mentally retarded children. This year, three different members are responsible each month for planning some activity or for making something for the boys. We will also continue to send cards to them on birthdays and holidays. We are looking forward to the remainder of the school year with much anticipation. We are hoping for a very successful year and wish the same for all of our sister chapters in Alpha Sigma Alpha.-DoNNA PITTMAN
Gamma Lambda Loyola University Chicago, Illinois Gamma Lambda has started the fall semester in full swing, renewing old friendships and planning for another wonderful year which we hope proves to be as promising as the last. Fall rush and Greek Week are the main topics of conversation on the campus. A'2:.A is having a P.J. party for the new rushees, and we're hoping for a good turn out and lots of fun. All the Greeks will be gathering to compete in the many festive activities during Greek Week. One of the activities is the annual Inter-Fraternity Council Sing. The theme of this year's sing is "War and Peace" and we're hoping for a trophy truce-so, wish us luck. Right now we are in the midst of getting ready for the Ugly Man Contest and making preparations for homecoming festivities. There will be a "Steak and Champagne" dinner on October 22 and at a later date we've planned a fraternity Halloween party. We are all looking forward to these events and with the enthusiasm the Gamma Lambdas are displaying this fall we are in hopes it will be a rewarding year for all. -Jo-CAROL BLUMENTHAL
to the Reverend James Morgan on October 7. Lin has always been active in sorority and campus work and earlier this year she was the chairman of what proved to be a very successful Panhellenic Workshop. Plans are underway for some new and better moneymaking projects for this year. We've been collecting, sizing, sorting and pricing our last year's (and the years before) clothes for a fall rummage sale. Also, a committee of girls, headed by Ann Neefe got together this past summer and made dozens of triangular scarves, one particular style for each of the sororities on campus to be sold in bulk to the different sororities. Speaking of money-making, we were pleased to have a short visit from our National Treasurer, R ose Marie Fellin, on October 5.-KAY DELONG
Gamma Xi Slippery Rock State College Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania Fall is here again and with it comes another school year which we hope will be a wonderful one for all Alpha Sigs. Since Alpha Sigma Alpha is a new sorority on our campus, the Gamma Xis have been very busy making it one of the best chapters at Slippery Rock.
Gamma Mu Adrian College Adrian, Michigan With the beginning of another school year, Gamma Mu chapter is once again on the go. We've unpacked our bags and settled down to the business of studies and have already started planning and putting together our ideas to make this the best year yet for the Alpha Sigs at Adrian College. Our first activity will be the sponsoring of an all-college dance-a protest party. We'll be abandoning our traditional college dress, grabbing a protest poster, and having a great time . We have a social activity coming up at least once every month this year. Getting together for a party or just kicking off our shoes and relaxing together for an evening make for some of the most memorable hours of the year. Our basement lounge looks fine right now, but soon it will be cluttered with paint and lumber as we work together on our homecoming display. Betsy Blackburn and Linda Baker have put in a lot of time and planning to make our "Happiness" display a credit to the chapter. Betsy, our song leader, has also been chosen as a candidate for Homecoming Queen. Congratulations are in order for our new president, Lin Nation. Lin has taken over the presidency following the wedding of our former president, Lucy Zimmermann
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Gamma Xi's homecoming float.
Hard work and much fun came with building our first homecoming float. This year's theme for homecoming was "Popular Television Commercials," and the Gamma Xis chose the everpopular Alka-Seltzer commercial to wish the football team a speedy upset over Edinboro. Our float was a gigantic fat man with an upset stomach. He was lying down holding his stomach with one hand while in the other he held a glass of Alka-Seltzer. Speedy sat beside him. It turned out quite nice for our first attempt at a float, and we were all very proud of it. Our pledges have to carry with them red and white octopi, so for our freshmen favors we gave red and white pin cushions in the shape of a small octopus. Our fall outfits are ready and they are just lovely. The Gamma Xis are wearing suits with burgundy and white houndstooth A-line skirts, solid burgundy, collarless, Vneck jackets, and white matching blouses with A'2:.A monogrammed on them. Now that homecoming is over we are very busy with fall rush and we hope that it will be very successful for us.-SANDY FECICH
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