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Volume XIII

From the Editorial Staff Dear Sorors, This issue of THE ARCHON is offered to you by the Archon Staff with a very keen sense of appreciation for the honor of serving you in this capacity. Our ain:i is. to maintain the high standard of publication set by the former staff, some of whom have the pleasure of serving you again. THE ARCHON offers a means of interchange of thought and activities among the members of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, thereby creating a bond of unity and affording ~n opportunity for sharing the benefits of their creative efforts. Zeta after twenty-five years of untiring effort to establish a sisterhood with highest ideals, has reached undreamed of heights in achievements along many Imes. Zeta women have distinguished themselves in many unusual fields of endeavor, blazing a path for their younger sisters to make even more glorious achievements. As we greet you with this first Archon of 1946 we earnestly ask your continued support for the other editions which are \o follow. We wish to express our very sincere thanks to those who have made contributions to this edition also to those who in various ways made the work of the staff easier. When Zeta calls please answer one and all. Let our watchwords for 1946 be "Service Through Finer Womanhood." Sisterly, Archon Staff APPRECIATION The edtior wishes to express sincere appreciation to Grand Basileus Harrison for expanding the editorial staff of the Archon. The undergraduate chapters have always had a part in the Natinoal Publication, but not to my knowledge have they had a full L. B. PORTER '46 Stephen• Place NANCY B. WOOLR][)Gll Bea 213, Hampton !n,ii,utc

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Memphis, Tennessee, July, 1946 CONTENTS

Page Notes from National Officers.................... 7 Condensed Cfiapter Reports 30-31 With The Undergrads 18 Zetas in Unusual Fields 24 Women of the Year 28 Greetings To New Chapters 29 In Memoriam 32 ARTICLES "Zeta To Me After Twenty Five Years" ... : 6 Founder Arizona C. Steinons "Service Through Finer Womanhood" Soror Augusta White "Why Finer Womanhood Week Observance" Soror Bernice A. E. Callaway "The Road Ahead" Dr. Nancy B. Woolridge "Boule Echoes" Soror Lucile Rhine

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"The Challenge To Finer Womanhood" .... 21 Soror Ann G. Sasser DEADLINE Change of office and office paraphernalia caused a delay in getting out this issue of the Archon. Our next edition is planned for October. The theme for this issue will be Mother-Daughter Zetas. The staff will appreciate pictures of Zeta Mothers and their Zeta daughters or prospective Zeta daughters. We shall also feature your vacation activities together with any new accomplishments. Please observe the regulation method of writing articles. The editor will very soon send to the Regional Di.rectors a form letter which she hopes they will have copied and sent to chapters. Deadline Date will be September, 1946.

ARCHON STAFF Editor GLORIA JEAN CALLIAN I '70 So. 3rd St~•<t Editorial Consultont MIDGET R. LAS1 ER Hampton, Virginia l 33 5 Alcatraz Ave,

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Undergraduate Editor Memphis, Tennessee Berkeley, CalLfornia

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fledged Editor whose responsibility is to keep up the spirit of good fellowship among the youngsters and give them the opportunity of competing with each other in their contributions. Give Gloria the best you have and she will see that it gets into the Archon. June, 1946 To Zeta Sorors Everywhere: Greetings: It is with an immeasurable degree o( pleasure that I greet you in this twenty-sixth year of Zeta's Progress. We are all cognizant of the fact that Zeta Phi Beta Sorority has moved forward because of the very fine spirit of cooperation that the Soron, and Sigma Brothers have exemplified. I am sure that

if this spirit is maintained we cannot help but succeed. The privilege and pleasure have been mine to be appointed to the staff of the Archon as Undergraduate Editor. My success in this capacity will depend entirely on the cooperation of my Undergraduate Sorors. I would appreciate receiving any news or articles about you and your chapter and also your local brothers might have some contributions to make for which we would be very grateful. I solicit your wholehearted cooperation in this endeavor to let the graduate chapters know that the undergraduate chapters are 011 the map. Yours in Zeta, GLORIA JEAN CALLIAN

Undergraduate Editor of Archon

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DEDICATION To those gallant Phi Beta Sigma Brothers and courageous Zeta Sorors who engaged in active service during the global war recently ended this edition of the Archon is most respectfully dedicated. Some gave the full measure of sacrifice, their lives. For them we pray for peaceful rest. Others returned with bodies and minds hurt and broken. For those we pray that physical, mental, and spiritual healing may come through trust in God and fellowman. To those who fortunately returned unscathed we say that giving your future life to the uplift of humanity will add new luster to your deeds of valor. THE EDITOR

ZETA PEP SONGS ,Arranged by Soror L. B. Porter 1. ZETA Zeta, Zeta, we revere the name, Zeta, Zeta, great has been your fame. Five and twenty years you've stood for right; You're our own dear guiding light. Then proudly wave your colors o'er usColors of royal blue and white, Singing a song of wondrous victory, Telling the world you stand for truth and right. We'll raise the standard high for Zeta, Giving her our heart's best love, White and royal blue To you we'll e'er be true, All our love we give to you. Oh, say can you see? Zeta Phi Beta ! Zeta Phi Beta! She's the Iinest in the land , Zeta Phi Beta Sorority! 2. I've Got That Zeta Feeling (Tune-I've Got Good Religion) I've got that Zeta feeling down in my heart, In my heart, in my heart, I've got that Zeta feeling down in my heart, Deep down in my heart. Stanzas: 1. It makes me love my Zeta sisters down in my heart; In my heart, in my heart. 2. It makes me love Soror Harrison down in my heart, In my heart, in my heart. 3. Use various names. 3. Zeta, I'll Tell The World About You (Tune-"Margie") Zeta, I'll tell th , world about Zeta, I'll kt them know I love you Not Jorge], the promise I made

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Always keep the vows that I so solemnly said Zeta, you arc my heart's sole pleasure And its treasure too There is only only one Dear Zeta, Zeta it's you. (Tune-Every Time I Feel the Spirit) 4. Every Time I Have That Zeta Feeling • I Will Sing

Every time I have that Zeta feeling Moving in my heart, I will sing (repeat) 1. Oh, I love Zeta down in my heart,

And from her teachings, I'll never part. She's my ideal, my guiding star, And from the right, she's never far. 2. For five and twenty long years she's stood,

For right and justice and all things good. We'll sing her praises, We'll love her name, She'll be forever The very same. If you go Zeta, You can't go wrong That's why we love her And sing this song. A loyal Zeta is tried and true Just like her colors of white and blue. 5. Zeta, Are There Any Any Finer (Tune-"Dinah") Zeta, are there any, any finer? I say are there any finer? If there are then-show them, Show them to me. Zeta, five and tweny years you made them I say, you've really made them None are better than they. Scholarship, sisterhood, loyalty. The aim to do the rightAre Zeta's ideals. Zeta, are there any, any finer I say, are there any finer, 1f so, show them to me.

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Dear Zeta Sorors, "Greetings" and an expression of sincere appreciation for your confidence as manifested by your votes at the Boule in St. Louis and by your letters and cooperation during the first half of this year. Again I pledge myself to give Zeta the best that I have in service. With your continued support, suecess will ultimately mark the effort~ of this administration. My greatest desire is that Zeta scrors will cultivate a feeling of sisterly love throughout the realms of Zetadom, and that the same love will permeate all activities of chapters in every community. There is no greater principle in one's sorority life than that of "Love on another." I further hope that Zeta sorors will use every influence at their command to bring about Detter relationship among all Greek letter organizations.

ln these times of peace seeking and reconstruction, it, is necessary that every organized group will concen trate on doing those things which will benefit Neuros as a race, rath •r than those things which will benefit a few individuals or small groups. It is time that we put aside some of the rivalry which has long been a part, of our Greek customs, and come together for the setting of high r standards and then maintaining these standards. These are the times which test our abilities and superiorities. We must prove to hteworld that we are worthy of n pince of leadership among our people. With Lhe hope LhaL you are enjoying a yca r filled with joy and prosperity, and with pruye r» nnd hcst wishes for your continued success, I am, Sb,tel'ly and sine rely yours, LUI,Lh:LIA W. IlARH.JSON, Grand Basilcus.

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THEME FOR 1946 SERVICE THROUGH FINER WOMANHOOD Serving Energizing Reviving Vitalizing Inspiring Construe ting Emphasizing

ZETA Tactful Honest Reliable Obedient United Gracious Hopeful

WOMEN Firmly Industriously Nobly Enthusiastically Religiously

SERVE Wounded Oppressed Misguided Anxious Needy Humiliated Obstructed Outraged Doubting

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ZETA TO ME AFTER TWENTY-FIVE YEARS Founder Arizona C. Stemons Twenty-five years in Zeta has permitted me to watch our Sorority grow from infancy to a mature state; from five girls to one hundred and six chapters consisting of growing girls who are striving to find their places in the world, and of women who have made their places. Women, who from their vast store of acquired knowledge and skill through their many years of experience, have something to offer to their Sisters who must carry on the work of the Sisterhood; women who have to give in the form of services to our communities in order that there may be better places in which to live. Twenty-five years ago the first world war had not been long brought to a close, and we who were then thinking of the kind of world that we wanted to build, were dreaming dreams, and wondering what the future held in store for us, and in which field of endeavor we could best use our talents. As we pause in retrospect, we have recently closed the second world war in which our men and women sacrified their lives, shed their blood or suffered pain that we may continue to enjoy the privileges that we have, and be free to secure for ourselves, and for those who follow us additional privileges. Thus we have a challenge to give to the world the best that we have in order that the best may come back to us. It is necessary for us to look back in order to look ahead. Looking back we can see that we have accomplished much in the way of growth. We have realized some of the dreams that were in the minds of the five original Zetas in the contributions that we have made to flood victims, to hospitals, to the Y. W. C. A., to the . A. A. C. P., and to many other worthy causes not mentioned, plus the fact that we have aided many to reach their educational goals through the scholarships that we have given. Through our Recreational Project, we have shown many how to get the greatest happiness out of what they have, and how to enjoy their vacations at home when their economic situation prevents a trip to other places. Today it takes more WILL POWER for us to live up to our national movement of

Arizona C. Stemons "Finer Womanhood." No longer is woman placed on a pedestal and respected because she is a woman, but as she enters into all the fields of endeavor, many of which were previously closed to her, she must earn her respect by exhibiting the higher ideals of womanhood. Looking forward, I feel that we have hardly begun to give to the world the services that Zeta can r nder in making available educational opportunities; creating a desire for better standards of living; helping with the behavior problem, and sending aid to the suffering wherever they may be. These twenty-five years have shown me that we must not rest by the wayxitle, but that we must work steadily and earnestly; that we must never r st until our good becomes our better, and OUR BETTl•~R BECOMES OUR BEST.

