Asa phoenix vol 4 no 1 2 sep 1917

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INVITATION I

I know a little garden fair, The sweetest in the world.

I know the path that leads one there , 路 A path with dewdrops paarled .

Any who see ita loveliness, Never will. leave it more, For there is found true happiness And peaoe in goodly store .

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When morn ie in the el'linLing S"ky , Bright are the sunbeams there, Soft are the clo~ds that float on .high, And sweet the perfumed air ; But when o'er all is warmly laid The noontide's golden spell, When one may rest beneath its shade, Ah, then one :J,oves it well. 路 III

Yet is the spirit deeply stirred, V~en moonlight lingers long, When from the fragrant copse 路is heard The nightingale's sweet song .

Morning~ or noon, or moonlit hour , Each in its turn seems best, Ever the garden has magic power To still the heart's unrest.

IV High are the hedges roundabout , Close set the thickets tall , Barred from the hurrying throngs wi thout Are the garden's beauties all ; But there's a little hidden door , And I ' have found the lcey That opes to joy forevermore .

Oh, v1ill you come with me ?

I. S . M.

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SINCE MAY Since last the ~10ENIX visited you, matters o£ grave National import have passed. into history .

Onr Nation has entered a mighty etruggle .. It is now bending every ounce of energy to~ard helping to AGC'l!'e qu1.ckly, thro SU.(;CI'JSE on the battlefield and l'fis dom in the 0CJU~ctl Chamber, a lasting peace for a uar-ridden · world.

A great hour has struck.

The d:trest conflict of the ages is up~n us . Ten millions of the fi~est men who ever swore allegiance to Goa an~ Country have but rece~tly signed a .solewn sacramentum, which tL~y WJ.ll, if need be, se.'ll n ith their blood.

Among them are many o"f ou:- nearest and dearest , our- brothers, our sv;eetl1earts, our husbands.

Anxiety has grippf"!6. us , for v1e know not what the future has in store for those brave lad8 of Oli.rs whose thouchts are of us always, but ·whose (aces are turned r~solut~ly tovrard the East, wherE\ they hope for a dawn that shall yet lift the clnds of doubt a .. d despair from a grief-stricken world.

But ,mat of us who are left behind, and to whom are denied th~ exhilaration and the dangers of battle? Have we no other duty than to give of our time and our means to Red Cross work, to the conservation o:f food and other war materials?

Are there ·no othP-r ways in which we ean se~ve our country?

Most assuredly! .

First of all there is the need for us to attain and maintain good health .

This is a most ioportant contribution to the common weal, since it adds to the sum total -of energy, courage and cheer .

Secondly there is need for mental activity, that ne ~ay do our share tonard keeping our country alive intellectua l ly dur~ng the days r:hen there is grave danger that educational efficiency vn ll be lonered .

The United stat~?s has entered this war that government by th~ people and for the people may not perish from the earth,_but there can b~ no real democracy ~nLere there is not universal educat1on and Wide knowledge. .. . · Thirdly there is need that the altar fir_es of hor:e shall_ burn e!en more brightly than the camp fires in France .

If th~ communlty l1fe is to be kept sane and sweet, if those on the wes ter1ng slope are not to stumble, :i,.f those v1llo bear the heat and burden of the day are not to :faint, if the flower of youth is not to die in the.bud, there must be thought given to the heartening of the everyday 11:fe · Lastly there is need that the lamp of the spirit shal~ not . fail.

Life is something .:10re than existence.

Life is more ~.,han mum, Life is more than social in.t c rcoursl?. . Life is the soul's response to an all-loving God .

Living :at its best is loving, Love is the g?al toward, 'lllhich the vrhole creation -ruoves , When the world struggle 18 , . · h av~ b e en overcome over and the victory won, Yrne n self1shness ancf s1n .:. . d?: by holiness and sacrificial s ervice, ;Ehen can love do 1ts per~ec "' wo .. · ' But we dare not wait until then to do our part for tue ... n~~ t world that must rise on the wreckage of thA old .

We mus t star ~ . aJ reconstuctivA work NOVJ . Thn place to begin is in your life _aJ?d+-ru~ne . a 011 i'le may think at times that our life is a very small a.ncl. restr lC "",e u '"' ' 110 9 that it rna tters lit tlA vrha:, we :-!lay do, forgetting that the very P of the race is in it . · . . lib Each of us to t~e world that is to be will contr1but e~ o~~ ~ c · t · bute no mor"' .cSTl" .ne I -:-ng or Kalser, statesman or general 0an con ~~,_ l:~nd of li~e ~ Shall it ~e self ..ruled or Chrlst-rul edr gett ... n ~_ ~r g .. · :;_ng?

In so far as you and. I fai'J to give of our best in all tlt~r-,g~~ d ar.d 'tn full measure' , just eo f'ar -. vilJ. the Divine Purpose be re .ar 8 · ' and the day of Peace 011 Earth be postpr:.ef\d .

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THE COUNCIL'S SUMMER Your National President spent a quiet summer, under the doc1 tor ~ orders, but she had the privilege of entertaining the National Reg_~strar f.or a little while. Miss L:-.wry 1 s visit made Alpha Sigma Al?.~.1a see~ a very vi tal force in the lives of members, besides e;i ving your_Pres1dent a clearer idea of many of the undergraduate problems and 1nterests.

Ida Jewett was unusually busy all the summer months, for with but a short visit to her home in Shelb~na her responsibilities were many and varied.

In addition to teaching during the Summer Quarter at Kirksville, she acted as chaperone at the Alpha Sigma .Alpha house .

Later, after the session was over, she represented the Sorority at the Association of Pedagogica~ sororities, vmiCh met in Chicago just prior to the SSS Convention.

In her . capacity as Chairman of the conference she covered both herself and Alpha Sigma Alpha with glory.

Edith Gamble's summer uas a very sad one, for she was called upon to surrender a girl's most precious possession, a darling mother .

For a time Edith's plans were uncertain, but she has finally decided to go back to Kirksville for work.

