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THE CONVENTION Perfest weather, perfect appointmen ts, perfe ct harmony were the factors. that he~ ed to make ~ha t everybody present call ed a PERFECT COI!~ent1.on . . Every train seemingly IYas on time, every little i den·::.ificat~on bovv-_ 1.n place, every Trave lers' Aid representative at he!' .i.Jo£t , so he a rr1.va1 of the delegates Ha s made easy . Much appreciation i s due the Travelers' Aid for its constant and courteous interest. E7en the s~asoned travelers in the party found it a rare p le asure to oA met WJ.ti: a pleasant smile and a cordial greeting as they stepped i' rom the traJ.n, but, to the dele g ate talcing her first long journey alone 7 it was a great relief to know that the Travelers Aid had been suppJ.ied with a copy of the train schedules and the names of the dele gates , as v.rell as with a sample of the identification bow - WHITE over GREENsym~olio of the purity of t he sorority's ideals ag~inst a baclcgrcmnd of ~ntellectual stimulus. It was also an immeasurable comfort to th e untravelled delegate to lcnovr that fai lure to malce connections a t some point of change would only mean making the acqua intance of some delightful Travelers' Aid lady, inst ant ly reco gnized by reason of he r large white shield, crimson b orde red, and displ aying a g old pal m tree , in memory of those first wayfarers \"lho left home and lcindred in search of the Holy Land, and who returning bore rri th them staffs a nd leaves of the palms that grew n i thin the gates of J erusalem, rrhence they vrere called 'palmers' .

The first to arrive in Chicago wns Ruth Duffey , Her train wns so early that she did not dream that there ~ould be any one in the station when she arrived to loolc ' out for her, so she nas greatly surprEbe.d to be greetelft Hi th ,"Mi ss Duffey, I beli eve", and still more amazed to find the g re e ting in a masculine voice of unu sual rishnes s and depth.

The Travelers 7 Aid having be e n ti ppe d off to the fact that Miss Duffey nas Nationa l Tre,asure r natur.ally sup posed that she would have large sums of money 'with her, so c a lled up the Police Commissioner, 1ilio heard it U.~.@. Treasurer instead of A.S. A. Tr~asurer over the phone, and Y.rho prompt ly assigned the handsomest Capta1.n on the force to the taslc of seein g that 1.1i ss Duffey :ras rec e ived and shadm·1ed until her valued self and her valuables ne r e safe ly under the roof of the Convention Hot e l . It YTas this same Captain nho introduced her to the Travelers• s Aid reprosent utive a nd ·who then san that Miss Lowry arriving on a neurliiry tra ck was a lso properly escorted to the Travele rs' Aid hdy, Hi ss Carribe ll . Both officers vw re so deepl:r interested a nd so highly impressed with the no r h: of the Tr ave l e r3' ..u d tha t they aske d His s Campbell to pe r mit them t o see s ome ~e:non­ stration of the Horlc . As .1iss Cat)Jbe ll n as very 8lad to e xplain the society's methods , the girls toolc broalcfast in the station restau: ant., after Hhich they 'wn.tcho d several incoming tr a ins and ne re a llo·.'le o.. t.J entertain s ome of the stran.c;ors, - a Si70c1i sh girl on her \-,~y to be nar rio d in the North':le s t , c..n aged mother ':rho vra s hasten1.ng to he r J.aug.':lter be r ef t of her so l die r h u sband by a German shell, and many

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another worried or inexpe-rienced trave ller .

TI1e S~~rman Hotel seems to have been a very happy sele ctio~ ror the Conve!lc.J.on Headquarters . I t is in the or.~ torr.£1 sectio 1 c.n:l there-fore near all the stations and t~e main points of i nter9st . I i:. ifl a ·.rery nevr hotel, so every room i s sup-plied n i tl1. a pri ve.te oath.

The "'1E<.t:.<?~.gement extended every courtesy and made most r8asonab l 3 Uonvent~:. on rates .

The Rose Parlor was placed at the dispo sal of t !:..e "' n vent.Vm fur the meetings and a piano was supplied , As soon as ··iss ])Ai'fe~r and Miss Lowry had arrived ] they imme diately attended to the 13e1ectio:1 of the rooms for the coming delega tes and to the menu for the Jur..quil Dinner, as well as to the countless other things that alwe.y s call for attention . They had hardly sett.led the det ails when Mieo Lyle, Faculty Adviaor of Alpha Beta, o..nd Edith C:.-o..mble a rriYed. Than oi:Jmc visitors looked in on thom,-Jossio st eph ens \Talker, AB 1 a ()Iioago resident, Edith Gamble's sister-in-l aw, .Amanda Stoinkempo r , uno.ptor President of li..A lo.st year, nov; studying in the Chicago College of Osteopathy . \7i th her \7as a DDD from Mi ami Hho i s also studying Osteopathy.

At 5.30 came Inza Lea from Virginia, at 9.30 Grace Paden from Colorado.

Friday morning sa~ all but one of the delegates and visitors there. The one exception was Grace Fultz, DD, uho came from Tuscola, Ill, after high schools sessions -rl8re over . Two· other Chicago residents attended all the sessions, Olivia Hill Costolow, who is staying in the city while her husband is stationed at the Radio Training School, and Jmn Brewington, who is studying at the University of Chicago. The complete Convention rost er in eluded tw~~ty-two names ; of rmom eleven were 'of'fi cial' and eleven ' visiting'. ..

In the accompanying list the official repre senta tive of the Chapter is underscored:.1\LPHA Inza Lea. . . .

ALPHA .ALPHA Ruth Duffey, National Treasurer, Is1 s tl1. ll1ams . lume Roberts and Junanda steinlwmpe r . . .

ALPHA BETA Ida J;.. Je·wett, Nationa l Vice Pros1.dent, Ed1th. Gamble , National secretary, Grace Lyle, Chap ter AdVise r ) ium BrewJ.ngton , Olivia Hill Costolow and Jessie 17allce r . .ALPHA G.L"JilMA Eleanor Lowry, National Registrar, Margaret Rose ' Ruth Dempsey and Eleanor Mitchell BETA BETA Grace Paden .

Gi.J.ll.L\ GAMMA Minnie Shoclcley Nel lie Cole .

F 1t DELTLi DELT.L1. Naomi Ca ldwe ll , Mario Richter , Grace u z .

EPSILON EPSILOl! Maude B9-rrigar _d th l"'ind that is happy to b e It r:as a JOyous holl.day cro\l ' e . t t ri;:;ht dmm to togethe r, thc.. t p laya ha.r~ when it p lai~d cmd I~e se~!e~ ju s t like ono business tho moment soso~ons ~ret~~~ b,;_t .,7hen the sessi ons ue re big Cho.pter of~ duty dur1n13 pl....~ h;d been thinlo::int; on the topic s ho ld 1 t w·as ev1.dent thn.t many m~nds on and tho.t ve ry carne st conpre sented to the Chapters for d1.scu~~i · 'f'or e ach delesate ·shorred ·by sidoration had been Given to ovc~it~~e;~e~ented a t the sessi ons that her :i_-:J e rfect lcnov1ledge o~ ev~ry ~he 0 1 inion of many A.S. As . Yet thro the had cone p:epared to ~~~c~l tr~ng current of fooling that the c.ll t.ho so.thcrJ.ngs th?re ~ ....n ~~e sNi.TION.L".L ne lfo.re n as t he point ~t Cha1)t.or must st and o.. sJ.dG uh~~ ~uch unanin i ty on every 'POint of VJ to..l fcouo.

Tho.t is why thoro w. .. s '-' .l e d The Nationo..l Presi dent' s Con· interest, why such harmony. ~;r e;o.~rct t · in the absence of 1!ro. =~o..:ctir.., ,,ontlon a.ddro so' road b~ Hl :ds . . . Ollth"'t' tho ""Cne ro.~. r::cn~ersh:5.p DO..J co t . . f 1, J.n or e . .... b . J t. ~o nuro g iven 1n u . : , "th;t uoro preoontod for cono1 or a 10~. a. cloc. r i r1ov. of tho 1.1n. t tor '-' J

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THE PRESIDENT'S CONVENTIO i ADDRESS b Iteis ~ustoma~ in su~h an 路address as this to dwell at conside~ 1 9 ~ t ..on the P~ogress made along every line during the per:iai elap ng s nee he preceding CoRvention . In the Base or Alpha Sigma Alpha, ho~ever, there is no need for such statement as the membership is thoroly familiar With every step or progress mad~ by the Sorority s1n~e 1910.

It is possible, therefore, for me to pass immediately to a dlscussion of some. of the very vital problems that will be presented to this Convention .

The financial problem was given considerable space in the March PHOf;NIX, but so .many questions have been raist3d that seemingly need answering before matters are finally placed before the delegates that it se~ms n~cessary to go into some detail concerning a few points.

The matter that has called forth the most questioning is the HONOR ROLL MEMBERSHIP for Chapters and Chapter Advisers . The kind of questions aated indieate mos~ clearly that there is a very marked interest in Slloh a Plan. The plea is always :for more detailed information concerning the matter . 路 路 Under the proposed plan, there is to be a $10 annual levy on the ACTIVE Chapters until each has turned into the general Treasury e100 to endow the Chapter's Honor Roll Membership, and another ~100 to endow an Honor Roll MemberShip for the Chapter Adviser. Under this arrangement it will require twenty ye~s to raise the requisimamount . 'l'here is no one. of course, who does not see the need for hastening the day of Honor Roll Membership for all Chapters and for all Chapter ;4dvisers. It is this hastening process that has been occupying the attention of the Finance Board, which is now ready to make several recommendations . One recommendation is that ALL amounts previously received to endow copies of' the PHOENIX for the Chapter and the Advisers, as well as all Initiation Fees paid in by Chapters~r the Chapter Advisers within the last twelve months, shall be turned into the Hono~ Roll MemberShip for the Chapter Adviser and the Chapter itself. These sums will, in no case, exceed ~5 in the case of the Chapter, or $35 in the case of an Chapter Advi ser, so the hastening process will not be markedly helped very generally, as the delegates are aware, or as the National treasurer can make quite clear by a. statement of the presen~ standing of each Chapter on this matter.

The problem,then,has been to find a method that will the more quickly enable each Chapter to reach the $200 goal .

The Finance Board believes that it has found that nethod in the increased Alumnae Dues .

