Asa phoenix vol 28 no 1 nov 1942

THE PHOENIX OF ALPHA SIGMA · ALPHA

NOVEMBER

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1942 VOLUME XXVIII

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Founders' Day Proclamation

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Beta Iota Installation . .

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N ational Council Meeting ..... . ....... . ....... .

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T he Elizabeth Bird Small A ward .. .

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Wilma W ilson Sharp Award .

A. S. A. Presidents' Parade . . . ........ .

Other Outstanding Undergraduates ..

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The Winners-Magazine Subscription Service . . . .

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Fellowship Loan Fund . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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A. S. A. College Chapters All Out Aid in Review . .

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Transfers . . .

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A. S. A. Annual Efficiency Report . . . . .

News Letters-Alumna: Chapters . . . . . . .

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News Letters-College Chapters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Pledges and Initiates ......... .

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Announcements . . .. . .. . .... .

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Directory .............. .. . . .. . .. .... . ............. .. ·46

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Founders' Day Proclamation I90I .. I942

WHEREAS, Alpha Sigma Alpha is again privileged in freedom and faith to commemorate its Founding on November fifteenth, Nineteen hundred and one, at State Teachers College, Farmville, Virginia, and to honor its five beloved Founders, AND WHEREAS, Alpha Sigma Alpha was founded and has progressed upon principles forever dear to American patriots, THEREFORE, be it hereby declared that on November fifteenth, Nineteen hundred forty-two, Founders' Day shall be observed by prayerful gratitude for our country and for the democratic ideals of our sorority and that it shall be a day of high courage and unwavering determination when all Alpha Sigmas as true American women shall reconsecrate themselves to press on at whatever cost to the Ultimate Victory.

WILMA WILSON SHARP

National President

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ASA Founders' Day Program, 1942 Prepared by Wilma Wilson Sharp INTRODUCTORY REM ARKS: Presiding O fficer or T oastmistress This year, under the shadow of war, the celebration of A lpha Sigma Alpha's Founding becomes even more significant to us. Since its birth in the world-fam ous year of 1776, th e American fraternity system has been closely interwoven and uniquely a part of the history of higher education in the U nited States. So it is appropriate on thi s occasion, so important and traditional with in our Sisterhood, that Alpha Sigma's crimson and white shaH proudl y beco_me a part of the R ed, W li.ite and Blue. In keepmowith the spirit of our program , our fir st number will be a song (solo, duet, etc.)

FAITH OF OUR FATHERS First V erse

F aith of our fathers, living still In spite of dungeon, fire and wo rd, 0 how our hearts beat high with joy \i\Then-e'er we hea r that glori ous word !

Faith of our father s, holy faith, We wiii be true to thee till death.

F A ITR OF OUR F UN DERS S eco nd Ve1'Se

F ai th of our Founders, living till In spite of all adversity : T hrough aU the years their faith they kept And love of our so rori ty.

F aith of our Founders, glori ous faith Forever true to A. Trm FouNDERs' D Av PROCLAMATJON-Read by the P re iding O fficer.

I ATRIOTIC Musrc - " meri ca", " 路 od Ble s A merica," or any apr ropriate pat ri oti c mu sical number .

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W hen A lph a "igma lpha wa. ovember 15, 1901, onl y f rty- fi v . tar. gl a med nit d from th e blue fi eld of our T h re w re just lift n amendment to our constituti n w hi ch for ove r a c ntury had proudly

proclaimed A merica's belief in our right to " secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity." Theodore Roosevelt had been P resident of the U nited States less than two month s following the shocking assassination of W illiam McK inley. A W ashington newspaper reported that on Sunday, September 22, 1901, Roosevelt went to church " with head erect and shoulders back." That night at his first dinner in th e W hite H ouse as P resident his two si ters were hi s guests. In traditional American filial affection he told them that "al l day his thoughts had been of hi s fath er whose birth day it wa - he felt as if hi s fath er 's hand were on his shoulder."

November, 1901 marked the signing of treaty between E ngland and the U nited tate that the "United tates hould have sole power to construct, control and defend a canal across the I sthmus of Panama fo r the benefi t of the commerce of the world ." nsuccessf ul dickering with the R epublic of Colombia, Panama's revolt and recognition by U. S . a a republic, lead fin all y to a new t reaty whi ch granted our government "i n perpetui ty the use, occupation and control of a zone of land ten mil e wide on th e margins of the anal. " T hu , the begi nning of a new era in our national hi story was heralded.

A new era, indeed. Was not A merica lea rning to Ay? Persi tent efforts of the courageous pioneer in aviati on, P rofe ot路 amuel P. Langley, W il bur a nd O rville W right, finally fo rced the keptici m and el i belief of their countrymen into reluctant accep tance and ad miration. It was not without great cost. W hen Langley died in 1906 it was genera ll y conceded th at hi s death had been ha tenecl by the humili ation of bitter ri dicule wh ich th e failure of hi s efforts brought upon him . I n the fa ll f 1901 , the W ri ~h t Brother return ed f rom their un succe ful gltcling experiments at I itty H awk, _North . a ro_lina, utterly di scouraged. But cr attv_e g nt ~t s ','; a free land can always 'm unt on stlver wmg to f ulfillment. I n Dec mb r, 1 03, the W ri ght Brothers had completed th fir t Aight in a powerdri ven plane. ft r ma ny ubs quent succe ful Aight by th W ri ght and a n ther fo ur d? ubt ing year , th world b came awa r o f th e mtracle f av iation.

T he tw ntieth century found the U nited ta t uni ted by th rec nt and short pani sh

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4 merican ar. We had gained greater influence internationally. It wa aid that foreign affair and big bu ine had for several year. dominated the merican mind. It wa an age of concentration of capital-of the formation of corporation . By 1900, sixty-fiye year old ndrew Carnegie, weary of big busine , wanted to sell hi tee! bu ine s for 500,000,000! a re ult there emerged early in 1901, the nited tate tee! Corporation.

"The captains of indu try' were con idered the heroe of the hour. ewspaper warned, "great new problems confront the people of thi trust age. The greate ·t i the problem pre ented by the po ibilitie of a problem presented by the po sibilities of a labor tru st more dangerous and aggres ive than any other." o our nited States in the first year of a new and dramatic century provided an exciting, adventurous setting for lpha Sigma Alpha. In this day when merican education mu t play an ever increa ing part in Ultimate Victory, we proudly salute the college of our foundingtate Female onnal School, Farmville, irgmJa. It is good that our Mother state is historically important Virginia-the cradle of representative fot:m of government, the home of great American patriots and early Presidents.

From that background came our five Founders: Virginia Lee Boyd, Louise Burks Cox, Juliette Jefferson Hundley, Mary Williamson Hundley, alva Hamlet Wat on.

Look and Li ten! There is the gleam of their crisp, white hirtwaist and the wish of their long, full kirt a they walk across the Farmville ampu . Perchance, they are walking toward the white picket fence to dart a bewitching glance at a hand ome young man who ju t happened along. There may be a lighthearted snatch of a tuneful boa t, '' \Ve tancl for truth and loyalty In cia room we are ha rk We like a merry ong and dance nd a ll uch harmle lark . ' Vitally, reverently rin!!ing down the forty-one year come the hymn clear to our Founder "J3le t be the tie that bind ur heart in hri tian love." t\lpha ~· igma can alway find challenge in memb r hip in a national orority that wa e tabli heel in the ·nitecl tate f America during an

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era of which 'the out tanding qualit \\'a energy; energy phy ical, intell ctual and piritual." \ igorou , daring and altrui tic wa \m rica during those year of 'f inding ller elf''!

PRE IDI G FFI ER-In the e day anxiety and tre s it i hard to put into practice our lpha ioma Cr eel. Yet, we can do no less than trive to li'i!c it in our daily relati nhip . \\ hile we tand .................. . lpha igma will lead u in repeating our lpha Creed. ( uggc tion: '' merica" played softly during the repeating of the reed and the Pledge of llegiance would be effective.)

To fill my day with ati fying activity To find dominant beauty in art, literature, nature, and friel'ld hip .

To know the peace and ser nity of a Divine faith, To love life and joyously live each day to it ultimate good Thi is my creed m lpha tgma lpha.

PRE IDING OFFICER-( udience remain tanding ) nd now as we Pledge Allegiance to the Flag, may each of us recon eCI·ate her ·elf to do her part at whatever co t that America and the llied Nation may win the ltimate Victory. . ....... will lead u in the pledge of tar

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PRE IDING OFFICER ur program will clo ·e with a prayer by ....... . .... .

1942 FOU DER ' D Y PR YER · Our Father ' od to Thee, \uthor of Liberty, to Thee" we rat e our heart in humble gratitude for our gloriou ountry and f r our • merican V\ ay of Life. \ e thank Thee f r the privileg of ao-ain celebrating the Founding of our beloved so rority. Ble our Founder.; and make the thou and of lpha igrna today worthy to uphold, in true friend hip the ideal e tabli heel by them. rant pecial bl ing upon our oldier . :.Iay they ca rry-on th m r valiantly becau e of the con tant faith and c urage of tho e at hom who lo e them. nd we be eech Thee, t peed the day when hall again be "ble t with \ rict ry and ea ." :-\men.

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Beta Iota Installation State Teachers College, Radford, Virginia, May 9 , 1942

HOTEL GOVERNOR TYLER, SCENE OF BETA IOTA'S INSTALLATIO

TAST ovember, a group of twenty girls known L as Gamma Zetas organized a local so rority, with the aspiration of becoming Alpha Sigma Alpha . Working strenuou sly and continuously, they never ceased aspiring and seeking, until in May, they attained member hip in the sister hood of Alpha Sigma lpha. The crapbook wa completed and sent in, and girl were busy with orority work.

After a practically breathl e s period of waiting, their petition was accepted by the ational Council.

Then followed busy clay of learning the content of the pledge manual , and dread in g the examination. Finally · in tallation week-end arrived, and we were formally in stall d.

Alpha igma Alpha, ational Ed ucation Sorority, installed it Beta Iota chapter at the State Teachers Coll ege at R adford the week-end of May 8-10.

The in tallation program was und er the directi on of Mrs. \ Vilma W. Sharp, nati onal pre iclent, who wa as istecl by two oth r nation al officers, Mrs. enev i ve S . L eib, national edito r, and if rs. William . Thomas, national fellowship chairman. Repre. entativ e from th e Alpha hapter of the S tate 'J achers olleg at Farmville included Poll y Kelle1·, E lla Marsh P ilkington, and a n y A ll n, thr e nthu siasti c and graci u A lph a igs. Th B ta Eps ilon hapter of Madison a ll ege at Harrisonburg wa rer r sent c1 by Mary McKay, Dorothy White, and Frances Waddell. We h re at Radford will never forget th e kindn ss s and fri ndlin ss f thes girl s.

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The installation banquet for Beta Iota Chapter wa held Saturday evening, May 9, at the Hotel Gove rnor Tyler, Radford 's beautiful ne\v hotel. V irginia Boatwright presided as toastmistre s for th e program which included pre entation of the o-uests; Alpha Sigma A lpha ongs; toast , " pire," by Kitty Karne , Beta Iota Chapter, " eek" by h·ance Waddell, Beta E p ilon, and "Atta in' by Poll y Keller, Alpha hapter ; the singing o f th e S hi eld of . S. . by th e ent ire o-roup. chall enging and in piring me sage, ''Coll ege Girl arry O n" wa given by 'Irs. ·w ilma Sharp. During the banquet, teleg rams and notes of congratulation wer read from the two campu ororiti e , college and alumme chapter , and fri nd s.

Follow ing the banquet, the girls too-ether with National officer met in a suite in 1 orwoocl Hall.

Juni or- enior dormitory at Radford , fo r a time of social fe llowship. We I arne 1 . song . stori e. , and wer present cl with recogniti on pins and program by M r . S ha rp .

Sun lay morning w atl ndecl th .rove \ venu e Methodi t burch in a body. That afte rn on, we entertained our g ue t , par nt of th e tow n g irl , pr id nt f the so roritie , and members of th e faculty with a tea in the" ov ," our socia l a tivitie building.

S veral informal snap. hots were tak n of the g roup, and thi s concluded th · week-encl .

From Friday night's shakin s durin g our xaminati n, Saturday's initiation, and install ation banqu t, throu gh unday's r ll ow hip and tea, ' w can all say that thi was truly on f th m t

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wond rful, a well a important week-end 111 our live . t th fir t bu ine meeting we. a full fledged Alpha ig , elected officer They included: ylvia Sublett, Pre ident ; Ruth \ illi am . Yice-Pre ident ; lice Brown, ecretary; l\Iaxine Miller, Trea urer; Lucille ox, Regi trar; Kitty Karnes, hap lain; Jane l\Iullen.

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Left to right: fir trow-Mary 1\f. Ea t. Loui e lement. 1\lr ..

Sharp, Mrs. Leib, Elsie Wright, Ginney Boatwright, Ella l\lon· day .

Second row-Mickey lement , Georgia Zebedee, Becky Low · man.

Third row-Miss Akin, !Sylvia ublett, Jane Iullen. Ruth Dudley , Sara <IcDonald , Lois Aker , Alice Brown.

4th row-Kitty Karnes, Maxine Miller, Ruth Williams, lara J. Hines.

Left to Right: Becky Lowman , J oe ll a Akin, Advi er; Sarah M c Donald , Ruth \.Yilliam3, Mary Margaret East, A l ice Brown, Virginia Boatright, Georgie Zebedee. Mickey Clement, !Sy lvi a Sublett, Maxine Miller, Ruth Dudley , Ella Monday , Clara Jane Hines, Jane Mullen, Kitty Karnes, Lois Akers. Elise 'vVright, and Louise Clement.

Beta Iota Installation Banquet Program \ irginia Boatwright, Toa tmi tre Grace: For thy many ble ing Hea lth and trength and food Si terhood and Friend hii Take our gratitude.

Beta Iota Charter Members Joella kin, Ad'lliser ............. .. .. Radford L i ker ....... .. .. .. ............ Roanoke irginia Boatwright ..... . .... . ...... C:oeburn lice Prown ..... . .. . .... . . . ... Rura l Retreat Loui e lement ... . ...... .. ...... . .. Radford i\I ickey lement ..... . .... .......... Racl ford Lucille :\I. ox ..... . .......... . ... ... Vinton Ruth Duell y ......... . ...... . .... Lynchburo· l\Iary Iargaret Ea t ........... . ..... :-Jorfolk lara Jane H ine .................... Racl ford Kitty Karne .................. ... .. Radford Rebecca Lowman .... ........ . . . ... . Radford arah ::\IcDonald .................... . \'inton ::\Iaxine :\I iller ...... . . ... .. . ........ Bedf rd Ella i\ronclay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . t. Paul Jane :\I ullen ............ \' inelancl, 0: ew J er ·ey ~ ancy Lee cott .............. ... ... Roanoke yh·ia K. ublett .................... Rad f rei Ruth \\ illiam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . a tie\\' d Eli " \\'right ......................... Dlancl eor ie Zebede ........ .. ........ Peter burg

1ay Love' pirit guide us l\Iake each duty plain Help u to the highe t eek, p1re, ttain.

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Toasts: pi re ........... ... .. . Kitty l arnes, n. T. eek .............. France \\ad !ell, B. E . ttain ............. . ..... Polly Kell r, .\ .

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True and loyal memb r \\:e de ire to be.

True an I loyal ev r Homage now we bring \lpha igma lpha' Prai e now we ing.

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National Council Convenes HE National Council of A lpha Sigma Alpha met in Chicago, Illinois, from June 19th to 24th to formulate pians for carrying forward the program as planned by the 1941 National Convention in accordance with war-time regulations imposed by the government.

In keeping with these regulations Alpha Sigma A lpha will hold no National or R egional Conventions for the durati on of the war.

All plans and prog rams for both college and alumn::e chapters will center around the paramount objective: A lpha Sigma A lpha work for the U ltimate Victory.

Our National P resident elaborated on th i policy as follows:

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This is a time for application not elaboration of principle . The long fa miliar and proudly affirmed purpose of our soro rity stand ever more true and undimm ed in the darkness of war. They are an an wer to your question, "What can I do?" Indeed, thi year what b~ter thing can you do th an to work with all your might that" yo ur individual development may p repare you for service.

Keep physically fit- you know how-a nd o generate. a yo ung strength equal to every strain .

Grow intellectually for today' hard demands, yes-but more that you may have yo ur right ful vital part in that future clay when V icto ry hall herald Peace throughout th e world .

Dtruelop sociall)'路 We ca nnot Jl an for a better world social order unl e s we practice it principle in our dai ly relationships. We cann ot look to a brig hter day if we fail now to uph old high standard of social condu ct.

Progress Spiritually . " bov a ll take th Shi eld of Faith." A faith in c1 and Gooclne s is tmas ailable even in Ieath. hall ur fi ghting men hold to thi preciou truth ma r confidentl y than A meri can women to whom th y loo k for it exemplificati on ?

O ur sorority xpe ri ence in loyalty, honor , self sacrifi ce shall lead us pr ucll y on to wider areas. The friend ships we giv and ga in in th intimate bon Is f sisterh od will lift our spirits and heighten our co urag . ." ] call yo u to en thu siasti c support o f lpha Sigma A lpha in thi s momentou s !l ege y 'ar.

Th r ha ve b n, th r will 1e rapid cha ng . .

Th 路re is a t st in m etin g hang s cou ng usly.

There is glory m gallantly ca rrymg-on under handicap.

In so far as is possible the N a tiona! Council will enlarge rather than curtail national services .

We will take our place in war effort. This you will feel compell ed to do in the most effective way in your particular coll ege and community.

You will be very busy. This year work, hard war!~ is simply accepted as essential by everyone-besides it is aspirin fo r anxiety.

This is you r college year, not as you planned it to be perhaps, but clearly and wonderfully yours-ble t with freedom, rich in adventure, fill ed with opportunity to work fo r merica's U ltimate V ictory!

ANNOUNCING THE ELIZABETH BIRD SMALL UNDERGRADUATE AWARD T he National Council o f Alpha Sigma Alpha, at a meeting held in Chicago, Illinois, June, 1942 . decided to recogni ze out tanding leadership among A lpha Sigma Alpha college members.

T hi s recogn ition to be made by giving an annual award to be kn own a the E lizabeth Bi rd Small award , set up in memory of the late E li zabeth Bird Small, P i P i adviser and a member of the Nati onal Council from 1930 to 1936. T he form of the award wi ll be kept ecret until its fir t 1 re entation.

E li zabeth S ma ll ' 路 contributi on to A lph a Sigma lph a wa one that ca n not be mea urecl in word . T hose who kn.ew her wou ld ay that she gav of her elf and her talent unstintin crly to the furthe rance of lpha igma lpha . She lov cl li fe and li ved each clay to its ultimate good. mall ward is the T he E li zabeth J)ird hi ghest honor which the lpha igma lpha so rority bestow upon an unci rg racluate member. Each year one girl is to be elected from each chapter and her nam' 1 re entecl as a nominee, the Tational w inn r to b chosen f rom t he li st of chapter winner .

The criteri a for selecti on a r qua li tie of leadership, per nality an I cholar-hip . T hese cri te ria were not elected through accicl nt. T ho -e qualificati on a re interd ependent a nd the winner w ill b out tanding in all thr e.

Iot any girl begin her co ll ege work with th idea of winn ing g reat h nors fo r th ake of h nor alone but i th re a ny good r ason why an able stu I nt should her If from th t ime he nt ers colchapter that sh i 路 go ing to go a far to wa r I th os g a ! ~ ?

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The ward i our mall way of sharinrr our recognition of her achievement becau e of her uperior cholar hip. leader hip and per onality. \\ e hope that every chapter will have more than one member who ha o di tingui hed her elf.

To di tingui h one elf in cholar hip, leaderhip and per onality i much more than "getting by' and turning in life' minimum requirement . ' etting by" i th goal of the saboteur and doe not bring elf-re pect, honor and honors.

These are troubled time and the goal of college youth today i uperlative achievement.

II election , from chapter nominee to the national winner, will be made on a ba i of 25 per cent leadership, 25 per cent character and per onality and SO per cent cholar hip. The qualification of the twenty- even chapter nominee are to be tudied by the Award ommittee within the Council. Blank are to be provided and nomination are to be in the hands of the committee not later than March 1st of each year.

The nominating committee within each chapter is to be composed of the facu lty advi er, an alumn;:e member, a cabinet member and one other member, the latter three to be elected to the committee by the chapter.

WILMA WILSON SHARP ALUMNA AWARD What a wonderful ight it would be if Alpha igma could have a proce sion of its alumn;:e who hav eli tingui heel them elves in the fortyone year of our hi tory. We know that there have been many ' who have gained recogniti on in their profession as well a in community service. lpha igma has been proud of the achievement of its members but until now no pecial recognition ha been rriven uch alumme. In keeping with the vote of the 1941 convention body, the National Council ready to divulge plan for the WILM WIL ON H RP L l\1N W RD. I.

The \ ilma \' il on harp lumna . ward .-\. T he 19-tl convention body voted that the mone pre ented to 1 r . \ ilma \\ il on ~ ha rp by the olumbu !urnme hapter be u ed a an a wa rd.

B. uch an a\ ard i to be p re ent d to the Alpha igma Alpha alumna who in the opinion of the Board of . ward ha be · t m t the qua lificati n et f rth.

In r co nition of the hon r be tow d an appropriate ift hall be given.

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ompo ition f the Board of . \ward · The . lumn;:e Board of Award ·hall be compo eel of - memb r , tw of whom hall be member of the :\ationa! ouncil.

B. The remammg 3 member shall be appointed by the a tiona! ouncil and their identity kept ecret.

The lumme Board of ward · ·hall c. hold office for two y ar . t lea t 3 members of the Board may not ucceed them elve .

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1ethod of making the election lummc A. Before February 1 t each and College Chapter and member of the National Council and ommittee Chairmen hall be a ked to ugge t an alumna whom they con ider worthy of pecial recognition.

B. These recommendation hall be forwarded to the lumn;:e ward Board

by February 14th.

C. There shall be a thorough inve tigation of all candidate and the final deci ion announced by the Board the following Founder ' Day.

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of the Award The candidate shall be a fully initiated member of lpha igma Alpha. he shall have eli tingui heel her If through ervice to her community or her profe ion.

1. by displaying qualitie of leaderhip.

2. By rendering out tanding ervic or achievement in certain field · of endeavor. he hall have received a majority vote of the lumnce Board of ward. to be given the \ ilma \ il n harp lumna ward.

TI E \\"ar Production Board ord er ::\[ requ . ted A lpha igma lpha to turn in all plat which \ e had in our p e ion, that the metal c uld be put to war purpo e . \\. feel that it i ur pat ri tic duty to limit the cut u ed in ur magazine. o plea c n icier the lack f many picture. a part of y ur contriluti n t th war ffort.

-THE EDITOR.

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Alpha Sigma Alpha Presidents Parade scattered ASA company we have been I T thisIS asummer-with interests and activities very diversified. For some of you it has been an interlude of play or change; for others of us there has been work or study. For each of us the responsibilities of an A lpha Sigma president weigh heavily and proudly! Here is our roll of 1942-43 chapter president , fall in for the parade!

Alpha-Nancye Allen A senior, indeed, she is vice-president of the class. Nancye assisted at the Beta Iota Installation and on "snatched time" I learned of her hopes and plans for carrying on the traditions and standards of our Mother chapter. Alpha closed the past year by buying a $100 Defense Bond and presenting the college a~sembly hall with beautiful flags of th e Allied lations. This summer ancye accumulated many glorious days and a grand suntan at her country home at Hebron, Virginia.

Alpha Beta-Irene Weger Irene was initiated last year in Pi Omega P i, Business Educati on Recognition Society, so we can place her in the right department. She i a Junior whose home is at Keytesvi lle, M is ouri .

During college she lives at the A hou e so she fully realizes the pleasures and respon ibili ties of a chapter house. Irene has made a carelpha Beta. he know it ful a naly is of strengths and weaknes es-that's e entia! information for any group leader.

Alpha Gamma-Vivian Kennedy I saw her first last Ap ril at the entrance of the campus-where she waited for me to alight from my bu ! ' he is a petite brunette enior with a quiet forcefulne ss that enabl es her to get thing · done ea ily, ea rly as pril V ivian was spinning plan whereby Alpha amma can hold her years-long prominence on the Indiana <;ampus. Th is chapter con i tentl y maintain a very high percentage of initiat ion. . T his umm r tvt an wa. a camp counselor at hautauqua, New York.

