lrta Jqi irta §nrorityj 1Jur. ANCY BULLOCK WOOLRIDGE, Grand Basilcus Box 145, Ha mpton I nsiiuuc, 1-1 arupton, Virginia NATIONAL OFFICERS MARION H. DILLARD, First Anti-Basilcus SUSIE E. MILES, TAMIAS 5107 Oakland Avenue, Dallas, Texas 2619 I !th Street, . W., Washington, D. C. MARION P. BAKER, Second Anti-Busilcus MARIE NERO TARVER, Aruapokritis 8904 Palm Street, New Orleans, Louisiana P. 0. Box I 003, Galesburg, l llinois ELIZABETH G. BYRD, Third Anti-Basilcus IDA B. KING, Phylacter 2819 Midlothian Pike, Richmond, Virginia 2324 Monroe Street, Gary Indiana OZORA R. WYSINGER, Grammatcus ARIZONA C. STEMONS, Chairman, Executive Board l 20 I -A North Davis Street, Pensacola, Florida 1915 Fcdcra I Street, Phi lad el ph ia, Pcnnsyl vania ANNA M. FRAZIER, Chairman, Board of Trustees 1337 Chapel Street, Cincinnati, 011io REGIONAL DIRECTORS LUCILLE G. COLEMAN, Southeastern RUTH THIBODEAUX, Chmn., Regional Directors 1146 W. 30th Street, Jacksonville, Florida l 150 Portland A venue, Shreveport, Louisiana LOLA B. GREER, Midwestern PAULINE S. ALLE , South Central 1334 N. E. 8th Street, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 1323 12th Avenue South, Columbus, Mississippi EVELYN B. HUNT, Atlantic Z. VIVIAN BOSWELL, Pacific 74 Coligni Avenue, New Rochelle, New York 767 East 42nd Street, Los Angeles 11, California MARY W. STEWART, Great Lakes VELMA C. BUNCH, Eastern 210 E. Boston Boulevard, Detroit, Michigan 1403 Calvert Street, Norfolk, Virginia PROJECT DIRECTORS LOU SWARZ LUTOUR, Public Relations MARION H. DILLARD, Chairman, Finer WomanI lotel Theresa, 7Lh Avenue and 125th Street, hood Week New York . Y. 5107 Oakland Avenue, Dallas, Texas OZORA R. WYSINGER, Chairman, 131ue Revue LILLIAN FITZHUGH, Prevention and Control of 1201-A North Davis Street, Pensacola, Florida J uvenilc Delinquency 1522 Jackson Street 1 • E., Washington, D. C. LULl,EL!A W. I !ARRISON, Executive Secretary 1721 Worm trcct, Houston, Texas VASHTI GOODMAN, La Cheerios 80 I Douglas Street, Greensboro, N. C. NATIONAL HONORARY MEMBERS Mrs. Frances W. Edward'> Mme. Lillian L~vanli Mrs. J. A. Fountain Mrs . Julia Wcsl Hamilton
Miss Mildred Blount Mrs. Dixie Brooks Mrs. A. D. Carey (Deceased) Miss Ellabclle Davis
Mrs. Cecelia King (Deceased) Mrs. A. Turnbo Malone Mrs. J. C. apicr (Deceased) Mrs. Sallie Stewart
LIFE MEMBERS Julia West Hamilton, Washington, D. C. Lullelia W. Harrison, Houston, Texas Gertrude J imson, cw Orleans, Louisiana Esther Peyton, Washington, D. C. Lucinda 13. Robey, Birrningham, Alabama
Myrtle Tyler Faithful, Founder Viola Tyler Goings. Founder Pearl Neal, Founder Arizona Cleaver Stcrnons, Founder Fannie Pettie Watts, Founder Eola Lyons Baker, cw Orleans, Louisiana
CHAPTER DIRECTORY Listings in accordance with Greek alphabets UNDERGRADUATE ALPHA, Gladys Frye, 3811 Jay Street, N. E., Washington, Dislri<:l or Columbia. BETA, Currie Clements, Morris Brown
College, Atlanta, Georgia. GAMMA, Althea Cornish, Morgan State
College, Baltimore 12, Maryland. DELTA, La Joie Sanders, Texas 'ollcgc, Tyler, 'Texas. EPSILON, Edith Audain, 201 W. 146 Street, New York. ZETA, Gladys !Iucl on, Alcorn College,
Alcorn, Mississippi.
ETA. Alic Ricks, 413 N. 5:l Str t, Philnclelphhia, I onnsylvanin. THETA. Ari, A. Pleasant, Wil y Collegt\ Marshu!l, T xns. IOTA, Ivory Williams, 1117 W. Gilbert
Street, Phoenix, Arizonu. Mari Fostet', Johnson C. Smith Uu iverxity, Charlott , North
KAPPA,
Cnrol ina. LAMBDA, Frunrcs Oxner, Alten Uni vcrsrty, Columbia, South Carolina. MU, Ruth T. Bowen, C'lnflin 'ullt:gc,
Orangeburg, South Caroliua.
NU, Joye' Clark, 700 North 27 Strc t
Richmond, Virginia. ' XI. Priscilla Hardy, Box 216 0 Will) rforce University, Will) rfo rc , Ohio. OMICRON, Christ no Williums, Shaw University, Rulcigh, North Curol iua. PI. On.1 Buck, Knoxville College, Knoxville, Tenn ss . RHO, Pittsburg, Kansas. SIGMA. Georgia K Guith r, Livingst?11 College, Salisbury, North ',1rol ina. ,continued Inside Back Cover)
OFFrCIAL ORGAN OF ZETA PHI BETA SORORITY, INCORPORATED
June, 1951
Galesburg, Illinois
Volume XVI I No. 1
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF: Marie Nero Tarver Post Office Box 1003 Galesburg, Illinois
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ASSOCIATE EDITOR: Louise W. Vickers 1036 North Third Street Birmingham, Alabama
FEATURE EDITOR: Florence Edwards Borders Bethune-Cookman College Lobrary Daytona Beach, Florida
SCRAPBOOK EDITOR: Theda A. Williams 530 West Strong Street Pensacola, Florida
HUMOR EDITOR: Marian Harris Shannon 2082 N. W. Sixth Court Miami 36, Florida
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Human Relations in Action By Dr. Nancy B. Woolridge New National Honorary Soror
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Regional News
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The Story of My Chair By Archonian Evelyn R. Jefferson
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Polio Pointers for 1951
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Traveling Companions By the feature editor COVER: Dr. Nancy B. Woolridge, Grand Basilcus, presents the Zeta service key to Atty. Edith S. Sampson, alternate UN delegate from the United States, at ceremonies in Chicago. Story on page 7.
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Greetings, Sorors: Your unanminous reelection of me to this post, the editorship of our official sorority publication, the ARCHON, has again placed great responsibility in my hands. I shall do my best to live up to that trust. You will have to help me, though. May I depend upon that?
* * * * * The ARCHON staff and I are deeply appreciative of the hearty approval of and commendations on the December edition as expressed both by orors and by fellow Greeks.
* * * * * Special thank to Sorors Lou (Swarz) LuTour, Zeta's director of public relations, Ivory Fuqua of Chicago, Lola Greer, Midwestern regional director, and others who promptly responded to requests made of them personally for this edition.
* ** * * Do note on the preceding page the ARCHON staff additions and changes. Our publication is growing and our staff must increase to supply demands. Here's hoping that you I ike the innovations in this edition.
***** For want o( a better name, the Humor column is being called, "Sorority Snickers". Have you any suggestions? Write to this office and let u hear about some of them by September 1. * * * * * Please note that the deadline for the December edition is October 2 and that regulations for ending new copy arc found cl ewhere in this edition. It is most important that sorors adhere to the regulations. May we depend upon your cooperation?
* * * "' * Soror Evelyn B. Pope library science instructor at North Carolina college, Durham, has been appointed by the Grand Basilcu · to fill the unexpired· term or Soror Ruth C. hcrlock cw York City, who was elected a trustee at Boule. oror Sherlock, former national Tamias-Grammateus, found it phy ically necessary to relinquish the new responsibility. • * • • * It is heartening to observe increasingly more wholesome relationships between the Greek letter organizations, both in your chapter reports and in persona I experiences, ct cetera.
Grand Ba ilcus Woolridge was the guest of the Lynchburg, Virginia Delta Sigma Thetas at their Public Forum in March and with Attorney Belford V. Lawson, Alpha Phi Alpha national president, and Dr. Helen Edumunds di cussed "Human Rights from Charter to Practice." Soror Woolridgc's address was titled "The Realities of Integration." Yours truly has been enjoying a most happy exchange of publication and correspondence with the editors of the Alpha Phi Alpha, Alpha Kappa Alpha, Kappa Alpha Psi, and Omega Psi Phi publications. With the next edition, yours truly hopes to start an exchange column in the ARCHON. * "' "'* *
Speaking of wholesome relationships and exchange columns, too, here arc a few tidbits that might fit into either class: When the AKAs in Monrovia, Liberia, West Africa, entertained Dr. Margaret Davis Bowen, one of their former Supreme Ba ilei visiting there with her hu band, Zeta Soror Mary Antionette Brown, a Liberian and graduate or Radcliff (USA) poured tea. (From information in the AKA Ivv LEAF). This one comes from the Alpha Phi Alpha SPHINX, and you might get either a chuckle or a shock from it. Friend husband, an Alpha trater, got quite a "bang" out or it (he would!): A D
UCII IS WOMAN
Symbol-Wo Atomic Weight-120 Physical Properties-boils at nothing and freezes at any minute. Melts when properly treated, very bitter if not well used. Occurrence-found wherever man exists. Chemical Properties-possesses great affinity for gold, silver, platinum, and precious stones. Violent reaction if left alone, able to absorb great amounts of food matter. Turns green when placed beside a better looking specimen. Uses-highly ornamental, useful as a tonic in acceleration or low spirits and an equalizer or the di stribution of wealth. Is probably the most effective income reducing agent known. Caution-highly explosive in inexperienced hands. Has anyone one called, "And uch Is Man?"
"'***. Becoming serious again: S ror Ozora R. Wysinger national rarnmateus, is also national chairman of the
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Blue Revue. Write to her your Blue Revue problems and suggestions. Soror Marion Dillard, national First Anti-Basileus, is now national chairman of Finer Womanhood week also. She would like to hear from you, too. * * * * * When the Jacksonville, Florida Recreation board dedicated the community swimming pool in April, Soror Lucille G. Coleman, Zeta's Southeastern regional director, as one of only two women speakers on a dignitary-filled program, gave the response of acceptance. *~'*** Soror Nora Evans Lockhart, because of recent family sorrow and exacting responsibilities, finds that she cannot serve as an AR.CHON associate editor for a new term. Her previous cooperation is deeply appreciated and her inability to serve again is regretted. No successor has been named yet. * II< * * *
ln cities where there arc several Zeta chapters, the idea that Chicago Chapters, Zeta Zeta, Beta Iota Zeta, and Alpha Alpha, have used in forming a Council of Chicago Chapters might prove successful. Jointly they observe national dates and celebrations dear to Zeta, thereby presenting a united force in their city. Soror fvory Fuqua, Beta lota Zeta chapter basileus and president of the council, would, no doubt, explain the organization to any interested soror or chapter. (Her address is in the chapter directory.) * **** And speaking of joint forces, Zeta Phi Beta has agreed to hold its Boule in Cleveland in 1952 along with the other Greek letter organizations. The meetings th ugh wholesomely joint, in many ways will retain their desired individuality Loo. "A good time was had by al I" is expected to be the com rnent afterwards, so plan now to attend. The move is an ACH R brainchild. Yours truly had hoped to have detailed information in this edition right from the director of all of the conIcrcncc plans who promised to send it as soon as plans were cemented or very nearly so. Even if it comes just before our press runs, we shall try to include it. * * * * * No news of the Pan-Hellenic council emblem contc t winners has come yet. Did you enter the contest?
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"The repledge service and memorial service dedicated to the late Soror Ernestine B. Miller who died December 17, 1950, were Jed by Soror Marion Dillard, national First Anti-Basileus." * * * * * Not long ago several news stories carried information that at some of the larger universities recognition of campus organizations requiring religious and racial qualifications for membership had been withdrawn. It was further stated that student organizations and governing bodies can play an effective part in eliminating racial discrirniniation in the colleges. The organizations mentioned include sororities and fraternities. What are we as sorority and fraternity members doing to aid advancement? What do you feel is the future of the predominantly Negro sororities and fraternities? Answers, please. * * * * * Don't forget the March of Dimes, the American Council on Human Rights, the National Council of Negro Women, the United Negro College Fund, and other worthwhile projects both national and local. * * * * * ln parting, have a happy vacation and return to your posts in the Fall with renewed determination to "do a good job" in whatever is your responsibility. M.N.T.
* * * * ,, Since the previous edition of the ARC1-ION, national Honorary Soror ccilia King made at the 1948 Boule, wife of Liberian Ambassador King, passed "beyond the wall" ... on or about December I 0, 1950.
***** milted from the report of the Midwestern regional conference held at Muskogee, Oklahoma, May 23-25, it has been called to my attention via telegram was:
SOROR VELMA C. BUNCH of Norfolk. Virginia, Eastern regional director, to whom one of the poems in Zeta Scrapbook, this issue, is dedicated,
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SOROR MARION PERKINS BAKER, new Second Anti- Basileus elected at the 1950 Boule, is a teacher in the English department at Joseph S. Clark High school. New Orleans. Formerly a health educator with a city health agency she conducted and planned workshops at Dillard university for New Orleans teachers in the field of general health in 1349 an::! 1950. The daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Perkins, Soror Baker was born in New Orleans. Louisiana. She is the wife of Arthur Vincent Baker, Sr .• and the mother of five year old Arthur, Jr. Soror Baker, a graduate of McDonough 35 High school, received the A. B. degree in education from Xavier university and the M. A. degree in education from Atlanta university, Atlanta, Georgia. in 1943. The two former institutions are in New Orleans. She has done further study al: Michigan university, Ann Arbor, Michigan. Among Soror Baker's affiliations are membership in the Methodist church. NAACP. National Council of Negro Women, the Orphans Shrine, health committee of the YWCA. Having served Alpha Gamma Zeta chapter as grammateus for two years, epistoleus, custodian, and secretary of the 1950 Boule committee previously, she is now chapter phylacter. Her hobbies are reading, writing prose, sports, and movies.
Second Anti-Basileus Outlines Plans Many thanks to you for the confidence expressed in electing me ccond Anti-Basileus at our recent Boule held in cw Orleans. f .hal I cndca vor to do my best in serving Zeta as the ational cholarship Chairman. As we continue to realize the seriousncs · of our Boule theme "Democracy, Human Relations and
World Peace," and make it a symbol of our activities, we turn our thoughts toward the youth of today who must and will become our future nation. Without the ability to think and reason, brought about by fundamental principles of education, our youth will not be mentally capable of the tasks that will confront them. This is indeed a need that Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, through its many chapters, can fulfill. Giving scholarships to deserving youths has been and always will be a practice which, in the end, brings about results that far exceed the efforts put forth. Since this is evident, every graduate chapter of Zeta should aim toward giving to a college student or students or to a high school graduate or graduates, grant' or scholarships either during Finer Womanhood week, during commencement exercises or at some time designated by the chapter or university concerned. We shall attempt to determine the number of scholarships that Zetas give throughout the nation each year. Your cooperation, both in giving scholarships and in reporting them to the office of the Second Anti-Basileu , will be appreciated. Let us launch our thirty-first year with thoughts of servitude even greater than those in the past; with a desire to do more in recognizing our responsibility to bring about true "Democratic Principles," to improve "Human Relations," and to secure "World Peace." Marion P. Baker, Second Anti-Busilcus
Tamias' Greeting Dear Soror : Greetings and best wishes for a pleasant and most successful season. I wish that I could express adequately my appreciation for the honor you have conferred upon me in electing me Tarnias of this noble organization. May I assure you that l shall not falter one scintilla in my attempt to di charge the responsibility involved in the sacred trust you have placed in my ability and integrity. Thank you for the beautiful expressions of c ngratulations and best wishes I have received from many or you. ach one has been an inspiration and challenge to serve unstintingly as old Zetas must do if we arc to continue to carry the torch of our noble ound-
crs, Sisterly and sincerely yours, usic . Miles, ational Tarnias.
June, 1951
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SOROR OZORA RENFROE WYSINGER, new Grammateus. elected at the 1950 Boule, is a Washington Junior college, Pensacola, Florida, instructor. She has previously been a teacher in the public schools of Georgia, FIor ida, Maryland, New York, and California, and at Albany State college and Bethune-Cookman college. She has also served as supervisor of Broward county Negro schools and Lee county Negro schools in Sanford, North Carolina. The eldest daughter of the Rev. W. L. Renfroe of Macon, Georgia, Sorer Wysinger is an honor graduate of Booker T Washington High school, Atlanta, Georgia, Morris Brown college in Atlanta from which she received :the bachelor of arts degree with honors, and. Temple university, Philadelphia, from which she earned the master of education degree. She has also studied at Atlanta and Columbia universities. As a concert artist, Sorer Wysinger has appeared in 17 states and has received acclaim for her m usical and dramatic ability. She also sang many times for the late President F. D. Roosevelt in the little White House at Warm Springs. During World War II, Sorer Wysinger worked for the YWCA division of USO and was service club hostess for the war department, experiences which carried her :lo California and Washington state. An ardent Zeta for 16 years, she has been instrumental in the establishment of several chapters in Florida. Her hobbies include photography, bridge, reading novels, dancing, and various musical experiences. She is the mother of a three-year-old daughter, Willetta Be:liy.
SOROR SUSIE E. MILES, new Tamias of Zeta Phi Beta elected at the 1950 Boule, holds A. B. and M. A. degrees from Howard university, Washington, D. C., and has done further study at Chicago university, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and at American university where she is currently matriculating in the graduate school. Now associate stahstician in the Economics and Statistics division, Public Housing administration. Washington, D. C., Soror Miles, previous expe cences include directorship of the Educational Placement program, Warren county, North Carolina; teacher of social studies and mathematics, housing management analyst, United States housing authority; associate statistics analyst and statistician, Public Housing administra:lion; operating statistics analyst; acting chief of the arafisrics branch, general field office, Public Housing administration. Soror Miles includes among her affiliations mernbership in the American Statistical association, the National Association of Housing officials, the National Public Housing council. NAACP, and other organizations. She is president of the General Alumni Association of Howard University, Inc., basileus of Beta Zeta chapter, Washington, D. C., and director of Shiloh's $150,000 Youth Building campaign. She served for two years as a member of the executive board of the NAACP of D. C., as chairman of the scholarship committee of Howard university sponsored by the Washington alumni association of the university, and on the executive board of the Committee of Industrial organization, UPWA Local 12, Housing branch. In 1949 she was chosen by the Shiloh community as their "Ideal Woman,"
Inform the national Second Anti-Basilcus of the name of the recipient or your chapter scholarship, the college she is attending, and the amount of the grant.
God grant that we may ever have the spirit of democracy for all our fellow men, and that we in the future as in the past will always step up the stairs, and not stare up the steps.
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manner try to comply with any or all requests made to this office. The duties of this office are not multiple and varied, so to this point [ have not encountered any difficulties. I am deeply grateful to those of' you who made my election possible at the 1950 Boule in New Orleans. Again I say, "THANKS." I solemnly pledge to uphold the duties of this office and the standards of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Incorporated. Finally sorors: Wherever you go and whatever you do, "let the light of Zeta so shine that men, women and children will see your good works, and praise 'Zetas' acros the nation and overseas." PRAY FOR WORLD PEACE! Si terly yours, OZORA R. WYSJNGER, National Grarnmateus
* * SOROR ANNA MAE FRAZIER, new chairman of the trustee board elected at the 1950 Boule, has as her responsibility, along with the other members of . the trustee board, the supervision of Birch Haven, the Zeta summer home in Idlewild, Michigan. Having attended the schools of Lexington, Kentucky, Kentucky State college at Frankfort Wilberforce university, and the University of Cincinnati, Soror Frazier taught in the Lexington school for 13 years. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hayes Strider. Soror Frazier has been engaged in real estate management in Cincinnati since 1936. She is married and her husband is engaged in the furniture business in Cincinnati. Included among her hobbies are flower raising, interior decoration, and making her own clothes. Initiated into what was formerly Tau chapter in Lexington, Kentucky, in 1928, Soror Frazier is now an associate member of Delta Zeta Zeta chapter, Cincinnati and has served the latter chapter as tamias for several years. She also has served as chairman of the local Pan Hellenic council and is active in church work and the YWCA.
* * From the National Grammateu Greetings orors, May I extend my most sincere felicitations to you and yours as you approach your vacation period. May you enjoy rich contact with "Zctadorn," wherever you may visit or travel this summer. As your national Grarnmatcus I am trying Lo l'ill my office with credit and dignity. I shall in a most humble
SOROR ANNE W, JORDAN, A. B., M. A., assistant professor of French at Wilberforce university, will sail for Paris on June 27 on a grdduate study iour sponsored by Ohio university. A member of Gamma Gamma Zeta chapter, Columbus, Ohio, and sponsor of Xi chapter, Wilberforce university, Soror Jordan was at the recent Boule elected a two ierm Zeta trustee.
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Ally. Edith S. Sampson, alternate representative of the United States to the fifth regular session of the General A scmbly of the United Nations, was the 1951 "Woman of the Year" honoree of the Council of Chicago chapters, Zeta Zeta, Beta Iota Zeta, and Alpha Alpha, at their joint public meeting on February 18 at Good Shepherd Congregational church. Dr. Nancy B. Woolridge, Zeta's Grand Basileus and professor of English at Hampton Institute, Hampton, Virginia, presented the Zeta Phi Beta service key to Atty. Sampson, and addressed the capacity audience on the theme of the program, "Democracy, Human Relations, and World Peace." In a scholarly address Soror Woolridge told of some of the political, economic, and social apostasies that prevent world peace and democratic living. She made recommendations to Americans for the preservation of wholesome human relations. Before closing her address, in deep sincerity Soror Woolridge presented the Zeta service key to Miss Sampson. ln her acceptance of the Zeta service key, Miss Sampson told o( her work with the United Nations and thanked the sorority wholeheartedly for its recognition in so honoring her. Born in Pittsburgh, Pcnnsyl vania, Miss Sampson studied al the New York School of Social Work and the Social Service Administration of the University of Chicago. While actively engaged in social work in Chicago she attended night school al the John Marshall Law school in Chicago where she obtained her law degree. She is the only woman ever to receive a master of law degree in the graduate school of Loyola univcrs ity, Miss Sampson was admitted to law practice in lllinois in 1927 and for 18 years served first as probation officer and then as assistant referee of the juvenile court of Cook county, lllinois. Her practice has been mainly in the fields of criminal law and domestic rclaLions. In 1934 she was admitted to practice before the United Stale uprcmc Court. A member of the Executive board of tl1c United Nations Association of Chicago, Miss Sampson has been interested in the UN since its inception and often visited its headquarters as an observer for the National ouncil of Negro Women. As a member of tbc World Town Hall of the Air panel of leaders of citizens organizations, Miss Sampson visited more than t wcnty countries last year participating in the open debate on current political qucs-
tions with leading citizens in each country visited. (The World Town Hall of the Air developed from America's Town Meeting of the Air.) Chairman of the committee on International Relations of the National Council of Negro Women, she was formerly chairman of the executive committee of that organization. She is a member of the National Bar association, the Chicago Bar association, the League of Women Voters, a life member of the National Association of Women Lawyers, and president of the World Town Han seminar. Though retaining Sampson as her name for professional use, Miss Sampson is in private life Mrs. Joseph E. Clayton, wife of a Chicago attorney. Each Greek-letter organization was represented on the program by an artist or by an outstanding local citizen in its group. The program was as follows: Prelude, Soror Maxine Johnson; invocation, the Rev. A. D. Gray, Alpha Phi Alpha; introduction, Soror lvory Fuqua, basileus of Beta Iota Zeta chapter and president of the Chicago Council of Chapters; mistress of ceremonies, Soror Dr. Lucie Thompson; "Visions," Sjoberg, and "Song of Life," Sadman, Miss Gwendolyn Kelly, Alpha Kappa Alpha; welcome to city, Alderman Archibald Carey, Alpha Phi Alpha, and Judge Henry C. Ferguson, Kappa Alpha Psi; instrumental, Leon Kirkpatrick, Phi Beta Sigma. Welcome to state, Representative Corneal Davis, Omega Psi Phi; instrumental, Miss Marian Douglas, Delta Sigma Theta; introduction of guest speaker, Soror Willyc F. Coleman; presentation, Dr. Woolridge, Grand Basileus; acceptance, Atty. Sampson; instrumental, Miss Juanita Thompson, Sigma Gamma Rho; po tludc, Ushers were Misses Lillian Ayers and Verna Kay, Iota Phi Lambda, and Misses Marian Hedrick and Othella Wesley, Phi Delta Kappa. Zeta Year, an elaborate project booklet of the Council or Chicago Chapters was distributed to the audience with an insert o( the public program. Greetings were received from Governor of Illinois Adelai Stevenson, Mayor Martin J. Kennelly, Soror Lullelia W. Harrison, Zeta's executive secretary; Zeta Founder Arizona Cleaver Stcmons, and Soror Mary W. Stewart, Great Lakes regional director. The spirit of sisterhood and love was predominant at the pledge renewal service and reception held at the home or Soror Thelma M. Jackson on the Tuesday night following the public meeting. (Continued on page 18)
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Calling All Chapters The responsibility of serving a a national officer of any organization is usually a tremendous one. Especially may this be said, without reservations, with regard to serving as a national officer of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. Realizing the truth of the above statements the ARCH0N exercising its privilege as official organ of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc., salutes Sorors Beatrice A. Mayo, Freida Allimono Cook, Vivian Rae Hayes, Chrystyne Cooper Randolph, and Ruth Colten Sherlock, recently retired national officers, for their services to the sorority. SoR0R BEATRICE A. MAYO, Morgan State college, Baltimore, Maryland, accountant, served as national Tarnias from 1940-1950 inclusive, having been elected to the post at the 1939 Boule in Baltimore. Having been initiated into Gamma chapter, Morgan college, in 1935, Soror Mayo served as its anti-basileus. Then, in 1939, she tran ·fcrred Lo Alpha Zeta graduate chapter in Baltimore of which he is now anti-basilcus, having held that office four years in addition to having previously served the chapter as gram mate us for about six years. As national Tarnias, Soror Mayo has ervcd under Grand Basilei Edith A. Lyons, Blanche J. Thompson, Nellie 8. Rogers, Lullelia W. Harrison, and Nancy B. Woolridge. Appointed by former Grand Basilcus Nellie B. Rogers she also served as state deputy of Maryland under Soror Ruth W. Willis, then Eastern regional director. Soror Mayo lists among the Boules she has attended and their years: New York City, 1936; Houston, Texas, 1937; Baltimore, 1939; Richmond, Virginia, 1940; Jacksonville, Florida, 194 I; Chicago, Illinois, 1943; Tulsa, Oklahoma, 1944; St. Louis, Missouri, 1945; Los Angeles alifornia, 1947; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1948; and cw Orleans, 1950.
By Lillian Fitzhugh Today as never before there is need for each chapter to realize its responsibility Lo today's youth. Crime in high place , horrible sex offenses and juvenile dclinqucncy arc on the increase. Zeta Phi Beta's objective of Finer Womanhood demands that each chapter put forth every effort to prevent and control juvenile delinquency.
If you attended the New Orleans Boule and saw and heard some of the fine programs in operation in many of the chapters you mu t have been inspired. The New Orleans chapters, upon a very short notice staged an interesting hobby show and presented a youth program which revealed and demon tratcd the many types of programs that arc controlling and preventing juvenile delinquency in New Orleans. The adult interest and the coordinated effort of all youth s rving agencies in developing worthwhile programs for young people was most commendable. From the reports made at the Boule and from contacts with sorors whose chapters had not sent reports, it was amazing to note how much the chapters arc doing to prevent and control juvenile delinquency. The thing that we must do this year is to unite our efforts and initiate at least one program that will be national in scope. l would suggest and will be happy to help any chapter plan: I. A Youth Conference calling together the youth· from the schools, the churches, the "Y's," Boys' and Girls' clubs, etc. Beta Zeta chapter held a very profitable one in connection with its Finer Womanhood week observance. The topic di cu scd was, "A Way to Peace through Better Parent- hild Relationship." 2. Develop hobby clubs among young people so that when we meet in Cleveland, we will be able to stage a mammoth hobby exhibit.
Of the Baltimore council of the American Council on Human Rights she was also an original member al its beginning in 1949. I laving served the council as recording secretary-treasurer in 1949 and 1950, she is now its recording secretary.
3. Something new! Put on an Anti-Vandalism ampaign. You know the damage that is wrought on school buildings, vacant houses, etc. by idle young people. Why, in Washington, D. ., authorities spent $26,000 in one year to replace windows that vandals had deliberately broken out in schools throughout the district. Beta Zeta chapter put on a drive in 1949 which has taken fire in the District, and great things arc happening. II' you arc interested let me know. Some or the regions have appointed regional project directors. They will work directly with the chapters in their regions in developing youth programs. Get in touch with your regional project director: Atlantic region, oror Mary pratlcy, 35 Monroe
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When the Zeta-Sigma council was organized in Baltimore in 1949, she was one of its originial members and has served as secretary since its inception, also being one of her charter representatives to the group.
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D. C. Sorors Hold 3rd Big Youth Confere nee The future of young people as they prepare to meet the present challenges of world conditions and problems confronting parents in the Washington, D. C. area as a result of the national emergency were discussed by a panel of adults and students at the third annual youth conference sponsored by Beta Zeta chapter, Washington, as its terminating activity of Finer Womanhood week this year. The theme of the conference, held in the gymnasium of the Education Center of the Metropolitan Baptist church, was "A Way to Peace through Better ParentChild Rclationsh ip." Delegates registered from 40 organizations including schools, churches, settlement houses, and social agencies. The youth conference bas been held annually since the adoption by the sorority of the national project, "The Prevention and Control of Juvenile Delinquency," in connection with former Attorney General Tom Clark's National Youth Delinquency program. Soror Lillian N. Fitzhugh, 3/0Uth counsellor at Randall Junior High school, is national director of the project. Soror Sojourner E. Jackson, counsellor at Cardoza High
school, is chapter chairman. Soror Susie E. Miles is chapter basileus. Soror Laura Hill is chairman of the youth steering committee. Assisting Sorors Fitzhugh and Jackson in conducting the conference were Sorors Esther C. Peyton, Beatrice M. Harvey, Bertha C. Anderson, Idella M. Costner, Alice A. Foster, Lucille Brown, Rosalee R. Kennedy, Beatrice Catlette, Sarah P. Newton, and Florence G. Laws. Conduct of students and teen-agers on school playgrounds, both during and after school hours was discussed at length by the panels in the subtopic of the conference titled, "Why Vandalism?" The students pledged themselves to better conduct. The adults scored the D. C. Recreation board's policy of segregated playgrounds, the lack of equal and modern equipment for Negro children, the lack of athletic instructors, and the need of additional instructors in arts and crafts for Negro children on the playgrounds after school hours. The policy of local daily papers in sponsoring "jimcrow" city-wide baseball, basketball, and football tour( Continued on page 11)
PANEL MEMBERS at the third annual youth conference sponsored by Beta Zeta chapter, Washington, D. C., as its terminating activity of Finer Womanhood week this year. The theme of the conference was "A Way to Peace through Better Parent-Child Relationship."