Heretofore, the .Alumnae have been taxed $2 annually, $1 being for the PHOENIX sub~rtption. the other $1 for the Contingency Fund, the fund that has been used heretofore to tide the sorority over difficulties , and which it is expected in the future will financ e the pub~ication~ ot the History and the songbook.; while at the same time mak1ng poss1b l0 many other important and even imperative enterprises on the part of the sorority. It is now proposed that the Alumnae shall be t~ed $3 . annually except in suCh cases as other than AnnUal MemberSh1ps are held by the ex-schola membership. 路 It is this extra ~1 that the B?ard of Finance believes can be so well diverted at thi s t~me to the qu:-cl~: raining of Honor Roll Memberships for both the Chapter and the Ad~1se r . ll Chapter will 100 Alumnae o:f the ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP type could :a1 se the necessary ClOO in ONE YEAR to endow the Honor Roll Memberslup for tha Chapter, and in the following year it could endow the H?nor Roll ~bership for the Chapter Adviser .

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rrom the Alumnae of a newl . t s from $10 now asked to $lS--路~ ~ns alled Cha~ter--the proposed rais , ~~~~ment of the Cha ~ wou 1 d be poss~bl~ to divert $5 to the p. If a new Chapi;~rh!~n~~eRoll Memb~rShip and that of the Adviser tnitiation into Alpha Sigm Al ~ty or thirty Alumnae who returned for ~ota of $200 . a P a, it would not be long in raising its In reality the propo ed H . s onor Roll Membership is really the endowment of the Ch t ot the PHOENIX for ~~ea~Li~rary: Every Chapter now receives a copy ne is not needed b th ap er L~brary. The current issue of the maga.

Y e Active Memb ers, because each has her own b t . copy, u 1 t is ~~perative that there should be on hand ready for retere~oeiALL back ~ss~ea of the PHOENIX in a substantial binding, each J8&r s ssues b?un~ 1nto one volume . The Phoenix alone costa $1, and a subs~antial b1ndi~ would cost $1, so there would never be more than 12 ava1labl~ from a $100 endowment each year in additinn to the amount necessary to supply the PHOENIX in bound form . This t>2, however, would be perennially available after the $100 fund was once established and a certain rumount e~eroised in the care of its apportionment wo~ld ee~e ~or the Chapter a growing and an increasingly valuable reference libr~ry.

SUccessive edi~ions of the song Boo~, the History and the varied_ other P~blications that every scrority of importance bring& out trom t1me t~ t~me Shou~d all have their place in library. , Those vmoso m1nds have leaped ahead to the time when the Cha~ ter and the_Advis~rship are both on the Honor Roll have quite naturally asked quest1ons concerning the disposition of that extra ~1 out of t he proposed tax or It is to be hoped that by that time all the Alumnae wil.l be at least Life subs~ribers themselves, or on the wa.y to being, in which cases there would be no extra dollar available, since all ~ch would be contributing only the ~1 toward the Contingency, or Emergency Fund.

Any extra dollars received, however, could be put to some excellent use, either to the benefit of the Chapter whose Alumnae turned in the extra dollar, or to some endowment plan for the Sorority in general .

Interpreted in this way, the extra dollar of the proposed $3 Illes of Annual Alumnae Membership would be somewhat in the nature of e. thank offering for the splendid growth of the sorority and a pledge of taith in its glorious future, but it would really be more , far more thwn that at the present moment, for every dollar so received would be invested in Liberty Bonds so long as the country Should need the help implied in the se&ling of such bonds . There wil l be about 300 Alumnae at the beginning of another college year . The $300 dollars from them, added to the $200 received from the probable 1 00 initiation fees for that same yea.r:,would insure not only a $500 increase fo r the sorority Endowment but it would also mean that same sum loane d to the Government. tt'is highly imprdnble that the individual doDars not so collected would ever find their way into the country's Uar Chest, where they may be greatly needed next year . A plan th~t pr?mises to aid th~ Government in time of crisis, that at the srume t~me g1ves unusual so lr datty to the National sorority and incidentally strengthens the ChapwhmleAlso benefiting the individual member in the Chapter, would -.tern to be a plan worthy of adoption by the Chicago Convention.

Next 1n importance to the financi a l problem is the one pre ed by the PHOENIX for next year. The March issue, as well as the number touched upon this subject, but there are a few sugons that I, Should like to present for c?ns~derati?n in_ regard to magazine. From what has already been sa~d 1n prev~ous 1ssuea ,you

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that is is my hope that we may have eight issues during the • college year. I am very anxious, however, that these vari ous issues lball co~t for all that they are worth as a publication medium for tne soror1ty, for, as you know, even though you may vote for an increase in National Dues, much of this increase will not be immediately available, because many chapters have late initiations under local rules. It has seemed wise to me, therefore , to recommend that four of the eight issues of the PHOENIX shall be of such a kind that they can be snown to outsiders, while the other four shall be considered 'esoteric' and consequently limited to distributi on among our own member Ship.

I would not recommend this at present for more than the coming year, for in all probability by 1919-1920 we Shall want to have the entire eight issues of a type that can be distributed outside of our own borders. In considering the four 'esoteric ' issues of the coming college year, I would r~end that the magazine be made the medi um or publication for various private matters that ought t o be go out to the whole A.S.A. memberShip,-such as the various Convention Rulings and the Constitution , the legends, the manual of information. It is easilY possible , when once these publications are put in type, to purchase and hold that type stanming in the printers' plant, wher e it can be used again and again for later runs, or fo r compilation in book form, as may seem best after the passage of time . Under this plan, my idea would be for a publication schedule something like this:SEPTEMBER ISSUE . Brought out during the summer months, and so made ready for immediate issue at the opening of tbe colleges, to arve as an idd to the Chapters in their rushing . such an issue might well give space to the history of the sorority, to attractive articles about the Convention, to interesting write-ups of the Commencement testivlties wherever we have Chapters . special effort could be made to make this a most attractive issue by means of illustrations of the active Chapter groups of the present year.

OCTOBER ISSUE . Esoteric . Called perha~s the "statute Number" and devoted to the Constitution, the Regulations , the Convention Rulings . The rest of the magazine might well be made up o~ important facts about the Chapters and their rivals .

NOVEMBER ISSUE . Called perhaps the "Historical Numbe r " and giving interesting facts about the colleges where we have Chapters, as well as brie£ histories of the indivi dual Chapters on ?ur roll.

OECEMBER ISSUE. Esoteri£. Called perhaps the D~r e ct ory Number"• and presenting some of the Christ Legends .

JANUARY ISSUE . Called perhaps the "song NUmber 11 , and present 1ng the songs with the::\.r music. " FEBRUARH ISSUE . Esoteric . Called perhaps 11 L~gendary Lore , and presenting the st. Valentine, the Hermes and the K1ng Asa ~egends , MARCH ISSUE . called perhap s the "Panhellenic Number , a~d pres~nting ~important information about the ifferent Panhelle~c Assnciations both local and national .

APRIL ISSUE. Esoteric. Presenting t he Flower and Color Legends and explanations .

Of cour se, it is und~~ This would mal{e u p th~ eight number s · the r..hapter s , Possiblv' stood that each one sha ll contain l et~e rs from to have ei ghth in it may seem best to omit the January.1ssue_and Those arethematters that the series appea~ in May instead of ~n Apr1 1 . the Edito~ia~ ~~gc;~rd~~!d~H~~i~~ · for next year, it is most i mportant that ~here shall be a strong, e._t~siastic staff of workers ready 11

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and eagnr at all timAs to.giv e of its best that the magazine may bo a pow:r not only in Alpha S1gma Alpha, but in Hellas as a whole. Th~ eom1ng year must ne~essarily be one of study and preparation on the part of the PHOENIX staff for the mo re e laborate worl{ of the future when a larger subscription list shall make many things possibl~ that are at present merely visions . It would s eem to me wel l, therefore, t h~ve the ful~ staff appointed, in order that this study and preparat7on may begln.at o~ce . _The usual staff of a sorority magazine cons~sts of an ed1~or-1n-ch1ef, who i s responsible for th Tho le publi ca tlon so far as 1ts literary merits are concerned, an associate editC'r , who at~ends to the 'feature' work;, such as special ;3.rti,les, - the alumnae ed1tor, who collects data about the ex-schola rnembership, _the panhellenic Adi tor, who makes an exhaustive study of thfl sorority system and. culls the most important items for her readBrs, and finally the bus1ness manager, who sees that the sinews of war are provided,-the necessary alumnaA subscri~tions, and the income from adve rtisements .

The making of contracts, the apportioning of al lcwances for the in dividual issues, the supplementing of the income in time of need, must rest with the National Finance Board .

The jewelry samples and designs submitted to the Convention are the work in the present case of our offici al jeweler, who in the year since hj.s appointment has given us ex ce llent satisfaction. The pledge pin, like the unjeweled b a dge in use some years ago and illustrated in previous editions of the "Handbook", has never been ltlolly satisfactory. It h~s given the impression of being pared do~rn, even narrowed down. The jeweled edge has entirely obliterated this fault, but th~ pledge pin has seemed to lack utterly the sense of richness and completeness that \Ye lilce to read into it during the Pledge service .

In each of the thre e ROUNDED desi gns our jewe l er's artist has eli mihated the one objectionable f eature in the pledge pin while at the same time conserving all the good po ints .

T.hA jewe ler's first design for the reco~nition pin, submittPd by him in the Fall of 1916 to the Council, and shown in both the gold sample and in the lead bar relief, did not meet v.,ri th umrimous Council approval . The matter had to be dropped for a time any way, owing to the necessity for taking u p all the recognitions pins i n the hands of our former jeweler .

The design shown in sketch only is the artist's desire to eliminate the critisisms of his first effort. The Mothers' pin has already had--in 1916-1917 both Council and Chapte r approval .

It awaits Convention d~cision .

Before closing this little talk, ther e are t wo things that I -rrant to say to the official delega tes from the Undergra duates Chapt ers.

The first is that I feel sure that every one of them is cognizant of the mometous part that she is to play in this mo st important Cenvention and that she is more than anxious to make every hour of thP, Convention sessions count for the utmost pessible in wise l~gisl~tion fer the sorority . The other is tha hope that these hours .1. . talc~ng counsel togeth8r may be the forerunners of long years of aorv1ce 1n Alpha Sigma Al pha. . My nope for the visiting ASAs is the sn.me . I could n?t wish for n.ny of you anything better, because s~rvice \7i th and for 1dealistic youth is the most important that lif e can offer to any o~e~ as \1 e ll as the most heart-satisfying. Youth is ~ season of r ec~pt1v1ty of sentiment, of character building, of preparat1on for.t he_ser1ous busin~ss of life.

To touch it V!Tl\LLY is to leave on f1me 1tself the ndeliblo impress of our orm individually.