Beta Beta-Jean Knapp fin e rating Junior at ·s 'E. Tn Jun e she visit d h r br th r at th e Iar ine ir Has in orth ar lina wh re sh · mel man y int r stingpcopl · including-, o f urs , " hancl som marin es."

She also visited in Richmond, Chicago and Denver, and she got a little domestic experience in the lovely new family home at Rocky Ford, Colorado. Jea n has wonderful plans for Beta Beta.

She wrote: "Our chapter is striving for a better 'big-little sister fellowship.' "

Gamma Gamma-Meredith Donley A Junior, succeeding Jonnie Lane who accepted a good position in Tulsa instead of returning to college. Donley is a familiar and respected name in ASA. Meredith will uphold the fam ily tradition for loyalty and service. She has already evidenced initiative and optimism in leadership, writes in enthusiastic letters . She reported appreciatively: "The Alumnre have been absolutely grand to us."

Epsilon Epsilon-Bettyanne Atherton A Senior, delegate to ASA National Convention. (See THE PHOENIX, May '41 , page 14 for her outstanding chapter record.) Bettyanne was delegate to the W. A. A. convention at Wellesley, :Mass., in April. She has been chapter president ince February. Hers will be the di stinction of chapter leadership when EE celebrates its 25th birthday on November 16th! In July, EE held a ummer reunion, "lots of fun and a wonderful crowd-with luncheon at the Country Club and chapter meeting at the house in the afternoon."

Zeta Zeta-Sue Covey Do see TnE PHOENIX, May 42, page 27 for Sues smiling face and campus hi tory. he is also " much in the news" of The Stndent, college paper at vVarren burg where Su ha been in . chao! thi s summer. II r presid ncy of Zeta Zeta succeeds that of E leanor Warnick who up an I married into the 1\ rmy-(Lt. Robert Foster. ) ue' leader hip of ZZ in h r eni r year . hould climax an exciting, purposeful college career. The chapter will hav a chapter room in new Laura Yeater Llall- ue' colleg address .

Eta Eta-Martha Ruth Howard \. Junior . u ce cling irgini a Sutt wh s de i ion t work left EE without a president. ntil h r l ction as pr sid nt , l\ la rtha h.uth was rving as tr as ur ·r. She writ : ·"1 njoyecl that job for I alway. f It that Kitt y ITalc

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and I were kindred pirit Both of u are intere ted in chemi try and phy ics.' l\lartha Ruth' energy mu t match her enthu ia m and devotion, he i teaching a five hour cia in fre hman college algebra! (There are two lpha pledge in her cia .)

Theta Theta-Ruth Giessen Bo ton niver ity graduate home i in Orange Park, F lorida. he i a member of Pi Lambda Theta. La t yea r he worked in the office of the A istant Director of the Harvard-Boston niver ity Exten ion ou r e -an 1 will probably be at that post thi year. Ruth i interested in photography a well a A . Theta Theta had a splendid pledge-initiation record Ia t yea r-of 24 girls pledged 23 were initiated!

Kappa Kappa-Ruth Taylor math major in Teacher College, econdary ed ucation department, at Temple Her name i on the membership list of many of Temple' mo t prominent o rgan izations including Magnet, the enior honor society. In addition, her predeces or write of her, " he is loyal, hardworking and has endeared her elf to all the KK gi rl s."

D uring June, Ruth enjoyed the salt air and ocean at valon, New Jer ey, to get into condition for summer practice teaching.

Mu Mu-Magna Mattern enio r in Physical Education. l\Iagna' home is in Detroit, M ichigan. s a pledge he wa de cribed a a lovely, capable girl.

Iu lVIu has lost heavily to Defen e work but the returning girl a re courageous and hopeful. The chapter ha a new a i tant advi er, l\I i l\Iarjoric Milliman.

Nu Nu-Helen Willis n Ap ril 25th thi "extremely capable and loyal lpha igma'' wrote a grand introductory letter. ' Next year' pre ident of N u u chapter reporting for active duty"-that's Helen enthusia tic, re ourceful. prompt. he i a popular enior, worked during ugu t at the Bureau of Recommendation of the Bu ine chool, Drexel In titute. Helen believe , "college girl mu t till learn to acrifice o that we may be 'co in the wheel' of the mechani m that will lead u to victory.''

Xi Xi-Marian Lee Jones Ther ' a fane nap hot of :\Iarian in THE Pu ENIX , l\Iay '-L, page 1. he att nded our

'a tiona! onvention and has been cretary, then regi trar of Xi Xi. :\Iarian i ~ an art major, mu ic minor at C. L. . wher all tudent a re very war con ciou . everal Xi • · i girl are enrolled in . L. th ird eme ·ter (June 29th to and will continue right on into the fall emester. [arian i · among them o he ha had only four we k ·' vacation at her home in Hollywood.

Pi Pi-Edith Gaupp Again, ee that indi pensable magaz ine, TuE PHOENIX, Fay '42, pa(Ye 11 , and y u will have no doubt of Pi P i' glowin<Y pride in Edi. It i · all ju tifiable, too!

I vi ited I i P i Ia t D cember.) Fo r Edi. ummer was ushered in by a marvelou time for three days of June week at nnapoli . "It was ju t about the be t three day , ever . . . farewell ball, p-rade , ol r · pre entation 'n everything.' l\Io t of the um mer, Ed i was at amp Lo ng \ ere , Ea t urora, . Y., where she wa head coun elor and dir ctor of rt and raft .

Rho Rho-Evelyn Haws Pre ident of her pledge chapter and n w he is chapter pre ident! he ha " hown marked capability and i mo t loyal and con cientiou ."

Evelyn is a town girl and a member of " oll ege Theater." Well our eyes wi ll be upon our ophomore chapter pre ident with every confidence in her leader hip and ucce . Evelyn had a position a a pri vate ec.retary thi ummer.

Sigma Sigma-Nancy Gibson he hail from l\Ii h aukee, \ i con in, where he pent the ummer but he love attending We tern tate allege clear aero the ntinental Divide! ancy 1 a en ior and an expe rienced chapter officer. La t year he fini heel the unexpired term of chapte r pr ident for Margaret Yoklavich who moved to ma . Nancy i prominent on campu . lpha pring he had the thrill of eeing five 1gma honored (by election of women tud nt ) at the Co-ed Prom. n that occa ion, 1 1ancy wa cr wned, ":\fi Democracy."

Tau Tau-Verna Jane Thompson Junior 'who has what it tak ." Be ide he i a good tudent and •· ·he w ar a frat rnity pin!' ' In her fir l letter (writt n in advance of the required date \ erna Jane v iced the fe ling f many f you, no doubt: "I am till thrilled ab ut beint)' elected pr id nt I can hardly realize it ha happened to me.' \ erna Jane p nt

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a happy summer in Moscow, Kansas, with her mother who is all alone when V. J. is in coll ege 200 miles away.

Phi 'Phi-Nadean Allen A capable Senior and an attractive "town girl" who has a warm place in the hearts of the Phi Phis. Last year she was chapter editor~ "100% -er !" Summer letters from Nadeau told of a July Panhellenic meeting in which the two campus sororities advocated reduced social budgets, informal rush parties and joint charity or war work. Phi Phi's U . S. 0. contribution was the largest of any woman's organization in the college or town.

Chi Chi-Mildred Warner The outgoing president wrote of her " I cannot give the new president too hi gh 路a recommendation." Millie is a Senior, she ha s attended ASA's regional and national conventions and she has proved her efficiency in the other chapter offices she has held . Chi hi has been described as a working, grow ing organization and Iildred expects "to keep it that way." This summer he worked at Indiana Dune State I ark, Che. terton, Indiana.

Psi Psi-Viola Caraway When Rivers Rhodes, former president, married Lt. Norman T. Dowty, Psi I si called \ iola to its leader hip. iola i ' i " not on ly to Mary Allen Caraway (p rominent P i Psi member who attended ew rl eans Regional and the Chicago Convention ) but to every one who know s her. She i a Junior majoring in Chemistry. In spite of tho e long hou r 路pent in the lab, she finds ample time f r A and to er ve as Dormitory Coun elor. Si IS sin cere, appealing and capable. he well beloved and ju tly so.

Beta Gamma-Lavona Carnes Heavy were the re pon ibiliti on P ' VIcepre ident, attractive I runette Lav na a rnes, when Mary Lee Hill was per uadecl at the Ia t minute to take a teaching position rather th an r turn to colleg . Iow I av na is pre ident and proving her elf equal t th hon or and th w rl<.

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predecessor wrote of her, "She is very efficient and one of the best workers I have ever known."

Moreover, Evelyn has "a little sister who is following in her footsteps in being a grand ASA." Can others of you make such a boast? Evelyn has had several talks with the Chairman of Civilian Defense of Hattiesbu rg and has been promised some special work for the chapter.

Beta Epsilon-Frances Waddell Late spring I saw Frances in action both at the spacious ASA Hou e at Madison College and at Beta Iota Installation where she conducted a grand round table discu sion on Alpha Sigma.

The Radford girls were duly impressed. (Enthusiasm is contagious.) Frances, tall, attractive Senior, holds an office in Kappa Delta Pi. She had the distinction of closing the past college year as leader of our largest AS chapter.

Better than this record is the fact that 33 of Beta Epsi lon's 38 pledges of the 1941-42 college year were initiated.

Beta Zeta-Lolita Watkins Lolita, charming enior and a Charter member of BZ, succeeds Dorothy I eld White who e hu sband is an inst ructor at Ca mp M urphy Florida. Lolita "still can't believe" her so rority sisters have placed her at the head of "such a wonderful chapter." However, the high quality of her leader hip is already a hea rtening reali ty. \ fine yea r for Beta Zeta i predicted!

Beta Eta-Betty Bruvold way n the prairie at Dickinson. l . D., everyone loves mall, rad iant Betty; he wrote in 1\lay, "I g ues I had never thought it was po ible that l mi ght hold this office!" Betty i a cnior a nd listed in vVho's Who. This ummer, a ide from attending B ible amp in the picture-que Dakota Badland , Betty wa busy. on th fa mily farm at Hebron. . D. he wrote, "I deli ght in every moment of it. With the shortage of boys, there's plenty of out I or work for girl s. I am the on ly girl in th family. My I r thcrs ar helping l ncle , a m." Betty has an SA ister-in-law, ~lary G rman Hruvold, past IH [ editor.

Beta Theta-Barbara Stout Yc , you wi ll find lh rbara' pictur in Trn: to , if y u I ol on pag 14 f th 1 -1-2 January iss ue. ' h wa. initiat d with thcr chart r members just Ia t Novcmb r 15th . Barbara. is a ni r. La t year wh n sh bcca m chapt r I) JIOEN J X,

Beta Delta-Evelyn Hocutt enior, a town girl , l.r m E on mics maj or; known on campus as "jolly Evelyn I focutt. " IT r

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regt trar I wa told what a " fine, con cientiou per on" he i . Thi ummer Barbara wa at her home in Belding, Michigan. Thi summer "hile her mother recovered from an operation, Barbara bCfame experienced in home management.

Beta Iota-Sylvia Sublett mall but dynamic i thi charming pre ident of our baby chapter. She live in Radford and 1 love her Virginia. ancye and France will remember ylvia vi\路idly and plea antly for while she erved a hoste to installation vi itor , she ylvia i a Jun ior gave evidence of leader hip .

- and mu ical. She sing ! Watch for her in the 1942 Tovember PHOENIX which wi ll carry a tory of BI. There now, did eYer you ee a more brilliant array of beauty and brain ! ? "To whom much i g iven, much i required." This i the year to give our absolute best-no les will do.

In eriousne s and high courage, we present our S theme for the year-around it all our faith, plans and activities will center: LPH

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IGM S WORK F R THE L1IM TE \I TORY!

To each of you chapter leader , lpha lpha look with pride and confidence.

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EDITOR'S NOTE: The Editor found this N e ws Letter issu ed in Augus t by the National President to College Chapte r Pres ide nts, s o inter es ting she asked that THE PHOENIX readers be allowed to r ead it, too. Th e lette r has been brought up to date (marriages and pos ition s have made changes in the pres idents' roll eve n s in ce Augus t) and it is r eprinted for your pleasure and information .

NATIONAL SCHOLARSHIP CHAIRMAN MARRIES \ hen con ulting the directory in the back of your PnOEN IX you will ee a new name li ted after cholar hip hairma n. !though a new n nam e. the offi c i held by the ame per on. :\lay the fir t, Ruth :\Iartin aid 'I do" to Lieutena nt Bertram ::\fcDuffy tone. Jr .. of P ur vi , 1 Ii i ippi , at the F ir 路t Bapti t hurch at P icayune, 11i i ippi. While Lieutenant t ne i ernn with the a rmed force o f hi co un try.

Ruth i at hom \\'i th her pa rent .

OTHER OUTSTAN DING UNDERGRADUATES 1any are the honor which our 19-H-19-4-2 undergraduate received. In thi article we are li ting lpha igma lpha member who were initiated into ational Honor ocietie . n campi \\here Kappa Delta Pi ha chapter we find the following: Alpha: Caroline Ea on, Lucy Turnbull, Winifred 路w right, Jean Hatton nn v are, Iary tewart Warn ley.

B eta Beta: Laverne eaton.

Epsilon Epsilon : Loretta Frank Z eta Z eta: Dori Bu h, Jeanne Loman, \ ilma Perkin , Kathryn Hopkin , ileen En minger.

Eta Eta: Dorothy Lee, Mary I ay Reiff, Helen Crocker.

Pi Pi: Carol Frazee, 1 atalie Wi ll iam .

Rho Rho: lice Ba ett, Margaret Paul, Janie \tVeinberger.

Chi Chi: Donna Jeane Pierce.

Psi Psi: Mary Elizabeth Barr, ecil 1\Iae Caillouet, Helen lay, idney Gremilion, Loui e Hawkin.

B eta Epsilon: Mary ~Id ay, France \t\ addell.

B eta Z eta: Hazel Theri h, Evelyn Toups, Dorothy W ilde, Evelyn onge, Phylli Dix n.

B eta Th eta: ora heehy.

B eta Iota: Clara Jane Hine .

Phi Kappa Phi: Honorary cholar hip ociety claimed- on tance E. Lepley, Jean E. lien, nna Leffert of Ku Ku hapter. igma. Z eta: Honorary cience ociety initiated Betty Harruff Phend of hi hi hapter.

A lpha Chi : Honorary cholar hip ci t ' took Ro ella Terrell of Beta amma hapter.

WHO'S WHO IN AMERICAN COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES li ted: llplw : Lucy Turnbull,

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B eta B eta : Inez K lterbrau, Betty Jane Barne .

Gamma Cam111a : L ta Leep r.

B eta Z eta: Kathryn H pkin .

E ta E ta: ::\Iary Kay R iff, France Hunt.

Kappa K appa: Jean Baker E velyn Roo .

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Rho Rho: Janie Weinberger.

Sigm-a Sigm.a: Mary McNamara.

Tau Tau: Mary Shreer.

Phi Phi: Charlene Barnes, Mary Margot Phares.

Psi Psi: Sidney Gremilion.

B eta Gamm.a: Mary Lee Hill.

Beta D elta: Mary Pickering, Margaret Hathorne, Statia McNeese.

B eta Z eta : Geneva Richard, Evelyn Toups.

B eta Eta : Clara Pierce, Betty Bruvold.

B eta Theta: Nora Sheehy.

LOIS YOUNG-Beta Beta Presenting Miss Lois Yotmg, chosen "Miss CSCE" for 1942. Loi s is an outstanding member of her class. She is a vivaciou little redhead from Colorado Springs. Chosen one of the ten outstanding freshman girls last spring, Lois is also secretary of her clas . She i active on tudent Council, serving as chairman of the Dance Committee.

Lakeside Amu ement Park in Denver ponsored a contest to determine the ideal Colorado coed. Lois competed with representatives from fi ve other Colorado college and univer iti es. he erved as queen of Greeley tate ni ght at Lakeside on July 1. Loi s wa pre en ted with orchid by the current band leader, J ack Teagarden.

A large group from Beta Beta and their date att nded th e ceremonie .

JENNIE VINSON FISK-Tulsa, Oklahoma Someone ha aid "To know her i to lov her," and that is definitely true of our outstanding lpha ig J enni e V in on F isk . . he came to klahoma a a Soon r, a golden haired dimpled little g irl w ith a big mil e th at never wore off-tho e dimples and th e genuin e mile still add to her cha rm a nd att ractivene .

Her genuin e happy disposition, friendly att it~1d e and willingness to serve win for her the ad mtration of all her as ociates .

During her a rl y coli ge education at North western tate Teacher · Coli g , A lva, klahoma, she was a barte r member of amm a Ga mma chapter t which sh alway r ma in ecl loyal. he is also a graduat of Kan sas niversity, l awKan sas and ha maj reel a nd holds a der ' 11 gr e in mu sic.' h is an accom pli h d mu i ~i an and organi st as w 11 as mu ·ic t acher. h J a rgan Guild and ha · be n premember of th s •ntecl as 11 rt rgani st at Philbro k rt ·enter.

It is a treat to spend an evening in the beautiful Fisk home where one is always made welcome. Aside from the homey atmosphere there is music if one asks for it. J ennie at the piano and husband, H. Clay, and daughter, Margie Lee, singing. Both have outstanding voices.

M rs. Fisk's role as a housewife and mother do not prevent her from performing her religious and social duti es. For several years she has been organist and choir director at St. Paul's Methodist Church, active in P. E. 0 . and Panhellenic and this year is a member of the council.

She never attends a meeting without her needlepoint or knitting-knitting is not only a hobby but she knits for service and instructs a class in knitting at th e Red Cross Center. In fact there isn't much that Jennie can't and doesn't do willingly. T hus, her popularity in Tulsa is well dese rved.

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ANNUAL ALPHA ALPHA AWARD AT MIAMI UNIVERSITY, OXFORD, OHIO The fo urth annual fifteen dollar cash pri ze given by Alpha Alpha of Alpha S igma lpha is more significa nt since we have establi heel a tradition and have een th e tudent who received the first award in May, 193 , oTad uate . Peg Noggle carri ed through her fo ur year as we anticipated by being an all-round student and an all-M iami girl in every way.

This year it wa a plea ure to find a gi rl whose home is in ea tern O hi o, and one who made an unu uall y high schola tic record during th fir st emester. ·

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• Iay I introduce to you Janice rnholt, Loudenville, hio, who wa elected a the be t allround fre hman girl in the chool of Education i\Iay 1942? Janice ranked in the fir t four of all the girl in the Fre hman cia s 19-1-1-1942 in the chool of Education. Janice i an attractive girl and i greatly intere ted in acquiring the be t that niver ity training offer .

During the fir t two year of her high chool Janice followed the traight College Preparatory our e. a junior and enior she majored in Engli h with a minor in Commercial. Her high chool activities include four year of playing the oboe in the band, and orchestra, and singing in the choir. he wa al o a member of the gir l athletic a ociation and the Kent chola tic team during the entire fou r year . She wa a member of the Girl Re erve her junior and enior year , when he was chairman of finance committee and president. Jan ice wa a member of the junior and senior class plays. During her senior year she wa a repre entative on the tudent Council. Janice wa . chosen a a good citizen of Loudonvi lle High chool for the D. . R. contest, and al o wa valedictorian of her graduating cia . Her church member hip i in the Zion Lutheran, and he ha been secretary of her unclay chool clas .

Janice entered Miami in eptember, 194 1. where she i majoring in Bu ine Education and minoring in E nglish and ocial Science . Beide acquiring high point grade average he entered into the following extra-curricu lum activitie ; choral union, Fre hman Player . ssociation of i\Iiami Independent appreciation group, and Y. v\ . . be ide working about nine hour a week in the busine office. Janice wa cho en ophomore coun ellor at v\ e t Hall for the year 19-1-2-1 9-1-3, elected to member hi p m wen, the ·ophomore- ervice honorary, member f Y. \V. C. ., ·ocial chairman of A sociati n of ).Iiami Independent ·. an I o-Editor f Pre byterian '' burch i\Iou e.· Janice appreciated the award o much and . h ha decided to in ve t it in a 2- bond, her father ivino- her th nece ary additional um. . and he hope in the future ·'to buy a beautiful f her etching or omethin to remind h r Fre hman year at ::\Iiami and that mem rable a. ·('mbly.' . ~!Y ).f. \\TilER.

ANNOUNCING THE WINNERSMAGAZINE SUBSCRIPTION SERVICE The Franklin quare ~1agazine \g ncy fered a z- ca h prize to pr mote the al magazme among the chapter . The are: College chapter earning large t total commi ion or with large t ale , comnu 10n totaling $15.95- 7.50 prize to Pi Pi chapter.

College chapter with greate t ad an e o r Ia t year. 1940-41 commi ion 25c; 1 -1-1--1-2 commi 1on 6. 5- 5.00 prize to Theta Theta chapter. lumnre chapter earning large t total commi ion or with large t ale , commi ion totaling $19.~ 7.50 prize to Denver lumnre chapter.

Alumnae chapter with gr ate t advance in comm1 Ion over la t year. 1940-41 commi ·.90- -.oo sions $2.65, 1941-42 commi ions prize to Canton lumnre chapter.

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The Magazine ub cription ervice i for us -an ea y way to get that hri tma hopping clone, a grand way to ay thank for a week-end pa rty, or to put a valuable addition on ur wn library she! f.

Campaign? There wa no campaign-ju t a well bunch of cooperative ·orority i ter (ev n though the pledge were requir d to bring in one could not ubscription ) . f cour e the activ be outdone by the pledge an 1 oon followed their lead.

II the credit go to Pi P i Jean i\Iitch II who reli ved me (the vice-pre ident) of the magazine re pon ibility. While we may I divulging a ecr t that will work ' agin" u later, let me ugge t to other chapter that you get a o-o-gettin' magazine chairman with "?\litch i ' ·'' vivaciou ne . he' one f tho e people who could charm a blind man int buyin gla e , and he really talked tho e ub cripti n up till we were ordering magazine like hot cake . \ e've had fun with our magazine an I w 'r• going to work doubly hard t ke p our r c rd. but in the intere t of \lpha igma we h p e\ ry hapter top our re rei f Ia t year.

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Fellowship Loan Fund N THE last year the Fellowship Loan Fund has a-ranted nineteen loans to the amount of ISavings $2,285.50. Besides the granting of loans, seve ral h~ndred dollars has bee~ inve ted in Defense Bonds . Each Chapter that has not contributed, or earned, the necessary $ 18.7 5 for the purchase of a "Baby Bond" will have an opportunity to contribute all or part of that amount thi s year. It is an investment that is helping to win the war now and will help future Alpha Sigma A lphas secure a college education.

To those Chapters which have given such splendid support to the F und either by contribution or through their earnings from the Magazine Subscription Service, sincere appreciation from every Alpha Sigma Alpha.

M.S. S. Co ll ege Ch apter

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Ep ilon Epsilon . . . . . 10.40 Zeta Zeta Eta Eta 0. . . . . . . . . . . 6. 15 Theta Theta . . . . . . . . 6.85 Kappa Kappa . . . . . . . 2.90 I u N u . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.85 Xi Xi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50 Pi P i .. .. ..... .... . 15.95 Rho Rho . . . . . . . . . . . 2.30 Sigma Sigma . . . . . . . . 2.85 Tau Tau 0 . . . . . . . . . . 2.40 P hi Phi .. .... .. ... .

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THERE'S NO RATIONING OF GOOD READING While rationing and prioriti es wi ll crowd Gift Suggestions into our li ves from every angle, th r will be no ration ing of good reading. Yo u w ill still be able to ecu re your lei favorite magaz in .

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ALPHA SIGMA ALPHA COLLEGE CHAPTER'S ALL OUT AID IN REVIEW-1941-42 Ea rly in the chool year, before our country' declaration of war, lpha igrna were parttctpatinu in a tepped up program of civilian deur attention having been fen e activitie . caught and our enthu ia m increa ed by the acldr ' . The Place of the ollege iris in the Defen e Progra m." delivered at ou r 11-. meriLee can onv ntion in .-\.ugu t, 19-J.l , by ~[i l•airchild Bacon , dean o f women. ~Iar hall olleg . Huntin!!t n. \i\ t Yirginia.

