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E ntered as secon d class matter, ' ovember 25 , 1937, at the post office at l. Pa ul , Minn ., under the Act of August 24, 1912. " Acceptance for ma iling a t the specia l ra te of J?OStage provided for in ection 34.40, P .L . a nd R ., 1948 edition, paragra ph d , Act of F ebruary 28, 1925 ; 39{ . .

Code 283 , was a uthonzed October 10, 1949. " THE ANCHOR o Alpha Sigma Tau is published d uri ng the months of November, January, April, a nd J uly by L eland Publisher , I nc., T he Fraternity Press, official sorority publishers to the sorori ty a t 2642

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N.P.C. Manual of l nformation- 1946 WE, the Fraternity Undergradua te M embers, stand for good scholarship, for guarding of good health, for wholehearted cooperation with our college's ideals for student life, for the m aintenance of fin e social 路 standards, and for th.e serving, to the be t of our a bility, of our college community. Good college citizenship as a preparation for good citizenship in the larger world of alumnae days is the idea l th at sh all guide our chapter activities.

WE, the Fraternity Alumnae M embers, stand for an ac tive, sympathetic interes t in the life of our undergraduate sister , for loyal support of the ideals of our Alma M a ter, fo r the encouragement of high scholarship, for the maintenance of healthful physical conditions in chapter house and dormitory, a nd for using our influence to further the best stand ards for the education of the young women of America.

Loyal service to cha pter, college, and comm unity is the ideal that shall guide our fra ternity activities.

WE, the Fraternity Officers, stand for loyal and earnes t work for the realiza tion of these fraternity sta ndards. Cooperation for m aintenance of fraternity life in harmony with its bes t possibilities i the ideal tha t shall guide our fraternity activities.

WE, the Fraternity Women of America,

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servi ce through the character building inspired in the close contac t and deep fri endship of fra ternity life. To us, fra ternity life i not the enjoyment of special privileges but an opportunity to prepare for wide a nd wise huma n service.

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Mrs. S. Carl Robinson. National President

;t. EvERY few years we like to review the whole picture of Alpha Sigma Tau, compare its structure of today with that of former years, evaluate its program of activities, and discover whether or not we are traveling along the road our Founqers dreamed of for us. If we find that we have been faithful to our purpose we can be proud of our achievements路 but we cannot say, "This is fine; we have arrived; now we can rest!" In our satisfaction with results, however, we are encouraged to make even greater efforts for success.

Let us hope that our success and usefulness will be measured by an increasing number of m embers who find the answer to their n ed for close companionship, devotion to mutual interests and goals, and lo alty to a cause-in Alpha Sigma Tau. The organization is the m eans, not the end. Strength lie in th personal touch sparked by the organization's program.

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Old ;\. ALPHA SIGMA TAU was founded at the pha Sigma T au, along with the other A. of Michigan State Normal College, Ypsilanti, E. S. fraternitie was admitted to associate Michigan, November 4, 1899, by Mrs. Elmer . membership in the National Panhellenic ConA. Lyman and eight college girls. In 1900 ference. In November, 1951, Alpha Sigma two more advisers were added to the group, Tau and the other A.E.S. ororities were adMiss Ada A. Norton and Miss Abigail mitted to full membership in NPC. Pearce. From the very beginning the memDuring these fifty-three years Alpha Sigbers were determined that Alpha Sigma Tau ma Tau has been established at twenty-seven should some day be a national sorority. On colleges. At the present time four chapters October 8, 1925, they achieved their goa l. are temporarily inactive, making a collegiate Having fulfilled the necessa ry requirements , roll of twenty-three chapters. In addition to Alpha Sigma Tau was made a member of the collegiate ch apters there are sixty alumnae the Association of Education Sororities m groups organized in various cities; of this April, 1926. number, twenty-nine are chartered.

In November, 1947, the Association of The alumnae and coll egiate membership is Education Sororities was disbanded, and AI- now 6,057.

Zta t HELEN CASTROS -Zeta Tau, a senior physical education major, is president of House Council and is a membflr of the · Student Council. Student Standards organization, M o n o gram Club, A. A. Co unci I. Southwest Virginia Club, and the Cotillion Club. ;\; ;\; ;\; 7»»->~ MARY WINSTON JOHNSON-Zeta Tau. a senior music major, is president of the Longwood Co 11 e g e Choir. She is an alternate Panhellenic representative and is a member of the Madrigals, Orchesis. the Canterbury Club. and the Cotillion ~ Club.

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;\; THE National activitie of the sorority are directed by the eleven officers of the National Council, assisted by the various chairmen of standing committees, and alumnae representatives from each chapter. Standard business methods and form are used in all chapters to simplify this necessary part of any organization's activities.

Y/aliona/ _A./umnae Repre6enlaliue6 AN alumnae representa tive or secreta ry is chosen from the alumnae of each collegia te chapter.

1. President N a tional Vice-Pre idents 2. Pre ident of the Central Di trict 3. Pre idcnt of the Eastern District 4. Presid ent of the Northwestern Di trict 5. President of the Southern District 6. President of the Southwe tern District 7. N ational Panhellenic Delegate 8. Secretary 9. Treasurer 10. Editor 11 . Chaplain and Historian

THE Central Office i loca ted a t 564 1 South Kingshighway, St. Louis 9, Mi ouri.

It serves as a centralizer of sorority activities.

The Na tional President who i in charge sends monthly bulletins to the na tional officers and chairmen and to all cha pter officers and adviser . Supplies, records, and the national alumnae directory are kept in the Central Office.

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AT present the chapters are a rouped in five divisions-central, ea tern, northwestern, southern, southwestern . The pre ident of each district i in charge of organizing for her re pective area and i a national vice president. District meeting are h eld triennially.

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Alumnae Awards Convention Courtesy Endowment Examinations Housing Life Member hip Memorial Loan Fund Music News Agency Pledge Program Public Relations Rush Social Service Standards

INsPECTION take place in the year foliO\ ing the district meeting . Either the national president or the di trict president i it each collegiate and alumnae chapter.

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Conuenlion6 THE national convention, held the year following chapter inspection, completes the three-year cycle of sorority activities. The expenses of one delegate sent from each collegiate chapter to the convention are paid by the national organization. Former conventions have been held in D etroit ( twice), Buffalo, D enver, Cleveland, Pittsburgh, St. Louis, Cincinnati and Chicago.

Jhe _Anchor THE official magazine of the Sorority published quarterly by the national editor.

Jhe _Alumnae Y/ewjfetter A NEWSLETTER written by each alumnae repre entative concerning news of intere t about the Sorority for the members of her respective chapter. It is mimeographed and mailed by the Central Office.

Central Office. 5641 S. Kingshighway. St. Louis. Mo.

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A COLLECTION of Alpha Sigma Tau ongs, the words and music of which were written by various members. A song contest is held a t each convention. These songs have been published in a booklet for use in group singing.

A HISTORY of Alph a Sigma T au and other information about the Sorority.

A MIMEOGRAPH ED booklet containing songs and paragra phs a ppropriate for d votional exe rci es.

A LETTER prepared by the national organization and sent by th e na tional secretary to th e parents of a ll pledges.

Jhe Or~anizalion o/ __A~ha Pro~ram OuthnetJ AN outline of sorority study for the year St~ma Jau sent to the program chairman of each chapA BOOKLET that summarizes th e activities of the Sorority.

ter in the fall. The three-year cycle of topics, based on the cr ed, include Per ona lity, Philosophy of Life an d. Citizenship.

A BOOK which gives the duties of each ch apter offi cer and other direction concerning orority traditions.

A BULLETIN conta ining advice and suggestions for rush parties sent to each chapter every month .

A BOOKLET containing the na tional, the <:ollegiate ch apter, and the alumnae constitu tions of Alpha Sigma T a u.

A CONSOLIDATED report of a ll national officers and chairmen prepared annually for the member.

A PAPER published each day of the national conven tion concerning convention activiti es.

Stud~ Booklet /or Co//e~iale

A MONTHLY mimeographed bulletin which the na tion al president compiles from letters received from each chapter president, nationa l board m ember, and alumnae repre entative. It is sent to all chapter officers and national workers.

