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tion " think on these things" build into the ceremonial tremendous solemnity and dignity. " If there be any virtue and if there be any praise"- now and here, these are what we- must think about. And under this high command, thoughts flow in upon us of great virtue we know- hero oldiers and sailors and airmen ; the common man and our great men and women, too: Madame Chiang Kai-shek- Winston Churchill- the great musicians - the little children . In spite of War's horrors the world is full of "virtue" and demands our ' prai e." The value of a ritual so often is a matter of beauty of phraseology and is often more dependent on this than on the exact meaning involved. "Oh Lord of Hosts all power pos es ing, behold Thee on Thy great white throne." I suppose no one vi ualizes the Lord of Hosts on any kind of throne, nor want to. But the words are majestic and thrill us. Little children love ceremonial whose full meanin g they may be too young to appreciate . Our " Whatsoever " have that verbal sonority which we love. But Dr. King's charge endues them with more power. These are the best things that one must think of: true thing , pure things, holy things, thin gs of good report and virtue wherever found, and what deserves praise. The e are worth centering attention on at important moments in our sorority life, especially when we are accepting new isters into our Sisterhood. Indeed the ethereal beauty of the phra ing and the dignity of the ethical suggestions lift the heart, and humble proud spi rits making fertile soil where the beautiful and gracious words of truth take root and grow. The exhortation to think of these essential matters, as we hear them over and over, builds immemorial echoes in our souls. EDIT H GLATFELTER , Pi Adviser
Worldly Mea ni ngs for So rority Ideals ORORITY vows and the initiation ceremony experienced during collegiate days has a sameness in meaning to each individual, yet the deeper, more meaningful concepts and philosophies may hold a very different significance to each as affected by her own beliefs, training and her inner self. As collegiate days become a memory and life gains fulfillment with maturity these same philosophies become broader and are adapted to everyday living in the home, school and church. With the horrors of war facing us on all sides these same ideals can help us in this world in which the best schemes devised by man for peace and happiness of humanity have failed miserably. In his prayer a fter inauguration George Washington asked that the citizen , "entertain a brotherly affection and love for one another and their fellow citizens of these United tates at large. " ffection a viewed by the sorority girl may have merely included her group of si ter . That affection in the true ense of the word must be enlaroed to include not onl our immediate friends, family, " citizen of the e United tate ' but 10\ eel one fi ahtin g in all parts of the globe and tho e million in tricken lands f who were once eaoer with hope and ha e no\ adopt d th lanauag despair. The task may em impos ible and man a , "I ha' n
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