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Empha izing again om of the point of her talk, "we much in thi emergency giv of ur ervice whether convenient or not. \\ e mu t put ourelve under the arne rigid eli cipline a ur brother and fiance and friend . \\ e mu t iYe it our whole heart. nd to the college girl, t o, goe the ta k of maintaining high tandard and keeping thing level, when the nonnal reaction i to enjoy what we can while we can hav it. 1\o matter what come , thi i our work and our repon ibility." ·w ith the clo e of the convention came thi re olution, "Resolved, that lpha igma lpha reaffirm it belief and upport in the democrati principle of merican Education and that it keep a clear conception of the ba ic function and of the affective vehicle for service which fraternity member hip in the field of education afford .

Be it further re olved that lpha igma lpha summon college and alumnc.e members for efficient cooperation "' ith their college and community org<wization for ervice in the National Defen e Program."

It i with pride in the true merican pirit of our Jpha igma and their ervice freely given that thi report is brought to you.

The ational organization ha purcha d $1,000 in \ ar Bond and 14 ha been invested in War Bond for the Fellowship FunJ from contributions from the chapter . $4 .10 from these contribution will tart the War Bond campaign for the Loan F und thi year.

Twenty college in twenty- even pon or defen se program for women tudent .

One thou and two hundred eighty-fi per week were being given by college the e program which include . W. ro s, Bundles for Britain, War Bond at s. crap collection, oldier' crap book and cia e in fir t aid home nur ing, nutrition, auto mechanic , radio and PBX witchboard .

Eleven chapter have donated to the Red Cro .

Eleven chapter ha ,.e purchased v ar Bond ; five chapter contributed to \\ ar Bond for the Loan Fund and in fiv e chapter · all member · bought war tamp . ne hundred eighty-on girl k fir t aid cour e , ix became in tructor .

Two hundred ev 'nty-nine girl knitted and wed .

Two chapte r reported contribution the Dlo d Bank.

NoVEMBER, 1942

Presenting Our 1941-1942 Transfers "Frowt. the North and South and East and West We're gathered here today!"

Alpha Sigma Alumnce m many communities hold their meetings they can lustily I Nsing1942thesewhenwords for their active membership is drawn from many college chapters. When Uncle Sam started moving his defense workers and men in the Armed Forces in all directions there were subsequently many Alpha Sigmas on the march.

Into a strange city came an ASA away from old friends and her family. How grand it was to find a cordial welcome to a gathering of Alpha Sigmas from other chapters. Her feeling of loneliness soon changed t~ one of friendliness as she met and mixed with girls brought together by the same bonds of fellowship . The regular Alumnce meetings meant broadening of friendships, congenial times, fun and fellowship. The strange city wasn't strange very long, because this Alpha Sigma was with ASAs such as she had known "back home." · Alpha Sigmas are till on the move! Your sororitiy is anxious to introduce each one to ASAs in the new locality. To do this we need the co operation of all Alpha Sigmas-both individuals and chapters. Send your ational Alumnce Director the names of members who are moving and we'll see if we can't transfer them to an organized Alumnce Chapter. If there isn't an Alumnce Chapter there may be enough ASAs around to have an occasional get-together. Even if one's stay in a new home is six month or less, we still want the ASAs to make that sojourn a pleasant one.

We're counting on your help in our ALPHA SIGMA ALPHA TR NSFER BUREAU! EvELYN G. BELL, Nation.al A lumnae D·irecto·r.

Transferred to

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Beth Kolger Washko (M r . Joseph ) ... ...... . Akron, Ohio . ... . . .... .. ... .. Johnstown, Pa. Mary Lou Anthony Hull (M rs. Harold) .... . .. Akron, O hi o ....... . ......... Maryville, Mo. Alice Weatherston Brown (M rs. Ray) ... . ..... Bo ton, Mas ............. . .. New York City Pauline Clay Harvey (Mrs. John ) . . .... . ..... Buffalo, . Y. . ..... .. . . ...... Warrensburg, Mo. Ruth Winter Kirchner (Mr . Norman) ...... . . Buffalo, N.Y. . . ...... .. ... ... Youngstown, Ohio Geraldine Stone Lawrence (M r . V ictor) . ... .. Columbus, hio .. . ... .. . .. .. .

Dorothy Leininger Weitzel (Mrs. nthony ) ... . Detroit, Mich . . . . .. . . .. ...... Akron, Ohio Helen Lortz ...... .. ................. . .... . Indianapolis, Ind. . .. . .. . ..... Pittsburg, Kans. eorgia Schulte . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ew York City. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iaryville, Mo. Martha Levi s Morse (M r . Gerry) . .. .. ... .. . New York City ........ ..... .. Boston, Mass.

Dorothy Marley Gi lmore (M rs. Thomas) . . . . .. Philadelphia, Pa ........ . .. ... Akron, Ohio Ruth Guy Lovell (Mrs. George) .... . .. .. .... . Philad lphia, Pa . . . .......... .

Anne Ruppin Hes er (Mrs. James) ... .... . ... Pitt burgh, Pa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . entral, Pa. Eleanore Smith Thomas (M rs. Wi lliam) ....... P ittsburgh, Pa..... . ......... entral, Pa. Helen E llsworth Ball (M r . Geo rge) . ........ Pitt burgh, Pa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . hicago, Ill. l Iildred Fitz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . t. Louis, Mo .. ........ .... ... Maryville, i'o.

Jacquelyn Philli ps ar on (M rs. Richard) ...... Tul a, l<la .. .... . ........... lytsbu_rg, Kans.

Ann Me ampbell wan (Mr ·. Roger) ......... Tul a, kla . .. . .. . . .. . ..... .. ktrksv~llc , Mo. lola A rgo ... . ........................... .. Wa h~ngton, D. C. ............ Maryv~lle, Mo. Gladys Rice Iough ( 1 rs. Frank) ............ Wa h~ngton, D. . ............ Empor~a , Kans.

Lillian Iough hum way (M rs. corge) .... ... Wash~ngton, D. . ... . ..... . .. Empona, I at.1S. lktty tratemier 1r ene (M rs. Wi lliam) ...... Wa hmgton , D. . ....... . .... New York tty Yfary lie canl 11 ••• •. • • • • . • . •.. • . •• . ••.• Wa h~ngton , D . . ....... .... . 8~ston~ Ma s.

Joan Morgan .......................... . ... Wash ~ngton, D. . ............ I ~ ~rk v~lle, M .

Wi lma pel .............................. Wa h~n gto n , D. .. .. ..... .... l~ t rk vtll · , Mo. Virginia Wells ... .... .. . .. . ................ Wa · h~ngton D. .. .. .. ... .. . . 1ahl quah, ldo.

Fay M itch II ............... .. ... . ... ...... Wash~ngton, D . . ... . ....... .

Dorothy -_ubanks if r (M rs. William) ...... Wa htngton , D. . ............ Nat hit ch s, La.

r8 RUBBER DOLLIES \Vhat i a rubber dolh· or a rubber duel??

To our naval officer in th~ lio-hter-than-aircraft. they are term of en I arment for their pride and joy, blimp , which are doing an excellent piece of work protecting our hipping along the tlantic and Pacific coa t . The e rubber dollies, which i the name that one of the quadron kipper ha adopted, have become the eye of the ve el earching for the lurking U -boat under the urface of the ea.

The blimps are far more ucce ful in thi type of duty than the airplanes a they can crui e at the pe d of a ubmarine, hover over a suspected area, or anchor at sea due to the fact that they are buoyant and need their motor only to propel them forward. Today they are performing three major dutie - earching for ubmarine , locating mine , and their most important one, e corting convoy . Thi last a ignment has relea ed many of our surface crafts such as destroyer for other work.

What do we mean by the term blimp? Where did it originate? During World War I, the lighter-than-aircraft performed imilar assio-nment to tho e of today, but they were still experimental hips. In the non-rigid class, there were two type used-type and type B. A non-rigid airship con i ts of a gas bag, a balonet, and a gondola or control car. When the ga baoi not inflated, it i naturally just a limp or flabby rna . The experimental ship, type B, wa the mo t ucce ful one during the former war, o the word blimp originated from B-limp.

The term , non-rigid, semi-rigid, and rigid, are u ed to de cribe lighter-than-aircraft. The non-rigid ha no metal framework within the bao-, but the sem_i-rigid, which i al o clas eel as a blimp, ha a metal keel extending the length of the hip and u ually a metal cone in ide the bow of the hip. The control urface ( fin ) and car are attached to the keel.

The ri o-id type ha a complete metal framework or keleton which give hape and trength to the hip. There are quarter , shop , communication way built within the metal keleton . The ga which does the liftin o- i carried in many eparat ga cell within the outer covering of the ntire hip. The e hip are the large t of th three typ .

Th liftin a u ed in the merican air hip i helium. Thi i li o-htly heavier than hydroa- n. which i the lighte t ga known.

I [ lium fortunately i ne f our few m n polie · and a l of ur natural re urce , that

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the nited tate ha a upply of thi in rt as.

The advantage of thi ''lazy'' ga out weight the eli advantage of it len ity. H) dr g n i inflanm1able and under certain condition v ry explo i,·e. In the de\'elopment of z pp I ins or rigid in ennan , the experimenter had to take precaution again t the e propertie of hydrog n. ailor had to wear felt hoe without nail to prevent park and no button which, by friction, might generate tatic electricity. The udclen eli charge of static electricity might ignite the ga .

The need to con erve the helium cau - d th' development of the balonet. Thi i a bao- of air within the bag of helium. The air i allowed to e cape or i cooped in a the ga expand r contract due to the change in air pr ure or temperature. \ s a blimp a cend the den ity of the air decrea e · which allows the confined o-a in the bag to expand. If ome mean of preventing expansion of the helium beyond the limit of the ela ticity of the bag were not provided, pr ciou helium would have to be valved off. 'o w when this point of expan ion i reached, air in th balonet i allowed to escape. A the temperature drops, contraction of the ga take place and then air is cooped into the balonet to increa e th' volume of the blimp and to pre ent th lo of altitude. \t present the nited tate ha no rio-id in ervice, but ongre ha adopted the " tepchild of the Navy'' by granting million to increase the number of blimp in ervice. Naval ir tations for lighter-than-aircraft are being developed in our coa tal area . Tho e who ar fortunate enough to live near the e ba e receive a thrill on the departure and return of the rubber ducks. The grace of them give them a beauty that i inde cribable. To watch one appear out of the darkne with it port and tarboar I light blinking a ignal to the tation cau e on ' pirit of patrioti m to grow trong b cau e ne realiz · that the men aboard have completed anoth r ta ·k of protecting our merchantmen.

The e naval men, both officer are c ntributing to our goal and aim-" :M TE I T RY"-by making it po ibl end uppli e through t our men wh are in 'Part nknown.' Their contribution i mea urable at pre ent becau e th ir ucc naval ecret. . t the cl e of thi war ,,. find that their work ha been out tanding and the information and data being collected n w in actual flight will a firm f undati n to build a commercial pr ram durin p ace time.

KITTY ll.\LE, Boston ... Jfltmnac.

NovEMBER, 1942

IN FRENCH QUEBEC "One flew east and one flew west.

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But this Alpha Sig hesitated between south to romantic 1exico City and north to quaint and picturesque Quebec. An airmail letter from the director of Laval U niversity we ighed the balances in favor of Quebec. L'abbe Parent, the director, vouched for my having a place to live while there, during the month of July. With this letter, I crossed the border with no difficulty, and the train sped me along through the beautiful green countryside toward Quebec.

On the train from Montreal, where the coaches were more than half filled with men and women in religious garb and where all the announcements were made in both E ngli sh and French, I began to realize that Quebec province is a foreign country.

A taxi driver, directed in a mi xture of French and English, took me to the office of U ni versity Laval where Monsieur L' Abbe Pa rent exp lained he had sent a man to meet me at the station, but that the man was perhaps handicapped in recognizing me because he wa lookin g for " un monsieur." He had fai led to notice the "MII e." which I had written before my name, having received enough letter addre eel to Mr. Racine Spicer to make me careful. fter enrolling in several cour e (a ll courses there are given entirely in French ), I went with M. L'Abbe who per onall y cond ucted me to a "pension" (a home in a private family where I could have room and break fa t.) I had said that I preferred to live near the Un iver ity, and t hi pension on Rue Laval was ju t a couple of quick turns a round the corner , practically like li ving on the campu . this i in the ve ry old part of the city ( just a block from the Ramparts), all the streets are very narrow a nd very seldom traversed by automobiles. The nly touri ts we ever saw in ou r neighborhood were those who had engaged the driver of a "caleche," a hi gh, open vehicl e omewhat like ur old-fashi oned buggy, to show them the picture JUe and hi storic spots of old Q uebec. lt give one quite an odd feeling to h ar som ne pointing out as "a place of interest" the very street and bui lding wh re on liv s. Dut fo r me th r al thrill, which the e tourists wer seekin g perhaps, a me from living with t hese F rench peopl of uebec, fro m xp riencing what goes on beh incl th e wa ll s; not just lo king at the ut sid f th i r homes.

T anyone wh makes ven a li ght effort t speak their language ancl 3ppre ia t th ir way of !if , th Fren h p opl ( Q uebec a r unb -

lievably kind, considerate and generous. I found there the charm which I had found in Mexicothe mixture of F rench culture and the softening influence of the peaceful provincial life in the New World.

M. L'Abbe Parent had taken me to the home of M . and Mme. Andre Poulin, and their hebe Therese. Monsieur's famil y were among the first settlers of French Canada; there is even a plaque in their honor at the celebrated shrine of Sainte Anne de Beaupre not far from Quebec.

Madame is from Paris, having lived in Quebec only a few years . They both did every possible thing to make me happy whil e I was with them: little homey things like a piece of the fresh bluet pie mad e f rom the berries Madame had picked in the country, the free u e of their radio (almost all the programs there are in French and this was a great help to me), patient and encouraging conversation in French, and many little gifts which showed great consideration for what would be helpful and useful to me in improving my F rench or in teach ing: the libretto with words in F rench and in Engli sh to the ope ra Faust, the four Gospels in F rench, picture postcard , inag;zmes.

Everyone was kind to u "foreigner "; th o linen-shop lady where I bought some handerchi efs, the beauty operator, the fellow pa senge rs on the crowded train to Sainte Anne de Beaupre on the Sunday which i . Sainte A nne' special clay. Tops among nice people to many of us ni vers ity students wa one of our professors, M. Jacque Mordret, fo rm erl y from Pari who taught u diction. fter hi wearing days with our never-exactly- right French, he till had the patience to invite eve ral of us in group to hi s home in the evening. And uch a home ! uch trea ures ! 路 Have yo u eve r hand ! d parchment manu cripts 700 yea rs old? and fir t ed itions of ra r books? nd admi r d to your heart s content beautiful old han 1-can路ed P rench furniture? ll.i is from hi s ancest ral home in No rma ndy. nd th en afte r an ev nin g to glori ously f ull to bel iev (all in F rench, r member), there was still mor : mu ic and mov ies. M. Morclt路 t i an exp rt photograph r ; in fac t 'vve, hi s tudent', came to beli ve th at he can do anyth ing: drawing, painting, publi c p aking, p et ry ports. ( H e took us can ein rr on b autiful La 13 auport a few mil es from _ uebec 'ity- but that is anoth r story.)

T h lJn iv rsity Lava l a rra ng cl d lightful trips a nd ex u r ion fo r us. Eve ry T hm--clay uch aft rn on was giv n ov r t 路 thcs trip , t

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place a : ainte Anne de Beaupr ·, the i land of rlean where life i till v ry much a it wa in the 17th century, Lac Beauport, a beautiful peaceful ummer re ort and al o a winter kiinrr re ort. ne Thursday wa of double interest: we visited an old mi ion to the Huron Indians where arc till many robe , ves el and object f art given to the mi ion by King Loui XI\ of France, and to the rphanage of iffard where the chi! lren put on a delightful program in our honor and then after a tour of the rphanage, the sister erved refre hment provid d for u by the Ministry of Public In truction. It made us feel as though we were a part of a ort of good-will tour.

The reputation of the "good time " and the

work offered by Laval in the July umm r-cour·e mu t have pread. There wer ome ten r fifteen per on , who were not teacher , nrolled there to pend their two-w ek 'acation . ne girl from cotland, nO\ working in Toronto, lived at the hiiteau Frontenac; \ called her our plutocrat among tudent (and eag rly accepted her invitation to come to vi it her in her ca tie.) f cour e everybody met on unday and in th evening on the Promenade, the Board \ alk back of the hiiteau which overlook the river.

Everybody goe · the e to ee everybody el e. ' u revoir, I'll ee you next ummer in u bee." ( lthourrh next ummer may have to b po tponed until after the war.

DR. R.\CI E PI ER.

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News Letters-Alumnae Chapters AKRON, OHIO

ALVA, OKLAHOMA

It hardly seems possible that summer has sped gayly along-leaving in its wake, fall, and the beginning of a new year for the Akron A lpha Sigs.

But before we allow you to glimpse into our future, let us give you an idea as to what we did since last you heard from us.

First of all we elected our officers in May . We're certain you aren't acquainted.

So-proudly we present: Lillie Greer, President; Marjorie Miranda, VicePresident; Beth Washko, Secretary and PHOENIX Correspondent; Lucile Adamson, Treasurer ; Martha Young, Historian.

In June, the Canton A S A's invited us to a tea held at the home of Mrs. William Marsh . The appointments, in sorority colors,· were positively beautiful.

We wondered if the Canton girls noticed our enormous appetites . Most of us did try hard to conceal our failings but our driving around fo r so long made us ra ve nous. (Perhaps, here we should mention that we Akron girls have difficulty in reading maps . We spent most of the afte rnoon looking for Mrs. Marsh's home.)

Our last meeting was a stork shower fo r Helen Snyder. It was fun to see Helen's face as she opened the wrappings which hid the tiny garments.

The big thrill of the evening was the cutting of the cake during the refres hments. As Hel en inserted the knife, the strain s of " Rock-a-Bye-Baby" came from the cake. (Judy Brucken gets cred it fo r that novel idea .)

Oh yes! Now the Akron Alpha Sigma Alpha Alumn~ Chapter proudly introduces Leonard Franklin Snyder, Jr., born July 13, weighing in at six pounds nine and one-half ounces. This blonde, blue eyed baby boy captivated Helen a nd Leonard; so they have coaxed him to tay .

Now for a g lance into the crystal ball. Our meetings for the coming year sound intri guing .

W e see ourselves bu sily plannin g a n old-fashioned H allowe'en party. (We'll tell you abo ut it later.) Each of us is expected to bring some scrap to annihilate a Ja p. hri stmas, with our C hild Gu id ance Proj ect to work upon, seem s aimost at hand. (More news 1n the f uture.)

Founders' D ay will find us dining at the Woman's C ity lub.

We aren't forgetting friend Hubby this year either. W e'll enterta in him at a Pot Luck Dinner.

St. Valentine's Da y lend s itself to a rom anti c party. W e Alpha Sigs are susceptibl e.

But with all thi s fun, we aren't shirking our duti es . W e are doing a nd wi ll do more, war work. herrio,

Aren't we fortunate to live in these United States?

A land where love and justice, and a sisterhood like ours still exist ? As we look about us, there are so many problems to face, nationally, locally and personally, yet there is much to give us strength, and faith to meet these problems with a determination to g ive of our very best! America offers so much! In these times it is not only our duty, but our privilege to prove the worth of our democratic way of life. It is in this spirit that the Alva Alumn ~ group is " carrying on."

Husbands and sweethearts are in the Service of our country. At this w riting, G ilberta Stiles Rusco is visiting Ray in the State of W ashington. Phyllis Card Rhea is in Alva w ith her parents while her husband is in the Service. Thelma Halstead Hill and three children spent the summer with her parents on a farm near H ardtner, a nd she is now teaching music and Spanish in W aurika, Oklahoma, High School. H er husband is a Chaplain in the Air Corps in Great Britai n. Eli zabeth Green Sweeney's husband has a nswered his call to the colors, so Elizabeth is w ith her parents for the present. Helen Walke'r White is in W ashington State near Leon, who's in the Service. Doroth y Certain Capper, elected as secretary this year, resig ned to go w ith her husband w ho is in a ca mp in Cali forn ia. Dorothy Harzma n's fiance reported fo r naval trai ning in late September.

Katherine Lowther Nunnelee's husba nd is in the Navy, and she is near him in Cali fo rni a.

During the summer, Alva A lumn ~ enjoyed a "Sack" Supper at the home of our newly elected President, Mrs. Arthur Lane, better known to us as Lorinda. The group honored Eva Wood (Mrs. Charles) who has moved to W ichita to make her home. H er husband is employed in the Boeing A irpla ne Factory. At the summer meeting we were hap py to have L enore Shafer, music teacher in Roswell, New Mexico. Lenore spent the summer in A Iva with her mother.

T he September meeting wa held at the home of Ed na Donley with Luell a [-larzman acting as cohostess . The evening was spe nt play ing Rook with "Victory corsages" going to Mrs. Will Lane and Mrs. May Rodgers. Following th game Mrs. L ane presented a far well g ift to Miss lm a Loi Rogers a nd dedi cated two solos, "Fri end o' Mine," and "Sunhine," to her. Alma Loi s completed the G irl Scout Orientation Course at Stanford University, Palo A lto, thi s ummer, following her employment as • x cutive Secretary of irl Scout ouncil of Mu skogee, Oklahoma. The week th at Alm a Lois spent h re b tween Palo A lto a nd Mu skog e, mu ch of: her time w as spent resigning from her many !uti s. h h II the posts of Physical • d u ation Tnstructor at Northwestern State oll ege, PHOEN IX E ditor, K appa D Ita Pi President, Wood s ounty hairman of A meri an

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Red ro Fi rst Aid . A . U . W. Parliamentarian and Registra r of Iva Girl cout ouncil. he has been interested in scouting fo r yea r and has done much to influence this work in and around Iva. From Muskogee she writes that besides her white troop , there are active egro a nd Indian troops, and two troops in the chool fo r the Blind . We in Alva, shall miss her fo r she was not only a ve ry active and valuable Alpha Sig, but also a booster fo r the College and comm unit y activities a nd a friend to many graduates of orthwest rn w ho looked to her fo r counsel. Our loss is Muskogee's gain and we know that she wi ll continue her interest in Alpha Sigma Alpha.

Mable C hew became the bride of Ollie Smithson, on ugust fo urtee nth. They have established their home in Alva, and our best wishes for a most happy married li fe goes to b0th of them.

V ev ia n Chew Reed and sm all son joined Leona rd in their new home at Aline. Mr. Reed is employed in a lumber yard there.

Miss Ethel Albright, hostess at Shockley Hall, is recovering from a major operation. She is housemother to sixty-fi ve girls, whose interests she has at heart.

Our own Miss Minnie Shockley spent the month of August visiting with her brother and family at Salt Lake City. They made a trip into California before Miss Shockley returned to her duties at orthwestern State College. She is ever the confidant and advise r of all u s Alphas, and we Alumn;e lean on her as much as the Actives do.

Dr. Racine Spicer spent a most pleasurable, as well a valuabl e, summer in Quebec, where she studied at Laval University .

E rl Lene Cline, as istant in the Commerce D epartment at Northwestern State College, has resig ned to accept a position with the Carter Oil Company, at Tulsa. How she will be missed by A lumn<e and ctives alike! Jonnie Lane finally decided she didn 't wa nt to be a ommerce instructor. She has accepted a position with the Pure Oil Company at Tulsa. Jonnie and E rl Lene have an apa rtment at 1 29 Boston, a nd write that they are enjoy ing thei r work. They will be g rand members fo r the Tul a lumn<e hapter.

Fifteen lumn;e hared w ith acti vities in their fifth annual Black Dia mond Rush Dinner, held in the lo ely home of frs. E. . Haines, Patroness .

W e were proud of the splendid way in which the gi rls entertained with a progra m, " ictory Games" and dancing. Everything wa simply lovely incl uding the ru hee a nd ne\ sponsor.

