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CHAPTER LETTTIRS The 'l'r~ns-!·H~s ips ippi Chc:nte r s hnve been r\,nn inB ' · rl'ce to

se~ Dhose ~~tter ~hould get to Bost~n first, so PS to sec~ re the first '~ge of th~s PHO~U IX. As it huppened, nll thre~ ett~rs c~me on the

srume mail, but uere opened in the folloving orQer:BET..A.. BETA

17e Greeley girls h c.ve not much in the nens line to pcss on because ne c.re ba.ok from our vncc.tion triPs only n little v1hile c.nd ' hnve S::_)ent most of the time since getti.ne bnck on st('.rting upon the 'i70rk of the new tenn. i7e h~ve, hm: ever tal~en time for a little rushing. rle are hot on the trail of ~o~e quite desirab ly ~Tunior .

Several days ago P e had a line party at one of the theatres nnd a · fe~ nights later we a ttenued the r eci tal given a t the college bv the Denver Universit~t Glee Club. · ·· "· The othAr evening the !.SAs vrho·s e homes o.re in Greeley entertained the re~t of us a t a children~s party. ?he Gold Dust Tt7ins, Mary Jane, Buster Brown, Samba, Dinah and nan~r other famous little boys and girls were present.

There was an abUndance of peanuts , licorice, animal erackers, all-G.ay suckers, cnePing gum and ice-cream cones to cheer ·the hearts of the l itt le folks.

Several dainty little girls spoke elaborate pieces and sane; appropriate sont;s. lie be 1 ieve in the proverb, "!:e who tootcth not his own horn, the same shall not be tootedl ~ , so if yo,,_ will pardon our egotism, Vle will boast a 1 i ttle now. :-Jo.3t terr11 the p ov1ers that be dec ic1.ed to change the eradinB system ir.. our collP.ge .

Hitherto any passing gr acle in any subject has brought the same amo\,.nt o'£ ere ~ it, regardlPSS of the quality of the student•s worl:. . :ror example, a s t u dent v!h o did B {jrade work in a five hour subj P.ct recP. i VP.d just the sam c r P.d it ·. that was given to a stndent doing A or 1'\A grade work. ?he neVJ s l 1 t~m recognizes p_ grade work as stand(:l.r~ end cives fiv e hours c redit for a five honr co1'1rse in r1hich the student receive s vA, bt,t for B grade Work in the Same sub-j eets only four ho 1rs' cred i t i ·~ given, for C grade only thre e hours, etc.

Hoy;ev er, the s,rs ten 'r'orks both 1 ·a s, ana those who are fortunate enonghi;to secure AA , incli cn tine a qt .alit .: of ~ork above standard, are blessed ~ith six hours' cr ~ d i t for f i v e hours' uork.

Our chapter, when a local, a l vays s toba for schole r sh~; ancl \.re fondly hope · that Betc Betc is a lv· ays to c heri~h th~ snr.w ioe~i..

Consequently yre are gla d to report tl_lnt AAs . .- er e not of rnn u~ ~uant1 t ~ for lust term i in fo ct, they vTere qtn te too coiTIJ11on to b0 cxc 1 t 1ng .

Vera Camp bell , Hi torirn.

GA11i}[A GA1'.11'1A

Pi Kappa Siema eave ns a n on cl.erfPll r e oo cl imfl lntel .

T 1 e-J he ld 0 nel i ghtfnl recP. p tion f or 1 s in their clnbro cms one eve Thll're re re small n ing a nd serv ed a delicious two-conrse lnnche on. ta.bl E!1 acc omrnocla t ing four guests, tnc s s. .· s nnd two AS s .

P l uc e c '1rC cam.d es ar..d fl ov:-e rs wr:re selec~e~ s~, ~ E tr c a rr out the PY:S col r s , tur quoi se an n g ol d.

Thr: small ·c a':l lcs "7~ ._- e :1r·ar.eed cronn a lar e:r one at whi.ch ,., . re s eated m~-~ rncul: ,r aC:111 ~,0 r3 m'"~. ~ :' ~l troness e s . 'i'ri s j.grua enteri;a l nPd. G aiDTT'Ib. t0'"l ·c he .3.ut lf 1lJ. on la rch L. t!:. ~- F.. t c:ne of Alv a; s most attracti"'le hor.1es. ~he S2S c olor .=; Tr>r -~e d._~.·....(·_ __

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adv~ntage, the ~ns ic of cam: r y bi nl~, L1ingled vri th that of a victrol a , add1ng greatly to the cham of the occasion.

The Basket Ball g i rl s and the members of PKS were also gue~ts t~e same afternoon.

C' · . On March 15th J..SA fonneal a 1 ine ~arty at a play given by th e . . . aturday Ntght Club, one that was :>~rticulo.rly well played. · Of co11rse we 't'Jant to make ·Ours n 1 i ttle better 't"lhen the time comes. \"ie are to begin V<Torl~ on it at once under the ver71 capable direction of Mrs. Munson. ~1 r first intention was to give th~ ~lay this ~pring Term, bu t after due consideration, it has seemed v:rise to postpone it until the Summer Term. r:e think that 't"rE" o'hall heve a ~ett c r chance for more succe~sf:r;rl financing at that tltme. '::here hlls been so much going on the '1.7hole School year that we are afrain fol k s won't tnrn out ,.,ell for s orne thing late in the seas o:t~.

The SnJ'lliT1er Term stnden ts, on the other hand, are nsnally tNwhers v1ho have jnst finished their v.• ork in rur ci l oornmuntties.

They attend pla~rs nnCI. other amusements rrith more eager ness than the regu.lar, all-:rear stnc1ent \7ho is quite snrfeiteCI by S p rin ~~ Gamma Gamma is enjoying its soror i ~y meetings every Thurseay.

Alternate weeks there is always a social affair.

On Business .

Meeting niBhts we study the "Hanc1book" and the Course of Study laid down therein.

If hard work connts for an~rthing, Gamma Ga.mmo. shoul<3. make fine gra des in the Sorority Examination. .

Local Panhellenic has been o:rgt'l.n izeci. with PKS in the pr ct s i- · dency, 3~S holding the Secretaryship and ASA the Trea~ury.

Lorinda Mason is our Alnmna Representative and Ruth Pettit," Senior Delega·t e ana IIelP.n Fitzgeralc1 Junto·r Delegate.

It rras deemed best to extend the courtesy of the presiaency to PKS, us well as to invite to membership the Shakespear~ Club, which is going into OOE, rather than to restrict the organization to the only tYTo-ASA ana· SSS- on· the roll of the Assosiation of Pedagogical Sororities.

Meetin~are to be held the first lion4ay evening of ev·ery month, ana. the tax on eauh sorority is t0 be so¢ per term of three months. ~he rushing ~ate has been set fo~ the be~taning of the fourth vreek of ev·e ry term and rushing is to last two 't'teeKS. A committee is to ma7:·e. the rnshing rules. · If possible, an effort is to b8- made ·to nave Tuesan.y nigr~t of each ~Teek set aside as Sorority Night, so that this one cven~ns rnay be left free for that purpose.

Irene- Rolf has 1eft sehool t~ dm s~me teaching, but the p~­ s i tion is a three t1011ths 1 one, · se B:h~ will ~e baok for tlie summer t~rm. ~ miss bel" greatly, fol" she is thtJ Sorority 1 s literarv geniu s.

The Annuals this year Dill print onP of IrPnP 1 S p oec3 .

That of last yenr carried a thrilling love stor~." that ~he han v1 ritten.

Other girls a r e winning honors pere at Northwestern.

Ruth I: rmdn.ll has been e~~cted Y .~7 .C .A. President.