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LOOKING AHEAD Entering this the twenty-sixth year of Zetahood, Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, under the guidance of our efficient and forceful leader, Grand Basileus Harrison, through the foresightedness of our well chosen National officers, by the splendid cooperation of our eight loyal Regional directors, and with the businesslike acumen of our Board of Trustees, looks ahead to glorious achievements which are traditions in Zetadom. The following expressions show that the outlook is encouraging. Our unstinted support to these leaders and our local leaders is necessary in carrying out the glorious traditions of Zeta. We hear from: Soror Inez Ricks, National Philacter The span of life from birth to death affords us but one of two courses to take. We may choose the course which is advantageous or we may choose the course which will be a disadvantage to us. Twenty-five years ago five women chose a course which has proved of decided advantage not only to them but to the hundreds of women who became their followers. They choose the advantageous Zeta way. The accomplishments of Zeta women bespeak their wise choice. Women occupied a secondary and menial place in the family grOUJ) in early days. Today women, especially Zeta women, are identified with many fields of endeavor. What is the future of Zeta? Every thing depends upon the course Zeta chooses to take. Through courageous and impartial leadership, thought, cooperation of sorority minded women, Zeta has unbounded possibilities. We have witnessed the invention of radar and the atomic bomb. We have read of the powerful effects of sulphur combined with other drugs used for the cure and treatment of many diseases. To Zeta our five founders should be like these wonderful inventions and curative drugs. They should be looked upon as the source of power and inspiration that will keep us looking ahead. Progressive change works wonders in all avenues of life. In keeping with this age of change we

must so fashion our lives that whatever changed conditions we meet we shall be able to accept the change without lowering our standards. A changing age should be a challenge to all of us, young and old. Zeta, -do you accept the challenge? Grammateus Romaine Browne Whatever the future holds for Zeta depends primarily upon the type and the ability of the officers who are chosen to carry out her principles and ideals. When we refer to type we should think only in terms of the finest and noblest character obtainablethose that really are exemplifications of Finest Womanhood. In speaking of ability, however, we are forced to consider the background, the experience and the breadth of vision of the persons chosen for office. It is only when officers have been chosen for office and have satisfied the hearts of all that they are proficient along the lines indicated above that Zeta will "stretch forth her hands" and build a chain of sisterly love throughout the United States of America. On such a course are we now directed and Zeta definitely has begun to make unprecedented progress. But as we pass each milestone and measure the progress that has been made we can not help but wonder what will turn up further along the road and how we shall prepare ourselves to cope with the situation, whatever it may be. The office of National Grammateus is one for most serious consideration, for from this office history must be made. History can only be a record of the deeds and thoughts of the past and it is the solemn duty of persons accepting this office to carefully and accurately record these events, later to interpret and publish a written copy of these findings for all the members, Chapters and officers of the National Body. Herein lies an enormous task which ofttimes is overlooked by many and unless the National Grammateus has a background that has afforded her experience with other National Organizations-experience in the art and technique of taking accurate and complete notes-experience in the literary field, history can not be made. And so let us look forward to doing greater things in the future than we have done

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Sadye Watson in the past-always remembering that the greater the brings progress the the more arduous task which about success. Let the us f~ce the future with hands that are willing, with hearts that are anxious and with minds that are reasonably free to work for zeta in pleasure and yet to carry on our daily jobs that we may live. Romaine W. Browne, National Grarnmateus GREETINGS FROM SOUTHEASTERN REGIO AL DIRECTOR Soror Watson did her graduate work at Atlanta University School of Social Work. For three summers she received scholarships from American Friends Service Committee, a Quaker organization located in Philadelphia to participate in some of their interracial projects.

In the experiments in Oneanta, N. Y., and 11·ig h A cres, Pennsylvania, of which she was a part, she was the only person of color from the South to participate. In this same connection she attended two institutes of International Relations at Lincoln University, Oxford, Pennsylvania and Atterbein College, Ohio. At present Sorer Watson is a teacher of Social Studies at the David T. Howard Jr. High School of Atlanta, Georgia. She is also connected with the committee of management, Phylis Wheatley Branch, Y. W. C. A., member of Atlanta Council of Negro Women, Girl Scout Council, and an active member of Big Bethel A. M. E. Church. To her sorors she is the "Z" in Zeta and her method of looking ahead by bringing into the fold new and promising Z tas shows that she deserves the commendation her sorora give her.

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Greetings from Southern Regional Director Dilliard Soror Irma Thompson Again it is my pleasure to extend warm personal greetings to you from the office of Ta'mias-Grammateus, It has been a great pleasure to serve you and send these greetings from this office for the past five years. In that time I have had the pleasure of watching our great sisterhood grow. Since 1939 we have grown from seventy-five active chapters with a thousand Sorors to one hundred and twelve active chapters with nearly three thousand in number. Zeta influence is now being felt in nearly every state in the Union, on the college campuses and in most of the cities. In spite of the many social and material changes that have taken place all around us we are proud to note that the great Zeta ideals have remained the same. We have retained our high standards of scholarship, expression of talent, and the quality of finer womanhood [or admission in our group. Zeta's high standards are winning for her recognition throughout the land. Zeta's future looks brighter today than ever. There are great opportunities for the utilization of the great talents among our Sorors. Our Artist Bureau has possibilities

that must be magnified. Let us take advantage of this opportunity and advertise our programs more widely. Our booking agents must seek wider areas. The successes of our building programs promise many more recreational projects and Zeta Cottages. Our Scholarship Fund is another accomplishment of which we are rightfully proud. It has been amazing to watch the growth of this fund and to count the many fine girls that have received Zeta Scholarships throughout the country. We must continue to count upon this fund to help make real artists out of the many talented Sorors among our group. Sorors, would it be too much to look forward to placing a Zeta Cottage on every campus where there is an active chapter? Is it too much to think of presenting the members of our Artist Bureau in concerts in every city in the country? Is it too much to make every high school girl conscious of the Zeta ideal? Can't we influence youth in such a way that there will be a return to those standards of culture that make for a finer womanhood, finer manhood, a finer race, a finer country and a finer world ? Yours sincerely, Ta'mais-Grammateus

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ONWARD-EVER ONWARD Ever since Columbus shouted that historic command "Sail On and On," to his confused and weary sailors as they were battling the turbulent waves of the uncharted Atlantic, mankind has always gathered hope and inspiration when propelled toward seemingly unseen goals. Today, we find ourselves in the midst of a period of uncertainty, unrest and bewilderment. Over half of the world's population is threatened with starvation, poverty, and disease. Despite the fact that misrule, greed, war and devastation have been the sad experience of millions in war torn Erope, Africa. and Asia, contes+inc factions in many of these areas are unable to work out their destiny in harmony. We who have had the blessed privilege of escaping many of the horrors of the recent warn and survived the destructive forces of combat, must accept our responsibility of helping humanity find the path that leads to a better world for the underprivileged, exploited segments of mankind here in America and abroad. Now that the mighty maelstrom is over the other nations of the world are looking to the United States for leadership in promoting a permanent peace, and adjusting the wrongs which engulfed civilization for so many years. If our country is to continue to merit the respect and esteem won by its military might, it must be able to supply moral and political leadership based on the recognition of the rights and privileges of every citizen regardless of race or religion. When you are hiking along a mountain trail, it's a great thrill to see a high peak looming up ahead of you. It takes your mind off the dusty trail and leads you on. You feel a new surge of strength, gather increased determination and go forward with the assurance of one who knows his destination. As one who has coursed the trails of Zeta Phi Zeta through the valley of its youthful existence, across the verdant plains of gradual expansion, and up the slopes of the mountains of national accomplishments, let me remind you of the great peak of Service to Humanity nestled in th" misty clouds on the horizon of the future. To attain the lofty heights beckoning Zetas everywhere, we must strive ever onward and upward. The world is experiencing a great change. There is need for brave, intelligent souls, with a will to do the right, to be a powerful influence in the places where they are for constructive lead rship and co-operation. You and I must accept the challenge to do our bit and help make our country and the

world a more desirable place for human habitation. Give ear to the voice that comes echoing from the distant past as it reverberates above the tempestuous waves of suspicion, hate and exploitation, "Sail On and On, and On." E. Juanita Tate, 1st National Anti Basileus

ZETA PHILOSOPHY By Soror Esther Peyter, Chairman of Executive Board After working for twenty-five years toward certain ideals and the establishment of the principles of Finer Womanhood, Zeta Phi Beta Sorority should have formulated a definite philosophy. This philosophy should be an accepted part of the requirements for admission into our sisterhood. My idea of Zeta Philosophy is: 1. To thank God for the wisdom of choosing Zeta for my Sorority; 2. To respect by pledge as one of the most solemn ever taken ; 3. To give Zeta the highest place in the various activities in which 1 ngage; 4. To give willingly of my talents for the glory of Zeta ; 5. To look after little things and let big ones take care of themselves. 6. To treat each soror as if she were my real sister; 7. To forget defeat and strive harder for success in attaining highest aims; 8. To be an example for my younger sisters; 9. To consider no sacrifice too great for Zeta; 10. To give freely of my time and money for causes which Zeta espouses; 11. To give constructive advice where needed; 12. To be sincere; 13. To speak the truth always; 14. To keep my promises; 15. To live for Zeta; 16. To train my daughter the Zeta way; 17. To think above personal desir s; 18. To look beyond personal friendships; 19. To see good in other similar organizations; 20. To put God in Zeta. Ther is almost as much danger of losing a friend by asking a favor as hy conf'orring one. Don't b too sonsit.ive, ZetaH ! People are seldom ruined by giving. 8<' generous, Zetas !