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TRIBUTE TO EX-OFFICERS (Continued from page 8) SoROR FREIDA ALLIMONO Coox, Chicago public accountant, was a national officer for seven years, having as her responsibility the supervision and care of Birch Haven, the Zeta shrine. In Chicago, 1943, Soror Cook was elected to the trustee board, and at the Los Angeles Boule in l 94 7 she was elected chairman of the trustee board. She has served under Grand Basilci Lullelia Harrison and Nancy Woolridge. Chapter offices held by Soror Cook have been grammateus and basileus. She was basileu of Upsilon chapter, Fisk university, Nashville, Tennessee into which she was initiated and basileus of Zeta Zeta, Chicago for four and a half years. Additional Soules which she has attended include those in New York, 1936, and Atlanta, l 938. During her terms as Zeta Zeta basileus she was active with ACHR and the Metropolitan Council of Negro Women. Soror Cook now refers to herself as a 'good old chair member who has served her time" and says that she is now concentrating on raising her family. In Chicago, he is very active in a citizens "Dope Must Go" campaign. (EDITOR'S OTE: No single photo of Soror Cook is available. She may be found in this edition, however, al the right, back row, in the Chicago sorors group.)
SoROR V1v1AN RAE HAYE , St. Louis school teacher, was Zeta's Second Anti-Basileus for two Boule terms. Having been elected to the post in Los Angeles in 1947, she was reelected in Philadelphia in 1948 and ervcd until the 1950 Boule. Grand Basilci Harrison and Woolridge were the chief adrninistrators under whom .hc served. Having been initiated into Xi Zeta chapter in 1935, she served that chapter as its basilcus from 1942 to 1944. Soules attended by Sorer Hayes have included those at hicago, 1943; Tulsa, 1944; SL Louis, 1945; Los Angeles, 1947; Philadelphia, 1948; and New Orleans, 1950. She was associate Midwestern regional director, 1945-46, and Boule marshal in St. Louis in l 945. Soror Hayes who earned her A.B. degree at Stowe Teachers college, t. Louis, and her M.A. at the University of l llinois, was Zeta's representative to the ational Pan-Hellenic council, 1943 to 1947, serving the council as treasurer, 1945 to l 94 7. SoROR Runr CoTTL IIFRLOCK was elected Mttional Tamias-Grammatcus at the 1948 Boule in Phil-
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Gamma Mu Zeta Called History-Maker Gamma Mu Zeta chapter, according to its report of public reactions and news accounts, made history in Greenville, South Carolina on March 6 of this year. Zeta sorors of Greenville and Spartanburg presented Hazel Scott, the brilliant pianist, to a non-segregated audience of l 500, over one-third o( which were white, at Sterling High school. The sorority received congratulations and many expressions of apreciation from all groups for a most unusual contribution to the community in the presentation of the cultural program. Through the resources of Zeta, the Sterling High school presented a unit on Hazel Scott at the Palmetto State Teachers' Association during March. The chapter won first prize in the 1951 Alpha Kappa Alpha Fashionetta. Fashions featured were beach, street, town, church, and formal attire.
adelphia. She also attended the 1950 Boule, and has served the sorority under the administration of Grand Basilcus Woolridge. oror Sherlock who holds a bachelor of commercial science degree in accounting from New York university and has done graduate work at City College of New York, has been a member of Zeta Phi Beta since 1934. Formerly a member of Epsilon chapter, cw York City, she became a member of Della Mu Zeta when the sorors of psilon moved over to become a graduate group leaving the latter an undergraduate one. he served Epsilon as tarnias and as anti-basilcus and has worked on various chapter committees. he, too, is an accountant. SOROR Ci 1R YSTY F 001' ER RANDO LP II, an A tlan tu, Georgia social worker, was national rarnmatcus for two years, having been elected Lo the office in 1948 in Philadelphia. he, too, served under Grand Basilcus Woolridge. Sorer Randolph, who was initiated into Beta charter, Morris Brown college, Atlanta, in 1936, has served that chapter as basilcus. Now a member of Epsilon Zeta, she has been its gramnwteus, its basilcus, and chairman of its executive committee. She has attended Boulos in Atlanta, l. Louis, and Philadelphia and is the mother of a fifteen month old son.
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~ETA ZETA PUBLIC MEETING. To highlight its 1951 observance of Finer Womanhood week, Beta Zeta chapter, Wa_sh~ng:ton, D. C., held a public meeting at the Frazier hall, Howard university at which the topic, "Woman's Place in Building World Democracy" was discussed. ~ater t~e Baker's Dozen club was cited by the chapter as "Women of the Year" for their civic and welfare work in the city duri~g 1950, Above are the Baker's Dozen club and panel participants. Left to right, seated, Soror Lullelia W. Harrison, Houston, Texas, Zeta's executive secretary; Mrs. Patricia Van Delden of Germany, Mrs. Rachel C. Nason, advisor on Women's Affairs in the United Nations State department, Dr. Sa~ie D. St. Clatr, professor at Miner Teachers college; Mrs. Josephine H. Kyles, director, Depar:tment of Christian Educab_on, Wa~h_1~gion Federation of Churches; Mrs. Wallace N. Streeter. Standing, Soror Edith A. Lyons, a former Grand Basileus, d1v1s1onal director in Washington public schools, Soror Susie E. Miles, national Tamias and Beta Zeta basileus; members of the Baker's Dozen: Mrs. Flaxie P. Bourne, Mrs. Hazel B. Adams, Mrs. Ruth B. Spencer, pres,ident; Mrs. Sarah H. Irving, Mrs. J. Maxie Brooks, Miss Beatrice Y. Black, Mrs. Dorothea B. Stewart, Mrs. Irma P. Smith, Mrs. Mignon B. Johnson, Mrs. Beatrice M. Johnson, Mrs. Lucille D. Roberts, Mrs. June G. Hackney, Mrs. Carol H. Parris: and Soror Sojourner E. Jackson, general chairman of the chapter's Finer Womanhood week activities.
D. C. SORORS (Continued [rom page 9) narncnts for the "champions" or the city was also scored by the adults. Parents pledged themselves to take more interest in their children after hearing the youthful panel members explain what can happen when parents arc 'too busy." Adult panel members were Mrs. Dorothy T. Walker, Giddings-Lenox PTA; Mrs. Gladys G. Davis, Bruce Elementar_y school and the Dunbar High school PTA; Mrs. Portia T. Ware, Cook-Shaw-Dunbar PTA; Mrs. leaner Greer, Young platoon school PTA; the Rev. Adholtz H. Pagan, ardoza High school PTA; Mrs. Annie L. Smith, Howard university; Mrs. Alice C. Hunter, D. . Recreation board; and Curley Young, American university. Student panel members were Florence Simmons, Randall Junior lligh school; Barbara Newberry, Zeta
youth Steering committee; Gwendolyn Bridge, Cardoza High school; Dempsey Cherry, Cardoza High school; Doris McCannon, Armstrong High school; Lorraine Mills, 19th Street Baptist church; William McAdoo, St. Augustine High school; Maureen Hinton, Miner Teachers college; and Ronald Crockett, Armstrong High school. Among the youth-sponsoring organizations represented at the conference were Vermont Avenue, Florida Avenue, Metropolitan, New Bethel, Mount Carmel, Zion, First, Nineteenth Street, Mount Moriah, and Zion (Deadwood) Baptist churches and Sunday schools; Mount Zion and Ashbury Methodist churches; Galbraith and John Wesley AME Zion churches; the Baker's Dozen club; the Chartrusetts Y Teens, the Phyllis Wheatley YWCA, the National Training School for Girls, the Banneker Y Teens, the Twelfth YMCA (Continued on page 18)
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To the Undergraduates Dear Sorors: Greetings and congratulations on the wonderful things you have done this year. 1951 and 1952 can be gala years spearheaded by the alert, vivacious and talented sorors we now find in our undergraduate chapters. Your activities have been varied and outstanding. They reflect credit to Zeta everywhere. Although we are doing many fine things, I find that we still have a few problems here and there. Nevertheless, it is your duty, girls, to keep the light of Zeta ever shining bright. You can do it, sorors. Let us look forward to even bigger and better things. "The Bigger Day," by G. E. Bishop, paraphrased summarizes the thought I have brought to you: "We are done with little thinking, And we're done with little deeds: We are done with petty conduct And we're done with narrow creeds: We have grown to ZETA women, And we've noble work to do, And today we are a people With a larger point of view. In a big way we must labor, If our ZETA shall always fly, In a big way we must suffer, In a big way some must die. "There must be no little dreaming In the vision that we see, There must be no selfish planning In the joys that are to be. We have set our faces eastward To the rising of the sun That shall light a better ZETA And there's big work to be done. And the petty souls and narrow, Seeking only selfish gain Shall be vanquished by the toilers Big enough to suffer pain. "It's a big task we have taken, 'Tis for Z TA we must fight. We must sec our duty clearly Jn a white and shining light. We must quit our little circles Where we move in little ways, And work a. Z TA women For the bigger, better days. We must quit our selfish thinking And our narrow views and creeds, And as ZETA , big and splendid
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Birch Haven, Zeta Shrine By Anna Mae Frazier To really feel the true spirit of Zeta each soror should visit Birch Haven, the Zeta cottage, in Idlewild, Michigan. The moment you enter its gates, the familiar strains of "Zeta Phi Beta, we love you so .... " just fill you thru and thru; and with tear-filled eyes you think of the great love that our late Grand Basileus, Soror Violette N. Anderson, had for Zeta to endow the sorority with a piece of property so dear to her hacrt as Birch Haven. Then with fervent hearts we pray that greater Zetas we might be! Birch Haven is an ideal place to include during your vacation. Jt is located in the rapidly progressing and popular summer resort of ldlewild right on Tdlewild Lake. The cottage consisting of two bedrooms, a large living room, a dining room, kitchen, bathroom, large front porch, back porch, can easily accommodate four adults. The resort is covered with woods, lakes, and fisl1 ing streams. Activities available arc fishing, dancing, swimming, and horseback riding. At the 1950 Boule in ew Orleans, five trustees were elected to hold this property in trust: Sorors Anna Mac Frazier, Cincinnati, Ohio, chairman; Lucille Madry, Louisville, Kentucky; Ann Jordan, Columbus, Ohio; Thelma Downs, Detroit, Michigan; Ruth Sherlock, New York City. Soror Sherlock, former national Tamias-Grarnmatcus, worn physically by two years of heavy sorority responsibilities, felt that she could not carry on in the capacity of a trustee, and shortly after Boule asked to be relieved. To fill her unexpired term, Soror Evelyn B. Pope, Durham, North Carolina, has been appointed. We shall try to carry on the great work which oror Freida Cook, Chicago, and her trustees so diligently performed in the past. Numerous sorors from Ohio, Kentucky, Michigan, Virginia, Texas, Illinois, and Washington, D .. , have already enjoyed Birch Haven. Be sure your state is well represented. Won't you spend your vacation at Birch Haven this summer? Make your reservations now. The cottage opens June 15 and rents for $25 a week for a group of four or rive. Write for reservations to oror Anna Mac Frazier, 1337 hapel street, incinnati 6, Ohio.
"We must do the bigger deeds." Eu1.A11L r 11 GwF
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NU CHAPTER sorors, Virginia Union university, Richmond, entertained recently at dinner in the beautiful university grill by Soror Elizabeth G. Byrd, national Third Anti-Basileus, were Sorors Hilda Bagby, Lucille Williams, Margaret Brooks, Elvira Brown, Katherine Jasper, Susie Rogers, Evelyn Licourish, Miss Alice Lee, Sorors Zipporah Medford, Theriscta Braxton, Bettye Jean Mitchell, Elizabeth G. Byrd, Katherine Stokes, Remona Holmes, Whynona Boyd, Mary Robinson, Joyce Clark, Mary Stuart Price, Alma Thomas, Gertrude Mitchell. Elsie Myrick.
La Cheerios Expands
SOROR EVELYN LICOURISH, Basileus of Nu chapter, Virginia Union university, is, pinning a corsage on Miss Alice Lee, charming religious educaiion major, chosen "Lady of the Year" in a campus poll sponsored by the chapter during Finer Womanhood week.
Let's keep the motto of La Cheerios ever before us and busy. "Just Spreading Cheer All Through the Year." During the Christmas season cheer notes were sent to the following hospitals: Harlem, Kingbridge, Bellevue in New York City, the Maine and Seaview in Staten Island, N. Y., Homer G. Phillips, St. Mary's, and Koch's in St. Louis, Mo., Flint Goodridge and Charity in New Orleans, La., and L. Richardson Memorial in Greensboro, N. C. Please send me the names of hospitals in your city so they too, will receive cheer notes. Today there is much work being done with the aged and the trend is to work with the aged so as to help pre crve personalities, keep them happy and to lengthen lives. Let us as Zetas join in and keep up with the trend. Programs can be developed in homes for the aged and in the community by Zeta women. We can lead in the religious services once a week, conduct classes in Arts and Crafts (bring some of these to the Boule for an exhibit) and take those to the movie that (Continued on page 24)
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Great Decisions: ((In God Our Trust" Sy Ida B. King, National Phylacter Greetings to my Sorors in Zeta Phi Beta: In appreciation of your sacred trust, I shall fulfill to the best of my ability the duly of the of [ice lo which I have been re-elected.
Progress in making a new and better world is difficult, slow, and complicated by problems of social conflicts, economic conflicts, and political conflicts. Throughout world civilization advocates of world peace and human liberty, radically and violently have disagreed on the exact meaning and purpose of their objectives. Then to pile upon the woes of human dcpravation and destruction came the Korean War. [n World War II, the experiences of the A-bomb, and now the temp-ore scare of the H-bomb, tend to a consequential total destruction of what is finest in world civilization, namely moral values and human rights. ls it pos ible for the tigrna of opportunism for Statesmen and Scholars under the guise of "realism" to justify questionable methods to achieve their objectives? From the minds of men in humble supplication, rise reverent prayer advancing the priceless value of The Ideal: Equal opportunitie for education for all irrc pectivc of race, sex, or any economic- ocial distinction, free exchange of an idea and knowledge, and international cooperation. Throughout the international scene, the establishment of spheres of influence, power politics, or the game of balance of power; the abrupt creation of puppet states dangling under dictatorial mastery arc soothed under cover of promoting world peace and a new world order. But, "since war begin in the minds of men, it is in the mind of men that the dcfcn ·cs or peace must be constructed." Reaffirmation of Faith in the fundamentals of human right , in the equal rights in the dignity and worth of the human person can be maintained only through cstabli hed ju tice. Toward this end tolerance, and the Tenth Commandment of Good Will: "To not only live and LET live; but live and H LP live" can insure unity for international peace and security. The education of humanity for liberty, and justicea lasting peace constitute the spirit of sacred duty which all nations must mutually fulfill for all peoples of the world in the intellectual and moral solidarity of mankind. For these reasons governments have been instituted among men; and, under God establishing their just powers by the consent of the governed. When governments so established become destructive lo the ends for
which they were created, it becomes the entity right of the people to amend or change those laws. In the pursuance of the inalienable rights-Life, Liberty, Happiness; the defenses of justice, security and equality of opportunity, We, the People, in order to insure domestic tranquility and promote the general welfare established for ourselves a Representative Democracy in a Federated Republic. Firstly, w created the colony, the town, the county-township; the State; the American Nation with its representative bi-camera! legislature; Checks and Balances; Executive and Judiciary. We! The People! And now, if you please, from among the choice of intellectual achicvemcnt:-Among Women: Z TA PH! BETA SORORITY, INCORPORATED! We, the thousands of Zeta Phi Beta Sorors throughout America and Africa, joined with Arizona Cleaver Stcmons, Viola Tyler Goings, Myrtle Tyler Faithful, Fannie Pettie Watts, and Pearl cal as they made their GREAT DECJSIONS in the ethics, ideals, moral principles, spiritual insight, and humanitarian service in founding Zeta Phi Beta, and conceded: "IN GOD-OUR TRUST." But, in the due course of growth, conditions necessitate revision for the good of the whole-it's the National Constitution for Zeta Phi Beta Sorority. ( ontinucd on page 20)
SOROR CHARLOTTE J. CHAMBLISS, Gamma Epsilon Zeia chapter, Oakland, Ca~ifornia, holds one of the copper i ewelry pieces she created for Finer Womanhood week in honor of Zeta.
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Human Relations In Action: The Realities of Integration By DR. NANCY B. WOOLRrDGE Writing in the current issue of the Journal of the American Association of University Women, Dr. Ina Corinne Brown, professor of anthropology at Scarrit college, and lecturer at Vanderbilt and Fisk univers itics, states: )
"For generations we have devoted a major portion of our time, our energy, and our resources to the conquest of the material world. We have piled invention on invention until we have, in a sense, annihilated distance, while we have at the same time multiplied man's power of destruction. ... Y ct as we have increasingly devoted our resources of men and money to the conquest of the material world, we have made no effort to Increase our knowledge and skill in the field of human relations .... There arc in this country hundreds of laboratories where our best minds work on problems in the physical sciences, but only here and there clo we find noteworthy research in the area of social science .... We accept the fact that in the crisis which now confronts us we dare not and cannot relax our efforts for defense. But if we want a world worth living in, we must bridge the gap between our vast knowledge of the physical world and our meager knowledge of human relations." Ln this vast area of human relations one of the most pressing problems in America today is that of intcgration of the various racial groups into the social and economical pattern. lt thus becomes imperative that those involved and interested in this problem examine honestly and squarely their innermost thinking to decide if they really want integration. They cannot assume the place as leaders in the struggle until they themselves know if they arc willing to practice the necessary discipline and make the appropriate sacrifices to achieve this goal. Four score and six years ago our fathers brought forth upon this continent a new people, continent a new people, conceived in slavery but dedicated to the· proposition that all men arc created equal. Now we arc engaged in a great contest, testing whether that people or any people, so conceived and so dedicated can long endure. Freedom for an oppressed people has been an elusive dream ever since the ratification ol' the Thirteenth Amendment abolishing slavery in places not reached by the Emancipation Proclamation; the Fourteenth
Amendment, extending federal protection to the free men for their personal and property rights; and the Fifteenth Amendment giving them the franchise. Through Jong years of struggle and even fighting, America has come to realize that those freedoms of which Patrick Henry spoke needed to be extended to all the people of the nation. Yet, in the matter of integration, America has been reluctant to implement those freedoms particularly with regard to its largest racial minority. The home of seekers for religious freedoms, of political refugees, of adventurers and fugitives from European oppressions, this vast country has opened hospitable arms to the immigrants, but paradoxically, has turned a cold shoulder to its own citizens. [n 1865 a great attempt was made in the direction of integration, but it failed. During the Civil War period upwards of a million people of color had in one way or another become free, even before the end of the war. Victory and the Thirteenth Amendment liberated about three million more. Some historians, for instance, Morison and Comrnager, point out that never before in the history of the world had civil and political rights been conferred at one stroke on so large a body of men, nor had any people been less prepared to assume a new status. Many freed men thought that freedom meant no more work, and proceeded to celebrate an endless day of jubilee! In this period the worst enemies of these former slaves were not their former masters, but their competitors in the labor market, the poor whites, small farmers, and laborers who had resolved to "keep the Negro in his place," by Jaw if possible, and by force if necessary. The attempt for political and economic integration was made consciously and seriously by men like Gideon Jackson, hero o( the best seller FREEDOM ROAD. Many historians and writers have dramatized vividly the fiasco of integration during the Reconstruction period. Afterward it appears that this aspect of American life was farther from the ideal of justice and parity than ever before in the history of the nation. The story of the Negro's struggle for first class citizenship in this land of freedom and opportunity is one well known lo each interested American. As a result of the Reconstruction attempts for integration, segregation and discrimination became the law of the land that was ri ing from blows dealt by the war. The ( Continued next page)
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growing industrialism of America at the turn of the century brought new evidences of progress and scientific advancement. Negroes developed along with this lusty and growing America. Colleges and schools were founded; social agencies were established; churches expanded their program, and education as well as moneymaking became the order of the day. The passing of the old order and the coming of the new meant that in arts and science, politics and industry the curtain was rising on the drama of a half century of "progress" and war. When the mid-century arrived, cgroes could look back upon a period of unbelievable achievement in the areas of education as well as social and cultural progress. In every field of civilized activity egroes could compete on equitable terms with others. ow again came the challenge of integration. The world had grown so fast in materialistic and scientific accomplishment that man could look around for new worlds to conquer. But in human relanons=-sheer justice and fair play, moral and Chri tian principles-he wa yet a century behind. It is not always, the "other" person, however, who refuses to work out the difficultie or problems of integration. Frequently it is the person to be "integrated." who does not really desire the change of the tatus quo. He may well inquire as to Lhe real meaning of integration. Is it merely the absence of segregation in dining cars, graduate schools, in the Navy and Air Force? This is certainly a negative point of view. Rather, integration should be positive, and should exact of all parties concerned the arne intelligent recognition of its demands. As in 1865, integration now requires that each person in the society be sufficiently prepared to accept it. The realities may be urnmarized as follows: 1. Equality of opportunity demands equality of responsibility. In 1865 neither the freed man nor his fellows in the community was psychologically prepared to as nrme the responsibilities of freedom. 1951 is another chance to accept real citizen hip, to insist upon true citizen ·hip. 2.
pecial privileges can be neither expected nor accepted. Too often o-callcd leaders and educators are eager to have special consideration given them-in graduate schools, in community activitie . Patronage in education and in civic programs is outmoded. A tern rejection should ari e whenever anything is offered in the way of educational, civic or cultural advantage because we are egro, Chinese, or Jewish. We have proved that we need no special consideration.
3. Vested intere ts and prejudices must be eliminated. What i the attitude to be assumed by the public chool teacher when the vote is taken a
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NEW NATIONAL HONORARY SOROR Frances J. Edwards, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, in an informal home pose. Soror Edwards' achievements have been nationally and internationally heralded on the "Voice of America" broadcast, April, I 9 50; in Coronet, Reader's Digest, and the American Medical Association Journal.
to support of an "integrated" program for public schools'! omc teaching personnel in egro schools have voled to denounce the petition made by NAACP ahd o her groups to abolish segregation in public schools in the South. But this is the next logical step in support of our theses that there is no "senarate but equal," and that segregation is in itself a form of discrimination.
We may conclude that integration is a positive relationship between human beings. IL cannot be consummated through legislation. although laws arc needed lo open the doors to it. Integration is a matter of spirit and mind, and thrives in a climate of intellectual and moral honesty. It proscribes actions prompted by selfish advantage and disregard for the rights and privileges of the other person. It prescribes self discipline in small matters of daily living and ass ciation with others, recognizing the effect one's attitudes and actions, one's speech and gestures may have upon another. It prohibits thoughtlessness and carelessness in persons and groups. It provides opportunities for educational and spiritual unification of freedom and pcave-loving peoples all c vcr the earth.
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Delegates 10 the twenty-second annual Pan-Hellenic session held in Cincinnati, Ohio. May 11-12.
ZETA SORORS a:ltending the National Pan-Hellenic council sessions in Cincinnati. Ohio, May 11-12, were left to right, boitom row, Anne Jordan, Wilberforce, Ohio, Zeta trustee; Anna Mae Frazier, Cincinnati, Zeta trustee board chairman; Grand Basileus Nancy B. Woolridge, Hampton, Virginia; Mary Stewart, Detroit, Zeta's Great Lakes regional director; top row, Geraldine Elliott, Washington. D. C.; Laura Williams, Kansas City; Lucille Madry, Louisville, Kentucky, Zeta rrusreer Alvacious Simon, Cincinnati; two unidentified sorors from Knoxville, Tennessee; and Carolyn Cain, Indianapolis, Indiana.
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(Continued from page 7) After brief introductions by each soror present, Soror Ida King, national Phylacter, introduced the Grand Basileus who gave an inspiring informal talk on Zeta as a sisterhood. Response wa given by national honorary Soror Dixie B. Gilmer. Soror Mary Shepherd, Zeta Zeta, sang a solo accompanied by Soror Katherine Laviny, Beta Iota Zeta. Soror Ramona Baylum, Alpha Alpha chapter basilcus, made a presentation to the Grand Basileus from the chapter. Other individual sorors showered the Grand Basileus with personal gifts. Following the informal program, pledge renewal services were held with the 43 soror present repledging themselves to the ideals and objectives of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority. A beautiful reception arranged by Soror Alice Alexander, social chairman, followed with everything, from flower to food, simply perfect. Soror Will ye ·A. Coleman, basilcus of Zeta Zeta, was chairman of Finer Womanhood week activities. Miss Audrey Forbes, Phillips High school valedictorian, was awarded the Violette N. Anderson scholarship by the Council of Chicago Chapters at a program, which also honored other honor students, at Roosevelt college. Prior to the awarding of the scholarship, many contestants were interviewed by the scholarship committee. Soror Ivory Fuqua presented the scholarship to Miss For be·. Soror Ida King presented certificate of merit to Miss Ethelda Miller and Miss Ann Lyles. Other honor tudent · present included Misses Sylvia Byrd, France Warren, Alfreda Luster, Frances Cress, Arabelle Wilson, Eleanor Kelley, Patricia McCullough, and Catherine tcvenson. The late Soror Violette N. Anderson, in whose honor the scholarship is given each year, was a Chicago attorney born in ngland, a former Grand Basileus of Zeta, and the first cgro woman Lo practice law in Illinois on examination, the U. S. District Court, the U. S. Supreme Court, and was an assistant city prosecutor. A round table discussion on "Education and World Peace" was held with oror King as moderator and Sorors Mildred LaTouch, Marguerite Robinson, Claudine Lee, Lillian Young, and Willie M. Whiling as participants. Soror Lillian . Bray of Zeta Zeta chapter and vice president of the council, was general chairman of the scholarship committee. Other committee members were Sorors Marguerite Robinson and laudinc Lee, Bela Cota Zeta; Herdyscnia Hill, Alpha Alpha; and Ida King, Zeta Zeta. On the program, the Rev. A. P. Jackson gave the invocation; oror Ramona Baylon, Alpha Alpha basil-
MISS AUDREY FORBES, Wendell Phillips High school senior, right, receives the Violette N. Anderson scholarship award of the Council of Chicago Chapters from Soror Ivory Fuqua, Beta Iota Zeta basileus and president of the council. in special ceremonies at Roosevelt college, Chicago.
D. C. SORORS (Continued from page I I) Teens, the Nat ion al A 11 lance of Postal • rnployecs, Southeast Community House, Bundy lementary School playground, Rose Park playground, Kelley Miller Recreation center, Miner Teacher's college, Margaret Murray Washington Vocational school; Cardoza, Armstrong, Dunbar, and Phelps High schools; Shaw, Randall, Kelley Miller, and Douglas Junior I ligh schools; Van Ess, Stevens, Merrill, Richardson, Bell, Young, and Montgomery Elementary schools. Recommendations of the panel and its fine.lings were heard in the general report assembly or the conference ( ontinued on page 21) cus, sang; orors Katherine Loving and Maxine Johnson played, and Mr. wcrtsman, assistant to Dr. •dward J. Sparling, Roosevelt college president, spoke.
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CHICAGO SORORS of Zeta, Zeta, Beta Iota Zeta, and Alpha Alpha chapter, are photographed with Grand Basileus Nancy Woolridge at their pledge renewal services and reception during Finer Womanhood week.
SORORS AT BOULE (Continued from page 80) Lotc, Rocc L., Montgomery, Ala.; Mason, Naomi R., Muskogee, Okla.; Matthews, Helen, Baton Rouge, La.; McEwen, Bertha L., McComb, Miss.; Meuse, J. Elizabeth, Jack onvillc, Fla.; Miles, Leola M., Louisville, Ky.; Moss, Georgia R., Indianapolis, Ind.; Newton, Sarah P., Washington, D. C.; Offutt, Fawcil C., Washington, D. C.; O'ncal, Leona V., Birmingham, Ala. Parker, Ollie M., New Orleans, La.; Powell, Sallie, Houston, Tex.; Robinson, Audrey, Richmond, Va.; Robinson, Laura, Memphis, Tcnn.; Sauders, Ruth, Jackson, Miss.; Saxton, Winifred J., Houston, Tex.; Smith, Viola E., Faycttivillc, N. C.; Smith, Alice B., Brookhaven, Mass.; Smith, Josephine C., Washington, D. .; Stagg, Emma, Houston, Tcx.; Summers, Leona R., Spartanbury, S. C.; Thomas, Thelma, Lake harlcs, la.; Vallery, Magnolia D., Berkeley 2, Calif.; Washington, Vera T., Shreveport, La.; Williams, Mary cw Orleans, La.; Williams, Theda A., Pensacola, Fla.; Wilson, Mary L., Indianapolis, Ind. HO TES Cl IAPTERS, New Orleans, ALPHA GAMMA ZETA: Allen, Susie; Acox, Etheline; Baker, Eola Lyons; Baker, Marion; Biagus, Marielle; Bluain,
Maryellen; Brown, Marie; Brunet, Felicie; Bryant, Marie; Boyd, Edna Mae; Cavalier, Luella; Cottles, Doretha; Collins, Edith; Caliste, Mable; Dave, Polyzcnc; Durben, Melba Rose; Edinburg, Julia; Fassit, Alice; Gaines, Berthera; Green, Lillie Mae D. Hawks, Adlyn; Houston, Margaret; Hunter, Lucille; Jean, Evelina; Jimson, Gertrude; Jimson, Shirley; Johnson, Zenobia; Julian, Mary B.; Laws, Lillian; Lewis, Emily; Parker, Ollie Mae; Perrault, Gladys; Pierre, Zenobia; Phillips, Maude; Provost, Dorothy; Randolph, Luta G.; Roders, Carmen; Reed, Leatrice; Sheffield, Hilda; Smith, Juanita; Sykes, Ernesting; Thomas, Emily; Tillman, Ruby; Valley, Gerald; Williams, Glady ; Williams, Allie Mae; Roberts, Verna; Jones, Myrtis. FLOATING: Carter, 0. G.; Hurst, Rose M.; Hill, Veronica; Millaud, Maud; Pennington, Delores; Williams, Oceola. ALPHA BETA: Barber, Vernice; Champagne, Marguerite; Crump, Doris; Ellis, Vivian; Irons, Mary Ethel; Mack, Pearl L.; Miller, Eula; Wilkerson, Florence; Wright, Helen. CHl ALPHA: Hoover, Anita; St. Cyr, Audrey; St. Cyr, Rose Mary.
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( Continued from page 14) We are a young sorority, established free from the stigma of racism, semetism, and political, social, and economic chicanery. We arc a growing and powerful sorority with an established national agenda under efficient leadership which gives Zeta Phi Beta· Sorority the potentialities of becoming a national, and intergroup international world power.
