Asa phoenix vol 2 no 3 oct 1915

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OUlR COLORS

As t he re ha ve been neny queries concerning t he !BA colors, the Central Office h~s decided to distribute through the PHOE_TIX tiny sen:_1 l cs of t ~e corr e ct shades. There hes been co nside r ab l e diffe rence of opinion es to just what ton es of t~e ·: . A. S. P.... .:·: colors should be et1;Jloyed, so it 1:. s sc eoed necess e. ry to settle the quest ion for ·.11 t ir:1e b:,r oecns -· f t he 1 i ttl e SQ;.~ples and thro ug11 boxes o f colors s ? ·. p liec. to thr:? Che;) t e rs, tog•? t l:e r v; i t 1 the ;J ro pe r co o bina tions t ~ be used on all occ ~ sions Peen decorn.. tions e re in order.

It trould h'- rdl y sec ..... ROSSible th~t there co u ~d be n such e ~ide divergence of .·· opinion cs to ~bat the proper shade should be in enct ·.:.:. . . ', ····· cas e , b-u.t e xperience h::.s shorrn th[' t there -.:e re in usc alr.1ost e s r.1<:'n y sr.t-:des e.s t'l:ere were Chepters. .

One of the colors thc.t seen s to hnve p roved e spe ci c lly con fus~ng '1as the.r.PEARL VlH ITE. Q1.1. ite ~ fe w rr1enbe rs thought that PEA·RL rlHITE \"las . a light r.,rey/ The ;:;earl he.s tv:o shndes, according r. s its ~nrf .~ c~ li es in shc.doll, or under e hieh li ght. In the force r cese, the 00 lo~ lS c .".ll e d 1 pee. rl gray r. in the l e tt e r, 1 '!_:l0arl 'l!:~h i t e I • The Con vcnt~on voted · for PEARL 1'/H ITE, so it is the sh ite of tt.c · stro ng liGht nnd the lustre, the r.·nite th c..t carries the s up.ge stion o f pEc rl e r e..:; in its folds. ·· rfuen it c:Jne to ~~ quest ion of CR H1SON , th e re r;or,s ~- s re :::.t variety of choice, running c.ll the r:::a.y from scurlet to r:1uroon. The ASA C3U':SON is 'arteriul red r, t he color of t he bl ood :::.ft er it hus been ~urifieQ in t~ 0 lungs.

It is th e color of H ~ rvard Coll ege . In order that t he r e r.:; .. Gh t b e no ?OSS i bil i t~l of d ou.bt :::.bout the corr ec t ::-.e ss of the shedc, y our ~ <:.tton.J.l President c f.'. ll e d on President Lo1·e ll of Hnrvcrd Coll e (-; e, end llD. S pre s e nt e d ·.-; i th c. piece of th<3 silk ti:c-.t he keeps in his desk. This ~as v e r y c n r e f ull y ce tchc d in the ribbon purchcs ed distribution.

PALM GREEN is still a11othc r cf the colors ebor. t vrt. ich t he r e h as b ee n a. i7 ide differ2 nce of op ini on. The r e ere, unfortunnt c l :.r. l~G.ny ::inds of pelr1s, c. nd oft cnt i ne s r.:l::>.n y s hc::.des in th ': ? s cr:~ e p hmt, ~ ccor di:i."F_ t: S the le 2. f i3 y o ung or old, f resh or ·:r i thered.

Tr.e sh.:;.de s0lect e d is th 3 t of~ pe rfe ct, full-grorn le a f o f th e sego palo, uhi ch is use d in n rt so ~u ch to denote Victory . ~'!her: one is try ing to decic.e \·:hnt pc. rt~c u l r>. r s11a. d e sr..o.ll b e ~clec·t c d for GOLD, one soon discovers t hD.t th ere is c. g r e2.t variety o f ch oice . T~ ere is gold of t he mint, old gold, Renan g old, red go ld, g rce~ sold~ t he g old of sunshin e , th e gold of p l cnts.

Lt the sugges ·i~ ion of <:~n c. rtist, Dho s e opinion ;-:~a s vc.lued, t ha t p ~ rtic ul c r shc. de r:ns se l e ct e d that \7en t best T: ith t hose c. lrcndjr decided npo n, i. e . one :-·itt. h i gh lights on it, the GOLD of th e Jonquil.