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SERVICE THROUGH FINER WOMANHOOD Delivered by Soror Augusta White, Alpha Alpha Zeta Chapter, Z O B, Salisbury, N. C.

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In considering the celebration of Finer Womanhood week, many thoughts arise as to the position and achievement of woman. Although at one time she was considered the inferior sex, she has definitely proved herself worthy and capable of performing the tasks which have become hers. While less restricted in her religions than in her social contacts, her position has changed from that of a menial worker in the fields and in the home to one of responsibility in civic, religious, educational and industrial life. Even in the present age of progress and knowledge, the battle for equal rights, especially for women of our race, is not yet won. With the dawn of a new age, the Negro woman has seized happily the opportunities of education and work. Since the late nineteenth century, schools of nursing, education, and the like, have opened their doors and through them have passed hundreds of young negro women who have become the leaders of their communities. With the courageous example of women like Sojourner Truth and Harriet Tubman, pioneer leaders of an enslaved people who exemplified great service through finer womanhood, the women of our race have overcome innumerable obstacles and marched bravely on their road to freedom. The Twentieth Century era-the period of the worst world conflict in history-offers no less aspiring an array of leaders in both races. Such women as Judge Mary Bolin, Labor Secretary Frances Perkins, Editor Minnie Singleton of the Macon Telegraph, Lncy Laney, prominent educator in Georgia, Mary McCleod Bethune, Charlotte Hawkins Brown and others serve as examples of women leaders. In keeping with the ideals of rendering service through finer womanhood, true Zetas will never be sorry : For living a pure life; For doing their level best, For being kind to the poor, For looking before leaping; For thinking before speaking; For harboring clean thoughts; For being generous to an enemy, For stopping their ear to gossip; For asking pardon when in error, For giving an unfortunate person a lift; For promptness in keeping their promises;

For rendering true service and leading some soul to Christ. Service through Finer Womanhood implies direct application of virtuous traitsservice through Finer Womanhood exemplies true traits of character. Too numerous to mention are the women who have succeeded in life because of respect for self and others, because of perseverance, tolerance, humility, courage, truthfulness, kindness, courtesy, honesty, good-will and love. Who can deny the words of the immortal Sage-Solomon? Who can deny that a "good name is rather to be chosen than great riches?" He wisely declares that the price of a virtuous woman is far above rubies. If you can hear the whispering about and never yield to deal in whispers too! If you can bravely smile when loved ones doubt you, and never doubt in turn what loved ones do. If you can keep a sweet and gentle spirit in spite of fame or fortune, rank or place, And though you win your goal, or only near it You can win with poise or lose with equal grace. If you can meet with unbelief, believing and hallow in your heart a simple -creed, If you can meet deception, undeceiving, and learn to look to God for all your need ; If you could be what girls should be to mothers, chums in rags and comrades in distress, And be unto ethers as you'd have them be unto you-no more and yet no less. If you can keep within your heart the power to say that firm unconquerable "No" If you can have a present shadowed hour, rather than yield to build a futureIf you can love yet loving master and keep yourself within your own self's clasp; And not let dreaming lead you to disaster nor pity's fascination loose your grasp. If you can lock your heart or confidences, Nor ever needlessly in turn confide, If you can put behind you all pretenses of mock humility or foolish pride; If you can keep the simple, homely virtue of walking right with God, Then have no fear that anything in all the world can hurt you, And-what is more you'll be a woman, dear.

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WHY F~NER WOMANHOOD WEEK OBSERVANCE By Bernice A. Eskridge Calloway Basileus, Alpha Eta Zeta Memphis, Tennessee At one time or another the question, "Why Finer Womanhood Week Observance?" has entered the minds of Zetas everywhere. With the answer to this question, Zetas are able to realize that Finer Womanhood is a comprehensive term laden with elaborate posaibilities for its achievement. To Soror Eugenia Chiles of Atlanta who has gone to join the innumerable caravan, but whose memory will forever live in the annals of the Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, goes the honor of our annual observance of Finer Womanhood. It was suggested by her to Epsilon Zeta in 1928 and later became a National Obligatory Observance. In every community where there is an active chapter of our sorority there is a consciousness that Zeta stands for something more than social activity and whiling away of precious hours, in the week that begins the last full week of February. Services are held in churches. Sorors present the work of the organization in High Schools, Colleges, and Universities. Every Zeta at sometime during the week renews her pledge of loyalty and fidelity to her sorority. Lectures, teas, formal dances, closed dinners and luncheons, visits to charity institutions, hobby shows, theatre parties, awarding of scholarships, Vesper services and Zeta-Sigma Council meetings are among the activities. AU of these are but an outward sign of the inner consciousness of every Zeta woman that finer women live full lives, and are fine on every occasion and circumstances that go to make up that full life. Especially noteworthy are the efforts of every chapter to secure the services of outstanding guest speakers and those of our sorors who are gifted with eloquence are much in demand. BIRCHHAVEN Idlewild, Michigan By Soror Alpha Hayes Moore, Chairman of Trustee Board "Without a vision there is no hope." These words off er us a challenge in serious thinking, long-range planning, and cooperation. I was recently given the honor and privilege of visiting the beautiful Zeta shrine, Birchhaven, by the Executive Board, at the

Boule in Tulsa, Oklahoma. I left New York the last of June and went to Chicago. I must admit I was rather surprised to find out that the cottage was two hundred seven miles from Chicago. However, the place is very popular, and motor parties are numerous going to and from the noted resort. Goinz by train from Chicago you go to Baldwin, Michigan, and, then by taxi seven miles to Idlewild. I stopped with Soror Freida Cooke in Chicago, who proved to be a very charming hostess. She is secretary of the 'Trustee Board, and has been most cooperative. On the train I met a very fine elderly lady from Chicago who was on her way to open her cottage for the summer. She was very heloful and graciously permitted me to stay with her. Not only did she grant me this privilege but she saw to it that I was driven t0 Birchhaven and toured the island. I found Birchhaven in splendid condition, considering the fact that it has been unoccupied for more than two years. This must be remedied immediately if we do not want a large repair bill. The house is located on two lots and faces the lake. In fact you may go down the front steps, directly to the lake, and go swimming or boating. Picture a beautiful white cottage containing five large rooms with furnishings for six or eight sorors. The island is infested with chipmunks or squirrels and they are able to do inestimable damage to empty homes. Upon first reaching the house you cannot help but r ceive some of the bigness of soul and long-range planning of the late Grand Basileus Anderson. I sincerely believe she pictured this beautiful place as a haven of r st where sorors could do some objective creative work, rest, or convalesce. With reference to the various regions, Birchhaven is quite a long distance away. Yet, most of us have gone to New Jersey and other places to spend our vacations, even to California. However, I do think if the chapters in and around hicago in cooperation with the Board of Trustees, would organize, advertise, and plan a fine summer program, sorors near and far would use th is as a summer mecca. ldlewild boasts of some or the most inf'luintial and well known personalities of our group as residents. They were friendly and are anxious to know what our august body is going to do with this very valuable property. It does seem lo me that with thr 'C' chapters in Chicago and two chapters in St. Louis, some program could be formulated by (Continued on Page 15)

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THE ROAD AHEAD By Dr. Nancy Bullock Woolridge, The old Chinese concept that forms the word "crisis" from two words meaning "danger" and "opportunity" signifies one striking feature of our racial and fraternal history. At a most crucial period in our nation's history when difficult choices had to be made between loyalty to all the old traditions of reverence for a parent government and allegiance to the budding American democracy, the first college fraternal organization in this country was born. Since that time the crises in American history have punctuated the progress and advancement of the whole Negro race as well as the progress of certain groups within it, such as college fraternities and sororities. It is not therefore surprising that this atomic year-the most critical in the history of the world-should mark also distinct crossroads in the advancement of every thoughtful Negro. In the same manner as the myriad problems of international import, disappointingly unsolved, loom darkly above the mutual distrust and suspicion which undermine the fine expressions of brotherly love and democratic ideals, the apparently insurmountable obstacles confront Negro groups today. In this instance as in most others, Negroes suffer the disabilities which press upon the masses of all the peoples of the world in addition to the specific and peculiar disabilities of racial discrimination. Therefore, while the world balances precariously upon the brink of social, economic and political disaster, the Negro shudders more violently as he gazes down the road ahead, seeing not only the grim monster of inflation and th consequent depression, or the haggard spectre of starving Europe with its attendant riot and bloodshed, but also the constantly stalking figure of racial intolerance, injustice and oppression. To the weak, thoughtless or slothful, the road ahead will seem beset by insuperable obstacles to the extent that, discouraged, he will cease to work or act except a:-; a rugged individualiat. To the strong, intelligent leaders-in whoso numbers Negro fraternities and sororities should be in the vanguard- -the monsters and spectres that infest the road Herve only a.:; spurs for courageous forging ahead. To such people as these arc, the crisis is not only a danger, but also an opportunity. Zeta Phi Beta Sorority and other similar organizations can find in this rather un-