Grace f1anntell ana Ruth Long have be en ~ e rving ~s Secretari:e.s of the i r respective :nedagocy cl ast=les .

Blanc!:le Woo h1an gave a very interesting and helryfnl demonstra tion lesson in the Ath grade be forA the "Dcdagog;r clas 3es rfl ~ f':ntl ; r.

E. the 1 PcP.se i s r.o ing ver-·· snccessful practice teaching in the !Bd and 4th s ra c1es of the Hodel School. · ~he Hellenic excitenent at t he prr n ~n t norn r nt is the e x)eCt0 nr rj_val of ~~rs. Or l ey See. Nfl.t ion~l Org[mizer of DSE. 'Lv identl y this sororitv believ~s tn the r.n-it-qnick ~ t y le, fo r the lad y ~i ll a rr i ve on the morning train Q.TIC le a v e in the eVf'11ing.

D.S'E Can ha. r c.l :T have 2. very str ont; organization , v:hen so l~ttl e tioe as that iJ given to the j n s·~a ll at i on . }1is s S h o ck l~ y ' f. Shingle has cone , s o v: e l':n ow wha t happ i nes cc i s _r_ s": ore f or a ll of u:::; i n th e near f ,lt·r re .

The g:.rls s~m~ l y went i ~ t('l ec stc:.cies, n hen I: iss Shockley brought it in t o Soror it y t.: eeti ~1g t ~e othe r evening.

Alo n g q i th it c o.oe ccry i es of the Pl~dge ~nd tne ~>1 c_ p ·rgradn8 t e Serv : ces, so n lt~ g et_?cr Gc..r:ma Ga~a f eels ul'.n.t 1t i~ r· 11 i. ~.:;e ready f or its sh£.:.re now 1n tr.e n at 1o:r:a l .11fE of P. S f~ .

This Qne.rt~r :'l.lphn Beta is trying out a nm•1 rushing plan. E~ery ,.,eek four of our girls give some kind of social function.

The f~rst took the forPl of delicious hot chocolate and vmfers servec after the Stunt Night given at School :;qn.rch lOth. This was the occasion, y_ou remember, when the Cha.~ter g·a ve "An Old Curiosity Shop", a portrayal of the School at present, but o.pnarently staged many years hence. · .

The next week we enjoyed a hike to the lake, followed by a \"/hat fun we did we have and how much better acouainte \.~ T1een1e roast. we ?ecame with the rushees ~ Our next affair was a 1 ine partJr ~t the · mov1es, and last week iie gave a ma.tineb dance at the Elks Club. We be lieve that this sort of rushing will b~ much more effective in every wa~r than larger parties given at th~ close of the rushing seo.son.

B~sides the present plan enables ~s to get unusually well acquainted w1th the rushees.

One of the pleasantest things that has ha~ pe nee recentl y nas a recital at the new Princess Theatre bJf one of our societ~r leo.C.ers, r1rs. 3axter.

AS.i'.s 1i7ere invited to attend and enjoyed the progranmc hugely.

There were some selections b~r Kirk1-~Xk~e's best musicia ns and a particularly fine adil.resos b~r Dr. w. w. ; ·._l}- p':lofessor in .'l.rt Institute.

The next morninG h~ coMe to ch~~el and gave another fine address, illustrating his points by :nlP.ying a. number of piec es. Last eunday afternoon we cal len on onr p~. trone~ s es in a body.

Alpha Beta is ~earing thA c~im~on and ~hite in honor of t~ o new _p ledges, Eula Hull, a soi~ter-in-laV' of our DoAie F ooc1ard Hull , anrlt Lulu Hall, a sister of our JJenna.

Lnlu is a member of Beta Sigma Omi · cron, having joined one of the Missouri ohapters of that sorority . . It is a great joy to have th~3e girls with ns, but we have also h2~ t h e great pleasnre of a visit f ·r om Celeste heel's nether.

He are always glad when friends or narf)nts can visit. us.

Alpha Bet2 t.lnmnne, ann eS'1f?Cif'll~r thnse t'\iat v:rill ret,,_rn for s,,_mmer Session l'lill be intere ste d in le a.rnint:; that v'e heve hired t he Theta Psi House for the ~ummer months.

This fr aternity is one of those at the /rrnerican S cho0l of Ost AO;Ja thy.

Their first :9r ice was $21 0, b'nt we finally 811.CCeP0.cd in getting it for $ l?f, .

SSS has te.ken the Acacia House. ju~t cast of· .ns ?hat one is som ewhat ne\~' ­ er, bPt v1e thinl{ that the '2,lhf?ta :Psi Hdus.:; P ill serve onr nurpose rnr.ch better, Vle had the option on the Acncin House, but decided in f uvor o:f the other.

Nieta Brawford, Historian.

ALPHA Gl \.J;.DYLA

Spring vacation begins on Hareh 31st.

Our invit a tions to the rusbees ·go ou.t the night before. ·.Ie are ~l a d that the long s trRin is over, but hope that when we :return to School we ony have a number of sp lendid nev: pledges .

Ot~-:=.- :final affair was a dinner l£l..st Sntur~ay.

E ighte en Girls vere present, all the rushees end all the cha;:t er except Gula S~hler and Frederica Putman, who had "0ar ts in the y . il .C . A. play.

Th~ first big a!~fair in the ne\!J term '' 'il!. b P t he ! .ll-2' orori ty Dance.

At present about 90 co up le s an: expected .

'I'he sororities r ep re sented vri ll be Alvha Xa l')Pa Phi , Ph i } _~ app a Pi, Pi Kap)a S igma, Tri Sigr1a, Jlh i ::,) elt~. Phi , e.nc. l.ll:;:he S i f.m a ;a"'Jha. Thre e of ou r old ~irls, Ru th Yonn?-, ~a rnh P r os se r anc ! 0 2 )~-~ Se.X:man are coming back:. ~he Sc!'lool J'ri Y"l c i.}) al, Dr. P.r1cn ~ a:r,d hi s i'"' ife will lead the ,; :rand March, e.nc1 will be followed by a r epr es ent :'! :~ ive of each s orort t :r .

There are 26 r1.ances on the programme c.nd t\~'" !'avor dcn:ees. \le do not Y:now as ve t vr'r..at the :Lavon:; an:, bec a n_se -~~a t is t~ be e ~~r,rise, b~t we knoD Tha t the programs are to be in 1

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Dinner \ 'ill be ~· crvcd ::;.t 1 0 .30.

Eac"l ~orori1; u is o-r: a special committee, 1'2A hrving b~en o.s:;:igned to :t~s ic anc Decor '=' t~ons · ;;e hav~ engat;ed a very fine orchestra fror1 pi t TPb,,rgh, 1J1 t our dance hall 1s eo beautiful in it~elf that it ne pds no cecornti on . v Earl:[ ~n the Vlcek Al'pha J~ap,a Phi. which is one of -t;he .'.J e"' _ork soror~ t1es. and better known ::ts AGOlliAU, gave a play in chn.vcl and entert~ined all soror.i ty girls, together vi th their rnshe es. and the fac l).l ty. 'l,he play w~. s "Tl}e French Ha id and the Victro1~.

The girls did unusually v;ell.

J e reeard AGONIAlT here a~ ~::..~ac­ tlcally a literary society.

We have learned. with rf'gre t . that on!' facul "ty member, :-us:;: Noble, has not improved much since she went hom~ and will not be nble to come back next year.

Thi~ mear~ t~at · ~e shall have to find nnother facnl ty ee~.;_c cr' as l hsg s t'l'_chul e~~pects to spend a y pa.r in Eonolulu and VI ill not be he're either.