Dorothy Harzma n, Pauline H awo rth, Barbara ox a i ted in the initi at ion a rd , a nd Emogene service fo r the two ' orthy actives ea rl y in October, at the home of Mrs. Holli W arrick, Patrone s. \ em Leepe r ulli on (M rs. Je 0.) and her huband and on ha\'e moved to fu lvane Kan a , where Le i uperintendent of chool . he write that they like it ver much.

Dorothy cripsic is teaching at Logan, ew Mexico and Anna Mae Hou eholder our accordioni t, i teaching at Lambert klahoma. Mary race ewlun is teach ing at Black\ ell , Oklahoma.

Pauline H aworth is here, at present but return this month to Cincinnati, Ohio, ' here he i tud . . mg mustc.

Leota L eeper a nd Dori Bennett a re both work ing in Enid thi s fall, and have a n apartment t gether. s we write this we a re addened by the new that the mother of Eula Callison i ve ry low. Our best wis hes for her speedy recovery to E ula a nd her mother.

And, now, as we close, may we expre the prayer that peace will enter the hearts of all peoples in every land, and that our loved ones in the ervice of the Country will be protected wherever they a re.

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Sunday morning, ugu t 9 1942, the H eavenly Father called home our lovely ue Edwards Trenary . he had not been well for some time, but he wa apparently feeling better a nd had been in Iva all day Saturday. Early unday morning he sufTered a hea rt attack and di ed within an hour.

The Alva lumn<e shall miss ue very much for he wa a loyal sorority worker a nd her ready helpfulness combined with her cheery smi le and unu ual wit made her regul ar atte nda nce a reay joy. he ' a read and willing to do what he could to prolpha igma lpha activi ti e , and the al ummote he conn;e group met at her home once a yea r. tinued to boo t amma amma chapter at all time .

Her life was one to " hich we ca n look ' ith much re pect. We all loved her o ve ry much and our

NovEMBER, 1942 sympathy goes to her husband and four-year-old son, and to her brothers and sisters.

Mrs. Trenary was born and educated in the Alva community. She received her Bachelor of Science degree in Home Economics from Northwestern State College, where she was prominent in campus activities. Through her debate work she earned the right of membership in Pi Kappa Delta, national debating fraternity. She was also a member of Kappa Delta Pi. Sue ta4ght several years in Alva High School, where she coached winning debate teams, worked with Girl Reserves, and assisted with other school actiVIties. In August, 1931, she m arried Ralph Trenary and they made their home on a farm near Alva. Both Sue and Ralph were active in American Legion activities, and Sue was a past-president of the Auxiliary at Alva and at Capron.

Sue was initiated into Gamma Gamma in 1920, and was National Chairman of Sorority Studies from 1921 to 1926. She attended the national conventions held in Kansas City and Chicago. There are m any Alpha Sigs throughout the country who knew Sueand to know her was to love her. Although we shall miss her, she leaves with us many pleasant memories and associations, for which we are grateful.

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our efforts on doing our part. More later abo ut this when plans are a bit more definite.

One thing that seems to be definitely on the up is Dan Cupid's business. Several Alpha Sigs have plighted their troth this summer, and some of them are following the Army and Navy around as well.

Annette Pausewang Gruber is now in Virginia; Ruth Albright Leslie has journeyed to Mississippi; and Joan Rick Moore is far out West in California. Next in line is our cute little big sister of last year, Betty Jean Williams, whose big day is November 21Stand then on to North Carolina!

Just a bit in retrospect now because you must know about the grand June picnic we had at Ruth Ward 's lovely home. There were about forty of us there and our brides and grads were guests of honor.

Both the scholarship award and the award for outstanding contributions in extracurricular activities were presented to Carol Frazee this year. Congratulations plus, Carol!

From listening around a bit I've concluded that we all had a busy summer with fun scattered here and there but nevertheless are very glad to get back to town and meet w ith that "old gang of ours."

DoROTHY YORK, Editor.

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CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS H ere we are again , greeting each other after our summer vacation. W e of the Boston Alums started the fall season with a bang at the home of Ellen Owen D aly in Belmont. After the business meeting we spent a good part of the afternoon in getting reacquainted with each other, telling how we had spe nt our summer, and relating ou r future plans. Many of us are doing war work or taking courses in add ition to our regular tasks, so we anticipate a busy year. One of us has JOined the W AA S, two have applied to the WAVES, one has been rece ntly married, and another has a new baby. So you see, the Boston Alums have not been id le. Of course, we ate while we talked . The refreshments were g rand.

Our plans for the year include a party fo r the Actives and Pledges, which we call "Fun with the Alums," a penny sale, a supp r meeting where book reviews will be featured, a meeting devoted to war work, an evening at the Cinema, a white elephant sa le, and a visual ed ucation meeting. It has been said you shouldn 't mix bu siness with pleasure, but we are goi ng to try it, and I'll bet we'll be succes ful!

Signing off now till the next News L etter.

ETTA CHRISTIANSEN.

BUFFALO, NEW YORK Once aga in fa ll has roll ed a roun ~l a nd .with it new ideas h ve issued forLh to promise a n Interesting and worthwhil e r942-43 seaso n. So me. of our usual socia l hi g hli g hts are goi ng to fade mto the ba kground for th e cluration whil e we co nce ntrate

If we should head all news items as "Alpha Sig Alumn<e in War Activities" it would probably include the general emphasis of our time, energies and thoughts.

W e hea r that: Ali ce Hart Beaver and her two children are now living nea r Indi anapolis where her husba nd is stationed training cadet .

Mary Wilson Aungst has moved back to Harrisburg with her two sons and lives within fo ur blocks of her parents. Her hu sband is now a Chaplain in the Army.

Kathryn Seltzer, former Executive ecretary fo r the Girl Scouts in Lancaster has gone as Reel Cross Home Service Director fo r Vermont a nd New Hampshire and is most enthu siastic about this new work.

Barbara Gish Ca rney is now in our midst aga in , ity where ' her hushaving moved back to York band is in defense work .

Ann Slifer spent a brief time in Penn State this summer taking some specia l work in Physical Educa tion.

Virginia Hoffman spent a busy summer being "A unt Virginia" to a new ni e e. She recuperated at A tl a nti c C ity and is on th job again .

Gera ldine Smith spe nt the summer at New York University where she pursu ed work in music education.

Merrie! Jea n Nissley was married this summ r at Florin. Meeting for our group thi yea r in fa e of wide g orgraphic distances will probably b ca ncell ed and in their stead, sma ll g roups will meet for luncheons on shopping clays, tc. Already sev ral

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in and about Lancaster have planned to meet for luncheon aturday noon the fir t aturday in ovember. Thus we ave tires, save ga and save our A A charter!

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CHICAGO, ILLINOIS lumna: of Alpha igma Alpha 路 living m the Chicago area held their first meeting of the fall on aturday, October 3rd, in the arcissus Room at Marshall Field & Company. All agreed it was good to be together again and that in this particular year most of our joy in life would come from association with friends, rather than from "going places and doing things." onversation centered about the war and the various activities in which the girls are engaged. A hurried survey of the group indicated that all are doing some sort of volunteer war work. elle Raney is a good example of the lady of leisure making her contribution. She is chairman of the salvage committee for her block which contains over 200 families, and she visited each of them personally in her effort to get in the scrap. She has been at work on her home front, too, and you would never believe that a city apartment could hold the number of quarts of food which she has canned this year.

Jeanne Ramsey has a variety of activities to her credit, too. In addition to being active in her local block organization, she held a job this summer as an accounting clerk for the Sinclair Refining Company, replacing a man who was called into service. he's back in school now, but in her pare time she is coaching boys for the mathematical part of their examination for going into special branches of the service.

Dorothy Master is donating to the blood bankand getting fat doing it, she says. She work hard on bond sales, too, and serves one night a week at the Travelers' id desk in one of the railroad stations.

The Chicago ervice Men's Center claim the en ' ices as ho tess one night a week to Carolyn Millard, who also works in communications in the OCD effort of her employer.

It was wedding bells in June for Ethel Llewellyn, and from all accounts the wedding was a very lovely one indeed. During the summer Louise tewart gave a recipe showei for her, and if he doesn't make a Ia cook it certainly won 't be the fault of the re t of u who gladly gave up cheri hed family secret to help her along .

One luncheon i n't a very long time in which to gather accounts of ever one' summer unl e~ one in i t on directing the con versation, and that didn 't seem to be the th ing to d . ext time we'll sit near orne of the oth r a nd tell ou about them.

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CLEVELAND, OHIO On eptember 12th, fifteen of u met a Higbe ' Ontario Room for a luncheon and style hO\ aml gab. Would you like to hear the bit of new your reporter gathered?

Topping all for romantic intere t wa the announcement of fabel chilling's marriage to ~fau颅 rice Blanchard in ugust. We' e all liked that couple for a long time, o we are wishir.g them much happiness. dam Stewart practically inherited a Zoe and booming country store busines in Columbu Grove, Ohio, so before many of us knew it they had moved away. We are going to miss them.

Bette Madi on Furness followed Georgie to his government position in Louisiana. There's another good Cleveland ASA gone a~tray.

Leta Crawford's olde t boy enlisted in the armed forces in August. Bob is typical of the fine type of young man who is responding to the call. da Harvey's hu band Bill, has enli ted a a 2nd class petty officer in the Coast uard. We are hoping he will be stati<med in this vicinity. There is a rumor he will be. They had a good vacation at their camp in Canada before he left.

Ruth Duffey spent her vacation in South hade town, Ohio. Georgia Turner and Ethel Goddard were also at their homes in southern Ohio.

Bernie De Tchon took a couple of lake vacation this summer, one at Geneva, and another at Port Huron.

Ruth Vorhees took care of the peach ituation.

She started canning outhern peache and worked her way north. We say it's good they don't raise that fruit at the orth Pole, or she would never get to sorority meetings.

Betsy Besse didn't leave town this summer. he was making plans for fall. She i the newly elected chairman of the membership committee of the Foreign Affairs Council of Greater Cleveland.

Martha Borch took her vacation staying right on her own ground. Who wouldn't with a lake a tone's throw from the front lawn.

Ginny Carpenter had her vacation at home with her family. She is away the greater part of the year, teaching in Warren, Ohio, you know.

Helen and Garry arrington have spent the urnmer looking for a house to buy. They found one in Cleveland Heights and are now all settled.

We saw several s during our vacationing around Ohio including Elizabeth oodwin, Juanita Teft John on and Eleanor Lloyd avi from Delta Delta, and Jean Da i Godfrey micron Isn't it fun to renew college tie ?

W e wondered where we I ft off o long ago in telling you of our meetings.

In 1 fay, [abel hilling entertained at lun heon.

Dr. Dina Ree an upervi ing Director of ain Park Theater, wa the peaker. By the wa we old ticket for that theater which i the mo l out tanding ope n air theater in the n1ted tate . It bring

NovEMBER, 1942 talent from Hollywood , New York, and in between for its community shows during the summer season.

The June meeting took place at the Besse home.

After lunch we had the election of officers and a business meeting. The following were elected: President, Augusta Besse; Vice-President, Helen Carrington; Secretary, Ada Harvey; Treasurer, Georgia Turner; PHOENIX Correspondent, Lora Jones Smith; Publicity Chairman, Ruth Vorhees; Ways and Means Chairman, Martha Borch.

At this meeting the decision was made to buy the bond for the Fellowship Fund. We feel justly proud of that accomplishment.

In July, the Fred Borch's and the Ron Smiths entertained the girls and their husbands, the "men's auxiliary," with a party at the Solon-Brier Hill Lake home of Fred and Martha.

We had a couple of extra-curricular parties this summer. In June we had a house warming for Bernie and Bob in thei r lovely new home. Bette Madison Furness, who had just returned from a vacation with her husband in Texas, shared honors with Bernie. Both girls received gifts from the chapter. Bette, you will remember, had married late this spnng.

In August, Bernie gave a party fo r Ginney w ho is making plans, though indefinite, for her marriage to Art Schwartz. We gave her a chicken fryer. That was a good party.

We will close this time by telling yo u Washington ASA's, that your loss was our gain w hen E ther Berkshire, Delta Delta, came to our September meettng. We hope she will be with us permanently.

LoRA

M. JoNES SMITH.

COLUMBUS, OHIO The last meeting of the summer was held at Pomerene Refectory, Ohio State University. After dinner the officers for the new year were installed: President . . . . . . . ... . . . . ... . .. Miss Helen Millikin Vice-President ... . . . . . ...... . . . . Mrs. Louis Bethard Secretary-Treasurer. . ......... Miss Ethel Wolfgram Corresponding Secretary . . .... Miss Rachel VanHook P 11 0 EN IX C orrespon d en t ..... . . .. . Mrs. Cla ra Teller . 't y Ch atrman 路 P u bl ICI ......... . . .. Mrs. T helma G li ck Program hairm an .. . . . .... Mr . Kathryn Rousculp Assista nt Program hai rman .... Mrs. Violet Roush Ethel Wolfgram acted as hostess fo r the fir t meeting of the new year with arrol T ibbals and Leota Marion assisting. The meeting was devoted to reports on the summer activities of the member . At this writing the li st o( summ er activ iti es is in complete. Reports of these wi ll be included in th e next ISSLI(; ,

DENVER, COLORADO Our last meeting in the spring was held in late May at Helen Hay's home. Summer was in the air and everyone talked of a tire conserving vacation.

Mildred Shenandoah, Beta Gamma, and Wand a McCully, Sigma Sigma, were guests.

When we met again in early September the summer's privations were mild compared with the winter's promised rationing. But we're taking it on the chin, gladly and wi llingly doing our part in the conservation effort. As we chatted we sewed afghan squares together and will display the completed afghans at the next meeting before they are presented to the Fitzsimmons General Hospital for veterans and Pearl H arbor wounded. Irene's new home is a perfect expression of her personality and we were l ~athe to leave its charm and the grand mountain V IeW.

Our plans for the year were seriously made, only four meetings this year but all to be well atetnded, they are : the Founders' Day luncheon during the Colorado Ed ucation Association, a Valentine party and a spring tea. W e're buying a $25 W ar Bond, knitting afg hans, saving cancelled stamps, worn hose.

A cooky committee is working out a schedule for a minimum of six dozen cookies each week to the U .S.O. for the duration. We're going into as many of the services fo r war agenci es as our individual li ves will allow and at the end of the year we hope to report real achievements.

Mrs. Clinton A. Berry, National Registrar, of Altadena, California, was our guest of honor, she will be in Denver several weeks with Mr. Berry who is here in the Office of Price Administration.

We welcomed Dorothy Edmiston, treasurer of Sigma Sigma chapter, en route to Gunnison for the opening fall session. Dorothy Hughes of Beta Beta and Alicia Mergleman of Sigma Sigma we were happy to have as new members. Dorothy is teaching at Wyatt School in Denver a nd Alicia is working at Lowry Field . There a re a dozen Alpha Sigmas who ha v come to D enver rece ntly and we hope to have thei r names on our alumna: chapter membership li st.

DES MOINES, lOW A The Des Moines Alumnre of Alpha Sigma Alpha met at the home of Grace Carve r for the May meeting. A good ly crowd of member and guests enjoyed the Aower a rrangement slides offered by Better Homes a nd Gardens magazine. The slides were very bea utifully colored and also instructive as to arrangement. Ida Marie Johnson seemed to b the best informed as to this for sh had a compl te li st of correct sli<.les a nd won the glass priz given by Fostoria. During refreshments we enjoyed hatting with and getti ng acqua inte<.l wi th our g uests.

We closed our year with a potluck picnic at th home of Rita el vey. O ur child ren were with u s making about twenty-three pr sen t. At the business

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meeting the nominating committee reported and we begin our fall season with the following officers.

President . . . . ..................... Albertine Geist Vice-President . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . .. Julia Butler ecretary-Treasurer . ............ . ..... Ida Johnson PHoE IX Correspondent .... . ....... Lillian Jacobson Early in the summer we enjoyed an evening party at the home of Fae Shawhan in honor of Perl Patterson of Waco, Texas. We hadn't seen her for several years and you can be sure our tongues went fast trying to catch up on "did you know" and "w here is she' news.

A few weeks later Dorothy Whitten entertained at a party for Laura Shipley of Sheldon. Laura i librarian in Sheldon and we surely spent a pleasant even mg.

Florence Harley entertained fo r Eula Fisher of Hamden, Connecticut. We were thrilled to hear about Eula's glass collection and also interested in details of defense work on the coast. Altogether we have een quite a lot of each other lately which makes us think more and more that it is a grand thing to be an Alpha Sig and that our friendship means more to us all the time.

What with things a~ they are I can't think of a single vacation that anyone took and went any disissly and her family tance. I believe Hildegarde went the farthest. They went almost to Okiboji and fished at a small lake. The farthest you r correspondent got was 63rd and University here in Des Moine .

Pauline Black was in the Arkansas early in the spring for a rest which wasn't exactly a vacation.

We have had one meeting this fall in September just as a get-together. We enjoyed a pot-luck supper at the home of Lillian Jacobson. ow that we have found out that Dorothy Whitten bakes perfectly delicious pumpkin pies all we need to do is try to have a Hallowe'en party or Thanksgiving spread and let her bake pies for us.

Plans for Founders Day are already begun. We are considering the idea of entertaining our mothers who are patronesses, at dinne r. Nearly every one of us is lucky enough to have our mothers here or very near Des Moines.

W e have been wondering if any Alpha Sigs are here in Des Moines with the WAACS. We would like to meet them if there are any. They are so scattered about the city it is a little difficult to look for them but if we knew add resses we could do it more ea ily. If there are let me know, and we will try to meet them.

LILLIA JACOB 0 .

DETROIT, MICHIGAN The Delta Phi chapter of lpha 1gma lpha in Detroit held the first meeting of the year on ctober at the home of sther prague in Huntington v ood . The a s1 ting ho tes e were Marjorie hapel Hazel Baker, and ara Jane Bumgardner. ara Jane, our new president pre ided at thi meeting for the fir t time. Due to the anticipated ga o-

line rationing the orority decided to hold all sub equent meetings for the current year downtown, pr bably at the Women s ity Club. It i hoped that thi change from having our meetings in the hom of the various members will not tend to make the e gatherings le s sociable.

We are confidently looking forward to a very successful year under the leader hip of the following officers: President .... . ............. ara Jane Bumgardner Vice-President .. ... ........ . ....... Marian Martin Trea urer .... . ....... . .. . ........... Hazel Baker Corresponding ecretary .......... I abell Butterfield Recording Secretary and PHOE IX Correspondent ......... Kathryn Buching r

INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA My election to the office of PHoE IX Correspondent has provoked a slight feeling of nostalgia. Ju t fourteen years ago I held the same office wrote about the same events, the same people. As I write thi article in September, 1942, I am brought close to the reali zation that the years have brought many chances to our g roup. ew members have been welcomed; old ones have new names with " Mrs." attached; orne have g randchildren, others new babies; children have grown up and are in high school路 some have married while others are serving their country. Through the years we of the Indianapoli lumn<e Chapter have long with shared one another's joys and sorrow . our individual growth has come the growth of our national sorority. As I look through the Pt-IOE IX, I realize that it too has grown with the years, ye grown to a magazine of distinction. o it is with fear and foreboding that I now prepare another article for the PHoE IX. We held our last meeting of the 1941-1942 ea on at the home of Julia Gerlach. It is always difficult to get down to business at Julia 's house. he ha a typical early American colonial home and one can't resist looking around and exclaiming. The meeting opened with the impressive installation service. The following officers were installed by enevieve Leib: President ..................... Wilma Mae Wolf Vice-President . . . . . . . . . . . . ... Geraldine Holten Reco r~ing ecretary . . . . . . . . . . . ue nn Messing Corresponding ec retary . . . . . . . Martha tuckey Treasurer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Margaret chofield PHoE IX orrespondent . . . . . . . . . . . Jane McDavitt The report on our Red ros Unit wa very interesting. The unit wa organized in Jndianapoli last January. We have gi en 1,977 hour of work devoted to the sewing of baby gown romper suits, girl kirts fir t aid bandage et and knitting of numerous article includin an afghan. We are indeed grateful to (arie Kingdon who made it po ible for u to meet once a week in her home for thi Red ro s work. Wanda amble ugge ted that we chang our meeting date to the econd aturday

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afternoon of each month, rather than on Monday evening. She was certainly looking toward the future at the time. We all realize now that our automobile driving will be limited and that it will be much easier to go by bus or trolley in the afternoon.

The meeting closed with a recording of a talk by one of Alpha Sigma Alpha's fo unders, Mrs. Louise Cox Carper. It is most inspiring and the record should be played often .

The September meeting was held at the home of Genevieve Leib with Adelaide McCarty as assistant hostess. In the absence of the president, Wilma Mae Wolf, the meeting was called to order by VicePresident, Gerry Holton. She read a passage from the rst Corinthians to open an inspiring service of rededication and loyalty to our sorority.

Letters of resignation from two of our new officers were read, with much regret. Wilma Mae has taken a position at Allisons Engineering in the accounting department. She will have to forfeit some of the time which she ordinarily devotes to pleasure and the Indianapolis Alumna: will be among those who will miss her charming personality. Martha is teaching school in Attica, Indiana. W e will certainly be lost for awhile without her bright young face but we realize that teaching is her profession and, therefore, more intriguing than office work.

Geraldine Holton was elected president, Lena Grumme, vice-president, and Wilma Mae corresponding secretary. Gerry announced the following committee chairmen:

Grumme spent some of their time at their summer homes at Lake James and Lake Wawasee. Dorothy Karrman had her usual trip home to Madison, Indiana and then a vacation in Chicago at the Edgewater Beach Hotel. Helen Emick spent two weeks in Miami, Florida, and came home with a gorgeous tan. Genevieve Leib entertai ned her son, Bill, home on leave from duties with the Army Air Corps at Santa Anna, California. Marie Kingdon bravely said goodbye to her son, Victor, who is now stationed at Fort Claiborne, Louisiana, a 2nd li eutenant. Marie has been so busy with the Red Cross and the National Defense Speakers Bureau, that we scarcely see her. Berneice Lamb had a lovel y vacatio n in Northern Wisconsin, which included a trip to "The Dells."

Eloise Proctor had a real southern vacation. She went to Montgomery, Alabama, for a week and stayed so long we thought she had established permanent residence. Helen Noblitt visited her brother, who is stationed in T exas, with the Army Med ical Corps. Letha Gaskins has been very busy painting sti ll more beautiful pictures, and Jean McCammon continued all of her many activities. I believe if she were to write an account of "Her Day" it would be as full and as varied as that of Eleanor Roosevelt.

As I look back over this account of summer activiti es it calls to mind an old victrola record we had at home when I was a child, "No News or What Killed the Dog." Perhaps I will have calmed down a little by the time my second article is due.

Helen Lortz ...... . .................... . Publicity Berneice Lamb .. . .... ..... .. ....... ... . Magazine Evelyn Hall . . . ........ ... .... . .. .... .. . Courtesy Letha Gaskins ...... . ..... . ... ........... . .. Rush Esther Burge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Scrap Book Eloise Proctor . ..................... .. .. . Program

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We were very happy to welcome Miriam Wagner, formerly of Phi Phi chapter who has moved to Indianapolis from Mary ville, Missouri, and is employed at Eli Lilly's Pharmaceutical Company; Katherine Showalter, Theta Theta chapter, Boston, Mass., as well as Irene Shaeffer, hi Chi chapter, who has moved back to Indi a napoli s and is now Mrs. Ea rl Mason . If defense work or chance circumstance brings an Alpha Sigma .Alpha to Indianapolis, be sure to get in touch with the Indianapolis Alumn a: Chapter. Genevieve, Miriam, and Eloi se are going to Muncie for the rush party given by the Muncie Alumna: for the new girls entering Ball State Teachers College. I was unabl e to attend th e September meeting, therefore, I am not very well informed as to the summer activities of our mem bers. I do know , however, that there were quite a few "stay-at-homes ."

Some of them were very studiou s and attended sum mer school, others were engaged in various activities.

Evelyn Hall held open hou se at Dr. Brown 's stable for four or five weeks thi s summer after a nnouncin g, "the arrival of a colt Huckleberry to her favorite mount Raspberry." ue Ann Messing a nd Lena

J ANE M c DAVITT.