All her wwek-ends are spent at home in DoVIning.

Ruth Duffey has also kno~ anxiety, for there was serious illness of close relatives, but she managod somehow to do duty in tuo Places,at home as nurse and at Wittenberg College, where she taught Public School Music during the Summer School.

Ruth is still continuing her connection with ~ittenberg, only now it is in the role of a student,in Saturday courses .

Eleanor Lowry has been on the t1ing most of the Summer . There were visi ta to ASAs of her orm Chapter, a trip to New- York C:tty and a run up to Boston, fdlowed by several days vd th the Johnstovm Graduate Chapter. After the University opened at Athens, she flitted over to the Rush Dinner that Delta Delta gave.

She is planning other weel:: gnd trips, principally to her ovm. Chapter .

Eleanor has been appointa1. our Convention Manager, so she is putting in agood deal of time these days intervientng railroad men and getting prmces from hotels.

Dorothy Batten and her sister, Selma, v1ere in their new home_ at SUffolk, Va . , uhere they both have positions for the present schoo~ year.

SUffolk is only a short nay from Norfolk, where there are nor.r quite a ftJw AS.As, so Dorothy is hoping for frequent meetings v1i th the girls from Farmville .

Jenny Lind Green spent a quiet summer 1n Illinois with her father.

Minnie Shockley, as Dean of' Women at Alva, alnays has h:r hands full, but this summer Y-ras an unusually busy one .

The ret~re颅 ment of one President ahd the induction of another made her presence imperative during the summer Quarter, bu~ in addition to all this responsibility, she had the misfortune to lose a much-loved st~other, '7hose illness and death necessitated her return to her home in Hi s s o'_lri for a while and the subsequent care incidental to sett ling the estatP. .

Reports show that the members of the council are all baclc at work with more than ever to do because of vm.r conditions, but yet ea0~1 is holding Alpha Sigma J~lpha very close to her heart and earnestly hoping that she can in some vmy do more than ever for the Sorori t:T and so advance it markedly both locally and national ly . Quite a fe\7 nen plans are already under way and promise r,-e llfor the future路

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ALVA SUMMER CHAPTER

Altho th~s report is to be about the SUmmer Chapter mostly) we must make ment~on of the five girls initiated by Gamma Ga~~a in .May after th? Jumbo liumber of the PHOENIX was published .

ThC!y were Annabel Harr~s, Luella Harzman, Mae Ottinger, Rackley and Ethel Utterback .

Commencement followed soon after their initiation and Tias the most impressive ever held, but th~ pleasure of telling you about the many good times of that week belongs to another.

Summer Session opened on May ~lst w1 th an enrolment of 560, of whiCh.less th~ 100 were men .

A great many of the men students have en.l~stad or are in · the harvest fields.

Some o!' the clas£~es Here held as early as 6.40 in the morning, so as to avoid the heat of our Oklahoma summers, but some came as late as 3 o'clock, so there was not much escape for some or us.

Besides our schedules sometimes includP-d both·· the early morning a.nd the late afternoon classes, so the days were long and arduous. However, we managed to break the monotony of the daily grind v11 th some jolly good times together even if the thermometer did manage to run up. to 1150 on occasion . It is of these good times that we want to tell you.

Under Panhellenic ruling RuSh Ueek began the third week of June. EaCh sorority was allowed one formal party but .no informal ones.

1 ~le had a !lumber Party at Mrs. Munson 1 s . It was 11 o clock before we retired and ~2 before all was quiet. At 2 there came a heavy rain and we were forced inside from the porches.

It was pretty crowded, for th~re were four sq\ais of us, but we did not mind such a. little thing as that, indeed there was so much exuberance in us that we broke into ASA songs every little while.

There was quiet for a short time,.but it was soon 5 o 1 clock and time to get up.

The gara&e had been f~tted up as a cafeteria, so we got our plates filled there and then went to the porches to eat breakfast.

Thirty-five of the girls got off to the 6 .40 classes, and the rest of us stayn to he.lp straighten up the house .

Our rushees all said that they had had a. wonderfUl time . .

As a result of our rushing we have six names to send to the Nat~onal Registrar 1 -Belle Byers) Bear~ Eaton, Reah Fetzer,.Florenc ~ Finney, Susie Stome and Mrs. Ruby Seibert .

Mrs. Seibert 1s the.wlfe of the Superintendeht of Schools at snpply , Okla ., where Mrs . SeJ.bert has charge of the Primary Grades.

Dr. Seibert is on omr faculty during the Summer Session, and Mrs. Seibert has been taking some Summer Courses this year.

PKS took but three girls, being like our~elv~. conservative about bidding . sss, however, invited a mo~ an~ so dld , , DSE. tie are very sure that they will regret their actJ.on ~n the ver J near future.

It is Gamma's 6amma 1 s policy to entertain qu~te extenDively during rush season because we think it is a good plan to get knovrn to people in variou~ Oklahoma tovms that feed into our School } but v1e are very choice in selecting girl~ to wear. the badge.· .t There has been considerable socJ.al life J.n connect1on Wl h the student body this Session.

Each county represented in Sc~ool has b~en responsible for one program and some of them were very fl~e . 0 Then ue had a most interesting w~ek of Chataqua . Amog other 11 thlngs_ 1 n th~ program were a concert by the Althea Players, a lecture' Tak ~ 1 t.nl SUnny S.i de" by Lou Beauchamp, a concert by the J{'ftropoli tan Hen~ S~r ge~~ a ledure, "Tragedies of the Unprepared 11 ) by Thomas Brool{S f,letvh;:;.J?' _ concert by Ha\7aiian Singers, · a lecture, 11 Pathnays to ~on~r 'b~~ · · J·! laim Rainey Betmett and another, "Patriotism and Hobbl.eG, by .t!J. e::d _, ... ick \lood. Then the play of "Little Women 11 w~s given and also the de lightful operetta, "Pinafore" . There were other programs as VJ'ell as

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these, so many in fact that we found it quite impossible to arrar~e for any ahapter Meeting during the week.