A very present loss to ,,_'0> ~-s onr Cha..,ter President, Uar;,r Feely, who is not :r'Ctnrn ing after vacation.

Her sister has been marri~n ann her parents wish her to be ot home with them.

We shall miss ~.1arv sadlv.

Recently the Girls' (!1eP. C'l,,b, v1hi~h is known here as tr.e " ~_1acrigal Ch,b", gnve o concc!'t irl. 1:1'!1.0."}f'J. r;:'hP.y havr. been v.rork ii1g s1nce Sc-ptP.Mbrr on their nror;ranmt:?.

T.t was Vf'T"l_ '~'' f>ll work ed o~..._t ar: d _:h?wed lots of art on th~; ;1nrt of the girls e.n6 1;heir C. i!'rctor, 1Ii s s .uella rarlin.

Perhaps our All1.rmae v•o,lcl. be a 1 i ttle bit interestf!d in more details abont the final dinner that · we e a v~.

The col0 r scheme was red and white.

There ,._,ere four cmrses, frnit cocktail, chicken, sa lad, · nnge 1 cake with wb i}1-ped cre(!m and candied frn it, nuts, cand 'i.e s [?.nd coffee.

After the feast we had a ~)ro~ramme of readings and sol os Mrs. -randergrift, our dancing teacher. has been training the girls .~or some interpretive dances that are to be given soon.

Three of our girls and several o:f ourcrushee s are on the progra.r:pme. .h.ll have been btlSY rJaking their costume~ this l us t wee k .

We a re glad · ~ o announce that Clara Ferg11son is to be back the Spring Term.

Katherine 1. Fro~lich, Eistoria~ T

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ALPHA

The very first thing that v1e want to tell you about is ou r Dance. ~e made hundreds of paper d~ffodils, which we pluce d arounc the dining-room and above the chair-rail, as well as banked about the four columns.

The e"f'fect 1-r as wonderfully ueautifnl, just 1 ike a Spring garden. ~hen. too, the 1 i ghtn v:ere shaded end in the two large fireplaces \Te placed ferns and !eal daffodils. for it vms too_ warm for a fire.

Over a doorvray leading into a little alcove v:e pnt our big .rl.SJ~ banner and belo\·' that a profusion of ferns.

There were fourteen dances and two extras.

The ninth dance was the favor dance.

And this is how W(-> manr..ged. rlhile \'IC -r.·rere eating refreshments, g::e c' ice-cream in flov1er pots, but covered r:ri th chocolu~e ice to look l1ke earth, and tiny ferns coming frorn thet1 , cake- anil m1n ts, the f a vors, which v:-ere sterling ~ il ver key-rirp,s bP.uring the_ A.SL le~te~s v1ere nnssed· aronnd.

Eacn had on ~ t a pa:per key be a.r1ne a g1rl s nn.me · 'rhe idea emanated from Helen Kingrs brain ann we all thought it an : J) -' 1.S l,_ally fine nne. :'he i nvi t c.t iors to the c1.ance r·erc r.e s v:v 1 inen boar d en gr c c C' • · g, ol o' · .... ;. t ,,'•"-"' ~ ,~ in bl :tck ani1 ornm.:.entefl. -rr i th t h f?' /\..:; \ con t - GI" - 8rT71 R 1n Of! <TI 01'T ~X"J e ctation tO have the 0. ~..inC C v-. r oga:tamm AS 0 f 'Yc1'i t e l i n en CC·VeYCC Hi th v;rhite lcv thcr, b·,t \ ·e for n:1 i t r:,, -:_t e i n:J c ss i blf> t o ge t 2.co-c;1e r i n tha t col)r, :30 h ad 1; o be ""D ti s::-i.eC. ,· i t h 2 ··oft gr Py .

It, Hr..J rm r a 2v::ed \7 i tr. a r.; oln c ou t- of - <:rns ant :. lon ~ \: hi ·:;p '3 11 1-~ c ora and.{' vES.L l?iSe rv ~~ :rett :-' n Cl Ca -cber:ne ? ~:~, r ent; ':'P. T': ~ he on l :y onPs o _ c ' .'.

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Alumnae back for th ' ~ t Eloise 1-, e aance uu all the othe rs sent 'b~st wishes '. ~a - t ; ~otmh. ln~ back to spend a week with us during her v oc at ion an& 1 rr1e m1 ~111 be with us also for at least a week end. d To gev down to earth ag0 in, vie shall h a ve to report tha t v:e 1 "lave_ 11a a cas~ of scar~etina here in the "U", but as the halls ana hosp1tals are JUS~ reek1ng with formaldthyde, there is little danger of_any germ~ gett1ng out from the sick room.

17e are having ~lmost C. ally P;ac~ lee on the opera "l!Iartha", wlhch will be given later.

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Stewart s Portmanteau Theatre" has been here and bas been plavin g some of the ?P.al old .English plays, such as "Gammer Gerton's Needle 11 • Not long ago we went out on a hike about a mile ana & half and had a nice chi~i:-.en dinner, sang songs around the fireplace and ca~ e b~ck by moonl1ght. ftill more recently we had another, onl y th1s t1me '"'e went three Ltiles out into the country. ':'he ro a as FP. r.e ra·t:her mudd;:r bnt we did not mind that nart icularly, as v1 e had s orn e good flashl1ghts along with us.

There has been. a great deal of excitement this week, owi ng to the contest betv1een Bishop Hall s.nd Hepburn Ii:all.

Bernadine Sut J:.amp and HelPn -r.ctvvards were on the .a.ishop team and Isabel Key wqs nom inated one ... of the two cheer leaders, the other being Bthel~rn Rolsto, a Chi Omega and a very good friend of ASA. There was s~lendic1 cheer ing and s1nging.

As "B1shop won in the contest, three !~As, at leas t were jubilant.

On 17ednesday nora I:Ioser ~urprisea some of 011r number by appearing with a handsome Delta ?heta Sigma Pin below her hSA badge. ':'he lncky man is Lav1rence rrenher of Carey, Ohio, and a. graduate of Ohio StatP. 1Tn). ver~ity.

We met him at 011r Ciance, and we like u him so ve'l!Y mnch that v1e fePl that we cnn tr,,st onr Nora to him.

Ruth Slonaker, Historian.

ALPHA \/hen the new Cabinet of the Y. U .C.A. was selected recentl y by the Fa culty, the secretary and n special committee, two AS/. girls

were honored, t lizabeth Clements and Elsie Bagby . Elizabeth is to be Chairman of the Social Servi9e Committee. ':lhe Cabinet has ten members.

The only other sorority girl is one Tri Sig. Friday evening the Dramatic Club gave "!.lice and :ren" ana.

Elsie Bl!gby took a very prominent part in the :!lay.

Not rliany nigl ts ago the head of the !!Iusical :Department gave a very pretty operett a , ".An Evening in Spa in'r.

J'.. 1 i ttle later some of the girls ga.ve a pe.r u if_y on it. calling it lfJ-1Il Evening· ih Pain".

L' lizo.beth Clements to ok 1.. good mnny o1 us , a leading part and other !..Sl~s ~1ere in the. caste. however, are quite as much interested in athletics as in Ciramatics. so we are busy practising for Field Day, v1hbh comes J.pril 14th.

One of our Lynchburg ..uumnae, Mary ?ovJson, is to visit us.

Somewhat later we expect to have one of our ;~lnrmue with ns permnnent ly.

She is Hattie Paulett, and she is to be married in the early summer to Professor Long of our Faculty. · l.lpha expects to give her an a.hnounoement party, as soon as Ha t"i;ie dec ides to let the public i to her secret.

