MARCH, 1951
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ZETA ZETA Central Missouri State College, Warrensburg, Missouri
Dear Alpha Sigs: Since the last time we corresponded, our group has acquired twelve new pledges. They are a fine group of girls and we are very proud of them . They are going active February 13, 1951. There is going to be o reverse pledge day and each pledge is certainly looking forward to it. Poor actives! We have been in a whirl for the past few weeks. We have been planning and decorating for our Formal Dance, February 10. It is going to be a regional dance with three Missouri chapters and two Kansas chapters represented. The theme of the dance in going to be our Golden Anniversary. We are holding a workship in the afternoon with Mrs. Sharp in charge. 'Mrs. Sharp is also staying for our dance and will cut the cake . Campaigning for Popular Girl elect ion has also been a lot of work. We chose Jan Austin for our candidate. All of us here have been busy campaigning and hoping for the best results. One of our pledges, Ensley (Sugar) Smith, wrote the words to two new songs and both of them were used in ou r campaign. We have also been working on our Philanthropic project for this year. Through the welfare association, we have been assigned a needy Negro family in the Warrensburg community. Loads of clothes have been taken to them already and the family certainly appreciated them . We hope this year has been as happy for all of you as it has been for us. Love in A~A, Nancy Sue Elder
ETA ETA Kansas 路State Teachers College, Pittsburg, Kansas 1'--Dear Sisters in A~A: Though we are just settling into our second semester routine, we want to give you an insight into what we've been doing the past semester. Virginia Sullivan was elected "Miss Pittsburg" to represent our city in the American Royal festivities held in Kansas City last Fall . We observed our annual Courtesy Week in January. Mary Loui se Canny was chairman of this committee . During the week the pledges held a reception for all faculty members, who were enthusiastic about it and continually complimented us on it. The next day the pledges held a "coke-tail" party at the house for all pledges of the other sororities. The actives were not present but were told it was a great success. Dean of Wome.n Helen K. Schuyler talked to our group on etiquette.' Another evening, Miss Betty Bennett, librarian, spoke on personality. Both were very interesting and entertaining speakers and I know we all learned many things of value from them. The week was climaxed with a dinner held in the cafeteria annex for all actives and pledges. Gifts were presented to Marty Marsh and Janet Walker for being outstanding pledges during the week. The part of Courtesy Week that the actives liked most was the fact that the pledges had to carry candy, gum, and cigarettes to satisfy actives' "whims." They also "voluntarily" offered to carry our books across the campus. We are very proud of our pledges and are happy to have them as our new active members. Janice Rice is our candidate for the Kanza Queen this year. We know she'll "go places" in the contest, and uphold the Alpha's reputation.
On February 6, we held our formal initiation service in the social rooms at the college. After the initiation we were invited to the home of Mrs. Clay De Ford. Mrs. Ernest Mahon and Mrs. De Ford served a delicious buffet supper, which we thoroughly enjoyed. I must get back to my lessons, so good-bye for now_ Marianne Smardo
KAPPA KAPPA Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Hi Alpha Sigs! Greetings to all of you from the Kappa Kappas at Temple . We've just weathered the storm of finals and are all ready to take up our social life again. Incidentally, we're very proud to report that the yearbook, thanks to Alpha Sig Norma De Goeteno, the Executive Editor of the Templer, is going to feature our annual Christmas Donee. We worked especially hard on the decorations and refreshments and everyone agreed that it was a great success. We particularly enjoyed exchanging Christmas stockings and writing limericks to go with the "presents" we gave each male guest. Christmas brought its usual flurry of engagement announcements by Betty Archer, Bea Capuzzi , Barbie Cook, "Andy" Evans, and president Mid Holz. Dottie Carter, Alice Cavannagh, Mary Fetter, Lois McCartney, and Loi s Oliver distinguished the Kappa Kappa s by making the list of outstanding seniors. Now that finals are over we're looking forward to a new and brighter list of activities. We're planning a pajama party February 1 2 and another Valentine Dance on February 1 7 . Of course, we plan to have o bigger and better rush season than ever before. I guess that's about oil the news from KK. We're looking forward to hearing. from all the other chapters. Love in' A~A, Barbie Cook
NU NU Drexel Institute of Technology, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Hi Alphas : We of Nu Nu chapter have been very busy, with rushing season in full swing . Our first party had a pirate theme and was a great success. Yo! ho! ho! It was complete with skulls, cross-bones and an old sea chest which contained copies of our semi-annual chapter paper, the Alpha Nus. Our second rush party found us an a showboat. All the actives were in evening dresses; Southern belles you know . We had dinner followed by a trip down the river on the showboat. The Temple Kappa Kappas asked us to a tea and we're looking forward to see ing all our sisters again. Love in A~A, Betty Grouch
PI PI New York State College for Teachers, Buffalo, New York
Dear Alpha Sig Si sters : Pi Pi Chapter is especially enthusiastic this se meste r. The main reason for thi s is our absol utely terrific new members, now fully initiat~d into Alpha Sig . Our rush party, with its "Show Boat" theme, was very successful, and the Formal Tea was equally so. We found this rushing season loads of fun. After initiation ceremonies on January 28th, a banquet was held with the