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THE BUSINESS SESSIDONS The b~siness progrc:un follo Tie d closely that laid dorm Jbn thP 11 },{arch BMGENfllt • Much ve Y:y 1m~ortant legislation wa s passed so muc~1 in fo..:~t tho.t this Convention n ill g o dorm in J.'l.S.l-.... h istory' a s an ero ·J h marlce,r · . There -vms but one ro[;rct i:!'"l. tho nholo sc.ason of Ccn7G::L tion: c..nd tna.t vvo.s tho fin2..ncio.l i ::1possibJ.i ty of holdinG these ca..+:.h ..L·ir~L;s more frequently . The hopo v1a.s oxrresse d by all that ::;one -v~oy nicht bo found whereby the Convention n i 01t b o hold f'..t l oo..st once i::1 ti·lo y e ar s , but for tho lJrescnt all :rocor;:.-1::. z od. -;:,ho utter i!;l:;}Cssibili ··-.;, . of' :·Jo ro froquont ~::;a. therir10s fron the nt o..nd:L:-oint of finc.nco s . Tho followinG l~w s were made ~art of tho sorority statuten .

THE CONSTITUTION The National Con~!OJ:'~tiiam shall be hold once in four years.

The Nationa l Vice frosident shall be relieve d of the ove rsight of tho so~ority Exnminations .

The ~ationa.l Initiation Fee shall be ~7 and must be paid prior to a dmission to the Pledge service .

The Natio:t;ln.l Undor-gra.duc.te Duos shall be ~~ 0, and shall be paid Drior to ~dmission to the Pledge service in the case of new initiates, o..nd in the co..se of returninG mombers within one month of matriculo..tion.

The Nationo..l Graduate Due s ohall be levi ed accordinG to the type of membership] -53100 for Honor Roll, ~~50 f or i:ife, ~~25 . and ~~1 annually for jplj_fe-Annua l, nnd ~3 for Annua l :M~mb e rsh1p .

The Installation Fee shall be levied at th e r a te of ~>1 5 on every member of the petitioning g roup, V~hether undergraduate or ex-schola . · CHAPTER BY-LAI1S The Vice President shall re port vro olcly to tho National Vice President on all mat~s of importance . · The Registrar shall ser.ve as Chairman of th e Courtesy Commit tee . _ . . · tt The Historian shall be ehairman of the I ubl1c1ty Comm1_ eo .

The L:llbrarian shall be the Chn.irman of tho Program Comm1 tt~e .

The Chaplain shall be responsible for the care_o~ t~e Chav ter Paraphernalia and the ~ rope r se tting of the In1 tH1t1on Hall .

REGUL.ATIONS The of ~ ici a l badge sh~ ll be pearl bordered . . .

- . ... of tho :!:l e dge Pin vra s left to th~ Nationa~ Presxdont ~:n~~o~~o order that she might determi n e \7hl.ch lent 1 tae lf be ... t to the Ritual scheme . . t d Th"" ,,. t h submitted for the Recot;niti on P1n _nas ac ?e p e e fsl~~ ? 1 but the matter of jene lling i t \11th rub 1es v;as . · as o 11c1a , · . lor of the off1.c1a 1 JOHe · 1 e f t t o. th e J·udament . 1?':,. t8 f or ta I~o the:rs ' Pin ·:ms c.cco pte d ; - a Tlle des1gn subm t.. • d f . ,.1 ·Jearls 2"nd bcarine; the gold crovr.n supr ort::t..ng our .n 01 0 .1: '"'orority Letters .;_r.~. bL:.cl~ e.:.1arr-e~. ~e ffi1.i stle and Cn.il s:l~ J.l ~"'er..:a1n E~s before.

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CONVENTION RULINGS ADVISERS. No Chapter shall have more than on~ Adv~sef! .•at any •tne im& .

ALUYJAE. Alumnae who _fail to pay their Dues for two c ns~ u ive y ear s Shall be dropped ~rom the Sorority Roll, and shall not be reinst ated except on p~yment of $15, the same to be interpreted as nues for five years, oount1ng from the_. ~a st. pry,yn:ent. oentral Office: A Central Office is hereby established.

CHARTERS . The d~sign accepted shall be furniShed to the p resent Cliapters without cost, but future Chapters shall pay a charter fee of $50 .

DUES. The new Articl8 on ruEs shall go ~nto effect on september 1st; and shall have the follo wing apportionment:Undergradua.te Dues shall be apportioned, -~~2 Convention Fund, 02 General Expenses, $2 Cha.ptcr Development , ~2 Publicatj~s .

Graduate Dues shall be apportioned,-$1 "PHOENixrl, $~ c ntingency Fund, and the tl;ird. dollar fron Annual' Members shall be assignP- d to the endowment of Honor Roll Membe rshi ps for the graduate's Chapter or that Chapter·rs AUvisflrt:thip.

Initiation Fees sha~.l be apportj oned, $1 Shingle, $1 Handbook, $1 "PHOENIX11 Endowment, $1 Ge::.1.eral Endo·vvmont, $2 Oont!bng ncy Fund , $1 Local Chapter Ust3. In the ~ase of thP. n ewly instaJ.led Chapter this last dollar shall go into the Inst a ll a.ti n Fund. ' FIELDS. No Normal School or Teachers College shall be c onsidered a s a ~ossible fielrl. for a new Chapter, unJ ess j_t h as a n ammaJ. inc.ome of ~0,000 and an enrolment of at leasT. 250 stude n ts.

HONOR ROLL . Each Chapter shalJ.. be r..axed $10 annually until the Chapter and the Advi sership are ]:) l a ced on the Honor Ro ll.

LIFE SUBSCRIPTIONS . Life t'l.tb script:i. ons t :.1 the 11 PHOENIX" shall be $25 r.ash, or $28 in four annual iYlstalmE: nts uf $7.

PATRONESSES . No Chapter shall have more than ei ght Patronesses or less than two a t any one time.

PHOENIX. ThE! "PHOENIX" shall be a printed and bound maga zine, issued monthly, in charge of an Editor-in-chief and a staff _ ~INGLES The prPsent design shall be continued .

STATION~RY .

The offici a:!. stationery shall be palm gre en embossed with thA coat-of - a rm s and the :Letter~:ng AI·PHA SI GIL\ ALPH/• in palm gre en .

SUPERVISORS . The re shall be a Bo a rd of e .i. ght su pe r~.risors in cha r ge 0f the following departments of sorority act.i vi ty: - ART , EXAM I ~ATI ON S ­ EXTENSION MUSIC PARAPi-1ERNAI.LA , SCHOLARSHIP , SERVICE, SORORffi TY STUDY · ' e soteric ' ~RINX. An magazine, to be called tho " SYRI NX", •ls h e re b Y au thorized . · RITUALS . A Ritual is hereby authorized for the initiati on 0f Patrone sses o.nd Mothers of Members .

UNIFORM SYSTEMS . A uniform system of lceeping recor ds and a ccounts sha ll be installed among the Ohapters.

BOARD OF SUPERVISORS .. RT. Miss Grace Lyle, Chapter J,db":i. ser nf Alpha Be t a · EXAJ.UNATIONS. Mi ss Lola Spies, Delta Dfl lt a .

-,"l'ENSIOIJ. Miss Edith Ramsay/ Beta ~:-ta .

1~:;: c . l.1aude Barr:.. ga.r, Epsilon Eps~..1.cn . . I'R:I.PHEi1HALIA . Miss Ftvth s o J.le:t'8, A.... JDha Gamma . roHOLcRSHIP . Miss FI'ances .F- ..~h ·-n·+,s?n, Al pha.

SERVICE . Miss Lou LeedOL1.~ Al pha A.J..pha.

S'lRORITY sTUDY . Mrs. Ne:LJ.ie Cole, Gamma Gamma ·

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. The supervi~or of ART is to serve as an inspiration ~aye toward art1stic ~xpress 1on on the part of the Chapters and the sorority She will h~ve ass?ci~ted ~ith her many who have shown unusual ability in design1ng ~rt1st1c th1ngs for Alpha Sigma Alpha. The sorority is mozt fortuna.t~. ln b~ing able to secure for this important supervisory w rlr a woman l1k~ M1ss Lyl~ who has already made a reputation for herself as ht=Hid of the ) ?.parti!tt:!nt ef. Art at the Kirksvi llR Normal School . :.1i s LylP. has madA a special study of pageantry so we may confinently xr~ that thA sor0ri ty is to be the envj~ of ail its rivals because of t h "" bPauty of it8 artistic expression . Th re is much in lpha Sigma Al ph a tcb work with, for it possesses a richness of sentiment and such wealth of legendary lore as is seldom found in Greek-Letters societies. All this innate loveliness awaits but the master hand to vifalize it for t~P : Rat ?f u~ who long f~r expression but are powerles to put our fqell.ngs l.n arti·stic form. and ~hR supervisor of Examinations will make.Ahold al~ examinati ns , anri Wlll P.Xamine all papers, as well : >.as lceep the p?rmanent r~"cords f the individual percents secured by the membership .

The Supe rvisor of Extension will mal{e o.n oxhausti ve study of the Pe dagogical Field, and will institute a definite campqign of sys tematic growth. Hers will be the responsibility of the quality ~f the Schools we shall enter and the personnel of the groups we shall yake.

The suprpvisor of ·Music will have the responsibility of · c.oll cting all the music a l efforts hitherto made, as well as of in::Jpiring thA me n: berShip to renewed expressions in song of love f~r th e s~r~rity . Ori ginal musi c will also be among ·the things for which shA will search The supervisor of Paraphernalia will have charge of the Installatien Trunk, will see that it is always in readiness for use at Installation time , that it is at . hand for the purpose when needed, that it is supplied With everything necessary to make thA installtions of the futur the most impr~ssive in GrQ~kdom. She will have the assistance of the sup~rvisors .,f Art and Music, in order that the s e tting f or the vari(iU S Services ma y b e the most beautiful possib l e. She vvill also have the aupervi sion of the paraphernal~. o·wned by the individua l chapters.

The supe rvisor of Scholarship will work always to r a tse the scholast i c record s of all member~. Hers is to bA the responsibility of suggeRting or s electing prizes and other thing s t o stimulat~ u~ual effort on th e part of the active girls along schola stic lineA. The su pe rvisor of service viil have char~e of the sorority's e x ~ preAsi0n of service both within and without the borders of the organ~­ zation . He rs will be the rrsponsibility of supe rvi s i ng and stimula tl ng the local ekpression of the s~ciety's ideal of thought fo r others,~the npirti of self - sacrifice, but hers too will _b~ the BIG . vrork of see J.ng ~hat Alpha sigma Alpha co:lectively and in~vl. du a lly llve a up t? more than can possibly be expected of it in se rv2 ce fG r th e r.?untry ~n the 'r~sent crisi s . Last year the s ·rority bought a ~1 0 0 0 ~1be rty Bond , in addition to doing n:uc~1 for thb Re el. r.ro 3 s ~ th A Red Tr1 ·. nt; l;::) and o t~1e r important agencies . The so ror:i.ty HU ~T do TI1ICE as no ll 1n the Scho? .L Year ju s t ahead, but wA rra r.. t tu . qt)ac.:up 18 nu:., ~ec~rd , an d we can, 2f \7; HILL. The supervi sm~ of S8 l.'VJ. ce WJ 1~ . see . . Lt. . t we DO. .