Mary Swain, Historian • THE SPrliiJGFIELD HOUSE Pl.RTY

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On Warch lOth. such members of the S~ringfield Divisi-on as c ould get together met at tl~ e m?LlP. . of Helen Boggess for another of their joyons mP.etings. · Ow1ng ·co 1llnPss a~d other c auses . three of ..~-hA mPm bers V'ere 11nabl e to be nres en t. b11 t J PSS Cheno1'T eth, ])o rot h:T C l ~s on, and R1,th Tln ffey were fortl'n a te Fmongh ~o be t h ere. '."fe we re ,o__rr that thP nbsen t nembe:rs we r e forced to r.ns f~ S\1 Ch a S'\' Cc es sf\~. :

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meeting. " On F riday ~vening all atten~ed the movies, later g oing home ~or_ one of the old -t iT"le t a lks, trhich alvmys last till morning an( -~h e n oeg1n ull over ngnin.

Saturday morning · a brief business session was helc1 , r.rhilc the afternoon Has ~iven over to ~isitinl) the s tores ond shoHs. In the evening there nas a ninn-e-r party to vrhich a number of tovm eirls 'i'7ere invited.

It Has a veritable ! .SL affair, the color scheme being green ann golC: anc1 the centre piece a mound: of be autiful 6.uffodils.

Several of the tovm girls are sorori t;y r:1embers at '.; i tten~~rg Colleg~, w1lich is located in Springfield.

One of our gre a te st pleasnre$ ..,·m s having I:atherine . :·._ rbogast of the active chap ter p resent.

She brought us all the university news.

SurJ ay morning we all attended church and heard some fine r.m.sic. ';;he rest of the time -.,;re.s spent at hom·e. !lll too soon came the tine for parting and it was V7i th deep regret that VJe were forced to say goodbye to onr kinO. hosts·.

Hr. and I~Irs. Bogc;ess are royal ente!"tniners and their warm vrelcome made onr visit one of the most enjoyable hoP.se parties that the Springfield Division has h&c. ·Dorothy Clason, ~HE

JOID{S~OVffl ASSOCIA~ION

The l1.lpha Gamma .Al"lUJlnae resident in and near Johns town, Pa. , met on Harch 27th at the hom·e of Ruth Young.

A Cons-titution and By!Jaws, similar to those of the Hannibal Club· vJel.·e adopted. ·· Ruth Yr.mng ~as elected president and ~1ary Stouppe Secretary-~reasurer.

This new club has many delightful plans.

THE PITTSBURGH ASSOCIATION Blenno·r Lowry .and Norma Piper decicied to organize a Club in PittebPrgh.

The first meeting Will be on k Pril 8th ~t 1>lcCreery 1 S , one of' the lar~e Department Stores that allow clubs to nse their ~I T" i ­ vate parlbrs for their mePtin gs , ~rovided that all social Rff a irs a r e held there also.

THE MAIL POUCH The viT ho le Sorority ':rill syr11pa thize vri th Habe 1 /.nd er s on of I:ans a s City in the sad l?SS of her precious ElOther.

Edith ~ lithington, novr in Poca tello, Idaho, to whom no s extended the ?rivilege of a special initiation, because. there v1e.s no likelihood of her being able to get back to her home chapter in ?ennsylve.nia, writes of her deligl_:t at_br±ng a m:mbe~ in r t.JLL ! of_ h er joy 2 .t being included in the Rouno. Rob1n. uf the rTorthrest, VIh1ch 1s manc c·eC. bv :Ir s . '} , ~. ::tossiter -o f Sheridan, ~.Iontane..

I:dith v,ro"!.7lc_ li k~ J;~ ~ e 'inclt1.ded in some of the Pennsylvania 3.obins too. ~ Garnr.aa Gamma -r1rites that !•Tanager of the OpPra Hous e ho.s O:i fere [ to give the chapter ~o~ of' the p roeeeds for two ~igh~s,~i~ u e ·:: iJ_l help s ell tickets for nThe Hec.rt of lraryland 11 , _v,h1ch 1s -co o:_ _~ g iven i\:p ril the 6th an~ 7th. .....~e a1se ~oiferedc- to g 1ve 17% -,, er~en t. 11. the g ir ls woulc1 help h1m sell 1,1•kets IOr the ul.UTli!ler Lyceum Cot rse .

Ruth Duffey Vlri tes that she is -r lanning to s p end J11ne a nd nar ·;; of J uly in the Ad iron clacks. ne ver c. day passes but ~hat so~eone writes of her joy at ·) u~eeC!sing a · Shingle. . .. , . . ..

I.laritm Gardner and :irs. Bo:n<111.rant have open e d scuo. 1011 C 1n - · u 0 th are eX!'ert clnna ·pain""i:ers. ':!'hey -r.· ill ·f il l ordf'rs ::j_rk!j VL11 e · Mu t.r ill haVP oJhasses · j)

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It is a little l at e in thP year -t o be tu l h jng ab o t a

C h~~stmas wedding, but not until the first of J~p ril C:id the Central

Of11.ce get any definite inforr:wt ion c.lJout t he wed ding of Los ie '7oo6.2. rfl and 11r. Hull.

I t wa s a oni e t a.ffa. ir, the conp le driving to Ef.. in where they were murri~l nt 8.~0 Cltristmas morning at the home of EeY eren·c. and u r ·s. Sr.> E. :Botsford, vri th v1hom Dosie ha<l mndE> her homE> the winter before going to Kirksville 1 v-rhe r.- e , by tl1E' vmy, it wa·s fa teO. that she should meet her future husband.

Hr. Hull is connect ed with Early & Hull, Lumber, Implement o.nd Grain fin1. ~-~r . Hull was also student at ~ irksville and taugl1t in the ~irksville lligh School for u while.

He is a brother -~ o Bula Hnll, one o f thr. new p le Cl ges. .

Jess Chenoweth is having a honRe -~arty this week for the S1dney and Springfield girls.

THE EX/J,:JU.ATIOUS As the membership generally has b~en so much intereste d in the qhestions that have been sent out her c toiorP, it has seemed best jro the Central Offi-c e to includ' copies in this issu~ of the PEOF.N I X .

Zach alumnaewill therefore receive ~me in i1er envelope and will don"utless spend a pleasant quarter hour in an~:mering the questions.·· In t11e case of th~ nndergraduates, the r: xaminati~m q_nestions are sent sealed SP.para tel:v, c/o the Chapter President, v;ho h a s be en instructecl_ not to open the packag~ until the ~irls are assembled and ready to take the exam inations.

It 'Hill be s~P.n. that the ot,_estions are m·orP. a·ifficnl t and mor~ ·- comprPhensivP.· than tho s e of l ast yea r, but thi ~ y earl:s a ctive girls will find ther.1 r E> l at·ivel y easy, we b e lieve, as tLE .'eSt. of 1916 is a very mnch be~ter informed Sorority than the ASA mf 1915.

ALUMNAE SERVICE In accordance t;'i th n. plan pu t in operation the present s chool year~ the Sp rin gfield Di~ision has be ~ n asked to prepare a ::tushing Hanual for the use· of chapters in the Fall Campaign.

'1his, of course, i s right in line '-' i th the Sorority pol icy of asking speci-a l a lumnal groups and gifted alumnae to serve in i mport ant cEpa ci-ties.

It is exp ec·ted th::.:.t the fo u r big Depa rtment s of Hygiene , Education, Social lA~fe and E thic s will- be st·,bd i vided, as speci·a l tal ent i:J shovm· in a ifferent chap ters. '?he Centra l OfficG hc.s :.1 lready madE: a rrangements to have II'I rs. ~.lunson of Gamnw. Gqmma serve. in char·g e of t s ·n bdivision kno~n as Social Ethics.

