hou at hri stm a time and for refre hment we had .1 delicious mi xture which seemed to be partly jell-o and partly icec ream. For alentine's the pledge en· tertained the actives at a party with plenty of heartson the wall , a nd to eat. W e broug ht g u e ~t . There\ a him of sprin g in the air e e n now , o we hope that everyo ne wi ll enjoy the coming " balmy" sea on. M

RJORIE

BLoc K, Editor

MUMU Michigan State Normal College, Yp ilanti, Michigan

So much ha happe ned l hardly kn01 where to tart so perhap I'd better take it chro nolog icall . way back last o em be r on Founder ' Da y, we initiated our pledge, Barbara Brow n, a nd Mr . Harr Smi th. Mrs. mith wa a Zeta Tau \lpha befor that orority became lpha 'igma \lpha n th1 campu in 1924 . he ha bee n a g reat help a~ a patrone \ fte r the initi ation \ e had our F under,· Da banquet. Our g ue t peaker fo r the \cmng wa Betty Jane tratmier, of Pi Pi hapter. Before hri tma vacatio n, Mi Harri . our Jd · vi er, gave u a hri tma party. , ant. lau d1 · tributed gift from a beamifull d coratcJ tree. Thl' nl y blight on the eve ning wa the re ign:nion of ~(iss H a rr i , who ldt u to take a new po~ition 111 the public library in Kal amaz , ~ f ichiga n . Too n we recei\·ed more bad new --ou r other ad1 I'IC.:r, Mi H etman perge r re ign J b cau e f poor health . We gave a fa rewell dinner for our advi r pre nt· ing each with a lamp. Ju t hcfore w left for lal.l• tion, we had . hri tma ing at the home of ur pat rone . lr . K e nned . R ight after vacation we had ini tiation f r our

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new adviser Miss Hilda Harpster. It was followed by a buffet supper at Mrs. Kennedy's. Miss Harpster IS a new professor on campus, in the Natural Scien~e .d epartment. While attending the University of M1ch1gan she was a member of the Delta Gamma sorority. We feel very fortunate to get her. January 20, we gave a tea for Alumn<e chapter in Detroit to meet Miss Harpster. Exams followed close on the heels of the tea, and now we are startmg a new semester. Plans for rush_ing and our spring dance are well under way. Helen Berger i~ rush captain and Dorothy Lovell and Helen Berger are co-chairmen for the dance. MYRTLE WARNER,

Editor

NUNU Drexel Institute of Technology, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

As we turn back the pages of our Alpha Sig c~ lendar, we see that five months have slipped by

s1nce our last meeting. Let's don our Sherlock Hol,mes' caps and see what we can "dig up". Long about November, the Nu Nu lassies chrisrene? Drex~l's new Student Union Building by presentmg the1r annual Harvest Moon Dance . This event is one of the outstanding social dates on our calendar; it is the Alpha Sigs first public appearance together as a group. Our president, "Torchy" Towner, was a highlight of. the dance when she sang with the orchestra. Here is a picture taken at the dance; it shows clearly "Torchy's" popularity as a vocalist. From the spectators faces we know that she has gotten the crowd "in the mood ." Drexel 's sorority rushing season was formally opened on January the nineteenth with the Panhellenic Tea held in the Art Gallery. All freshman girls eligible for membership to any of Drexel's four sororities were invited to meet the Greek Goddesses. Beth Reese, an Alpha Sig and President of the Panhellenic Council, introduced the officers of all sororities to the freshman girls. Over the tea cups, we chatted and laughed-making innumerable friendships. Following closely on our schedule are the Informal and Formal Parties. Let's come up to the present

Marion Powell, N u Nu

and then go back and thoroughly re-e njoy these gettogethers. After the customary silence period for forty-eight hours the "returns" came bounding to us . Nu Nu IS proud of her lucky thirteen new sisters. They will carry out all our plans and construct our castles-inthe-air. Initiation is a red letter day on our calendarit encircles February the twenty-sixth. This is the final step in the transfusion of new blood into Nu Nu. Now back for a re-take on the rushing parties.

The Scarlet O'Hara Ball Clever little "Gone With The Wind" invitations called all the Scarlets and their Rhett Butlers to the Curtis Arbratum in North Philadelphia. The mansion is set back among the trees and overlooks the valley-true Tara style. Atmosphere was created not only by the estate but also by the wristlets given to the rushees. These were composed of two crimson carnations surrounded by baby's tears and fastened to pieces of old-fashioned lace. The orchestra, hoopskirted gowns, and "tails" blended to make a success, of the Ball. When it came time to select the belle of the Ball, Betty Baringer took charge with the able assistance of Virg Groo, president of our fraternity brothers. All the rushees had their waist lines measured until the smallest waist was found. Edith Holmes, now an A. S. A. pledge, formally accepted the title of Scarlet O 'Hara. After the measuring, each rushee received a colorful chiffon evening handkerchief. Dr. and Mrs. Burke, Mr. and Mrs. Goldsboro, and Miss Natalie Edwards, our adviser, were chaperones. They entered wholeheartedly into the spirit of the event. At midnight, they sent us home to bed, but we did manage to sneak in a cup of coffee and a chicken sandwich before obeying orders.