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A BOOKLET given to member at initiation.

In it the fiv e re pon ibili tie of orority mei.n ber hip are empha ized ; obligation a a itizen, obligation to one elf, to the . ororit to the college, and a an alu mna.

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CENTRAL DISTRICT MEETING was held in the Sculpture Hall of the Arts Building on the campus of Ball State Teachers C ollege.

Muncie. Indiana, Oct. 13-14, 1951. The " girls" in the front row are Alpha Alpha Collegiates. who gave a musical comedy skit take-off on the song, "The Roving Kind.''

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into four parts with the following symbols : in the upper right- a book ; in the upp r left - a crown ; in the lower ri ght- an a nchor ; and in the upper left-six star . Above is a ca ndl e with its spreading rays, and below a ppear on a band the Greek inscription- 路 Alpha Sigma T au.

like a hield ; the center is black enamel bearing the Greek letters A.S.T. and is bordered by pearls. It comes in three styles- crown set pearls, half pearl, and unj eweled.

There are also appropriate pins for mothers, pledges, and members of alumnae chapters. The pins of faculty advisers and of national officer have distinguishing jewels.

The CANDLESTICK is made of green a nd bronze pottery. It is shaped like a Grecian lamp with the letters A.S.T. on one side.

The PLEDGE PIN is a monogram of gold.

Th e FLOWER is the yellow rose.

The SEAL made of green foil paper i; oval shape. The Coat of Arms tamped in the middle a nd th e narrow border are in gold.

Th e JEWEL i the pearl.

The COLORS are emera ld green and gold.

The BANNER is green with the sorority letters in gold.

The REGALIA used a t form a l in itiations are fashioned according to a uthentic Grecian designs.

The COAT OF ARMS is a shield divided

;\, KATHERINE CARVER-Psi, president. Kappa Delta Pi: "Who's Who in American Colleges and Universities"; corresponding secretary, Psi Chapter.

;\, MARIBESS JACKSON-Psi. president. Ex Libris Club; vice president, Sesome Club; historian.

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College Michigan State Norm al College Central Michigan College of Education State T eachers College Sta te T eachers College Lock Haven Sta te T eachers College K ent Sta te University Wayne University Kansas State T eachers Coll ege Miami University T emple University Colorado State College of Education W estern State College of Colorado Concord College H arris Teachers College Southeastern State College State Teachers College Longwood College State Teachers College Southeastern Louisiana College Shepherd College Madison College Minot State Teachers College Ball State T eachers College Marshall College H enderson State T eachers College Southwest Missouri State College Western Illinois State T eachers College

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Athens, W . Va. St. Louis, M o.

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Buffalo, N . Y. Farmville, V a.

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Minot, N.D. Muncie, Ind .

Huntington, W . Va. Arkadelphia, Ark. Springfield, Mo. M acomb, Ill.

Socia/ Service Carolina mountains ( 3) The American Cancer Society These national projects are helped by all chapters. Both alumnae and collegia te cha pters support local cha ritable proj ec t depending on individu al community need .

Na tional philanthropies consi t of fin a ncial aid to : ( 1) Pine Mountain Settlement School, Hardin County, K entucky ( 2) Penland, an internationally known handicraft school located in the

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Memphis T ennes ee Miami, Florida ·:t Minot, North D akota Morri -Ottawa, Illinois Mt. Clem ens, Michigan Mt. Pleasant, Michigan *Muncie, Indiana New York, N. Y. Norfolk, Virgini a Peoria, Illinois *Philadelphia, Penn ylvania Pine Bluff, Arkansa *Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania * Port Huron, Michigan *Princeton-Athen , West Virginia Pueblo, Colorado *Richmond-Petersburg, Virginia *Roanoke, Virgini a Sea ttle, Washington ·* Shepherdstown, Wes t Virginia *Springfield, Missouri *St. Louis, Missouri Topeka, K an a ·:<·W ar, We t Virgini a *Washington, District of Columbi;~.

Welch, West Virginia *Wichita, K ansas ·* Williamsport, Pennsylvania Youngstown, Ohio '" Yp s il a~ ti-Ann Arbor

Akron, Ohio Albuquerque, New M exico Baltimore, Maryland Baton Rouge, Louisiana *Beckley, West Virginia *Bluefield, West Virginia *Buffalo, New York *Charleston, West Virgini a Chicago, Illinois *Cleveland, Ohio Columbus, Ohio D all as, T exas D ayton, Ohio *Denver, Colorado *Detroit I , Michigan *Detroit II, Michigan Durant, Oklahoma Elkhart, Indiana *Emporia, K ansas *Flint, Michigan Fort Worth, T exas *Greeley, Colorado Greenville, Michigan Highland Park, Michigan *Huntington, West Virginia Hutchinson, K ansas *Indiana, Pennsylvania K ansas City, Missouri *Lansing, Michigan Little Rock, Arkansas Los Angeles, Californi a

;\:. ALPHA TAu Juanita Johnson of Preemption, Illinoi , is among th e four Illinois youths chosen to a ttend National 4-H camp next June in Washington, D. C. This i the highe t honor a 4-H youth ca n receive. Juanita i a sophomore and a Home Ec m ajor.

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;\. ALPHA SIGMA TAu ha two major aimsenduring friendships and worthwhile ideal .

Comrade hip i an essential of happy living.

Alpha Sigma Tau recognizes this a nd through its alumnae organization, perpetu a tes throughout a life-time, the friendships made in college. The ideal which the sorority hopes to develop. are stated in the purpose of collegia te constitution as follows: To develop the character of each member, through ethical training, so th a t she will how in a ll her rela tionships, sincerity, sympathy and justice.

To help eac h girl enjoy th e cultural a dvantages in life o that sh will know how to s lcct those thing which ar most worthwhile.

To develop m ea h memb r the social graces to- the extent th at he will b abl to take her place in lif with true dignity and p01 e.

D efi nite procedur for the accompli hm nt of this purpo e i outlined a nd d irected by the a tiona l Council.

;\. PAT SEIB, the president of Pi Chapter, is a very busy mi s here in St. Louis. H er pleasing personality makes mee tings smooth and lick, and sorority doings are always a pleasure when they are in her capable hands.

W e are quite proud of her, for besides her full-time job as president of our sorority, he is: the president of the Future T eachers of America ; editor of the Collegian ; president of the Panhellenic; member of the Chorus and Glee Club ; the Women' Athletic A sociation ; Sigma Tau D elta (the Engli h Fraternity); Psychology Club ; and whew .. . that's the end. N eedless to say our Pat is a pretty busy gal. But you ca n take it from me, h er smiling face is friendly to one and all.

Believe m e, Pa t has never met a stranger!

She is twenty years old a nd spends practica lly a ll her time, as you can readily see, in the hall s of H a rris T. C . If everyone h ad the a bility of capability and friendliness tha t Pat possesses the world would be a better place. With a ll her many activities h e has maintained a 3.89 average in school!

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M ercan til e Trust Ba nk, where he work .

She worked a t F ellow hip Center \ here she wa in charge of a play group. She helps with a Girl Scout Troop and take part in their activities.

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NANCY JO PETTREY. Omicron, is the newly elected president of Pi Omega Pi. national honorary Business Education fraternity.

Nancy Jo is from Princeton. West Virgmla. Nancy Jo is also treasurer of Omicron Chapter.

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;t ANNETTE BAXTER. Alpha Epsilon.

queen of the Nauvoo Wine Festival.

;t NANCY DAWLEY. Alpha Gamma.

junior from Texarkana. Texas, was elected as a princess to the Reddie Day Queen of 1952. Reddie Day is a day honoring seniors from high schools of Arkansas, held each year 路on the Hendenson Campus.

CONNIE CHRISTENSON. Omega. is president of the Lutheran Student Association.

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;\; MARLOWE FRANK. Theta, vice p resident and rush chairman of Wayne University Panhel!enic Council.