This a ill include etiquette ur:C all the many amenities that add cta. rm to life • . In cennection n ith this pa:..· ticular S"J.bdivis iou, the ventral Office submits a t th is tir,1e a splendid article by Dr. Thomas Arkle Clark , Dean of Nen atthe ~ t ~ ~e University of Illinois.

SPZCIAL

LITERA~ nE

S~ many calls have come to ·t hP Cen·cr a l Office for inform a ~ tion about the Sorority SJ>tstem a~d the part tha t :~ lpha S igma 1~ 1 -ph~ is playing in He llas today that th e re was not time en ough at the disposal o~ y our lln tional Presi Aent to write indiv ifiual l e tt e rs in re j_J l y to que st ions . · S'he h a s ther e for!"! collected s ome interes tin g dat~ abort thP Gystem in gen r r a l and a~ o u t ou r So r o rity in parti e ,:.. l or< ;_::; this uw.tE>rin.l r: ill n0 1 10t l ess ·i nteres t Pvery membe r it i. s incl1' a ed rr i th the presc11t 'ic; n w oi t l-H? PHOBtJi j: .

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ADVISER TO GIRLS

1'hJnns ..:\rkle Clark, Dcun of !ien, . . u::.ivcl·S _i"'c:l of Ill:inoif:l 1 Urbana, Ill. _ I fina ho "In.ul t rti th the conventional· custom which in the e.?m~ n.n.d in college- sends · the girl iri porson:JT matters · to &. VToinun for c..1rection and n.dvice. · Such n. custom -is entirely proper und a·s 1-t ~h;~uld be, for n. · \70rno.n is- in such matters usually infinitely better ."-' ul._~ea to give _such advice th<J.n· is· a man <1nd is likel_:¥ to give it "IT5.1ir mo:.c .. tact n.t;td Judgment.

I have felt, honevcr, thn.t tn the jug8ling of cvc~ts, 1t should ever- be my lot to be n.n adviser to girls, I should not be without n certain fitness.

The ordinary advice uhbh the ;)'oung \7omnn gets is from the p -J int of vim1 of the v:onan.

There nre mnny detni1s, hoPever, in uhich I think it vTould be helpful to the g~_rl if she could get the mnn' s vim7point..

For many yea.rs , ·· thru no c~ce or fault of my own, I have occupied G. position which hus consti~uted me u general n.dviser of young men.

This position hn.s brought me 1nto personal qontact with thousc.nds of young men, und hus brought t·o me for solution every problem uhich mn.y come to young men in college.

It has mnde me fumilinr Tiith the thoughts und conduct of y~ung men v:i th every· variety of training and every stc.ndurd of 1 iving, n.nd tho I have never yet re2.ched the point 1ilhere there is n-:>thing r..eVT or interesting; us I hope never to do, I huve ['..t lCQSt n.rri~ed at the situation -r1here I am not ec.sily surprtsea. ·· One of the· first things, · perhaps, Ph ich u college officer · ih my position vrill learn is that ue· shall not get far in the knowledge of the personnl life of young men in college v.ri thout soon coming to lmow a good deal about young women ~s individuals nnd in general.

This information, ~;uthered from the young men I hnve knovm, has usually been given me very frQnkly, -· so~etines quite unconsciously, sometimes it hcs been a matter of inference, end often I have woven together the scattered threads of conversc.tion v:Thich I have picked up at one plnce nnd another~ ana of them fo~ed the fcbric of truth relative to· the young r:~an •s id·e.:..s nnd reo:ctions.

It is becnuse of these experiences that I have come to reQlize how certain things ~n ·u girl!:! a·ress. in her to-i let artifices' in her pe::.-sonal reln~ions \'l.th young men, affe·ct these men, end it is co.n c·erning these th1ngs th~t · I have felt often that I should like to h r:ve e. quiet frank talk "~'1 th girls.

A girl will be· u isc lf she hesitat~s before making a confidant of n man unless he be her f.c:.ther or her brother, no matter what· the man 1 s ;ge may be or the sincerit y of hj_s friendship.

The proper confidant of a girl is r1er mother.

"I!len nrc so much more . . sympathetic," I h nve heurd girls sny, " and t"he;:,.• often under~t Q?d g~:r ; :.: better thc.n women do 11 !

I should not c a re to c.rgue that po1nt, bu., ordinarily I huve found that the better understC'nding, if there \7 erc such, 17as of very little ncJ.vcmtc ge in t he dev e loping of the girl' s chcrQcter or in helping her out of her trou bles.

As I wa s ridin g i n u r a ilway tr ~ in not l ong ~g o I wus for ~t . to listen to u conversation going on betv een u @iddle nged tra.veling me.n end n young nom2.n t\7enty ye c rs old, pcrh['.:ps, n h o hc.d t c~ken c. sc ut be ~ ide hie.

It vns e a sy to infer from the t nlk th ~ t they h ~ d n ev e ~ refore met and to my relief it v1n s t:u i te ns e c.s y to dra.vr the concl 2 ion thn t te w~s o ·_·ge:t?-tleman cnd thr.~ sh~ vm s c. girl we 11 . brou~h~ u~~ ·i: iJ t QUite l3clnr:g 1n JUdgnent.

Dn:;.~l.n g che one hundred m1.1e s u h c .t uJ ' ( ,_~. e-re together sh~ t ·old h iLf of 11er .-:twhi tt?r:s, ?f her -4-- tro~~le~ a t hor:J.u .

Clf her love affa1rs, of every p c :rsor~~-1 tn:>.. n g 1n 1a.c v t h '- -V h c.. . d : :o e etiiad :·.c t 011ch her. · She left tl,e t~c<~ in :r.:::.n c.l .!..;l, ::me. "te r compc:nion c.fter 1 . ' .·

llelptng her . off cnme bo.ck end dropped ).nto the seat besid.e·- me.

"She ~.sn tt safe," he sn.id by ";"T:J..y o:f c~lnnntion, end I r~greed no I nov1 c·~gree tbo.t tho girls "\"!hO opens up her private c.ffnirs for the inspe-ct ~ 1. ~f ~ny mnn ha~ by so doing brokerr dov7.n uffectuully one burrier of per~ ~on~l protection.

She is shutting out a lnrger canger than she knouc 1 .,_, hen she keeps her private und persono..l c.:ff'n.irs to herself. · Tho 1 t is true thnt most nen do not hnve the intuition usu-· ~lly attributed to young TIOhlen, yet young ~en nre quite likelr ·to de~ect in t~e young ~omen utth vho~ they associate subterfuge und de:._?it,. nnd this knouledge or deto·ctlon the~.,. are not likely to confess. ~ i7as· interested lc.tely in listening to the con-versation of tVTo young ren ui th regard to o. young VlO:&U.a.n of their cor.-m10n ncquuintc:.:.nce.

Tho fi~st young nan hud invited her to n paTty and she ho.d accepted. l~te:t" the seoo!ld young mo.n ho.a w.skod her to cccompuny him to u a inne~~ on the sn.ne evening.

She· preferred the d1.nner to the do.nce so sha p~eo..ded illness o.s nn excuse to brenk the first engagement a~d went to . a u1ner 'i71 th the second young nnn.- Neither respected her afterno.rds, :"-ncl tho they never explained to her, neither ever invited her again. ro~:r.::1g nen o.re usually too frank nnd open vri th each other for ·s uch CJnceit on the purt of girls to belvng concealed, end in the end the girls suffer. ~ The toilet artifice~ Bhich n wonun e~ploys nloost never deceive a. r.1o.n, n.nd invariably tenU. to nuke her cheap nnd conmon in his estuuo.tion.