Editorial Consultant prormsmg situation the means to justify their exsitence. Particularly to Zeta women comes this challenge-that they cease looking back over the "long-travelled roads" and look forward to the road ahead. Procedures that have proved successful for twenty-five years may not be adequate for the next period-they may be as outmoded in this atomic year as are some of last year's chemistry texts. It is merely coincidence that Zeta closed its remarkable twenty-five years of service in the same year that World War II closed, and now, like the nations of the world, enters upon a new era in its history at the same time that the Negro race and all minority groups turn to search for their "new birth of freedom"? One of the most perplexing problems facing college and university trained men and women is that of determining what educational criteria and procedures, what community programs, what strategy may be initiated to meet the exigencies of post war employment and job opportunities. · It is a commonly accepted fact that during the depression the Negro worker had lost all the way around by a gradual restriction of economic opportunities from 1920 on, so that by 1930 Negro boiler makers and machinists had disappeared from census tables. Even from the jobs they had held traditionally, Negro workers were displaced. Although World War I gave the Negro his first industrial opportunity, nevertheless the 1940 census reveals that Negro men formed only 10.3 per cent of the total male working population were 60.2 per cent of all males in domestic service, 21 per cent of all farm laborers and 21 per cent of all laborers. Negro women, constituting 18.9 per cent of total female working population were 46.6 per cent of all female domestics and 26.9 per cent of all female laborers. It is also generally recognized that the war brought tremendous industrial and occupational advances to the Negro. During the early years of the war, Negroes represented ~5 per cent to 38 per cent of relief rolls in the leading industrial cities. Before Pearl Harbor, less than half of the defense jobs openmg up would be willing to share employment with Negroes. ln fact, as late as July, 1942, non-whites employed in war production amounted to less than 3 per cent of all persons employed in war production.

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Acute shortages in labor and dire need for full production as well as pressure from Executive Orders 8802 and 9346 implemented

by action of the FEPC brought about the most extensive use of Negro labor in the history of this country. Negro employment in plants surveyed by War Manpower Commission rose from 2.5 per cent of the total of July, 1942 to 8.3 per cent by November 1944. Negro women kept pace in employment with these general figures. In 1940 32.2 per cent of all Negro women were employed while only 21 per cent of all whites were employed. In 1944 Negro women had risen from this figure to 40.2 per cent and white to 30.8 per cent. In general, over a million Negroes were added to the employment rolls before the middle of 1944 and these gains took place very largely in areas where the greatest losses were endured during the depression. New areas of employment were found in aircraft, shipbuilding, plastic materials, armaments and so forth. Today, the chief problem is obviously the sickening knowledge that many of these gains will be lost in light of the Negro's position as a marginal worker. Analyses of the possible fluctuation in the labor market reveal that the Negro worker faces a future of uncertainty since the greatest advances occurred in those industries which will experience the greatest post war declines. Even in Federal employment where many Negro women and girls found job opportunities, · between 120,000 and 140,000 persons will be discharged by June, 1946, and 60,-000 of this number are Negroes. Unlike their white co-workers, the clerical and stenographic personnel among Negroes can with difficulty find employment in private industry. For the serious student of current social, economic and racial problems this situation affords challenging consideration. Unless the educational program he has pursued and is still pursuing is offering opportunities for examination, analysis, discussion leading to some solution, he fails to meet the responsibilities imposed by the rights and privileges he has enjoyed. Particularly is it necessary that the Negro woman, college bred, sorority minded, take up this challenge. In programs of occupational and personnel guidance, in community activities to encourage profitable use of leisure time, in cultural self-improvement pursuits, women of Zeta Phi Beta sorority as well as all college women are obligated to "put away childish things" such as frivolous, trivial group rivalries and petty differences.

"These are the times that try men's souls ... The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country, but he that stands now deserves the love and thanks of man and woman. Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered ... " With these words of Tom Paine ringing in his ears, no thoughtful, honest man or woman can fail to realize the threat to national and racial security if he succumbs to complacence and contentment in the transient satisfactions of the day. Upon college trained men and women rest the obligation and burden of initiating alert leadership and intelligent mass action. They will be held accountable if they do not heed warnings such as this penned by no less prophetic a poet than Whitman: Long, too long America Traveling roads all even and peaceful you learn'd from joys and prosperity only, But now, ah now, to learn from crises of anguish, advancing, grappling with direst fate and recoiling not, And now to conceive and show to the world what your children en-masse really are ...

AN ARCHONIAN'S LIFE How will you spend your life Archonian Dear? Make sure you will bring happiness and loads of good cheer ; Your sisters would like to see this I know Don't allow them to think that it's merely a show. There are some things we long for There are some things we hope for Some things we look for And others we strive for Consider all these and be truthful too; For it's you friend, you, that they're looking to To live a well rounded life; don't ask me who? It's your life Archonian, show us what you can do. Archonian I• lorence Mae Camilla Wheeler Psi Chapter, Clark College, Atlanta, Ga.

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By Sorer Hazel Pyles, Pi Alpha, cmphis, Tennosaee I pledge allegiance to Zeta Phi Dela Sorority, And to the priciples for which she stands, One Sorority lndivisible, With friendship and love for all.

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BOULE ECHOES By Soror Lucile Rhine, Alpha Eta Zeta Chapter, Memphis The Twenty-Fifth Anniversary Boule, that long heralded and eagerly awaited event in "Zetadom," marking a memorable milestone in the history of Zeta is now a beautiful memory, one which will go with me through the years as an inspiring highpoint in my Zeta life. It is easy to see why I was so thrilled as the panorama of events passed before me. This was my first Boule I As we gathered in the spacious auditorium of the Y.M.C.A. at St. Louis, Missouri it could be seen that attendance was unusually good both for visiting delegates and elected delegates. My greatest thrill came when Grand Basilcus Harrison called for the opening devotions which had been prepared by our own Soror Porter of Alpha Eta Zeta chapter, Memphis. Our Zeta Ensemble was highly honored to be given the distinction of leading the devotions in this history making event. From my vantage point as one of the singers I could see many Zetas with tear dimmed eyes as we sang together "Sweet Zeta Hour," a touching hymn written for the occasion by Soror Porter. At the close of this inspiring devotional period there seemed to be a tightening of the bond of sisterly love and fellowship which makes each loyal Zeta even more loyal. The unique roll call by "joining year" was most timely for this occasion and enjoyed by all for one could see Zeta growing year by year. St. Louis Zetas had given much time, thought, and money to the carrying out of their plans for the comfort, convenience and entertainment of their many guests. Together with our Phi Beta Sigma Brothers they were most gracious. In the conducting of business there will always be differences of opinion, but there was a dignified positiveness in the handling of difficult problems and questions which assured the group that justice and fair play were uppermost in the presiding officer's mind. You have by now read the minutes of the Boule and so I shall not attempt to write about the details of business. The occasion afforded Xi Zeta Chapter an excellent opportunity through its affable Basilcus Walker and her alert and thoughtful committees, the pleasure of extending many unforgctablo courtesies to both Zetas and Sigma Brothers. The banquet hour! In

the words of Dunbar, "You orter been dar and seed it fer yurself." Being an anniversary banquet the theme of those programmed or called upon for speeches centered on the accomplishments of Zetas and Sigmas. Grand Basileus Harrison was most gracious in her presentations. Soror Arizona Cleaver Stemons, one of the five founders of Zeta was present at both business and social affairs and at the banquet was presented with a lovely gift by the "Grand." The National officers and Regional directors, Past Basilus Scruggs were also recipients of lovely gifts. The Zeta Ensemble was again honored by being requested to sing and to the beautiful accompaniment of Soror McClelland sang their hearts out to the assembled guests. One song, "The House By The Side of The Road," the music of which was composed by Soror Porter was rededicated to Grand Basileus Harrison. After business sessions all of us were kept busy going from one affair to another. Thus my first, but by no means last, Boule came to an end. To those who have never attended a Boule may I say that you will see Zeta in a different light if you attend one. You will learn, be inspired, and come back to your home chapter with new determination to do bigger and better things. BIRCHHAVEN

(Continued from Page 12) which this property could be occupied and properly kept up. I am making an earnest and sincere plea to these chapters to consider this matter seriously in their chapters and regionals and write me or the chairman of the Executive Board. Let us prove that the vision and long range planning of our late Grand Basileus was not in vain. Emblazoned on our shields and in our hearts is our motto, "Labor conquers all." What we need now is a solution for a very simple problem. We have been given a gift. Shall we bury it or shall we use it with profit? Remember, this is one of the assets that we are really proud of. If we know our true worth as intelligent college women, we should use it intelligently. This is our challenge. Will you accept? If you have any suggestions, please write

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FROM THE UNDERGRADS THOSE THINGS YOU MIGHT HAVE DONE Archonian: Mildred Bowers of Gamma Beta Chapter Berkeley, Calif. Student, University of Calif. There are so many things you must do each day; You must labor till setting sun; Then find at the end of a busy day, So much that was left undone. There are kindly deeds that you should have done; . Loving words that you left unsaid; You had meant to do them all today, But the time so swiftly fled. That weary soul walking along Life's Road; Ah, why had you passed him by; Why hadn't you helped with the burden he bore? Your heart only answered, "Why?" Thus another day had passed away; Had fled with the setting sun; And you numbered over with drooping head Those things that you might have done. So you thank God for those golden hours ; Those hours that He gave each day, And when some chance to help someone comes Help in your humble way. Let your life be such that at the end, When you face Life's setting sun, You can be at peace nor need to weep For those things you might have done.

