Asa phoenix vol 45 no 4 summer 1960

OF ALPHA SIGMA ALPHA

SUMMER 1960

OF ALPHA SIGMA A LPHA

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CONTENTS ATTENTION-

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THE TWENTY-THIRD NATI ONAL C ONVENTION ....................................

ANDIDATES .. . .....................

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ALPHA SIGMA ALPHA PRouDLY PRESENTS . ... . ... ..... . .... ......... ... . .. ....... . ......... . .............

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HELEN ' s HoBBY AS A HAM ................ . ..... .... .. .......... . . . . .......... . .. ... .. .. ... .... ...................... .

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CAMPus QuEENS ............. .... .......... .. . . ... .. .... ....... .. ... ... .. ... . . .. ............................. .. ... ........

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CoLLEGIATE HoNoR

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So THERN NEw JERSEY ALUMNAE CHAPTER SALUTEs RuTH CRAMER... ...............

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ELIZABETH BIRD SMALL AND FROST FIDELITY AWARD

A VERY SPECIAL ScHooL.. ... .. .. .. ..... ...... . ... ... ......................... . .......

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BETA OMEGA SuPPORTS PROJECT . .... . .. . ..... . .. ... . ..... .. . ........................... . ..... ...... .... . .......

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ALPHA SIGMA ALPHA SPOTLIGHT . ....... . .. ... .. ...... .. .. ...... . ....... ...... ....... .......... ... .. ... .. ..... ..

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EsPECIALLY FOR You .. .... . .... .. .. ... ........ . ... . ..... .... .... .... ....... . . ........ .. . .. ... . ....... ... . . ... ... ..... ... ..

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OLD BooNE HousE STILL A LANDMARK ... . ............ ... . . .. ............ .. .... . .. .... ...... .. .. ..........

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ZETA ZETA PRESENTS THE ALPHABET . ················· ·· · ··· ·· ···· ........... ... ........ . ... .. ..... ···· ··· ··

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NEw ALUMNAE CHAPTERS .. ...... . ...... .... .... .. ..... ... ..... . ... .. .... .. ....... .. ............. . ...... ... . .........

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PRESTO

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CAMPUS LEADERS ........ . ... .. .. .. . ............ ...... .............. ... . ... . ........... . .... . .. ....... . ......................

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CoLLEGE NEws LETTER

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LETTER .. ......... . .... .... ... .. .. .. .. ...... ..... . . ... ............. . ...... ... ................... .. .

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ALPHA SIGMA ALPHA DIRECTORY . . ..................... .... .. ................ ... ........ ... .. ...................

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ALPHA SIGMA ALPHA OFFICER ' CALEN DAR ...... ..........................................................

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BAcK To ScHOOL-

ALUMNAE NEws

ALUMNAE EDITOR DO R IS S. KLEIN

EDITOR HIWANA C . CROMPTON

COLLEGE EDITOR MARY

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ATTENTION The National Council of Alpha Sigma Alpha Announces ...

THE TWENTY-THIRD NATIONAL CONVENTION July 5-9, 1961 GRAND HOTEL Mackinac Island, Michigan

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ALPHA GffiLS OF 1960 ELIZABETH BIRD SMALL AWARD CANDIDATE THE WINNER of t!he coveted collegiate award given each year in the memory of Elizabeth Bird Smalf IIII will be selected from this group of Alpha Girls. Qualifications for the awa路rd includ S<路holarship, leadership, and graciousness m daily living.

Beta Sigma

Alpha

Nu Nu

Beta Zeta

CLAUDIA WHIPPLE

~ARIA NNE BOBBI N

RENEE ~AO I NNI

AN ' ~CNEALY

Alpha Alpha

Rho Rho

Beta Eta

Beta Upsilon

CHERYL HARLESS

RuTH ANN MILLER

YvoN NE Bo E HR NSEN

DoN

Alpha Beta

Sigma Sigma

Beta Theta

Beta Phi

CAROLYN ~ULFORD

~ARY ~UNOZ

KARE

KATCHEN K UBITZ

STAY ER

A Rr oG

Beta Chi

Alpha Gamma

Tau Tau

Beta Iota

}UDITH HALFAST

GLENDA OPITZ

SALLEY PARKER

SHERILY

Beta Beta

Phi Phi

Beta Kappa

Beta Psi

MARY CAMBLIN

KAREN TUSSEY

}OYCE ~0 TIK

M. Lour E LA~ORRP.

Epsilon Epsilon

Chi Chi

Beta Lambda

Beta Omega

}ANIS VrAR

PATRICIA BOYER

GEORGIA WA LLIS

MARGARET SCHAFER

Zeta Zeta

Psi Psi

Beta Mu

Gamma Alpha

DORIS RECORDS

ANNETTE DoRDAN

AN N A Lou

LLEN

HILL.

PATRICIA BAXT ER

Eta Eta

Beta Gamma

Beta Nu

Gamma Beta

SHARON CHAPMAN

} EANNE BucK

LORETTA TU CKER

.JoAN PAUTZ

Theta Theta

Beta D elta

Beta Pi

Gamma Delta

LucY RoCK STROM

BILLIE RUTH PATRICK

ELIZAB ETH 0LVF.R

BARBARA

Kappa Kappa

Beta Epsilon

Beta Rho

Gamma Epsilon

CAROL FRAPS

NANCY ~OORE

KARF.N CHRISTE

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MILLER

TEDDIE CHOPP

FROST FIDELil'Y AWARD CANDIDATES EACH year one girl is chosen to receive the Frost Fidelity Awaxd, e tabli hed by Donald and Emma Frost IIII and based on intangible fraternity values including loyalty and "unsung" se!VIce. Beta Sigma

Alpha

Nu Nu

Beta Z eta

ADDrn RrcHARD SON

}OAN STAMPEE

LUCILLE BREAUX

}A

Alpha Alpha

Rho Rho

Beta Eta

Beta Up silon

SANDRA KIGHTLIN GER

EMMA RuTH TuRN E R

LYNN

REr

HILLER

Swi SHE R

FREDINA CROWP.

Sigma Sigma

Beta Theta

Beta Phi

CHARLENE Cox

~AXINE BRIGGS

BARBARA GRAHAM

CATHER!

Alpha Gamma

Tau Tat'

Beta Iota

Beta Chi

PATRICIA BusH

MARJORIE THYFAULT

JoAN LEESON

MARYLY N

Beta Beta

Phi Phi

Beta Kappa

Beta Psi

LYNN HOYT

RosALI E McCRARY

MARGARET SMITH

WINIFRED MY E R

Beta Lambda

Beta Omega

Alpha Beta

E ~ CSWEE ' P.Y

lELA

Epsilon Epsilon

Chi Chi

} EANNETTE FERRELL

PATRICIA GARARD

PAT HoLDER

.JoAN

Zeta Zeta

Psi Psi

Beta Mu

Gamma Alpha

DONNA RI CHC REEK

THEODORA CROOM

LINDA BuR

Beta Gamma

Eta Eta CAROLY

Los

LA Vo

NE HuNTER

Theta Theta

Beta D elta

CAROL DAVJ

Lms PRAVATA CLOUD

Beta Nu ~ARY ALLE

EvELYN SMYTH

Gamma Delta

Beta Pi A

CY Jo

Beta Epsilon

Beta Rho

Do LORE

BERTA BrRITOS

CAROL

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VIRGINIA KUZ ELKA

Gamma Beta

Kappa Kappa ALM ES

ETT

~CCAUSLA

DER

ARALLI

ARLENE B ARDIA

Gamma Epsilon DELL

SHARO

GlliBON

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ALPHA SIGMA ALPHA PROUDLY PRESENTS THE school year is just about at a close, and aH of you are looking forward to summer and vacation. As you look back over the year, most of you can be very proud of your progress and scholarship.

It is a good feeling to say to yourself, "Well done," and may I add, as your national scholarship chairman, a hearty "well done" to air the chairmen who faithfully sent me their reports, letters, and plans for their chapter's scholarship program.

The .emphasis placed on scholarship varies greatly from campus to campus, but I believe all of you will agree bhat good scholarship just does not happen. It occurs through careful planning and work. Has your chapter made plans for next fall?

What are your aspirations? Are you seeking first place on your campus, attaining the highest? I hope each Chapter will aim .for its CROWN, be it trophy, cup, or plaque.

BETA BETA again ranks first on campus with ten members who have attained straight A averages.

Karen Hein and Dorothy Haug are P.i Lambda Theta initiates.

EPSILON EPSILON has .eight members on the Honor Roll. Marge Bulkley achieved a straight A average, and Judy CaJrpenter ranks in the top ten of her class.

ZETA ZETA again ranks first on campus with four members on the Honor RoiL Janice Gudde has been selected by the student body as Popular Gi·rl of C .M.S.C. for 1960. She is a cheerleader, chairman of the Student Center Committee and was listed this year in Who's Who in American Universities and Oolleges. In addition to her many ol:'her activities, Janice is on the Dean's List, a member of Alpha Phi Sigma, and president of Orchesis.

Nu Nu has two members with straight A averages.

Marianne Bobbin and Joan Stampee are listed in Who's Who in American Universities and Colleges, and Margaret Ohepiga Long has been elected to Omicron Nu. Regina Buono was elected to Pi Kappa Phi, the highest scholastk 'honor at Drexel.

She is also a member of Omicron Nu and A·lpha Psi Omega. She serves Nu Nu as secretary.

SIGMA SIGMA's Jan Eastman is on the Dean's List, and Maxine Briggs, Pat Powell, Connie Savage Hubbell, and Marlene Sohmalz were listed in

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Who's Who in American Universities and Colleges.

TAU TAu had Paula Schumacher Simons, Carolyn Dennis, and Marilyn Chastain on the Dean's List.

Psi Psi has ten members on the Dean's List out of a total of twenty-five members.

BETA DELTA has seven members on the Dean's List, four of whom are pledges. Kitty Garter has been elected secretary of the sophomore class, and Billie Ruth Patrick was chosen as Miss M.S.C. of 1960. Lois Prauata Oloud, Ruby Ann Howell, Agnes Linda Lee, Sylvia A. Clayton, and B111ie Patrick were listed in Who's Who . Augusta Ann Coker was efected secretary of Graduate Glass, and Sylvia Ann Clayton was elected treasurer.

BETA EPsiLON has five members on the Honor Roll.

BETA ETA achieved a 2.00 average based on a 3.00 A. Sylvia Haas and Hollace Thompson made straight A averages. Four members were listed in Who's Who. BETA IoTA has four members with straight A averages and twelve members on the Dean's List. Sally Parker and Joanne Young were Iisted in Who's Who in American Universities and Colleges. Lesanna Camp, Judith Landers, Ann McKibbin, Joan Leeson, and Nancy St. Clair all received Outstanding Seniors Arward.

BETA KAPPA had one member listed in Who'J Who. SaHy Strain was elected to Kappa Delta Pi .

BETA Mu's Jo Carol McCorkle achieved a straight A average and was named as one of the Top Ten Freshmen. Four members were named to the Honor Roll. Cathy Crews is a member of Alpha Ohi Honor Society, Heart and Key, Student Senate, and is li~ted in Who's Who. MaTgaret Bochetti is a member of Alpha Chi, Heart and Key, and was one of the Top Ten Freshmen. She was also named to Who's Who. BETA PI ·ranks first on campus and had three members with straight A averages and seven listed on the Honor Roll. Ella Mae Hudson, an A student, is treasurer of Kappa . Theta Pi, an honorary home economics fraternity, Student Government alternate from Women's Ha:ll Council, and is the present chaplain of Beta Pi Chapter.

BETA SIGMA had Jerry Ann Nathan Brundridge, chapter president, on the Dean's Honor Roll.

Among her many activities and honors a:re Varsity Debate Squad, Student Center Commission, Col-

lege Theater, Panhellenic Representati e, Young Republicans, and International Relations Club.

She was awarded the High cholarship Plaqu of her pledge class.

GAMMA ALPHA's Pat Baxt r has been gtven a President's Appointment to Gamma Pi Ep ilon, National Jesuit Honor Sorority. Mary Lat. on. pledg president, received a grade average that puts lher on the Dean's List.

GAMMA DELTA had Dorothy Brun

and Berni e

Chi etti on the D n Li t.

GAM tA EP ILO Hilda .87 average based on a p rf ct 4. nn ecretary for h r chapter I t Conte has a 3.83 average.

Epsilon as cort ponding hapt r a has a 3.85 average and has membership dir tor and tre urer. Joann inger was recentfy ele ted tr asur r for th clas and ha a 3.3 av rage.- GAIL Orxo ON, ational cholar hip ,hairman.

HELEN'S HOBBY AS A HAM TnERE are 36,000 women hams in the United State -women who are intere ted in, and know th techniques of amateur radio. To receive an op rator's license, many hours of training are necessary, and cl.as es are conducted in Morse Code and the theory of the intricate equipment 1nvolved.

One of the e radio-intere ted women i H elen

Brown Smith a memb r of the Licking-Mu kinengum Ohio, Alumnae hapt r. Helen w couraged in thi undertaking b her hu band, tation Dale, and is conne ted with the R d ro W8FZB, a vol'untary rvice. Thi A..... A ham is o ambitiou that h ha a mobile unit in h r ar so sh can even work on her wa to Lh roc ry.

The code class, which meets one night each week, i bown here re~i"ing in truction . Helen eated econd from right. h , with the otb r'S, i requiâ&#x20AC;˘Âˇed t.o decipher ~lor Oo<l ignal. .

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CAMPUS QUEENS Claudia Whipple A May Queen

Suzy Dozier EE Miss Emporia State

Mickey Briggs 2:2: Miss Western State

Karen Henl'y ZZ The 1960 Rhetor Queen

Peggy Humphreys <I><I> The 1960 Tower Queen

Pearl Terry BN The 1960 Shield Queen

Jane Lucas BIT Miss 1960 Pine Tree

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Oa.U Pitre BZ Queen of Krewe of Poseidon Mardi Gras Ball ltnd Phi Kappa Theta Sweetheart

Beverly Brown cf>cf> Phi Sig Frolics Quee n

Dorothy H~tug BB So1'0dty, Military Ball Quee n and Blue K y Sweethea•·t

Patty Sue Walley B~ Sig·ma Phi Epsilon Little Sister

Mary Breaux BZ Fh·st Maid in Came llia Pageant and Maid of In terfl•aternity Ball

Saund~·a Evans B ' Sweethea•·t of Alph.a Oanu:na Rho

Elizabeth Lively Baker

Diane Stiska BK Pl'ince s of Greek Ball

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Marge Leininge•· rE Me mbe r of the Oourt o f the l\filitarr Ball

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COLLEGIATE HONORS JANICE GUDDE NAMED MOST POPULAR GIRL JANICE GuooE ZZ was named "Most Popular Girl" on February 12 at Central Missouri State Oollege.

This contest is based on leadership, activities, and campus interest as well as popularity with Vhe s~udents.

Janice, a senior physical education and English major, has been awarded an assistantShip to Southern Illinois University to work on her Master's Degree.

JANICE GUDDE Among her campus activities are cheerleader for three years, 4-H Olub social chairman, Orchesis president, Social Dance Club â&#x20AC;˘i nstructor, PEM Club, WRA, SNEA, Square Dance Club, and Freshman counselor. Janice has been choreographer for PSE "Blackouts," K~K "Kappakades," "Doctor in Spite of Himself," and "Finnian's Rainbow." She was the director of !:lhe F reshman Talent S'how and is .Jisted in Central Missouri Start:e's H all of Recognition and Who>s Who in American Universities and Colleges.

J anice has served Zeta Zeta a> aJSS i~tant treasurer and memberShip director.

ELECTED STATE PRESIDENT OF HOME EC COLLEGE CLUBS JuDITH CHATELAIN BZ, a junior majoring in institution management at Southwestern Louisiana Institute, has been elected state president of the Louisiana Home Economics College Clubs. She was also selected as a candidate from the Southern region for the office of president of the N ationaJ Home Economics College Clubs.

Judith is vice-president of tihe S.L.I. Home Economics JUDY CHATELAIN Club and was their delegate at the American Home Economics Association Convention in Milwaukee last summer.

Judy is secretary of the Aggie Club, an organization of the college of agriculture. She has been nominated by the Rod eo Club for Aggie Day Queen. Judy belongs to the Newman Club. She is serving her second term as corresponding secretary of Beta Zeta Chapter.

PAMELA PEARSON RECEIVES SCHOLARSHIP TO COLUMBIA

PATRICIA BAXTER ATTENDS WHITE HOUSE CONFERENCE PATRICIA BAXTER rA, a senior arts major at Creighton University, was an official delegate to the Golden Anniversary White House Conference for Youth and Children in Washington, D. C., from March 27 to April 2.

The White H ouse Conference, usually called by the President of the United States every ten years, began in 1909 when Theodore Roosevelt initiated tihe practice.

Patricia represented the National Federation of Settlements and Neighborhood H ouses. She sat in on a caUJCus on setJtlements Saturday, Marc!h 26.

Tlhen the conference officially opened Sunday morning at the University of Maryland.

For the past three years Pat has been employed by the Omaha Social Settlement as a group leader.

Working with children of all ages, she teaches art and craft dasses and handles club activities.

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PAMELA PEARSON AA, a senior m.ajori:ng m psychology at Miami University, has received an assistantship in tests and measurements at Columbia University.

In Student Government Pam was on House Council her freshman year, a counselor h er sophomore year, and House Council secretary her junior year. She is a member of the Miami University Theater group P Al\IELA PEARSON and was assistant to the director of the All-Campus Musica:l Show.

Pamela has received the Dayton Alumnae Junior Award, the Dayton Panhellenic Scholar5hip, and the Miami University Tuition Scholarship. She had the highest scholastic average in her chapter the spring of 1959 and the fall of 1959.