He knons uhen she gets her c0~plexion :fron n bottle or n bDx, o.nd IThcn she puts it on with u pencil or o. chct:tois cloth.

It he.~ its effect upon him over nnd above the physi ca.l cho.m v1hich it exerts, nnd if I could h~ve c. quiet tall~ vTi th her, I shoilld like to tell her tho.t the effect is not quite nhat u modest sensible girl \7ould wish.

Just yesterday, acconpnnied by a junior, as I was walking to my office nfter ·lunch, I tJct c: y-o ung collec;e eirl well known uoong the undergraduates.

She is .. gen·erally spoken of or nddressed by a frienctly nicltnnne, she is discussed in detail on every occasion, and her cosmetics are analyzed daily at a dozen fires'ide labor~tori-es.

She wns carefully, if not·- cxtrer..1ely' d·r esscd.

One could not see her ~ace uithout being impressed by it ·even if one did not turn, as nest ;/oung fellows did, to look at it the sec~nd tiJ.;ie.

Her carefully ·. prmciled eyebrows stood out black und distinc.t , her bright- :red lips, her ~!hite neck revealed by the low cut blouse, c~d her cheeks beautifully soft und pink vere ;.lS attractive as an arttficial flower.

11 Polly has sone skill with the brushn, renal:kcd ny conpnnion adr.lirinc·· ly.

There was· no deceit about her cblliplex1on; it ~as incontestably well r~mde nnd securely put on, but there rms not a young nen in college v1ho, seeing her a block aVTay, would for a oonent have inagined . · that it was ber own..

Such chenical tricks usunlly suggest to a man v:ho sees then ot.allowness, i:..J.stabili ty, a lack of genuineness on the part of the y;u~g 'flo:oan v1ho resorts to them, and so to a certain de ·· gre·a a~ lnck of character.

With such n girl a man is likely to feeJ. less restraint, freer of 3peeon and notion--he can take nore liber ties--ana such a- girl is less flt'ee fran vulgar attention among strant; ··· crs nnd less sa:f'e.

It i~ true 'that sone refined and cultivated wor.H:.: !. renort t o these ~kilful artifices with the hppe of thus enhancing :their beauty, but it is e.l~o ilnfortunatel~r true thnt all v.ro~en of ~ o~ character do so, and s OlYJf'\ tit.mes fli th eve.n nore consunt1ate sk1ll · :l.n r hm.7 is one to kn·ow in vrhich cla~s the rromnn in question belongs, t .'1e young fell or; asks, and as a ro!1-ul t his re s pect for ull v_romen vJh? rc ~·· .sort to t11ese cosmeticul tri c~tS . is, \;he ther h e is cons c 1ous of ~ t o,~ ':'. ot, somer1hat l o\7crer.. . r;:'he f nct t "hut a :roung r.an will complinent :>. t=. irl on skill i7ith '''hich che ·! lti.S :J.'9 ;? lied her a rtificial comple:::io:':l :·,aunts f or 1 i ttle. · He rE:: o l i '.!.efl t~c r-,;p ··t>os e she had in nind and k:rb'· ' ~ -t. b '.l"b it i r; up t u h i..1"11 •

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The 't7i.!:':o girl,· and the one ·wn~ will in the nud \7L1 most rc -· '3pcc..: and the greatest number of friends is the girl wh0 stc.nds fii·mly . f'or social conventions.

Some of thcae social forms, it is true, o·fccn _s eem fonliah and unnecessary, lmt thc~r arc usuc.lly in the long r:.:m a test of churo.cter. '.i:. . c· girl who Cltte:nds o. d·c.nce nnchc.pe-roncd , ~tTho goc~ thr-..1 nn cvcn:i.ng 1 s entcrto.inmen't Vli thout speaking to the llc1r,tcss or the recr.ption commi ttcc, v:rho allovrs a young mnn to stay- a little later thon the house rules permit, nho permits fcmilinrities or unconventional i t :rcs of any ~ort. has by s-o doing YTeakened he:r socic.l fortress, anG. helped to undermine the respect for herself of the vr;-ry young man \'Jho may have urged her to do the unconventional thing, ond v1ho may hnve lnuued her afterwards for be i:ng n good sport.

Host of the girls nho r.rere knovm in college ns "good sports'' or ngood fcllons" or "populur girls" nrc cithP.r not married at nll, or nrc unhappily oarricd.

The sensible mr.n usuc.lly kno1.7S enough to steer clcc.r of this aort nhcn it coxpes to matrimony. .

If I nero adviser to girls, I should caution young women against extremes of cny sort in dress.

The girl who by her ultr~ dressing ~ttracts nttcntion to hcl'sclf us she vmlks c.cross the ccmpus, by that very act, in the minds of all young wen, refl e cts upon he~ onn churnctcr.

Every healthy young uomcn nuturnlly wcnts to be becomingly dressed., and so of course nants to be dressed in keeping· ~ith the latest style, but it is possible to be stylish vithout being freakish.

The expremoly short, o·r th~ painfully nnrrovr skirt, the lou cut bodi"ce-, · and extremes· of Bress of o.ll so:cts th~t expose the Peurer's figure, all have their effects upon the character of the young men t7i th whom tho girls v.>ho v1cur- such -costumes us soc ia.te, and in turn these costumes suggest to· young men something· not v7ho1ly comp1imentnry concerning the chc.ro.cters of the young V7omen v1ho Vleur these extreme- clothes.

Only recently I wc.s looking over the photographs silbini tted for publication in the ~I. So- ·callea · beauty soctionn· of n col.:. lege annual. rlo.ny of the photographs shoueC. the young v10men in c.res···· ses cut so low us to rea.ch almost the limits of modesty.

"If the girls only rec.lfzed what tlie influence of such pictures una such t·resing is upon us fe llot7S", one of the boys remurked to me, "I be 1 ieve they 't7ould be· more conservative and more caretful 1' .

The girl who bids for attention is never popular.

There is nothing that so palls upon a young man c.nt'!. so u[!.mpens his c.rc.ou:t as ease of conquest; there is nothing so stimulating of interest as ind ifferenoe. ':l'he easily r1on girl is f-zoequently and even chron icall·y engaged, but she seldom marries.

To the censible clenn f~llow she .see~s usually uninteresting, a little shopnorn, a little soiled from being tossed about·.

If I were adviser· to girls I think I should try to let girls see that the things ,-rh ich men often necm blind to. they or d inarily are· quite \!ell avmre of; thnt the things thc:r often seem most to admire they cure the least for, that the conv ent ion a~ainst vh ich they r~il they do not renlly eespise, and_thc ineiscretions nhich they frc- · quently cdvocate they would very ~uch Gislike to sec engngec in by the young '17omen v1i th nhom they associate. ITuturnl manners, nntur~1 speech. natural complexions, a quiet self-restraint, mocesty in dress, a respect for conventionalities, a lo\'"r lnugh, constancy in frienc~shi p- ; all these I hnve lenrneG from my contact nith men nrc ~ppe2ling in women ~n d ultimately Pin respect end afmirntion. If I nere g iving a~ ­ vice to girls I should urge them to cultivate these · qu~litics, anc I should assure them that the average young fellou sees through subte~­ fuges, recognizes ortificinlitie~, nnli_hns. little r espe ct for thet which is not genuine nne convent1onnl 1r, g1rls.