ZETALITES CLUB SONG Of Psi Chapter, Clark ColJege, Atlanta, Ga. Zetalite, the club we love Will always hold our love No matter what we do We'll hold our love each day, as we travel along life's way We will always love this club the best. Zetalite, we all do love you, We love you, Oh, so well! Zetalite we all do love you We love you very well As members we'll stand the rule that our sisters' hearts Here we'll linger until the end. We will always be loyal, no matter what we do We will always do our best to top all the rest As members we'll stand the rule that our club will never lose Here we'll Tinger until the end. Tune-I'll Always Be In Love With You. Written by Edna Price

MY TASK (Tune, My Task) By Soror Hazel Pyles, Pi Alpha, Memphis, Tennessee To love Zeta Phi Beta every dayTo help a wandering soror find her way To do some good for some one every day And smile the Zeta smile And smile the Zeta smile This is my task. To tell the world that Zeta stands for right To stand on high and show the Zeta light To teach my younger sisters what is right And live the Zeta way And live the Zeta way This is my task. And then when all the good that I have done When at the end the last Had mile is run When Zetas humbly stand beside my bier And bid a last farewell And bid a last farewell Joy crowns my task.

OUR CREED Archonian Gwendolyn Earl Psi Chapter, Clark College, Atlanta, Ga. We try to Jive from day to day, In such a self forgotten way. That even when we kneel to pray, Our prayers will be for others. This is our aim each day in life, To see that peace overcomes strife. To make men see the right from wrong. And make each day be like a song. ,W e live for rest, and love, and peace. We want all wars and strifes to cease. Men of each race are all like brothers, One as good as the other. We like to see men join hand in hand, And work together as one christian band. This is each Zetalite's aim each day in life.

AN ARCHO IAN'S LIFE Humble as a little rose Pure as a lily white Living a christian life mi she goes, Along the pathways of life so bright. Obedient and true to everyone Bearing all of life's burdens with a happy smile. Never tiring when the day is done, But keeping the motto, it will bo over in a little while. Striving for the practice of true sisterhood Choosing peace instead of strife. To live for this is what one should. Portrait of an ARCIIONLA 'S LIF.K

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The Zeta Ensemble of Alpha Eta Zeta and Pi Alpha Chapters is under the direction of Sorer L. B. Porter, National Anatopokritis. This group sang at the opening of the 25th Anniversary Boule at St. Louis, Mo. They are from left to right: Sorors Helen Water-

ford, Beatrice Helm, Evelyn Clark, Maggie Jordan, Bernice McClelland, pianist, L. B. Porter, Bernice Williams, Lucile Rhine, Hazel Pyles, Sarah Dixon, Mayola Green, and Nana Lee Horn.

WHA1' VALUE THE TRUE WOMAN Soror Mildred Peace Finer Womanhood Speaker at Alcorn College February, 1946

1 must admit that I feel that Solomon, the wisest man that ever lived, the man who wrote the Book of Proverbs which has stood out as a guide through all generations, was unable to define the value of a true woman. For he said that she was priceless, her value is above that of rubies and diamonds. Of course we know that woman has not been held blameless since the fall of man in the garden. Since that time she has used her beauty as a blind to cause the downfall of kings and mighty nations. But though she might have been instrumental in causing man to sin, when he was driven from the garden she went by his side helping him to bear his burdens in the heat of the day.

As the flowers delight at the first Spring breeze, as the thirsty earth rejoices at the falling rain drops, as the mocking bird greets with JOY the first rays of dawn, so am I impressed with the privilege of dedicating this subject to our own grand basileus, Soror Lullelia W. Harrison. In this momentous time of crisis, when the total structure of man is being dragged beneath the very dust of damnation, I feel that Io could bring to this publication of the Archon no more appropriate subject than, "What Value- -the True Woman." In my attempt to elucidate on this subject

So it is with the true woman of today. When storms of opposition break in fury

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overhead, when life seems useless and there isn't the courage to go on, she whispers words of comfort to her companion saying every cloud has a silver lining, every night a star and the darkest hour of night is just before the dawn. My friends, have you considered that when man was driven from the garden because of his sin and there seemed to be no hope, when an angel was sent to guard the gates of Eden with a flaming sword, when heaven's choir had hung their golden harps on the weeping willows and refused to sing and heaven struck silence, an angel came flying back to the courts of heaven crying, "Paradise is lost!" Then Jesus offered his life as a sacrifice that man might be saved. He was not born into the royal courts of King Herod, he was not born into the homes of the philosophers or wise men, but while the people for miles around thronged the streets of Bethlehem and every one was in high moods of gaiety, there a lowly woman fought the fight of bringing man back into reconciliation with God and won by giving birth to a Saviour thus fulfilling the words of the prophet who said that she will bring forth a son and ye shall call his name Jesus, for he shall save the people from their sins. To find a woman with a beautiful figure and lovely face is no sign that you have found a true woman. I admit that every woman should take pride in her appearance and try to be neat and appealing at all times. But just as a tailor cannot make a man, neither can beauty salons or fashion shops make a woman. Compare a well dressed body with a well dressed mind. Compare a taste for dress with a taste for knowledge, virtue and piety. Dress up an ignorant woman in the height of fashion. Put on plumes. and flowers and rubies and diamonds. Beautify her face and gird her waist. What have you? A menace to our daring and thrill-seeking young men to drag them down to the very depths of degradation. But I would that they would shun them as though they were a plague for their feet go down to death and their steps take hold on hell and as Solomon said, "As a jewel of gold is in a swine's mouth, so is a fair woman without discretion." It is not so with the true woman. Her life stands out as a beacon light guiding the feet of wayward men into the path of ambition and with her love everything is made worthwhile. A woman's love is stronger than death. It rises superior to adversity and towers in sublime beauty above the selfishness of the world. Mi fortune cannot suppress it,

ARCHON enmity cannot alienate it, temptation cannot enslave it. It always remains the same, to sweeten the existence, to purify the cup of life on this rugged pathway to the grave and to melt to moral pliability the brittle nature of man. Today more than ever the world needs thinkers. We need thinkers to hold the throttle of the locomotive as she comes snorting down the rail. We need thinkers to pilot the mighty airships across the sky. We need thinkers to guide the mighty ocean liners a-, they plough their way through the mighty deep. But how can we have such characters unless we have true women? Job said, "Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean thing?" We do know that no nation rises higher than its women for the hand that rocks the cradle rules the world. So to the young women of today, the mothers of tomorrow, in our hands rests the fate of a coming generation. It is the mother who instills into the child's mind great ideals that will never die. It is the mother who teaches the child to lisp its childish prayer at her knee. It is the mother to whom the child looks for a foundation on which to build. It is the mother who molds the destiny of her child. Someday when the shadows of time have lengthened into the shades of eternity and the sun of my life is going down; when the finger of scorn that is now being pointed at finer womanhood shall be relaxed in death; when the lips of the deceitful shall be silenced by that grim monster who knows no fear; when the game maker shall be brought to judgment by that uncompromising sheriff who knows no return without his captive, I shall receive my reward. I shall be able to look into eternity fearlessly knowing that here on earth I've done my best though I've been denied the luxuries that many young women enjoy, though I've been denied the opportunity that many have thrust away. I shall pursue my course for if some little girl in years to come shall remember my name, if some word that I have spoken may be a stepping stone to some young woman, I shall feel that I have accomplished the task that has been set before meFor it matters not where I was born Whether my parents were rich or poor, Whether they shrank from the world's cold scorn Or lived in the pride of wealth secure; But whether I Jive an honest life And hold my integrity firm in my clutch, My friends, let me tell you as plain a:-1 I can, That matters very much.

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THE CHALLENGE TO FINER WOMANHOOD By Soror Ann G. Sasser A. and I. Staie College, NashviJle, Tenn.

The challenge facing Finer Womanhood today is to help Americans reconstruct their economic, their political and their personal lives on the basis of Christian principles. The first requisite in reconstructing anything would be understanding of the construction and second an accurately or intelligently designed plan for the reconstruction. Let us consider for a few minutes some elements in the construction or structure of our economic life. 1. Labor is a basic element. It is up to Negro Women to broadcast information that if the millions of blacks who live in the South are supplied with purchasing power in the form of wages the South will become one of the most prosperous sections of the nation. We should feel and execute our obligation to encourage workers to join unions: Twothirds of Negroes in this mechanical age, where there are said to be 10,000 employable tasks, are segregated in two fields of endeavor, agriculture and domestic service. These two fields offer no protection to workers measured in terms of wage and hour security. Therefore the Need of Extension of coverage of social security to agricultural and domestic workers is a challenge facing Negro Women. Our first consideration in the whole matter of reconstruction was labor. That choice was made with purpose. Finer ,WomanhoodN egro Leadership indeed-so called prosperous people generally-tend to separate themselves-their plight from the masses. We must identify ourselves with the masses. Our plight is inextricably bound with theirs. We must start Economic Reconstruction at the bottom. We must listen to C. C. Spaulding when he says that the only two efforts that may be successfully started from the top are ditches and graves. Dr. Griswold told a group of V. University Graduates, "One of the important things we may have learned during this war is that our fine doctrines of political freedom will be nearer realization when we understand that they have real meaning only to those who are in an economic position to act with the liberty such doctrines provide. It is the money in the consumer's hands that keeps the economic machinery going," Dr. Griswold asserted, "not the money at the top."

This last comment brings up the important matter of Taxation. Are our numerous complaints about taxation sound? To what extent are present forms of Taxation methods of decentralizing and redistributing Wealth? I do not propose to be able to answer this question. I do know however, that the Question of Taxation should challenge Negro Women.