The spring rains may have dismayed some people, but they merely served as a theme for the ASA spring luncheon held in the Fiesta Room at the Ambassador Hotel, May 9th. The hostesses Marion Fischer, Evalyn Evans, Dulcie Calhoun, Ola Grimes, Marian Vai l, and Dorothy Kreek recalled the little rhyme, "April showers bring May flowers' and filled tiny colored celluloid umbrellas with all kinds of garden posies to serve as place cards. A larger umbrella filled with flow ers served as a centerpiece for the tabl e at which twenty-two guests were seated.

Following the luncheon a short business meeting was held and the install ation service written by Wilm:t Wilson Sharp was read for the new officers. The new board of directors is as follows: Preside nt, Ruth Grigsby; Vice-Preside t, M:trgaret Bryant ; Recording Secretary, Vera Salyer; Corresponding Seer tary, Evalyn Evans; Treasurer, Kathryn Keirns; Editor, Dorothy Kreek; Publicity C hairma n, Dorothy Clifton; Philanthropi c Ch:tirman, Dulcie alhoun; W:tys and Means hairman, Daphene openhaver路 Directory Chairman, E lea nor Sh:trp; Auditor, Kathryn Timberlake; and Honorary President, Rubye Waterbury.

Alpha Sigs mu st be partial to the number seve nteen, for on September 17th eve nt en girl s met :tt Eleanor harp's home for the first meeting of the season. Vel la McKean, Daphene openhaver, and Jerry Aitchison assisted Eleanor in 路 rving a d li iou s

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covered dish supper. ow eptember 17th may mean the signing of the Con titution of the United rates by the Convention in 17 7 to some people, but to the Alpha Sigma girls it meant celebrating Margaret Bryant's birthday-cake and all. A short board meeting was held preceding the regular m eeting at which resignations of Ruth Grigsby as president, Dulcie Calhoun as philanthropic chairman, and Evalyn Evans as corresponding ecretary were accepted.

Songs were sung at the regular meeting and Wilma and Esther gave short talks pn the Council meeting which was held in Chicago this summer. We were happy to hear of the Elizabeth Bird Small award for college girl that is to be offered in the future. The decision to make the fourth issue of the P1-10E IX into a song book this year was very interesting to all of us. The suggestion was made at the meeting that a central meeting place be selected this winter in read of meeting in homes as has been the custom. It is believed that our group will be larger if that is done, for no doubt it will be quite difficult for some of our girls to be with us otherwise since transportation is so uncertain.

Friends of our PHOENIX editor of last year, Marion Fischer, will be interested to know that Marion 's husband H., has enlisted as a chief petty officer in the United States Navy Athletic Program and left ugust roth for Norfolk, Virginia, for a nine weeks' training course under Commander Gene Tunney.

Anita Begole who is employed as chemist in the refinery of the Phillips Petroleum Company, Kansas City, Kansas, suffered acid burns on her face, arms and hands while in the company laboratory and was confined to the hospital for over two weeks.

A number of our members were school girls once again this summer. Mildred Hanthorn reports she had a wonderful summer in ew York attending school at Columbia University and seeing the current plays. Dorothy Hutchison was enrolled at Kansas City University and Mary Hamlin took a history course at Kansas University at Lawrence.

Margaret and Pete Bryant left for Big Win Inn, Lake of the Bay , Mu koka, Ontario, August 27th , and returned by way of iagara Fall on Labor Day. Margaret's bigge t thrill of the trip was seeing the quint in their playhouse at Callander. lice and Jerry Thomas have moved to Milwaukee where Jerry is chief engineer of the United States rubber plant. irg inia and ra\ ford Edwards announced the arri val of tuart L ee Ed' ard s on 1 fay 19th. H e weig hed eig ht pound s and ix a nd one-half ounce . ir ini a' ma iden name ' as tuart.

K aye dele Timberlake has a bab brother.

Kathr n a nd Fritz announced hi birth on Jul y 24th .

The yo ung ma n ' ei hed eight pound and four ounce a nd ' a named ott a n. \Varren burg gi rl s wi ll remembe r Kathr n a K athr yn \ a n Meter.

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MEMORI 1 'vVe wish to express our sincere sympathy for Kathryn Keirn , irginia Carder and their mother in the loss of their brother and son Frank 'Flahert .

He was reported missing the fourth of June. Frank was flying a dive bomber at Mid\ ay.

DoROTHY KREEK, Editor.

KIRKSVILLE, MISSOURI Hello lumn.e isters: The Kirksville chapter is being patriotic and saving rubber. Instead of starting off with a 'bang" we're making a gradual beginning so half our tire aren't left on the pavement. We all piled into a car and went to La Plata Mo. for our first meeting.

Dorothy Lewis was our hostess and a grand time was had by all. Very little busines wa discu ed but summer vacations and victory program were the topics of conversation for the evening.

This meeting of September 28th was the fir t meeting at which the new officers presided. They were elected ju t before the summer v cation o let me introduce them. Helen Campbell Young is our new very active president; Charlotte Hanson Whitman is our vice-president who is surely capable of taking over should Helen let us down; Jane Givens Rohweder, our newest little moth r is the secretary and treasurer; and yours truly who knows little about the sob sister lingo is your PHOEâ&#x20AC;˘ IX reporter.

As far as our membership rating is concerned there have been happenings in pairs-two marriage two babies (both boys-too bad for S ) and two good-byes. Elaine Gillum and Jeanette Monroe took the fatal step; Avis Wheatcraft- Lindley and Jane aGivens Rohweder became proud mothers while omi Bryden Adams and Marjory Robert bid us farewell. Congratulations to vis and Jane, happine to Elaine and Jeanette and lots of luck to Marjory and aomi.

Well "Cheerio," as our English allie would say, we've all got to get busy. There's a college chapter rummage sale next Saturday and "Rush eason " begins soon, but most important of all is the defense work to be done so-"Keep 'em flying" Alphas.

MARY

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LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA What to do when the PHoE IX correspond ent 2300 mile away from her chapter? It provide a rather limited vie\ of the ummer's happenings. ¡ My life for the past few weeks i like the book s read by tee n-age g irl , for now I am a "Professor' Wife," a nd it is trul y exciting . My marriage to Wil lard . Ander on occurred on ug u t 29 in Lo ngeles . fter a one-day honey moon, we left on ngele " for alpari o, the treamJiner ' ity of Lo Ind ia na a college to w n fi ft mile from hicago. incc then I ha e been lea rning to know of the ni ver it from the profe or' point of view a nd it is

NovEMBER, 1942 a very different one from the student's. It is great fun to be a guest of honor in the student's dining hall or at a sorority tea. Sororities and fraternities are very active here, but Valpo is not an elementary teacher-training institution, so I do not visuali ze a new ASA chapter.

Our Los Angeles Alumna: PHoENIX Correspondent, Gladys Ludlam Anderson, was married A ugust 29, and has moved to Valparaiso, Indiana, so I will take over until we can elect someone else.

To begin with, Gladys was married at the Wil shire Presbyterian Church, which was beautifully decorated, and the ceremony was most impressive.

Lois Downey and Marion Lee Jones of Xi Xi chapter attended Gladys. The reception was held at the Church, and then we sent the couple on their way with everyone's good wishes.

Esther Pease has gone into the W AAC . She had been head of the dance department at the San Diego State Teachers College for some time. Esther was very fo rtunate to be chosen as one of the seven women from the Los Angeles district, to go 路 into officers trammg. She is now a Second Lieutenant a nd I S working for her Captaincy.

Mrs. Ernest Bucher, forme rl y Win Eckman, is living in Arcadia now and has a six-month-old baby.

Doniece Rose Shark, living in Brawley has a fivemonth-old baby. Mrs. L. J. Abrams, formerly Betty Fellows is in Honolulu, and has a four-month-old baby.

Catherine Kelly is now Mrs. Earl Sa rge nt, and they have taken an apartment in Los Angeles. On July 26th Mrs. Walter L ewis had a baby boy, and on August 7th, Mrs. Charles Kuhn had a baby boy.

Ethel Tobin has been quite ill recently. She was in the hospital with a severe case of Au. Now she is up and around again though, and working hard in the garden of her new home in W est Los Angeles.

Julia Sparks, Nell Grant, and Catherine Hunsiker have all moved into new homes. All those lucky girls!

Marie Berry writes me from Denver; she see ms to jump around the country with her husband w herever the government sends him. In June she attended the National Counci l meeting in Chicago.

She also has been busy working on the Speakers Bureau for the Defense Council in Pasadena, a nd helping with air raid wa rden work.

Alth a D e Camp had a pleasant vacation traveling through the east. he returned to find her hu sband was preparing to leave fo r Central America for the duration. [ just learned that Barbara Held is back from Bakersfield w here she has been working. W e will be glad to have her at meeting aga in.

Our next meeting w ill be at Li lli an Heindri ck's hom e in an Fernando on October roth . W e are looking forward to a barbecue. L illi an and her faJ~l 颅 ily went back for a visit to her form er hom e Jn olorado.

Lo l S I'. I !J N D I'., President.

MARYVILLE, MISSOURI Our officers for the year are as follows: President . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... Harriet Lasell Ray Vice-President .. Isabel Stalcup Secretary ............ . ... Sue White Treasurer . . . ... Martha Jane Hamilton PHoENIX Correspondent . . . ... Ruth Lawrence The officers met at Isabel Stalcup's home on September 30 to make plans for the year.

The first meeting will be on October 16. This will be our Annual Founders' Day Luncheon during the Northwest District Teachers Meeting. Loretta Milner and Ruth L awrence are hostesses.

November hostesses are Sue White, Martha Jane Hamilton, and Harriet Ray. The meeting will be at Harriet's new home in the country.

In January Mrs. Albert Kuchs and Isabel Stalcup wi ll entertain us with a card party.

The February meeting wi ll be a book review with Lela Bell , Mrs. J. W. Jones, and Mary Kurtz as hostesses.

Our March meeting will be a potluck supper with the active chapter as guests. Hostesses are ArDell Dinsdale and Mrs. Clun Price.

In April our hostesses will be Mary Margaret Phares, M rs. F. M. Townsend, and Ludmilla Wier.

W e will entertain Senior Alpha Sigs in May. Mildred Maier and Inez Lewis are to be hostesses.

Mi s Inez Lewis is the new sponsor of the Active Chapter. She is teaching in the Commerce Department at the College. She is a former Kirksville girl.

Hel en Ga ugh Breidenthal is now li ving in St. Joseph where her husband is music instructor in Central Hig h School.

E lin or Crater g raduated from the U ni versity of Mi ssouri this summer.

On July 29, Margaret Jane Vogt was married to Gene Edwa rd Hi ett. Mr. Hi ett is coach in the high school of Stanberry, Mi s ouri . oleen Huiatt was ma rried to Ensign Stanley Miller on August 19 at the Shiloh Chu rch, near Mound City . Colee n g rad uated from S. T. C. last spnng. .

Marjorie Perry Person is now li ving at Langley Field, Virginia, w here her hu sband, Captain Person, is statio ned.

Dorothy Russell Dahlquist ha rece ntly moved to Kitsa p, Washington .

Margaret Know O lson is head of the tra vel department of North American Aviation ompany, Kansas C ity, Kansas.

Vada li se r Kinvill e has recen tl y moved back to her home in hevy C hase, Maryland. The address is 4523 Stanford treet. She had bee n li vi ng in New York for severa l month s.

Betty mall ey IS working in St. Joseph .

F atherin Gray Mountjoy is tea hing mu sic and Engli 路h in the high sc hool of uilforcl, Missouri.

Mary Margaret Phares is t achi ng in T:~rkio.

THE Susan Foley was married on eptember 26 to Wayne Taylor of Oklahoma City: Mr. Taylor i a civilian instructor in the rmy tr Corps there.

Priscilla nn Feagen wa married this Ia t summer to Frank almon in a military wedding.

Winifred Todd Christie is moving back to Maryville soon. We are looking forward to having her in our alumn<e group.

Jean Patrick is teaching in Webster Gro es, Missouri. Jean received her Masters degree from orthwestern University this summer.

Barbara Zeller, Alum president last year, is now working on her Masters at Iowa Univer ity.

Mary Wray Kurtz is a Republican State Committee Woman from the Third District.

In May Mrs. Sharp came to Maryville for initiation. Our patronesses ente rtained M rs. Sharp, the ctives, Initiates, and Alumn.e with a lovely breakfast at Hotel Linville following the initiation.

RuTH LAwRENCE.

NEW YORK CITY, N. Y. The New York Alumn<e chapter got back into the "groove" at a luncheon on October 3, at the Colonial Tea Room on 48th Street, downtown New York. Ou r President, Em Frost, took over the meeting after luncheon. By the way, guess we didn't ~ell you who our new officers are . Well, here they are: Em Frost, President; Billie Barrett, Vice-President; Lenore Fagerstrom, Second Vice-President; Martha Morse, Secretary; Gladys Kaiser, Treasurer; and Betty McGrath PHoE IX Editor. But, back to the October meeting. It was decided to spend some time after each meeting doing Red Cross work-sewing on garments, or rolling bandages (for those who have to keep away from the button hole department). It's going to be a lot of fun anyway, added to the fact that it will enable us as a group to contribute ornething more to the war effort along with our bond campatgn.

In the good ole days, the . Y. Alums thought nothing of galloping from ew Rochelle to ew Jersey, or from the wilds of the Bronx to sixty mile out on Long Island for a meeting, but, that's out for the duration . With the tire and gas shortage we've decided to hold all of our meeti ngs either downtown, or within ubway distance of downtown. o many of our gals have become army wives we're "afeered" our attendance will be smaller than it wa Ia t year.

By making our meetings centrally located, we hope to make it possible for all the aturday out-of-town hopper to buzz-in, ay hello, and find out "w hat's cooking" with the ew York !urn . ur program for the year \ a ent out to all of our member o \ e know in advance \ hen the meeting are to be held.

V.,Te ure hated giving up our ex-prexy Marion hapter Thoma Balding to the Buffalo lumn.e but our lo was their ain. [arion aid he wa gotn home to Buffalo for the duration becau e

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Buffalo wa closer to hubby Lt. Balding \ ho i tationed in Panama. Could be! ould be! nnette Pausewang Gruber i li ing in trgll1tJ with her new hu band Lt. I. Gruber-and we mt her too.

We were so sorry to hear that Billie Barrett, KK, lost her ister this ummer.

Guess we've covered all the new until our ovember meeting at Martha Mor e's in Fore t Hill ,

L.I. Before we sign off, if any of you know any tra Alpha Sigs now living in or around ew York ity will you drop a line to Mrs. Donald Fro t 6r35 Eighty-Fir t Street, Elmhurst, Long Island-cau e we're always glad and extra special anxious to welcome new members to our group.

BETTY J. M GRATll.

PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA Philadelphia Alums who are going to the top 111 their careers: Phoebe Maxfield is now Director of Resident tudents at the University of Pennsylvania.

Margaretta Schenbecker is now teaching Home Economics at Swarthmore High School, warthmore, Pennsylvania besides being their Cafeteria Dietician.

Two of our girls are working at the Interceptor Command. Peggy Baummert and Marjorie Seeley are doing a fine job for Uncle Sam. Our 1941-1942 Recording Secretary, Jean McKay, has now decided she would be a secretary for Uncle Sam for the duration. Jean has joined the W C' .

Gertrude yce, a Kappa Kappa girl who has been teaching in India for several ye~rs is now studying Hindustan at the University of Montreal, Canada.

Engagement congratulations go to Betty Hardy and Ensign Ralph Skinner, U.S.N.R.

PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA The Pittsburgh Alumn;e Chapter had their first meeting September 26, at the home of Kay Davey, our past president. This meeting was in the form of a luncheon followed by a business session. Bertha Catterall was elected president of our chapter since Mildred Weber Brown has moved from this district.

To fill the vacancy made by this change Peg Whitbur t was elected vice-president. ur next meeting will be a steak fry at South Park October r6.

We have four persons about whom we can write this time. da t. lair ( lpha amma) is planning to be married ovember 26th in Indiana Pa. Her engagement was announced by her aunt at a lo ely luncheon in ugust. da is teaching in the Blawno chool.

The Pittsburgh hapter ha a new member thi year-Janet Benedict from the Buffalo . Y. chapter. Janet i teaching in the Falk chool, a grade chool in connection \ ith the niversity of Pitt burgh. We're very glad to have Janet with us.

I mentioned earlier in the letter that Milly Brown,

NovEMBER, 1942 our newly elected president, had moved . She is now liv.ing in her home in Allentown and teaching in a pnvate school there. Her husband was called into th e services in May. Since our last write-up, we have a new baby in the chapter. David Edward Landeau, Blanche Landeau's new son, was born May 29th.

This next item is one which I plan to feature at least a little more so than this later, concerns Virginia Straw from Temple University. Ginny applied for and was accepted for officers' candidate in the Women's Naval Reserve, better known as the Waves .

Her training will come at Smith College in Massachusetts. Upon completion of the four months' successful training course she will be commissioned an Ensign .

AucE MooRHEAD.

TULSA, OKLAHOMA This is Tulsa Alumnae Chapter bringing you the news of the hour: Our May meeting was held at the home of our President, Lora Patterson, the following officers for 1942 were elected: President ....... ... . .. . ..... . . . .... . Julia Christie Vice-President . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Beth Magers Secretary .... ... . .. . .. . .... .. ... .. . . H azel Rennie Treasurer . ... . .. .............. . .. ... . Hazel Row Historian ............ .. ...... Isabell e H. Halladay Panhellenic Representati ve ...... . .... Jenni e V. Fisk Alternates-Jackie Carson and Helen Solomon .

PHOENIX Correspondent . . .. . . . . . Isabell e Key Reeve Dainty refreshments were served, after which lovely little gifts with appropriate stork card s were presented to Marcette Hamm and Jack ie Carson, w ho are anticipating the "Blessed Event."

May I interrupt the news at this point to read a special to the PHOENIX which just came in: "Born on September 24 a fine 10-pound baby girl to Mr. and Mrs. Pa ul H amm .

All the aunties are very much excited.

To return to the summer's news : On July TI our past president, Miss Lora Patterson, became the bride of Maurice M. Sipes. We are very happy for Lora and we are glad we arc not losing her. They will li ve in Tulsa.

At a lawn party held at Mary D arby's home we presented Lora with a sil ver vegetable dish.

In August our President, Juli a Christie, returned from olorado State allege of Education at G reely with a Master of Arts Degree. We are ve ry proud of Juli a and her new degree.

Our first meeting of the fall was held September 9 at t he hom e of Isabell e Howell Halladay. W e di scussed plans and selected dates for the year's meetings. We will meet the second Saturday of eac h month. Any A lpha igs being in or around Tulsa on those dates, contact us and we shall be happy to have you with us.

Two new Alpha Sigma Alphas in town were

guests at the September meeting. They were Mrs. W. F. Parks of Pittsburg, Kansas, and Helen Hooper of Tahlequah. We hope they will become new members.

Our D. Edna Chamberlain, Oklahoma director fo r the National Educational Association and Library instructor at Edison School, Tulsa, has been invited to address the Banquet Meeting of the Nebraska Teachers Association October 29. She will discuss "Professional Relations."

Jennie Fisk, our Panhellenic Representative, has been elected Recording Secretary of the Tulsa Panhellenic Association.

Tulsa Alumn<e Chapter will entertain all visiting Alpha Sigma Alphas who attend the O.E.A. when it meets in Tulsa with a snack party at a downtown hotel.

Tulsa Alumn<e Chapter extends heartiest welcome to the new Alumn<e Chapter in Muskogee, and sends cordial greetings to our AI ph a Sig sisters everywhere.

Signing off till December 5路 IsABELLE KEY REEVE.

WASHINGTON, D. C. Mrs. Georgianna Page entertained the alumn<e group at her apartment in May. H er charming mother, Mrs. Sally Newby was a guest. We had a bri ef business meeting at which the following election of officers took place: President, Saralee Eiselman; Vice-President, Gladis Clough; Secretary-Treasurer, Lillian Shumway. These new officers replaced Mrs . John Dimond who was president, Georgiana Page who served as vice-pres ident and Dorothy Stone who was Secretary-Treasurer. We ate ice-cream and delicious little cakes and chattered abo ut Washington. We may not have gas, and not many tires, but we always have lots of interesting gossip in Washington.

In June, several of us gathered at the Garden Tea Shop and had lunch together. This was not a real meeting, but we did talk over plans for the coming winter meetings, which will probably be few and fa r between beca use of transportation difficulties.

Mrs. John Dimond, w ho has been a valuable ASA member while living in Washington, has moved to Ohio with her hu sband who was tra nsferred from his position with the Railroad Retireme nt office to the Department of Agriculture.

Newcomers to Washingto n and vicinity, who are ASA members are the following: Joan Morgan , War Department; Wi lm a p I, with Federal Bureau of In vestigat ion ; E lea nor Strable, Betty reene, Mrs. W. L. Moore, Mrs. Donald Bennett and lola Argo who is also with the FBI. On May 6, Wilma harp was a brief visitor in \Vashington. Her time wa too limited to allow the arrangement of a meeting, but she did visit with eorg iana Pag and Mrs. Newby for a few hours.

We ha ve had no meeti ng for this new season, but hope to ha vc so me sort of get-to-gether in Octob r war duties a nd transportation permitting.

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News Letters-College Chapters ALPHA State Teacher College, Farmville, Virginia

Dear lpha igs: Here at Farmville we're back from another wonderful summer. But the memories of that summer are lpha still with us, especially the house party the hapter held at Virginia Beach. As enough AS 's couldn't crowd it into their already full schedules, it was turned into a Panhellenic house party.

With fall here, I suppose we should turn our minds again to school and the Chapter. s school has been in session only two weeks, there is little of i ntere t to report.

Thi s year quite a few of our girls failed to return, some having graduated, and others with matrimonial plan . As Jea n Hatton our secreta ry, isn't back this fall her vacancy was filled by Dottie ue Simmons of Finca tie, Virginia. Dottie Sue was replaced by Loi s Baughaman, as scrap-book chairman.

Our an nual circus comes up in a month, and then Senior Dance is the fifth of December. As yet the committee leaders haven't been appointed but we feel certain that our ASA's will fill many places. Winifred Wright, our Vice-Pre ident, is to be the Senior class historian , so of course that'll be a masterpiece.

Miss Ruth Gleaves, a new teacher in the Home Economics D epartment, here last year, and a patron of A A, was made Panhellenic Adviser for the sororities. We were sorry to lose her as a patron, but realize it is the gain of the Panhell enic Association here. ancye Allen, our president, and Ella Marsh Pilkinton , our treasurer, were tapped into Alpha Kappa Gamma, which is one of the biggest honors on campus.

Best wishes and hope you all get a lot of cute pledges.

DEAR!

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FA UNTLEROY.

ALPHA BETA Kirk ville State Teachers College, Kirk ville, Mis ouri

D ea r lpha igs: It ha bee n a long time ince we have heard from a ny of you a nd we can hardly wait for the fall ed ition of the P11oE IX. W e are anxious to know how many acti ves returned and how the new pledges are stacki ng u p. You know our rush ea on is jut around the corner and that mea ns we are very bu y.

Pro pects look good but ' e are keepi ng our finger crossed .

When we returned thi fa ll we had sixteen active member but it wa n't long until three gi rl "ere initiated . That rai ed our number to nineteen. everal f ou r girls did not return but our chapter i probabl no exception thi ear. ome of the girl are teachin and ome are \ orking in the variou ur ecreta ry and chaplain pha e of the war effort.

did not return but the office are now ably filled b Isabel Wea ver Frankford Mo. and Julia arni h, Bowling Green, Mo. respectively.

As for our ru h parties we have made no definite plans. We are trying to get ideas by which we can curtail expenses as much as po sible and still how the girls a good time.

We are very proud of Irene Weger; she i not lpha Beta but a! o Panhelleni only president of Council. She is a very efficient leader and is proving that point day by day.

In the next letter I will be able to tell you about our pledges and ome of our futu re plan . o long for now HILDA LA

ER.

ALPHA GAMMA State Teachers College, Indiana, Pennsylvania

Well , here we are, back at school again, pounding out our studie and having bull sessions on the side.

Did we have fun during summer vacation? You ca n bet your li fe we did, and to top the fun we had at the shore or that trip to the mountains the lpha Gams had their first summer formal this year. It was held at the Pines near Pitt burgh, and in spite of the rubber shortage twenty couple managed to be there. It proved to be a big ucces , and a g rand time was had by everyone. I hope that in the future this will be one activity we will not have to drop from our plans.