In serving Alpha Alpha Chapter, Pam has held

the positions of chairman of Standard Board scholarship chairman, and president. Sh is also a member of the Panhellenic Council.

AN IE SCHOLARSHIP TO CECILIA REDETZKE CEciLIA REDETZKE I'A, a senior journa.lism. major at Creighton Univer ity was awarded a

100 cholarship b Lh ebr ka Indu trial Editor .

Cecilia i rYing c nd m ter editor of The Creiuhtonian. h h a! on th taff of th univ rsity n w paper editor and report r.

The ANIE cholarship is given annuall to a journali m enior at reighton and the ni rsity of Omaha. It purpose i to n ourage promising students who have an inter t in indu trial jouralJsm.

SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY ALUMNAE CHAPTER SALUTES RUTH STEW ART CRAMER Bv NANCY GINGRICH RITr, Kappa KapjJa WITHIN our ranks of the Southern New Jersey Alumnae Chapter, we boast the membership of one Ruth Stewart Cramer. Ruth, a Kappa Kappa from Temple University's class of 1934, is a most busy woman.

Presently, she is in her eighth year a librarian at Rancoas Regional High Sc hool :in M t. Holly New Jersey. Her most recent honor wa rhat of being selected by the tudent body as a nominee for the Freedom's FoundaJtion Award at Valley Forge.

Ruth is well-known throughout the tate in her field of library cience. Many professional organization respect her member hip . Among these uroup she i a member of the National Librar Week Committee of Which Mrs. Robert Meyn r, wif of our governor i chairman. She is on the Ad i ory Board of th Rutgers Graduate School of Library Ser ice and is pre ident of the Ne' J r cy S hool Library A sociation a member of the Burlington County Library A ociation of which he was fir t pr ident and an advi or for tudent Library Council ; he i p ent the tat

chairman of the Reading ommittee and Guidance Council whose job is the tudy of reading difficulties and spon oring a program for reading improvement levels. A m mber of the AA W, Rutfrt erved as our chapter pr ident for three years.

A na tive New J er eyite, Ruth gradu ated from Camden High chool and entered Temple niersity a a Latin Engli h, and Library cience major. erving as KK chaplain sh h ld offices in other campu organization : pr ident of the Secondary Education Club treasurer of Lh campu Y.W.C .A. and a member of the tudent Senate, the Astron and Engli h Honor and th e Inter-collegiate Conference. pon graduation Ruth' first job was teaching Engli h five niaht a week to foreign women at Camden's Evenin a School. From there h went on to teach at variou uburban Philadelphia chool : Ha tboro Glouce ter, Bellc\'ille. After taking time out for a family, she r turn d to teaching Enalish at Moore town, Ne' J y. Her n xt po ition was that as head of the Enalish D partment at Elkin Park Junior High chool.

Yet with all her out ide a ti 1t1 Ruth' first devotion i to her hu band on and lovely home in Colwick. H er wonderful trait of charm, under. tanding and endeavor make h r a mo t-re p cted woman in our -A . i terhood and in her ommunity a nd tate.

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BACK TO SCHOOLA VERY SPECIAL SCHOOL

BY SALLY BAXTER HoRTER, Nu Nu EvEN when just passing or looking in, there is an aspect of busy-ness and friendliness. "Many Swprises," "Happy Times," and " Once Upon a Story Time" are the names of the groups to which the pupils have been assigned. With such gay titles they are bound to respond to the guidance of a devoted and dedicated teacher.

The visitor is immediately made welcome by teadher and pupils and is made to feel that she is a part of this wonderful experience of learning how to live our everyday lives by taking assignments as they are given and doing the very best t!hat we are able to do . The room 路is light and pleasant with sun from the west windows. Geraniums a~re blooming on some of the window sills along with sprouting bulbs which will be blooming in due season.

Mary Ellen Hollander Lehrian, a member of our Pittsburgh, 'P ennsylvania, Alumnae Chapter, is the teacher of the very special class I am telling about.

There are 路s eventeen sudh classes for the mentally retarded in Beaver County, operated by the county, with a limit by law of eighteen pupils each. We live just north and west of Pittsburgh, along the north shore of th e Ohio River, but a few miles from the Ohio-Pennsyivania border. At the time of the last census, ouT population was 175,000.

In this class of eighteen boys and girls, wivh IQ's ranging from fifty to seventy-five, there are four reading levels, three in spelling and arithmetic, and 路two in English. Some of the pupils will learn to add and subtract to 100, and their achievement in Engli h and reading will be at about the t hird grade level. They do work with a zest, the more advanced helping the Iess advanced.

From nine in the morning until three in the afternoon, the dass has its activities including the preparation, serving, and clearing away of lunch.

Lunch !is quite a "production" with the pupils themselves setting the table and preparing soups to augment sandwiches and other foods brought from home. Milk is served, pur~h ased by the PTA or other interested groups. At the table, as in all class activities, special attention is paid to good manners and ~houghtfulness of others.

Because of the wintry weather the exercise has been indoors to the tune of "The H okey-pokey" 10

played on a record. It was the most str.enuous and least painless way of 't aking phys.icai eX'eroise in which I have participated in a long time-and such FUN! On Fridays a movie is Shown, shared with other classes in the school. The afternoon I was their guest, a train film was shown, and such excitement there was at seeing people eating in a diningcar!

One of the boys was manipulating a game requiring him to squeeze two me tal bars together.

It was explained to me that he wanted to learn to write better, and to do so, he must strengthen t!he muscles in his hands and wrists. This game would help. All of us found it fascinating.

The pupil is shown above at the jig-saw given by the Pittsburgh Alumnae Chapter to the class taught

by Mary Ellen Hollander Lehrian.

Last year Pittsburgh Alumnae Chapter gave Mary Ellen funds with which she purchased a jigsaw. As I sat beside it, one of the boys proudly explained that the saw had been given to the class by "some good friends." 'J1hroughout the room was evidence of the use of the saw: a -wlhatnot shelf, a three-tier snack tray (these had been made as g,ifts for mothers last Christmas) , trinket boxes, bread and other cutting boards. Other handwork, in va,rious stages of ,completion, included stocking caps being knitted on large "spools," crocheted cotton rugs, drawings done with crayons, and

decorative tiles made of plaster of paris, which the pupils had molded themselves.

Mary Ellen did !her undergraduate work at Kent State Urriversity at Kent, Ohio, where she was a member of our Omicron Omicron Chapter. Further study took her to Duke Urriversity, Pennsylvania State University, and the University of Pitrt:sburgh.

Then, in preparation for her present teaching assignment, he has taken courses at St. Anthony's School' for Exceptional Children at Oakmont under the ilirection of Mount Mercy College in Pittsburgh, at Pennsylvania State University, and at Chautauqua Institution at Chautauqua, New York, where cou rse credit is given by Syracuse University.

Girl Who have had special preparation for

teaching and " ho ha\' found tim and in !inacion- \ il:'h the help and oop ration of m mbers of their familie -to r rganiz th ir hom and family life to return to th las ro m in this period of drastic tea her-shortag a1 findin it a m t rewarding xrperience all th ' hi! t ar r ei ing the everlasting thank of a grat ful public for t:heir effort .

In Penn ylvania giant trid ha e be n made in the last few years in cl1 advancem nt of understanding, education, and are of the mentally retarded. Too much prai e cannot be gi en to Mary Ellen Le'hrian and h r f llo' -t ch rs in thi field of education ' ho in their day-to-da erVIce are helping oth r ' ho ar o in ne d of help.

BETA OMEGA SUPPORTS PROJECT Bv Lou JoHNSON SINCE Alpha Sigma Alpha's National Philanthropic Project concerns mentally retarded children, Beta Omega i now doing volunteer work at Selinsgrove State School for Mentally Retarded Children. This school is approximately 15 mi les from Lewisburg, Pennsylvania. We found out that what t'he school needed most was for people to go down and work with the children, so we worked out a schedule with them to send four girls a week to work with four children-the same four children eaah week.

Each girl has charge of one of the child ren, each child being about seven years of age. Mo t of thee children cannot talk coherently. One ha cerebral palsy and is very uncoordinated. Another is an emotional case as well as retarded. We take clle children to a large playroom well-equipped with toys, puzzles, bikes, etc., and play with them, howing them how to use various toy and keeping them from hurting themselves. Most of these chi!-

dren are rather wi hdrawn and we try to help dTaw them out through these play activitie .

This project is new and different for Beta Omega this year since the last two year we made things for mentally retarded children and sent them to a school. We feel our project thi year has been so much more b neficial-both to us as well as to the children ince we actually come into contact witlh the e children and can ee their probl'ems and needs and help them in thi way.

We are getting so much more out of it becau ewe can see the good we are doinu. The interest and enthusiasm of l'he member of the group are !high.

Each girl is e:l\.rpected to go at least once and as many more time as is po ible. Other group on campus are al o doing this arne work at the chool, so that many of the (jhildren who need this pecial attention and help are getting it. We hope to continue thi project each year for it i most worthwlhile.

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ALPHA SIGMA ALPHA BERTA FELISA BIRITOS • Berta Felisa Biritos BE, a senior dietetics major, is a native of Argentine, who has lived in the United States for more than ten years. Having served as an Honor Council representative for three years, she has served as its president this year, as well as its head during the 1959 summer session. Berta represented Madison College at the 1959 SIASG Convention at Stetson University and was honored by being asked to return to the 1960 Convention at Sophie Newcomb College to serve as chairman of the Honor Groups. Her other campus activities include YWOA, house council. junior counselor, and senior counselor. This year she was chosen an Outstanding Student. Miss Madison, and Madonna for the Christmas Pageant. Berta has been named to "Who's Who in American Universities and Colleges."

JANE AFFALTER • Jane Affalter, Ar, a junior majoring in music education, is serving as president of Delta Omicron, music honorary. She is a member of Kappa Delta Pi, education honorary; College Choir; P.M.E.A.; executive board of W.A.A.; and the women's varsity basketball team.

Jane is chapel organist and has been named to the Dean's List.

She has served her chapter as music chairman and rush chairman, as well as being a member of various sorority committees.

DOUISE LAMORRE • Louise Lamorre Bw, who is enrolled in Special Education for the Mentally Retarded, is Beta Psi's philanthropic chairman. Louise is now serving as first vice-president of her dormitory. Her other activities include a four-year membership on the dormitory house council and chairman of the dorm formal and Christmas party. She is a member of the University Singers, F.T.A., and A.W.S. Because of her campus activities and over-all scholastic average of 3.40, Louise was chosen Campus Wide Girl of the Month in February. She was tapped as one of eight new members of Arista. Louise was cochairman of publicity for the 1959 Michigan State Day.

JOAN PIERSOL • Joan Piersol Bn, a senior mathematics major, is president of Beta Omega. She was also president of her pledge class and received the Outstanding Pledge Award that year. Joan is treasurer of Mortar Board; secretary of Phi Mu Epsilon, mathematics honorary; and was treasurer of the WRA Board her sophomore year. She has been on the Dean's List twice and was named to "Who's Who in American Uni:versities and Colleges." She participates in Mixed Chorus, the Marchmg and Symphonic Band, the Christian Association, and all sports, both sorority and inter-class. Joan has been a member of the House ?f ~epresentatives, House Council. and Honor Council. During her )uruor year Joan was a junior counselor and an Assistant Head Resident.

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KA TCHEN KUBITZ • Katchen Kubitz B<I>, a senior ma;oring in home economics education, is president of Beta Phi Chapter. She served on the college yearbook staff her freshman and sophomore year, was vice-president of her dormitory her freshman year, and served as dorm counselor her sophomore year. Katchen has been a member of the Home Economics Club for four years. serving as editor-historian for two years and vice-president this year. Katchen was co-chairman of decorations for Stout's Homecoming her junior year. She is active in Wesley Foundation; Phi Upsilon Omicron, home economics honorary; and Panhellenic Council. Katchen was named to "Who's Who in American Universities and .Colleges."

KITTY CARTER • Kitty Carter Bll, a sophomore majoring in home economics, was recently elected secretary of the Student Government Association.

Kitty has served as secretary of the Student Christian Federation and was secretary of the Campus Wide March of Dimes Campaign this year. She was a member of the Religious Emphasis Committee of 100, a select group of students. Kitty is presently serving as secretary of the sophomore class, is a member of Wesley Foundation, and a member of the Home Economics Club. Kitty has served her chapter as president of her pledge class and as parliamentarian. She is the newly elected chaplain of her chapter . . GAIL MOODY • Gail Moody BB, a sophomore majoring in elementary education, is the new Angel Flight Commander and is also a member of the Angel Flight Rifle Team. Gail was named Spur of the Winter Quarter at Colorado State College. She is a member of Spur, sophomore women's honorary; the sophomore council; Human Rights Association; and IRC. Gail has worked with the UNICEF Halloween party committee, for several dances during the year she has served as chairman of the hatcheck committee. has sold tickets, worked on elections, helped with the IK Carnival and various homecoming committees. Joan is Beta Beta's philanthropic chairman and has served on many other sorority committees.

KARISUE BURET A • Karisue Bureta rE is active in the Girl Scout movement in Milwaukee. She was one of Milwaukee's representatives to a world -wide camping session, has been a Girl Scout Leader for three years. a camp counselor for three years, and a water-safety instructor. Karisue is a member of Dorado, a water-ballet organization; Newman Club; WRA; and the Social Commission of the University Student Government. Under the Social Commission Kee has served as chairman of the Prom Decoration Committee and was costume chairman for the Campus Carnival. She is presently a member of the Planning Committee for the 1960 Campus Carnival. In sorority. Karisue has served as rush chairman. etiquette chairman. and a member of the social committee. She is the newly elected recording secretary.

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ALPHA SIGMA ALPHA is proud of its Fellowship and Philanthropic Fund. This fund was established in 1926 by the national convention and has grown many-fold from its or~ginal $64 beginning. It renders a valuable service to sorority members. This revolving fund is built by voluntary contributions from alumnae and college chapters.

The purpose of the Fellowship and Philanthropic Fund is dual. Fi•rst, the money is used to grant loans to members to meet college expenses and to pledges for initiation ·fees. Secondly, a portion of dle fund is used for the furtherance of our National Philanthropic Project. Your contribution to ·the fund is a contribution to Alpha Sigma Alpha in perpetuity. The money will come in and go out innumerable times. Money is loaned, repaid, and loaned again to other Alpha Sigmas.

The value of the contributions to the present and future members and to the sorority as a whole is incafculable.

Chapters are requested to contribute annually to this worthy cause in connection with our Founders' Day celebration in November. HO'Wever, contributions are still being received and are welcome at any time. All contributions and payments on loans and information concerning the fund slhould be sent directly to the national fellowship chairman, Mrs. Harold C. Brown, 3105 Rexford Drive, South Bend 15, lndiana.-MARIE ScANLAN BROWN, National Fellowship Chairman.

Bv ANN PuGH, Beta Epsilon WHEN, as college students, we were pledged by the sorority of our ·choice, the :previous weeks of doubt and anxiety dissol'ved into nothingness, and we joyfully and carefreely entered into the work and play of dle group. Perhaps during the pledge period, culminated by the initiation ceremony, we oocasionally !h ad a few serious thoughts as to what might be expected of us as members, but in the hustle and bustle of everyday living, we tended only to Tegard our membership at its face value.

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This congenial atmosphere of sisterhood pervaded our college years until eventua:lly graduation and separation came-bringing with them promises of renewed associations in alumnae chapters.

Unfortunately, many of us became so involved with careers and fammes that college graduation all too frequently meant the end of active sorority affiliation and the pleasuTes we derived from it as students.

But, whether we are pledges just entering sorority membership, members of college or alumnae chapters, or drifters rw'ho have strayed from a once rewarding relationship, we would all do weli to keep in mind t:the lines written by a n unknown author.

On Joining Sororities Join if you will, But if you join, lift The. level of the group Closer toward your God, Else drift.

Far too often we are more conceTned with the social aspects and personal advantages .t o be gained from membership rather than with the positive contributions that we could make--contributions that in the long run would not only raise the level of the group but would a:lso be infinitely rewarding to us.

Each person, whether she is awaTe of .this or not, has much to offer to those with whom she is united in sisterhood. To paraphrase a time-worn adage, a sorority can rise only to the level of its weakest member, and each one in the chain of sorority membership is bound by initiation vows to work for the betterment of her group in raising it ever higher toward its goal.

"Symbol-A visible thing which represents an invisible object; ... "-Compton's As sorority women, we are familiaJr with symbols~ndles, flowers, col'ors, jewels, exemplars,

and pins bearing certain insignia.

From the time of early childhood, symbols have played an important role in our lives and as we have reached maturity, the imaginati e symbols of our childish world have become more meaningful and real.

Symbols sometimes serve as an inspi!ration or represent a goal Which we hope to attain. By looking upward to the sky we see the stars and the heavens. In the distance it is possible to see great mountains. Mountains have been symbols of strength since earl'y Biblical times. They offer a challenge and an inspiration at the same time. It has been said, " . . . it is on the high place, on the mountaintop, !!hat the light strikes first and lingers longest." Let us set our sights toward the highest mountaintop and seek to attain the "high place" through fullest development in every endeavor, both individually and otherwise, so that we may maintain a place of honor won in an honorable way. Visualize atop that mountain the wise old bird the Phoenix, sitting in a Palm Tree, with a Crown on his head and a lovely Star shining brightl'y overhead.

By looking upward and planning ahead, our growth can be assured t!hrough many new horizons. We must look heavenward for spiritual guidance, study to be intellectually alert to the times, and to respect the freedoms of our fellow men for social development and wa:lk wirlh an eye to the future for physical development.

The symbols that are ours let us hold dear to our hearts, and may they continue to serve as an aspiration for seeking higher attainment.-JEAN RAuP GRADY, National President.

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Bv ELLEN B. HoFSTEAD Kappa Alpha Theta's Delegate to NPC As our fraternity grows older we have more and more relatives of members entering college each year. Are we making tlhe most of them?