. ~he coll ege fratern~ty ieec~ had its incention in 1776 ~h~n ~-1J.1. Beta Zappa .~ _now an honorary society, 178-s org<:m ized at '".'i llia~ 2nd - .ary College, fllliarnsburgh, Va. :::t ·as ne:1. rl ~' half a centur ,- hoP-

e~e r, before an~ther Greek-letter society wRs founded . ·:men the sys te, d ~ d take root, 1t soon b~cece firnly establ iohcd , ~here are now abo t 1.~h e soro:;:it,_ 13()~ chapters of these r.1en's or~ani?.~: -t;icns. r iuea was a ~rank copy, ~nd had its inception nbout . the time that higher ed, cation

Lecarne p oss1ble for women thru the establishment of coeducation a t ma11 · There · are nt present about 500 sorority Ghapiters, a total membership r~f 60,000, and o.n nndergradue.te membe!'shjp of 8.bout 10~00~ and an a~n~al initi~tion of 4,000 approximately. .

-'- t lS not def1n 1 telv knmm vrhen the first normal school sorority was established.

Records s~em to ~ho~ that the idea existen as early a s 1870.

It was not, ho~ever, ~ell worked out , and no attempt, except in rare cases, was ever made to have anything more than the ~implest kind of locnl society.

Five vears ago someone conceivel the 1dea of a national profesSional· p edag ogic a l sorority, b11t things did not tak~ any very definite shapA until September 19J:5, v1hen tno so -:::-orities, Ailnha Siema Alpha nn<1 ~igmo ~ifPa Siena, which h 2.d dec ic1F?c, to operatP. wholly in normnl schools and teachers colleges , organiz ec the hssociation of Pedagogical Sororities,which has for its aim the p l c ci ns of the professional pedagogical society on as high a plane as any in Hellas.

The Association, its hopes. and plans have bef'n v.r iC:el:r ~dve r · tised in the Greek Press.

Before 1 ong there vril l be mc.ny Jimilar or ganizations in operation.

In view of the very gen eral prevalence of the sorority ide a, especia lly durin·g the l a st ten years, it might seem a little strange to the student of the system that there has not been a more wide-spread expression of interest on the part of young vromen in the normal sc hools of the country.

Without doubt the-- interest hus been there, but little In thr. kno\"Tledge of how to conduct· a successful national organization. case of the usual collegiate sorority, there are alvmys some. - often many. - v1ho remain for the full :four year~ course, andnwho thereby gatn much experience in the management of chapters. . As the·y carry tho.t ex-· pe rl.ence, along \7i th a very deep interest, over into their Q.fter-c~lle gE days, it follows that thetw is soon a large body of alumnae who a re willing ~orkers in their respective societies.

The famous sororities of the country are now being direetea by· women in micdle life, each an_ . expert in her particular line.

Some are putting their time and thouc;h': on the improvement of scholastic standards, sooe are more interested in housing conditions and the supervision of ~ocial life, ~bile others ar~ turning their atte~tion to securing cae~uatP vocational trainin g for undergraduate ruembers. .

Women of "this l~ind of liJlowledge and experience have not beer l avniiable in the case of the normal sehool sororitie~ until within the last two years or so..

Within that time there have come forwar~ certa ~~­ college-bred women uho have recognized the need of the student 1.n normr__, schools and teachers colleges ·~ ·and who are prP.r>ared ufte:: long years ?: exp eriFJnce with the sorority system to plc.ce the.· p rofess 1~na~ pedagog l-ea l s orority on a firm fo undation , and who will see tha t 1t ~ ~ c~ref 1Ly nutt 11red nnd wi s ely dli:rec,ted 1.mtil S1. Ch time as the organ1 za t1 on con ?roeuce f r an among its own membership.the type ?f w o~an tha t can ~nd ~ill gi ve he r life to the ~ork of mak 1ng the p~ofess1onal pedago~1cal ~ ;)rOri ty as wuch of a povTer in the COnnt ry as lS the non-prof eS Sl Onal rf" the principal colleges.

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~ -,· I"~lnla S~ a tc ~ormal School, was t he l ast of four to claim that :trmiti , . ~ ~-t~~n as 1ts ~1rthploce. The thre e o -:hers 7C r e Kappa Del t a , o r ganiz (; _

~~J 97, and S1.g~a _Sigma S~gma and Zeta Ta':l Alpha, es tabli she d. i n 189i6 . ~-~1 . four wer~ or1gu~a~ed . vn th the "tery def1ni te purp$Se in v i ew of pro -

_;r~d lng soror1 ty aff1l1at1on for Southern g irls and in t he as s ured be_.. d.ef that there was a definite nee d for such :rtrgan izatio n s. The So ut:1 :::t~ d many . c o ll eges for girls, as well as many famous fittin g e:,school"', ~-~th dat1ng ?ack to t h e early part of the nine t e enth c entc r y , but o~ oup s a p-p l y 1ng. for eh~rters from well-lr..n<nRln n orthe rn so r o ri t ie.s haC.. , 7 1th. one exeept1on, fa1led to attain their goal. Pi Be t a P1~i hJ.cl cs~ abllshed a ch apter at Neweomb in 1891, but there were no other 3:rc.n tJ ~ o S o~ th ~IL?- g_rou:ps ?~r that or any other Northe rn Sorority un ti 1 ..1:f:'t er t. he V1rg 1.nH1 socnet1es had tuken the initiative. a aKa pa Gamma , ·cr1 be sure, had mainta ined a chapter at Missouri. Sta e niv i ce ~875, and P 1 Beta Phi had entered that ins i tu tion in 1899, but Mi ss ou r~: ~ ~ ~h ~~s·t c rn Q2 tl ilt_ Southe rn. Even such other Southe rn s oro n. t1es as had l;>een founded prior to the Virginia groups ha d not be gun to m~ke themselves felt. Alpha Delta Pi nnd Phi Mu were still cont ent with a local existence, Delta Gamon, though founded in Mis s issipp i , ha.d come to r e gard itself as Northern, Betn Sigma Omicron had confine d i ts g r ants to Uissouri, uhile Chi Omega v;a s a s yet un.knovm ns a nati on~.1 · · Thes e feur sororities established a t the Virg i ni a St a te Iror mn l School, t hen, · hnd, a s it seeme d to them, t h e entir e Sou the rn f i eld to th emse lve s. It may ·s e em st:rrange at first though t thc t groups ~. t a normal s chool s houl d h a ve had the des ire or the umbi ti on to e s ,tablish thems elv e s 9 s n a tionnls but it must be r ememb ere d tha t t he / schoe PaS o.n un - ~ ana thc..~i_!_ had en unusu_a _ s e tt1ng . ir ginL• /Jrm.s a t the ti me a strong frc.ternity cen re. Sev en o·f its coll eges for 1mcn h a d flourishin g fra ternity ch:J.pters. One of t h e m, i'T illi arn and J:rc.r7 ho.d been the pc r ent in 1776 of th e first Gre ek-letter society , Ph i 'B et a Kapp a, ·rrh il e the Virginia Hil'itary Institut e h c d giv en birth to Al p ha Ta u Omega in 1865 a nd to Sigma Nu in 1869. The Univ er s ity of .

7 irg inia hnd a lso t; iven t v1 o to Hellns. Pi Kz.p pa Alpha in 1868 u nd Kap "?....: S i gma in 1~69, and Wa shington and Lee one, Southern Kap pa Alph£ in 1865. Th e girls in :;ttendance at the .iirginia Sta te Noro o.l School ncre i n na~ y cases t h e daughters and sisters of fr a ternit y ne n and th cr eforr ,fnmil ~n.r Yl i t h t he frat ernity ide a since earl y c h ildhood. It V7as i n no t7 ise, the n, a p e culiar ci,rcunstan~e that g?oups of these g irls should pl a n to establish nationa ls. ' All feu~ sororitie s start e d ~u t n os t brav e l y te es t abli h cha pters and a ll fep:r me t T7i th su.ceess. With in ten yec. r s t h ey illld t o·· ~e ther es tubli sh e d forty cha p te rs.