Nu No's Winter Carnival Snow plus Ice plus Red Noses equals Alpha Sig's Winter Carnival. Actives as well as rushees skidded out to Drexel Lodge in order to cut some capers between the cracks on the lake. Sore and hungry they shuffied into the Lodge and slumped in chairs facing the crackling fire. Songs afforded entertainment until supper was announced by the " kitchen crew." To grasp the spirit of the occasion greens decked the window ledges, mantle piece, wall fixtures, and piano top. A true "woodsy" odor till ed the room. Over the fireplace and seated am id the greens was a cotton snowman-our hero. Cardboard snowmen with wool plaid scarfs were pasted onto the four pillars in the room. The centerpieces on the tables were typical winter scenes. Pipe cleaner figures skated on mirror lakes, skiied on cotton mountains, and petted on matchstick benches. Also on the white covered tables were a few green and red candles. At each rushee's place was a booklet containing the menu, a jingle about her, and many of the Alpha Sig songs. The girls read their verses and soon all

42 were pal . \ e ang and re- ang the ong during the meal. fter \ e had all eaten our ·hare-and our neig hbor ' we cleaned up and made way fo r the entertainment. pening the how wa a play under the direction of H ele n Burton. It was entitled " Tho e Immortal Lover "; and (best of all ) each acto r made onl y one word peeches. The ca t included "Torchy ' Towner Emily iken, Ja ne Pry e, Joan offman, and [arion Powell. Next on the program was a Professor Quiz about Drexel and the lpha Sigs, in w hic h only the ru hees took an active part, although they were coached at variou intervals when there wa no re ponse to the que tion . Too, each rushee wa given a heet of newspaper, three pins and the name of a person in the news at the present time. \ caricature wa made of that individual and then the gu essing started. It was grand fun and unknown talent was discove red. At the end of thi entertainment, eac h rushee "followed the string'' and fou nd her little reminder of lpha igs' pleas. This token was in the fo rm of a wooden pin shaped ltke an ice kate. On the pin were the letters A. S. A. After dancing and chatting for a while, we " unfo lded our coats like a cyclone and as silently stole away." " Mommie" Madntyre and Phoebe Maxwell acted as ho tesses and entered into the spirit of Winter arnival joyously. MARIO N PowELL.

XI XI Univer ity of California at Los Angeles

The acti ves of Xi Xi chapter were entertained charmingly by their pledges recently. The eve nt was a cave nger hunt, and the couples were sent scurrying to and fro in order to fulfill thei r "scavengering." The signature of the doorman at the Trocadero, a ta xi receipt and the dri er's name, hirley T emple s telephone number, the line-up of one of the season's foot ball ga me : these were just a few of the things that the ingenious pledges had listed . Meeting at the home of Pledge Pre ident, Lois Downey after a n hour and a hal f's mad scramble, the couple turned in thei r findings, and the prize we re awa rded to those with the hig he t cores. From there the g roup went to " Katink a' " one of H oll \ ood' ni rht pot , \ here the had a trul Ru ian dinner, erenaded by a trio of Ru ian troub dor . PATR ICI , \R DT, Editor

PI PI Buffalo

tate Teacher College, Buffalo, New York

~ !onday, ovember 6th , way Ia t ea r. Happil , he. rtil , • nd hopefull and alliterativel , need I add we ntertained our hand orne ru hee at our cusl mar urt Part at the Park Lane. It wa a f rmal dinner follow d b pro ram of appropriate char, ter. Great ld fun; an eureka. the kid mu t

have liked it because we rated a ' hole gorgeou heap of new members ! aturday ovember 16th. Pledge en·ice and Founder Day celebration combined to make a magnificent afternoon. W e had a right fine liule uitr rvic . of rooms at the Lenox Hotel for our pledg Then pledges active and the ever-very-welcome alumn;e stepped aero the h, II for luncheon. ft r that we were told fascinating bit of orority hi tory and legend by various well-informed member . Friday D ecember 1 t. Marjorie Duthie and VIrgi nia Dittmer were co-chairmen of our annual open dance at the college. It ' as a Heaven! Hop, and it really wa ! lightly earthly looking an el f tooned the wall , and all was joyou and quite true to the theme. Dances with theme \ e might add, are a Friday night cu tom at tate and nearly every week in the fall some organi zation pon or one. aturday December 9th. The Gorgeou H eap really did become members at last, and we celebrated with dinner and a dance at the Wanakah ountry Club. With ambitious member arriving at wierd hours from pre-Christmas jobs and patient member knitting while waiting for ambitious date to arrive from pre-Christmas jobs, we finally did get connected and organized and finished the eve ning with eclat. Thursday, December 14th. The new member entertai ned those of us who were not marooned in wilds of New York tate practice teaching at a slick party, and we are convinced more than ever that these neophytes a re a Fine Thing, Worthy of ontinua nce. Friday, December 15th. J ~an Mayer wa co-chairman of the Junior Prom, which is one of the two big fo rmal dances of the college year. It was a truly in piring affai r. The Queen was crowned at midnight, and lo and behold 'twas none other than our vice-president Norma Williams. Two of h r fo ur attendants were Jean Mayer and Mary Dwyer. Hoora y again fo r lpha ig's lamma irl . aturday February 3rd 1940. There wa goin r to be a snow day and slumber party, but combined ircum tance of weather a nd the ab en c of orne of u from town on that post-exam week-end caused a postponement. Mr . H eyman and Jerry Harmon who live nea r ew York joined five oth r lpha ig and many other tudent in a trip to the B1~ ity. Tho e of u who tayed with the g roup had a miraculou time doing the town, and our joy ' a imply untarni hed when we found out that we we ren't mi ing the lumber party. That occa i n oon and we are all practicin~ will come off ver talking fa t o that we ca n cover all the ground 111 the time allowed. W e know that no elf-re pc:cting lpha i will be deceived by the name s/umbnfacetio u ly attached to thi wonderful annual hull eSSIOn. E ILLI T, Editor

MARCH, 1940

RHO RHO Marshall College, Huntington, West Virginia

Rho Rho chapter of Alpha Sigma Alpha sponsored a Valentine Dance on February 10, 1940. The dance was held at the Student Union of Marshall College, which was decorated in accordance with the Valentine motif. All members of the sorority and their escorts were present and also representatives of other sororities and fraternities on the campus. Refreshments were served at intermission by our patroness, Mrs. Robert Kilgore. The dance proved to be a huge success, and we were all very much pleased. We are now planning a Rush Party for next week. W e are hoping to take in several new members this semester. Since there is no formal rushing at midyear, we are just having a little party in our chapter room. But, little though it is to be, we are expecting great things! However, I'll be able to tell you more about the results when I write to you again in April. JANIE WEINBERGER.

