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Bv DoRTE ScHWERDT, Pi Student from Germany ;\; " I WANT you to get acquainted with the the podium, looking over to the candles, American way of life and therefore you which were dimly lighting the room; and a better join a sorority" was the suggestion of burning thankfulne s was in their eyes while my aunt, when I started college a half year they sang "In the candleglow we all stand ago. together." Yes, they stand together, and Sorority- again one of those words which suddenly I realized the world which was a re-well, which are just words. How is it gathered in that one word sorority-sisterpossible to be a sister to so many girls? hood. And when the Alphas joined hands Nevertheless, it won't hurt to go to the rush with us, it seemed to me as if a band were parties. Those were my thoughts before I tied around the hands of sisters in all went to the rush parties and also as I was countries, a band of understanding and ¡sitting between the other freshmen in the sincerity which united the whole world. Alpha Sigma Tau Showboat. Then, after Th en, when I was alone under the dark the laughter and the fun , it became silent harvest sky, I knew that I was not really when the Alpha president called the girls alone. that I would never be alone again, together to sing some of their songs. a nd I thanked God with all my heart-! There they were, sitting on the steps to had found my home in Alpha Sigma Tau.
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Alpha sential if, in our own SIOrority life, we are to work as a group, not as separate individuals. If each of us was to think back, perhaps just to last rushing season, we could all find occasions when the anger, spoken of by Mr. Jones, broke forth . When one of your sorority sisters disagreed with you on the merits of someone you were advocating as a rushee, how did you react? Now think a minute. Webster defines anger as a strong passion of emotion or displeasure, and usually antagonism, excited by a sense of injury or insult. If, when angered, we do experience extreme antagonism, let's think back to the Bible passage read during the Formal Pledge Cere~ony, and remember the quiet, unassummg woman described. Affection sin. and truth is our pass word not anger ' centy, dissension and falsehood. ' ,
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";\; E. STANLEY JoNES states in his book, Abundant Living, "Anger is righteous, if it has in it grief on account of what is happening to others, and not a grudge on account of what is happening to one's self." How often have you felt sudden anger at someone and have not been able to put your finger on the cause of your anger? In your mind you attempt to rationalize it as something of great importance, when, in reality, it is romething petty and insignificant, such as peculiar mannerism or behavior habit. The ideals and creeds of Alpha Sigma Tau stress above all else, tolerance in our own everyday lives. To be tolerant of those about us, whose material possessions tend to differ from ours, whose actions and attitudes do not coincide with ours, whose ideas do not agree with the ones we hold as truths, is es-
;\; YouR attention is called to the reprint of an article which appeared recently in Look, "A Challenge to Americans." This is an excerpt from "This American People" by Ger-
ald Johnson to be published by Harpers in Octdber. "This book is one of three which the Am~rican Library Association is helping to pubh h this year to stimulate th ught about our American heritage."
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