In the majority of cases it is our loss when a legacy does not choose Theta or is not dho en by a 'I'heta chapter. Families usually share similar ideals, and rhat fact in itself persuasively indicates that each legacy should be thought of as potential materiaL Each chapter hould realize that in pledging a legacy t!hey are not only gaining a new member, but are often also reviving the interest and loyahy of a number of alumnae. On

the other hand, whether ju tifi d or not, th fact remain that each time a !ega y is n t h en the support and intere t of a number of alumnae is often lo t.

Certainly we would as urn that no Theta chapter would ever discriminat again t anyone because she was a legacy. We mu t r alize that no legacy can change her status ' hether he is pi as d with it or not.

After each ohapter con ider th points in addition to the potentialities of the individual girls, t!hen, of course, the final' decision mu t be theirs. They alone rure qualified to decide wh ther or not a gid will be a cong nial, happy member of their group. No chapter can be expected to pledge a girl ju t because she i a legacy but a legacy does merit special consideration. In tlhe final analy is each memb r might ask h r elf two questions: "How would I feel if I were the legacy?"

"How would I feei if it were my sist r or my daughter?"

On the oth r hand, the family and friends oo a legacy should approach the matter with a degree of objectivity. No girl hould be given the idea t!hat she must join the group of which she is a legacy or that the group should or mu t pledge her.

Relatives and friends hould interest girl entering colleges in fraternity membership rather than memberS'hip in a particular group. There are so many fine national fraterniti all working toward the same general objective that we houid do all that we can to make membership in a fraternity available to as many as possible. The most important thing of all is for each girl to 'have an opportunity for fraternity membership where she will be happiest. She should feel the same freedom to choose a group that the group feel in choosing or not choosing her.

Here again we have an opportunity to make our ritual and our vows a part of our everyday lives.

Let us make the mo t of it.- The Kappa Alpha Th eta Maga zine.

• • • • THE Committee on Education 1959 NPC Meeting, headed by Mrs. Robertson Page, Sigma Sigma Sigma cal led attention to the tartling fact that: "Conservative projection indicate that our output of educated people mu t be trebled by 1975 to keep pace with the mounting needs of our ociety."

- Th e L yre of ALPHA CHI OMEGA.

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OLD BOONE HOUSE STILL A LANDMARK

Built by Daniel Boone's sons arOlmd 1840, the Kenneth West home is indeed a historical landmark.

The original house that was built by t h e Boone family is shown in the photograph above. In recent years the two sections on t h e right have been torn down.

THIS article about Kenneth a nd M arty West's home known as the "Boone House" appear·e d in The Country Squire, a weekly publication serving the people of Southwest Kansas City. Mrs. West is the former Marty Woodmansee EE and a member of the Greater K ansas City Alumnae Chapter.

SNUGLy tucked beneath large, old oa:k trees in the middle of Santa Fe Hills is the "Boone House" - built sometime around 1840. Now the K enneth West home, it is at 26 West Porte Cimi Pas. The home is a historical landmark of a past era.

Part of the original wlhite kame house, built

by Daniel Boone's sons, is still standing. The rest of the comfortable dwelling was added on by William Rockhill Nelson when he owned it around 1900.

"I don't know of anyone who really knows how old this house actually is," Mr. West said. "But, many oldtimers know about the house and its history. Many times I've opened the front door to find someone who just wanted to go through the house. Once or twice people ·d ropped by w'ho used to live here at one time or another."

The house has been referred to as the '·Boone House" for many year . About eight years ago relatives who live in Kan as sent a letter to the Wests. The address read: Boone House, Kansas Oity, Mi souri. The Wests received the •l etter.

A SoN OF DANIEL The original 180 acres of land around the house

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(that acreage is now Santa Fe HiUs) was obtained in 1836 by Nathan Boone, the youngest son of the famous Daniel Boone. Additional land was secured by more of the Boone family in the 1840's.

The sprawling white clapboard house was built in three sections with a huge, massive fireplace as the center. The three sections were built out from the fireplace . An underground tunnel tfan from underneavh rhe eastern secrion of the house 65 feet to the servants quarters. When the east section was torn down, the tunnel was fill ed in and rocked up. However, with the 25 feet of remaining tunnel that extends out from ·t he basement of the West home, it is a source of much intrigue for the two smaHer West children.

The Boone family settled there, built the farmhouse and farmed the land. From William Rockhill Nelson, who secured th e land and !house from the Boones, th e ownership passed to Emory J. Sweeney. Mr. Sweeney was the original developer of Santa Fe Hiils, then known as Indian Village in the early 1920's. . Mr. Sweeney used the house as the community clubhouse for Indian Village. The building was the center of the village; wirh three streets, Porte Cimi Pas, Virginia Lane, and Sweeney Boulevard, leading out from the house.

The Wests have retained all of vh e·... original building except for 40 feet of the eastern section.

That was torn down and rebuilt.

In the upper photograph Mr. and Mrs. West it before t h eir large tone fireplace. In the photograph below Kim West explores part of the remaining tunnel tmderneath the hou e .

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Low beam ed c iling , lovely pin e floors, and a massive stone firepl ace are a ll remini en t of more than 100 years ago. Mrs. West h as furni hed the house in a simple, ru tic fa hion. A few attractive braid rugs show off the h ard wood floors and antique utensils draw attention to rlle fi•replace. th

According to the W e t family, w hen they bought hou se it was in terrible condition.

" I'm sure we u sed more than $40 worrh of and paper ju t to cl ean up the floors up tairs," Mr. We t said. " But we loved this old house a nd wanted to preserve as much of the original 'q ua intne ' as we could. In the 10 years we've lived here we've tried to rejuvenate the old hou e.

There's still more to do. " Just •r ecently th ey had new plumbing installed in one of the baths. When t!he plumber came to haul away the old tub a problem arose. The threefoot-tall and seven-foot-long tub would not budge.

Its irrunense thickness prohibited carrying it out the door. Fina:lly with sledge 'hammers the tub was cracked •i nto foot square pieces weighing as much a 60-70 pound .

ZETA ZETA PRESENTS THE ALPHABETS A very popu lar singing g roup around Central M.i ouri StCllte's campus i known as ,tJhe " Alpha.bet ." The present group is campo ed of K aren H enrry, Marian Dieckman, Judy Lamar, Judy Fra:sure, and Sandra Temple. E ach year as a member o-raduates another takes h er place so the chapter h as had a singing group for a number of years.

The " Alphabets" have entertained at variou

uch a enio r D ay fra ternity school functio n . moker , college- pon ored dan , and other campus functions. In add ition to C'hool functions they lhave a! o entertained for comm uni ty organ izations uoh as K iwani Club Whit man Air Force Ba:se and the Greater Kansas City 1umnae Ch apter. They h ave recorded the them for one of the program on the first clo ed-circuit co lleg sponsored rad io tation at MS. The "Alphabets" have be n a very impr 1ve group at ru h partie and are widely known for repre enting Zeta Zeta Chapter. Those att nding Kan as-M i ouri-N braska tate Day were entertained by th group. " We hope the tory of our 'Alphabets' will encourage other U chapters in organizino- muing grou p " aid Sandy Temple.

Pictured on th left from l eft to right are ~f.ari.an Dieckman, Sandr·a Temple, JV!ren H e nry, and Judy Tann r. Judy Fra ur wa "off campus" doing her practic teaching whe n th picture was taken.

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NEW ALUMNAE CHAPTERS WHO, WHEN, AND WHERE BUX-MONT, PENNSYLVANIA

KALAMAZOO, MICHIGAN

.ALuMNAE living in eastern Montgomery, Bucks County, and parts of ·Philadelphia !have held their organizational meetings and several luncheon and dinner meetings. Future plans include a luncheon, fashion show, election, and installation of officers.

AN organizational meeting was held by members in the K'alamazoo axea, a petition was signed on November 20, and their chapter charter was g.r anted. It was ·decided that ten meet.ings a year will be lheld.

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President- Charlotte Frank C. )

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Secretary- Carolyn Cook Treasurer- Eleanor Temple Shiner (M·rs. Forrest H.) Editor and Magazine Chairman - Floriana Manno Bloss (Mrs. Robert A.)

President-Merlyn Moot Duisterhof (Mrs. Gordon ) Vice-President-Maxy Henshaw Bunting (Mrs. Kei·th) Secretary-Sally Blackney Calhoun (Mrs. John ) Treasurer-Jane Lesnick Trapp (Mrs. Philip) Editor-Suzanne Sawyer Carter (Mrs. Duncan ) Magazine Chairman-Patricia Friedly Hogarth (Mrs. Gary )

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WHAT? The Alpha

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handle your ub cription for any magazine from the top sellers to the roo t obscure publications and can meet any reduced price offers made by the publishers.

WHY? The Alpha Sigma Alpha Magazine Agency offers you e:ve1y service on your subscriptions plus the knowledge you are helping to build the schofarship fund for our National Philanthropic p,roject, the Mentally Retarded Child.

Changing Times (to June 30, 1960 ) 6 months ................ $2.00 Life ( to June 30, 1960) 1 year ...................... $4.95

WHO? Tohe Milwaukee Alumnae Chapter sold over $100 of sub criptions during rhe month of December.

South Bend and San Diego alumnae

were runners-up.

Fortune (to October 31, 1960) 18 months ......... .. .$11.75

Alpha Alpha Chapter is still ahead in the college-chapter race wit-h Phi Phi and Beta Kappa in second place.

American Home and Jack and Jill 1 year (both) ... ... .... $5.75

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CAMPUS LEADERS Cherry Gorham A Editor of "The Rotwtda." at Long wood College

Pat Boye r路 XX Co-chajrman of H igh School Senior Day at Ball State

Amra. .Lou Allen B~I President of A.W.S. at Henderson State Teach ers

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Barbara Graham Be President of A.W.S. at Central Michigan University

Patricia Ledbetter HH Pr路esident of A.W .S. at Kansas State College of Pittsburg

Marilyn Kunkle BB President of A.W.S. at Colorado State College

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NEWS LETTERS

COLLEGE CHAPTERS Alpha Longwood College ALPHA CHAPTER is especially proud to announce that from seventeen bids, we received seventeen terri fi c pledges. Th e theme of our rush parties was "Sophisticated Sisters." Pledge night was enhanced with many red and white favors and a delicious dinner prepared by ancy Allen, our senior home economics major. The dinner was followed by a chapter room party and later a sing at The College Shop.

Our pledge class sparkles with three class officers, a May Day .princess, Top Rats, and members of th e Freshman Commission. Charlene Owen was chosen pre ident of the group with Sara Decker and Carole Buckner serving as junior Panhellenic representatives.

Page D avis was recently elected president of House Cou ncil and representative to Student Government. This year Page held the position of secretary of House Coun il. Ann Howell is the newly elected secretary of House Council. Sue Spicer will be counselor for next year's Freshma n Commis ion. Sue Gosnell will serve a secreta!)' of th e senior class . Pat Hickey will be junior-class representative to Student Government, and Judy Pollard will represent th ophomore class.

Carol Buckner has been elected preside nt of Junior Pa nhellenic for next year and also secretary of the sophomore cl ass. ddi e Ri chardson , who i president of Cotillion Club. has been chosen Senior Person ality.

Alpha members are looking forward to Greek Sing a lumber party at Longwood Esta tes, and e nt e rt aini n ~ dates at a near-by lake during Cotillion week end.

- DOTTIE EL ON.

Alpha Alpha Miami University THE Hamilton-Middletown-Oxford Alumnae Chapter gave a party for 1th e executive board on February 13 and a party for the senior members of our chapter on April 30.

Our initiation erv• for our fall pledge lass were held on February 25. Marr France Fox w nam d Outstanding Pledge. The Pledge cholarship ward was presented to Julie Jon e a nd the ctive cholarship Award went to Pam Pear on.

On April 6-7 we were honored to have a our gu t Mrs. William iemeyer, national membership dir tor.

Judy Campbell is a new initiat of Psi hi. psy hology honoral)•. ew members of Alpha L ambda D elta fr hmen women' s honorary, arc Julie Jon e , Jule Illn r, a nd Jane Paetow.

Elise Ri c ha been named hairman of Th Pines Hall for the s hool year 1960-61.- MARY NN MERDICH.

Alpha Beta Northeast M issouri State Teachers College CHARLENE Cox, our chapte r president was crowned Alpha igma . lph a weetheart at our annual Swee thea rt D a nce in February. Attendants were Pau la Heerma nn and Judy Kinworthy.

J ean ni e Jon es, Sharon Simmon , ·Mary Ellen Grave , and Sylvia tout have done a good job leading h rs at our varsity bask tba ll game .

April 2 found many Alpha Betas attendin K ansasMisso uri- ebraska Sta te Day in Oma ha.

Our pledges en terta ined us with a n " lpha to1ybook Adventure" party. A la rge storybook with the th eme writte n on it in red a nd white letters, was th en ter of a ttraction . The pledge were dres cd as stol)rbook characters ; murals p ai nted on the walls de pi ted more fant asyland haracters. lpha Beta ha pter is well-represented in our college drill tea m, the K-dettes. Offi ers of the K-D et tes are Suzanne Green, president ; M ari lyn M aye , vice-president · Janet Unger, secretary ; Barba ra Freise, treasurer; a nd H ylah Wilson, histori a n. ancy Bl)'ant has been r cent ly initiated into K appa D elta Pi, education honoraty.

Mary Ellen Grave , Lind a Griep, Karen Biggs, a nd D a n.t Wri ght a re taking aoi e parts in our college dram atics. Each has had major roles in plays this year.

The Alpha Beta basketball team will play for the thl ctic A ociation championship in the Women s Intramural Tournament.

M ari lyn L awson is the n wly elected president of the Ph ysical Education M ajors and Minors Club. Among th e new officers of the Women' thl tic A ociation are Luzonne D arr vice-president; andy Barnett, histOJ·ian ; Marilyn L awson, recorder of points ; Kay wank , volleyball chairma n ; and J an t Moore, oftball chairman.

S Jvia Stout is vic -president of Blanton- ason Hall Council· K aren Biggs is t•·ea urer. Ellen K aye Murphy. ancy Bryant, J anet nger, M ary Ellen Graves and Suzanne Gree n wer cho en a hall coun elors of Blanton- ason H a ll.

Kay Swa nk, Barbara Tomek, Luzonne Darr M ari l n Law on Martha Cokerham and andy Barnett were chosen ~o play on th e college team in th Annual Colle. olleyball ports D ay.

Sharon 'M Cullough Paula Hoermann, Charlene ox, and Sylvia Stout were select d for Who's Who in Am erican nive rsities and Colleges.-SuzA NE GR EE .

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Alpha Gamma Indiana (Penna.) State Teachers College "UNIQUE" would be best describe the costumes that appeared at our spring rush parties under the sup~r­ vision of Jane Affalter, rush chairman. These par:Ies included Pajama Game, 1'11-Matched Party, Roa n?g Twenties, A2:A Big Top, Fat Lady P•a rty, Beatmk, El-Alpha Cafe, and R ed a nd White Pa rty . . Each day the sorority room was gaily decorated according to the theme of the party. Informal coke and record parties were held each .afternoon. Rushing was climaxed with a formal party at Claypoole's Lodge. The theme, "Coronation Capers," was characteristic of the entire evening. Each rushee was crowned princess by our president, M ary K ay Collier, and the royal banquet was served.

The Indiana Country Club -was the site for our Spring Pledge D ance on March 26. EntertaiilJITlent was provided by the pledges.

ALpha Gammas were in charge of refreshments and part of the decorations for the annual Panhellenic Dance on Apri~ 2.

Our chapter was well-represented at Pe nnsylvania State Day on April 23 at Hershey.

We have completed the redecorating of our sorority suite, and our new furniture has been purchased.

The annual Spring Senior Dinner was heJd 3Jt Rustic Lodge on M ay 7. Each senior was given a little gift.

The seniors presented the chapter with a gift.-JoAN WITHEROW.

Beta Beta Colorado State College THE cold and damp weather of winter quarter did not dampen the spirits of the Beta Betas. Winter rush was January 11-18. Our party themes were "A2:A Ski Lodge," which happened to be very appropriate fo·r the weather at the time, and a ".Chinese Garden" party.

As a result of winter rush, we h ave a wonderful new pledge class.

February 7 found members and pledges enjoying a day in the mountains at Hidden Valley for a Ski Party.

Those who knew how skied while the rest of us took lessons. Lots of fun was had, and it is hoped that we might ma:ke !this Ski Party an annual event.

Special honors this qua rter went .to Dottie Haug, who was Military Ball Queen and Blue Key Sweetheart; Karen Rein, who was ta,pped into Gold K ey; GaiJ Moody, who is the new Angel Flight Commander a nd Spur of the Quarter; Hazel White, a winter pledge, who was Freshman Ball Queen; and Harriet Brock, who is one of the fi ve fin alists for Miss Cache La Poudre.

We were pleased to have Mrs. W. Lawson Blackstone, national vice-president, as our guest for three days.

Our new officers had been elected before her arrival an d sh·e was alble to confer with the new offi cers as' well! as with the old officers. Beta Beta als·o gave a tea in honor of Mrs. Blackstone's visi t.

On February 15 the Beta ·Betas gave t heir annual Valentine Serenade. We serenaded all the Greek Houses and presented them wi-th a Valentine of candy.

During R eligious Emphasis Week .the R everend Mr. Da le Heckman spoke to us after a Monday night's meeting.

With the winter quarter's drawing to a close, we are busy making plans for, and looking forward to, our Spring Dinner D aJDce, Mountain Party, and Song Fest.

-JANE RoTH S.

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Epsilon Epsilon Kansas State Teachers College of Emporia SECOND-SEMESTER rush provided a wonderful new pledge class. The w eek end consisted of rush parties based on a western theme. Some of the rpa.I'ty themes were "Go WeSit, Rushee, Go West," ..AU or Bust," and " Clairns·l!ake on West."

