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OF ALPHA SIGMA ALPHA ENTERED AS SECOND CLASS MATTER AT POSTOFFICE AT ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA
JANUARY, 1954
VOLUME XXXIX. Number 2
.ALUMNAE BULLETIN
What Does Your Sorority Mean to You? • THE early edition of The New York Tim es on October 8, 1953, carried a news story-STATE UNIVERSITY BANS NATIONAL FRATERNITIES. Within the next two days the Associated Press from coast to coast publicized the action of the Board of Trustees on the recommendation of the State University President, Dr. William Carlson. The press mentioned that this was a drive against racial and religious bias. · Three months have passed since this press release and National Sorority and Fraternity presidents with chapters in the thirty-three constituent units of the State University have not been informed orally or in writing of the action of the Board of Trustees. However, an available certified copy of the resolution of the Board of Trustees of the State University of N. Y. states: "RESOLVED that no social organization shall be permitted in a State-operated unit of the State University which has any direct or indirect affiliation or connection with any national or other organization outside the particular unit; and be it further "RESOLVED that no such social organization, in policy or practice, shall operate under any rule which bars students on account of race, color, religion, creed, or national origin or ·other artificial criteria; and be it further "RESOLVED that the President be, and hereby is, authorized to take such steps as he may deem appropriate to implement this policy, including the determination of which student organizations are social as distinguished from scholastic or religious, and his decision shall be final." On November 25, Sigma Tau Gamma, national fraternity, filed in Federal Court a petition that affects their organization and other like social groups, describing the action of the Board of Trustees of the State University of New York in direct violation of the constitutional rights, especially Article XIV of The Constitution and Part I of the Bill of Rights. Further charges mention the rights of free
• How MUCH interest do you now or have you manifested in your sorority since you left college? Would Alpha Sigma Alpha be able to accomplish all that it has, if all members showed the same interest and spirit as you? If you had to pass a selection test, depending upon the faithful and loyal service rendered to your sorority since your college days, would you be reelected? R emember-a chain is as strong as its weakest link. It would be interesting to see, if a roll were taken, just what percentage of our members are Life Members. Many of you have not contributed anything or perhaps just a small amount of your Life M embership. Are you one of these? Many of the · college girls are now becoming Life Members while in school. The treasurer of the alumnae group in your vicinity will be most happy to send in any amount .of money given her. A five dollar payment entitles you to a year's subscription of THE PHoENIX. If there is not a group in your locality, send your payment directly to the National Treasurer. When the Life Membership goal is reached, that is-if you have paid the $25.00 which makes you a Life Member, you automatically become a life subscriber to THE PHoENIX and you will be entitled to wear rubies in the four corners of your badge. Won't you join the Life M embership Roll and fire your sorority with the inspiration and enthusiasm to go forth with greater and better influence in the life of the college and our beloved sorority? Show that your sorority does mean something to you by becoming one of its Life M embers.-JEAN C. RicH ~RD, National Treasurer. assembly and the absence of an opportunity to be heard. The national officers of Alpha Sigma Alpha are alert to this situation which might endanger the personal rights and privileges of citizens of our free world. Further developments will be reported to the entire membership so that all may be informed on this important issue.-EVELYN G. BELL, National President.