In so doing, may I herein point to certain constitutional areas needful of amendment: 1. The preamble. 2. The Constitution of Zeta Phi Beta should be selfsustaining and perpetuating. 3. Article III; and appendix to By-Laws. 4. Article IV, Section I. 5. Article IV, Section 2. 6. Article V, Sections 2 and 3; ref. "Vacancies;" 7. Article V, Section 4, uncon titutional; U. S. Const., Amendment Article XII; requiring specificity for separation of the ballot. 8. Article V, Section 5 contradicts Article VJ, Section l. Section 6, invert with Section 2-ordination. 9. Article YI, Section J and Section 2 arc ambiguous. Might add Clau e 1, on the Executive Board instead of Section 3. Section 2. Re: Regions; Cl. J. Regional conferences. 10. Article VII consider inversion of Section 2 with Section l. Might add Article VIII of which Section I Article VII would become Article V Ill. (separation of powers.) BY-LAWS-Articles l-VJT. These annotated references would be subjected to General Not for Profit Corporation Laws. Such Not For Profit Corporation Law offers to its constituency the protections of Ultra Vires; right to amend; specificity on dissolutions, and Purposes under which "Not For Profit Corporation " may be organized, such as: Elecrno ynary; Charitable, Benevolent; Educational; Civic; Patriotic; Political, Religious; ocial; Literary; Athletic; cientific; Research; Agricultural; Horticultural; Soil; rop; Livestock and poultry improvement; Professional, ommercial, industrial or Trade Association; Electrification on a co-operative basis; and ownership of residential property on a co-operative basis. A corporation may be organized for any one or more of named or similar purposes. Initiating efforts of cooperative improvements benefiting the whole each of us is faced with the opportunity to make GR AT D I (0 : using the depth of individual ability, eminent or versatile "lN GOD-
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Three Lawyers
Honored by ACHR Al the third annual award dinner of the American Council on Human Rights, F. Joseph Donohue, Commissioner of District of Columbia, told his audience that he was in full accord with the aims and purposes of ACHR and that he looked forward to the day when freedom would indeed ring out across the land and commended the council for using democratic methods to achieve its ends. Mrs. Edna Over Gray, outgoing president of the American Council on Human Rights, presided at the dinner at which Thurgood Marshall, counsel for the NAACP; Belford V. Lawson, Jr., president of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity; and Philip B. Perlman, Solicitor General of the United States, received citations for their work in preparing and presenting to the Supreme Court the Sweatt and McLaurin Education cases and the case of Henderson vs. Southern Railway. Mrs. Ruth Whitehead Whaley of Sigma Gamma Rho, presented the citation to Mr. Marshall who accepted, he said, not only for himself, but also for the many people who had in so many different ways contributcd to the successful prosecution o( the Sweatt and McLaurin cases. Mr. Lawson, who received his citalion from Frank Summers, national president of Kappa Alpha Psi, re ponded that he, too, held his award in trust for those who had worked with him on his brief in the Henderson case. So loci tor General Perlman, in accepting hi· award from George A. Parker of Phi Beta Sigma, acknowledged the contribution made by others in the presentations made by the government in behalf of human rights and pointed to the fact that he had a brief amicus curiae in all three cases. He predicted that in the not too distant future the Supreme Court of the United States will find that the po ition taken by the government in the Henderson case is the law of the land. A distinguished audience of over two hundred and seventy persons filled the beautiful mirrored Terrace Room of Washington's famous horcham hotel to join the American ouncil on l lurnan Rights in honoring the three brilliant members of the American Bar.
OUR TRU ." But the mere words of enacting laws, cannot make us law abiding. MORE Tl JAN WORD IS TH GR ~AT D J JO TO: LOY TIIY ROR A THY EL ; perform actual deeds of service to further the basic concept of sisterhood, and the spiritual basis of human rights.
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Left to Right, Mrs. Edna Over Gray, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority; F. Joseph Donohue, Commissioner _of the District of Columbia; Belford V. Lawson, Jr., president of Alph .l. Phi Alpha Fraternity and Dr. Nancy B. Wo?lr1dg~, Grand Basileus of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority at :the third annual award dinner of the American Council en Human Rights in Washington, D. C., in March. ~
-------~~D. C. SORORS (Continued from page 18) with Soror Sojourner E. J aekson presiding. Sorors Bertha C. Anderson and Beatrice N. Harvey were the reporters. Members of the youth Steering committee participating were Doris McCannon, president, and Soror Laura A. Hill, sponsor, also Gloria Beech, Alvin Calley, Walter Fauntelroy, Jeanne Fealey, Jacqueline Gaines, Mary Gray, Joyce Johnson, Arthur Minifee, Johnnie Miller, Suzie Mitchell, Alta Moore, Russell Powers, Samuel Short, and Edith Thomas. A luncheon was served and later a film, "Friendship Begins at Home," was shown. Music was furnished throughout the conference by Misses Joyce Johnson, Gloria Beech, and Lorraine Mills. Mrs. Helen Dow of the D. . Hygiene society was moderator of the panel discussions. A Youth-Adult Hobby show under direction of Sorer Esther C Peyton was held in connection with the conference. Materials and projects were exhibited by many persons including Mrs. A. Taylor, afghan and quilt; Evelyn arnpbcll, tablecloth and doilies; Iola Escoffcry, salt and pepper shakers; William F. Evans, original paintings; the Curley King family, needlecraft;
Mollie Simms, foreign collection; Boys Village of Maryland, industrial arts; Jessie Corbin, needlework; Lizzie Ballard, crocheting; Sarah Carter, embroidery; Mrs. H. E. Graves, West Hartford, Connecticut, cards and favors; Mrs. Ralph Comstock, Cohassett, Minnesota, paddles, totem poles, and arrow heads made from crates; Mildred Bunton, Catherine Edelin, Miriam Lee, and Stevens School Kindergarten, ceramics; Esther C. Peyton, doll collection, crocheting, travel; Louise Brown, scrap art; Mrs. E. L. Ballard, reclamation of waste material; Edwin Bruce, metal craft; public library, (Central branch), literature; W. J. Saunders, locomotives; Martha Henson, embroidery; As You Like It Art club, art; Amanda Forrest, sequin jewelry; Vernal Lomax, ceramics; Ursaline Peyton, jewelry and felt craft; Gordon Convalescent home, crafts; and the Stevens Elementary School special classes, paper craft and basket-making. The object of the Hobby show wa to show youth what can be done in leisure hours with discarded materials. Ray H. Everett, executive secretary of the D. C. Social Hygiene society concluded the youth conference with an address at 2 p. m. The Rev. Ernest C. Smith, pastor of Metropolitan Baptist church, and his son, the Rev. Oswald W. Smith, assistant pastor of the church conducted the devotions during the conference.
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Beta Mu Zeta Hostess To Southern Regional Beta Mu' Zeta chapter, Tyler, Texas, played hostess lo the annual Southern regional conference al Texas college, November 4-5, l 950. "Zeta Shares in Community Development," the conference theme, was vividly discussed by Soror Ruth N. Thibodeaux, regional director. Workshop and their consultants included "Public Relations," Soror E. M. VanDyke, regional director of public relations; "Undergraduate," national First Anti-Basileus Marion Dillard of Dallas, Texas; and "Zeta Clinic" dealing with proper sorority procedures, Soror Izcan Davidson, basileus of Pi Zeta chapter, Fort Worth, Texas. Greetings were extended the sorer by Soror P. L. Stafford, first anti-basileus of the hostess chapter; Dean Reid E. Jackson of Texas college, Soror Julia K. Dean, and the Mayor of Tyler, to which Soror M. J. Corde, Upsilon Zeta chapter, Mar hall, Texas, responded graciou ly. Refreshments were also served the sorors by
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the Iota beauticians group, and courtesies were extended by the other Greeks. The Zeta closed banquet was held in the college tea room, a picturesque setting, and was enjoyed by sorors and several Iratcrs who accompanied their wives to the meeting. Many lovely gifts were presented to national and regional officers. The closing worship service was presented at the Bethlehem Baptist church, Tyler, the Rev. C. A. Holliday, pastor. Program participants included Soror Lillian Ki som, Beta Mu Zeta chapter, vocal solo, "The Lord's Prayer;" Soror Luella Rushen, Theta chapter, Wiley college, Marshal1, Texas, an instrumental selection; Soror Thibodeaux, Shreveport, Loui iana, regional director, introduction of the speaker. Soror Lullclia W. Harrison, Zeta's executive secretary, spoke on the subject, "Who Arc You?" in a masterly and provocative manner. The scholar hip award was made to Bernice McCoullough, a Texas college student. Sixty delegates attended the conference; largest representation from out-of-town chapter· was from (Continued on page 24)
The Board of Directors of the American Council on Human Rights aUending the annual board meeting. March 31. at Carver Hall, Washington, D. C., were left lo right, first row, Dr. Nancy B. Wooldridge, Zeta Phi Beta; Ruth Whitehead Whaley, Sigma Gamma Rho; Laura T. Lovelace, Alpha Kappa Alpha; Edna Over Gray, Alpha Kappa Alpha, outgoing president of the American Council on Human Rights; Bertel} Collins Wright, Delta Sigma Theta; Esther C. Peyton, Zeta Phi Beta; Evelyn B. Pope, Zeta Phi Beta; Patricia A. Roberts, ACHR assistant director; second row, John Hope Franklin, Alpha Phi Alpha; George A. Parker, Phi Beta Sigma; Beulah T. Whitby, Alpha Kappa Alpha; Mae Wright Allen, Delta Sigma Theta; Emma Manning Carter, Sigma Gamma Rho; third row, Aubrey E. Robinson, Jr., Alpha Phi Alpha; Felix J. Brown, Phi Bela Sigma; Frank M. Summers, Kappa Alpha Psi; Elmer W. Henderson, director, ACHR; J. Ernest Wilkins, Kappa Alpha Psi; James E. Scott, Kappa Alpha Psi. president, American Council on Human Rights; and Hutson L. Lovell, Phi Bela Sigma.
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Mid western Regional A Dynamic Success Dynamic is the word most descriptive of the thirteenth annual Midwestern Regional conference of the Zeta Phi J.3eta Sorority, Incorporated, held March 2324, 1951 at Okmulgee, Oklahoma. The meeting opened with the Regional Council dinner meeting on Friday afternoon, with Soror Lola B. Greer, regional director, presiding. The theme of the conference was "Maintaining and Strengthening Our American Freedoms Through Greek-letter Organizations." During the business session, the following reports were heard: ACHR; Juvenile Delinquency (a message was received from Phyllis 0. Kelly, assistant director of the Girls' Industrial school in Virginia, relative to this matter or continuing our work with juvenile delinquency); undergraduate problems. The .last report was given by the regional director, who made quite a plea for solution or this particular problem. She asks that graduate chapters take more interest in the undergraduates. Business sessions, which were held at the Shorter AME church, Third and Central, continued on Saturday morning. General assembly was opened at 9: 00 a. m. with the regional director in charge. The highlight of this session was the workshop. This particular phase offers opportunities Ior close study of methods by which cha piers may operate more efficiently; establish more effective programs; develop closer relationships between graduate and undergraduate chapters. The first section of the workshop dealt with the undcrgraduatc problems. Soror Lucyle Avent, Okmulgee, served as leader; Soror Pearl Green, Langston, served as recorder; and Soror Marian Dillard national First Anti-Basilcus, Dallas, was consultant. S~ror Cleta Saunders was a member of the panel. The second section or the workshop dealt with adn~ in istrativc procedure, which proved especially helpful to all ba ilci and those who arc interested in promoting the ideals of Zeta, making each chapter a dynamic force in the community. Soror E. Juanita Tate of Tulsa was leader; Soror T. 0. Grissom, Langston, served as consultant. The most important issues brought out through discussion of the workshop were these facts: A. There must be more interest in the undergraduate chapters by the graduate chapters and sorors, B. ach soror must be utilized in the program of the chapter, pulling into play all talents. C'. It is imperative I hat each sorer promote the ideals of Zeta, making ii a dynamic force in the community by the displaying of unity, peace, and sisterly love.
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Another highlight of the regional was the adoption by the body of Our Pledge to Children, which was adopted by the White House Conference, Washington, D. C. Soror Evelyn L. Rogan of Muskogee, Oklahoma, was granted the regional scholarship to complete her senior year at Wiley college. Quite happy was the moment when Sorors E. Juanita Tate of Tulsa and Eunice Forbes were recipients of Zeta service pins for outstanding service in their chapters and regions. Zeta Phi Beta presented the public meeting on Friday. Greetings were extended to the body by Mrs. V. R. Lilly, Delta Sigma Theta; S. E. Fuhr, Alpha Phi Alpha; E. L. House, Kappa Alpha Psi; and Mr. Wesley of the Chamber of Commerce. Many social courtesies were extended the group. On Friday night, an informal dance was held at the Cliff House. A closed cocktail party was given at the home of Soror Gladys Waldon, and on Saturday night the formal dance was held. Pictures of the regional members were made at the dance. Much can be said of the thirteenth annual regional meeting for Zeta Phi Beta in the Midwestern area is marching on. Zeta has made contacts as can be seen through the correspondence received as congratulations. Among communications received were those from Sorors Anna Mae Frazier, Anne W. Jordan, Arizona C. Sternons, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Tulsa; Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity; Chas. H. Bynum, March of Dimes; Sorors Ruth N. Thibodaux, Nancy B. Woolridge; Pan Hellenic Council, Tulsa; Soror Ida B. King; Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Muskogee; Soror Lucille R. Madry.
REGIONAL CONFERENCES SCHEDULED
ATLANTIC, Soror Evelyn Hunt, director; hostess chapter, Gamma Xi Zeta, New Rochelle, New York, October 26-27, 1951. SOUTHERN, Soror Ruth N. Thibodeaux, director; hostess chapter, Alpha Pi Zeta, San Antonio, Texas, November 3-4, 1951. SOUTHEASTERN, Soror Lucille G. Coleman, director; hostess chapter, Mu, Claflin college, Orangeburg, South Carolina, Thanksgiving weekend, 1951. MIDWESTERN, Soror Lola B. Greer, director; ho te s chapter, Xi Zeta, St. Louis, Missouri, Easter weekend, 1952. Regional meetings held this Spring after ARCHON deadline included South Central , Nashville ' Tennessee, April 6; Great Lakes, Cleveland, Ohio, April 27; and Eastern, Beckley, West Virginia, May 5-6.
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Dear Sorors: It was unusual and noteworthy that Soror Beatrice Harvey of Beta Zeta chapter of this great organization_ of women, carried on for the graduate chapter of the AKA sorority here in Washington, D.C. during its Founders' week program activities. Soror Harvey exemplifies the versatility and the foresight of all Zeta women. She conducted, organized, and prepared the AKA public meeting of February 11, 1951, which was held in Rankin chapel on the campus of Howard university. That sorority group presented the American Council on Human Rights. They hoped to advertise the ACHR as well as applaud themselves for its conception. With little or no idea of what the AKAs wanted, Soror Harvey jumped into a veritable mental chasm, or bottomless pit shall we say, and built up a program. She was sufficiently versatile to draw up and present a program for another group and had enough foresight to realize that her efforts would win more respect and friends for Zeta. Of course, all Greek letter organizations are stressing, on paper and with lip-service, the idea of cooperation through both the Pan-Hellenic Council and the American Council on Human Rights. Here was an opportune time to make that idea concrete. Therefore, the AKAs literally dumped their program into Soror Harvey' lap and with Herculean efforts he carried on. Her job is even more noteworthy when we con ider that she is a chool teacher, the sponsor of Alpha chapter o[ Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc., a delegate to both the Pan-Hellenic Council and the American Council on Human Rights, in addition to being an ardent Zeta a well as a charming woman. Sisterly yours,
are able to go, furnishing transportation. Let's organize these aged persons into a club (The Golden Age Club). Hospital patients always welcome books, flowers, fruits, magazines and visits. Send cards often in times of illness, death and achievements, people appreciate cheery remembrances. The Teen-Agers can be organized with a three-fold purpose. First, "to spread cheer," second, to help prevent and control juvenile delinquency; and third, to help build stronger undergraduate chapters. This group could be called "Teen-Town Zeta-Lites." Let's spread cheer in some way every day. Cheerfully yours, VASHTI S. GOODMAN, National Chairman. CALLING ALL CHAPTERS (Continued from page 8) street, Roxbury, Ma sachuscus; Midwestern region, Soror Opaline Wadkins, 1333 N. E. 8th street, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; Great Lakes region, Soror Willye A. Coleman, 6240 South Parkway, Chicago, Illinois; South Central region, Soror andicc Williams, Oakley Training School, Oakley, Mississippi; Southern region, Soror Helen L. Matthews, Box 3527, Scotlandville Post Office, Baton Rouge, Louisiana. These regional project directors will help you, so gel in touch with them. ampus chapters will get in touch with Soror Phyllis O'Kclly, Assistant National Project director, in charge of campus chapters. Write her at Peak's Industrial school, Peak' Turnout, Virginia.
Dolores E. W. Powell SOUTHERN REGIONAL RELIGIOUS AND CIVIC WORKER
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Soror Mauddean Thompson Seward, a religious and civic worker, is known throughout the U A for her leader hip ability. She is secretary, woman's convention auxiliary to the National Baptist convention USA, Jnc. She is erving a dean of International tandard leadership education of the International Council of Religious •ducation, National Council of the Churches of Christ in the U . Recently she was elected chairman, cgro Welfare ommittee of the Memphishelby county Community Council. he is also choirman of the Alpha Eta Zeta chapter Eye- lass project.
Gamma Pi Zeta, Marlin, Texas among graduates and Theta, Wiley college, among undergraduates. The most outstanding project honor was won by Psi Zeta chapter, Fort Worth, Texas. Sorority greetings were from Grand Basilcu ancy Woolridge, oror vclyn Hunt, director, Atlantic region; oror Pauline Allen, director, outhcastcrn region; oror Lola Greer, director, Midwestern region; and oror Mallie 1 hornson, Havana, Cuba. Outstanding among the Amicac were Mrs. A. . Maxwell and Mrs. Sollie J. Martin, Temple, Texas.
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SOUTHERN REGIONAL CONFERENCE delegates are shown after worship service at the Bethlehem Baptist church, Tyler, Texas, in November. Beta Mu Zeta chapter was hostess to the conference. Sorer Ruth N. Thibodeaux, regional director, is front row, second from left; Sorer Lui '.elia W. Harrison, executive secretary, is at front row center; Sorer Marion Dillard. national first Anti-BasHeus, is :third from right, front row.
Eta Zeta Sorors Have Busy F\VW Finer Womanhood week with Eta Zeta chapter, Louisville, Kentucky, was initiated with a musical broadcast over station WHAS by the Louisville Municipal college choir under the direction or Soror R. Lillian Carpenter. The music was beautifully rendered and in the midst of' the program Soror Julia Mac Harris of Della Alpha chapter delivered a hcartlclt message concerning Zeta and declicatecl it to Louisville Municipal college which closes its doors in June to become a part of the University of Louisville. The I lour of Prayer and meditation was held on February 18 at 4 p. m. at R. E. Jones Temple Methodist church. Under the direction of Sorer Mary E. Fishback, the I lour of Prayer has become a most eagerly awaited event to the citizens of Louisville. Prominent ministers of both races made the program one long to be remembered.
The Zeta Arnicae gave a beautiful "sip and chat" tea at the spaciou home of Mrs. Smith on West Walnut street. The table was beautifully decorated and the tea was well attended by both Eta Zeta members and Zeta Arnicae. Much of Zeta Arnicae's interest in the chapter is clue to the wise counsel of Soror Amelia Sawyer. A Pan-Hellenic Forum was held on February 25 at 4 p. 111. at Zion Baptist church. Speaker for the afternoon was Soror Ida King, National Phylacter, from Gary, Indiana. She was indeed the master of her subjcct, "Finer Womanhood: New Life Through Courage." The message was timely, superbly delivered and well received. Presentation of the "Woman of the Year," Soror Abbie Clement Jackson, and the acknowledgement of past "Women of the Year," Mrs. W. W. Spradling and Miss Mary E. Merritt, followed Soror King's address. Music was furnished by the Louisville Municipal col(Continued on page 33)
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National Negro Health Week Terminated
Zetas Included In Directory
Federal Security Administrator Oscar R. Ewing announced this year the termination of the National Negro Health Week movement, an educational program which has been conducted specifically for the Negro population in the United States. Since 1932, the program has been sponsored and directed by the Public Health Service, co-sponsors have been Tuskegee Institute, Howard university, the National Medical association, and the National Negro Insurance a sociation. Mr. Ewing aid that the termination of a special program for Negro health is 'in keeping with the trend toward integration of all programs for the advancement of the people in the fundamentals of health, education, and welfare." Dr. Roscoe C. Brown and other personnel of the Division o( Public· Health Education, Public Health Service, will continue to give consultative services to cgro groups in their com mun itics, Surgeon General Leonard A. Scheele of the Public Health Service explained. The Special Programs Branch, formerly the Office of Negro Health Work, will continue to serve as a clearing house of information on state and community health programs, health education materials, and programs available for Negro groups, Dr. Scheele said. Any agency or group of citizens desiring such service should write to the Divi ion of Public Health Education, Special Programs Branch, Public Health Service, Wa hington 25, D. C. The Office of egro Health Work of the Public Health Service was an outgrowth of a program for the improvement of egro health initiated by Booker T. Washington 35 years ago, Mr. wing pointed out. At that time, Dr. Washington inspired public and private agencies to join force in an effort to improve the health of the Negro people through education in principles of healthful living. Health information was brought to the people through churches, schools, civic groups, and health agencies. One week in April, covering Dr. Washington's birthday, was set aside for intensive effort by cgro people. National cgro Health Weck became a rallying point for sponsoring and participating groups and agencies, and for program evaluation. In 1930, the Annual Health Weck Conference pas cd a resolution establishing the program on a yearround basis and changing the name to the National Negro Health Movement. Health Weck, however, continued to be observed. An executive committee, composed o( a representative from each o[ the sponsoring agencies, was formed to plan the program and nctiv( ontinued on page 43)
Some outstanding members of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority are listed in the new edition of "Who's Who in Colored America" recently published. Founded in 1927, the biographical directory is now in it seventh edition, and contain 664 pages, 3,200 sketches, 640 photographs, and a table classifying those included according to the 130 vocations reported. "Librarians and high school counsellors were especially anxious to have this vocational distribution table, as a tool they have often wanted when giving advice Lo young people," it was explained by Dr. G. James Fleming, principal editor of the current edition. Each biographical sketch in the book includes for each person the date and place of birth; parents and marital status; training experience and present occupation; publications, if any; religious and political affiliation, and the outstanding contributions < f the person described. The person listed-all American citizens or residents or the United Slates have addresses in 41 stales, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Liberia, France, Germany, Norway and Japan. Some arc currently with the UN forces in Korea, a perusal of the book indicate . "It is not presumed, however," according to Fleming, "that the book contains all the best persons or everything about such persons. Rather, it is representativc of the persons who arc in pivotal positions, those who arc making a contribution to community anrl nation, those who arc pioneering in new fields, and, in general, those about whom other per sons of affairs may occasionally want to know". Fleming deplored the fact that some few persons, well qualified for "Who's Who in olorcd America", did not submit the necessary data. He explained, also, that no charge was made for being included and that no one could pay to be included. Sharing the editing with Fleming WhS hristian E. Burckcl, a member or the publishing Ium, and alvin H. Raullcrson, formerly in tructor al Lincoln University, Pennsylvania. A pictorial montage, symbolizing the activities of the biographccs, is the work of Jay Jackson, artist of Los Angeles, alifornia. The book is finished in green and gold. "Who's Who in olorcd America" is published by Christian • Burckcl and Associates, winch also publishes "The ollcgc Blue Book," technical manuals, and is presently preparing the first edition of "Who's Who in the United ations". Rl~McMl3ER! Tl IE FDITOR
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ARCHONIAN EVELYN R. JEFFERSON, junior at Morgan State college, Baltimore, Maryland, tells about her adventure in interior decorating in this edition.
The Story of My Chair BY ARCHONIAN EVELYN R. JEFFERSON Junior al Morgan State College
have always been very interested in interior decorating, which includes many original ideas keeping in mind the helpful hints art contributes. The story of my chair, to me, is a very interesting and novel on . I told it to several or the mem bers of the Archonian club and of Gamma chapter of the sorority and they thought it a worthwhile effort and quite different. In my home there was a three-piece living room suite I was having upholstered and also an occasional chair which was the eyesore or my home and I wanted much to have it upholstered, too. I felt $40 much too high to pay for the job on this one small chair when with a little coaching in the field I could do the job myself. When school opened in the fall at Morgan I enrolled in a course numbered H. E. I 09, description-Interior Decorating, under the supervision or our new instructor, Miss Alkins. At the time I had no knowledge of upholstering being a unit of the course. While making plans for the semester it was then I learned that upholstering my chair could serve as my big project. Due to late arrival of our material for upholstering it was
impossible to complete my chair by the end of the semester, but when I learned that my chair would be appropriate for our Zeta exhibit, immediately I went to work on completing the job. I worked on it for hours during the day in Truth hall, one of the dormitories, in order to have it ready for the exhibit for Finer Womanhood week. Zeta Soror Althea S. Cornish, our advisor, felt that the other sorors should know that our exhibit displayed the first in upholstering at Morgan State college.
I shall enjoy mentioning the steps followed to upholster my chair and give an insight into the different material , tools and amount of money needed lo do the job oneself; most of all an idea of the amount of money that can be saved. There may be some slightly handicapped person who might be interested in knowing this trade to help earn his or her keep. This is the type of service I would like to give to someone less fortunate than l. The following order of processes in upholstering may be considered standard: I. Rasp inside arrisc of rails 2. Apply webbing 3. Fasten burlap 4. Secure rolls on top edges 5. Fasten corner blocks (Continued next page)
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6. Pack the tow 7. Place muslin 8. Place the covering 9. Tack gimp in place 10. Place nails Upholstering Tools l. Gimp hammer 2. Webbing stretcher 3. Pair of scissors 4. A regulator and straight and curved needles 5. Tools used in the average manual training shop Materials: Webbing-best two kinds-L. M. C. or B. F. M. The former has a closer weave and better quality than the latter. lt will with tand great strain before its elasticity gives out. It costs about $1.65 per 72 yard roll. Burlap is the best material to u c over webbing and over springs. It will not rip and tear as read.Iy as most textiles and is therefore preferred. Burlap comes in three weights-light (8 ounce), medium (10 ounce), and heavy ( 12 ounce. The medium was best adapted for our work. This was purchased for about 9 cents a yard. It is 40 inches wide. Used burlap may ordinarily be purchased at local dry goods stores for about five cents per pound. Even considering wa tc, this is much cheaper than and as u able as new burlap. Several kinds of material may be employed for stuffing. The very best and most expensive available material is curled hor chair, costing 30 cents to 65 cents per pound, depending upon quality. The best quality material within the most economical price range is tow. This may be purchased by the I 00 pound bale at a cost of about 2 cents per pound. It comes in three grade , fine, medium and coarse. The fine variety should be used, for the coarser kinds arc hard to manipulate. It results in uneven urfacc after a period of time and usage. Even with the medium grade of low it is necessary to use a layer of wadding over it to prevent ridges showing through the cover. Other stuffing materials arc moss, kapok, alva, and excelsior. ork shavings arc generally used for boat cushions. When cloth is desired between the stuffing and cover, unbleached muslin may be used. In cheaper work this is eliminated. In my work, I found it advumugcous, for it gave the scat of my chair the prop r shape, and permitted better and smoother work on the final covering. After the application of the muslin, i[' it is found that the scat is not of the desired shape, more stuffing may be added or the stuffing may be distributed by the regulator. Muslin 36 inches wide may be obtained for about 7 cents per yard from a local drygoods store. Wadding is a kind of stuffing arranged in sheets. It is used over other stuffing. Its function is to give 1 smooth, even appearance to the seal or cushion. Wadding is invariably used over curled hair to pn.. vent the
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ends of hair from penetrating the cover. It may be purcha cd in sheets 30 inches by 36 inches o( the pound quality at about 35 cents per dozen sheets. Cambric is generally used to prevent dust from falling to the floor from the scat, and to exclude moth from the stuffing. It has a finish which is dust proof, but it tears easily and cannot supplant the muslin used over stuffing. Cambric comes in a 24 inch width and costs about 5½ cents per yard. There are innumerable varieties of fabrics for outside coverings and good taste and judgment must be used in selecting proper kinds for certain jobs. A sense of good design needs to be developed here, for proper selection i essential, both regarding color, figure, adaptability to L11c particular structure and its placement. There arc three classes of coverings in upholstering: genuine leather, textiles, and leather substitutes. For beginners ubstitute leather is well adapted and is inexpensive. It is manufactured in 50 inch and 54 inch widths and costs from 60 cents to $ J. 7 5 per yard. Trade names of loath r substitutes arc Marokcnc, Chase leather, Hercules, Victor leather, Panta etc, Mole Skin, Mule Skin, etc. They are very durable and very closely rcscrn blc leather; that is, the better varieties do. Genuine leather costs from 16 cents to 36 cents per square fool, in the whole hide or full skin and up to 75 cents per foot cut to size. Cloth or textiles cost from $1 lo $3 per yard in the general run of grades. They may, however, cost a high as $IO per yard. Tapestry may run into prohibitive costs. Some or the best tapestries arc brocades, velvets, plushes, satins, and mohair cloth; cheaper ones arc velours, chintz, reps, and denims. Gimp is a narrow edging used for covering raw edges of the cover and heads of common Lacks which secure the cover. l t comes in rolls o\' 25 to 36 yards. Black imitation leather gimp costs 20 cents a roll of 2 yards and brown or Spanish 35 cents. Cloth gimp costs from two Lo three cents per yard. Three kinds of nails may be used in the work outlined: solid leather, perfection, and rnctalcnc, Mctalcnc is perhaps the most satisfactory. These come in the 1·0\lowing numbers with attendant sizes: No. 230, J 1-'G inch head; No. 240, :111 inch head; No. 250, 7 / I 6 head, o. 260, 9/ 16 inch head; and 270, :i,i inch head. N >. 250 was used in my work. They cost 80 cents per thousund in the plain and 90 cents in , punish effect. Upholstering springs may be purchased from 3 I 6 inch in height and cost six cents per pound and weight 1·rom 22 pounds to I 00 pounds per gross. In this short write up on "The Lory of My hair," J have attcruptcd to bring out the reasons for my interest in this work, the things that brought about my ( ontinucd on page 29)
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DEADLINE FOR DECEMBER Cooperation and regard on the parts of chapters and sorors for the regulations governing news copy Ior the ARCHON is requested as follows: I. OBSERVE DEADLINES: Mail copy early so that it will arrive at designated address on or before the indicated date. In this case, October 2, 1951. Late copy will of necessity be omitted. 2. DOUBLE-SPACE TYPE STORIES. DO NOT SEND PROGRAMS OR CLIPPINGS and expect a news story about your chapter to appear. Limit stories as nearly as possible to two or three double-spaced typed pages. 3. FUNDS FOR CUTS MUST ACCOMPANY PHOTOGRAPHS. Make money orders or certified checks payable to NATIONAL TREASURER, ZETA PHl BETA SORORITY, INC., WASHINGTON, D. C., although you will send it to the editor-in-chief along with your photos. RATES: $3 for single column cut, recommended for single photos; $6 for double column, recommended for small or closely arranged groups; $9 for approximately three column cuts (across entire page of magazine but is of varying depths), recommended for larger groups or loosely arranged small groups. 4. SEND GOOD, CLEAR, GLOSSY PHOTOS, but please send some that you do not expect back. PHOTOS ARE PREFERRED to ready made cuts. uts often do not coincide with magazine specif'ications. This office docs not promise to return cuts, photos, etc. 5. INCLUD MEN AS WELL AS SORORS ON SOME OF Tl-IE PHOTOGRAPHS, and identify all persons in photos. In stories, too, give full names of participants. 6. WRAP PACKAGES OF PICTURES CAREFULLY. Put cardboard over and under photos to protect them. Otherwise, wrinkles on photographs will show up in the magazine. 7. END FRESH MATERIAL, not stale copy that goes back several years or months. Send your story when "the news breaks" not just at ARCHON time. SUPERVISOR OF SOCIAL WORK Sorer Loretta Hicks, grammaicus or Alpha Eta Zeta chapter has the responsibility or supervision of students from Atlanta university School of Social Work. This is the first time that a Negro has held the capacity of out-of-town field work supervisor from Family Service of Memphis. Soror Hicks finished the Atlanta School of Social Work earning the M.A. degree in 1943. i nee then she has worked as case worker al Family crvicc,
SOROR JULIA MAE HARRIS is 1he charming basileus of Delta Alpha chapter on the Louisville Municipal college campus, Kentucky, and has achieved many honorable and responsible positions. She is "Miss Municipal" for 1950-51. vice-president of the Pan-Hellenic council and junior class, was attendant in the Alpha Phi Alpha "Miss Vogue" contest and second attendant in the "Miss Kappa" contest sponsored by the Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity chapter. Soror Harris is a. chemistry major. In addition to college activities, Sorer Harris is a member of Mt. Lebanon Baptist church and works as a playground leader during the summer for the city division of recreation. She is the deaughier of Mr. and Mrs. John Harris, 2243 Cedar street, Louisville.