Kay Cantrell · and Janis Viar were initiated into K appa Delta Pi, education honorary. Received i•nto A:lpha Beta, physical education honorary, was Jean Billings. Janette Ritter, Janis Viar, Karen York, and Betty Stainbrook are now serving as members of Women's Recreational Association Board. ·Be.tty Lantz has b een elected vice-president of Alpha Sigma Iota, music fraternity. .Singing Bee, an annual event for fraternities and sororities, was held March 1. The Alpha Sigmas won ·s econd place in the women's large group division, and they also sponsored a small ensemble Which consisted of Janette Ritter, Sandra Mendenhall, and Betty Lantz.

The week of March 13-20 was Greek Week on our campus. Throughout the week ·the Greek organizers participated in work activities, a chariot race between groups, and an AU-Greek dance and picnic.

Janie Carpenter has been nominated to represenrt Epsilon Epsilon in rthe royal court of the Sigma Tau Gamma White Rose FormaL-jANE MILLER.

Zeta Zeta Central Missouri State College "UNDERWATER FANTASY" was the theme of Zeta Zeta'•s winter rush party held on January 11 amid pink fish nets, mermaids, sea horses, schools of pastel fish, and many other underwater creatures. Bedecked in sea-faring attire, the guests were errtertained by Neptune's Court in the name of Janice Gudde, who danced to Ebb Tide; Nancy Yamani, who entertained with her interpretation of a sea story; three mermaids, Marian Twiu, Joy Aubuchon, and Arlene Campbell; and the Alphabets. R efreshments consisted of Seafoam Punch, De·ep Sea D elights, and Bottom of the Sea Currency. From a treasure chest under the sea came red and white pillow crabs as favors. The parrty was concluded with the singing of sorority songs.

Preferential dinner was 'held a t the Warrensburg Country Cluh on January 18. The results were nineteen girls rushed-nineteen pledged.

Popula r Girl Contest came to a close on Fe bruary 12 a t a semi-formal •d ance when Zeta Zeta's Janice Gudde was awarded the coveted honor.

A white trellis formed <the e:ntrance to Zeta Zeta's spring formal, "Garden of Hearts." Fish ponds, white ornamental Jawn furniture, blue skies, and silver stars were •t he setting. A large white wishing well in the center of ·the ballroom contained favors for our A2:A sweethearts. Small remembrances in the form of pictures were taken in a white swing with red roses entwined in th e rope suspended from the ceiling of .t he ba.Uroom.

Zeta Zeta's pledges gave a "Dreamland" party for the actives on February 25. Everyone arrived at 7 p. m. wearing :lounging attire. The actives were entertained by a scavanger hunt, an Alpha Sigma bedtime story, and the "Litrtle Alphabets." The party was concluded with the serving of refreshments and the presentation of moon-shaped pillows to .the actives.

Amid a Mardi Gras theme, Louie "S'll:tchmo" Armstrong entertained at our annual Rhetor Ball. For Zeta Zeta the highlight of the evening was the crowning of Karen Henry as The 1.960 Rhetor Queen.

A large number of our chapter attended KansasMissouri-Nebraska State Day in Omaha on April 2.

The Alphabets sang for the group.

Doris Records, Donna Richcreek, Janice Gudde, and Mary Lenox were named to Who's Who in American Universi,ies and Colleges.-SANDRA TEMPLE .

Eta Eta Kansas State College of P ittsburg ETA ETAS won the pep-night trophy for this year's basketbal'l season .at Kansas State. At the last home game we presented the "Mr. Basketball" Trophy to the player picked by popular vote of the students.

Marilyn Crawford will serve as n ext year' s Panhellenic president.

At our initiation services in F ebruary, Kay Wimmer was presented the "Best Pledge" Award and also the Esther Bucher Scholarship Award for the highest grade average among the pledges. Linda Secrest received the Mary K. Reiff Scholarship Award for the highest grade average in the active chapter.

Twenty-1hree Eta 路Etas journeyed to Omaha on April 2 for Kansas-<M.issouri- ebraska State Day. Sharon Chapman, our newly elected president, was co-chairman of the meeting.- DONNA 'McCULLOUGH.

Theta Theta Boston University FoRMAL RUSH ended in F ebruary, and our pledge ceremony was held on March 8 when we welcomed our new pledges to the first step of sisterhood in A2:.A. Theta Theta held elections recently for the corning year. Lucy Rockstrom our president, is our cand1date for the Elizabeth Bird Small Award. Lucy is more than deserving of this award. As our president, she has shown her leadership qua!li1ties in many ways throughout the year, and in scholarship she excells most highly as a C lassic's major. Also, we are equally proud of Carol Davis, our membership director, who 路is our candidate for the Frost Fidelity Award .

As spring approaches, plans are being mad e for th e year-end activities. The senior banquet and reception and our annual week end a~t the beach are among the planned events.-PATRICIA ANN MARSHALL.

Kappa Kappa Temple U niversity BETWEEN semesters Kappa Kappas were busy painting the chapter room.

March 26 was the All-University Carnival. The theme was "World Wonders." Kappa Kappas had as their World Wonder, "The Statue of Liberty," with <the theme, "Let There Be Light. " Torches filled with popcorn and covered with red cellophane were sold.

Each year after the Christmas holidays, we begin to practice for -t he annual Greek Sing. This year our selections were "Begin the Beguine" and "The Alpha Sigma Alpha Sweetheart Song." Candy Cain was our ong leader.

Fran Chauncy, Carol Fraps, Helen Hesselbacher, and Mim Stevenson have been named Outstanding Seniors.

We are proud that of twenty selected for this honor there were four Alpha Sigmas.

Fran Chauncy, our past president who was graduated in February, received the Sociology Award for the Class of 1960. She also was third in scholastic rank of a clas of 500.

Dee Alms and H len H elba her are members of the Military Ball Court. -EM lY Buss.

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Drexel Institute of Technology WINTER TERM is ru h cason for Tu , u hapter.

Our new pledg are wearing red felt suspenders during their pledgeship to distinguish them around the campus.

On February 29 we had our annual pledge banquet.

Dinner was served by the members, and then they entertained the pledge with skits and game . t the close of the evening, the pledges were given white autograph hounds as favors.

One of our mo t successful social functions was a d emonstra~tion of hina, silver, and crystal at . Kind and Sons J ewelers. Our Mothers' Group was also present and helped the staff of Kind ' to serve punch and cookies at the close. Everyone was invited to make up h er own place setting from anything in ~he store.

Some very good ideas were shown, and a prize was given for the best.

This term we h ave had thre exchange parties with fra~terniti es. The first was with D elta Kappa Rho the next, with D elta Sigma Phi , and the last, with Tau Kappa Epsilon. The highli ght of the TKE party was a skit by our pledges.

On April 8 we had an overnight at Drexel Lodge.

The pledges gave a party for the h apter. After the party we held initiation of the new member and the instaliJation of new officers.- MADELY N HoAR.

Rho Rho Marsh all C ollege RE cENTLY Rho Rho h ad a card party at the sorority house. After an evening of cards and chatting, we served hot chocol ate and sandwiches.

M arch 12 found the m embers and pledges at the house for a painting party. We painted ~he dining room a lig ht gray and put up n ew white curtains. A week later w e painted the living room the same color.

The red ecorating was a pledge project, but the members were asked to help.

Turn-about-day was on March 16. The members had to follow the pledge rules and do chores and errands for the pledges. Everyone wore red and white ~o classes that day. In the evenin g we went in a group to the mixer at the Student Union .

On March 20 we held our initiation services and installed th e officers for the corning year.

Our M ardi Gras Costume Ba ll was Mar h 26. Ea~eh frate rnity on campus submitted a candidate for King of the 'M ardi Gras. Prizes were awarded for the best costumes.

Plans are being completed for Greek Week. Virginia Wise is our candidate for Greek Queen.

We are also making plans for Parents' Week End and for Mother's Day Sing.- IRGIN!A WisE .

Sigma Sigma Westem State College ONCE again the ca ndid ate for the Co-Ed Prom have been selected. Sigma Sigma Jed th e way with seven girls running for the various honors. Mickey Briggs was a candidate for Mi s Western State, Barbara Gloven and Yvonne Madrid were nominees for Miss Attractiven ess, Holly H arrington was a candidate for Miss Personality Joyce Fountain and Marlene Schmaltz were candidates for M iss D emocracy, and J an Eastman was a nominee for Miss Leadership.

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Myrna Koogle reigned as queen of the annual Gr~ek Ball while Pat King, a member of our ibrother fratenruty, reigned as Greek King. .

Our annual Valentine Supper-Dance was hel~ m February. Our pledges entertained us a;t a dance entttlled "Sinners" Our ~nnu.al ,Mother's D ay tea will be held in May and also the Alpha-'Mu formal.-JovcE FouNTAI N.

Tau Tau Fort Hays Kansas State College "PINK CHAMPAGNE" was the theme of our annual Christmas formal. Huge pink elephants were used to decorate the room. The pledges took charge of the formal arrangements while the actives provi~e? t~e entertainment. Everyone was impressed by the ongmal1ty of t!he d ecora.tions and humored by the entertainment.

Valentine's Day found the Alpha Sigmas spending the evening trying to p erfect their bowling scores.

L eap Week was a busy week for aH Alpha Sigmas.

The week ended with a dance for which -the girls did the asking and also footed tthe expenses for the evening.

At the close of ·the dance was the choosing of Daisy M ae and Bearded Joe. With rt:he Fort Hays Follies on April 7-8 our group was busy perfecting its act. The theme of the 1959-60 Follies was "The Fabulous Twenties," with the Alpha Sigmas using the theme of "Collegiate." R ed flapper dresses wit'h white hats were our costumes.

May 9-14 will be Greek W eek on our campus. During the week .there will be a work day, Greek Sing, play days, and the hour dan ce for all Greeks on campus .

- MARY SHAFFER.

Phi Phi Northwest Missouri State College PHI ·PHI CHAPTER has been busy working on election campaigns. We all are very proud as in the recenrt: Tower Queen election, ·Peggy Humphreys was elected The 1960 Tower Queen. Thi.s means Phi Phi had both Homecoming Queen and Tower Queen which is a great honor.

Beverly Brown was selected to reign as Phi Sig Frolics Queen.

Second semester rush is over, and we have five new pledges; this gives us our full quota of fifty girls.PEGGY HuMPHREYS.

Chi Chi Ball State Teachers College To welcome our new pledges into t'he chapter, Sue Mi.ller and Patricia Garard planned and served a dinner in our sorority suite for the ·chapter and our honored guests.

In order .for our sorority to beco~e better acquainted with the faculty m embers on camp us, a .tea was h eld 1n the suite on February 22. T ea, coffee, and cake were served by Pa tricia Hildebrandt and Barbara Conway, members of the .Muncie Alumnae Chapter.

Car.la M cC ray, our cancli date for Miss Ball State a nd Orient Queen, was chosen as one of .th e five m embers of the court.

On March 21-22 the chapter was happy to have as its guest Mrs. William Niemeyer, na tion al membership director. In honor of her vjsit, th e chapter had a banquet for her. Patricia Boyer was chairm an of the event.

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making pillows of red felt and white letrt:ers for the pledges. . .

The .Sigma D eltas and the Ch1 Ch1s had a tr~de party for their pledges. The pira;te theme was earned out by kidnaping all the pledges. Games were played, skits were presented, and refreshments were served.

The Co-ed Ball a turn-about dance, was held on March 26. Lawr~nce Snopel was our canclidate for Knight to Remember. .

The Muncie Alumnae Chapter gave a dmner 1n honor of our gradua;ting seniors.

Peggy Rawllings was elected to serve as president of the Junior Panhellenic Council.

M e mbers of Chi Chi journeyed to Indianapolis for Indiana State Day.- }EA N BE NCIE.

Psi Psi Northwestern State College OuR annual spring formal was on 'March 19. The ·theme was "Twilight Cotillion Ball."

During the w eek of April 2-7 we participated in "Greek Week" with ·the other ·s ororities and fraternities on our campus. The event was sponsored by the Panhellenic Council and :the Interfraternity Council.

In April we had •a car wash for a fund-raising project.

On May 14 we are going to have a week-end ca;mp party on Black L•ake, which will te the dlimax to our activ~toies for the spring semester.-BETTY Lou jACOBS.

Beta Gamma Northeastern State College THE new semester was greeted by our new group of pledges. Our rush party had a beatnik theme, decorations, and costumes.

Our selection of the Alpha Sigma A1pha Sweetheart and Alpha Man was announced at our •a nnual spring formal on March 5. The ballroom of :the Student Union was decorated with balloons and crepe paper to carry out the Mardi Gras ·theme.

A big event a;t Northeastern was Ok.Iahoma State Day, which was held at Western Hills State Lodge.

In August we shall have our annua;l Cabin party.

This .gives us an opportunity to get together during summer vacation and make plans for the earning school year.-JoAN JuLIAN RAMSEY.

Beta Delta Mississippi Southern College " MOMENTS TO REMEMBER" will be the theme of Beta Delta' s spring formal . The stage will be set with a glittering white swing on whioh the president will be sitting when the curtains are opened. Also on tthe stage will be white Jawn furniture and a green lawn w.itth a small white fence around the ·b order of the stage to give the appearance of a summer garden.

Among the events Beta Deltas participated in was Mississippi State Day, whic!h was sponsored by tthe Jackson AlUI!TlJnae Chapter on April 2. Our chapter presented a skit for the program.

Members and pledges 'Celebrated St. Valentine's Day with a party at the home of our adviser, Mrs. John Allen. At this party our new Mother Patronesses were initiated. They are Mrs. L. B. Leverett, ·Mrs. Ruby Howell, and ,Mrs. S. Keith.

So far this year we •have been very successful in colleoting money for our philanrt:hropic project. Beta D eltas have been making sandwiches and selling them in all ·the girls' dormj.tories. Since the State of 'Mississippi will match mon ey given to mentally retarded

children, we shall donate all money earned to a home for mentally retarded children.

Patty Sue Walley has been elected Sigma Phi Epsilon Little Sister. Eliza:beth Seaman was recently elected first runner-up to the Pi Kappa Alpha pledge sweetheart.

At our annual Parent-Daughter Banque t held on Sunday, March 5, Beta Deltas welcomed their parent and had a wonderful time. The tlllbles were decora ted with camellias. The program consisted of the introdu tion of graduating seniors hy th e chapter adviser, Mr .

John Allen, and a review of honors received by cha pter members during the past year. The highlight of th e banquet was the jntroduction of the new officers.

In May we shall have our annual house party a t Pensacola, Florida.- Runv BROWN.

Beta Epsilon Madison College BETA EPSILON's first actiVIty after th e Christmas holidays was the initiation of our fall pledge class on J anuary 7. Then on January 11 we gave a surprise birthday party for our f.aithful adviser Miss Louise Boje, who has served as chapter adviser mce our chap ter was found ed in 19.39.

J anuary 13 was Junior Class D ay, and the class officers were in the sporlight. Three of them were A~A girls-Kitty Davis, Pat .Davis, and Aida D eLuca.

Mary K atherine Neale is secretary of the sophomore class, and t he class members celebrated their special day on March 2.

On February 23 Miss Boj e honored the seniors wjth a desse11t a t her ap artment where everyone enjoyed the games and fellowship.

Six Beta Epsilons were named to the Dean's List for last semester. Two of our members, Berta Biritos and Grace Arenda:ll, have been chosen as Outstanding Students. Three seniors, Berta Biritos, Nancy Moore. and Joan Bennett Jones represent M adison in Who's Who in American Universities and Colleges. Berta was a lso chosen to be M adonna in ·the Christmas pageant. a nd she is "·Miss .M adison" for 1959-60.

'March 4-5 was othe week end of the G erman-Cotillion dlllnces on campus, an d five Beta Epsilons, officers of the two dance clubs, took part in ·the lovely figure at the Satuorday night dance.-LORETTA MoRRIS EwELL.

Beta Zeta Southwestern Louisiana Institute "ALL WORK and no play makes J ack a dull boy"- so the saying goes. Beta Zeta decided to combine work and play and h ave a busy week end to end ·the fall semester. We had the work part first in th e form of a workshop where we discussed duties of officers the meaning of Panhellenic, and our responsibiJities to the national organization. This workshop helped to acquaint our pledges with the more serious side of sorority life.

Llllter that evening we went to the rambling country home of Lucille and ina Claire Breaux. This is where the "play" came in· we had an old-fashioned wiener roast and hayrack ride-complete with burned-to-a-crisp wieners and horse-drawn wagons filled with hay.

W e have ju t completed a successful M arch of Dimes campaign. The Alpha Sigmas sponsor this campaign annually on campus.

Mary Breaux was chosen first maid in the annual Camellia Pageant. She is also a student-body favorite.

Lafayette isn't too far from New Orleans, so we, too, have Mardi Gras festivities. Each year the S.L.I.

Beta Zeta' new iujtiates holding their a trarutional Beta Z t:a gift.

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Iruterfratemity Coun il sponsor a d a ne a t M a rdi Gras and awards a trophy to the orority which give the best support and publicity. We won th e trophy by putting up gala decora tion , igns, a nd po te r in va rious buildings and on th e campus itself.

Can you visualize a large, traditiona ll y decorated room bedecked with dee p red ca mellias? Picture, too, a group of Southern belles in white form al . This was th e very impressive se tting for our spring initiation on Sunday, ·March 7, in Alumni Hall . Present for thi occasion were our advis ers Mrs. Malcolm Burleigh, Mrs. Kenn eth B. Hait, and Miss Helen Nichols. After the initiation we had th e installation of new officers followed by a reception for th e new Jn1t1 a tes. The AU Lambs, traditional Beta Zeta gifts to new members, served as a centerpiece.