Every one of t:~c colors c h 0'3 en , t::cn, d cn ot e s life, shol."s . ~orce, st:-'nds for cnc r g:7 c.nd vi t c.l i t;;r , quD.l i ties nh ic h i'' C desire o.. t 2..1 ' Lir:Jes in ou r ssororit~~ c. s r:n org::nizctio:n, f.'.nd in those 11t.o ~ ~er. r our n ~ d gc us nenbo rs of society in g cn r-: r ol.

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"The The The The

Pledge Initiate ;_lumna Council

Ethics Hygiene Educc.tion Social Life

Spirituality Vitality Uc ntality Personalit y

WHITE & CRIMSON WHlTE & GREEN ,~ ITE & GOLD ·

The Ne\".r Pledge Ner7 Association Nev1 Chapter

CRIMSON & GREEN Q.nEE.N & GOLD f!Rn.mou & GOLD

Christmas Decor a tions Thc. nl:sgiving De corations PHOENIX COLORS (Use snall quantity of gold cord)

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The ~bove table shoTis very clecrly anc concisely ho~ _ llcautifully the A~A colors l?nd themselv e ~ to the general s· tructur~l n').nn of the Soror1ty. The c.1.m of Alpha S1.gmc Alph!J., as set forth 1.n ~e Constitution, is 'the physiccl, intellectua l, moral 2-·nd. soci a l development of its nc n bers', but the Sorority very i7is ely insists th e.t the girls nho nre to be selected for oembcrship sh~ ll possess the qualifications so necesse.ry to its success a long all fou r line s of e ndeavor. Its Chapters, ther e fore, are expected to se e th£ t t he . p ossible pledge is a girl of character, bhat she is t h oroughly alive, that she is ~~ntally Qlert, thQt she uill prove cong eni a l.

The co mbination of colors for use on s p eci a l occasions are just as distinctive Gnd si gnificant a s or e the individual one s. ~~ ITE & CRIMSON, ~orn in honor of the new Pledge, puts Cha r c cter in th e foreground and at the b~ck th e vit~l color, the 'Esprit de CorpsT it is eA.'"PC cte d thnt the n ev,r girl \7ill shov1 [>.fter her in i ti~t ion. WHITE & GREEN brings out ver:l sharply that certain ~lumnue are renewing their first vor.s of loye.lty in the formation of ~n c.lunnae o.ssocic.tion. i'!HI~l & GOLD, donned for a n ev1 chapter, emphasizes the thought, since WHITE iS the union of all colors, thct the ne w group, thongh made up of onn y oeparnte individualities 1 and types, is yet one co m~ osite nhole t~ 2 t is in the future to cnll attention to itself by the brilliancy of its achievements: as a group and as individuals. The GOLD has nithin it t l;. e add it ionnl thought the.t some of the nev1 chapter nay in t i rJ e ntta in to the distinction of r.wnbersh ip on the Nr.tional Council.

CRnmoN & GREEN have long been Christmas colors, and in many minds ere a ssocintcd n ith festivity nnd light, but the thoughtful C:hrist inn sees in the m as 1.-,e ll the prophecy of t he S upreme Sacrifice arJ 0 i; ]le Vietor's Palm.

GREEN & GOLD, so distinctly the Thanksgiving colors . _hnce they betoken s ee d tin e nnd hnrvest, c nrry vr i t h in th en t h e a ddi·: i one.l thought, the revr2.rd of l o. bor, t he r c co npe nse of po.ln nnd crown t 0 the P inner in life's race.

In the c r.se of t he PHOEN IX, it i s r c ODPlend e d that onl y c. , e ry little gold cord be u sed in c onj1m ction -:-'ith t he CR I:.TS01J, llh ich \ hould be t he doninant color. This bird, y ou will r e c a ll, crns n l nost 1 '' .1 olly crin son, n it h only to u che s c.nd. glints of g old he r e cnc. there i n .;. is plunc:.gc.

The u s e of n verJ little gold cord is ve r y e ffective in ~ onb inn t ion 't'Ti th CRII,1S OU.

l .L. ALPHA BETA'S INITIATION BAHQUET Oh, no, this is not a belat e d account, n or a reprint.