The supervis:)r uf S'">1'?r·i ·~,l ?.·~nJ.y vnl~ .. he r so J~ make :u axhau H t~ ve atudy 0 f the entire hell ')··": c: :8'~! ..:.. ·.a; and w.. l :!. o~.1t lJ. n8 ct.~u_ s e s of s~ l dY ror the m1 a,pters and Ae s .)c ~ a s, wit~:. sp~ c1 n.J. r ef e r ence tc copyl ng the goo~ points in other s1m~Lar organ1zat2ons.

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THE

FIN~CIAL

BUDGET

The. Convention delegates wore a 'unit when the motion for the increase in Dues was put to vote. Not only had they realized that the sorority had been run on a much smaller per capita tax than any oth r of similar ~ype, but they h~d also seen to vrhat extent the organizat5. ol" had been cr1.ppled f~r lack of funds in the past. These handicaps have all been explained _l.n the ~1arch "PHOENIX", · so it is not necessary t o mention them again. The t1.me of this handicapping is almost over.

In view of the fact that ~he Chapters are oven nou rushing, a· have pledges secur~~on the old bas~s of Due s , it seemed ~o the c nvention the part. of Wl. adorn to deeree that the incr ase in nue R !:!h1mld be postponed unt1.l the fit.st of !lext september. This wa s unquestionab ly a sensible decision to make, in view of the many complications that undoubtedly would have arisen, but it means, ~f course, that it will be some . time b ef?re the Sorority will begin to tealize any benef its fr m the ~ncreaee ~n Dues. The number returning to the colleges is usually quite small, and in many chapters the initiations come very late in the year. Many excellent plans~therefore,will have tm await the acUal r e ceipt hf the increased income, for the Finance Board is resolve d that the sorority's expenditures shall be ltept always within the liroi ts of the b~et appropriations, that everything Shall be done on a cash basi ~ LIBERTY BONDS The sorority is already the owner of a $1000 Liberty Bond of the second Issue. It ~s powerless to subscribe to the present Third Issue, but it greatly desires to purchase . ~~200 0 of the Fourth Issue. lhe necasary amount can be raised quite quickly thro . the . placing of the EIGHT Chapters and the EIGHT Adviserships on the Honor Roll. This wouJd .11ac,e $1600 at our dispo-sal at once, and the remaining $400 could be easily secured thro four inidividual HONOR ROLL Membe r ship , or e i ght LIFE memberships, or sixteen LIFE SUBSC~TIONS. sur ely ther e is one girl in each Chapter who can afford the HONOR ROLL Membe rshi p for h er aalf, and surely there must be two or more who can afford the LIFE Membership, while the number who can afford the Life SUbs cription must be large indeed. The sorority ought e asily to raise over ~~2000 in s peci a l Hemberships alone , On the Chapters will rest large ly the responsibili tg for raising quick ly the amount still due on Honor Roll Memberships for the Chapters and the Chapter Advisers .

It is recommended that the Chapt er s formulate plans at once for the quick raising of the necessary amounts, · so that these may be available for use when the Fourth Lib erty Loan is presente d to the public . The sorority is ready to go without things until the increase i n ·wes begins to malce it self felt in the Treasury, but tho we may aslc the J\.S .A. sorority to do that, v1e can not aslt the u.s.A . Gove rnment to rrai. t . There is too much at stake in the BIG I srrue , and we can not ~ak e rhances When the country calls for money, A. S . A. must be r eady vr1 th )e.sh in ·hand. we must not offer l e ss than ~)2000 next time. We GUGH'r JJo be ready VTi th ~)4000 . . .

I'l1 e Chapters will no doubt have var1.ous plans for earn~ng or rei sing mono y, b~tt in :Lieu of sJlllett: i~ g b et-i:,~r, i t is suggested that t.he m~"n.berB:C~j p shall ;.nak.e :'ar!cy ai·t 1~1cs du:::·;J.ng the m?n~hs b etw~'?!'l r:ov1 n d ·-h - P"i·J· r g cf the c,olJ.eges and that thase be suppl1ed to t ..'lR Chapu.rl· t-J... e 0 LJ ..·L. e .t at a L · ber·ty Bor:d Rai r . 1'he puh 1.1 c \fl.. 11 a 1 v:ays ~p~or t 1 ·l,er·s or saJ.· ·e that has . as its· aim the purchase of L1berty BoLds . ;;my on t srp:c1 s J.

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THE PHOENIX

~e "PHOENIX" Policy outlined by the latio:lal President in h~r ConventJ.on ~ddress was Approved, so the magazine is to be issued e1~t times dur1ng the college year in printed and bound form. It ~l } ~e 1n charg~ of a staff such as was suggested by the National Pre~id nt . ihe convent1on, however, elected but one member of this staff -the Edi tu in-ch~ef. ' The new Editor is Ann Brewington, a resideht of Bevier, o., ?ut at present enrolled as a student at the University ·or Chicago. Sh 1s nonderfu~l:y ~vell-fi ttod by both training and temperament t> assume the respons1b1l1ty of the magazine. Ann is the daughter of George J:t.,ranlclin Brewington, physician and surgeo~ and has spent most of her life in the State of Missouri, ~here She was born one gQnny July day.

We have nev&r met Ann, but all those born under the zodiacal sign that she was_are sweet-tempered, sunny-hearted and terribly in earnest about everythJ.ng they do. They always make a success of everything they attempt, so it is a foregone conclusion, according to the stars, that the "PHOENIX" is to be · more than over a credit to the sorority.

Ann Bre,tington was educated at the Bovior High School, at the Commercial ~ollege of Hannibal, from both of ~hich institutions she Pas graduate d . She attended V.illiam Woods College at Fulton, Mo . fo one year, after which she took a course at the ICirksville state Normal SChool, from whiCh she was graduated at the end of the Fall Term of 1916 , It was here that she became a member of Al pha Beta · Chapter, which she served at different times as Chaplain and Treasurer.

Upon the completion of the Kirlcsville course , she went at once to the University of - Chicago, where she has yet another year of residence to secure her academic degree,' Her teaching experience has been limited to two years service in the Commercial Department of the Hannibal High School, 1914-1916. .

The new Editor-in-chief is intensely interested in the welfare of the Sorority and has always been so from the very moment of her initiation By Elva DQ[e af~er the latter ' s return from the Mi ami Convention . She is #26 on the Alpha Beta roll and so has been intimately associated with the very beginnings of the· sorority as an organization in tho field of Pedagogy , Most fortunately she was able to attend all the sessions of the Chicago Convention, so will be able to interpret the spirit of those sessions in the future issues of the "PHOENIXa , ahe has a sister, Ida, also a member of Alpha Beta and an initiate of that same memorable ninth of December in 1914 .

The Convention did not olcct tho other members of the maga zinA staff but instructed the· National President to attend t o the ir app~intment . It is altogether too early to announce these appo ~ntmentn for much thought must be givon to tho matter and· consodcrafie t1mc to correspondence. An effort will.be made to ma~e the staff as rep:esentative as possible of the soror1ty, for that 1s rrh a t the Conven 1on aeemed to desire.

THE NEW COUNCIL The convention also made another vory unu su al de cision, for t loft to the National Preside~t the choi~ c of ~e: staff . Your Na1'Jnal President fully understands what th1s dcc1s1on means as an ex: aaio~ of confidence, but she has not yet recovered from the svrpr1se at the present moment to it , and i s,· of course ' wholly un;>repared --~u~~u·o the personnel )f ·the ne~ counc1 1 ·

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THE SOCIAL SIDE OF CONVENTION Altho the c.ncago Convention must forever stand forth in the <>nnals of ~l:pha Sigma A~pha as essentially a statute-making and characGPr-dete rmJ.nJ.ng Conventl.on, it will be longe s t remembered by those so f~~t~~ate ~~ to be prese~t for ~he many delightful opportunities for ge,.t.l:':"lg in . . J.mately acqual.nted WJ.th re pre sentatives from the coun0il ana the Ch~pters .. It was one big happy family that got together after the bu.sinE;~ftB st::~ssJ. ons . It mattered little whether there was a program ro v:!ae 路i. or not. It_ was the joy of being together that counted) a'Yld when the tuue for partJ.ng came it was with real regret that the members realized that the happy hours together we re at an ertd. One member expressed the sentiment of t he whole gathering, when she said, 11 If I could only take the whole bunch back with me ! a There were many jolly get-togethers between sessions and late at night in the different rooms, but these we can not visu~J.lize for you.

It is only the really large affars of which any definite acoount has been received . The first of these took place in the Ro se Ro~ru on Friday Evening. It was essentially a family gathering, for there wa s but one outsider present, but this stranger received a royal welcome, for she was a Kappa Theta Psi, not of the Kirksville group, but of the Chapter that this group had placed at Iowa Teachers' College some years ago. Mi sa Margery Graham said that she lilted the A. s . A. girls and that she was going to do her best to interest the girls of her society in Alpha Sigma Alpha. Miss Graham is a teacher in a private school in Chicago, and is a ve131 dear frind of Olivia Hill Costolow, tllro hom she was invited to the Friday Evening Informal. There was no set prot:ram for the evening. The girls sa~g A.S.A~ songs and danced t o the playing of Ruth Duffey and Maude Barri~ar. During the evening Mis s Grahe.m read, and there was solo singi11路by Mrs. Jessie stephens Walker and Marie Richter . The sorority has heard so much of Marie's musical ability thro the Athens letters in the 11 BI=WENI X11 that her beautiful lyric soprano voice was not who lly a surprise, but the audience had a rare treat in the rich contralto singing of Mrs. VTalker . saturday morning many of the delegates were up in time to take a trip around Chicago in a sight seeing auto before the Business session.

Then the dinner at night was arranged for at the College Inn one of the four dining rooms of Hote l Sherman . It was a cabare t affair , and there was an opportunity to see several very interesting acts, among them that of 11 Charlotte", wo rld famous slcater , v,rhile enjoying a splendid menu, cons~ ing of Tomato soup, Olives. Pickles, File t of Beef with Mushrooms, Potatoes, Tomato Salad, Parfait, Galee and Coffee . After the dinner the party separated into two divisions, according to their desire to see a light musical comedy, "The Riviera Girl", or David Warfield in the "]Jlusic Master". Chicago theatres lceep late hours, but the girls remained up long after their return to the hotel, so regretful were they at losing a s i ng l e mon~ in the compa.r-ty of or..e anothe:L' .