The Alpha Gammas have $Ome exciting路 eve nt to which to look forward this month: Panhellenic Tea, Founders' Day and Freshman Ru h Parties. o, everyone is working hard and we're looking forward to a bigger and better year this fall.

BETTY

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BETA BETA Colorado State College of Education, Greeley, Colorado

D ea r Alpha igs: Greetings from your new Beta Beta chapter editor.

Beta Beta i starting the new school yea r off with a bang! fternoon gatherings are being held to become acquainted with prospective rushee . ovcl refre hments ha ve been served including "slap-aJap" cocktails made of chipped ice, cherrie and water.

Last spring our freshmen took their shar o( honors in election of officers and In ig ni a ay. Loi Young and Marjorie Piner we re elected ec reta ry and vice-pre ident re pectively of the fre hman cia . Loi was elected to tudent ounci l and ' a a! o cho en one of the out tanding fre hmen by Pi Lambda Theta, national recognition ociety for ' omen. Dorothy very \ as a! o recognized by Pi Lambda Theta and ' a cho en the out tandin gi rl of the (rc hman class.

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The alumn~ chapter entertained the actives at an enjoyable get-together. The group gathered at one of the local parks-there we feasted on steaks and all the trimmings . Appetites were ravenous after a display of our baseball ability.

We had our share of amusing times last spring, too. There was the annual H ays Picnic at which two of our group were winners in contests. Dorothy Litch ("Butch" to us) was the champion woman nail-driver in school and Shirley Beck came out first in the pie-eating division.

National defense plays an important part in our sorority life. Besides the purchasing of a bond, we had charge of the local nursery school in the afternoons last spring. It is a school for children whose mothers are enrolled in defense schools in Greeley.

W e plan to continue with the project as soon as the school is reopened.

Several of our chapter were elected to national honorari es. Laverne Seaton was initiated into Kappa Delta Pi, national educational fraternity for men and women. Dorothy Avery and June Snowberger are new members of Pi Omega Pi, national business ed ucation recognition society.

Betty Jane Barnes, our representative to the National Convention in 1941 whom many of you know, has become the bride of Lieuten ant G len McEwen, forme r president of the Associated Students of CSCE. The wedding took place at Daniel Field, Georgia, on September qth. She received her A.B. degree in June, 1942. Both Lieutenant a nd Mrs . McEwen were outstanding students on the campus.

Here's to a successful year in Alpha Sigma Alpha!

I hope to introduce you to some charming new pledges in my next letter. Until then I shall say goodbye.

Yours in Alpha Sigma A lpha, J UNE S

OW BERGER.

GAMMA GAMMA Northwestern State Teachers College, Alva, Oklahoma The fifth annual formal Black Di amo nd Dinner was given Tuesday evening, September 29, at the home of Mrs. E. A . Haines. The quartet serving tables were attractive w ith mounds of gold flow ers, " black diamonds" and the sorority crest. A short program was presented and g roup sing ing was enjoyed. "Victory games" and dancing closed the _evening of a delightful party for the eleven guests, actives, patronesses and alumn~.

A very charming newcom er to the Gamma Gamma chapter is Miss Sue Bales of Pittsburg, Kansas. Sue was transferred from the Eta E ta chapter and is a Sophomore this year.

The engagement of Dorothy Harzma n of A lva, Oklahoma, to Earl Crowd er of herokce, Oklahoma, has been a nn ounced. Mr. Crowder is stationed with the Navy at Notre Dame.

Five actives a rc left from last year lo carry on with th e Gamma Gamma chapter. They arc Mere-

dith Donley, Virginia Provost, Mildred Hartman, Sue Bales and Wilma Jean Fullerton. The officers for the coming year are: President, Meredit\:1 Donley ; Vice-President, Virginia Provost; Secretary, Virginia Provost; Treasurer, Sue Bales; Chaplain, Mildred Hartman; Reg istrar, Sue Bales; PHOENIX Editor, Wilma Jean Fullerton.

News of last year's Alpha's: Betty Zuber Coleman is married and living in Wichita, Kansas; Norma Zuber is teaching near A nthony, Kansas; Esther Haworth is attend ing Friends University in Wichita, Kansas; Florene Roseboom is teaching in Kremlin, Oklahoma; Marjorie Hug ley is attending Oklahoma Women's College at C hickasha thi s year, Doris Bennett is employed in Enid, Oklahoma; Eloise Hyde is attendi ng Oklahoma A. & M. at Stillwater; a nd Mary Grace Newlin is teaching at Blackwell, Oklahoma.

The engagement of Wilma Jean Fullerton of Burlington, Oklahoma, to George Hildinger of Burlingto n, Oklahoma, has bee n an nounced . Mr. Hitclinger is stationed w ith the Marines in San Diego, California.

M ildred Hartman and Wilma Jean Fullerton were initi ated into Alpha Sigma Alpha sorority at a candle-li ght service held Wednesday evening, September 30, at the home of Mrs . Hollis Warrick.

Six new pledges were given the Phoenix Degree initiation service Tuesd ay evening, October 6, at the home of Mrs. Hollis Warrick.

EPSILON EPSILON Kansas State Teachers College, Emporia, Kansas Epsilon Epsi lon chapter came through rush week with seventee n of the choice girls on the campus.

Not only did the Alpha Sigs get pledges of quality, we took more pledges than any sorority on the campus.

Ou r rush parties were planned during reunion w hi ch was held Sunday, July 19 at the Emporia Country Club, with a dinner served at noon at the clubhouse, followed by an active meeting at the chapter house. Miss Bettyanne Atherton, president of the chapter, presided at the !inner.

Th e rush parties started off with a bang a nd a uper amo unt of cleve r ideas. ne of our out tanding partie was the "Vitamin Froli c" whi h was the dance. A bar was used; orange juice, milk i:l nd other health ful drinks were served a refres hments. Our Mot her's Club came to the fron t and donated the food for th evening.

Evidently the lpha Sigs showed a doubl e amount of enthu sia m beca use seve ntee n pledges attended our preferentia l " H ea rt's Win " dinner.

Now that thing are underway, Alpha Sigs, as usual, are into and a part of all ca mpu s activiti es.

Jea n MacFarlane, E mporia, a nd Jerry Dannenfel cr, McPh erso n, both pl dgcs, were elected by popul:tr vole to the student council. O u r president, Bettyanne Athcrson was up for home oming queen. In-

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34 cidentally we also have a new chapter big sister, Miss fargaret Barber.

Our annual hayrack ride was held October 9th with plenty of food and singing to make it a gloriou occasion. Our pledge gave an inpromptu program, after which we sat around a huge bonfire and sang a number of sorority and fraternity songs.

We have held open house for three of the fraterniti es in order to get our pledges acquainted . Several of the actives took advantage of the affair and as a result the parties went over in a big way.

The pledge have scheduled their pledge party for Friday, ovember 13. We'll let you know next time if there is a nything to a superstitious sign. That's all for now.

VrRGI IA SMITH, Editor.

ZETA ZETA Central Missouri State Teachers College, Warrensburg, Missouri

Hello Alpha SigsZeta Zeta Chapter has just closed the most successful " rush " season the campus of C . M. S. T. C . has ever known. We really smashed all previous record with twenty-six pledges. With an all active chapter of nine members, we feel that our accomplishment is pretty terrific. Our preliminary "rushing" really began in the summer with a n informal party at the West Campus Shelter House. We got acquainted with a number of grand girls and this helped to get us off with a bang when school opened.

A week of solid jellying. opened the season, followed by a week of informal parties by all sororities.

Our plan had been made months ahead for a "cook your own" supper party at the college farm . We issued in vitations in form of miniature chefs. Four days of perfect weather had given a li ft to our hopes and spirits, but Friday, September 25, will go down in Zeta Zeta history as the day of the most incessant downpour an.d wettest rain we have ever splashed through. Plans were hastily changed and the West Campus Shelter Hou se was converted by virtue of hastily printed signs designating ovens, etc., into the college fa rm. The guests were provided with large chefs aprons stenciled with S the tables were covered wi th large S 's and electric hot plates furni shed the cooking space . The party was a riot, and \ e feel that this party definitely decided a good number of our pledges. n Monday evening September 28, our formal preferential dinner was give n by the alumna: and patronesses of Zeta Zeta hapter. It wa a Prog ressive Dinner, with cocktails at Elizabeth Hull's salad at Berne H erberling' dinner at Maude atti nger' and des ert at Cathe rine Robinson's. Our favors were terling ilver friend hip link engraved with each link on a narrow black ribbon. n aturday ctober 3, the lpha ig acti e gave the new pledges their annual formal dance. We gave up cor age this fall and wung out to the mu ic of our nev I formed college club dance band.

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On Wednesday October 7, \ e pledged twentysix girls in the new Chapter Room at Laura J. Yeater HalL Zeta Zeta is very proud of this chapter room. We can certainly put it to good u e even 1f we have to stack the girls to get them in. lpha igs candidate for Homecoming ueen, October r6 is one of our new pledges Doyne 1 Aninch of Kansas City, Mo. We undoubtedly have the cream of the campus and we expect Alpha Sigs to lead the way on the campus this year.

Yours in A

]A ECoLE.

ETA ETA State Teachers College Pittsburg, Kansas

Eta Eta Chapter of Alpha Sigma Alpha opened its school year by pledging what we believe to be the finest group of pledges imaginable. Because of tire rationing and gasoline shortage most of our rushing was confined to local affairs or ~mall gatherings in the homes of the actives. Our rushees were entertained at the home of Mrs. C. F. Spencer for our formal tea . Since we used "The Old South" for our theme, the lovely home furn ished in treasure gathered from old parts of the world was an ideal setting.

Many alumna:, as well as our rushees and acti es were presented at our formal dinner held in the Collegiate Room of the Hotel Besse. Afterward we went to the home of Betty McNally for our demitasse . At our pledging service on Sunday, September 27th we pledged seventeen rushee .

At our first meeting we dected Martha Ruth Howard as president of our chapter. She replaced Virginia Suttee, who left school to take a job with the government at the Jayhawk Ordinance Work .

"Marty" as we know her, is a Junior and a fellowship teacher in mathematics. he has been active in our chapter for the past two years. nother officer elected at our first meeting was the Chaplain. Mary Jane Gallop, who is also the local house president, was elected to fill the place vacated by Barbara Jean Huffman , who is working in Chicago Illinoi .

Thus far this year we have had one dance which the actives gave the new pledges. Thi was held in Horace Mann Gymnasium.

Two things of great intere t to us are the opening of a training school for glider pilots on our campus, and the proposed building of a private college airfield ea t of our ca mpus. The first unit of glider pilots arrived the ea rly part of July and were quartered in local sorority and fraternity hou es. However now the gymna ium has been conve rted into barrack and close to three hundred pilots are quartered there at all times. They come in in g roups of fifty and remain here from fo ur to six weeks according to their previou training. The airfield is a nece ary addition in order to ca rry on our . P. T. program on the campu . The glider school has o crowded the local ai rport that orne means had to

NovEMBER, 1942 be devised to continue the program. This makes Kansas State Teachers College one of the first college campi to own its own airport. A nd believe me sister chapters, we are exceedingly proud of this fact: Now we are busy at preparations for our homecoming October 31st. No doubt there will be a military atmosphere about our college at this time, but then we're happy that this spi rit prevails on our campus where there are many boys in uniform, g irls busy in war work, and ninety-eight per cent of the boys registered in the reserves of some branch of the service. So, thumbs up until we meet again in our January issue.

MARGARET AGNES NAYLOR.

THETA THETA College of Education, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts

Theta Theta Chapter hasn't had its opening meeting yet but hopes to in the very near future.

We have eight girls from last year coming back, Aurora Paine, Irma Wren, Virginia Lichtner, Louise Santosuosso, West De Rocco, Corinne Hutchins, Winifred Ford and Margaret Silvestri.

Having such a good group as this comi ng back Theta Theta ought to get a grand crop of pledges.

Here's hoping we have another successful yea r even if our start has been slow.

LomsE SANTosuosso.

KAPPA KAPPA Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Hello there, Alpha Sig Sisters-hope you had a wonderful summer. We of the Kappa Kappa chap'ter had a busy one and are glad to be back in school.

Last spring we announced Dottie Essenwine's engagement, and now we announce her marriage. Also married this summer were Anne Loffman, Ruth Deibert, Dorothea Dodd, Marjorie Block, and Betty Gardener, the daughter of our House Mother. These Sisters are "finished business" for Cupid, but on one other he has made a notation "unfinished business."

That girl is Doris Fox, senior class president of Temple University, who recently became engaged to the president of the senior class in the Temple Dental School.

We know that Alpha Sigma Alpha gi rl s all over the nation will be shocked to learn of the death in action of Lieutenant Edward Miller, husband of Franny Myers. They were married last New Year's Eve and Lieutenant Miller, who was in the Air Forces was killed in June in Australi a. Franny has our deepest sympathy, and at the same time admiration for the courage she has had in carrying on . ur new house looks wonderful! We have acquired new couches, lamp , and kni ck knacks for the downstairs, whi le upstars the gi rl s have spent hours decorating their rooms. It is hard to say which looks the nicest, with their newly painted walls, an I furniture, and matching spreads and dra1 es. Prob-

35 ably next time I shall write and tell you of our fo rmal housewarming. !his. yea~ marks an important event in Temple UmverSlty htstory. It IS the IOoth anniversary of the btrth of Russell Conwell, the Founder. Extensive plans are being made fo r celebrations, the first of which will be our Homecoming Game with Michigan State. Alpha Sigma Alpha won the cup for house decorations last year, and we are going to work our heads off to win it again . Keep your fingers crossed for us, girls.

VIRGINIA BECKER, Editor.

MU MU Michigan State Normal College, Ypsilanti, Michigan

Dear Alpha Sigs: The school days are just beginning fo r the new school year. These are days in which all are kept busy and so by the twenty-fifth of October we w ill have begun the Rushing activities of the semester.

We will have forma l teas, informal parties, and a formal dinner.

Miss Milliman, one of our co-advisers, has planned to have our girls come to her house for a get-together before the Rushing season is under way . We are each to bring a friend and in this way we will become acquainted with some other gi rls who are not among our acq uaintances now.

Now Mu Mu is looking forward with the hope of trying to make its sorority bigger and better than last year, trying to establi sh a good foundat ion for the future years of Mu Mu Chapter.

Yours in ASA. FERN YENKEL.

NU NU Drexel Institute of Technolo~y, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

"Hi! What's new?" "Did you have a nice summer? " These, and a million other remarks of the same caliber, signified that Nu Nu girls were once again welcoming each other back to school. It had been so long since we had been together路 the summer had fo und us separated by distance and inclinations. It was wonderful to see all the fami liar faces; to fire innumerable questions back and fort h about sc hool, summer doings, a nd former Nu Nu girls; and to hash over id eas for the oncoming sorority events and year. Every thought, every question that had accumu lated in our minds over the vacation veritably burst forth upon each other's attentive ears: curiosities were satisfied. Life was again plea anti y normal. hanges had occurred- many of them since the close of school. Drexel had gained a new president to replac our beloved Dr. Kolbe w ho passed away last spring. Mr. Rae, our new president, was the "Ma n of the Hour." Stories of hi irr sistable peranality were the essence of every conversation.

Anx iously we awaited the first meeting with him, a nd at last a re eption held in the Art Gall ery on

THE October 6th provided the long-awaited opportunity.

The only words which completely expressed the student ' wholehearted acceptance and admiration of the person they met were: "He's wonderful! He's super! He's terrific!" He is just that.

Then, a change, one which was exciting but in a more somber way, reached our ears. Mis Maxfield our own adv1ser would be missing among our rank and file. he had accepted an important (at least we think it's important) new job as the Directress of Resident Students at the University of Pennsylvania. Known to Nu u girls for three years as a loyal friend and a sage counsellor who had given so generously of her efforts at all times, her loss will be a great one. With her goes all our best wishes for the success we know will be hers.

The Alpha's have done it again! Congratulations are in order to four former . u u girls who recently received appointments to vacated, Drexel, faculty positions, no less! Being such recent grads, we feel that it is quite a compliment to the excellence in scholarship, character, and personality, typical of A lpha Sigs. Jane Pryse replaces Miss Maxfield as Secretary to the Assistant Dean of Men. Jane is also taking on the added responsibility of Sponsor to the Y. W. C. A. Gerry Weinhold is seen buzzing around the Registrar's office where she has accepted the position of secretary to Miss Johnson, the registrar. Nancy Walker, with new dignity, keeps our commercial students busy with rapid-fire dictation.

She is Instructor of Shorthand. Betty Smith keeps the dorm girls well and happy as Assistant Dietitian there. Yes, we're right proud of them.

Not only do Alpha Sigs shine as faculty members, but the undergrads are doing their share of leadership in campus organizations. Our president, Grace Willis, acts as Secretary of the Panhellenic Council.

Last week-end she held the title of "Directress of Freshman Week-end, and from the "oh's and ah's" emitted by freshman girls in recollection of the times they had there, she did a bang-up job. Jeanette Sperr, our vice-president, is serving as president of the Y. W. C. A. In the honorary society, Key and Triangle, Mary Lyons leads as president. Another lpha Sig Anne Kroner, claims top honors in the dormitory, while Alpha Sigs bloom forth in a blaze of glory in the Women's thletic Association where three of the four officers are sorority members. Bernice Buck erves as president路 Virginia Hutton as vice-president, and Marion Barron as ecretary.

Cosily seated in a bright and shining room that had recently been dressed in a new coat of paint munching the candy-ten pounds of it-sent by two girl , Marion PO\ ell and Dottie Jackson, who announced their engagement u u girl , having such a promi ing start for an eventful year, got toget her for the fir t, official meeting of the year.

The fa ll already bei ng o ' ell under wa the e ening' topic centered about plan for ru hing. Ye, we're off to an ea rly tart. Di cu ion under the leader hip of our Ru hin aptain Berti e Pear on,

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gave birth to an idea for rushing that i so novel we'll just ha e to tell you about it. You know during rushing it is so important to ha e some feature to distingui h the member of lpha ig- omething which will instantaneously and unmistakably identify each of our members a one of us. Well we've decided upon omething. No sir, it isn t a bracelet, nor is it a charm. In fact, it isn't metal at allwe're patriotic! It's a dickie, a white one \ ith a convertible collar, and on this collar embroidered in red letters, are the Greek letters "AS ." eat don't you think? Keep it quiet though, our rushing doesn't begin around here until winter term. Remember?

Incidentally we've recently found out that " ornething old, something new ' has been worn by four of our last year's girls: Jean lien last year's treasurer; Jean Wolfe last year's editor; Miriam Fdtan路 and Jane Hockley.

Of course we are all anxiously looking forward to our two annual fall events: our week-end gettogether at Drexel Lodge on October 31 t, and our annual dance, "The Harvest Moon" on November 14th. I'll tell you all about them next time. For now, "Keep 'em flying!"

BERNICE BucK,

Editor.

PI PI Buffalo State Teachers College, Buffalo, New York

Dear Alpha Sigs: Here we are facing forward, putting one foot carefully in front of the other and crossing our fingers as we look at a new year. But like Lot's wife, we can't help looking back at 路our summer. It was a glorious summer.

First there was house party with that "never a dull moment" atmosphere. And, believe it or not there were TEN bedrooms in our house and enough sleeping room for everybody-when there was sleeping. House party is a wonderful place to say goodbye to the seniors. Somehow the excitement make the lumps in our throats seem not quite so mammoth.

After house party Pi Pi was scattered all over New York State. The list of jobs held by us thj summer reads like a page out of a census report, they were so varied. Perhaps the mo t important job of all is the one which attracted the large t numt least nine lpha ber of our girls. For life too! igs were married during the ummer. In the mid t of our own job we were ju t able to get over the excitement of one wedding in order to hear of another. Believe me we were an excited chapter thi summer.

For tho e of us who tayed in the city there were informal get-to-gether and innumerable telephone calls.

Yes, it was a gloriou ummer and we are ready to face a \ inter together. Ru h sea on i in full wing and lpha igma at Buffalo tate T eac h r ha

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high hopes. With a batch of new pledges we will be all set to roll up our sleeves and do what we can on the home front. We only hope that what we do will be felt even in a small way-for though it is hard work we will make it fun.

Love, JEAN MITCHELL.

TAU TAU Fort Hays Kansas State College, Hays, Kansas

Dear Alpha Sigs everywhere: Western Kansas is a paradise this fall! Here it is, practically the middle of October and Indian summer is still here! But, we Tau Tau gals love it!

Our fall semester rush week opened with our annual Sunday Teas. We had a lovely group of girls to attend, and with everybody in their new fall hats, it was a very colorful spectacle.

We had two informal parties and a formal preferential dinner fo r our rushees. The first party was a "comic strip" party at Mrs. Motz's home. She's one of our patronesses and is a grand hostess! The other "fu n frolic" was our yearly fall picnic and scavenger hunt. We really had gobs of fun asking people fo r old shoes and hai rs from a horse's tail! Then came the preferential dinner. It's always an impressive affair and lots of fun, too, because we always have a progressive one! And, Miss Murray, our sponsor, always serves the cutest canapes with the cocktail at her house! Of course, we always sang lots and gave all the rushees a good old pep talk about Alpha Sigma Alpha!

Well, next day we were really happy! For, ' midst screams of joy and hugs of happiness, we learned that all eight gi rl s who came to our dinner had pledged!

This year we are pushing war work to the 'nth degree. So far, our campus hasn't any or~anized war work and we Alpha Sigs, here, are d01ng our very best to be first!

Our girls are representing our chapter in almost all campus activities-Tigerettes, Little Theatre, Band, vocal ensembles, Y. W. C. A., and, yes, I'm the gossip gal for the Leader again! So, you see, ~e're doing our "best" to keep Tau Tau on the TigerTown map!

That's all fo r now, except keep the war stamp and bond booths busy!

Love in A'SA, MARY ETIIEL EARL.

PHI PHI Northwest Missouri State Teachers College, MaryviJJe, Mi ssouri

W ell hildrenRu sh week being over I have time to stop and think for a few minutes路 think how mu ch fu n ru sh week was . How I wo~ldn't trade it for anything, not ven the knowl edge T could have c ra mr~1 ed into my head that week, had T studi ed. Our mf~rmal rush party was a U. 'a ntee n, fully eq u1pped

with an entertainment center, powder room, and snack bar. Nothing like keeping in tune with the times. It did make a hit. Our formal rush party represented "The Cotton Club." It was decorated like a night club even down to the red checkered tablecloths and candles with beer bottle holders for the rustic effect. Some home talent was revealed when four of the actives put on a riot of a Boor show.

Cigarette girls gave out cigarettes and individual match folders on which were engraved ASA Cotton Club. And by the way who says thirteen isn't a lucky number? We have thirteen peppy new pledges.

While reminiscing, one of the things that stands out most in my mind is the week-end Wilma Wilson Sharp spent with our chapter. She is truly an inspiration to the Alpha Sigs. The week-end she was here we had formal initiation for three pledges and Miss Inez Lewis, our new adviser.

Speaking again of pep, two of our actives are cheerleaders and the others constitute a large part of the vim and vigor in the pep squad. Miss Lewis keeps things rolling in the sorority with her never tiring spirit and activity.

In closing I would like to wish all of you in all chapters oceans of luck this coming year.

CAROLYN CuRNUTT,

Editor.

CHI CHI Ball State Teachers College, Muncie, Indiana

This is station Chi Chi calling to Alpha Sigs!

Hark! We are fifty-four strong-fifty-four hale and hearty Chi Chi 's !

We have just completed a most successful rush season. Dorothy Arnold, senior, and Barbara Bray, sophomore, were our ingenius co-rush captai ns. Our first party was a hike and progressive dinner, "Ration Revel." Each of us was presented with a ration book, which we carried with us throughout the evening. First we hiked around the campus and to the home of our adviser, Mrs. L. H. Whitcraft, for cocktails. From here our hike progres ed to the College Recreation Room, where we had eats! After dining and dancing, we traveled on to Mrs. F rank Ballenger's, one of our chapter patronesses, for our de sert.

Our annual formal dinner was quite a thrill!