An~ther lecture tho not in the Chatauquo. course, \lOtA.ld be of' interest to all our Aiumnae. It uas given by a former Alva student, Delbert Mann, who has bee~ a missionary in Turkey for several years and who was on the faculty of' Rob9rts College in Constantinople.

He has only recently returned to the United States, so we uere very f'ortll4iate to secure him as a speak~ in Chapel .

It was most enli~1teninG to listen to his talk on the preaent conditions in the Ottoman Empire.

Enjoyable as were all the thi~~s that outsiders brought to us, it seemed good to us to get away sometimes and be just ASAs together.

One particularly jolly ocoasion was when Ada Titus invited the Actives and Alumnae out f'or a week-end party at her home in Ingere: soll, about sixteen miles distant by rail .

The weather and home duties kept some auay, but there about twenty-five who went over to Ada's.

Tie could not leave unt"'l after Saturday classes, of course, but we got there in time to enjoy the delicious six o'clock dinner that awaited us .

In the cool of' the evening we went to the river ,but were soon driven indoors by the rain .

There were songs and games, as welll as some jolly pillow fights, but we settled down pretty earl~ for we knew that we had to be up by 4.30 to carry out the morning's Program, which included a crosn cou..Tltry hil-:e .

Gamma Gamma has given two surprise parties, one to Blanche Stevenson, the other to Ada Smith.

Blanche 1 s father, v1ho is a minister, has been transferred to Emporia, Kans., where she will enter the Normal School at whicl1 SSS and DSE have chapters, and where we too are hpping for a Chapter, as ~e have understood that the student body is excellent while the School itself io of first ·. rank . Vle gave Blanche a spoon vdth ASA engraved on the handle. our gift to Ada Smith was a cut glass mayonnaise set and follovTed the announcemant of her J~ugust Vffldding ~o Mr. William Lane, SUperintendent of Schools at Crescent, Okla.

Ada's marriage will be the culmination of a courtship of long standing. Another School romance reeul ted in tne marriage of Hay Grim to Mr. Charles Dyer of' Wichita, Kans .

Mr Dyer vron honors for the SChool one year in an interscholastic debate. · Several other weddings are coming in the near ~ture, but the onJy other to date was tr~ one that transf'onned one o:f our Blackwell sister into stella Hunt Schmidt.

Usmma Gamma has a new patroness, Mrs.. J .P .Renfew of' Alva. H~r husband is editor of' an Alva newspaper.

She herself holds offices 1n the Order of the Eastern star and in the Woman's Relief · Corps, and ills very aetiye in ChurCh work. She has been appoibted by the Govermor of Oklahoma as a member of' the State council of' Defense for \7oods County .

KIRKSVILLE SUMMER CHAPTER Alpha Beta ha· a fine lot of girls baclc for Summer tnuarter, and in anticipation of' their return the Chapter secured one of the fraternity houses left vacant by the closing of the School of Osteopathy for the regular summer va~ation . It made a very pleasant home f'or the girls and was a success financially, so the Summer Chapter had good reason for congratulation. Those in the Chapter v;ere Dale Zeller , Who secured her A.B . degree, Lenna !!all, Aabel Ltl€lplces, Mary s:1ouse , Ruby we-:ls and Floy lifvlf'enbarger, who vrere rresented rli. th the 90 Hour D:\ilpma, Cecile Thompson, w:t.~.o r~0ei vecl the 60 Hour Dip::oma, and !Jan .

Cre'."TS, Mary Grubbs and Lucille Nickell, who received the 30Hou:r c.ertl.ficate. In addition to these -r:m had Mabel Holcomb, Jeanne Willett,

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Olara Mudra, Eula Hull Bufford, Mildred Nulton Virginia sparling Reeves, Lettie Merrick, Mildred Ward Davidson.'

Panhellenic limited the rush stunts to one formal party and two informal.

One of our 1n:5rmals was a dance as was our formal 路 ~ite a few of our old girls returned for both of these, so altogether I.irksville saw much of the ASAs this summer. We were pa.Iti.cularly fortunat~ in having a lovely home unexpectedly open to us. .virginia Sparl1ng Reeves and her husband kept house in her sister's home and placed at our disposal at all times.

Some of the girls entertained us there at a tennis and c~rd party, and later another group gave a garden party on the pretty grounds.

There were many other good times enjoyed by the Chapter. Owe~

by Lake saw us frequent!' in little picnic spreads.

One especially deli~tfUl time was the tea given by Ida Jewett and Dale Zeller to the active girls, the resident alumnae 路 and the patronesses .

Rushees attended this affair and so had an unusually good chance to meet our townspeople.

OUr second informal was a line party at a play given by the Dramatic Olub of the SChool. On our return to the House, we voted on the g~rls that we wanted,-eleven in all.

Every invitation was acccepted, so we can present to the sorority at large the names of eleven most attractive girls,-Zilpha Bowling, Frances Brown, Mary Cullen,Ruth Early, Mildred Miller, Olive Mudra, Della Phillips, Mary Shouse,Gladys ~er, Jeannette Vaughn and Madge Webb .

Ther~ were tears in the eyes of all at the beautiful pledge service in the glow of the summer sunset, but there was an even greater impression made upon their young hearts, when they were admitted to the mysteries of the higher degree.

This ceremony was held at Atlas Hall.

Our girl guests and men friends came later in the evening, when there was dancing and also cards.

On -august 2-3, Kirksville celebrated the semicentennial of our School, the first District Normal School in the state.

The wee1{ end was crowded with entertainment and programs.

The celebra~ion began with a concert by the Municipal Band on Thursday evening, rollowed by a reception to returning students. One feature of the evening was lantern slides giVing an historical sketch of the School. Friday morning opened with a cmncert by the SChool Orchestra at 9 o'clock, after Which there w~e addresses by prominent men of the State . Among th~ ten minute addresses were those by President A. Roes Hill of the Un~颅 versity of Missouri,President E.L.Hendricks of the . Warrensburg S~ate Normal, President W.S.Dearmont of the Cape Giradeau Normal, Pre~~dent W.T.Carrington or the Springfield State Normal, President Ira Rl.cha.rdson of the Maryville state Normal, Dr. W.D.Dobson, a former President of our School and state superintendent of Education, U.W.Lamkin.

