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SEPTEMBER 16, 1916 •
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THE PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE It is with· a strange thrill that your President begins . the publication of anothe,r PHOElUX. She h 2.d expected tha.t this Ylorlc would devolve upon another, for there seemed little likelihood in April that she could survive the operation that wn.e the onlY means of saving her life. You have all been so interested ih her welfare, so thoughtful and sympathetic during the especially dif~ . ;ult days that she cannot refrain from telling you tn~t her hospital ~xperience waa all in all _~e mos-t blessed in her v-:hole 11fe. She had an opportuni t: as never'before, to learn not only what real friendship can mean, but also how wonaerfully . tender the world at large can be . The experience~~as, moreover, a complete justification of her belief in the sorority system, fpr, in spite of tha fact that she was wholly vri thout relatives, she had as much c~re and attention thru the kind offices of soror:j. t-y women a.s tho she had been one of a large and devoted :family . With strength returning and vri th the .future fairly bright, your President is planning great things ;for Alpha Sigma Alpha , She wants it to be a big force in Hellas, _as well aa in tbe lives of the individua,l m-embers. Alpha Sj.e;ma AlJ?ha is already known. most favorably to·the He~le~io World, so it will not be v~ry diff i cult to bring the sorority even more pro:·:linently into notice.. The one problem lllefore Alpha Sigma 1\lpho. ~ and before all Peda.r; ogi cal soror· .. ies for that matter, is to i mpress the stud~nt body at St ate Forma l Schools and Teachers CoLl eges,with the d esirability, the _i mportan c e . :and the advantages of sovority membership. · It. is really not more than t wo y ears since the id~a cf the NATIONAL Pedag~gical Sorority was launched. Gigaa Sigma Sigm~ . had, . to be sure} been work ing in that field since 1 9 11} but had fa~le :: to · make any deep impression upon it . Lidre v-raEJ accomplished the past school y ear thru the organization of the Ass oci ati on of Pedagogical Sororities than in the previous half dec~ de , There is still much work to be done before the Yvomen students in 7eachers Colleges w·ill reali:z~ the need of the profe n bio~1<:t l sorority , b efore tl1ey will recognize it 1\s of colleg iate ranl{. Han y of th e best Schools of f:iuc ation entertain the idea that it is on ly a q ue stio ~1. of a Yery -shor t time wh ep. th&ir inati tuti ons v;ill · be ent ered by Congress so r orities , When these schools do awak e to the fact t h u. t no Congre s s Sorority may enter 4he Pedagogic9-l l!helc' there \"Jill be a flood of petitions s ent into al l availab le pedagogival sororities; and "\oihen these cannot accomml')date all the petitioners , there will arise many new s ocieties .· I t i s then that a strongly organized sorority c an come into i t s own . · YolJ.r President is doing everythi ng i n her power thru tl•. Association of Pedaeogical Sororities and thru personal f ri ends do hasten the ~ay r,rhen the profeosional pedc..r .oe: ic c,l sorority shall be recognized everywh ere as the peer oi., anything in Hellas . At the Sa.JT' ~ time she believes that s h e can r o r}~ most offecti vel y with a nd thru Alpha Sigma Alpha in her campaign to s ecure this same recognition ,