Beta Zeta is extremely proud of Judy Ch a telain, who was elected state president of th e Louisia na Home Economics College Clubs a nd Renee .Mag innis, who was elected president of Sigma Theta home economics honorary. Gail Pitre reigned as Queen of the Krewe of Poseidon in N ew Orleans this M a rdi Gras season.

W e are looking forward to our a nnu al dinn er-d a nce and our bi-a nnu al pa rent-d a ughter banquet.NITA WAGUE PACK.

Beta Eta Dickinson State Teachers College BETA ETA' annual Valentine Formal, F eb rua ry 6, had as its theme " Continental Cupid ." To a rry out •the theme, murals d epictin g the ce nes of Europe were hung in 'Moccasin Flat, D TC's stud ent lounge. The entrance wa decorated with th e Eiffel Tower a nd Arc of Triumph representing France. The English mural featured Big Ben ; a Germa n ba r wa th e e tting for the punch bowl ; Spanish folk <~ nd Swi s ch alet add ed the final note of atmo phere.

The Dickinson Alumnae Cha pter gave a benefit card party in February. The proceeds from th e benefit were given for the needs of th mentally retard ed children in Dickinson. The a lumnae also entertai ned th e members of Beta Eta at a party in February.

K aren Upgren Peterson, last year's Campus Queen, past Student Council member a nd an elected member of Who's "Vho in American niversities and Colleges, presented her senior organ recital February 27 . MARIE BLICKENSDERFER.

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Myrtle Harmon and Joan Leeson were co-chairmen of .the May Day Cormnission. The girls on the commission have the responsibility of planning for .May Day, which is one of the big events of •t he year. _Patsy Russell represented the sophomore class as a pnncess of .t h e M•a y Court.

With th e closing of the year come Junior Follies, May D a y, and cabin parties.- SARA FuRR .

Yvonne Boehrnson and her escort, Jack Bernardy, wre shown being crowned "Cupid's Couple" by Gayle Zastoupil at Beta Eta's formal.

Beta Theta Central Michigan University At the beginning of the semester the Be>ta Thetas were busy making plans for spring rush. Our second party was a "costume," and we had our a nnual theme of "Mardi Gras."

Beta Theta sponsored the annual Snow Sculpture Contest. We gave a traveling trophy for the first place winner and rosettes for the second and third place winners.

We are now busily rehearsing for Frat Frolics. The theme of our skit is entitled "11he A~As Go Vaude v:ille."

Last year we placed second, and we are hoping for even better results this year.

Michigan State D ay was held on March 19 on our campus. The theme was " The Alpha Sig Tea House."

Our guest speaker was Mr. Dick Bercin, who gave a talk on J a pan and showed slides taken during his two-yea r residence in Japan.

Our a nnual Dinner-Danae was h eld on April 9 at th e Ember's.

We a re eagerly awai-ting th e many functions which wil'l take place during the remainder of the year. A few of th em a re The Most Eligible Bachelor contes-t, Greek W eek activ:ities, and our annual House p arty.

-CAROL PLAUMA N.

Beta Iota Radford College O N J anuary 27 our new members were formally initia ted in -the Cha teau of Bolling Hall. They were entertai ned a:t a party aft erwards.

Somethin g new was added to our chapter- Alpha W ee k which was dbserved February 21-27. It was a week of doing things together : a ttending church, going swimming a nd to th e mov:ies, and sitting in the dining hall •as a group. The wee k ended with a card p arty and spaghetti dinn er.

Texie Camp, Judy L a nders, J oan L eeson, Ann M cK ibbin, and N ancy St. Clair are among t he ten Outstanding Seniors. Sally Pa rker, Diane Young, and J oann Young are i n Who's Who in American Universities and Colleges.

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Beta Iota's "Big Top" rush party. Shown a.re Nancy St. Clair as ringmaster and Suzie Oliver as a tightrope walker.

Beta Kappa Western Illinois University ON February 5 fun was had by a1l a:t the all-school Winter Carnival. Our booth was a ring toss in which embroidery hoops were thrown in attempt to encircle a girl's leg. The prizes .given to all .t he 'l ucky winners were f•a ncy garters made by the Beta Kappas.

The pledges worked earnestly during "Help Week" February 15-20. On Sunday .the mothers and their daughters attended church toge th er followed by a breakfast at the Student Prince. Formal initiation was held the following Monday nighrt.

March 12 was highlighted :by the annual Greek Ball sponsored by .a ll Greek organizations on campus. We danced to the music of Louis Armstrong and his AHS.tars. Diane Stiska was named Princess of the Ball.

An enjoy a~ble Sunday afternoon tea was g.iven on March 13 at •t h e lovely home of our mother-patroness, Mrs . J B. Wolf.

Sigma Sing, a contest in which all ·s orori-ties and fmternities musically compete, was held on April 4.

The Beta Kappas, under the direction of Jane Harden, sang "Through the Years" and "Great Day." Another mon ey-making project has just been completed ; each member sold two Lint Rollers. These are a handy i·tem for all practical purposes which added to othe rugh sa:les. The profit from this project was put t oward .~he purchase of land as the site of our sorority house of the future.

Our annual R ed Slipper Ball will be held at the &hip's Wheel :in Moline. On our calendar are also two exchange parties wit'h Tau K appa Epsilon and Sigma Tau Gamma.

Joyce ·Mostik and Diane Stiska have been named to Who' s Who in American Universities and Colleges.DIA NE ST!SKA.

Beta Mu Henderson State Teachers College FLAPPER DRESSES, long beads, and head bands were the costumes and accessories for the pledge party which was February 18 in the Student Union Ballroom. The ballroom was decorated with silhouettes of fl appers dancing. The tables were covered with white cloths, and on each table was a bucket of ice with cokes in it.

Dips and chips were served.

Tile members entertained with skits a nd songs. M embers of our new broth er fra ternity, Phi Sigma .Epsilon, were our guests.

Initiation was held on the morning of February 19. In the afternoon our mothers came to be our guests for the Mother-Daughter Banquet wh.i ch was held th at ni ght a t the Caddo Hotel. At the dinner we introdu ced our candidates for the national awards-Li.nda Burnett Frost Fidelity, and Anna Lou Allen, Eliza~beth Bird Small. Also, we introduced our officers for the corni ng year.

Our mothers spent the night with us, and we aJttended the Presbyterian Church together on Sunday. In the afternoon a tea was given in honor of them at the home of our pa troness, Mrs. Fletcher McElhannon.

Anna Lou Allen was recently elected presiderut of A.W.S., and Jo Carol M cCorkle was elected representative. Anna Lou was recently named Queen of H ea rts at our 路Panhellenic Dance.

This year Henderson is having a Miss Henderson S路tate Teachers College Cont st. The winner will be a candidate in th e 'Miss Arkansas Contest this summer.

There are fifte en candidates and we are proud to say thaJt four of th em are Alpha Sigmas. They are Carolyn Daniels, . Jo Carol M cCo rkl e, Jo Ann Maynard, and Helen Liner.

This yea r we gave books a nd puzzles to th e mentally retarded children in Little Rock for our philanthropic project.- SARAH SHUGART.

Beta Nu Murray State College THE spring rushees were entertained in a most humorous and scenic fashion as the Alpha Sigmas took them to the South Sea Island for their rendition of " South Pacific." ShaJllil1on Beasley played the favori te of many, "Bloody Mary." Saundra Eva ns portrayed her "happy ta:lking" daughter. They were very real on a beach of sand and shells.

Beta Nus who are new members of dep artment honoraries a re Annette McKnight, Alpha Psi Omega, dra matics; Carol Van Wingen, Kappa Delta Pi, educa tion ; and Ramon a Tooke, Beta Beta Beta biological science. Pearl Terry and Pat Owen have bee n named to Who's Who in American Universities and Colleges.

Pearl T erry has been sel cted as th e 1960 Shield Queen. This sele tion of our yearbook queen was made

by Pat Boone. Saundra Evans has recently been chosen Sweetheatlt of Alpha Gamma Rho frat erni ty.

Pat Owen a nd Carmerita Talent pa rticipa ted in the annual MSC musical production, "Campus Lights."

The members of B ta u were honored at a Valentine Tea given by the mother patrone ses.- JuLJA GRIFFITH.

Beta Pi Concord College "TEAHOUSE oF

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spring ru h party. n Oriental garden hi ghlighted the decorations. The rushees were greeted with kimon fan s, and chopstick . The fin es t of riental e ntertainment was presented by the B ta Pi girl . Agai n we reaped what we think to be the "cr am of th e rop" in our spring rush. The pledge class was initiated n March 27.

On M arch 16 we had in tallation of our newly elected officers for the corning year.

Willa M ae Rog rs has been I ct d b igma Tau Gamma as a candidate for May Quee n. Maypole dancers will be Creta Pa ne, Yvonne Day, and nn ook.

J ane Lucas was selected Miss 1960 Pine Tree by Jack Paar. Two pages in the yearbook will be devoted to her.

Beta Pis who are new members of departmental honoraries are Willa M ae Rogers and 1yma Mole , Kappa D elta Pi , edu cation; Ella M ae Hudson, Kappa Omicron Phi, home economic ; Joyce Clark, Alpha Beta lpha library; a nd M yrna Moles and Terc a Halsey Cardinal K ey.

Izetta Norris was elected vice-presid nt of Women' Hall Council for the second semester.

A picnic with the Sig Taus was held on February 27 at Glenwood Park.

Plans are being made for our annual White Rose Fo~al with our brothers, Sigma Tau Ga mma, assisting us With th e da nce. W e are also planning a spring outing which will onclude our social calendar for the year.TERESA HALSEY.

Beta Sigma Southwest Missouri State College BETA SIGMAS have again won th e volleyball championship in the intramural toumament held in J anuary. This is th e fourth consecutive year for a victory. Sarah Dunla p served as captain.

Winter rush began with a rush party at the sorority house on February 2. On the following Monday we held our pledge ceremony. We are now h aving open rush with coke dates.

Audrey Klei n was recently elected as R ecreation Director for the Student Center Commission. Linda H age ner is secretary of Pi Omega Pi, bu iness honorary. June Lynn Staggs has h ad a n out tan din g debate record for the year.

Our annual Sweetheant Dance was held at Holiday Inn on February 19 with a Valentine theme. The walls were decorated with h earts a nd cupids. The taJbles were adorned with red candles with wh.ite lace arou nd the bottom . The centerpieces were two red carnations.

Patty Smith was presented the Ideal Pledge ward, a nd June Lynn Skaggs received the award for the pledge of fa ll term with the highe t scholastic average. The highlight of the e ening was th e crowning of Kay )ford fter th e coronation we as the 1960 A~A Sweetheart. sang "The Alpha Sigma Alpha Sweetheart" song to her.

Our a nnu al Sock Hop was held in March with a St. Patrick' D ay theme. Audrey Klein was the chairman of the hop.- JA NE BRAY.

Beta Upsilon Indiana (Terre Haute) State Teachers College SPRI 'G SEMESTER began very ucce fully for Beta Upsilon Chapter. Pledging service was held February 19.

"Gigi' was th e th eme for our rush party on March 8.

Actives, pledges and guests were entertained at <the beautiful new home of one of our alumnae. ong from the show were ung, and a delicious buffet supper was served.

M embers and pledges are wearing new sorority outfits

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this semester. They are green cardigan sweaters and green skirts.

Plans are being made to obta.i n a soro ri ty crest for our chapter roam. We are also planning to a dd other items to the room ·to make it more enjoyable. We have received many nice gifts for the room.

D onna Riggs was vice-chairman of Indiana State D ay which was held in April in Indianapolis.

Coming u p on our calendar is the annual songfe:>t in whi ch we are singing "Chanson D 'Amour." We are also looking forward to th e pledge d ance, senior-pledge banquet , junior prom, and graduation.- FREDI CROWE.

recently name d to Who 's W ho in American Uni versities and Colleges. J a ne Lutey was elected editor-hi:>torian of th e Home Economics Club, an organization of about 300 m embers. 'Mary Shultz is a new initiate of Phi Upsilon Omicron, hom e economics honorary.

We were a ll very proud when Gloria Z ~tlow was named Most Beautiful Woman on C amp us.

W e are looking forward to student government campaigning, formal initiation, na tional inspection, installation of officers, senior hum, and a dinn er-dance.KARLA HANKE.

Beta Phi

Arizona State University

Stout State College

AT the beginning of the semester we ·held in!itia tion services in the chapter room. After the services the chapter ha d a dinn er at Green Gables in Phoenix.

Beta Chi held its first a nnua l Father-Daughter Banquet in the Courtesy Room of the Wesotern Savings Company in Scottsdale. Our Mothers' Club prepared all th e food and served it. During •the evenin g Elaine Perkins from Hawaii did a 'hula dance. All of the girls had pictures taken with their fathers b efore a clown background. E ach fa-ther and da ugh ter presented a skit.

- MARYLYN NJELANDER.

O N the D ean' s · List for fall semester were Ma.I1garet Lwtey, Mary Ann Schultz, Patricia Choi.tz, and K arl a Hanke.

Sadie Hawkins Week was very hectic and rewarding for Beta Phi members. The week officially started Sunday, February 14·, and continued through Friday, February 19. On .Monday .n!igh t we sold cand y in the girls' and boys' dorms, and it was one of our most successful candy sales. Wednesday was our Valentine Tea for the faculty and student body. The climax of the we ek's activities was on Friday when we wore bows in our h air and freckles to publicize our dance. That evening was the Sadie Hawkins Dance at which, perhaps, t h e <biggest attraction was th e marriage booth. We gave prizes for the couple best-d ressed 1n keeping with the Dogpa tch theme, best -d ressed girl, best-dressed boy, a nd we crowned .a pigtai l princess. Everyone had a great time in his official Dogpatch outfit.

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Beta Psi Western Michigan University FEBRUARY' s hi gh point was a skating party wi·th the Delta Chis at Milham P ark on February 29. W e had a beautiful night for sk3Jting. After the exposure .to the weather and spiNs on the ice, the D elta Ohis treated us to hot chocolate a t their house before ·taking us home.

- VIRGINIA SouLES.

Beta Omega Bucknell University BETA OMEGA had a Study D ay Cozy with the members of A-lpha Chi Omega, whose suite is n ext to ours in Hunt Hall , th e d ay before first semester fin als began.

For five days between semesters the Bucknell University Women's Glee Club, of which Beta Omega's L ou

Uamona Ja<:kson is serving re ft·eslunents at B eta Phi's Sadie Hawkins dance.

Second semester ru sh was a lso successful for Beta Phi, and we are proud of our new pledges. W e held a _" World Cruise" ru sh party with visits to m a ny countnes and a style show fea turin g a •toas tmistress's dress decora ted with real to ast and a tea dress with ·tea bags as ornaments. W e served F la ming Cherri es J ubil ec as an exotic dessert.

At Stout's a nnual Stunt Night, th e Alph a Sigmas captured second place for the most beautiful skit entitled " Paris M emoir." ' Alph a Sigmas continue to receive m any honors. Rit a And erson Youn g, K a tch en Kubitz, a nd Pa t Choitz were

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Beta Omega's winter pledge class front row-left to. right: Lon·ie Muller, Pam Mill~r, Nancy Sestak.

Middle row: Linda Bodine , Jean Polifka,, Diana Bird. Back row: NAncy Jaoobus, Marlene Kresge, Sall y DeLong, Barb Roberts.

Johnson is student conductor, toured Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Other B ta Omegas in the Glee Club an· Suzie Van Pelt, Dale Burkholder Diana Bird and Linda Bodine. ' On the first da of second semester we had a Backto-School Cozy. The middle of February brought formal rush. On the first and se ond bid parties we introduced a new skit, a take-off on the T E:nmy Awards, which was written b y Jill Barlow. t the third party we presented our own version of " Carmen" starring Suzie Van Pelt, Linda Guild, and Judy Whip~.

Our sorority suite went "Under th e Sea" for our "pref" party. The new Alpha Sigs-to-be were pi dged on February 18 .

W e have had many cozies to h elp the pledges and members become better acquainted with each other. On February 20 we went to the University's Lodge a t Cowan for an overnight party. We played cards and charades, roasted marshmallows, a nd gave skits. On F ebruary 25 we had a cozy to introduce our pledges to our adviser Mrs. Vivian Eicher. At another get-together on March 1, the pledges found out who their big sisters were.

Our Study-Buddy dinner was on March 8 ; for it we all ate hoagies in th e suite.

Our plans for the rest of the sC!Jl1ester include part icipation in so~tba ll to wind up .the sports season, our Pledge Banquet and Dance, Moth er's Da y. a nd the Annual Senior Pi nic.- Lou JoH •so •.

Gamma Alpha Creighton University THE annua'l Panhellenic dinner-dance was held a t the Sheraton-Fontenelle on February 7. At this time Gamma Alpha crowned Sady Walenz as its Swee thea rt.

The Margaret McGuire Awa rd was presented to our outstanding pledge, Kay R a mer. This award is a plain pin and guard which is presented eac h year to the outstanding pledge by th e Omaha Alumnae Chapter.

Runn ers-up for the award were ·Marlene Bluvas, J ea nne Kurtz, and Mary Larson, who were presented an incJ·ibed bracelet by the alumnae.

Mary Larson was featured on th e D a n's Honor Roll at mid-terms.

Sharon James was chairman of •the second annual Panhellenic Workshop at Creighton on April 8 . Sharon i currently serving as secretary of Panhclleni c Council.

The Alpha Sigmas will present an act in th e annua l campus variety how, Creighton Capers. The them e is "The Gay 90's." We are working very hard to retain the first-pl ace trophy which we won last year. Judy iederriter is overseer of our entry.-CECELIA REDETZK E.

Gamma Beta Wisconsin State College M1s MAIJ A JEKAB ON has been welco med b y our chapter as a new advi er.