MARGIE MAYO. preside nt of Panhellenic and of Lambda Chapter. member of the Chimes Socie ty whose aims are the stimulation of scholarship and extracurricular activities among women undergraduates, and the advanceme nt of a ll interests that lend to build a greater and better University. Margie also belonged to the Women's Glee Club and the Elementary Education Club. ;t

PHYLLIS GORDON, Beta, May Queen's Court

MARY SHORT. Chi. president Kappa Delta Pi

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located. Thi can be held either on National Founders' Day or on Chapter Founder' Day. In M emoriam At each national convention memorial services are held for tho e si ters who have passed away during three intervening years.

The national chaplain arrano-es the program for the services.

Daughters' Club Alpha Sigma Tau member whose mothers also belonged to Alpha Sigma Tau belong automatically to the Daughters' Club.

Alumnae Cards Each alumna sends at lea t two cards a year with new about herself to her chapter alumnae repre enta tive : one a t Christmas and one during the ummer.

Th e Candle Lighting S ervice A candle lighting ervice ba ed on Alpha Sigma T au ideal wa originated by Pi Chapter. It is u ed after initia tion service and at banquets.

Convention Belles The Belles are member who have attend<"d three or more conventions.

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TRADITIONS grow up from customs which are practiced by individual chapters and then are later adopted by other chapters. In this way many lovely ceremonies and service become national traditions. These traditions deepen the feeling of national unity and strengthen the bonds of sisterhood. Alpha Sigma Tau has many traditions such as: National Founders' Day Alpha Sigma Tau was found ed November 4, 1899, at Ypsilanti, Michigan. On that day every year each chapter h_a a banquet followed by a suitable program. Alumnae chapter , if near the college town, have their Founders' Day celebra tion with the collegiate chapter.

Chapter Found ers' Day Each' cha pter has a celebration on the day when it became national, reviewing its history and honoring its chapter founders .

Hom ecoming Each year on a traditional date every chapter has a homecoming for its alumnae held at the college where the coll egiate chapter i

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jEANETTE ZoRzi was named by T emple University a an outstanding enior. She belonged to m any organization and clubs, and till kept her scholastic average high. J eanette held the offices of secretary in Women's Glee Club, pre ident of the Lutheran Student As ociation, and vice-pre ident of the Magnet. Magnet is an honorary society which recognize out tanding women on campus. The member hip i limited to fifteen.

Besides all this J eanette was treasurer of Lambda Chapt r. She ' a a! o a m emb r of the Elementary Education Club.

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Scholarship Cup Since Alpha Sigma Tau became national, the scholar hip grades of all the collegiate m embers h ave been sent to a committee which tabulates the grades and decides which chapter has the highest average. The succes ful chapter is then awarded the silver scholar hip cup to keep for one year.

both collegiate and a lumn a , hav ing the highest record of effi ci ncy in all d partm nts.

Scrapbook At convention s an award is given to the collegia te and a lumn ae hapters pr s nting the be t scrapbooks.

Ada A. Norton Alumnae A ward An awa rd is given to th outstanding Alpha Sigma T a u alumn a annually.

R ing A ring is given annually to the individu al girl h aving the highest scholastic average in the whole sorority.

Efficiency An annual award is given to the chapter,

T op Taus An award is given annu a ll y to the member in each coll egiate cha pter who acquire the grea test number of points based on scholasti c achievement and participat ion in campus and sorority activities.

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in an _Adult World' Spee ch delivere d by Mr . M errick Jac kson, Hill and Knowlton, In c. , on August 20, 1952, Chicago, Illin ois, before N ational Convention Alpha Sigma T au S ororit y.

t IF I have understood correctly the nature of my assignment this afternoon, it i to di cuss the opportuniti e facing sororities on our coll ege campuses and to sugge t ways in which their alumnae gro up m ay be more u sefu l in an adult world.

Suppo e we take the fir t half of today's assignment- the opportunities facing ororities and fraternities on our college campuses.

It seems to me essential that these groups recognize at the outset that what they learn, what they stand for and what they know of the world around them, while they are still undergraduates, will determine the kinds of citizens they will be after the last strains of their Alma Mater die away on a June night.

Speaking in this vein, I am reminded of my own college days and of the fraternity of which I am a life member.

We lived, it seemed to me, in a dream world of our own making high above the city. We took courses which seemed suspended in air somewhere between the lofty flights of phi losophy and the rocky terra,in of geology. There was no discernible link, at least to me, between what we studied and the. out id e world which one day we would enter. Our campus and fraternity life was plea a nt. We ta lked excitedly, to be sure, but without rea listic direction. We plann d, but without practical concept. We danced and made love as though these sometimes welldeveloped and skill ful pas times would ee u s through any problem of future adju tment.

We were preoccupied with fancie ; we never grasped the facts of life beyond g raduation.

Obviously, part of the challenge to cut the cloth with a view toward its hape and fitnes for life b long with oll ge authorities.

But part of the challenge may appropriately be accepted by our ororitie and fraternitie .

We like to think of our orority and our fra ternity hou es a friendly compact units, which omehow distill and refine conduct.

They develop acceptable h abits of behaviour, of gentility, of correct m anner and poise.

Sorority a lumnae are traditionally intere ted in ocial welfare. A one example, our host orority h~re today, Alpha Sigma Tau, actively support a handicraft school in North Carolina and a ettlement school in K entucky. Many of you are eeking in similar ways to make life around you better and happier. The place to plant that determination to do something is the undergraduate soil. ' With leadership and stimulation generated within the fraternal unit, members can form study groups going out into the community and finding out what makes it tick.

They can study the economic of the community, as well as the economics of their textbooks. What enterprises, for in tance, bring in the revenue by which the community lives, how is the money spent and what does it accomplish? There is ample opportunity here to as es the worth and integrity of the community government, the as umption of community duties on the part of local indu try firms and other bu ine es and the kill or lack of them with which civic proj ect are carried on.

Su h group can tud the elementary and high chool ystem , ho pita! facilitie the town's communication , it hou inu and other integral element that form a ommunity patt rn of lif . The an learn at clo hand of the probl ms fa mu ommunity 1 ad 1.

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THE ANCHOR and what elutions are being con idered.

After each field trip, the group can talk out the findings and plan ways in which improvement can be attained.

The ea rlier we see what we can do around us to justify our exi tencc the richer, fuller and happier lives we can lead throughout life. A great leader once observed that there were two kinds of shepherds; those who wanted to h elp minister to the flock and those who were interested only in the fleece.

The first kind finds true satisfaction.

Much of the leader hip and stimulation for undergraduate sorority activities must come from the national organization. In this respect there is a strong likeness between the work our firm does for American Iron and Steel Institute and what your National can do for its undergraduate chapters.

The national sorority can by wise planning and effective performance stimulate the local chapters, as well as its alumnae groups.

A strong, dynamic national organization opens the doors not only to community esteem but to increased membership. The activity and sound purpose of the national association, supplemented by local activity, are the Open Sesame to it. New members can be and will be obtained when they see what their sorority stands for, observes what it is doing and reads how well it is doing it.

On that note, then, we can turn to the second h alf of thi talk-ways in which alumnae groups may be more useful in a n adult world.

To improve upon a somewhat outworn and often inaccurate saying: as the community goes, so goes the nation. A better America begins in everyone's home town.

As communitie grow in stature, so will this country grow in strength.

As community dwellers and citizens, each one of us has a responsibility toward our neighbor . It is not enough that we speak pleasantly to the next door resident or lend her salt or sugar when her husband's bo s is unexpectedly coming for dinner. It is not enough that we treat trade men with politeness or that we have clergymen in for tea . It is not enough that we make a home for our

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husbands, a playhous for our children or take guests to th country club's coll a tion Sunday night.

Th sc ar challenging probl ms in the community whi h cry out for work rs, workers who have had the b ncfit of a high r education and on whom a ma nti of responsibility has b en placed. Alumnae chapters can and should majqe it their business to h lp olve th ese problems. We might just li st a few of those which appear on m a ny an American community side: 1. Th e school system. A group of a lumnae could well examin it, not with Lady Bountiful benevolence, but with a desire to help make it better. Th e first port of call would be upon the school superintendent, to explain your interest in his problems, to ask him how you can help him, to generate his specific suggestions as to how your group can 路 be of service.