TAU TAU Fort Hays Kansas State College, Hays, Kansas

The last time I wrote we were looking forward to our informal party. After the nine weeks examinations we combined our informal party with our rush party. We took all the rushees to the sorority house and had an informal dinner. After singing our sorority songs, we took them to the place where we were going to dance. Our theme was a taxi dance. We gave numbers to all the girls and the boys had dance programs on which were the numbers of the girls with whom they were to dance. We had a place roped off at one end of the hall where the girls waited until a young man came to get them. Everyone seemed to enjoy our novel idea immensely. The following Sunday we had pledging services. About four weeks later we had formal initiations for two of our present actives. After the service we. had a taffy pull and sat around singing sorority songs. About two weeks after I was married, the sorority gave me a lovely shower and presented me with a very nice set of silverware. I was certainly glad that I had been an Alpha. Our winter formal was a big success. We had a dinner-dance at the Lamer Hotel. The room was decorated to resemble the inside of a winter sports resort. At one side of the room there was a large fireplace with an imitation fire. Above the fireplace were two guns. In front of the fire place there was a fur rug representing the pelt of an animal. At each place on the tables there were small figures of skiers and sticks of incense in boxes constructed like logs. Each table was centered with a small imitation fire. The Wednesday after the second semester had started we had a rush tea at the Lamer Hotel. We are planning more rush parties and are already

looking forward to our spring fo rmal, but more news about that will come out in the next issue of the PHOENIX. BERNI CE BETTHAU SER RHOADES,

Editor.

PHI PHI Northwest Missouri State Teachers College, Maryville, Missouri

During fall quarter our pledges were in competition. They were busy competing for the best grades and as a reward an Alpha Sigma Alpha bracelet. Our blond Nancy Ellen Schnabel of Portland, Oregon came out ahead with three honors and a pass. I wish you all could have seen the Phi Phi girls shine at the Christmas tea. It was really a glorious occasion for all. Phi Phi had permission of the college president and his wife to entertain in their home. Invitations were sent to all faculty members, two representatives of each campus organization and any special friends of Phi Phi . Of course, all girls were busy with their special duties but they still had time to really enjoy themselves in the red and silver setting. The table was lovely with an imitation silver log filled with poinsettias and tapers at each end of the table. The food was all served on silver dishes and with our lovely patronesses to pour, the tea was complete. Winter was well on its way when we all began to yearn for a good old Alpha Sig dance. So of course we had one. On the night of January 6, 1940, we had a huge snow which made our cozy scene complete. We had the country club for the evening, a nickelodian for the music, and the fun was supplied by Alpha Sigs and their escorts. The dance was very informal and everyone had a good time. January 7, 1940 fourteen pledges became active members of Alpha Sigma Alpha. It was a snowy Sunday morning that the ceremony was held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. 0. K. Bovard but all the members old and new were at church when the bell rang at eleven. This spring Phi Phi is having but one rush party, we made this decision because we now have a rather large chapter of thirty-eight members. Our party is being held in the recreation room of the new theater in M_aryville. After the show we will dance and play until time for the eats and, of course, the Alpha Sigma Alpha songs. Phi Phi will entertain six rushees . MARY JE ANNETTE ANTHONY.

CHI CHI Ball State Teachers College, Muncie, Indiana

Have you heard? We have had fourteen new pledges and two new patronesses since last edition. It's our big news of the year. First we had a waffie supper at the college's favorite gathering place. The next week it was a theatre party. A traditional Hallowe'en party followed that and there we were.

THE PHOE

44 The E kimo party wa o unu ual that [ mu t tell you more about it. W e era\ led through an igloo entrance to a room filled with nO\ anJ icicle . nly the games were li el enough to keep us warm. W e pinned merican Rag on the north pol e while blindfolded and made up verses about a little E kimo named " nti-free ze" . The refreshments were Eskimo pies. If you wi h to make some money, we sugge t that you try elling chance on a small radio. It's a happy way to make a profit. One of the nicest affairs of the year was a tea given at the home of our aJviser, r Irs. L. H. Whitcraft, in honor of our two new patronesses, Mrs. Frank Ballenger and Mi s lementine Eich. We were proud to have the president's wife, Mrs. L. . Pittenge r, and the dean of women, Mi Grace De Hority, pour for us du ring the afternoon. The favors were very tiny artificial cor ages. MARY LLE • CoR WELL, Editor.

PSI PSI Loui iana State Normal, Natchitoche , Louisiana

"Kollege Kapers" " Kollege Kapers," the student variety show from enten:uy College, is to be presented at ormal on F ebruary twenty-seventh, sponsored by lpha Sigma lpha. La t year, the first time the "Kollege Kaper ·• manager~ wanted to pre ent their show here, they wrote to a non-fraternity boy, a non- orority girl an impartial faculty member and Pre ident . Fredricks, asking them to name the most progressive organization on the campu . The unanimous verdict lpha. Highly pleased with the was Alpha igma way we put " Kollege Kaper '' over Ia t year they gave u an option on every year's presentation. In our ca mpaig n all of us sell twenty tickets each, put ad ve ni ing po ter in atchitoche tore and around on the campu and boo t the how verbally all we can. The day of the performance there is an a embly pro ram by the cast, and after that at the matinee and nig ht performances the multitude turn out and lpha 1g ma lpha score another triumph.