I can think of no challenge facing Negro Women greater than that of creating among Negroes an awareness of their collective economic strength. Negroes must learn to control and effectively wield their spending power to greater advantage. Out of a total of two billions dollars spent annually by Negroes for food, clothing and shelter, government figures show Negro merchants have a turn over of not exceeding one hundred ten million. To mention collective economic strength naturally brings to attention cooperatives. The Cooperative Movement has not meant to Negroes what it should have. The Cooperative Movement constitutes a challenge to Negro Women and, if Negro women seriously set themselves to the task of undertaking any type of Cooperative Movement- they would succeed. For, as someone has observed, "I have yet to see a movement for the good of the community which women got behind that did not result in success." Great is the power of womanhood. We should put that power to good use. Herbert Agar: "Behind the Negro Problem" there looms the vast problem of the colored races throughout the world-a problem which contains within itself-the problem of the survival of our democratic faith. In the light of Agar's unquestionable truthhow do you feel when you hear the following accusation by Earnest E. Johnson, Chief of Washington Bureau of Associated Negro Press, "There is today no understanding between Ethiopa, Liberia, Haiti and American Negro Leadership." (Of course Agar was thinking of all dark people.) Do you know that there are many more dark people in the world than there are white people ? To teach Negroes to see their own political interest bound up with those of the dark peoples of the world is a challenge facing Negro Women. Now we come to the Reconstruction of Personal Lives on a Basis of Christian Principles. "The crisis in which modern man finds himself is spiritual." It will be surmounted by

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Zeta Brides-Alpha Eta Zeta Chapter, Memphi , Tennessee Seated at Piano, Bernice Roberts McClelland. Standing left to right, Sarah Reid Dixon, Mattie Brown Tyus, Bernice Eskridge Callaway, Beatrice Boyd Helm, Virginia

Dortch Edwards, Helen Wllliams Waterford, Bertha Polk Ray. Not pictured, Maggie Donelson Jordon.

the reaffirmation of spiritual values. Civilization's sickness-referred to in introduction-is a spiritual sickness. We must be reminded that Christianity is socially relevant. We must get away from the type of Religion which promises a piece of pie up in the sky when you die by and by. Appeasement-smoothing over is not the teaching of. Christianity. Christianity teaches Reconciliation. The point is-if we are to reconstruct our personal lives on Christian principles, we cannot simply look on wrong and say, Oh that's too bad and let it go at that. A socially relevant religion demands that we join whatever group is fighting social and economic inequality, injustice in any form whether it is a church group, a union, a local chapter of NAACP or the Urban League or a political party. To any of these fighting groups, you or I should bring the effectiveness of one

more voice, one more letter to state legislatures or congress or business groups, one more dollar bill and above all each individual must be convinced of the importance of his action. Good Way of Drifted Into !

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day living is a challenge facing Finer Womanhood. RELIGION: Get Religion like a Methodist Experience it like a Baptist Be sure of it like a Lutheran Conciliate it like a Conn.-regationalist Be proud of it like an Episcopalian Simplify it like a Quaker Glorify it like a Jew Pay for it like a Presbyterian Practice it like a Christian Scientist Work at it like the Salvation Army Propagate it like a Roman Catholic Enjoy it like a Negro. I don't know what the writer intends these lines to mean. One thing is certain-we have a larger number of different opin'ons on Religion than any other group. This story which I'm going to tell will indicate this fact: A little colored boy in the South was carrying a rabbit in a bag to a clergyman whose address he had in his pocket. Somehow the rabbit worked a hole in the bag, jumped out and ran. For a moment, the little lad stood confused, puzzled and then light seemed to dawn on his mind as he cried out in derision, "Run, you little rascal, but you ain't got the address!" Well, we dare not say or even think which of those many faiths have the right address; but we are sure that the one that can boast or the most socially relevant practices must be the one with the right address. It is imperative that we reaffirm some definite belief in the principles of Christianity. We must regard respect for others and practice respect for others as a basic principle of Christianity. "Be noble," wrote Lowell, "and the nobleness that lies in other men, sleeping but never dead, will rise in majesty to meet thine own." Everyone is sure that many white people do not respect others (especially Negroes) and every person very likely would hate to admit that some Negroes have not learned to respect others. If we would reconstruct our personal lives on Christian principles we must preach and practice the strategy of Good Manners. 111 the January issue of the Negro Digest, Oswald Garrison Villard discussed the importance o( the strategy of Good Manners for Negroes, (I eagerly commend the article for your reading.) Speaking about the many instances of bad manners of Negroes on buses and trains etc., he sayH-"lt may be alleged that these are trifling incidents. On the contrary they are or vital importance for the incidents are told and retold Iif'ty times and perhaps steadily exaggerated. The unfortunate but stubborn

fact is that when a Negro is ill-mannered, his enemies spread the untruth that all Negroes are ill-mannered. We resent this, of course. Our resentment does not change the ugly untruth. Hence this challenge to Finer Women: To incessantly preach to young and old alike that reprisals don't pay, that personal aggressiveness and bad manners are certain to do more harm to Negroes than anything else except outright crime. William Hard mentioned Science, master of matter, that will not only forever devise new methods of hurling matter against the enemy, but also new methods of repelling those hurlings. To bring these hurlings and counter hurlings to an end is not the function of scientific man who seeks only to release the power of the physical world; it is the function of moral man, who to his own uneasiness, hears himself eternally bidden by something above himself-to strive to release the power of the world of the spirit-the power of truth and justice. All of that can be summed up in these words: The Defensive Weapon agains the Atomic Bomb is the reconstruction of our personal lives on the basis of Christian principles. ALWAYS A WAY TO ZETA

There is always a way to rise, my pledge, Always a way to advance, But the road that leaders to FINER WOMANHOOD Does not pass by the way of chance; It goes through the stations of Work and Strife, · Through the valley of Persevere, And the one who succeeds while others fail, Must be willing to pay most dear. But there is always a way to fail, my pledge, Always a way to slide, And the ones you find at the foot of the hill All sought an easy ride. So on and up, though the road be rough, And the storms come thick and fast; There is room at the top for the pledge who tries, And victory comes at last. By: Mildred Bowers, Archonion Gamma Beta Chapter of Zeta Phi Beta It is a row of empty houses that gets its windows broken. Empty heads, empty hearts and idle hands are sure to come to grief. Zetas be wise !

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ZETAS IN UNUSUAL FIELDS

Julia Pate Borders

Soror Julia Pate Borders, Epsilon Zeta chapter, is a graduate of Spelman College, Atlanta, Georgia. Having received a fellowship from the Rosenwald Fund she has studied both at Chicago Univ rsity and Northwestern. Soror Borders is the efficient and capable wife of Rev. William H. Borders, pastor of Wheat Street Baptist Church. Though a leader in civic, religious community and national activities, she never shirks her personal responsibilities as a mother, a minister's wife, and a charming hostess and homemaker. The Atlanta Council of Negro Women, on the basis of her achievements and splendid leadership among the women of Atlanta, recently named her as the "Atlanta Woman of the Year." During the past year she has been

honored by election to the following positions: 1. National President of Spelman College Alumnae Association. 2. Vice President of National Council of Negro Women, Inc., with duties of Director of the Southeastern Region of the Council. Locally she holds membership in the following organizations: Parent-Teacher Association, Ministers' Wives Coterie, Atlanta Spelman Club, Epsilon Zeta Chapter of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Y.W.C'.A., National ouncil of Negro Women, Inc. (life member), N.A.A. C.P., Youth Recreation Committee o( Social Planning Council, G orgia Interracial Committee, Georgia Southern .,onference for Human Welfare, Atlanta Council of Church Women.

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WOMEN OF THE YEAR LAMBDA ZETA AND NU ALPHA CHAPTERS Honoring Women of Service in 1945 Wednesday Evening, February 27, 1946 -Houston College AuditoriumHONOREES

Mrs. Marion Gonzales President of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Teacher, and Civic Leader mental needs of many children who otherwise would face life handicapped if it were not for her services. Children who have received injuries from accidents or who are crippled by illness are among her clientele. Soror Perkins is a graduate of LeMoyne College and is prepared to take care of the scholastic needs of children from primary through high school grades. Her work is interesting because it gives her an opportunity to serve as a mender of souls as well as minds. Mrs. LiJJie Portley President of Fifth Ward Civic Club and Religious Worker Mrs. Etta O'Neil Dean of Girls at Jack Yates High School and Ardent Community Worker A Visiting Teacher Alpha Eta Zeta Chapter, Memphis, Tennessee, is proud to present to the Zeta assemblage of unusual personalities one of its own sorors who is engaged in a very unusual RS w 11 as interesting position. Sorer Freddie Perkins is a visiting teacher for crippled Negro children in our public school system and the only one that we know of in the sunny southland. A person of very pleasing and gracious manners, Soror Perkins does the unusual job of taking care of the

2201 Jarrell Street Houston 10, Texas April 28, 1946 Mrs. Lullelia W. Harrison Grand Basileus of the Zeta Phi Zeta Sorority Dear Fellow Greek: In addition to my appreciativeness of the tribute paid me during your Finer Womanhood Observances in recognition of the contribution to Child Welfare made by the local Delta Chapter, your spirit of altruism is praiseworthy and deserving of emulation. At this time when civilization is universally facing new frontiers as a result of the devastation of war, may the Greek Letter Organizations attain through united service and through united action programs the ideals and practices that will lend equal op-

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portunity to the deserving peoples in all regions. Lobbying for the passage of legislative and congressional acts which insure fairness to minority groups, the development of health clinics, the procuring of vocational guidance and national endeavor to increase the work opportunities for Negro women would be more effectual if Greek Letter Organizations would diffuse their efforts for the same final purpose. The well planned programs of our National Officers succeed only as the membership of the local chapters steadfastly assume positions of leadership in the communities in which they live. Combined efforts through the local Pan Hellenic Councils and finally through the National Pan Hellenic Council would produce an efficacious organ. May the cordial gesture of your organization lead toward unified endeavor of the Greek Letter World. Very truly yours (Mrs.) Marion E. Gonzales President, Beta Beta Chapter Delta Sigma Theta Sorority

ARCHON honored seventeen men and women with a testimonial banquet at the beautiful Elks Club. One of the recipients was the charming Soror · C. J. Chambliss, art teacher in the Oakland public school system, "for the most outstanding achievement in the field of education."