2. The hospital system. Surely work i to be found there. Our hospitals are as indi pensable a part of community life and health as the school and the church. They are in need of modern facilitie , ex panded services and adequate finances. They often are short of staff, of volunteer workers and of concerted group support.

3. Th e local industTies. Have you ee n th e in ide of the indu trial concerns whi ch are helping to sustain employment and a stabl e economy in your community? Are they fulfilling their civic re pon ibilitie ?

Perhaps they would like to know how the ca n do a better job. There m ay be wa s which you can ugge t th a t will help them becom e better neighbors and m ajor participants in the town's advancement.

4. Th e local government. Are your municipal admini trators serving the intere t of a ll the residents? Are they pending money wi ely, and for the most needful enterpri e ?

Are they carrying out their duly-elected reponsibilities? The determination and dri e of a unified group very frequent] works changes for the better.

While our firm wa engaged a coun el for the Steel Companie in the Wage C a e,

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which was settled Ia t month with the reopening of steel mills, we saw m a ny instances of the effectiveness of aroused community groups. When the President summarily seized steel's private properties, groups all over the country rose up in protest.

They passed resolutions condemning his action. They persuaded their m embers to write Sena tor and Congressman. They called together kindred organization in town for rna s meetings to inform the residents of what seizure could m ean to them.

Groups wrote their newspapers, distributed literature and asked the steel companies what more they could do to help.

There can be no doubt that their efforts played a part in awakening the Congress to action. As a result, the President was rebuffed when he asked Congress for the seizure power that the Supreme Court had denied him . H e vvas told to invoke a law already on the books-the T aft-H a rtley Act. In addition, the cha racter of the W age Sta biliza tion Boa rd was drastically changed and its 路cope of recomm enda tions narrowed.

L as tl y, the CIO settled for something less than it had been insisting upon.

Thi is one example of what an awakened and purposeful community group can do.

L et' s have more of it!

T o achieve a successful program, you need both coopera tion and communications. You need the cooperation of those you seek to help, if it ca n be obtained . Sometimes it will not be forthcoming, especially if graft and greed a re involved . In such cases, seek the cooperation of other public-spirited groups which ca n help you put over the campaign.

High among these is the local pre s with its network of communica tions throughout the community.

It will help greatly if you develop good pres rela tions, by enli ting the interest and aid of publishers and editor , of radio sta tion

managers and television commentators. Let them broadca t your story in drama tic, compelling fashion . An able press agent highlighted this in rever e one day when he observed somewha t wryly, "Don't pick a fight with the newspa pers . .. they go to press too often!"

There is another community field which calls for continuou cultivation: and that is the re ident himself and the re ponsibilities he h as as a citizen.

Some time ago a di tinguished British journali t wrote an article comparing individual a ttitudes of tod ay with tho e of a hundred yea rs ago. H e aid that they h ad undergone a profound and depressing ch ange. One hundred yea rs ago, when a n individual was faced with another' problem , he wou ld likely a k " Wh at can I do to help ?" Today, says the journali t, he is more likely to a k "What is there in it for m e ?"

Must there alway be something in it for us? H ave we become o callou ed and elfish that we will not lift a hand in genuine helpfuln es unle we can see a tangible return? ) hope the journali t was wrong. I think he was.

It is true, however, th a t h ere a nd there we have fall en into hammock of complacency.

It is true, too, that we are hawing signs of fear over global conflict, signs of cynici m over corruptness in high place and signs of discouragement over the inability of groups in indu try and labor to work harmoniou ly.

In this atmo phere of pe imi m and d efeatism we must find a new trength. W e could do well to accept the injunction laid down by Oliver W endell H olme when he said, " A man . . . hould hare the action and pa ion of hi time a t peril of being judged not to h ave lived ." All of u have the strength to do wi thin ourselve . o one knows until she h as summoned it how m uch is there a nd how tout a companion it can be.

Cultural P,.offram Plan!!

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1952-1953

Chairman: MRs. LEE

J.

WRIGHT

Citizenship :t NEVER in the history of our na tion h ave we had such a challenge as we face today.

The world itu a tion with our ever pr sent menace of Communism demands our intelligence, tolerance, courage and hope. T o acquire an understanding and apprecia tion of th e significance of American citizenship is the duty of every true American. Under tanding our constitution, our creed, wi ll help you apprecia te why D emocracy must win over Communism. We also must learn our civic responsibilities in our sorority, in our educational objectives and in our community. Our them e " Citizenship" i taken from that portion of the creed which rea ds, "- contribute to the progre s of m ankind."

I. Citizenship in our sorority Citizenship in Alpha Sigma Tau can be t be illustra ted by becoming acquainted with our Social Services.

Among the m any organizations helped

by Alpha Sigma Tau are : Pine Mounta in School, Penl and School of H andicrafts, Boys' Clubs of America, R eaders Digest Fund for the Blind, Chinese Children's Fund, and the America n Cancer Society. A talk by the program chairman is a m ethod of presenting this program. Information m ay be obtained from the Social Service Chairman listed in the ANCHOR Directory.

Pine Mountain h as colored slides which they will end for you to show.

MRS. LEE J. WRIGHT

college. Since we a re u ing th e term "citizen hip" in it broader mea nina I suggest planning a program around "careers," for on ly if we find our proper niche can we be t "-contribute to the progres of mankind" through our work after graduation. I n pre enting thi program, have a n informed speaker, perhap from the faculty talk to you on variou career . Perh ap ou know of an individual who h a cho 路en a n unusual and intere ting a r er. and who wo uld con ent to peak to the group. Film on thi ubj ect rna be available to you in the r hoo l or public library. Or you may ' i h to. review a book uch a Madam e Curie whi h

II. Citizenship and edu cation Some girls know just what career they are preparing for a soon a they enter

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Janet Calfee. presid ent So uthe rn District. Margaret An n Steele. Zeta Tau. Quee n of the Convention. Gynne Kelle y

Washington. D. C .. Alumnae-Meda Ray Sewell.

President. Harriet Stern. Kathleen Kelchner.

By

M R S. F RANCIS GRAFLAGE

National Convention Chairman THE Conrad Hilton provided an appropriate setting for the tenth nationa l convention of Alpha Sigma Tau. Condensing their usual fo ur-day conclave into a treamlined t

two and a half day nece itated a fast-paced dove tai ling of meeting and social function .

The convention opened with a colorful luncheon Augu t 22. Imm ediately following was the Panhellenic T ea most unusual aspect of which wa the continuous program deigned to keep our Panhellenic gue ts entertained . After viewing a display of po ter showing the philanthropic activitie of the Panhellenic ororities all over the country, the guests listened to a talk by Merrick Jackson, Public Relation counselor of Hill and Knowlton Co. of New York City. Next

St. Louis Delega tion Pi Chapter and S t.

Louis Alumnae

Dr. Harriet Stull, AE adviser, Dorothy Bennett Robinson, National President; Joan Sharbak. i\ A. Toastmistress; Mrs. H. E. Staehle, N.P.C. Dele gate and speaker

tn on th e progra m came th e judgi ng of lovely candidates of the envi a bl e position of Qu een of the Alpha Sigma T a u Conventi on. Five judges from the fi elds of radio and modeling then chose Mi s M a rgaret Ann Steele of Longwood College, F a rmville, Virginia. Miss Steele was crowned a t the form al ba nquet the next evening.

A new idea tha t m a y becom e a tradition a t future conventions was the recognition given to three-time convention goers. They were dubbed "Convention Bell es," given a symbolic gold bell and furth er honored la ter in the convention. Twenty-six of them dined

Present at the Convention from the Fourth District

Margaret Steele now Mrs. Edward Sutphin. Zeta Tau, Queen of Convention (see story on p a ge 26).

toge ther a t the pi tu rc q ue Piccadill y Room overlooking L ake M i higan.

E veryone reassem bled for th cer moni c, th a t evening a t whi ch model ervic wer held for the benefit of the act ive chapter delega tes.