At eleven there was a procession of the Graduates and studenw by classes.

Those of our alumnae who could not be present would be in terested no doubt in the order used and in a mention of the diZfer ~ ent flsts that added so 'mudh color to the procession, and in which so many of our own girls participated.

The order was as follows:.

School Band . Float I-First Building . Float II-First Faculty. Floati] Board of Regents and Adair County Court . Float IV-Laying of Corner Stone o: First Building, Baldwin students and Graduates(l067-1081) 路 Float V-Arts and Sciences , Blanton Graduates (1882-1891), Float VIMusic and Fine Arts , Dobson Graduates(189~-1099) Float VII-Dramat ic Kirksville Graduates(l900-1903) . Domestic Science and Agriculture .

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Kirksville Graduates(l904~1907). Float IX-Manual Arts. Kirksville Graduates ( 1908-1911) Float X-Uomen • s .Ath8!5cs.

"Bull Dogs" of 1917 11 ~nd ':>ther "K Men. Kirksville Graduates(l912-1916). Float XI-Model Rural School. Present Student Blidy by Classe~. Float XII-Kindgerten.

Faculty. Float XIII-National Emergen~y. Camp Fire Girls. Boy Scouts Float XIV-Pershing in France. Company "C" MZ.ssouri National Guards .

Kirksville Citizens in autos.

At noon there was a Basket Dinner on the campus.

The Ladies Aid of the Christian Church furnished lunches, and the Ca.BlllDire girls Served light refreshments.

For an ho11r there v;as an opportunity for pleasant chatting, and th~n the Afternoon Program opened with a Concert DY the School Chorus, and a Cantata, "Pan on a Sum.."'ler Day" for women's voices only.

Interesting and reminiscent addresses followed by prom~ nent graduates.

Among the prominent speakers were J .A. t;.Jhi teford, '90, of Oklahoma City, C.B. Daughters,' 73, of Manhattan, :(ans . ,R.S. Iles, '75, of Chicago, Anna BaldWin SUblette, • 78, of Minneapolis, Minnie Brashear '92, of Moscow, Idaho, and B.P.Taylor,'99, of Kansas City. _At 4 o' clock there was a base ball game between the "Bull_ Dogs" of 1917 and a team made up of alumni . ·· At 6.30 the alumni went to the cemetery to decorate the gravro o"£ former members of the faculty.

Autos vmre provided by the townspeople and there were quantities of beautiful flowers, so the cer~mo­ n~es were most impressive.

At 7.30 there vrere some very attract~ve folk dances on the camPUs and a little later the Dramatic Club of the School gave "King Lear'' . · ·· Alpha Beta had a very large share in helping to mru{e the eel~ bration a success. It was a tired crowd that boraded the trains for home and a rather sad one too, for we did not knor; whether v7e should all be together again.

Could there have been any difference, the new girls were the sadder. Their Chanter membership had to be brief under our School ruling of a deferred~initiation, but every one of the initiateswent away with the proper spirit, and we are sure that trey have in them the makings of splendid ASAs. Jeanne Willett.

KIRKSVILLE IN W!AY

Kirksville has discovered the secret of perpetual motion, for it keeps school all the year round.

There is,therefore,no one of the four graduations that is more prominent than any other, tho the two Spmmer ones, in May and Au5ust, have the lovieot se t ting, for Nature lends her touch to the beautifying of the campus.

The thing that stands out most clear:i..y anong the many May happenings in the town itself v!as the 'vorl{ dena by the local Red Cross Chapter. vbich was organized by our Graduate Chapter, but which · ~n­ cludes many hundreds of workers. The Presidency of the Cha~ter 1s . held by one of our Patronesses, Mrs. c.C.Garlli~er, and the.V1ce Pr~sl­ den~y by another, Mrs, M.D.Ca1:1pbell, nhile the Treasurysh1p ·;ras g1ve~ to our 'Jery ovm Louis0. Reckord Allen. A "Tag Day" brought the orgaru.zati.on in about $500, -a.nd ui th this as a basis for the purchase of supplies there has been a great deal of activity .• On May lOth) the Scllool l1.eld a uonderful pageant and this -rra s made th3 occ.asior.. for .:1 big ASA Re1'!.nion.

Notices vmre sent to all AlLtTir!a 8 a.nci a t;odjl~· crorrct ca!:le 1i:l.c~: .

Those nho were unable to be ~~ ha11r:t seat. J etters "tu be l'ead ~t. trw Luncheon, and these vrere later:- u l s tr:U-:ut '?d via Roen.d Robins 1:.o~e . . .her with an ac0ovnt c.f the jo7ly ge-tto ether.

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partment, was perfect in every detail.

Immediately following the luncheon, Virginia Howell was initiated.

Many of the returr.:i.ug girls had never been present at any other initiation than t~eir 0wr:, ::1!.1<! in most cases this had been a very hurried one, o¥ring to the fac,t. ",.,hat there were many others admitted at the same time. Having ' tut the one initiation made it possible to have all the :nost beautiful ef~ects ,_ so the ceremony was unusua[y lovely.

Later a little dance wa3 given out at Owensby Lake, so all in all it was about the most perfevt day that one could well imagine.

Kirksville itself is a city of wonderful charm . Part of this is due to the delightful peopl-e who have made it their perma;. .ent home, and P51rt of it to the fact that the Mother School of Osteopathy is ~e!9 and so ·mny students are attracted to Kirksville. They are all 0f uriusual intelligence and most of them are college bred. They come fro~ all parts of the world. That is why the Kirksville dances are always so more interesting than elsevmere.