They en te r e d coll ege s, uni ve r sitie ' nn d · finis ·hing schools, s eek i ng al \7D.y s the girl o f f ine fmn il ~r , good brains and persona l a.ttre.c't ivcncss. Tb e fo u.:r r:1ot h e r chapt e ! s ha d s turl the ir fi eld " e ? e fully and "f e lt t~ u t s u·:; c e ss vms n 3s ure d , out --.;hey l~c..;.d n ot tak en into a c c ount one f n.et, and tho. t ·,·ras t he Na t i om:.l Pan -Hell c·a .~. :.

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It is not s~rcn ge th a't t his fact or. did not en t e r into t t :: i '~ r.;c: lcul utio ns .. b e "'uu s e it hn d ne t been i n e~i st e:n. c e nhen tr..ey ne re io ur: ~~···)l)? for a c onside r a bl e time Q f t e rvm rd ~ .

The r e hJ.d been s or.1e trlk of ·_,::x. hcl l eniso u s fa r b uck as 1 8 91, bv.t it bnd not [..o uunt e d to 2nytt 1rs, ~~ ;_<l eed tbe Confe r en c e e ~. ll ed in 1902 did not b e gin to r:!ake itself f ·• i · :J.'' c f·.)~ c e '. ni. h l 100 5, nben ;_-~:; n <}<:)p t ed o. e onstitution :md d efi n ~ d r o~~·r; i o n.:.ll s o ::-or i t:r c.~ on e bavi lJ[ f ive chap t er s, all il t i nst it1. tj.ona -:::. r~il .,...LU~·.i.t'.. tC yfu_~ k . .It P.a S no t unti l t h.r Pe Or f ou r ;J'ear s l a t e r , hG':'iCVC ". t-1::->..i.: the Virc; i nia soc i e-~j_es iJ 0.[;Dn :to :.· c -'3-::.]. ze ·:~e f 1.~ 11 sigr.if i cL.nce oi' tnu.t dec t s io n. z c ·c2 ':23.u. Al ::;no., at ·~. t s c.:c..Y'.v erYCJ 01~ 1.n 1.9 06 r.as t r. 13 ::i'r.:rt

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The 1911 con ve nt ion of :~ap:!~- Delta voted to D~' inta in a s·trictl •r collegiate roll so ns to becoBe eligible to memberchip in t~c C0n0 rcss . ' ' .

4l ryha 'S igDa-J...l1Jha VI g)ovTe Str:Pf the fo u r to reCO (;n.i.z..e. ~eDt the.._n_e ' d of thinn-s .

Tot until its 1912 +" on·. rr};. en ltS S [>."t ell ·eS OI iberal n.rfs ['.Sked for an hon o:r e ble Y' P. ~cc.s ~, did the s oro1· ity rea J ize t'l:)p t it 11 fo.cin - a cr i sis -i_n i ts 4~ B;1 tha·::: time it hac. established thirt"EJen chapter s , ·i)1 .t one - ·Ger ano -cher 1 n i -ch the A:u~eptio:: of th.c ~.. oth~r Chanter a nd t ho trrP.~" in nolle g es had oeen killer. by enti-~ororit:.r rt lcs made by fac nJ.t;;J? OY' t~P.ste e s, or hac died beca,_se the meMherc had failed to ret'.rn to school .

Its fate in this n·P.rti<w.ln.T ''r<' s no r.ifferent from th at vhi~h befell n.ll ~outhern sororities about t'l1is same tine, for th:::.t section of the COP.ntry was srrept by a stro11[:' ,-:;rave of OIJposition to ever ~rthin g J~hat laid any cl~im to bei~~ P. 'secret 1 society.

Both Sonth Ca rolin ,"' en?-. l iississippi legislatures passed rnJ.".ngs that debarred fraterniti ~8 [\ne. sororities I'rom all s-c~te institntions. ":!:e resulting discn s si ':ll'J"' e n~ n Bitation Pas n:::.turall~ ~eflected in the action bv truAtees and f c cnltees of :"JTivate schools and small colle r: e"S" It vras at the con"7ention of 1912 tf'lat !~ lpha f igma Al,ha c am~ t o c. f 1,ller' P.nnerstc,nd ing of the h nnc1. ica;:s ,,_no Pr vrhich its three ch.En tP.rs i"'1 collPf?;E><'J of l i beral <1rts ·.,7ere labor int;.

It rP- a l ized as nevP.r before that theq e ~rOPl}S · co1, ld not nope t o rnsh a gainst their riva&s, n hich hao. th e b 2. c 1:t~1 g of lar~f' n2tionnl ort;<:niz ct ions. ·The DOCh8 Y C ~Cn tnr, ·t.r.er0forc, fecio.ed to ijr a.nt ther1 honOY E'.blr> c i s misso l, 1w 't •:r: rt"'.J g nn e ro1,!:t1y·· took no st~:-ps tmr.'L1rc1, fP.rtherins its ovrn in-t ere st . un i~ il -..;he f1ltu re oi i-c s c 11iJ.f.ren wr:.s oss1'.red.

After r.;i vin;::; i·~s !tc.n C.ol·111- :1o.con Chr",J ter to Pi Bet a ?hi in 1013 o.nd its 3ren2u c.nd I'lt.

Uni6n Chc) ter s t o ~ elto Ti elt a Dc lt2 in 1 914, the Mother C ~ap ter b Pgr i::o t c.l:e v it;orous n ction in it s own 'Qeho.lf. negotiations were opene l "ith local g roups n t state n orc2 l schools in Ohio, J.: isseuri, and Pennsylv8nio.. ?he convention f or ·cne :re-or3aniz a tion of the sorority met -rTith the group at ~I iami Univ ers~~h1 C:.uring Thanksgivin g '-JePk ofd..$4.

Th i s vme t h e Seventh Nation2.l C~~ vent ion, those '!rev ious having be en !ueld at Charleston, 1 c;J0 6 , !_s hev ·1 :1 .· 1 018, lT c.tural :3ri c~ ge, 1909, B'"'.ltunorc, · 1910 , Toxaway, 1911 a n d lT P>rfo ll-: l Sl2.. r.rhe Uiami Jonvention was L.a.turally the most significant o:: : :·r s ince it a e. opted ~n entirely (ifferent constitt-r. tion, as ·rcl1 2. '3 v c-.::'. u ueh norc elnbor a ~e ritun.1 1 and since it made rmny othe r vita! nho. n ees in t he s t ·ructu:re, symbols and cpstoMs of the sororit y , One of ·:he first acts of t!le c onvention was to res'!Jtr0 t c::dJ.rter grants -ce taac!lers c ollP ;;cs ry_,n r to n orl!lal schools t h2.t TP.c-ri::· : 15 nni ·cs for matriculation. ...hP. cl: c.J-;Jter l~vll is c>.s fr,.~lpw s : -

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The Soror·ity recognizes the impera tive need of a strong body as dwelling plaee for a sane mind.

It believes also in the importance of a healthy SO@ial lif"e, i""Thile ·at the same time it i s conscious of the value of fost€ring the get-together spirit.

Above all, horreve:r, does it lay stress ~n <9haraeter as the essential basis o ·~ a . petent!.al womanhood.. ·~ ncerem0nw V"a~ bnt e.evised at ·first To set glos~ on faint deeds ,hollovr 17elcomP.S, Recanting goodness, sorry are rtis shoDn; But v:here thE-re is trre fri enG.s h i p , rrhere n e eds none" .

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