MY CHAIR (Continued from page 28) first initiative to attempt a project of its kind, and the groups of individuals who encouraged me to display my artistic ability in this form; from which source I received a number of favorable comments. I shall now aim for the goal of perfection. Mrs. Cornish learned of my interest in the field of upholstering and felt others should know about it and the possibilities of helping others less fortunate than my elf. l covered briefly the necessary knowledge, tools and materials to have on hand when doing an uphol tery job well. In the photo, the chair to the left has been completed. It is the one exhibited during Finer Womanhood Week, and the chair to the right is my next-project.
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Polio Pointers for 1951 Do-Allow children to play with friends they have been with right along. Keep them away from new people, especially in the close daily living of a home. Because-Once polio has appeared in a community, scienti ts say the virus probably is widespread. Your children probably have come in contact with it already and developed a degree of resistance to that particular virus. Do-Wash hands carefully before eating and always after using the toilet-especially important when polio is around. Also, keep food clean and covered. Because -Hands may carry polio infection into the body through the mouth. Scientists have determined that large amounts of virus are excreted from the bowel and throat of a patient as well as a healthy carrier during seasonal outbreaks. Do-Watch for igns of sickness, such as headache, fever, sore throat, upset stomach, sore muscles, stiff neck or back, extreme tirednes or nervousness, trouble in breathing or swallowing. Because-During an outbreak of polio, symptoms vary from the very vague to actual paralysis. Watch for all symptoms closely during this period.
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Do-Put a sick person to bed at once, away from others, and call the doctor. Quick action may lessen crippling. Because-While paralysis cannot be prevented, doctors have determined that early bcdrest and prompt treatment may inf I ucncc progress of the disease and lessen the severity of deformities. Do-Telephone your local chapter of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis, if you need help. Locate through telephone book or health department. No patient need go without care for lack of money. Your chapter will pay what you cannot afford. Because -The 2,800 local chapters of the National Foundation, supported by your contributions to the March of Dimes, exist for this purpose. Other March of Dime funds arc spent for cicntific research and the training of much-needed professional personnel. Do--Remcmber, at lea ·t half of all polio patients get well without any crippling. Because-Recent surveys show that 50 per cent of all diagnosed polio cases suffer no paralysis at all. Another 25 per cent recover with no disabling after-effects. Seventeen per cent arc severely paralyzed and about eight per cent die. Don't-get over-tired by hard play, exercise, work or travel. Thi means men, women and children. Because-Scientist believe that once a person has become infected with polio, a delicate balance exists between the polio virus and the body's ability lo fight it. The scale can be tipped in favor of the virus by overexertion. A recent study revealed that heavy exertion in the early stages of the disease resulted in more severe and extensive paralysi . Don't-get chilled. Don't bathe or swim long in cold waler or sit around in wcl clothes. Because-Re carch has indicated that chilling and physical exertion seem lo lower body resistance to the virus, once iL has entered your body. Don't-have mouth or thr al operations during a polio outbreak. Because-Recent surveys have demonstrated that tonsi llcctom ies performed at th is time increase the risk of getting bu I bar polio ( most scriou form) by I I times. Don't-Use another person's towels, dishes, table, ware or the like. Because-Virus is excreted from the towel and throat and may be transferred unknowingly by these implements. Don't take children to places where there is polio· ask your health department for advice. BecauseMoving the child would needlessly expose him to the polio virus. Don't take your child out of camp or playground, where there is good health supervision. Because I le already has been exposed lo the virus by the Lime a case has been reported. Routine daily living under proper supervision, such as good camps and playgrounds offer, i" a safeguard lo his health.
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Traveling Companions BY FLOREN
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Soror Florence Et/wards Borders, feature editor of the A RCHON, is a librarian at Bethume-Cooktnan college, Daytona Beach, Florida. A native of New Orleans, Louisiana, Soror Borders earned a B.A. degree in secondary education with an English major and a French minor from Southern university, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and a B.S. degree in library science from Rosary college in Chicago. She has also attended the University of Chicago. Initiated info Beta Alpha chap/er at Southern universify in 1943, Soror Borders has since been instrumental in establishing a chap/er at Bethune-Cookman college and served as advisor to that chap/er. Sorer Borders is now a member of rite Daytona Beach graduate chap/er. She is also the mother of two active young sons. As summertime approaches and our thoughts turn to all of the pleasantries that we associate: with this season of the year, we think of the wonderful places that wc would like to visit. All of the glamour of travel and the enchantment or far-away places b:::ckon lo us. Some or us entertain dreams of going abroad, while others of us would be content to sec more of the good old U.S.A.; but all of us thrill to the prospect of a trip. Happily, a few of us will hive an opportunity to make our dreams come true, but alas, others of us will find our obligations at home Loo heavy Lo allow for that much cherished trip Lo the land or our dreams. How then shall we spend ·1 summer that will be filled with enchantment, glamour, and thrills? Emily Dickinson, who wa considered quite a stayat-home herself, has the answer l'or us in this little line or one of her p ems, "There is no frigate like a book." The late Dr. James H. Snowden elaborates on that idea (or us in the very graphic and picturesque language for which he was noted. He says, • "Books arc boats loaded with a cargo of ideas, the most va I uablc goods and vital wealth of the world. They come floating down the stream of time, it may be lrorn distant days and Inr lands and various climes, and bring us freight infinitely more precious than the silks of India or the spices of Araby, or all the ivory and diamonds and gold or Africa." Through bo ks we have become heirs to all that man has done, and been, and thought. We have becom, heirs to the collected wisdom of the ages, and
SOROR M. L. McCAIN, of Mu Zeta chapter, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, was selected from the high school in which she works as head. of the Home Economics department as a delegate last December to the White House conference, to represent the New Homemakers of America as a local advisor. While attending the conference Soror McCain ably participated in a panel discussion on "The Guidance of New Homemakers, and Future Homemakers of America" and she was also elected to the chairmanship of the Home Economics division of the Louisiana Education association.
if we would sec the world, one good way to see it is by taking a voyage on the good ship "SS Books" using the sages of the ages as our crew. We talk about taste in many things-dress, conversation, music, choice of colors, et cetera. We allow for individual differences in everything, and we believe that everyone is entitled to his own taste. After all, every person has a different background of experience, training, knowledge, contacts, and attainments; but there arc some things that are above the sceptered sway of individual taste. They are standards of the cultural pattern because of their adherence to recognized principles based on the best usage in all that pertains to conduct and character. To cxprc s a dislike for the beauty, order, proportion, and symmetry that is clas ical architecture, for example, is merely to express a lack of culture, understanding, and aprrcciation. Likewise, there are books (Continued next page)
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which have passed beyond the pale of personal and individual judgment and which have become "classics" because they have endured and arc still considered to conform to standards which have been set lo gage what is excellent from what is mediocre. These standard· mu t not be ignored. One of the book which ha consistently and persistently been called a "great book" is the Bible. It is the foundation stone of our civilization; it is the word of God, about which Jc u ha aid, "Heaven and earth may pass away, but my word shall stand". The enduring nature of the Bible and its universality of appeal are standards for mca uring superior quality in books. About thi enduring nature of the Bible, Dr. Cummings has written, "The empire of Caesar is gone; the legions of Rome arc moldering in the dust; the avalanches that Napoleon hurled upon urope have melted away; the pride of the Pharoahs is fallen; the pyramids they raised lo be their tombs arc sinking every clay in the de ert sands; Tyre is a rock for bleaching fishermen's nets; Sidon has scarcly left a wreck behind; but the word of God still survive ." For women whose rnouo is "Finer Womanhood", the all-time best- cllcr should not, and probably doc not, need any introduction. The very standard by which we measure this thing called "Finer Womanhood' are taken from the Bible. Because every reader of the Bible can find something in it which exactly fit· him and his mood, it has become the most popular of all books and an all-time source of comfort. In Ecclcsia te 12: 11 of the Moffatt Translation of the Bible, one finds the e words "A wise man's words are like goads, and his collected saying· arc like nails driven home; they put the mind of one man into many a life." With no further ado, we implore you to include among your traveling companion -th~ Bible. We especially recommend for your reading the ospcls, for in them is unravelled the story of the "Greatest Life Ever Lived." Hel n Haines in Living With Books divides literature into three classes: (I) Books of inspiration as religion, philosophy, poetry, fine drama, fine fiction; (2) Books of information as biography, history, travel, science, useful arts, sociology, and ( 3) Books of recreation as fiction, drama, humor, essays, and light reading in various fields. In many instances no distinct line can be drawn between books in the three named above, but in selecting something to read it would be wise to keep these three classes in mind. We might remember also that inspiration and recreation arc an outgrowth of great creative literature, and such names as hakcspcarc, Dickens, and I Iuwthornc arc names fragrant with pure pleasure, yet diffusing illumination and conveying interpretation of life.
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Because we hold as one of our ideals scholar ·hip; then, we must of nece sity associate with scholars. How else can we attain that goal? Should we journey into the glorious past to visit places which have been imprinted 011 the pages of history, or hould we wish Lo vi it the great scholars of ages gone by; books should be our transports. They arc frequently our only contact with great minds of the past and the present; for though we arc contemporaries of instcin, many of us know of hi work only by what we read concerning it. Books, then, arc our link with great minds of both the past and the pre ent. If we arc really to advance the cause of cholar hip, book must be our traveling companions. We have spoken of b oks in a general way, and have not said that there arc numerous books which do not develop and inspire in the mind noble impulses and pure emotions. Because there seems to be uch a mad rush for "best sellers" and offerings of this or that book club, too many of such books fall into the hands of well-meaning readers. Still too many of us think that quantitative rather than qualitative reading gives us the privilege of listing reading a one of our hobbies. We devour titles sent periodically by such and such a club, and we do not exercise our perogative to select those traveling companions who come to us between the covers of a book. By so doing we admit into our presence companions wh have n real message for humanity, and who have only the poison of immoral suggc tions to offer us. When you select a book to read, th ink about these lines which arc paraphrased to suit our purposes: "The water placed in a goblet, bowl, or cup Changes its form to its receptacle; And so our plastic souls take various shapes And characters of good or ill, to fit The good or evil in the books they choose. Therefore b ever careful in your choice of books, And let your pccial love be given lo those Whose strength of character may prove the whip That drives you ever to fair wisdom's goal." Frequently, after having waded through "best sellers" the reader has not gained infnrmntion, inspiration, nor wholesome recreation. Need it be pointed out than that the reader has gained nothing to contribute to his d.: vcloprncnt? For, any book worth the time xpcnt to read it should do at least one of three things: (I) Yield food for thought, ( 2) dd to our store of uscfu I know ledge, or (3) ,ivc an upward impulse to our ideals The times in which we live demand our best. ore than one writer has sought to challenge us to meet the demands of our times by inviting us to "live above the average", to partake of the "abundant life", to strive for "maximum living". 'l he emphasis is now on
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Second FWW Essay Contest at Chattanooga Gamma Iota Zeta chapter, Chattanooga, Tcnnesec, culminated its Finer Womanhood week activities with a program at the Leonard Street Presbyterian ch_urch on February 25 with Sorer Nancy B. Woolndgc, Grand Basilcus, as guest speaker. Sorer Woolridge charmed the audience with her graceful manner and vibrant personality as she told of the "Enemies of Peace." Sorer Faustina Hall, of Epsilon Zeta chapter, Atlanta, Georgia, was guest soloist for the occasion. Soror Lorena Hight presented prizes to the winners of the second annual Finer Womanhood essay contest. The contest wa open to senior high chool girls in the area. Prize winners were Kathleen Goss, Howard High chool, Chattanooga, first prize, $LO; Georgia Lee Buchanan, Hill High school, LaFayette, Georgia, second prize, $14; Sara Frazier, Booker T. Washington High chool, Chattanooga, third prize, $10; and Barbara Williams, Howard High school, fourth prize, $6. Immediately following the program, a reception was held in the a ·cmbly room of College Hill Courts. The blue and white color chcmc was beautifully carried out with sandwiches, cakes, and mints. Beautiful flowers were received from local chapters f Alpha Kappa Alpha and Delta Sigma Theta Sororities, and Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity. Flowers were also sent in memory of the late Sorer Etta B. Brown.
the individual; the privilege and the responsibility belongs to the individual. The challenge is to the individual. A the old adage goes, "No chain i any stronger than its weakest link." Similarly, in this great chain of humanity, no group is any stronger than its weakest member. We must work toward an "expanded personality", and one of the most delightful ways of attaining this lofty goal is through books. The closing lines of "Renascence" by Edna St. Vincent Millay seem to offer tho e final challenging words. They arc especially chall nging Lo those of us who proclaim to the w rid that we stand for "Finer Womanhood." They challenge us to strain without ceasing against the iron doors or ignorance, and to link ourselves with the great minds of ages past, so that we might sec portals opening into every land and time and hear men speak of the eternal truths. They challenge us Lo broaden and expand intellectually and spiritually so that we might be better furnished for service to mankind. Finally, they challenge us to make books our
SOROR BERNICE JERALDINE FITZGERALD, LeMoyne college, Memphis, Tennessee, senior, and basileus of Pi Alpha chapter. Soror Fitzgerald was awarded a Zeta Phi Beta national scholarship at the 1950 Boule because of her excellent scholastic record, on which she will enter graduate school.
"Traveling Companion " and in truth become a "Finer Womanhood." "The world stands out on either side No wider than the heart is wide; Above the world is stretched the sky,N o higher than the soul is high. The heart can push the sea and land Farther away on either hand; The soul can split the sky in two; And let the face of God shine through But East and West will pinch the heart That cannot keep them pushed apart; And he whose soul is flat-the sky Will cave in on him by and by." ETA ZETA (Continued from page 25) lege choir, directed by Sorer R. Lillian Carpenter. After the forum Eta Zeta received in honor of Soror King and Sorer Jackson. The dining room and tables were beautifully decorated by chairman of the reception and co-chairman, Sorors C. B. Williams and Robbie McMillan. (Continued on page 60)
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Theda A. Williams, Scrapbook Editor
Soror Theda A. Williams, director of the Health and Physical Education department at !. Lee Pickens Elementary school, Pensacola, Florida, is active in social, civic, fraternal, and religious organizations. I nitiated into Gamma Alpha chapter at Florido A&M college in 1946, she is a charier member of Gamma Tau Zeta chapter, Pensacola, Florida, of which she has served as antibasileus for two years, and is no1v epistoleus. She earned a B.S. degree at Florida A &M college, and is studying toward an M.A. degree in Supervision and Administration al the same school. * * * * * MY DESIRE FOR ZETA It is my de ire to lift the banner high, And forever be true, And hitch my ideals to the sky Zeta for you! Zeta, for you! It is my desire to be right, And true to the White and Blue I'd rather be right, than might Zeta for you! Zeta, for you! God bless your sorors everywhere; And may they too live true, Whether they be here or there, Zeta for you! Zeta, for you! * * * * * DEAR ZETA Tune: My Faith Looks Up To Thee Dear Zeta, Thou Beloved! Help us to look above. Our strength renew. Our thought now turn to Thee Loudly our voices ring, And all Thy praises sing, help us we pray. Above two contrihutlono by Soror Sadie o. Coaston Gamma Tau Zeln Chapter Pcnaacola, Florida
* * * * LET I FORG T Tune: Evening Prayer May [ carry with me from day to day The name of Zeta dear, in every way.
May I help all others to want to be An Archonian like me. Oh, Zeta dear you mean so much to me And, may 1 ever love and honor thee. May l to Zeta and its color blue Be ever true. Should l forget the pledges I have made Should 1 forget the things that 1 have said, Should I ever err in any way Dear Zeta, forgive. * * * * * MEMORIES Wherever I go, whatever I do There will always be a thought for, for you. You'll be as the words in my mouth The song in my heart, Always a memory of gladness and cheer. Zeta dear, Zeta dear. Above two contrlbutlono by Soror Dorothea W. Warren Gamma Tau Zeta Chapter Pensacola, Florida
* * * * COUNSEL "I've Jived a long time in this world of sin, I've learned what it is to work and to win". Thee were the words an old man said To a youth, a he trugglcd to raise his head. "I've been able to rise above that which was bad, Though it took al! the strength and courage I had, I, with your forefathers fought for this place, To give the Four Freedoms to each creed and race. The world is your now, guard it with care, Don't make the mi ·take· that lead to dispairWe've shown you the mighty arc not always right. Live! And make each like a beacon of lightA light that pierce the shadow of wrong, Forming a halo of mirth and of song; Making the world what we'd hoped it would be"A home of the brave and a land ol the lrcc!" With these words the old man dropped his head, As the youth to him these noble words said "We'll fight to the end Lo show you that we Can make of this place, what we want it lo be. There's a job to be done, we'll do it with pride, We'll sweep our minds clean and brush malice aside; We'll dust out the cobwebs of hate and deceit. We'll walk with our JOd, and make like complete." *
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June, 195 ! HOW THE ROSES GROW "A rose by any other name Woudl bloom as sweet" you know But have you ever wondered how The roses really grow? Do fairies run beneath the earth And sprinkle perfume there, Or do the flower elfins throw Sweet fragrance in the air? Docs Mother Nature dip her brush In paints both rare and sweet, And tint the petals of each rose That blooms along my street? L often sit and wonder How the roses really grow, But do you think I'll find out? Do you think I'll ever know?
Abovo two conlrlbut!ons by Soror Jennie Tlllett Gross Beta Zeta Chapter Washington, D. C.
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Tune: Jerusalem the Golden Oh Zeta dear, we love thee Your name whcrc'cr we be Shall reign supreme wherever Thy pledges, we stand We love our dear old Grcckdorn, We love our sorors too; We love all of the things we have to do. Zeta, dear old Zeta We love you by the name Forever and ever you always be the same To me you give inspiration And joy to us all We lift our heads and spread abroad The things we hold so dear. * * * * * .JOY OF ZETA Dear old Zeta, our hearts are filled with joy, Of having the opportunity to share The many things we wish to spare. Yes, thou will b~ our strong defender, And the probation period, we will surrender; So shall your insignia be our guiding star, Up to the end of our journey far. Above two contl'lbntlons by Soror Morcodcs /\. Hitson Gamma Tau Zola Chapter Pensacola, Florida
* * * * * ALL TA Bach day I hope to do my best, To love and cherish with all zest. The ideals or dear, dear, old Zeta,
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And to them always cling and cater. Zeta, Zeta, you are near me, On the land, or on the sea. You will always cast your light, On the very darkest night. On and on, then Zeta Dear, Keep your pace and do not fear. You may now depend on meIn this and, where men are free.
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Tune: Fairest Lord Jesus We lift our hearts to thee, Gladly thy praise to sing Let our songs accepted be Thy name forever-Zeta Phi Beta. Zeta, so dear and so true Our love we bring to you God bless and keep us ever Faithful to you. Loving and serving wherever we may be, Our lives shall prove our devotion to thee.
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To give me cheer in the hour of orrow, And lighten my heart to live for tomorrow.
Tune: Smile A While Zeta dear, I love thee more and more, When we meet, the interest grows and grows. I'll try to be worthy and true, As my great big sisters do. You stand for all the things I want to be, Watch me clo ely then, some day you will sec. When I reach my goal up high, You'll see, I've tried and tried.
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(Soror Velma 81111ch, Eastern Regional Director) Finer Womanhood mean more than a high-sounding phrase A catch word to u e to set tongues ablaze. It means to be true to your ideals in kind, To cheer another's pathway, To case another's mind. IL means lo give Service, to meet life with a punch All these I find in you, dear or r Bunch. The world expects a good woman an example lo set. he must have true qualitic , nor much seem to fret. She must be ever willing her neighbor lo uplift; She must bear her burden never daring to shift. he must be able to get along with the Bunch. Not a "pun" on your name, That's just you, oror Bunch. Your zeal for Zeta has been for me inspiration, I have profittcd much from our recent relation. Your personality dominates any gathering you're in, Your spiritual qualities permeate from without to within. You'll hear more from Zetas, and this isn't a hunch, We've been rededicated and inspired By you, dear oror Bunch! 7uanlta ti. Wea·,tr, Baalleua Beta Lambda 7.ota Chapter Aah viii • North Ca:ollna
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ZETA-QUEEN OF OUR HEARTS Tune: Beautiful Dreamer Zeta Phi Beta, Queen of our hearts, For you, forever, no more to part. Live for you ever, never to change, Zeta Phi Beta, our fervent hearts sing.
Chorus Prayerfully now we sing, Heavenly Father, our King Infinite love and care We will with others share. Bind u more closely we pray Enhance our strength for aye. Trust in all we do, Always faithful and. true Words (and music) by Soror Lois C. Lewis, Alpha Zeta Zeta Chapter, Beckley, West Virginia
* * * * * Tune: My Bonnie Uphold the honor of Zeta, Y c sisters dear of the heart When in the wide fields you wander From her teachings never depart.
Chorus Zeta, Zeta, we'll uphold Your name without shame Zeta, Zeta, we'll be Joyal, Be true and be bra vc. All Zetas should love each other From all evil wc must depart Remember your theme "Finer Womanhood" And always keep love in your heart. Alpha Zeta Zeta is striving To meet Beckley community needs, We frequently need cheer and guidance We have faith, we're going forward with speed. *
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* * * * * WORKING FOR ZETA Tune: Jeannie With The Light Brown Hair I love Dear Zeta Phi Beta With all my heart; Never, never to part. l need Thee each and every day of my life, Happy being a sister, if working in strife. Striving for the best and the better each day, Striving for Finer Womanhood at work and in play. Yes, I love, dear Zeta Phi Beta, Making Zeta known everywhere, everywhere. * * * * * OUR LIVES FOR ZETA Tune: America Zeta, you are to us Finer Womanhood, To thee, we sing: Our pledge to keep in mind, Your aims we won't decline, Zeta Phi Beta, forever ring.
TO Z TA Zeta dear, I love you ·o I've sung your praises to all l know Grant, 0 God, that as L work for Thee A better woman I'll grow to be. I'll do all I can in my humble way To hold high your light from day to day. I shall strive to stand the le ·t By daily doing my very best.
Our Founder we'll respect Your name we'll not neglect, To you we give; Our symbols we'll reveal, That Zeta lands for zeal Our lives forever more, for you we live.
Zeta, if I should stumble, You're u star to guide the humble, 1'11 trust in you to do the right To guide me by your shining light. Though the road be long and dreary With your advice I will not weary I'll take Zeta for my guide And by your rules I will abide.
Zeta, your light will shine a a guide for all of u , The Blue and White, the Motto right, your call ls a must. We'll come to thee with happy greet Where Sisters gather and meet, To carry on thy work. Zeta, Zeta Phi Beta Zeta, Zeta Phi Beta Zeta, Zeta Phi Beta Will live forevermore. (Turn page)
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Dedicating our live to thee With Zeta first of all, Merrily, cheerfully, we'll answer Zeta's call. Living for Zeta-earnestly each day Our hearts we give, your life we live Contented all the way.
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The final program in the Alpha Rho Zeta and Epsilon Beta Finer Womanhood week observance was presented on March 4 in the Tullibody auditorium of Alabama State college with Soror Lullclia W. Harrison, Zeta's executive ecretary, as guest speaker. Several informal courtesies were hown Sorer Harrison during her short stay in Montgomery. On Saturday night she was guest of honor at the Sigma-Zeta banquet, the annual social extended the Zetas by Sigma brothers. Sunday afternoon at one o'clock, Soror Harrison was a dinner guest at the home of the basi leus, Soror Rose H. Burks, with Sorors M. B. Daniel, state director, R. Burks, M. Johnson, A. Kennedy, L. Herring, and W. M. Stone sharing the courtesy. After the program at the college at 4:30 p. m. when Soror Harrison was guest speaker, a reception was held honoring Soror Harrison, Mrs. Zen bia Johnson, Zeta's "Woman of the Year," Miss Theodora Smiley, Zeta's "Girl of the Year" and the Emanon club as "The lub of the Y car." Sorer Mattie P. Johnson with oror Stone as cohostess had oror· Harrison and Daniel as dinner guests. Later in the evening, oror Ora B. Gunter honored Sorer Harrison at a "chat and chaw" with rncrn bcrs or Alpha Rho Zeta and Sigma brothers saying goodbye before she left on the return trip.
S-Singing merrily and cheerfully to the end, O-Opcning our hearts for Zeta's, our friend N-Nothing too good for Zeta's own, G-Gcntly with Zeta, never to roam.
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SORORS LOUVENIA HERRING, Maggie Daniel, state director; Lullelia Harrison, Zeta's executive secretary; Rose Burke, basileus; Neotia Smiley, front row, left to right; Anna S. Kennedy, Ora Belle Gunter, Carolyn Emery, Agnes, Oliver, Willie M. Stone, Emma Bell, Rosa Lou, Mattie P. Johnson, Sarah P. Coleman, Annie Jackson, and Ollie Phillips, second row, are pictured after the Alpha Rho Zeta, Montgomery, Alabama, program during Finer Womanhood week.
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Sorority Snickers Marian Harris Shannon, Humor Editor
Soror Marian Harris Shannon, Humor Editor, is a native Floridian. At Hampton Institute she studied Business Education, receiving a B. S. in 1944. While at Hampton she served two years as Editor-In-Chief of the HAMPTON SCRIPT and president of the campus NAACP. Recently she has studied and received an amateur certificate in photography. In the Booker T. Washington High school, M i a m i , Commerc i a I Dep a r I m e n t , she teaches Junior Business Training and J o u r n a lism and serves as adviser and sponsor of the BTW Press club, the WASHINGTONIAN, school newspaper, and chairman of Public Relations for the school. Soror Shannon was initiated into Beta Tau Zeto chapter, Miami, in February, 1946. She has served as grammateus and basileus of that chapter. She is now director of publicity for the Southeastern region and epistoleus of her chapter. An ardent AME she works in the Young People's department, Sunday school and league, and co-sponsors the Richard Al/en youth guild at Bethel AME, devotes a period of summer activity to the development and perpetuation of the Tri-State Institute at Edward Waters college, Jacksonville, Florida, training cours: for youth workers. Fabulous hat designs, writing, and driving arc ardent hobbies. A 111011g the many things she prays for is a Zeta chap/er in every 1100k and comer of the 1111iver.1--·. She says, "Viner Womanhood must always prevail for that is the power to alleviate the chaotic conditions- of our world today ... the power of respect and honor and God-learing ideals."
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Greek: Well, Marge, wedding bells arc cancelled for me now. Jake called it quits. Marge: Gee Rhoda I'm sorry, what happened? Greek: l was extolling the merits of fine womanhood, so he ups and marries a Zeta!
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Zeta: Didin't l ask you to notice the cake in the oven? Aspirant: I did. It started to burn at a quarter 'ti! two.
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I'll never forget that fatal day The call came late no time for play "Hello, Worm, bring your scrapbook, and gifts Some of y ur big sisters want a lift" When I arrived all tattered and torn, My other little sister sat scared and worn "Stand up worm"-"No you don't, sit down!" I wheeled and turned like a merry-go-round. The Dean I could sec presiding in form Amid regal-robed queens on a throne We performed like pros much against our will l don't know which fear was greater f Zeta or Actor' Guild. Long about morn when all was quiet They stoic away with u like thieves in the night No eyes were needed-posterior alone Tho' we had pillows the paddles" made song, "I lave you heard the ong of the worm?" " ing it" "Who arc the oundcrs? What did they do?" " an Zeta Phi Beta depend on you?" The circus abound for smprcsscs that night But you finally come out of it all right
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Revenge, sweat, blood, and tears All dwindle away down thro' the years As you sit back and ponder your crossing day And thank your founders for THE ZETA WAY!
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Mary: Hello, Laura, why the jocular air? Laura: Ha, Ha, Ha, Ha, [ just saw Jane fuming in the store. Mary: Whatever on earth happened to ruffle Jane's feathers? Laura: There we were before the scales-Jane decided to weigh and I-la, ha, ha, ha, .... Mary: Yes, go on ..... Laura: She stepped on scales connected with a loud speaker and it said, "one at a time, please."
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After Initiation (President speaks): Now, Neophytes, before we read the constituttion, are there any questions? Neophyte: Yes, what's the name of this organization?
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Question: What happened to the Ta'rnais she didn't show up for meeting tonight?
Answer: She sold a hundred dollars in advance concert tickets and split with the sorority.
Question: Why did she give us just half of the money? Answer: Just half? She took the whole hundred and left!
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At a recent Boule session, the Basileus introduced several. speakers who were not scheduled to appear. Each speaker thinking herself an excellent elocutionist proceed to bore the audience. Finally, the guest speaker was introduced and asked to deliver h r address, "My address", she said, "is 1656 Fifth Place, a Pd with your perm is. ion I'll go there!"
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Want to repay your hubby for "over-doing" his night with the boys, sorors? E tablish Zeta-Sigma Coke dates-you know, brotherhood and sisterhood. Have you visited that favorite play, cinema or night club? No? Then, here's a tip: Gather clippings, pictures, ctc., and paste them on hubbys' Javoritc sport news-either it works, or you'll be searching lonely hearts columns the rest of your life.
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SOROR ABBIE CLEMENT JACKSON was chosen "Woman of :the Year" for 1951 by Eta Zeta chapter for her outstanding contributions to her communify. Soror Jackson is the noteworthy daughter of a noteworthy mother, Mrs. Emma C. Clement, who was chosen American Mother for 1946. A gradua:te of Livingston college, Salisbury, Nor:th Carolina, Soror Jackson was a teacher in the Louisville public schools for many years. She is executive secretary of the Worr.an's Home and Foreign Missionary Socie:ly, A. M. E. Zion church; and vice-presiden:1-at-large of the National Council of Churches, in Christ. She was recording secretary of the United Council of Church Women, 19481950. Sorer Jackson was awarded the Louisville Defender's citation as one of the most outs.tanding citizens of Kentucky in 1945. She was an accredited visttor to the First Assembly World Council of Churches, Amsterdam, Holland in 1948, and was made an honorary member of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority in 1950. . Sorer Jackson was honored publicly by Eta Zeta at a program and join:t worship service at Broadway Temple A. M. E. Zion church on February 25, 1951 as part of Finer Womanhood week observance. She was presented with the key at the forum by Sorer Ida King.