Mid- erne ter Initiation Frida , F ebruary ninth , we held our fir t initiation of 1940 for five of our eptember pledge . In our ororit hou e at ix-thirty the e girls became full-A dged P i Psi ' in a beautifull y olemn initiation en ·ice. \ e are immen el proud of our new i ter and are expecting g reat thing of ever one f them .

pring

erne ter Ru hing

ince there are no formal rule for mid- me ru hin on thi campu , ru hing this semester been rather unobtru iv . lpha 1g ar ru hin two lov I •irl Helen Ia of pelou a , Louisina, a ne\ fr hman and Juanita Walker a juni r tran f r from Loui iana Tech.

everal weeks ago lightnin • truck our ororit hou e and scared u all half to death. nc \\ .t there at the time (it wa ei ht o' lock in the morning) but the girl in a dormitory, a f w feet J\\J~. aid that the two forks of lightning hit a k itchen \ indO\ and the bathroom window rna hin r tho two wooden ashe and all and hattering the Wtn· claws of the dressing room in b tween. t\ if that weren t enough nearly all of our lovcl F ton:a glas ware wa broken along with a lot of ' Ia and some di he . \ fine me ! \11 of the little chim· meric:m light fixture wert ney of our early knocked into crazy angles and shattered gla wa everywhere. The whole hou e had a ver depre 10~ air when we hurried over to vie\ the wreckag . Thanks be to our all-encompa ing in urance li \. It replaced all of the major ravages of the t rm. In October the pledges entertained the active with a kid party which carried out a Hall owe 'en motif. Everybody was dressed in ither little girl or linl boy clothes, and nobody looked over ten ear old. We had heaps of fun playin r kid game and ju 1 generally turning back to our childhood day and losing years and years in the process. Later, after •rowing up and dancing we had a buffet upper of andwiches, pickles, doughnuts candy, and punch . November twenty-second the P i P i girl and their dates tripped gaily down to the musu Theat r fter the how we return d to ee " Babes in rm ." to the sorority house for dancing and a buffet supper. The highlight of the evenin' wa lma Fluitt' olo, ·• lpha Sigma weethean," with all of the lpha Sigs joining her in a second chorus. ft wa r all effective. We had everal alumna: among our and Mr. and Mrs. Harry uddath and 1\li \lien, our faculty advi er. This year in the apella hoir e1 ht of the forty-two girls enrolled are lpha igs. That i a higher percentage of the member hip than that of any other sorority on the campus. The hoir i nc of the major extra-curricular activiti e of the ollegc this . year. Right now the choir member are getting excited about their t\ o Februar concert tours in \ hich they will tour north and outh Loui iana. aturall we are quite proud of our pan in thl important organization. ne of our pledge 1 now in ing \ ith the wing Kin orche tr thJt pia for all the important dance on th campu . H er brunette beaut and rich contralto voice make her numbers the righ pot of an y evening. ;we n wa al o one of the fre hman b autie thi year and a maid at the Pre ident' Ball in Januar . Two of our member left u thi erne t rw ndol yn Ru ell and ng ie D ell Ballard. It' J hock to lo e them but we' re wi hing them both the he t of luck alwa y . From re port g ather d at me ting f think I Jn that P i P i' a el hola ti c tanding for the fall seme ter \ ill be well above avera e. .\ lar~ number of " B' " and a h av prinkling of high "C' ..

MARCH, 1940

is nothing to be sneezed at, but Frances Thomas' three points belo\v an \'A" is son1ething we all aspire to attain. Vu\GINIA DowNs.

BETA GAMMA Northeastern State Teachers College, Tahlequah, Oklahoma

45 "Gone With the Wind," I suppose I'll be see1ng you next year. But before I say au revoir, I'J like to tell all the li 'l Alpha Sigs dow n at Natchitoches (if 1 spell ed that ri g ht, I'm going to awa rd myself a medal) Louisiana that we enjoyed them so much last year on a debate trip-Fern Pascoe a nd Treva Davidsonthat we're comin' again. So we'll be waitin'.

"Come along and follow m e, To the bottom of the sea" And th ey all went-members of Beta Gamma chapter anJ their guests. For they were dancing at the very hottom of the sea. On the sides were fishing nets with green and yellow fish with sea weed hanging from the nets. Also hanging from the ceiling were these amazed little fish. But the big surprise of all was the treasure chest! Yes sir, real treasurejewels, gold, but best of all-punch. President Norine Garrett presided at the treasure chest, and everyone agreed that deep sea fishing was best of all. "Ho-hum, I'm sleepy. Say, who wants to see the sun rise?" But they did. Yes of course it was a cabin party climaxed by a sunrise breakfast. The party was held at Camp Neoc, a school campapproximately twenty miles from town on November 18. Maybe the sun wasn't interesting, but believe yo u me that food was, so probably it was worth it, and the sunrise was beautiful. But I'm getting the cart before the horse (original, eh ?). But what l started to say was that on November 12, members of Beta Gamma celebrated Founders' Day by honoring their alumna: at a dinner. This was arranged very conveniently, for homecoming was the same time so our alumn::e were all present. But now another big surprise-two of our gals said " I do". Dessie Dickinson - now Mrs. Kyle Hobbs-a nd Marguerite Williams-now Mrs. Woodrow Langley . On Saturday, February 10, the Beta Gamma's gave a party for everyone concerned in the dormitory. Why is it that we're always doing something that causes us to lose sleep. But it was lots of fun, which reminds me that next week is "Sadie Hawkin s Week" at our little educational institution. Norine Ga rrett, president, has been chosen to serve on th e Sadie Hawkins jury. But perhaps you don't understand so I'll do a little explaining. You see when Sadie Hawkins Week comes to town the girls pay the bills, the gi rls make the dates, in short, the girls do the "courtin ' ." A nyone who violates these rul es is fo rced to stand trial before the jury. If found g uil ty they are picketed by some poor suffering pledge. This event is sponsored by the Student Council composed of eleve n delegates elected from the student body-incidentally three of which are Alpha Sigs Faye Levy, Virginia W ells, and Treva D av idson, representing the Alpha Sigs very well. One of our social events of the COITli ng week is to go movie-ing-together. So if it happens to be