Brea kfas ting in their five re pecti di s-

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t MARGARET ANN STEELE, now Mrs. Ed-

Cotillion Club. She has also erved as his-

ward Sutphin, Zeta Tau, was chosen queen

tori an of Zeta T au chapter and has been ac-

of the 1952 convention of Alpha Sigma T au

tive in many cl ass and sorority ar tivitie . She

in Chicago . M argaret is a senior art m ajor

ha been a member of M ay Court for

and is president of Zeta T au chapter, art

years and last year wa elected Sweetheart of

editor of the R otunda, and a member of the

Sigma Chi a t R oan oke College.

tricts the next morning, the girls were enterta ined by their district pre idents, who took advantage of the occa ion to lead di cussion on topics of interest to their group. This bega n the heavy day of the convention with business sessions broken only by a trip to the T1'ibun e Tower to witness and take part in a television show. To the immense pride of the delega tes one of them was picked to be interviewed. She was Miss Evelyn Fulbright of Huntington, West Virginia, and did an able job of answering queries .

The form al banquet in the beautiful Tower Room brought forth a combination of food and talent tha t m ade for a delightful evening. Mrs. H. E. Staehle, our a tional Panhellenic R epresenta tive, spoke on our convention theme "Build for Tomorrow," outlining specific guid epost for future growth .

The traditional candlelighting service followed, impre sive in its symbolism to both ac tive and alumnae m embers.

One of our youngest chapters, Alpha Alph a of Ball State T eachers College in Muncie, Indiana, put on a rollicking entertainment.

Serious business resumed in the morning with the election and installa tion of n a tional

offi cers. Mr . S. C arl Robinson wa unamm ously reelected pre ident by acclam a tion.

H er staff con i ts of: Mr . J o eph Steen .. .... .... .. .. Vice President Mis Evelyn Luecking ... .. .Vice President Mrs. J. Wa ldo Hinshaw .. .. Vice President M iss J anet C alfee .............. Vice President Mr . H arold Wenzel.. .. .... .. Vice President Mi s M argaret MacDonald ...... Treasurer Mrs. Parry Schippers ........... .. ... ...... Editor Mi s Elinore D e Cou ........................... .

Chaplain and Historian T he convention clo ed Friday afternoon at a lighthearted farewell buffe t lunch. Awards were presented in both a erious and humorous vein to m any de erving recipient . Prize wi nning original songs were reviewed and a top winner selected by our new 'delicate' piece of machinery-an applause m eter.

It wa then time fo r goodbyes and p romises to meet again at our next convention in R oa noke, Virginia.

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Je:JtJerJ ::bie6 o/ .JniurietJ "!. IRENE }ESSER, 23, student at Colorado

Sta te College of Education, died of in juries received in an automobile collision . I rene was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Paul J esser of Timna th. She was one of seven girls in a Chrysler sedan which struck and overturned a Buick sedan. All eight persons involved in the collision were injured. She would h ave received her degree in a week a t the June gradua tion exercises. She was a member of the M irror staff, Vice President of Pa nhellenic Council, secretary of the Speech Club, member of the English cl ub, Little Theatre, Na tional Students Associa tion a nd Publica tions club.

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Car Ca6h

In addition to h r pa rents, Irene is survived by a brother, Robert, and her grandmother, Mrs. Agnes Fraser.

Irene Jesser

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tells of a woman's accomplishments m a field formerly limited to men.

topic of social significance. This program offer a good opportunity for a round table or Town M eeting type of presentation.

III. Citizenship and our nation In order to insure the continuing development of our great nation, each of us must assume h is responsibilitie a a citizen . This incl udes being informed about wha t is going on in your city, sta te and na tion, in regard to politics. business trends, etc. C hoose specific congressional legislation of interest as a topic of discussion. O r discu s the merits a nd qualifications of the men who will be seeking the presidency of our na tion this year. Stress the fact tha t it is a citizen' duty to vote as a m eans of m aintaining ou r free dom.

You m ay wish to ch oose a topic such as Juvenile D elinquency or some other

[ V. Citizenship and I he world

The progre s of mankind can be t be aided by our realization that worldwide cooperation i necessar . The nited ations is the organization which is trying to make thi cooperation po sible, so we should devote a program to becoming acquainted with it aim and accomplishments.

There are two pamphlet published by the D epartment of Public Information of the nited Nation which may help you in plann ing thi program . The are entitled: For Fundam ental Human Rights, and E ve1yman's United ations.

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BY THE LATE A. RAY WARNOCK, Beta Th eta Pi D ean of M en Em eritus, Pennsylvania Stat e College

t DECEMBER 5 last year marked the 175th anniversary of the founding of Phi Beta Kappa, oldest college fraternity, a few yea rs older than Uncle Sam himself. Phi Beta Kappa has long since become a distingui hed honorary scholarship society ; the young men who found ed its first chapter, howevertotally unaware of the fact that wha t they were establishing would ultimately grow and expand into a huge college fraternity system - no doubt were brought together by ti es of mutual interests of a social, fraternal and literary kind, by ties that make a sure hold on youthful students, then as now.

With this beginning and particularly with the expansion of this initial idea in other fraternities found ed a century and a quarter ago- the college fra ternity movement has traveled along with Uncle Sam through most of his adult life. Together they have gone through stirring times, through many crises, and through a constantly changing society.

What explains this continuing, expanding life of the fra ternity idea? It has outlived many institutions which were thriving when it was young- indeed many institutions which came into being la ter and have since disintegrated .

In my opinion the explana tion is twofold - is one of purpose and one of mechanics.

In the mechan ics of its being, the fraternity system must receive new recruits each year, new young members who are still close to their fam ilies. Thus fraternities must annu a lly go to the people, so to speak- must therefore keep themselves comparatively closely a ttuned to socia l trends a nd people's a ttitudes. Thu they almo t automatically esca pe b coming frozen to pas ing or past

pa tterns-a fate that has overtaken many oth er institutions less susceptible to social trends a nd changes in people's attitudes.

This continuing process of readjustmentstill it goes on a a life-saving and life-giving a ttribute of the fraternity system.

The purpose in the fraternity idea i not transitory, however . Unchanged since its found ers were young college men, it gives continuity and permanence to the fra ternity movement.

The purpose is to satisfy the hunger of young co llege m en and women for something that they first got in their p arental homes-close companionship, sociability, devotion to mutual interes ts and aspira tions, loyalty to a cause, and idealism. These are human character istics which, as in the home, thrive and find expression best in small groups. This is a point which orne critics of the fraternity movement miss. They exclaim, " Why not make the whole ca mpus one big fra ternity?" In some re pects th at is a noble con cept, but it is as contradictory to human nature as it would be to exclaim : " Why not do away with famili es ? Why not m ake the whole community one big, h appy family?"

Young people, as well as the old, will seek and have need for small-group living until hum an na ture makes a radical change of a kind tha t it .h a not m ade in its thousand of years of existence.

Perhaps the most potent element in the purpo e in the fraternity idea is it ideali m its way of providing some ati faction for the hunger of youth for tha t which is ideali tic a nd piritual, not just m a teriali tic. In it variou ways- well understood by initiate , but not well understood b non-m1t1a te fra t rnitie do that, not for all outhful m em(Co n tinue d on Page 36)

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rf!ounlain O NE mark of progress has b ·n an in n ·a t · in the 7th a nd 8 th g rad s. Wh n th e hildrf'n a m two yea rs ago, v ·ry f ew were ~ tayin g on in the upper grades. We opcnc·d s hool th en with onl y thirte n se venth and ighth grad rs. Severa l of th m we re over-age and did not wa nt to go on to high s hool. As the yo ung r children have come up through two yea rs here they hav stayed on a nd now we ha ve thirty-five in th same two grad . I n addition ightecn have b n sent from a tworoom school eleven m iles away which wa ov rcrowded . T hi s gives us a good nu le u.

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Listening to Recor d s

Beckley Alumnae pack box for Pine Mountain

Practice Teacher with Seventh and Eighth Grades

for a possible ninth grade next year. Per- . haps as this group goes on we may be able to add the high school years to the foundation of a full, well-rounded elementary education.

Pine Mountain Settlement School is a private institution affiliated with Berea College. It operates a community hospital ; an experimental farm program; and, in cooperation with Harlan County, a consolidated elementary school. Pine Mountain is Christian but non-sectarian . Its support during the 37 years of its history has been derived from individual gifts.