One'd first dance may be with a famous track man from Princeton~ or a polite little Frenchman from gay Parae, or a sturdy Canadian, or a man from Georgia, who wil l say as the he surrenders you to the next partner} 11 I suttinly have had one laage · time'· Then, of course, it IS nice to go to dances where there are ubout three men to one girl. But the dances are not the ortly times for meeting delightful people.

The tovmspeople give teas and there one may chat vlith a girl who vms presented at Copenhagen, or some wellknown ~gtcal nurse, or a graduate of Radcliffe, or some one from the Far West.

It is true that one could meet many more interesting fol~ and in ~ar greater numbers in the larger cities, but it .is seldom that the chance to know such people i~ a friendly way is possible. Then t~e relation between faculty and student body is so delightful and at tne same time so easily poscible in a smaller college town.

The professors become one's personal friends, and so Iei r ksvill-e soon com~s to be looked upon as home to any viho have been there for a few terms.

Maurine Sparl{S & Dale Ze·ller.

ALVA IN MAY

· Alva has school the year round, so there is a Cornnencement a.nd a Matriculation Day every Quater.

It is the Ua:yL Com;nenment, however, that always seems to have the greatest charm about it. Perhaps it is because Nature is at her est then, as she is not in August when the drought has laid its hot hand on the verdure .

Our Administration Building, which resem·bles a baronial castle, is always at its best when the shrubbery is in flower. This castle of ours is ever our heart's delight, for there is nothing else like it in Oklahoma, not even at the State University, "'rhich is noted for its wonde rful ~othic architecture.

Alpha Gamma will appreciate v1hat we have , for tne building was the creation of their recent President, Dr -James E.Ament ~ who did such great things for "Indiana" in the building line . We sy"''lpathize with them in the loss of a man so sifted and so trained in an appreciation of art.

GamTia Gamma had the larges t del ega t1on in the graduating· class of There were t vfe lve in all, - Belle Chesnut} Bess any of the sororities.

Bernice :;'1tzgerald , P.uth :~endall, GleP.n M?Gill } D~via . Esther Delzell .

Reeg ; }TelJ Sear<.;y, Jennie B. Smith,. Ada T1 tus , H:i_lda~arge Rank} Bdith Ethel Utterback For two v:-eelcs prior to the 8.:~aclua tion, there was not a no!.!ent of r9st for students or faculty . Ferh~ps the biggest event was the Class rlay , 11 The Other Date 11 Three of our girls had leading parts,

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Smith, Edith Ree~ and Bess_Davis :

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n~c in honor_ of the se~ors and g1ven by the juniors and the faculty ~~en the sen~ors had one of their own, in a grove three miles from .. ch~ol.

But our last thoughts were of A. S.A. The Alumnae Reunion

took the form of a picnic too. Quite a fevf of our old girls were hack for the oceasion,and we w~re so fortunate as to have with us our Mrs . · Munson and also Mrs. Gordon, mother of Blanche stevenson.

Dr. Abernathy of Okmulgee preached the &accalaureate sermon, and Dr. Roach of O~lahoma City ga~: e the 0ommencement address.

The June graduates were the last to receiv3 the diplomas from Dr. Graves, for he has been transferred to another Normal School Pn the .tate. We were sorry to have hi~ go, as we have had a most sincere admiration of both Dr. Grav~s and his wife.

Each graduate left Alva with regret, but almost as precious in her estimtion as her sheepskin vras the beautiful ASA spoon that the active girls and M±ss Shockley had given as gradUation gifts.

Blanche stevenson and Ruth Kendall.

PENNSYLVANIA IN JUNE

The Garden of Eden could not have been lovelier than is our Indiana" in June.

The well-situated campus has md the supervision ot a landscape aretitect and is wonderfully cared for at all times.

The bUildings are beamtiful in themselves and well placed, but their excellent lines have been brought out to the best advantage by the wire planting or trees, shrubs ahd flowers.

There are lovely paths, splaSh ing fountains, picturesque arbors, shady noolcs, columned porticoes, beautiful vistas.

It is a place that grips one always, that calls one back again and again.

This is one reason perhaps why sororities _ are so popular at "Indiana'• .

They give one not only an excuse to ge · back, but they furniimh the one thing needed by the graduateBr· who !I!arve been out a number of years,-a hearthstone at 1mich they are welcome.

Alpha Gamma, even before it was a part of Alpha Sigma Alpha, had the Alumnae Reunion habit, for the group had always been very careful to pick congenial girls, but since its association with the National Sorority, our Alumnae do not wait for specified reunions.

They come on holidays, at week-ends, any time they can.

There seems now to be so much of common interest between the actives and the alumnae, and these frequent meetings are cementing wonderful bonds of friendship between the longest out and the newest in, so that the most recent initiate feels at home at once in any of our Alumnae Associations.

11 The real festivities of June vrere ushered in by the Indiana!l Kiski game on May 3Pth .

Kiski is a boys' academy in the we stern part of Pennsylvania.

It has always been a rival of "Indiana" in the athletic field.

As the day was a holiday, Alpha Gamma spent the morning at Idle·wood Park. Ue left at 7o 1 clock, breakfasted .i n the \7oods, tramped over hills and then came back to the pavilion to dance by the music of our vxtrola.

Then we went back to see the game, which wa s won by our boys.

This victory made it possible for the rules to be suspended, so we ended the day by dancing far into the 11 night.

The next exciting event for us was "Swing-Out Day . In other years, these have usual~y been given in the daytime, but a change ~as m~de this year to the early evening, and it is to be hmped that th~ s tr-] al \rU 1 convince the School management of the advantage of an 8Venine; ce Lebl-ation, because not only r:ras the whole effect much lov e .l :. er, blh, the rour made it possible for larger cro-r;ds to enjoy the prog . "a.IL . .

First came the May Pole ucmce. The streamers liere of red , white a:'ld.

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blue, instead of the senior colors as they have always been heretofore.

Fifty-four girle, dressed all in white gave this.

Then follo wed a Grecian Flower Dance by the May Queen's attendants. There wer e t-hirt.v girls in the group .