HEALTH WEEK (Continued from page 26) rues. From l 932 to 1950, the Public Health Service supported the National Negro Health Movement, supplying taff, facilities, and material for nation-wide activities rccommcndecl by the executive committee.
If you live for "class" you'll live alone There'll be no mourners when you're gone
Jr you welsh a bet or confidences abuse There'll be no invite you'll be, a recluse
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Jr you bare the gas on highway or street There'll be a soror silting head and feet.
If you're sought for a party, by all males as well There'll be no wedding; femme friends nil.
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Delta Alpha Zeta chapter has been busy. with its little theatre group, consisting of children between the ages 9 and 16. Mrs. Reavis, executive secretary o[ the Negro Theatre Group is the director. Soror Catherine Jones is the sponsor. The chapter hopes to have; two or three plays during the year. Added to the family recently were three new sorors, Eleanor Fcndal, Edith Bowen, and Kathryne de Kine. They are hard working orors, and the chapter is proud to have them. Soror Ethlin Lamos is the proud mother of a seven (Continued on page 46)
Zeta spirit in Alpha chapter, Howard university, is extremely high. Sorors are active in and important members of every phase of campus life. Soror Shirley F. Johnson was elected recording secretary of the Greek council, the first person to hold thi post in the new organization. Sorer Enid Wilson of British Guinea was chosen to be included in "Who's Who in American Colleges and Universities." She has been listed consistently on the Dean's Honor roll. Along with Soror Collia Rivers, she was one of a group of students chosen to represent the university as exchange students to Smith college and Yale university. Soror Collia Rivers has been a guiding spirit in the chapter while serving as chairman of the social committee. Alpha chapter is truly grateful to her for a job well done. She will be doing graduate work toward a master's degree in English, during the ummer at New York university. The Archonians arc a glamorous, popular, studiou , and aggressive group, perfect compliments to the sorors. Sorors Marguerite Neal and Gladys Fry will represent Zeta from Howard university this year as exchange student to Smith college and Yale university. Soror Fry, ba ileus of the chapter, ha been on the Dean's Honor roll for the three years that she has been in attendance at the university. In addition to Soror Fry, basilcus, officers of the chapter arc Sorors LaRuc, first anti-basilcus; Evangeline Jones, second anti-basileus; Shirley F. Johnson, grarnmateus; Mary Bell, anti-grarnrnateus; Enid Wilson, tamias; Earline Young, tamias-grammateus; Eleanor Rogers, parliamentarian; Collia Rivers, chairman, social committee. The year was Full of activities, a few of which were a Fall Frolic, preparation for Homecoming, Christmas caroling, a musical tea, Finer Womanhood week, and the annual gyptian bait. The Fall Frolic was the lirst dance of the year given by the chapter. It was a terrific success and the spacious ballroom floor was packed with cnthusia tic students. With unusually high competitive spirit among all participants, lovely Soror Gwendolyn Taylor was the Zeta choice as candidate for gridiron queen. At the Homecoming and later at the ball, she reigned in serene dignity. A new "vogue" was set on the Howard campus when the sorors and Archonians spon .orcd the singing or Christmas carol . Wearing red scrafs complemented by
bells on their shoes, the group immediately made a hit and many students joined in to make the program a success. The sorors gave the mu ical tea in January to foster better relation among the Greek letter organizations which were all represented at the affair. Finer Womanhood week was filled with many interesting programs. The week was ushered in by a chapel program at which Dr. Margaret Just Butcher was guest speaker. At this time, Pearl Sewell was chosen "Girl of the Year" by popular vote of the university community through sponsorship of the chapter. She is basilcus of Alpha chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority • and Second Anti-Supreme Basileus of that sorority. Other activities or interest during the week included a program at the National Training School for Girls, a renewal of pledge service in the sorority room, a Blue and White luncheon, community work al Junior Police and Citizens corps, and an open forum conducted by the executive committee of the Greek council with the "Girl of the Year" presiding. The theme was "Woman's Place in the Atomic Age." The committee for Finer Womanhood week included orors Collia Rivers, Phylis Roots, Mary Bell, Geraldine Roots, ladys Fry, Evangeline Jones, Sylvia Stanley, Shirley Johnson, Gwendolyn Taylor Bernice Truscdalc, LaRue lay, and Lena Brown. The Egyptian ball was, as usual, a tremendous success. Zeta's "King Mark Anthony" or the campus this year was Carlton H. Franklin of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity. Last year Joseph Taylor of Alpha chapter of Phi Beta igma ratcrnity was king. Especially happy about and proud or their latest accomplish rncnt, the complete redecoration of their sorority room, arc the sorors of the chapter. he creamy white woodwork contrasts well with the soft blue walls and the new modern blond furniture. The sorors consider it their "Zeta Pa rad isc."
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Rho Beta Thrives At Savannah State Rho Beta chapter, organized in Spring, 1950 at Savannah State college, Georgia, during its short existence, has sponsored activities of which it is proud. Some of its activities have included a Halloween party for the interest group, a card tournament, a cake raffle, and the presentation of Soror Lorenc Hall during its Finer Womanhood week observance. Soror Hall spoke to an overflowing audience during the vesper hour on February 18, 1951. Immediately after the program, a token was presented to Sorer Hall by the chapter anti-basilcus, and a reception in honor of the guest speaker was held at the campus community house where the undergraduate sorors served as hostesses. The chapter also sponsored an Easter egg hunt on
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March 27 for the Chatham County Protective home. Charter members and officers of the chapter are Sorors Myrtle Foy, basileus; Hattie Thompson, antibasileus; Mary Ford, grarnmateus; Elsie Gilliard, tarnias; and Betty Lopez, antapokritis. Soror Ella W. Webb is faculty advisor. Members of the Archonian club include Acquilla Quattlebaum, Dorothy Purnell, Marceline Holland, Rita J. Quattlebaum, Rebecca Edwards, Lois Hines, Lottie Tolbert, and Helen Graham. Interest group members are Mary Swanson, Lillie Johnson, Helen Dunson, Betty Miller, Elfeata Gaskin, Olivia Golden, Frankie Gross, Irene Mikell, Louise Phillips, Dorothy Scott, Mattie Manly, Ruby J. Childers, and Theresa Murray. The Archonians have made aprons, potholders, and scrapbooks; two Archonians, Acquilla Quattlebaum and Lottie Tolbert, have made lovely Zeta hook rugs.
ALPHA CHAPTER sorors and liUle sisters a:t a musical :lea, Howard university, Washington, D. C., are left to right, Sorors Beatrice Harvey, Enid Wilson, Betsy Belle Davis, Marguerite Neal; Archonian Millie Murphy, Sorors Sylvia Stanley, Phyllis Roots, Geraldine Roots, Gladys Frye; Archonian Charlotte Brooks. Sorors Evangeline Jones, Collia Rivers, Delores Roots; Archonians Madeline King, Doris Brown, Donneter Dean, Mary Bailey: Sorors Esther Peyton, guest, Ada Bailey, Shirley Johnson, and Mary Bell.
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Brooklyn Undergrads Are Energetic Set "We did the Charleston as it was never done before" was the comment of an Archonian after a social affair recently. The statement was true not only for the Archonians, but also for the many friends and guests of Omicron Beta chapter, Brooklyn, New York, who attended the chapter's first matinee dance on January 28 at the Savoy ballroom in New York. Previously, in December, the sorors, assisted by the Archonian club, entertained more than 35 children, ages four to nine years, at the Stuyvesant Community center in Brooklyn. The sorors were deeply satisfied by the children's delighted facial expressions. Entertainment for the afternoon included group singing, game , children's floor shows, refreshments, and distribution of gifts and candy packages by the Archonians. The sorors presented Miss Ramona Thompson as their "Girl of the Year" on February 18. Miss Thompson is a senior at the Franklin Lane High school in Brooklyn and was chosen from a number of girls because of her outstanding sch la tic attainment, personality, and community service. To conclude their ob ervancc of Finer Womanhood week, the sorors, on February 24, attended a theatre party, followed by a dinner at which time an impressive repledge service was conducted in conjunction with the other local chapters, Ep ·ilon, Delta Mu Zeta, Delta
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(Continued from page 44) pound, J1 ounce boy, born on March 28. He is "the chapter's first baby". Soror Parris and Elgiva BaH are continuing their studies at Columbia. Soror Haskins is visiting in Haiti. On June 3, the chapter will present three young artists in a musical recital, two pianists and one vocalist. The pianists are members of one of the local Zeta chapters, and the vocalist is a Delta sorority member. They are all very promising artists.
Alpha Zeta, and Gamma Xi Zeta. The chapter, a new one, held its first initiation ceremony on March 3 of this year. At that time becoming members of Omicron Beta were Flora Moody, a Hunter college junior majoring in social work, now chapter gramrnateu ; Marion Morris, a Hunter college junior majoring in history; and Marie Sylvester, graduate of Brooklyn college and an elementary school teacher. Immediately thereafter the sorors organized their new pledge group composed of nine members. Omicron Beta sorors arc also active in promoting better inter-fraternal and inter-sorority relations by attending other sorority and fraternity affairs and by extending invitations to their affairs to other fraternities and sororities. The sorors arc also active in assi ting Phi. Beta Sigma brothers in their undertakings. Members of Omicron Beta chapter, in addition to the neophytes, arc Sorors Grace Mar hall, ba ilcus, a a senior at Brooklyn college majoring in biology, active in NAACP and the Society of Biology and Medicine; Janice Dates, anti-basilcus, majoring in education at Brooklyn college; Lucille Ashby, dean of plcdgce , social psychology junior at Brooklyn college; Garna O'Ncal, tarnias-grarnmatcus and phylactcr, Brooklyn college biology senior and NAA P treasurer; Roslyn Hardy, tarnias, junior Spanish major at Brooklyn college, active in the Spanish club, secretary of NAA P, and chapter representative to A HR; Joy Walker, Brooklyn college education major; Margaret Rookard, Brooklyn college science major selected as first " igma Queen" in cw York, recently enrolled at Harlem Nurses Training 'Choo], active in community affairs and an outstanding member of the social set; Aleta Lovell, junior education major at Brooklyn college; and Aldyth dcBourg, education major at t. John's university.
OMICRON BET A chapter Archonians relaxing at the home of Soror Louise Batson after having revived the "Charleston" at the Savoy Ballroom in New York on January 28 are left to righ.t. Velma Wynn, Flora Moody, Marion Morris. and Marie Sylvester.
Thi "baby" chapter is looking forward to a brilliant future, especially in its plans for combating juvenile delinquency.
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AW ARD ING OF CERTIFICATES of merit to Alpha chapter Zetas at Finer Womanhood week chapel program at Howard university. Left to right are Sorors Gladys Fry, basileus, presenting the awards; Shirley' Johnson, Collia Rivers, Helen Davis, Phylis Roots, and Enid Wilson, recipients of the awards; "Girl of the Year" Pearl Sewell, and Dr. Margaret Butcher, guest speaker,
Beta Boasts
Grand Year The current school year has been a very fruitful one for Beta chapter at Morris Brown college because the chapter has put over successfully, several worthwhile projects. At the beginning of tho school year, Beta gave a very elaborate rush party for the freshmen young ladies through the help of the graduate chapter, Epsilon Zeta. Everyone was made extremely happy by the jocular air of Soror Sadie W. Potter of Epsilon Zeta chapter as she conducted sundry games lor the sorors and guests. After extremely fine refreshments, the party ended with a hilarious note. During Finer Womanhood week, several enjoyable programs were presented. These included Sorer Lucile Lewis who has a very electrical approach as a speaker; Al I reek Day presented in the form of a skit titled "Your Manners arc Showing," with the members of all Greek letter organizations on the campus taking a scene; a radio program presenting "Radio Station ZPB"
featuring the talents of Zeta. Beta's selection for the Woman of the Year was Soror Mayme Lockhart who is a noted civic and social worker and an ardent member of Epsilon Zeta chapter. There were al o educational and social programs including a charm clinic, featuring Soror Freddye Henderson, National President of Fashion and Accessory and Design, and the annual Blue and White Tea was largely attended. Beta chapter has a very large and inspired pledge club which is striving very hard to walk in Zeta's footsteps. The probates for the first semester, seven in number, were very charming in their probation attire. Some officers of the chapter are Sorors Carrie Clements, basileus; Katherine Kemp, gramrnateus; and Willie M. Hightower, antapokritis. Every region is requested to keep in close contact with the two following officers of the region: (I) The regional director of ACHR. (2) The regional director of the national project on prevention and control of juvenile delinquency.
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BATON ROUGE ZETAS named Soror Amelia J. Lewis, center front, "Woman of the Year," 195 l, at their musical Founders' day celebration.
Baton Rougeans Hold Musical Founder's Day Baton Rouge, Louisiana, music lovers were given a thrill during the month of February, when Mu Zeta chapter observed Founder's day in a unique but enjoyable way. The celebration was "An Hour or Music," al which time the world renowned Xavier University choir was presented in recital. Thi uperbly trained group moved the audience with its lovely renditions that ranged from excerpts from various operas to Negro spirituals and folk song . During intermission, Soror Amelia J. Lewis was honored as "Woman of the Year." The presentation wa beautifully made by Soror Isabel M. Herson. Soror Lewis was also recipient of innumerable expressions from other individuals and organizations, which was both fitting and proper as she has proved herself a shining example of Finer Womanhood by spreading cheer and goodwill in every way, to every one with whom she comes in contact. oror Lewiss rves a number of parishes in the stat; as Home Demon tration agent. he is a kind <laugh-
Mu Zeta Chapter Commends Boule Mu Zeta chapter will long remember the Boule 01 1950 which convened in New Orleans, L uisiana dur-
ing the month of December. Because of the nearness of the meeting the Baton Rouge chapter was represented by a number of sorors. who returned informed and enthusiastic. As a result of a very interesting gathering, the pcrs nab le basilcus, Soror ula P. mith, Look part in various discussions, attended a number of committee meetings, and gathered very worthwhile information that will greatly benefit the chapter. Have you any RCHON copies dated prior to 1945"> The editor would appreciate any such copies that you might cure to donate to the files. tcr, a loving mother, a loyal sorer and the devoted wife of John . Lewis, rand Master of Masonic lodges and Balon Rouge businessman. Soror Lewis is in center of photo of Mu Zeta chapter sorors above.
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:l>elta /Vu Jet~ J&- New, ./lciwe. Delta Nu Zeta sorors, Meridian, Mississippi, received their charter in December. The group was introduced to the public on January 14, 1951 with ..l coffee hour at the home of Mrs. E. F. Young. Jt was a very beautiful informal affair with a brief address by Jack H. Young, a graduate Sigma of Jackson, Mississippi. The affair was largely attended by local Greeb and friends. Among the visitors were Sorors Mable Roseman Sims, and Clara Alexander, Jackson, Mississippi; Soror T. L. Jordan, Forest, Mississippi; Soror Cea ar B. Anderson of the undergraduate chapter, Jackson College, Jackson, Mississippi; Mrs. Aurelia N. Young, wife of the speaker and member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority. Local Sigma brothers were also present. A dental correction program for indigent children of the city was sponsored by the chapter with the assistance of a local dentist and the dental hygienist or this area who is also a member of the local chapter. The program was quite a success with a large number of children receiving benefit. (Continued on page 51)
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Beta Alpha Presents the "Rose of Beta Alpha" Instituting its own unique way of honoring someone outstanding, Beta Alpha chapter, Southern university, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, presented the "Rose of Beta Alpha" to Soror Isobel Herson of Mu Zeta chapter at its Finer Womanhood week program in February. Soror Joyce E. Nero, basileus of the chapter, made the presentation. Speaker for the occasion held in the university aud-
itoriurn was Dr. W. W. Clem, a Phi Beta Sigma brother, of the university division of education. Other program participants were Sorors Minnie Zelle Richardson, invocation; Connie Belle Hunt, solo, "Dedication" by Franz; Carlosee Keith, introduction of speaker. The program was concluded by a Greek medley and the sorority hymn. Officers of the chapter in addition to the basileus are Sorors Richardson, anti-basileus and dean of pledges; Gladys Brown, gramrnateus; Rosie Lee Cannon, tarnias; Hunt, assistant dean of pledges; Keith, tarniasgramrnatcus, Other members are Sorors Dorothy Britt, Ruth Miller, Augustine Collins, Dorothy Perkins, and Gertrude Smith. (Turn page)
DELTA NU ZETA chapter, Meridian Mississippi. Left to right, Sorors Grace Towns Oatis, grammateus: Loyce Young Daniels, anti-basileus; Kathryn L. Vaughn, tamias-grammateus; Estell G. Young, basileus: Louise Mozee Raymond, phylacler; Avery Whi:lc Williams, :tamias; and Mary E. Bordeaux, epistoleus.
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Soror Nero, basilcus, saluted in April, 1951, by the university DIGEST, campus newspaper, is a candidate for graduation at the June commencement exercises of the university. The DIGEST salute in part was as follows: " ... the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Louis Nero, Sr., of New Orleans. An English major in liberal arts, her ambition is to become an instructor of English literature. She has been a constant member of the Dean's honor roll, and has been recommended for a scholarship to the graduate school of Howard university. "Joyce is the younger sister of the former Marie Nero, graduate and former instructor of English here at Southern. (She i also the younger sister of Charles Nero, Jr.) "Miss ero holds offices in most of the outstanding organizations on the campus. She is ba ilcus of Zeta Phi Beta sorority, president of the university choir, senior class secretary, secretary of the Southern Student association, and is a member of the Pan-Hellenic council, Wesley Foundation, and the YWCA. "She was elected 'Mi s Southern' and reigned as queen of the 1950-51 Homecoming football game on November 4, 1950. "Mi s Nero is a very popular young lady. She has a pleasing personality with a winning mile and the ability to meet the various complexities of life. "With the philosophy she has adopted we know she will be a success in life. We salute Joyce Eleanor Nero." Soror Nero has al ·o rcpre cnted the student body at off-campus affairs, included among these was a good will trip to Grambling college with other tudent council repre entatives this Spring when the council donated funds to re idents who withstood losses in a fire in a girls' dormitory at Grambling college, and appearance on an "International Hour" panel sponsored by the Baton Rouge council of the ational ouncil of Negro Women during Brotherhood week. Soror cro was the only young lady on the panel which in addition consisted of young men, Jcstus Auer ·tenau of Germany, Roy Selby of Arkansa , and Bom Mo Chung of Korea, all Louisiana State univer ity student .
Let Zeta sorors at their annual programs and at all times seek to enjoy the fellowship of other sorors, Greeks, and friends, impart knowledge, and form ulatc plans to unite with other groups and races longing eagerly for liberty and justice. Unless mankind learns to live together as brothers, where each individual respects the other and the dignity of the human personality is preserved and maintained, life a· we know it will perish.
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New Rochelle Sorors Are Community Pace Setters After three full year of community and social service to New Rochelle, New York, Gamma Xi Zeta chapter members now proudly claim that they have made a definite place for themselves in that city's life and arc now associated permanently with the morn stable aspects of its cxi tcnce. They point to the fact that their programs and activities have now become such an important part of the life of the community that they arc continually receiving comments and inquiries concerning their work from leaders of various church, community and public school organizations with assurance of continued support from them. An example may be shown by the development of still another Zeta group, the Zetarcucs, now com posed of twelve girls on the junior high school level. Some of these girls continually requested that they be allowed to share in some of Gamma Xi Zeta's activities .. This matter was brought to the attention of the group by Soror Elease rawford who was appointed to organize the group and supervise their activities. The girls now hold regular meetings, have their own staff of officers and treasury. They assist the chapter members in all of their public programs wherever practicable. Soror Crawford personally bought and made blue skirts for each of the twelve girls which they wear with white blouses whenever they function publicly as Zetarcucs. They acted as u .hcrs and later waitresses for the 1951 Finer Womanhood program and tea, and, at Eastcrtirnc, assisted with the making, filling and distritributing of Easter baskets at the convalcscnt homes. They visit these homes with the sorors and Amici weekly. The group also plans many recreational activities together during free time. Gamma Xi Zeta now receives publicity whenever it is submitted lo the TA DARO TAR, cw Rochelle's only daily newspaper. The only requisite is that the news be less than one day old. Many of the chapter's items receive front page coverage. Responding to the many inquiries concerning the acceptance of contributions at their Piner Womanhood Tea, Gamma Xi Zeta, this year, received a very heartening indication of the town's interest. Contributions came in by mail with many personal comments, ,h well as by personal gifts al the tea. Also included in Gamma i Zeta's expanded 1951 program was the naming of its Iirst "Girl of the Year" along with the naming or its "Wc)111an or the Year". "Girl of the Year", Miss larion colt, was
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selected with the aid of the principal of the high school who recommended her as exhibiting the highest qualifications for social and community service through her activities at school and in her church and community. She was also given an award. Working closely with the high school principal and various church and civic groups, Gamma Xi Zeta has initiated its program for vocational guidance through the extending of the "career conference" idea with special attention to a follow-up through personal interviews and conferences with the individual students. The program for this year is directed mainly at th, juniors and seniors of the high school students; however, this service is expected to expand to all junior and senior high school classes. Gamma Xi Zeta's members have long recognized the need for this type of service in New Rochelle. The high school principal has enthusiastically endorsed it and is lending every assistance possible to the group. It is foll that this program will give much wider publicity to Zeta's activities and also give a more complete picture of the needs of the community, with special guidance toward the selection of annual scholarship · recipients.
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New Chapter Progresses Gamma Kappa Zeta chapter, Texarkana, Texas, has been in existence less than six months, having been established on January 12 with an initial membership of nine. Officers of the chapter are Sorors Helen McNeal, basileus; Ethel McPeters, anti-basileus; Emma Jones, tarnias; Eliza Marshall, grammateus; Willie Mae Boardingham, phylacter; and Dorris E. Smith, antapokritis. Other members are Sorors Gladys Dodd, Gwendolyn Montgomery, and Nexcy Mae Sewell. The chapter is growing fast; sorors now have five pledges ready for initiation. During Finer Womanhood week the Sunday morning worship service of the chapter was held at the Howell CME church. On the following Sunday, the sorors accepted an invitation from Upsilon Zeta chapter, Marshall, Texas, to join the sorors there in their worship service and in their aftternoon reception where they honored their "Woman of the Year." This experience was inspirational to all who were present. Gamma Kappa Zeta has had a good beginning; much has been done in a little time. The sorors are now striving to make the rest of the year as fruitful as the beginning.
DELTA NU ZETA (Continued from page 49) Following the dental health program, the sorors b~ · gan plans for the celebration of Finer Womanhood week with the graduate chapter of Jackson and undergraduate chapters of Jackson college and Tougaloo college, with visiting sorors from Brookhaven, Greenwood, Forest, Canton, and Meridian, Mississippi, present to share the address by Soror Thibodeaux of Shreveport, Louisiana. The pledge renewal ceremony was observed with the following orors present: Grace T. Oatis, Avery White Williams, Estell G. Young, Katheryn L. Vaughn, Louise Mozee Raymond, and Loyce Young Daniels.
Participants on the 1951 Finer Womanhood program of Gamma Xi Zeta chapter, New Rochelle, New York, included. left to right, Miss Amy Thompson, president of the Amicae and 1950 "Woman of the Year," Soror Barbara T. Mason, basileus of the chapter, Mrs. Marilyn W. Pierce, 1951 "Woman of the Year," and Soror Lullelia W. Harrison, Houston, Texas, guest speaker. Other principals on the program not shown here were Miss Marion ScoU, 1951 "Girl of the Year," and Soror Katie BuUer, pr<:>gram chairman.
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Gamma Alpha Zeta Sorors Honor Mrs. Selma Hall
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Gamma Alpha Zeta chapter, Corpus Christi, Texas, presented its first "Woman of the Year," Mrs. Selma Hall, at the St. John Baptist church. This event truly was the highlight of the Finer Womanhood week observance. Mrs. Hall has been a great figure in civic and r.::ligious circles. "Who serves his country well has no need of ancestors" is a quotation which fits her achievements well. She has been an ardent worker with the Youth Fellowship of thi city; chairman, Community Chest and March of Dimes drives; president, PTA, Solomon Coles High school; district president, state PTA; corresponding secretary state PTA; organizer, Civic and Welfare club this city; board member, Howard street girls' home; representative, Texas Committee on Children, Gunter hotel, San Antonio, Texas; and an active member of the St. Matthew Baptist church.
Gamma Theta Zeta chapter, Opelika, Alabama, began its Finer Womanhood week celebration with a tea al the home of Soror Zcphrol Torrence. In response to an invitation extended to the communities of Auburn and Opelika, more than l 00 guests called between 4 p. m. and 6 p. m.
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The sorors presented a public program at the East Street school. Guest speaker for the occasion was Mrs. Gertrude Anderson, a business woman, founder and owner of a candy company in Birmingham, Alabama. She chose as her subject, "Finer Woman of Today as Compared with the Finer Woman Mentioned in Proverbs." Other participants on the program included Mrs. Edith Lawrence, prelude and postlude; Zeta Ensemble, music; Sorer Ida D. Jackson, prayer; Soror Lizzie W.
GAMMA ALPHA ZETA chapter, Corpus Christi, Texas presents its first "Woman of the Year." Lefi to right, Sorors Sylvia Jewel Haynes, Ruby Williams, Anne Claudette Stewart, Mrs. Selma Hall. "Woman of the Year;" Sorors Ernestine K. Murray, Roxie D. Byrd, basileus; and Allie Faye Pitts.
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OMAHA, NEBRASKA, ZETAS and AMICAE honored Mrs. Anna Partridge as 1951 "Woman of the Year" at a reception on Sunday, March 4, at the near narthside YWCA. Left to right are Sorer Jean Yourell, Amicae Inez Hudgins, Margaret Kerr, Ida Mae Bythwood, Sorors Essie Henderson, Clemmie Reynolds, Mary Jane Duncan, Verne:ta Hill, Beatrice Jackson, Gertrude Craig, Amicae Mary Watson, Sorors Edmae Swain, basileus, Willa Mae McCreary, Amicae Vera Price, former "Woman of the Year," Charlie Mae Moore, Lucille Hawkins, Lulu Williams, Carrie McCreary, Sorors Claudia Lee, Jacksie Williams, Edgar Camper, Pearl Gibson, and Ethel Dean. Seated is Mrs. Partridge.
DUKE ELLINGTON honored guests at :the Omaha, Nebraska, Zetas' spring formal. March 26 at :the beautifuJ Ballerina ballroom in downtown Omaha. Lefi to right are Sorors Mary Jane Duncan, Delores Allison, Willa Mae McCreary, Ruby Henton, Gertrude Craig; Duke Elling:ton, Sorors Edmae Swain, basileus: Jacksie Williams, Claudia Lee, Beatrice Jackson; seated, Sorors Dell Moore, Jessie Cain, and Eloise Taylor.
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Delta Zeta Zeta Chapter Notes Delta Zeta Zeta chapter, GlenArdcn, Maryland plans to give two scholarships this year and to make monthly contributions to Brother Montrose Waite for his missionary work in Liberia. Proud of its progress since its beginning, the chapter celebrated its first anniver ary-in the GlenArden town hall on December 3 last year with a presentation of the Sunset Harmonizers and the Sandy Spring Melody Singers of radio Fame. Soror Agnes Waters was crowned "Mrs. Delta Zeta Zeta of 1950" after having reported the highest amount o( money, $175, in a popularity contest sponsored by the chapter. Second place winner was Soror Theresa D. Banks with $125; third place, Soror Mabel Carter with $86. Sorors Carter and Waters represented the chapter at the Atlantic regional meeting in Boston, Massachussetts; Sorors Banks and Virginia Watson were delegates to the Boule in cw Orleans, Louisiana. Four new sorors, Mary Quander Eaton, Mary Bias Minor, Queen Esther Carney, and Emma Wallace Johnson, were initiated on February 17. The neophytes served as ushers the next day at the chapter's Finer
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Womanhood week program at Ebenezer Methodist church, Lanham, Maryland. The program theme was "Finer Women Make a Finer World." Guests on the program were Soror Alma J. Scott, speaker, and Roberta Long, soloist. At a musical tea in Frazier hall, Howard university, Joan Watts, accordionist, and the Edwards Sisters' trio were the artists. The chapter's Finer Womanhood week observance ended on February 24 with a broadcast over radio station WOL at which time Soror Lullelia Harrison of Houston, Texas, national executive secretary, was guest speaker. Arter the broadcast, member of the chapter had breakfast with Sorors Harrison and Esther Peyton at the Charles hotel. Rep ledge services were cond uctecl by Soror Harrison after breakfast. Photographs of the broadcast appeared in both the AFRO-AMERICAN and PITTSBURGH COURlER newspapers. Soror Virginia Watson was chairman of the Finer Womanhood week observance. Sorors Agnes Waters and Evelyn Campbell sent articles for the hobby show given by Beta Zeta chapter, Washington, D. C., during that chapter' Finer Womanhood week celebration in connection with its combatting juvenile delinquency program. Sorors va Coachman and Bernice Dickinson as-
PhoJographed in a sJudio at radio station WOL following a Finer Womanhood week broadcast are Delta Zeta Zeta members and guests, left to right. seated, Sorors Charity Young, Theresa Banks, Lullelia Harrison, Esther Peyton, Virginia Watson; standing, Sorors Mary B. Minor, Mabel Carter, a. Esther Carney, Bernice Dickinson, Agnes Waters, and Mary a. Eaton.
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sistcd Sorer Esther Peyton and other Zetas in serving as hostesses for Gallagher hospital in February. Sorer Theresa Banks attended the Arnicae reception in February at the YWCA annex. Soror Mabel Carter, Q. Esther Carney, and Virginia Watson attended the Beta Zeta chapter reception al Howard university. Chairman of the Founders' day program was Soror Bernice Dickinson. Guest speaker was national honorary Soror Julia West Hamilton. Soror Theresa Banks, basileus, of Delta Zeta Zeta has been appointed associate Atlantic regional director to assist Sorer Evelyn Hunt of New Rochelle, New York, regional director. Soror Banks is also serving as chairman of the planning committee for Arca 1 of the Maryland ducational association which deals with supervisors and supervision.
SOROR THERESA D. BANKS, basileus of Delta Zeta Zeta chapter, Glen Arden, Maryland, snapped with Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt leaving Rankin chapel, Howard university after a science conference recently. Soror Banks was recently appointed associate Atlantic regional director.
New members of Delfs Zeh Zeta chapter are Sorors Mary a. Eaton and Emma vV. Johnson, Mary Bias Minor, and a. Esther Carney, initiated February, 1951.
GAMMA ALPHA ZETA ( oruinucd from page 52) Because or the illness or the Rev. J. Terr I Stewart, pastor, or the St. John Baptist church, who was scheduled to give the address, Rev. 8. D. Alexander delivered a thought-provoking message titled "Lions Challenge Active Women." The sorors arc working zealously now to make the annual pancake supper a success. This project, though a financial one, serves as an ideal medium of public relations. This year the affair will be given in the J9Crcntionul hall of the Holy Cross Catholic church. Another event of unusual note was the Blue Review presented April 2 in olornon oles High school gymnasium-auditorium. This was the festive occasion of the season.
SOROR AGNES WATERS is being crowned Mrs. Delta Zeta Zeta, 1950, by Soror Esther Peyton of Washington, D. C. in Glen Arden, Maryland. In the photo are left to right, Sorors Evelyn Campbell, Theresa Banks, basileus and second place winner, Esther Peyton, Agnes Wafers, Mabel Carter, third place winner, and Alice S. Barnes.
