THE PHOENIX OF ALPHA SIGMA ALPHA JANUARY, 1949
Volume XXXIV, Number 2
ALPHA SIGMA ALPHA IS AN ASSOCIATE MEMBER OF NATIONAL PANHELLENIC CONFERENCE By Wilma Wilson Sharp
Alpha Sigma Alpha's first year a s an associate member of National Panhellenic Conference has been completed . For, although A':E.A' s eligibility to associate membership wo ~ nnt established until June 1, 1 948 , when all requirements were completed, the official date of admittance to NPC is November 12, 1 948 . The period of associate membership is four years. More than one-folfrth of the time of adjustment is behind us. The remaining three years will continue to test our strength and spirit . Happily, the progress of the past year provides a hopeful, hearty prophesy for the three years-a ll the years- to come . Through the pages o f th e 1948 January Phoenix (Alumnae Bulletin) and the general letter which followed it, Alpha Sigma Alpha's affiliation with NPC was carefully explained to our entire membership. You were informed of the requirements exacted of us by June 1, 1 948 . In compliance, to the best of our ability, we cleared our rolls of dual membe rs- of whom A'2:.A had relatively few. Until such time os their colleges received required accreditation, charters were withdrawn from f~ur college chapters : Gamma Gamma, Northwestern State College, Alva , Oklahoma ; Beta Gamma, Northeastern State College, Tahlequah , Oklahoma; Beta Eta, State Teachers College, Dickinson, North Da kota; Beta Xi, State Teachers College, Oneonta, New York. Each of these four colleges now has pending an application to its regional accrediting agency . We have high hope t路hat all four will be accredited by the close of this college year. In the meantime, a close un official contact will be maintained with the former chapters and all their initi ated A'5:.A members remain members in good standing in our fraternity . We are permitted to treat each individual chapter as "a local sorority w0rking toward an Alpha Sigma Alpha charter if and when its college becomes duly accredited ." Our welcome into NPC was iss ued June 2nd by Mrs. E. Granville Crabtree, Secretary . So, the requirements were met by the date set. It was accomplished at considerable sacrifice of time, money and emotions. But there have been compensating factors, too. The team work and approval of our membership has lessened the responsibilities of national officers. The wonderful cooperation and support of NPC officers, especially Miss L. Pearle Green , Chairman, is gratefully acknowledged. Miss Green has proved herself a fraternity leader of integrity and courage during thi s period of adjustment and confusion . She has been the very embodiment of fraternity ideal s and has held others to the practice of those ideals. Already NPC City Pon he llenics in ten cities have issued invitations to A'2:.A res ident members to become associate members. 路 You ore advised that such approaches should come from the City Ponhellenics to A'2:.A members. Emphasis has been placed by both NPC and A '2:.A o fficers on the following regulations: ( 1) No person who has resigned from one NPC froter.nity is eligible to membership in another NPC fraternit y. (2 ) No chapte r
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o f on a ssoc iate member fraternity may re linquish its charter and be accepted by another NPC member fra ternity. Every member of A'2:.A should be a well info rmed member. If you hove questions regarding any phase of our NPC membership, write your national offi cers. By maintaining our own standards and strength , A ~A can contribute to Notional Ponhellenic, " the cooperative organization establi shed to maintain on a high plain fraternity life and interfraternity re lationship." NPC is now composed of twenty full members and e leven a ssociate members, repres'"n t ing many thousa nds of American college women . In addition to its executive officers and the obviously necessary committees, NPC has other important committees that aid in carrying out its function . For example, a Committee on Education prepares for distribution to NPC delegates a monthly bulletin of pertinent material on problems of ed uca ti on . It is NPC policy to hove representation at gatherings which include representative women's groups of America . NPC has on official observer at the United Nations, accenting the NPC ideal of "wide and wi se human se rvice ." This is familiar teaching to Alphas. Simultaneously we are reminded of another A'2:.A maxim: " Ideals ore fine but hard work is the soil in which they grow." Together, through the productive, hard work of all members, let's make 1 949 a good and happy year in A'2:.A .
ORGANIZING ALUMNAE CHAPTERS ALUMS-this means YOU . You're needed-you ' re hunted-you're wonted! Ah-oh-don't turn away and soy, " This is not for me. " It is!! There you ore- away in a new town, torn from the old pols and associates that your Alpha Sigma Chapter held for you . Haven't you ever wished there were some Alpha Sigmas near who hod the some memories and wishes as you? There ore, our files show it-there certainly ore ! All you do is write- right NOW-to Mrs. Donald L. Frost, Notional Alumnae Organizer, at 1 1 62 N. Sycamore Blvd ., Tuscan, Arizona , and tell her you want to know other Alpha Sigmas in your area. Who knows , maybe she lives around the corner, maybe even in the some building. Find out now! Your Alpha Sigma Alpha is building, growing and expandi ng . We were trained for that in our college days, and Alums and Alumnae Chapters ore the life blood to do such growing. Widen your horizons. Enrich your friend ships. Build and grow outside of yourself in Alpha Sigma Alpha' Emma M . Frost Notional Alumnae Organizer
Em Frost, our Notional Alumnae Organizer, ha s reall y worked up enthusiasm for new alumnae chapters. Watch for the announcement of the alumnae chapter in Hawaii , Tucson, Arizo na, and J oplin, Mi sso uri , in the March Phoenix.