TnEVA DAVIDSON, Editor

BETA DELTA Mississippi Southern College, Hattiesburg, Mississippi

For the first time, Beta Delta chapter sends greetings from Mississippi Southern. During the first week in February, our former name of State Teachers College was changed to our new title, and already Alpha Sigs are planning to keep a fine, new record in our school. Many plans of the early year ha ve been ca rried out with great success. Among the many fetes of rush week in November, Beta Delta chapter gave two of the most delightful on the q unpus. One was a sailor party for our rushees, and another was a spaghetti supper given in town. Following rush week, we were proud to claim seventeen pledges who are now wearing the pledge pin. Homecoming on the campus this year was a great occasion, especially for Alpha Sigma Alpha. Our float in the parade carried out the id ea of a toast to the alumna:. A large crystal champagne glass, filled with yellow balloon bubbles, was mounted on a truck covered entirely with white fluted paper. Four girls in long white and red dresses were the toast-givers around the glass. One of the most enjoyable occasions of the year was the informal supper which the pledges gave for the members . In turn, the pledges were entertained at a Christmas party. During the fun of the hour, our president, Ruth Martin, read several poems dedicated to the pledges, and gifts were exchanged around the miniature Christmas tree in a candle-lighted room. A n alumna: of our chapter, fo rmerl y Miss Mary Alice Pickel, was married during C hristmas holidays. Alpha Sigma Alpha honored her at a break fastshower when Jea nette Coleman entertained 路at her home. The guests were served at small tables with appointments of the sorority colors, which we re further emphasized wi th red ca rnations and white chrysanthemums in the li ving room. The recent bride, now Mrs. W. J. Maxey, g rad uated last year with honors. She was also a mem ber of the Vesper C hoir, Student C hristi a n Federation Ca binet, Wig and Mask Club, and International Relations Club, as well as summer ed itor of the Student Printz and publicity director of the college. Last year she was listed in " Who's Who Among Students in Ame ri ca n Colleges and Universities." The Valentine season will see the beginning of our

THE PHo earl y pring acUVltJes which promi e to be e en better ' hen our pledges become acti e member . I mu t not forget to tell you about the happening of the yea r. In January, a real now covered the campus. In accordance with tradition cia se were di mi ed fo r a day. Holida s on thi account have been rare ince it ha not nO\ ed here for ten wi nter . )EANETTE

OLE M AN .

BETA EP ILON Madi on

ollege, Barri onburg, Virginia

Fir t Ru bing Season wonderful and exciting experience for Beta Epsi lon wa our fir t ru hing eason which came to a dynamic climax at four-thirty on Monday, No ember 13, with the issuing of bids. Rushing began with . S. . and Tri Sig giving a joint tea in Alumna: Hall. fter thi each sorority was permitted to give two parties, one formal and the other in formal. ur fir t rush party wa a buffet upper also given in lumna: Hall; it seems as though lumna: Hall i really the place. The reception room was beautifull y decorated with red ro es. arrying out till . S. A.'s color scheme were the red and further \ hite chrysa nthemums tied on each place card. lmeda reyard, pre ident of this years senior class presided ove r the coffee table. mong those back in the kitchen "doing the dirty work," putting it rather crudely, could be found Skippy Warden, Gwen Trueheart, Mary Burger and Maxine alfee. Thanks to the e and many more for quite a successful and entertaining evening. While waiting for the photographer, iV!iss chneide r, one of our pon or graciously rendered eve ral olos. Later in the evening we gathered around the piano singing a number of well-knO\ n \. . ong , one of them of course the " astle ong' which i a dec ided favorite of the Beta Ep ilons. Among our g uests were both our spon or Mi ss Boje and li s chneider· Mi s lara G. Turner, a arner· Mi s Mary Loui se patrone ; Mr . Bernice eeger; Mr . . P. Duke the college pre idem's ' ife a nd Mr . . B. ook, the Dea n of Women. For our informal party a "Ba rn hindig" wa iven in the \ hbey Gym with eve ryo ne dressed acordingly. The gym wa decorated with corn huck and pumpkin , empha izing that H a llo~ e'en wa not far awa . \n thing from overall to ank le len th dre e ' er wo rn . innie Rue alwa the li fe of the part , r inforced each one of her freckle ' ith n e ebrow pencil and wore pig tail , a real hort dre and long bl. ck tocking . lar, ot r, dre ed in tight-fitting trou er and long coat topped ff with • derb w. another rare pecimen. T get better a quainted, the crowd wa rounded up" f r a r .I old fa hioned quare dane . In the

dancing come t ' hich followed, quite a bit of originality and talent wa shown. s for the bobbing of apple little "Meda" r • ard almost bobbed too far. ther entertainment wa a husband calling contest and ating mar hmallow pple cider pop corn, et cetera, w rc on a tring. erved during the evening. We were truly mountaineer for a night. ut of the ru hees, only five irl ru hcJ by both ororities; four of the e took \ . PI dging took place the foliO\ ing \ eek. \fter inten tH tudy under Maxine alf e the pled re were initial J and g ive n the thrill that come one to very ororit} girl. ow Beta Ep ilon i looking fon ard to another ru hing cason. This one \ ill be even bigger in on sen e of the word, ince Pi Kappa igma in tall c.l a chapter on our campus on ovember 1 .

Christma E vent Before going home hri tma , Beta p ilon gaH~ a party for the benefit of the underpri vile()'ed children of Rockingham County. H ere we filled stockings made marble bag and stuffed oilcloth-cut animals. The admi sion to thi party wa ome ani le your own which would make omeone happy n Chri stma day-quite a philanthropic deed. It was load of fun.

Here and There t the fashion how presented by ! fadi on B ll , was " cadet O'Hara' Skippy Warden who climax d the show and was the belle of the ball in a ' one With the Wind" hoop-skirted gO\ n of white tafT tJ with long white glove -quote from the Breeze, our weekly chool paper. he \vas the en ation of tht: eve mng. wen Truehart another ., wa the " lac.! in red." he modeled quite demurely a red Jer dinner dress with a draped bodice and full kin. aomi Me lien wore a tunning black and blue dres with an off-the-face hat. he rated havi ng the photog rapher nap her picture. From the fa hion show to unda y afternoon on· cert ' here the Marga rets rei n. Mar ar t Young and farga ret Par ons rend red a joint organ recital. B ta p ilon ophs eem to b ' ell repre ntcc.l in holding cia office : "Ton tham Kat hr n urling trea urer and etti Lee mana er. ther than holdin bu ine in the elected g roup "Ace ommentator Ra' I wa voted mo t tyli h and Franc mo t ophi ticated. Reali , the .' of Madi on a re definiteh here and there on campu and off too ' hen dance ale rat d the Fancy ' eek-end roll around . Lib r Ball at W. & L. o more time, ' ill tell m rc: later.

