Asa phoenix vol 3 no 17 18 feb 1917

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VIJRGI:N IA Alpha is maldng itself' fel t a s a f urc e a t Fa r n vill e , fo :."' its rls are taking a prom:Lne~1.t p art in 2. 11 t~-- ) s ch ool activiti e s . Our '. i~.ee Club i-s to give a Japanese Operetta in our ;.~,u c1i tor iu"!l in Fe r u rtry . Inza Lea, on~ of our new girls , j s tak ing t h e l eading r ol8, and s0veral others 111. the chapt,.,r are i n t he c a st too . The n:K,:;_ e ~chool, toget~er vv~ th th~ t.~wnspeop+e 1 andli c i p a t e g rea.t p l e asu r e f ron ·t..he event, wh1ch b1ds fc;ur co be one of th e : '_ a rge s t an d mos t e lCJ,bo:cat E of the year· Soon t here wi 11 be anoth e r tre a t f or u s in the Lwli to ~ium, for OscRr Seagle, the great Ame rican b a r it n e i s to stop ove1· for a concert on hiB way from New York City t I llinoi s. The most interesting social event on the Feb r u.ary sch'3dl:J.e , t- ( • so far as Alpha is concerned, is the Cha p t er Banqu e t v.rhich i s ·co b'3 g~_ven at one'"'of the hot~ls. .-'.s we h ave a, €h ap te r of n i nete en , and as we are expecting a number of our alumn a e ba ck for t he o ccas ion , the affair will prob abiy b0 the large st of its k ind ever h e ld by Alpha . Another .February date of great int e r e st to t he chapt e r is the 23rd, when the Senior Class will hpl d a rec 0p t ion f or the Junion . This is an a~al e vent . The decor a tion will , of co urs e , be in ke e p ing with Washingt0n's Birthda y . Alpha has a new pledge to intr~ duc e to t h e So r ri t y , Her name is Martha Sp onc or . She has t we s i sters who a r e a l r:e a f;i~ ASAs, so we expect. great things from he r . We hav e wante d Mar t h a f or a long time, and have beGn rushing h e r ever si n c e h er ~atr i cu l ation i n th ~"~ School, but we were not able to b i d h e r unti 1 she qu a lif i ed a s a Junior. This she did very recently . In one of our me e t ings v! e · o t t o t a lldng abou t h ow. n ice i t 'flrmld be if we could meet p e :,~ so na ll y a ll t h e ASA girls of othe r chap ters, with whose n a mes we a r e g ro wing so fami l iar as the PHO ENI X issues appear . Of course, we k now that thi s is qui te i mposs i b l e, bu t would it not b e delightful , i f we co uld hav e p i ctur es t alcen of ourselves--just simple ko dak s-- and th ~ n exch ange ? El s i e Bagby , g; j

O.i{LAHOMA Gamma Gamma was overwhelm~ d by th ~ annou ncement of Mr s. Reed's death , She has a l ways seem ~ d to u s like a member of our own chapter, for she was pr es en t a t our inst a llat i on and she ha ~ be e n our Sponsor immediat e l y af torwar d e , s o that we heard f~~m h ~ r f r e-quently , Mrs. Reed l ef t a v ery de ep im ~re!'Jsi em on all of ~-s . Evr" er one who met her l o v e d h e r, an d t he ro hav~ be en many oxpr e s s 1ons aorrcw, not only from our 1)wn girl~ , but a l so fr'lm t h o l a di es of t h ·.: city who met her while she was he r e , ' Gamma Gamma ha s b e en a very busy eh apt e r since t h e retur~ to Schnol after the Chr is tma s Eo l idays, for there ha s be e n _ a ~u c c e c; s lo n of events to occupy our a ttention . Alva ha,s ~een _ pa os1ng thr? a r evival season First the Pr e s by t e ri ans and Mevhn dls t h e ld th€n r s, · promptly f ollowe d by th c Ch r1· s .a(.,1an · Ch ur c 11. It ·)rov e ~-1 and they were 1 _ a rath e r strenuous t i mo, f or the s t udcnt s a r e s u ppo sed to h e l p Ol tt ':L ~ these times. , t· · t· t Then the Nor thweste rn Olz l ahoma I<.. duc a 1ona 1_ l\.ssocu: 10n me " here inciclentally b ring L1G 5?0 t cac~ e r s to t :t:e . C1 t y. . M1SS S~oclcle , h d th · b · , · t •r of ee1nrr t ha u t h ese V1S.L tors u ere hou s c 1 an d c: d fe respo~sl 1th~:l. Jr"' stayi..J Th e r e we r e t ' .r o things t h a t llappeDe d L ! ca~e or dtir1ng v • ("0


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