Their dresses were of tarleton in rai!'Jcow cc lo~· ~~.

Each girl carried a bi£; vrhi te basket of bright flowers. Tho J.1andles of the baskets carried streamers of tulle.

As the girmdar.ced they scattered the flowers ov.er the grass for thei~Queen, whose solo dance followed. Margaret MacDonald of Wilmerding, and e-n ASA pledge 1 ·;oTas May ~een, and many of the dancers were ASAs. Marg~ret's dance was exquisite . andher success so instantaneous that she was asl<ed to give her dances elsewhere.

During Commencement Week, she dan~ed at the ReG Cross benefit.

After the May Day exercises were over, the ~eniors in thair caps and gouns marChed dovm to\~, and then retuned for a big evening dance at the School.

A few days later, our Patroness, Mrs. Emerson, entert ained us most delightfully at a play given for the Red Cross.

After it was over, we Yrent to her hQlle for tea.

On .rune 16th we gave a banquet for which, Martha Hill, Eleanor Lowry, Harion Broderick O'Donnell and Sara Prosser returned.

Miss Leonard, our Dean of Viomen, was the guest of honor.

Tie vrere particularly fortunate in having with us also Miss Moore, a former faculty adviser o:f Alpha Gamma, who has been studJing in New York City for several years, and who is to return to the "Indiana" faculty.

She gn.vo us a .wonderful tn.llc on tror work of the Red Croos and on conservation, making us realize the seriousness of the struggle into •7hich our country had enteted. As a r~sult of her talk and o~ general agitation in the Schoo~, Panhellenic voted to assess each sorority a sum sufficient ~or the Panhellenic to equip and send a tent to France.

Commencement Week was crowded vdth events.

On Saturday, the 23d, the Commencement Rasital was given · in the Auditorium.

"Indiana.'· has a very :fine Conservatory connected with it and possessing a ~ost talented :faculty, so anything. in the nature o~ a Recital _ i~ always very worth while.

Baccalaureate came the ~t dai~n the F~rst Presbyterian Church, the preacher being the Rev. Robert Uatson, pastor of the Second Presbyterian Church of New York City.

On Monday, the Commencement Play, it Green stockings", was given, with Margt:tret Mac:C~mald Playing the 'lead' a.nd with Edith Prosser in a vary important !':)le, On Tuesday the Alumnae and Alumni of the School came aclc for a Reuni on and Dance. Many o~ our girls got back for this, but we are planning f'pr a record attendance another year.

On nednesday the CommencBment Exercises were held.

Alpha Gamma sent out six graduat Gs ,-Fl orence Barclay, Lomie Ellis, Martha Henninger, Margaret Hummel, Hariar1 Kayl or and Edith Prosser; as well e.s our pledge, Margaret Mac:co.nald..

There were two other affairs that wer e tucked 1n a t odd times .

One was a concert given for the sororities alone by the i.ladri gal Club .

This organtzation is made up almost entirely bf non-sorority girls, so the cpurtesy was greatly appreciated.

The pro grCJ...rn -vras of unusual excellence .

The other was an afternoon r ec~i on at the home of Mr. and Mrs. John sutton. .Mr. sutton is on the Board of Trus · tees. He and his wife are always deeply interested in the we lf ar e of the student body and this reception, an annual event, is one way of e:'!f. · pressing that interest. There js always a t wo course luncheon and the favors are always in the class colors, which the hostess sta~ts collecting early in the year .

The Su.tton home is very beaut i~ul and 11.as been long in the family, .'so it t:s full of priceless things .

KathArine Froeli~h and Margaret Hummel . .

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GREELEY IN JliJNE Greel»y is gloriously situated, so o~ College is beautiful at all times, but especially so in the early summer months, when the fct. c.: «of ~he earth is covered with the tender green of the foliage and t he splashes of bright coloring from the myriads of bright mountain bloo~.

Our handsom? buildings, our well-laid out and well-kept campus, all make a se~tJ.~ that is never to be forgotten.

Beautiful as it is , how~ver, ~t J.s to be greatly improved in the next ten years, for our LegJ.slatur~ ~as voted $72,000 for that length of time for impcovement~ and. an addi tJ.onal ~~50, 000 continuously for maintenance.

A 1 andscape art1.st of national repute is to plan for the best possible st:.tting of the new bUildings and for the general beautifying of the grounds. Naw gate .ways are planned, much shrubbery is to be set out, cement walks Will be laid, fish and lily ponds vnll be built, similar to the ~ool that now reflects the classic lines of the Library.

Commencement was very quiet, because the student body decided to give up all big affatrs, owing to the fact that thP. Country was at war.

There was a wonderful war time spirit in the college.

At a mass meeting of the Trustees, resolutions were passed pledging the entire resources of the institution to the government in time of need .

The resolution favored the formation of a chapter of the Red Cross among the women students and called upon the faculty and men students to join with the citizens of Greeley in preparing to meet the crisis .

It was only natural,then,that commencement should have a war time flavor, that the baccalaureate and other addresses should have in them a call to sacrificial service.

The graduation exercises were most impressive.

There were immense c:· lasses in both the Senior and the Junior Colle3es.

For the benefit of those to whom the terms may be ne,·; , it may be n ell to state that the completion of the Jun:jior College eourse gives one the degree of Bachelor of Pedago~y, while graduation f~om the Senior College makes one a Master of Pedagogy.

Be~a.Beta had four Pd.!~. girls this year,-Elithe McMUrty, Mary Paden, M1:1am Smith, Blanche tleidman, as well as eleven Pd.B. graduates,-Marle Bryc~ Heater Caldwell, za Eason, Rhea Gillett, Vera Gillett , Elvira Beck , Edith Ramsay, Edith T~lor,Mariam Travis, Florence Tyrrell, Ruth Ubistleman.

There were quite a few delightful Ma; affairs that did not . get mentioned in the PHOENIX .