Everybody ho we v e r~ uas u p betimes to a ttend the Easter serVlce at the Chicago'AuG.itorium, v1here the mi niste r is Fra:..1.1c W. Gur..saulus, the famous preacher. s trangely enough tho or gan .p ro~u?e ra s the "ChrJeanthemum song" from Bonnet . The sermon \7~S most ns_J:!.rJ.ng,_ the music by a famous quartette and a famous ?rgaTIJ.st a l.l tha t cou l~_b e desired. There were thOU'1ar,ds :i.n the aud.tenco , so t~~ ~eng:regTv : cmal singing wa s a revelation tu th: visitcrs.

The hall ~ luJah Cho~u~_ b y_ the wonderful choir was somethl.ng to b e r emembered a~ways) so u p.lftl.ng was it.

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THE JONQUIL DINI'ER This Jonquil Dinner wh·1 h , h . ~tel Sherman, seems to have be c : as. eld ~n the Itali an Room of It was held immediately f ~n a fJ.ttJ.ng clJ.rnax to the Convent i on because some of the del ot11 ow~ng the return from the Easte r Se r vi ce afternoon . Tll.::>se who h~~a es ad to take ~heir traiJ?s in the early u , tt. · e commented upon J. t have 1vr1 tten ) "a huge suc cess ' pre ~t..st table I ever saw 11 ) 11 grandest me al I ever ate 11 11 ; ply perfect J.n menu and appointments ;' . ' s._ ·· As was to be expected the color scheme was in jonquil ye ll v and green : Ma~y beautiful candles shaded ~n gre en, t ogRther with ~, vases of Jon~uJ.ls,.brilliant crystal and attra~ve nape ry and s ilver , · mad~ a b~autJ.ful PJ.cture . The little place card s bore l it t l e spr ays of JOnqu J. ls and the little basket favors holding mints a lso were simjlarly decorat ed . The menu was as follows·· Fruit Cocktail Celery

Olive s Roast Chicken

Potatoes

Pe as

Lettuce Salad Mayonnaise Orange Ice

Assort e d Cake s Coffee Mints

The r e was but one shadow on the hori zon an d that was the consci ousnes s that parting was very ne ar for some of the de l egat e s - The r e was on e more gathering in the Rose Room to say good bye t o thos e l eaving immediately , and then the party divi de d i nt o t wo se c t ions - One gr oup went to t h e famous Art Institut e to see a s peci al s pri ng Exhib i tion, while t he other went 1D hear the world famous Galli Curci a t t lle Audi t ori urn The house had been sold out days bef ore.~ but the A. S.As . we r e so fortunate as to be allowed to sit on t~e stage whe re they haC. a c loser view of the great singer .

Quit e unexpecte dly Miss Sho c~ l ey knew one of the managers, who had intervi ewe d he r in re ga rd to Ly ceum Courses given a t the state Normal School in Alva, and he wa s mo st f or tunate in securing permission to have the A. S. As . pr esented t o Hadane Galli Cu rci . They found her manners a s ch arm~!g and fas cina ting as her voi ce.

So up lifted were the del egate s by all the g::triou s ev en t.s of the day that they felt that one more t hing was needed to crown t heir day . They h ad been to the Auditorium t wi ce, had lu:nt• one of the gr eat eat preache rs in the world and the g r e at e s t singer of the day, but . . 1--.e~­ lo:.Jge d for a touch of the ri tuali sti c , so , t alcinE a t e.x.i, they ,~e r e: driv en to the beautiful eatholic Cathedr a l , whore in t11e subct·.J.aG. 1 .:..:-!h".: etrec-...rnint:r thro staineC:i. gl2.ss w~_-r.J.do w s, amid the fragn'~.nce of co,_:rJ.t l. c: ss tloom c ~nd incense that :.=1till lingere d , they ln:el t c:-.nd as;{ed Guc,' s Spe 0 ic.l b:i.essing on Alp!'la Sigma Alpha, to t h e en d that it mi gnt ba .::, mean 8 fo.L Iam to use to -:'u.rt:1e . ., I-:i s gre a t ];:Er:"'oses ')n e aY'tr.. , :;:::P t.

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absorbing as ~as their thought of and their prayer for Alpha Sigma Alpha~ ~hey dl~ not forget the brave boys who were even then undergoing thelr bap~lsm of fi:e at the front, for an earnest petitio:-1 ,rent up that God nlght spe~dlly grant, in the name of His Crucified son, that out of t~e world s daPltest Calvary there should dawn the Easter promise of un1versal brotherhood.

THE CONVENTION AFTERMATH Many of the delegates and visitors departed on the late after 路 noon or the early evening trains, but there were quite a few ASAs who atilll lingered in OhJ.cago. Most of these had relatives or frie~a.s in the 'Windy City'. Som8 had brothers or fiances in the army stations in or near Chicago, and their coming to the Convention meant one last opportunity to see these young lacs before they went across to France.

Amanda Steiruce~~er, who had been most untiring in her efforts to make the Convention an unquab_fiea succB.ss, was eg_uc:;.lly solicitous that the ASAs staying over in the city shouid see something more of Chicago than had been possible during the brief week - end.. Yli th the assistance of friends and relatives she arra.nged several auto trips and social affairs, so the stay of the delegates and visitors was made most pleasant. Eleanor Lowry was her special guest on Monday.

By the end of the week, howe Yer, aJ.l the delegat,e s had returned to their Chapters, for the spring vacations were t~en at an end . li&Neral letters have already been rece3.ved of the safe arrival of the girls, and telling of the wonderful enthusiasm and inspiration that the delegates had carried back to their respective groups . All present are agreed that the Convention could not have been better, but more than this they are all positive that th ere are no lovelier, no sweeter-mannered girls than the ASAs in all thlY wor ld..

So deep was the impression made, s o strong some of the friendships formed~ thw wish has been expressed by many that some way might be found to have an annual meeting of ASAs from different chapters at some inexpensive sum!Iler resor路t. In cm ~nection with this, we might mention that the Delta Up3ilon Fraternity has for years leased a camp on an island in Lake Oh&J:lplain, to whi0h the members go for longer or shorter periods year after year. There is e. ca.mp coolc who fl".~'l"'ishes plain but wholesome food at small expense, thus leaving the men free to tramp, to fish, or to sail as fancy may dictate, or jolly companions suggest.

Even should something similar seem impracticable because of the widely distributed ASA member8hip, those present at the Convention are averse to permitting the friendships of Convention Days to lapse.

Ann Brewington is already ambitious for a Chicago Association as a sort of ASA Headquarte rs during the year, wi th an oc0asi onal get-together . Another suggestions is a Round Robin among those who are to call themselves the 'Old Guard', membershiP in wbidn shall exact the pledge to attend all ASA 路 CONVENTIONS OF THE FUTUFE Heretofore ASA conventions have boon h e ld dur ing special hol :', da.y seasons that had peculie..r signi~icance for the S?rori ty. Both th<.: Tl:'anlrsgiving an.d the Eaf'ter Convcln~:LonE! have.been all th~t could.be dE' i ,.. 8 c from the standp oint of bUslness sess1ons and soc1al meet1ngs .

'Vlo~ld ~ Christmas or a summer Convention serve the sorority's interests better?

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ATHENS Another month has passed quickly. With it camemuch work and much ple~eure · Alvcws vve think that a new month wil l not be so full ""' interest1ng happenings, but some how each seems better than the one before. There was a good deal of sick:ne3 s at "OH IO " during March, and Delta Delta had its full share of that~ for several of our girls had to go home for a couple of weeks . Vac cinati on playe d havoc with most of us, b~t that was but a passing phase and not at al l serious . These various 1ndispositions interfered greatly with our initiation p lans 1 but at last it was possible to initiate our Pledges. on March 16th the following becam8 full members of the scror~ty, - Goljie bu~ms, 011 v~ CUlp, Ada. Hard, Ruth Har"i:,mann, Hehm Hoffert, F lor8nr..A _ artin , Bern1.ce Tebay and Bernice Fawcett. A fe w days later we pledged a ne\7 girl, Alice Ottman, who is one of the dearest fresh~e n . We have a few others under consideration, but are u~able yet to announce the result in their case.

In spite of the rather p revalent maladies, there was considerable social life during the month. One particularly enjoyab l e affair that occurred last month but did not get mcntianed was a party given by our Chapter Advj_ ser ~ Miss Garber, to those of us who could not ge t home on Washing ton's Birt hday. Music and 500 we re the cnief amuo:1ents Our membe r of last yeal' , Ed' :la Ushe r, vlas able to b e with ' us at this time . Another invi tat:i. on t~w.t we also gr eatly appreciated was that extended by one of our ~atronessea, Mrs .. Walsh , on t h e afte rnoon and evening of March thi t'O.. It WCJ..:::J planned ori gina.:'.ly ar: a btrt.hday party for Prof. Walsh, but it turned out als o to be a Br:i.dal Party, for our Faculty Patroness, Miss Li c:n:. on, had been marri ed j't.7.3t the day before to Vfi ll Lloyd Jones of Batt J.o creek, Mtch., but now at Camp Cu at e r.

Jus t before the luncheon the g:L:b:l.s of' Da lt a Delta Chapter pr esented Mrs. Jones with a beautiful silver bread plate. Af te r lu-checn ne a ll gathered around the op8!! fireplace and were entert ained by stories and readings by Prof. Walsh .

One of the jolliegt university affa:ir s given this year vra s the "Kid" Party, whi0h vras given by the Woman's Le ague , an orgc:miza tion to which a ll the college girls arc suppo sed to be lcng . It was held one satur day Afternoon in. the Gymnasi 1 -<m . Every gir l was s-:.1ppose d to bbe dressed as a cb~J.d. All the games and. amusementR we r e such as woulft appeal to the chi :.Ld mind and heart . 'rhe girls ~rom the different dormitories put on E~tunts, which we r e very cleverly th01.~gllt <?u.t and executed. Th en follo fle d "Ring Arour.ld A Rosy '', "Drop the HandJ{er chief" and other thrilling games cf childhood.

In one issue of our college paper recently the scholastic standing of a ll the campus soro:ities.wa.s publishe d. The Al ph CL DA~ta Pis, an ~T .. P.c . · s onority, came fl.:i..~st w1.t.h an average of ~0 . 22 . Then we fol lowed wi th one of 89.57 . Of course v1e we r e cha~rl.ne~ ~ha.t ~~e did no t lead them· all, but that is someth1. ng f or us t.o at·t.aJ.n tlns next semeste r. .

Be cause of our Easter Coria:eation we shall n~t get the r e~.urns from the Cvnventi0n so quickly as the rest of ~ou . V1e can se;e :cG ~..._y t f\: r the ret, 1 ~:-n of o~,~.r ~wo dtJ i.oga t es , Naoml.. Cc.ldrm ll and Mar :Le ~~·~·, te·"' fo r we're int 8FFIG.1 y iLt.'3 r.8 e~s d i n all tne matters th fl.t a.:::- o to ~~tr' ~ , ;;,; 'for di sr.·~:tA.t;i en ar1d d.n:::d ou s . t.o ~~a.r al.1. about t~e ot~er deJ ecate~ u.nd the goud ti!nes together l.n c ..-n(.ago. The program .Loolcs fas -

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Reba carey , Historian.