RADIO SPEAKER Alpha Iota Zeta Chapter, Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Tu! a, Oklahoma

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Soror C. J. Chambli

The TRI-CITY HERALD, a recently established weekly newspaper, 'made a splendid gesture this year when the editor, Mr. James Jones and his staff conducted a survey throughout the Bay Area (San Francisco, Oakland, Berkeley, etc.) for the most outstanding achievements in various fields and

Soror Essie Lee Long, school nurse, Tulsa, Oklahoma, city system, participated in the National Health Week Program over station KOME. Soror Long explained the School Health program from the Diagnostic, Preventative and Curative angles. Iler procedure was as follows: The Elementary chool program begins in the Spring with a "Round Up" of pre-school children who will enter school in the fall. The "Round Up" includes a physical checkup by the School Doctor and nurses. With the parent's consent the child is immunized against whooping cough, diphtheria, smallpox, and typhoid. Nutrition problems are also considered by a nutritionist. Recommendations are made to parents relative to diet and other nutritional needs. A complete chart of the child's physical condition is furnished free of charge to the parent. Periodic check ups arc held during the school year, free consultation may be had by parents for their children at any season of the year. Students engaged in competitive aports are

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rigidly examined to make sure that they are physically fit for the rigorous exercise entailed. Nurse Long is doing a fine job in assisting in safe guarding the health of school children. Her services are much appreciated by those whom she serves. THEY BUILDED BET'fER THAN THEY KNEW Our founders five, a structure made To last through ages long And truly of them it is said, They built on right, not wrong. With foresight, they some brothers sought To help in time of need. The wisdom of this act was fraught With many a noble deed. Our founders made our building strong With sisterhood and love, In faith they labored hard and long With guidance from above. To weather various storms of life They sought material fine,

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To combat jealousy and strife Guidance they sought, divine. Through five and twenty years of time This Zeta house has stood A monument of faith sublime A monument of good. By Nana Lee Horn Pi Alpha-Memphis, Tenn. Pride is usually at the bottom of most mistakes. Do your good deeds quietly and leave dangerous pride alone, Zetas! Be careful of the ruins of old friendships! They are sometimes haunted by birds of ill omen. Keep the palace of friendship sweet with the incense of respect, Zetas! Spend not one half of your time in enjoying your tomorrows. You may spend the other half in regretting your yesterdays. Watch today, Zetas!

J{APPA ZETA, DALLAS, TEXAS Presenting to Mrs. L. G. Pinkston theaward of 1945.

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Soror Opalene Wadkins CHI ZETA CHAPTER Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Soror Opaline Wadkins, Supervisor of Nurses, Negro Unit, at the State University Hospital is a vital force in the successful experiment of operating a Negro Unit in a hospital previously designated as a training school for white nurses only, by the University of Oklahoma School of Medicine. The appointment of Soror Wadkins to the position brought a singular honor to her and to the state, since she was the only Negro nurse in the state qualified to meet the requiremerits as set down by the University. The successful career as a nurse began at Pinkston Clinic, Dallas, Texas, in 1936 shortly after her graduation from the Kansas

City General Hospital School of Nursing. After coming to this state she served the Oklahoma State Health Department as general staff nurse for eight years, the last three of which was spent in VD control. A Bachelor of Science Degree was earned from Catholic College, Guthrie, Oklahoma in 1942 following a year of post-graduate study at Virginia Medical College, Richmond, Virginia, where in 1941 she was awarded a certificate in Public Health. Aside from her professional duties, Sorer Wadkins is the mother of two children, Janice Marie and Thomas Felton, three and two years old respectively. ln addition to serving as First Anti-Baaileus of Chi Zeta Chapter she serves as pr isident of the local nurses' organization.

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GREETINGS TO NEW CHAPTERS OF 1946 1. Beta Omicron Zeta, Detroit, Mich. 2. Iota, Phoenix, Ariz. 3. Beta Tau Zeta, Miami, Fla. 4. Beta Upsilon Zeta, Dothan, Ala. 5. Beta Sigma Zeta, Tampa, Fla. 6. Beta Rho Zeta, Fort Valley, Ga. 7. Beta Pi Zeta, Sumter, S. C. 8. Beta Phi Zeta, Langston, Okla. 9. Kappa, Johnson C. Smith, Charlotte, N. C. 10. Lambda, Allen University, Columbia, S. C. 11. Mu, Cloflin College, Orangeburg, S. C.

THE MOT'l'O 1'HA T COUNTS You may bring to your office and put in a frame A motto as fine as its paint,

But when you are unfair when playing the game That motto won't make you a saint. You may place placards all over the ha II Maybe mere words to pronounce; It is not the motto that hangs on the wall, But the motto you live that counts. If the motto reads : "Smile" and you wear a frown, "Do It Now" and you linger and wait, The motto, "Help Others" and you trample them down, And the motto reads: "Love" and you hate, You won't get far with the mottoes you stall, For truth will show forth with a bounce ; It is not the motto that hangs on the wan, But the motto you live that counts. By: Mildred Bowers To : All Archonions

BETA RHO ZETA, FORT VALLEY, GA. Fort Valley State College recently reFields, Alma Bryany and Annie Maud Idlett. Seated: Frances Sims, Sadie Watson, Eunice received Beta Rho Zeta Chapter of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority. Left to right standing: Katie Beanum, Faustina Hall and Lula Anderson. Troup, Ethel Ingram, Harriet Tabor, Pauline

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CONDENSEL CHAPTER REPORTS JJ Name of Chapter 1. Lambda Zeta

Location Houston, Texas

2. Alpha Alpha, Beta Iota Zeta, Zeta Zeta

Finer W. Speaker Grand Basileus L. W. Harrison

Chicago, Ill.

3. Alpha Pi Zeta

San Antonio, Texas

Worship Service at Indiana Ave. Christian Church Sorer Maggie Daniels

4. Rho Zeta

Winston Salem, N. C. Rev. C. H. Webb

5. Alpha Alpha Zeta

Salisbury, N. C.

Rev. J. P. Johnson

6. Gamma Beta

Berkeley, Calif.

Rev. C. L. Fauntleroy Sorors Irma D. Scarborough and Mydget R. Laster

7. Alpha Epsilon Zeta

Kansas City, Kans.

8. Alpha Theta Zeta

Savannah, Ga.

Book Review Rev. H. H. Duenow Rev. N. E. Holsey

9. Beta Epsilon Zeta

Shreveport, La.

Rev. E. C. West

10. Delta

Tyler, Texas

Sorer Effie Wilson

11. Beta Kappa Zeta

Lake Charles, La.

Rev. Washington Mayor Tom Pryce

Activity Fiesta Time Shower for Old Folk Home $160.00 Scholarship Joint Music Recital Presenting Louis Vaughn Jones and Warner Lawson Special Program Soror A. White, Speaker Award to Sorer C. J. Chambliss by Herald (Newspaper) Blue Revue as Style Show Musical Treat Atlantic City Follies Peg Leg Bates and Marva Louis Spanish Fiesta Reception to War Veterans

12. Beta Alpha

Baton Rouge, La.

Sorer Oceola Williams

13. Psi Zeta

Fort Worth, Texas

St, James Bapl. Church

Bridge Luncheon

14. Alpha Zeta

Baltimore, Md.

Sorer Esther Peyton

15. Alpha Iota Zeta 16. Mu Zeta

Tulsa, Okla. Baton Rouge, La.

Oceola Williams

Donations to Home for Aged Radio Speaker Piano Recital, Mr. T. Debose

17. Beta

Atlanta, Ga.

Sorer Julia Pate Borders

Fashion Hour

Sorer Ann Sasser

Donation Monthly to Orange Mound Day Nursery "Little Theater" Cry Havoc

18. Alpha Eta Zeta and Pi Alpha Memphis, Tenn. 19. Chi Zeta

Oklahoma City, Okla.

A Registered Nurse in a College .When the graduate chapter was set up on Alcorn College two young women of unusual ability were included in the group. One was the assistant librarian, Sorer Harrison, and the other was Soror Thelma Reid, who later became Soror Peyton. This very capable young nurse is in charge of the school infirmary where she is making a glorious contribution to the ideals of Finer Womanhood. Soror Peyton possesses an abundance of wit, humor, and tact-qualities which go to make a fine nurse. The student body is unanimous in its praise of Sorer Peyton and to them she is the Florence Nightingale of Alcorn College. Soror Peyton's article, "Desirable (!ualitie:-1 in a urse," shows her ideas of what the

real nurse should be and it is said that she exemplif ies her sayings .