We were so pleased to have Genevieve Leib, our national editor, Miriam Wagoner, former adviser of Phi Phi chapter at Maryvill e, Mi ssouri, and Eloise Proctor as our guests. A am pu s theme was used , in whi ch each table was decorated to represent a enterpieces were certain building on the ca mpu s. representative of each particu lar bu.ild.ing; and. the name ca rds, with a pi cture of the bu dd1ng, co nta1ne I a schedul e of classes. Foll owing the dinn r ea h seni or donn ed a mortarboard and presided at the tabl es, as the students tra vel ed from bui lding to building attending classes.

We arc starting thi y ar with a bang ! First we were able to get several class offices of whi h w arc

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quite proud: senior vice-president Dorothy Arnold; sophomore vice-president, Phyllis Robbins; and freshman secretary, faude cherer. In addition to our own Sis Arnold, who is president of W. .A., is a member of the tudent Executive Council; and Mary Houghton is a member of the Social Council for the campus. nd say-we don't mean to brag-but we believe we're getting intellectual too. During the past year we have had a number of girls who have been invited into the membership of national recognition societies. Dorothy Arnold and Betty VanAusdal, Pi Gamma Mu (sooal science); DeLana Southard; Loris Witz, Pi Omega Pi (business education); and Donna Jean Pierce, Kappa Delta Pi (education), and Pi Gamma Mu (social science) .

This is Homecoming! Yea-twas the nite before Homecoming-and all through the dorm-many little Ball Staters were stirring-but yours truly must meet the deadline!

We aren't having a parade this year; but we will have a Homecoming queen. Helen Brown, freshman pledge, is our candidate. We will be glad to welcome all our alums tomorrow at our annual dinner. Mary Rosalyn Brown, Donnabelle Wright, and Velva Bere are the committee in charge.

There are to be no large formal dances this year; but we are planning a closed dance-our first!

And through it all Alpha Sigs at Ball State Teachers College, as are Alpha Sigs everywhere, are remembering their responsibility in this old U. S. A. We have joined with the other girls on路 our campus and are helping in the Red Cross Sewing program.

We are also quite proud to report that Mary McCrea is now a urses' Aide.

Well gee, it's time for the pep-session and every good lpha Sig must be on hand to help start this Homecoming with the proper spirit. If we don't use all our spirit this week-end-maybe we'll be seeing you again in December.

DELA A SouTHARD, Editor.

PSI PSI Loui iana State Normal College, Natchitoches, Louisiana Dear Alpha Sigs: Between getting ready for Mr . Sharp's visit and school work, P i P i chapter is just about up to its ea rs in activity but nevertheless heres the PHOENIX letter-just full of new and such.

We're all both thrilled and stupefied about our ational Pre ident's coming and can hardly wait the three days until her arrival. We ve all practically acquired di hpan hands from scrubbing the house from attic to cellar in anticipation of her vi it. Last night we honored the orority house " ith a shm er (figuratively peaking) of di hes towels spoon , knive , etc . \ e had practically come to the point where we had to refurni h the hou e with the e ne e itie or go primitive- o naturally we cho e

the former! t lea t Mrs. harp won't ha e to drink out of a chipped cup now!

Lohengrin' tune beckoned a little too loudly and our pre ident Rivers Rhode traver ed the path of matrimony. he' now in Chicago with her hu band and although we're all too happy for her, she' missed like everything. We elected i araway president in her place and she's taken o er and matle a real success of her office. he's a junior chemistry major and is ju t a good all-round Alpha Sig whom we're all crazy about. ot only did we lose our president but our trea urer as well. Adeline McDade, who served in that capacity transferred to Louisiana tate Univer ity.

But we're still in good hands in that respect too, with Gloria Bernard taking her place. E elyn Horn wa elected registrar in Sis's place while Janice Barlow is filling Evelyn 's shoes as chaplain. We've really had the cabinet turnover since spring election!

This rush season brought forth a wonderful crop of pledges, fifteen in all. Agnes Smith was elected president of the group, and if she's the typical pledge we are really going to have some good worker !

In fact, I can't see what's going to stop u from stay路ing right out in front as the Alpha Sigs always seem to do.

Though I' m not doing this in exactly chronological order, I have to say a word or two about our super rush party. We all went nautical for a night, dres ed up as sailor , and carried our rushees on board a make believe ship for a trip to Treasure Island. Each rushee was presented with an Alpha ig-made sailor doll. 'Course it was successful, 'ca u e look what we got because of it! Being very patriotic, we made all of our programs, for the measly sum of thirty cents out of a nautical cotton print paper and a little bit of ingenuity.

Initiation was held recently and seven pledges became full-fledged Alpha Sigs, and we're planning to initiate the only two remaining pledges of last year at model initiation for Mrs. Sharp.

This ends my letter, so 'til next time, let's all work harder than ever before-'cause that's our part in the war!

Love in SA, CLAIRE LEXA DER.

BETA GAMMA Northeastern State Teachers College, Tahlequah, Oklahoma Uncle Sam and his defen e indu tries have reall taken their share of the 's from Beta amma chapter. This year only three members returned to the campus and you can imagine what a time we had during "rush" " eek but we came through with flying color and ix of the nice t pledge we've ver had.

Our president fary Lee Hill, accepted a teaching position just a few day before chool began but the ice-pre ident, Lavonna arne "took over" and we are proud of the way he ha made thing hum.

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1942

Coming as an anti-climax to our picnic at which time our new girls were pinned was the news that our sponsor,_ Mrs. Faye Kenney, was leaving our campus. Miss Kenney has accepted a position at Oklahoma A. & M. College, where she is to teach the WAVES . We hated to lose her, but this is a much covete~ position and we are extremely happy that she received such an offer. Miss Fern Pascoe, an ASA alumna, who is also a member of our faculty takes her place.

Wedding bells have just rung for two of our girls. Betsy Ross Wilkerson was married to Russell Spicer during the latter part of September. Miss Hazel Phillips, alumna, became the bride of First Lieutenant Dixie W. Johnson, in a simple ceremony at McDill Field, Tampa, Florida, October 3路 Our girls have done much toward helping with the entertainment of the boys in service. There is an army camp located about thirty miles from Tahlequah and each Friday night several of our girls attend USO dances there.

Each Tuesday night after "meetin'" we all go to our campus "eating place" for cokes. We all enjoy these "get togethers" and it is a fine way of letting people know we are here a nd doing things.

We have just initiated two of our pledges of last year. They are Louise Cole, and E llen Lou Baker.

Next week Virginia Spohr and Mildred Cox will also become members. This means that we can have all our officers. Honestly folks we're having a wonderfu l time.

BETA DELTA Mississippi Southern College Hattiesburg, Mississippi.

Dear Sister Alpha Sigs: Isn't it grand to all be back together aga in ? You should ha ve heard the shrieks we gave out when we saw each other.-Also the wa ry eye we've been casting on the cute freshmen. It seems terrible to have to wait till November for Rush Week; but, oh, well, it'll give us more time to look around.

We're all excited over our new "students." There's an adjutant-general school on the campus. That means plenty of men for our rush parties, but plenty of new rules. Before long, we'll be having to show pass cards to get in at our own campus gate.-But we don't mind doing our part.

Our meeting almo t broke up the other night when Miss Pulley, our adviser, told us that Wilma Wilson Sharp wi ll be here, rea ll y here on our campus this month. We're just too thrilled fo r words.

It gives us scads of prestige and wi ll help no end with getting new pledges. Having her here will be wonderful. It makes ASA seem so much more national and unified.

Speaking of prestige, y olde Bete Delta isn't doing so bad on th is man's campus. Evelyn McNeese, hristian Federation (the highest chairman of the honor Mississippi Southern gives); Martha Miller, president of the Home Ec lub; Adele Leake, second

39 vice-president of the Student Body; and, Mary Pickering, secretary of the Student Body. That's just a few of 'em.

We can't tell about our rush parties now, but just wait. Till thenyours till Victory!

MARY PICKERING.

BETA EPSILON Madison College, Harrisonburg, Virginia

Dear Alpha Sigs: It's a fine feeling to be back in dear old ASA House with sixteen girls you love. Of course it seems strange not to have those seniors of '42 back with us.

We miss them so much.

This year we've bigger and better plans than ever before. Fran Waddell, our capable and much loved prexy has started things off with a bang. She came early to greet the girls as they arrived at the house and to help us start pulling together immediately.

Miss Schneider, one of B. E.'s two sponsors, entertained Miss Boje and the cabinet soon after we arrived on campus. Plans were discussed fo r the year's work and tentative plans made. I hope all ASA chapters are as lucky as we a re in having sponsors whom the girls love and who have excellent ideas for our help.

Rush week at Madison starts Octobe r 19. Jea n Nelms, chai rman of the informal party, has made plans for a carnival. From what I understand we'll have everyth ing from fortune tellers to pop corn balls! Of course we'll have our traditiomil Red and White Cocktail Lounge for the formal ! (Don't be shocked, g irl s. We don't have what you are thinking in those cocktails.) Our plans are to accept only a few members from the fall rushing and really "take them in" in the spring.

"Have you any old scatter rugs at home that your mothers don't need?" This is the question that all in the house are now hearing. You see, we're planning to get a rug from 0 Ion's for our living room.

That, with new draperies, will make our's the prettiest sorority house on campus (we think) . It's been so much fun fixing the house piece by piece. Just choosing furniture for it has brought us . so much closer together than ever before.

Diamonds! Did everybody get one over the summer, except me? Even my roommate two-timed me.

She has one of the biggest sparklers l've ever seen!

Yes, sir, An ne Griffith has her Andy and he's an air-force man. Some even went a step furt hertook the big step, I mean. Wedding bells rang for Mary Burger, Skippy Warden, Kay Coupar, and Jea n Hayne this summer. Here's wishing them all the happiness they deserv .

Well, I think I'll close this now, and cont inue my reading of "The Army Wife" and "The Navy Wif ." I'm reading both, ju t in case.

So long until the December issue.

Love in ASA, MARY M 1 AY.

THE PHOE IX

BETA ZETA Southwestern Louisiana In titute Lafayette, Loui iana

Dear lpha Sigs: .

The curtain has lifted again for another showmg of that gigantic play, 'Our College Ways." Alpha igma Alpha was behind tage wait~ng for its cue and now that it has come the soronty has stepped forward once more to take its place among the other players.

Our first meeting was one of great importance.

As we looked around the sorority room many familiar faces seemed to be missing-so many that we felt almost lost without them. In fact, seven of our old girls have graduated including our last year's prexy, Geneva Richard. Twelve of our undergraduates, even our president-elect for this year, Dot Wild, have not returned and nine of our pledges are no longer with us . Then too, we have lost one of our lovely patronesses. Mrs. Hait has moved away to Barksdale Field in Shreveport where Dr. Hait is serving in Uncle Sam's army . Because she had worked so hard with us and we all loved her very dear! y, this terrible loss hit us about the hardest.

Can 't you imagine just how lonely we felt? We soon had to put away this feeling for although we missed everybody, much lay ahead and we had to get down to business. The first item on that list was the election of- a new . president. Lolita Watkins was the girls' choice and we feel that she is just the one to pull us through .

This year at Southwestern, rush week and pledging of freshmen have been pushed back to the second semester. However, the sororities will be allowed to do a bit of strictly informal rushing until that time, but " nix" on cokes, candy, etc. However we feel that this is a good plan for thus we will be able to become better acquainted with the freshmen and thus better able to select new pledges. t Ia t! The greatest of news has reached us and you cant find one lpha Sig who isn't rushing about with tar in her eyes and joy in her heart.

And we all have reason to be so excited, even if it does seem almo t too good to be true. But it is true.

On ctober 19, none other than our own dear Wilma Wil on harp will arrive on our campu to pay the Beta Zeta Chapter a short visit. an you blame us for the star in our eyes and joy in our hearts? Mrs. harp will come doâ&#x20AC;˘ n with Mable Lee Walton, national pre ident of the igma igma igma sorority. ay! W e ve crot work to do, so we'll be on our way.

LIVER HITTER.

BETA ETA tate Teacher ollege Dickin on, North Dakota

reetings to all you sisters . W e IX old member of Beta Eta who are back in college nO\ find our el ves very bu y making plans for pledging orne ne\ mem rs.

In a very, very doe election farjorie .adler, our treasurer wa elected Homecomin Pnnce . .

This is the third consecutive year that the prince ay Marjorie, "Its the height has been an A A girl. of hilarity to have a red headed prince s." W are all very proud of her, and the work he h.a done for our chapter; last year she was our effiCient ecretary .

We are planning a Homecoming get-together for all of our alumna: member . Later we hope to be doing some Red Cross work; we think it will be making bandages.

Four of our last year officer did not return to school this fall, because of job . We have three of the offices filled now, and hope to ha e some new members soon. We are sorry not to have thee girl back, but we know they are doing their part to help Uncle Sam. BETTY BR VOLD.

BETA THETA Cent r al Michigan College of Education Mt. P leasant, Michig an

We're awfully glad to be back at Central aft~r a summer of vacationing and whatever el e we m1ght have been doing. We rather imagine you all feel the same way. Of course we'll all be busy this year contributing our share to the defen e program-but we do intend to have a little fun on the side.

At our fir t meeting we just couldn't quite get used to the vacancies left by our members that were unable to return to campus this fall. Howe er, we are looking forward to seeing them at our annual Homecoming Breakfast, which i on October 24. We are very pleased to have with us again Mrs. LeRoy ertrude Postal.

Lyle McGrew, who was formally Right now each eye and ear is wide open for the plans being made for the week of ovember 9~ 15, which has been designated for the olden Jubilee P rogram. You see, our college i preparing to celebrate its fiftieth anniver ary. Our new girls dorm, Lucy loan Hall will be dedicated on A Founder' Day. We were planning a tea to cel ebrate the day but because of the Jubilee, our plan will have to be changed. everal upper together and lot of coke date are being planned for thi fall term. u.r ~nnual ovember sweater-swing will bear the s1gmficant name of " Jeep Jive."

We are planning to continue the ending of box to the fellow in the army. We had grand letter of appreciation from the boy that received them Ia t year- probably because the cookies were not made by our own little hands!! ould be. your x-baby chapter i trying to W ell think of omething to do for the college in lpha igma name. All the girl are racking their brain -we realize they are ru ty after the ummer lump-to find something that will make people forget the rule of Etiquette and point to us with pride.

Loyally your in MEw 1 w.

NoVEMBER, 1942

BETA IOTA Sta te Teachers College Radford, Virginia

Hello!

Goodness, it's wonderful to have joined the ranks of Alpha Sigma Alpha. It seems like we have long been one of your group, although this is our first year as Alpha Sigs. We hope you'll like us, as much as we already like being one of such a grand group of girls.

School has really started, and we've been in full swing here in Radford for the past two months, and we certainly are looking forward to a grand year in sorority.

Let's see-you don't know so very much about us- so suppose we give you a little "who's who among Alpha Sigma girls on Radford campus."

We at present have 13 members who have returned to college this year. Those who have not returned to us include Miss Joella Akin, our adviser of last year. She is now Mrs. William Bradley, and is teaching at the Austin Perry Normal School in Clarksville, Tennessee. As yet, we have no sponsor, but we're busy selecting one.

Marriage has also claimed Sara McDonald, who is Mrs. G . W . Wall. Sara is teaching third grade at Blacksburg, Virginia; she is also living in Blacksburg.

Elise Wright and Lois Akers, treasurer and vicepresident respectively of Gamma Zeta (that was us before we became Beta Iota's) are both teaching in the elementary grades in Bland, Virginia.

Ruth Dudley and Louise Clement, two of our graduated Alpha Sigs, are wearing beautiful diamonds. "It won't be long now." Loui e is working in Radford at the Ordnance Works Plant, as is Alice Browne. Ruth is teaching at Liberty Academy in Bedford, and Ella Monday, our last graduated member, is teaching at Coeburn High School, Coeburn, Virginia.

Now-let's see how active our g irl s are here on

the campus. Well, we have six girls in the Choral Club, of which Mickey Clement, a lively member of sorority, is vice-president.

Clara Jane Hines, a senior, is president of Kappa Delta Pi, and vice-president of the Musicians Club.

Mary Margaret East is president of the Newman Club, and is also a Head of Sport in the A . A. Maxine Miller, treasurer of Beta Iota, is also president of the Commercial Club. Lucille Cox, registrar of Beta Iota, is secretary for the German Club. Nancy Lee Scott is treasurer for German, and is reporter for the Home Economics Honor Society. Virginia Boatwright, past president of Gamma Zeta, is secretary-treasurer of the Student Council.

Kitty Karnes, capable Chaplain of Beta Iota, is Business Manager of the Grapurchat, the student publication of Radford College.

Jane Mullen, your chapter news letter editor, is also Editor-in-Chief of the Grapurchat, and president of Pi Gamma Mu, National Social Science Recognition Society. ' So-you see--our girls are quite prominent in other activities. Several of our Alpha Sigs are candidates for class officers, but more about this next time.

We have planned rush parties, and are busy putting cards in our file, for prospective sorority members.

As one of our projects for the year, we are spending two hours (minimum) apiece, each month, in the surgical dressing room at the U. S. 0., rolling bandages and assisti ng in simi lar war work. Alpha Sigma Alpha gi rls are sponsoring the sale of war bond s and stamps for a week, in the booth on the campus.

Well, we have given you just about the most interesting facts (we hope) about us. So-we'll say "au revoir" fo r a wh il e. It's grand being with you, and knowing that you' re such a fine group of gi rl s.

Next time, we'll tell you some more abo ut Beta Iota's activiti es, plans, and girls.

Love in ASA, JA NE MuLLEN.

THE PHOE IX

Presenting: The Pledges!

This OIIIIOIIIICCI/Il'llt illcludcs the ll<lllll'S of all girls plrdgcd bct'I.Wel~ April 10, 1942 a11d cptember 1, 1942.

In the future the 'ovember PHOENIX will carry the P!edge and Initiation li.sts for the preceding college year. The following name bnng u l1'P to the opemng of this hool year.

ALPHA- Farmville, Virginia ue Temple Harper, Richmond Lula France Mo s, Alexandria Ellen Ann Pettis, Richmond Ann Elizabeth Robbins , Richmond Martha Anne Upshur, heriton Mary ue Palmer, hester KAPPA KAPPA- Philadelphia, Pa. hallis Au ton Haines 1 orma Dorothy Adnee Je an E. Bardens J oan Carolyn De yse, Oradell , . J. Mary Elizabeth Detwiler, Red Lion A. Barbara Froscht, Hanover Marion L. Gladfelter, York Hester Louise Snyder, York Marion Dicker on race William Marjorie Davis Marion Thren NU NU- Phlladelphia, Pa . <!ary Elizabeth Rishel , Ambler Geraldine Elizabeth Eaton Margaret A lva Taylor Janet Moore Lappin Jean Loreaux Cooper XI XI- West Los Angeles, California Bette Eilene Kremith M. Viveen Kumpf

RHO RHO-Huntington, West VirgiDia Juanita Johnson, hland. Ky. Maryellen \\'i e Kathryn Parker Day SIGMA SIGMA-Gunnison, Colorado 'ancy Lupton Gardner, La Junta Kathryn l\! . Prenderga t, Gasalt Donna l\larie Pivonka, Lamar

PSI PSI-Natchitoches, Louisiana Barba ra Gri ham, Benton

PHI PHI- Maryville, Missouri

BETA ZETA-Lafayette, Louisiana Hilda Girard Pearl L. IIerreson Bonnie avoy Lucille Toup

hirley Maxine Ander on arolyn Jeanne urnutt, Jeffer on yvyan Dice, Cameron Phyllis Jean Price Beverly Jean \ right

BETA ETA-Dickinson, North Dakota Lilly Bakke. Wheelock B a rbara Ann Allen, entine l Butte, . D. BETA IOTA- Radford, Virginia Loise Clement Lois Akers, Roanoke Cla ra Jane Hines Elise Wright, Bland Alice Brown Kitty Kame Maxine Miller ~arah McDonald, Vinton Mary Margaret East, orfolk ancy Lee Scott, Vinton Georgie Zebedee, Petersburg Rebecca Lowman, Radford Mickey lement Jane Mtrllen , i ne land, N. J. ylvia Sublett Ella Monday, St. Paul, Va. Ruth Dudley, Lynchburg Virginia Boatwright, oeburn Joella Akin Luci lie l\f. Cox Ruth Willi ams

ity

CHI CHI- Muncie, Indiana Mildred Etta Bo , outh Bend Mary Ellen Downes, nd r on Barbara Joan Farrington. orunna arol Jean Haehl, helbyville Joyce Maureen Murphy, New Albany Elva Lorraine Riebeling, Eaton Phyllis Edith Robbin , layton BETA ZETA- Lafayette, Louisiana ![ildred Berger n, Thibodaux Marjorie Davis, Jennings Anita Ford, Angie Jocelyn [arie coney, Napo leonville Flora Theresa [artin chwing, 'ew l beri Alena "mith, Long Leaf Janice Henrick Wilda Estel Hyde , Elizabeth, Tenn .

Evelyn Louise Merrifield, 1\Ieeke r herry Fern Marie Leach. Lafayette Dorothy Elaine avage, M elvi lle M ir iam Lucille tin on, 1\lelville Anna Loui e chwing, 'ew Iberia BETA ETA- Dickinson, North Dakota Lolly Bakke,路Wheelock Barbara Ann J\ lien, en ti ne l Butte

Alpha Sigma Alpha Initiates

BETA THETA- Mt. Plesant, Michigan

Joan Carolyn DeNyse, Cradell. N. J. 1\Iary Elizabeth Detwiler, Red Lion A. Barbara For cht, Hanover Marion L. Gladfelter, York Hester Louise nyder, York

Verona L Mayville In a Lee Ringle, ll!iddleton Ouida L Koeninger Lela Evelyn Bennett, New Haven Fran Ruth tewart, Breckenridge Frances Jean Mewmaw, Royal ak 'a talie Ann Peter on, Grayling Ilene Leslie. \ hittemore Muriel Gloria churman, McBain

NU NU- Phlladelphia, Pa .

BETA IOTA- Radford, Virginia

Florence路 Roseboom, Enid Dori Bennett, Lambert Barbara ard

Doris Ann \Vii on, Germantown Leanna Marion ha e, pper Darby Marion Annetta Barron, \V. ollingswood, '. J. Janet Moore Lappin 1\fary Elizabeth Rishel, Ambler

EPSILON EPSILON-Emporia, Kansas

XI XI- W . Los Angeles, California

\ 'irginia

Bette Eilene Kremith 1\I. \ i veen Kumpf Eloise Iwalani .a par. \Vaihee, 1\faui, Hawaii Joyce J\lline Lind ay Jacquot Waymire, Kirkland, \Va hington Barbara Rose Smith Patricia Lucille \Varner, onrad, Montana

Loui e Iemen!

Loi Akers, Roanoke lara lane llin e Eli e \\'right, Bland Alice Brown Kitty Karne Maxine !\Iiller arah McDonald. \ 'inton Mary Margaret Ea. t, Xorfolk Nancy Lee . colt, Vinton eorgia Zebedee, Peter burg Rel,ecca Lowman Mickey lement Jane Mullen, Vineland, N. ]. ylvia ublett Ella [onday, t. Paul Virginia Boat" right, o burn Joella kin Ruth Dudley, Lynchburg Lucille ox Ruth \ illiam

Apri/10, 1942 to September 1, 1942.

ALPHA BETA- Kirksville, Missouri Leila Ruth Mulford Betty Jo Hart, nionville BETA BETA- Greeley, Colorado Jean laire Bailey, Buffalo, \\'yo.

Marjorie Ann Piner, Delta GAMMA GAMMA-A lva, Oklahoma

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ZETA ZETA-Warrensburg, Missouri El ie Loui e Albin, Tipton Virginia l\larie Nofftz, Hamilton KAPPA KAPPA-Philadelphia, Pa 1alli trStin Haines :\orma Dorothy dnee Jean E. Darden

PI PI-Buffalo, New York Tere a Irma 1\Ic uire, yracu e

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Announcements MARRIAGES ALPHA Katherine Roberts to Joseph V eranes Wescott on January I, 1942. At home 58 Kerr Street Onancock, Virginia. ' ALPHA BETA Marion Gardiner Blackwell to Edward M. Jaynes on January 25, 1942. At home Kirksville, Missouri.