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Kappa Zetas
Dallas--Active Kappa Zeta chapter, Dallas, Texas, has sponsored a birthday calendar project for the past two years. From the proceeds of the project the sorors have been able to furnish eye glasses for numerous needy children. Each year, the calendar project has netted more funds for helping an increasing number of children. The chapter ha been successful in its project for combating juvenile delinquency. Sorors have been invited Lo many churches for discussions on the subject. They also surveyed various sections or the city and discovered many youths interested in the project. The youths were invited into the homes of the sorors for parties, picnics, and Lo attend church school and like
affairs, The chapter approached the project first from the angles of the homes, churches, schools, and social agencies then they later used the press, screen, and radio. They arc yet observing effectiveness of their endeavor. SOROR ALBERTA THOMPSON, Kappa Zeta chapter, Dallas, Texas, here presents glasses to a needy girl.
BASILEUS BIRDIE BROWN, Kappa Zeta chapter, Dallas, Texas, is shown presenting a plaque to Mrs. C. W. Abington, "Woman of the Year," 1951.
Soror Lucile 8. Mackey was chosen Zeta of the year by members of Kappa Zeta chapter. For two years Soror Mackey served as chapter basilcus, Finer Womanhood week chairman, and is now corresponding secretary. Soror Mackey as head physical education teacher at Lincoln High school directs the well-known Lincoln Pep squad which has won several prizes. She is active in civic and community affairs and is an ardent member of the historic Good Street Baptist church where she is recreational di rector. Having been recommended by some of the leading organizations of the city as Zeta's "Woman of the Year" for 1951, oror Mackey declined Lo accept the honor because the chapter has not made it a practice to consider Zeta sorors for the honor. Soror Enola itchcll was a delegate from the Dallas Second Branch of the Association for Childhood Education (A E) to the Assoication for Childhood International (ACEI) Ludy conference in Seattle, Washington, March 26-30. The A ~I is an organization of persons concerned with children. ·1 his includes their well-being, good education, and sound growth. A study con lcrcncc is held yearly lo study problems pertinent to children. l~very other year a nlan of action is adopted to guide the members in their work. This year the plan of action was considered. 'I he theme of the conference was "Living with Children in Today's World." Sorer Barbara Minor, daughter of Soror Irma Minor
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KAPPA ZETA sorors, Dallas, Texas, are left :to right, front row, Sadie Gee, Maude T. Williams, musician; Ella Mae Swann, chaplain; Viola McGilton, Irma Minor Jones, custodian, Juanita Johns, Mary H. Carter, Juanita Jefferson, antibasileus; Gwendolyn Clark, Myrtle Stallon and Irma Gaston: back row, Lillian Bodden, Enola Mitchell, anti-grammateus; Berdie J. Anderson, grammal:eus; Birdie M. Brown, basileus: Eloise Taylor, Alberta Thompson, famias-grammateus; and Lillian G. Burns.
Jones, attended the conference as a representative from the undergraduate chapter at Wiley college. Kappa Zeta has an octcuc which has been voted a permanent singing group of the chapter. Members of the group arc Sorors Berdic J. Anderson, Maude T. Williams, Josic Washington, Birdie M. Brown, Enola Mitchell, Eloise Taylor, Irma Gaston, and Lucile Mackey. The group is directed by Soror Viola Dixon who was guest pianist for the Dallas Symphony orcestra in 1950. The octcuc meets regularly and offers quite an outlet to music loving Zetas. OPELIKANS
(Continued from page 52) Thomas, history of Zeta; Basilcus Zephrol Torrence, the occasion; Soror Tommie L. Harper, presentation of scholarship award. Other program numbers were the scriptures and the Zeta hymn. A coffee hour at the home of Soror Harper followed the program. l mprcssivc rep ledge services were attended by all sorors. At Easter LaChccrios committee made its annual visit to Bastorn sanatorium at LaFayctlc, Alabama, and took to each ward an Easter lily, clean ing tissues, and magazines. The patients look forward to the visits of the sorors.
SOROR ENOLA MITCHELL AND BARBARA MINOR, Kappa Zeta chapter. Dallas, Texas, as they board the "Iron Rocket" enroul:e to ACE meeting in SeaUle, Washington.
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Camden Sorors List FWWA Events Gamma Nu Zeta chapter, Camden, New Jersey, experienced one of its greatest Finer Womanhood week observances when it selected and honored two "Women of the Year" recently. The week was initiated with a religious service at the Union AME church in Camden. The Rev. D. M. Harmon, pastor, delivered the inspiring sermon. Soror Inez Brooks gave a history of the sorority and or the local chapter. Soror Katherine Bessellieu rendered a lovely vocal olo. Other participants were Sorors Alexzina Brown and Catherine Johnson, and Mrs. Gretchen Waples, 1950 "Woman of the Year" who presented her successor, Mrs. Alice Dorsey with an orchid and a pin. Mrs. Dor ey has done outstanding civic work throughout Camden. Gamma u Zeta's second "Woman of the Year" award was presented to Mrs. Ira T. Dickerson, the first Negro president of the Princeton, New Jersey, YMCA. Sorors participating on the program were Katherine B.
Pi Beta Deeds Reviewed Pi Beta chapter, organized in May, 1950 at Albany State college, Albany, Georgia, lists the following as some of it· accompli hmcnts. After a delightful rush party at the beginning or the school year, the sorors made ready lo participate in Homecoming activities guided by their advisor, Soror Narcissus Nichols. Along with other Greek letter organization chapters, Pi Beta participated in th parade. A snappy blue sports convertible decorated in Zeta colors and posters bearing sparkling replicas of of Zeta's insignia was the chapter's entry in the parade. Three sorors wearing tailored suits and white corsages tied with blue ribbons, rode on the convertible top. No awards were offered, but words of appreciation were received by the chapter. oror Louise Collins was "Miss Homecoming." Initiated into the chapter in December were Phelacia Marks, Annie Bowers, Zenobia Jackson, and Hddcnc Williams. orors Narcissus ichols, Lois hiprnan, Beulah Heard, Phclacia Marks, Annie Bowers, Lillie K. Jackson, Wilma Lane, and Eddenc Williams repledged themselves to Zeta. The chapter held two chapel programs in urolinc hall during Finer Womanhood week. oror Lois Ship-
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Bessellieu, Jeanne E. Lewis, Catherine Johnson, and Evelyn H. Ellerbe. Archonians Marguerite Carter and Sadie Fernanders also assisted. The scene of thi presentation was a scholarship tea which terminated the activities of the week. Sorors Ellerbe and Johnson were co-chairmen o[ this delightful mu ical and literary affair held in the Masonic Lounge in Princeton. In connection with its work on the national project for the prevention and control of juvenile delinquency, the chapter sponsored a game night for Camden youth. Soror Mary Ellen, Pierce has been appointed chairman of the local prevention and control of juvenile delinq ucncy project. The chapter has donated game tables to the new YMCA in Camden. Officers and member arc Sorors Evelyn H. Ellerbe, basilcus; Katherine Bessellieu, anti-basilcus; Alcxzina W. Brown, dean of plcdgccs; l ncz S. Brooks, gramrnatcus; Catherine G. Johnson, tarnias; Jeanne . Lewis, cpistolcus; Olive Brown, Mary Ellen Pierce, and Hazel Sayles. Archonians are Panola Williams, Catherine Wilson, Marguerite Carter, Helen Shoekly, and Sadie Fernanders.
man highlighted the program on February 20 with an address on "Finer Womanhood" while other participants on the program were Soror Lottie Billings, Beulah Heard, Ollie Stuckey, Annie Bowers, Lorraine Howard, and Hannah Thomas. Beta Rho Zeta chapter from Fort Valley State college, Fort Valley, Georgia, was featured on the cbruary 22 program. The speaker was oror Jewell McDougald, who was introduced by Soror Katye Troup. Others on the program were orors Lollie Billings and Mary Johns n. Soror Lois Shipman of Pi Beta chapter was elected "Lady of the Campus" by the student body. Presentation of a l ving cup lo ror irnpson was made by oror Lillie K. Jack on. Members of the chapter arc orors Lois Shipman basilcus; Louise Collins, arui-basilcus; Lorraine Howard, gramrnatcus, Beulah Heard, cpistolcus; Lillie K. Jackson, phylactcr; Ilic Lucky, chaplain; Phclacia Marks, Wilma Lane, Annie Bowers, ~ddcne Williams, Arlie Williams, Rose cc Goodwin, Mary West, Gladys Ray, and Zenobia Jackson.
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The Alpha Zeta Zeta chapter furnished outstanding entertainment in bringing Hazel Scott to .Beckley. ln the packed auditorium were minorities and majorities intermingling for a common purpose-to listen to a talented artist democratize the works of the masters and moderns. Miss Scott offered a wide selection of numbers ranging from light classical through boogie-woogie, blues and jazz. She opened her program with the playing of the national anthem and then quickly swung into the "Freedom Suite," which she herself composed The suite consisted or three parts representing Struggle, Survival and Hope. Then followed four selections from Chopin's works
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and one by Bach-Busoni. At the conclusion of the classical part of the program Miss Scott responded to the demands for an encore with a lively rendition of "Ritual Fire Dance." The second portion of the program Miss Scott launched enthusiastically into the musical score from two, Irving Berlin's "Call Me Madam" and Frank Loesser's "Guys and Dolls." There wa only one regret the audience had, and it was that Miss Scott didn't sing but once. As an encore, she played and sang "Tea for Two" with which she has become so associated that she calls it her theme song. No present day torch singer could imitate her technique. Beckleyans who attended the concert are hopeful the sorority will follow it with others of the same high calibre. (Continued on page 70)
ALPHA ZETA ZETA chapter, Beckley, West Virginia, after the Hazel Scott concert. Left to right, Soror Lois Lewis, nearly hidden behind curtain; standing, Sorors Bernice Henry, Queen Madison, Neal Pack, Eloise Taylor, Laura Watkins, Hettie Tront, Blanche Wilkerson, Loma Pointer, Miss Hazel ScoU, Miss Evangeline Cook, Sorors Pearl Hodge, Geraldine Williams, Ollie Trof!:er, Mary Jackson, Pauline Clark, Elizabeth Merritt. basileus, and Berta Jones; seated, Sorors Alyce Hyman and Wanda Wright. Sorors not seen on photo are Josephine Armstead, Louise Goldston, and Cassio Anderson.
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"WO,V1EN OF TH£ 'rEAR," 1951 honored by Beta T!-,eta Zeta chapter, Norfolk, Virginia, were, left to right: Mrs. Daisy Holmes, Mrs. Mary Estes, and Mrs. Frances Quinn.
Beta Theta Zeta Honors Three l3cta Theta Zeta chapter wound up its Finer Womanhood Weck activities in a proverbial blaze of glory! Three Tide-water women were honored- cl uring the annual closed banquet. Honorees were Mrs. Daisy Holmes, orfolk, who has done outstanding work with children through her efforts with the city recreation program and her own tel vision show; Mrs. Frances Quinn, Portsmouth; and Mrs. Mary stes, urfolk, who taught school for forty-five years and h,1s recently retired to continue her actitivitcs with church and civic groups in her community. During the banquet a check was presented to the Mums Social club of Portsmouth to decorate the Zeta ro m of a children's hospital. The color scheme of blue and white will predominate. Other programs during the week included the group worship at a local church, reconsecration service, J
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SOROR NYVY AN PRICHETT here receives a check from Sc:;or Sallie Bozier, Beta Theta Zeta chapter, Norfolk, Virginia, to be used in decorating a ward of Children's hospital.
radio brdoadcast, and a mass meeting. Dr. Armanda Horne of Hampton Institute was guest speaker at the mass meeting. Also al the mass meeting two sorors, Gertrude harpc, who is listed in "Who's Who in colored America," and is the Grand Worthy Chief of the Order of St. Lukes; and Margucritc Dark, who is president of the Norfolk Teachers Association, were honored. ETA ZETA ( ontinucd from page 33) Due to the persistent efforts of Sorer Ila Frazier two baskets of food were sent to needy familie , and money wa. contributed toward a seeing eye dog for a blind couple. Delta Alpha chapter under the leadership of oror Julia Mac Harris held a chapel program and a reception on the Louisville Municipal college campus. Sorer Abbie lcrncnt Jackson gave a splendid address on "Finer Womanhood.' Hostesses for the reception were members of the Archonian club.
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Memphis Eyeglass Project Successful Apha Eta Zeta chapter's eyeglass project is sponsored for the benefit of underprivileged children in the schools of Memphis, Tennessee, and Shelby County. Through this sight conservation program, hundreds of boys and girls have been given eye-glasses, treatment and other optical services of the Junior League, wellknown philanthropic organization of white women of the city; case work and guidance is also supplied. Upon recognition of need, indigent children are referred to the Junior League by the nurses of the Board of Health, sorors and some social agencies. The referrals are given every consideration, even returning for optical services several times. With the annual financial support and cooperation of the public, funds have been secured through a bridgewhist tournament, bobby-sax dance, and musical. Alpha Eta Zeta chapter was granted membership in the Memphis Community Council of Social Agencies because of its outstanding contribution to the community in sponsoring the eye-glass project. lt has the distinction of being the only Greek-letter organization belonging to the council. As a result of the invaluable service rendered, the chapter anticipates a class in sight conservation at one of the city schools. Efforts arc justified because the Board of Education of Memphis city schools gave recognition to and approval of the project through the bulletin of Superintendent E. C. Ball at its incipience. Soror Maudcan Seward, capable chairman of the eye-glass project was a delegate to the .195 L Tennessee Conference of Social Work held at Hotel Peabody. This was indeed a step forward in race relations, for it was the first time that such a large number of race members had dined at this exclusive hotel. The Memphis Pan Hellenic council i composed of the eight collegiate Greek-letter fraternities and sororities of the city. Each organization is allowed three representatives. Alpha Eta Zeta's representatives arc Sorors Bernice Eskridge Callaway, Gloria Calliau, and Thelma Johnson, Soror Callaway was elected recording secretary ,)f the council when the council was organized in October, 1946. Because of her efficiency she has been reelected through the years and has served continuously except for a few months in 1950, when constitutionally it was not proper for her to serve. Soror Gloria Callian is anti-basilcus, Alpha Eta Zeta; Soror allaway is past basilcus, having served four terms. oror Thelma Johnson transferred from the chapter in Langston, Oklahoma, and has wide ex-
Sorors of Xi chapter, Wilberforce, Ohio, have begun a successful year by letting prevail the spirit of sisterly love and cooperation with the following activities: January found the sorors busily initiating the pledges who anticipated making Zeta. The sorors gave a dinner after the girls came off the burning sands. Original songs written by the sorors were sung, then to end probation there was serenading at each dormitory. Five plcdgees reached their goal, Zeta. Evelyn Johnson, Barbara. Townes, Mary Etta Murphy, Betty McConnell and Cordelia Thompson are the new sorors. Presenting a Finer Womanhood week of outstanding activities, Zetas of Xi chapter began with rededication services on Sunday. Monday, sorors were seen on the campus wearing their colors; Tuesday, the Zeta display in Carnegie and Halle Q Brown libraries; Wednesday, chapel program, Central State college, a panel discussion by Sorors Betty McConnell, Cordelia Thompson, and Mary Etta Murphy on "Qualifications of a Finer Woman." "The Lady of the Year" was presented by Soror Evelyn Weeden. Thursday, Zeta-Sigma get-together in Shorter hall parlor. Soror Lullelia W. Harrison, Zeta's executive secretary, was special guest. Friday, chapel program, Jones auditorium, featured on the program was a dynamic address by Soror Harrison, Soror Anne Jordan, chapter advisor, introduced the speaker. Xi chapter's sixth annual coffee hour was held in Arnett hall parlor. A representation from each Greek letter organization was presented on a panel discussion. Delicacies were served. The table was decorated with a beautiful floral centerpiece.
In March, little probation was held and four pledgees were made into the Archonians club. Following "little pro," a breakfast was served by the sorors. The new Archonians arc Alma Kendall, Alice Fleshman, Yvonne Jones, and Dora Clay. Newly elected officer of the chapter are basileus, Charlotte Hewitt; anti-basileus, Mary Etta Murphy; gramrnatcus, Cordelia Thompson; tamias, Loretta Lee; tarnias-grarnmateus, Evelyn Johnson; antapokritis, Evelyn Weeden; phylacter, Estelle Urquhart; and sponsors, Sorors Anne W. Jordan and Bertha L. Allen. pcricncc in undergraduate chapter problems. The Rev. Dwight V. Kyle of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity saw tbc need of a council in the community and served as temporary chairman until a charter was granted.
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Soror Velma Bunch FWW Speaker Beta Lambda Zeta chapter, Asheville, N. C., presented Soror Velma C. Bunch, Eastern regional director, as its Finer Womanhood speaker on Sunday, February 25. Soror Bunch spoke glowingly on The Role of the Woman in Building Peace in a War Tom World. She thrilled the audience with her masterful treatment or the subject. Sorors worshipped together at the morning service. At the afternoon service, Mrs. Maggie Jones, a civic worker of the city was honored as "Woman of the Year." She has been active in public work in the city for about fifty years. She was presented flowers and the Zeta service key.
Before the afternoon service, a dinner was held in honor of Soror Bunch and the "Woman or the Year." On Saturday night a closed Zeta-Sigma party was held at a soror's home. Immediately following the Sunday service, a Greek-letter tea was held at one soror's home. Rededication service was held on the preceding Friday. Members taking part in the activities were Sorors Juanita Weaver, ba ileus; Alma Stevens, 1'irst anti-basi 1cus; Mary Hall, econd anti-basilcus; Leonora Reid, Daisy Glenn, Elsie Allen, Jannie Davis, Mary Crowe, Minnie Cameron, Winifred Allen, Eva Pilgrim, Carrie McLean, Odell Rouse, Lois Houser, Margaret Keemer, Estella Young, Addie Miller, Mary E. LeChampe and Daisy Glenn. Absent because or illness was Soror Carrie Russell. Soror Althea Watson also worshipped with the chapter. (A poem composed by Soror Weaver in tribute to Soror Bunch may be found in Zeta Scrapbook, this edi0
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ALPHA ET A ZETA chapter, Memphis, Tennessee, culminated its Finer Womanhood week observance with a recital February 25, 1951 at the Mt. Pisgah C. M. E. church featuring Soror Myrtle Williams of LiUle Rock, Arkansas, as guest organist, and the Beta Ensemble. Sorors attending were front row, left 1o right, Sorors Celia Chaplain, Carlotta Stewart, Mabel Gooden, Helen Waterford, Lucile L. Woods, MyrUe Williams, guest artist, Lelia B. P. Rhinehardt, Hazel Pyles, Evelyn Clark. Helen Prater and Manea Stanback. Second row, left lo right, Sorors Delois West, Pi Alpha; Maggie Jordon, Sarah R. Dixon, Frankie Cash, Nana L. Banks, Dovie Burnaley, Thelma Johnson, Burnadine Holmes, basileus; Juanita Harris. Armitta Hurt P. S. Bolden, Loretta Hicks, grammaleus; and Larsenia Cain. Back row. Sorors Doris Bodden, Bertha Ray, Winnie L. Hill, Beatrice Helms, Utoka Quarles, Gloria Callian, anti-basileus; and Berniec ~- Williams.
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GAMMA TAU ZETA members, Pensacola, Florida, at their Founders' day tea were, left to right. Sorors Mercedes A. Hitson, Helen M. Robinson, Olive B. Williams, grammateus; Joanne W. Bowman, tamias-grammateus; Julia B. McCurdy, epistoleus; Ursula F. Hicks, display chairman; Dorothea W. Warren, phylacter; Callie K. Harris, Gertrude L. Johnson, Maude R. Jackson, anfi-basileus; Ozora R. Wysinger, national grammateus; Josephine W. Carroll, tamias; Inez Y. Haywood, Emma B. Green, Theda A. Williams, epistoleus; Sadie 0. Coaston, Bernice J. Martin, basileus: and Ernestine S. Powell.
MISS BLUE REVUE, ATTENDANTS, AND ESCORTS, sponsored by Gamma Tau Zeta chapter are, left to right, Miss Patricia Kitchen, Frank Simmons, Miss Regina Wooden, Charles Stanfield, Miss Elaine LiU!e, "Miss Blue Revue," Luther J. Brown, and Miss Floria Walker, James Betts, Jr. Ray Shep's orchestra is in the background.
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Pensacolans Celebrate At Fiesta Haven Center Gamma Tau Zeta chapter, Pensacola, Florida, held its observance of Founder's day at the Fiesta Haven recreation center. Soror Sadie 0. Coaston, who recently received her M. Ed degree from Alabama State Teachers college, was the speaker. Soror Maude R. Jackson gave the Zeta history and musical selections were rendered by Sorors Gertrude L. Johnson, Ursula F. Hicks, and Ernestine S. Powell. T he guests enjoyed a social hour after the program. Soror Julia B. McCurdy, Josephine W. Carroll, and Bernice J. Martin were guest models in the Alpha Kappa Alpha's presentation of "Mis Fashionncua." Miss Ida M. Taylor was a contestant for the chapter. During Finer Womanhood week the sorors worshipped at the Greater Sixth Avenue Baptist church where a very impressive sermon was delivered by the pastor, the Rev. J. C. Collier. During this ob crvance the usual visit was made to the Old Folks Home where an assortment of groceries 0
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was delivered. A visit was made to the following hospitals: Our Lady of Angels Maternity Home, Sacred Heart, and Escambia General, and flowers were presented to the patients. A variety of games were showered upon the children who frequent the Fiesta Haven recreation center. Finer Womanhood week brought to Pensacolians an initial feature, the "Blue Revue," a floor show and cabaret dance at the Savoy ballroom. This was an occasion which will be long remembered by the enthusiastic attendants of this gala affair. Miss Elaine Littles was crowned the first "Mis Blue Revue," by Soror Bernice J. Martin, basilcus of Gamma Tau Zeta chapter. "Miss Blue Revue's attendants were Misses Gloria Walker, Patricia Kitchen, and Regina Wooden. A gift was presented to "Miss Blue Revue" and each of lier attendants and the master of ceremonies, Beno L. English. A very solemn occasion was the rededication service at the home of Soror Helen Robinson when the sorors renewed their pledge to sisterhood. The chapter has been very active in civic projects and gives active support to national drives.
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Has Full FWW Upsilon Zeta chapter, Marshall, Texas, had pleasant memories of kind deed done, instructive programs rendered, and gala affairs ponsored during its observance of Finer Womanhood week. Beginning the week, they sent cards, flowers, magazines, and food to the sick and needy. Magazines and flowers were carried to the hospitals; programs were rendered at the high schools. Thursday evening was given to pledge renewal and a banquet honoring the basileus on her birthday. The following Sunday was begun with a worship ervice at the Jerusalem Baptist church with the Rev. A. S. Jackson, pastor, presiding. fter the service, Zetas and Arnicac were treated Lo frosted punch by church members in the spacious dining room of the church. Later in the afternoon, Zetas, Arnicac, and several hundred friends witn ssed the presentation of the "Woman of the Year," the Zeta of the year, and the "Girl of the Year" at a coffee hour in the Wiley college dining room. The affair was jointly sponsored by Theta, Wiley college, and Upsilon Zeta chapters. The
rclrcctory was decorated in royal blue and white with flowers, tables, and dishes al I blending into the color scheme. Mrs. Dorothy Vance Montgomery of 150 l Grafton street was honored as "Woman of the Year" for her accomplishment in music. She is a Wiley college honor graduate and has done further study at the University of Southern California. "Dorothy's School of Music Art" which she has conducted in her home for 26 years presents her student of varying ages in public recital annually. Graduates of her school fit into many colleges as music majors and many of them have graduated with honor . Mrs. Montgomery has been a teacher in the public school system in Marshall for 20 years and she is presently employed as teacher or music in the Dunbar elementary school; she also served as minister or music in the New Bethel Baptist church for 17 years. Soror M. D. Hunter, wife of Dr. T. L. Hunter, a charter member and tarnias of Upsilon Zeta, and a graduate of Wiley college, was crowned Zeta of the year for her zealousness in raising funds in the chapter calendar project. Theta chapter presented the" irl of the Year." Gamma Kappa Zeta chapter, Texarkana, Texas, joined the other two chapters in the worship service at the Jerusalem Bupti t church.
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Rho Zeta Notes Works Rho Zeta chapter, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, with Soror Lucy C. Sheffey as its basileus had an eventful year. Considered by the chapter as one of its most unique projects was the Zeta birthday calendar. Each soror worked hard and seemed to enjoy watching the calendar develop into a successful undertaking. The chapter held its annual Christmas party for the children of the Industrial Memorial school early in December with the continuance of the first motivating idea of the gesture, spreading cheer, still very evident. Twelve tables, each representing a month of the year, were beautifully decorated with a large cake in the center of each, and the little guests were seated at the tables of their individual birth months. Generous servings of delicacies were given each one. Soror L. B. Williams was in charge of the party. A nether of the civic acts of the chapter was the presentation of a large lounge chair and ottoman to the superintendent or the Industrial Memorial school in recognition of his many years of service to the institution. Sorer Sarah Thigpen became Mrs. Eugene Dorsey at Christmas time. Mr. Dorsey is a Meharry medical school tudcnt, Presenting many lovely and valuable (Continued on page 66)
DELTA ET A ZETA chapter members, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, at their crowning of "Miss Sepia Lady." Lefl: to right, seated, Sorors Ester Howard, anti-basileus, Frances W. Scruggs, basileus, Doro:thy M. Harris. grammateus; standing, Sorors Ellyne Fer~uson, Florence Henley, Marjorie Jones. Marjorie Davis. Nol shown are Sorors Juanita Grooms, Ethel Pappy, Claudia Finlayson, Marguerite Miller, and Ozora R. Wysinger. The proceeds from this activity were placed in:to a scholarship fund,
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New Epsilon Displays Talent Epsilon chapter in New York City is indeed doing all in its power to carry out the ideals of the Zeta Phi Beta Sorority in all its activities. Last June when former m mbers of Epsilon chapter became members of the new graduate chapter in New York, Delta Mu Zeta, ten sorors were initiated and became the charter members of the vacated chapter. Since then, Epsilon chapter has been proud to be associated with Soror Lou Swarz and her Teen Town project, one designed expressly "to give youth a break." The sorors are Deb Sponsors of Teen Town and plan to go on being affiliated with this noble effort, in every way possible. Also along lines of social welfare the chapter visited the Children's Ward at Harlem hospital, there entertaining the children with musical recordings, story telling and refreshments. The sorors, hospital staff, and the patients had a most enjoyable afternoon. Finer Womanhood week was a very busy one for Epsi Ion chapter. The sorors began the week by worshipping in a body at the Beulah Wesleyan Methodist church for the Sunday morning service on February 18. The Rev. Felix Scotland, pastor of the church delivered a most challenging sermon on finer womanhood. Each (Continued on page 67)
FINER WOMANHOOD WEEK celebration of the Delta Eta Zeta chapter, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, brought to the community national phylacler, Sorer Ida B. King as speaker. Above with her is :the national Grammaleus and a few of :the Sigmas. of Fort Lauderdale. Left lo right are Brother William B. Edwards, Soror King, Brother Dr. Von D. Mizell, Soror Ozora R. Wysinger, and Brother Earl Mizell.
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Selma Soror Heads Drives .
Soror Tommie Lucile Johnson, gramrnateus of Gamma Eta Zeta chapter, served as head of the ladies division of the March of Dimes drive in Selma, Alabama recently and was highly complimented on her successful work in the drive. She reported what was believed the highest amount raised for the drive among race members in Selma. She wa assisted by Soror Sadie Johnson, her sister, and a number of other civic-minded women. Soror Tommie Johnson also served as chairman oE the Red Cross drive working with the house-to-house canvassers, doing another wonderful job. She further serves as secretary-organizer of the Selma NAACP and as society editor of the colored edition of the Selma TIMES JOURNAL, daily newspaper there. Receivers of the master of education degree at Alabama State Teachers college, Montgomery, Alabama, recently were Sorors Willie Mac Dan by, Gertrude Treadwell Hawes, and M. Florence King of Gamma Eta Zeta chapter. On Founders' day the chapter was entertained at a luncheon in the Blue Room of the exclusive "Derby" in Montgomery, Alabama by Sorors Coatest Abrams and Gertrude Treadwell Hawes, ho lesses. After the meeting, a program was rendered. Soror Johnson gave the history of th organization; Soror Little recited two original poems; Soror Abrams introduced the speaker, Rev. Herbert John on. Guests at the affair included Montgomery Zetas, Rev. Johnson Mr . Johnson who is also a soror, and their daughter. The inspiring and informative addrc s on love wa well recicvccl. Going from Selma were Sorors Sadie Mac Johnson, Tommie Lucile Johnson, Oncita Roy ton, and Mary Florence King who were joined in Montgomery by Soror Maurine Jcmi on Little o[ Selma and Andalusia. RHO ZETA (Continued from page 65) gifts, the chapter surpri sed Soror Thigpen with a bridal shower. The chapter gave a 100 scholarship to Virginia Kimborough, an honor graduate of Carver High school, who this year has been a freshman at Winston-Salem Teachers college. The scholarship will be given again to a worthy local high school graduate, Sorors Mary T. Rankin, Lucy . Sheffey, and arah T. Dorsey received masters degrees in their respective teaching fields; the chapter held a shower in their honor and presented each a pair of lounging pajamas. orors Hattie McKinney and Mary T. Rankin represented the chapter at Boule in New Orleans. oror
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Epsilon Zeta Is Revitalized Epsilon Zeta chapter is revitalized after hearing a grand report from its delegates to the Boule in New Orleans. Election or officers was the first business and they were installed at the attractive home of Soror Lena Davis by Brother A. J. Lockhart who reminded them that they must be aggressive and progressive because there was a special task to be done with the help of all members. As the oath or office was given, each one pledged her loyal support. The observance of Finer Womanhood week was opened with worship services at the Ebenezer Baptist church and a radio broadcast from station WERO at I: 15 p. m. The panel discussion on the broadcast was composed of the basilci of the Atlanta chapters, Soror Anne Graves, Epsilon Zeta; Soror Georgia Gibbs, Psi chapter, Clark college and Soror Carrie Clements, Bet, chapter, Morris Brown college. On Monday community services were rendered at the Cancer Clinic and to the children of Grady hospital. Tuesday's agenda included the Zeta Pow Wow (closed social hour) at the home or Soror Sue Hightower. Charm Hour took the spotlight on Wednesday at the local colleges. On Thursday an all Greek banquet was held at the YWCA. The visiting Greeks brought greetings from their organizations and thought it a novel idea in promoting fellowship. At this time citation was given to Dr. Stelle Brooks on the writing of her recent book and an electric clock was prcscn tcd to the YWCA. Friday was Youth Night and representatives from the colleges discussed "Youth of Today and Their Problems." The activities were closed on Saturday with all Zetas participating in the renewal pledge service at the home of Soror W. A. Fountain. Epsilon Zeta chapter was represented in the Della Jabberwock with a "Spanish Fiesta." All Zeta are working to make the BLU REVUE the best ever. The theme this year is" ircus Time." Susie S. Hilliard, slate director and an untiring worker in the chapter, also attended the Boule. The second annual Blue and White Revue of the chapter was highlighted this year by the featuring of the ~rrol artier Trio on February 15. The lrio was enthusiastically received by young music lovers f Winston- alcrn. Rho Zeta sponsored its own oror Vivian King Bright, dramatic lyric soprano, in a recital for incr Womanhood week. Delta Zeta chapter of harlouc, North arolina, joined Rho Zeta at Soror Bright's recital and the reception which followed. oror Bright thrilled the large audience with her beautiful voice which she handled with the skill of a master.