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:CI RKSVILLE _ The. Wint,er Term closed. on Feb rua r y 21st. , l"De c onvocation u~:­ (:r~iao s m~rln ng t.o. e clo B_e _of the Qua rter we re unique i n th2.t the Cla a r !Vl2.rah al -vras a woman. Thj_s ~s t h e f1rst t.irr.e :i. n the h i stor y of the Scll:-"J l. th~ t the P l8.ce v;as Yl'- -c. he l f. by a man.

'J:'h e r e was another innova-c~~m · 1-Iere t?fo r·? t he s e ni I)I's h ave l e d t h e p roc;(- s sion to the A~di ­ tortur;: • but t hJ. s tJ.me th~ _o:de:.- vras f rcsh_>n':)n, s o ~1J::cmore s, j u ni or & a nd sani oi s · Ea ch cl a:. ss ca.:::T l Bd a "~'.rh"i te s a tl Yl b armer H:i.-ch the c-la ss name in purp l e .let ters . .Ano th0 r• si gn:~_fi0ari"L fe ature of t he exert;i ses, a.nd ?ne that J. ~ due, of Go u rt:3e 1. to the v78.:r·, vras tba t o t of t he ei gh · .een aipl omas gl. ve n only one VTa"\ f'.Jr a JTlCt.:c•. , an a. he was J.10t P:i."e 8 ent , Alpha Bet a h a d tvro g J.:r•ls 17ho rec e i ved t hei r 'lif e r ce rt ificat es, -Ruth Early an ::l Ed. :i. th G8.r•Jb i.e . Thc;d ; mec-1.'1s tr,:?.t the .{ wi l l not r eturn to schoo l . se v e r a l o t h e rs h a v e l eft u e , Rlilth Bry an wi ll prob ab ly teach, but Virg inia Howell is t o assist h e r f ath e r i n t he Banl .

She has not e n tire l y s e Tere d he r conne cti on viti: t h e school, howeve r , f_or sho 1 s serv ing a s Busine Fld ianag e r of t he " T. n dex ", our Sch ool V.eel{ ly . E dith Gambl~ tri ed to a s suage ou r s orr ow ove r the los e; of our g ivls by giYi ng U 8 a h ouse party du ri n g the v a cat i on . The r e we re fo~:r· of u s there the fi.rst day, but a no the r four arr ived the follo ;ing day . Vle were a joll y crowd, and de eply appreciative of the s pbnd.i d h o s p itality of the Gambl Gs . The fort u n at e ones we re Miss Ly l e Monna El mes , Frances Flowers, Lenna Hall, Gl ady s Howey , Let ti e Herri clc and Lu cile Nicl{ell.

One f eat u r e of the v i sit was a lOo'c lo cl:: brea.lcfast i n which the co l or s cheme was y e ll ovv and whi te .

Tho e nrolment f op t h o n ow Quart e r i s nuch bet t e r than ras oz:) c to d n.ud compares v e ry fc..vo rab ly with tha t of l n. st ycilr . At thi s timo in 1~17 t he r e 'l're r e 404-, of v:hi ch 3 5 ~! He r o men . This ye ar the re are 400 enrolle d, about a qu a ::."te r of nhom D.. r o men . In s p:L t o of t h i s most p romising enrolment, Al :;!h o. Be t c.. f ol t for a v1hi l o li k e t :m pon s in a li)Od rattling a.rou!".'.:l i n a Gr o a t empt y s p a c e , but tho c.rr i v a l of' Mildre d ·;rnrd Do.vid c on o.n C:t Lo n.ny e TucJr.or ' w l pc d a g ood don.l to f ill u p t he emp ty s p a ces . Perhaps om:· sons o of lon e l ine ss rra. s 7ha t ma.do us worl:: so h a rd for nen t;il"l s. Our f~rs t r u sh :i_) ar t y v7a. s an afte r noon aff air at th o 1\Xis Club Ro om s . Th o t i me YJ as s r. ont i n c a r d s , conversat ion and d n.nc i n e;. Li gh t refr ' shme r..+.s ne re se:-ved Three of ou r a l u.mnae were b a cl~ fo r the occ n. s i on, E l~ zo.beth Fr a zee , Le t t i e He rri ck and ,u b y Hells. Edi th Gamble vms s pending t h e -v-;e el\:-end i n to1m , so she Ha.s a lso present . The Tr i Sig s had thei r eye s o:.:. t he s o..me g i r ls a s ou rse l v e s and h otly cont e s t ed ov e r y inch of t~1 o vmy with us, bu t no g o t e v e r y girl vre want e d but one, Sh e a cc o ~) to d our b i d t oo with the p roviso that shu mus t ge t h v:t.'"' parents ' con s ent, so sh0 ~-:c..s n ot. ~; lodge d ·,Ji th tho othe r four -Morea Boo t h, jlar y Fl'"'id.a y , E s t~1or II~ d iso:1 c..nd Hn.b c l \7i lson. I.Ic..ml i s n. ni e c e of our c:ha.rmi n g Pat r ono ss, -~rs . El li s on .

I n i t i a t i on i s to b e on A:;r il 1 3th a.t Ll "I s Ha ll, a ntl wil l b e foll orm d by n. forma l dn.nc e. Fu n ch vlil l be t ho on l y r efreshments, but we a.r o to h c..v o t ho b st or chest r a in t ovm . · bc in~ forc e d to h ire rooms and :!:la l l for e v e r y one of our Chn.j_Jtcr afffu.irs malw n us quit e e n vi ous of t hose o t J..1er i Sll. g r ou) s tha t havo h ouso s . '.7e a r e to have one dUl"'i n g th e summer 'I.'or-1 , and a s usu e, l a.r o loo!-::in g f orward to t!J.at sort o:' ch apte r lifo ;i th a s reat d~ al of joy . It :.. s the same h ouse a s . vm have h ire d for sevor2.l succ ess~ v e : so asoPs , one occupie d rl'o.l:c5n g 'the r egular oo l l e?e Y:?-r by :r:~ ! n e t a ~S · :'r.:..Ltt.t.rnity of the Cu :'..l ege of Os teo patr.y _ . I~ ~ s rLl.?ll ~- sv. t.;~rn. c t _o r .., ln ovc :cy 11 r:;,y , and e nough c..lt:u.1nc.o h a ve s~ gru f ~ cd t ho1r l. ...J.ten vl.Oll of

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returning for the SUmmer Quart~r to secure us financially , so our only problem at the present moment ~s to f ind a good housekeeper . \lpha Betas are doing things in School . Luci le ic cell h a s been elected to the staff of our illlnual , "The Echo ", and she also re presente d -the School at the State Conventi on of the Y• . • C.A. Franc Fl?were has been a~po~nted student supervisor in the eighth grade , wh1le Rita Husted ~s 1n charge of a college class in typewriting . vOur Miss Lyle has charge of the art work in the "Echo 11 • and she is also arranging for a pageant on the anniversary of our ~ntrance into the world war. ?he is planning the parade and designing the floats ) as well as look1ng out for the financia l end of the enterprise . Gladys Howey and Frances Flowers are helping h er in this vrorlc Then i ss Lyle has the respon sibility for the beautif icati on of the campus . l· any of the old _trees wi ll have to be removed because of injuries . This will ne?cess1tate substituting others in their places . 1uch mo r e than th1 s, however , is to be done, for there is to be a certain definite Pl~nting sc~eme . Miss Ly~e had to givg~er classes for three days Wh1le _superlntending the planting of hedges. In a few years our Al um nae W1ll not recognize the campus . .

Returns are in for the big, Y. ]4. Drive . We we re greatly in terested in seeing that of the 992 schools contributing to the s tudent Fw.~~dship Fund there were but 100 tha t gave mo re than our instituti on, and they were in every case much large r schools . In the ,Central ·Divi sion, · which includes fourteen states, the total amount given was $651,645, or an average of ~~46 , 545 per s t ate . The Missouri Schoo ls pledged ~~120,000 , but even here only one other supassed us , and that was the big state University . our Alumnae wi~l be interested in hearing, no doubt, that this Red Tri ang le Drive was f or ~~1,000,000, and that the amount pledged was $1 , 680,283. It was glo rious proof of where educated youth in this country stands on this great world issue .

Alpha Beta is sending Edith Gamb l e to Chi cago as its official delegate, but Miss Lyle has also signified her intention of going . _V7e are s o delighted that Miss Lyle is to have the opportunit y of get t1ng the National viewpoint, for she wil l be ~le to interpret th~s to succeeding generati ons of Alpha Beta initiates A lot more of us want ed to ·,go too 1 but found it impossible at the l ast moment .

Nada Reddish , Hist .

GAMMA GAMMA There was much uncertainty about the enrolment of the Spring Quarter, bu~ when school ope ned ag~in after the vacation it was found that an unexpecte dly large number of stude~ had registered for wor ~.

But Gamma Gamma has paid the penalty of the increased dem~nd for teachers a s wel l as for the quality of its Chapter , f or 1t seems always that it is the ASA girls that are piclced every tim~ ~hat a call is sent in for a teacher at short notice . Lydia Rank f1n1 shed her course last te rm , so we did not expe ct her baclc , but we were rathe r. d · s appointed to have May Grim Dyer talcen from u s and . ou: ~ ledge , . Ed~ t _, Harris .

However, quite a fe w of our Alumnae have s1 gmf1ed the 1rT l n t6ntion of returning for summer sessions, and, ?f cours e , Annabe l ue c Fa rris will come for her di ploma at that same t 1me. ·' In stite of our smal l numb e rs , we de ci ded to be ve:y conser r tfu ve in our bidding. our big rush party was a four ~ourse d~nne: ~t th e h oJrle of Gr ace Mauntel . Tile had some doub~ s about the advl sab1 l1 ~ Y and prac t 1. c a b'l"t 1 1 y of the new ru shing an d the new system of e x te ndl n ~ 1

143. :Jids, but ev.erything seemed to come our way . ue sent out b t fo r invitations, and every one was accepted . our Pledges are Je~ell Cavett Ione Clark, Leona Edmundson and Velma Thoma s . Of our rivals Pi Kap e sigma got sev?ra~) De~t~ Sigma Epsilon one 7 TriSigma none. As every one of the Tr~ Slgs f~n~shes the course this year, and as the Chapter is not permitted to rush in the SUmmer, it would seem as tho there would be no SSS .Chapter here in the Fall . Of course they Will have their faculty members~ and these may pledge ginls and so continue the society .