One was Insignia Day, a college cust o1n On that day the seniors and juniors don their caps and govms, diff e ~ ­ ent tassels indicating different majors. The undergraduates wear slmple ·white .

A procession is formed on the gnmnds and proceeds to the Chapel, whp,re a program is enjoyed. A baseball game occupies th~ afternoon . At 8 o'clock the various classes give stunts in the Ch ape~ after whiCh the students go to the movies.

One very enjoyable weelc was the Music Festival .

"Elijah" was given this year by the College Chorus, assisted by the Colle ge Orchestra. Another evening these same organizations sta ged the " B oh~­ rnian Girl" . eur Vera Gillett played the part of the Gypsyy and qu1te a few of the girls v.rere in the 6horus. A third evening was occupi ed by the New York Symphony Orchestra.

Beta Beta has three splendid initiates to announce, Lena 0.

Mayer of Longmont; Lois Tuttle of Paonia, and Esther White of Norwoo d .

They will all be The Service was held. for these on the 2nd of ~Tune .

With us in the house re xt year, which, by the way, is to be a new· one for Beta Beta, ru1d at 1630 Ninth, ri ght opposite the canpus.

Ada M. Baker.

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AT'clENS IN JUNE Those of you who saw the illustrated 11 terature that \7e sent out at the time that we were peti.t.ioning will have some conce:ption of the loveliness of our campus in June and of' tne very attractive a:tting 1 t provides for our college buildings. l?hether it was lovelier tl1.an usual I do not know, but the girls of Delta L9:;_ta found it st.r~angel~r difficult to tear themselves a~ay from Athens this year.

T~ose of ~·ou v7ho have been ASAs a long time wi 11 understand our fee] ings, but to us they were a good deal of a revelation .

You see we harl not, as it happened, chosen one another, had scarcely 1~nown or:e anot.. 1er prior to the day when Dean Riche sam of Teachers Colllege and D·3arJ. Vvigh t of the \7omen Students suggested our names to the Mia.!D1 girls who had arrived in Athens to get together a petitioning group.

Ohio University has a very large enrolment, and it is not possible to become acquainted with more than a very small portion of the student body.

To us, then, ac I have sai~ it was in the nature of a revelation to discover how a fAY~ short weeks in Alpha Sigma Alpha had cemented the bonds of friendship and was making separation difficult. · Commencement lacked some of its customary brilliancy, because so many of our men had answered the call of Government, but much as vre missed their presence and quiet as it made the campus, we were thrilled by the thought that so many of the boys had been so quick to volunteer, so ready to forego all that h Gd seemed so sweet and so desirable before It inspired us all to seek v>ays in Y.Jhich we too might be of service tc our beloved Country.

It was rather impossible for us as a Chapter to take any concerted action 1 as we were installed so near Cowmencement 7 but the returning group wi ll no doubt formulate plans, so that Delta DAlta may have a share as an organization in the work that must be doua to prepare our nationr. for the struggle .

Delta Delta btl seven graduates, Cecelia Adam, Helen Clem, Elsie Ritter and gilda Stuber, who receiV€d the Two Year· Elementary Diploma, Grace Fultz , vrho finished the course in Public School Mt;,sic, Eva Uatkins, who did the same in Publte School Drawing, and Inez Upp) who had taken the Domestic science course.

The loss of these seven will make our returning group quite small, but ne shall .~ost f'ortun. · nately have back this year's President, Naomi C~ldwell, who is in a four year course, her goal being a B.S. in Efrucation.

Before Commencement there were several affairs that helped to make certain days memorable ones , On Jm1e 2nd we initiated our Fac~· ulty Adviser, Miss Elizabeth G-arber .

The Installation Trunk w?.s stiJ 1 here by permission of our National President, so the ceremony was most impresoive.

Then we put on the crimson and white for a new pledge, !Ulna Manvj lle. Our la.st social gathering together was a dinner at the Colonial Hotel, given by our Patronesses.

It came as a complete surprise and was therefore doubly enjoyed.

The Colonial Hotel, as . its ..m;ne vrould signify, is built on stately lines, and yet there is a hOhJe atmosrhere about it that nany hotels laEb .

The white woodworlc, the heavy paneling, the p&llbshed floors, the old-fashi oned staircases , the gl :'l.ss door·knobs, the ce.ndelabra all carry one back t vro centuries and bring vividly to mind the life that -rras led in the good oJ.d C0icny })8.y.s Fascinating as is the pictt.re, however, we would very much rather be J j.vh1g in this day, for that. means for us a college edtwation R.r,d best cf all it mana A. S . A. You see the glory of it all is still in our E>YSCAm.

Ada Haun.

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FARMVILLE No Co~enceruent Report was received from ATPHA, but this year's Olw:pter RegiR•. . I '.q.r v<Ti t.-~s tb.aC. there wa~ or:e ~ostg!'a~uate, Elizabeth Clements, and 1:'1 ve fl"(.,ID the r.3fstA.lar vourse, -EL:;ie Bagby, Gracs Fo~1ney, Katherine Edmunds , Mary Kellam and Sallie Rawlings.

MIAMI Uo word vras recei 1red from ALPHA ALPHA concerning Coi.t:aeneeillent, but, according tp the Reg5_strar.' s aeport, there were tvrel ,_,e gr:.\G.V9.tes.

1'wo of these, Marie l~ille!' ar-d Katherine Shultz, rsceived their B9.che1or of Science degree, :-,hile one, Ruth stephenson, received a c:i:r:;l0ua in the Public Music Cour 3e. j_"'"'here uere nine recei Ying diplo!IlaE f!'om the regular Tea.cher3 College opurse,-Catherine Arbogast, Hortenze .Serk=heimer, Ruth Donnelly, Kathryn f.'ord, Irene Goouall,Helen Hahne, Gladys Landman, Amanda. Steinkemper and Gail Tru.rnbo.

JOHNSTOTIN ASSOCIATION The regular Annual Meeting uas held on April _l4th at the home Ruth Sellers.