Eighth Grade girl learning to weave

School nurse conducts regular check on progress of children.

tories, frat rnity and sorority hous s, and r oms in privat homes.

It is th belief of Presid nt Ross th a t ca h of the types of r idcncc ofTers sp cia! advantag , advantages th a t are esp cia lly " ta ilored" for th n eds of certain individu a ls.

Insofa r as possible, Presid nt Ross a l o beli ves th a t ach student should have opportunity, if he or he de ires, to b long to a fraternity or orority. In oth er words, he feel that member hip should not be limit d by lack of phy ical facilities or by limita tions on the number of such organiza tions.

This policy thu make it poss ibl e for th e student to exercise hi choice whether to belong to such groups or not to belong, ra ther than having his choice controlled by out ide factor .

Dr. William R. Ross

President, Colorado State College of Education, Greeley, Colorado the regime of Dr. William R. Ross, who becam e president of Colorado State College of Education at Greeley, Colo., J anuary 1, 1948, the college h as entered a new era of growth a nd service. One of the policies of President Ross is the encouragement of fraternities and sororities upon the campus. ;\.UNDER

For the college, the program of olleg ownership of fraternity and orority hou e also ha its advantages. It enabl es the coli ge to keep in closer contact with the studen a nd the conduct of the organizations to which they belong. However, the only college regula tion is a simple one ; the tud ent who live in the fraternity an d sorority hou e are asked to comply with the arne rule of conduct that are required of tudent who reside in the college re idence hall . In other respect , the student are a elf-governing as fraternitie and ororities who live in their own re idences.

And the Ross program is much more than an attitude; nearly one-fourth of a million dollar h as been expended by the college in the purchase of nine residences, or homes, which are ren ted to ix orori ties a nd three fraternitie . Plans are under way by the college to purch ase two more re idences near the campus, one for a fra ternity and one for a sorority, thus making eleven coll egeowned home for su ch organizations.

Of course, the ororitie a nd fra terniti e pay a renta l fee to the college for the u of hou e they occupy. Whether the group th a t occupy the college-own ed hou e a re na tion al or loca l fraternitie and ororitie or \ hether they are ocia l club is not of intere t to the college. The college's intere t i in m aking available to students, if they o de ire the advantages of ocial group livina.

President Ross points out th a t und er the college's program, three types of residence accommodations are thus available to tudents of the college. There a re college dormi-

Presiden t R os the m ain pring behind thi "tudent hou ing program i pu hing other building program for the college.

0\ a new building, co ting near!

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under. construction which will house the division of music, all the college administrative offices and which will contain a theater seating 675 persons. The theater will have a modern, revolving stage.

President R oss himself is a man of varied interests and achievements. H e is grea tly interested in paleontology and mineralogy and his collections of mineral specimens, pre-historic remains and artifacts are comprehensive. H e also is interested, along with other m embers of his family, in the raising of H ereford cattle on a ranch in the foothi ll of the Rocky Mountains.

President R oss joined the fa culty of Colorado State College of Education at Greeley in 1942 ; previously he held public school administrative and teaching positions in Colorado. H e received the doctor of philosophy degree from Colorado Sta te College of Education in 1940 and ha two degree from

Colorado A & M college, a bachelor of science degree in engineering and a rna ter of science degree in education.

H e erved in the U . S. army in an engineering unit in World War I and he is a member of numerous organization and ocieties, both a a professional ed ucator and teacher, as well as organization connecied with his special interests and hobbies. Hi ocial fraternity is Sigma Chi .

Colorado Sta te College of Educa tion enrolls around 2,000 students during the regular academic year, a bout evenly divided between men and women . Summer e sion are attended annuall y by more than 3,000 tudents from nea rly every state in the Union and numerous foreign countrie .

The college offers bachelor of art degree, rna ter of arts degree, specialist in education degree and doctor of cduc~tion degree.

Reflecting pool in front of Snyder Hall. one of the five residence halls for Women at Colorado Stale College of Education at Greeley, Colorado

1. A RED - LETTER day for the res pon ibl

Citizen mark the Au tumn calendar- D ecember 15.

What about December 15?

Why, that's Bill of Rights D ay. Too little is known abou t that grea t docum ent, the Bill of Right , proposed by Congres on September 25, 1789, and ratified a nd decl ared in force on D ecember 15, two years la ter in 1791.

The Bill of Rights, which is incorporated as the first ten amendments to the Constitution of the United States, enumera tes th e privileges and immunities of all people, whether citizen or a lien. The e are: freedom of religion, peech, press, assemblage, a nd petition of redress ; freedom from unreasonable sea rch and seizure, from viola tion of the ecurity of person and home; freedom from a rre t excep t by warrant, from tri a l a second

time for the . am crim , fr dom from witnessing against ons If, and from deprivation of life, liberty or property without due pro ess of law; a lso freedom from excessive bai l a nd fines a nd from rue! and unusual punishments.

To many people, th en and now, th BiJJ of Rights is the nugget of gold in the Constitution. Some of the States r fu ed to ratify the Constitution until ass ured that the e amendm ents would be made a part of it. It is th e Bill of Rights which safegua rds th privacy a nd freedom of the individu al-a nd tha t mea ns your and mine too, by th e way!

However, many a TV pane li st would muff his qu e tion if asked who is th e a uthor of the Bill of Rights.

Certa in ly, George M ason, a id to have one of the grea test and fin est minds of Colonial

Bill of Rights Composed h e re-a corner of the room s howing wh ere Georg e Ma son wrote in his house. Gunston Hall; this n ow being a National s h rine . The house w as begun in 1775 and completed three years later. and is located a fe w m iles s ou th of Mt. Vernon. Colonel Mason and his family are buried in the family g raveya rd a fe w s te p s fr om the house he built and love d.

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SORORITY WOMEN PARTICIPATE IN " KNOW YOUR A MERICA WEEK" A group representing all service women in uniform and a color guar d accompanied En s ig n Dorothy Cralle Kerr (right) as she laid a wreath on the g r ave of George Mas on at Gunston Hall in observance of "Know Your America Week" by the Panhelle nic Ass ociation . . .. The National Panhellenic Confere nce is composed of m e mbers of Coll ege Greek Letter Societies for Wome n . . . . The color guard (le ft to right, re a r row ) a re A/ 2C Fr a n kie L. Holland, USAF. of Winnont. Arkansas; Sergeant Mary H. Judd. Adrian. M ichigan ; a n d Corp oral Shirley Klein. USA, of Cleveland. Ohio; (left. foregr ound ): Se aman Ele on ora Mon toya. USN, of Palm Beach. F,orida . . . . Ensign Ke rr, a d e scendant of G e orge Mason. is the d a u g hter of Colonel and Mrs. Jefferson Ball Cralle .

D ays, has received only casual attention until recent years. In the Preamble to the Virginia Decla ration of Rights, which was his most noted writing, occurs the ba is of these first ten a mendm ents to the Constitution, known as the Bill of Rights. H e is thus recognized by some historians as the Author of the Bill of Rights.

Gunst on Hall Now A Shrin e Aequired as a 路gift to the State. of Virgini a, and opened in 1951 by the N ational Society of Colonial D ame, under who e cu tody it is maintained, George M ason's beautiful home, Gunston H all on the Potomac River a few mile south of Mt. Vernon, i now opened to visitors whose intere t in Mr. M a on' con-

tribution to the lives of every citizen of this country will thu become stimulated and better known.

Birthday Celebrated Indi ca tive of this growing interest wa the 路 ga thering of persons from many state last . spring to participate in the wreath-laying ceremonie commemorating the birth of thi great Virginia Patriot. Ensign Dorothy Cralle K err, of the Wave , a descendant of George M a on (member of Alpha Phi Fraternity ) made the pre entation, accompanied by a color guard from all the women' rmed Force . The p rogram wa arr anaed by the PC Citizen hip Committee, a i t d by member of the W hina ton City Panhel-

OMEGA BASKETBALL CHAMPIONS Front row: Anne Hoode, Elsie Dischamp, Lois Nordehus, Verena Weyrauch, Second row: Janice Lorenzen, Beverly Zadrow, Darlene Cummings, Judy Wald, 'B everley Hunter. Delores Haugen, Manager

lenic in collaboration with member of the Colonial Dames.