To:-:, Edaor

MARCH, 1940

From Our Exchange Magazines "Mental Rouge" For this term-mental rouge-we are indebted to the New Y orlwr, and a very good term it is! ~ II the care that the average woman bestow upon her exterior might well be used upon her mind with most gratifying results. :\.nd this tatement suggests repetition of the remark of a young Canadian woman "I am invited to an important dinner next week-therefore I must study." '路 tudy ?" exclaimed her puzzled companion. ''Interesting subjects will be introduced and all the new books will be discus ed-so I must be able to join in the conversation." Mental rouge. But conversation is a lost art, we're told. The average dinner means an exchange of pleasantries and flippancies with only a few mental gymnastics-with a follow-up of aces, kings, queens, and jacks. Why not sharpen the wits by mental rouge? vVhat about the dining table in the chapter house? Is it a meeting place for the pursuit of gossip and elaboration of trivial happenings? Or is it a stimulus to thought and a delightful exchange of opinions? The coll ege girl is a creature of privilege to whom i given a definite opportunity. Every time that she puts on her war paint, let her use a corresponding amount of mental rouge.-Crescent of Gamma Phi Beta.

"What noted woman journalist was graduated from Syracuse University with the class of 1914, and later went to the University of Vienna?" "What American journalist has made a real contribution to public affairs, both through the platform and the press?" "What woman journalist has been interpreting the public life of our time with a knowledge, insight, and clearness of expression which are quite unrivaled?" "What woman journalist was given the degree of Doctor of Letters at Columbia University last June?'' "What woman journalist stands the best chance of being the first woman Secretary of State in the U uited States should the Republican party be retu rned to power?" To these questions and many others there was but one answer: Dorothy Thompson. The 1938 American Woman's Association award for achi evement was presented to Dorothy Thomp-

son at the annual friendship dinner in New York City. S he is a m~mber of Alpha Chi Omega.-The Lyre of Alpha hi Omega.

The l\Iill ap Coll ege Chapter of Chi O mega is a chapter with a record! For three consecutive years, sixteen pledged at the end of the September rushing season, sixteen initiated at midterm, every pledge having made the req uired average.

* Tri Delta is launching a vocational service for members to be called "Futures, Pfcl." Surveys and experiments were made in New York City and environs to determine the need for such a service. As a result the project has been launched on a national scale under the leadership of Hortense Horton who has had ten years of experience in the personnel field in New York City. She will visit every large metropolitan center to confer with alumn ce as to how a local service to meet needs and conditions may be established. The report of the study indicated that there was a need for placement service dealing particularly in the higher income type of job, that vocational counseling to supplement that offered in some colleges was needed, that women under thirty years we re in greatest need of such a service.

A lpha Xi Delta requires every undergraduate sister "to give up her pin to the advisory board" when her scholarship falls below C average. She is not allowed to wear it again until she redeems it by raising her average to C. Lowell Thomas has been chosen as the recipient of the second annua l award as Kappa Sigma's "Man of the Year." He is more in the public eye-and ear than almost any other man in America. He is one of the veteran announcers of NBC and points out the high lights in Movietone News Reels throughout the land. He first came into prominence through his book "With Lawrence in Arabia." Mrs. Thomas is a Pi Phi- Frances Ryan-Colorado n.

Alpha Chi Rho points vvith pride to Freel Waring as one of their members who has won distinction with his dance orchestra.

In an effort to enlarge our mall but rather complete library, we recently adopted a policy

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whi ch eve ry mcmb r w uld pr · nt the with a b k on hi · birthday 'lui ·t\\' h p well d rnize. f th · chapter· · .\p . '3(.

Panh II nics maj r activ iti at ."tate :\ormal · II ge thi s yea r wa · the mpilin f an ti 1uette pamphlet \\ hich was ai \·'n t ·or rit · member!-> .. \n xaminati n n eti tuette f r sor rit y pi dges was a l · th iz d. Each pi d e wa:-. r tuire I to pa xam inati n before being e li g ible to join a so ro rity .

ca11 them. in mam things f r the ntire fraternit; b hoped that they c ntinue .

* ;raduat chapter. f Theta Kappa I ':-i. nw,Jical frat ·rn ity. tak e turn · liting th •i r lllartt.'rl~ magazine. T he Jlcsscngcr.

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J'i ct ur s hy ~largar llo urk - \\ hite, n t d ph tographer. memhe r of .\lpha Om icron Pi. and o n th taff of Life we re ex hibit ed in c nnecrion with llC o f the lecture. g i \'Cn a t neekma n Tower this s umme r t rat · a fund to re present I 'an hellenic g r ups at th fair. Kappa Kappa ;am m a': fir ·t ll ea rth s to ne at \\'inter !'ark. Fl rida. a ho m wh e re Kappa sta nch rd · "may be s hared by th >se \dlO s e k them wh e n the yea rs ha,·e left th 111 lo n ly " \\'as d dicated la st Oct ber. It was dedicated to and na m d f r o ne f th ·ir founder ·. Lo ui se n nnett Iloyd and i: th first f severa l which Kappa plans to e ·tab! ish in cliff r e nt parts ( the L' . .". The Cross and Crescent of .\lpha ' hi . \lpha mprehe n si,·c a rtic le n trend · in tn a ve ry fratern it y growt h concludes that the ·a turation point has b en pass d on man y campus . and asks: \\ ' hat does all this m e rging o f chapters . uni on of fraterniti ~ . cli..,integrati n of s ciet ies . and colonizati n m an? 1. That th r · are relativeh· [ ,,. pp rtunitie!-> for furth r frat rnity xpan ·t n. and 1110!->t of tho.., only from stimu lation by the intere. ted f raterniti s. That there arc too man\· chapt rs at man~ in!->tituti n!-> . 3. That ther ha,·e het.•n too matl\' frat rniti : embarking m a fie! I f national expan ion . r ag· 4 . That a fraternity mu:-.t ha\' :iz or both in onl r to me · t ati factorily it: obligation-. to the in. titution-. at which it i. r pr ·nted. to its chapter:. to it-. unci araduat and 1 ib alumni. \malgamation . . union . ab-.oq ti n . . m ·q~er