The elocti.)n resulted. in the choice of Martha Hill for President and Zola Grumbling for Secretary.

After the business nas over, Ruth served a delicious luncheon.

The 11ay Meeting was at the home of Mary stouppe. At thif:l time the decision v.ras reached to ao some serious work, such as helping out a poor family with ice during the summer and with warm clothing during the winter months.

The JUJ."l6 l!eeting \vas held with Margaret Veil.

Eleanor Lowry was visi -ci.ng :Margaret at the time, so it turned out that we had several meetings, as Eleanor remained several days and there were many opportunities to get together.

Then several of our girls went over to "Indianan for the banquet, so there had to be a ~eeting to hear all about the School news. A 11 ttle later I:dna Noble of tre active chapter stopped over on her way home to visit Martha. Hill:; -so that offered anott~~r excuse fo.i" a Pleasant gathering. Then as soon as the Johnstown girls got ~?me from ":.ndia.na.", we had to get their version of things. On the f j.rst day of September, Ruth Sellers entertained us at a delightful plaGe, known as 11 Restview", with a jolly camp supper, in which r?D.sted e~rs of eorn served as the piece de resistance.

It was on th~s occ~ sion that ne welcomed two new members, Margaret HUlnmel and Marian Kaylur) uho were among the June graduates at "Indiana".

Of course Eleanor Lowry stopped over on her way back from Boston and New York, but not all of us were in the city when she was here, but her hostess, _l'iar~a­ ret Vei~ has passed on all the news ·and showed us the Boston p1ctures .

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PITTSBURGH ASSOCIATION The Association ~eld its May Meeting at McCreery's .

We had c.e vini tor Hazel l~cCreight from the Johnstovm Association . Frederica. :U.r"naa Clnd Loi:a Bcsv.-ic~ had vi~od 11 ~ndia:'le, 11 rer, ent ly , so tll.ey ha.d ntP c~l to tell of the School and the Chapter.

Our June Me eting wo.s en1ive:.1ec:. also by those who had recently visited the Chapter . ~:c· July HcetinG at the Fort Pitt Hot0l took the form of a banquet cor.1p llment3.zy

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to one ?f our brides, Mrs. tlm. H. i7alsh, n~e Olea Uiley. Mr , Walsh iA a col~ege man, a graduate of the University of Kentucky, ~~ere he wo.s a :nember C\f the Alibha Tau Omesa fraternity· Because of the Greek-letter membership of both the bride and groom, the little f'avorc:; tiny statues of Cupid, v1ere ti~..:.;, with a co::nbinat~on of' the t \7o sets of colora. The place cards had cup~ds and appropriate verses painted Oil them .

The August Meeting had to be : dmitten owing to the absence from the city of most of' the membership .

The :>eptember Meeting,ho·;•ever, found a goodly nUI:iber on hand . As two of' the officers elected at the May Meeting, found it impossib1e to serve, Beatrice Jef'frien wan elected to the Presiden~y and Norma Piper to tho Sccret~rysh~p.

Anna Schade, an alumna of the local, Gamma Pi Beta , YTO.S preser~t; c-md announced her intention of going baclt: to •• Indiana" for ini ti2.tion into A.S.A . Another pleasant bit of news was tho announcement of the a rrival of a daughter at the home of Julia Cruthers Larkin.

Medora. Gra.ff O.:i.1d Norna. Piper.

ALPHA ALPHA DOINGS The Springield ASAs had their June House Party at the home of' Helen Boggesa .

The' family noved out· for the week end o.nd turned the houoe over to us.

Those who were fortunate enough to be present · rrere Jess Chenoweth, Dorothy Clason, Ruth Duffey, Elizo.beth Schaefer, and Helen Lincoln.

There was un interesting movie show for us on Friday evening and a jolly r.1atinee £;roup a.t the theo.tre . on Saturday afternoon. On our return there was a dinner party, to which Helen had invited some outual friends.

Then her Brother, Elwood, who wo.e just back froo New Yorlt City, where he is studying in the · Episcopal Theologico.l School, told us about his .visit to Mrs. Mo.rtin durin6 his Easter vaco.tion, which he spent near Boston.

It was o ibhty int eresting to ~ee t some one who had actually seen Mrs. Martin .

The Summer Camp \'7as held at Indian Lake the last y,reek in July , There was a far larger crowd than in former years, so n any in fact that two cottage s He re nee ded .

It v,ras good to have so many of the younger 6irls present, for it gave the 'Old Guard' u chance to get in · touch nith the a ctive chapter and to hear a ll the latest. n ews f'roo Miami .

Helen Lincoln .

DELTA DELTA CAMP Delta Delta had its camp at Buckeye Lake the third week in The situo.tion wo.s ideo.l, for th e big lake io not only beautiful in i toolf, but the shore i s dott ed Hi th summer 'tovms', and tho.t Deana ease in getting supplies and a GOOd deal of' reso rt life as ne ll .

There rrao a splendid ar:mncnent par~ ~<;;_n.r our cotta£;e, ui th o.ll t~ e attractions of' such a place .

Ther5"tr;o danc e pavilions , one bu1lt right over the wat er.

There was mucic at al l hours .

Our cott age ho.d five roono down otairs i nd one big no~itory u p sta~rs , so thor~ uas plenty of roon for those nho wo re tro r e, -c ece lia 1\dal-:J 1 Ruth Bc.iw r , r~aon i Caldwwibl and her cousin Kit Colgan, Helen ('!len, Ada Haun, Hilda Stub e r o.nd Edna. Usher .

Bertha IJay , v1h o wn.s one of' our peti tioncr s, but nho rro.s una.ble to join bccaun o of' paront o.l objections , v1as n-i t h u . . n. loo .

Cecelia's :::;ister rra.s o. frequent visitor, s o there rro r e t en in the bunch mos t of the tine . i.n:B ho:1 the tine f'lon, :;.nd hon sorry 1r1 He re to l ea vel' But rro nrc : : . 11 going back next year!

Nao~i Caldwell Augu~t .