Thoughtful People Th ink Every day to more Americans the pnvJleges and responsibilities of their Citizenship become dearer as they think. You can understand your ci tizenship rights better by being thoroughly acq uainted with the Bill of Rights. At an opportunity, vi it Gunston H a ll, a perpetual memorial to George Ma on and the principles for which he stood. This Georgian plantation h ouse, well known to architectural students of the Colonial period, has rooms of outstanding richne and beauty.

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Mason himself. There in the quiet beauty one may reflect on his historic statement .

The vision of George M ason and hi contempora ries who gave u s this immorta l docum ent is startling in the power and influence it has exerted over the lives of America n from the early day of the founding of our R epubli c to the pre ent when it i becoming of even more vital intere t. Condition h ave cha nged ince the days of George M a on, but not the fundam ental nature of huma n being .

Back in the early da of thi R epublic G eorge Washington wrote : ' We ought to deprecate the haza rd a ttending ardent and susceptible mind from being too strong! and too early prepos e ed in favor of other politica l system before they are ca pable of appreciating their own." How i!!Tlificant this statement i for us in the e time .

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OPEN HOUSE-ALPHA BETA Clara Closterman, alumnae Chapter president; Dorothy Robinson, n ational p resident; Frances Burdette. faculty adviser; Betty Jane Evans, Coll egiate Chapter president; Dr. Stewart H. Smith. president Marshall Colle ge; his daughter.

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ber perhaps, but for that promising majority who in later life will "not live by bread alone" but will help supply a hungry world with the idea lism and sp iritua lity which a vita l civi lization needs and must keep alive, the ma teria listic, communistic logic to the contrary notwithstanding.

Today people's voca lly expressed wants seem to be of materialistic kinds, but it is dangerously easy to mi understa nd people who don't quite und r tand themselve . Discerning in ight would uncover the fact tha t today-in our nation a well a in the world - most people' hunger i spiritual, not materialistic. Th y are starving in spirit, n t in body. M an does not live by brea d alone.

Rob rt Louis Steve n. on spoke of marching

to the so und of the heady drum . Too often, however, the head y drums lea d only in war, but there i op portunity in time of peace and ways of peace for the ounding of the heady drum . Grea t reward awa it the m an political party or institution tha t can sound the heady drums and awaken tha t which is ideal" i tic and spiritual- not just materialistic-in men's hungry oul .

For their thou and of young men and women in the chap ter hou e colleae fraternities ca n sound those hea dy drum that awaken idea li m. That is one primar explanation for the fraternity s tem' lona exi tence-a nd, for a long a ci iliza tion need idea li m for a confidently expe ted ontinued exi tence.

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;'\; APPROACH ING Lincoln H ouse, w s c a pretty white frame house with a long porch aero s th e front a nd aro und one sid . From a dista nce th e house app ars qui t a nd dignifi ed. From this porch, one can s e a lmost the entire M adison Campus.

Alpha Beta -Hu n tington, W . Va.

;'\; THE Alpha Beta ch ap ter has acqui red a seven-room house a t 528 16th Street, Huntington, W es t Virgini a, just a block from Marshall College.

It h as four large rooms and a ha ll d ownsta irs with a large front Porch a nd three rooms a nd a bath on the second floor. A large third floor ca n be u ed for additional rooms after it is fini shed.

As we enter the front door w find ourelves in a sma ll entrance from which doubl e sliding doors lead into th e living room. The focal point in this room is the tile firep lace with its mirror a nd it beautiful mantel displ aying a tra il of dark green ivy. A large white banner displ aying th e AST insig-ni a is found a t one side of the r om. T he color schem e is deep rose, green and p;old .

On the fi rst floor is a kitchenctt which the girls use priva tely and for parties. Quarters for the hou emother arc a l o on the first floor. The top fl oor is used entirely for bed rooms. The house, which has ten room and two ba ths, houses fourteen girl thi year.

Psi-Harriso n burg . Virg inia-Lincoln Ho use

Iota-Emporia, Kansas

t THE porch is the scene of many of the activities of the girls. They get together here to rel ax and tell one another the high points of the day. Inside on either side of the entrance are two Jiving rooms. Through one is the only bedroom on the first floor.

To the left are a sorority closet and a bathroom. Next ye~r it is hoped that new floor coverings can be obtained. Late this summer new coverings for the two living rooms and the bedroom on the fir t floor were laid.

Behind thi is the dining room and kitchen.

Last pring a new stove was bought. The housemother, Mrs. Evelyn Potter, has an apartment in the back of the hou e. Uptairs there are accommodations for sixteen girls. There is al o a large bathroom upstairs.

Altogether the house can take care of twenty girl .

Nu-Gre eley, Colorado Alpha Eps ilon-Macomb, Ill. ~ THE pleasant exterior aspect of the Nu House ha been rccen tly repeated indoors with an exten ive redecorating job which included a new matching blonde wood modern, spinet piano for the living room- an Acransonic Baldwin.

t T HE I ota house a t 1006 Constitution, Emporia, K ansas, has a new outlook on !if after the two years of ex tcnsiv rede orating which it has undergon .

Du ring the summer of 1950 the outside rece ived a fresh coa t of whit paint a nd the living room was brightened by a chartreuse and da rk green decor- and all new furn iture.

Sin ce the house accommodates only tw ntytwo girls, thi rteen actives and pledges have moved into another hou e whi ch had previou ly housed a nother sorority which i now in active. M r . Beryl Newton i the acting hou emother a t th e new Alpha Sigma Tau a nnex at 1027 Constitu tion. T here ar a lso four girl living in priva te homes and three girls living in the Women's D orm itory. Because of the separation of the girl and the

Iota House

Typical bedroom in which the four girls shown in the picture live. They are Marlene W iens.

Pat Calvin, Cathleen Clark. Doris Becke tt

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Stairway that leads to second floor. Left to right: Barbara McJilton, Wanda Barb, Anne Ross, Shirley Farmer. Dorothy Carson, Beth Blood, Doris Beckett. Marjorie Rogers. Marlene Wiens, Janet Fisher.

crowded conditions especially at m eeting, it is hoped that plans can somed ay soon be made for a bigger and be tter A.S.T . house in Emporia.

Besides the new look which the house h as acquired, Mrs. Gertrude Buch anan, form erly of Eureka, Kansas, is the new housemother.

Mother Buchanan took over the position after the resignation of 'Mrs. Ethel Nason, housemother of the Iotas for fourteen years, who had to leave because of illness. Mother Nason is now living in Wichita a nd will a ttend a lumnae meetings the re.

Corner of living room with Mrs. Buchanan. housemother. and two of the girls.

JEANNE SMITH CARPER-former Jeanne SmithA.B. Speech

MARGARET HORNER-A.B. Speech, English Honors: Alpha Sigma Tau Sorority Alpha Psi Omega (President) Kappa Delta Pi Girls' Chorus Band President Baltimore Conference Me tho dist Youth( 1952) Outstanding Alpha 1952 (Chi Chapter)

MARIAN EVANS-B.S. Biology Honors: Alpha Sigma Tau Sorority Pi Delta Epsilon (President) Cohongoroola Editor Pickel Staff

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Honors: Alpha Sigma Tau Sorority Alpha Psi Omega Student Council Radio Club Senior Class Secretary-Tre asu rer

BETTY JO DIRKS-Senior Class Secretary (1952) A.W.S. President Clavia {Senior Women's Honorary) Kappa Delta Pi {Education Honorary)

MARY ELLEN KELLER-Senior Class treasurer Pi Omega Pi {Business Honorary) President of the Commerce Club

Alpha Alpha's winning float in the Homecoming parade

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BY CHRISTINE GAULDIN, Psi '50 ;\. WHY join a orority? This qu e tion is repeatedly asked sorority girls by friends, relatives.