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:ee , Alpha Beta Chn.pter just f e lt it had to rn o.ke a ne11 r e cord for it-

~e lf so it carried on all the chzpter activities ri ght t h rou g~ the Sumne r Term, initia ting many returning nl~ae, as well ns two ~ l edges, Vivinn Pnrker and Dorcns Paxton. But ~e a rc going to let you see the ~ icture t h rough the eyes of Mabel Holloway Rossiter, wh o ~en t back to Kirk sville for tr.. e initi ntion o.ll t he r:ray from Sheridan, :t·.Iontana.

"The initiation of June 26 was held in t he Ph i La _bdo. ~~silon Hall, begin~ing at eight o'cJ.ock and continuing till noon. Sone ·t;l.'enty or more girls and women vrere initiated, only tviO of vhon v1ere p ledges, all the others being farner Eap ~a Theta Psis, and such a reunion and such intro ductions as the occasion brought forth~ It 11as such a glorious morning , ~oo- one of those rare days in June- and the Girls a ll looke c so pretty and a ttractive in their cool li Eh t frock s.

It was certainly a :;?leasure to us older g irls to see hoi.'" the stcnda rd for !:lembership fn Kappa Theta Psi had been maintu.ine d and v:r h a t p erfectly . delightful girls had been carr:·ir.. g on our r·orl:. r:e re re n ore than proud to be their older sisters.

"Every one se eMed i :Jpresse d n ith the initia tion cerer..ony ; it is so eo.rnest, and the g irls had their parts s o nicely in hand. -~-t the close i iss Je11ett nade a little talk and read a telegran fro n E lva :· Doyle Reed to t h e Alpho. Sigma Alpha.s as sembled, sending her g reetings · and felicitations. A song led b:• our sweet girl-bride, Rena Garriott Olds, finishe d the initiation.

"Then fo llo17ed t h e banquet that evening a t t h e p retty hone of t~rs. Eug enia Ring o Moorn an. The long tables, arranged sone\7hat in the foro of the letter H -r.r ere n ost per f ectly a -;__)po inted, rrith their showy white linen, their red canales in silver can delabra, and bouquets of red roses. And su ch d e lectable things to eat~-that is, delectable to all nho n ere not to .speak later, a nd . .-rho consequently r:ere not den :rt~ed of their nornal :appetites~ ~ l ith al l of this for the setting , -?.·~ inagine the soene--sixt y -five g irls {We rr ere a ll g irls t ha t even :ngJ gm7n.ed in their ver y best and prettiest, an d t he ir ha ir dressed n the n ost be co n ing st y le~ 'TliaS tru ly a scene of nh ich one n i c ht be

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"After the l a st C'ov rse had been remove d , ru ss Jen ett, as · to n stn istress, rose, and in t ~1.e n o st gracefu l and pleasi ng o anne r :z; ossible, began ~he tcl ks of t he evening . Her f u nn:_. j oke s a nd st ories r:rcre r:: o3t apro-pos. She first introduced He i t [l. 3 ra::.r f ord , n 1.yer7 a ttractive g irl, Fho tC'asted ou r Uat io no.l Se creto r•r, Elv a Do yl e Ree d. ::e i-4:; o. a cc:_u itted herself n ost beaD. ti:u ll y and l e ft no do :bt in the Mi nds Jf u s 11h o ha ve never r.:et t:rs. Reed just hor: _\l p ha Be t a Chapt e r, a t l east r ate s her an1 he r r:·or k f or ASf'1. . She qu it e brought C.o·: -n the house by Ja.:r ing that the onl~r t hin g :.1r s . Re ed ne glected to t ell thee be fore lea.vi ng nas " -r: h ic h encl of t nc ccndl es to 1 i ght". Then fo llo tJed. Clare ..~C A llister Pith a ~e r y prett:r too.st to Ll pha Signa A l ~ ha. ''The ne x t one on the pl·ogrnLJDe \'IU S n y o-:-:n u..11happ:1 self ·:•r. . .)