Banbara Landsverk received th e scholastic locket for the pledge with the highest holastic record for th e fa ll emester. The scholastic locket is passed by each pledge class ·to the following pledg class.

Barbara Landsverk was named an as ociate member of Sigma Ze ta , science honorary.

On February 6 Gamma Beta participated in the intersororit formal which is the 'big social event of th e school year. The theme was "Enchanted Sea . ' W e all danced in eptune's Paradise after our banquet at the Host Fi h Shop in ~he Coral Room . The speaker at our banquet was Dr. Lee Burge s of the English department.

Pictm·ed ar· Gamma Beta' from l eft to right: Marilyn pear, Donna Johnson, Joan pr-eda, Marilyn J<:ott, arol 1\li lk , Linda Wilson, M.aija Jekabson . tanding are th ir big i. ters: Jackie Fri ch, Judy And ron, u Holton, Carol 1\:lassey, Helen Nowicki, Judy l.'ngrodt, Ann H eld, Florence 1\Jar"Zolf.

Ru hing season wa fill d with mu h excitement. Our coke party was held on t. a lentine's D ay in the College Union Lounge. \ e entertained with " hips and c!hatter" at th e round-table parti .

The first p arty was a planned hayrack rid whi h turned out to b an evening of serenading Lh men' dormitories and la ter recreation in the re n·ation room at •the women's dormitory.

The final p a rty found "A~A in Fantasyland." When the rushees came into th union lounge, they could sec a huge red castle in th ba kground, a lollipop tree, and rtrump t inscribed with their names. Everyone was dressed as character in nur ery rhymes or Di neyland.

Sixteen of the ac tives were court jesters dressed in triking red a nd white costumes. W ith their paper trump ts th ey sounded a fa nfare for ach ru hee upon th annoucem nt of her arrival by leeping Beauty. The court jesters did a drill step to entertain everyone. Gifts to the rushees were fi gurines; they had a at peering over the glass at a fi sh a nd a loll ipop from th lollipop tree.

April 5 was the an nua l college ongfe t pon ored by the College Women's A ociation. Our serious song was "If I Loved You ,' and th e parody about ollege !if was done to " Running Bea.r."- Ro ELYN , BARBI :-: .

Gamma Delta Queens College THE spring sC<me ter opened with a bang for th g irl of Gamma Delta. We participated in the thr c-day Winter Carnival held at Ju g End Bam, Ma sa husetts.

We came home tired but happ · and full of stories.

Our first a nd econd rush partie carried out our traditional formal tea and audevi lle theme, but our third party was the mo t enjoyable. We called it "An Unbi11thday P a rty" with our girls dressed as little girls and boy , compl te with baskets, blowers, balloons, streamer , ice cr am odas and cake. Th entertainm nt included such game as Pin-the-tail-on-the-donkey and a talent show put on by the rushees. It was hard to tell who had mor fun. the ru hee or members.

K a thy Butler was our choice for Queen of the gala Mardi Gras at which we had a Wild-Wet Booth .

Plans for the remainder of pring me ter include participation in Spring arni \·a l, Gre k Lett r Day, the Dance Fe t, sponsoring the ong Fe t, th hillelagh Dance and a formal dance to honor our plcdges. -J EANNETTE EWMA .

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"SOMEWHERE OvER THE RAINBOW" was the theJIDe of our forma:! dinner dance held at Alioto's in Milwaukee on F ebruary 13. BrighVly colored pompon trees draped with angel hair decorated each table. The programs were miniaJture umbrellas in decorated cone-shaped holders. Our dates received br.andy sniffers with .the sorority initials on th em as favors. Special guests at our

dinner-dan ce were Miss Charlo·tte Wollaeger, dean of women, and Mr. James March.

Gamma Epsilon is proud to announce -that Ma!"lge Leininger was chosen as ·a member of the Military Ball Court in an all-school election . ·Milwaukee's Alpha Sigmas swung into spring at the University Sing on Apri•l 1. Our chorus sang rthree selections under the direction of Teddie Chopp and Joanne Geisinger.

Plans are also unde·rway for our traditional spring activties, formal rushing, the Alumnae Tea, and our Parents' Tea. -MARY ANN KoESTLER.

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NEWS LETTERS

Gamma Epsilon University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

ALUMNAE CHAPTERS AKRON, OHIO

BUFFALO, NEW YORK

OuR Ruth Yauger AA, who is Midwest R egional Director of the American School Fund Service, is a very busy person . She is also vice-president of the Ohio Home Economics Association of which she is program chairman for -the state meeting. She will give a talk on "Institutional Management and Dietetics" and is also on a panel discussion on "New Directions in Home Economics."

We are busy helping with the Panhellenic dance. This is the method by which P anhellenic raises the money for the spending-money fund for the children in the SumIni·t County Children's Home.

At the February meeting in the home of LiJilie Greer a~, we painted our second home-ma de movie which wiH be used in -the retarded classes in Akron. Lillie is continuing to make the popular knitted yam-ball covers which are filled with old nylon hose cut into very narrow strips. The retarded children play with these balls in the rooms when they cannot play on the playground.

Helen Frame Snyder ee is the only woman on the building committee for the Summit County R etarded Children Building Fund. She was ways and means chairman for the committee for several years and did a splendid job.

We are very happy that Elmore DuBois ee has full y recovered and is back in her classroom again.- RHEA FETZER YODER.

THE sponsoring of a Buffalo Philharmonic Pops Concert in December was such a successful and enjoyable way to make money for our philanthropic project, mentally retarded children, -that we hope to repeat it again next year. Our thanks go to Betsy Kendall, who did an outstanding job as chairman of <this event.

"Parties with a Theme" was pre sented oto· our group in January by Carol Murphy. Beebee W ebb was hostess and Lynn Keeney assisted. Intriguing ideas for many types of parties and suggestions for carrying them out with Ol'iginality and fun were shown. Invitations, favors , and decorations for children's parties were most creative.

The Buffalo Panhellenic Association again sponsored a play a t the Studio Theatre. This year •the comedy, ''Man in the Dog Suit," was .given and was well attended.

In March, iMarni Groh was hostess for the White Elephant Sale. Gloria Fedak, our ways and mea ns chairman, dispa-tched priceless treasures to the highest possible bidder.- BARBARA BRA UN .

AN DERSON, INDIANA OuR alumnae chapter, along with alumnae from Muncie, were joint hos-tesses the evening we honored th e graduating seniors from Ball Sta te. Our group w as in charge of decorations, which reflected the spring theme, and punch was served by Barbara Mullen Dietrich and Jayne Loudenbeck Eaton as our guests arrived. The following alumnae from Anderson attended the meeting: Rose Kaiser Baden, Nora Fuller Hanson, Barbara Mul-len Dietrich, •Martha Stuckey Glentzer, M arion Truax McLaughlin, Gloria McDermott Nipple, Phyllis Weir Norris, _Jayne Louden'back Eaton, Mary Wilhoit Graves, and Ahce M aynard . Those from the Muncie Alumnae Chapter who attended were Velma Haines Thresher Lorraine Riebling Lewellen, Doris Morgan White Vir~ ginia Ron ey R eber, Barbara Stout Carter, Carrnin~ Cree Alvey, Marlene Lipman Colvin, Donna Pierce Beavers, Barbara Shru:n~m Conaway, Shirley Krull I senbarger, Pat Auld Williams, and Pat Suroviak Hildebrandt.BARBARA MULLEN DIETRICH.

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CENTRAL PENNSYLVANI A WINTRY wea th er has delayed or postponed meetings of our group this wiruter, although on D ecember 5 we gathered at the home of J ean Rost Schenck in Dallastown:. Elizabeth Wilson Rost was co-hostess in serving lunch. We were glad to see Martha Perry Martin rejoin us after missing several meetings. Congratulations were eJCtended. to tEl~ne Portser Forrey on her recent marriage.

Our lb1g proJect again this year is raising money for scholarships. Anyone interested in buying Pennsylvania Dutch dolls may write to the Central Pennsylvania Alumnae Chapter, and we shall 'he glad to supply them.

Final plans for State Day were made a t our March meeting at Ruth Taylor Birnstock's hom e in Reading.

Our duties included registra·tion and reservations.BETTY URBAN WALLICK.

CHI CAGO, ILLI NO I S THE month of January 5et the pace for our State Day theme, "Alpha Sigs on the Go." The regular meeting was held at the hom e of Mary Weinberg Hohe in LaGrange with Sue Henderson King as co-hostess.

A plastics demonstration was held at Betty Phillips Hall's home on Janu ary 7. A tea was held M Dorothy Master's apartment to h elp the north-side alumnae organize a new chapter. Doris Dowling Adams and Mary Emerson Blackstone were in charge of the organizational activities.

The February luncheon was held at Ethel Lewellyn Wilson's home in Evanston with Dorothy Masters assisting Ethel. Bess Wallwork Peterson reported on the plans for State Day. Betty Hall told us about the successful plastic party and that a second such party would be held in March at Sue King's home. Doris Dowling Adams reported that Phyllis Latterner is continuing the organization of a north-side alumnae chapter.

A tea was held at the home of Mary Weinberg Hohe on M arch 13 to interes t <the west-side alumnae. Mary Sue Palmer Parvin, Juli a Palmer, and Sue Henderson King assisted the hostess.

Our chapter wiH have a representative on the City Panhellenic Board for a term of twelve years starting next year.

Our March meeting was held at tht: home of Marilyn Erb Hos with Betty Grigsby Foyer as her assistant.

This has been a pa11ticularly happy and exciting year for our chapter with members participating in three major areas of sorority life: th e organization of new local a lumnae chapters, the arrangements and program of Illinois State D ay, and the work of National A~A. We are especiall y grateful to Doris Adams who was in charge of organizing new chapters; Bess Peterson, who was State Day chairman; and Mary Blackstone and Betty HaN, who are national officers and an inspiration to all of us. Our own chapter officers have fulfilled their duties with the loyalty and enthusiasm characteristic of tr.ue Alpha Sigmas, a nd we are a nticipating many more happy years in A~A.-MARY WEINBERG HoHE.

CINCINNATI, OHIO THE Cincinnati alu mnae are proud -to report our philanthropic proj ec t a success this year. We turned over teaching aids •to th e United Cerebral Palsy Center in January a nd have set as ide a fund for emergency finan cial ai d to need y victims.

Pictw·ed above are members of the Philanthropic Oommittee •a t the January meeting of the Oincinatti Alunmae ChaJ>ter. They are, left to right, Bertha Runyan McFarlan .A'A, Peggy Whitley Hawley pp, Pauline Smith OJ on BN, .and Lynn Peters FOlmt.aine B'E, chail'lll.all.

We ar al o happy to report the recogruuon given to Anne Petree iemeyer A.A national membership dire tor who is now listed in Who's Who of American Wom;n, and Mary Goeke A.A, who has been elected treasurer of the Cincinnati Women Lawyers Club.

Our January meeting wa held at the home of Pauline Smith Olson B where we pia ed bridge after the business meeting. W e were happy to welcom Dorothy Ireland Phillips X..X to our group.

The annual cholar hip fund-rai ing Panh llenic dessert-bridge and fashion how wa held in February, and we were pleased to have old five table , a big impro emcnt over our previous years. \ e were able to do this through the enthusiastic efforts of our Panhelleni delegate, Mary Goeke AA. -LYN PETER Fo TAl E.

COLORADO SPRINGS, CO·LORADO THE Colorado Springs Alumnae Chapter has met monthly and been busy.

Our project of giving money to the Christian Children's Home to be used to buy undergarments for the girls has been repeated at Easter and Christmas.

Gifts to members who have moved into new homes and to Lois Borst, who moved to Greeley, and to members of our families who were ill have not been forgotten.

We have had some lovely parties: a Founders' Day dinner at the Country Club, one with our husbands at Christmas, and >bridge after business at the meetings.

Our Virginia Maloney is vice-president of the City Panhellenic Association. We help with their program of orientation of senior girls from the eight high schools in this vicinity.

Naomi Paris rr has joined our group. Two girls from Beta Beta, Alice H ei ntz and Billie Lou Odie, are new teachers here. They were guests at our ba nquet.RISPAH Wooo.

DAYTON, OHIO OuR O ctober meeting was held i n the home of Katherine Young Moore AA. A sisting K atie as ho tesses were Mildred McNaught Blankenship BT, M adeline Watson Knost AA, and Claire Alexand r Thomas XX. Thelma Butterfield Brown AA was put in harge of a card party to raise money for our philanthropic project.

On November 7 we had a. lo vely luncheon at the Engi neer's Club. Our hoste ses were Erma chmidt North A-A, 'Mildred Cockrell McClure A.A, Mildred Solt R)"burn AA , and Helen Boggess Swart AA. J ane Thompson Oakes AA gave a report about the retarded children and told us items th at we should be saving for their use.

Later in the month Jane sent each m mber a postcard listing items to save and bring to the next meeting.

Our D ecember meeting was held at the home of Mary M ae Mikesell Mapp AA in her lovely new fa.r;lliy room. Virginia H aga Black XX and J ean Ballew Sickinger were ho tesses with Mary Mae. Instead of exchanging gifts, we brought gifts used clothing, an~ toys for the retarded children, and each of us contnbuted one dollar. All the gay holiday decorations and the Christmas punch and cookies put us all in a wonderful Christmas spirit. alentine theme was a natural for our February A meeting a t the home of Lucille Shi ely Herbert. Marlene H erbert Hammond A.A was assistant ho tc . t this meeting we decided to form an inter- orority bridge club to meet once a month. Our first mee ting was held at the home of Sue Hawkes Cook AA. Marlene Hammond is keeping a running score of the tournament.

Thelma Butterfield Brown A.A was the chairman of our card party on April 20 to raise money for our philanthropic project.

We have a ll been interested in the work Mary Heffner is doing in languages. Spanish, French, and German

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are being taught to children in the primary grad~s. of Southdale School. The .language classes are on a twt10n basis and meet in ~he morning before school. The program is well supported, and it is expected tha t other schools in the area will strive to start similar programs.

Hostesses for our M arch meeting, a luncheon at Rikes, were Florence King Bla nd AA, Dorothy Brunkhorst Gillette I-II-I , and Mary Helen Clark F erguson A.A. Our Sta te Day chai rm an, Beverly Scott AA, announced plans for State D ay.

Our Panhellenic delegate, Virginia R aga Black XX, was co-chairman of the Pa nhellenic Style Show on M a rch 16. Beverly Scott AA was one of the models. SuE HAWKES CooK .

DES MOINE'S, lOW A LILLIAN H EATH ERSHAW DAR NELL was the hostess for the Christmas p arty. Out-of-town members attending were Margaret M eek, M yrtle Wolford Ely, Mabel Payne R ayle, a nd LaVer.ta Breed Burns, a frien~ of many, was a guest. Louise Boller, Fae Shawhan, Rita Wa.lters, and Christine Corbett Gree nlee, who h ave not a.lways been able to a ttend the m ee tings, were a.lso .there with the old stand-bys.

Our sincerest sympathy is extended to Lillia n J acobson, whose moth er passed away on M arch 4.

Lillian D arneH a nd her sister, J eanette H eathersh aw , have given a three-acre tract of lan d valued at $75 ,000 to the Horace Mann Home for the Aged, Inc. as a site for a proposed home for retired Iowa teachers. The gift was a memorial to two sisters who were teachers, Mae H ea th ershaw, for many years principa1 of Kirkwood School, Des Moines, a nd Nelle H eathersh aw, a teacher at D avenport. The home will be known as H eath er M anor a nd is planned to take care of one hundred retired teachers. Our whole community is gra teful for this generous gift.

Plans for a F ebruary meeting were delayed by the flu epidemic a nd -the extraordin ary amount of snow we've had i n D es Moines th is winter.

Busier th a n ever since taking h er early retirement from Blue Cross-Blue Shield, F lorence H a rl ey is doing free-lance wri ting and als.o is a substitute teacher in D es Moines junior an d senior high schools. She is very enthusiastic aibout both vocations a nd says i.t would be hard to say which she is enjoying more.

The service project of th e D es Moines A1lwnn ae Ohapter this year was the making of place cards and tray favors for the patients at Younker 'Memorial R ehabi litation Center Hospi.tal. A letter from the hospital's chief dieti•tian expressed appreciation for the favors. - FLORENCE HARLEY.

DETROIT, MICHIGAN-DELTA PHI WE opened our winter schedule on D ecember 19 with Sara J ane D odge Bumgardner ~lei> a nd ·M arion Thompson Gustin ll<l> hostessing the monthly luncheon at the former's East Long L ake R oad home in Bloomfield Hills. D augh ters ranging from tee n agers -to newly wedd ed young m a trons to hi gh-fashi oned career gi rls were speciaJ guests . In an atmosplhere of pre-holoiday decor with the huge tree weighted by Christmas toY's., traditiona.l of the various cou ntries in which Sara a nd husband, Harvey, have traveled , soloists, Marion R oberts Sanborne AA and Kathryn Stephenson Buchinger AB gave us a program of Christmas music fdllowed by group participation in th e well-known carols. As a conclusion to th e afternoon 's en terta inment, D elta Phi Louise M cArthur showed slides of her trip to Hawaii.

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Another outstanding event was the February meeting a·t the home of Marion Roberts Sanborne AA on Pilgrim Road in Birminghlii!Tl with Marjory Howard Chapel .M• serving as co-hostess. Programmed for ·the afternoon's ente rtainment was Mrs. H enry Hutton of Liverpool, England, who, as well as her husband, is an exchange teacher in the Grosse P ointe Public Schools. She asked tha-t she he allowed to employ the question-and-answer technique in her rtalk, and we were happy to learn many good things about U. S. children as those not so favorable to her observations. We saw in Mrs. Hutton a woman radi a nt with a beauty n eeding little artifice a nd one dedicated to her profession and found ourselves wishing th at her pleasing-to-the-ear diction and good manners might rub off on the youngsters under h er tutelage.-ESTHER BRYANT SPRAGUE.

