THE ANCHOR
JUST ANYTHING Returning from college the other day, I found on my desk a letter from the Editor of the Anchor. She intimated that it was a begging letter and stated that the Alpha Sigma Tau girls would enjoy hearing from me again. The last statement revealed to me that she had not known girls as intimately or as long as it had been my privilege to know them. However, m y sympa th y always goes out to an editor. It is o easy for those upon whom no responsibility rests to turn the editor's requests down either by not responding at all or by sayi ng "I am too busy," forgetting that when we elect one to such a position as editor of the Anchor , we tactily agree to help share her burdens. And when she asked me for " Just Anything ," preferably someth in g relating to the sorority, I began to wonder where I would find th at commodit y and when found, what the worth-whileness of it wo uld be. Then the thought came to me, that some interest might attach itself to knowing in what way the Alpha Sigma Taus made their first bow to the public in the college annual, "The A urora," and when. So the hunt began with the following results. In The Aurora-Volume VII-r9oo , we found: Sorority-Alpha Sigma Tau ..
. ... Colors-Green and Gold
Patroness-Mrs. E. A. Lyman; President-Helene M. Rice; VicePres.-May Gephart; Treasurer-Mayme Tracy; Secretary-Mabel Chase. Members besides the officers-Harriet Marx, Adriance Ric e, Eva O 'Keefe, Ruth Dutcher. "This organization claims to be stric tl y up to date as it is purely of a twentieth century growth, having been in existe nce only a few months. Its membership is eight, with a limit of ten, bur since the departure of Ruth Dutcher, "We are Seven." Though it number less than most of the simil ar organizations at the college, yet for loyalty and harmony none can excel it. Its aim first of all social and literary culture, but we count not the least, among the results obtained, the bond of sympathy among irs members, which we trust will prove something more than a pleasant memory when we leave our Alma Mater. We ca n only predict its future from its brief past and from the fidelity of its members to its in.t erests, its high ideals and loft y aims. We feel assured th at it is destined to become a perm anent and an ennobling element in the college-Long may it li ve. In September, 1900, Miss Abigail Pearce and I were invited to become Patronesses and we accepted. Miss Pearce became inactive e era! years ago and in February, 1930, I ceased m y act ive conne tion , it h thl' g irl while st ill retaining the deepest interest in all their activiti . t the present time the Patrone es :ue Mr . Gerald ander :1 nd Mr . Rcninger. [ 6 ]