Phi !leta Kappa has ann •unc d th publirat i n f th third diti n f 1 heir fraternity di· r ct ry. a : ig nificant 1 m ntaining a li . t oi all f 110.000 m m ber s I ted ·111C 1// >. with s h rt bi raphi • f th livin m mber Jt will al include a brief hi ·tory f l'hi !!eta Kappa. the ir r aa nizati n t day and their aim f r th fut ure.

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1940

Announcements MARRIAGE ANNOUNCEMENTS ,\LPHA Marguerite Bradford to Richard Carry Lee, Jr. on October r4, 1939. Fran Dickinson to S. Willis Parsons this w inter. Julia Derr to Burnice Jones on August 2, 1939. Susan Lane to John M. Crafton on September 30, 1 939· LPHA BETA Charlotte Mae Hanson to Edward Bradley Whitman on June 25, 1938. ALPHA GAMMA Jane Stoltz to D. M. Cupples on June 3, 1939 Helen Vi vian Strassner to Burwyn Hall Russell on October 29, 1938. BETA BETA Dorothy H. Mertz to G. Raymond Whitman on June 22, 1939· GAMMA GAMMA Belle Jane Rackley to Faye Martin this winter. DELTA DELTA Jeanette Bluim to William A. Hess on June 25, 1939. EPSILON EPSILON Maryan Brooks to Joseph Harder on December 24, 1 939· Kathryn Ezell to Albert Laughlin on November 12, 1939· Dorothy Wingerd to Curran Tuggle on July 9, 1939. Vernelle Worrell to Charles Bergernouse on June 29, 1939· Margaret Mary Woodmansee to Kenneth West on August r, 1939. ZETA ZETA Alice Broyles to Gerald Gai nes Thomas on December 30, 1939. ETA ETA Hel en Pannick to Tony Simoncic on May 7, T939· TI-IET A THETA Alfa Guyer to J. R. McCabe this winter. Margaret Essery to James Gridley on July 1, 1939. Edith Carleton Johnson to Benjamin Perkins on June r8, 1939· KAPPA KAPPA Ellen Freach Hetzel to Frederick B. Fable on September 16, 1939. Thelma Strotz to Charles M. Moyer on September 2> 1939·

LAMBDA LAMBDA Mary H. Short to A. Stanley Cahall on June 25, 1939. Norma Johns to John W. Wuichet on April 7, 1939. NUNU C . Jean Mueller to John Curtis Hoyt on October J 3, 1939· Edith May Burton to George McPhail Harbison on September 30, 1939. Mary Elizabeth Fisher to Robert Bernard Smith on June 17, 1939. Eleanor Liddle Fite to John Tobin Guilfoyle on May 27, 1939· Leona K. Siewicz to Leo Gill, Jr. on October 7, 1939. Sally Johnson to Arthur L. Watm.ough on August 26, 1938. OMICRON OMICRON Berdein Schumacher to Paul H. Holsing on August 12, 1939· PI PI Madeline Falkner to Rex D. Lloyd on April II, 1939. Julia J. Stepien to Richard E. Rockicki on August 27, 1938. Gertrude Walsh to James Vevirit on December 30, 1938. Ramona M. Dahlman to Harold H. Kritsberg on November 22, 1939. M. Dorothy Duffy to Joseph Thomas Schmidle on December 27, 1939. Mary Louise Christiansen to Russell K. Mowry on February 10, 1940. SIGMA SIGMA Celia Rescorla to Fred Calhoun on November 4, I939· Evelyn Slane to Guy Bates on November 24, 1939. TAU TAU Jeanne Underwood ber 18, 1939. Gwendola Johnson 24, 1939· Bernice Betthauser 30, 1939· Zodora Barker to 1940.

to Gle nn I. Robertson on Novemto Raymond H erron on October to Charles Rhodes on December Harold Gill, Jr. on February 6,

PSI PSI Curdice Allums to Milton Norris on November II, 1939· Minnie Merle Flanders to Edward Osler Douglas on July 30, 1939. BETA GAMMA Dessie Dickinson to Kyle Hobbs in November, 1939· Irene Powers to J. E. Sutton in December, 1939.

so Marguerite Williams to Woodrow Langley m December, 1939.

To Mr. and Mr . harles wen ichol (Barbara Howe) a son, John Wallace October 25 1939. To Mr. and Mrs. John aari (Ina Bain) a daughter.

BET DELT Flora Earles to Williams B. Marshall on October 30, 1939· Mary lice Pickel to William Jarvis Maxey on December 28, 1939·

L MBDA LAMBDA To Mr. and Mrs. Fred Borsch (Martha Kananen) a daughter, Kay ntoinette July 3, 1 39·

BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENTS

To Mr. and Mrs. George herrie (Doris W an) a daughter Katherine Joan on eptember 7 19 q.

BET BET To Mr. and Mr . William Becker (Zelma Baker) a daughter, Dolon!s Constance, November ro, 1939. MM G MMA To Mr. and Mrs. Warkentin (Eva Kay) a son July 21' 1939· ZETA ZETA To Mr. and Mr . Robert C . Harmon (Mildred Johnson) a son Robert Eugene, November 17, 1939. THET THET To Mr. and Mrs. H. LeMaire Jr. (Helen Weeks) a daughter Barbara Jean April I 4, 1939.