DETROIT, MICHIGAN-SIGMA RHO CHI OuR philanthropic fund-raising project was enthusias tically received in J a nuary when our husbands "took us out" for a .turkey dinner at th e home of Mrs. Richard Turner. We found it ·a very pleasant and painless way to raise money.

W e also enjoyed our joint D etroit Alumnae Association meeting in F ~bruary. W e had a delicious lunch at the Women's City Club. The Delta Rho Alumnae Chapter made a rrangements for th e luncheon and flower demonstration whi ch follow ed. -JEAN VAN BEVER.

FOX VALLEY-AURORA-ELGIN, ILLINOIS BAD wea ther has kept many of our members from a ttending the monthly meetings, but .the ones who have bee n meeting regularly have done a good dea.l i·n accomplishing our philanthropic projects.

On F ebruary 23 the meeting was held a t the home of our president, Char Lyons. We worked on place mats and decided .to have dinner out instead of having our March meeting. To make up for this, a specia.l m eeting was held on M a rch 8 at the home of Jean Wulbrandt. W e worked on nut cups for the hospita.ls.

W e receive ideas for proj ects from ·th e R ed Cross.JANICE KuRTZ Ro sE .

HAMILTON-MIDDLETOWN-OXFORD, OHIO OuR November meeting was held in Hamilton at the lovely home of C a role Slamer Stocker AA. A Christmas project of gifts for th e mentallly retarded was carried out by each member's bringing such a gift. A short srtudy was given on children of foreign nations and their customs by M a rie Ritter NN; commenrts on Fo unders' Day and A'l:A hi9tory were given by Patricia Green Song A.A. On January 9 Gladys Slam er gave a luncheon for Pa tricia Green Song AA, retiring assistant a dviser , whose husba nd has been assigned to a position in Washington, D . C. after graduation from Miami University. The luncheon was at 'Miami University Student Center.

To honor St. V alentine's, a special Al:A day, we enjoye d a luncheon on F ebruary 13 at the Student Center where officers of Alpha Alpha Ohapter were guests.

Our Gla dys Slamer AA, a dviser to the Alpha Alpha Chapter, has moved to Eddystone, Pennsylva nia, wh ere h er husband has been transferred.

W e are justly proud of the Alpha Alpha president, Pamela Pearson, who for three semesters has been a four point studen t a nd who has been honored by

receiving a scholarship and assistantship at Columbia University upon her graduation in June.

Our final meeting of th e year was on May 21 at the home of Ruth Hoffman R einer AA in Hamilton. ELrZABETH NEWHALL JoHNSTON.

HATTIESBURG, MISSISSIPPI FoR a long time our hapter has been very interested in the organization of new a lu mnae chapters. One step forward, we feel, was made in th e la tter· part of February when several Hattiesburg alumn a e arranged to m eet with some a lu mna e from Laurel, 'Mississippi, just thirty miles from Hattiesburg. We drove up one Saturday afternoon and m et at th e home of Jose phine Eaves Wai tes BLI.. The immediate purpose of the m eeting was to talk about our first Mississippi State D ay. It is bein g organized by the J ackson A lum nae Chapter, and we are all looking forward to it with g reat a nti ipa tion .

W e were sorry to lose our president, Fra nce Andrews BLI., when she and her family moved to th e Missi sippi Gulf Coast , but we h ave hi g h hopes of anoth er a lu mn ae chapter's b ing form ed th ere throu gh her inAuen e.

Hattiesburg, Mississ ippi, Alumnae Chaptet• memb r planning to attend the initial Mississippi State Day in Jackson, April 2, are, seated, l eft to right: Mr . P 1au1 Bailey, Peggy Bowling Gates BLI., Judy Bowling Long· BLI., .1\fru·y Alice Pickel l\la.xey BLI..

Stan<ling, left to right: Mr . Selby Bowling BLI., P e nny tew~wt Currie n ~. Amta Mae "\Ve3'11U1n Lue k e n BLI., Sidney Gre million AJlen.

One of the things we rath er· tra ditiona ll>' do for Beta Delta Chapter is to p lan and do th eir intermi ssion pa rty at th eir a nnual dance. This is under way now.

We gained a new m emb er a t th e M a rch mee ting . She i Ann a M ae Weyman Lueken Bt. .- PE NY STEWART CuRRIE.

INDIANA, PENNSYLVANIA AT the annual business meetin g on F ebruary 15 held ·the home of Sara Campbell St. Cla ir, we vot ed a contribution to the Fellowship a nd Phila nthropi c Fund, elected office rs and in a general way evalu a ted our program in relation to th e community a nd th e college.

Serving with Sara on the hostess committee were Dorothy Hoey Davis and G ertrud e Hawkins W a lker.

H elen Stra ssner R ussell ta•lked informally a bout h er travels in Mexico. showing u colored movies and interesting souvenirs .

Our ch apter h elped shower Miss Ethel A. Beld Pn of 3Jt

St. Pe tersburg, Florida, with alentin , 1 t ters, a nd friend hip ard during the we k of February 14. M i Belden is re tired from the facul ty of India na tate College wh ere he wa the lph a G amma ad vi er for m a ny yea rs. H er a ddre is 2520 Burlington ve nu e ' orth . This is the hom e of a nur e with whom Mi ' Belden is residing since h er long h ospital xperience.

Our April m ee ting was held o n the m ezza nine of Fisher Auditorium follow ing the ini ti ation of lph a Gamma's pledge class. The enio rs w r g u ts of honor.

We always enjoy thes joint meet ings as we h a e a most h a ppy rela tion hip w ith th e coli ge ha pt r.ANNA SHAFFER MAURER.

INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA GrFT-WRAPP ED Chri tmas prese nts fo r pati ent a t Central Sta te Hospi ta l were broug ht by I nd ia na poli a lumnae m embe rs to th e a nnual Chrisuna p arty.

Hostess for th e m ee ting wa L eth a H eckma n askin s· assistant hostesses wer Jun e W ilkin on W id mcye r xx: Burdell a ea e Gulleson Ar a nd M a r·ie W inn Ri x.:x:.

Our spea ker for this m eeting was Mrs. Pa ul M ozi n o, direc tor of musi c a t t. Al ba n s a nd a profe ion a l organist. She spoke on th e topic of " hrisun as M us ic going from old Chri tm as carols to various types ~f for ign Christma ca rols .

Our F ebruary m ee ting wa held a t th e home of ou r pre i de n,t, Berniece Lamb Martin XX. A i ting h er were Wilm a M ae Wolf XX a nd a ncy 'Ma rtin Will ia ms X...X . W e ar e inter ested in, a nd h ave contributed to th e oble School for m entall y reta rd ed childr n h ere in Indi anapolis. Beca use of this , we asked 1Mr. Jul s Glogower , psychologist and workshop upervisor a t oble School, to be our spea ker. Hi s ta lk was m ost interes tin g a nd enli ght enin g a nd gave us a better und ersta n di ng of th e problems faced a nd solutions found, in h elping m entall y reta rd ed hildren .

On M a r h I our m eetin g was held a t th e home of Lorene K endall adze ik a BT. Assist a nt hostesses were Lena Hea ding ton G r umme X.X , Pa ul a Sierp M cK ay BT and Doroth y Thompson Williams XX . Mrs. Jose ph Smith told us of h er experien ces in a conce ntra tion camp in th e Philippines during World War II .

W e a re h appy to h ave th e followin g new m embers : Ba rbara Evans Johnson B--¥, M axine Hurt M ai n B'¥, a nd, Jud y H a rris B--¥.ANCY M ARTI N WILLIAM

GREATER KANSAS CITY TH E a lumnae of Grea ter K a n a ity ha d a gal a Christmas party a t th e hom e of M a rty Albers Bryon HH .

Gifts were exch a nged, a nd a very interes ting program was pre entcd by Pa t Fields. She showed us how to make Chr.istma s d ecorations from ordinary household items and inexpensi ve m a teri a ls. The co-hostesses were Jun e Burr Ford ZZ, Anne L ind ay Smith Hll, Betty Asbury Forbach AB a nd J ean Roelta R ed mond B2: .

Our J a nu a ry m ee ting was a lun ch eon at th e Little Banquet. A mo t enjo a ble progran1 was give n by Mr. Leiter, Jr. from th e L eiter F ab ric ho p on th e im portant fa brics for spring, th ir colors. blend , a nd bu ring. The oh a irman hostes was Bonn ie Pilkenton Wi ll a rd TIH , and assi ting her were Shirley Sa nner EE, M argar t Angelck HH and Ursula L ai dl er Pecinovsky 111£.

W e celebra ted St. al entine's D ay on Fe br uary 14 by ·h avin g a tea a t th e hom e of Phon Johnson G il lespie EE with Evalyn E vans L a rri eu # J o D ixon M cM illan zz, Esther Bucher HH and M a rilyn Grid r ZZ as cohos tes es. W e enjoyed eei ng Esth er's bea u ti fu l slide of Europe a nd h ea ring h er ' c ry interesti ng comme n ts a bout h er trip.

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Our M arch meeti·ng was a 1uncheon at the Little Banquet where we held our White Elephant Sale. The dhairman •hostess was 'Margaret Flottman Bryant HH, and assisting her were Ruth Bryant Pennell ZZ, Dorothy Bryant, ZZ, Beth M arsh Magers HH, and Louise Smilth Gillis eM. Our "surprise baskets" are being rotated among members so that we may use rthe proceeds to send several mentally reta rded children to camp this summerMARILYN GRIDER.

LICKING-MUSKINGUM, OHIO OuR a lumnae ch apter has for a convention moneyra ising proj ect a traveling basket. -E leanor Davis started it last year, and this t ime it came home .to her. The previous hostess fills th e basket and •takes it to .the present hostess who pays two dolla rs for it. She can keep the articles in the basket or auction them to the others present. Hrlda Baker brought the basket a nd with an informative presentation speech presented the "International Basket" to our hostess, Eleanor Davis. Hi'lda had had our traveling sorority sister, J ane Jackson, from Engla nd, fill the basket with things she had purchased on ·her air trip .to the continent. The basket contained a leather coin purse from Morocco, a beautifully all-over e~'broidered black clothespin apron from Portugal, a pt~e ~f W edgwood ohina, a handkerchief, three lovely Irtsh linen tea towels with scenes of London printed on them, Chil-tern herbs, and to top it off for ·the interna tional part, Hi1lda had m ade a home baked Ohio cherry pie. Needless to say, there was no auction sale!

- H ELEN .SMITH ,

Pan-hellenic Association a t the Eden Roc Hotel, Miarmi Beach, November 14. After the luncheon, they were entertained at the ·home of Mary Gallagher. They had the opporturuty to have tea at the Mary B. Merritt Panhellenic ·Building at the University of Miami and to see the campus and the new women's dormitory there.

Founders' D ay was celeibrated at the home of Ann Page. Ann had a delicious luncheon for us. .A~A was represented at th e Panhellenic Workshop in February.

Saturday, February 27, Mary Gallagher was hostess for luncheon at our monthly meeting.

We surely miss three of our faithful members, Genevieve Leib Foltz, who has moved to Pacific Palisades, Califo11nia; Jean McCammon, who is teaohing in Egypt; and Maude Barrere, who has moved to Barkerton, Ohio, and is 1too.dhing art in the puhl·i·c schools.--tMARY T. GALLAGHER.

MUNCIE, INDIANA

L? NG .IsLAND alumnae, like the spring blossoms, are com1ng mto bloom again. An icy winter a nd the flu cancelled ma ny of our winter meetings. .W e welcomed two new members, Jol a WiUiamson T~ley Bfl and Connie ·B att M cDonnell II II to ou-r group thts year.

W e all had a lovely time recently a t a ba:by shower for K a thl een M cCann O'Shea. ?~r March mee ting was held a t th e home of Joan Wtl~rnson Carpenito. W e enj oyed a successful and lively W'h1te Elephant Swap. Hostesses were Nancy Da:ley BX and Patricia O 'Brien M a Hoy. Fut ure plans include a picni c for our fami lies a nd summer social events.-K ARE N E NTERLI NE K ERR .

THE Anderson and Muncie alumnae groups united in giving the annual buffet dinner for the Chl Chi seniors of BaH Sta.rte at the beautiful new home of Oarmine Cree Alvey. Velma Haines Thresher was 'Muncie's chail'man, ass·i sted by Donna Pierce Beavers, Doris Morgan W•hite, and Pat Auld Willia=s. Anderson's chairmen were Nora Fuller Hanson and Rose Kaiser Baden.

Seniors were given a year's subscription to our national magazine. Those college girls who &tended were Nancy Russell, Jane Worley, Sue Miller, Carole M enaugh, Claudette Cragum, Iris Kendall, Carol Ritter, D erith Stoner, Bette Harlon, Jo Leapley, Pat Garard, Pat Boyer, Janice Becker, and Judie Ackley. After the refreshments and t!he program, everyone enjoyed playing cards.

February 19 was the Panhellenic card party which several of our members attended. Marlene Lipman Colvin is the Panhellenic president this year. Her two daughters a nd several other children entertained with a Sotyle show.

Velma Thresher has been elected president of the Delaware County Home D emonstration Chorus. This group consists of forty members of various demonstration dubs of .the county who like to sing. There are approximately eighty such choruses in the state, and they work with othe Purdue Extension. The choruses have traveled throughout the United States and Canada.

- PAT AULD WILLIAMS.

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA

MURRAY, KENTUCKY

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enJoy~d a very successful spaghetti dinn er served a:t the beaut1ful home of Ju a nita H emp erl ey S.tyl er XJ{ in the Hollywood Hills a rea. The food was delicious but nobody was too stuffed to finish th e eveni ng piaying cards.

In April we met a t the -lovely home of Barba ra KJ ee Clark BB for a philanthropic workshop ·to help the San ~ernando Valley School for M en tally R etarded . Many ttems s~ch as decks of cards, Christmas cards, Valentines, and dhtldren's books whi ch we discard can be of use to a school for the mentally retarded.

M ay brought us .toge ther at a salad luncheon h eld on the patio of the home of Elizabeth Russell D ei tchman Ar. W:hile enjoyi ng the most del ectable luncheon we g~ed upon the view of t>he San Ferna ndo Valley cl~arly VISible that day.-JoYCE YINGLING COLLINS.

GREATER MIAMI, FLORIDA THREE nati~al office rs, J ean Grady, Mary Blackstone, and Martha Dtmond, were entertained by the Miami

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DoROTHY NELL SMITH NAN NY was hostess in her home for the •Murray Alumnae Chapter's F ebruary meeting. Programs were planned for th e res t of the A~.A year, a nd tentative programs were outlined for next year. Members present were Ba11bara Bigham Simons. Letricia Outland Cooper, Evelyn Ahart Wilson, Louise Jones W eatherly, Jane Anderson, Mrs. Vojay Dorris, Carolyn Carraway Purvis, Connie Galloway, Betty Lou Hill, and Miss Evelyn Linn, Beta Nu's adviser.

Our next meeti ng was h eld on March 22 aJt the home of Martha Fenton.- BETTY Lou HILL.

OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA OuR group h as lost one of its most faithful and active members to Grants, New Mexico. R eba Anderson Ruster actually organized our chapter about eight years ago and h as guided and advised us !these many years.

She h elped us with a most successful rummage sale just before leaving. The proceeds from money-making projecrts a re turn ed over to the Dale Rogers School for M entally R etarded Children.

Panhellenic is quite active here in Oklahoma City.

Our deleg~te, Dorothy Rawe Gilger A.A, will be president of this group next year, and we are proud to be recognized through her.-'MRs. BYRO N GENTRY.

PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA I N February we met at th e home of M ary Lou Warner Marshall. A delicious lunch eon was served by the hostesses: Mabel Byers, Angela Hurley O 'Connor, Ada St. Clair Meyer, and Alice Kay Smead.

An interesting letter was read which .thanked us for a co ntribution made to one of the mentally retarded classes in our area. W e were told th at the games bought with this money brought many hours of pleasure to these children.

J a.ne C lark Bai ley, our del ega te to Panhellenic, reported on the proceeds of th e benefit performance sponsored by this organization at the Playhouse.

After the business meeting we played bridge, a nd to take !home each of us had a lovely picture which Mary Lou took with her Polaroid camera.

In April we met at the home of Jane Bailey to work on favors for our State Day.- MILDRED WEBER BRO WN.

PORTLAND, ORE·GON PoRTLAND alumnae are happy to have Shirley Miller join our group. Shirley, an Alpha Gamma from l ·n diana State Teachers College, Indiana, Pennsylvania, is a music teacher at North Powelhu rst Elementary School.

The annual Portland Panhellenic Scholarship Tea and Style Show was another success this year. Gretchen Matthews O tness was chairman of one of the five lovely tea tables. •M embers attending enjoyed the spring fashions, door prizes, and lovely flowers. Each year two Portland high-school girls receive a scholarship to the college of their choice in Orego n as a result of this one project.

D r. and Mrs. Payne, psychologists with th e Oregon Institute of Family Life, were g uest speakers at our last meeting. Eadh member invited a guest, a.nd all found it inte resting and enjoyable.

Our M aroh meeting, on St. Patrick's Day, was a book review at the new Midland Branch Library by our Harriet Hall, H ead Librarian. The business and social part of the meeting .took place at Glen 'E va Markley Riggs' home.

A mon ey-ma king project is now underway as the group is trying its 'luck wirh the city "Community Club Awards" program. W e hope this will help toward our party on May 1 for ·th e mentally retarded at Portland Children's Center.---(;RETCHEN MATTH EWS 0TN ESS.

RICHMOND, VIRGINIA RICHMOND alumnae are off to a good start in 1960, having added several new members to our chapter durin g the fall months of 1959.

Our business meeting in January at th e home of Anne Mays Magnusdal BI was well attended, and our work for 1960 was p lanned.