Miss Shockley is doing a big worlc as county Chairman of the wome~'s Committee on the Liberty Loan Driv.e .

Part of the drive is oarrl.ed on in the rural districts, whi ch means that Miss Shockley is delivering speeches in many of the towns . One day she s pol>;:e five times . We are so glad, tho, that she could get away to serve as our Convention delegate, because we did so want you all to know her . our Chapter President, Mrs. Nellie Cole, will also accompany her as a visitor . susie Edwards , Historian .

BETA BETA March has not been so full of social affairs as was February .

One of the jolliest affairs of the 路whole year, however, catm off this nonth. I t to ole tho fonn of a. Dancc-Roci tal gi v on by the 1nterpret a tivc and classical dancing classes. There ~ere r epresentatives from tho first grade and on up right thro the hi gh school and college classes . 'I'he grace and ease of the dancers vra s really quite marvelou s Four ASAs had important po.rts . Fern rlhi to and Nora cutting we re in Danish Fola Dances, Frances Scott in the Plyasova i a, a Russian cha rac terl.stic and Marguerite Jones in the Minuet de l a Cour . \le believe that wo have told you about our fin e n ow Gymnasium. The formo.l opm ing vras ron March ninth . It was mo s t i mpressive.

Our Alumnae wil l a ppre ci a te vrhat it moo.ns to us to h a ve this n m-r building devo t e d to athletics, but I am not sur e that I can malcc you other peopl e see just how much it is to do f or the Co l l eg e . It was especially neede d this yoar. Heretofore al l events that u ould n a tural ly b e held in a college gymnasium h a d to be ho ld in the tt>Wl1 armory .

This year the armory uas roquisitknod for no.r purposes, s o tho cmllc@ had no good lJlaco in v1hich to l~lay bnsl::ot b a ll . Uo ox1 o ct to do much in b o. s l:e t ball in tho future rro h ave h a d a pr e tty good t e am this year, one that h as hold its ovm n i th tho other co llege ttV-ams of tho s t a t e, but 170 shall go out for chanpionshi p s non that ro ho.vo ade quat e facili tics for tra ining thG men. Fe shall expe ct, t oo, much from our girls' bas.:etball teams. Th ere has been one. in e yery . class and th~r o has boon a. g roat deal of int ere st this year 1n th1s ~1no of ath le t1~ s , but YJi th such amp le s pace for training o. gr oat many more of t h o col-: l og e g irl s ui ll g o out for basketball .

Tho n ovv Bible study course, mentioned i n tho February issue of tho " PHOENIX" has become very popular . Tho entire s tudent bo ~y h as b oon divided into noi ghborhoo~' groups. These meet e v e ry Tuesday Evening for a study hour- Each s roup has a student l oa de r and a . fa culty member, or some equally ? apablo. pe r s on ~rho } orv? s as an ~ nstructor . Tho Bible is studi e d w1th a v1o~r to a 1J:p l y1ng 1ts t oa ch~ng .... to tho present rmrld crisis. !ho course 1 s _1 rov1ng 11ondorfully lnt o 1~ting , c:m d is opening no-r.r ' i l stas of .~_o :vl co to. us a ~l .

Ve r a ~. o1dman, H1 stor1o..n .

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PENNSYLVANIA Ju~t thre~ day~ more till the end of the llinte r J:'e r m, en ho for the ?Pr1 ng Hol1 days . The Conventi on could no t hav e come at a better t 1 me for Alpha Gamma , As next we el...: vli ll b e va"Ctation , se e . . o.l other s t~an t~e regular dele gate a re going . They ha ve r elatives and f:iends 1 n Ch1cago and ~o they will b e ab l e to stay on after Convent1on; The r~s t of us vn ll not ge t the news so quickly as most of yo bu~ e ?e rta1nly o'!ght to know all the re i s to be lcnovm about every~h1ng Wlt~ three g1rls to r e late their experiences an impressions. vle were r1ght g lad too to le a rn that our Counci 1 r epresentative , IUet:'..nor Lowry / was planning to att end .

• _ Vle senio~s are rather sad at the though t that the co ning of the Spr1.ng 'ferro W1ll mean the close of our association wi th old "In iana", for we have loved the place and we h a t e so to thi nlc of no tre turn1ng and be ing a J?art of its int eresting life . Vle shall h ave the War Dance ,tho,to take our minds off ourse lves for a while. It i s the sam~ ?ld dance unde r a new name, the one alway s given by the loca l sorotl. t1.es, and he retofore lcnovm as the Panhellenic Danc e. It was at first thought that the custom ought to be discontinue d this year , but the name, Vlar Dance, enables us to do thing s very economi cally , Doubtl es s we Shall have just as good a t ime, tho attractive de corations do add amazingly to the spell of such affairs . ' "Indiana" has enjoye d some good music t his month of Mar ch .

On tho evening of the 2Bd, the Madri ga l Club gav e a spbndid conce rt in Cho.po l . They nero assisted by 1·1r . ill - • Rhodes , tho famous Pit ts burgh t enor, and- by Prof . Rexford D. Colbu~ of our ovm Con~erva t ory Fo.culty . After tho concert the Club gav e a r ece ption f or Hr Rhodes in Conservatory Hall.

Another most enj oyable concert was the one given by Mr. Il lif:f' c. Garrison of Ne"7 York City.

Presumably y ou a ll have b een int ere ste d i n the drive of the Li brary Aseociati on for books to be s ent to the so l diers . At our last Panhe lbnic Meet ing we vot ed that each sorority was t o f ur nish ten books . As there a r e nine Greek-Letter organiza tions on the campus. our showing vvill me quit e good wh en the timo cornea to turn ove r the b oolcs . At this same time, we e lected new officers for rmxt year . The president is to be Miss Edna B . Smith, the fa culty advise r of Pi Kappc.

Sigma . Vle voted a lso to invite Mrs . Ke ith, the vif e of our School President, and .U ss Leonard, our nean of \"'omen t o be come honorary m·cm be rs of Panhollenic . Miss Le onard i s a lready a membe r of Pi Kappa sivna, but we all fe l t that it would b e conferr ing a doub l e h onor to e l ect h or to memb e rshi p:U.n Panhelleni c .

Miss Leonard has not alw~ys been a strong supporte r of t he soro rities a t " Indiana", but we thin~: t hat v1e are ·w inning her to bur side gradually . Re cently she r eque ste d that the so rority girls wo .lc. not sto.nd a:tt No rth Door after dances and ent ertainrnents rour AlUI!ln.ao can mo st assuredly appre ci a t e this ) . 111e gi r ls very 'li llingl y a cce .e d to hor reques t and at our next Panhe llenic mee t i ng sho expr e sse d or a ppr cio. tion of' o~ courteous acqui e srJnce, an d a dd e d , " rn-. .uen cooor?rl• t ~r Girls can bring about as gr eat a change as that 1 by mo ro ly shoran"' r~n examp l e, they have prove d tlle j,r -v·r orthino ss ~o exist ~ the S?li? ol ·; Edna Noble, vw ar e g l a d to st e1. t o , l s r oturn1nt; t o fln l sh 1'1 0r cour se this coming Te r m. Our Er s. .'ood_y h<?-G gon? to "\r~::un s~s to s ~c~ d h e r s pning v o. ca tion ;,7ith he r hush8.nd, ·-.Tho l s 2.. Ll eut cna.1.1.t at the c ~ .m~ in I.it·c l e Rock .

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VIRGI NI liihen the word first came about the Convention, it lool,.ed as tho ~lpha might be able to send four or five girls to Chicago but on diff1culty arose after another until even the official delegate se lect~d found it impossible to attend . Then it vras that our Chapter Pres1dent, Inza Lea, came to our rescue . We feel sure that you \ri ll all love her, but we would have liked to show you that we ha~e many more of hor type. It scorns as tho we could scarcely vrait for her to return so eager arc wo to hoar the Conv ention de ci sion on tho variou s matters tha. t arc to come up for discussion. · -rc a ll foe}. qui to sure that tho Convention will not fail to pass many of the amendments and so opon tho way for A.S.A. to become gr eat er and bettor than it is at prcscnt P. even . . Sehool vmrk has been pretty heavy during March , and , of coume lilce tho rest of you, wo have boon studying for examinations within tho Sorority. Uo a.ro hoping that we mado a. sp l endid record . If studying vvould bring high grades to pass, then certainly Alpha uill get thorn for we ga.vc many hours to the matte r .

"Virginid} has boon fortunate in hcarint; two excellent spoal ors this month.

One was Dr. Esther Love joy of the Ame rican Re d Cros s in Franco, who had mush to toll of the gr oat and good w·orlc that her organization is doing 'over thoro' . The othe r spoalwr vms ·1r. \lil li am Harrison, who aw-mke us all to a realization of tho tremendous need for co~ po ration on the part of every person in tho United stat es, if - we are to come out victorious in this -rrar . Hr. Harrison"' s tallc made us understand as neve r before just hoH serious is tho situo.tion .

The Dramatic · Club produced " Prince Chap ; on the evening of } 11arch 22nd.

It was a very o..ttra.ctivc pl o..y in 'itself , but ·for us it hold wonderful interest, be cause our susi e snead played tho title role, r.,rhich she did most admirably, and our Grace stevens s tarred as the trag edian. Our girls vm rc compliment ed most highly for their -rrork in this.play .

It has brough t us so mu ch r enown that vw ar c quito determined to go out for dramatics in t he futur o .

I just can't wait anothe r se cond to say what haE? r eally boon foron ost in my mi nd and in the h ca ~ of eve ry Al pha s irl these latter days . Just the night before senior Holidays quite the nice st thing over happene d to us . You v-rould neve r guess, tho Miss J ewet t mi ght! '\ioll, Mari o Hyatt chose A.S. lu ovor SSS an d tho local Gamma The ta .

Of course, you have all had tho s ame thrills, for you too have won from everything on the campus, but you can have but a fai nt conception of vvhat our succes s means to us. .

Al pha is more than int er est e d in tho sorority s logan , " Not a lo st Bid" and has bo on doing o.ll that it can to ::m ano r "100 %" to the quory 1 11 How many vron?" l'lo believe that it is tho right sort of goal for our sorority to h ave, for most certainly tho r o is n9t another in our own peculiar field tho. t can of f er vlhat 1... S . l • can . I t. ous~t to l oad on every count and it ought to b e able t o sot every g1rl_1t ;ants . no o.r o anxiou s to hoa.r tho suc cess tho. t other cho.ptors Wlll r o')ort thro the convention dolo go.tos, o..nd sha ll b e gl ad of any n~v; id~ as that any h ave to off e r alo~g ori gino.l_ linos of ont o r~ai~on~ or tho presentation of the s oror1 ty system 1n so no r~l and ~~ . s . ... . 1n ·:articular to tho rushee . If a ll our chapters c ~n JUst b~lld up a ~e put ation for novor losing o. girl bid , and never l~s1ng her ~f torHards , it Hill b e an easy nat t or to go t a~yb ody. rio 1,7~sh.