-:ith fe ar an d treo bling nne r.mch quaking of t b.e knees re:; resente d t he Jld time gi rl s and sp ol:e lc:r ge l y on behalf of the f ar-anay c; irl s , 2-nd . JS:;?e ciall~y on -aho. t the PEOENIX neans t o us . It i7 as a re al p leaSL re t o .•e 17 ith the t; irls o.nd fror1 noP on I shal l 2. l m1ys feel tha t I a n lo sin[ J 1 lt •:oe f 1 ll y by no-t bei:'lg able to atte ._d a ll futu r e canquets . ''A fe ;.-, noT~ ti Del:: r e_·:E:.rl:.s f ro r.1 our to a s t o i s tress and the · ..tst of -'-he s irls to speoJ~ -rms i n trodu ced . .Ve list ene d 17ith r ap t e. t -:_.u:;,r_t ion lih il e Cecil Butl er told us of hel' a l r.tost-visi t ,,- ith o-. .u belovec.

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It -.--.:ls m0st disapp ointinG t hat it c o-ld not have Jeen a re~l one, ~u t t he Girls (Carer e.nd Cecil, our ~ellesley girls )

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days in -neston, and unfortunately I.lrs. Niartin hac enof thas~ days, so could not meet the gi rls in the ·· Lty and have toa uith them as the y had heped.

GonsequAntly u e had ~ ~ be content Tiith the fact that one of our girls at least had had ' did have 'J he honr.>r ef hearing Mrs. Me.rtin' s very 01':!1 voice ' even if it ·co be ever the telephone. When we realized this; Tie all sat u~ ver:r-,rcct and lookec. very i'Llportant, al thour;h vre were dreadfully sorry tL nt t h~ girls couldn r t actually see Mrs. -M artin, a•c! that sh~ co uldA t s e them, ff)r w~ are exceedingly proud af Cecil and "e.rey.

The :· ar~ t o ~s nharning girls as it is possible to meet and 7e were more than happy to be represented by th~m. ~his ended the toasts except for .Aiss Jewett 1 s clesihg remarks, which like all the preceeding ones Pere nishly ~njoyed. · "The younger girls of the Sororityt;-and a mere popular Junch it would be hard te find--were bidden te a dance giyen by the fraternity ef the sch~bl~ and for their - sake the banquet was not pnolAnged further, but the ~lder r; irls continued long after their C.ep2r~ure te visit with one another and to rene~ old ties,-a fitting close t, a . succ~ssful evening.n Another Kappa Theta Psi, who went beck to Kirksville fo_r -~aitiation intfl ASA at this time, was Floronce Kerr of Weoster, 0hio. , he Vl~ote, whon sending in her subscription to the S6cend volur1e ef the ~ ElliX.t "The meeting ill Kirksville \'las the . grnnc.est ever, and I en-ad every minute of my stay thero from the morning that Miss J~we~t me until the moment when I said, 1 Good Bye, Kirl{SVille, I 1 m c~m1ng , ~ack agninr.

I was entertained by Miss Jewe•t, and such n level y · time as I had~ I only want half a chance to return her hespitality .

She is a royal hostess.

As ~ne of the 1 0ld girls 1 I had not dreamed ~f seeing such an enthusiastic and altogether worth while 8roup ·of girls. I: surely made life worth living. There ~ ere, ,erhaps, a dozen girls I Jr..new, while the rest were strangers, but not fer long~ I liked. every girl and 17as gla.d, oh, so glad, to be ablP tf.l call each ~ne Df them, 1 3ister 1 • The initiatiGn service was 1nost impressive, and the iact that the three oeusins, r~abel Holloway Rossiter, LQra Hollowa y ~ilhoit ana myself, n ere taken in together made the occasi~n a memorable e:r.e fer me. If ·~ecments

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Girls nay come, and g irls may go, But none go on forever ..

Yet whon rre r re a-rray, there cr.mes a da;v. \-'! hen wr all long to ge t to13e the r.

3ut whether of ? r e~e nt, nr of long ago, There's th ia gren.: joy vre a 11 may know , ''' lhen n Girl cones ba.ck, oh, :rriencl.s most c1ec..r.

She'll fi n d the Sororit y always here.

1 Tis her health ~e'll f rink.

1 Tis for her ue 1 ll ?ray , Our voic es silent never~ Yea, of her Tie r 11 thin:i:, An c let come wha t oay, 'Ti s IT

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