In February we attended the Ri chmond Panhellenic Council Card Party and Fashion Show, ·the proceeds of which a re used 1to present a Panhellenic award to a worthy Richmond g·irl. W e were proud of Mary Elizabeth White Wallace A who served as a model for th e occasion .

Our sale of candy is adding to our philanthropic fund which we hope to use for sending mentally retarded children to a special ca.mp in the Richmond area this summer.- P HYLLIS THOMA MA NN INO.

ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI O N November 12 the St. Louis lumnae hapter had another successful Christmas-gift sale party as our money-making project of the- year. We are very fortunate to have so many talented members who brought such a lovely array of articles which were quickly sold.

The party was held at the home of Jud ith Bohrer Minderman B~ ; her as istant were Jean Batt Syke B~ and Vemeal Meye r ewhouse B~ . The proceeds will be given to the St. Loui A ociation for Mentally Retard ed Ohildren, our philanthropic proje t.

Our January meeting was at the home of Chri tine Basham D avis ZZ, who was as isted by Elizabeth Fair Wolschlaeger .AB and Betty Dodson Carpenter I I. This meeting was our Guest Day, and we all enjoyed having an accredited flower-show judge give us an arrangement demonstration.

On March 10 we had a most interesting a nd informative program featuring a movie a,nd discussion by a representative from the St. Loui A ociation for R etarded Children. We made this a guest meeting sin e we felt the program would b of interest to many people including our own membership. Hostess of the meeting was J ean Moore Weaver BN. She was assisted by Martha R ay Sweeney B~ and Doro~h y ixon AJ3. We were very happy to welcome a new member, Helen Cudworth Mitchell ·B~, who has recently moved to <the St. Louis area.

Installation of officers was held on M ay 7 at the home of Bessie Smith Whitcraft B-1, who was assisted

by Bonnie Payne Ko enemann ZZ and Frances Pointer Crews BT.-MARTHA RAY SwEENEY.

SOUTH BEND, INDIANA FoR our J anuary meeting elva Bere Gay was in charge of arrangements for our eating at one of the lo al restaurants. W e always enj oy this informal meeting.

Also in J anuary, some of our members attended the local Pa nhellenic dance, "Froz n Fantasy. " Florence Roberts Taylor AB worked on the ticket cornmitt .

Barbara Etchison Pearce XX and Beverly Clem Kirk XX were co-hostesses for our February meeti ng in Barbara's home.

On M arch 3 we met in the new home of our newly married president, Carolyn Fyfe W elch XX . J oan ielsen Williams XX was Carolyn's co-hostess.

Our April mee ting was held in the home of aorni Pehrson 111M: ; M ary Ruth Birk X.:'{ assisted.

The old-fashioned box supper in May was an evening of enjoyment since it wa held at th e lake ottage of Josephine Gilliland W are AB where there were swimming a nd boating. -BARBARA ETCH! ON PEARCE .

SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY ON ovember 19 we met at Elaine Schneider Bakely's home and made bean bag , Thanksgiving place mat and brightly decorated Christmas favors for a group of mentally retarded children. After finishing these, hoste Elaine served coffee and a delicious sandwich loaf that turn ed out to be quite a onversation piece.

January's meetin g took u to Levittown and oel Curry Wirth's beautiful new ran ch home. A very good turn-out of girls awai ted our late a rriving pre ident W anda Curry Fitzpatrick, who had a flat tire along th e way-the trials and tribulations of an active social life!

At !'his meeting alentine favors were made for the Zane orth School's class of retarded children and afterwards we enjoyed a d cliciou de sert.

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Edna Hutchinson was hostess for our February meeting, and it was a cold, rainy, and very windy Thurs~ay night. However, the weather did not p;eve_nt th_e guls from showing up to hear John R emeczy s dtscusswn on "The Retarded Child." Ruth Stewart Cramer, who, like .Mr. Remeczy is a teacher at R ancocas R egional High School in 'Mt. Holly, introduced him to our group.

Mr. Remeczy, a health and physical education graduaJte from Seton Hall Univers~ty, told us of the types of retarded children causes for retardation, and of hi~ work with these ;oung people. The chapter contributed money for his classroom supplies.

Since this is our last news article until next faH , we wish all of you a pleasant summer and the lbest of everything in il.A.-NANCY GINGRICH RITI.

TOLEDO, OHIO THE January meeting of the Toledo Alumnae Chapter was held at the hOtme of Grace Haworth. Grace, our Panhellenic delegate, reported on plans for the Panhellenic dance to be given in order to raise money for the scholarships granted yearly to a Toledo University student. Si•ruce Grace is the only one of our regular members not teaching now, she faithfully attends .the monthly meetings held at the Toledo Club and capably represents .A~A there. The February dance, incidentally, n etted $441 for the scholarship fund.

Our March meeting was held at the home of Helen Bennett Pauly. .Mrs. Joy Kraemer of ~he Toledo Hearing League thank ed th e group for the scrapbooks we had made in the fall and had given to the children in the League School at Christmas time. W e decided to do follow-up work for the group as our continuing philanthropic proj ect. Everyone enjoyed discussing the pictures and a rticle in th e Toledo Blade of Harriett Harper's unusual house :in Napoleon. Last summer we all attended a luncheon meeting a t Harriett's house, fifty miles down the Naumee River from Toledo. It is a beautiful and unusual r edwood house with completely bui·lt-in fixtures which Ray and Harriett themselves des~gned. It is decorated with Harriett's paintings and murals, even on <the long wall across the rose garden.

Our April meeting was held at th e home of Helen Robinson Cook, president. It was a potluck supper to celebra te spring vacation. Plans were discussed for the Ohio State Day in Cincinnati, Apri l 30.- CLARA KuNEY.

WASHINGTON, D. C. THE Washington Alumnae Chapter m et in February at the home ·o f Alice Larkin Craig !l!l for a delightful dessert pa11ty. The artistic decorations, r efreshments, and favors were in Valentine colors of red and white, a nd , as always, we enjoyed meeting with Alice.

In 'March we met with Sarah L ee Eiselman NN in h er home in Silver Springs, Maryland.

W a shing<ton alumnae embrace a small group, scattered through the District of Columbia and nearby Maryland.

W e wish we had more m embers, but we are a very congeni al group, a nd we look forward to our monthly get-togethers.

Several of our group attended the Washington Panhellenic lun cheon-fashion show on March 5 at the Colum'bia Country Club. As our Martha Green Dimond A.A, na tiona l NPC delegate, serves on .t he Nationa!l Committee for City Panhellenics, she was invited to attend th e luncheon as a special •g uest .

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luncheon-fashion show, and several of us attended. We feel especially close rto the activities of Northern Virginia Alpha Sigma Alphas as they were once a part of the Washington Alumnae Chapter.-GEORGEANNA NEWBY PAGE.

WAUKEGAN, ILLINOIS SPRING finds Vhe Waukegan alumnae busy raising money by selling candy, the proceeds to be used for needed items for the mentally handicapped children.

Members are aiso doing volunteer work for the Mental Health Association.

It is so nice to have P a ula Walter Rudolph BN, Joyce Ronald Novak BK, Mrs. William Petrosky BP, Sue McGinnes BK, and Mrs. Allen Sutton BP join our group this year.

Our February meeting was held at the .home of our president, Freida Phillips. Freida, na:tional state ~ay chairman, told us of the latest developments concer.rung all State D ays and of her plans to attend as many as possible. R eports were given on tlhe Ci.ty Panhellenic, work on .the favors for Illinois State D ay and our annual visit to Northern Illinois University at D eKalb. Freida presented slides of "A Trip Through Europe."

Members of our group have enjoyed their visits with Alpha Sigmas of some of the newly organized Chicago alumnae chapters. Good luck to all of you!-JoYcE Ro NALD NovAK.

WICHITA, KANSAS OuR chapter indeed misses our enth usiastic energycharged and smiling president, J anice Hinrichs Haydel BZ, who moved •to 32435 H earthstone Drive, Farmington, Michigan. Our loss is your gain, D etroit; she'll be an asset rto any of your groups. We feel very fol'tlunate, however, because Vera Hickman Salyer AB, has graciously consented to finish out the year.

Our philanthropic chairman, Barbara Roush Baker 4>4>, received a heartfelt note of gratitude from Jimmy Leeder, a victim of Frederick's disease at Winfield, Kansas, f.or the ·s hower of cards and assorted request gifts ranging from padlocks to cigarettes which we gave him at Christmas. Those of us who might feel abused are brought up short time and again by his unceasing cheerfulness in spite of his rapidly failing health. He is a ray of light to us all.

January's meeting, h eld at .th e ·home of Susan O'Connor Sattgast EE, was highlighted by an interesting talk by an expert jeweler, Mr. McMuller.

Our Valentine tea table was beautifully set off lby a centerpiece dTeamed up by our hostess, Emma PaJa.ngo HH, and silver loaned by a charming new member, Ann .Silver .A. Assisting hostess was Elizabeth Mane!

Robinson HH. An interior decorator spoke on "Current Decorating" at our March meeting held at the home of Evelyn Jones Halderman HH. Our Panhellenic delegate, Pat Stuckey Litsey EE, worked on the council that produced the style show of the year h er e in Wichita, Wednesday, ·March 9. It was a tremendous success attended by 1500 women.

Proceeds are used to underwrite scholarships for a senior girl from each of the city's five high schools.

In April, we took a tour of the KAKE television station. We wound up the year with our annual covereddish supper and election of officers at the beautiful new home of Mary Emily Ru ssell Elving EE in May. Laurels go to our program committee for a most interesting year.-RUTH EvELYN CLARK GRAHAM.

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November 10

Personal Letter (news about you) Homecoming Activities

Fall Rushing Results Final date for acceptance of Alumna Status requests to the Central Office, c/ o Mrs . Clayton A. Richard, 372 Argonne Drive, K enmore 23 , New York Contribution to National Fellowship Chairman: Mrs. Harold Brown, 3105 Rexford Drive, South Bend 15, Indiana Copy of Chapter Constitution and By-Laws to National Constitution Chairman: Mrs. Wallace L. Chandler, 8367 Charlise Road, Richmond , Virginia

December 10 January 10 February 10

March April May

10

June July August

10 10 10

10 10

Etiquette Training Philanthropic Activities Chapter Check-Up Report Form Material on Elizabeth Bird Small Award a nd Frost Fidelity Award to National Awards Chairman Scholarship Progress An nual Report Form Personal Introductory Letter from NEW Chapter President Directory of NEW Chapter Officers to National President and to Central Office Personal Summer Plans Report of Chapter's Summer Activities Plan for Fall Activities

Decem:ber 10 10 January February ;to March April

10 10

May

SECRETARY Return enclosed postal card acknowledging packet of Secretary's supplies Form !-Information concerning Chapter Recording Secretary Condensed Monthly R eport of Chapter Meetings Condensed Monthly Report Personal Letter Condensed Monthly Report Personal Letter Condensed Monthly Report for meetings since December 10 Condensed M onthly Report Condensed Monthly Report Form II-Special Report introducing NEW R ecording Secr etary FOLLOWING ELECTIONs-Personal Letter from the NEW Secretary Condensed Monthly Report to be sent followin g YOUR last chapter meeting

CORRESPONDING SECRETARY Immediately

October 10 November 10 January 10 February 10 April or M ay or at time o f your

elections

Return postal card in packet Form with personal and college personnel information Personal L etter Report Form I Report Form 2 Personal Letter Personal L etter introducing NEW Corresponding Secretary Report Form 3 Acurracy and Neatness

The foll owing President's r eports are due in the Central Office .

Immed iately

R eturn

of

card

to

acknowledge

packet

of

President's materials

September 10

October November December Ja nuary February March

10 10 10 10 10 10

April

10

May

10

June

10

Report on College and Chapter Directory and Returning Membership-Fall of 1959 Directory of Graduates a nd U ndergradua lcs leaving college, May-September, 1959 Green Membership R eport Green Membership R eport Green Membership R eport Green Membership R eport Green Membership R eport List of 1960 Graduates and Undergraduates Green Membership R eport Election Report Form on NEW President Gree n Membership R eport Directory R eport Form of NEW Chapter Officer.

Gree n Membership R eport Green Membership Report

10 10 10 10 10

March April May

10 10 10

June

10

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Immediately October

lO

Return card to acknowledge packe t of Treasurer's materials Financial Report for Summer and September Personal L etter from Treasure r

"'ovember 10

December 10 J an uary 10 February ·10 M arch

10

Financial Report for October Chapter Budget Report (Green Form) Contribution to Fellowship Chairman: Harold C. Brown Fina ncial Report for November Financial R eport for December Financial Report for January Personal L etter from Treasurer Fina ncial Report for February File of Supplies Report

Mrs.

The O uTGOING TREASURER is responsible for the APRIL repor ts

VICE-PRESIDENT October November December January February

TREASURER

Letter to National Vice-President Letter to National Vice-President Letter to National Vice-President Letter to National Vice-President R eport on Philanthropic Work to: Mrs. R . C. Carson, 224 E. 33rd Pl. , Tulsa, Okla .

Letter to National Vice-President Annual Repo rt to National Vice-President Introductory Letter from NEW Chapter VicePresident Letter to National Vice-President

April

10

May

10

June July

10 10

Financial Report for March Annual Audit Report Election R eport Form on NEW Treasurer Financial R eport for April Personal L etter from NEW Troasurer Financial R eport for May Chapter Budget R eport (Green Form)

ALL initiates must purchase a badge unless special permission has been granted by the Central Office .

PERMISSION TO INITIATE WILL BE WITHHELD AND CERTIFICATES WILl .

NOT BE ORDERED unless ALL FEES are in the National Treasurer')

Office.

MEMBERSHIP

DIRECTOR

EDITOR

Reporu marked * are to be sent to: Mrs. W . B. Niemeyer, 19 Country Lane, Rt. No. I, Milford, Ohio.

All others to : Mrs. Clayton A. Richard , 372 Argonne Drive, Kenmore 23, New York.

October

Immediately

January

15

March

10

May

10

May

10

October

10

January March \pril

10

May

10

10 10

*Return card to acknowledge receipt of material.

Return card to acknowledge receipt of materials *Personal Letter (emphasis on pledge activities) Personal Report Form to Central Office *Personal Letter (emphas is on pledge activities) *Personal Letter (e mphasis on pledge activities ) Election Report Form on NEW Membership Director to Central Office *Introductory Letter from NEW Member·ship Director Membership Summary Report Form to Central Office ' ew Rush Chairman Report Form to Central Office *After Chapter Elections-Election R eport

••• After pledging largest class-Pledge Organiza tion Report ***After completion of pledge training-Evaluation of Pl edge Program Reports marked *** may take the place of a letter.

MEMBERSHIP CARDS ARE DUE IN A>"TER PLEDGING. The cards are in ink-last name first, middle COMPLETE HOME ADDRESS (street

THE CENTRAL OFFICE immediat ely to be written by the girl herself name , as well as first na me, a nd and number, city and sta te ) .

ovember 15

year

Some time during the )ear a NEWSLETTP.R to the chapter's alumnae is to he published and m:Uled to all alumnae and ational Officers.

RUSH CHAIRMAN

10 days after opening of school October 10 . ovembcr 10

CERTIFICATE ORDERS ARE DUE IN THE CENTRAL OFFICE imm ediat ely APTP.R INITIATION. Send in on form provided for yo ur use; list by initiation number in order giving name a~ it is to appear on certificate.

February

10

April

10

CHAPLAIN

May

10

October ovember January February March April

May

10 10 10 10 10 10

10

R eport : Ritual and Paraphernalia Letter about your college and A"E.A activities R eport : Religious Activities of Alpha Sigmas Description of a favorite devotional R eport about Ritualistic Ceremonies Annual Report with R ecord of Services from April 10, 1959, to April 10, 1960. Immediately after any Ritualistic Service, make a record of it giving date and names of candidates. K eep this repor.t in your Chaplain's Handbook .

Introductory letter from NEW Chaplain (be sure to include your address for the fall semester of 1960)

Copy for FALL PHOE.Nrx to the ational College Editor Copy for the WtNTER PHOENrx to the ational College Editor hort article about outstanding chapter activities and personalities for the Alumna B11ll tin to the ational College Editor Copy for the Sv <MER PHOENrx to the ational College Editor To the NATIONAL COLLP.OE I!DITOR- Letter from NEW Editor To the NATIO AL HISTORIAN- Mrs. harles H .

Hamilton, 4524 Taney, Apt. 304, Alexandria , Va.- report of the chapter's activities for the

Questionnaire

Personal letter evaluating rush season if o er or discussing rushing season with emphasis on any current problem Form letter describing briefly most successful rush party Personal letter discussing spring rush , if any, or chapter relationship with administration and College Panhellenic Election report form with name and addre of NEW Rush Chairman Personal letter evaluating year's activiLies Per=nal letter from NE\V Rush Chairman with rushing plans lor fall

SCHOLARSHIP CHAIRMAN The a tional Scholarship Chairman should be sent the scholarship report at the close of each grading period. The final report must be in l>y AUGUST 10 O ctober

10

April May

10 10

Letter outlining chapter's Scholarship Program lor the year Le tter introducing the NEW Scholarship Chairman Letter evaluating the chapter's Scholarsh ip Program

NIXIE CARDS COST MON EY Nrxm CARDS are the notices sent by the post office giving changes of addr and removals ince second-class matter not forwardabl e. po tage-du harg 1. made for each card returned.

If you will send address changes to the Central Office, 372 Argonne Drive Kenmore 23, New York, immediately whether you are on the regular PHOE IX mailing list or only on the alumnae issue Ii t you will save A~A's treasury the cost of the nixie cards, as well as the cost of rema.iling THE PHOENIX to your new address.

The "Have You Married or Moved" blank i included in each i ue of the magazine for your convenience. Plea e u e it so that Central Office will have no "Lo t Lambs."

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