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EMPORIA Marct: has been almost a s exciting a month as \7as November when we were .. ~nstall e d . The prepa r ation f or sorority Examinations and t he el~cc ~on o~ a Convent ~on delegate ~ere very new experiences f?r us . M;;ng le d_w~th al~ t he general s orority int erest was the exc~t ement o~ rush1ng . Th~s last has occupi ed our thoughts day anc n~ ~! t, for we we re more than ever a nxiou s to go t just the best girls for Epsilon Epsilon.

Thoro wo re several informa l rushillb s tunts but our bi g af' fair was given at tho Country Club . It \7as a most ~uccossful ar ty in evDry way. Immediately a.fternards the bids went out, and we h ave the pleasure of announcing four s plendid girls as p l odgo s 1 - Minni o Freeman , Vesta Gross , Virginia Haynes and France s Potter .

Our delegate, Maude Barrigar, is bnclc from Convention . She returned very much enthused over tho National Organization and over the grnnd lot of girls there . She has already put now 路 ~o ? ' and s pirit into our Wh ole chapter .

Epsilon Epsilon can neve r be tharucful enough that it ent e red tho National soon enough to have o. share in tha t wonderful Easter Convention . uo a r c already f oo ling sorry f'or tho chapters that may follow us and that must wait four whole years to really have a chance to get acquainted with representatives from a ll the other chapters. Perhaps, tho, some way can bo found s o 'that we ccn get together unofficially in numb ers largo enough to help tho chap t ers yet to be added to our roll realize vrhat n n ondorful t hing it is to be a part of such a fine Sorority as Al pha Sigma Al pha . t any r at e , hero ' s hoping!

Mar garet Ramseyer, secretary.

THE MAIL POUCH Zola Grumbling , AG, secretary of the Johnstmm Associ a tion , r epo rt s a fine meeting in early March, at nhi ch the membe r s did lcni ttinE; for tho Ro d Cross . Zola writes that a lot of the Johnstown ASAs have tho 'Go Ve st Favor ' s ince hearing tho plan of t h o Springfield Association .

Frances Snodolcor, AB, rrritos that she vmnts Frances,Jr . to grow up knowing of A.s. A. and lovins it. She hope s that wo mo.y some day have a chapter a t Ypsilanti, so that she may see ASAs f r equ ently instead of only semi-occasionally as at pr esent.

Alpha Alpha announces tho initiati on of Iona Baldwin , Edna Finlay and Anno Robe rts. . . . .

Esther Robinson, AB, writ es of her JOY 1n her n0\7 work 1n Portales New Mexico . Esther attended t ho state Normal a t Las Vegas last s~or, but she says that there a r c no sororities thoro or at the othe r Normal schoo l in Silver City , tho thoro arc several at the s t at e University .

- . 路 th Miriam Pome roy , BB, has been given a f ino pos1t1on 1n e nount ains for tho summer, but she is expe cti ng to r e turn f or hor d~ g r @ Bess smith, AB, has a fine position under t h o Govcr rnnont r..n -.7ashingt on .

Annabel Lee Haris AG 路writ es of t he -'five perfe ctly s rand llinpori a ASAs who are teaching in Iropolca and who have boon just nondor1 ful to hor'sinco her appoint~ont to the t each i ng force of the city .

Dortha Jean arrived on April 4 th at the home of Nora .io sor \lonnc r , Nor wallr ~ 0. sh e is to b e a permanent 0u e st .

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HONOR ROLL HE ffiERSHIP As at present planned there arc three type s of Honor Roll All three typos ~ill return to their hol~or~ a $4 value per year, as a result of tho invest mont of tho ~100 pa1d 1.n to secure tho Honor Roll Hembership. Quito naturally there would b? no yield of interest for quite a year after the Honor Roll Mo~borshl.p ~as taken by the individual or the ChaDtor , as oost interest l.s computed and paid annually rather thc.n soniannually or quarterly. For tho prescnt,thon thoro will be only the "PHOENIX" and tho "SYRINX" supplied from the National Treasury, but by tho time that tho Hono: Rol~ Membership talwn out in 1 9 10 begi.m to yield int eroat tho Sororl. ty Vll.ll be in a position tS~conside rable in tho publication line . There is always tho possibility of course if hi Gh prices continu0, that tho subscription to tho "PHOENIE" nill ho..vo to be increased, but we arc hopeful that this will not need to bo done, that tho n~tmal growth in memberShip will be sufficient to offset any increase in tho cost of publication.

Thoro are numerous fraternities alre ady asking $2 subscription to their oaeazinos, but the popular price of f?l is also a most convenient one and docs not we igh heavily on the undergraduate.

Since tho Finance Board has decided to divert al l Initiation Foes for Chapter Advisors to tho Honor Roll Membership Fun~, there is no Chapter non on our roll that has not made a start toward at least cnc Honor Roll Membership. Most Chapters have I:lado a start on two, since they h a ve not only paid in Ini tiatio~l Fees for their Chapter At!lvisors, but have also endowed the copies of tho 11 :L>HOENIX11 for both tgo Chapter and tho Adviser . It is expected that there v,rill be kocn riva lry botnoen tho ch6.pters to sec which wil~ secure FIRST plo.ce on the Honor Rolls of Cho.ptom and Advisers . At first thought it nould seem as tho tho older chapters v1ould be the first to reach tho goal , but o. little thought will show that tho Chapter that shows the most 'po p ' in Ge tting busy, or tho most originality in tho raising of bho necessary sum, will be tho first to make the touch dovm . It is understood, of course, that tho Chapter that ge ts to tho Goal FIRST will hold that first place for ALL time.

The first one to roach tho goal should b o llLPHA, the second ALPHA ALPHi''", tho third ikLPHA B ET£~, the fourth ALPHA GAMMA, and so on down tho line, but thoro is no roo.son Hhy our younge.st Chapter should not touch the goal post first . It remains to be seen which has tho nost ginger, tho lwoncst in~orost, the most pronounced determination to ' go t thoro' . Tho Finance Bq~rd ~as sought to mako it easier for the undergraduat es by onlisting 1 ~~~~­ torat and diverting certain domlars from tho Alumnae DUe s for that purpose. Generally spoaJ.cing tho Chapte r v1i th tho gr eate st number of Alumnae will be tho first over tho top, but that is rrholly de pendent upon' whether the other Chapters will U[o~ it to get there FIRST. The first two places on tho Irtividua.l Honor Roll ~ro already tnlccn . r;/ho wil l be tho third, or tho fourth ? It will be a signal honor for a ll time in Alpha. Sigma Alpha to b e among tho F!RST FOUR on the Individual Honor Roll, an honor not only to_. the ~nd~v 1dual herself ~ut . for tho Chapter of which She is a. member . ~.~on 1t l.s .undorstood that tho ~oney received for those Honor Roll MemberShips ~B to be usod in tho purchase of Liberty Bonds, it would seem us tho ~here. could not be the slightest hesitation on the part of those f1nanc1.all ~' c.blo to take u p an Honor Roll Hombership. Thoro must b o a t le~st ONE in every Ohapt or. rlho is she? Hov1 mo.ny more of her arc there .

Mcmborship,-1~ dividual, ehaptor and Advisor.

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THE SYRINX In v~e-vv· . of the fact that the Chicas o Conven'· ion went on record as bel1ev1ng that the fir'st dut:> of the sororit is toward the United States Government? and tha t every uossible financi a l a i d should be g1ven · t o 1· t thro the purchase of.1: Liberty Bonds "' our first t~ought must be the collection of the money that nil l en~ble the sor or1 ty to make good its pledges .

I n consequence it is not possible at this writ ing to tell you. ve~y much abou~ the plans for the little dre am maga zine 1 11 The syr1nx · The Cont1ngency Fund for the support of the Central Office and the publication of this esoteric issue will not ~e available in any large quantity until we ll into the year, since most of the Chapters return small numbers and many of the initiations a re postponed by local ruling until quite late in the college year.

It is our hope .~ hov rever 1 to mal\:e the "syrinx 11 at the outset somewhat of a Chapter Manual, t o which the offic ers can refer in case of need. Very frequently Chapters asl\: the same question in the course of the year, but with that same query are many others pe culi ar to the particular Chapter that sends in the inquiry at a certain time, so the lett er in reply can not be used for another Chapt e r, even tho it may also raise the same question . One of the suggestions made hy your President to the presiding officer of the Convent ion wa s that there should be a'question box' into which the delegates could drop little notes asking for the discussion of certain matters .

This prov e d a very sat icf actory way of ge tting many i mportant topics before the Convention, and many dele gate s found the discussions of g r eat v a lue . Your National President is now asl ing the Chapters to hold a QUESTION BIDX mee ting at the first r egu l ar meet ing in MAY .

Each member is to ask the question she wishes answer e d . s ome of these can be answered without doubt right on the sp ot by uppe r class gir~s , but any that can not be so answered a r c to be sent on to t he Centr a l Office as a basis for future stat eme nt or e xplanation in the " syrinx " .

Those tha t n ee d to be .G onsidered first as an aid t o the Chapte rs in the early part of the college year will of course, rece ive the very earliest attenti on .

In tho e arlier issue s of the " PHOENIX'' , thor o ..-m s often spa ce for ox~ l an ~ tion, but tho doubling of tho Chapte r Roll and tho p~gos r equired for tho Cho.i') t or Le tt e rs cut i nto t h e free spa ce to such an extent tha t tho maga zine could seldom be more than n n ewsy aff air .

As ·such it has been v:re lcome d by the membe rshi p ge nerally, a.nxious alv:ays to ge t vmr d of ~\.lma Ma t or or the Chapt e r and the Alumn ae. This is to b e the ma in cha r a cter of tho " B:M8EN!TI~" of the fu tur e , so a publicat ion lilz::e the :' Syrinx" i s imperative ly n ee ded . Its s ?ope ~s d~ ­ penderlt wholly u pon tho sorority' cont inge ncy Fund - Hay 1 t s tr1be 1n 1

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AU REVOIR This is the last pago of the l ast is suo of tho "PHOENIX" fo ':" this college ye ar. r.'hen ho o.ppears agai~ , you wil l hardly recognize him, but we predict that you vnll l?ve h~I? mor e than eve r and that you will be inordina t e ly Jr oud of h1m . L1s nurs e can not but feel a 1 sha p pang of r egret n s she ho.nds him ov r. to tho ' Board of Educ e::. t i 01 f or future training and deve lo pment, but w1th the pang the re is a little thrill of pride and pleasure that he is so stocky and so p ro~" ing a _youngster .

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