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EPSILON CHAPTER sorors are left to right, front row, Elma Alexander, Marjorie Peets, Edith Audain, Norma Doyle, Gloria Williams, Clara Reid; second row, Gladys Glover, Stella Humphrey, Marcia Blair, Amy Popkin, Marion Davis, Shirley Allen, Pearl Abramson; top row, Norma Jackson, Katie Walker, Margaret Edwards, Eulla Clark, Lois Nicholas, and Pauline Wellington. Not shown is Soror Molly Dunbar, grammateus.
EPSILON (Continued [rorn page 65) sorer wore a small corsage of white roses, and the cha pier presented flowers on the altar of the church in memory or departedZeta sorors, On the same clay, sorors of Epsilon chapter attended a Birthday Celebration Tea given by the local New York council of the American Council on Human Rights. Mrs. Edna Over Gray, of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority was the guest speaker. Soror Margaret Edwards of Epsilon chapter rendered two piano selections. Sorors Marion Davis and Katie Walker who represent the chapter on the council served as hostesses. Soror Davis is the recently elected financial secretary or the New York council or ACHR. On Thursday, February 22, Washington's birthday, ~psilon chapter held a rush party at the home of Soror Marjorie Peets, phylactcr of the chapter. Over fifteen young women from local colleges were present at the affair. Visiting lrom other chapters were Soror Amy Popkin or Gamma Xi Zeta in New Rochelle and Soror Isabelle Flcurangcs basilcus of Della Mu Zeta chapter. On uturday, February 24, Epsilon joined with the four other chapters of Zeta in the metropolitan area to attend a theatre party. The play which they saw was "Angel in the Pawnship." Later the same day the chapters got together lor a dinner held lor all Zetas in honor
or Finer Womanhood week. During the evening awards were presented to outstanding sorors, and one of the recipients was Soror Edith Audain, basileus of Ep ilon. Soror Pauline Wellington, anti-basileus of the chapter, entertained the sorors with piano selections from a "Modern Suite" by Bix Biederbeckc. Talent is not a scarcity in Epsilon chapter as was evidenced by an "Afternoon of Music" which the chapter sponsored on March 11 at Beulah Wesleyan Methodist church. Artists were Miss Joyce Robinson, a talented young mezzo-soprano; Soror Elma Alexander, pianist, who played selections by Brahms and Chopin and Soror Margaret Edwards, pianist, who played selections by Bach, Mendelssohn, and Chopin. Soror Marcia Blair accompanied Miss Robinson at the piano. Appearing in her own piano recital at Carl Fischer Hall, in downtown New York was Soror Shirley Allen, another talented member of Epsilon chapter. Soror Gloria Williams was one of the contestants for "Sigma Queen" in competition sponsored by the Alpha Delta chapter of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity recently. Thorough coverage of activities of the chapter has appeared in the local newspapers. Presently Epsilon chapter has nineteen active members and an Archonian club of thirteen plcdgecs. The (Continued on page 69)
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Sorors of Alpha Omega Zeta, Petersburg, Virginia, and Phi, Virginia State college, chapters renewed their pledges jointly on February 20 in the Zeta room on the Virginia State college campus, thus beginning their Finer Womanhood week observance. After the service, the sorors were lavishly entertained by Sorors Mary Neugent, Geneva Mystcr, and Antoinette Boone at the Boone residence. As a wishfor-happiness gesture each soror brought a gi[t to the Boones who recently moved into their new home. Garnes in the recreation room and a deliciou buffet repast were two main attractions of the evening. The home was beautifully decorated with cut flowers for the occasion. Later in the week, the sorors gathered at Oak Street AME ZIO church and enjoyed an hour of prayer and song. Ministers and their congregations from Petersburg and surrounding communities were invited to participate. Soror Gwendolyn B. Jones pre ided at the organ while the Rev. Brother R. L. Gordon, rector of St.
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Stephen Episcopal church, this city, called the group to worship. The scripture lesson was read by Brother A. M. Mystcr, Virginia State college. Each of the visiting ministers offered prayer after which appropriate hymns were sung. The services ended with fellowships and expectations of renewing this hour yearly. Finer Womanhood week was ended on the following Sunday with inspiring morning worship at First Baptist church with the Rev. W. W. Roberts officiating. Music for the occasion was furnished by the junior choir and the junior chorus of the church. Soloist for the morning was Mi s Cleo Wynn, a music major at Virginia State college. Soror Emily M. Turner, basileus, presented Miss T. P. F. Whiting, "Woman of the Year." Miss Whiting, a native of Richmond, Virginia, has taught in Virginia for 50 years. Of that number, 44 years were spent at Virginia Stale college where she served as dean of women for 30 years. She is a member of the NAACP, the College Women's club, the Negro history organization, Women's Federation club, the AKA sorority, and others. Miss Whiting, a graduate of' Hartshorn college, studied at Chicago university, and received her master or arts degree from Columbia university. She also received an honorary doctorate degree from Virginia
ALPHA OMEGA ZETA chapter, Petersburg, Virginia, left to right, front row, Sorors Mery Neugent_ Leolia Valentine, Emily M. Turner, basileus; Miss T. P. F. Whiting, "Woman of the Year;" Sorors Marie H. King, _Vormce E. Hoy,rard, Pearl V. Lomax; second row, Sorors Mary Goode, Ethel B. Johnson, Geneva Mysler, Keturah Wh1tehurst, Antoinette Boone, Margaret B. Allen, Van Bureau Hall, Margaret W. Morrison; absent at ~aking of photograph, Sorors Gwendolyn B. Jones, Marie A. Wilwn, Marguerite M. Watson, Alice S. Butts, and Geraldine E. Edmonds.
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Union university in 1945. ln honoring Miss Whiting, the sorority presented her with a corsage of pink roses and a white Bible after which Miss Whiting expressed her thanks. Representing the AKA sorority at the worship services was Miss F. D. Anderson, associate professor of English and drama at Virginia State college. Visiting sorors were from Alpha Phi Zeta chapter, Richmond, Virginia. Alpha Omega Zeta welcomed into its fold three sorors formerly of Phi chapter, Geraldine E. Edmonds, a teacher in the Dinwiddlc County Training school; Vernice E. Howard, assistant dean of women at Virginia State college; and Pearl V. Lomax, a teacher at the Greenville County Training school.
EPSILON (Continued from page 67) interest group under the direction of Soror Lois Nicholas is now getting under way and promises to number over twenty young women, interested in pledging to the orority. Sorors who have worked diligently with the chapter in an advisory capacity are Soror Amy Popkin of Gamma Xi Zeta and Soror Evelyn Hunt, regional director, also of Gamma Xi Zeta.
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Texarkana, Texas Chapter Established Making history for Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Sorors M. J. Corde, M. Hunter and J. P. Williams, Upsilon Zeta chapter, Marshall, Texas, met Soror Marian Dillard, First national Anti-Basileus, in Texarkana, Texas, in January, this year, to organize a Zeta chapter in Texarkana, Texas. Soror D. L. Smith, basileus of Upsilon Zeta chapter, met the group from the city where she teaches. Seven new members were initiated into the new chapter. Soror Helen McNeal is the basileus. The events connected with the establishment of the chapter were initiation at the McNeal home, installation of newly elected officers, dinner and games at home of Dr. and Mrs. McPeters. Mrs. McPeters is one o[ the new sorors and was elected first anti-basileus of new chapter. The Sigma brothers furnished the night entertainment, with other Greek-letter organizations invited. Each organization was represented with remarks and their specific hymns. Mr. McNeal, a Sigma brother, acted as toastmaster of the evening affair. Sigmas came from Wiley college, also.
ALPHA IOTA ZETA chapter, Tulsa, Oklahoma, climaxes its Finer Womanhood week observances with its annual banquet for sorors and their husbands as escorts. Soror Mildred E. Jones is basileus.
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At a reception honoring Mrs. Hattie DuckeU, 1951 "Woman of the Year" named by Gamma Mu Zeta chapter, Greenville, South Carolina, and Soror Ida B. King of Gary, Indiana, national phylacter and guest speaker at the Finer Womanhood observance are left to right, standing, Brother John Gregg, Soror Claibourne Carter, Brother S. D. Brown, Sorors Bertha Dale and Leona Summers, Brothers Bobo, Douglas, and J. E. Williams, Sorors Ida B. King, Lillian S. Brown, Lulu B. Abrams, Brothers McClaren and R. Bates, Sorors Lilla Williams and Margaret Smith; seated, Sorors Grace W. Phillips, Frances S. Thompson, Eleanor Taylor, and Flora M. Fielder. Sorors absent were Althea Amos, Bernice Barton, Violet Clark, Mary Foster, Rosena Frierson, and Venzelia King. The setting is a garden scene under the Carolina moon. The reception was attended by all Greeks and their guests. The public program was at Springfield Baptist church, Greenville; Soror King spoke on "Finer Womanhood Faces the Challenge: Democracy and World Peace," Mrs. Duckett, the "Woman of the Year" is the founder, organizer, and supervisor of the Greenville Phyllis Wheatley center.
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(Continued from page 59) Proceeds from the concert will be used by the sorority in its work sponsoring the "Off to College club" made up of girl student at Stratton High school. he club encourage tudents to go ahead with their education, and each year a ·cholarship i · awarded the most de erving student by the sorority. The soror have made donations or contributions to the American Red ross, the March of Dimes, Crippled Childrens' fund, Denmar Tuberculosis sanatorium. the Community hest and the oundcrs' Day fund. A donation was sent to Miss Bessie King of Beckley, n former member of the Off-to-College club and now <1 student at West Virginia talc college, prior to her initiation into Zetadom. Jijah Jackson, husband of oror Mary Jackson has been a shut-in for some time. J n January I he sorors ·howered him. harlic Madison, a shut-in for a year and a relative of oror 'loi-;e Taylor was given a food shower in February.
Sorors Loma Pointer and assic Anderson have reinstated with the sorority. Soror Pearl Hodge is leader or Girl Scout Brownie Troop No. 25, Beckley, West Virginia. She has done very commendable and outstanding work. Sorer Bernice Henry was appointed associate director of West Virginia to assist our regional director. Alpha Zeta Zeta chapter sent Hewers as greetings to the local cha ptcrs of Delta Sigma Theta orority, the Alpha Kappa Alpha orority and the Music Lovers Study club on the occasion of each or their oundcrs' day services. Alpha Zeta Zeta chapter set up a oke and mokc 13ar for the Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity when their Middle Eastern Provincial met in Beckley, March 2325, 1951.
Chapter xorors at this writing were busily preparing for their roles as hostesses Lo the Eastern Region a I Conference May 4-6. The theme for the Eastern Regional Conference was "Building Peace in a Conflicting World."
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Alpha Psi Zeta chapter, Lexington, Kentucky, began its Finer Womanhood week activities with a presentation of Langston Hughes, noted lecturer and writer, at Dunbar High school on February l9. The lecture was well attended by friends of Zeta and students and faculty members of the two local high schools and the English department of the University of Kentucky. Mr. Hughes charmed his audience with his pleasing manner and his rendition of many of his newer poems and excerpts from his descriptive writings. From every angle, this was a most successful affair and Alpha Psi Zeta again scored by giving Lexington its largest and most digni ficd attraction of the season. A rededication tea was given by the chapter later in the week at the home of Soror Elizabeth B. Fouse. In addition to the regular ceremony, cards from former chapter members now out or the city were read and each soror present, led by Basileus Anne H. Ray, gave a rededication thought. Cards were ·ent to shut-ins suggested by the sorors.
Alpha Theta Zeta chapter, Savannah, Georgia, is a dynamic force in the promotion of civic and cultural welfare in its local community. The children of all public schools, their parents, and civic-minded citizens anticipate its Christmas extravaganza known as "Santa's Revue." As a forerunner of the Yuletide season, this project under the competent leadership of Soror Anita M. Stripling provides guidance and wholesome entertainment for more than 150 youngsters of elementary and high school ages. (Turn page) On the following Sunday, the chapter attended the First Baptist church and heard the Rev. Gardner C. Taylor of Brooklyn, New York in a Woman's Day service. In addition to his eloquence, scholarship, and sound philosophy, his deep spiritual insight made a spirit of. worship pervade the audience. The members of Alpha Psi Zeta chapter closed the week better fitted for another year of service.
ALPHA SIGMA ZETA chapter, Birmingham, Alabama, celebra:tes Founders' day. Left to right, sitting on the floor, are Sorors Velma Jones, Sarah K. Givhan, Louise W. Vickers, and Eddie Mae McGhee. Second row, Sorors Willie M. Spears. Richard Christian, Lucinda Robey, basileus. holding birthday cake decora:ted with five birthday candles, Irma G. Reynolds. and Ludie P. Dowdell. T~ird row, Sorors Ella M. Mar:tin, Edna P. Wells, Wilda H. Jackson, Leona O'Neal, Virginetta Avery. and Ida Dowdell Smith. The keynote speaker on the program was Sorer Irma G. Reynolds, who discussed the topic, "A Common Purpose." A d leclablo turkey dinner was served as a climax to a very pleasurable and educational event.
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Chatham County Boys farm, a home for delinquent and unfortunate boys, was remembered with a contribution from the chapter through its representative, Soror Rosamac Perrin. A contribution was made to the Chatham Savannah annual tuberculosis seal sale by the chapter. A repre entative linen contribution was made to the Charity hospital at its first annual linen shower. The sorors worshipped together at Second Baptist church in observance of Founders' day and contributed both to the church and to the scholarship fond of the church. Finer Womanhood week proved inspiring to all of the sorors and included individual. gestures to the less fortunate of the city. Alpha Beta Zeta cooperated with Rho Beta, the local undergraduate chapter, in its public program at Savannah State college and enjoyed the fellowship hour which followed. The week was culminated by a re-pledge and pledge service at the beautiful home of Sorer Nellie S. Coppage. The solemn repledge was made, after which Miss Pauline Eastman was pledged. The services were followed by a delightful social hour and the exchanging of gifts. Savannah was selected by the Iota Phi Lambda and the Delta Sigma Theta sororities as the location of their southern regional meetings. In the true spirit of fraternali m, Zeta's Alpha Theta Zeta chapter was adequately represented in the public activities of each organization. A space was reserved by the chapter in the Iotas' souvenir program and greetings were extended by Soror E thcr S. Warrick, basileus. To the Deltas a congratulatory telegram and a lovely basket o[ flowers were sent. The chapter is represented in the Pan-Hellenic council by Sorors Metella Maree, Anita M. Stripling, and Esther S. Warrick. Each soror helps to promote wholesome relations among all Greek letter organizations. Wedding bells will soon ring ror oror Reitha M. Gibb and John S. Delaware whose engagement was announced recently. Sorer Madeline Harrison has been granted leave for further study in library science at the University or Jllinois. Sorors Nellie S. Coppage and Esther S. Warrick arc expected to have master of arts degrees conferred upon them at the June convocation of olurnbia university and Atlanta university respectively. Sorer Ruby L. King expects to receive the master or science degree from Atlanta university, oror Orene L. Hall delivered eloquent addresses al Savannah State college and Fort Valley State col Iege during Finer Womanhood week. (Continued on page 74)
Gamma Rho Zeta Lists Activities
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Gamma Rho Zeta chapter, organized June 5, 1948, in Bradenton, Florida, ha been active since its beginning and lists the following achievements. The chapter has contributed funds, annually, to the March of Dimes, Red Cross, Community Chest, Ho pita! fund, Tuberculosis fund, and has given two scholarship . As a local project, the chapter is sponsoring a Brownie Girl troop at Palmetto, of which Sorer Jnez C. Fo ter is troop leader. One of the finest cultural programs ever offered the community was the presentation of Willie Leon James, Jr., and Mrs. Johnnye V. Lee, in a piano recital. Mrs. Lee is a mu ic instructor at Florida A.&.M. college. Mr. James is the son of Soror Essie K. James former basileus of this chapter. In observing Founder's day and Finer Womanhood week the Zetas of Manatee county placed their chapter at the top of the list of Greek activities for the beginning of the year 1951. Sorors, fellow Greeks, and friends were lavishly entertained on January 16, by Sorors Nellie B. Greene and E. K. James at the home of Soror James, 6 l 8 Thirteenth street, Palmetto, Florida. Finer Womanhood week had many outstanding events. Morning services were observed at Mt. Pleasant M. E. church, Bradenton, Florida. Featured on the evening program was a dynamic address given by oror Agnes dwards, Gamma Phi Zeta chapter, Bartow, Florida. The very efficient speaker was introduced by the busilcus, ror Maggie E. Davis Foster. Sorer dwards held the audience spellbound with the very timely subject: "Purposeful Living." During Finer Womanhood week pledge service was conducted at the home or oror I. C. Foster. Members of the chapter carried flowers and magazines to cheer the Shut-ins. On Thursday night the chapter entertained the juniors and seniors or the Lincoln Memorial High school with their annual Junior Senior ip. Finer Womanhood week was climaxed by the crowning or the Zeta baby, little Lynnette Romaine James, whose sponsors reported the highest amount raised in the annual baby contest. oror Maggie E. Davis Foster is newly elected busileus of the chapter and is doing ,11, excellent job. She is an instructor at Memorial Elementary school, Pal rneuo, Florida.
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GAMMA RHO ZETA sorors, Bradentown, Fla., pic rur ed at their Finer Womanhood program are from left to right, back row, Francis Stephens, Ruby Cotton, Mildred F. Dawson, Julia Webb, Ida Mae Serey, Frankie L. Bryant, Margarette Smith, Opie Fred; fronf row, Willie Mae Collins, Essie K. James, Nellie B. Greene, Agnes Edwards, guest speaker, Maggie E. Davis Foster, basileus, Inez C. Foster, and Kate Sue White.
FINER WOMANHOOD WEEK with Gamma Omega Zeta chapter, Houston. was observed as usual with an interesting program and presenting this year Evangeline McDonald, senior, Phyllis Wheatley High school, as "Girl of the Year" from that school. Soror Ora Lee Shirley, center, was guest speaker for the occasion. Others in the photograph aro left to right, Sorors E. Branch, L. Samuels, L. Simmons, Olga Belle; Soror Shirley, Miss McDonald, Sorors E. Cunningham, dean of girls; P. Milligan, H. Busby, and H. Brown.
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Boule Echoes Zeta's Thirteenth Anniversary Boule held in New Orleans, Louisiana, December 27-30, 1950, as someone has said, "i history." Chapter delegates have, no doubt, given thorough reports of general affairs and Boule minutes a more technical and detailed report. Following are just a few of the highlights: Alpha Gamma Zeta chapter, New Orleans, ho tess chapter, with its co-hostess chapters, Alpha Beta, Dillard university, and Chi Alpha, Xavier university, both of New Orleans, and Mu Zeta, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Beta Kappa Zeta, Lake Charles, Louisiana, and Beta Epsilon Zeta, Shreveport, Louisiana, made everyth ing superbly convenient and entertaining for Boule attendants. The Southern region, in fact, seemed to play hostess to the more than 325 Boule guests. The Boule theme, "Democracy, Human Relations, and World Peace" pervaded every business session and workshop, and made the gathering of sorors from all over the country feel deeply proud that they had attended. Sorors in Monrovia, Liberia, West Coast Africa, sent cable greetings which expressed their presence in spirit. Social events included coffee hours, tea time, get acquainted socials, ight seeing tours, dances, and the closed banquet, many of which were courtesies of the fellow Greek organizations, were tops for enjoyment. . At t~c public program, Dr. Dorothy Ferebee, president ol the National Council of Negro Women, was scheduled to appear a guest speaker, but weather eon-
ditions grounded her plane. Zeta's Grand Basileus, Dr. Nancy B. Woolridge, substituted at the very last minute (news of the plane difficulties came while the program was in progrcs ) with a very scholarly and timely address. National Honorary Soror Ellabelle Davis, international concert artist made into the sorority at the 1948 Boule, was on hand for much of the J 950 Boule and was featured on the public program. It is needless to mention that Soror Davi was overwhelmingly received -such a voice, such control, such charm, such poise! Soror Berenice Hunter, ba ileu of Gamma Gamma Zeta chapter, Columbus, Mis i sippi, accompanied Soror Davis as well as magnificiently played Gershwin's "Rhapsody in Blue" in piano solo. Mrs. Frances J. Edwards, nationally and internationally featured hospital and housing expert and humanitarian from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, was made a new National Honorary Soror at the public program. (Continued on page 76)
SAVANNAH SORORS (Continued from page 72) Sorors Nancy H. Walker, Alma Wade, and Anita Stripling have worked untiringly with the chool council, an organization designed to promote better understanding among the city schools. Soror lone Trice served as accompanist to the guest artist presented in recital by the South Allantic medical auxiliary.
GAMMA OMEGA ZETA chapter, new graduate chapter in Houston, Texas, has Soror Inez Y. Bowman as ils basileus. The chapter presented a colorful and entertaining stage show at city auditorium as its Blue Revue this year, proceeds from which benefiUed the Negro child center, YWCA, HesJer house, and the Old Folks' homo among other charities. Members of the chapter are left to right, standing, Soron R. L. Easter, E. P. Branch, R. L. Mosley, D. Mosley, P. Milligan: seated, Sorors Olive M. Jones, P. Williams, I. Bowman, and L. Simmons.
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AT THE PUBLIC MEETING, Boule, 1950. Top, Grand Basileus Nancy Woolridge accepts a loving cup from Chi Delta Mu Fra:terni:ty (medical, dental. pharmaceutical) being presented by Dr. C. H. D. 'Bowers as left to right, Sorors Frances J. Edwards, new honorary member: Alice A. Fassitt, basileus of Alpha Gamma Ze:ta; and Ruth N. Thibodeaux, Southern regional director, look on. Middle row, righ:t, Sorer Bernice Hunter of Columbus. Mississippi, plays Gershwin's "Rhapsody in Blue." Sorer Hunter also accompanied Sorer Ellabolle Davis. Center, Grand Basileus Woolridge gets assistance from Sorors Alice FassiU, center, and Eola Lyons Baker, right, in holding a weighty scrapbook of Zeta news clippings presented to her by Sorer Lou (Swarz) LuTour, Zeta chairmen of public relations. Left. Honorary Sorer Ellabelle Davis, internationally renowned soprano, was featured at :the public program. BoUom, during recess from one of the Boule sessions, sorors :thumb through the scrapbook of Zeta clippings. Seated is Sorer Lullelia Harrison, executive secretary. Left to right, Sorors Ozora Wysinger, new national Grammateus; Martella Maree, former Southeastern regional director; Grand Basileus Woolridge: Lillian N. Fitzhugh, national project chairman; an unidentified sorer; Lou (Swarz) LuTour, national public relations chairman; Velma C. Bunch, Eastern regional director; and an unidentified sorer.
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(Continued from page 74) Soror Lou (Swarz) LuTour, Zeta's director of public relations, and her committee did a superb Boule publicity job. Soror LuTour at the public program presented to the Grand Basileus a weighty scrapbook of Zeta publicity clipping amassed during the previous term. Dr. C. H. D. Bowers, New Orleans physician representing Chi Delta Mu Fraternity (medical, dental, pharmaceutical) presented to the Grand Basileus of the sorority a loving cup for humanitarian deeds done. Greetings were extended the sorority by Commissioner Bernard J. McCloskey for the city of New Orleans; Mrs. Grace Verrett, Alpha Kappa Alpha; Numa Rousseve, Alpha Phi Alpha; Miss Neomi Copelin, Delta Sigma Theta; Cecil Carter, Omega Psi Phi; Benjamin Cooper, Kappa Alpha Psi; a proxy for Mrs. Elenor P. Bell, Sigma Gamma Rho; Mrs. Dorothy Powell, fota Phi Lambda; Miss Roxlyn Brown, Phi Delta Kappa; Dr. Robinson, Phi Beta Sigma; and a proxy for C. C. Weil, Flint Goodridge hospital (where New Orleans sorors have an outstanding pediatric project) superintendent and Phi Beta Sigma brother. Executive Secretary Lullclia W. Harri on delivered a dynamic and dramatic response to the greetings and to the welcome of Soror Alice Fassiu, Alpha Gamma Zeta basilcus. Soror Ruth Thibodeaux, Southern regional director, inspiringly prayed at the program beginning; Soror Eola Lyons Baker or the hostess chapter presided, and Soror Hilda Sheffield, also or the hostess chapter, was program pianist. ational officers were introduced by the Grand Basilcu . Awards were made at the closed banquet (which was truly superb) to Lambda Beta, Jackson, Mi sissippi, largest undergraduate chapter; Theta, Wiley college, Marshall, Texas, undergraduate chapter with the best scholarship; Alpha Alpha, Chicago, and Kappa Alpha, Washington, D. C., the sthcr Peyton Inspiration cup, given by orors Lucille Hunter, cw Orleans, and Rhoda J. Carrison, Washington, D. C., in honor of Soror Peyton to undergraduate chapters having made the greatest progress during the previous Boule term. Graduate chapter awards included the Phi Beta Sigma award for community service, given to Beta Iota Zeta chapter, hicago; largest financial chapter, Lambda Zeta, Houston, Texas. The outhcrn region, Soror Ruth . Thibodeaux, director, won the regional award. Other awards went to Founder Arizona C. lemons, orors Fannie lay, ,. Juanita Tate, Esther Peyton, and Beatrice A. Mayo, the latter for eleven years of
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Two Chapters Win Inspiration Cup Alpha Alpha chapter, Chicago, Illinois, and Kappa Alpha chapter, Washington, D.C., were awarded the l nspiration cup at the recent Thirtieth Anniversary Boule in New Orleans. The cup, awarded to the undergraduate chapter showing the most progress and development during the Boule year, was given by Soror Rhoda J. Carrison, Washington, D.C., and Soror Lucille M. Hunter, cw Orleans, Louisiana, in honor of Soror Esther Peyton of Beta Zeta chapter in Washington, D.C., The cup was presented at the Boule banquet to representatives of the chapters by Soror Hunter. (Continued on page 78) service as national Tamias. Gifts and presentations were made to Grand Basilcus Woolridge and national officers. Among the graduate chapter reports, in addition to first place winner, Beta Iota Zeta, Chicago, of which Soror Ivory Fuqua is basilcus, ratings were Beta Alpha Zeta, .Jacksonville, Florida, Soror Ila L. Jones, basileus, second; Alpha Gamma Zeta, New Orleans, Soror Alice Fassiu, basilcus, third; Delta Zeta Zeta, Glen Arden, Maryland, Soror Theresa D. Banks, basilcus, honorable mention for the unique manner of presentation in its chapter activities. Ranking after Lambda Beta, largest undergraduate chapter were Omicron Beta, Brooklyn, ew York, and Nu, Virginia Union university, Richmond, Virginia, Lied for second; Mu, laflin college, Orangeburg, South Carolina, and Epsilon, New York ity, tied for third. Following Lambda Zeta, largest financial graduate chapter were, in order, Beta Zeta, Washington, D. C.; Alpha Eta Zeta, emphis, Tennessee; Alpha Gamma Zeta, cw Orleans; Alpha Zeta, Baltimore, Maryland; Epsilon Zeta, Atlanta, corgia; Bela Alpha Zeta, Jacksonville, Florida; Xi Zeta, t. Louis, Missouri, Omicron Zeta, Durham, orth Carolina; and Alpha Rho Zeta, Montgomery, Alabama. Morris Jeff, Sr. f the cw Orleans Recreational department and some of the youths, Michael Mattie, Alvin Laf'arguc, Patricia ook, Francis ickols, and Mary Nickols, along with Mrs. Ethel Young and Mrs. Naomi Parnall of the city and state PTA, respectively, presented an interesting program during the "Prevention and ontrol of Juvenile Delinquency" workshop conducted by ror Lillian N. Fitzhugh, national project director. Soror Bernice Jeraldine Fitzgerald, LeMoyne college, Memphis, Tennessee, senior, and Pi Alpha chapter basilcus, was awarded a national scholarship for graduate study.
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BOULE SCENES. Top left, Sorer Gertrude Jimson, member of Alpha Gamma Zeta chapter, New Orleans, hostess chapter, and life member of Zeta Phi Beta, is commended by Grand Basileus Woolridge while Sorer Lucille Hunter, banquet chairman and emcee for the closed affair, looks on and national officers elected for ihe new 1951-52 term chat at their table. Top right, Sorors Alice Fassit, basileus. Maude Phillips, Shirley Jimson Alexander, Julia Edinburgh Coffey, Ollie Mae Parker, and Marion Perkins Baker (new national Second Anti-Basileus) of the hostess chapter at the public dance during Boule. Bottom left, Grand Basileus Woolridge addressing sorors at the closed banquet. Bottom right, national officers after being installed by Sorer Esther Peyton, Washington, D. C., for the new 1951-52 term were left to right, Sorors Nancy B. Woolridge, Hampton, Virginia, Grand Basileus: Marion Dillard, Dallas, Texas, First Anti-Basileus: Marion P. Baker, New Orleans, Louisiana, Second Anti-Basileus; Ozora R. Wysinger, Pensacola, Florida, Grammateus; Susie E. Miles, Washington, D. C., Tamias: Sorer Peyton, Marie Nero Tarver, Galesburg, Illinois, Antapokritis: Ida B. King, Gary, Indiana, Phylacter: Arizona Cleaver Stemons, Zeta founder, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Executive Board chairman: Anna M. Frazier, Cincinnati, Ohio, Trustee Board chairman: Ann Jordan, Wilberforce. Ohio, two term trustee: Thelma Downs, Detroit, Michigan, two term trustee; Lucille Madry, Louisville, Kentucky, one term trustee: and Ruth C. Sherlock, New York City, one ierm trustee. (Sorer Sherlock, former national TamiasGrammateus, worn from previous responsibilifies later asked to be relieved. Sorer Evelyn B. Pope, Durham, North Carolina. has since been appointed to fill the unexpired term.) Not pictured is Sorer Elizabeth G. Byrd, Richmond, Virginia, Third Anti,Basileus, who had to leave the banquet to board a train and retain her reservations.