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DESIRABLE QUALITIES IN A NURSE A Nurse should have calmness and selfpossession. She should be gentle, kind, goodtemp red and obliging, but firm withal, and she should have a cheerful countenance. "Some seem by nature to have a vocation for nursing; others do not. Some have the light steps, the pleasant voice, the cheerful smil ', the dexterous hand and the gentle touch; some are gifted in cookery for the Hick, are excellent to drive away the dumps and give life and cheer to the sick room." The former good qualities are essential to a nurse and if she can combine the latter, she will J; • invaluable. She oug hl 11 .ither be a tattler nor a tale

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ID FINER WOMANHOOD SPEAKERS Yearly Project

Activity Presentations to Three "Women of the Year"

Activity

Basileue or Reporter

$3000.00 to Y.W.C.A. Evelyn Smith Lawson

Milk Donation to E. End Settlement Home Susie M. Speight

Bicycle Contest, $622.93 Net

Leathia W. Nicholson Night in Hawaii N.A.A.C.P. Forum Blue Revue

Refurnishing Episcopal Parish House Swimming Pool for Delinquents

Eye Glass Project,

Scholarship Tea Donation of Stage Improvement To College Presentation of Mrs. D. A. Combre a "Woman of the Year" Chit Chat Hour for Deltas and Sigmas Presentation to Sorer C. D. Johnson

Winner in Statewide High School Newspaper Editorial Contest Founders Day Tea Essay Contest on Finer Womanhood

Eye Glasses to Indigent Children

Forum at Local Church

Lee Ella Gaskin Nancy H. Walker Seley Moore

Scholarship to Charlene Thompson

Effie Wilson

Chapel Hour at 1st Ward School

Olive Porche Octavia Gibson

Blue Revue Gypsy Skit

Mary C. McMillan Ethel Thompson Ethel Don Smith Octavia Gibson

Y.W.C.A. Canteen Sponsors Annual Tea to Faculty and Students of Morris Brown College

Mydget Laster

Presentation to J. P. Borders as "Woman of the Year" Bobby Sox Dance Bridge Tournament Alliance Tea

E. Howard B. A. E. Callaway Lelia D. Lovejoy

------bearer, nor a croaker, nor a putterer. A tattler is an abomination ; a clacking tongue is most wearisome and injurious to the patient. A tale bearer is to be especially avoided; if she tells talcs on her former cases, my reader may depend upon it that her turn will come. Have nothing to do with a gossip of a nurse; she is a most dangerous person to have about you. But of all nurses to be shunned as the plague is the croaker, one that discourses of dismal and of tho dreadful cases that have occurred in her cxperieuces, many of which, in all probability, she herself was the cause of. A putterer should be banished from the lying-in room; she i:-; perpetual worry-a perpetual blister! She is a nurse without smartne:-;s, with methods and without system. She pullers al this and putters at that and worries the patient beyond measure. It is better

to have a brusque and noisy nurse than a puttering one. The nurse must 'be sober, temperate and healthy, and free from deafness and from any defect of vision. She ought to have the softest step and most gentle tone. She should have a gentle manner, but yet not melancholy. She should be fond of children and must neither mind her trouble nor being disturbed at night. She should be a light sleeper. Scrupulous attention to cleanliness, freshness and neatness in her own person and toward the patient and infant are most important requisites. In choosing a nurse, select one who has a bright sun-shiny countenance-having nothing to do with a sour face. T. S. Peyton, R. N.

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MEMORIUM By L. B. Porter

In loving memory of those dear Sorors who at sometime during the twenty-five years of Zeta's existence were called away to join the ranks of a nobler sisterhood in bright mansions above, these lines are dedicated. A PRAYER Kind Father on Thy throne above We thank Thee for Thy tender love. We praise Thee for Thy goodness shown For every blessing we have known. In meek submission to Thy will ,We pray that peace each heart may fill, That those who've felt the pain of loss May think of Thee upon Thy cross. We pray that some day we shall meet Our Sorors gone, and gladly greet Them on that Heavenly, golden shore Where pain and sorrow come no more. Bring us at last, Thy face to see With those who've crossed life's troubled sea. Bless them and us, dear Heavenly Friend, In Thy blest name we pray, Amen . A TRIBUTE Today in love this tribute we pay To those dear sorors who are just away In blissful rest in that fair land above, Where all is happiness, and peace, and love. God loaned them to us for a little while That we might catch a radiant lovely smile, Or be recipient of some kindly deed Before death winged its way with tragic speed. God let us use their talents for a while, A song, a speech, training a little child. They gave to Zeta loyalty and love, They're waiting for us on that shore above. They gave the best of what they had to give, They bade us seek-e'en suffer, work and live. They set the pace, that following we may keep Within our hearts the love of Zeta-deep. Some day when lights have faded from the sky, When we no longer say a last good bye, All sorrow, and all parting we'll forget, In heaven's glad day, beyond the last sunset.

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GRADUATE CHAPTERS ALPHA ZETA Ethel Payne, H'6 McCulloh St. Baltimore 17, Md, BETA ZBTA Bertha C. Anderson, 1108 L.,mont St. N.W. Wa:,,hin~ton, D. C.

C!II ZETA Clara T. MrF.,ll, 1209 N E. Eighth St. Oklahoma City, 0kb,

DELTA Z[CJ'A Sa r.rh S. K,·lley. 1108 8,:tty Itord Rd. Ch,rlottt•, N. C. EPSILON ZETA Sady,• W,ason, 329 Lee St S.W Atltu ra, G.a.

ETA ZETA

ZETA ZETA

Deborah C. Partridge, Tusk.gee Institute Tuskegee, Ala.

Mn.!elyn J. Grant, 624 W Monroe St. Solisbury, N. C.

Hattie J, Trent, !S!O S. Kallawa St. Beckley, W. Va.

lrm• B. Thompson, I 3 l 1-29th Street Newport News, Va.

Ella L. J O!lCS, 1449 Evergreen St, Jacksonville, Fla.

ALPHA ALPHA ZETA ALPHA BETA ZETA

ALPHA CHI ZETA Thelma S. Gill, 149 3 Cable Street Bcaumoitt, Tex.ls

ALPHA DELTA ZETA ALPHA EPSILON Zl.iTA Lee Ella Gaskins, 83 0 Ncbroska Ave. Bernice A. E. Collaway, "I Alston Ave.

\"</. 10th Str1.•N Lndi.in.rpoh , JnJ. KAPPA :a, I,\ Hlotse rvlcr , .?909 Dalla . Tcxa

f:mm,1 Ple 1 .uu , I i ou: ton, Tex.l.co

ALPHA ETA ZETA

~LP ft,;.•·~1.,:MMA ZETA 1

Ethelyn Acox, 2741 St Ann S, New Orlc'1n:;, L,.

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.!709 'l Iewc tor St.

MU ZllTA

Arizona C. Stenimons, 191, Federal St.

Blizabcth Wood, Box 217 -~9 Gaii,s St. Momgomery, W. Va.

A. E. Mnnn, I )02 N. Norfolk St, Tulso, Oklahom.t

BETA ETA ZETA Z. Vivian Boswell, 767 E.si 42nd St, Los Angeles, Col. BETA IOTA ZETA

M, J, K;rvrn, I 170 1, N,vosota St, Austin, Tex.a::,;

Catherine Weaver 4147 Indiana Ave. Chicago, 111.

ALPHA IOTA ZETA

I AM!l[)A ?F J'A

BETA BETA ZETA Doris Green. 1110 P.in~ Street Columbia, S. C.

BETA DELTA ZETA

K.1ns1u City, Kanso.s

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BETA ALPHA ZETA

Phila., Pa. BETA EPSILON ZETA M. L, Brown, 1920 Myrtle Street Shreveport, La. BETA GAMMA ZETA

GAMMA ZITA Alma Hi lli.rrd , ! 8H N l l•h Street Fort Smith, Ark:rn ;h

ALPHA ZETA ZETA

Birdie Graves, 8 31 W, P1scaglH1la, St.

J nckson 13, Miss.

Aorn Hr-rtr-am , 407 S, 28th Street Louisvif le, Kv,

IOTA ZETA IrA l I. (,;1n,1way

ALPHA XI ZETA

Dr. Georgia Proctor, '5832 Michigan Ave. Chicaj,\"o, Ill.

ALPHA KAPPA ZETA

Al.Pl-IA LAMBDA ZETA Lolo D. Hudso11, P. 0. Box l 13

BETA KAPPA ZETA J c~sie M. Epps, 704 Boutt:"v.1rd St.

Rubr 11 ·11to11 Sourhern lJnivl'rsity Baton l~ou~e. I i.

ALPHA MU ZETA

BETA LAMBDA ZETA

l•ann, Clor,, KO I E, Clv-rch Street Knoxvdl , Fr-nn.

Annie Cox, •1300 W. 16th Sm,et Little Rock, Ark, Al.PHA NU ZETA 130::.ton1 M:us.

Almond Crocker, bt3 l larrr-on Ave. N. W. Roanoke. V11

ALPHA OMEGA ZE l'A

Winnie Foster, 1012. N. Grand St. Tyh·r, Texas

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Sc, u r: 'I'cuuc ~e hville 8, I'enn.

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M.,ry C. McMill.rn, 928 l . Terrel! St. l-orr Worth Te,c:,

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Antoim•\h' D. Buone, V1rgini"L State Coll.Pgc Pett!r:-;burg_, Yi.l.

L.i.ke Charles, La. Mary H.,11, 160 S. Grove St, Ashville, N. C.

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Ora.g,•bur~. S. C.

Va:shti Goodman, lmm.1nuel Ltu.h.er::.n Col. Greensboro, N. C.

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Mortha Ow,•ns, Hl W. Marslull Richmond, Va.

ALPHA PI ZETA Nczzic 0rndlcy, 2014 Nolan Street San Antonio, Tt•:<,

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Anne H. Ray, 433 Ohio Street L1n,ingto11, Ky.

ALPHA RIIO ZETA Mabe! Champion, ) 1 Chilton. St. MontJ,~omc-ry, Ala. ALPHA SIGMA ZETA Euui" M.,c McGh,•c, ·lo-6th Ave. South Birmi11gh:1m, Ala.

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A,mie Loe Jacksun, 2~ 11 Ave. L G.,lvu.con, Tt•xas

Edna M. Moore, H39 23rd Street Detroit, lviichisan

BETA THETA ZETA Myrtle C. Griffm, I ,04 Outten Street Norfolk, Va, BETA XI ZETA lvl.trg~ricte Brown, 2912.,2 l~t Street Gulf Port, Miss.

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Wilma Lacy, 1343 How.1rJ T.,ft Rd, Cinclnno.tt, Ohio

BETA UPSILON ZErA Ani,a Reg~na l\1<hs, 303 Pinc Street Doth,u1, Alaba.:n:i BETA SIGMA ZETA Annie L. W.1iters, 212 W Oak Av,:. Tampa. Florida

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N.rncy l l. Wolk,,,., 616 W. 40th S.roec S.1v.:rnnn.h 1 G:a

Sadye M. Watson, 3~9 Le,• St S.W, Atlantn, Ga, Scoto Coll,-~c. Fort V,lley, G.,.

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J,•n,·tte Glover, Fl I A, II: rvl College Tallalndce, E•la.

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