How can we answer them ? What. can we say to these people who honestly do not know the companionship, security, and feeling of being wanted that go with sorority life? How can we explain the thrill we experienced on tha t rush week end when we dashed, bid in hand, up the steps of our sorority house and into the arms of our loudly cheering sisters-to-be? Could they ever understand how deeply touched we were at initiation, and how the ideals that were so new to us then have become so much a part of our lives- a part tha t makes us a little bit richer, a little bit better, and a little bit more like the women that our Creator intended that we be?

The warm feeling that floods th room each time we sing our Sorority Hymn is ~om e thing that words cannot explain . Th r is som ething in our sorority life, something in being "like-minded, compassionate, loving as sisters" that must be xperi enced ra ther than explained .

Sorority life is, m a cnse, like being a member of a family. It furnishes u with an indescribable something, a mo t valuable some thing th a t makes life worth living. Life without love and frien d hip is worthies ; life with love and friendship is rich and beautiful.

The wonderful thing about friendship is that the more of it that we give, the more comes back to us. The wonderful thing about sorority is that there are so many opportunities for giving.

BY D oRTE ScHwERDT, Pi Stud ent from Germany ;\. "I WANT you to get acqua inted with the American way of life and therefore you better join a so rority" was the suggestion of my aunt, when I started coll ege a h alf year ago.

Sorority- again one of those words which a re- well, which are just words. H ow i it possible to be a sister to so many girls?

Nevertheless, it won't hurt to go to the rush parties. Those were my thoughts before I went to the rush parties and also as I was sitting between the other freshmen in the Alpha Sigma Tau Showboat. Then, after the laughter and the fun , it became sil ent when the Alpha president called the girls together to sing some of their songs.

There they were, sitting on the step to

the podium, looking over to the a ndle , which were dimly lighting the room ; and a burning thankfulnes wa in their eye while they sang " In the ca ndleglow we a ll tand together." Yes, they sta nd together, and suddenly I realized the world which wa gathered in that one word orority--si terhood. And wh en the Alpha joined h and with u , it seemed to me a if a band were tied around the h ands of i ter in all countries, a band of under tanding and incerity which united the whole world .

Then, when I was alone under the dark harve t ky, I knew that I wa not reall a lone, that I would never be 路 alone again and I thanked God wi th all m heart-! had found my home in Alpha Sigma T au .

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;\; THE L ansing Alum's social service program is woven around the Penl and School of Handicraft. As an out-growth of last spring's project, we are ex tremely happy to announce that a permanent AST Penland Fund ha been establi hed which is open to everyone who wishes to contribute- regardless of the ize of the check. T hi will enable small groups, as well as large pro perous ones, the opportunity to have a h and in making the AST room a joy to behold and a credit to both the institution and the sorority for which it i named. Therefore, it i with great admira tion that we dedicate this permanent AST Penland Fund to our beloved sorority sister, Mis Lucy Morgan, who is known internation ally.

Part of the Penland Fund Committee: L. to R. -Mrs. Arthur Wilson. chairman, Mrs. Robert Kimmick. Pres. of the Fund, Mrs. Gilbert Miles.

Hostess for Miss Lucy, and Miss Lucy Morgan, Treas.

Incidentally, the chapters of A:ST wi hing to increase their trea ury, might enjoy ell ing 路 Penland craftwork ; if so I ugge t that you contact Miss Lucy. Or better till- why not journey down to Penland for a re tful vacation an d enjoy your A:ST R oom?

and dormitorie . The ground floor of thi Crafthou e contain a gift shop, di playing craft work from the local community and from the outhern highlands. The hops of the R elated Craft divi ion are a! o located here.

To the right of the Lily L oom H ouse, stands the Edward Worst Crafthouse, a large log and stone structu re which was once the original L oom H ouse. The library i here.

L ectures, entertainments and fo lk dancing a well as handicraft di play are held here.

The windows enable one to gaze across the valleys where the mountain meet the ky.

T he two upper floors serve a tudent rooms

The Pines-Home of

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On the fir t floor of The Pine building is an attractive lounge, cheerful dining room, modern kitch en and laundry. To the right, on econd floor, i Mi Lucy's re idence and adjoining h er apartment, the econd group of windows, i the A:ST Room. The remainder of thi floor and the third are devoted to studen t room and dormitory space.

The bu ilding to the left i The Pine built of na tive tone. In the center, domina ting the building , tands The Lily Loom Hou e beautifully designed to blend with the mountain background and to be a functional unit of the chool. On the ground floor i the main office the tudent uppl store and torage room . On th main floor is one large room coverine- the whole area of the buildincr with the two loncr wall almo t completely of gla . Thi light unobtructed floor pa e i overed ' ith a great variet of lo m and a a labor, t r for tea hing hand ' ea

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I. Requirement for M embership: A. To be eligible to affiliate with Alpha Sigma T au as a collegia t hapter, a lo a) club or sorority must have a t least fifteen memb r , unl ess an excepti on is mad by the national president.

B. A collegiate cha pter may be formed by women student in colleges a nd univ rsities accredited by the Association of American U niversities or th recogniz d r gional association. (e.g. Middle Sta tes Assoc. of Colleges) C. Pledges and new members mu t have a t least a "C" average to be eligible for initiation.

D. When any member fail s for one term to maintain a " C" average, she will Jo h r good standing. Any girl who does not redeem her good standing with in one school semester or term, following the semester or term in which the poor standing was incurred, shall autom a ticall y forfeit membership in the sorority.

E . Alpha Sigma T au doe not permi t du al membership.

II. Officers and Advisers : A. The officers of the chapter sh all be: President Vice Pre ident Treasurer

R ecording Secretary Corresponding Secreta ry Chaplain

H i torian Custodi an Editor

B. The chapter shall have a t least one, but not more than two, fac ul ty advi er initiated as members of the sorority (unl e s special permission is given by th N ational Council). They shall be chosen from the women faculty memb r or from the wives of faculty member . At least one shall be a faculty member.

III. Petition: A. A group wishing to affili a te with the Alpha Sigma T au Sorori ty m ust fir t send a petition to the president of the re pective district. Copi es of the petition m u t al o be sent to the na tional president and N.P.C. delegate of Alpha Sigma T au .

B. The Petition Form : " We, the undersigned, being member in good standing of (name of local ) (college) of ... ....... .... .. ....... ......... ... .. ....... ... ........... ................. . (city) of ...... ... ...... .......... .. .... ....... ... .. ... ... .. ...... ..... in the ta te ...... ............... ........ .... ................ . realizing the advantages of membership in a na tional orority, a re de irou of becorning affiliated with Alpha Sigm a T au Sorority.

W e, therefore, do hereby formally petition the Na tional Council of lph a Sigma Tau to admit us as a ch apter."

Signed: (by all active collegiate members a nd pledge . ) IV. Material to Accompany Petition : A. Accompanying only the petition se nt to the D istrict President mu t be : 1. A letter of approval from the D ea n of Women .

2. Letters of recommend a tion from two faculty member other th an tho e acting as advisers of the group.

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4. Statements of cholarship and campu activitie of each girl in the group.

5. Informa tion concerning the college : a . N arne of president b. N arne of dean of women c. Enrollment (men and women ) d. Names of all sororities organ "zed there e. Number of terms or semesters each year f. Copy of official catalog 6. A brief summary of the past history of the local sorority.

V. Investigation: When the official petition is received, a National Officer of Alpha Sigma Tau is assigned to inspect the pro p Pc tive chapter to determine whether its aim and plan of organization meet with the tandards of the sorority. The in pecting officer files a formal report with the N a tiona l Council of Alpha Sigma Tau, together with her recommendations.

VI. Installa tion: A. When a petition has been sent to th e Alpha Sigma Tau Sorority, corre pondence concerning national affili ation with other N.P.C. sororitie mu t cea e.

B. As soon as the District President receive the petition from a group, she shall notify all national officers, chairm en of standing committees, collegiate and alumnae chapters, a king for their approva l. When a favorabl e vote h as been received, the district president will direct th e install a tion of the new chapter.

OPEN HOUSE-ALPHA BETA Evelyn Fulbright; Mrs. Lilly. housemother; Madge Skeen, president alumnae chapter; quests

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