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(Continued from page 76) Sorer Peyton i outstanding in her contributions to Zeta and to her community. She is exceedingly well known for her work with undergraduates and for her sincere interest in their activities. She further serves as treasurer of the American Council on Human Rights, chairman of the Eastern region Zetas' bond drive, and chairman of the hobby show for the youth conference, the latter being in connection with the national project, "Prevention and Control of Juvenile Delinquency." She is co-founder of the Zeta Amicae in Washington, a former sponsor of Alpha chapter at Howard university, principal of Garnett Patterson Evening school, and a Sunday chool teacher at Metropolitan Baptist church in Washington. Soror Carrison, one of the cup donors, i a member of Kappa Alpha chapter and is presently working as a medical social worker at Joint and Disease hospital in New York City. She is a recent graduate of the Howard university School of Social Work and i a co-founder of the Zeta Amicae in Washington. Soror Carrison is a former Zeta scholarship recipient. A graduate of New Orleans university and a charter member o( Alpha Gamma Zeta chapter, New Orleans, Soror Hunter is a primary teacher in the New Orleans public school ystem. She did graduate study at New (Continued next page)
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Bud.~w.oman jd, hew.
hat'' d!OHM,a/1,'I SOllOll By Lola 8. Greer "I will be strong, I am not here Lo play, to dream, to drift; 1 have work to do and load to lift; l will not shun the struggle I wi II face it; 'tis God's gift." These words of Babock might well be the declaration o( purpose which has characterized the life of Frances J. Edwards who was formally accepted as an honorary member of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Jnc. at the 1950 Boule in New Orleans. The "Edwards Story" is national and international copy. The "Voice of America" carried it to European countries in April, 1950 The American Medical Association monthly publication for February, 1951 carried the story of the Edwards Memorial hospital. CORONET magazine and READER'S D1GEST have also carried stories of the story of the financial genius o( this brown American couple. To talk of one of the members of this couple is almost impossible for this husband and wife work together, truly as one team; but the inspiration and guiding force of the dwards ntcrpriscs is none other than our Sorer -rances J. Edwards. She is a gracious,
SOROR LUCILLE M. HUNTER, CENTER, PRESENTS INSPIRATION CUP to Alpha Alpha and Kappa Alpha chapter representatives at Boule. Inset, Soror Rhoda J. Carrison, other donor of .the cup.
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charming woman-quite modest and unassuming. Meeting her one wou Id little surmise· that behind her charming social air reigned the mind of an alert cfficient business woman, who is completely at home in discussing and figuring all the angles of modern construction problems. With her vision the Edwards Addition became a reality. It now includes more than l 75 acres of land. There arc well over l,000 four, five and six room modern brick homes occupied and still the addition grows monthly. A modern shopping center, a park, and a school have been added. Their crowning achievement, "The Oklahoma City Edwards Memorial hospital," the only complete Negro owned and operated hospital in the United States, represents a half-million dollar investment. It is an 105 bed hospital, modern in every respect, containing two operating rooms, a delivery room, a nursery, eye, car, and throat clinic, modern X-ray room, diet kitchen, laboratory, and a pediatrics and physical therapy room. Frances Edwards, as an example of Finer Womanhood first came to the attention of Zeta when Chi Zeta chapter chose her as the recipient of its first "Woman o[ the Year" award in I 940. Later she became a member of the Patroness club. In 1948 at the Boule in Philadelphia she was elected by unarnirnous vote to become an honorary member. Frances Edwards is more than a brilliant business woman and leader; she is a good woman. It may well be said of her that she is every inch a shrewd, efficient business woman but every breath a woman. Zeta may well be as proud of her as she is of Zeta.
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(Continued from page 78) York university and the Columbia university School of Library Science. She is active in religious, civic, and social affairs in her community. Serving as chairman of the banquet committee during the recent Boule was one or her duties.
Sorors Attending Zeta's Thirtieth Anniversary .Boule Nancy 13. Woolridge, Hampton, Va.; Marion H. Dillurd, Dallas, Tex.; Vivian Rae Hayes, St. Louis, Mo.; Elizabeth G. Byrd, Richmond, Va.; Beatrice A. Mayo, Baltimore, Md.; Ruth C. Sherlock, New York City; Marie cro Tarver, Lancaster, Pa.; Ida B. King, Gary, l nd.; Arizona lemons, Philadelphia, Pa.; Lullclia W. I Iarrison, I louston, Tcx.; Luella G. Coleman, Jacksonville, Fla.; Thelma C. Bunch, Norfolk, Va.; Pauline . Allen, Columbus, Miss.; Lola B. Greer,
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Oklahoma City, Okla.; Evelyn B. Hunt, New Rochelle, N. Y.; Mary W. Stewart, Detroit, Mich.; Ruth N. Thibodeaux, Shreveport, La.; Lillian N. Fitzhugh, Washington, D. C.; Vashti S. Goodman, Greensboro, N. C.; Lou Swarz, New York City; Freida Cook, Chicago, lll.; Fannie C. Clay, Knoxville, Tenn.; Julia Edinburg Coffey, New Orleans, La.; Lucille R. Madry, Louisville, Ky.; Phyllis S. O'Kelly, Peaks Turnout, Va.; Susie S. Hilliard, Winston Salem, N. C. DELEGATES: Adams, Myrtle H., San Francisco, Calif.; Allen, America H., Temple, Tex.; Alexander, Clara M., Jackson, Miss.; Alexander, Myrtle, Berkeley, Calif.; Anderson, Marie, Atlanta, Ga.; Brown, Lucille W., Washington, D. C.; Black, Bennye D., Montgomery, Ala.; Bailey, Ada J., Washington, D. C.; Bates, Marie, Sparantburg, S. C.; Brown, Marietta T., Lake Charles, La. Brown, Eugenia N., Jacksonville, Fla.; Branca, Ernestine P., Houston, Texas; Borders, Florence E., Daytona Beach, Fla.; Barber, Vernice P., New Orleans, La.; Burns, Lillian, Dallas, Texas; Booth, Burnette, Brookhaven, Miss.; Banks, Theresa, GlenArden, Md.; Bourdeaux, Mary E., Meridan, Miss.; Batson, Louise L., Brooklyn, N. Y.; Brummell, Arternesia, Anchorage, Ky.; Baker, Marion P., New Orleans, La.; Boyd, Thelma D., Hampton, Va.; Broiser, Sallie R., Suffolk, Va.; Caldwell, Johnnie M., Oakland, Calif.; Carter, Claibourne, Spartanburg, S. C.; Chambliss, Charlotte J., Oakland, Calif.; Collins, Virginia E., Manning, S. C.; Christian, Richard E., Birmingham, Ala.; Carman, Adeline, New York, N. Y.; Cain, Carolyn J., Indianapolis, Ind. Clark, Irene E., Chicago, JJJ.; Davis, Leona R., Brooklyn, N. Y .; Davidson, lzcan F., Ft. Worth, Tex.; Dansby, Willie M., Uniontown., Ala.; Davis, Marjorie A., Fort Lauderdale, Fla.; Downs, Thelma S., Detroit, Mich.; Dyke, E. M. V., Austin, Texas; Ewell, Rowena J., Kansas City, Kan.; Eubanks, Thelma R., Muskogee, Okla.; Foxall, Delores D. R., Houston, Texas; Fuqua, Ivory, Chicago, 111.; Fortune, May W., Baltimore, Md.; Franklin, Irene, Oklahoma, Okla.; Fassitt, Alice A., New Orleans, La.; Fitzgerald, Bernice, Memphis, Tenn.; Frazier, Anna M., Cincinnati, 0.; Fenner, Evelyn A., Norfolk, Va.; Gilmore, Mildred L., Chicago, Ill.; Grayc, Mytrolcnc, High Point, N. C.; Golden, Mary L., Lakes Charles, La. Glynn, Emma C., Berkeley, Calif.; Greene, Doris B., Columbia, S. C.; Gillespie, Annie M., Little Rock, Ark.; George, Eliza D., San Francisco, Calif.; Hacker, Alzcda C., Daytona Beach, Fla.; Hight, Lorena M., Chattanooga, Tenn.; Hunter, Berenice N., Columbus, Miss.; Howard, Esther H., Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.; Houser, Lollie A., Louisville, Ky.; Hall, Mary R., Asheville, N. C.; Hayward, Julia G., Shreveport, La.; (Turn page)
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Harrison, Gwendolyn L., Charlotte, N. C.; Howard, M. E., Atlanta, Ga.; Herbert, Ruth, Nashville, Tenn.; Howard, Esther H., Deersfield Beach, Fla.; Hampton, Carrie L., Houston, Tcx.; Hoover, Anita, New Orleans, La.; Harrison, Fannie L., San Antonio, Tex.; Henry, Bernice, Berkley, W. VA.; Johnson, Gertrude L., Pensacola, Fla. Johnson, Tommie L., Selma, Ala.; Johnson, Mattie P., Montgomery, Ala.; Jackson, Bennia, Muskogee, Okla.; Jones, Mildred E., Tulsa, Okla.; Johnson, Nomie, Salisbury, N. C.: Jefferson, Juanita, Dallas, Tex.; Jordan, Anne W., Columbu , 0.; King, Florence, Selma, Ala.; Kennedy, Anna S., Montgomery, Ala.; Lampkins, Rosetta, Winston-Salem, N. C.; Laster, Mydget, Berkeley, Calif.; Manuel, Beatrice S., Berkeley, Calif.; Medford, Zipporah, Richmond, Va.; Miller, Thomasena N., Greensboro, . C.; Matthews, Josephine, Chester, Pa.; McDaniel, Lillian, Richmond, Va.; Marshall, Helen C., Washington, D. C.; Mason, Barbara T., New Rochelle, N. Y.; Martin, Bernice J., Pensacola, Fla.; Massington, Opal H., Marlin, Tex. Miles, Susie E., Washington, D. C.; McNcal, Laura B., Florence Vila, Fla.; Maree, Mettlea W., Savannah, Ga.; Merritt, Elizabeth, Beckley, W. Va.; Miner, Barbar J., Dallas, Tex.; Michie, Carrie W., Charlottesville, Va.; McKinney, Hattie R., Winston-Salem, N. C.; McEwen, Lovia L., Jackson, Miss.; Nicholas, Narcissus, Albany, Ga.; Nicker on, Ophelia, Marshall, Tex.; Nero, Joyce, New Orleans, La.; Norman, Janie, San Francisco, Calif'.; Polk, Julia Stutts, Jackson, Miss.; Pope, Evelyn 8., Raleigh, . C.; Payne, Ethel T., Baltimore, My.; Peyton, Esther C., Washington, D. C.; Purcell, Mabel V., Tampa, Fla.; Pyles, Hazel, Memphis, Tcnn.; Pegues, Dell, Memphis, Tcnn.; Parr, Pinkie M., Little Rock, Ark. Quarles, Utoka, Memphis, Tenn.; Rogers, Klareluise, ew York, . Y.; Reynold , Wayne E., Columbus, Miss.; Royston, Oneita 8., elma, Ala.; Robertson, Atha! X., Marlin, Tex.; Riggins •velyn C., Atlanta, Ga.; Robey, Lucinda 8., Bharn, Ala.; Rankin, Mary, Winston-Salem, .; Rowe, Dorothy M., Washington, D. C.; Robinson, Jayne G., Houston, Tex.; Robinson, Mattie C., High Point, N. C.; Scruggs, Mabel H., Chattanooga, Tenn.; tubbs, lizabcth, Wet Palm Beach, Fla.; St. Cyr, Audrey H., New Orleans, La.; Saunders, Cleta 8., Kansas City, Kan.; Smith, Aleue W., Crcstliue, 0.; Steele, Beatrice H., hicago, 111.; Shirley, Orn L., Houston 4, Tex.; mith, Dairy L., Marshall, Tcx.; Smith, Eula P., Baton Rouge, La. Stripling, Anita M., uvannah, Ga.; Turner, Betty S., Tuskegee lnst., Ala.; Thompson, Irma B., cwport News, Va.; 1 odd, Helen A., Opelika, Ala.; Turnell, Anne ., Cincinnati, 0.; Wadkins, Opaline D., Okla City, Okla.: Williams, adic L., . Pass Christian, Miss.; Watson, Virginia ., Washington, D. C.; Webb,
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Addie E., Lakeland, Fla.; Williams, Joyce M., New Orleans, La.; Wilson, Edvidgc, Shreveport, La.; Warrington, Gladys, Philadelphia, Pa.; Woodard, Eva Y., Jackson, Miss.; White, Augusta, Salisbury, N. C.; Williams, A. Elizabeth, Tampa, Fla.; White, Mabel V., Houston, Tex.; Young, Estell G., Meridian, Miss. ALTERNATES: Adair, Lillian B., Houston, Tex.; Berry, Annie E., Chattanooga, Tcnn.; Bell, Geneva G., Lake Charles, La.; Blackburn, Mary H., High Point, N. C.; Bush, Helen A., Tallahassee, Fla.; Clay, Mayme H., Houston, Tcx.; Drakes, Hilda M., New Orleans, La.; Ezell, Mae T., Salisbury, N. C.; Grant, Madelyn, Salisbury, N. C.; Graye, Louyat, High Point, N. C.; Hall, Alice W., Baltimore, Md.; Hawkins, Adrena D. W,. Shreveport, La.: Jones, Beatrice R., Greensboro, N. C.; Jones, Vertie L., Memphis, Tcnn.; Joyner, Urscll, Suffolk, Va.; Johnson, Ruth, Ocean Springs, Miss.; Luckett, Fannye M., Jackson 17, Miss.; McFall, Clara N , Okla, Okla.; McGhee, Eddie C., Birmingham, Ala.; Matthews, Gladys T., Chicago, Ill. McNcal, Helen N., Texarkana, Tcx.; Nickolson, Christine, Chicago, lll.; Prudeu, Rubie E., Daytona Beach, Fla.; Puroiancc, Florence V., Baltimore 17, Md.; Robinson, Helen M., Pensacola, Fla.; Sanders, Goldie C., St. Louis, Mo.; Sawyer, Amelia L., Louisville, Ky.; Shannon, Myrlie E., Chicago 15, 111.; Wysinger, Ozora R., Sanford, N. .; Smith, Juanita S., New Orleans, La.; tephens, Edna K., Tulsa, Okla.; Tate, E. Juanita, Tulsa, Okla.; Taylor, Octavia, Lake Charles, la.; Vaughn, Juanita A., Detroit 25, Mich.; Vickers, Louise W., Bharn, Ala.; Wade, Alma R., Savannas, Ga.; Watson, Lena H., Marshall, Tcx.; Williams, Candocc A., Oakley, Miss.; Williams, Georgia M., Chicago, Ill.; Williams Olive B., Pensacola, Fla. VISITORS: Ashe, Thelma C., Baltimore, Md.; Avery, Vingincua, Birmingham, Ala.; Bertram, Aora ., Louisville, Ky.; Brown, Eva M., Cincinnati, O.; Brown, Mildred J., Washington, D. .; Bur rd, Elizabeth, Louisville, Ky.; Burks, Rosa H., Montgomery Ala.; Butler, Roxie 8., •rankford, Ky.; Calloway, Memphis, Tenn.; arr, Beulah 8., Florence Villa, Fla.; Cash, Frankie, Memphis, Tenn.; Cooper, A., -uraula, Okla.; Cox, Annie M., Little Rock, Ark.; Crayton, Syrella, t. Louis, Mo.: Dowdell, Ludie P., Birmingham, Ala.; Fishback, Mary E., Louisville, Ky.; Gunter, Ova B., Montgomery, Ala.; l lammonds, Gladys M., Greensboro, N. .; Hathaway, Ulmer, Montgomery, Ala.; Hightower, usie A., Allanla, Ga. Hughes, Ruth :.., llouston, Tex.; Jackson, Wilda II., Bham, Ala.; Jones, L. Ann, l ligh Priest, N. .; Jones, Velma, Birmingham, Ala.; Jones, Willie M., Lake hnrles, la.; LaRuc, Mary ., Louisville, Ky.; Leathers, Lillian ., Lake harles, la.; Lindsay, Cora L., Houston, Tex.; Lindsay, Vcrsia M., I louston, 1 ex.; ( ontinued on page 19)
TAU, Mable Mitchell, 1213 East 9 Street,
Little Rock, Arkansas. UPSILON, Lois J. Blair, Fisk University, Nashville, Tennessee. PHI, Anna M. Purdie, Virginia State Col legc, Petersburg, Vi rginia. CHI. Maltie Coleman, 1609 Cedar Avenue, Austin, Texas. PSI, Georgia Gibbs, 950 Lenn Street N. W,. Atlanta, Georgia. OMEGA, Hattie Morris, Winston-Salem State Teachers' Col I igc, WinstonSa lem, North Carolina. ALPHA ALPHA, Irene lark, 738 K 43 Street, Chicago, ti I inois, BETA ALPHA, Joyce E. Nero, Box 9672 South rn Univ rsi ty, Baton Rouge, Louisiana. GAMMA ALPHA, Mac Ollie Will iams, Box 135, Fl rida A & M College, Tallahass e, Florida. DELTA ALPHA, Julia Mae Harris, 2243 Cedar Street, Lou isvillc, Kentucky. EPSILON ALPHA. Lillian Barber, Tennessee Stoic College, Nashville, Tennessee. ZETA ALPHA, Follie Washington, A&T College, Greensboro, North Caroi na, ALPHA, Katherine Syk s, Kentucky State College, Frankrort, Kcntu ky. THETA ALPHA, Doris A. Warner, 60 Hopedale Street, Allston, Mussachusetts. IOTA ALPHA, Vi1·ginia R. Thompson, Florida N & I ol toge, St. Augus1
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tine, Florida.
KAPPA ALPHA, Gloria Conway, 716
Rock Creek Church Road, Wnshington, D. C. LAMBDA ALPHA, Bobbie . Baker, P.
ALPHA ZETA, May Fortune, 1806 Madison Avenue, Bnl timor , Maryland, BETA ZETA. Susie E. Mile', 2619 I Ith
Street N. W., Wash.ington, D. C. GAMMA ZETA, Fort Smith, Arkansas. DELTA ZETA, L. J. Gill, 1717 States-
ville, Charlott , North 'arolina. EPSILON ZETA, Anne C. Gruvcs, 19.5 West Lake Av nuc, Atlanta, G 'orgia. ZETA ZETA, Willya Coleman, 6240 So. Parkway, hicagc, II I inois. ETA ZETA, Artcncsia Brummell, Ormshy Village, Louisvill , Kentucky. THETA ZETA, Helen Gilbert, Box 751, Northrork, West Virginia. IOTA ZETA, aroly n J .. Coin, 2849 Paris Av m1 , Indianapolls, Indiana. KAPPA ZETA, Birdi Brown, 2924 Slate St.re t, Dallas, Texas. LAMBDA ZETA, Jayne Robinson, 2122 Harlem, Houston, Texas. MU ZETA, Eula P. Smith, 8380 S cnic Highway, Balon Rouge, Louisiana. NU ZETA. Ozane IIuntcr, I 007 East Main Av nuc, Knoxv ill , T nncsscc, XI ZETA, M lnnl Madison, 63:30 Wagon r, St. Louis, Missouri. OMICRON ZETA, Evelyn Pope, North Carolina Collcg , Durham, North Carolina. PI ZETA, Hazel D. Thompson, I 004 15 Avenue S, Nashville, Tennessee. RHO ZETA, L. C. Sherr Y, 1714 N. Cherry, Wi11ston-Snlt'm, North Carolina. SIGMA ZETA. Ctndys Ewell Brue , 817 Indinnu, Wichita 6, Kansas. TAU ZETA. Cn1Ti<' Mk·hic, 200 Die:
Street, Charlottesville, Virginia.
UNDERGRADUATE
GAMMA BET A, Myrtle Alexander, ' . ..,,
0. Box 126A, Langston University, Langston, Oklahoma. MU ALPHA, Marion Payne, Bluefield Slate College, Bluefield, West Virginia. NU ALPHA, Carrie Hampton, 3518 Sampson Street, Houston, Texas. XI ALPHA, Joe Ellen Johnson, 947 S. New Hampshire Street, Los Augeles, Cali rornia. OMICRON ALPHA, c/o Sigma Zeta, Gladys Ewell Bruce, 817 Indiana, Wichita 6, Kansas. PI ALPHA, Bernice Fitzgel'ald, 415 E. So. Wellington, Mcmphi , Tennessee. RHO ALPHA, Thomasina L e, Hampton Institute, Hampton, Virginia. SIGMA ALPHA, c/o Beta Zeta Zeta, Marguerite Hall, 3010 Burnet Avenuc, Cincinnati, Ohio. TAU ALPHA, Dell Moore, 2715 Wirt Street, Omaha, Nebraska. UPSILON ALPHA, Eddye Diggs, Tillotson College, Austin, Texas. PHI ALPHA. Stowe Teachers College, Si. Louis, Missouri. CHI ALPHA, Audrey Henry St. Cyr, 3217 Lowerline Street, New Orleans, Louisiana. PSI ALPHA, Leola Martin, South Carolina State Colleg , Orangeburg, South Carolina. OMEGA ALPHA. Thelma Downs, 9668 Knodel}, Detroit, Michigan. ALPHA BETA. Flor nee Wilkerson, 2220 St. Andrew Street, New OrI ans, Louislana. BETA BETA. University or Kan as, Lawrence Kansas.
Woosely Street, Berkeley, Cali ' •: nia. DELTA BETA. Betty Horne, Fort Valley State College, Fort Valley, Georgia. EPSILON BET A, Maggie Daniel, Alabama State College, Montgomery, Alabama. ZETA BETA, Blanch L. Warner, 901 N. Penn Place, Tucson, Arizona. ET A BET A, Mildred Lee, Maryland State College, Princess Anne, Maryland. THETA BETA, Betty S. Turner, P. 0. Box 116, Tuskegee, Alabama. IOTA BETA, Meda Pryor, West Virginia State College, Institute, West Virginia. KAPPA BETA, Dorothy Ruth Mourning, Osborne Hall, Benedict College, Columbia, South Carolina. LAMBDA BETA, Edith Campbell, 241 Green Street, Jackson, Mississippi. MU BET A. Ann Branham, Bethune Cookman College, Daytona Beach, Florida. NU BETA, Dorothy Naylor, Tougaloo College, Tougaloo, Mississippi. XI BETA, Dorothy Martin Wallace, Lincoln University, Jefferson City, Missouri. OMICRON BET A. Grace Marshall, 659 Warick Street, Brooklyn, New York. PI BET A, Lois A. Shipman, Albany Slate College, Albany, Georgia. ''RHO BETA, Ella M. Webb, Savannah Slate College, Savannah, Georgia. *SIGMA BETA, Maggie Forte, Alabama A & M College, Normal, Alabama. * New chapters
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ALPHA KAPPA ZETA, Curtis Collins,
ZETA. Daisy Smith, Wiley
ALPHA LAMBDA ZETA, Thelma Eu-
UPSILON
Coll gc, Marshall, Texas. PHI ZETA, Kanata E. Rodgers, Alcorn
College, Alcorn, Mississippi. CHI ZETA, Opaline Watkins, 1333 N. E.
8th Street, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. PSI ZETA, Izean Davidson, 281 l Chenault Street, Fort Worth, Texas. OMEGA ZETA, Sallye Coleman, 133 Patton, N. W., Roanoke, Virginia. ALPHA ALPHA ZETA, Augusta While, 704 Cem tery, Salisbury, North Carolina. ALPHA BETA ZETA, Virgie Cobbs, 180 I Marshall Avenue, Newport News, Virginia. ALPHA GAMMA ZETA. Alice Fassiti, 2616 Louisiana Avenue, New Orleans, Louisiana. ALPHA DELTA ZETA, Clara Alexander, 1120 W. Pascagoula Street, Jackson, Mississippi. ALPHA EPSILON ZETA, Cleta Saunders, 1138 Ever tt Street, Kansas City, Kansas. ALPHA ZETA ZETA. Elizabeth M r+itt, 407 S. Fayette Street, Be kley, West Virginia. ALPHA ETA ZETA, B rnadino Holmes, 902 Saxon Av nu , Memphis, T nn HSCC. ALPHA THETA ZETA, E. S. Warrick,
2811 Bullock Gcorgla.
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Savannah,
IOTA ZETA, Mildred Jones, 4111/i Davenport, Tulsa, Oklahoma.
ALPHA
1176 Comal Street, Austin, Texas. banks, 2129 Topeka Street, Muskogee, Oklahoma. ALPHA MU ZETA. Pinkie Parr, 1871 Ring Street, Little Rock, Arkansa ·. ALPHA NU ZETA, Gladys Waldon, 5JC N. Central, Okmulgee, Oklahoma. ALPHA XI ZETA, Mildred Allen, VAH Tusk gee Institute, Tuskegee, Alabama. ALPHA OMICRON ZETA. Ruth A. Williams, 224 NW Bull Stre t, Orangeburg, South Carolina. ALPHA PI ZETA. Vera T. Parker, 1611 N. Calaveras, San Antonio, Texas. ALPHA RHO ZETA, Rose H. Burks, 218 McElroy Street, Montgomery, Alabama. ALPHA SIGMA ZETA, Lucinda Robey, 309 Beta Street, Birmingham, Alabama. ALPHA TAU ZETA, Delores Chase, 1314 13th Street, Galveston, Texas. ALPHA UPSILON ZETA, Sue K. Russell, Florida A & M College, Tallahassee, Florida. ALPHA PHI ZETA, Zipporah Medford, 2103 Rose Avenue, Richmond, Virginia. ALPHA CHI ZETA, Lillian Rovarc 3331 Pine Steet, Beaumont, Texas.' ALPHA PSI ZETA, Ann Ray, 433 Ohio Avenue, Lexington, Kentucky. ALPHA OMEGA ZETA, Emily Turner, 1340 Rome Street, Petersburg, Virginia.
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438A Sentz Streest, Charleson, West Virginia. Bl:TA DELTA ZETA, Grace Lowery, 2452 W. Turner, Philadelphia 21, Pennsylvania. BET A EPSILON ZETA, Ruth Brazil, 236 Webster, Shreveport, Lousiana. BET/, ZETA ZETA, Marguerite Hall, 3010 Burnet Avenue, Cincinnati, Ohio. BETA ET A ZETA, Ferrol Conner, 406 K 51 Street, Los Angeles, California. BETA THETA ZETA, Sallie Brosier, 3'J7 Wellons Street, Suf'Iolk, Virginia. BETA IOTA ZETA, Ivory Fuqua, 6246 So. Parkway, Chicago, Illinois. BETA KAPPA ZETA, Willie Jones, 1621 Wmterhauter, Lake Charles, Louisiana, BETA LAMBDA ZETA, Juanita Weaver, ~3 Hamilton Street, Asheville, North Carolina. BETA MU ZETA, Charlene Thompson, 91 W. Trezevant Street, Tyler, Texas. BETJ!, NU ZETA, Mary L. Williams, 1923 East Market Street, Greensboro, No, th Carolina. J:'\ETA XI ZETA, Genevieve D. Harrison, 326 Esterbrook Street, Bay St. Loi.is. Mississippi. BI.TA OMICRON ZETA, Thelma Downs, ri668 Knodell, Detroit 4, Michigan. BET A PI ZE'i"A, Pearl Brown, 325 W. Barlette Street, Sumter, South Carolina. BETA RHO ZETA, Harriet M. Tabor, P. 0. Bo.< 4'!8, Fort Valley, Georgia. .t3ETA SIGMA, ZETA, Constance Lester, 22lll \8th Avenue, Tampa, Florida. 13ET A. TAU ZETA. Marion Shannon, 2082 NW 6th Court, Miami 36, Flor' ETA UPSILON ZETA, Gussie McMillan, 702 E. Newton Street, Dothan, Alabama. 2ETA PH! ZETA. Ruth Johnson, No. 465, Strll water, Oklahoma. ,l.,TA CHI ZETA, Addie Hudson, 215 Yarnall, Chester, Pennsylvania.
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p~- 2.L_, . .C:ctmae Swain, 1728
.street, Omaha, Nebraska. BETA OMEGA ZETA, Susie Ellis, 610 Lincoln Avenue, Albany, Georgia. GAMMA ALPHA ZETA, Roxie Byrd, 1505 Howard, Corpus Christi, Texas. GAMMA BETA ZETA. E. B. Martin, P. 0. Box 391, Brookhaven, Mississip- '1kt
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GAMMA ZETA, 1324 12th Avenue South, Columbus, Mississippi. GAMMA DELTA ZETA, Ruby M. Scott, 10605 Massie Avenue, Cleveland 4, Ohio. GAMMA EPSILON ZETA. Mary Ruth Powell, 1224 Oregon Street, Oakland, California. GAMMA ZETA ZETA. Rousillon B. Davis, 415 St. Clair Avenue, Columbus, Ohio. GAMMA ET A ZETA, Mary Florence King, 1603 Lawrence Street, Selma, Alabama. GAMMA THETA ZETA, Zephrol L. Torrence, Box 1498, Auburn, AlaGAMMA IOTA ETA, M. H. Scruggs, 1240 Groves, Chattanooga, Tennessee. GAMMA KAPP A ZETA, Helen McNeal, 2224 W. 12 Street, Texarkana, Texas. GAMMA LAMBDA ZETA, Alzeta Hacker, Bethhune Cookman College, Daytona Beach, Florida. GAMMA MU ZETA, Claibourne Cart r, 138 Washington Street, Spartanburg, South Carolina. GAMMA NU ZETA, Evelyn Ellerbe, 110 Witherspoon Street, Princeton, New Jersey. GAMMA XI ZETA, Barbara Mason, 74 Coligrii Street, New Rochelle, New York. GAMMA RHO ZETA. Maggie Foster, P. 0. Box 155, Palmetto, Florida. GAMMA OMICRON ZETA, Odessa Jackson, 1 Lucy Street, Montgomery, Alabama. GAMMA PI ZETA, Atha! K. Robertson, 423 Bennett Street, Marlin, Texas. GAMMA SIGMA ZETA. Elestiac Sha"kelrord, 2132 S. Hobart Avenue, Apt. 2, Los Angele , California. GAMMA TAU ZETA, Bernice Marlin, 210 N. B. Street, Pensacola, Florida. GAMMA UPSILON ZETA. Lessie M. Roberts, P. 0. Box 86, Elizabethtown, North Carolina.
GAMMA PHI ZETA, Addie E. Webb,
942 N. N. York Avenue, Lakeland, Florida . GAMMA CHI ZETA, Pauline Neblett, 1320 So. Montgomery Street, Sherman, Texas. GAMMA PSI ZETA, America V. H. Allen, 1221 So. 10th Street, Temple, Texas. GAMMA OMEGA ZETA, Inez Bowman, 3218 E. Alabama, Houston, Texas. DELTA ALPHA ZETA, Louise Batson, 140 McDonough Street, Brooklyn, New York. DELTA BETA ZETA, Mydget Laster, 1335 Alcatraz Avenue, Berkeley, California. DELTA GAMMA ZETA, Elizabeth L. Swain, 1621 East Adams Street, Phoenix, Arizona. . DELTA DELTA ZETA, Myrtle Adams, 1780 O'Farrell Street, San Francisco, California. DELTA EPSILON ZETA, Anne Hogan Brewer, 522 18th Street, West Palm Beach, Florida. DELTA ZETA ZETA, Theresa Banks, Glen Arden, Landover P. 0., Maryland. DELTA ET A ZETA, Frances Scruggs, 1112 N. W. 3rd Street, Fort Lauderdale, Florida. DELTA THETA ZETA, Ollie V. M. Ross, 322 Kenn dy Street, Mobile, Alabama. DELTA IOTA ZETA, Dr. Rachel II. Townsend, Monrovia, Liberia, West Coast, Africa. DELTA KAPP A ZETA, Mytolene Graye, 825 Fairview Street, High Poillt, Nol'th Carolina. DELTA LAMBDA ZETA, Anni Mac Ayers, P. 0. Box 276, Tiiton, Georgia. DELTA MU ZETA, Isabelle FJeuranges, 133 W. 112 Street, New York, New York. •DELTA NU ZETA, Estell G. Young, 1412 34 Avenue, Meridian, Mississippi. •DELTA XI ZETA, Ruth A. Travis, 410 Monroe Street, Akron, Ohio. 'DELTA OMICRON ZETA, Dorothy L. Scott, 4 Bower Street, Roxbury, Massachusetts. *DELTA PI ZETA, Bcssye S. Wilder, 230 East 13 Street, Scotland Neck, orth Carolina.
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