Elaine Gilum to John Ben Eitel, September 20, 1942 at Unionville.

Jeanette Monroe to Henry Adams, March, 1942, in Washington State.

ALPHA GAMMA Elizabeth Kolger to Joseph T. Washko on June I2, I939路 At home 919 Oakland Avenue, Akron, Ohio.

Marion E. Schnabel to D ennis J. Girard on August 15, 1936. At home 929 Ash Street, Johnstown, Pennsylvania.

BETA BETA Mary Frances Holden to Leonard Lawson Morse on May 19, 1940. At home I647 High Street, Denver, Colorado.

Eleanor Virginia Tupper to Lawrence Charles Tate on June 3, 1940. At home I 34 I York Street, D enver, Colorado.

Frances Scott to Franz Joseph Kretschmer on November 20, I940. At home 439 High Street, Denver, Colorado.

Lydia Ann Cicmanec to John Vernon Balkenbush on August r8, 1941 . At home 1009 E. roth Avenue, Denver, Colorado.

Vivienne Sullivan to E. W. Remley on June IO, 1942. At home 2129 N. Dayton, Ch icago, Illinoi s.

Phyllis Pauline Green to Harry H. Bonham on May rr, 1940. At home 3016 W . Loraine, Glendale, California.

Grace Elizabeth Belwood to Ross Dunca nso n Kay on May 23, 1942. At home 337 N. Kenwood, Glen dale, California.

Betty Jane Barnes to Lieut. Paul Glendon, September 13, 1942.

Esther Emeline McConnell to Willi am Heddon Bond, February 5, 1942. San Salvador, C. A., add ress % Dr. C. A. Ainslee, Hospital Americana, Box 174, Guatemala City, Guatemala.

Martha Chesnutt to John Eskridge, May 23, 1942.

Margaret Emerick to Lieut. Bruce E . Mondt, on August 20, 1942. Address Bayshore Royal Hotel, Tampa, Florida.

Helen Brooks to Woodrow Brown, June, 1942.

GAMMA GAMMA Dorothy L. Ri ggs to Laren D. Roseberry on Decemb r 25, 194r. At home West Plains, Missouri.

Lora 0 . Patterson to Maurice M . Sipes on July r I, 1942. At home 1227 South Evanston, Tulsa, Oklahoma.

EPSILON EPSILON Ruth Elaine Stone to Ensign William John Caspari on April 4, 1942. At home 952 Sutter, San Francisco, California.

Jane Audrey Findlay to William Sheldon Wright on February r, 1942. At home 237 S. Main Street, Cubana Apt., Wich ita, Kansas.

Betty Maxine Cremor to Sta nley E. Johnson on April 25, I942. At home 420 Olive, Leavenworth, Kansas.

Ruth Abi lgaa rd to Ross E. Clark on November 9, 194r. At home 712 H arter, Winfield, Kansas.

ZETA ZETA Kath ryn Belle Hopkms to Staff Sergeant Albert Chenault Owings, Jr., on June rr, 1942. At home 752 Yz Marin go, Pasadena, California.

THETA THETA Marjorie Horne to H arold Shepard in August, 194r.

At home rr7 Pine Oak Way, Falmouth, Mass.

Ellen Owen to Willi am Daly on Janu ary 29, 1942.

At home 45 Trapell o Road, Belmont, Massachusetts.

Louise Robinson to Lieutenant Robert Calkins on September 13, 1942. At home Reading, Mass .

KAPPA KAPPA Katherine Lutton to Jorell Laird K elley on October TI, 194r.

At home 36 West 8th Street, Chester, Pennsylvania.

Dorothy Stone to Dr. Frederic Paul Richter on May 30, 1942. At home ro65 Field Street, Detroit, Michigan.

Alvadee Hutton to John Adams on A ugust r5, 1942. At home Rio de Janeiro, S. A. MUMU Rowena Farwell to Willard Dale Greer on April 15, 1938. At home 215 Ard more Drive, Fe rndale, Michigan.

NUNU Elizabeth Hiatt to John Tranor Dodson on April 1 r, 1941. At home 826 13th Avenue, Prosp ct Park, Pennsylvania.

Miriam Felten to Walter Edwa rd Ray nes on June r6, 1942. At hom Pomchartrain pts., New Orlea ns, Louisiana.

Jea n Wolfe to li ver E. Tiedma n on July 1 r, 1942.

At home 283 E. eneca, Sherri ll, New York.

Winifred Louise Hawl ey to Alan MacDonald Thewlis, February 2 1, J942, at New London , onnecticut.

44 Jean Allen to Ralph Morrow eptember 9 19 . p , at Lockport, Illinois .

Joan Coffman to James Robert Jessup July 27, 1942, at Drexel Hill Pennsylvania.

XI XI Catherine E. Kelley to Earl !bert argent on June 7 1942. t home 5 22 Third Avenue, Los ngeles, California.

Edythe Anna Callahan to John Harley Titley on ugust 22 1942. At home 1383 Kelton venue W est Los Angeles, California.

Gladys Ludlam to Willard Norton Anderson on August 29, 1942. At home Valparaiso University, Valparai o, Indiana.

OMICRON OMICRON Bette Madison to George E. Furness on May 8, 1942. t home 2256 Westminster Road, Cleveland Heights, Ohio.

PI PI Frances Caroline Skidmore to Claude Walter Lutz on ugust 23, 1941. At home orwich, ew York.

Helen Virginia Donnigan to Henry Harry Butler on March 28, 1942.

Muriel Reidpath Sullivan to Donald James Noonan on April 4, 1942. At home 105 orwood Avenue, Buffalo, N. Y. Winnifred Margaret Kendall to Warren Irving Frahn on June 12, 1942. At home 656 Lafayette Avenue, Buffalo, ew York. fargaret Mary Hammond to Harry Pless elson on June 13, 1942. At home 2330 Fillmore Avenue, Buffalo, ew York.

Mary Lutz to Charles E. Ball on June 21, 1942.

At home 1 r r Oxford Ave., Buffalo, ew York.

E. Lucille Swick to Clifford Glenn Upton on June 27 1942. At home Wilson , New York.

June Maxine Perry to Paul Mathew Hauser, on June 2 7 1 94 1. nnette Pausewang to Lieutenant Alfred A. Gruber on June 24th, 1942. t home 502 Draper Road Blacksburg, Virginia.

Virginia Grace Weiffenbach to Richard William Lebo on July 2, 1942. t home 2406 fain treet, \pt. B, Buffalo, ew York.

E. irginia Blake to ergeant John Edward Finn on July 1942 atalie Helen Williams to Lieutena nt Hugh John H a let on July 6, 1942.

Joahn E ther Rick to Lieutenant John J. foore on t home 3425 Fairmount Blvd.

Jul y 22 1942.

River ide, aJifornia.

Eleanor Loi illiam to Raymond M. Radtke on t home eneca Fall ew ugu t 1 •9·P· York.

Ruth Helen Albri ht to John ?-.(. Leslie on \ugu t , 1942. \ t home Biloxi, Mi i ippi. farga ret far 'B rian to 'A illiam John Fritton, Jr., on eptember 5, 1942.

THE PHOENL'C

Jean C. Kleppman to Harold P. Rupp on eptembc:r ew York.

9 1942. t home Ebenezer TAU TAU Helen Irvin to Milford W. Goerin on June 7, 1941. t home 1702 Fairmount, Wichita Kan a .

Mary cherer to Lieutenant John Roland tewart on June 10, 1942. t home 107 Yz East 4th Street, East Pensacola, Florida.

UP ILON UP ILON Ethel Genevieve Llewellyn to James Voorhis Wit on on June 13 1942. t home roro Noyes treet, Evanston Illinois.

PHI PHI Sarah Thompson to Roy C . Snow on August 9 1941.

At home 136 South Elmwood, Kan as City, Mi soun.

Mary Jeanette Anthony to Harold Milton Hull on September 21 1941. t home III Portage Path, kron, Ohio.

Mary Lou Melvin to Richard . Halliday on December 28, 1941. t home Tarkio, Missouri.

CHI CHI Esther Arnott to Raymond J. ilden on June 23, 1942. At home r66o Fullerton Avenue, Detroit Michigan .

Betty I. Miller to Hugh Ford on December 27 194 r.

Marjorie Hutchens to Don Scott on January 1 1939.

Betty eil to Don Frank on December 25 1939.

At home Blaine Pike, Portland, Indiana.

Erma Grieve to Ray Thiemann on August 12 193 .

At home Aurora, Indiana.

Maribel Marshall to Woodson Coates on December 24, 1941. At home Rushvil1e Indiana.

PSI P I Amy Rivers Rhodes to Ensign Norman Taylor Dowty on August 21, 1942. At home Naval ir ration, orfolk, V irginia.

OMEG OMEGA Margaret Standish to R. 0. Woodhou e, Jr., on December 7, 194 r.

Ethel Fried to Robert Licker on May 24 1942.

Lucille Parduhn to Lieutenant Hyland . Bigot on May 13 1942. At home 323 Farragut treet . W. Washington, D. lara Marie Bolio to Frederic Ray Allen on ugu t 10, •941. t home 1571 th treet, an •ego aJifornia.

Bernita Cecelia fferman to Frank Jerry •pan on ugu t t6 1942. t home an Diego alifornia.

BET DELT Margaret Ruth Martin to Lieutenant Bertram tone Jr. on lay 1 1942.

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B T EP IL Fannie Hope Warden to Danford fanax De hield , Jr. on June 20, 1942. A l home 104 Len , \venue, orfolk, ir inia.

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Rosa Scott to Eugene Marion Walton, Jr., on June 20, I942. At home Ballsville, Virginia.

Mary Lee Utley to Capt.a in John Calvin Steel on August 6, I942. At home Presque Isle, Maine.

Mary Catherine Ketron to Dr. Charles Rodney Richard on August 8th, I942. At home 3I9 N. Lexington Street, Covington, Virginia.

Winifred Rew to Lieutenant Junior Grade F . Ray Shield, Jr., on April 12, I94I. At home 522 Ocean Avenue, New London, Connecticut.

IOTA IOTA E. Margaret Bork to William E. DeReus. At home 4I8 W. 8th St., South Newton, Iowa.

BIRTHS ALPHA BETA Mr. and Mrs. Harley Hunsacker (Helen Deaverman) a daughter, Margaret A nn on May 22, I942.

Dr. and Mrs. Claus Rohweder (Jane Givens), a son, Charles Claus, on June I I, I942.

Mr. and Mrs. Worth Lindley (Avis Wheatcraft), a son, James Worth, July 27, 1942.

ALPHA GAMMA Mr. and Mrs. William Johnston (Violet D. Ralston), a daughter, Letitia Marie? on June II, 194!.

BETA BETA Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Whitman (Dorothy Martz), a daughter, Dorothy Diane, on A ug ust 4, I94L Mr. and Mrs. George L. Otness (Gretchen Mathews) , a daughter, Margaret Jea n, on April ], I942.

To Mr. and Mrs. George Davies (Grace D alby), a son, July 28, I94L To Mr. and Mrs. Robert Bartlett (Helen Nelson), a daughter, Ma.rch 15, I94I. To Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Bedford (Margaret Sanders), a son, May I4, 194!.

To Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Balkenbush (Lydia Cicmanec), a son, August, 1942.

EPSILON EPSILON Mr. and Mrs. Charles Bergerhouse, Jr. (Vernelle Worrell), a daughter, Diane Lynn, January, I942.

Mr. and Mrs. Leon Peterson (Helen Stowe), a son, Donald Stowe, on February I, 1942.

Mr. and Mrs. William P. Yearout, Jr. (Katherine arbiner ), a son, William P. III, on February ], 1942.

Mr. and Mrs. Arch ie Johnson (Ida Good), a son, Erik Nils, on February 24, I942.

MU MU Mr. and Mrs. Willard Greer (Rowena Farwell), a son, Daniel Dale, on September 20, I939· A daughter, Judith Ann. NU NU Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Landau (Blanche Ball), a son, David Edward, on May 29, I942.

PI PI Mr. and Mrs. Adelbert R. Brink (Mary Martin), a son, Michael Ridgeway, on June 5, 1942.

Mr. and Mrs. Fred Drew (Jeanne Fleckenstein) , a daughter, Linda Jean on May 25, I942.

Mr. and Mrs. Harold Morey (Helen Schubert), a daughter, Eleanor Jean, on June II, I940.

Mr. and Mrs. John Clinton (Catherine Moore), a son, May 12, 1942.

Mr. and Mrs. George F. Finch (Shirley Stowell), a daughter, Sally Ann, on August 7, 1942.

Mr. and Mrs. William Feathers (Shirley Passage) , a daughter, Candace Elizabeth, on September 28, 1942.

XI XI Mr. and Mrs. Robert Shank (Doniece Rose), a daug hter, Beverly Carol, on May I6, I942.

RHO RHO Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Lawson (Doris Feeley), a daughter, Sara Del, on July 4, 1942.

SIGMA SIGMA To Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Sweitzer (Christina Sinding), a son, Charles William, August, I942.

Gunnison, Colorado.

To Mr. and Mrs. Forrest F rasier (Evely n Grant), a daughter, Susan, May, 1942. Gunnison, Colorado.

To Mr. and Mrs. F. Janney (Roberta Helmecke), a daughter, August, 1942. Gunnison, Colorado.

CHI CHI Mr. and Mrs. Everett Thresher (Velma Haines), a son, Gary Allen, on December 17, 194!.

Mr. and Mrs. Don Frank (Betty Neil), a daughter, Marilyn Sue, on May r , 194r. .

Mr. and Mrs. Ray Thiemann (Erma Gneve), a so n, Michael Ray, on May 28, 1939.

Mr. and Mrs. Jay Monroe (Mi ldred Teaney), a son, Dennis Jay on September 12, 1940.

Mr. and Mrs. Max Montgomery (Dorothy Racey), a son, William hepard on February 27, I942.

Mr. and Mrs. Leroy Miller (Betty Huston), a son, Rex Lee, on August 5, r94 r.

THETA THETA Mr. and Mrs. urti s H. Kelso (Betty Barnes), a daughter, Jea n E lizabeth, on Apr il T5th, I942·

OME A OMEGA Mr. and Mrs. Jack weet ( orinne Hell er) , a son Richard A nthon y on January 4, I9·P· N_ew addrc : 3740 Fo rest Hill s Drive, alt Lake 1ty.

KAPPA KAPPA Mr. and Mrs. K. B. Hod son (Harri et Douglas) , a daughter, M ta Ann, on January 26, r942.

BETA EP fL N Mr. and Mr ·. F. Ray so n, F ranklin Ray

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Vice-P1·esident-Mrs. Reinard Schlosser, 28oo Dexter Street, Denver, Colorado.

Secretary-Miss Esther Bucher, 4134 Eaton Avenue, Kansas City, Kansas.

Treasurer-Miss Katharine M. Hale, 393 Randolph Street, South Weymouth, Massachusetts.

Registrar-Mrs. Clinton Berry, 281 Wapello Lane, ltadena, California.

Director of Alumnae-Miss Evelyn G. Bell, 767 Lafayette Avenue, Buffalo, New York.

Editor-Mrs. B. F. Leib, 3540 N . Pennsylvania treet, Apartment T, Indianapolis, Indiana.

National Chairmen Alumnae Organizer-Mrs. Lewis M. Bradley, 403 Magowan Avenue, Iowa City, Iowa .

A lumnae Editor - Miss Virginia Carpenter, 3105 Foster Drive, Warren, Ohio.

Constitution-Mrs. Albert Kuchs, 614 N . Market treet, Maryville, Missouri.

Fellowship-Mrs. W. C. Thomas, Lebanon Hall, Washington and Bower Hill Roads, Pittsburgh, Penn ylvania.

Scholarship-Mrs. Bertram M. Stone, Picayune, MisSISSI pp1.

Historian-Miss Louise Stewart, 705 Fountain Square, partment 6, Zanesville, Ohio.

Convention-Miss Helen Corey, 6310 Sherwood Road, Overbrook, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Paraphernalia-Mrs. John Horter, 1480 Corporation Street, Beaver, Pennsylvania.

Magazine Subscription Service-Miss Manette Swett, 235 Washington Street, Natchitoches, Louisiana.

Officers of Associa tion of Education Sororit ies Chairman-Mrs. C. P. Neidig, Pi Kappa Sigma, 1503 First National Bank Building, Cincinnati, Ohio.

Secretary-Mrs. Robert S. Hill , Delta igma Epsilon, r6 olumbus, Rapid City, South Dakota.

T reasurer-Miss Carrie E. Walter Theta Sigma Upsilon, 123 W. Tulpehocken, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Director of Local Panhellenics-Miss Edith Mansell, lpha igma Tau 161 H ighland ve nue Highland Park Michigan.

Clwirman of Publicity- [rs. Fred M. harp, lpha i rna lpha qos Hard venue Independence [i ouri .

Chairman of Interfraternity Relationships- [iss label Lee Walton •gma •gma igma P. 0.

Box 10 lermont Florida.

Officers of the Professional Panhellenic Association OFFICIAL REPRESENTATI E of lpha •gma lpha, Mrs. Fred M. Sharp, 1405 Hardy ve.

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President-Mrs. Clarence M. ale •gma lpha Iota 3741 Purdue Dallas, Texas.

Fice-President-Mrs. Fred M. harp lpha •gma Alpha, 1405 Hardy venue Independence 1o.

Secretary-Miss Phyllis Buck, Phi Chi Theta, 1019 University, Madison, Wisconsin.

Treasurer-Miss Bernice Hauber, Phi Gamma u r6 S. Clinton treet, Iowa City, Iowa.

Affiliated Panhellenics ME !BER

ational Panhellenic Congress Association of Education Sororities Professional Panhellenic Association Co NCIL MEMBER Chairman-Mabel Lee Walton, ssociation of Education Sororities.

Secretary-Gertrude Evans, Professional Panhellenic Association.

Chairman of Publicity Committee- Mrs. E. .ran ille Crabtree, ational Panhellenic ongress.

National Panhellenic Congress: Mrs. Irving F. Brown, 91 Burnett Street Maplewood, New Jersey.

Miss L. Pearle Green, 13 East venue, Ithaca, e\ York.

Mrs. E. Granville Crabtree, 5 Dean Road, Brookline, Massachusetts.

Association of Education Sororities: Miss Mabel Lee Walton P. 0. Box 10 Clermont, Florida.

Mrs. C . P. Neidig, 1503 First National Bank Bldg.

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Mrs. Fred M. Sharp, 1405 Hardy venue Independence Missouri.

Professional Pan hellenic Association: Miss ertrude Evans % Mrs. C. M. ale 3741 Purdue, Dallas Texas.

Miss Ruth Ensor 14 Old hort Hill Rd. Millburn, ew Jersey.

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Alpha Beta-Wilda Laur, 515 S. High, Kirksville, Missouri.

Alpha Gamma-Betty Shaw, 216 N. John Sutton Hall, Indiana, Pennsylvania.

Beta Beta-June Snowberger, I532 9th Avenue, Greeley, Colorado.

Gamma Gamma-Wilma Jean Fullerton, 917 Fourth Avenue, Alva, Oklahoma.

Epsilon Epsilon- Virginia Smith, 315 E . 2nd Street, Emporia, Kansas .

Zeta Zeta-June Cole, 306 N. Main Street, Warrensburg, Missouri .

Eta Eta-Margaret Agnes Naylor, 308 S. Catalpa, Pittsburg, Kansas.

Theta Theta-Louise Santosuosso, I22 College Road, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts.

Kappa Kappa-Virginia Becker, 5819 N . Fairhill Road, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Mu Mu-Fern Yenkal, 130 College Place, Ypsilanti, Michigan.

Nu Nu-Bernice Buck, Drexel Institute of Technology, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Xi XiPi Pi-Jean Mitchell, 168 Argonne Drive, Kenmore, New York.

Rho Rho-Kathryn Day, 710 J<;fferson Avenue, Huntington, West Virginia.

Sigma SigmaTau Tau-Mary Ethel Earl, 109 W. 9th Street, Hays, Kansas.

Phi Phi-Caroline Curnutt, 1007 N. Buchanan, Maryvi lle, Missouri.

Chi Chi-Delana Southard, Lucina Hall, Ball State Teachers College, Muncie, Indiana.

Psi Psi-Claire Alexander, 300 New Second Street, Natchitoches, Louisiana.

Beta GammaBeta Delta-Mary Pickering, Station A, Hattiesburg, Mississippi .

Beta Epsilon-Mary McKay, Box 521, Madison College, Harrisonburg, Virginia.

Beta Zeta-Oliver Hitter, Southwestern Louisiana Institute, Lafayette, Louisiana.

Beta Eta-Betty Bruvold, Stickney Hall, State Teachers College, Dickinson, North Dakota.

Beta Theta-Frances Mewmaw, 334 Sloan Hall, Mt. Pleasant, Michigan.

Beta Iota- Jan e Mullen, Box 5, State Teachers ColI ge, Radford, Virginia.

ALUMNAE EDIT R- Miss Virginia 3r05 Foster Drive, Warren, Ohio.

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Akron, Ohio- Mrs. Joseph Washko, 919 Oakland, Akron, Ohio.

Alva, Oklahoma- Mrs. Arthur Lane, 3r9 Norma l, Alva, klahoma .

Boston, Massachusetts- Mrs. Edward Neville, 7.0 Josephine A venue, Somerville, Massachusetts.

Buffalo, New York-Mrs . Arthur York, 26 Canterbury, Eggertsville, New York.

Canton, Ohio-Mrs . Paul Holsing, 411 11th Street, N . W., Canton, Ohio.

Central Pennsylvania- Miss S. June Smith I 25 Manor, Millersville, Pennsylvania.

Chicago, Illinois- Mrs. Carolyn Millard, Research Bureau, Marshall Field and Co., Chicago, Illinois.

Cleveland, Ohio-Mrs. C. Ronald Smith, 48 Eldred Avenue, Bedford, Ohio.

Columbus, Ohio-Mrs. James Teller, 2553 Medary, Columbus, Ohio.

Detroit, Michigan- Mrs. William Buchinger, 279 McMillan Road, Grosse Point, Michigan.

Emporia, Kansas-Mrs. Otis Thornton, 905 Oak, Emporia, Kansas.

Greeley, Colorado-Mrs. Prescoe Lee, 2114 7th Avenue, Greeley, Colorado.

Hampton Roads, Virginia-Miss Evelyn Broods, 935 North, Portsmouth, Virginia.

Hays, Kansas-Miss Ruth Twenter, I32 East 8th, Hays, Kansas.

Huntington, W. Va.-Miss Doris Hart, 2722 Fifth Avenue, Huntington, 'West Virginia .

Indianapolis, Indiana-Mrs. Howard McDavitt, 4818 E. I rth, Indianapolis, Indiana.

John stown, Pennsylvania-Mrs . E. W. Fleckenstein, R. D . No. 3, Violet Street, Ext., Johnstown, Pennsylvania.

Kansas City, Missouri-Mrs. E. A. Kreek, I466 E .

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Kirksville, Missouri- Mrs. Mary Jane Shultz, 6r r E .

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Los Angeles, California- Miss Gladys Ludlam, 2714 Budan Avenue, Los Angeles, California.

Maryville, Missouri-Mrs. James Warren Ray, Route r, Maryville, Missouri.

Muncie, Indiana-Miss Jean Moulton, Parker, Indiana.

New York City, N. Y.- Mrs. James McGrath, 3764 Bronx Blvd., New York ity, N. Y. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania- Miss Elizabeth Frankenfield, 413 Waverly Rd., Wyncote, Pennsylvania.

St. Louis, Missouri- Mi s Hope Green, 2027 Alfred Street, St. Louis, Missouri.

San Diego, California- Mrs. Ray Atchley, President, 2626 Dave Street, an Di go, California.

Southern Colorado-Miss Jean Young, r2r E. 8th Street, Pueblo, Colorado.

Tulsa, Oklahoma- Mrs. J. R. Reeve 272r E. 22nd Place, Tulsa, klahoma.

WaJhington, D. C.- Mr. Frank Iough, Chastleton Hotel, r6th Street, N. W ., Washington, D. Wichita, Kansas- Mr 路. harl es Popkins 3321 hatfie ld Place, Wichita, Kansas.

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