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TUTU To Mr. and Mrs. Richard Mermi (Kathryn Pratt) a daughter Barbara Elizabeth ctober 16 19 9· To Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Holm (Loui e Peterson) a daughter Barbara Ann, November 5, 1939. To Mr. and Mrs. Albert Hawkes (Lela Pitts) a daughter, Mary Kathryn, November 5 1939. To Mr. and Mrs. Bob Richards (Jean Fuller) a daughter, Lucia Lee, October 4, I939· To Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Rowland (Lucille Fuller) a son, Brian, January 16 1940. PHI PHI To Mr. and Mr . Lawrence Li11nville a son Robert William ugust I, 1939.

List of Missing Addresses The followmg i the li t of name and addres e from which the PHOENIX ha b n returned. If you know of any correction , plea e end them to the National Editor, Mr . B. F. Leib. partment T, 3540 . P nn ylvania treet, Indianapoli , Indiana. DELT DELT Berk hire Esther 2717 Quarry Road, . W. Washington D. Fry Luella, 150 Ingram ve . Ingram Pitt burgh Pa. Box 3 r 4 Hot Spring rk. amille L. Tracey) 701 S. Oak

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Directory National Council 1938-1941

Editorial Staff

President-Miss Evelyn G. Bell, 767 Lafayette Avenue, Buffalo, New York. â€˘ Vice-President-Miss Esther Bucher, 4134 Eaton, Kansas City, Kansas. Secretary-Mrs. Charles M. Moyer, Laurel, Delaware. Treasurer-Mrs. Reinard Schlosser, 28oo Dexter Street, Denver, Colorado. Registrar-Miss Mary Mae Paul, 413 Yz West Sixth Street, Hays, Kansas. Editor-Mrs. B. F. Leib, 3540 North Pennsylvania Street, Apartment "T", Indianapolis, Indiana. Educational Director-Mrs. Fred M. Sharp, r 405 Hardy A venue, Independence, Missouri.

NATIONAL EDITOR-Mrs. B. F. Leib, 3540 North Pennsylvania Street, Apartment T, Indianapolis, Indiana.

National Chairmen Alumnce Organizer-Mrs. Lewis Bradley, II75 Court Street, Iowa City, Iowa. Alumnce Editor-Mrs. John Horter, 219 East Third Street, Beaver, Pennsylvania. Constitution--Mrs. Albert Kuchs, 6r4 North Market Street, Maryville, Missouri. Fellowship-Mrs. Clinton Berry, r87 Wapello Lane, Altadena, California. Scholarship-Miss Joy Mahacheck, State Teachers College, Indiana, Pennsylvania. Historian-Miss Louise Stewart, Y. W. C. A., Zanesville, Ohio.

Officers of Association of Education Sororities Chairman-Mrs. Fred M. Sharp, Alpha Sigma Alpha, I 405 Hardy Avenue, Independence, Missouri. Secretary-Mrs. C. P. Neidig, Pi Kappa Sigma, 1503 First ational Bank Bldg., Cincinnati, Ohio. Treasurer-Mrs. Robert S. Hill, Delta Sigma Epsilon, 8r6 Columbus, Rapid City, South Dakota. Director of Local Panhellenics-Miss Carrie E. Walter, Theta Sigma Upsilon, 500 West Chelton Avenue, Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Chairman of Nationalization and Eligibility- Miss Edith Mansell , Alpha Sigma Tau, r6I Highland Avenue, Highland Park, Michigan. Chairman of Publicity-Mrs. E. A. Beidler, Psi Delta Tau, 3 I Schubert Street, Binghamton, New York. Chairman of Interfraternity Relationships-Miss Mabel Lee Walton, Sigma Sigma Sigma, P. 0. Box Io8, Clermont, Florida.

A lpha- Mary A. Mahone, State Teachers College, Farmville, Virginia. A lpha Beta-June Western, 207 East Normal, Kirksville, Missouri. Alpha Gamma- Gwendolyn Griffith, Sutton Hall, State Teachers College, Indiana, Pennsylvania. Beta Beta- Lydia Ann Cicmanec, Snyder Hall, Greeley, Colorado. Gamma Gamma-Leota Leeper, Northwestern State Teachers College, Alva, Oklahoma. Epsilon Epsilon-Betty Lou Kille, Kansas State Teachers College, Emporia, Kansas. Zeta Zeta- Peggy Taylor, I IO West South Street, Warrensburg, Missouri. Eta Eta-Mary Kay Reiff, 201 East Williams Street, Pittsburg, Kansas. Theta Theta-Martha Kelly, School of Education, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts. Kappa Kappa- Marjorie Block, I9I7 Broad Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Mu Mu-Myrtle Warner, 956 W. Cross St., Ypsilanti, Michigan. Nu Nu-Marion Powell, Drexel Institute of Technology, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Xi Xi-Patricia Arndt, 8oi Hilgard, West Los Angeles, California. Pi Pi-Jane Gilliat, 2164 Bailey Avenue, Buffalo, New York. Rho Rho-Janie Weinberger, 432 W. Sixth Ave., Huntington, W. Va. Sigma Sigma-Evelyn Slane, Western State College, Gunnison, Colorado. Tau Tau-Bernice Betthauser Rhoades, Fort Hays Kansas State College, Hays, Kans. Phi Phi-Mary Jeanette Anthony, 62r North Market Street, Maryville, Missouri. Chi Chi- Mary Ellen Cornwell, Lucina Hall, Ball State Teachers College, Muncie, Indiana. Psi Psi-Virginia Downs, Box 1283, Louisia na State Normal College, Natchitoches, Louisiana. Beta Gamma- Treva Davidson, Wilson Hall, State Teachers College, Tallequah, Oklahoma. Beta Delta- Jeanette Coleman, 301 Miller Street, Hattiesburg, Mississippi. Beta Epsilon-Frances Beaton, Madison College, Harrisonburg, Virginia.

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Columbus, Ohio- frs. Lester Leppert,

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Detroit, Michigan-Caroline Evans, 557 West Lewi Eastern Pennsylvania-Mi s

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Denver, Colorado-Grace Dalby Loui s ille, Colorado.

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